Luo Ling was also standing in the woods, but she was alone. Great magicians like her and Mao Kai all acted alone.
All teams departing from Suero only have five days to operate. After five days, they must return to Suero to participate in the attack on Heimuguan. The subsequent clearing mission will be handed over to the team brought by Xiao Chen from Hewan New City and the militia from various villages and towns.
Therefore, Luo Ling and others were entrusted with important tasks. In the same period of time, the range of action that these lone rangers could cover was much farther than that of other teams.
About two kilometers below the hill where Luo Ling was, there was an open space near the river, where nearly five hundred imperial soldiers were resting. This was a standard imperial brigade. If Luo Ling had not seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for him to imagine that there would be such a large team to carry out such a suicidal action. Neither the intelligence they had gathered nor the information they had obtained from previous reconnaissance had mentioned a team of this size.
Luo Ling was somewhat glad that she had encountered them by herself, after all, it was very easy for her to hide by herself. If those cavalry companies that were dispatched in large numbers had run into this team, I'm afraid a fierce battle would be inevitable.
After Luo Ling found them this morning, she had been quietly following them and observing the situation of this team. Even though she had become a great magician, she still did not want to confront more than 500 warriors head-on. No matter how powerful a magician is, he should not put himself in such a dangerous situation. Luo Ling tried to contact the surrounding reinforcements with a portable communication array, but found that she was moving too fast and too far away from the surrounding teams, and she could no longer contact anyone. So, she decided to find an opportunity to deal with them herself.
At noon, the imperial soldiers, who had been traveling for half a day, were already very tired. Except for a few who were preparing food or standing guard and patrolling, most of them were sitting or lying down to rest and recover their strength.
Luo Ling flew the Mage's Eye a little closer to observe these people, and found that many of them had begun to have black spots on their faces. Under the influence of the black water disease, their body functions were not as good as usual. These people's physical strength was consumed very quickly, and their endurance was much lower. They fell asleep while sitting and even snored.
Among these people, there was a middle-aged man dressed like a general. His condition seemed to be more serious than those around him, and at least half of his face had turned black.
However, Luo Ling observed his movements and found that his physical fitness was still good, which showed that the middle-aged man should be a very powerful warrior. Although the disease had developed to the middle and late stages, he was still able to suppress the disease with his fighting spirit and maintain the most basic mobility.
The general seemed a little tired. He asked two soldiers to spread out a blanket and lie down to take a rest.
This seems like an opportunity...
Luo Ling retreated to the back of the hillside, hiding from the enemy sentinels' sight, and released a wide-ranging soundproof barrier, then slightly closed her eyes. Around her, waves of magic began to appear one after another, and then human figures appeared one after another. The human figures she projected were not just a few or a dozen, but covered the surrounding mountains and forests.
Unlike Xiao Chen's summoning of his three spirit servants, Luo Ling summoned spirit servants very quickly and in large numbers. It didn't take long before hundreds of figures appeared in the mountains and fields around her. Although these people had different faces, both men and women, they all wore the uniforms of the guards, but they did not have the corresponding weapons and equipment in their hands. Once they finished the projection, they began to move their hands and feet on the spot to adapt to their bodies, and hurriedly prepared for the battle.
In fact, according to Luo Ling's current level as a great magician, she can even project weapons and armor directly. The weapons and armor composed of magic power are not much worse than the Chinese standard equipment, but in that case, she must spend a lot of energy on projecting these equipment, which slows down the speed of projecting spirit servants.
The spirit servants who had successfully projected gathered together in a well-trained manner under the command of a young officer and moved towards Luo Ling's position.
If Xiao Chen summoned a few masters, then Luo Ling summoned a real army.
The young officer walked up to Luo Ling, took a storage ring and put it on his hand, then began to take out standard air rifles, crystal grenades, standard long swords and melee armor from the ring. The soldiers who were projected passed by him silently, received their weapons, and then lined up on the side.
On Luo Ling's side, she was still continuously projecting the group of soldiers behind her.
This process lasted for about half an hour, and more than 200 soldiers had gathered behind Luo Ling, equivalent to two standard companies of the guard.
The young officer in the lead was Song Hongyang, who lost his body in the Blackwater Disease. Most of the other spirit servants were soldiers who fell ill when the Blackwater Disease was raging, or people who were seriously injured and on the verge of death during the war.
These warriors were not only trained warriors and mages in their lifetime, but also continued to train in Luo Ling's meditation world after becoming spirit servants. Although their strength was only at the middle level at best, as a whole, their strength was not weaker than any army on the continent, not to mention that after they were transformed into spirit servants who were not afraid of injury or sacrifice, their combat effectiveness was more than doubled.
Luo Ling gave them new life, and now they are part of Luo Ling's army.
Even with Rowling's powerful mental power, she felt exhausted after projecting an army. However, facing the solemn warriors in front of her, she cheered up and said, "Today's combat mission has been clearly seen by everyone in the meditation world. We have to raid this imperial brigade and annihilate an enemy that is twice our size. This will be a difficult battle, but it is also a chance for everyone to prove themselves.
Someone told me before that the quality of spirit servants is more important than the quantity. In their opinion, only mid-level and high-level warriors and mages are worthy of becoming spirit servants. But I don't think so. When the number reaches a certain level, coupled with strict training and appropriate tactics, the number will be more powerful than the quality! Today is your chance to prove yourself. You have never stopped training even in the meditation world, just for this day. "
"Teacher Luo, don't worry." Song Hongyang said, "We already have a detailed battle plan. With our stronger bodies now than before, if we still can't beat a group of patients from the Empire, then there is really no need for us to exist!" (To be continued)