To maintain an army with tens of thousands of people and mainly cavalry in the desert requires transporting a large amount of supplies, so this supply line is actually very busy.【】
Roger had only waited for a day when a supply team approached the oasis. This supply team consisted of hundreds of sand beasts and walked toward the oasis in a mighty manner. On both sides of the team were hundreds of guards.
The Sand Walker Cavalry, like Mumba and others who were eliminated by Roger, are soldiers of the second-line army.
It had been many days since the supply team left the last oasis. The trek through the desert for many days had made everyone very tired. Now that a resting point was in sight, everyone including the guards breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as you arrive at the oasis, you can have a good night's rest, drink cool well water to your heart's content, and relax your tired body. Leaving this oasis is the last step to the front line, and it only takes about ten days to walk.
You can hand over all the transported supplies to the army, and then transport back the good things that the soldiers looted.
Although soldiers have recently looted less and less property, these properties are very valuable in desert countries, and even if the quantity is not large, they can still make a profit. This makes everyone in the supply team very much looking forward to it, hoping to get it soon.
Complete this journey in one go.
The supply team's oasis was already close at hand, and arrows suddenly shot out from the quiet oasis like raindrops. A large number of the sand-walking beast cavalry cruising on both sides of the team fell instantly.
"Are you blind? We are our own!" The people in the supply team were still confused about the situation and waved their arms to identify themselves to the "defenders" of the oasis.
However, the answer to these guys was another round of fatal arrows. Now even the idiots knew that something was wrong, and everyone fled for their lives, even the sand beast cavalry.
Roger had already made plans to kill all the supply teams. How could these guys escape? Under his command, a light cavalry rushed out of the oasis like a whirlwind and rushed towards the enemy quickly. And several
Ten griffons also rose into the sky one after another, chasing the fleeing sand beast cavalry from the air.
Under the pursuit of the light cavalry, the members of the supply team were killed and injured, and the remaining ones all knelt down and begged for mercy. However, Roger had no intention of keeping prisoners, and everyone soon became food for the corpse-eating insects.
As for the desert beast cavalry who fled in all directions, they were all wiped out by the griffin attack. All the supplies transported by this supply team became Roger's bag.
Except for a few iron tools and medicines, the supplies transported by the supply team were bulk consumables such as food, water, and fodder. These supplies were indispensable to the frontline troops, but in Roger's eyes they were
It was worthless and was burned to the ground by him.
"Oh, so much food is enough to feed at least 20,000 soldiers for several days." Looking at the raging fire burning in the desert, Roger said to Sophia beside him without emotion: "As long as we cut off a few more
If we set up a supply team, the enemy's army will definitely be in chaos."
"I think it's a bit chatty." Sophia pouted her sexy lips and said, "It's a good thing to grab things, but it's boring to always grab these useless things!"
Roger ignored the Dragon Girl's complaints and turned around and walked away without saying a word. A sexy and charming girl can say something like "it's a good thing to grab things", and it's useless to say anything to her.
In order to support the army assembled on the border, the three desert countries sent many supply teams to serve them. Two days later, another supply team arrived near the oasis. The fate waiting for them was different from the previous supply team.
After a fierce attack, no one in the supply team survived.
In the next ten days, several more supply teams fell into the traps set by Roger and became prey in his hands.
The dry water desert covers a vast area. It is a long journey from the hinterland of the Three Kingdoms through a series of oases to the army at the border of the Kingdom of Thorne. In this case, the transmission of news is very difficult. In addition, when Roger eliminated the supply team,
The methods were secretive, and the attacks were carried out very cleanly without leaving any flaws. Therefore, no one in the Three Desert Kingdoms knew at this time that six teams transporting supplies for the army had disappeared in the desert.
Of course, just because the Three Desert Kingdoms didn't know about this, it doesn't mean that no one else noticed that something was wrong. At least the 20,000 troops who were watching the border with eagerness were an exception. Everyone in the army realized that something was wrong.
The supply team that was supposed to arrive half a month ago has not appeared, which makes everyone in the expeditionary force, from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, very uneasy. At the moment, the army cannot enter the Kingdom of Thorne to plunder, eat or drink.
Everything is delivered by the supply team. Now that the supply team is slow to arrive, everyone is left without food or water.
In fact, supply teams have been late in the past, but at most they were only two or three days late due to sandstorms. Never like this time, they were late for more than half a month. According to the prior agreement, for such a long time
At least three supply teams must have arrived, but now even one has not arrived. This cannot be explained by accidents.
