The eight commanders sat around a bonfire. Intas called Suldak over and everyone exchanged casual greetings.
When looking at Suldak, everyone couldn't hide the curiosity in their eyes.
Intas told about the battle in the morning and how he and Baron Suldak met together.
A cavalryman brought hot marching rations of porridge and scones, and the commanders began to eat a somewhat late lunch.
Surdak sat beside the campfire and ate silently.
Intas was very familiar with the commanders of these cavalry battalions. While eating, he discussed with other commanders the ghost-striped red ants scattered in the southern part of Plantos Town. Occasionally, he would chat casually, such as a certain commander.
He took the woman to the town next to the station, or a certain commander always liked to go to the pub to have a few drinks.
These commanders were stationed in border towns, and if it hadn't been for this beast wave, they would have been doing pretty well.
Now, the situation is not very optimistic. A large number of ghost-marked red ants are blocked north of the Thorny Mountains. Four commanders, including Intas and Surdak, are guarding the border town.
They led the cavalry to the town of Plantos, but they were also worried about the situation in their own town.
Two commanders were discussing the two armed Thunder Rhinoceros at the foot of the hill. Of course, they did not know for the time being that the two Thunder Rhinoceros belonged to Surdak.
The huge behemoth Thunder Rhinoceros has not been widely used in the army. The final factor is that the Thunder Rhinoceros itself is too expensive. In addition, the target is too big. The enemy will always take care of it, and it will easily be killed on the battlefield.
He was killed in battle, and then dozens of magic crystals were wasted. If he had the money, he might as well buy a magic pattern structure.
The noble lords of the Green Empire like to regard the magic pattern structure as private property. The property of the noble lords is mainly divided into manors, territories, businesses, and private collections. The magic pattern structure is the most important part of the private collection.
It retains its value better than gold, jewelry, and antiques.
However, the four bed crossbows on the back of the Thunder Rhino still make all commanders envious. These bed crossbows are almost the biggest weapons against ghost-marked male ants. The size of those male ants is bigger than a traveling caravan. Several rows of them are
By attacking together, the cavalry can be restrained to death.
Intas said that when he was fighting against the ghost-striped red ants, he encountered more than ten ghost-striped male ants. It was Baron Suldak. The two thunder rhinoceroses of Baron Suldak fired a series of furious shots, which immediately made those ghost-striped males angry.
The ants stayed on the battlefield.
If the ants from behind hadn't come up one after another, they would have brought back a few trophies.
The magic materials on the Ghost Striped Male Ant are quite good.
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Intas was thinking about how to ask Surdak to treat the wounded soldiers. Those seriously injured soldiers just now were really lucky. Thanks to Commander Surdak's treatment, they were lucky enough to save their lives. However, there were still many soldiers in his cavalry battalion.
There are many injured knights.
Suldak quickly filled his stomach with marching rations. He saw the strong man Intas looking at him with squinted eyes. He was about to ask him, "What's the matter?" when he saw the great swordsman Chester had a serious face.
Come out of the tent.
The commanders made room for him, and Swordsman Chester sat down while a cavalryman brought him the same marching rations.
The great swordsman of Chester took two random bites, and the commander of the cavalry battalion next to him said:
"Legion Commander, now we can only ask the Constructed Swordsmen Group in the legion to come over and clean up the situation. Our cavalry is on the outskirts of Plantos Town, trying to delay the ant colony from moving south as much as possible."
Great Swordsman Chester shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"All the Constructed Swordsmen in the legion dared to put down the rebellion in Tarapa. Even if they can escape immediately, it will take at least half a month to reach the Bailin plane."
"Now we not only need to control these ant colonies within the town of Plantos, but also find ways to block the pass of Plantos Town to prevent more ghost-striped red ants from rushing in."
He pulled out a burning stick from the bonfire, blew out the flames at the top, and used the black charcoal on it to draw a schematic diagram of the situation outside Plantos Town on a slightly raised rock slab at his feet.
"The ghost-striped red ants currently rushing through the pass can be roughly divided into three larger ant colonies."
Swordsman Chester drew three circles on the stone slab as he spoke.
Surdak could see the location of one of the ant colonies, which happened to be where he met the 7th Cavalry Battalion.
All other cavalry battalion commanders also gathered around.
