Northern border, Murhausk

Surrounded by early morning mist, a shallow white lake mist drifts on the surface of the Saribon River, and the emerald green pine forests on both sides make a rustling sound in the morning breeze blowing by.

Clusters of tall northern shrubs dot the riverbank, looming in the white mist.

"Papa" The thick horse's hooves stepped into the calm river, stirring up circles of ripples in the water waves, and the white water splashed and rolled and split,"

"Greel everybody! After this river is the town of Alur, and then everyone can rest!" a merchant sat on a carriage and waved his hand, and several wagons full of goods began to cross the river, escorted by a dozen mercenaries

"Boss Alitor, I heard that you have made a fortune this time!" a mercenary said to the boss in the carriage with envy on his face, "Now that the north is not peaceful, the Kugit people are buying iron tools and all kinds of weapons and equipment at high prices, and if these hundred pieces of high-grade armor are transported to the north, they will earn at least three times the price!"

"Hehe, what I said there, when it comes to doing business, I have to count the big businessmen of those business alliances who are well managed."

"I heard that they transported 3,000 catties of iron at one time, think about it, 3,000 catties, 10 big carriages may not be able to be loaded, when will I be content with such a big spend!"

"Hehe, that's hard to say! Maybe after a few years of war on the northern grasslands, you'll become such a wealthy merchant!" the mercenary captain looked at the goods tied up on the carriage and said with a grim expression

"According to the current market, it is an ordinary iron tool, as long as it is transported to the trading post set up by Kuji on the border, the price can immediately triple the price, not to mention these finished armor and weapons of yours, the price should be a few points higher."

"Yes, I also heard the news, so I specially got a batch of exquisite armor and fine weapons from Zhivadin!" The merchant boss was smiling at what the mercenaries said, and more than a dozen people chatted word by word, most of the content was around the war that took place on the grassland,

Ever since the Kujit recaptured Achmore, quickly opened up the borderline with the northern part of Vecchia, and bought weapons and iron weapons at a high price, such a large number of high-priced acquisitions, Coke broke the merchants of Vekia,

Vekia is a mountainous area, the south is mountainous and hilly, although the north is mainly plain, but the edge and the west are still close to the mountains, the mineral resources are extremely rich, there is never a shortage of iron ore.

In the past, the fat man used to rely on forging weapons to earn funds, and after completely ruling the south, he even implemented a decree to encourage mining.

In addition to contracting the mines that originally belonged to the lords to the wealthy merchants with economic strength, other merchants were also strongly encouraged to open mines privately, as long as one-third of the minerals were paid to deduct taxes, and the rest was owned by the merchants themselves.

After nearly 2 years of development, the south of Vekia has become the largest iron ore production area and weapon casting area in the south of the continent, and the benefits of iron ore trade in Kia are becoming increasingly thin, except for the export to the southern kingdom of Roude and the northern Kujit, most of the merchants have given up the iron ore trade,

The triple purchase price thrown by the Kugit this time undoubtedly greatly stimulated the declining iron ore trade in Vekia, and the Samol side relaxed the restrictions on the export of iron tools at the same time, and even small merchants like Alitor were attracted to the newly recovered Moorhaus.

"Attention! There is the sound of horses' hooves behind us!" As soon as the carriage reached the river beach, the mercenaries guarding in front suddenly turned around and shouted to their companions next to the carriage behind, and several mercenaries who followed the carriage hurriedly drew their knives

"Drive, drive!" The merchant boss was struggling to draw the whip in his hand at this moment, driving the horses in the turbulent river, pulling the wagons full of goods forward with difficulty, and when he heard the shouts in front of him, he couldn't help but look stunned.

"What's wrong?" the merchant boss asked nervously, the rumbling of the river made it impossible for him to hear clearly, but judging from the cautious looks of the nearby mercenaries, he must have found something!

