Chapter 244244. Encounter
The road is long.
The journey from Wanglong Port to Chenguang City takes more than a week.
The thousand-man expeditionary force from Donggang City was inconspicuous as they walked among the mountains and jungles.
As we get closer to the border, we can see some refugees.
Since there was plenty of food in the supply convoy, Zoe could share some of it.
She was relieved to see that most of the refugees had food with them.
"Commander-in-Chief, we have discovered a large number of Swift Dragon footprints ahead."
"Everyone be careful, it might be an enemy."
The team continued forward for about a quarter of an hour and encountered a group of fleeing people.
Zoe stepped forward and asked, "Where are you from?"
The one who answered was a white-haired old man: "We are the townspeople of Pula Town. We have been attacked by the enemy's Swift Dragon Cavalry. You must be careful."
"How far is this place in your town?"
"About two hours. I walked for two hours anyway."
The expeditionary force separated from the group of dozens of people fleeing, and Zoe frowned.
"Do you think there is something wrong with these people?" the military mage Fei Yeti said on the side.
“Not sure.” Zoe glanced at the thorn flower flag flying on the ox cart. She didn’t rule out the possibility that these people came closer because they saw the flag.
After all, if you put yourself in their shoes, you would not approach the army during a war unless you had no way to retreat.
"There was something wrong with the heartbeats of those people just now." Fei Yeti continued.
"Are you testing our strength?" Zoe raised the corner of her mouth with contempt.
An army of a thousand men, if they are elite, is not a number that can be easily defeated.
Especially since this is the heartland of the Principality of Sheen, the enemy cannot send a large number of manpower to encircle and suppress it.
There is nothing to be afraid of from the small-scale harassment of the Swift Dragon Cavalry.
However, the exposure of the team's intelligence would still bring unexpected risks.
Zoe decided to be more cautious, slow down the march, and send out more scouts.
“By the way, do you know the town of Pula?” Zoe asked the local who was leading the way.
Most people know about it because Pula Town is a prosperous town and an important supply point leading to Morning Light City.
The journey that took the old man two hours took the regular army also two hours.
From a distance, the town looked like it was on fire, with smoke rising into the sky and the smell of blood.
"Damn it! All the townspeople were slaughtered!" Zoe's face was gloomy.
The corpses scattered all over the ground destroyed everyone's peace of mind. Some of the new recruits who were less able to bear the pain began to vomit.
"So many unwilling regrets." Fei Yeti murmured.
"Check to see if the water source is polluted." Zoe gave orders to her scouts without any emotion in her voice.
"Yes!" The scouts walked into the village and began to search. They soon returned to report: "The water source was contaminated by corpses, and we also found signs of the resurrection of the undead."
"We don't have time to worry about this village now. We need to get to Morning Light City as soon as possible." Zoe decided to take a detour.
Not long after leaving Pula Village, we discovered traces of Swift Dragon's activities again.
We are getting closer and closer to the battlefield! At this moment, in a town thirty miles away, the flags of the Three Kingdoms coalition were flying, indicating that this place had already become a stronghold of the coalition.
In the executive hall, Tarna, the vanguard general of the Kingdom of Talon, received a report from her subordinates.
"An army of one thousand people, is that really a lot? We must eat them up and deplete the strength of the Principality of Sheen as quickly as possible."
"General, please issue the transfer order."
"According to intelligence, this is an elite force with good supplies and equipment. We must send out enough forces to annihilate them at the lowest possible cost. Send out 500 swift dragon cavalry, 1,000 heavy infantry, 500 archers, 1,000 spearmen, 20 mixed mages, and one level 3 limit breaker from each of the three countries."
"yes!"
Tarna didn't care too much. They had already annihilated six similar troops with a total number of over ten thousand people.
The coalition forces had anticipated that Morning Light City would be besieged and that towns across the Principality of Sheen would send troops to rescue it.
Advance ahead and capture important towns along the way to increase the difficulty of supplying the reinforcements from the Principality of Sheen.
Do everything you can to weaken the enemy forces and prevent them from combining their forces to gain an advantage.
For some reason, Tarna felt a slight sense of uneasiness: "Are there really a thousand people? Are you sure?"
"Yes, General." The subordinate replied in surprise.
"Give me another hundred elite scouts."
Dark clouds covered the sky, and it seemed like it was going to rain. Following the guidance of the guide, Zoe came to a village.
Fortunately, the water source here is not polluted.
Unfortunately, everyone here has left and no one knows where they have fled to.
It would be nice to have a house to live in on rainy days, so Zoe didn't complain and moved into a mud house.
Arrange staff to take turns on night duty.
Then the logistics staff began to prepare dinner.
There were white bread, biscuits, vegetable soup, canned beef and other dishes, which were almost rich beyond the times. Everyone even brought high-calorie foods such as candy and chocolate.
Plus thick cotton bedding.
Therefore, the march was not too difficult. It was just that I was a little nervous.
It’s very quiet at night.
Heavy snow was falling quietly outside the house.
In the end, nothing happened.
The next day, at dawn, the entire army began to reorganize and continued on the road.
There were still three days to go before reaching Morning Light City. Instead of meeting any teammates to support them, the expeditionary force was attacked by the enemy.
The scouts of both sides met by chance and suffered losses on both sides.
Then, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms appeared from the front without hiding their intentions at all.
The well-equipped heavy-armored infantry marched in unison, followed closely by spearmen and archers.
At the rear, five hundred Swift Dragon Cavalrymen were watching eagerly. Even hundreds of reserve troops were seen.
They really think highly of us, these people are three times as good as us!
Zoe took the telescope and quickly determined the situation. Her face was serious: "Everyone get ready."
The sound of the bolts being pulled in unison was so pleasant to the ear.
The two armies confidently closed the distance between them without any negotiation.
One thousand meters, nine hundred meters, eight hundred meters When the coalition forces approached within three hundred meters, the front row of soldiers of the expeditionary army suddenly crawled down and lay on the cold ground, the second row squatted down, and the third row raised their guns.
The classic three-stage shot made the opponent a little confused.
The next breath, gunshots rang out.
The heavy infantry in the front row, confidently holding bronze shields and wooden shields, fell down in large numbers.
Suddenly there was a cry of grief.
"Forward! Defeat them! Archers, Mage Corps, counterattack immediately!" The commander's order was drowned out by the sound of gunfire.
The scene was so crazy that our people were completely vulnerable and had no ability to resist.
The so-called archers were unable to cause any damage at a distance of 300 meters.
The distance between the mage group is also not enough.
(End of this chapter)
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