At the same time, when the magic clock in Domic Castle pointed to ten o'clock at night, the first infantry division, which had already assembled, quickly ran to the trucks on the square guided by the illumination circle.
The infantry division, which had been moving here for a month, now numbered more than four thousand people. At this time, they were all wearing standard combat equipment. Although there were many of them and they were jogging, they always maintained a neat formation. There were more than sixty trucks in four rows on the huge square, each with a number on the body. The platoon as a unit boarded the carriages under the leadership of the platoon leader.
Twenty minutes later, including the six giant combat trucks, more than eighty vehicles began to slowly move out. Their destination was the Holy Sanctum.
To get to the Holy Sanctum from Domic Castle, they had to first travel eighty kilometers north, go around the mountains, and then drive forty kilometers southeast. The total distance was at least one hundred and fifty kilometers. Based on the speed of ordinary troops, it would probably take more than a week. However, it took less than three hours for the trucks to travel, and they could transport more than 1,600 people at once!
In the early hours of the morning, the first batch of trucks returned and began to transport the second batch.
"Get in! Hurry up! "
The engineering company was also in the second batch. The platoon leader, Roshak, shouted to the soldiers behind him. The usually cheeky young men were now tense, and one by one, they boarded the carriages in silence. Roshak confirmed that no one was missing in the platoon, and shouted to the driver in front, "Boarding complete!"
"Roger!"
The driver also belonged to the armored division, so he wore the same military uniform. After saluting Roshak, he turned around and boarded the driver's seat. The engine hummed as it started up. Roshak turned his head to take a look. Castle Domic still looked like a pile of dirt under the night sky, but in stark contrast, there was an endless number of neat tents next to it.
Even though there were thousands of people in the military operation, the whole camp could only hear the orders of the sergeants, and there was no noise of conversation. Further away, there were all kinds of materials piled up like a small hill, and the airport runway could be vaguely seen in the night sky. Because there was a magic circle on the runway, he could also see a Falcon reconnaissance plane parked on the side.
More than half of the buildings in this camp were built or optimized by the engineering company. So Loshak could not help but feel some inexplicable emotions. But when he turned his head and saw the soldiers in the carriage looking at him, he quickly suppressed all his emotions and stepped into the carriage with the help of the soldier beside him.
The young lads understood that they were about to step onto the battlefield.
"Sound control, light control. Everyone, rest if you can. Everything will wait until we reach the destination."
Roshak tugged at his belt and reached for the railing next to him as the truck began to move. "Don't embarrass me on the battlefield. If anyone disobeys the order, I won't recognize you as my soldier!"
The soldiers tried their best to squeeze out a smile when they heard their platoon leader's slightly mischievous words. However, most of them could not help but clench their fists … They did not know what was waiting for them tomorrow. Everyone had the same confusion and fear.
A strange buzzing sound came from afar. Roshak turned his head to look out the window and saw a convoy of vehicles driving into the Domik Castle camp. Judging from the direction they were coming from, it seemed to be from Paar.
He wondered why they did not go directly to the Holy Temple where the main battlefield was. As a result, the strange sound in his ears became louder and louder. He felt it was a little familiar because the propellers of the Falcon also made the same noise, but the intensity was far less.
Looking up from the window, Roshak finally found the source of the sound — and like the other soldiers, he opened his mouth as if he had seen a god descending to earth...
"Goddess Siqi above …"
That night, the convoy set off from Paar and Domik Castle at the same time, carrying 5,000 soldiers of the First Infantry Division, the engineering company of the First Armored Division, and combat trucks all arrived at the Holy Temple. In 12 hours, Eiffta packed 6,000 people into the originally empty city of the Holy Temple.
When the last batch of combat troops arrived at the Holy Temple, the soldiers who arrived earlier had already boarded another batch of trucks and embarked on the road to war.
*****
May 9th, four o 'clock in the morning.
Dunkell City.
This was an important city 60 kilometers south of the Holy Temple. Before this year, Dunkell City was actually not very prosperous because there was the Holy Temple in the north and Rayena City in the south. Its biggest role was to be sandwiched between the two and become a transit point. During the War of the Orcs last year, Sauron led his troops directly through Eiffta and drove straight to the south of the kingdom. The territory where Dunkell was located inevitably became a disaster area.
