Thirty task force soldiers, fifty Wells Legion warriors, six weapons laboratory men, and two hunter guides from the lakeland.

The two hunter guides were Christopher's men and were very familiar with the nearby mountain forests.

In addition to people, there are also ten green mules and pack horses that carry food and supplies.

This team of less than a hundred people is the first step of Yat's departure from the south. In the military order documents of the Ministry of Military Affairs, this team is called the advance company.

The advance company did not have heavy armor or carried heavy weapons, and the field camp was also spared. Even the military food and grass were simplified repeatedly. Five pieces of hard bread and one pastrami were all their food supply for the future.

Advance teams, as the name suggests, are the army that takes the lead in completing a certain task before most of them arrive.

This advance team had only one mission - when the Lombardy army in Wadbury once again headed north to attack the Nanguan Army Fortress, it captured the Yamaguchi Army Fortress, which was located one day south of Nanguan.

The military fort is the only military fortress in the mountainous area south of Nanguan, and it is also the throat fortress entering and leaving the mountainous area.

According to the combat plan formulated by Yat, the first phase of the Wells Legion's journey south to Lombardy was to occupy this military fort, which not only broke the enemy's blockade, but also turned the Yamaguchi Fort into a bridgehead for the Wells Legion to knock on Lombardy.

Two days later.

To the southeast of Nanguan Military Fort, in a dense cave ten miles from the river canyon, a ball of smoke slowly floated out of the cave entrance, and then spread into a light air mass, floating up to the sky and mixing with the forest fog.

At several commanding heights around the cave, you can see the soldiers with swordsman standing or sitting standing vigilantly scanning the distance.

At the entrance of the cave, several soldiers wearing chain mail, half-helmets, long swords and tomahawks walked into the cave with bundles of firewood.

When you enter the cave, you can see seven or eight groups of bonfires that are not very hot, each gathering a group of soldiers in the same dress. This season is not cold, so the function of the bonfire is only to provide the soldiers with a hot meal.

Sixty or seventy soldiers quietly enjoyed the only hot meal of the day in the cave. No one talked much. There was only the sound of tableware colliding and teeth chewing in the huge cave.

Inside the cave, only a little charcoal fire was seen next to the slightly red fire. Ron, wearing half-armored and carrying a steel knight's sword, reached out to pick up a wooden spoon and scoop out a large bowl of stewed soup from the deep bucket pot on the fire.

The broth contains bread crumbs, onions, cabbage and a few slices of thinly cut corned beef. Don’t think that having vegetables and meat can be delicious. In fact, the pastrami carries to compress space and is as hard as it is. Even if it has been cooked on the fire, it will still hurt your teeth when you eat it.

Ron rejected the small wooden spoon handed over by Stanley, put the wooden bowl directly to his mouth, sucked and poured the heat-filled food into his mouth, trying not to experience the rough texture.

Ron is the commander of this advance team.

According to the initial plan, Stanley was the commander of the advance company. Because this special battle was mainly carried out by the contingent, Stanley carefully selected thirty elites from one hundred and fifty contingent members.

Since he had to station the Yamaguchi Fort after capturing the Lombards' Yamaguchi Fort, Yat drew fifty soldiers with rich city offensive and defensive experience from the Wells Army to join.

But after Yat repeated his thoughts, he decided to send Ron to command the battle of the advance company himself.

First, this battle was of great significance to the Wells Legion's southward journey to Lombardy, and various variables emerged one after another. In addition, the team that formed the advance company was not a single one, so a person with war experience and strong qualifications needed to serve as the commander.

Angus and Odo are experienced and have the highest qualifications, but they are responsible for the Nanguan War and the command of the Wells War Army Corps. In addition, the advance company has a special combat nature, Angus Odo is both elites of regular warfare, but this special battle may not be comparable to Ron, who has won the true teachings of Att.

At the same time, the contingent was directly under the jurisdiction of the attendant, Ron was the head boss of the contingent, and he was also a senior officer of the Wells War Army Corps. Both the contingent members and the army soldiers were willing to obey his orders.

In addition to chief officer Ron, the command center of the advance company also had adjutants Stanley, Oliver and the inspector Matthew, who was appointed as the supervisory system.

This former little bandit robber has now become the flag-level inspector of the Wells Legion. His military post throughout the Wells Legion is like his father, Redoan, who has just been promoted to captain of the patrol team.

Moreover, the Wells soldiers were at a higher level, so in a sense, General Matthew was already one level higher than his father's military position.

Several adjutants next to the fire stared at Ron. The young commander left the brigade last evening and personally led two sentries to the river canyon to explore military information. It was probably the first hot food they had eaten.

Ron's bowl had been swallowed up all of the food. He handed the empty bowl to the soldiers beside him, wiped his mouth, "Tell me the enemy situation directly."

Ron said as he took out a map from his arms, a masterpiece of the General Staff of the Military Affairs Office and the Central Army Secretary Bob. It draws in detail the mountains, rivers, houses and roads from the lakes in the southern province of Wells to the southern capital of Lombardy, as well as military fortresses and fortresses.

