Lord Highlander

In addition to purchasing a batch of bed crossbows and catapults from San Carlos City this time, businessman Malakom also bought a set of agile magicweave structures from the Imperial Capital Auction House.

In addition, the 1,500 infantry soldiers in the barracks were also wearing heavy armor, with shining heavy swords hanging from their waists, and heavy dwarven shields and Paglio spears on their backs.

Fifteen hundred infantrymen left Dodan in full armor on the last day of October, and they marched north through the Dodan Gorge.

The infantry lined up in a long line, followed behind the armed Thunder Rhino, and entered the Invercargill Forest mightily.

All the infantry soldiers seemed very excited. Most of these new troops were indigenous youths of the tribe. They had an obsession in their hearts, that is, they would only get money when they performed missions. This time when they left Dodan Town, everyone Everyone wants to make a fortune on the battlefield.

Thirty-six bed crossbows are carried on the backs of 18 armed thunder rhinos, forty disassembled bed crossbow parts and twenty catapults are carried on the shelves. All these ordnance will be transported to the northern part of Invercargill Forest In the barracks in the canyon woodland.

Suldak's northern expedition to the Dark Worm Valley also officially began on the last day of October.

He understands better than anyone else that the army is actually fighting for money, but the victory of the war can bring huge returns to the previous efforts.

But once the war fails, not all lords can bear the losses suffered.

Suldak had never thought of making the scale of the Northern Expedition to the Dark Worm Valley so large.

He just invested all the wealth accumulated from the beast tide in the whole summer into this expedition.

In addition, he also wanted the income from the continuous sale of copper ingots at the copper mine to directly exchange for a large amount of strategic and combat preparation materials to fully support this campaign.

When these materials were continuously transported from the town of Dodan to the military camp in the canyon forest, the entire supply line was almost full of horses carrying goods.

Such a rich supply of supplies had a huge impact on the indigenous tribes in the hills and mountains and the Invercargill Forest.

These indigenous tribes had also fought with the troops of the Grimm Empire, but they were not behind the theater. They watched such a battle from the perspective of a bystander. Seeing these ordnance supplies, so many young soldiers rushed to the battlefield with excellent equipment.

These indigenous tribes couldn't sit still.

Reasonably speaking, their tribe is currently subordinate to Lord Suldak, and Lord Suldak wants to start a war, so they are obliged to send their own armed forces to join it.

The first time Suldak organized a large-scale battle, he mobilized a group of young indigenous fighters, so he forgot to issue a call-up order to various indigenous tribes.

However, the various indigenous tribes heard that Suldak began to mobilize troops frequently, and the chiefs of the various tribes communicated in private.

Therefore, on the day when 1,500 heavy armored infantrymen entered the Invercargill Forest, each tribe sent 100 indigenous warriors to the barracks in the canyon forest. They even brought their own dry food and weapons.

The number of warriors sent by each tribe is not too many, but the number of these tribes is large.

Thirty-seven indigenous tribes actually gathered nearly 3,000 warriors. They are a group of real hunters in the tribe. In terms of personal strength, they are much stronger than the young indigenous people, and they have rich combat experience.

When these tribal warriors rushed to the canyon camp one after another, Suldak realized that the scale of the camp built was a bit small, so he quickly felled trees and built some barracks.

Seeing that although these tribal warriors have alloy bows in their hands and craftsman epees hanging around their waists, they are still only wearing animal skin armor and their feet are wrapped in tattered animal skins. No shoes.

For this reason, Suldak hastily ordered another 3,000 sets of imperial-style infantry armor from the businessman Malakom, as a benefit for these indigenous warriors who voluntarily sent troops to help this time.

Even Malakom was a little surprised that Suldak made such a generous move.

He didn't even expect that these magic crystals that Suldak took out were all earned during the beast tide this summer, and now for the battle in winter, he almost cleaned his pockets more than his face.

Before it snowed in the Invercargill Forest, Suldak arranged for people to pull up fifty arm-thick iron cables on the mountain stream and canyon, and forcibly used these iron cables to pave a chain bridge for the armed Thunder Rhinoceros to pass through. .

In addition to such a huge iron chain bridge, Suldak also built more than a dozen ziplines on this mountain stream. These ziplines are low on one side and high on the other, allowing the soldiers to quickly slide across this natural moat.

Half a year has passed since the beast tide, and many areas have not yet recovered from the damage caused by the ghost-striped red ants.

Many people did not expect that Viscount Suldak in the Luthor Legion, in the name of the northern lord of the Bailin plane, led the army across the mountain stream in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest, preparing to lead the army when the first heavy snow fell. The army attacked the Dark Worm Valley.

Suldak's army had just arrived at the barracks in the canyon woodland in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest. A large number of adventure groups in Wilkes City were like dry leeches in the tropical rainforest, pouring into Invercar from all sides. Jill Forest.

Some large mercenary regiments even have more than a hundred people.

They were not hired by Lord Suldak, but they took a fancy to the magic core in the skulls of those ghost-striped soldier ants.

This summer, they have already tasted the sweetness behind Suldak's cavalry battalion. This time Suldak is preparing to go north, these adventure groups and mercenary groups actually heard the news.

Just after the first week of November, the number of adventure groups and mercenary groups gathered on the south bank of the mountain stream surged to more than 5,000.

They have almost hunted all the ghost-striped red ants wandering in the opposite forest area.

So much so that no one can see the traces of ghost-striped red ants across the mountain stream.

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Layers of dark clouds pressed down on the sky, and the north wind carried a damp and cold breath.

At this time, the roc birds in the northern sky had already hid in their nests. This was the call before the snowstorm. The light green mist surrounding the dark insect valley was constantly being blown into the sky by the north wind.

In such a cold weather, the woodland shrouded in poisonous mist gradually appeared in Suldak's sight.

As the snow grits that hit the face felt a little stinging fell from the air, the fog in the woodland opposite became lighter.

Five hundred cavalrymen from the Cavalry Battalion had already guarded around the chain bridge on the north bank. Following Suldak's order, 18 armed thunder rhinos stepped onto the chain bridge one by one, carrying heavy beds. The crossbow crossed the bridge deck and set up a second line of defense to the north of the chain bridge.

A thousand archers followed behind these thunder rhinos, crossing the chain bridge mightily, followed by 1,500 heavy armored infantry.

By the time 1,500 heavy armored infantrymen built fortifications on the chain bridge, Andrew led the cavalry battalion and quickly inserted into the edge of the poisonous swamp.

Although the snow cleared away the poisonous mist, the entire swamp was still very difficult to walk through, and there were countless puddles and traps where the methane gas was hidden under the thick moss and wild grass.

Usually this is almost a forbidden area for cavalry, but now Andrew is going to lead five hundred cavalry through here...