The next day, at dawn.

The Caiyun Plain suddenly radiated new vitality, and the armies stationed here set up camp one after another.

Hamilton commanded his own deployment and prepared to advance southeast of Palm County on the instructions of King Ferdinand.

By the time the army was ready, the sun was slowly rising over the horizon, and the woods and hills were glowing golden in the morning light.

The lords and nobles said goodbye to each other and then set out on their own journeys.

A total of eight nobles followed Hammidon to the southwest to carry out the interception mission, and their military strength was very good, but compared with the army of Gannan Province, it was more than 108,000 miles behind.

Don't say it's an expensive war horse, even the infantry armor can't be made up, so you can only make up the numbers with leather armor.

Even so, these people are enough to be considered the elite of the crusading army.

Because of the need to take care of the soldiers on foot, the advance of the army was very slow.

Fortunately, His Majesty the King did not have any strict requirements for this task, so everyone was not in a hurry, and led his troops to the southwest, while enjoying the beautiful scenery around him.

Hammidon rode his horse, holding a detailed map drawn by the Gestapo, and based on the information provided by the other party, he searched for a target to attack.

It was a matter of the battle in the Northland, and he had to do his best.

However, he attaches importance to this mission, which does not mean that others will also pay attention to it, the old soldiers behind him are really scattered, and they must be repaired in three or five kilometers, otherwise I don't know how many people are left behind.

Hammidon finally got a taste of how Earl Eliot felt when he marched into Kale County, and that feeling of powerlessness was really enough to drive people crazy.

Several times he wanted to leave these old soldiers and march alone, but he was afraid of encountering a large number of enemy troops, so he had to wait patiently.

Fortunately, Palm County is not as flat as Kale County, and the army is not marching at an outrageously slow pace.

In the evening, the troops advanced more than 60 miles.

This is a fairly fast marching speed, after all, marching and fighting is not a marathon, and the physical strength and logistical weight of the soldiers must be taken into account.

You can't just patronize the march without considering the feelings of the soldiers, otherwise even if you reach the destination, the soldiers will be exhausted and have any combat effectiveness at all.

In addition, if you encounter a large number of enemy troops on the way, it will be even more troublesome to let the other side come back to make a surprise attack.

Before the sun set, the 30,000-strong army chose to camp in the Agma Hills southwest of the Caiyun Plain.

Hammidon rode the galloping horse and ascended the Agmar Hills first, with hundreds of knights following him closely.

The crowd stood still at the top of the hill, and as far as the eye could see, there were rolling hills, no cities in sight, only a few villages nestled among the hills.

It's dinner time, and the smoke doesn't rise from the villages, indicating that there is no one living in these villages at all.

This is also normal, in the era of war and chaos, some people with a little family background have gone to the town to make a living.

As for those who don't have a family background, it is estimated that they will have returned to the realm of eternal night a long time ago.

Hanmilton sighed silently and turned his horse's head to look behind him.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops are meandering forward, like a huge python meandering and crawling on the ground, and countless flags are waving in the wind, but there is also a bit of bluffing.

He beckoned to the herald beside him and said, "Go down, the army will camp here today." ”

Although King Ferdinand did not specify who would be in command of the army, everyone unanimously obeyed Hammy

Tun's order.

After all, he is the strongest in this army, and his status is unmatched.

Therefore, after the order was conveyed, the large marching group slowly stopped, and then each looked for a suitable place to be stationed, and occasionally a minor conflict broke out.

Just when Hamilton thought that he was going to spend his day in such a peaceful way, a few black spots suddenly appeared in the west, and then gradually enlarged, turning into the appearance of a sentinel in Gannan Province.

He frowned slightly, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

Five minutes later, the sentry galloped to the bottom of the hill and shouted from a distance of more than two hundred meters: "Your Excellency, two kilometers to the west, a small number of armed forces have been found, the number is about two or three hundred, and they are suspected to be rebels. ”

Hearing this, Wilson looked excited and applied, "General, let me take someone to see it!"

Han Midon thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "You take two battalions to identify the other party's identity, and if it is a rebel, all of them will be killed." ”

Wilson nodded, stretched out his hand and nodded to the two men: "You two take your subordinates with me." ”

After speaking, he pulled the war horse under his crotch fiercely, and led a few guards on the left and right to follow the sentry horse to the west.

The two battalion commanders who had been pointed turned their horses and headed in the direction of the army.

Within five minutes, a cavalry of five or six hundred men rushed out, whizzing after Wilson's vanishing back.

Chaplin leaned forward and asked, "There won't be any danger, right?"

He hadn't worked with Wilson for long, and he always felt that this reckless guy was a bit unreliable.