"Look! Cavalry!" a mercenary pointed to the business road behind the carriage in a loud voice, only to see hundreds of black lightly armored war horses. Rushing from the back of the road, a gust of gale wind, with a whistling roar, tore apart the morning fog that covered the sky behind, like black demon gods rushing out of the mist, and the earth seemed to tremble under the hooves of the horses that came in a hurry,...,

"Hurry up! Rush across the river! We must get to Dalrik Fortress by noon today!" shouted a cavalry squadron leader in black armor, his feet clamped between his horse's hips, and he jumped into the river rapids

Behind him, hundreds of war horses jumped into the river with their four hooves without stopping, splashing the river and the huge horse body. Falling heavily into the waist-deep river in front of him,

Hundreds of Samar black-armored cavalry jumped into the river in three teams, like a black steel wall, squeezing out bursts of white waves on the surface of the excitedly flowing river.

It only took a few minutes to cross the river rapids that the mercenaries had just taken more than half an hour to cross, carrying the damp water vapor past the stalled caravan and gradually turning into a black line in the sky

"It's the regular army of Samar!" The mercenaries looked at the black cavalry whizzing past them, their faces looked extremely unnatural, and several of the mercenaries guarding the carriage also looked at each other, as if they were conveying something!

This is the caravan encountered this morning in the Murhausk area of the third group of the Samorian Northern Army in formation, the number just now, about a small squad of elite cavalry

Since the reconquest of Morhausk, I don't know what the reason is, the tens of thousands of Samorsalon regiments that were originally stationed in the Kudan area and were resting have faintly shown signs of emergency mobilization.

Along the road, there are relatively tight patrols and defensive simple guard towers, and from time to time you can see murderous regular army cavalry passing by on the trade road.

Although most of them were like the elite cavalry that had just passed, they were in a hurry, and did not stop at all, as if something urgent had happened,

But this series of abnormal signs undoubtedly gave these mercenaries who came and went to the border one more conjecture

"Samore won't go to war again!" This is a major event related to the interests of everyone, Samore started with war, and every war can lead to an economic development.

Against whom, when, and on what scale, these should have been the most troublesome and important concerns of the enemy generals, but now they became the topics of greatest concern to the Samorish merchants.

Everyone knows that recently the entire northern steppe has been stirred up into an unprecedented war.

The Ryordian united several kingdoms, commanded by the kingdom marshal Berant, and the army was near the Kugit steppe in the north.

In the tense Achmore region, hundreds of Kugit tribes that were originally scattered in various places are gathering from all directions under the call of the Kugit royal court.

The number of people has also quickly exceeded 150,000 from the initial 80,000,000,,

And in the south of Achmore, the 180,000 Ryerdian Northern Army is preparing for a counterattack,

This is a war that determines the fortunes of the country, and its victory or defeat directly determines the hegemony of the north and the direction of the two kingdoms in a hundred years.

"Buli Dead Leaves, do you remember the shouting of the Samorian cavalry just now?The fortress of Dalrik is only two hours away from the northern border, and if it is a cavalry raid, it will only take half a day at most to reach the important city of Davila," the mercenary captain whispered in the ear of a companion by taking the opportunity of leading his horse

"It would be terrible if the Wekia army was staging there, so we had to find out, what the hell is the purpose of the Vekia army?

This situation must be reported to the Khanate immediately!Whatever the Wikibians have in mind, we must be prepared for what may happen."

Among these mercenaries, the mercenaries who looked at each other were all from the Kugit ethnic group in the border area, they lived on the border, and they had more contact with Vikia, and they were called "Abuku!" by the Vikians, which means lost shepherds.

Because these marginal tribes have been mixed with the Wiki people for many years, some of them chose to move south into the territory of Wiki and gradually integrated into the Wiki people.

For example, among the first batch of guards cavalry recruited by the fat man, some of them were nomads from the northern staggered region.

