Lord Highlander

   Chapter 1395 1382. Enemy Tracks

  Suldak lived in Epsom City for two days before leaving the city and rushed outside the city to join the West Route Army troops.

  The armaments and supplies at the West Route Army camp have been fully replenished. The most important marching ration is enough to supply the entire army for half a month. Unfortunately, there is no clue about the ration of 50,000 ghost pattern soldiers.

  Due to the special situation in Epsom City, and after receiving an order from Duke Newman, Suldak was ready to immediately lead the West Route Army to the forest farm camp in the northern part of Handanal County to deploy defenses.

  After returning to the camp, Suldak issued an order for all the soldiers of the West Route Army to march to Handanaer County.

  Most of the West Route Army is a heavy armored infantry regiment. The army is mighty and mighty walking northwest along the road, and can walk about 40 kilometers almost every day.

  Infantry regiments have to rely entirely on their legs to walk, and each infantry bears heavy armor weighing nearly a hundred catties, and there is no cavalry in the army to help them carry heavy luggage, so the speed of walking every day is like a turtle crawling.

  On the other hand, a large number of refugees from other counties gathered in Epsom County. Even along the way, many refugees could be seen heading towards Epsom City with their bags on their backs. Therefore, the food that can be found in the wild is really very limited.

  The only consolation is that the diet of the ghost pattern soldier ants is wide enough. They are really not too picky about what they eat. When they are really hungry, they even eat trees.

It was also because of the ration supply of the ghost-striped soldier ants that the military logistics department had not been able to implement them. In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of 50,000 ghost-striped soldier ants, Suldak resolutely decided that 50,000 soldier ants would go to Handanaer at the speed of cavalry marching. Shire advances.

Handanar County is located in the northwest of Epsom County. It is the northern gate of the occupied area of ​​the empire, and it is also the starting point of the rolling hills and virgin forests in the northern part of the Warsaw plane. At present, there are only three counties in the Warsaw plane. Fallen, Handanal County is one of them.

  The vanguard of the Evil Ghost Legion has appeared along the Kampatomos River, confronting the Bena Legion across the river.

As far as Suldak is concerned, he cannot accept the fact that the ghost-striped soldier ants can only eat the bark in the surrounding forests every day. It is a bit unreasonable not to be able to eat something good before dying.

Therefore, the Ghost Pattern Soldiers carried 50,000 heavy armored infantry and marched towards Handanal County at the speed of cavalry. It took only half a day to leave the remaining 50,000 heavy armored infantry far behind. The 50,000 heavy armored infantry regiment had enough combat power and mobility, so Suldak asked all the 10,000 cavalrymen of the West Route Army to stay behind, and followed the infantry regiment behind to march at a slow pace every day.

  Suldak, on the other hand, led the army of ghost-striped soldiers and ants, traveling day and night at the speed of cavalry, and arrived at the northwestern border of Epsom County in just seven days, officially entering the territory of Handanal County.

Suldak's lord army still continued the preparation of the mage group. This time, the main members of the mage group were almost all young magicians from the Ruyt City Magic Union, and the main role of the mage group in the legion this time was still investigation. military situation.

After the ghost pattern red ants army entered Handanal County, according to the suggestion given by the military department, the marching route of the West Route Army should be that the large military needs pass through Handanal City, and then go all the way north along the central axis of Handanal County Pass through the large meadow and finally reach the forest camp.

However, due to the fact that the military logistics office of the ghost pattern soldier ants has been unable to supply food, Suldak did not follow the marching route formulated by the military department. The main reason is simple. The marching route formulated by the military department is very easy to follow, but the biggest disadvantage is I couldn't find enough food supplies along the way, and there was a section of the road that didn't even have woods. If the ghost pattern soldier ant army really passed by here, it would probably eat grass...

  So as soon as the ghost-striped army ants entered Handanal County, Suldak sent all the twenty-five magicians in the mage group to scout the surrounding terrain.

It has to be said that the biggest advantage of the Magician Scouting Team is that they can have a bird's-eye view of the mountains, rivers, forests and fields below, and they can find out the most convenient marching route most intuitively. Suldak's plan this time is very simple, that is, where there is food, The ghost pattern soldier ants will rush wherever they want, and the direction is all the way to the north.

  …

  In front of the eyes of the magician Basil, a large meandering river appeared. The water of this river was not too fast. It rushed out of a dense forest and then flowed into a canyon.

  For Scout Basil, whenever he encounters this kind of river, it means that there will be a lot of life forms around him, including animals and plants.

  The vast forest in front of it can be said to be what Commander Suldak has been looking forward to. As long as the army of soldier ants enters this forest, the food source problem of 50,000 ghost pattern soldier ants will be completely solved.

In order to find out the basic situation of this forest within a radius of a hundred miles, Suldak ordered the magicians to spread out in parallel over the forest to search northwards. Originally, Basil's investigation mission was successfully completed. But the young magician found a very hidden river in the jungle within the scope of his investigation, so he followed this river to investigate downstream.

   Sure enough, when the river rushed out of the forest, it rushed into a deep valley in an instant.

   And here is at least four hundred miles away from the ghost-striped red ants army of the West Route Army, which is completely out of the range where the ghost-striped red ants army of the West Route Army needs to be vigilant.

If it weren't for chasing a herd of one-horned bison, Basil probably wouldn't have flown so far. This group of bison was heading downstream along the river. Although the number of the group was only a few hundred, for the ghost-patterned soldier ants They are also a rare meal, the only trouble is that it is a bit far away.

  Basil was thinking about the route the hunting group needed to take in the sky. If he wanted to kill this group of bison, he estimated that at least 1,500 ghost pattern soldier ants would be dispatched to hunt this time.

   Fortunately, when the cattle saw the river rushing into the valley, they stagnated. They turned back again, looking for a place to cross the river in the river shoal.

  Basil lifted the handle of the magic bundle upwards, and the floating magic circle lit up with two magic lines again. The propeller ejected a powerful airflow, and the handle of the magic bundle circled half a circle in the air before preparing to return.

   It is up to Commander Suldak to decide whether to hunt or kill this group of one-horned bison.

He only needs to use the magic crystal to record the terrain and resources of this area, but before he can increase the speed of the magic scorpion, he is suddenly shaken by a dazzling light, and then the hairs on his back Standing up, in a hurry, he poured all his mana into the magic handle, but he pulled it up vigorously.

  The magic horn seemed to come to a sudden stop in the air, and then rushed straight into the sky.

  The next second, a flying spear flew into the air while sticking to the sole of Basil's shoe.

Basil's flying height is about 300 meters above the ground, even a longbow shooter can hardly reach such a high range, let alone a flying spear, this distance can only be achieved by shooting a sky crossbow. spear…

  Thinking of this Basil shuddered, desperately spiraling into the air, the two flying spears passed each other again.

  He peered desperately into the woodland below, only to see a black-armored evil spirit standing on the crown of a tree, throwing a spear in his hand at him.

   This was the first time the magician Basil saw the ghost warrior, but he could be sure that it was a powerful ghost at first glance.

He knew that this place was still in the southeast jungle of Handanal County, but he didn't expect that there would be the whereabouts of the ghost warrior. Thinking of this, Basil didn't hesitate any more. A magic flare came out, and as he injected a trace of magic power, the magic flare shot up into the sky and exploded right above Basil's head.

  A group of red flames exploded, and countless streamers of light fell downward. This kind of flame is very eye-catching even in the daytime...

  (end of this chapter)