For the sand bandit cavalry, attacking Dane's supply line is not a particularly difficult task.
Their understanding of this desert may be deeper than anyone in this world, and they don't know how many caravans and travelers they have intercepted here.
Dane's supply line is too long, stretching hundreds of kilometers away, but no matter how hard Palan puts in, this long supply line is destined to be like a sieve, full of loopholes.
On the third day that Dane's army entered the desert, the No. 2 supply station was burned, which is a proof of their meritorious deeds.
This supply station was originally Palan's idea. He started from Shawan Port and along the way after the march, he established many strongholds, marked according to distance. These supply stations have a certain meaning. On the one hand, more supplies can be stored to liberate transport capacity. On the other hand, it is also more convenient to concentrate troops for protection.
However, even so, the loophole was still caught by others.
The reason why the No. 2 supply station was burned down was because the previous transport team had just set off and the guards had already been dispatched. However, another team that was supposed to arrive at the No. 2 supply station was postponed due to getting lost in the sandstorm. .
It was only about an hour's time difference before he was caught.
The loss of personnel and materials is one aspect, and these will not have much impact, but the burning of the No. 2 supply station itself has brought a lot of trouble to the entire supply line. Such a piece of land has resulted in a journey of more than one day from the No. 1 supply station to the No. 3 supply station, which has to be completed at once, which becomes very difficult.
This even directly led to Dane's army having to temporarily stop advancing. Although, he can still continue to march forward, but for the sake of safety and conservativeness, it is better to pause the pace.
Dane is waiting for the reconstruction of the No. 2 supply station, and at the same time, he is also waiting for good news from Palan.
If, with the help of Firmino by his side, Palan was still unable to deal with those sand robbers, Dane felt that he had to think about whether the promotion of Palan was wrong.
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Dane didn't say so, but Palan knew he couldn't miss this opportunity to prove himself.
His cronies are in charge of the rebuilding of No. 2. Thousands of soldiers are guarding the No. 2 supply station. There should be no major problems. Those sand bandits don't have the guts to attack such a large team.
In fact, with the support of Firmino, the pressure on Palan has been much less. When he could often know the specific target of the enemy's attack, or the time of the attack, or both, Palan was not so good that he couldn't defend against the attack of the Sand Bandit Cavalry.
Against this background, the reconstruction speed of the No. 2 Supply Station has become very fast.
A day and a half later, the No. 2 supply station was rebuilt, and the supply line began to resume normal operation. And this also allowed Dane's army, after being stagnant in the desert for two days, to finally move forward with confidence.
And after filling up the important node of the No. 2 supply station, Palan began to think about setting up a trick for those sand robbers who had caused him headaches for so long.
A set enough to hang them.
After having clear information, Palan strengthened his defenses in a targeted manner, reducing the losses received by the supply line, and can carry out baggage transportation with more confidence. But in fact, he didn't completely block every attack of those sand bandits. He didn't want to expose the fact that he had an intelligence channel.
The day before, the sand bandits were able to gain something easily, but the day after they suddenly found that no matter how they attacked, they were hitting walls everywhere, no matter how stupid they were, they would realize that there was a problem.
In this case, Palan deliberately laid bait for the sand thieves to eat.
Of course he didn't dare before. Without knowing the details of the enemy, Palan must have never returned from doing this.
But it's different now. Under the condition that the risks and losses are controllable, Palan doesn't mind sacrificing some civilians in exchange for a certain price in exchange for those sand robbers who can continue to bite the hook. Catch them all.
On September 23rd, Firmino finally got further news.
Holding a map, Palan is like a treasure.
He immediately went to Dane for further support.
Dane didn't hesitate, and directly handed over the elite of the two alliances to Palan. At the same time, the five or six hundred wolf cavalry sent under Palan's command before continued to be under his command.
With soldiers in hand, Palan has confidence in his heart.
Schindler's First Army, the Third and Fourth Wings of the White Wolf Army, a total of 3,000 soldiers, are all under his command at this moment. These 3,000 people are much more reliable than the soldiers of the garrison army he directly leads! There are also two brigades of wolf cavalry in these two regiments, plus the number of wolf cavalry that Dane assigned to him before, the number of wolf cavalry he has has exceeded a thousand. Another two brigades of crossbowmen, four brigades of pure swordsmen, and two brigades of sword dancers, the assault ability of the troops formed by such forces will become extremely strong!
In addition to military strength, Dane also gave him additional support. A mage group composed of twenty mages will provide Palan with quite powerful magic support; at the same time, above the sky, Palan also has twelve griffins to serve as the air force.
With such power, and the map that Firmino provided him, he felt that if he couldn't take down the desert bandit group, he could take off his military uniform as soon as possible and become a dock porter. will be a little more promising.
In order to prevent the time from being too long and the intelligence becoming invalid, after receiving the troops from Dane, Palan immediately assembled the troops and formed an army.
According to Firmino's prompt and the guidance of the map, Palan put on his armor himself, led an army of nearly 4,000 people, broke away from the large army in the desert, and rushed straight towards the depths of the desert.
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On the night of the 23rd, Paran's troops were still walking in the desert.
He rode a war horse, frowned, and walked in the forefront of the army, looking like he was thinking about something.
A moment later, the wind suddenly picked up, and a huge beast fell from the sky and landed in front of Palan.
