Looking at the already rising sun, the Black Knight looked behind him, and there were no human pursuers, so he gradually stopped.

"Your Highness, we are safe, and you should rest. Behind the Black Knight, an adjutant-like subordinate spoke to him.

The black warrior looked at the remaining demon soldiers around him and shook his head helplessly.

Back in the beginning, there were a total of 5,000 elite soldiers led by the black knights, but now, there are only more than 1,000 people left, and all of them are wounded, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.

So, the Black Warrior ordered, "Rest in place." ”

The soldiers of the demon clan were already sleepy, and when they heard this order, they sat down one after another, took out the kettle and military rations they carried with them, and ate them.

Even the black warrior himself sat on the ground, although he couldn't see his face because of the mask, but even if he only looked at the tired appearance of the black warrior now, he could detect that his expression must be ugly.

Because the previous night raid battle was lost, not only from the perspective of the army, but also from the level of personal strength, the demons lost.

If it weren't for that brave man getting in the way, even if the human army was well-defended and could detect our night attack, I would have been able to rely on personal force to directly behead the opposing commander, and then destroy their chain of command and confuse their army.

Abominable brave!

Thinking of this, the black warrior's left hand clenched his fist and slammed the ground hard, this punch was very powerful, directly smashed a small pit, and also raised a large cloud of smoke and dust. From here, you can see how angry the Black Samurai is.

"Oops. ”

However, at this time, the black warrior was still injured, and the previous punch obviously affected the wound in his chest, so he couldn't help but scream.

"Your Highness, eat something. The lieutenant took the kettle and rations, sat down beside the Black Knight, and said, "Ever since we penetrated into the rear of the human race, His Highness has always led us in battle. Unexpectedly, there was really a brave man in the human race. In fact, we all know that the blow of the brave man who injured His Highness, His Highness could have dodged, but for our sake, you still stood up and took it, and you will be injured. ”

"For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor's desire to build a better world, you have fought with me so far, and this injury is nothing. With that, the Black Samurai took the kettle and rations handed over by the adjutant.

Seeing this, the adjutant actually turned his back to the black warrior, not only the adjutant, but the other soldiers also took the initiative to turn their backs on the black warrior.

Looking at the movements of his subordinates, the black warrior smiled lightly and said, "This is not a palace, so there is no need to talk about so many etiquettes. ”

The adjutant still turned his back to the black knight and replied, "Your Highness has always been Your Highness, and if it weren't for Your Highness's struggle, I'm afraid we would have been killed by that human brave." ”

"Hmph, you guys. ”

The black warrior teased, then took off the lower part of his mask, revealing only his chin and mouth, and began to eat and drink.

Interestingly, his chin is very smooth and delicate, and he doesn't have the rough feeling of demons at all, and his teeth are not as sharp as other demons, except for a small tiger tooth that is slightly exposed on the upper left.

If you just look at the part of the face that is exposed, this seemingly fierce black warrior actually looks like a little white face!

Could it be that it is precisely because the black warrior himself looks like Pan An, the country is fragrant, and there is no majesty, so he will wear this mask with a hideous face and sharp teeth, so as to add a bit of momentum to himself?

All this can only be known when the black warrior takes off the entire mask and reveals his true face.

Soon, the Black Warrior finished eating and drinking, put on his mask again, and his men all turned around and looked at the Black Warrior.

The Black Warrior knew that what was going on was the most important thing.

Sure enough, it was the adjutant who asked the first question: "Your Highness, now that our army has suffered a major setback, what should we do next?"

The Black Warrior looked at the adjutant and said in his trademark low-level voice, "There are only two options for the next step. First, stay here and continue to fight, and second, naturally, return to the demon camp to make plans. As a commander, I'm not going to be arbitrary, so I'm going to hear from you. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" said the adjutant after a moment's thought:

"If we choose the first option to continue fighting, our strength has been greatly reduced now, and I am afraid it will be difficult to continue to impact the supply lines of the human race. Moreover, because of the previous failure, it will not be long before human reinforcements arrive at the fortress of Verdun with a large number of supplies, and our work of blocking the supply lines in the previous months has been done in vain, with all due respect. ”

"If we choose the second option, which is to return the way we came, we should be able to return to our camp safely to rest. Especially Your Highness, you have been injured, and there is no medical treatment here, so you can only be treated by returning to the camp. ”

After listening to the adjutant's report, the black knight looked at the adjutant and said, "So, what do you mean, we should retreat." ”

"Exactly. ”

"Then aren't you worried that those humans are ambushing us on that road?"

The road in the mouth of the Black Knights naturally refers to the path that they bypassed the fortress of Verdun and interspersed into the rear of the humans, this road is located in a mountain stream, and it is indeed a very easy place to be ambushed.

At the beginning, the Black Warrior was able to lead his troops into the rear of the human race, and it was because the demon army stormed the Verdun Fortress at that time, which made the human side unable to free up his hand to defend the path, which gave the Black Warrior a chance.

