MTL - Lord Highlander-Chapter 1534 1521. Those Street Signs

   Chapter 1534 1521. Those street signs

  Marquis Caesar entered the brightly lit Temporary Command Post of the reinforcements in Handanal City, which is also the residence of Marquis Valentine Heller, a wooden house with three rooms.

  Marquis Heller sat next to a round table, on which was a map of old parchment, but the Moyunling Highland area was still blank on this map.

  Marquis Heller raised his head and saw the black-faced Marquis Caesar walking into the room, so he asked him:

   "How are things going?"

  Marquis Nishizawa shook his head slightly, sat on a chair opposite Marquis Heller, put his right arm on the table, and gently rubbed the temples on both sides of his forehead with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, and replied:

   "It's not going very well. The amount of black magic crystals held in the market here is much less than we expected."

  This incident made it difficult for him to explain to the group of lords in Handanar City...

  The aristocratic lords in the city put together this supporting army corps, and they came here to gain benefits.

I thought that a batch of unidentified black magic crystals could be bought here in Dak Valley, but what Marquis Caesar did not expect was that maybe the adventure group had some black magic crystals in their hands, but these black magic energy would not be easily bought. Into the market, merchants don't have many black magic crystals in their hands, which makes his plan to acquire black magic crystals a lot of resistance.

   "So you're saying that Earl Suldak refuses to sell the Black Magic Crystal?" Marquis Heller's eyes were sharp and his voice was a bit cold.

  He is considered to be the most famous general in the circle of noble lords in Handanal City. He followed the Bena Army to recover Kornberg County, and was sought after by a group of noble lords in the city.

  The noble lords in the city pushed Marquis Heller to the front this time, also because he fought two very beautiful battles in Kornberg County.

His personality is not very pleasing, rigid, paranoid, and cruel. He is a lone wolf in the aristocratic circle of Handanar City. If it is not true that there is no suitable commander, the position of reinforcement commander is definitely not good. will fall on his head.

  Marquis Caesar did not want to argue with him, but said patiently:

  "Although there is no clear rejection, raising the price of magic spar to a rather outrageous height should be an expression of dissatisfaction with us."

Marquis Heller snorted coldly, and continued: "The West Route Army has been guarding this valley for so long, and the situation in the Moyunling Highlands has not been opened up. What right do they have to express their dissatisfaction with us? The infantry regiment entered the Moyunling Highlands and built a few strong barriers on the highlands, and the situation will be reversed by then."

  Marquis Caesar knocked on the table and said: "That being said, but now... I have no good way to convince Earl Suldak that I can't buy unidentified black magic crystals for the time being."

Marquis Heller said conceitedly: "Then wait, wait for the news from Simon, it will not be long before our heavy armored infantry regiment will be ready for departure, as long as our legion can reach Moyun smoothly Ridge Highland, we will definitely be able to capture the Black Magic Crystal."

Seeing that the Marquis of Heller wanted to lead the army into the Moyunling Highlands, and there was no way to ease Earl Suldak's emotions, he stood up helplessly and said, "Okay, I will keep an eye on the logistics department. Let them bring the forage needed for the war horses as soon as possible."

   "Hmm..." Marquis Heller grunted in his throat, then ignored Marquis Caesar and continued staring at the blank map in a daze.

  Marquis Nishizawa sighed secretly, turned and walked out of the temporary command post of the reinforcements.

  …

  Marquis Valentin Heller continued to sit at the round table, looking at the blank parchment map, and thinking about how the heavy armored infantry regiment should fight next.

Although he didn't know how the West Route Army defeated these evil spirits in several other battlefields, he knew very well about the Battle of the Buruin River. He knew that Suldak had a mysterious army of red ants in his hands, and that this This regiment has also been recognized by the Pena Army.

  But in his hands, he only has a group of heavy armored infantry soldiers pieced together from the hands of various lords.

  On the frontal battlefield, at present, only the heavy cavalry of the Benar Legion can compete with the Evil Ghost Legion.

As for the battle between the heavy armored infantry regiment and the evil ghost fighters, basically a fully prepared six-man squad is needed to fight a single evil ghost. Seventy thousand heavy armored infantry fighters in hand can defeat an army of evil ghosts with a number of about 10,000 at most. This is only in terms of military strength.

