Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 28 The mixed army

After leaving Wenger Castle, Herme's army headed south. His goal was Edsberg, a prosperous city in the southern border of the kingdom, and an important garrison.

At present, the Scoia'tael activities in the Kingdom are most serious in the area around Edelsburg and Rosenberg, both of which are important fortress cities in the Kingdom.

For a long time, these two cities have been the key garrison places of the kingdom.

But now, since the Aedirn army is concentrating on the protection of the border and entering Livia at any time to help Queen Meeve fight, they don't care about the Scoia'tael issue.

The United Kingdom of Livia and Leiria is a small country. Although its monarch, Miwei, can stand in the ranks of the monarchs of the northern powers as a chess player rather than a pawn by relying on his own ability, it is still too small after all, and the depth of the country is too deep to see. up.

From the perspective of the Kingdom of Aden, if there is another war, Livia is likely to be pierced in a short time, and the men in black will soon open up a direct road to Aden, so the king's army on the border cannot move around at will.

So Hemei was transferred to participate in the siege, as the commander-in-chief of the siege.

Of course, Herme knew very well that this was just an external statement.

After all, there is still such a distance between the man in black and Adian, so what does it matter if Adian's army is operating on its own land.

The main reason for this is that the king wants Herme to show off, so as to silence some guys.

This also meant that Herme didn't need to worry about the bullshit of the nobles, and could just concentrate on suppressing the Scotaia'tael.

So when some nobles sent letters and wanted to meet Hemei privately or invite them to a banquet, Hemei refused because of the busyness of the king.

The king emphasized not to let him get involved in the mess of those nobles. Those nobles must have been warned by the king, which happened to be justified, and no one could say anything.

As for the Scoia'tael issue, it was a bit more complicated, and Herme felt a headache just looking at the dossier report on the Scoia'tael in the southern border.

Logically speaking, it is difficult for Edelsberg and Rosenberg to have room for Scoia'tael.

This is the main passage for the southern army to enter Aden, so the Kingdom of Aeden has always deployed heavy troops here.

According to the local troop density, there should be no room for the Scoia'tael to operate.

But the region's vast, old-growth forests provided the space, the so-called rotting woods, which provided the Scoia'tael with shelter in which the commandos camped and covered their operations.

Now the Scoia'tael commando team active here is the most in Aarden, and they cause the most troubles in the entire kingdom and even the entire northern commando team.

While most Scoia'tael commandos were still busy burning a workshop secretly, digging traps on the road, and firing cold arrows, the Scoia'tael here had already begun to attack Wang Jun's logistics.

Rotten forest is the key to them being able to do this.

The history of this forest can be traced back to before the confluence of the celestial spheres, and its long history is unimaginable for many people.

Before the arrival of human beings, the Rotten Forest was ruled by King Kailad of the elves, and the elves left many exquisite monuments here, such as the famous palace Kedev Gernwild, which was also known in the elves kingdoms back then. Enjoy the fame.

After humans defeated the elves, they plundered the elves' palaces and plundered many elves' belongings, but they still had nothing to do with the forest. For humans, it was really difficult to survive in the forest, so they all left soon.

It was not until the reign of King Wedimont that Ardirn cut a road through the forest, and greatly shortened the distance between Rosenberg and Edelsberg.

This road has also become an important way of communication. In the past, business travelers from both sides would travel here.

Not to mention the army, this road is the fastest, and it is naturally an important military road in Aedirn.

And now this road is now seriously threatened by Scoia'tael, if there are not enough guards, it will be difficult for passing humans and convoys to pass smoothly.

The Scoia'tael in the Rotten Forest also took the initiative to attack the logistics of the Aedirian army, causing trouble for the army on the road, hunting down the army's messengers, and disrupting the communication between the various troops.

There were even squads of Aedirn's army ambushed and all killed, all hung on the side of the road, all with signs saying "Go back to the sea, human beings".

And when the Aedirian army wanted to fight back, the elves retreated into the forest like a whirlwind. The human beings had nothing to do with them. Entering the forest rashly would be tantamount to death. The people of Aedirn have proved it several times, and many people died because of it. .

If you want to wipe out the Scoia'tael hiding in the forest, you have to concentrate a large number of troops to clean up the forest in an orderly manner, which is why Herme was transferred here.

