Chapter 112: Ambush
William took the helmet, put it on his head, and with his riding gun in his hand, waited in front of the city gate to open the door.
There were more than 120 people in the team, except for William's heavy cavalry, all of them were knights, and William did not let the knights bring their subordinates, and the combat effectiveness of those subordinates was uneven, and he couldn't believe it.
"Squeak and Quack...... The gate gate gate was slowly pulled upwards under the operation of the soldiers on the city wall, and the snow on it shook off and fell among the knights.
William kicked his horse in the belly, put up the riding gun in his hand, and walked out of the city gate first, while the Manders knights, wearing various smocks and riding guns with iron cross flags, followed William's side closely.
The same is true for the heavy cavalry, but the stunts and pennants on their bodies are all in the pattern of iron crosses, and they look quite uniform.
"Let's go!" William shouted, and began to trot on his warhorse, the horse's physical strength to be preserved until the time of the charge.
More than 120 people, sparsely walking in the snow, the place where the enemy camped was not close to the castle, four or five kilometers away, so the roots did not have to worry about being discovered.
Even if they were discovered, they were not storming the enemy's tents and barracks, their goal was simple, it was nothing more than siege engines.
To this end, William also ordered his knights and heavy cavalry to bring some flint stones as the main material for burning the siege towers.
"Lord Earl, the enemy has left the castle, and now they have reached us three kilometers away!" A man dressed as a knight reported to an old man, and this old man was the leader of this army, the Earl of Consville.
"That's it! Let the troops be ready, and the knights be ready, and I must leave them behind, and no one will be allowed to escape!" The Earl of Consville said.
"William! I don't feel right! When we arrived at the current location of the store, there should be an enemy patrol, but we haven't seen a single enemy so far, don't you think it's too abnormal? ”
Noven, who was trotting, noticed that something was wrong and said to William.
"Huh?"
William also began to think when he heard this, what Norwen said was right, this was already a very close position to the enemy's camp, and under normal circumstances, there must be a patrol to patrol, but now they have not seen a single enemy until now, which is indeed quite abnormal.
"Stop for a moment!" William raised his rifle in his hand and made a gesture to stop his action.
The knights and nobles looked at William suspiciously, wondering why he had stopped himself.
"This is the enemy's hinterland, but we didn't notice that they are all patrolling, which is particularly unusual, so I plan to let a few of my heavy cavalry go to explore the road first, and we will be here later!" William said.
The knights and nobles got the answer and nodded their heads one after another, this is a qualified nobleman, cherish the lives of knights and nobles.
"You three, go to the front to explore the way first, if there is an ambush, report to me, if there is no ambush, directly use your flint to destroy their siege equipment, you should know, if you die, your family will be well taken care of, but if you want to escape, you have to think clearly about what the consequences will be!" William said with grace.
The three heavy cavalrymen followed William for a long time, of course, they knew William's character, and the families of the soldiers who died in the past were now doing very well, and they were usually brainwashed, so they did not resist at all, so they walked to the enemy's camp except for the camp.
"Let's get off the horse and rest for a while, and let the war horse rest and rest!" William first turned over and dismounted, put his riding gun on the ground, took off his helmet and said.
In the sun, three heavy cavalry trotted towards the enemy's tent, wearing an iron cross, and their identities were very conspicuous.
"Lord Earl, the enemy seems to have spotted us, and they have halted their march and sent three knights to our side to test it!" The knight did not know about William's situation, and took the three heavy cavalry for knights, and hurried to report to the Earl of Conceville.
"Tsk, the person who led the team out this time is called William. Wallace Bar! The Earl of Consville did not immediately reply, but began to question the leader of the group.
"Yes, my lord, it was this William who led the team out of town. Wallace! The knight hurriedly said.
"I heard that he is not very old, only in his twenties, but what a cunning boy!"
"Don't care about the three knights, let them destroy, my goal is the knights who go out of the city, after they are eliminated or captured, we will have an advantage in both knights and soldiers, and we will be more sure of the decisive battle when the time comes!" The Earl of Consville laughed.
I have to say that the Count of Consville is really scheming, and in terms of combat experience, the Count of Loire is not as good as him, such as the matter of this siege machine.
Siege of the city, he is sure of victory, although this grasp is not predestined, but if he is not sure, he dares to attack the city like this?
And now that he knew the news of William's departure from the city, he quickly reacted, and at the same time lightly resolved William's temptation, and changed his goal, intending to annihilate the knights who left the city, turning the plan of attacking the city first into an increase in the chances of victory in a decisive battle.
Unintercepted, the three heavy cavalry let go of their suspense and began to destroy the parts of the unguarded siege equipment, set fire with flints, and the fire spread in all directions.
But the number of these parts is quite large, it is difficult to destroy them cleanly, looking at the wisps of black smoke coming out of front of him, William frowned, if the enemy has an ambush, it will be difficult to get it!
When the nobles saw the black smoke rising in front of them, they relaxed their vigilance, mounted their horses, and prepared to start moving after saying a word to William.
"Stop first!" William shouted, and the other nobles looked at him in confusion, they couldn't understand that this was clearly already a successful situation, why not let themselves and others expand the results of the battle?
"I still think something is wrong, there's no reason why these siege machines should be left unguarded, isn't it suspicious that they can easily get their hands on it? So I thought I'd wait a little longer here for them to do the job! William said cautiously.
"It's not cowardice, it's prudence, if we all lose it here, what will happen to the battle that follows? I don't want anyone to die! William looked at the knights' somewhat reluctant look and said loudly.
After listening to William's words, the originally reluctant nobles and knights finally had no opinions, and they all said that this is the case, and if they express their objections, they don't know what to do.
"What? Are they still waiting in place? We've all shown such flaws, don't they want to expand the results? The Earl of Censville heard the knight's return and roared loudly.
"This William! What a cunning boy! ”