That was Cyber, the first batch of Griffon Cavalry trained by White Wolf Castle, an old member of the Horror Mercenary Corps, and the current captain of the Griffon Cavalry Brigade. In the past few days, he had been by Dane's side, and occasionally took on the task of air patrol, but there were very few battles that he could encounter, which made the young people who were in turmoil feel very bored.
Dane has reprimanded this little brother who has been with him for a long time more than once, saying that he has already got the rank of major, but he is always so frizzy. Saibo also knows that this is not good for him, he doesn't look like a mature officer, it's just that he can't bear the activeness of his nature.
This time, when he heard that Palan was going to lead an army and needed to mobilize a dozen or so griffin cavalry, he directly called for the battle. That's why he, the captain, personally led a small group of griffin cavalry to carry out the mission. scene.
At this moment, Saibo was sitting on the back of the griffin, patted the griffin's armpit, and grinned proudly at Palan. And under the armpit of that majestic griffin, there are seven or eight human heads hanging.
"It seems that the harvest is good." Palan smiled, "Which one is the first one you caught?"
"The third one." Saibo was triumphant, but then he said with some regret: "If I knew there were so many rangers on the periphery, when I was in the Chinese army a few days ago, I should have expanded the patrol range of the Griffon cavalry. Expanded a bit."
Then it wouldn't be so boring.
Palan smiled, and didn't pick up the topic, but asked another question: "Did you let anyone live?"
Saibo patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, general, my team members and I are the best knights in this sky, no one can escape from our noses!"
"Of course, the eagle eye technique blessed by the mage must also be counted, right?"
Firmino abruptly interjected a sentence from the side, causing Sebo to stare at each other angrily. I don't know what's going on, these two people seem to be naturally difficult to deal with, they have only known each other for a day or two, and they have already pinched each other several times.
Palan had a headache, he galloped his horse forward two steps, blocked between the two of them, and said, "You two, be safe."
Cyber 'hummed', and was slapped by Firmino, which made him lose the good mood he had just led his team to hunt and kill a sand bandit scout team. He patted the griffin under his crotch, fluttered his wings, and gave Firmino a hard look before leaving.
The spy responded with a smile.
After Cyber flew away, Palan sighed, then turned to Firmino and asked, "How long do you think it will take for those sand thieves to notice us?"
"It's impossible for them to detect us directly." Firmino said, "Although the boy Cyber is a little frizzy, his ability is indeed not bad, coupled with the excellent ability of the Griffin Cavalry, and the magic that the mage imposed on them A spell that strengthens detection capabilities, I can’t think of any scouting team of the Sand Bandit Cavalry that can detect our arrival in advance and pass the information back.”
Palan nodded, agreeing with Firmino's statement, which also coincided with his thoughts. And the reason why he asked so many questions was mainly because he felt uneasy.
This is due to nervousness. In his opinion, this is a battle that will determine his own future!
But it was precisely because of this that he had to force himself to calm down even more.
He rubbed his brows, and asked another key question: "Okay, if they can't directly find our traces, that's of course very good. However, the disappearance of the scout troop will definitely cause those deserters to The vigilance of the thief. Firmino, I want to know, according to your judgment, how long will it take for them to notice something is wrong and react?"
"One day." Firmino thought for a while and gave such an answer.
"One day..." Palan thought about it, "It seems that our time is still very tight. In one day, even if we march quickly, we may barely reach the designated place on the map. At that time, I am worried The enemy has already moved."
"Even if they are prepared, they will not be our opponents." This sentence was said by Firmino.
Palan shook his head and said, "What I'm worried about isn't that they have any preparations. I don't pay attention to them. What worries me the most is that they withdrew early when they realized there was a problem. Those camel cavalry were very They are very cunning, and they are likely to choose to avoid it when they smell something wrong."
Firmino shrugged his shoulders and said, "General, I'm just your intelligence adviser, not your military staff. You know better about these marches and wars."
"I know." Paland said, "I just want to talk to someone."
He did. In fact, Palan already had an idea in his mind.
It was getting late at this moment, and the soldiers walked for a day under the scorching sun on the wasteland in late summer. Although the water supply was still sufficient, the soldiers still felt very uncomfortable and tired from the sun.
Especially when you have to move forward with armor and weight.
Most of the soldiers whose physical strength was challenged were thinking about taking a good rest after the sun went down.
However, what they waited for was an order to continue marching.
This order was issued by Palan himself. He hoped that the troops would advance overnight and arrive at the scheduled battlefield as quickly as possible.
After receiving the order, many officers expressed their incomprehension to Palan.
The meaning of the officers is very clear, it is not impossible to march overnight, but there is indeed a big problem in this wasteland. The sun is scorching, and it is a desert area. The surface temperature is very high during the day. Even if the supplies are still in place, the physical strength of the soldiers will also be challenged to a certain extent.
And in the desert at night, it will be very cold compared to daytime. The huge temperature difference between day and night made the soldiers who were so hot during the day that they wanted to take off all their equipment needed to add an outer cover to keep warm at night.
In this case, if you have to march overnight, even if you can arrive at the battlefield as scheduled and intercept the enemy, the combat effectiveness of the exhausted soldiers will be very problematic.
The third and fourth regiments of the White Wolf Legion are indeed elite. They will not feel too much resentment just because they are required to march overnight. However, they are also flesh and blood, and after a high-intensity march, they have to prepare for a battle, which is too much for everyone.
Palan had actually considered these issues before giving the order. It's not that he doesn't understand this point, but, in order not to return in vain this time, he still decided to lead the army to move on, even if it would take some risks, he would not hesitate to do so!