From this point of view, the transfer of Hemei was a matter of course. As for the campaign of suppression, of course, the more people the better, the best is to be able to check the entire forest.

As for Eldan, the leader of the Scoia'tael Party here, Herme has his dossier, which records the elf's life, and the result of browsing makes Herme feel rather troublesome.

Aldan lived in human society in his early years and was an elf businessman. He once believed that elves could live in harmony with humans, and he often played music for humans at banquets.

But racial discrimination and prejudice ruined his life. First, his identity as an elf made him guilty for no reason, and his family died in the genocide, so he embarked on a radical path.

He wanted to be a human nightmare, and he did. His team was the most brutal of all Scoia'tael commandos, and his reputation spread among the people through various terrorist activities.

His commando has also become the most notorious existence in the whole of Aedirn, various terrorist actions continue, and the army is also devastated by his actions.

Many Scoia'tael commandos have been attracted to him, and the power in his hands is also the strongest among the many Scoia'tael commandos in the kingdom.

The king once wanted to recruit the elf to end his destruction of Aedirn, but Eldan killed the messenger and used the messenger's head to express his attitude.

Presumably this was also the reason why the king was so intent on killing that elf. This was a direct slap in the face of the king, and it was so hard.

This is a desperate avenger.

After reading this person's dossier, Herme evaluated this elf like this, and his evaluation was very accurate.

Fighting against such a person is troublesome, if he is only purely eager for revenge, but this elf is also cunning and cunning, otherwise he should have been wiped out long ago.

A clever and cruel avenger, when he thinks of going against such a person, Hemei is not only big-headed but big-headed.

According to the records in the file, he may have [-] to [-] Scoia'tael in his hands. Looking at the entire north, it is difficult to see such a large-scale existence.

This was only the second year after the end of the first Northern War, and he was able to gather such a large number of Scoia'tael around him, which showed his ability.

This force is enough to deal with some smaller kingdom armies. If the king wants to come, he doesn't just want to block the mouths of the nobles. It is also urgently needed to deal with these elves.

Herme understood this very well. It was really disturbing to have such a Scoia'tael commando in such a critical place where the southern army was going north.

It would be fun if they figured out something.

In the end, and indeed, in the original book, Scoia'tael contributed to the advance of the Imperial Army.

They lead the way for the imperial army, act as vanguards for the empire, and help the empire intercept the retreating northern army.

Without the cooperation of the Scoia'tael, the imperial army would not have been able to advance so quickly.

If the Scoia'tael here can be wiped out, although it cannot reverse the overall situation where the South is strong and the North is weak, at least it can save the Kingdom of Aden from a lot of losses.

Herme is standing in the north, on the side of the Kingdom of Aedirn. The victory of the north is closely related to his interests. His interests have long been bound together. If the north is defeated, his interests will also be greatly affected.

At that time, it is true that he can live in a corner in Hackland, but it is too aggrieved no matter how he thinks about it, and he will be manipulated arbitrarily by the damn empire.

Among other things, the Nigers have grasped the trade of the Blue Mountain Tunnel, so the only thing Hemei can do is to join the empire.

So Scoia'tael must die.

And the closer he got to the destination, the more Herme felt the influence of the Scoia'tael.

When I was walking on the avenue in Aden before, I didn't see any scenes of war, and I occasionally saw the corpses of Scoia'tael who were hanged on the road.

Back then he thought the Scoia'tael threat was the same, but here, the picture was different.

From time to time on the road, you can see gallows hanging from human beings or non-human races. The unlucky people who were hanged swayed slightly in the wind, looking extremely bleak.

Burnt villages can also be seen, while those that remain have wooden walls built.

The local residents were full of fear and vigilance when they looked at the outsiders, and they all held weapons and agricultural tools tightly in their hands.

Especially when I saw the Cossacks of Hemei, their images were really barbarians and robbers, and I was afraid that these people would turn around and attack them.

However, when they knew that they were here to encircle and suppress the Scotaia'tael, the attitude of the residents became much more cordial, and when Herme and the others took out coins to buy supplies, they became even more cordial.

And when entertaining the leaders like Herme, the farmer did not forget to pour out his bitterness, telling them how uncomfortable they were, and how damned those elves were.

