Richard was receiving the envoy from the royal capital and the liaison officer for the Eastern Expedition. The liaison officer was sitting on the chair below Richard. His leather armor was covered with dust and he hadn't even had time to wipe it off. He could tell at a glance that he had traveled a long distance and had not done anything.
Any time he stayed, he found the Duke's Mansion. The waiter brought him a cup of tea. The messenger thanked him and drank the tea in one gulp. He looked indeed thirsty, but the way the other person drank was so annoying to Li.
Cha felt a little distressed.
However, Richard was still very polite and immediately ordered the waiter to bring more tea for him.
"General Kurtz has worked hard all the way, and he came to me right now without even taking a break."
The envoy sitting in the hall at this time was still an old acquaintance of Richard. When they fought against the ogres, the two had some friendship. At that time, Kurtz had the strength of a great knight and was a close confidant of Thor, so he directly took up the post.
He became the commander of the newly formed River Valley Legion at that time, and his status was still slightly higher than Richard's at the beginning of the campaign.
Even when Thor finally returned to the capital, Kuz still had a sense of superiority as a person in the capital. However, just a few months later, the small noble in the north was considered to be a middle noble at most.
At this time, he is already a famous master in the kingdom, and has the same status as the adults he follows, and even surpasses him in terms of strength.
The Duke of the North, the guardian of the two realms, the most powerful man in the kingdom, with great military exploits, and the service of a giant dragon of unknown origin. Any one of these identities can only look up to Kurtz, let alone the combination of these identities.
This made Kurtz, who had met many big names with Saul, appear a little cautious in front of Richard.
Kuz, who was sitting in the subordinate position, was even a little surprised when he heard Richard speak. Although he had been hearing about Richard in the capital and was mentally prepared, it was still difficult for him to recognize the person in front of him when he was in front of Richard.
The excessively young Duke overlapped with the former northern nobleman.
However, Kurtz quickly adjusted his position. Before setting off, Sol had already told him to maintain sufficient respect for Richard. After listening to Richard's questions, Kurtz immediately stood up from his position.
He stood up and replied, not showing any signs of being a messenger from the royal capital.
"Sir Richard, you are too polite. It's just a matter of military affairs. I have to see you as soon as possible. I apologize for disturbing you."
"Sit down and talk, sit down and talk. After all, we are all comrades who have fought side by side. General Kurtz does not need to be so reserved."
Richard just said that it was not necessary, but in fact he was quite satisfied with Kurtz's attitude. It was not that Richard wanted to show off his power in front of this half-old friend, but that Kurtz's attitude represented more
The attitude of the royal capital.
The way Kuz looks now is obviously due to some kind of instructions from the decision-makers in the royal capital. They very correctly placed Richard in the position of a collaborator at the same level, instead of taking orders without force.
posture, this is very important.
"I wonder what General Kurtz is doing in Northland this time?"
After Richard finished speaking, Kuz did not sit back, but still stood in the hall. Richard no longer dwelled on this small issue, but asked Kuz directly.
Faced with Richard's knowing question, Kurtz didn't go around any more and just looked to see if there were any other people on both sides.
Richard waved his hand in agreement, and the waiters on both sides took the initiative to exit the hall. Soon, only Richard and Kuz were left in the hall.
"Lord Richard, the Eastern Expedition is imminent, and the Northern Route Army's 100,000 elite troops have been prepared. Your Majesty and Sir Saul asked me to remind you to prepare your army for war. After that, I will stay in your army as a liaison officer to coordinate you with the army.
cooperation between them.”
No wonder the envoy must be a great knight like Kurtz. The matter involves a top-secret matter like the Eastern Expedition. I'm afraid many of the country's great nobles are still kept in the dark. Only close relatives of the royal party like Kurtz are qualified.
It is indeed very appropriate for him to be involved in the plan at the final stage, to urge Richard, and to serve as the liaison officer.
"General Kurtz is here as the liaison officer to help convey military orders?"
