The old leader of Barit led hundreds of followers to break away from the bear group and return to Randall territory, marking the end of the old era. Just like Her Royal Highness Princess Roland August transformed into the female ranger Octavian, the new Wei

Your grand commander led the Xiong regiment northward in line with the new trend of the great pioneering era.

Thousands of members of the Bear Regiment act collectively and have to travel thousands of kilometers to reach the pioneering territory of the Sasan Empire. Of course, it will not be an easy journey. However, the Dodo lords and resident priests at the pioneering territory of the Ghost Forest are willing to help.

Captain Weier made a drastic adjustment to the member structure within the Bear Regiment. She abandoned most of the refugee labor gangs that relied on the Bear Regiment's armed forces, streamlined the number of the Bear Regiment from more than 8,000 to more than 4,500, and mobilized veteran Barit.

With the reserves left by the regiment leader, he purchased a large number of oxcarts and supplies from the Doduo people, and led his real mercenary subordinates to march toward the northwest of Wharton Prairie.

All the forces that developed the fortress in the Ghost Forest were satisfied with the Bear Group's actions. Lord Dodo used the Bear Group's mercenaries as bait, and annihilating the forest gnolls was not a glorious thing. Octavier took away the unruly ones.

armed mercenaries, leaving behind a group of honest and obedient hired labor. The lords who opened up the fortress were relieved. They tried their best to meet the various procurement requirements put forward by the Bear Group, and even sold them a batch of high-quality armaments, including

Including components of ten military heavy crossbows and one small ballista.

The Bear Group was able to buy contraband thanks to the priest stationed in the fortress.

This is because the security situation in the joint development of Sasan and Na'er is not good, or in other words, very bad.

At the beginning, the centaurs of the Sidon Khanate suffered from head cramps, which advanced the development war of the northern lords group by at least five years. With the support of the entire human kingdom, the northern lords defeated the Sidonian centaurs and seized a land as large as the Sasanian Empire.

, but they were poorly prepared to expand their territory, and the main contradiction was reflected in the weak garrison strength to maintain local security.

His Royal Highness Randall proposed the tenant system and the mercenary army a long time ago, but only the York family has successfully built the mercenary army, and the mercenary armies of other forces are not even complete in prototype.

Without idle land, refugees cannot be turned into tenants. Without tenants, where would a mercenary army come from?

The main armies of the Sasanians and the Na'vile people cooperated with the Radiant Knights to guard the eastern defense line of the pioneering territory. The defense behind the pioneering territory was empty, resulting in countless goblins, kobolds, gnolls, and ogres fighting for human civilians.

Living space. Orc bandits commit murders ranging from a dozen to dozens every day. The pioneer lords and radiant paladins are overwhelmed by these endless monster attacks and are exhausted to cope with them.

The worst thing is that the infiltration operations of the orc bandits have severely reduced the scope of activities of the territory's citizens and tenants, opening up space for the reproduction and development of the orc tribe. If the arrogance of the orc bandits cannot be continuously suppressed, in the near future, the hinterland of the territory will be opened up.

Multiple powerful orc tribes will appear.

Under this situation, the Holy See of Glory asked the resident priests of various dioceses and churches to call on rangers and mercenary groups to go east to open up territories, and provide convenience to mercenary rangers who are willing to accept the task, prompting them to leave as soon as possible.

The Bear Regiment is large in scale and has experienced the test of the Five-Day War. It can be said to be the most famous mercenary regiment at the moment. Lord Dodo wanted to disband the Bear Regiment, but the priest stationed in the pioneer territory tried his best to obstruct it. He hinted many times and explicitly warned Barrite

Accepted the mercenary mission of the Eastern Kailuo Territory, but unfortunately the old regiment leader never responded positively. The resident priest was extremely disappointed with the old guy. At this time, Octavier took the initiative to come to the door and expressed his willingness to lead the Bear Group to the Eastern Kailuo Territory. Both sides

They hit it off immediately, and the resident priest simply changed the name of the leader of the Bear Regiment to Octavier. Although this was not in line with the church's rules for managing mercenary regiments, the eight deputy commanders of the Bear Regiment had no objections. The resident priest

It doesn't matter if Barritt's name is crossed out.

Roland took the Bear Group from Victor's hands, causing all the tens of thousands of gold soles he invested in the early stage to be in vain. The problem she faced was that the Grand Captain Octavier entered Randall

His Highness's vision may reveal her true identity.

However, in Roland's eyes, this is all a trivial matter. Sylvia is one of the few insiders about the secret of Princess Cambys. She has expressed tolerance and support to Roland, and the Stormrage Sword Master may have been aware of it.

, with his close relationship with Roland, he will never destroy Roland's attempt to rebuild his faith in freedom and look forward to being a top legendary powerhouse.

