Chapter 369 When the Expedition Is Underway...

The team of 30,000 people is certainly not small. Walking on the winding mountain road, it looks like a long chain of peaks from a distance.

Maybe it's because they haven't left the Hundred Thousand Mountains yet, but the soldiers are now chatting in low voices. Most of the topics are about the front line, glory, barbarians, etc... When they gather together, there is a low hum. Such behavior naturally undermines the military's prestige, but the officers of the army seemed to have received orders, and no one came out to scold and stop them.

Just like what Frey is talking about now, of course he is not the only one here who has been to the front line, so it didn't take long for news about the ferocity of the barbarians to spread among the team.

And this is exactly the intention of senior military officers. Although the Gray Army has been fighting for many years, and some veterans have even been in the army for more than ten years, they are all fighting Bran soldiers and have no experience fighting the Northern Wilderness barbarians. The northern barbarians are naturally different from the second-rate soldiers of Bran, so it is necessary for the soldiers to understand the true face of the barbarians.

Of course, word of mouth is inevitably biased, and the military's top brass naturally respond to this. This place is still far away from the front line, and they have plenty of time to slowly transmit the compiled barbarian information to the soldiers. As for now, just think of it as foreshadowing...

"This...brother Frey, according to what you said, there is no chance of winning when we go to the front line this time?" David scratched his hair, his face full of depression.

After Frey told the horrors of the Northern Wilderness barbarians and the elite soldiers, Tang En and the others were shocked. To be honest, although they have never looked down upon the barbarians in the Northern Wilderness and know that Bran's neighbor is not a good person, it is also true that after so many years, the Northern Wilderness has still not been able to break through Bran's front line. This will inevitably make people feel In fact, the gap between the Northern Wilderness barbarians and Bran's soldiers is not that big. But now Frey tells them with facts that the barbarians are not that simple...

"Of course not!" Shaking his head, Frey waved his hand and explained, "Barbarians have advantages over barbarians. Naturally, we also have our strengths. Barbarians have strong bodies and well-developed limbs, which give them an absolute advantage in close combat. But we have With dexterous hands and a smart brain, there is alchemy, Thor's hammer, large repeating city-defending crossbows, etc."

After a pause, "An ordinary barbarian can defeat three regular Bran soldiers, and a Thor's Hammer may destroy nearly a hundred barbarians in one attack when defending the city. As long as they are good at using military equipment, barbarians can actually It’s not that scary.”

"Oh..." David breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't think he would be unable to defeat the barbarians, it would undoubtedly be better to have an easy way to deal with them.

However, Tang En did not relax so quickly, and raised his eyebrows: "Brother Frey, you just said you were defending the city, right? What if we bump into each other in the wild?"

"In the wild... unless you drag Mjolnir with you, it will only be a hard fight." Frey shook his head, "When I was still in the army, in fact, the number of times Bran's army actually defeated the barbarians in the open field was very few. One Two barbarians may not be that big of a deal, but when thousands of barbarians gather into a square formation and form a collective charge on the plain, the momentum... Well, it really feels like the world is about to collapse. For those who have never experienced it personally I’ll never understand the horror!”

"In fact, Bran and Beihuang have been fighting for so many years. The final result is mostly that the barbarians retreated on their own after seeing that they could no longer grab anything or get any benefits. It was not Bran who drove the opponent out at all. Then It's a lie to fool the people... What's even more frustrating is that when the barbarians retreat, you can't chase them, or you don't dare to chase them. The terrain outside the border is mostly flat grassland, and fighting the barbarians there will undoubtedly take a lot of food. Big loss. Well, there is another saying here. Marshal Ziyi is known as a military god among the people, but in the army, few people call him that, because they think that Ziyi has not really attacked Beihuang, so they still He is not worthy of this title...Tsk, tsk, even Marshal Ziyi is afraid of this, so no one dares to go out and seek death."

Tang En grinned as if he had a toothache when he heard this, because he thought of a possibility, and then asked Frey: "Well, we can be regarded as new recruits, and we have no experience in fighting against barbarians. We should be sent to defend them." From the city, right?"

