Two days later, the main force of the expeditionary legion finally arrived at Yale Oasis.
More than 20,000 people and large quantities of military supplies poured in at once, filling the small oasis with an area of only two hectares.
Facing the God of War's Summer Palace Guards stationed in the Yale Oasis, the entire expeditionary regiment was shocked, whether it was His Highness the Lion-Hearted Prince Kahn or Lucy, who managed Tagore's private army "The Troubles".
The Austrian priests were all shocked by the powerful and dazzling lineup of the Summer Palace Guards. No one thought that the Divine Comedy Shaman, as a small lord, had accumulated such a huge military strength.
In fact, Liu Zhencheng had troubles that he couldn't tell, and he didn't want to be in the limelight, but to avenge Helen, this summer palace guard composed of followers would be exposed sooner or later. Even if they were all sent back to Feilengcui, those Toulon Alliance
But all the soldiers in the team have seen it with their own eyes, and they have passed it on to ten, and passed it on to hundreds. No one can hide it, so it is better to show it openly.
The first battle was a complete victory, and the forward corps wiped out the opponent's 6,000 men with a weak force. It was a beautiful battle that they were proud of, but this caused huge discord within the entire expeditionary corps.
The cause of the matter was the batch of weapons and materials seized when the forward corps captured the oasis. The quality of the Muran people's scimitars was so good that the entire Behemoth army was coveted. Thousands of camels could also be used as weapons in the desert.
The best means of transportation, let alone food and supplies. In short, it is all about money.
The most important task of the expeditionary sacrificial group this time is to help the temple obtain enough supplies and equipment to arm the soon-to-be-established Guardian Knights. As the chief shaman of the expeditionary sacrificial group, Liu Zhenshao not only failed to help
The temple did its best, but generously allowed all the soldiers of the Toulon Regiment to change their weapons. Why didn't this make the three golden-robed chief priests jump anxiously?
It's useless to jump around. If Liu Zhancheng buys their account, he won't be called Liu Zhanzhan anymore.
The three golden-robed chief priests originally wanted the chief shaman to take the lead and negotiate with the legion commander to redistribute the spoils, but Liu Zhancheng had no such plan at all. Anyway, he already had the "Light Begging Tower" he wanted, and others
He is too lazy to take care of other people's business.
In desperation, the three golden-robed officiants had no choice but to argue with Prince Kahn, the commander of the army. After all, this battle was won by the guards of the Summer Palace of the God of War. Even the pigeon warriors of the two Toulon regiments
Admitting this, the captured materials and equipment must belong to the temple. In addition to those materials, the temple also wanted a share of the large number of captured slaves. Most of these slaves were skilled craftsmen.
The winemaker inside is a huge asset.
His Highness Kahn, the Lion-Hearted Prince, is no longer a fuel-efficient lamp. The Mulan scimitar can easily split the armor of Behemoth warriors. How can there be any reason to pick up such a sword and then give it away? The value of a mature craftsman, as a
How could the upper nobles not understand? It can be summed up in two words, so no need to discuss it!
The desert natives in the surrounding areas have also been cleared away. The top leaders of the two gangs have nothing to worry about and can quarrel without any distractions.
Faced with Prince Lionheart's insistence on Qingshan's unyielding attitude, the three golden-robed chief priests were also anxious. They even said that they would withdraw the expeditionary priest group and Taigo's private army "Malignant Legion" to Shabak to threaten Kahn.
Your Highness.
If it hadn't been for the coming of war, this farce might have turned into reality.
When the expeditionary regiment was resting at the Yale Oasis until the second day, the scout cavalry suddenly reported: traces of enemy troops began to appear one hundred and fifty miles away!
The sharp disputes between the temple and the military will all come to nothing in the face of the upcoming war. Whether it is the altar priests or the Behemoth soldiers, they still have this basic awareness.
The commander of the legion, Prince Kahn, reviewed the enemy situation information compiled by the counselors, and together with his staff, he pounced on the map and circled the general direction and location of the enemy's movement. In order to further confirm, a large number of aerial reconnaissance cavalry and Wolf scouts were
They were also sent out to conduct detailed reconnaissance of the enemy's movements and scale.
Four waves of scouts, a total of twenty hippogryph knights, four Biao warriors and one hundred wolf riders, finally only returned two Biao warriors, and they were covered with wounds. This made His Highness Kahn suddenly realize.
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, the atmosphere of the entire expeditionary legion suddenly changed from relaxed to a tense pre-war preparation state.
"My lords! The enemy's ferocity far exceeds our imagination!" His Highness Kahn's first words at the pre-war meeting he held made all the officers and priests feel the weight of the war.