  In fact, on the battlefield, 70,000 heavy armored infantry soldiers could not defeat 10,000 evil spirits.

   It is not yet known how many evil spirits there are on the Moyunling Highlands. According to information from the adventure group, it is said that there are at least tens of thousands of evil spirit warriors. Marquis Heller feels that this figure is a bit exaggerated.

  If the number of ghost warriors on Moyun Ridge exceeds 50,000, they may have rushed out from the high ground long ago and captured the forest farm camp at the northernmost part of the big meadow.

   You must know that before the arrival of the West Route Army in the forest farm camp, there were only about 30,000 garrisons, and there was not much combat effectiveness at all.

Marquis Heller led the support army to the battlefield of Moyunling Highlands. In fact, he did not intend to fight the evil spirits head-on. Build a military stronghold in the place to resist the evil spirit army on the Moyunling highlands.

  According to the news from the adventure group, the evil ghost fighters on the Moyunling Highlands are about to starve to death, and they have no fighting power at all...

  Marquis Heller believes that if his support army can stay in a stronghold, it should still be able to fight against the evil ghost army.

  After all, I came to the Moyunling Highlands to occupy some land...

I thought that the West Route Army would see the reinforcements from Handanar City rushing over to grab the territory, which would make Lord Suerdak increase the speed of advancing to the Moyunling Highlands, and then the reinforcements could follow the West Route Army's footsteps into Moyunling On the high ground, from your own perspective, you can choose a position that can be advanced, attacked, retreated, or defended. Anyway, the command of the reinforcements is in your own hands.

   As for listening to the command of the West Route Army, what a joke!

  Who would be willing to be cannon fodder!

  But the West Route Army has no plans to send troops at present, and it is somewhat risky for the reinforcements from Handanal City to enter the Moyunling Highlands at this time.

  …

  For the reinforcements of Handanal City, these adventure groups in Dak Valley have been keeping a certain distance these days.

  Because everyone clearly felt that there were many conflicts between the West Route Army and the reinforcements of Handanal City, the infantry soldiers of the two legions were even somewhat hostile to each other. Fortunately, the soldiers of both sides were relatively restrained and did not clash.

   It's just that the Dake Valley is under the jurisdiction of the West Route Army, and the reinforcements stationed in Handanal City in the valley need to abide by the code of conduct formulated by the West Route Army in some respects.

   This made the reinforcements in Handanal City even more dissatisfied...

   First of all, there is the issue of sanitation. The West Route Army asked the reinforcements in Handanal City to build toilets in the barracks, and they are not allowed to defecate anywhere in the barracks.

   And there are construction requirements for toilets in the camp area. Each toilet needs to have a septic tank with a depth of three meters. Not only must there be shelter on all sides, but also a roof, ventilation windows, etc...

   The logistics force of the reinforcements in Handanal City needed to send out hundreds of people to dig toilets.

  The other issue is the security issue. Recently, infantry soldiers have disrupted the normal business order in the commercial street. At present, more than 20 infantry soldiers from the reinforcements of Handanal City are still being detained in the temporary prison of the West Route Army.

  According to the regulations of the West Route Army, even in times of war, soldiers do not have any privileges when making transactions.

  Forcibly buying and selling merchants, threats and intimidation will be punished, and fines will also be paid.

Finally, there is the issue of the different treatment of the two legions. In just one week since the reinforcements from Handanal City were stationed in Dak Valley, Marquis Heller heard a lot of voices of doubt in the barracks. Ask, is there any merit exchange list on the reinforcements side?

  The reason why they ask this question is that all the grooms in the West Route Army have some merit points.

  In addition, the comparison of various welfare benefits in the army made the soldiers in the barracks feel a lot of dissatisfaction with the army.

   Marquis Heller naturally had no way of answering these questions. The supplies of the lords on the reinforcement side were paid for by the lords themselves, and these heavy armored infantry regiments were basically the lords' private soldiers.

  As for the trophies obtained on the battlefield... Except for a certain percentage of commission, the Marquis of Heller won't get any trophies at all.

   The reward system of merit exchange list does not exist for the Marquis of Heller at all, unless the lords of Handanal City are willing to pay the money.

  So for Marquis Heller, the best way to solve these problems is to leave as soon as possible.

   Otherwise, these infantry soldiers will probably take off their armor and run directly to the camp of the West Route Army...

