Businessman Malacom not only purchased a batch of crossbows and catapults from San Carlos City this time, he also bought a set of agility-oriented magic pattern structures from the Imperial Capital Auction House.
In addition, the 1,500 infantry soldiers in the military camp also wore heavy armor. They had bright heavy swords hanging on their waists, and they carried dwarf heavy shields and Paglio spears behind their backs.
On the last day of October, 1,500 infantry soldiers, fully armed, left the town of Dodan and headed north through the Dodan Gorge.
The infantry lined up in a long line, following the armed Thunder Rhinoceros, and marched into Invercargill Forest.
All the infantry soldiers seemed very excited. Most of these new troops are young indigenous people from the tribe. They have an obsession in their hearts, that is, they can only get money when they perform tasks. This time when they left Duodan Town, everyone
Everyone wants to make a fortune on the battlefield.
Eighteen armed Thunder Rhinoceros carry thirty-six bed crossbows on their backs, and the shelves also carry forty dismantled bed crossbow parts and twenty catapults. All these ordnance will be transported to the northern part of the Invercargill Forest.
In the military camp in Canyon Woodland.
Surdak's northern expedition to the Dark Worm Valley also officially started on the last day of October.
He understands better than anyone else that the military is actually fighting for money, but victory in the war can bring huge rewards for previous efforts.
But once the war failed, not all lords could bear the losses.
Surdak had never thought that the scale of this northern expedition to the Dark Worm Valley would be so large...
He just invested all the wealth accumulated from the beast tide throughout the summer into this expedition.
In addition, he also wants the proceeds from the continuous sale of copper ingots at the copper mine to be directly exchanged for a large amount of strategic war preparation materials, so as to fully support this expedition.
When these supplies were continuously transported from Dodan Town to the military camp in the canyon forest, the entire supply line was almost crowded with horse teams carrying goods.
Such abundant material supplies had a huge impact on the indigenous tribes in the hills and mountains and Invercargill Forest.
These indigenous tribes also fought with the Green Empire's army, but they were not behind the war zone. They watched such a battle from the perspective of bystanders. They saw these ordnance supplies and so many young warriors rushing to the battlefield well-equipped.
These indigenous tribes also couldn't sit still.
Logically speaking, their tribe is currently subordinate to Lord Surdak. Lord Surdak wants to start a war, and they are obliged to send their own armed forces to join it.
The first time Suldak organized a war of this scale, he mobilized a group of young indigenous warriors, so he forgot to issue recruitment orders to various indigenous tribes.
However, various indigenous tribes heard that Surdak began to mobilize troops frequently, and the heads of each tribe communicated privately. If they don't respond at this time, they will easily be caught in the future, so they should respond positively.
So on the day when 1,500 heavy armored infantry entered the Invercargill Forest, each tribe sent a hundred or so indigenous warriors to the military camp in the canyon forest. They even brought their own dry food and weapons.
The warriors sent by each tribe are not many, but the number of these tribes is large.
Thirty-seven indigenous tribes actually gathered nearly 3,000 warriors. They are a group of real hunters within the tribe. In terms of personal strength, they are much stronger than the young indigenous people and have rich combat experience.
When these tribal warriors arrived at the canyon camp one after another, Surdak realized that the scale of the camp he had built was a bit small, and he quickly cut down trees and built some more barracks.
I saw that although these tribal warriors had alloy bows in their hands and craftsman heavy swords hanging on their waists, they were still only covered in animal skin armor, and their feet were also wrapped in tattered animal skins. They didn't even have a pair of decent ones.
There are no shoes.
For this reason, Surdak quickly asked the businessman Malacom to look at three thousand sets of imperial infantry armors. Even if these indigenous warriors volunteered to send troops to help this time, they would be a little benefit.
Even Malacom was a little surprised that Surdak made such a generous move.
He also didn't expect that the magic crystals that Surdak took out were all earned during the beast wave this summer. Now, for this battle in winter, his pockets are almost cleaner than his face.
Taking advantage of the fact that it had not yet snowed in the Invercargill Forest, Suldak arranged for people to pull up fifty arm-thick iron ropes on the mountain gorge, and used these iron ropes to pave an iron chain bridge for the armed Thunder Rhinoceros to pass.
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In addition to such a massive iron cable bridge, Suldak also built more than a dozen zip lines on this mountain stream. These zip lines, which are low on one side and high on the other, can allow soldiers to quickly slide across this natural chasm.
It has only been half a year since the epidemic, and many areas have not yet recovered from the damage caused by red ants.
Many people did not expect that Viscount Suldak in the Lutheran Army would actually lead an army across the mountain stream in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest in the name of the northern lord of the White Forest Plane, preparing to lead the army when the first heavy snow fell.
The army attacks the Dark Worm Valley.
Suldak's army has just arrived at the canyon woodland camp in the northern Invercargill Forest. A large number of adventure groups in Wilkes City are like dry leeches smelling blood in the tropical rain forest, pouring into Invercargill from all directions.
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Some large mercenary groups even number more than a hundred people.
They were not hired by Lord Surdak, but were interested in the magic cores in the skulls of the ghostly patterned soldier ants.
This summer, they had already tasted the benefits of following Surdak's cavalry battalion. This time Surdak was preparing to march north, and these adventure groups and mercenary groups actually took action.
Just after the first week of November, the number of adventure groups and mercenary groups gathered on the south bank of the mountain stream surged to more than 5,000.
They had almost hunted down all the ghost-striped red ants wandering in the forest area opposite.
So much so that no trace of the ghost-striped red ants can be seen across the mountain stream.
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Dark clouds were pressing down in the sky layer by layer, and the north wind carried a damp and cold atmosphere.
At this time, the rocs in the northern sky have already hid in their nests. This is the call before the wind and snow. The light green mist surrounding the Dark Worm Valley is constantly blown into the sky by the north wind.
In such a cold weather, the woodland shrouded in poisonous fog gradually appeared in Surdak's sight.
As snow grits fell from the sky, which would sting a bit when hit on the face, the fog in the forest opposite became lighter.
Five hundred cavalrymen from the cavalry battalion were already guarding the chain bridge on the north bank. Following Suldak's order, eighteen armed thunder rhinoceros took the lead and stepped onto the chain bridge one by one, carrying heavy beds.
The crossbow crossed the bridge deck and set up a second line of defense in the north of the chain bridge.
A thousand archers followed these Thunder Rhinos across the chain bridge, followed by 1,500 heavy armored infantry.
By the time 1,500 heavy armored infantry built fortifications on the Iron Chain Bridge, Andrew led the cavalry battalion to quickly insert into the edge of the Poison Swamp.
Although the snow has dispersed the poisonous fog, the entire swamp is still very difficult to navigate, and countless puddles, traps, and methane are hidden under the thick moss and grass.
Usually this place is almost a forbidden area for cavalry, but now Andrew is preparing to lead five hundred cavalry through here...