But now, as soon as human reinforcements arrive, can this path still be walked?

The adjutant had long seen the Black Knight's worries, and explained: "Your Highness, don't worry, General Kutuzov, the commander of the demon army, has been storming the Verdun Fortress, plus the results of our interception of human supply lines in the past few months, the pressure on the fortress will only increase." Before, humans couldn't free their hands, and now, they certainly can't do it either. ”

"As for the human reinforcements, Your Highness doesn't have to worry, according to the speed of the march, if this support army wants to reach the Verdun Fortress, it will be in the afternoon at the earliest. When they get to the fortress, and then they will divide part of their forces and defend the path, I'm afraid it will be tomorrow. So, we have enough time to cross the path and return to the demon camp. ”

The Black Warrior pondered for a moment, then said to the adjutant, "Adjutant, with what I know about you, there should be more than what you want to say!"

"Your Highness who knows me!" The adjutant immediately knelt down on his knees and said, "As far as I can see, it is none other than Your Highness who can resist the brave! Now, the brave are about to follow the human reinforcements to the Verdun Fortress, and when the human reinforcements arrive, they are very likely to launch a counterattack." ”

"If our army does not have His Highness in charge, I am afraid that the brave will follow His Highness's tactics and directly attack and behead General Kutuzov! At that time, our army will lose its commander, and it will definitely be in chaos, and then it will be defeated. In this way, His Majesty the Emperor's great cause may be cut in half. ”

"So so, get up. The black knight pulled up the adjutant and said, "You have analyzed the situation quite thoroughly. Now that we're staying here, we won't have much to gain, and it's time to return to the camp. ”

The Black Warrior looked at the rest of his men and said, "Everyone has rested enough, let's return to the camp!"

"It's Your Highness!"

With the black knight's order, all the demons stood up, cleaned up their surroundings, and cleaned up the traces to prevent being followed. Then the Black Knight led his men and set out for the path.

Although there are many people, there are also advantages of fewer people, that is, there are fewer miscellaneous troubles.

Therefore, now there are only more than 1,000 black warrior troops left, and the marching speed is extremely fast, of course, the return of many of them is like an arrow, which should also be one of the reasons.

Near noon, the Black Warriors' troops had already arrived at the entrance of the mountain stream.

However, here, there is actually a human army stationed in the area, which is defending the trail, and the lieutenant of the Black Warrior has miscalculated!

"Yes, I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm incompetent!"

Seeing that there were human troops stationed at the entrance to the trail, the adjutant could only bow his head.

Of course, the luck of the Black Samurai and the others is not bad, after all, this mountain stream path is located in the mountain, and the natural terrain in the mountain is complex, and there are many stones that can be used as natural shelter.

Therefore, the traces of the Black Warrior and the others have not been discovered by the garrison force for the time being.

"No need to apologize," the Black Knight said as he carefully observed the human force, "Even I didn't expect that the commander of the Verdun Fortress would actually send a force to defend the trail despite the huge pressure from the front. Now it's in trouble. ”

"So what are we going to do?" asked the adjutant.

"Let's take a look at the enemy. With that, the Black Knight began to carefully observe this human force.

First of all, the barracks of this force look very large, and from this point alone, the number of troops stationed in the barracks is close to 10,000.

Judging by the current situation of the Black Samurai and his subordinates, if he plans to break through forcibly, maybe the Black Samurai can break out of the encirclement with his own force, but the subordinates behind him will definitely not be protected.

And the adjutant who noticed this immediately said to the black knight: "Your Highness, there is no choice now, when you break through in a while, please don't care about us and go alone." The implication is obvious, that is, the adjutant is willing to use his life to cover the evacuation of the Black Knight.

However, the Black Warrior waved his hand, signaled the adjutant to be quiet, and then said, "Our marching speed is faster than that of human reinforcements. In other words, the current human reinforcements have definitely not yet arrived at the fortress. In this case, the fortress can still divide 10,000 people to defend the trail, so how can they withstand the attack of our demon army on the front?"

Hearing this, the adjutant was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

At this moment, in the barracks in front of him, only five puffs of cooking smoke rose. It turned out that it was noon, and those human soldiers were cooking on the fire.

Seeing this, the black knight smiled, and his lieutenant also smiled.

As soldiers, of course, they knew that one cauldron could only cook the lunch of twenty people at most, and by this calculation, five puffs of cooking smoke could only cook the lunch of more than 100 people at most. In other words, this military camp that seems to be able to accommodate 10,000 people is actually only more than 100 people in it!

That's not even as many of the Black Knight's remaining men.

"It turned out to be a trick, I said how could the fortress send 10,000 people to guard the path!" The black warrior drew his great sword and shouted at his subordinates behind him, "Take advantage of the moment and kill all those humans!"

"Kill!"