Days of rainy weather made the roads in the central part of Crewe difficult to navigate, and the heavy cavalry regiment led by Wren finally reached the outskirts of CapitaLand after five days and nights.

On the morning of April 10,

The hoplite cavalry corps halted its march and began to establish a camp in a highland stone forest.

A stone forest in the highlands in a great location!

"If I were Bell Cade, I would have taken this area first. "Sir Donnay-Minne, deputy commander of the Corps, took a lookout and looked carefully at any visible place in his field of vision.

"Oh, the goddess favors me!" said the deputy commander's voice with a special sense of surprise, "I seem to see Cayde leading the army, near a creek in the northwest!"

Wren said: "No matter how stupid Bell Cade is, he won't put his main man there. He had already found out about the camp, "At most, it was the enemy's food convoy." ”

"I didn't say it was the main force of the Cade family, I just said that there was an enemy camp there. Knight Donnay wiped the rain from his face with his sleeve, but the rain on his face became more and more, and he shook his hand in annoyance and said, "I think one squadron can take out that camp." ”

Sergeant Pikech immediately proposed, "Then send scouts to take a look?"

"A squadron of cavalry is the best scout, and by the way, there are other things to do. Knight Donnell patted the dry food in the leather bag around his waist, "You don't want to continue eating this kind of thing, do you?" ”

Sergeant Pikechi frowned: "Rainy weather is very bad for us, if we rush to attack..."

Knight Donnell interrupted with a wave of his hand: "I hate rainy days too!"

Yes, the cavalry hated rainy days, especially the hoplites.

Because rain can end all the advantages of heavy cavalry, after a charge, the war horse will even fall into the mud and cannot move, without the help of the war horse, their spears will be useless, and the heavy armor will make them unable to even move.

"But I hate the smell of these things even more. Donnai was about to throw away the dry food skin at his waist, he looked at Wren, "We can have the soldiers wear only light armor and short swords..." He lowered his lookout glasses, looked at the camp under the winding mountain road ahead and calculated the distance, "If we travel lightly, our cavalry squad will be back in two hours." ”

After a brief consideration, Wren said, "You can go and deliver the order now." He also wanted to find out the reality of the camp. After all, the two-hour round trip was not only the time for his cavalry to sweep away the enemy, but also for the enemy to attack the highland forest area.

...

Half an hour later,

Wren's mood began to become irritable after making a round, and he looked at the rain on the horizon with a sad face, "Lord Pedy's order is for us to advance to Represburg by the 12th. At that time, he would personally arrive at the front and direct the army to attack Represbourg. ”

"Sir, you should explain everything here to Master Pedi. "The big men who stay in the castle and strategize also need to know the specific situation of the front line in order to give accurate military orders. ”

Knight Donnai's words made Wren even more irritable, his eyebrows subconsciously furrowed, and his face was slightly displeased.

He doesn't know how to hide his emotions yet!

Seeing that Wren's face was starting to turn unkind because of the Deputy Commander's words, Adjutant Pikechi immediately spoke, "Your suggestion can help Master Pedi... Sir, this is your duty, and you are obliged to report to Kawalburg on everything we are facing. ”

Wren nodded silently, of course he knew that this was his duty, but this was the first time he had led troops on the expedition, and he didn't want to report everything to Pedi.

And at this moment, a fast horse on the path below the high ground was moving quickly,

This is the scout of the legion.

Wren then changed the subject, "Let's go and hear the Scout's report." ”

He wanted to hear the scout's debriefing himself.

A few minutes later,

Outside the newly built command camp, Wren met the scout.

"Sir, Cade has an emissary who wants to speak to you. "Scouts have a habit of getting straight to the point at the beginning.

"Wow!" Knight Donnell couldn't help but tease, "Maybe Bell Cade's little white face is going to surrender?"

"Bring people in. Wren had a bad premonition.

...

