According to the news brought back by the magician who inquired about intelligence from the north, originally in Mukuso City, the first and second legions had been assembled.
But currently only the Second Army has chosen to go south. The vanguard has arrived at the town of Khatangada, but the First Army has chosen to go north for some unknown reason.
Suldak stood in front of the map, thinking hard about what considerations the McDonnell family had in choosing to separate the first and second legions even after the third legion had just lost...
Having a mage group in the army brings many unexpected benefits. Not only is all kinds of intelligence information more detailed, but it can also be delivered to Surdak's ears in a very timely manner.
And when the battle begins, the mages can also provide aerial fire support.
If they don't need to ride a magic harpoon to fly in the air, magicians can also unleash more powerful magic skills.
Now, what surprised Surdak the most was the hexagonal magic crystal in front of him, which was inserted into the groove of the gem...
In fact, there are many such magic crystals in the secret room of the Red Dragon Treasure in Surdak, and the magic crystals there contain the words of runes.
But the magic crystal in front of Surdak recorded real image data on the battlefield.
This kind of magic crystal with a memory carrier is extremely precious because they have the ability to remember images. Magicians usually record some magic inheritance in magic crystals.
Under the instruction of Archmage Morrison, this magic crystal was taken out to record the vast land between the towns of Takarai and Hatangada.
The magician flew in the air and had a bird's-eye view of the entire land. With such a clear sky perspective, every big tree on the entire battlefield could be seen very clearly.
Surdak did not expect that the mage group would be so generous. He took out the magic crystal and recorded the military camp where the Lord Army was located between the towns of Takalai and Hatangada.
In Suldak's eyes, this military camp was displayed in front of him without any defense.
According to Archmage Morrison's original words: "If the mage group wants to defeat the Black Magic Monastery in the Ganbu plane, their own strength alone may not be enough. They must also rely on the help of the Bena Constructed Swordsmen Group. At present,
Surdak completely controls this swordsman group. If the mage group wants to cooperate with the constructed swordsmen group, it needs the support of Surdak...'
In order to support Surdak's heavy armored infantry regiment in winning the next war, Archmage Morrison also showed full sincerity.
Not only did they send magicians to the military camp to investigate the situation, they also recorded the distribution of the opponent's troops in detail.
The surrounding mountains, woods, rivers, lakes, valleys and the terrain in the direction of Hatangada Town are all recorded in the magic crystal.
The magician held the magic crystal in his hands, and a picture appeared from the magic crystal. Surdak and a group of officers were amazed by this in the military camp tent.
As the display of these terrains ends, the illusion in front of him disappears, and the magician takes his hands away.
"The garrison in the military camp is not a concern now. Our heavy armored infantry regiment only needs half a day to bulldoze the military camp here." said a commander of the heavy armored infantry regiment in the military tent, who was sent by Marquis Luther.
One of the ten commanders who came over was good at combat deployment and training new troops.
Another infantry regiment leader also nodded and said:
"It is easy to seize the military camp. The difficult problem is the heavy cavalry of the Second Corps stationed in Hatangada Town. How can we block their reinforcements to the military camp."
Everyone became agitated, but no officer was still optimistic about the heavy armored infantry regiment in this situation.
An infantry regiment leader frowned and said: "Judging from the layout in the magic crystal, they want to hold on to the town of Hatangada. The military camp here is their frontline bridgehead. If we can lead them into the mountains, we can
The advantages are much greater.”
Someone even took out some stones and placed them one by one on a square table covered with a map, arranging the formation of the second army of the lord's army when they attacked, and then said: "The second army has three thousand heavy cavalry. This part of the force alone is enough."
It can defeat our heavy armored infantry regiment in one fell swoop. If ten light cavalry are deployed to outflank it, it will easily form an encirclement on the battlefield... This battle will be difficult to fight."
Someone later added: "It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 heavy cavalry. The Third Army also has two heavy cavalry regiments and six light cavalry regiments that should return to Mukusuo. Then the current number of heavy cavalry in the Second Army has probably accumulated to
Four thousand people..."
Surdak pondered for a moment and said to a group of infantry commanders: "We have already figured out the strength of the troops. How about we practice this battle on the sand table?"
"That's a good note."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
It is not difficult for people like Surdak to make a sand table. The entire sand table is four meters long and two meters wide, showing the terrain from Thakale to Hatangada town.
After the sand table was ready, Surdak, the great swordsman Quintas and several regimental commanders hid in the military tent and spent almost a whole day rehearsing the war. Everyone had lunch and dinner.
