The 50,000-strong army set out to fight, blowing and beating all the way, lively and lively, with a joyful atmosphere and unbearable noise.
Earl Hossman and his brightly armored knights were the brightest colors in the team. Knights in brand new plate armor rode on tall horses, and squires also in armor carried brightly colored banners beside them. Along the way, singing "Lost Soldier Tom", a well-known folk song in the South, accompanied by musicians playing bagpipes and tambourines. These bright-pitched instruments are designed to allow nearby teams to determine where the commander is. — Generally speaking, the musicians play like this once every ten miles to prevent the whole team from being completely messed up.
But even with these things, the whole team is still extremely chaotic, which is inevitable: such a large army is crowded together, and it is led by dozens of different nobles, and it is almost impossible for them to cooperate with each other. To put it bluntly, the whole team formed a long and intermittent line on the Kingdom Avenue that runs through the north and the south. When the vanguard left the Carroll Territory, the last ones who set off hadn't even left the place where they were stationed.
But Earl Hossman didn't care about this. In his opinion, being able to follow the big troops in the same direction is already the best achievement those small rural nobles can achieve, and they can't be expected to recruit from the fields. Yes, the mud-legged soldiers who only know how to get drunk and fight with others can be as disciplined as their own knights, and it doesn't matter if the team is a little chaotic, anyway, there is still a long way to go to reach the destination—in the next few days Here, the main task of the troops is to hurry, and there are still many troops of remote nobles who have not arrived in Carroll in time. There is no need to rectify order from time to time.
The chaos should be more chaotic—he has 50,000 people, and I am afraid that the entire Cecil can be flattened.
And... Those messy country private soldiers wearing tattered leather armor or chain mail were not an important force at all. They were just firewood rushing to the battlefield to fill the pit with corpses. He is also an extraordinary person in the army.
As Count Hossman thought about it, he turned his gaze to the queue beside him - he saw his proud knights, and the mages in robes guarded by the knights in the middle, and finally there was The priests in holy white robes marching behind the knights and the knights of the church they lead, these people are dressed in solid armor or gorgeous robes, with a noble and reserved demeanor, and they look extraordinarily temperamental among the messy and vulgar soldiers around extraordinary.
These are the strengths he can truly rely on.
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In the northern part of Kant Territory, the artillery positions on the windward hills have been deployed. Knight Philip rode his horse to inspect the firing groups and returned to the center of the position.
His sight swept across the entire position, not only the well-disciplined and fast-moving Cecil combat soldiers and their artillery positions, but also the Kant Corps (Second Combat Corps) who was helping behind the position and looked a bit chaotic. .
There are 3,000 soldiers of the First Corps on standby here, and the rest are the newly formed "Second Corps" in the Kant area, but the latter is not the main force of the battle. Their task is to help set up positions, serve as logistics, and ... watching the battle.
Although the Second Corps has begun to receive formal military training, after all, time is still short, and the habits and thoughts of the old-style noble private soldiers are still deeply rooted in these people's minds. This cannot be solved by assault training, but Philip I believe that letting these people personally experience the fighting style of the First Corps on the battlefield will greatly loosen their stubborn thinking-this has been well verified by those Kant knights.
The leader of the Kant knights, the middle-aged Wald Peric, was wearing newly issued armor and holding a new weapon called a "melting sword" standing on a high platform on the hill, watching Soldiers are busy at this place called "artillery emplacement". This gentle hill has been thoroughly armed, a large area of land has been leveled, and then various trenches and "cannon pits" have been dug. They are placed in the gun pits, and between the gun pits are the traffic trenches for transporting shells and personnel. Those Cecil soldiers with bright armor are running quickly between the trenches. Relying on concise orders, the actions of these people present An astonishing sense of order and... beauty, and this kind of feeling, Wald has never seen it in the army for decades.
The battlefield in his memory was far simpler, rougher, and more chaotic than here.
As for this special "artillery position"... that was beyond his comprehension.
He had indeed seen the magic crystal rail gun, and he even knew the name of this gun was "Justice", but he had only seen the test firing of this weapon on a neat flat ground, and he thought it was a rail gun. But now seeing this peculiar position and the skillful preparations of the artillerymen, he realized that what he saw that day was just the most superficial thing.
A female knight with brown shawl hair walked up to the high platform and came to Walder? Peric: "Mr. Walder, I heard... we won't participate in the next battle?"
The old knight didn't look back: "According to the order, unless the enemy can rush to the hill, the Kant Knights and the entire Second Corps will not participate in the battle."