Swordsman Chester said: "It is preliminary guessed that these ant colonies should be controlled by queen ants. We need to send a cavalry battalion to prevent these three ant colonies from continuing to move south."
"As for the small ant colony, it doesn't matter if they leave Plantos."
"The follow-up infantry regiment reinforcements are on their way and should gather outside Plantos Town in three days."
"No matter how well we control the situation in Plantos Town today, the 3rd Cavalry Battalion and the 4th Cavalry Battalion will leave Plantos Town before sunset and return to your base. Make sure there are no problems with your defense there."
Two commanders quickly stood up and gave a military salute to the great swordsman of Chester: "Yes, Commander of the Chester Army!"
The commander next to Intas made a different voice: "But what should we do here in Plantos Town?"
Intas took the opportunity to say: "Contain the three ant colonies, wait for the heavy armored infantry regiments and archer regiments to arrive one after another, control the situation here, and then work together to take back Plantos."
Suldak also thinks this plan is safer.
The commander next to Intas immediately said: "But there are still a large number of ghost-striped red ants running out of the pass. If we don't block the opening, there will be no ghost-striped red ants rushing from the north.
The law has been effectively contained.”
The commander who held the same view as him echoed: "We might as well concentrate our forces and attack the town of Plantos with all our strength."
"But what should we do next?" Another commander put forward a different view, saying: "There are so many ghost-striped red ants in the south of Plantos Town. If we allow these ant colonies to disperse into the grasslands of the northern occupied area, we will probably try to remove them again.
It will take ten to twenty times the manpower and material resources to find them and then eliminate them."
He paused and continued: "Imagine, if these ghost-striped red ants in the south of Plantos Town do not leave, but turn around under the control of the queen and attack Plantos Town again, we can even take back Plantos Town.
, when the time comes, we will also be attacked from both sides, as there is no city wall in the south of Plantos."
Surdak did not want to be stationed behind the Bailin plane and spend this period of time endlessly chasing the ghost-marked red ants that entered the northern occupied area.
"To seize the town of Plantos, we may not need so many cavalry." Surdak looked at the pass where dense red ants were popping up in the distance, and said coldly: "On the contrary, these three ant colonies in the south of the town are absolutely
We need to pay attention to it, it is necessary to have the cavalry battalion to contain the surroundings, and we must not let them escape our surveillance range under any circumstances."
Swordsman Chester's eyes lit up and asked him: "If we can contain the ghost-striped red ants south of Plantos Town and prevent them from turning around to support Plantos Town, are you sure you can take back Plantos?"
The pass of Sizhen?"
Surdak thought for a moment, and he decided that he was going to join the war anyway. If he inserted it like a knife into the pass of the mountain pass, the harvest might be greater.
Then he said: "You can give it a try. Even if it doesn't work, I have a way to come back!"
Great Swordsman Chester rubbed his face excitedly and said, "How many cavalry battalions do you need to join?"
"Give me two more cavalry battalions, and the chance of retaking the pass will be great," Surdak said.
A commander stood up and said: "I object. I think it is most important to concentrate our forces and eliminate the three ant colonies in the south of Plantos Town first."
Later, a commander with different opinions said: "If we continue to clean up like this, no one will block the mountain pass over there, and the ghost-striped red ants here will only gather more and more."
"Maybe not. As long as we kill enough, we can kill them back from the front. Even if we can't kill them back, we can at least prevent the ant colonies from going south and entering the grassland." The remaining commanders also began to chatter.
said.
Every commander has a little bit of his own idea.
Swordsman Chester waved his hand, and the surrounding area suddenly became quiet. Then Swordsman Chester said:
"I am leading a team to clean up the ant colony in the southern part of Plantos Town. We only need to find the three queen ants and kill them to turn them into a pile of loose sand. This way we can clean up the remaining group without so much pressure."
Then the great swordsman Chester said:
"Now there is also hope of retaking the town of Plantos. We must try no matter what. Which of you is willing to complete this task with Suldak?"
A group of commanders who expressed their opinions suddenly fell silent. No one wanted to do stupid things with the popular man in front of Marquis Luther.
Intas coughed twice, nudged his friend next to him with his elbow, raised his hand, put an arm on Suldak's shoulder, and said to the great swordsman Chester: "Count me in,
I will follow him and go crazy."
The commander next to Intas also raised his hand and said, "Then let me try it too!"
