Palan clearly understood that his duty was definitely not a real vanguard, nor did he need to attack cities and villages.
In fact, the current garrison is not that weak anymore, at least it is much stronger than when the Ma Long army was wiped out a few months ago.
At that time, the garrison army was almost entirely composed of miscellaneous soldiers. Freshly recruited recruits, undisciplined mercenaries, lazy security forces, and some recruited gangsters and hooligans...
There is definitely no way for such a legion to be called an elite.
After these few months, after a long period of training, although the foundation of the army itself is relatively poor, it is impossible for Verina to train such an elite team due to her superb skills, but in terms of army discipline, More or less it has changed. Then, together with several light infantry brigades that were eliminated by the main army, and the production capacity of the blacksmith shop in White Wolf Castle was improved, Verina also took part of the military expenses of the garrison army and went to the blacksmith shop to buy some Equipment orders.
If these things are counted, the combat strength of the current garrison army has been greatly improved compared to a few months ago-at least, it should not be a big problem to fight against some regular troops of warlords.
But even so, Paran did not intend to act rashly. He was not an adventurous person at all, and the chief characteristic of him that Verina liked in him was that the lad had a prudence that did not befit his age.
The military strength of Tiedinggang is not strong. Originally, there was a legion led by Gusha stationed here, with a total of 4,000 people. A few months ago, when Gusha died in battle, the more than 3,000 soldiers he led with him were also wiped out.
This doesn't just mean that Tiedinggang lost most of its defenders, the essence of the Tiedinggang Legion, but that when Tiedinggang Governor Gusha took office, he brought a regiment of infantry from the confused city from the north. . And when this team was buried in the wilderness, although there were still about a thousand people left in Iron Spike Hill, this team had no combat effectiveness-you can't expect a group of troops that were recruited by the former warlord to have no strength at all. In the case of pressure, it can also maintain the will to fight.
In fact, when the legion led by Gusha was destroyed, a rebellion broke out at Iron Spike Heights—Dane refused to admit that he sent someone to instigate it—this rebellion didn’t last long, and soon The governor of Kuaikangli dispatched 2,000 main troops from Cinderella to Iron Spike Hill to suppress the rebellion.
In fact, it was the best time for Dane to march into Iron Spike Hill at that time, and he would not receive any resistance at all. However, in that case, Schindler's all-out war might have been detonated a few months ago.
Now, the new warlord named Dempsey who came to Iron Spike Hill has been in office for nearly three months, and the situation in Iron Spike Hill has basically stabilized, and he has also received some reinforcements from Cinderella in the follow-up. The number of main forces in his hands has also reached the size of two wings of 3,000 people. At the same time, he also recruited a group of servants on the spot, and the number of these people also has a regiment.
The total force of 4,500 people is actually not too weak.
After Palan led the army to the city of Iron Spike Hill, he did not act rashly. He parked his troops two kilometers away, looking at the city from afar. At the same time, many equipment that were not suitable for transportation began to be built in this camp two kilometers away from the city wall of Tiedinggang.
In fact, Palan was a little flustered. This was his first time leading an army independently. Although he had experienced wars before, he always served as an adjutant by Verina's side. He was afraid that he would make a mistake in the first battle of his life. .
He carefully integrated the soldiers of the entire regiment, held camps around, and dispatched scouts on horseback to roam around the city. As long as there are nearly five thousand soldiers stationed in front of him If there is any change in the city, he will immediately integrate the army and prepare for the battle.
But fortunately, the new Overseer of Iron Spike Hill does not seem to be a person who likes to take risks. Major General Dempsey seemed to be planning to stay on hold before getting any further definite news.
The whole night of peace somewhat relieved the fearful Palan.
According to the direct order he received from Verina before the war, his duty was to keep an eye on the movement of Iron Spike Hill after he arrived at the battlefield ahead of time, and to build some siege equipment in advance. He only needs to wait for one day, and Dane's main army will arrive on the battlefield before four o'clock in the afternoon the next day at the latest, and then his mission will be considered perfectly accomplished.
On the 22nd, when Palan woke up in the morning, the first thing he did was to take out his pocket watch to check the time.
"Well... 6:20..." The sky had just dawned, and there were only more than nine hours left before the arrival of the main force on the timetable. As long as you don't make any mistakes during this time, everything will be fine.
He thought so, but after a night of silence, Dempsey on the opposite side seemed to feel that the enemy army that had arrived right under his nose was actually not very powerful.
He decided to make some tentative offenses.
It was past eight o'clock, and the sky was almost completely brightened. Palan, who was supervising the soldiers in the camp building siege equipment, raised his head and vaguely saw a group of black spots flying towards the sky.
Frowning, he had a very bad idea in his mind: this can't be the enemy's flying troops, right
"The air cavalry is attacking! Get down! Get down! Look for cover!" Palan yelled as a warning. After hearing this, several of his subordinates also yelled with him.
He wasn't sure, but Palan, who was cautious by nature, still decided to treat it with caution. After all, he has also heard of the name of the Batrider of the Lost City!
When those black dots got closer, he saw clearly that those things were indeed flying cavalry!
That's really a big bat about the size of a squadron!
Paran's caution saved many lives.
After the battroopers in the air approached, they hovered in the sky for a moment, and immediately began to dive down!
During the dive, some scattered arrows were thrown into the sky by the soldiers of the garrison army, trying to hit these big bats. But the facts finally proved that the team under Palan was indeed not elite enough, and those scattered arrows hardly posed any threat.
And the threat posed by the bat cavalry is even greater!
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One chapter later (To be continued.)