Of course, because Dunkell City had city walls, the damage within the city was not serious, but the towns and villages on the periphery were seriously looted or massacred. Therefore, until now, the city had suffered from a sharp decline in population and a shortage of food. Therefore, when Charles II forced the war assembly order this year, the city could be said to be full of mourning.
Because of the prevalence of exaggeration, the data reported to the royal family by each territory had been modified and whitewashed, which made Charles II inevitably overestimate the population and combat strength of the territory. He did not know that at this time, in the letter, the city of Dunkell, which was reported to have "4,000 soldiers and 520 knights", actually only had about two-thirds of the combat strength.
And this number was the result of counting the old, weak, sick and disabled who had no combat strength at all.
Viscount Berkeley was guarding Dunkell City. According to Earl Harrison's plan, he would lead the follow-up troops of about 15,000 people to converge and attack the Holy Temple from the east.
Viscount Berkeley, on the other hand, would wait here for the other noble armies to gather and surround the Holy Temple from the south. Both sides would attack together and strive to break the Holy Temple in one blow.
That was the plan, but the rain in the south of the kingdom was quite heavy. According to the latest news, Viscount Vasana, who should have arrived here the day before yesterday, was still 30 kilometers away. Judging from the terrible condition of the road, it was estimated that he would only arrive tomorrow noon.
And there were more than a dozen viscounts and barons gathering here from all directions. If he waited for everyone to arrive before setting off, it would probably take more than 20 days.
Therefore, Earl Berkeley knew that it was useless to be anxious, so he just stayed comfortably in his Earl's Mansion every day. And because the barons and knights under his command were not organized properly, he arranged for them to stay in the camp outside the city. He could not let a group of soldiers idle in the city, that would cause trouble. Therefore, the task assigned to them every day was to build the camp, level the ground, and make full preparations for the upcoming assembly of the main army.
City defense soldier Morik, who was standing guard on the city wall, was dozing off with his wooden stick. In fact, the City Defense Army was originally issued metal swords. But last year, the Orcs had looted almost all the metal weapons. This caused many unimportant positions to be stripped of the quota for using metal weapons. Morik did not care about this. His daily life was extremely monotonous. Apart from eating, he was looking for fun and sleeping. Anyway, as long as his salary did not make him hungry, he would not care about anything else.
When it was almost dawn, his colleague Boris, who came to take over his shift, kicked his butt. Morik woke up with a start, and then looked at Boris with sleepy eyes. "Hmm? Time's up? "
"If I had known, I wouldn't have come. I think you can sleep for another three hours."
Boris joked. His coming here was actually equivalent to changing a place to sleep. The two had nothing to talk about. Morik yawned and stood up. Just as he stretched, he suddenly froze. "What's that sound?"
Before the sun rose, birds and insects almost didn't make any noise. Therefore, standing on the city wall, certain sounds could be heard very clearly. Boris frowned and listened. It sounded like the footsteps of some huge creatures, dull and regular. He guessed, "Could it be an earth dragon? Or some large magical beast? "
"It's possible. The weather is warm, and these damn things in the forest have come out to wander around …"
Morik did not think much and accepted this explanation. Then he said seriously, "Hey, have you heard of it? More than ten years ago, there were dragons here! "
"Get out of here. I want to sleep. I have no time to talk to you about this!"
Boris waved his hand and let Morik leave. Except for the two of them, no one else in the city realized that something was approaching the city.
*****
At five o 'clock in the morning, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
The city where Earl Harrison was located was called Suvala. The army that he had assembled was also stationed outside the city. More than 2,000 soldiers and knights had been living in the place called 'Tortoiseshell Camp' for more than 10 days. Based on the current situation, they all knew that there might still be a month before the war broke out.
Because there had been no news of the enemy gathering for a long time, everyone thought that the next battle would be a stormy one. Therefore, before the earl's military order was issued, these soldiers were very idle every day.
Suvara City had a curfew at night, but the "Turtle Back Camp" did not have so many rules. Most importantly, in order to make money from these soldiers, many caravans opened pubs, casinos, and even brothels next to the camp. During this time, they really made a lot of money. Logically speaking, this was against the rules, but Earl Harrison could not be bothered to care. In addition, these fellows had indeed given the restless soldiers a place to vent their desires and energy, so he turned a blind eye to it.
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