Roland controls the general public and this is the key.

In the population structure of kingdoms, free people will always make up the majority. It is impossible for lords to turn all free people into tenants. As long as the population continues to grow, even tenants will have children and nephews who will leave the family and make a living for themselves. Mercenaries

The regiment is part of the free people group. No one knows how many free mercenaries there are in the human country, but judging from the demand for free people's armed forces in the Eastern Expansion Territory, there will always be hundreds of thousands of mercenaries.

With such a large mercenary base, it is more than enough to conceal the true identity of Captain Octavier. There will always be smart mercenary leaders who stand out and gain a reputation that is no less than that of Octavier. Moreover, it is difficult for them to be overlorded.

Digestion will maintain a relatively independent status.

A traditional mercenary group with a family of three or four hundred people is considered a large mercenary group. Their ability to bear injuries is actually very poor. The number of casualties among young and middle-aged mercenaries exceeds one-third, and the entire group basically loses its ability to continue fighting.

Otherwise, there will be no one to support the young and old in the regiment. Therefore, traditional mercenary regiments are unable to cope with the combat missions of the Eastern Kaifeng Territory, and must move toward alliances to form large regiments with more than a thousand people.

Not many lords could absorb so many armed mercenaries, and they preferred to select young men from tenant families to cultivate a professional family army.

There is no doubt that the priests of the Eastern Kaoru Territory must be introducing the experience of the Bear Regiment to the mercenaries. Barritt's desire to bring the Bear Regiment back to the Centaur Hills is purely a daydream. If Roland does not step up to become the leader of the Bear Regiment, others will rush to do it.

.In fact, the priest stationed at the Ghost Forest Expansion Point was the mastermind behind the change of ownership of the Bear Group. At least he would not give the credit for integrating the Bear Group and promoting its northward journey to the female ranger Octavian.

Tea parties held by pioneering nobles would occasionally mention the reputation of the Bears. When other large mercenary groups began to rise to prominence, the popularity of the Bears would naturally subside.

The arrogant knight nobles only thought that the Grand Leader of the Bear Troop was a lucky female ranger, and no one would associate her with the "fallen" Princess August.

Don't underestimate the mercenary industry. Extraordinary people at Roland's level can always see traces of "power" and try to exert influence to seize the favor of the power of fate.

High-level clerics regard mortal believers as lambs, and so do high-level knights. The power of mortals is as small as dust, but after all, they are thousands of divided thoughts of the Creator. Condensing the thoughts and beliefs of the people into one can make the sea

Transform mulberry fields and create god-like miracles.

Princess Auguste inherited the legacy of her predecessors and walked on the path designated by her predecessors. Many of her ideas could not be implemented. The so-called suppression of nature was reflected in the identity of the eldest princess.

Now, Octavier has just broken into the no-man's land of the mercenary group. Who knows how much power the free mercenaries will unleash in her hands?

It's certain that she'll rock the boat in the North Country.

If Roland is lurking in the southern country to cause trouble, Sylvia and Victor will definitely not agree. Since Roland is developing in the north, they are happy to see it happen.

Grand Leader Weier is ambitious and ready to write her own legend. But if she knows that there is a favored person who can rival the first pope, he has an unspeakable purpose, secretly pays attention to the Bear Group, and even uses great prophecy to protect her and

I wonder how you would feel about Mary’s mercenary career?

Because of this, after Barritt returned to Randall's territory, he reported to Madam Lilia what had happened to the bear group. Although Lilia was angry, she cared about the friendship between the bear mercenaries and pointed the finger at the garrison at the Ghost Forest pioneering point.

Father, please forgive Mrs. Nicole for Barritt's mistake.

Nicole suppressed the matter and did not report it to Rose Manor. Ultimately, the loss of the Bear Group was because the Randall family had a weak background and not many talents were available, but this was an internal matter of the Randall family.

Nicole is now like the high-ranking knight lord of Centaur Hills, who does not like to be laughed at, and is even more opposed to the Duke of York taking the opportunity to install "talents" in Randall Territory. She is especially wary of Lady Catalina.

In this way, Captain Octavier was not immediately exposed to Sylvia's sight.

Of course His Highness Randall, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know that Roland had stolen his bear group.

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Lizard Swamp is actually a large basin on the bank of the Jinshui River. The western edge of the swamp is like the Yunque Mountains in the east. There is also a north-south highland mountain forest that stretches for thousands of kilometers. Only through this winding and rugged mountain forest can you see the

An unknown prairie.

Following the tradition of adventurers, His Highness Randall gave this mountain range a vulgar name - the Gray Rabbit Mountains. The first animal he saw here was a gray rabbit. The poor rabbit undoubtedly died in Wei.

