Chapter 248: The Eastern Route Army Operation Begins (Part 1)

July 16, 290 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

7:05 am.

On the southern front, the Britannia Army and the Central Army Camp.

Not long after the sun had just risen, the entire Central Route Army camp quickly started operating.

At the end of last night's banquet, Albert gave an order to the knights of the center army - to break up camp and march as soon as the sun rises tomorrow! Chase Baal's remnant army!

Alyssa held on to the golden knight's sword hanging on her left waist and silently looked at the military tents being put away one after another, the horses being led out one after another, and the tents being pulled out one after another. Soldiers in helmets and armor gathered nervously.

As Alyssa's knight attendant, Hazel naturally stood obediently behind Alyssa.

"Miss Alyssa." Hazel said, "It feels like our middle army is about to start a decisive battle..."

"Ah, yes." Alyssa said with a wry smile, "We are about to march now to pursue Barr's main remnant army. In just a few days, the decisive battle will begin on our side."

Having said this, Alyssa paused for a moment, then turned her head, looked east, and then said:

"I don't know how the other two armies are doing now..."

At this time, Hai Rou'er also sighed softly, and then said:

"I wonder if this upcoming decisive battle will go smoothly..."

"You don't have to worry about that, Hazel." Alyssa smiled, "That Mr. Barr and Albert are also old rivals."

"It is said that the two of them have played against each other no less than ten times, but this Barr has almost never defeated Mr. Albert."

"Therefore, Mr. Albert, whose military skills are far superior to this Barr, will definitely be able to defeat that Barr this time as he did before!"

…

Just as the Central Army was nervously preparing to march.

To the southwest of the Central Route Army camp, somewhere forty miles away.

A scout wearing light armor and riding a war horse was galloping on the vast plains.

Soon, a large fortification made of wood appeared within his field of vision.

After seeing this large piece of defense made of wood, the soldier's face showed a hint of joy.

——Because he knew that the army's camp was approaching, and this large piece of wooden defense equipment was a fortification built outside the army's camp to resist enemy attacks.

After seeing this large piece of defense made of wood, the scout swallowed, moistened his throat that was so dry that it felt like it was about to bleed, and then waved the reins in his hand again, making the The horses ran faster, driving the war horses under their crotches, towards this large wooden fortification.

Just when the scout was about to arrive at this large fortification, a large number of soldiers with helmets and armor suddenly poured out from all around.

Among these soldiers were some with spears and some with crossbows.

These soldiers poured out from all sides and quickly surrounded the soldier.

The soldier holding a spear stood in front, pointing the spear directly at the scout on the horse, while the soldier holding a crossbow stood behind the spearman, with a sharp and cold weapon on the crossbow. The arrows were aimed at the scout and the war horse under the scout's crotch.

When the scout saw the soldiers suddenly pouring out from all around, he immediately reined in his horse and allowed the soldiers holding various weapons to surround him.

The scout knew that these soldiers were responsible for guarding the perimeter of the camp.

If you act rashly or do anything that makes them suspect that you are an enemy, these soldiers will not hesitate to use their spears to poke holes in you, and use their arrows to shoot you into a hornet's nest.

Therefore, after seeing this group of soldiers coming from all directions, the messenger obediently reined in his horse and allowed them to surround him.

This group of soldiers surrounded him,

Before the leader of the group of soldiers could question his identity, he loudly said in standard Luolin dialect:

"I am the scout responsible for detecting the movements of the Britannia Army's central route! I have important military information to report to Commander Barr! This is my identification!"

…

After showing his identity certificate to the soldiers guarding the camp and proving that he was indeed a scout of the Luo Lin Army, the scout was finally released and brought into the camp, and then directly to the commander-in-chief of the army—— In the coaching camp of Bal de Rue.

After entering the coach's camp, the scout saw Barr, who was still in high spirits even though he was nearly 70 years old, sitting behind a long table. He seemed to be dealing with military affairs. .

After entering the coach's camp and seeing Coach Barr, the scout immediately saluted Barr and said loudly:

"See Commander! Commander! Important information about the Britannia Army's Middle Route Army has been detected..."

Before the scout finished speaking, Barr raised his hand to signal him not to speak.

After Barr's gesture to signal him not to speak, the scout felt strange, but he still kept his mouth shut.

After the scout closed his mouth, Barr spoke out:

"Information or something, don't worry, you look thirsty too, drink some water first."

After saying that, Barr took a glass filled with water from the table and handed it to the scout.

"Drink, let's talk after you finish."

"Ah! Thank you, coach!"

