When the United Kingdom of the East Coast entered the war, it sent a legion to march on the Dukedom of Hubble. The vanguard of this legion had just entered the Duchy of Hubble and had already leaked their whereabouts.

After years of development, the Haaland Territory has developed a level of reconnaissance power, and after five years of training, the domesticated griffin has expanded its population. Now in the Haaland Reconnaissance Brigade, a team of twelve lion cavalry has been fully trained, and there are also twenty young lion cranes as a reserve force, and the lion cavalry can be expanded to thirty in three years.

In addition to the Lion Cavalry, the Magic Hot Air Balloon Squadron has been expanded to eighth, and there are two Magic Hot Air Balloon Squadrons accompanying the expedition this time.

In the huge occupied area, there are lion cavalry and magic hot air balloons in the air every day to reconnoiter the enemy.

Despite the speed of the soldiers of the United Kingdom on the East Coast, the mobilization was completed in just twelve days, and the march of 500 kilometers reached the Duchy of Hubble. But this army was easily exposed, and when it appeared near the battlefield, it had lost its suddenness.

After all, the officers of the United Kingdom on the East Coast did not know that Haraland had cultivated a large-scale lion cavalry, let alone the working principle of magic props such as magic balloons, and had never seen the telescope made by Harland. On the contrary, the orc troops, who often fight with the Harland army, will always keep an eye on the air and send the Harry to suppress the Harland air scouts.

Since entering the kingdom of Delon, Richard has scattered the combined forces of the nobles of the four provinces in the castle of the occupied area, and Haaland has led the troops to concentrate and station in the castle of Sack.

The air scouts led by Haaland are mainly centered on the castle of Sark, operating within a radius of 200 kilometers.

As the information came back one by one, the improvised sand table of Sark Castle was filled with all kinds of flags, and the enemy's situation was basically figured out.

"In this battle we have the advantage of air reconnaissance, and the enemy's situation is almost one-way transparent to us. The enemy forward had three brigades of almost five thousand people. This force had already appeared in the Duchy of Hubble, about one hundred and twenty kilometers from Duke Guise's troops, and about one hundred kilometers from Sack Castle.

After the appearance of the enemy, I ordered the Lion Knights to penetrate deep into enemy territory and enter the United Kingdom on the east coast to reconnoiter the enemy's main army. The main forces of the enemy were about eighty kilometers from the front, which was roughly two days' journey.

Our aerial scouts are still keeping an eye on the enemy, watching for his next move. ”

Richard held the whip in his hand, pointed to the flag on the sand table, and gave the officers a general overview of the military situation.

Haaland has been making sand tables for more than ten years, and the staff officers at the headquarters also have a good level of mathematics and are proficient in contours, scales and other knowledge.

The General Staff Headquarters has trained qualified cartographing staff officers who have a deep level of understanding of operational maps.

Drawing a relatively accurate sand table requires hundreds of professionals of all kinds, many of whom need to have a high school math level.

Judging from the situation in the Dawn plane, there are not many people who are proficient in mathematics, and most of the mathematical talents are still magicians. Although there are many magicians in the United Kingdom on the East Coast, it is impossible to arrange hundreds of people in one legion.

The appearance of the sand table is a high-tech product for both sides of the war, which can enable officers to intuitively understand the overall situation and improve their command level.

"The enemy's movements are now unknown, and he may wait to join up with the main force, and he may attack the Duke of Guise in the south, and of course he may attack us in the west. My advice is to wait and observe the enemy's movements before making the next decision. Taking advantage of this time, we should issue an assembly order to gather the combined forces of the nobles of the four provinces first to deal with the unexpected situation. ”

Sulla broke the silence and was the first to offer her opinion.

Sixteen years after entering the Harland Command, Sula is considered to be the oldest group of people, sixteen years of hard training, after the goddess's birthday, Sulla finally advanced to the fourth rank, and was appointed by Richard as the captain of the thirteenth brigade.

The captain of the legion, who is barely considered the top of the Haaland leader, has greatly increased his voice in the army.

Sulla is a conservative person who uses his troops more steadily.

This kind of steady soldier, although it does not look very impressive, it is difficult to achieve a big victory. But when used in key places, it can also achieve very good results.

This time he led his troops south, and Richard deliberately mobilized a group of backbones from the Delong Kingdom, and more than half of the officers under Sulla's command were from the Delong Kingdom.

Because the Delong Kingdom carried out a serious class solidification policy, these people generally did not have any good feelings towards the country, and instead had a deep hatred for the old nobles of the Delong Kingdom.

There are a large number of locals who have joined the army, and Richard's department is familiar with the local climate, geography, and people's conditions, and is not a simple guest army.

