When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 819 I say, repent!

After three days of preparation, on the morning of the fourth day, 20,000 Leia troops finally gathered from around Adam Castle and divided into three groups to march towards Malenpo between the two castles.

That is where the Qianhe Valley army is stationed.

However, before they had advanced far, Dreta received a miraculous piece of news from a scout.

Looking at the map presented by the scout, Count Dreta laughed in anger: "Okay, okay, they have a total of 5,000 to 6,000 people, divided into five camps, right?"

The eyes of several nobles around them could not help but reveal anger.

They were repeatedly told not to engage in infantry field battles unless they had a 50% or greater troop advantage.

Even if the Qianhe Valley army had a camp, it was only a temporary camp and could not compare with a solid fortress like Haji Fort.

So this is at most a positional battle in the field, but they have a difference in troop strength of more than twice.

The best course of action, naturally, was to build up defenses at the Knight's Residence at the Malampo Manor and block the main traffic routes.

But what these people from the Thousand River Valley did was to build four camps around Malenbo, with the Malenbo Manor itself staggered.

The advantage of this was that the Leia army could not split up parts of its army to bypass them and attack Fort Haji in the rear.

The disadvantage was that the troops that were originally concentrated were actually dispersed into camps 2 or even 3 kilometers apart.

At this point, they still wanted to rely on a small number of troops to completely contain

"Too arrogant!" a knight cursed, "It's obvious that they look down on us. They dare to split up our forces when we are already outnumbered?"

Starting with this knight, the other knights around him started to make noise, and some even volunteered to be the vanguard and fight.

It was said that they wanted to imitate the famous battle of the witch Jeanne and destroy five camps in one night.

Baron Macherov also showed a flash of shame and anger on his face, but unlike the others, he quickly calmed down.

Macherov pinched the horse's belly with his boots and approached the gloomy count. "Lord Dreta, is it the encirclement tactic reported by Heinzmann?"

Count Dreta's eyelids twitched: "Can six thousand people surround more than twenty thousand people?"

"They have devilish guns and cannons, and their marching speed is different from that of ordinary troops." Macherov said worriedly, "What if we concentrate our forces to attack one point, and the remaining soldiers go around to attack Adam Castle from behind?"

"Aren't there still Duke Wingnest's garrison troops in Castle Adam?"

"They are already at odds with us, what if they deliberately give up the city?"

"Do they still have the guts to do this?"

"The main thing is that even if they did it, we have no evidence." Macherov rubbed his brows, "Then aren't we trapped between two fortresses?"

Cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and Dreta, who had been irritated by Qianhegu's posturing, suddenly calmed down.

If you think about it carefully, the level of the generals and officers of the Qianhe Valley army is not low.

Would they deploy their forces in such an unreasonable manner?
For the first time, Count Dreta felt that war could be so precarious and that he had to look ahead and behind every step.

In the end, it’s still a question of hard power.

The Earl couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking that if he was leading the royal army directly under the royal family, there would be no such problems at all.

But for an excellent military commander, bad soldiers can also fight good battles, it all depends on how they are used.

"Then what should we do?" a knight nearby asked tentatively.

Deretta thought for a moment, but quickly gave instructions: "First send the cavalry to find out the size and strength of each camp, and then we will also divide our forces."

"Shall we also divide our forces?" Macherov repeated.

"Yes." Deretta looked in the direction of Marunpo from a distance, "We have 20,000 people. Three thousand of them will be stationed in four camps to suppress the enemy. The remaining eight thousand will follow me to attack Marunpo Manor."

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Since they found out that Leia's army was about to set off, Victor and Das stopped the transportation of supplies from the rear. After all, it had been almost five days since they decided to start building the camp.

In five days, the construction of the five camps along the line was basically completed.

These camps were built strictly according to the manuals of military engineers.

The wooden fence has a circumference of 500 to 600 meters, and there are 1.8-meter-deep trenches arranged in an alternating pattern outside the wall.

Outside the trench, there is a 1.2-meter earthen slope, on top of which is a breast wall made of mortar and fir wood.

You know, for these military projects, Das applied for a large number of pickaxes, axes and shovels from the rear.

In addition, 300 to 500 crusaders were recruited to assist in the construction of each camp.

Thanks to the high-quality shovels produced in the mountainous county and the relatively soft local soil, such a tight camp was built so quickly.

The area of ​​the entire camp is roughly equivalent to two or three football fields.

Upon learning of the Leia's expedition, Das left the camp with McGowan and returned to Fort Haji to make preparations.

The Black Champions' Chapter Master Victor and Deputy Chapter Master Coleman were patrolling the wall together.

They wore thick woolen uniforms with soft, close-fitting woolen underwear underneath.

It must be said that one of the main reasons why Adam Castle was difficult to capture for a long time was that the troops outside the city wore clothes stuffed with straw, while the troops inside the city wore clothes stuffed with wool.

Due to the temperature difference, the defenders are much more "cold-resistant" than the besieging troops.

As the war entered winter and the rear was heavily recruited, a large number of orders were brought to the textile industry chain of the Holy Court and South Mound County.

In the countryside of South Mound County, a large number of spinning wheels of various sizes have sprung up.

The shipyards in Kasha County and even in Red Leaf Hill received a large number of orders for transport ships.

Not to mention the Jeanne d'Arc industrial zone, where garment factories are constantly expanding and recruiting people.

Now the soldiers of the two founding armies of the Salvation Army, the Guards and the Black Champions, have eight sets of uniforms for the four seasons:
Two sets of winter clothes, two sets of autumn clothes, two sets of summer clothes, one dress, and one set of home clothes.

Not only that, the Black Champion, which is highly mule-like, also carries a large amount of spices, medicinal herbs and meat.

Even the clothes and bacon that Adamburg didn't have time to take away made the jealous Leia infantrymen with red eyes call them "young master soldiers".

However, these are just normal for the veterans of the Black Champion.

"It's so quiet." Coleman stood beside Victor, looking at the stream meadow covered with residual snow and frost. "There are no Leia people either."

Holding up the telescope, Victor smiled and said, "Don't be such a pessimist. You just finished talking and the Leia people are here."

A high-end black carriage galloped over the dirt slope covered with residual snow and frost.

Then a baron in thin underwear, holding his hat high, walked towards the camp gate.

Victor stopped the guard who was trying to shoot: "Let him in, I want to see what he wants to say."

Soon, the baron riding on a mule entered the camp, looking up at the sky with pride.

It was not until he was covered with a blanket and pulled off the mule that he saw Victor and Coleman, who were smiling.

"Good afternoon, gentleman in pajamas." Coleman asked first, tightening his winter coat.

The messenger in thin clothes was shivering from the cold, but he still held his chin high: "My fellow believers, Lord Dreta Fifteen from the De Deli family of Dawn Island has brought you peace.

As long as you open the door and welcome Count Dreta tomorrow, we will not only spare your lives, but also allow you to join the King's Army.

You must know that you have less than 6,000 people, but you have to face the attack of 20,000 powerful Dawn Island troops.

I say, repent!

(End of this chapter)