Chapter 213 The first battle
"Very good, go!" With Eugen's order, Simon took the lead and walked forward. Thirty young soldiers were neatly arranged in two rows and followed Simon.
Eugen also set out with him. In this mission, only thirty Dragon Crown soldiers participated in the operation, and all other moats remained stationed in the city of Lebour.
They had conducted some reconnaissance before. After Tarik captured several mines, he left only more than a hundred soldiers guarding the road.
Tarik may think that Lebir City did not dare to send troops, so he did not take more defense.
Eugen had full confidence in fighting against 100 ordinary soldiers with thirty Dragon Crown soldiers, and they were the attackers and took the initiative.
In order to act quickly, Eugen also equipped each soldier with a war horse, a highly mobile war horse, and a new musket with strong long-range lethality, which further improved the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Horse Army.
Although Simon has been appointed as the commander of the legion, the main commander of this operation is Eugen. Eugen is familiar with the use of new muskets. He must first demonstrate to the commander Simon how to use modern army to fight, and then he can hand over the army to him with confidence.
After Eugen led his troops away, Margaretta began to arrange a pig iron transport team. After the mine dug out iron ore, it had to go through several processes to smel the iron ore into pig iron.
In other words, each mine will have a certain reserve of pig iron. What they have to do is to send a large number of people to transport pig iron on this route, transporting as much pig iron from those mines to Lebor City as possible.
From Eugen's victory in the battle to Tarik mobilizing the army to counterattacking, there were at least two to three days of buffers during this period. They just wanted to seize this short period of time and grab a batch of resources into their hands first.
To this end, Margaret gathered a large number of laborers in Lepol, collected hundreds of large trucks, and asked them to be ready at any time. When news came from Eugen, they began to transport resources such as pig iron.
After thirty Dragon Crown soldiers left Lebour City, they galloped directly along the avenue directly to the north. There were two large iron mines more than fifty miles north of Lebour City, and Tarik's soldiers were stationed in the mine.
When they learned that only a few of them set out to fight in this operation, the soldiers of the Longxiong Army were a little nervous. After all, there were hundreds of people on the other side, and it seemed that they were going to hit the stone with eggs.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Eugen is either crazy or doesn't want to live anymore, but obviously Eugen cannot do this.
These Longxiong soldiers had a blind trust in Eugen. They were a hero and their lord. Since the lords had all taken action personally, they certainly could not retreat.
At around 10 o'clock in the morning, the soldiers of the Longxiong Army finally crossed the large area of mountains and hills and came to a small river near the mining area of Lebir City for a temporary rest.
There were tiny ice on the surface of the river, and the water exhaled from the mouths of people and horses mixed into a piece of water, scattering in the surrounding air.
There is a forest here. The leaves on the trees have completely fallen, and only bare branches are left pointing to the sky. You can clearly see a round magpies nest on the branches.
They have a complete topographic map of the entire mine area. From the map, the two mine areas are half-moon-shaped, standing on two hillsides, forming an open angle.
There is an open land in front of the corner, which is a small plain washed out by floods. The plain is endless, with no big trees or stones covering it. It is the middle of winter, and the soil is as hard as cement ground.
Eugen could tell at a glance that the small plain was the battlefield that suited them the most.
If this is a sneak attack, Eugen would definitely choose another way, break into the mine from an unexpected opening, and fight against someone who can't rub his hands.
But Eugen was not prepared to attack. All he had to do was to completely defeat the opponent on the front battlefield.
The enemy did not know how powerful the new musket of the Longxiong Army was. The soldiers of the Longxiong Army themselves did not have much confidence in the muskets on their hands. What Eugen wanted was to establish a fearless fighting consciousness among the Longxiong Army soldiers through this battle, and to let them know the true power of the new musket.
When Eugen talked about the battle plan, Simon was a little stunned. He had received a good military education since childhood and had witnessed many examples of defeating the strong with the weak, but he had never seen Eugen's battle plan like this.
It is obviously the weaker side, but you still have to choose to fight against the other side head-on. Isn’t this seeking death?
Simon raised it out, and according to his idea, it would be better to make a plan more steady and ensure that there is no mistake.
However, Eugen just smiled mysteriously and said to Simon: "It's okay, Master Simon's Army, you'll be optimistic. We will win this time. It's just for you to see what kind of army the Dragon Xiang Army is. Okay, don't talk about it anymore, go and issue a war letter to the other party."
Hearing Eugen say this, Simon had nothing to say. He just looked at Eugen with a wry smile, and then rode his horse towards the mine.
Looking at the soldiers standing guard near the mine in front, Simon couldn't help but think helplessly: "This Lord Eugen is really. He doesn't attack such a good opportunity. Could it be that he is here to give the other party a ransom?"
Simon didn't know much about Eugen, but had heard of Eugen's deeds, and therefore admired his lord in his heart. However, this admiration has now turned into a kind of contempt. He even felt that Eugen was a child who did not know how to fight, and this battle to attack the mine looked like a joke.
There is a small military camp in the middle of the two mines. Tarik's flag is flying in the camp. Under the flag, a group of soldiers are running around and conducting daily training.
There is a large camp tent in the center of the camp. The camp covers an area of nearly 100 square meters. There is a stove in each of the four corners inside. There is a fire of red charcoal burning in the stove. Flashes of heat emitted from the stove and spread around, and then rebounded by the thick sheepskin tent.
Outside the tent is the snowy winter weather, and inside the tent is warm, and even without clothes, you can't feel the slightest chill.
The three people who are staying in the tent are not wearing any clothes.
Izad lay on a thick bear skin with his back on his back, his hair on his chest was as thick as a primitive jungle. His eyebrows and eyes were seventy-sixth of similarities with Tarik, but he looked younger and had a hint of lewdness at the corners of his eyes.
There is a young girl next to Izad, who is pressing and rubbing Izad's arms and arms with both hands, while Izad closed his eyes slightly and immersed himself in the dream.
Chapter completed!