The bull looked angrily at the unenterprising master and servant, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only take off his wet boots, pour out the dirty water that had been poured into them, and bake them on the stones around the fire, muttering to himself:

"I don't know when such a hard life will end, eating and drinking Lazar day after day, suffocating good people out of sickness, there are already many people who are sick and bedridden, and the doctor said that it may be the plague."

I handed him the wooden bowl full of hot soup, picked up the steaming portion of my own gobble in front of me, and the guards standing guard by the tent watched with their eyes, waiting for the leftovers after we were done was their meal, but even then it was a luxury for them to be able to taste the delicious food with pepper on it.

"Don't be so nervous, the quack's words are not very credible, I went to see it when I heard the news, it's just an ordinary cold, how can it be as serious as the plague?"

I licked the corners of my mouth and rolled the scraps of food into my tongue: "The soldiers pay too little attention to personal hygiene, especially those mercenaries, who have been drinking heavily all year round and wandering in Hualiu Lane, and their bodies have long been unclean, and they will be bedridden in the humid weather, and God has not taken away his life, which is already a special forgiveness." ”

"I have ordered that everyone must wash their clothes and bodies in hot water, change into dry clothes, insist on drinking hot water, and urinate in designated places, and not excrete outside the tent. I believe that in a few days, their illness will be cured and they will become vigorous again, and that time will be the moment when we will launch a general attack. ”

The bull's mouth was fierce, but the speed of drinking the soup was not much slower, and the two bowls of soup had already been swallowed, and after patting the swollen belly with satisfaction, he began to complain again: "The enemy is hiding in the big house, and the days are warmer and warmer, and the life is more comfortable than ours." ”

"Not necessarily, can't you think about it?"

I put down my bowl and blew the heat rising from it, and decided to open the bull's mind: "The enemy's camp is located on a small hill, and after such a long rainfall, their well water must have become muddy, and coupled with the dirty living environment, the probability of producing infectious diseases is far greater than ours, they are all robbers who do not produce anything, and the reserve of grain and grass must not be much, and the food supply will be stretched for a long time, coupled with our impenetrable and comprehensive blockade, the desire to fight under hunger and cold will inevitably be carried away. It's best to have another infighting, and when the current affairs are half the effort, we will do the benefits of the fisherman, why not do it? ”

Kohler pouted and glanced at the bull, deliberately making a lot of noise when drinking the soup, with a stupid expression on his face that I already knew you were still stupid, the bull sat down and savored what I said, and after a while, he drank up a large pot full of broth, burped and said to continue thinking, turned around and snored like thunder in the fur quilt, heartless and helpless.

"If the enemy does not have civil unrest as you expected, how shall we respond, and shall we begin to organize a strong attack? The enemy has a condescending geographical advantage, even if they use trebuchets, the angle of elevation is too large, and the range is not reached at all, it is like tickling for them, what should they do? ”

Kohler silently watched Rollo pack up the dishes, walked to me standing on the edge of the tent and opened a corner to look at the sky, and asked, "Look at this day, maybe the heavy rain will continue for two days, and the ground must be completely deterred ***** cavalry, and the heavy armor makes them inferior to ordinary infantry." ”

I lowered the curtain, wiped the rain from the back of my hand on my trousers, told the guards to reinforce the corners of the tent where the rain had washed away, and then pulled Kohler to sit down beside the clean fire, and roasted his damp clothes:

"It's good that you can think of so much, but you should be a little more open-minded, why do you have to attack others' strengths with your own shortcomings? Since the enemy has revealed a flaw that can be exploited, we must not live up to the good intentions of others, this is a good opportunity to win given by God, you see! They will obediently come down from the mountain and be captured. ”

I confidently patted Kohler on the shoulder, gave him a winning thumbs up, and then continued to bake the wet socks in the depths, leaving him unlimited room for imagination, and of course I would prefer to leave a back worthy of worship.

Sure enough, as Kohler had expected, the rain continued to pour for two days before finally ceased, the sun lazily came out of the clouds, reluctantly shining on the earth, the light was pitiful, the air was filled with the fresh feeling of steaming with moisture, the birds shook off the pearl-like condensation of the water droplets on their feathers, and began to sing happily, and the lifeless forest, suppressed by the obscenity of the rain, was like a girl awakened from a deep sleep, radiant and infinitely vibrant.

The soldiers on both sides of the enemy and the enemy realized that the clear weather was the precursor of life and death fighting, and from a very early age, the enemy began to tentatively enter the forward position, hiding in the bushes to observe the camp of our army, and there were many people walking around on the top of the mountain, and the shouts of giving orders were heard from afar, but they were blown into pieces by the breeze, and they were faintly inaudible.

