Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 124 The Progress of the War
When Sun Simiao landed from the night sky, it was almost midnight.

Because the explorer's camp was closer to Razor Town, after the coyote clan's convoy withdrew from the west town gate, it was arranged near the foot of the hunter's hut.

But Wu Ning didn't let them get too close, but arranged them in an outpost camp at the foot of the mountain.

The mountaintop camp that has entered the state of combat readiness is fully armed, and all self-discipline weapons are fully activated. Once an uncertified target approaches, it will immediately open fire.

Even the manpower has tripled to 50 people.

This is already the standard number for a Pathfinder squadron.

It is also one-third of the manpower of the Third Corps and all the manpower of the No. [-] Squadron.

Jiatu had never seen so many explorers in gray robes gathered together.

The new explorers who joined in soon took over the work of Wu Ning and Jiatu, responsible for protecting the team of the tree wolf clan and going out for reconnaissance.

So Jiatu was not injured, and was still arranged in the cave camp for repairs.

However, neither he nor Wu Ning slept, waiting for Sun Simiao to return from Razor Town.

At about two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, Sun Simiao fell from the night sky to the front of the cave.

Jiatu and Wu Ning immediately surrounded him.

The young woman with one arm hanging was the first to ask:

"Captain, how are you talking with the Second Corps?"

"The captured ones were all trainees from the upper zone, and Nolan dared not touch them."

Sun Simiao took a deep breath and expressed his conclusion:
"But let's arrange for Patriarch Bi and the others to return to the East River Valley tomorrow. We can no longer protect them."

"how come……"

Jiatu heard Wu Ning say in surprise.

As the person in charge of the hunter camp, she knew exactly what this meant.

Seeing that Wu Ning didn't seem to understand, Sun Simiao continued to explain:

"This attack is related to the Second Corps' 'Exchange Blood Plan'. In order to prevent our objection, they cut it first and played it later."

"Being bullied like this, should we just swallow it?!"

Hearing the commotion outside the camp, the trainees in the cave also ran out one after another.

Many of them were wrapped in bandages, and they were so excited that they couldn't swallow the bad breath.

Warren was obviously the one who spoke first, but to Jiatu's surprise, Yin Xian didn't say much after being captured by his four companions.

He thought the girl would be the angriest one.

"There is no affiliation between the Second Corps and the Third Corps, and neither I nor Captain Wu Yao have command over there."

Sun Simiao waved his hands lightly: "I will report to the elders for specifics, but don't have too much hope - the first corps and the elders have always stood by the second corps and supported them plan of."

Hearing Sun Simiao's answer, Hua Lun and the others fell silent——

Because they realized that the third team was the "rebellious son"!
"What are we going to do next?"

Warren and the others were obviously confused and at a loss.

Sun Simiao nodded slightly:
"Healing—and waiting for orders."

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After sending Patriarch Bi and Leng Dao back to the East River Valley, the Third Corps withdrew from the tree wolf village.

Just like the previous agreement with the empire——

They do not take part in the war between the Timberland and the Empire.

Only Jiatu and the others knew how many quarrels and benefit calculations there were.

There is no justice, no helping the weak, no kindness.

There is only mutual calculation based on interests.

Jiatu and the others silently watched the policies and quarrels of the exploration team during this period.

Although incomprehensible, they have no power to change these.

Even if they don't understand, they must watch, allow themselves to understand, and learn—

Because everyone in the expedition team came here like this.

After the attack on Winterest Day, the Empire lifted the "curfew" in Razortown.

The townspeople returned to their daily lives as if nothing had happened.

Even collapsed and burned houses have been repaired.

Hundreds of people died without anyone noticing.

Their families and neighbors knew only that they had been chosen by the Empire to be part of the glorious Imperial Expeditionary Force.

Although some people may wonder why even women and children were recruited, the empire also made special explanations and arrangements.

Everyone's household registration files are clearly arranged.

Who was selected to become the students of the Wizard Academy, and who became the washerwomen of the expeditionary army, the recruitment notices and recruitment rewards were sent to the families of the expeditioners one after another.

Most people are content.

A small number of Razor townspeople who are still ignorant will move out of the town in the thick fog that rises from time to time at night.

In addition to these gossips that circulated in the tavern from time to time, a combat unit of the Imperial Expeditionary Force also officially entered Razor Town.

In the next month, this empire's war machine slowly unfolded in an orderly manner.

They have a total of 500 people, three battalions of black iron mid-level soldiers.

The number of soldiers of this scale has already exceeded the sum of all the fighters of the three White Wolf clans!

Not to mention that there are a large number of silver-level wizards and imperial cavalry in the expeditionary army, and even the "servants" recruited from the Black Wolf and Red Wolf clans have a total of 1000 people!

In Jiatu's view, the outcome of this war was doomed from the very beginning.

Whether it is the third corps or the second corps, with less than 100 people barely squeezed out by the explorers, if they are placed on this battlefield, they will only be smashed to pieces in an instant!
but--

The fighting will of the tree wolf clan was stronger than Jiatu had imagined.

The patriarch of the gray wolf clan was captured in the previous attack, but the new high priest of the gray wolf clan is an undoubted main fighter.

The patriarchs of the White Wolf Clan and the Coyote Clan who were almost captured or killed were also very angry.

Even though they were regarded as peacemakers within the clan, the natural bloodiness of the tree wolf clan made them unable to bear to swallow their anger at this time!
So the war officially started.

The two sides surround the holy mountain of the tree wolf tribe——

The Tianhuo Peak unfolded, and the border guards of the Imperials continued to advance towards the East River Valley with the assistance of the servant army of the Black Wolf Clan.

On the other hand, the tree wolf tribe relied on the favorable terrain near Tianhuo Peak to continuously ambushe and consume the empire's troops.

Because of the steep terrain near Tianhuo Peak, coupled with the harassment of the black forest ghouls, the advancing speed of the Imperial Expeditionary Force was much slower than expected.

So Jiatu and the others basically didn't "level up" during this period, and they were all soaked in practicing "self-hacking" and conducting battlefield analysis.

With the two sharp weapons of the rotor drone and the "hacked state", Jiatu and the others became the best observers on the battlefield.

And Sun Simiao quickly came to a conclusion based on the intelligence of both parties:
"The Second Corps is in big trouble."

The young man with the hedgehog head looked at the information in his hand, frowned and said:

"The frontier guards have other small ideas, deliberately slowing down the progress of the war...I'm afraid their blood exchange plan will not be able to proceed so smoothly..."

　There will be another chapter later (under revision)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)