At noon on September 24th, Dane had already received the news that the sand bandits had been wiped out.
After reading the battle briefing written by Palan, Dane said: "The fight was a little messy, but the final result is okay."
Pei Xinsi who was beside him said: "Well, it's not bad. It's normal for the night raid to be chaotic, and his troops rushed all day to arrive at the battle site. The cost of losing less than 500 people can be saved." , wiped out 1,500 sand robbers, and captured all the camel mounts, and there is nothing dissatisfied."
"Yeah." Dane said, "But I'm more concerned about that guy Firmino. I still remember him. Back then, he was the one who first passed on Cinderella's information, right?"
"It seems to be." The elf general said.
"When they come back, let Palan and Firmino come to see me together."
"it is good."
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When Dane saw Palan and Firmino, he was less than half a day away from the barren land pass.
After marching in haste and fighting at night, Palan's troops were really helpless. At that time, he could only clean up the battlefield hastily, gathered the camels well, and then stationed there for a day, and waited until the soldiers had almost recovered, then set off again, and brought more than a thousand camels together with the troops. Brought back to the Legion.
"Good job." Dane looked at the two people in front of him and patted them on the shoulder one by one.
"Thanks to Mr. Firmino's help, otherwise I really don't know how to fight this battle." Palan complimented Firmino beside him. For this golden spy, the new general is also very convinced, and at the same time very grateful.
"Where is there..." Firmino said, "General Palan's command is also very exciting, the tactics are in place, and the command before the battle is also very commendable."
"Okay." Dane said with a smile, "Stop complimenting each other in front of us, both of you. This time, both of you have credit, and I will write them down. However, eliminating those sand thieves will not be difficult. It can only be said that we have won the initial victory in this battle, and the enemy has not been eliminated. We still need to work harder in the future."
After a pause, Dane continued: "Palan, you are still in charge of the logistics force, and all the camels are also yours to use. It doesn't matter whether they are used as livestock to pull baggage, or used as mounts for your garrison army. It's up to you. According to the information, Im's sand bandit group should be less than 2,000 people, and most of them have been wiped out. I don't want to hear the news that our supply line is in trouble. This One point, can you guarantee it?"
Palan said seriously: "I promise, there will never be any problems with the supply line!"
"Okay." Dane said, "Then you step back first, I still have something to say to Firmino."
Palan glanced at Firmino, punched him on the shoulder, and walked out with a smile.
"This time, you did a good job."
Firmino knew that the "you" in Dane's mouth referred to the entire intelligence system. He said: "Thanks to the Lord Lord's wise leadership."
"Haha!" Dane laughed loudly, "I didn't expect my golden agent to be a sycophant, just now he and Palan complimented each other, now he compliments you, so come to sycophant me."
Firmino said with a bitter face: "How dare I, my lord, I really think so."
"Okay, no nonsense." Dane said, "There is still half a day's journey to the barren land pass. I want to know, as the 'mask' told me before, the manpower placed by the Black Hand Academy in the barren land pass can be used in our siege. Is it reliable or not to play some assisting role in time?"
Firmino said: "My lord, I have been in touch with my colleagues in the city. Of course they can provide some help when we attack the city, for example, find an opportunity to send back information about the mobilization of the enemy in the city in time, For example..."
"There's no need to go on." Dane waved his hand, interrupting Firmino's words, "I'm talking about helping, I don't mean asking for a report. That's your job, I believe you're good at it It can be done very well. The help I mentioned refers to other aspects. For example, when the army is attacking the city, can you find a way to cooperate internally and externally to create some chaos in the city, or even directly destroy the city? The city gate opens from the inside?"
"This..." Firmino fell into hesitation, he didn't dare to speak nonsense in front of Dane, but he really had no way to be sure about this matter.
Dane was not in a hurry, he said: "Go back and communicate with the people we planted in the barren land pass, and come up with a plan as soon as possible. I hope you can play a better role in this war."
"Okay." Firmino said, "Before the army reaches the barren land pass, I will definitely give you an answer, my lord."
"That's good, let's go."
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If the spies can really play an important role in the war as Dane expected, there is no doubt that it will greatly speed up the progress of the battle.
Dane had never doubted whether he could win this war—he didn't believe it. He personally led the team, with 15,000 soldiers, including the civilian men who initiated it and the soldiers of the garrison army, the total number exceeded three Wan's Western Expeditionary Army couldn't even defeat a small wasteland pass.
It's just that those Florentines standing behind the scenes are indeed something that has to be guarded against.
Judging from the intelligence from the Duchy of Florence, Earl Wortman of the 'Bull' had already reacted when Dane publicly labeled Im an 'enemy of the people of Schindler'. . The grumpy Earl even directly pointed out the army. On the same day that Dane marched into the desert, he also ordered the family knights to lead the army towards the barren pass.
The Bull Legion is a famous and powerful army in the Duchy of Florence. The rich Earl of the Bull armed his army with a very elite force, a total of 7,000 soldiers, so he was not an easy target to deal with. And he also pulled some other nobles around to send troops with him.
This time, Wortman moved to the east to invade Schindler, and the total number of troops he brought exceeded 10,000.
Dane didn't want to fight the Florentines in the desert. If he wins the battle, his relationship with the Principality of Florence will be so bad that it cannot be restored. It is impossible for the Florentines to have a powerful army in their own country, and Schindler will remain indifferent to all losses.
And if he loses, the situation that Dane created in Schindler, which can be regarded as a good situation, may be reversed in an instant.