Bell Cade's emissary was his court steward Jefferson, and the tall and thin old man's figure in the rain looked a little lonely and lonely, and the surrounding soldiers and forest-like soldiers made the old man even more pitiful.

But Wren and the corps officers would not pity the old man, they didn't even let the old man into the camp ...

The old butler Jeffer and Wren stood in the rain and looked at each other, and it didn't take long for Wren to ask in an indifferent tone, "Tell me what you mean." ”

"You can call me Jefferson, that's what everyone in Cade calls me. The old man did not show any displeasure with the conversation with the knights in the rain, his face was calm, and his eyes sparkled in the dark and hazy rain.

"I am here on behalf of my master, Earl Bell Cayde of House Cade..."

A knight immediately came out and reprimanded: "Shut up, the title of Bell Cade no longer belongs to him, and he is no longer qualified to call himself an earl." ”

"My master, Earl Bell Cade!" said the old butler's voice louder than that of the young knight, "he intends to make an appointment with you to-morrow morning for a duel in the steppes outside the Kalumi Farm, ten miles away, to decide the fate of each of them. ”

"Oh, arrogant Bell Cade, what is he when he is?"

"What you should do now is open the gates of Represbourg and wait for our reception!"

"Go back and get ready to die, old man!"

The Knights were furious with Bell Cade's war letter.

"You shouldn't say no, will you?" said Jefferson, smiling brightly, his voice barely audible to the knights' shouting.

But Wren heard it clearly.

It's a hard choice...

Judging from the current situation of friend and foe, Wren should refuse this decisive battle,

But can this be refused?

This is like a duel between a child and an adult, if the powerful adult accepts the duel, the uninformed person will definitely think that the adult is deliberately bullying the child, but if he refuses, the outsider will think that the adult does not even have the courage to duel with the child.

It's a dilemma.

Fortunately, while Wren was in a dilemma, Jefferson continued: "Our battle book has been delivered to Master Pedi, and if nothing else, you will soon receive the order. ”

"Then what are you still running here to shout about?" the deputy head of the regiment, Knight Donnai, took a step, "You should know that you are just a small person, and I can even order you to be hanged right now." ”

"Yes, my life and death are up to you, my lord. Jefferson bowed humbly.

"I'm going to hang him!" said Sir Donnay, looking at Wren with angry eyes.

Sergeant Pikech then said, "Sir, war is inevitable, and there will be no responsibility for hanging him. ”

"You can do with him as you please. "Wren's compassion doesn't flare up at will.

"My life is not worth mentioning. "But my master holds the lives of a hundred of your soldiers, and if you can, you should consider exchanging." ”

The old man's face is completely for your sake.

"You—" Knight Donnay trembled with anger.

Wren's eyes were glazed, and he suddenly wanted to hang the hateful old man in front of him.

After more than ten seconds of silence between the two sides, Sergeant Pikech came out and said to Wren, "Leave this matter to me." ”

...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Peidi's handwritten warrant was transmitted to the command post of the Central Army of the Heavy Cavalry Corps.

There are only two words on the warrant: Fight!

The knights looked at these two words, and their joking expressions gradually closed.

This short series of words represents the beginning of a war.

War!

It's not a fairy tale about a prince, war comes with honor and death at the same time!

The deputy commander, Knight Donnay, took the order from Pedi and said, "I asked the scout to scout the meadow near the farm. His face was a little ugly, "The farmer nearby told our scouts that the meadow was a vegetable field last year, and the loose soil of the vegetable field was not suitable for heavy cavalry galloping in the rain. ”

"So it's a trap set by Bell Cade?"

"So to speak, but we have no way back... I think with Bell Cade's character, I'd rather die than be laughed at!" Knight Donnell shrugged, "We shouldn't stop building camp, we should push our troops straight into the belly of the Cade Territory." ”

"It's the result of our deliberations, isn't it?"

Wren looked at the sketched map stretched out on the wooden shelf in the middle of the improvised command post and asked, "Is there any way to solve this problem?"