  On the morning of the eighth day, Marquis Heller received a piece of information from Marquis Simon Jeffrey. Marquis Jeffrey described Moyunling Highland as follows:

  ‘Leading the Constructed Swordsman Group deep into the central area of ​​the Moyunling Highlands. Along the way, they encountered a large number of adventure groups hunting evil spirits everywhere, and found no signs of activity of the evil ghost army. '

This is great news for the Marquis of Heller. He has always suspected that Earl Suldak was exaggerating the Moyunling Highland battlefield. Now it seems that it should be a real hammer. On the Moyunling Highlands, Earl Suldak, commander of the West Route Army, made an exaggerated description of the current situation on the Moyunling Highlands.

  The 40,000 troops in the camp at the foot of the southern foot of Moyunling just arrived in the valley. Marquis Heller didn't even intend to stay in the valley, so he led the 70,000 reinforcements from Handanal City towards the Moyunling Highlands.

Every infantry soldier in the reinforcements of Handanal City was equipped with horses, and there were additional horses carrying their luggage and heavy armor, so the reinforcements moved very fast, and even Marquis Valentine Heller did not ask for help. After saying goodbye, Suldak hurriedly passed through the northern city wall of the valley and entered the mountain path at the southern foot of Moyunling.

  …

  Surdak stood on the city wall, watching the reinforcements of Handanar City gradually disappear on the mountain road, feeling a little worried in his heart.

  The reinforcements brought so many horses to the Moyunling Highlands this time, what he was most worried about was that once the evil spirits were fed, the next battle might become troublesome.

   Four-wheeled trucks carrying a large amount of forage followed the army and left the valley camp in a line.

   It is said that upon arriving at the Moyunling Highland, the highland over there is full of pastures, so there is no need to prepare fodder for the war horses, so this transport team will not be in a hurry to return after arriving at the highland with the reinforcements...

  He hoped that the Marquis of Valentine Heller would last as long as the rumors said.

  Handanaer city reinforcements left the Dak Valley, and the land where they camped became a mess, with some household garbage, dark earthen stoves, and some leftover firewood everywhere.

  The only decent building in the reinforcement camp is the toilet cabins in the four corners of the camp...

Andrew was wearing a set of light leather armor and led a logistics team into this area. He kicked away a dark stone in front of his feet. Some sticky marching rations were poured into the fire, and the wooden stakes on the ground were Didn't pull it out, just took the rope and tent.

   "Boss, do you want to stop their late-stage troops and let them clean up the area before letting them go?" Andrew asked.

  In the Battle of the North Mountain Pass, due to Andrew's rash attack, the ghost warriors rushed directly into the camp behind the city wall, and at least thousands of aboriginal fighters from the Aegrod tribe died in battle.

  After returning to the valley, Suldak dismissed him as the head of the Constructed Knights, and now he is doing chores in the logistics department.

  Suldak glanced at Andrew who came to flatter him, and said unmoved:

   "Forget it, you can find someone to clean it!"

  Andrew showed a bitter face.

"yes!"

  …

  On the third day after the reinforcements left the Dake Valley, the reinforcements from Handanaer City had passed through the southern footpath of Moyunling and entered the Moyunling Highlands.

The reason why he walked so slowly was that Marquis Heller had sent people to explore most of the mountain roads between the southern foothills along the way. He was worried that there might be some remnants of the evil ghost army hidden in this mountain range, and if they didn't do it, they would kill them. Blocked his own back road.

  After nearly three days of exploration, Marquis Heller found that the mountain roads had been cleaned up fairly well, and no evil ghost squad was found...

On the first night after entering the Moyunling Highlands, the second letter from Marquis Simon Jeffrey was in the hands of Marquis Heller. Marquis Heller was not surprised when he saw the contents of the letter. Erdak has already said it on his live-action sand table.

  Marquis Jeffrey also accused Earl Suldak of occupying almost all the land in the east of the highland in the letter, while the unoccupied western part of the highland is currently haunted by evil spirits...

  After his Constructed Swordsman Group entered the western region, it was chased and intercepted by three evil ghost legions in just half a day.

   Now the Constructed Swordsman Group has retreated to the middle of the highland, but no matter where they go, they seem to be able to see the guiding signs of Lord Suldak...

  (end of this chapter)