A few days later, in a camp near the other side of the black mud swamp, Qianye encountered a rather large inspection team. This time he took a hard fight to kill all the nerubians, and then hunted down the werewolves in the swamp all night.
However, some special members of this team cast a shadow over Qianye's heart, he quickly ended the attack, and prepared to return without even caring about erasing all traces.
The extra special members are monitor lizards that can move freely in the swamp. These big guys with a body length of more than ten meters can climb and swim, and their strength is infinite. The carrying capacity is several times higher than that of the giant swamp spider. .
Qianye inspected the supplies trapped on the animal's back, only to find that the tightly packed boxes were filled with supplies such as various weapons, medicines, ammunition, and field food. In one of the boxes, there were a full twelve blood force grenades.
According to visual estimation, each beast can carry several tons, and a dozen beasts are equivalent to tens of tons of supplies. The supply pressure of the dark race's army has never been great, because their food sources are abundant enough, and they are good at using local materials, such as people.
Therefore, these tens of tons of military supplies are escorted by a reinforced patrol unit. From this detail alone, it is possible to roughly infer the size of the army that the dark race is planning to move through the black mud swamp this time.
That is at least an army of thousands of people!
It is thousands of official soldiers, not cannon fodder for making up numbers!
The official fighters of the dark race have always been stronger than human fighters. In the battle of the earth castle, most of the dark races participating in the battle were cannon fodder. There were only a few hundred formal fighters, and they had already wiped out an elite main force of the empire. A battalion of regular troops.
If the size of the army mobilized by the dark race in this direction is as judged by Qianye, not to mention that Hei Ni Town will never be able to defend, and even the entire Heiliu City theater will be very dangerous.
Qianye has no intention of hunting anymore, the most urgent thing is to pass the military information back as soon as possible. Thousands of dark warriors must have warriors sitting in command, not counting the conventional deployment of several times the cannon fodder troops. No matter the number, equipment or strong, the front here will be under great pressure. He only took the box of Force grenades, and then set fire to all the military supplies that could not be transported away, and then rushed back as fast as possible.
Three days later, Qianye returned to Heini Town. The first batch of one hundred soldiers from the Darkfire Mercenary Corps had settled down in the town, and Ah Qi was leading them. Song Hu will arrive with ammunition and supplies in the near future.
When Ah Qi saw Qianye, he was startled by the backpack-shaped object behind him, and asked in shock, "Master, what is this?"
It was three large field bags bundled together, almost as tall as Qianye and twice as wide. Even Qianye found it difficult to carry it on his back. He took off the strap from his shoulders and replied, "The harvest in the swamp this time. You can ask someone to come over and count it."
Ah Qi immediately called a few soldiers who were good at duty, and when the backpack was opened, the girls screamed in surprise. Rolling out of the bulging first bag was a pile of nerubian heads!
Ah Qi was quite calm, after she screamed, she directed the soldiers to put the Nerubian's head aside. Although these things look scary, they are all proof of military exploits, and each one can receive a bounty of at least a dozen imperial gold coins.
What was pulled out of the backpack were several small bundles that were knotted randomly, and a few ears that were blood-stained at the cuts fell out from the scattered corners. Judging from the shape and mane, it was obvious that they belonged to werewolves, and at least five of them Six of them also wore the logo earrings of the werewolf high-ranking fighters.
This time, the soldiers who packed up were mentally prepared. Although their hands trembled and they almost threw the small bag out, they finally stopped screaming.
In addition, there are some military equipment, ten three-level force guns, six or seven force weapons, and a dozen pieces of force armor. However, although there are many of these things, the weapons of the dark race need the dark force to fully exert their power. Therefore, in the human market, their prices are generally calibrated according to whether they have the artistic value of human aesthetics, and the weapons of nerubians and werewolves have never been sold at too high a price.
Ah Qi counted these things with a happy face. After exchanging military merits and selling supplies, he could get thousands of gold coins to maintain the basic operation of the mercenary group for several months.
Qianye was in a heavy heart. As soon as he put down his things, he went into the house to write a letter, recording what he saw and heard in the Great Swamp in as much detail as possible, and then sent a team of soldiers to the Sishui base as quickly as possible. , Send the information to Wei Bainian.
At this moment, Hu Wei, who had been urgently summoned, also arrived in a hurry. Qianye didn't explain much, and directly told him to immediately mobilize and prepare for the evacuation of the townspeople.
Hu Wei was taken aback. The retreat of all members meant that the situation was at its worst. He didn't even ask Qianye if he had received orders from the Seventh Division's headquarters. He said that he would make arrangements immediately, then turned around and left , I even forgot to call Qianye to say hello.
Two days later, Song Hu arrived at Heini Town with the supplies from the mercenary group. After hearing what Qianye had said about the situation, he immediately sent people back to Heiliu City to collect the trucks. Only with enough trucks can more people and food be transported back to Heiliu City. Where Qianye didn't hear, Song Hu's instructions to the soldiers were to buy if they could, rent if they could, and rob if they couldn't.
But the most disturbing thing is that there is no news from the expeditionary army. The messenger sent by Qianye came back with one of the mercenary supply teams. They sent the news to the headquarters of the Seventh Division, but Wei Bainian did not let They bring letters back.
