The sky was slightly white, and although the sun had not yet shone down, everyone knew that this moment was the last moment of dawn.

The darkest hours before dawn are long gone.

In the middle of a wasteland, there is a small camp, but it can definitely be regarded as a well-knit camp.

In terms of scale and layout, there are many irrational aspects of this camp, such as the camp tents are not separated from each other by aisles, but are built in rows, ten in each row, and each two rows are an administrative unit, then there is a passage that can accommodate about four people walking side by side, and then there are two rows of twenty tents, and so on. Although this camp layout can greatly reduce the space required in the camp and make the camp management and patrol easier, if it is infiltrated, then it is simply an excellent opportunity for the enemy to take a chance.

But perhaps the people who set up the camp had already taken this into account, so the camp was very large in patrol, and almost every patrol route would overlap at least two groups at any one time, and each patrol would be in sight of two or three other patrols.

From this point of view, even if each patrol team only has five soldiers, it takes at least more than five hundred people to patrol the entire camp, which is not as simple as being strict, it can be said to be cautious.

This camp has no dead ends.

If you want to take this camp, there will be nothing to do except storm it.

And because the layout of the camp is very peculiar, unlike the general regular camp layout, it is obviously a very unrealistic thing to judge the number of soldiers in the camp from the camp tent. In addition, the soldiers in the camp often undergo some relatively high-intensity long-term training, which results in the soldiers in the camp not being gathered together often. So it's also not easy to judge the number of soldiers in the camp by the meal preparation carried out by the logisticians.

The cold wind is blowing.

From dawn to sunrise, the temperature is at its lowest.

Especially in the wasteland, because there is a lack of enough leeward area to shelter from the wind, when the cold wind blows, it is the most likely time for people to catch a cold.

The soldiers in charge of patrolling in the camp were not bad, because there were indeed a lot of braziers placed in the camp, and the blood in their bodies was in a state of active circulation for almost a moment, so it was difficult for the cold to invade their bodies.

But relatively. For the few scouts about a few hundred meters away from the camp, it wasn't going to be easy.

The cold wind blew and made them shiver.

However, these people did not complain, they still watched the camp intently, trying to find something to use.

I don't know how long it has been. Finally, a young scout stood up slightly, and wiped his face. Wipe the moisture off your face. He spat hard: "Damn, I sometimes really doubt that these guys are still not human, and they can repeat the same routine all night without stopping once." ”

Hearing his companion's voice, the face of an older scout next to him was also a little gloomy.

It's been almost a month since they've been in the territory, and they've discovered the camp four days ago. Naturally, the camp was then monitored and reconnoitred as ordered. However, in the past four days, their only gain was to find that two teams with relatively large numbers and sizes had left this camp three days ago, and they didn't know where they were going to train in the road, but this alone naturally couldn't be regarded as any information. Because they couldn't figure out how big the soldiers were in this camp.

And in the days that followed, as they watched, they were even more shocked by the military literacy of the soldiers in this camp.

There are about four shifts of soldiers patrolling the camp, each of which is responsible for six hours, and conducts a comprehensive inspection of the entire camp without any blind spots. During these six hours, these soldiers strictly followed the patrol route and standing position set by their superiors, and no one was lazy, not even a little nap, which is enough to prove that the soldiers in this camp are definitely an elite division.

Even these experienced personnel, who specialize in reconnaissance, have been lying still and monitoring for three days in a row, and they are already a little uncomfortable and have to get up and move a little.

However, their movements are not large, mainly because this position is not far from the camp, and if the movement is too large, it will inevitably be discovered, after all, the sky is now slightly white, and it is still easy to be found for some lookouts with excellent vision.

At that moment, there was a faint sound behind the scouts.

The sound was obviously that someone was tiptoeing forward.

The faces of the three scouts changed, and they suddenly raised their legs and pulled out the short blades on their boots, and the next moment they were about to get up and fight back.

"It's me." A low, majestic voice sounded.

This made the three scouts stunned slightly, and then realized who was coming.

"Lord Alfred." The older scout in the middle spoke immediately.

Alfred nodded slightly, and then said, "Did you find anything?" ”

"My lord, the patrol arrangement of the enemy camp is very tight, there are no dead ends at all, and they have also dealt with the surrounding terrain when they set up camp, and the three hundred meters around the camp are completely open, and the vision is clear, and it is impossible to approach secretly." The older scout spoke, "Other than that, the only information we have at the moment is that the other side is probably over 10,000 men in size, and it's an infantry legion, because there are no stables in the camp. ”

Following the scout's report, Alfred also glanced at the terrain not far ahead, and indeed as the scout said, the other party had also processed and rectified the surrounding terrain while camping, removing all the weeds that might obscure the view, and also compacting the land to prevent the enemy from potentially approaching the camp by digging.

