Chapter 1613: Kalydon Mercenary Group (Ⅰ)

General Cornwallis also expressed his apology in the letter. Since the troops under his command were mainly infantry, it was rainy and rainy in the north of Midgard at the turn of spring and summer, and the road conditions were bad. The marching speed of the regiment was not ideal. The agreed battlefield can only be reached on May 28, and two more days of rest are allowed. General Cornwallis believes that it is better to start the war on May 31.

"If the two lords lead their troops to the east bank of Lake Aosta first, please wait patiently. Please forgive me for any inconvenience."

General Cornwallis also sent two bottles of red wine brewed by his own winery with the letter, and presented them to Lord Custis and Baron Laval.

"A small gift is not a tribute."

At the end of this letter, General Cornwallis pretended to be inadvertent and wrote that he had collected a bottle of champagne presented by King George IV of Fiji. I plan to enjoy this bottle of fine wine alone after the war is over.

Joan read General Cornwallis' reply and felt angry and funny.

If you only read the letters between the generals of the two sides, you can't imagine that this is a letter of war before the decisive battle between the two armies. It is more like gentlemen in the upper class calling for friends and meeting to go hunting foxes in the countryside.

In any case, Lord Custis and Baron Laval have achieved their goal and successfully induced the Cornwallis Corps to fight on the designated battlefield, seizing the opportunity in the game between the enemy and us, and made a good start.

On May 26, the Midgard Colonial Corps arrived on the east bank of Lake Aosta and joined forces with the Volsung Corps, which had arrived at the scheduled battlefield one day earlier.

Joan was originally worried that the army stationed by the lake would be harassed by dinosaurs, but it was only later that he discovered that the battlefield chosen by Lord Custis and Baron Laval was nearly fifty miles away from the habitat of the dinosaurs. There are small groups of herbivorous dinosaurs infested, not enough to pose a threat to the Corps.

Although the dinosaurs were not smart, they also knew that the human army was not easy to mess with. When they saw the mighty marching ranks from a distance, they were already scared and fled.

Joan was still worried, lest the primitive believers would repeat the old tricks and use Huangquan bee swarms to manipulate dinosaurs and attack the barracks in groups.

After arriving at the army garrison, the first thing he did was cast a spell to summon a swarm of swifts to scout the environment around the garrison.

After a detailed investigation, Joan found nothing unusual. All kinds of dinosaurs inhabiting the lakeside in the distance showed neither signs of madness, nor were they aware that humans were about to start a large-scale cannibalism near their homes, and they still survived and reproduced according to their own nature.

Joan also sent the birds to look north by the way, and found the Feizhen army marching one hundred and fifty miles away. The bright red uniforms were particularly conspicuous in the sun.

It seems that General Kang Huali is very confident and has no intention of covering up the movement of the march.

Joan projected his observation perspective onto the "brood consciousness" formed by the flock of birds, overlooking the 4,000 Feizhen officers and soldiers marching in an orderly manner in the field below.

According to the current speed of the Cornwallis Corps, unless it encounters heavy rain, it will be able to arrive at the preset battlefield the morning after tomorrow at the latest, facing the Midgard side's position at a distance.

The Feizhen regular army that went south this time had a total of four regiments, including 1,000 light cavalry and 3,000 infantry. Two of the infantry regiments were equipped with smoothbore rifles, and the other infantry regiment was equipped with spears as their main weapon.

Joan also noticed that behind Feizhen's regular army, there was a troop with a very different style of painting from the former.

This troop is small in size, with only one battalion of troops by visual inspection. The equipment is messy and crude, and the marching order is also very bad. It looks like a group of noisy bandits, but the visual oppression it caused to Joan is worse than thousands of clothes. A clear, well-ordered Fiji regular army is stronger.

This seemingly mob army has more than 300 members, all of whom are hill giants as tall as 10 feet and weighing more than 1,000 pounds!

This group of muscular, rough-looking hunks, with tan skin, mostly hunched over, with long brown hair loose, behaved rudely, showing the primitive ferocity of beasts from top to bottom.

Most of these hill giants wear leather-tanned armor, while a few are equipped with more refined steel heavy armor or half-body armor. The different equipment shows that the latter has a higher status in the army, and it should be among the hill giants. officer class.

Regardless of their military rank, the preferred weapons of the hill giants are almost the same, nothing more than a variety of big clubs, the only difference is that it is a wooden club or a slightly smaller iron mace.

In addition, most of these hill giants carry a big bulging bag on their backs.

Judging from the raised marks in the pocket, Joan guessed that in addition to daily necessities and rations, there were also many smooth stones that looked like cannonballs in the bag.

Carrying a lot of stones with them, if human soldiers do this, they are probably out of their minds, but it seems reasonable for the same thing to happen to giants.

In the New World, giants of almost all races would follow their elders to learn the skill of throwing stones since childhood.

Whoever can throw heavier stones farther and more accurately will win the respect of the tribe.

It is not just a game or a sports competition, but also the housekeeping skills that giants rely on to hunt wild animals. Otherwise, with a tall and strong physique and supernatural power, they would not be able to catch up with those in nature who are better at running, A climbing and swimming beast.

The hill giants also regard "stone throwing" as a traditional craft. In addition to hunting, it can also exert the power of attacking cities and villages on the battlefield. The destructive power is so great that it can be called "humanoid fortress".

Joan was convinced that these more than 300 hill giants were the mercenary regiment from Calydon Island in Jotunheim. It was said that they were staunch allies of the Feizhen military and also powerful "thugs".

The supreme commander of the Calydon mercenary group is the current ruler of the hill giant tribe, Queen Huaia.

This giantess, known as the "Calidonian Sow", showed her might in the surprise attack on Linyuan Castle not long ago.

However, Qiao An manipulated the flock of birds to circle over the Calydon mercenary group several times, but did not find a figure close to the image of Queen Huaia.

In fact, there wasn't a single woman in this army at all, all of them were brutish giants.

Qiao An still didn't give up, and used the "Mythological Link" to cast the "Advanced Internal Vision Technique" with the group of swallows as the starting point of the spell, overlooking the hill giants marching on the wasteland.

After a careful scan, Qiao An confirmed that Queen Huaia was really not in the army, but a bald man caught his attention.

This guy was only wearing a pair of leather pants, shirtless, as if deliberately showing off his muscular muscles and thick body hair, showing his masculine charm.