Richard asked directly because he wanted to know if Kuz and the Kingdom had any intention of getting involved in the command. If Kuz wanted to dictate his actions, then Richard would have to find a way to make him quieter. Fortunately,
Ren and Thor in the royal capital are not incompetent people, so they have naturally considered this matter.
As soon as Richard asked, Kurtz immediately answered:
"The command of the North Route Army is handed over to Sir Richard. Naturally, all actions are decided by Sir Richard. I am only responsible for passing information between the North Route Army and the Middle Route Army. I will never interfere with specific actions.
Lord Richard."
Richard nodded, quite satisfied with Kurtz's answer. There should indeed be basic contact and cooperation, but it would be absolutely impossible for Kurtz to issue any instructions to Richard.
"Then what exactly should we do?"
"The attack will be launched after autumn. The specific time will be waiting for Sir Saul after I arrive at the North Route Army. Now, 100,000 people from the five legions of the North Route Army have arrived at the reserved position. I just have to wait for Sir Richard to lead the dragon to the place.
Already."
In addition to the task of acting as a liaison officer, Kurtz naturally also has the task of urging Richard to leave. Autumn is almost here, and the time to launch an attack is not far away. Richard is still huddled in the Northland, Renne and Thor
Naturally, he was also a little anxious. After all, it was impossible for Richard to perfectly command the action of a hundred thousand troops as soon as he arrived. There was still a process of getting familiar with his subordinates, and he had to arrive some time in advance.
Faced with the urging in Kurtz's words, Richard was not annoyed. He had no intention of breaking his promise and was willing to cooperate.
"Don't worry, General Kurtz will rest in Miracle City for a while. I need to make arrangements for the Northland. I will arrive at the Longxingguan front line with the dragon on time when autumn comes."
"In addition to the giant dragon, I will also lead some of my men to Longxing Pass to participate in the battle. They will arrive before the expedition."
Although the condition negotiated with Ren was that he would only bring some elites and dragons to the war, Richard still planned to bring some special troops to the war.
Most heroes and high-level system troops must be brought with him. In addition, because the main attack direction of the Northern Route Army is mainly a mountain forest, Richard is also planning to bring 10,000 specially trained kobolds with Gru who are training.
There are thousands of half-elf forest rangers, and they should be able to play a greater role in the dense forests on the northern road.
"Well, then I will report Lord Richard's wishes directly to His Majesty and Lord Saul."
After Richard promised to arrive at Longxingguan within a month, Kuz did not continue to urge without interest. Instead, under the guidance of the waiter, he found a room in the Duke's Mansion to settle down temporarily...
"Go and ask General Gru to come over."
"Forget it, I'll go there by myself."
After letting Kuz go down to settle down, the first person Richard thought of was Gru. Richard had done his homework on the route of the Northern Route Army he was going to lead.
Not only was the road to the north a rugged one, but it also had to go through the northern dense forest area with complex terrain and dense jungles. That area was not suitable for large groups to fight. When the orcs attacked Longxing Pass, they didn't even bother to make a feint attack. They just deployed some in the mountains.
The camp is just to prevent humans from attacking through the dense forest.
The defensive force is not strong, but it is not easy to break through. Because it is difficult to deploy large corps in the northern dense forest, the human army cannot take advantage of numbers and corps. In small-scale conflicts, the orc army can have an absolute advantage most of the time.
And after leaving the dense forest, they went directly to the eastern plateau. Although the terrain was flat and the orcs seemed to have no danger of defending, it would only take humans to defeat the orc army in a field battle. The human army that could have passed through the dense forest would not have been able to defend it.
Not many. In many cases, four or five legions of humans combined cannot defeat two legions of orcs. The orcs can arbitrarily mobilize two ordinary garrison legions to block the human army infiltrating from the dense forest.
Only when humans were still eating the legacy of the Aragorn era more than two hundred years ago could they organize capable forces to enter the eastern plateau occupied by the orcs through the northern dense forests to contain the orcs' power. In the past two hundred years, they have moved into
Humans on the defensive simply do not have the ability to organize their forces to come out of the dense forest.