This is a mountain army with extremely rich combat experience.

At this moment, Alfred's heart immediately had a judgment. And the next moment, Alfred, who had made a series of bad repairs to Dabiang's military system because he was going to war with Dabiang, immediately knew the origin of this mountain army.

In the entire southern aristocratic faction of the kingdom of Dabiang, there were only three nobles who formed the mountain army. However, there is only one mountain army with a size of more than 10,000 people and such an elite level and combat experience.

A legion of mountain lions from the Howard family.

The Mountain Lion Legion is to the Howard family what the Tequila Blackguard and the Tequila Cavalry are to the Boulder family. However, the only difference is that if the Mountain Lion Legion fights the Tequila Black Guards head-on, it will be 100% sure that the Mountain Lion Legion will be defeated, even if the number of Tequila Black Guards is only a thousand, it is enough to easily defeat the Mountain Lion Legion in a frontal battle.

However, if the terrain of war is placed on terrain such as jungles and mountains, then under the same scale and quantity, not even a single person of the Tequila Black Guard will survive.

This is due to the nature of the formation of the army.

The Howards are inferior to the Nugus in every way. But he has the confidence to argue with the Boulder family, and he relies on this mountain lion army.

But no one thought that the Howard family would be so willing to secretly transfer the Mountain Lion Legion here, obviously intending to surprise Sean.

And when you think about it. Alfred couldn't help but marvel at Sean's astonishing instincts.

Two and a half years ago, when they returned from the Forest of Grey Shadows. After seeing Elliekate, Sean immediately gave up his plan to attack Burbis Territory. Then he renegotiated with William to discuss the direction and plan of the battle, and in this discussion, he, Reina, and Clov participated in the whole meeting. The final decision was to transfer Stalin, Aldolph, and Nock from the Kiraf Territory back first, and completely abandon the Chillaf Domain, on which Sean and William quickly agreed.

But the ensuing controversy is quite different.

William advocated the need for the same to change. While secretly hiding the hole card of the Gray Shadow Black Market, strengthen the military defense of the three territories of Dayi, Yedebi and Panda, and carry out centralized deployment of troops; Sean, on the other hand, was opposed and insisted on making a move. The first step is to directly launch an invasion of the Suo'an Territory and take the lead in provoking a national war, even if it is inferior in war public opinion, it is definitely the first to provoke a war than the Kingdom of Dabiang.

The argument continued for a week, and it wasn't until he received Sean's order to see him that William changed his usual and chose to support Sean.

Alfred also happened to be present at that meeting, so he knew what the news was brought by Dawsane.

The Nugus family completely bypassed the intelligence network woven by the Void Realm and had a secret meeting with Sein. The content of this secret meeting is that they will assist Seon to recapture the Tinchiin Territory and become the new head of the Hasteen family, and the only thing he needs to do is to assist the Nugus family to infiltrate the Dayi Territory, secretly replace all the 5,000 soldiers under his command with soldiers from the Kingdom of Dabiang, and try to find an excuse to increase the troops, in which the southern aristocratic faction of the Kingdom of Dabion will give him full support.

Of course, if war breaks out afterwards, Sein and the army under his command will also become the hole cards of the Nugus family.

Although no one knew why Sean was going to report this to Sean and William, it made William finally understand that time was not on their side. Forced by this situation, William finally agreed to Sean's extremely risky plan - to capture the Soan Territory before the southern nobles of the Dabiang Kingdom could react, and then form a strategic situation that echoed with Asuna's Modeg Territory.

As long as this plan is successful, then the three territories of the Yedby, Dayi, and Tinchiin will have a way out.

And the reason why this plan is said to be an adventure is because they have received the news that the Tequila Black Guard and Tequila Cavalry of the Boulder family have left the Tequila Territory and have begun to reinforce the surrounding territories of the Mordeg Territory.

This means that the Boulder family has officially joined the war.

The national war is already on the verge of breaking out.

So whoever provokes the national war first now, then whoever can have an advantage in the early stage of the war, although this advantage is very weak, but for Sean and the others, it is an opportunity that cannot be given up, after all, their strength cannot be compared with the southern nobles of the entire Dabiang Kingdom.

And, most importantly, Asuna has entered the palace.

Recalling in his mind the strategic plan that Sean and William had worked together, Alfred said in a deep voice, "Is there no way to infiltrate it?" ”

"There is no way, but to attack!" The middle-aged scout didn't know the situation, but he quickly replied, "There aren't many troops in the camp at the moment, and their large army is currently training in the field, and the preliminary estimate is that the strength in the camp is about 3,000 people. ”

"I know." Alfred nodded slightly, "Send a signal, this battle ...... It's up to us to take the lead. ”

"Yes!" The scout was stunned for a moment, then nodded excitedly.

And then.

A flare rises into the air. (To be continued......)

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