The 10,000-strong Dherim army finally arrived in the Elven Kingdom after half a month.
The Elven King sent soldiers from the main city of the Elven Kingdom to meet him.
After arranging a place for the soldiers in the army to rest, Bandak and Derrick visited the palace of the Elven Kingdom together.
The Elf King waited for them in the main hall of the palace for a long time, because he had met Bandak a few times before, so he was familiar with them. After seeing the figures of the two, the Elf King stepped forward and greeted Bandak: "Commander Bandak, long time no see."
Bandak and Derrick saluted the Elf King, "Your Highness the Elf King."
"Who is this?" The Elf King looked at Derrick suspiciously, and asked Bandak.
"This is Commander Derrick, who has just taken office not long ago. This time he is in charge of commanding Deherim's military forces with me." Bandak introduced in detail.
"I see." The Elf King nodded understandingly, and greeted Derrick, "Hello, Commander Derrick."
"Nice meeting." Derrick humbly held His Highness the Elf King's hand.
The Elf King smiled and said: "It seems that the sergeants of Dherim are indeed talented. In such a short period of time, they can select a soldier who is suitable to be the commander."
"No, no." Bandak shook his head politely and denied.
The Elf King suddenly thought of something, and said joyfully, "In the previous battle in the Kingdom of the Dead, I heard from the medical soldiers sent by the Elf Kingdom that Dehrim won a complete victory. Congratulations."
"Well, after some discussion, the lord ordered us to go out to capture the kingdom of the undead. The firepower of the undead is really fierce, and we can't stand against half of their fighting power. Staying on the heels, we can only say that in the end, we won by luck with the concerted efforts of the soldiers." Bandak responded: "Among them, the reinforcements from your country have also made great contributions to our resolution of the crisis. It is really Thank you very much."
"The reputation of the soldiers of Deherim for being brave and good at fighting has spread throughout the countries on the coast. Presumably the lizard people and the jackal people will feel timid when they see you appearing in front of the battle." The Elf King continued.
"Since your country's plan this time is to adopt a surprise attack, we will definitely hide ourselves before the battle. We will try to catch them by surprise and win the war with the fewest casualties." Derrick on the side said.
The Elf King nodded approvingly.
The details of the specific strategy are handed over from the army of the Elven Kingdom to the two commanders of Dherim.
Bandak and Derrick didn't stay in the palace for long, after introducing the troops they had prepared. So he declined the elf king's request for a banquet and returned to the arranged residence.
The next day, I will go to Cumberland by the official road of the elves.
The soldiers put their weapons and armor into the shipping boxes.
Put on the clothes sent by the elves, and prepare to walk on the road in casual clothes.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the first group of people set off. Due to the existence of the free trade market, the daily flow of people between the main city of the elves and Cumberland is also huge.
So even the pedestrians on the road did not notice that this was a group of soldiers from Dherim.
Bandak led the first batch of soldiers, while Derrick led the last batch of soldiers. Finally reached Cumberland three days later.
The residents of Cumberland appear to be unaware of their arrival.
It's just that someone came forward to ask them the purpose of their trip, and after knowing that it was the reinforcements sent by Dherim, they all cheered.
They have also suffered from the harassment of Lizardmen and Gnolls recently.
Now seeing the troops sent by the motherland, most of them are too moved to speak.
The soldiers were arranged into the camp of the garrison of Cumberland, and waited until the leader of the elf army also arrived here. Bundak, Derrick, and Gabul, the leader of the elves, began to discuss around the round table.
Gabriel told the two of them that the elf troops had already roughly pinpointed the specific locations of the Lizardmen and Wolfmen in the mountains, and sent eyeliners to track and update their positions every day.
Before Garble arrived at Cumberland, he had received the latest letter regarding the exact location of the enemy.
After clearly conveying what happened, Gabriel took out the coordinate flag and pointed out on the map where the Lizardmen and Wolfmen camped.
Derrick looked at the position Gabriel pointed at and thought for a while before saying, "If this news is accurate, then we can start the war smoothly according to our initial strategic plan."
Gabriel nodded, pointed to a high ground not far from the coordinate flag and said: "At that time, Dherim's army can ambush on the western hill first. After we launch the attack, rush down the hillside to join us, The lizardman's retreat is blocked."
Bandak said: "The elves have also cooperated with Dherim's army before, and I hope this time there will be a good result."
Gabur replied: "This is a battle carefully planned by the elves' troops, and with the extraordinary combat power of the Dherim soldiers, I am confident that I can finish off the lizardmen and gnolls at the border."
Hearing Gabriel's promise, Bandak and Derrick nodded confidently.
Although he didn't participate much in the strategic deployment, from Bandak's point of view, the elves' plan this time is indeed much better than before, at least so far it is satisfactory.
On the day of departure, the soldiers of Dherim set off for the ambush before dawn.
In order to avoid being discovered by the spies of the Lizardmen and the Wolfmen, everyone chose a more remote road, walked to the top of the mountain in the west, and hid where they could roughly see the warrior camps of the Lizardmen and the Wolfmen.
Bundak was lying on the grass, watching the movement of the lizard people and the jackal people with a long brown binoculars.
All soldiers hide in the order of the array.
The Swadian warriors were about halfway up the mountain, and when the artillery fire of the war sounded, they would lead the cavalry behind them down the hillside.
The sun gradually rose, and the soldiers followed the tree shadows to move their positions.
"Here we come." Bandak called out in a low voice.
In his field of vision, the troops of the Elf Kingdom were approaching the camps of the Lizardmen and Wolfmen.
And the soldiers who were in charge of patrolling around the barracks didn't seem to feel the approach of the soldiers from the Elven Kingdom. They are still chatting together in groups of three or four.
The nerves of everyone on the hillside tensed immediately, ready to start sprinting.
(end of this chapter)