Having a simple meal in the big tent of the military camp, every officer looked very tired.
However, what is even more difficult for everyone to accept than being tired is that after dozens of deductions, the heavy armored infantry regiment does not see any hope of victory.
Adding the advantages of the mage regiment and the constructed swordsman regiment, it is not very effective against the heavy cavalry on the battlefield.
In fact, during the sand table simulation, no matter who used the heavy armored infantry regiment and the constructed swordsman regiment to attack the Lord's second army, they could only capture the garrison camp with not too many troops at most.
But not long afterward, the garrison camp would be recaptured by the officers commanding the Second Legion of the Lord's Army, and heavy cavalry would be used to completely overwhelm the infantry regiment in this area.
Although there are a lot of mountains in this area, there are broad valleys with flat terrain near the garrison camp, where heavy cavalry can gallop and charge at will.
Surdak's legion simply didn't have any units that could restrict the heavy cavalry on the opposite side.
With no hope of victory in sight, even the great swordsman Quintus advocated taking a stab at it first.
Ned Mosby, the commander of the 1st Heavy Infantry Regiment, suggested: "Why don't we stop for a while and now we can run the town of Takale? We can build a city wall on this ruins first, even if we can't stop it.
The attack of the Second Army was completely late enough to withdraw from the dock..."
Surdak pondered for a moment and said to the group of officers in front of him: "This is our best chance to defeat the Second Army... As long as we can stop their heavy cavalry to support us, we will have a chance to capture the garrison camp.
And... I have a way to defeat their heavy cavalry, but they are relatively weak horses. With such good green-scaled horses, I really can’t bear to part with them..."
Surdak planted a small red flag on the slope of a valley between the military camp on the sand table and the town of Khatangada, and then said: "My battlefield is here. I will mobilize six corps and mages.
Stop their heavy cavalry here."
Then he raised his head and looked around. Surprise was written on the faces of all the group leaders.
Suldak set his sights on Ned Mosby and said to him:
"Ned Mosby, in the next battle, you and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th heavy armored infantry regiments will besiege the military camp. I will be responsible for blocking the heavy cavalry of the 2nd regiment here."
"We cannot send the Second Legion back to Mukuso City."
"Otherwise, if we want to capture that city, I am afraid that countless soldiers will lose their lives. We must firmly hold the Second Army in the town of Hatangada."
Hearing what Suldak said, the great swordsman Quintas asked with a puzzled look: "Dak, what are you going to do? We don't have any knights to block those heavy cavalry, and we don't have a strong wall. You
Could it be that they want to use heavy armored infantry to stop these thickly armored horses?"
"Of course not, but I have a way, and I have the support of the magician group, right?" Surdak said very optimistically.
Archmage Morrison, who had been standing silently in the corner, raised his head and said with a smile: "Yes, I will provide all support within my ability."
Surdak turned around, inserted small branches into the mountainous area, and said confidently: "Believe me, with the help of Archmage Morrison, my plan will become much simpler..."
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Surdak's heavy armored infantry regiment did not stop at Takalai. He did not even prepare to establish a material turnover center in Takalai, and advanced directly along the road towards the military camp.
According to Surdak's original words, that garrison camp is very good and can meet all the needs of my army...
Along the way, Suldak asked the soldiers in the heavy armored infantry regiment who were good at making straw men to each make a straw man and carry it on their shoulders.
On March 17, Suldak led nearly 8,000 heavy armored infantry regiments to bypass the military camp and directly inserted into the valley between the military camp and Hatangada town. These heavy armored infantry soldiers that night
These scarecrows were buried in the forest and on both sides of the road. Hundreds of scarecrows spread throughout the forest and on both sides of the two-kilometer-long road in the forest.
Buried in the soil with these straw men were two thousand oak barrels filled with black powder.
To be honest, burying these oak barrels is really a technical job.
In order to transport the black gunpowder to the plane of dry cloth, Aphrodite returned to the city of Hiranza in advance, and transporting so many oak barrels to the military camp was also a big project. Surdak and Aphrodite almost
Been busy all night.
And that night, many officers and heavy armored infantry soldiers in the military camp thought that Surdak was doing some indescribable things with the mysterious female magician in the camp.
In fact, the two men only moved two thousand oak barrels.
Everything was ready, and even the eight thousand heavy armored infantry disappeared into the dense forests on both sides of the valley.