Watching a convoy of thirty carriages carrying his family towards Handanar City in the south, Earl Bradley mounted his horse, turned around with more than two hundred guards, and drove a thousand
Two hundred high-quality war horses headed north.
Many of the guards were injured. After the battle last night, the morale of the guards seemed a little low.
In the battle last night, Earl Bradley and Tran killed six evil ghost warriors in one go. The remaining eight evil ghosts were killed by the guards. As a result, the guard suffered nearly a hundred casualties.
In other words, the four hundred guards in the manor paid a huge price to kill eight evil ghost warriors.
This was also the reason why Earl Bradley was a little disheartened and resolutely left the manor.
To put it more pessimistically, if more than thirty evil ghost warriors are brought in this time, it is estimated that they may not be the ones standing in the manor talking in the morning.
This meadow was vast, and Earl Bradley rode his horse as fast as he could to the north, with the escort following behind as hard as he could.
Their equestrian skills are pretty good, but Count Bradley's mount is a scaled horse with good charging ability. If he runs out with his hooves spread, no one can catch up with him in a short period of time.
This area belongs to the southern part of the large meadow, so large herds of cattle and sheep can often be seen.
The further north you go, the more luxuriant the water and grass become. However, because evil spirits often appeared some time ago, many herdsmen are reluctant to drive their cattle north.
Now a group of evil ghosts in the Naroda Valley have entered the big meadow, and many cattle are migrating from west to east.
Earl Bradley had not gone out for a long time. This time he went out for a ride on horseback and vented all the unhappiness accumulated in his heart last night.
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In addition to the more than 300 members of the escort, their horse team also has dozens of herdsmen who specialize in driving horses, and there are more than a thousand war horses. No matter where they go, they are extremely eye-catching.
Along the way, we also met teams of various sizes.
In the big meadows, you can often see teams with one person riding two horses and the other carrying luggage.
There are only about a dozen people in this kind of team. Everyone wears fine leather armor and has a variety of weapons. These teams are almost all adventure groups and mercenary groups.
Earl Bradley walked north with his escort and saw a mercenary group.
Speaking of which, the biggest difference between the mercenary group and the adventure group is that the mercenary group earns rewards by accepting employment and completing tasks for their employers, while the adventure group goes out into the wild to hunt and collect monsters.
Herbal medicine is their way of making a living.
There are about fifty knights in this mercenary group. Each knight wears hard leather armor. These mercenary groups protect a business group composed of dozens of carriages.
There are three caravans ahead, and the four-wheeled trucks of these three caravans combined are almost dozens. The main reason for so many people walking north together is that there are many people and strength, and they are in the big meadow where evil spirits often haunt.
It is also safer to walk in the north.
As Earl Bradley's team caught up from behind, the appearance of this team of nearly three hundred people immediately filled the caravan group with laughter and laughter.
Everyone feels that the atmosphere is much more relaxed. Even if a small group of ghost warriors appear, they cannot easily shake the current merchant team.
This mercenary group followed the caravan all the way, and when they saw a guard driving a large number of horses behind them, the leader of the mercenary group naturally came forward and ran over to find out what was going on.
Probably to avoid arousing Count Bradley's resentment, when the leader of the mercenary group approached, he was accompanied by three businessmen.
Earl Bradley rode up to him. Only then did these merchants see Earl Bradley's noble badge and immediately saluted Earl Bradley.
When they heard that Earl Bradley wanted to go to the forest camp and wanted to take his guards to join the Western Route Army stationed there, these businessmen immediately became enthusiastic.
Everyone got together and started talking.
The merchants had a good impression of Commander Surdak, probably because he had not suffered any exploitation.
A merchant said to Earl Bradley:
"The idea of joining the Western Route Army is really good. I have stayed in the forest camp for the past few years, and Lord Suldak is considered the most capable commander among them."
Earl Bradley also knew that Suldak had received several good news in the past few months since he came to the forest camp.