"My lord, you don't know. Ever since the Scoia'tael broke out in this place, our life has become more and more miserable. At first, our village lived well by entertaining merchants, but now there are fewer and fewer merchants." , were scared away by the elves. Then those damn elves often come to us to extort supplies, if not, they will kill the people in the village, and we have to give the things out.”

The person who spoke was an old man with a wrinkled face. Looking at his rough palms, he could tell that he had spent his whole life planing in the soil.

This is the elder of this village. Hemei and others are at his house now. This is the most respectable family in the whole village.

This village is where Hemei's army camped today. Hemei didn't let his subordinates enter the village at will. That would be too disturbing to the people. There would definitely be trouble if so many people went in.

"How about the troops that were sent earlier? Didn't they deal with these problems?"

Herme then asked that he needed to know how the troops sent by the king performed.

"Tsk, those people are all stinky bastards, ah, my lord, I'm not talking about your people."

The elder subconsciously expressed his evaluation of those people, but the next moment he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and immediately explained.

Herme gave her a look of indifference, it was all a trivial matter.

"Every time the Scoia'tael comes, the guys are late, and the dolled up bastards come in like a parade, and then go to the village for food, drink, and women, so we beat these guys up If you go out, they can protect you. There are only a small group of people who are reliable among this group of people, what kind of 'special forces'?"

"It's the special forces, grandpa." Said the young man who looked like the grandson of the old man.

"Don't interrupt me, yes, yes yes yes, it is the special forces, the leader is a woman with black hair, hey, if you ask me, all those **** combined don't have this woman as a soldier. It's a pity that there are too many of them They also asked and asked, and wrote down a lot of things. But I think this group of people is still too immature. It’s okay to let them execute orders, but don’t let them think about things Think about it."

The elder's words contain the wisdom of his age. When you live long enough and see enough, you can understand some things at first glance.

Not only businessmen, but also troops came and went on the road in the Rotten Forest. I think this old man has seen many troops in his life.

Well, very good, at least who is reliable and who is useless in the troops to be taken over.

Hemei thought of this, and then he changed the subject, knowing everything he wanted to know, so let's talk to the old man about the customs of this land.

And when this was mentioned, the old man got excited, and told Herme about the colonization of the decayed forest by the old king of Aedirn decades ago. This is how their village came into existence...

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Talking with the elders let Herme know many things, for example, in fact, the kingdom has a complete map of the decaying forest.

It was prepared for the development of the forest during the reign of King Demavi's father, when the king explored the periphery of the forest in great detail.

It's just that after the development plan was stopped along with the war at that time, these maps were naturally left out in the cold.

He hurriedly sent envoys to search for this map in the nearest city of Aden in the name of the commander-in-chief of suppressing bandits.

In the pile of old papers in the city hall, they can definitely find what they need.

Of course, it is possible that the troops sent by the king have already searched for these maps, but judging from what he has heard about this group of people, there are either dudes and useless mercenaries, or recruits with strict discipline who can only carry out orders. Herme didn't expect this group of people to think of this level at all.

Sazaburg's army continued to advance, and soon, Herme came to his target, before the soldiers who needed him to take over, and then he was disappointed, but not surprised.

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"This group of people is worse than I thought."

On a high platform about a hundred meters away from the decaying forest, there stands a military camp flying the black, red and gold flag of Aden.

Homer was standing on the podium in the barracks playground, looking at the soldiers below, while his army stood behind him, looking at the Aedirn army.

What came into Herme's eyes was a large group of mercenaries who were stumbling around and couldn't even stand upright. A few of them were obviously still drunk.

They were wearing brightly colored clothes, and a lot of holes had been cut out of their coats. If it weren't for the armor and weapons, they wouldn't be seen as soldiers at all.

Their equipment is all in a mess. They have everything from knives, guns, swords and halberds, and the equipment is even more so. It seems that they have randomly taken out a few pieces of equipment from different armors and pieced them together.

This is a typical "mercenary outfit". Many Cossacks under Herme looked envious, because some of these "mercenary outfits" were full of iron, and they were all still a lot of civilian clothes.

As for their commander, it was even worse. It was the first time Hemei saw a man with makeup in this world. Master Dan was not that outrageous.

There were only a hundred people who performed well, and those hundred people wore cloth armor and stood neatly in a standard military posture, as if they were being inspected by the king.

They were led by a woman with black hair tied in the back. She was also wearing cloth armor and had the shield of Aedirn on her left shoulder. Her face was full of seriousness. It seemed that this was the Aedirn Special Forces.