The military counselors distributed stacks of compiled information on the enemy's situation to the hands of the generals and priests one by one. These information had just been tortured from the mouths of the captured slaves, imams, lion taming girls and viper slaves.
, including Commander Kahn, read it for the first time today.
In the entire venue, there was only the rustle of flipping through materials, and only Liu Zhenzhen remained calm.
After reading the enemy situation report, all the officers and high-ranking priests frowned with serious expressions.
According to the information interrogated from the prisoners, the regular army of Kalimantan City, the western frontier province of the Mulan Empire, has 40,000 people. After mobilizing the reserves, there is no problem in doubling this number.
What worries Beamon generals the most is not the number of enemy soldiers. There is a huge gap between untrained militiamen and professional soldiers. If compared with Beamon professional soldiers, this gap will be even greater.
The generals are all worried that this sinful city that sells and robs Behemoth has a commander with excellent command ability. In the entire Mulan Empire, there is only "Kalimantan City" without other forces around it, let alone a second one.
In the small desert country, even the bandits were completely wiped out by this commander.
Shaole, Asha, Letou, Markhan.
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These small desert countries are all the brilliant achievements achieved by the commander named Rommel in foreign campaigns in recent years. Under his leadership, this regular force of "City of Kalimantan", also known as the "Flying Camel Army"
"The army marched eastward and westward, and was invincible! His Majesty the Sultan of the Mulan Empire regarded him as the first general of Mulan, and all the desert countries respectfully called this army "Mulan Storm", a metaphor for its unstoppable power.
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During the summer offensive launched by the Behemoth Kingdom last year, this famous general known as the "Beautiful Commander" among the Mulan people was unable to fight against the Behemoth army because he participated in the Mulan Empire's conquest of the desert country of Markand.
, the Behemoth military cannot make an accurate evaluation of him; now that the famous Mulan general has returned from Markand, he and his invincible army called "Mulan Storm" are obviously the Behemoth expeditionary force.
main opponent, this has been definitely confirmed by the mouths of all the prisoners.
"What do you think?" Prince Lionheart's voice was a little hoarse. The two days of quarrels had exhausted his throat.
"Your Highness! Why is there no detailed information about the secret troops of the "Mulan Storm" legion in this enemy information report?" General Wolff Guti raised the enemy information report in his hand and asked a little puzzled: "This one is called "Muran Storm"
The enemy of "Blue Storm" has a secret force composed of vultures, desert elves, iguanas, desert dwarves, frost armor giants, snakes and scorpions. So what kind of mission does this secret force shoulder? Their
What are the methods of combat like? Why is there so little intelligence?"
"That's right!" Several other generals nodded in agreement.
"Generals, we can't figure out the enemy's details, and the enemy can't figure out our details. This is normal." Chief of Staff General Pinto knocked on the table in front of him to signal everyone to be silent.
"My lords, there is actually something that I have never been able to figure out!" Liu Zhenshao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly became more energetic when he mentioned the secret arms: "Why are there dwarves and elves in the desert? What about the frost-armored giants?
What happened? How could a frost giant survive in the desert? Isn’t this nonsense!”
"There are also mineral veins in the desert. It's not surprising that a branch of dwarves can appear!" Prince Kahn rubbed his eyebrows vigorously and felt a headache while reading the information: "The name of this desert elf is "Mainz", not a slave.
People pointed out that this Mainz has the same pointed ears as our hippogryph scout. I really can’t believe that there are elves in the desert! There are no forests in the desert! Where did the desert elves come from? Too
It’s puzzling!”
"Could it be a cactus forest?" Liu Zhensha laughed loudly, and the officers all laughed too.
"There are so many secrets in the desert! I really don't want to believe that the frost-armored giants can live in such a hot desert! The other side's secret force has done a good job in keeping the secrets secret! Our military police have worked very hard on the prisoners.
However, the information obtained is still limited. We really don’t know much about what kind of arms the opponent’s secret force is.” Prince Kahn smashed his mouth and turned to look at Liu Zhensha: “Your Majesty Richard, you
We have already fought against each other, do you have any special opinions to express about the enemy's secret troops?"
"Well...I don't have anything to say. The Mulan army that fought against our vanguard corps has their secret troops consisting of lions and poisonous snakes." Of course Liu Zhencheng would not be stupid enough to mention "Beggars of Light" at this time.
"Wish Tower": "Dear His Highness Kahn, if lions and poisonous snakes are the other party's secret weapons, then the other party's secret troops are a little too worthless. If it is in the narrow strip, I admit that a bunch of lions and snakes will suddenly appear.
Poisonous snakes may have a surprising effect, but in an open area like the desert, if I have archers, I can wipe them all out with a single shot!"