The businessman said even more brazenly:
"Other commanders don't understand the evil spirits of Moyun Ridge at all. What they value more is their own achievements and the dark magic crystals."
Earl Bradley saw that the businessman was very courageous and immediately asked him:
"I heard that Surdak issued some very good benefits to the adventure group?"
The businessman immediately nodded without hesitation and said:
"Of course, the West Route Army on the other side of Moyun Ridge drove all the lone ghosts into the dense forest at the foot of the mountain."
"Isolated evil ghosts have relatively weak combat power. Many adventure groups have the ability to hunt these evil ghosts, and as long as they kill these evil ghosts, they can bring back some loot from the beginning to the end."
"There are various purchasers in the market here at the military camp who can purchase any unwanted Warcraft materials."
"The Western Route Army's military camp also arranges therapists to treat injured members of the adventure group anytime and anywhere. The various supplies in the camp are also very complete..."
As he talked, the businessman began to chatter a little.
"Let me tell you... shouldn't these things be done by the Adventure Union in advance? The Western Route Army has made clear arrangements at the frontline. The Adventure Union should learn more from the West Route Army."
Lord Bradley asked:
"I heard that troops attacked Moyunling in the past. What was the specific situation?"
The businessman sneered and said loudly: "Most of the commanders who came here in the past were young officers who wanted to earn merit. To earn merit, you have to think about killing evil ghosts! Everyone knows that
There is a gate of evil spirits deep in Moyun Ridge, and troops will be sent to Moyun Ridge..."
"But which one doesn't come back in despair?"
"The terrain of Moyun Ridge is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the evil spirits are guarding it, our army can't even hope to charge up."
"Which legion has rushed in in the past few years?"
Several businessmen said in various directions.
Earl Bradley listened very carefully and understood the general situation.
Even the leader of the mercenary group also said:
"Moyun Ridge has been taken over by evil spirits. It's not that easy for us to take it back now..."
Then we talked about Commander Surdak. This commander seemed to be in no rush to capture Moyun Ridge, and even built a walled city at the foot of Moyun Ridge.
With the arrival of Earl Bradley, although these business groups still camped separately, each business group was almost close to each other.
At night, when it was completely dark, everyone started to have dinner. Dinner was also very simple. They roasted various dry foods that they had brought with them, and then boiled some broth in a big iron pot with some wild vegetables added to it. Anyone who wanted to drink it could
Go over and get a bowl.
There used to be wolves in this big meadow, but since the evil spirits appeared, wolves have become extremely rare.
The tent was a little stuffy. Lying on the grass, Count Bradley did not talk to the businessmen, but quietly thought about his thoughts in front of his tent.
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Surdak returned to the forest farm camp with the giant soldier ants and the Construct Knights. The free market opposite was more lively than before.
A lot of people gathered at the forest farm camp, probably because news of the Western Route Army's victory spread frequently, and businessmen came to bid for the spoils.
Of course, there are many adventure groups and mercenary groups here. Before Suldak walked into the camp, he saw many mercenary groups gathered outside the camp and looked at the soldiers stationed in the military camp. Their eyes were particularly eager.
It took at least two days to walk from the forest farm camp to the battlefield in front of Moyunling. Suldak arrived at the forest farm camp and decided to take a proper rest here.
The hillside where the free market is located here is now overcrowded, and the tents stationed there have stretched to the grassland by the river.
Surdak didn't notice that there were actually some small lords stationed behind the hillside.
These lords are almost all nobles from the big meadow. They gathered here. Most of them ran out from various small towns after hearing the news of the victory of Surdak's Western Route Army.
A group of small lords took their troops and stationed themselves at the forest camp, mainly to wait for Surdak.
Now that Surdak has returned to the military camp with his army, these small lords have sent letters of visit to the military camp.
Everyone also got together at night and built a bonfire by the river.
"What do you know!" A young nobleman said, holding a wine glass: "Now, as long as you follow the Western Route Army, you can get a piece of the pie. Who doesn't know that there is meat in Moyun Ridge?"
