Arthur and his six men and the cavalry battalion galloped eastward. Their destination was Twilight City, the largest city on the northwest border of the human race.
The cavalry battalion would pick up the convoy carrying supplies to the legion in Twilight City and then return to the Frost Thunder Legion's base together. The escort force of the transport convoy is usually enough to protect the convoy's safe delivery. Arthur's cavalry battalion was temporarily increased after the transport convoy was robbed last time.
The military supply mechanism of the Kingdom of Isaac is quite different from that of other human countries. All military supplies are not uniformly distributed by the kingdom. Instead, the kingdom pays half of the military expenses according to the size of the 100,000-man legion, and then the major legions use the military expenses to purchase food, weapons and equipment and other supplies from several large businesses in the kingdom.
As for the other half of the military expenses, it is paid by several grand dukes from their own territory income. Therefore, the four major field legions except the Snow Legion are almost equivalent to the private armies of the grand dukes, while the Snow Legion and the Guards are the private armies of the royal family.
This is the ruling model of the Blander continent, where the king and the nobles rule the country together. The king granted part of the territory to the nobles. While enjoying the benefits of the territory, the nobles had to take the responsibility of defending the kingdom and the king.
After the legion purchased supplies from the merchant, the merchant would transport the supplies to a relatively safe city behind the legion. As for the last relatively dangerous section, the legion would send troops to transport them.
The last time the Frost Thunder Legion was robbed of supplies, it happened during the last section of the transportation journey.
It took the cavalry battalion a whole day to reach Twilight City, 300 miles away, after a fast journey.
The transport convoy had already made a handover with the merchant. If it hadn't waited for the cavalry battalion, it would have been on the road long ago. Arthur and his men stayed in Twilight City for one night, and set off with the transport convoy the next day.
The convoy leaving the city formed a long queue, with a full hundred huge trucks pulled by musk oxen. The trucks were loaded with food and meat for the daily consumption of the legion, as well as some standard military equipment.
A legion of 100,000 people consumes nearly 100 tons of food and 40 to 50 tons of meat every day. The food transported by this convoy is barely enough to sustain the legion's consumption for a week.
To maintain such a huge consumption, the military funds consumed can be imagined. The military supply department of any army is a fat and lucrative department. If you are willing to find some loopholes, the money you embezzle will be countless.
The original 500 soldiers in charge of the escort of this transport convoy were from a reinforced battalion of the military supply department. Now, with the cavalry battalion sent by Dino, the escort force has reached 800 people.
With such a large escort force, unless they encounter the regular troops of the orcs, the general human bandits and the orc hunting teams will have to go around them. It is difficult for the regular troops of the orcs to bypass the scouts of the Frost Thunder Legion and run to the rear to rob the transport convoy of the troops, which aroused Dino's suspicion of the last robbery.
After pulling the goods, the musk oxen moved slowly, and the cavalry battalion could only disperse on both sides of the transport convoy and move slowly. It would probably take three times as long to go back as the one-day journey.
Arthur and his friends could not do anything out of the ordinary among the cavalry, so they had to move slowly with the troops.
There were no accidents during the whole day, and the transport team stopped to rest at midnight. At this speed, they would be able to reach the legion station smoothly around dusk tomorrow.
There were no villages or towns where the transport team stopped to rest, and the convoy circled all the trucks into a large circle to form a temporary camp. Half of the area in the inner circle camp was reserved for musk oxen and cavalry wildebeests, and the rest was the camp for the drivers and human soldiers to sleep.
The person in charge of this escort was a battalion commander of the military supply department. He had walked this road many times, and was very skilled in setting up camp, burying pots and cooking, etc. The soldiers of the guard battalion were divided into three shifts by him to be responsible for standing guard and keeping watch tonight.
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion were also divided into three squads to cooperate with the soldiers of the guard battalion on duty. Arthur and his companions were assigned to different squads.
"Be awake, if someone targets the transport team, they will definitely take action tonight." Arthur reminded his companions again.
In fact, the only ones who really need his warning are Joan and Moral, two restless guys.
Arthur and Alia happened to be assigned to the first squad on duty. In order not to attract attention, Alia rolled up her blonde hair and put it in her helmet. She also deliberately smeared two black oil paints on her face, which looked very funny.
Arthur couldn't help but glance at Alia, and then tried hard not to laugh out loud. Alia was so angry that her face puffed up, and her slightly chubby face looked even cuter because it was puffed up.
For the first time, Arthur had the desire to pinch her with his hands.
When the desire was growing and almost uncontrollable, the sudden movement in the darkness instantly extinguished the desire.
Not only Arthur, but also the soldiers patrolling the periphery noticed the movement, "Who is it? Stand there and don't move."
The answer was a cold arrow shot from the darkness, and the soldier fell to the ground.
A series of swift black shadows rushed out of the darkness, shooting arrows while rushing towards the human camp, and the soldiers of the outermost guard camp were drowned by the rain of arrows in an instant.
Alia raised her hand and threw a ball of light.
But before she could throw it out, Arthur grabbed her wrist and threw her to the ground and pressed her under him.
Alia, blushing, was about to struggle, and Arthur whispered in her ear, "Don't rush to do it, see the situation first."
The screams of the periphery soldiers before their death had already awakened all the Frost Thunder Legion soldiers in the camp, and they all picked up their weapons and rushed to the periphery of the camp.
By the light of the fire in the camp, the enemy who attacked had revealed their true appearance. They were orcs who were slightly taller than human warriors, with long legs and arms. At first glance, their faces looked similar to those of humans, except that they were covered with short black hair and their pupils were blood-red.
The Demon Ape Clan, Arthur, couldn't help but let out a low cry.
The number of orcs in the Demon Ape Clan was very small, even less than that of the Lion People. They were one of the most intelligent races among the orcs, and they were a race with both wisdom and force. They were hunters among the orcs, skilled in traps and hunting. Yuan Lao Mo, one of the orc heroes, came from the Demon Ape Clan.
Every Demon Ape Clan warrior was an excellent hunter and warrior. They each had a hunting bow in their hands, and they were swift in their movements. They ran and shot at the same time, and the soldiers of the guard camp in the camp were shot and fell to the ground one after another.
There were less than two hundred Demon Ape warriors who rushed out, but they suppressed the guards in the camp so much that they couldn't raise their heads, and could only hide their bodies in the truck.
"Cavalry, get on your horses, follow me and rush out to kill them!" At the call of the battalion commander, the accompanying guard cavalry ran towards their wildebeests.
After the two trucks moved away, a wide gap appeared in the camp. The cavalry battalion rushed out of the camp, waving long machetes to kill the demon ape warriors.
Cavalry is the nemesis of light infantry. As soon as the cavalry rushed out, the demon ape warriors immediately began to run back, looking back and shooting arrows while running, and cavalry fell from their horses from time to time.
Just when the Frost Thunder Cavalry killed the demon ape warriors and raised their swords high to harvest lives, a group of orc cavalry suddenly rushed out of the darkness.
These orc cavalry were as fast as lightning. They appeared in the darkness just one second ago, and rushed into the human cavalry formation in the next second. The scimitars like claws quickly passed through the waist and abdomen of the human knights.
Leopard cavalry!
When these leopard cavalrymen, who were more ferocious than the wolf cavalrymen, emerged from the darkness, Arthur's heart sank to the bottom. The transport team was doomed that night!