Others have become the eyeliner of Kugit stationed on the border

Most of these bar tribes are in the form of mercenaries and caravans, and this time they also received a secret order from the court of Kugit, in addition to fully protecting the security of the trade route from Vikia to Kujit,

There is also the task of keeping your eyes open to the national border. In particular, on the borders of Vekia, there was a massive build-up of troops at this critical juncture,...,

Now is the most dangerous time for the Kugit Khanate,

After several months of tragic war, both sides of the war invested nearly 300,000 troops, and the two countries at this moment are like two exhausted, but still undying giants wrestling with each other.

With a slight push of force, the scales of victory may be tilted,

And Vekia, which has risen strongly in the south, is such a decisive ability in the eyes of both sides.

When both sides think they're winning,

The massive build-up of troops on the northern border of Vekia quickly alerted both sides,

When the Kugits reported this information to the royal court, another report with roughly the same content was also placed in front of Marshal Berant, Ryerdian.

After receiving the information, Marshal Raldian Berant quickly convened an emergency meeting and circulated the report in his hand to all the generals who attended the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our wolf hunting plan is about to be executed, and I believe everyone knows the importance of this operation" Seeing the confused looks of the generals, Berlant swept the faces of all the generals in the tent with slightly narrowed eyes, and said in a low voice

"This is the first step in the grand plan personally appointed by the great king, as long as the threat from the northern Kugit is eliminated, the kingdom can concentrate its forces to attack the Radians in the south with all its might, and establish the position of the overlord of the Ryordian continent in one fell swoop!

Berrant's voice paused, and he said in an accentuated tone, "However, you have also seen, there seems to be a change in Vekia in the west, and the edge line of Vikia is in the rear of our main army, if they unite with the Kugit and attack our main army in the north and south, our wolf hunting plan may face the most dangerous situation, what do you think of this situation?"

The marshal's majestic and sharp gaze made all the Rui Erdian generals feel cold from their hearts, and they straightened their waists and sat up straight, and no one dared to answer the marshal's question.

This battle plan involves four knights and nearly 180,000 troops, which can be said to be a powerful blow to block the national fortunes of Rui Erdian.

Defeat will lead to a thousand miles of defeat, not to mention the loss of the northern territory, even the foundation and lifeline of the kingdom will also suffer heavy damage, and the sudden mobilization of the army of the Kingdom of Vekia at this moment is undoubtedly related to this Armageddon.

The error of strategic judgment is better than the defeat of the battle,

On such a critical issue, the seasoned and steady generals chose to remain silent

A young and vigorous General Ryrdian got up from his seat, and the north of Vecchia was the plain, which was the place where the infantry died, and the family looked at the voice and found that he had just been transferred from the Paraven region, Apollodi, the head of the Tenth Knights,

"As far as I know, the one who is now in charge of the country is a fool named Dustan!" his army, which is mainly infantry, he looked around at his colleagues with astonished faces, and did not seem to think that there was something wrong with what he said, but said in his own characteristic Paraven accent

"The purpose of their mobilization of troops should be to prevent us from quickly moving south to attack Vikia after destroying Kujit.

Apollodi's voice paused, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneer, "It's a pity! These Vikia cowards don't know that in front of our extremely powerful knight spears, Vikia's infantry phalanx is a swarm of defenseless ants and bugs, and with a single charge, we can beat them all over the ground to find their teeth!"

"How did the Apollo family send me such an idiot!" Seeing Apollodi's confident appearance, Marshal Berrant on the main seat frowned, and the fingers of the five hands under the table were clenched, eager to kick this arrogant guy out!,

Many of the generals of the Northern Army of Ruierdian, who had suffered a lot in front of the Vikyan infantry, also looked at each other, and they didn't know why Marshal Berrant, who had always been wise, deliberately transferred such an arrogant and ignorant idiot from Paraven

This top student of strategy at the Parabun Academy, the heir to the Apollo family, one of the three great families in the north of Raldian, does not seem to know that he has labeled a fool in everyone's hearts,...... ，