Another noble lord only had a baron badge on his chest and said somewhat unconfidently:
"I heard that the conditions for joining the West Route Army are very high. I came here to give it a try because I and other nobles in the town gathered together ten construct knights."
He was wearing a relatively old magic pattern structure, but the weapons in his hands were brand new.
Another noble lord said: "These brothers in our town just want to come here to kill evil spirits. Rather than being killed by evil spirits, it is better for us to go out directly..."
"My herdsmen understand the situation inside Moyunling,"
"I'm here to deliver the horse..."
There are more than a dozen nobles gathered in front of the bonfire here, everyone is eating and chatting...
"Who doesn't want to kill evil spirits? We have been living in the town for these years, and we have been in fear every day, fearing that one day the evil spirits would burst into the town and our town would no longer be there."
Someone shouted drunkenly, and the sound spread far away.
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Surdak did not expect that the West Route Army would have such a high reputation in the forest camp and start to attract many small lords to join with their troops...
Although the number is not large, it is a very encouraging and good thing for Suldak.
Moreover, given the current situation, the West Route Army is in desperate need of injecting fresh blood into it.
The giant soldier ants after a bloody battle, probably because they were covered in blood, had some thorns appearing on their already thick hard carapace.
Now it seems that these spines should be some kind of evolution of giant soldier ants...
The knights of the Constructed Knights were resting in the military camp, and Andrew was responsible for inspecting the camp.
The two-headed ogre Gulitum and Surdak had dinner together at the command post...
Gulitem held a leg of lamb in his hand and said to Suldak:
"Boss, what do you think we build a magic airship here? When the time comes, people will stand on the magic airship and throw gunpowder barrels down, and we won't blow up the evil ghost army to pieces!"
Seeing the good brother Naohuaer on the side nodding his head repeatedly, Gulitem seemed confident...
"Do you think the evil spirits can't restrain our air power?" Surdak asked casually.
Without waiting for Gulitem's answer, he said: "They are just not familiar with magicians. I heard that the evil ghosts have flying legions, but the number is very small, and they are very afraid of bed crossbows."
The ogre brothers looked at each other...
Just listen to Suldak say again:
"In fact, magicians can only avoid the threat of evil spirits under the protection of bed crossbows. As for throwing gunpowder barrels, apart from magicians, I am actually more optimistic about those clumsy catapults."
It was already very late when Surdak led the Constructed Knights back to the forest camp, so the visitors did not rush up that night.
The next morning, as soon as Surdak got up from bed, he took a stack of letters of visit from the guard.
He casually opened a letter of visit and saw the name at the end was 'Bartholomew Viscount Allenby'. Surdak took a look at it and then asked the guard standing in the command post: "
Is Lord Bartholomew Allenby here?"
"Yes, Sir Commander, this Viscount Bartholomew Allenby is waiting outside the military camp." the guard replied.
Suldak took the letter of visit in his hand and ordered: "Please come in, Viscount Bartholomew Allenby. I have to have a good talk with him."
The guard walked out quickly...
Not long after, a young noble followed the guard and walked in. He looked at the camp curiously, his eyes naturally full of confidence.
When Viscount Bartholomew Allenby walked into the room, Suldak put down the letter of visit in his hand and stood up to greet him.
Viscount Bartholomew Allenby was also quite excited. He saluted Suldak and then said loudly: "Commander Suldak, Bartholomew Allenby is reporting to you. I hope to participate under your command."
The war on Moyun Ridge..."
"Bartholomew Viscount Allenby, have you participated in other battles before?" Suldak motioned for the young viscount to sit in front of him.
Viscount Bartholomew Allenby was slightly taken aback and answered honestly: "No..."
"So... this is your first time to participate in a plane war?" Surdak patted his forehead and said.
"That's it..."
Viscount Bartholomew Allenby said a little embarrassedly.
Faced with such a nobleman who came blatantly to gain merit, Surdak really didn't know what to say for a moment!