Our warriors were also armed as if they were facing a great enemy, reinforcing the antler stakes at the foot of the hill, and the archers were moved by bulls to the front of the hillside to be covered by infantry with heavy shields.

"My lord, the time you said has come, the warriors are all ready, just waiting for your order, all of them will be like a tiger out of the cage, cut off the head of the bastard Louie, especially those mercenaries who are waiting to exchange the enemy's head for a bounty, and they are shouting before dawn to attack."

The bull excitedly lifted the curtain of the tent and burst in with his tomahawk on his shoulder, and was immediately frightened by me, who was still tossing and turning on the marching bed, and rubbed his eyes as if he didn't believe it, until he was sure that he was really right and roared again.

"You haven't even gotten up yet, my lord, today is a good time to launch a general attack, and the rain stopped in the middle of the night last night, don't you know?"

"Be quiet, what's the call? Don't you see I'm sleeping? ”

I rolled over and wrapped the quilt around me again, and yawned long: "Who said that you were going to attack today, who gave the order, how did I hear the sound of soldiers moving outside the tent?" It's just nonsense, the order goes down, as usual, release scouts, strengthen patrols, and don't fight for the last week, everyone sticks to their posts. ”

The bull listened to me in amazement, and stood there dumbfounded, he understood that I must have my own meaning in doing this, but he couldn't help but ask, and held back and struggled, just then Khloe also yawned and walked in, but he was exhausted from the overnight mission.

"The main road to the camp has been paved with straw, and some sections have been filled with wood to reinforce it to ensure that there is no problem for the carriages to pass through."

Kohler walked to the edge of the cauldron on the fire in the middle of the tent, and peeked in at the edge of the pot: "Why didn't you make breakfast?" I'm dying of hunger. ”

"Wait until I get up, the soldiers came and went outside in the middle of the night last night, and I didn't sleep well at all, so take this opportunity to catch up on sleep."

I stretched in contentment, closed my eyes and continued: "You can let the convoy blocked in Ekron go, after suffering yourself for so long, you should eat something dry and refreshing, and withdraw a few outposts on the hillside to take turns resting, especially those soldiers who stand guard in the rain." ”

"I don't understand what you mean, my lord, is there any plan for this?" The bull may have finally been unable to overcome the question in his mind and found an opportunity to ask cautiously.

Kohler passed by him and kicked him hard in the ass, rolling his eyes: "What to ask, I don't understand anyway, as long as you believe in what adults do, you will definitely lead us to victory, Elm Head." ”

A small force marched slowly along the rugged path in the woods, looking like a dark-colored caterpillar from afar, and the wagons, with their heavy and huge wooden wheels, were sometimes sunk into muddy ravines, and could not move at all despite how the drivers beat the horses, and could only be carried out by manpower, making the people of the carts muddy and miserable.

"Just after the rain, they urged us to go, these knights are really pampered, and they can't do it for a while!"

The soldier at the head complained, casually pulled off the big leaves of the unknown plant next to him, wiped the mud splashed on his boots, and chattered like a cannon in his mouth: "It's easy for them to move their mouths, not to mention the carriage in this kind of road conditions, even people are hard to walk, what does the enemy take down the mountain to fight, can't run a few steps, all of them are stuck in the mud and can't get out, which is equivalent to catching you with your hands." ”

"Don't always complain, eat people with soft mouths and short hands, who called us mercenaries who collect money to do things, the master's family gives money, and it's already very good to have an idle job and not let you go to death."

A mercenary who looked older, carrying a conspicuous two-handed sword on his back, and the plump and bulging muscles of his upper limbs almost broke through his clothes, patted his companion on the shoulder and comforted.

"Fighting a bandit and mobilizing the people to make it so grinding, mother-in-law and mother-in-law have become a protracted war, call more brothers to rush up, cut melons and vegetables, isn't it over?" Wiping the mud off his boots, the soldier threw away the rotten leaves in his hands in disgust and continued to complain.

"The other party is the famous robber Louie, not to mention these knights, how many brothers on our road are planted in his hands? Not to mention the torture alive, but also cruelly scalped, hung on a pole and dried into a leather tube, do you want to go up and try it yourself, and turn into a human skin with a dull expression to scare you? ”

The old mercenary deliberately opened his teeth and claws as he spoke, joking with his companions, and everyone laughed and laughed and put the unpleasantness of the moment behind them, sat in the carriage and began to hurry.

(End of chapter)