22. Variations
The 800-strong troops that William gave to Rena were directly dispersed by her into four teams, led by her, Aldolph, Stalin, and Nock to infiltrate the surrounding four territories to collect intelligence and reconnoitre. But William didn't bother with how the team was arranged, and when the command of the troops passed into Rena's hands, he would stop pointing fingers, because it was a denial of Rena's command.
How could a shrewd commander like William do such a thing?
There are a total of seven territories bordering the Panda Territory, including the two territories of the Shaofh Territory and the Mordeg Territory, but now that the former has been dismantled by Asuna and given to Sean, it is naturally inaccurate; And the latter's territory is very small, and every move can be said to be clear at a glance, so naturally there is no need to monitor. The only ones that really need to be noticed are the other five territories.
However, one of the realms was judged by William to be unwarranted, on the grounds that the territory was currently in the midst of an internal struggle over the succession and did not have the energy to participate in the Boulder family's incident. So the only thing that needs to be noted is the remaining four territories, Rena may not be particularly smart, but she is not stupid either, she simply divides her forces to infiltrate this territory.
The progress of the work at the beginning was naturally extremely unsmooth, and it even caused a fierce reaction from the lords of these four territories, and almost immediately there was an illusion that a big war was coming. The people of the four territories seem to have a bit of a rumor, after all, war is not a welcome thing in any way these days, especially since the entire southern part of the kingdom of Dabion has just ended the war for more than a year, and no one wants to fall into the quagmire of war again.
After experiencing the initial failure, Rena quickly got the hang of it, after all, she was born as a mercenary, and naturally she understands the simple truth of "if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful". So she didn't care what Aldolf, Stalin, and Nock did. She directly dispersed the two hundred people she led into more than twenty squads, ranging from a few to a dozen people each, removed uniform clothing and standard weapons, and infiltrated from multiple directions in the territory, so that things progressed much easier, and it really made her inquire about some information.
It's just that of course she can't send all this raw information to William, she has to go through a series of screenings to pick out useless and false information, and even needs to squeeze the water before she can send this content to William.
Methods of communication. It is a common means of magical communication on the Miracle Continent, and this tool is not complicated, but the price is a little more expensive. However, Sean gave up the money, and there was naturally no obstacle for Rena and the others, basically every four to five days. Rena would send William a piece of information, ranging from the lords of each territory to the size and distribution of the private army. Even the generals of the commander-in-chief and so on. It's all included.
In this way, Rena also initially learned to communicate with other subordinates who are currently nominally attributable to her, remote control, and because of the need for a lot of screening and analysis of intelligence, Rena's military vision has also been greatly improved unconsciously. It can be said that what she really lacks now is to lead her troops to fight a war of sufficient scale to prove her command and command ability.
Five territories. Two viscounts, three baronies.
The territory that William named as not responsible for is a viscounty, so the remaining viscounty and three baronies are naturally under the responsibility of Rena and others. As a real commander of the entire team. Rena's one in charge of infiltrating and gathering intelligence is a viscounty.
For more than a month, Rena has been coordinating all aspects of intelligence, and now she has received tangible information, the lords of these four territories have a large-scale private army transfer, and judging from the current military situation, it is obvious that this is a military operation against the Panda Territory. Of course, Rena informed William of this kind of information at the first time, but what surprised her was that as the initiator of this military operation, it was not the viscount she was responsible for staring at, but a baron named Lonnis.
However, the other two barons, and even the viscount who was stared at by Rena, actually responded, and it was the military scale of the troops in the territory that poured out of the nest, which is a bit worth pondering. It is precisely for this reason that Rena will continue to stay in this territory and conduct a deeper level of probing to find out more tangible content.
It's just that before she could finish listening to her information, William had already sent a secret message, asking her to lead everyone back immediately.
Therefore, Rena must not immediately order the suspension of all intelligence work, and let everyone rush to the meeting point according to the previously determined assembly point. There are three of these rendezvous points in each territory, in order to prevent another place to assemble in the event of an enemy attack, just like the three holes of the cunning rabbit; And when the respective troops in the four territories have been assembled, these four forces will finally complete the last assembly in the Panda territory, and will officially return to White Dove Town immediately.
At this moment, Rena was waiting at the first meeting point in this viscounty.
The team of two hundred people, except for those who died unexpectedly in the process of spying on intelligence because of the fierce counterattack by the Viscount of the territory at the beginning, now there are one hundred and fifty-four people left. According to the information collected from the other three territories, the current team of 800 people has also been reduced to only a little more than 700 people, and the losses in this intelligence gathering secret war can be said to be relatively serious.
It's just that Rena's face looks a little unsightly, because there are only one hundred and forty people out of one hundred and fifty-four, which means that there are still fourteen people who have not arrived at this meeting point on time. This is absolutely unthinkable for the White Wing mercenaries, who are already very strict with time and discipline, then the only explanation is that these people are in trouble.