"I don't agree with Sura's opinion, it's too conservative and too passive. The enemy's forward force is only three brigades, and we should take the initiative to eat this enemy.

We have 6,000 soldiers in Sark Castle, and our weapons and equipment have surpassed the enemy, as well as the elite soldiers of the First Brigade, and 300 Warcraft cavalry to help, so we will definitely win this battle by surprise. This group of enemies is about a hundred kilometers away from us, and it is only a day and a half of a rapid march. I think we should be decisive in seizing the fighter and eating the enemy's forward first. ”

The one who raised the objection was Martin, the captain of the 1st Brigade, who, despite his old age, was very aggressive in his use of troops.

"After the march, we need half a day to rest. If the enemy does not give us time to recuperate, and attacks us in turn, we will fall into a very great passivity, and the losses will certainly not be light. After listening to Martin's opinion, Sulla still spoke out against it.

In fact, in the army led by Haaland, because of repeated victories, most of the officers were radical people, but it was Sulla, who had a stable personality, who was in the minority.

Richard's style of using troops is also more radical, but he has the advantage of listening to different opinions. Military democracy is done well, and it is good at making decisions and trade-offs.

Richard stared at the sand table, suddenly turned his head, and asked the logistics staff officer: "How many ships do we have in the grain fleet on the Querosa River, and can we transport 6,000 troops at a time?" ”

The Querosa River is a tributary of the Oram River, the main artery of the Kingdom of Grant, originating in the Duke of Isaac, although the southern region of the Kingdom of Grant is high in the south and low in the north, and the transportation of grain from the Kingdom of Grant to the front line is upstream, and the cost of land transportation and water transportation is still lower.

"Your Excellency the Duke means that we will take a section of water transport?" The logistics staff officer measured the distance with a ruler and suddenly realized: "In this way, we need to march twenty kilometers to the side of the Querosa River, and then march up the river by water for eighty kilometers, and then continue to march thirty kilometers before appearing near the enemy's front." In this way, the physical strength is better preserved, and there is no need to rest for a long time. ”

Richard nodded and continued to ask, "How deep is the Querosa River, and can boats pass at night?" ”

After reading some documents, the logistics staff officer replied with certainty: "We have 500 grain ships on the Querosa River, and in addition to 20,000 serfs who cooperate with the grain ships to pull fiber, we can transport 6,000 troops at a time. The upper reaches of the Querosa River are not deep, the roads along the river are relatively flat, the width of the river is no more than 30 meters, and the boats can pass at night if the team of slender men is organized. ”

Hearing the affirmative answer of the logistics staff officer, Richard weighed it for a moment and decisively gave the order.

"Haaland led the troops to assemble in the morning, march immediately after lunch, and arrive near the Querosa River by evening. The personnel of the headquarters immediately rode fast horses, prepared ships and slender men before evening, and marched into the Duchy of Hubble overnight, and tomorrow morning, our troops must appear near the enemy's front. ”

As soon as Richard made up his mind, the officers of the various ministries immediately went into action.

The 6,000 soldiers quickly completed their assembly, and after lunch, they began to march rapidly, covering the twenty-kilometer journey in one afternoon.

The logisticians were also very well organized, preparing the ships in advance, and before nightfall, 6,000 soldiers traveled lightly and boarded the transport ships.

In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the serfs, Richard promised them that as soon as they completed the transportation task, he would give them land and pardon them to become free people.

One night passed, and the slender men completed an almost impossible task, exhausting more than 200 people in one night, and covering a distance of 80 kilometers in more than ten hours.

In the early morning of the second day, Richard looked at the slender man who collapsed to the ground, and couldn't help but sigh that the strength of the human spirit could allow ordinary people to create military miracles and complete 80 kilometers of waterway. Of course, the reason why the slender men were able to complete this miraculous work was that the light load of the ships was also an important reason.

Time was urgent, Richard did not have much time to sigh at all, and after getting off the ship, he quickly organized the formation, and the soldiers ate a few mouthfuls of dry food at random, and immediately began a rapid march.

After a day's rest on the ship at night, the soldiers had fully recovered their strength and seemed to be more energetic in the morning.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the soldiers of the United Kingdom on the east coast had just eaten breakfast, put away their tents, and were preparing to march south, when the soldiers led by Haraland had already appeared nearby.

The soldiers led by Haaland were like divine soldiers descending from heaven, taking the enemy by surprise.

The forward units of the United Kingdom on the east coast had not yet released their scouts, and almost as soon as their eyes were blackened, they were caught in the middle of the encounter.

Haaland led the 1st Brigade after a morning of rapid marching and threw himself into battle without any rest. They formed a dense queue and rushed to the enemy camp without hesitation.