"It's really nothing surprising! We also have this kind of secret army! When it comes to the ability of beasts to serve as soldiers, who can compare with our Behemoth trainers!" A Rhine general from "Whip of the God of War" couldn't help but interject.
Already.
"Your Highness, please ask, what is the organization and combat methods of the secret force composed of animal trainers during our expedition this time?" Liu Zhancheng asked curiously.
He had heard about this team of mysterious animal trainers for a long time. In the past, he naturally didn't ask more questions due to confidentiality, but now that he was about to go to the battlefield, he naturally wanted to satisfy his curiosity first.
"There's nothing surprising, it's just that each of them tamed a violent bear and a porcupine." His Highness Kahn passed by in an understatement.
Liu Zhenhan knew that Prince Lionheart had not revealed all his secrets. Since he was unwilling to tell, Liu Zhenhan laughed and stopped asking any more questions.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, do you have any comments?" Prince Kahn saw that no one could figure it out and stared at his Cardinal Counselor, General Pinto.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty, Your Excellencies." Chief of Staff General Pinto, like all the smart and wise Fox staff, put on an elegant and confident look of "having a hundred thousand soldiers in his chest": "The so-called secret troops of the other side, we can
Analyze from the characteristics! Frost armor giants and desert dwarves are powerful and may serve as reserves for a fatal blow; while Mainz, the desert elves, are nothing more than precise arrows; as for other desert behemoths, I
Although it is impossible to draw a definite conclusion for the time being, it must be said that there are several combat methods, and they must be in line with the specialties of these races!"
"It makes sense! Warriors of each race have their own specialties. As a coach, you must give priority to making the best use of them! No one will treat elves as melee combatants, just like dwarves can never become long-range attackers!
"Liu Zhancheng quite agrees with this view.
"Yes, we must follow the law of making the best use of everything, my respected Majesty Richard!" Chief of Staff Pinto nodded and continued with a smile: "Today we sent four groups of air scouts, and almost the entire army was completely exhausted.
The opponent's air force, the Vultures, are really fierce! They are no less impressive than the Golid Harpies of the past. According to the reports from our Biao warriors who escaped, the weapon of these Vultures is a black oil lamp, which can release
It shoots out seven-color lightning with a range of up to 150 yards! It is very powerful! It can be seen that the opponent's secret troops may be different from ours in terms of weapons!"
"Magic weapon? No way? Is the Mulan Empire already so powerful?" Liu Zhenzhen frowned, almost in disbelief.
"Not sure." Chief of Staff Pinto shook his head hesitantly, "According to the reports from the Biao warriors, the number of the opponent's Vulture Air Force is as high as two hundred. If such a number of people are all equipped with magical weapons that release lightning, even Saint Francis
It’s impossible for the empire to do it! The current vanguard regiment approaching the Yale Oasis has three to four regiments of troops. If they follow the established route, I believe they will encounter us the day after tomorrow!"
"There are a total of 37,000 regular troops in the city of Kalimantan. Logically speaking, it is impossible for them all to march over. From this point of view, the enemy's main force is at least 30,000! There are ten more regiments than us!" His Highness Kahn
Nod.
"That's just 10,000 more people!" General Pier Kezman laughed loudly: "The Behemoth warriors of our expeditionary corps can at least resist ten times the number of enemies!"
"You underestimate the enemy too much! General Kezman!" Chief of Staff Pinto said displeased: "Don't forget that they also have a famous commander! How can you underestimate a commander who can destroy countless countries? Although there is no need to
The opponent's imagination is too powerful, but the necessary respect must still be there!"
"You are too cautious, my Chief of Staff!" Prince Kahn chuckled and waved his hand vigorously: "In desert combat, with an unobstructed view, no matter how powerful the commander is, he cannot lay an ambush! In a head-to-head confrontation in the open field, we are better than Mongolia.
Soldiers can be said to be the best! In fact...how can there be any famous commanders these days? As long as the pre-war reconnaissance is done well and the overall quality of the army is strong, no tricks will work!"
"The other side has secret troops..." Chief of Staff Pinto was still a little worried.
"No matter what special arms he has! After two battles, I will understand everything! What if the opponent's air force has magic weapons? Our sacrificial group has seven Smyi priests! Isn't the "Song of the Forbidden Sky" just a window-dressing? No.
The air force can fly over Smyr's sky!" General Wolfe Guti sneered, interrupting the military counselor's nonsense.
"General Guti, your words are very suitable for my taste!" His Highness Kahn chuckled and said: "Order all scouts to stop taking off immediately! Our air force is not as fast as theirs, and there are not as many people as theirs, no
Go and die! But if they dare to come, I guarantee they won’t be able to fly back!”
"Your Highness, are you ready to take action?" General Guti said with a smile.