The great swordsman Chester nodded and said: "Intas and Hampton, you two and Suldak will carry out the mission of capturing the pass of Plantos Town. If you can't rush through, try to contain it there as much as possible.
The ant colonies coming from the north will help us reduce the offensive pressure of the frontal ant colonies. I estimate that more infantry regiments will arrive before noon the day after tomorrow at the latest."
Suldak, Intas and Hampton stood up and said at the same time:
"Yes, Great Swordsman Chester."
Swordsman Chester also stood up and said to the other commanders:
"The rest of the cavalry battalion will follow me to surround these three ant colonies from the front. We must destroy them as much as possible before they find a foothold."
"It's... Great Swordsman Chester."
Now everyone's voices are much louder.
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There was still half an hour to prepare for the battle, and the veterans of the cavalry battalion gathered together to polish the edges of their weapons.
Everyone seemed extremely calm, and no one even asked about the specific battle plan. Andrew patrolled back and forth among the cavalry to check the status of these veterans.
The merit exchange list almost made everyone in the cavalry battalion want to sleep on the battlefield.
There is no way, those ghost-striped red ants on the battlefield are a lot of achievements.
One hundred points of merit can be exchanged for one gold coin, which is equivalent to one silver coin for each point of merit. Such generous benefits completely aroused the emotions of these veterans. Killing an ordinary worker ant is just a bit of merit, killing a ghost pattern
Soldier ants count as 50 points of merit. Killing a giant ghost-patterned soldier ant is worth 500 points. Even if the veterans can clean up twenty ordinary ghost-patterned worker ants every day, the harvest in two days is equivalent to cutting stones in a quarry for a month.
More to come.
Therefore, in the cavalry battalion, people with minor injuries could not get out of the firing line, and some veterans would even hide some hidden injuries.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Suldak ordered Andrew to carefully check the true status of the veterans' injuries before each battle.
Intas took the opportunity to bring over a group of wounded soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Battalion, and asked Suldak to use the Holy Light Technique to treat them a little.
Then the three cavalry battalions converged together, and more than 1,800 cavalrymen made the team appear mighty.
Braving the scorching sun, a group of cavalry walked out of the woods on the hills and headed towards the pass of Plantos Town.
Some alert ghost-striped red ants saw such a large group of cavalry and fled away one after another.
After rushing through the pass of Plantos Town, the murderous aura in their bodies has been reduced a lot. They are no longer the kind of people who know that they are going to die but still rush forward desperately to give their fellow red ants behind them a chance to survive...
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At the same time, the Great Swordsman of Chester sent two cavalry battalions to contain the two ant colonies further south of Plantos Town.
These two cavalry battalions are the 3rd Cavalry Battalion and the 4th Cavalry Battalion. After participating in the diversionary mission in the afternoon, they will rush back to their garrison camp that night.
These ant colonies are moving south quickly. If it weren't for the cavalry, they would not be able to catch up with them in this vast grassland.
And he took three other cavalry battalions and 300 swordsmen from the Guards Regiment, nearly 2,000 soldiers, led by the great swordsman Chester, directly to the ant colony closest to Plantos Town.
The sunshine in the afternoon was abundant, and most of the ghost-striped red ants buried their bodies in the grass to avoid the scorching sun. They moved slowly in the grass. The size of these ghost-striped soldier ants was only slightly smaller than that of the prairie wolf.
Ghost-striped soldier ants as big as prairie lions were walking on the grass, with almost their upper bodies exposed. From a distance, it looked like there was a dark red cloud on the grass.
Although the size of the giant ghost-patterned soldier ants mixed in the ant colony is exaggerated, it is within the range that the cavalry can bear.
And those ghost-striped male ants with a body length of six meters are a bit beyond imagination, and they can be called giant beasts of the grassland.
Tens of thousands of ghost-patterned red ants gathered together, and seemed to have discovered the situation here. Three hundred swordsmen wore small, lightweight bucklers on their arms, and slowly moved forward with double-edged swords in their hands.
On both sides, five hundred cavalrymen formed a large net, and the other five hundred cavalrymen circled to the other side of the ant colony to contain the rear of the ant colony.
As long as the queen ant dares to press the entire elite of the ant colony, the cavalry behind will press forward, waiting for an opportunity to attack the queen's male ant bodyguards...