Fortunately, there is still some time, the environment of the Black Swamp is really harsh, and at the marching speed of the regular troops of the dark race, it will take at least ten days to cross the Great Swamp. Most of the campsites were destroyed by Qianye before, even if the dark race immediately sent people to replenish after receiving the news, it would inevitably be delayed.
A week passed, and Qianye finally received news from the expeditionary army.
When the brigade's troop transport truck appeared outside Heini Town, Qianye thought he was dazzled. The winding convoy stretches as far as the eye can see, filling the only road outside the town. There are nearly a hundred troop trucks alone, and dozens of other material vehicles. Qianye even saw ten heavy cannons towed by trucks!
The size of this army is nearly 3,000 people, and it is almost an organizational structure of more than two regiments. With the current situation of the Seventh Division, except for the two cities and the necessary guards on the front line, I am afraid that all the main forces capable of fighting are in sight.
Wei Bainian jumped off the off-road vehicle, and was immediately frowned by the stench that hit his face.
Seeing Wei Bainian, Qianye jumped off the town wall, approached him, and asked in surprise, "General Wei, why are you here?"
Wei Bainian said: "I read your letter. There are thousands of regular dark fighters, and this side will not be able to stop them anyway. I will move the main force of the Seventh Division and give those black-blooded bastards a fight at the exit of the Black Marsh." Seriously, send them a surprise! The scale of camps in the Great Swamp is limited, and they can only come out in batches, just to break them one by one. There are not many good opportunities like this!"
Qianye was slightly taken aback, thought for a while, and had to admit that what Wei Bainian said made sense. He had seen the scale of those camps with his own eyes. Even if the dark race didn't bring cannon fodder, they couldn't bring thousands of regular soldiers here at once.
However, he was still a little worried and asked, "What about the front line of defense?"
Wei Bainian said: "Let the existing troops stick to it. With so many people coming from the Black Marsh, most of the other strikers in the war zone will only encounter feints. The most cannon fodder troops are the main ones. It may be harder to fight, but the defense can still be done." Keep it."
Qianye was still a little worried: "What if the troops over there exceed expectations?"
If the frontal battlefield is broken through, and even Black Stream City may be lost, this war zone is more than half defeated. What's the point of defeating the Black Marsh side
Wei Bainian said indifferently: "I've looked through the war history of the defense zone these days. Sanhe County is barren, with no natural resources and no important strategic value. Heiliu City is at the middle-lower level in Sanhe County." He saw Looking at Qianye, he smiled and said, "Although Wu Zhengnan is a high-ranking troublesome figure in the expeditionary force, the theater of the Seventh Division has always been a third-rate defense zone."
Qianye sighed inwardly, it seems that the Wei family still investigated Wu Zhengnan quite thoroughly, his subsequent growth may mainly depend on the underground trade, and he was only successful in the war zone.
"Think about it, there are neither resources nor strategic value here. How could the dark race throw an army to such a place? In addition, if the front line is really unable to defend, then it is meaningless for me to send heavy troops there. "
Qianye immediately understood that if the dark race also invested a large army on the frontal battlefield, then once they joined forces with the troops that came out of the black swamp, the Seventh Division would definitely be unable to stop the huge force. At that time, if the overall strategic deployment of the expeditionary force does not increase troops here, even Heiliu City will not be able to defend, so they can only continue to shrink the defense line and retreat to the county with stronger and more complete facilities.
Wei Bainian called Qianye to walk towards the town with him, and briefly talked about his thoughts on the way.
Wei Bainian's meaning in this battle is very clear, that is to deploy all the main force in Heini Town, take advantage of the opportunity of the dark race having to succumb to the terrain and divide the troops, and defeat this army first by surprise. Only in this way can we gain the upper hand in the next big battle.
The idea is bold.
After walking into the meeting room of the mayor's hall, Wei Bainian finally couldn't help sniffling, and complained, "Why does this place stink like this?"
Qianye smiled and said: "This is the unique stench of the Black Marsh, probably mixed with hundreds of smells. But it's not a bad thing, it's just a bit unpleasant for us. But for werewolves and vampires , which is equivalent to directly abolishing their incomparably sensitive sense of smell. Although the nerubians are more adaptable, their perception will also decrease in the black swamp."
Wei Bainian laughed immediately, patted Qianye on the shoulder and said, "Now I suddenly feel that this taste is really good!"
The dark race's racial advantage in night and perception is too great. Interfering with their sense of smell is equivalent to weakening part of their combat power.
Wei Bainian took out a military map, spread it out on the table, and then pointed out a few places for Qianye to see. The map was densely marked with symbols, and it was a complete deployment map of the Seventh Division.
Wei Bainian said: "This will be the weak link in the future theater defense line. After the battle here, you can choose one or several places to garrison, and the salary will be increased by 30% from the current standard."
Qianye looked at the map carefully and raised his eyebrows slightly. Finished here? Should I disarm or switch
Wei Bainian smiled, and said: "There is still a job, see if you are interested. This place was originally a small mine, and there is still some output. Now it is occupied by some broken soldiers from the original Seventh Division. I have no Use extra troops to deal with them, if you can fight them down, it will be considered as your sphere of influence in the future, and you will pay me 30% of the tax every year, and I don’t care about the rest.”