Martin looked solemnly at the enemy two hundred meters in front of him, as Haaland's oldest and highest-ranking officer, he led three infantry brigades of 4,500 soldiers to charge the enemy line. At the head of it was his old unit, the First Brigade, which was also the core of the infantry led by Haaland.

The first brigade was well-armed, every soldier wore heavy armor, the number of enchanted armor exceeded six hundred, and the number of professionals in this infantry brigade also exceeded two hundred. Among the first brigade, it was also equipped with 300 scorching ray guns, equipped with more than 2,000 alchemy bombs, almost armed to the teeth, and its combat effectiveness was very amazing.

Even the orc infantry brigade couldn't stop the charge of the first brigade led by Haaland at all. With the 1st Brigade as the core, it was like a tiger pounced on a flock of sheep, easily tearing apart the military formation of the 6th Army of the United Kingdom on the east coast.

Seeing that Haaland led the soldiers to charge, the forward brigade of the Sixth Army of the United Kingdom on the east coast immediately lined up. The three forward brigades, although they are also elite, cannot stop this enemy armed to the teeth at all.

Although Haaland led the soldiers to travel lightly, did not carry trebuchets, and did not suppress or strike with fire before the battle, after entering the range of 200 meters, the volleys of the scorching ray guns caused heavy losses to the enemy.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

With one explosion after another, the enemy soldiers lost more than a hundred people at once.

Seeing that the Scorching Ray Gun was so powerful that it could easily penetrate the large shield equipped by the soldiers, the soldiers of the Sixth Legion of the United Kingdom on the East Coast turned pale and could only barely maintain their formation, and shot one after another crossbow arrows, hoping to suppress the Scorching Ray Gunners.

A round of feathered arrows came at him, and he couldn't penetrate the magic shield equipped by the soldiers of the first brigade. I saw a force field shield release a magic force field, fixing arrows in the air.

Seeing that they could not penetrate the enemy's defenses, the soldiers of the 6th Army of the United Kingdom on the east coast were full of fear, and seeing that their side was constantly being slaughtered by the enemy's long-range attacks, they could only launch a charge in despair, hoping to defeat the enemy by close combat.

The soldiers of the first brigade led by Haaland are all veterans who have been in the army for more than five years, and there are not only many professionals inside, but also equipped with various magic shields that strengthen their strength, and they are also very proficient in hand-to-hand assassination techniques and tactics. Even hand-to-hand combat can defeat orc infantry.

The hand-to-hand combat ability of the soldiers of the Sixth Army of the United Kingdom on the east coast is far inferior to that of the orcs, even if they are desperate and desperate, the gap in strength is too large, and they cannot penetrate the military formation of the first brigade at all.

The encounter lasted only half an hour. The casualties of the enemy's forward brigade had already exceeded a third, and the remaining soldiers still rushed forward without fear of death, but they were only sent to death in vain, and were shot and killed by the archers of the first brigade in the middle of the charge.

There is extraordinary power in the Dawn plane, and in this kind of army confrontation, the strength of the army's combat effectiveness is clear, unless it is relying on a special geographical environment, it is extremely difficult to defeat the strong with the weak. As long as it is not too stupid to have commanded, a weak brigade cannot defeat a strong army in a field battle.

The Sixth Legion of the United Kingdom of the East Sea Road is not a weak army, and its combat effectiveness is a few points stronger than that of the noble legion of the Grant Kingdom, but the soldiers led by Haland, after many years of tempering in the orc war, can already be called a strong army. Among them, the combat effectiveness of the first brigade is enough to compete with the same number of Warcraft cavalry.

The combat strength of the two sides was unequal, and before Richard could put himself into reserve, the 1st Brigade had already penetrated the formation of the enemy's forward brigade in a very short time.

The 1st Brigade rushed through the gap and quickly routed the enemy with the 13th and 14th Battalions.

Seeing that the enemy army was defeated, Richard immediately ordered the Warcraft cavalry and the reconnaissance cavalry to flank the enemy army.

The large army led by Richard not only had three brigades of infantry, but also a brigade of reconnaissance cavalry. Scout cavalry are carefully selected and proficient in a variety of wilderness survival skills, and generally speaking, Richard will not charge into battle with scout cavalry.

But today the enemy army was defeated on all fronts, and in order to expand the results of the battle, Richard immediately ordered all the cavalry to go out on all lines to capture the enemy's rout.

The battle between the two armies lasted less than half an hour, and Haaland led the soldiers to rely on superior forces to easily eat this enemy. Because of the surprise, the casualties in this encounter were relatively light

(End of chapter)