"Wait another quarter of an hour." Rena said in a deep voice.
She knew where the fourteen had gone, because she had given the order in the first place, but she didn't expect William to order them to halt all operations so quickly and retreat, which immediately paralyzed Rena's layout and intelligence network, which had been so hard to improve. But out of respect for William and the habit of following orders that she had developed before, Reena of course did not hesitate to order a full retreat.
It's a pity that after all, it is the first time for Rena to take over this kind of intelligence spy and the corresponding command and dispatch work, even if she really learns a lot in the process. But at most, it can only be regarded as a first glimpse, and it cannot be regarded as a veteran, so naturally there will be many mistakes that have not been noticed before. And it was precisely because of these flaws that the original team of nearly 180 people was discovered one after another during this general retreat, so in the end only 140 people came to the gathering point alive.
As for the situation in the other three territories, it is naturally impossible to get any better, and judging from the news that has been transmitted, the team that has suffered the most damage at present is naturally Rena's team. However, this is also because the territory that Rena is in charge of is a viscounty, so it is natural that it will encounter stronger resistance than the other three baronies. Of course, the information you get is also very important.
In this union of the four territories, all the three hundred heavy cavalry under the command of Baron Lonis were dispatched, and the combined strength of the other two barons was also 1,030, mainly regular sword and shield soldiers, supplemented by a small number of archers and pikemen; And the largest number of people dispatched was this viscount. He had a mixed force of 500 light horsemen, 400 archers, 100 crossbowmen, 1,000 sword and shield men, and 500 pikemen.
The combined strength of the four territories was four thousand one thousand, and the viscount even sent two masters of the upper silver. Plus a high-ranking silver master under the command of Baron Lonnis. This time, there are three high-ranking silver masters in the battle, which can be regarded as a relatively large-scale act in a small territorial conflict. And the news that Rena had sent these fourteen people out of the city to inquire about was what the two high-ranking silver masters on the Viscount were good at, and what their temperament was.
As the waiting time got closer and closer, Rena's face naturally became more and more ugly. When the quarter of an hour came, Rena finally closed her eyes, and after a few seconds of silence, let out a heavy breath of turbidity. Said in a deep voice: "Go! ”
The team of more than 100 people suddenly had a cold momentum of hatred for the enemy, and the whole army seemed to have completed some kind of sublimation at this moment.
Rena rode at the front of the group.
The others also rode horses, although they were not cavalry, but ordinary horses were not expensive, as long as they were willing to spend some money, they could still buy them, of course, they could only be used as mobile troops to move quickly, and it was naturally impossible to fight immediately like cavalry.
Seemingly a little unwilling, Rena glanced back, her pupils shrunk suddenly.
At the end of the line of sight, a rider was riding a horse at a fast pace, and when she saw the other man riding alone, Rena kicked the horse in the belly, and the horse neighed and immediately met it. When the rider saw Rena rushing over, a smile finally appeared on his pale face, and the whole person suddenly had a taste of relief.
When she came to the rider's side, Rena found that four arrows had been shot into the back of the white-winged mercenary, one of which went directly into his vest, and it was obvious that even the heart had been pierced, but she didn't expect him to be able to hold on!
"Your Excellency!" When the white-winged mercenary saw Rena, the smile on his face became more and more sincere, and his spirit relaxed slightly, and the whole person fell from the horse and fell heavily to the ground. Rena hurriedly ran over and hugged him in her arms, but saw that this person still did not forget to take out a wooden box from his belt, "The communication imprint has been discovered, so the content is too late to be transmitted, and all the content you need is already here, my lord......"
"Say no more!" Rena said in a deep voice, thinking that she should be firm enough, but finally couldn't help but have red eyes.
"Lord Rena, please be sure to hand over these materials to Lord William, the enemy is about to catch up, so Lord Rena, please get out of here quickly!" The mercenary said as he shoved the wooden box into Rena's hand, and watched as Rena kept the wooden box carefully, and the soldier finally closed his eyes with a peaceful face.
Holding the wooden box in her hand, Rena forcibly suppressed the anger and grievance in her heart, and then picked up the corpse and put it on her war horse, then turned over and turned the horse's head: "Everyone obey the order, leave here as quickly as possible!" Let's return to Pandal! ”
With that, Rena immediately rode her horse and galloped, and the one hundred and forty people behind her immediately followed, raising a cloud of smoke and dust, and the sound was mighty.
A bloody killing intent that was so strong that it was almost substantial seemed to begin to hover above this force. (To be continued.) )
PS: This is the second update of yesterday. …… By the way, I recommend an urban novel "Sky Eye", written by a silly wolf.