Chapter 32: Sneaking In
As soon as William got up in the morning and walked out of the room, he heard a commotion outside, William grabbed a passing guard and asked, "What's going on?" Why is it so noisy? ”
"That's your lordship, the Chekels set up camp five kilometers outside our castle in the middle of the night last night." The guard replied.
William nodded, let go of his hand, he was also a little shocked, he didn't expect the Chekels to move so quickly, if they had attacked the city last night, it would have been dangerous.
William also learned something about the situation from the mouths of each person: the Chekels did not move outside the city, first on both sides of the well water did not interfere with the river water, but when they were outside the castle, they still talked about what well water did not interfere with the river water.
William found Novin Limu, who wanted to go out of the city to see the camp of the Chekels, who knew that they were invincible, and that they could see much from their camp.
They agreed to the proposal, but they questioned the implementation of the plan, after all, the enemy was outside the city, how could they just open the gates and let them out.
"It's a matter of man, let's go and tell the Count that the Chekers outside the city have not begun to attack the city, but are just camping, and it should be possible to open a crack in the gate and let us out." William said with a smile.
"Well, listen to you!" Seeing that William's attitude was so resolute, the two had no choice but to agree.
When William and the three of them arrived at the door of the earl's study, William raised his hand and knocked on the door, and after getting permission, he pushed the door and walked in.
The three of them walked into the study and found more than a dozen people, including Baron Comos, on chairs, as if they were making battle plans.
"Who are you?" The Count asked, feeling that he had seen these three men, and that they must be one of the knights, as all the nobles above the baron were concentrated here.
"My lord, they are my knights......" Baron Comos replied preemptively.
"Oh, it's Baron Comos's men, is there anything wrong with you?" The Count asked.
"If you have something to say, don't disturb the Earl!" Baron Comos said to them, this is also his maintenance of William and the others.
"That's the kind of adult, we want to go out and see the Chekel camp and see how they are." William said.
"What? This is ridiculous! Do you want to go out and die? Baron Comos reprimanded.
"My lord, this is not death, there is a proverb in the East, a masterpiece: know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles, he means to know your opponent, to be able to know his strengths and weaknesses, for his disadvantages, use our advantages, you can live countless victories!" William brought out a famous quote from his previous life.
The subtlety of Sun Tzu's art of war immediately conquered this group of dirt buns, they already vaguely knew this knowledge, and now as soon as William brought it up, they instantly felt very reasonable.
"In that case, Sir William, I allow you to go out of town to observe the camp of the Checkels, but if you are in distress, we will not go out to rescue you, you see." Although the Count allowed them to leave the city, he would not rush into battle with the Chekers for the sake of three men.
"This ...... Lord Earl......! "Baron Comos seems to want to say something, William is his knight after all, once there is an accident, then the loss is his strength.
"Lord Baron Comos, don't do this, how selfless your knights are, stand up for our victory, don't stop it!" Baron Dale had a grudge against William, and now he was so happy to see him go out to die by himself, how could Baron Comos stop him?
"Yes, Sir William is also for all of us, Baron Comos, don't stop it!" Baron Wells, who was defeated by Baron Comos, spoke to the side.
"Don't worry about your lordship, we'll be back safely!" William ignored their words and gave the baron a reassuring look.
"Okay......" Baron Comos agreed.
With permission, William withdrew from the study, where he saw the attitude of everyone towards him, and he was very touched by Baron Comos's maintenance of him.
They took their servants, eleven men in all, and rode on war horses, and went out through the crack in the gate that had been opened for them.
They ran towards the Cheker camp indicated in the intelligence.
William looked at the camp not far away, although it was a camp, there were no fences, sentry posts, arrow towers or anything in William's impression, just tents, and many soldiers didn't seem to be able to share a tent.
Moreover, William observed that the vigilance of the camp was not high, and there were not enough sentinels near people's castles, and that the warfare of these semi-nomads was really rudimentary, but this also provided the conditions for William, and a plan had been quietly formed in his mind.
In this way, they hid their horses in the woods and waited until evening.
William touched the vicinity of the camp and observed, and found that in the camp of thousands of people, there were only a few sentinels near a few campfires, how could a dozen sentinels add up to everything.
