After a month of long journey, the 6 divisions of the Empire's vanguard arrived at the supply station one day and night away from Red Moon City. Among them, the Fire Lion Legion had 1 heavy cavalry division and the archer division also composed of new recruits; the Fire Phoenix Legion had 2 archer divisions and 1 light cavalry division; and the Flame Legion only had my 6th Archer Division.
Since the military station was too small, apart from the noble corps commanders and their guards, even the division commanders could not stay there. I had no choice but to lead the team to find a place to camp.
"Sir, we will reach Red Moon City tomorrow night, and there is no news of war ahead. Do you think it is possible to just let the army build a separation wall and a few watchtowers..." Just as I was directing several officers, asking them to choose their garrison and telling them the extent of their defensive fortifications, Auf came over.
"What do you mean? Did the marching doctrine I gave you before say that you don't need to build fortifications the day before you reach your destination? Who proposed that?" Angry, extremely angry. I told all officers and soldiers a long time ago that there must be no complacency in war, but now this situation has been reflected in the first action after the formation of the army. How can we march and fight in the future? Sooner or later, this complacency will bring bad luck to the rest of our lives.
"Sir, don't be angry. I only came here to talk to you because I heard it from a few low-ranking officers. If there is anything wrong, I will immediately refuse them..." Seeing that my face was not right, Auf immediately prepared to leave.
"Wait, what's going on? I don't think they would make such a suggestion for no reason." I immediately called out to Auf and decided to put an end to this trend.
"Sir, the soldiers saw that the Fire Lions only built a fence and did not set up any defensive positions, so they also wanted to be lazy..."
"Shut up... Now I tell you, you have to go to the military training class of the division. Then you will know how to answer them when you encounter such a situation. Do you need to come to me to say such things again... Come on, find Matthew." I kicked Auf aside and immediately asked someone to find Matthew. It seems that I have to give those soldiers some drastic measures, otherwise they really want to make a big fuss. They don't want to build fortifications when they see others don't. Do they want to die just because they see others die? And Auf, as a senior swordsman and my captain of the guards, lacks knowledge of the most basic defense measures. How dare I put my safety in his hands
"Sir, what's the matter? I just dragged our food and fodder back from the military station..." Looking at the breathless Matthew, I swallowed the anger that I was about to vent on him. Thinking back to when I was setting up the army until now, except for participating in the formulation of training requirements, military regulations and discipline, weapon modification, and the establishment of the general staff, I have never dealt with any military management. All of this was handled by Matthew alone. Think about it, he was just a deputy captain a year ago, and then he was transferred to me as a squadron captain. Before I promoted him to this position, he didn't have much experience in military management. I really can't blame him for bringing the army to what it is now... ... . . . .
After explaining the problem to him in detail, Matthew looked solemn. He believed that this kind of thinking must be thoroughly corrected and must not be allowed to spread in the army.
"Matthew, have the army set up a camp on that hillside, and set up everything in Level 1 war mode. At the same time, let them know that this is a punishment for their negative thoughts. If this happens again in the future, they will be severely punished..."
Standing on the hillside, watching Matthew directing the captains of each brigade to build military camps, as circles of defensive positions were slowly formed, my anger gradually subsided.
Looking at the two legions that were starting to build camps at the same time several miles away from me, I found that the Fire Lion Legion's camp was just built by casually erecting a few wooden stakes. Even for such a large camp, there was not even a watchtower. They were really reckless.
The Fire Phoenix Army on my right looked much more serious. The entire military camp was divided into two circles, the inner and outer circles. Within ten meters outside the fence of the outermost circle, there were wooden stakes of varying heights. Inside the fence, there was a simple arrow-blocking board every three meters.
On the edge of the inner circle fence, near the outer circle, the Fire Phoenix Army placed their sundries and kept their war horses. At the same time, on the inner circle fence, there was a watchtower every 20 meters, and the innermost part was where the army was. It seemed that in addition to being beautiful and wild, that woman was also quite cautious. . . . . .
But I didn’t know that my sudden decision to punish the soldiers brought me several titles. Idiot, rookie, fool… These were the titles given to me by the Fire Lions. But the Fire Phoenixes gave me the title of coward…
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After we finished building the camp, it was already night. Plus, I had to go to the military station to meet Pavel, and then come back for dinner. By the time I could sleep peacefully, it was already midnight. I thought I could have a good sleep, but soon I found out that it was just a dream.
I was immediately awakened by the sound of enemy attacks and the flying of magic flares outside. Enemy attacks? What the hell? There is a Red Moon City in front of us, which has 3 regular legions and 2 local legions, with a total force of more than 200,000. In addition, Andriel's Bora has at least 100,000 people. With so many troops, even if they don't fight back, I think others will kill them until they are tired.
"Sir, Red Moon City was breached by the East Continent Allied Forces, and now the remaining troops of Red Moon City are retreating towards us..." Almost at the same time as I spoke, Auf rushed in.
"What are you talking about? Calm down and take me there immediately..." I put on my clothes in a hurry, immediately cast a wind magic speed on myself, and ran quickly to the front of the military camp.
As soon as I ran out of the military camp, I climbed up the observation tower like a flash, took out the infrared telescope and started observing. . . . .
With a "bang", the telescope in my hand fell to the floor of the observation tower. … Then, I immediately picked up the telescope and began to observe carefully. …
On the plain in front of me, there were densely packed defeated troops in retreat, more than six figures of soldiers were fleeing without any organization. Behind them were teams of organized pursuers, numbering no less than 200,000.
But this is not what I am afraid of. What scares me is that the imperial army is flying over the heads of those pursuers and constantly bombarding them with magic when their numbers are dense or they are prepared to resist.
There is only one magician unit that can fly on this continent, and that is the Kingdom of Yan. Thinking of this, my hands and feet began to feel cold. This is no longer a war between countries, this is purely a battle between the East and West continents. Could it be that the two powerful countries in the East Continent have united to attack the Kastark Empire? The Magic Kingdom and the Warrior City have jointly challenged the Knight Kingdom.