Ron put the map on his knees, and several adjutants immediately got up and surrounded. Oliver quickly took out half a candle from his belt side bag, and approached the bonfire and blew it on the map.

Then the candlelight shines, Ron pointed to several signs on the map and said to several adjutants next to the fire: "The Lombardy army has evacuated from the mountain and is temporarily stationed in a market town outside the mountain."

"But the Lombards were also on guard against us going out of the pass, so they deployed defense forces."

"At this time, from Nanguan Army Fort to Yamaguchi Army Fort, the Lombards set up a total of three lines of defense."

"We have known before that, three miles outside the Nanguan Army Fort, the Lombards left twenty cavalrymen. They mainly monitor the dynamics of the Nanguan Army Fort. Once the defenders have the momentum to leave the jurisdiction, they will immediately get on the horse and retreat and warn the rear."

"There is a temporary camp on the flat ground south of a section of pass between the Nanguan Army Fort and the Yamaguchi Army Fort. About 100 Lombardic elite infantry were stationed here. Except for a small number of labor and miscellaneous soldiers, almost everyone was wearing armor. It was probably the heavy armored guards of Wadebury or the heavy infantry in the army."

"Last night, I touched the hillside behind the temporary barracks, but there were many enemy troops who were secretly guarding the open road, and the patrol soldiers were all very alert, so I couldn't get close."

"There are not many defenders in the fortress in Yamaguchi. I guess they think the fortress in Yamaguchi is solid, and there were hundreds of elite soldiers before, so there were less than fifty people in the fortress, most of which were crossbowmen."

"The Lombards were also wary of us attacking the rear, so between the Nanguan Army Fort and the Shankou Army Fort, there were three whistle cavalry patrolling day and night. Last night we were almost discovered by the whistle cavalry who was on torches to look for the night..."

Ron finished introducing the enemy situation between Nanguan Army Fort and the target Yamaguchi Army Fort and put away the map.

"According to the order of the Military Affairs Office, our primary task is to capture the Yamaguchi Fort. The best time to attack is when the Lombardy army attacks the Nanguan Fort again. If we can capture the Yamaguchi Fort at that time, we can lock the Lombards in the canyon and close the door and fight dogs."

Stanley asked first, "Sir Ron, we cannot determine the time for the Lombards next big attack. If they are reluctant to attack, the greater the danger we will be exposed. Even if we are not exposed, the supply of the advance company will not be enough."

"The Military Affairs Office only said it would be better to win both sides of the battle, but to be safe, we should still capture Yamaguchi Fort as soon as possible."

Inspector Matthew refuted, "Mr. Ron, whether most of the enemy troops can be locked in the canyon to form a front and rear attack is not the primary consideration of the advance company, but it has great significance for the entire southward battle."

"Imagine that if we can trap Wadbury's army in the canyon and let the Lombards advance and retreat, then the Wells Legion will lead the troops to the South Pass to defeat the enemy. Once the entire Lombardy "Northern Expedition Army" is gone, the south of the mountain pass fort will almost become an unmanned territory. The Wells Legion will step on Marumbarde and will eliminate a strong enemy."

Matthew is an inspector and a leader in the military academy's campaign command, so he has a longer-term vision.

Ron turned his eyes to Oliver, deputy captain of the task force who had been lurking in the Principality of Lombardy for nearly two years. "Oliver, you have been lurking in Lombardy for many years and know the Lombardy people. When do you think Wadebury will go north again to knock on the gate?"

Oliver lowered his head and thought for a long time, looked up at everyone, "The Lombards won't wait too long, and the South will not give Wadebury too long support. I guess they will have to go north again in at most half a month."

After half a month, the advance company's supplies were not allowed to lie in for so long.

Besides, the enemy is not blind. Such a large army lurks in the mountains. The longer it takes, the greater the risk of exposure.

"We have to give the Lombards some chicken blood..."

Ron thought for a while, "Send the troops to get a carrier pigeon."

As he said that, he took out paper and pen from his waist bag...

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Next to the cave, in the cave that is sunken inside the bottom of the cliff.

The fifteen soldiers were divided into five groups to guard the three iron boxes in the cave. Next to the iron boxes, Jack, deputy director of the Weapons Research Office, and his three team members guarded the iron boxes for a moment.

Two soldiers carried a deep pot filled with broth and wheat paste with wooden sticks and came outside the cave. The soldiers standing guard looked up and down and put them in.

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"Dear brothers, the freshly cooked broth is still hot, eat it quickly." The soldier put the deep bucket pot on the ground, picked up the wooden spoon and stirred it into a burst of fragrance.

A soldier served a large bowl of broth and wheat paste and brought it to an iron box inside and handed it to Jack who was wiping the "baby" in the iron box. "Sir Jack, what is this?"

The soldier stared at the copper cylinder in the iron box, which was about two feet long and no smaller than the deep barrel copper pot that was cooking broth, and was full of doubts.

They all knew these guys in the Weapons were carrying strange weapons, but this was the first time they had met the real face.

"This thing is called the City Breaking Cannon, which is specially used to break through the Castle Gate." These things are the highest secrets of the Wells Legion, but they are about to use these weapons, so Jack did not intend to hide it from his own people.
Chapter completed!