Of course, the speed of the large-scale march could not be compared to Feng Chou's speed, but the physical strength of these powerful warriors was not comparable to that of ordinary people. Therefore, the army arrived at the Claire Gentlemen's Territory at ten o 'clock in the morning.
The army stopped directly in the farmland of the Claire Gentlemen's Territory to rest. The crops in the farmland were trampled over.
Feng Chou saw from afar that a middle-aged gentleman was trying to get in front of the Antalya Knights.
The young and handsome Sir Auston Antalya was talking to a few high-ranking officers.
However, before the middle-aged gentleman could get close, he was sent back by a knight in bright armor.
Feng Chou knew the attendants behind the middle-aged gentleman. They were all important figures in the Claire Territory. It was not difficult to guess that this person should be the Claire Gentleman himself.
Seeing that the gentleman had a fawning expression on his face when he approached Feng Chou without any anger, Feng Chou knew that he must have obtained the lord's permission to directly move the army into the farmland to rest and reorganize. After all, the compensation of such a small amount of crops was not worth mentioning to the Antalya Family.
Otherwise, such an act of rudely entering the territory of other nobles and trampling on their crops would definitely be a violation of the aristocratic law. It would definitely cause a strong backlash from all the nobles and the Church of the God of Nobles and Knights.
The knights and soldiers ate their marching rations with water in their kettles. The mercenaries also took out their jerky and ate with ale in their kettles.
After eating and resting for a while, more than a dozen mercenary groups, under the lead of five respected investigators from the Mercenary Union, were divided into five groups and entered the forest first.
The targets of these five groups of mercenaries were the five Jackalan camps located around the Ogre Encampment.
The five Jackalan camps should be the outer vassals and sentries of the Ogre Encampment.
The mission of these five groups of mercenaries was to eliminate, or at least delay, the five Jackalan camps on the periphery and prevent them from reinforcing the Ogre Encampment and appearing behind the main force of the human army.
After the five groups of mercenaries left, there were only five mercenary groups left in the Claire Gentleman's Territory. These five groups were the five strongest groups in Antalya. There were not many of them, only less than two hundred people in total, but they were extremely elite. Their small-scale combat ability was even stronger than the Antalya Knights.
The mission of these remaining mercenary groups was the same as the Tigers in the Forest. After the main battle began, they were to attack the Ogre Encampment from the side and rear.
The army rested for another ten minutes and then moved again.
The first to move were the scouts in the army. They were spread into the forest like a fishing net to prevent the rest of the army from being ambushed while they were on the move.
After the scouts spread out, the knights, they walked into the forest's Antalya, and's.
Under the protection of the Mage Guards, the mages entered the forest, followed by the City Guard, and the five mercenary groups at the back.
A group of more than a thousand people was not a lot, but it was also not a small number. When the army marched, it would still be a few hundred meters long.
The army gathered in an open space a few kilometers north of the Ogre Encampment. When Feng Chou and the Tigers in the Forest arrived at the gathering point, the regular army had already formed a square formation and slowly advanced towards the Ogre Encampment.
The five mercenary groups also formed their usual battle formation and followed behind the regular army, slowly advancing forward.
The human army finally advanced to the front of the Ogre Encampment and formed a battle formation on the mountain ridge directly facing the Ogre Encampment.
This was just as Feng Chou had guessed. The best way to attack the Ogre Encampment was on the mountain ridge outside the Ogre Encampment's main entrance. Attacking from any other direction would be very disadvantageous.
To be honest, the location of the Ogre Encampment was quite tricky.
Fortunately, the mountain ridge in front of the Ogre Encampment was not high, and the slope was gentle. The top of the slope was also quite wide, barely enough for the humans to form a battle formation.
In order to deal with this terrain, the Antalya Knights at the front formed an arrow formation. This way, whether it was for defense or offense, they could force the enemy into a disadvantageous position. Of course, the prerequisite was that they had to be able to withstand it.
About fifty meters behind the knights, a large group of Mage Guards was in a circular formation, protecting a few mages in the center of the formation.
Two large groups of City Guard were placed at the bottom of the slope on both sides of the knights.
The five elite mercenary groups were split into two. Fierce Tiger of the Forest and two smaller mercenary groups stopped on the right side of the City Guard on the right flank, while the other two larger mercenary groups formed up on the left side of the City Guard on the left flank. It looked like these mercenary groups were going to protect the left and right flanks of the knights like the City Guard.
But if you looked closely, you would find that the two groups of mercenaries were positioned too close to the front. If the human army was like a giant crab, then the two groups of mercenaries would be like the pincers of the crab. They would be able to attack from both sides at any time and attack the enemy's flanks.
The Ogre Encampment seemed to be in a panic. A group of about a hundred Ogres waved their whips and drove a large group of about three to four hundred Gnolls out of the encampment in a chaotic manner. They were facing off against the humans a hundred meters away from the knights.
From Feng Chou's military memory of the late Ming Dynasty, the behavior of these Ogres was very strange. Since they had a strong encampment, why would they come out to fight?
But from the perspective of this world, this choice seemed very normal. Because of the existence of mages, a weak temporary encampment like this that had not been reinforced by magic was vulnerable in front of mages. Whether it was "Arcane Bomb", "Fireball", or "Mage's Battering Hammer" and other level-3 spells, they could easily destroy such wooden fences and gates.
Taking advantage of the time when the opponent was still busy, in the human army, whether it was the knights of the Antalya Knights or the Mage Guards, they all took out scrolls and potions and began to buff themselves with spells.
"Berserk Potion", "Heroic Potion", "Advanced Enchanted Weapon" scrolls, "Advanced Enchanted Armor" scrolls … Spells were cast on the warriors one by one.
Even the ordinary warriors of the City Guard took out some low-level potions such as "Strength Potion", "Agility Potion", "Counter Enemy Initiative" scrolls, "Enchanted Weapon" scrolls, "Enchanted Armor" scrolls, and so on to buff themselves.
Only the mercenaries did not do anything.
Feng Chou looked at the comparison of the combat power of both sides. The humans had 250 well-trained knights who were all equipped with heavy Black Steel Armor and magic buffs. The knights' average level was close to level-7 as the vanguard. Behind them were 250 mage guards of the same level. They were protecting one level-14 advanced mage and four intermediate mages whose average level was above level-8 as the trump card.
The mages of this era were different from the mages of ancient times. As long as the mages of this era had enough money and were well prepared, with the help of scrolls and magic wands, they were almost like spell-throwers with unlimited spell slots. Four intermediate mages were enough to change the outcome of a battle.
There were also two City Guard Brigades on both sides, with a total of 500 people. They were City Guard Brigades with an average level of level-4 and above. Further away, there were almost 200 powerful mercenaries as a surprise attack.
On the opposite side of the human army were only 300 to 400 gnolls driven by 100 ogres. Even though the ogres were wearing thick steel armor and the gnolls were equipped with decent armor and weapons, compared to the strength of the human army, they were still not worth mentioning.
Whether it was in terms of numbers, strength, or discipline, the humans had the advantage. It could even be said that the humans were like a lion fighting a rabbit.
But for some reason, Feng Chou felt his heart skip a beat when he saw the scene in front of him. He could not help but think of the scene of the five humans visiting this camp that night.