Suldak stayed in Epsom City for two days before leaving the city and rushing outside the city to join the Western Route Army.
The military supplies at the West Route Army camp have been fully replenished. Among them, the most important marching rations are enough for the entire army for half a month. Unfortunately, there is no clue about the rations for the fifty thousand ghost-striped soldier ants.
Due to the special situation in Epsom City and receiving orders from Duke Newman, Suldak was ready to immediately lead the Western Route Army to the forest farm camp in northern Handanar County to set up defenses.
After returning to the camp, Surdak issued an order for all soldiers of the Western Route Army to march towards Handanar County.
Most of the Western Route Army consisted of heavy armored infantry regiments. The army marched along the road to the northwest in a mighty manner, covering about forty kilometers almost every day.
The infantry regiment had to rely entirely on its legs to walk, and each infantryman carried heavy armor weighing nearly a hundred kilograms. There were no cavalry in the army to help them carry the heavy luggage, so their daily march was like a turtle crawling.
On the other hand, there are a large number of refugees from other counties gathered in Epsom County. Even along the way, many refugees can be seen carrying bags and heading towards Epsom City, so the food that can be found in the wild is really very limited.
The only good thing is that the diet of ghost-striped soldier ants is wide enough. They are really not too picky about what they eat. When they are really hungry, they will even eat trees.
It was also because of the supply of rations for the ghost-patterned soldier ants that the Military Logistics Department had been unable to implement. In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the fifty thousand ghost-patterned soldier ants, Surdak resolutely decided that the fifty thousand soldier ants would march to Handanar at the pace of the cavalry.
County advances.
Handanar County is located in the northwest of Epsom County. It is the northern gate of the empire-occupied area. It is also the southern starting point of the rolling hills and virgin forests in the northern part of the Warsaw plane. Currently, there are only three counties in the Warsaw plane.
Fall, Handanar County is one of them.
The forward troops of the Evil Ghost Legion have appeared along the Kempatomos River, confronting the Bena Legion across the river.
For Suldak, he could not accept that the ghost-striped soldier ants could only eat the bark of the surrounding mountains and forests every day. After all, these ghost-striped soldier ants were the purest cannon fodder of the Western Route Army.
It's a bit unreasonable that you can't eat something good before you die.
Therefore, the ghostly patterned soldier ants carried 50,000 heavy armored infantry and marched towards Handanar County at the speed of cavalry. It only took half a day to leave the remaining 50,000 heavy armored infantry far behind. In order to keep the rear
The 50,000 heavy armored infantry regiment had sufficient combat power and mobility. Suldak asked all the 10,000 cavalrymen of the Western Route Army to stay behind, and followed the infantry regiment behind to march at a very fast pace every day.
Surdak, on the other hand, led the army of ghost-patterned soldier ants and traveled day and night at the speed of the cavalry. In just seven days, they arrived at the northwest border of Epsom County and officially entered the territory of Handanar County.
Surdak's lord army still continued the preparation of the mage group. This time, the main members of the mage group were almost all young magicians from the magic union of Ruit City. The main role of the mage group in the army this time was still reconnaissance.
Military situation.
After the ghost-striped red ant army entered Handanar County, according to the suggestions given by the military department, the marching route of the Western Route Army should be that the army must pass through Handanar City and then go north along the central axis of Handanar County.
Pass through the large meadow and finally reach the forest camp area.
However, due to the unavailability of ghost-striped soldier ant food supplies from the Military Headquarters Logistics Office, Suldak did not follow the marching route set by the Military Headquarters. The main reason was simple. The marching route set by the Military Headquarters was very easy to follow, but the biggest shortcoming was that
There was not enough food supplies along the way, and there was even a section of the road without woods. If the ghost-striped soldier ant army really passed by here, it would probably be eating grass...
Therefore, as soon as the ghost-patterned ant army entered Handanar County, Surdak sent all twenty-five magicians in the mage group out to survey the surrounding terrain.
It has to be said that the greatest advantage of the Magician Scouting Group is that it can take a bird's-eye view of the mountains, rivers, forests and fields below, and it can most intuitively find the most convenient marching route. Surdak's plan this time is very simple, where is there food?
The ghost-striped soldier ants rush wherever they go, and the direction is all the way north.
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A large winding river appeared in front of the magician Basil. The water of this river was not too fast. It rushed out of a dense forest and flowed into a canyon.
For Scout Basil, whenever he encounters such a river, it means that there will be a large number of life forms around, including animals and plants.
The large and vast forest ahead can be said to be what Commander Surdak has been looking forward to. As long as the army of soldier ants penetrates into this forest, the problem of food sources for the fifty thousand ghost-marked soldier ants will be completely solved.
In order to be able to find out the basic situation within a hundred miles of this forest, Surdak ordered the magicians to spread out in parallel over the forest and conduct a carpet search to the north. Basil's original reconnaissance mission was successfully completed.
But the young magician discovered that a very secret river appeared in the jungle within the scope of his investigation, so he followed this river to investigate downstream.
Sure enough, when the river rushed out of the forest, it rushed into a deep valley in an instant.
This place is at least four hundred miles away from the West Route Army's ghost-marked red ant army, and it is completely out of the range where the West Route Army's ghost-marked red ant army needs to be on guard.
If he hadn't been chasing a herd of one-horned bison, Basil probably wouldn't have flown so far. This herd of bison was walking downstream along the river. Although the number of the group was only a few hundred, for the ghost-striped soldier ants
We are also a rare meal, the only trouble is that it is a bit far.
Basil was thinking about the route that the hunting group would take in the sky. If he wanted to capture this herd of bison, he estimated that at least 1,500 ghost-striped soldier ants would have to be dispatched to hunt them this time.
Fortunately, the cattle stopped when they saw the river rushing into the valley. They turned back again and looked for a place to cross the river in the shallows of the river.
Basil lifted the handle of the magic harpoon upwards, and the floating magic circle lit up two magic lines again. The propeller ejected a powerful airflow, and the magic harpoon hovered in the air for half a circle before preparing to return.
The decision as to whether to hunt down this herd of one-horned bison rests with Commander Surdak.
He only needed to use the magic crystal to record the terrain and resources in this area, but before he could increase the speed of the magic weapon, he was suddenly shaken by a dazzling light, and then the hairs on his back were all shaken.
He stood up, and in a hurry, he put all his magic power into the magic pot handle, but he pulled it up with all his strength.
The magic harpoon seemed to make an emergency stop in the air, and then rushed straight into the sky.
The next second, a flying spear flew into the air against Basil's sole.
Basil's flying height is about three hundred meters above the ground. Even a longbow archer can't reach such a high range, let alone a flying spear. This distance can only be reached by a sky crossbow, and that flying spear
spear……
Thinking of this, Basil shuddered and spiraled into the air desperately, and the two flying spears passed by each other again.
He peered desperately into the forest below, and saw an evil ghost covered in black armor standing on the crown of a tree, throwing a flying spear at him.
This is the first time that the magician Basil has seen the evil ghost warrior, but at first glance he is sure that it is a powerful evil ghost.
He knew that this place belonged to the jungle in the southeast of Handanar County, but he didn't expect that the ghost warriors would appear here. Thinking of this, Basil didn't hesitate any longer. He didn't even get out of danger completely, so he touched it from his arms.
A magic flare came out, and as he injected a bit of magic power, the magic flare suddenly shot up into the sky and exploded above Basil's head.
A ball of red flame exploded, and countless streams of light fell downwards. This kind of flame was very eye-catching even in the daytime...