The scout, whose throat was so dry that he was about to bleed, hurriedly and respectfully accepted the water glass handed over by Barr, and then drank up the water in a few gulps.

"Are you feeling better? Then tell me the new information you found."

"yes!"

After drinking the water in the cup, the scout wiped the remaining water drops on his lips and said loudly:

"Just yesterday evening, it was detected that the large troops of the Central Route Army had joined forces with the vanguard troops!"

"oh?"

Barr, who had been expressionless since just now, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this information.

"...I understand, you go down and rest first."

"yes!"

After the scout saluted Barr respectfully, he quickly walked out of the camp.

After the scouts walked out of the camp, Barr was the only one left in the headquarters of Novo University.

"Have the main force of the Central Route Army joined forces with the vanguard..." Barr said to himself, "Then Albert will soon throw 60,000 Central Route Army towards me..."

"It seems that the first phase of the battle plan I drew up has been successfully concluded... It's time to start the second phase..."

After finishing talking to himself in a low voice, Barr raised his head and shouted to the guards guarding outside the camp:

"Guards! Help me summon all the senior generals! Let them come to the commander's camp immediately! I want to hold an important combat meeting!"

"yes!!"

…

at the same time.

Southern front line, Britannia Army, Eastern Route Army camp.

In the camp of the Central Route Army, it was operating nervously and making preparations for the entire army to move forward. However, the East Route Army was also far from the usual calm.

Unlike the tense operation of the whole military camp of the Central Route Army, only the cavalry battalion of the East Route Army was very lively.

Groups of people inspecting and preparing food and fodder, inspecting war horses, and inspecting weapons and armor were all walking around nervously in the cavalry camp of the Eastern Route Army.

Each of the 5,000 cavalrymen on the East Route Army looked solemn and carefully inspected the armor and weapons in their hands.

As early as last night, they received a combat mission: tomorrow night, that is, today's night, all cavalry troops will go south!

Ordinary soldiers like them naturally don't know what the specific combat plan is. However, for ordinary soldiers like them, it doesn't matter whether they know the specific combat plan. For them, they just need to listen carefully. Just follow your commander's orders and kill the enemy with all your strength.

As the deputy commander of the Eastern Route Army, Willie was standing in the cavalry camp at this time, directing the soldiers to inspect the grain, grass and horses, and prepare for the cavalry to march south.

Just as Willy was nervously directing the soldiers to conduct various inspections and preparations, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind:

"Deputy Commander Willie!"

Willy turned his head and found that it was the commander of the 8th Army of their Eastern Route Army.

Because their Eastern Route Army was small in size, it only had 40,000 people. This 40,000-strong army was composed of the 4th Army and the 8th Army of the Rachel Knights.

Because of its small size, there are not many senior generals in their East Route Army. Those who can be considered senior generals and can participate in high-level military meetings are only Su Cheng, the commander-in-chief, and En, the deputy commander-in-chief. They are just the commanders and deputy commanders of Li, the 4th Army and the 8th Army.

After seeing the commander of the 8th Army, Willy smiled politely and then said:

"This is the commander of the 8th Army. Sorry, I'm very busy right now. If you need anything, please come back to me later when I'm done."

"Deputy Commander Willie..." the commander of the 8th Army said solemnly, "Commander, is this battle plan serious..."

The commander of the 8th Army looked around, and after making sure there was no one around, he moved forward, lowered his voice, and whispered at a volume that only he and Willy could hear clearly:

"The coach really intends to hand over 5,000 cavalry to his knight retinue, and let his knight retinue take these 5,000 cavalry to defeat the 60,000 Luo Lin army in the south? Isn't such a battle plan nonsense?"

Compared with ordinary soldiers who know nothing about the battle plan, the commander of the 8th Army and senior generals in the army like Willy naturally know what kind of battle plan the cavalry unit is going to execute tonight. plan.

After listening to the dissatisfied question from the commander of the 8th Army, Willy smiled bitterly and then said:

"Commander of the 8th Army, I have been following the coach and fighting side by side with him since the end of last year."

"I trust the coach a lot, so I also trust the coach's vision and judgment."

"Since the coach is so confident in handing over 5,000 cavalry to his knight retinue, it means that the coach must believe that his knight retinue can definitely complete this combat mission!"

"I believe in the coach, and the coach believes in his knight retinue, so I also want to believe that the coach's knight retinue can create miracles! With only 5,000 cavalry, he annihilated the 60,000 Luo Lin army in the south!"

After saying that, Willy stopped talking to the commander of the 8th Army. After slightly sidestepping around the commander of the 8th Army, he continued to command the soldiers and carried out various inspections and preparations for the 5,000 cavalry troops to send troops south.