"Oh, it's a pity, it's probably unlikely..." Frey glanced at Tang En, with a hint of bitterness on his lips: "To be honest, this is also what I'm worried about. I also got some intelligence from the front line. Where is it now?" It is extremely chaotic. Except for the defense area of ​​the Zichen Legion, the border lines of the Thunder and Cangyan Legions have existed in name only, and have now probably retreated to the depth of the second and third lines of defense. In other words, the front line is now about a few hundred kilometers in an irregular zone. "

Having said this, Frey turned his head and briefly looked around at the soldiers around him, "We have 30,000 people going to the front line this time. The food and grass are provided by Bran, and the equipment is also provided by Bran. Haha, after taking so many things, they will easily let them go. Pass us? We will probably be thrown into these hundreds of kilometers of irregular places to face the barbarians in the wild. Well, in other words, we will probably be used as cannon fodder."

"wipe!"

The conflict between the Gray Army and Bran's Army has been going on for a long time. Many people from both sides have died over the years. This is not a problem that can be solved with a piece of paper. Now that the Gray Army is nominally under the jurisdiction of Bran's military, it is almost certain that they will be put on the wrong foot.

"But brother Tang En, there is no need to be too anxious." Frey comforted, "After all, we are friendly forces here to support, and they should not dare to go too far. Moreover, we also have a special liaison officer here who is responsible for mediating It's a matter for both sides. Well, it should be able to contain some problems." The logic is good, and so are the words, but the two "shoulds" that are quite unconfident still express that Frey is not optimistic about this prospect.

"They dare! If you dare to mess with me, see if I don't beat him to death!" He waved his fist, and a slight sound broke through the air. David was not like Frey. He had been with the Gray Army for several years, so naturally he was against Bu Lan Jun had no good impressions.

"Count me in! Just don't mess with me. If you dare to play dirty tricks, I don't mind touching him in the middle of the night and taking away his dog head..."

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Looking at David and the others who suddenly became excited, Frey and Tyton looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. This matter is quite difficult, and they just hope it won't happen by then.

The next few days of travel will still be a rush. However, people at the officer level had been called to the meeting, and Tang En also went. The person presiding over the meeting was not the old Marshal Omen. He was currently sitting in the rear. This time, the person who came here was Daniel, the former commander of the First Army.

The military meeting was quite military-style, with short and direct answers, mainly focusing on two things. First, each person handed out a stack of information about the barbarians in the Northern Wilderness, and asked them to take it back and tell it to their subordinate soldiers. As for the second thing, it is a mandatory surname rule. All soldiers in the Gray Army are not allowed to conflict with Bran soldiers. If there is any conflict or provocation, they should communicate directly with the liaison officer.

Judging from the specially listed regulations, Daniel and others are also aware of the hidden dangers and difficulties in this matter. Everyone knows that no matter where they are, soldiers will never lack a hot temper, so although punitive measures have been instituted, it is really hard to say what the results will be...

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Late at night on the fifth day after 30,000 troops left Dawn City, on the outer wall of the east city gate, a short figure carrying a huge baggage grabbed a long rope and quickly slid down. It must be said that her timing was very good. Just when she stepped on the ground, the patrols who had just changed their guard on the city wall slowly passed by above.

"Hehe, brother Tang En, I'm going to find you... Oh, it can't be done for now. Brother Fei Rui said that only sister Josiah knows the whereabouts of brother Tang En. Well, let's go find sister Josiah first... Shanxi City...east..."

While muttering in a low voice, the short figure left the city wall. About half an hour later, she touched a leeward hill. Then she heard a horse neighing and rode alone to the east.

"Captain, Captain Harry...the target has escaped." A voice suddenly sounded from the top of the hill.

"Ah...ran away, who ran away?" A fat figure stood up first, opened his mouth and yawned, looking quite lazy, but then after seeing the vague little cavalry in the distance, his body suddenly Zhen: "Ah ha, I finally escaped! As expected of the boss's sister, she is very patient! Well, I just lacked common sense. You hid the horses here and asked me to feed them for a few days... tsk tsk, as expected. I really need to thank Fei Rui for this road!"

"Uh, Boss Harry, do you know her goal?"

"As long as you don't go to the front line... Well, it's okay to go out and relax. Let's go. Our mission this time is to play with the princess!"

"yes."

…(To be continued.)