Chapter 140: Dividing the Troops
Brand and Yersen were quite excited when they heard that they could still lead the troops to fight on their own.
But when Anthony introduced the four captains to them.
Only then did they realize that there was a slight difference between reality and imagination.
After getting to know the soldiers under the four captains in detail, they discovered that there was still a little bit of a hole in the truth.
——The total number of people is more than 4,000, of which 20% are logistics soldiers and 60% are new recruits.
With these soldiers alone, they may not be able to push Yanxin City, let alone Liuyue City, which is stronger than Yanxin City.
So Anthony’s thoughts are clearly revealed!
——This is to let them contribute, these soldiers are just auxiliary.
In addition, there should be some intention of letting them help train troops.
In Anthony's opinion.
The combined strength of Yersen, Brand, and their attendants was already comparable to the strength of the top brass of the Sixth Infantry Regiment.
Naturally, he wanted to take advantage of it.
These soldiers have good military qualities, but they are just a little short of actual combat.
With so many strong men leading the team, the soldiers will surely be able to maintain a high morale in actual combat.
This is his main purpose.
As for Liuyue City and so on, it is just a big pie.
With just these few people, even with Brand, a mage genius, there is not much chance.
But looking at it from another perspective, this is actually training Brand and Yersin's ability to command troops.
After all, the pioneering war is coming in a year, and it’s no good if you don’t know how to lead the troops to fight!
Yersin and Brand were relatively speechless.
They were obviously just here to practice their actual combat abilities, but now it looked more like they were here to work for the Sixth Infantry Regiment.
All in all, even though they were cheated, neither Brand nor Yersen had any intention of going back on their word.
After determining your own strength.
The two looked at the sand table and started discussing.
First of all, there is no doubt that the general direction is to march towards Liuyue City.
They also want to see the treasure house of Liuyue City.
However, differences came next. Considering the problem of army supply, they definitely could not march straight towards Liuyue City.
You will definitely have to fight a few bandits along the way to replenish supplies.
So now you have two options.
One is to choose a shorter wild road and pass through various bandits' hometowns along the way.
The second is to take the main road connecting cities. Although the road is smoother, it is a little longer, and two free cities about the same size as Core City need to be conquered along the way.
In Yersin's opinion, it would be better to take the wild route and raid the bandit's hometown.
He felt that compared to those free cities, there should be more treasures in the bandits' lair!
Brand sees the opposite.
He would rather take the high road than take the wild road.
After all, the road is easier!
As a noble mage, Brand feels that he should not bear the bumps of the wild road!
As for siege, in his opinion, with a mage like him, it's not a big problem!
Because the two had different opinions, they discussed it for a long time and finally divided their forces.
So, with Anthony looking confused.
Brand and Yersen divided the army and prepared to march along their own marching routes with two thousand soldiers.
Upon hearing such an outrageous troop division plan, the four captains who were assigned to serve under the two men couldn't help but look at Anthony for help.
Seeing the looks of several people, Anthony thought for a while and helped them remind Brand and Yersen:
"If your order is too unreasonable, they have the right to refuse."
Hear what Anthony said. , the four captains all breathed a sigh of relief.
Brand and Yersin didn't say much.
This is actually reasonable, after all, it is just a loan to their army.
...
The next day, Brand and Yersin led their respective troops along their respective marching routes.
Although the main road Brand took was only an uneven dirt road, it was not very bumpy because he did not have to march in a hurry.
After riding for several hours, Brand felt fine.
Because the sun is getting higher.
He began to wonder if he should stop and take a break.
But just as he was thinking this, a red signal arrow quickly rose into the sky in front of him.
Judging from this distance, the scouts in front should have detected the enemy.
At this time, a commander next to him ran over and asked what needed to be done next.
Brand responded:
"If you encounter the enemy, fight it. It's noon. Let's eat after fighting!"
As the commander issued Brand's order, the army began to accelerate and rushed towards the signal arrow.
By the time Brand arrived, the bandits had already begun to flee, leaving corpses and prisoners everywhere.
Looking at these bandit prisoners, Brand asked Louise next to him:
"Do you want these prisoners?"
Louise smiled and said: "You let me pick one!"
Brand waved his hand and said: "Pick whatever you want."
Since there weren't many people out this time, Anthony let them decide on their own regarding the prisoners, so Brand called Louise over.
Louise was originally going to see if there were any "high-quality" bandits around Core City.
However, Brand said that following him might lead to better results. Under Brand's "beauty", she followed directly with the caravan without any further questions.
At least now it seems she made the right choice.
While Louise went to select the prisoners and Catherine went to cook.
Brand called the two commanders over and asked about the next march plan.
He mainly wanted to know how long it would take to reach the next city.
After hearing Brand's question, a captain said with an uneasy look on his face:
"If we maintain our current marching speed, we will reach White Rock City at noon tomorrow, but do we really want to attack that city? ?”
Another captain also added in due course:
“According to the information we got from the prisoners in Yanxin City, the defensive strength of Baishi City is almost the same as that of Yanxin City.
And because Yanxin City was breached by us, Baishi City will definitely attack after getting the news. We are very vigilant. Not counting the logistics troops, with our combat power of more than a thousand people, it will be very difficult to attack the city."
Brand also understood the concerns of the two captains.
It is definitely impossible to attack the city with these soldiers alone, but isn't it also possible to attack the city with his noble mage?
In order to give some information to my own people.
Brand took out the big knight golem from the space necklace.
Patting the black armor of the golem, he asked,
"Do you know this?"
Upon hearing Brand's question, the two captains shook their heads in confusion.
Seeing the two men shaking their heads, Brand explained:
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. You just need to know that it can exert the power of a great knight."
Hearing what Brand said, both of them were a little shocked.
——Even their legion commander is just a senior knight!
Seeing the shocked expressions of the two, Brand nodded with satisfaction.
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Thanks to book friend "Landlord Canshang" for his monthly ticket
(end of this chapter)