Hemei was not surprised by the quality of the special forces. This was the Scoia'tael hunter unit formed by King Demawi. All the soldiers were selected from the best and the best from the best.

The problem is that this group of people is still too immature, and the army that has just been established is still too unfamiliar with these people.

Looking at them, Herme couldn't help but think of the scene when he first arrived at the barracks, which was even more unsightly.

Only the special forces sentries stood on the tower, and then the only sentries in the entire camp, and it was they who rang the bell for the assembly of troops.

The response of the Aedirn Special Forces was fairly quick, but those mercenaries were just... Hemei could only be thankful that he didn't see a prostitute.

"Leyla, the captain of the Second Squadron of the Aden Special Forces, reports to you that there should be 104 people! There are actually 104! Salute to you, Commander-in-Chief!"

Following the brunette's powerful shout, her soldiers also saluted Herme in unison.

Leila, Herme knew this person, she was also a famous character in the original book, a powerful officer who hated Scoia'tael.

Thinking of this, Herme decided to win over this person next. The role this person can play is huge.

But the other side is worse, drunkenly said the panna cotta dandy whose golden spurs belied his knighthood,

"Charron's Regiment should have more than 1000 people, and it's actually... Hey, God knows how many, the commander-in-chief, it doesn't matter, anyway, there are Scoia'tael outside, and my people will never run around. Dare three Those who ran out in groups of five, those idiots are already dead."

His words caused a burst of laughter among his subordinates. Herme obviously felt offended, but he still held back his anger and had to figure out the origin of this person first.

Knowing what was going on with him, Herme could come up with a corresponding countermeasure.

"Then who are you...drunk sir? And what's up with your army of mud?"

Herme carefully considered her vocabulary to avoid saying more offensive words.

"I'm the Lord of the Tower." The man made a grimace, "Okay, okay, don't put on that rotten egg face, I'm Charon, the commander of the Charon Regiment, and I'm barely a knight. "

Herme noticed that this person did not have a surname, which was unusual.

Judging by his posture, he is a typical dude. Either he is deliberately hiding his surname, or he is an illegitimate child.

"Master Charon, how can you do this in front of the commander-in-chief! Is this something an officer of the kingdom can do?"

Layla scolded the playboy before Herme's outburst.

"Damn it, Leila, you old maid, the commander didn't say anything, what are you calling?"

That playboy is like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, and said as if jumping up, the tone of gunpowder is very strong, but Leila still continues to output, all kinds of accusations are like a cannonball, Leila directly listed how many military regulations he violated and what kind of punishment he should receive.

And looking at Leila's expression, she knew that she was not trying to scare people at all, but that as long as the officer gave an order, she would really deal with this person according to those punishments.

Following Leila's strong output to the playboy, the playboy was really subdued, and fear appeared on his face.

Seeing the fear on the playboy's face, Herme felt that Leila might have hit him.

The playboy put away the indecency and drunkenness on his face, bowed respectfully to Hermi, and apologized,
"I'm very sorry, Lord Herme, it's all my fault."

Seeing this result, Hemei raised his brows. It's okay, since his subordinates have maintained his majesty as a commander, then he doesn't have to deal with this playboy regardless of his background.

Herme's plan was to drag this guy out first and beat him with twenty lashes. If he dared to continue shouting during the beating, he would continue to beat him until he was convinced.

Herme was unwilling to do such a thing, and he still remembered the king's warnings.

I don't know how many nobles in the Kingdom of Aden want to make trouble for him. He must be careful enough to avoid offending people as much as possible, lest those people find a reason to make trouble.

But you still have to do it when you have to do it. For example, the knight just kicked his nose and face. This must be dealt with. This will affect Herme's prestige in the army.

Facing the playboy's apology, Herme waved his hand, indicating that the matter was over, and then he looked at Charon's subordinates.

This group of mercenaries was not as airy as before, but lowered their heads, and finally stood upright like some soldiers.

"Then that's the end of the assembly, and everyone is disbanded. Charlene, Leila, you two come into the tent with me. I want to find out about the situation and what you all know about Scoia'tael's activities."

Now that he has seen the soldiers, the next step is to understand the situation, first to know how the battle is going on on the front line, and then make a decision.

(End of this chapter)