"Unless the location is changed. "This is a real meadow, the soil of which allows the heavy cavalry to charge back and forth for two or three rounds, and the terrain is more favorable to us. ”

"Bell Cade is stupid, but not that stupid, and he certainly won't agree to a change of location. ”

"So," Knight Donnell looked at Wren, "we need a team to pin down Bell Cade's main force on the frontal battlefield, and then our main cavalry will slowly move to the slopes after the battle begins." He sketched on the map as he said: "It should be noted that this is not an induction campaign, we are in the beginning with the whole army, which means that the towing team and the main cavalry responsible for the later charge need to move together. ”

"Good way!" someone admired

"Who is in command of this team?" said one of the knights, pointing to the unusually clear red movement route drawn by the knight of Donnay on the map.

The officers looked at each other, and finally their eyes rested on Wren.

Wren frowned and asked, "How many people do you need for this team?"

"Not too much, too much, if you don't have enough charging power in the later counterattack. "It can't be too little," explained the knight, "and we can't be encircled all at once, and besides, we have to make a very natural movement." ”

"This is not difficult to do, as long as the Chinese army is properly commanded!"

"A thousand!" Donnay said a number, "no more." ”

"Bell Cade's army is no more than five thousand!" a knight said, "I'll go!"

"I'd better go. Wren pointed at Donnai, "I agree with your approach, I need to see your battle plan early tomorrow morning, this time... You are in command of the Chinese army. ”

Facing an enemy five times their size head-on is not just a word, soldiers need the courage to face the enemy, and Rennes, as a commander, can undoubtedly give soldiers unlimited courage.

"I am amazed by your courage. Tang Nai solemnly gave a military salute.

"Alright. Wren waved his hand, "Let's all go down and prepare first!" he instructed the crowd, "This battle is top secret, and no one is allowed to divulge our battle plan." He suddenly remembered the relationship between friend and foe in this war.

...

Six hours later, in a secret garrison camp in the southwest of Harrance Heights, Pedi was resting in his private tent when he received a front-line battle plan from Don Wright.

"Very good plan," Pedi complimented, "do you think they have a chance of winning?"

There were only two people in the tent, Pedi and Don Wright, and after Pedi asked a question, Don Wright, who liked to be silent, had to stubbornly reply: "It depends on how many troops Bell Cade invests, if according to the intelligence they only put in 8,000 troops, the hoplite cavalry corps has a good chance of winning." ”

"Even you, who don't know even the most basic military knowledge, think Bell Cade will lose, and it seems that he does. Pei Di smiled faintly, not showing the slightest hint of joy, "Your information is correct... Bell Cade is indeed a man with a lot of self-esteem and a penchant for vanity. ”

As he spoke, he threw the information into the oven,

The flames suddenly illuminated Pei Di's entire face, making him look as if he was covered with holy power.

But soon, the fire was gone,

The light disappeared with it,

And the faint feeling of warmth on the face is also gone!

"You say, what should I do?"

Pedi seemed to be muttering to himself, as if he was asking Don Wright.

Don Wright immediately bowed down when he heard this, but did not answer Pedy's question.

Pedi didn't ask again, he fell silent.

"Whew"

Suddenly, drips of rain and cold wind poured into the tent.

Ser Cyra, dressed in armor, walked into the tent, glanced at Don Wright next to her, and then asked, "I heard that there is information from the front. ”

"You're here just in time..."Pedi straightened up and shook the carbon fire in the furnace with his tongs, "You lead my personal guard to set off, and I want the entire Kru Territory to know that I am about to arrive in the Caderd Territory!"

"You..."

"Do as I say!" Pedi's tone was unmistakable.

"I see!" Ser Syrah ordered.

When only Pedi and Don Wright were left in the tent, Pedi was silent for a few seconds and then commanded in an almost inaudible voice, "Get the information to Bell Cade as quickly as possible..."

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