Tarynnum had witnessed the mass gathering of the Bretonnian Knights Legion, and now, it had witnessed the expedition of this legion.
Under the eager eyes of countless people, the mighty Bretonnian Legion marched out of the capital Cologne in neat military columns. The white stone walls and towers, the tall palace and the temple symbolized civilization and order.
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Over the King's Road, Pegasus flies and horned beasts roar. On the King's Road, thousands of kingdom knights wear heavy armor and hold spears, walking slowly. The armor reflects the golden light of the sun, and the iron pieces tremble and make a sonorous sound.
Behind the knights were tens of thousands of peasant soldiers, recruited from all over the country, wearing simple protective gear, holding swords and shields, or bows, arrows and spears, and joined this war as conscripts.
Under the sunshine of early spring, the legion marched through the forest, across the grassland, across large rivers and streams, and finally arrived at the decisive battle site - Blackwater River a week in advance.
"It's spectacular, isn't it?"
Berto stood next to Talinnam and said with a smile.
"Indeed, this is the most spectacular scene I have ever seen in my life."
Talinnam sighed. He looked up and saw thousands of white tents scattered densely on the banks of the Blackwater River, as far as the eye could see. Flags of various colors were planted from the river beach to the forest.
In this flat land, some flags have the fire dragon emblem painted on them, some have the lion emblem, some have the white deer emblem, and some have battle axes and long swords. Each different flag emblem represents each different family.
, the coalition forces composed of the fourteen principalities gathered together at this moment to form the most powerful legion in the Kingdom of Bretonnia.
It's just that Talinnam still can't imagine what kind of enemy that Mogul is, so that the vast Kingdom of Bretonnia can face the enemy with the whole country?
There are at least 70,000 to 80,000 Bretonnian legions gathered in the Reach at this moment, and the war does not end when the legions are out fighting. There are at least 500,000 to 600,000 people responsible for ensuring the transportation of materials and food for this legion. In such a huge army,
Under the formation, Talinnam felt that he was so small for the first time. He was almost overwhelmed by the crowd. There was a flow of people coming and going every day, and he could see new and unfamiliar faces every day. Those people were just like him.
, running around and busy on this land every day.
The engineers set up catapults in the forest behind the river bank. The big ones rising from the ground were taking shape day by day. The stones could not be obtained locally and had to be transported from far away. For this battle, Batoni
King Charles of Asia even personally supervised the battle on the front line and ate and slept with the soldiers.
Three days later, Talinnam saw the army of wood elves. At first, they were just rangers, all archers, and hunters. Then came the war dancers and eternal guards, who were armed with spears or swords and appeared as the main melee force.
Then came the woodland cavalry, most of them riding elven war horses, a few riding stag mounts, and a few elves riding unicorns.
Their armors are basically light armor, leather armor, or no armor at all, in order to pursue absolute agility and flexibility.
Most of the Wood Elf troops are women, with fair skin, handsome or beautiful faces, and a pair of long pointed ears that are particularly conspicuous. Unlike the human army, the Wood Elves almost never camp with the human army. They choose to camp together.
They set up camp in the forest, and their tribesmen gathered together. Except for the exchanges between high-level officials, the soldiers below rarely interacted with human soldiers. Just like what people said about them, they were arrogant and cold-blooded hunters.
In the past few days, intelligence about the movements of the Beastmen army has been coming in, and the coalition forces of Bretonnia and Wood Elves have been constantly adjusting their army deployment. After all, no one knows where the Beastmen will land on the meandering Blackwater River.
All we know is that if they want to enter the Athel Loren forest, the beastman army must cross this river. As the beastman army approaches, the atmosphere becomes increasingly tense. The chatter and laughter in the military camp gradually decrease, and are replaced by a picture
A serious and cold face.
Finally, three days later, the first group of beastmen appeared on the other side of the Blackwater River. They were a group of horned beasts, wandering by the river, seemingly looking for the best place to go into the water. The Blackwater River is not a big river, on the contrary.
Yes, it is very shallow, so shallow that you can cross the river by wading during the dry season. Ordinary humans and elves will be completely submerged. However, some tall beastmen can barely cross the river by stepping on the bottom of the river.
From a long distance away, you can see this group of horned beasts clumsily stepping into the river. Obviously, the detection ability of the beastmen is not as good as that of the wood elves. Their eyesight is not half as good as that of the wood elves, so during detection
In terms of ability, it is almost negligible. When dozens of inferior horned beasts ventured into the water, they did not see the pairs of eyes on the other side staring at them.
Soon, the frontmost horned beasts were submerged by the river water. Obviously, they were not big enough to fully wade across the river. However, they could swim... In the center of the river, those few took the risk
The inferior horned beast that had gone into the water floated up again, relying on its clumsy swimming skills to keep swimming to the other side of the river.
Even though the wood elf rangers saw the beastman army, they could not shoot. According to the order of the forest lord Araloth, some beastmen were first released to confuse them, and they waited until the main force of Mogul began to cross the river before starting to shoot.
Even the Bretonnian slings are hidden beneath tall forests.
Ambushed in the jungle, Tarynham and the large Bretonnian army endured a long period of silence and coldness. According to the order of King Charles of Bretonnia, the army had stopped lighting fires two days ago in order to avoid the rising smoke.
Discovered by the beastmen. He then learned that there was an ambush on the other side of the river.
Talinnam was just thinking about what Lord Rhodes would do at this moment. From the time he discovered that the beastman army was gathering, made a battle plan, and selected the location for the decisive battle, the legion had a full month.
What has the Kingdom of Bretonnia been doing this month? Assembling the army and mobilizing the whole country. Well, they have enough soldiers and enough knights. However, there are not enough in the north...
Talinnam knew that in the northern border of Kislev, the number of soldiers that could be gathered at this time would probably be less than one-tenth of that in Bretonnia. In order to survive in that difficult environment, Lord Rhodes would
All the soldiers have been trained into engineers... They have unparalleled construction capabilities. Talinnam guessed that if Lord Rhodes were to fight this battle, he would build a temporary dam on the upper reaches of the Blackwater River to intercept the river water.
, store the water level high, and for a month, mobilize the local people and soldiers to work together, enough to build a temporary dam. When the beastmen cross the river, they will release the water to intercept it. The river will rush to overwhelm the enemy troops crossing the river. No matter it is
Beastmen, or the Chaos Legion, will all fall apart in the face of the power of nature.
The war needs to be interpreted from many aspects and angles. However, Talinnam also knows that this is Bretonnia, and the spirit of chivalry is deeply rooted in this land. From the king to the ordinary wandering knights, they all flatter the spirit of chivalry.
Charge towards the enemy with fearless spirit, and the Lady of the Lake will bless them... All Bretonnian knights think so...