Hamilton reassured him: "Of the four of us, he is the only one who is the most cautious. ”

Two quarters of an hour later, Wilson had not returned, but several lords, accompanied by their guards, had arrived to inquire about the situation.

Count Rogier, the oldest and oldest nobleman among them, was the first to ask, "Earl Hammiton, have you noticed anything ahead, I have just noticed that several hundred of your knights are heading that way." ”

Han Midon did not hide it, nodded and replied: "The sentinel has found a small number of armed forces, and the identity cannot be determined for the time being, I ordered someone to investigate, and if it is a rebel, it will be eliminated on the spot." ”

As he spoke, hundreds of knights roared back in the distance.

When they got closer, Hammidon found that they were all bloody, and he was afraid that they had gone through a fierce battle.

Wilson rode his horse to the hillside, bared his teeth, and said with a smile: "More than two hundred rebels, all of them have been wiped out by us. ”

Han Milton nodded lightly and asked, "What about the casualties?"

Wilson tilted his head and thought about it, and said with a smile: "There were no casualties, when we rushed over, those guys all fled, and they didn't even resist, and they were directly slaughtered by us." ”

Then he added: "No wonder everyone wants to be cavalry, this feeling of charging into battle is really cool, the general might as well talk to the governor and make us cavalry." ”

The guard next to him nodded his head as well, obviously agreeing with the idea.

Although the Third Infantry Regiment also had hundreds of cavalry as sentinels, it was far from the real cavalry legion, at least it did not have the ability to charge into battle.

Hearing this, Han Mitun waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this first, have you figured out the origin of the rebels?"

Wilson nodded without hesitation: "Figured it out, they escaped from the Twilight City." ”

"According to the captured captives, the Twilight City was raided by tens of thousands of demons five days ago, and they were trapped for three days

At night, in the end, he still failed to hold the city, and had to choose to break through. ”

"The rebels stationed there originally numbered more than 1,000 people, but when they broke through, more than 400 died, and many of them fled along the way, and in the end there were less than 300 left. ”

The fate of these rebels is also tragic, they have just escaped from the hands of the demons, and they have come here with a little bit of life.

Speaking of this, Wilson suddenly paused for a moment, and said with a tangled face: "I'm afraid the residents there are ......."

Everyone understood what he meant, and Vaolet, who was full of honor, asked in a deep voice, "General, should we go to the rescue?"

Although the Twilight City is the territory of the rebels, the inhabitants are still subjects of the Kingdom of Arthur, and it is not in line with the concept of a military to let these innocent people be slaughtered by demons.

The City of Twilight?Hammidon thought about it, and the city was located at the end of the Agmar Hills, which was not more than a hundred miles away.

Of course, this is a straight line distance, and the hills of Agmar are undulating, and at the current marching speed of the army, it will take at least two days to climb the hills and reach the twilight city.

This is still a smooth situation, if something happens along the way, I don't know when I will be able to arrive.

Thinking of this, Hammidon shook his head and sighed, "Since the Twilight City was breached two days ago, there is no point in going now. ”

Everyone sighed silently, knowing that what the other party said was right.

It took two days for the army to reach Twilight, or four days in total.

By that time, the entire city would have been slaughtered by demons.

Count Rogier was shocked by the outstanding combat effectiveness of the Gannan Provincial Army before, and now when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart: "The demon army is only a hundred miles away from here, does it mean that we are about to make direct contact with each other?"

Hammidon nodded, knowing what the other party was worried about.

In order to show their loyalty to His Majesty the King and obtain sufficient benefits in the future, these lords brought all their family wealth with them.

If all of this is lost here, it will be more than worth the loss.

Demons have left an indelible shadow on people's hearts, and it may be difficult for people who have a fear of something in their hearts to get out of it.

It is simply impossible for these people to not be afraid of demons.

As Chaplin said, the mission was not easy.

Thinking of this, Hammidun's heart suddenly became worried, with these rabble, could he really stop the progress of the demon army?

If not, the war in the north will not be able to end smoothly, and the situation in the province of Nagannan will ......

He was silent, only feeling a lot of pressure.

Immediately afterwards, Earl Joyce said with a worried face, "Shall we continue to move on? Shall we stay here and work at ease, or shall we find a city to hold on?"

"Demons are terrifying, and it is impossible for us to defeat them head-on. ”

Hammidon knew that the other party was about to back down.

This is a good idea, after all, their ultimate goal is to stop the demon army and the rebels, and buy the crusading army time to break the city, so it is understandable to block the path of the other party.

But will the other party do what they want?

There are millions of demons, and if they don't meet the head-on attack, the other side can completely bypass them and go straight to the main force of the crusading army, and then the war will develop in an uncertain direction.