The female knight couldn't help frowning, with dissatisfaction on her heroic face: "Isn't this a contempt for us?"
"This is training for the Second Corps, young Margarita," Wald finally turned his head when he heard this complaint, and looked at the female knight in front of him. This female knight was the most talented among the female knights in Kant Okay, the closest to the intermediate level, but after all, they are too young and not stable enough, "Don't forget, the Second Corps hasn't completed the basic drills, and they haven't even memorized the new combat instructions. You let them go to the battlefield to give people Add to the chaos?"
"They didn't memorize it, we can," the female knight said angrily, "Now the brothers and sisters are leading the soldiers to dig soil and move stones, carry shells and magic net substrates behind the Cecils. When the battle begins But nothing about us... It is obvious that you still don't trust everyone. We have clearly sworn allegiance, and we have always strictly obeyed the orders of the lord... "
"Then continue to obey, knight," Walder interrupted Margarita, "as a knight, if you can't even obey your master's orders, then you will have no honor in fighting well on the battlefield." Word."
The female knight was speechless and could only lower her head slightly, but Wald knew that Margarita's resentment was also shared by other Kant knights, so he continued: "Margarita, do you think your new body is How about the armor and new sword?"
"Armor and sword?" The female knight was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the strange but beautiful alloy armor with Cecil's steel seal on her body, with a slight magical radiance flowing between the gaps, and the melting sword at her waist, Subconsciously nodded, "It's a very good thing... I was a little regretful when I took off the family armor and replaced it with this kind of 'standard equipment', but now I think they are really good things, especially this sword— Much better than my original steel sword."
"Have you seen those soldiers? They all have such a set," Wald pointed at the Cecil soldiers busy on the battlefield with his chin. "I have inquired about it. The difference is almost the same, the latter just has more bronzing patterns, and the magic material is slightly better, do you know what this means?"
The female knight showed a thoughtful look.
"It means that as long as you put on this armor and hold this melting sword, five or six ordinary soldiers can bring down an extraordinary knight like you-this also includes your advantages in sword skills and combat experience, if they use it With a heat ray gun and a grenade, you might not be able to deal with two of them. Extraordinary knights may be fine in other places, but here, you are at most equivalent to a soldier who can fight."
Margarita: "…"
"So the lord's refusal to let us participate in the battle is not because he doesn't trust us, but because he doesn't need us," Wald cast his gaze into the distance, and exhaled softly, "but he let us watch the battle and let us learn from it, which shows that he wants us to It will come in handy one day. What he needs is not a knight who can fight, but a group of knights who can actively learn and keep up with his pace, do you understand?"
"… I see."
"That's good," Wald nodded with a smile, "Then let us watch quietly and see how the Cecilians fight..."
A messenger came to the hill, ran to Philip, and sent the latest information to Philip.
Philip unfolded the information and saw a few lines written in female handwriting:
"Earl Hossman led 50,000 people to the south, passing through the Kingdom Avenue-Gravel Ridge, and they are expected to arrive on xx."
Philip nodded, and turned the note into dust that drifted with the wind.
"Send out scouts to give an early warning around the gravel ridge, using smoke as a signal."
…
At the same time, on the edge of the forest on the south bank of the Cecil Whitewater River, Byron stood on the camouflaged shelling position and watched the soldiers use woven leaves and vines as camouflage blankets to cover the acceleration rails of rail guns.
This middle-aged knight who was born as a mercenary lacked the appearance of an aristocrat. He leaned against a half-dead black beech tree with a stick in his mouth, thinking about how to pass the boring time—firing a cannon is a very exciting thing. It is a pleasant thing for people, but it is extremely difficult when waiting for the prey before shooting.
As if someone in the dark heard his heart, he saw an orderly push through the bushes and walk to the position, and walked straight towards him.
He waved to the orderly from a distance: "Yo, Baniko, what's the good news?"
"My lord, clarify the information," the messenger came to Byron, and reported after saluting, "Earl Pepper led 20,000 people to attack through the White Water River, and passed the ambush point two days later."
"Hey, 20,000 people," Byron whistled. "It's not bad. Our 2,000 to 20,000 is much easier than Philip's side. It seems to be 3,000 to 50,000."
The orderly subconsciously said, "Master Philip still has the Knights of Kant..."
"Those people don't participate in the war," Byron waved his hand indifferently, "Okay, I'll feel more at ease when I hear the news, now I'm sure those grandchildren will come, I'll find a place to sleep... I'll work hard in two days Damn it!"
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