Now Ren and Saul have given this task to Richard again. They obviously took a fancy to the fact that Richard has so many elite men and has the ability to lead the Northern Route Army to break through the orc camps in the dense forest. As long as the army appears on the plateau, Li Cha will
Even if the Northern Route Army under investigation has accomplished its basic goal, it will be a surprise to see what it can accomplish in the future.
Soon, Richard appeared in a training camp designed by Gru himself. A group of five thousand half-elves were being trained.
This training camp was built according to Gru's request in the middle of a jungle. There were rows of obstacles in the middle. At a glance, Richard could see half-elf soldiers lining up to pass the obstacles.
"who?"
The sudden appearance of Richard startled the sentry guarding him. The sentry subconsciously raised the weapon in his hand, and then lowered it after realizing it was Richard.
"Lord Richard!"
Richard nodded towards the sentry and continued to observe the training of the half-elves.
Although this group of half-elves have not been trained for a long time, their movements are already impressive. These five thousand people are all carefully selected elites. Most of them were hunters in the half-elf tribe before, and their skills are already good.
It's just that there is a lack of systematic training, and some are even half-elf scouts drawn from various legions. They are making rapid progress and only need a certain amount of running-in under Gru's training.
It's just that their natural physical strength and strength are somewhat weaker than that of humans. Although they are not as exaggerated as kobolds, compared to the youth and strength of humans, the strength and physical strength of half-elf soldiers are generally only 70 to 80% of human soldiers.
Therefore, most of these elf soldiers also wore iron-lined leather armor, which was lighter and easier to march in the jungle, and the weapons in their hands were mostly lighter weapons such as scimitars and armor-piercing daggers.
However, the advantages of half-elves are also obvious. They are all natural archers, and their archery accuracy is particularly good. However, due to their strength limitations, most of them cannot fire heavy bows, so they have no range advantage in plain combat. But in this forest, half-elves have no shooting range advantage.
The elves' talents are useful. The two sides can often find each other at a distance of more than ten meters. At this distance, even a blowgun may be able to hit the enemy.
"Lord Richard!"
Here, Gru also noticed Richard's arrival and immediately rushed to Richard.
"How are these half-elves trained?"
"It's more troublesome than expected, and the soldiers are somewhat unqualified."
Richard's half-elf army seemed to be well-trained, but in Gru's eyes, it was unqualified.
"How to say?"
"Compared to the ranger regiments I led before, their foundation is too poor. They are generally weak in physical strength and strength. Most of them cannot even use heavy scimitars. They can only use light scimitars and bayonets to fight. Only when
His performance in archery is quite impressive."
"To be honest, sir, if these soldiers were selected according to my previous standards, I am afraid that less than 500 of them would be considered qualified soldiers."
It cannot be said that Gru's standards are strict. After all, Gru led soldiers from Erathia before. The basic physical fitness of those guys was somewhat better than that of the creatures on this continent, and these half-elves were not even as good as ordinary humans.
existence, it is only reasonable for him to be disliked by Gru.
"Then what are you going to do?"
Since Gru proposed it, Richard believes that he has also considered a solution.
"In forest operations, their weaknesses will be reduced, but they will still exist. My idea is to combine them with the army in Forest City to form a combat team. Each team will be equipped with a phantom shooter and two war dancers.
The nine people are combined with these soldiers, so that they not only have a certain degree of lethality, but also can deal with more enemies."
"Um"
Richard nodded. To put it simply, this method is to use it as cannon fodder to disperse the pressure for the phantom shooters and war dancers in the team, and to create opportunities for the phantom shooters and war dancers.
"How much time will it take to complete the training?"
"It will take at least one month to basically familiarize yourself with tactics and form combat effectiveness. If you have enough time, it will be better to train for another three months or so."
"It won't take that long. This army will be trained within three weeks. You can train harder and ask the logistics side to prepare more rice and meat. In three weeks, the army will set off."
"Yes, Lord Richard!"
If they enter the battle in advance, the casualties of the troops will definitely be greater, but Richard does not have so much time, so he can only let these soldiers grow in the battle.