King: Start with tauren plowing

Chapter 104 Ambush
"Corps Commander Henry, check the number of infantry regiments."

"Yes, my lord priest."

After a while, the tauren Henry came over and reported: "My lord, the infantry regiment originally had 923 people, and now there are 688 people. Unfortunately, 235 people fell off the cliff, including 212 tauren, 7 human soldiers, and 16 centaurs. .”

This number of casualties and casualty rate is the first time so far.It is shocking that the death rate has reached more than 20% before the war.

"Carlos, how do other nobles deal with this kind of thing?"

Carlos leaned forward and said wittily: "Master Baron, other noble territories are different from our Winter Fortress. When they recruit soldiers, they just buy their lives with a sum of money, unlike you who pay the military salary every month. Theirs When a soldier dies, he dies, even if he dies on the battlefield, his death is for nothing, let alone on the road."

"Then how do these soldiers live?"

"When you win, you can plunder. When you go to war, the nobles will also provide them with a share of food."

"Can they get enough to eat?"

"How can the noble masters in other territories care about this?"

Charles gave Carlos an appreciative look, and said loudly to his soldiers: "I can't control other territories, but in my territory, this kind of thing must never happen. My soldiers must not go to the battlefield hungry , if a soldier dies in battle, we in Noxus will help you raise your loved ones.

I have been thinking about a question, is this treatment only available to soldiers who died in battle?I don't think so. Our 235 soldiers died, not on the battlefield, but on the way to the battlefield. Could it be that because they didn't die at the hands of the enemy, shouldn't they enjoy the treatment of being killed in battle?
This is not good, these soldiers are all heroic soldiers of Noxus. Although they did not die in the hands of the enemy, they also died in the action of defending Noxus. They should enjoy the treatment of being killed in battle.

Henry, remember the names of these 235 soldiers whose relatives have been raised by Noxus to adulthood ever since. "

"Yes, my lord priest." The tauren Henry shouted: "My lord priest is so kind to us, we tauren listen to you."

"Listen to you." The tauren who had been blessed by Charles also shouted.

Charles continued to order: "Now the whole army eats and rests, march in the afternoon, and kill the soldiers of the Silver Fox family."

Afterwards, Charles called Henry and asked, "Are any soldiers sick with cold now?"

"I don't know."

"Go down and ask."

"Yes, my lord priest."

After Henry the Tauren left, only Charles and Carlos were left, and Carlos took the initiative to say, "My lord, there is something wrong with the rain."

"Why?" Charles turned his head and looked at Carlos.

"It has never rained so much in this land, and look at the storm, it has been raining for more than a day, and there is no sign of clearing."

Hearing Carlos' analysis, Charles frowned. The rain was really not right, was it a coincidence, or was it done by the Silver Fox family, or was it?
When Charles was guessing, Henry the Tauren would come and say, "Master Priest, we Tauren are strong and strong, and are covered by fur. What is this light rain? I looked around just now, and there are only a few dozen soldiers I feel a little cold, but I say it's okay."

"That's good, don't let the soldiers get wet here, find forests, caves and other places to take shelter from the rain, take a good rest and adjust, there will be a big battle next."

After resting for half a day, the spirits of the Noxus soldiers improved a lot.This made Charles sigh. The Tauren is anti-fabrication. Apart from being a bit naive, poorly organized, and prone to petty tantrums, there are no other shortcomings.

Fighting in the enemy's rear, without logistics, without reinforcements, if you lose, your entire army may be wiped out.

For this expedition, the Noxus Second Corps had a hundred and a half horse cavalry, and later 80 were dispatched to Sunset Fortress to harass, and the remaining 20 followed them across the Alps.

It is not easy for the tauren to walk the mountain road, but it is even more difficult for the centaur. There are 20 centaurs, and only 4 of them survived in the end.

5 is a bit small, and it can only be used for survival.

Charles said to Henry the Tauren: "Order the centaur knights, two by two, one group goes up the Ars River, and the other goes down the Ars River. Tell these four centaurs to be careful in doing things Don't alarm the enemy, once you find the trace of the enemy, come back and report immediately."

The tauren Henry nodded and obeyed, and soon four centaur cavalry were sent out.There were only four centaurs, and it was still a thunderstorm. Charles was worried, and sent another six tauren teams of ten.

Not long after, a centaur came back to report: "My lord priest, we have found the enemy's trail."

"Oh, where are they stationed? Have they built a camp?"

"Master Priest, we found it in the lower reaches of the Ars River. We obeyed your order and did not observe closely, but just took a look at it from a distance. Their team is very long, and they are not stationed. They are marching towards us. March in the direction."

"Oh! Marching in the rain, the regiment commander of this infantry is also a talent, take me to see." After finishing speaking, Charles realized that he seemed to have scolded himself, but can the two sides be the same?At that time, when he was walking on the mountain road, he didn't know that there was a thunderstorm, and it happened only halfway through, and he couldn't go back, so he could only take risks.

And they didn't have anything important to do, so they marched in such a hurry, rushing to reincarnate.

The centaur led Charles to the vicinity of the enemy. They stood on a small hill and looked down. They saw the infantry of the Silver Fox family in a mess, with banana leaves, leaves and other shelters on their heads. go north.

"My lord priest, how do we fight this battle?" Henry the Tauren said in a buzzing voice.

How to fight, how to win.With such a messy formation, unprepared march, and bad thunderstorm weather, even a team of 1 people is just fish on the chopping board.

Charles ordered, "Now the Noxus Second Corps has 688 people. I will lead three centurions in an ambush in front. When the enemy's team is halfway through, I will intercept from the middle. Henry, you lead 150 people, Go to the upper reaches of the Ars River and cut off their route to the Sunset Fortress. The remaining 138 tauren walk along the lower reaches of the Ars River and cut off their retreat route."

Legion Commander Henry mobilized 150 people and quickly headed north.The captain of another 100-man team quickly headed south after hearing the order.They traveled from the foothills of the Alps, avoiding the attention of the Silver Fox soldiers.

Charles sat here, quietly waiting for the silver fox infantry to march.

Everything was running normally, but Charles panicked in his heart. This thing went too smoothly, which made him afraid. This storm made him doubt his luck.

(End of this chapter)