Under Kedo's arrow, Nelson cut off the rabbit's foot and nailed it to the steep rock wall with a short thorn, hoping to bring good luck to those who came after him.

Caligula said the rabbit tasted good, but was too thin.

In the cold mountain forests in spring, the snow has not completely melted, and there are no plump hares anywhere. Aka is purely showing off his barbecue skills.

However, this unlucky gray rabbit did bring good luck to its kind.

Randall's expeditionary force did not rush into the nameless grassland, but stayed in the Gray Rabbit Mountains for almost three months. On the one hand, the expeditionary force needed to rest and recuperate, collect a large amount of mountain forest resources, replenish material reserves, and prepare for crossing the nameless grassland.

; On the other hand, the Gray Rabbit Mountain Range has complex terrain. Compared with the endless prairie, it is an excellent hiding place.

Victor presets the Unnamed Prairie as the main battlefield to intercept the Ant-Man army, and prepares to summon the most elite war beast cavalry from all kingdoms. With the help of the terrain characteristics of the grassland, he will give full play to the mobile combat advantages of the cavalry, achieving the goal of attacking more with less, step by step.

The tactical concept of cannibalization.

Based on Ant-Man's weaknesses and weighing various factors, X-3 deduced that 3,000 beast knights, 8,000 Swiftbird light cavalry, and 30,000 elite cavalry can kill 400,000 Ant-Man monsters alive on the grassland battlefield.

Drag to death.

Victor relaxed the total strength of the coalition forces to 50,000, but the logistics supply points of these 50,000 cavalry could only be scattered and hidden in the Gray Rabbit Mountains, otherwise the tactical concept of mobile warfare would not be realized.

The war is not about whoever has more people wins, it is about logistics.

If the elite cavalry coalition of the kingdoms takes the lead, half the war will be won.

The Randall Expeditionary Force serves as the advance force, and surveying the battlefield environment can be said to be the most important task of this expedition. The family soldiers followed Victor's instructions and stopped at the Gray Rabbit Mountains to first search for areas where large troops could enter from the swamp.

Mountain passes in the grassland, surveying the topography of the mountains, recording available resource points, etc.

Well-trained ordinary soldiers want to complete the survey of the Gray Rabbit Mountains. Hundreds of people may not be able to reach the end of the mountain forest even if they work for three to five years. Even psychic warriors loaded with collection skills may take more than half a year.

Scout a 1000km long mountain range.

This job is very simple for Victor. He doesn't have to do it himself now. He only sends four dragon maids to explore the Gray Rabbit Mountains in the north and south directions. They can survey 500 kilometers of mountain forests every day, and their dragon intuition makes it easy for them.

They can quickly find all kinds of mineral resources, including the most critical salt mines and water sources. The alchemy tower's collection skills give them the skills to draw terrain maps. With the extraordinary memory brought by high mental attributes, they can first memorize the terrain features of the mountains and forests in their hearts.

, go back and draw the diagram together.

It only took the four dragon maids 15 days to put the detailed topographic map of the Gray Rabbit Mountains in front of Victor.

The Randall Expeditionary Force is still staying in the Gray Rabbit Mountains just to replenish logistical resources. The Alchemy Militia dug several large pits, burned them with fire, then sawed the felled wood into planks and neatly placed them in the pits with dry

They are buried with soil, an earthen kiln is piled on top, and charcoal is burned. The high temperature of the charcoal fire dries the underground wooden boards, and after being taken out, they can be used to make wooden trailers.

The other group of people are responsible for hunting and gathering, boiling salt mines, pickling salted fish and dried meat, and preparing simple and practical medicines.

The aboriginal people in the Gray Rabbit Mountains were immediately unlucky. Hundreds of outsiders broke into their territory and severely damaged the local ecological balance. However, there were many carnivores among them. Take the Alchemy War Mastiff and the Bear Dog for example.

, they eat an average of 20 pounds of meat every day. The expeditionary force has more than 60 ferocious war dogs to hunt on their own, and they need at least 800 square kilometers of territory to maintain the ecological balance of the mountain forest. The alchemy dragon lizards are even worse, if they are real

Swamp dragon lizards, each such big guy has to occupy a territory of more than 400 square kilometers.

Although the Alchemy Dragon Lizard has a strong omnivorous talent, it is easier to accumulate physical energy by eating meat.

Victor doesn't care about the ecological balance of the Gray Rabbit Mountains. The Alchemy Militia is more restrained in hunting herbivores and will show no mercy to carnivorous beasts and monsters.

Nelson specially organized a hunting team of 120 people. Once a group of monsters such as gnolls, goblins, kobolds, and ogres is discovered, they will be wiped out immediately. The flesh and blood of the monsters will be used by the Imogen wizard to cultivate his
To be continued...