The magician spent the whole night making magic scrolls, while Lant and Dugan discussed tactics in front of the map.
"I recently met Bai Xiaoluo Benqi Baixiao, a senior knight and the deputy leader of the White Xiao Knights. His father is the governor of the northern earldom, that is, the eldest son of His Majesty the King Dusen. His Majesty the King has many wives, and he The age gap between their children is not small. For example, Luo Benqi is about the same age as Li Qi. The two grew up together since childhood, so there is no generational gap.
Luo Benqi, the deputy leader, is not comparable to that boy from your Maned Wolf family. There are at least 3 intermediate knights and 20 junior knights in his knighthood."
Dugan's meaning is obvious. In terms of pure combat power, the knights of the White Xiao Master are equivalent to the Galloping Horse Knights of Lant. In terms of the combat power of the knights above the junior level, Lant only has two more intermediate knights than Bai Xiao. .
"He also went to school at Blue Dragon School. He is a famous swordsman in the school. He even learned a little magic from the family's magician. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be trapped by the opponent."
"Will his knights be equipped with magicians?"
"No, generally speaking, unless they are intermediate-level magicians or above, they will not go to the battlefield, but the cost of intermediate-level magicians and above is very high," Dugan explained, "Unless they are the Knights of Longtai Mountain, otherwise small There will be no mages or priests in the Knights."
"Then there's a problem. Their knights total no less than 60 people, and their opponents only have 70 demon worshipers. They retreated without fighting. How could they be surrounded?" Lant was a little confused.
"Sir, you are not familiar with woodland warfare. It is difficult for cavalry to spread out in the woods. They are easily divided into several small pieces. Although the herbivore orcs are not strong in combat, it is difficult to catch up with them on horseback in the woods." Dugan analyzed while pointing at the map, "Although the two teams have a large number of people, they all made plans according to the opponent's only 30 people. It is normal to divide the troops to pursue. Once the troops are divided, they will be plotted by the orcs."
"Have they never experienced a life-and-death battle?"
"Then it depends. Compared with last year when you put the enemy chief's head on the flagpole, you can't fight a few life-and-death battles in a year." Dugan covered his mouth and laughed.
"Don't mention that part." When Lant was about to leave the Blue Dragon School, he realized that his previous 'feat' had spread throughout the royal capital, and he was identified as the most brutal barbarian in the past 10 years by the Dragon Kingdom Chronicles. "They themselves are afraid of death and don't say anything. They still think that I am cruel and will kill the goose if I don't live. Can other barbarians be so obedient?"
Du Gen also held it in for a long time before he finally swallowed the words "Evil God Sacrifice" in his mouth, "But you are right, Mr. Bai Xiao is a person who cannot accept failure. When he took the sword test in school before, if he I’m not sure I can beat my opponent, and I won’t fight easily.”
From what you said to me, Lant probably knew what the problems were with the White Owl and the Maned Wolf: they underestimated the enemy, advanced rashly, were divided by their opponents, and the terrain was unfavorable, and he did not have enough fighting will. Perhaps for the two young men, they originally thought it was just an armed parade to build their reputation.
"Before they went to war, they never thought about what they would do if their opponent was too strong? What if they lost contact with their own team?" Lant was confused by the tactical literacy of the two future earls.
"The Frostwolf Forest is different from the Galloping Horse Plains. When people mention the Galloping Horse Plains, they always think that the barbarians here are fierce. But when it comes to the Frostwolf Forest, they think the orcs there are vulnerable." Dugan shook his head. , "I got news in the imperial capital. Not only our count, but also the war situation on Kirislav's side is even worse. At least 5 knights were killed. It was notified by the death lawsuit from the imperial capital."
"When the time comes, you will lead the barbarian cavalry around here. Don't enter the forest easily." Now that he has a new understanding of the battle situation and the battlefield, Lant has probably thought of the corresponding tactics. He pointed to the location near the two besieged families. "Tenya and I will break in from here."
"Is this okay?" Dugan was a little surprised, "We don't have many people, let alone dividing our troops."
. . .
In the early morning of April 25, Lant's nine troop transport ships finally arrived outside the Maned Wolf City. The barbarians were very uncomfortable with taking ships. Many cavalrymen suffered from seasickness. For this reason, all the more than 200 men and horses disembarked throughout the morning. Get on the boat and light a fire to cook.
The earl fulfilled his promise and asked the steward to bring food and monster meat to the river bank to work the army. However, he did not expect that the army of 150 knights and cavalry mentioned by Lant did not include 10 demon-supporters and 40 non-magic. or the number of logistics personnel, so the food supply is still quite short.
Near noon, the 10 boats provided by the earl's family also arrived. The cavalry boarded the boats again and set off eastward.
In order to get the reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible, the earl also spent a lot of money and dispatched another wind fairy. The fleet moved forward, with the water fairy in the lead ship and the wind fairy in the last ship. It happened to be smooth sailing, and less than a hundred The remaining kilometers of waterway were reached in one afternoon.
The Frostwolf Forest is a coniferous forest, but there are thick weeds on the ground. From outside the forest, it is difficult to peek into the interior of the forest. To prevent an accident, Rand ordered the ship to disembark 3 kilometers from the edge of the forest.
After several months of training, the Galloping Horse Knights are most familiar with setting up camp and breaking out of camp, and now with Tenia, they can do it even more easily.
The entire camp is like a square city, with a 6-meter-high and 2-meter-high earthen wall, a 5-meter-wide and 2-meter-deep trench with a large number of ground spikes, and a circle of 12 10-meter-high watchtowers. , if Lant hadn't stopped her, Tenia would have almost built a castle and a dock out of habit. The establishment of such a luxurious camp in such a short period of time stunned Dugan and the representatives of the Maned Wolf family.
"Sir, if Teacher Tania has this ability, why do we still need to bring a tent? Can't we just build a castle?" Dugan asked Lan quietly as he watched the earth elemental storm around Tania constantly forming walls. special.
"The castles on your fiefdom are all built like this. In fact, you can also build the castle directly, but I just don't want to be cheap, Earl." Lant waved his hand.
"You mean, all the castles in our fiefdom are ready-made?" Dugan was very happy after hearing this.
"I can't give you a piece of white land, right? The castle is ready-made, and the people can find it themselves." What Lant didn't know was that when his ancestors arrived in the baronies of Lot and Galloping Horse, they built it completely on a piece of white land by themselves. .
"Don't worry, my family is prosperous, and it won't be a problem to gather 100 people." Dugan Lanlong happily went to arrange and set up sentries.
It was also the first time for Dugan to fight with Lant's knights. He found that both the cavalry and the knights ate the same food, including mutton soup, sausages and grilled naan. However, the several jars of pickled cucumbers carried by the logistics were different. Where you can't taste it.
"Knight Dugan, have you seen the Viscount and Tutor Tanya?" A knight came over to ask, and his question alerted Peter Maned Wolf, who was also in the camp.
"What? The Lord is missing?"
(End of chapter)