The late arrival of the supply team made the army's supply very tight. The soldiers could only eat one coarse wheat cake every day, and drinking water was very limited. The forage of the sand beasts was almost exhausted, and many sand beasts lost their lives due to eating
Without fullness and strength, it is impossible for the cavalry to ride such mounts to fight.
What makes the army commanders even more worried is that there have been many incidents of privately killing sand beasts to satisfy their hunger. Originally, this was strictly prohibited, but with the current shortage of food, even junior officers are not willing to do this.
Turning a blind eye, many officers even participated in it. If this situation is allowed to develop, it won't be long before all cavalry become infantry.
For Prince Habasha, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, he is currently facing a dilemma. If he does not retreat as soon as possible, his army is likely to be destroyed due to hunger and thirst; but if he really orders a retreat, in the country
His enemies will definitely seize on this and make a fuss, accusing him of being too timid to avoid fighting and retreating without a fight. In a desert country with strong folk customs, if a nobleman is labeled with such two labels, then he will never be seen again.
It's time to start.
"What should we do..." Looking at the sentry staggering outside the tent, Prince Habasha's eyebrows were completely raised.
"Your Highness the Prince!" Just when Habasha was in a dilemma, his adjutant walked into the tent dusty and said: "I'm back."
The delay in the supply team's arrival is a big deal. As early as more than ten days ago, Habasha sent a scout team to patrol along the supply line to find out what happened. In the past few days, he has sent out several scout teams, but he has not been able to find out what happened.
None of them came back to report. In desperation, Habasha asked his adjutant to lead the patrol in person. After several days of waiting, he finally returned.
"How is the situation?" Habasha cheered up and asked, "Is there any news from the supply team?"
The adjutant shook his head sadly, licked his chapped lips and said: "Not to mention the supply team, even the scout team sent out before has disappeared. I didn't even get a single one of my own on the way."
"There must be a problem with the supply line." Habasha said solemnly: "Tell all the legion commanders and tell them to have a meeting in my tent!"
It didn't take long for more than twenty army commanders to gather in Habasha's tent. The prince first explained the current situation, and then said solemnly: "I suspect that there is a problem with the supply line, and there will be no problem for a long time.
The supplies have been delivered to us, so...I think we should retreat!"
"Retreat?" The other legion leaders were dissatisfied with Habasha's words and shouted: "We don't agree. With so many troops finally gathering, how can we retreat easily? It doesn't matter if we don't have food or drink, we can get there.
If the Yankees rob them, as long as the army keeps attacking, they won't have to worry about not having anything to eat!"
Although Habasha is the commander of the army, his subordinates are made up of three countries. Naturally, these army commanders who questioned him were all officers from other countries. These people were originally concerned about the power of command falling to Habasha.
They were dissatisfied, and now that they heard that he actually wanted to retreat, they all naturally jumped out to oppose it.
One of the legion commanders was even more exaggerated, saying loudly in front of all the officers: "Since His Highness the Prince does not dare to continue fighting, it is better to hand over the command and let the warriors who dare to continue fighting command the army and occupy the entire Kingdom of Thorne!"
These arrogant words were immediately approved by many people, and several brainless guys responded: "Yes, yes, let officers who dare to fight command the army!"
Habasha looked at these guys' clumsy performance coldly, and the anger in his heart rose uncontrollably. He suddenly stood up and said loudly: "I have decided to retreat. As for those who are unwilling to obey, you can stay here and continue fighting. But you don't
Forgot, none of the legions that entered the Kingdom of Thorne during this period can come back, I don’t care if you are really willing to die!"
As soon as Habasha said these words, everyone fell silent. Everyone knew that the legion that entered the Kingdom of Thorne was completely destroyed some time ago. Even when the troops were strong, they could not defeat them. Now the soldiers are so hungry that they are staggering.
Even more so, he is no longer the opponent of others.
Thinking of this discouraging fact, even the army commanders who were taking the lead in the battle had nothing to say. Seeing everyone bowing their heads in silence, Habasha said with an authentic expression: "Pass my order to start retreating tonight. Everyone
Everyone must leave the camp in order, if anyone is trying to be the first, behead him!"
That night, the desert country's army began to retreat quietly, but it was difficult to hide such a large-scale operation of tens of thousands of troops from those who were interested. In the evening of the next day, the news of the enemy's retreat was spread to Serli by the scouts.
Stuttgart, Button and Raikkonen also found themselves in a dilemma.