"Here's your chance!" William said, "Look at their sentinels, there are not enough to see all the places, and their granaries must be in the middle of the camp, and I will go with Hulimu to burn down the granaries, which will definitely break their morale, so you stay here to meet the two of us, and when the fire is lit, you will rush in on horseback!" Do you understand? ”
With the plan clear, William infiltrated the camp with him.
The Cheker camp was not fenced, so there was no entrance, and the two men found a blind spot for the sentinels and easily infiltrated the camp.
And their sentinels, who are still there to brag and chat, may be too conceited, they never thought that the Lordes who were cowardly and powerless in their eyes, who knew only the land all day, would have the courage to sneak into their camps, and the defeat of the war often began with the details.
During this period, William passed by a tent, it seems that the hierarchy of the Chekel people is also quite serious, the people in the tent have wine and meat, and there are women in it, while the ordinary people who sleep on the ground are very miserable, whether they have enough to eat or not, and they have to blow the cold wind at night.
But none of this had anything to do with William, and after walking for more than ten minutes, he finally came to the center of the camp, but instead of a granary, but a tall tent, probably the chief of the Chekels.
But William's goal this time is not this, besides, the guards around the chief are definitely not small, once they fail, it will be the end of death, it is better to destroy the granary.
Gesturing to Urimu, the two rounded the noisy chieftain's tent and continued their search for the granary.
Eventually, the two found their granary near the chief's tent, which was made of wooden shelves and covered with cloth to prevent grain from escaping through the cracks in the wood.
The grain hoards contained grain similar to the rice of William's previous life, without hulling, and there were more than a dozen such grain hoards, which were estimated to be able to supply the Chekel people, more than 12,000 soldiers, for ten days.
Just then William heard some voices, like...... The cries of livestock.
William then remembered that the Chekers were semi-nomadic people, and they did not farm, but also herded, and even if their grain was burned, the remaining livestock would be able to sustain them.
There are two sentinels near the grain hoard, after all, it is such an important place, and if you want to burn this place, you must first solve these two obstacles.
William gestured to Urimu, who immediately understood what William meant, gently pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and walked towards the sentry with light steps.
William also lightly drew his sword and circled behind the other sentry.
The two sentinels stood apart, and not face to face, and there were some dead ends between the two at random, which William provided great convenience.
William and the others touched the sentry's back, sprang up, covered their mouths, and then stabbed the long sword into the back of his heart, after a while, William felt that his struggle was also weakened, until it disappeared, then he put him down, glanced at the sentry, and saw that he also put down the sentry, and nodded to William.
William took out the flint and prepared to burn the granary first, the reason why he did not burn the livestock first was because the livestock would definitely make a sound when they were ignited, and then they would scurry around, which would easily attract the attention of the enemy, while the granary was more hidden, and there was very little smoke until the flames became difficult to extinguish.
William set the granary on fire with flint, then found two sticks to set it on fire, and waited until the flames in the granary had grown larger before William began to take action against the livestock.
There was a simple fence where the cattle were staying, and tens of thousands of sheep and more than a thousand cattle could not have been burned to death, at most they would have made a riot and then fled.
Looking at the situation in front of him, his eyes lit up, and he said to William: "William, the wool of these sheep is very dry in autumn, and the wool has a lot of oil on it, so it is easy to burn. ”
These sheep look like there are tens of thousands, but they are crammed into such a small enclosure that we can easily set all these animals on fire if we just find a random sheep and set it on fire.
William was also overjoyed when he heard this, once this matter was successful, even if he didn't get much of a reward, he would leave a deep impression in the hearts of the viscount and the earl, and in front of the baron, he would also have a greater say, and if he won after the war, he would also get more spoils.
Aside from these, the most important thing at the moment is to put the plan into practice, William found a leader sheep under the guidance of Hu Limu, and after setting it on fire, he watched it fall in a scream, and at the same time set fire to the other sheep, the fat in the wool contributed to the speed of burning, and more and more sheep began to catch fire on their bodies, and it was initially estimated that hundreds of sheep had been burned to death, and the flames were still spreading.