"Since the opponent's forward corps is only 150 miles away from us, we have to express our opinions! Did our scouts die in vain?" His Highness Kahn sneered and issued the order: "Tomorrow morning, "Whip of the God of War"
"The legion's mixed liger and tiger warriors, the "Biga Wind" centaurs and horse shooters, and the "Bloodhoof" Boer heavy armored regiment will come with me to meet the vanguard of these Mulan bandits!"
"Only three thousand men? And no cavalry?" Liu Zhenzhen was a little surprised.
"There are too many people. I'm afraid these enemies will be scared out of their wits!" His Highness Kahn laughed loudly: "Without the cavalry, they shouldn't be afraid of us, right?"
"What if the enemy cannot defeat us and chooses to escape?" General Kežman asked strangely.
"What I want is for them to escape. Once they escape, they will move closer to the main force! The expeditionary legion will catch up and fight them! What we Behemoth warriors long for most is such a head-on battle!" His Highness Kahn proudly issued the order.
: "All troops will pull out of camp tomorrow! Keep a distance of thirty miles from the forward corps. Once the enemy is defeated, the wolf cavalry will chase them along their route. Pay attention to keeping a close distance and wait until they find their main force before launching a decisive battle.
, in this case, Princess Nancy of Kalimantan City will definitely be rescued!"
"Yes!" All the generals stood up and saluted with a military salute.
"All the priests of the Expeditionary Sacrificial Regiment, you might as well follow the actions of the Forward Corps tomorrow and see how our Imperial Guards fight!" His Highness Kahn nodded politely to Liu Zhanshaan: "Dear Richard Mian
Next, your air cavalry number is over 400, can you send some of them to support our air operations?"
"No problem! I just heard you talking about these vulture people playing with oil lamps, and I'm already a little itchy!" Liu Zhenshao chuckled.
"Your Majesty, I have a small matter to trouble you with!" His Highness Kahn looked at the Divine Comedy Shaman very seriously: "Half of the food and grass baggage of our expeditionary regiment is still on the way, and the Cambridge regiment responsible for escorting it has separated from the main force.
We have traveled a long distance and it is estimated that we will not reach the oasis until the day after tomorrow. If tomorrow's battle goes well, the entire legion will set off. However, the current baggage of the Yale Oasis must be protected. The defense of the entire oasis will not be complete until the Cambridge regiment arrives.
, I would like...please Your Majesty, please take on this responsibility for the time being..."
"Oh? Your Highness, you want me to be the food protection officer?" Liu Zhenzhen couldn't help but laugh. A hundred miles away from Yale Oasis to the north is the Hengduan Mountains that divides the Taklamago Desert into two. Although the middle section of the Hengduan Mountains
There is a weathered gap that stretches for dozens of miles, but the entire Beamon army can only enter the hinterland of the desert by walking through it. Wherever the army has passed, how can any small fish or shrimp penetrate the Yale Oasis?
Not long ago, he pushed himself forward as cannon fodder, so this time he pulled me behind? Liu Zhenzhen felt that he did not quite understand what the prince meant.
"The defense of the supply base means the lifeblood of the entire expeditionary force! The most ruthless way to use troops is to run out of food! Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Although the possibility of being penetrated by the enemy is not high, I have to
Defense, after all, there are still many prisoners here, and we know nothing about the enemy's air force. I am going to let Mr. Mourinho's three children stay to help His Majesty!" His Highness Kahn seemed to be watching.
The Shenqu Shaman's doubts arose and he said very sincerely: "Once the Cambridge unit arrives at the Yale Oasis, Your Majesty, you and they will hand over the defense. With your mobility, you can easily catch up with the main force to participate in the later battle, so
I feel that no one is more qualified for this important task than you."
After all, he is a battle-hardened, mature and prudent commander-in-chief. It must be said that under his seemingly rough appearance, His Highness Kahn has thought of everything, even including such details. All the officers secretly admired him.
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"This is my honor." Liu Zhencheng immediately nodded vigorously.
The escort baggage is indeed the top priority. When Liu Zhencheng was a child, he listened to the Three Kingdoms Storytelling. All the people who escorted the grain and grass were top-notch generals. His Highness Kahn made such an arrangement, and he really valued himself! Liu Zhenzhan, of course, could get together with Gotani for public benefit and private gain.
I won't even refuse.
But then he felt nervous again. The food protection team of the Cambridge United Army would arrive the day after tomorrow? Isn't that the deadline for the pregnancy predicted by the little nun Joan of Arc in six days?
By that day, the main force of the entire oasis had already set out. If he really used force, it would be possible for him to fulfill his promise. Liu Zhenzhen thought about it and smiled like a wolf.
The whole tent had goosebumps all over the place at his smile.
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Three chapters, right? I’m not lying to you. (To be continued)