From Bordeaux in France to Denmark, the humid oceanic monsoon prevails all year round, resulting in abundant rainfall and a mild climate that is ideal for the growth of pastures.

For example, the cows and sheep of Friesland, the horses of Flender, the horses of the Northern Regions of Hanover, and the horses of Lorraine, which are known for their endurance, and so on.

The terrain of Upper and Lower Lorraine is very different, and the folk customs and products are also different, but the locals are good at raising horses and riding horses, especially in Lower Lorraine, where the terrain is flatter, and the playmates of children's growth are domesticated horses at home.

Duke Dietrich has a group of the nations, the feared cavalry, the Magyars who brought the shadow of death to half of Europe back then, have also encountered stubborn resistance here and touched a nose of ashes, the common saying among the people that the upper Lorraine is a fierce general, and the lower Lorraine is a strong horseman, and the Lorraine people have perfect foot and horse coordination, and have repeatedly created the myth of winning more with less.

It's a pity that the local people are introverted, fierce and fierce in defending the country, weak in foreign aggression, and the terrain of the upper and lower Lorraine and the gap between the rich and the poor is too large, which led to the split of the two Lorraines later, making them become more embarrassing supporting roles in the empire.

The Duke of Lorraine, who led such a strong army, was naturally unwilling to continue to be a footnote to the success of others, so Dietrich has been a maverick since inheriting the title, and has repeatedly quarreled with many neighbors, and often openly disobeys the emperor's edicts to go his own way, eager to let the whole world know that he has a heart of disobedience, stupid like a reckless boar, difficult to please everyone.

This time there was finally a chance to justifiably pull the flag and rebel, which really hit the hands of the Duke of Dietrich, and the cavalry rushed all the way to the wind, leaving the infantry far behind.

This is the moment we are waiting for, only by abandoning farms as bait and luring greedy enemies to go deeper and deeper into self-defeating martial arts, can we find the weakness hidden in the seemingly powerful body, and now the army of the Duke of Dietrich is like a pedestrian in a hurry, the upper body is too far away, the lower body is still in place, and the elongated torso is exposed to the prying eyes of the opponent, and it is impossible to escape the fate of being cut off at the waist.

The Nijmegen infantry, which was struggling to advance slowly in the swamps of the Rhine, was unsurprisingly seen by the Lorraine people, as if covering the **** prostitute with a thin veil like cicada wings, and it became a good thing to half-push and half-push with the prostitute, if Duke Dietrich could not find our main force in such an obviously deliberate situation, then even Christ would not be able to save his clumsy intelligence, at least in terms of being deceived, the Duke was quite cooperative.

"The Lorraine are now our infantry, and if nothing else, the two armies are likely to meet in a small village called Harper, seventy miles east of Essen Castle, and the battle is imminent!"

Hans hurried behind me to report the latest military situation, and the jolting of the horse's back shook his voice to pieces, like a radio that had not received a good letter, and the broken gong shook out all kinds of hoarse and funny noises.

"It doesn't look like he's a complete idiot yet."

I tightened the reins and slowed down, letting the roaring galloping brigade and Hans flash to the side: "The order to go back, I see that it is almost the same, just prepare for what Harper is there, it is rare for people to find themselves, don't spoil the interest of the Duke." ”

"What about us?"

Hans beckoned to the scouts standing by him, and asked, "Do you want to continue the march faster?" At the current pace, Harper's battle has begun, and it is difficult for us to reach reinforcements in time, with lush forests and endless forest paths along the way. ”

I stared at the scout who came on horseback and didn't say a word, the latter rode on a white horse-colored war horse with a long white meteor on his forehead, and gave up unnecessary weight in order to increase the gallop as much as possible, wearing only a simple cowhide armor, close to golden long chic dancing in the wind, although the childish face was pretending to be mature but still unable to hide the youthfulness, according to the standards of later generations he was still a wanton youth high school student, but at the moment he was responsible for the entire army to transmit information, how many childhoods were destroyed by the war, and how many years were taken away!

"We?"

Gently removing the iron gloves of the chain mail, I stretched my strangled palms, and heard the breeze blowing through the leaves at the top of the trees, and there was a refreshing gentle rustle, and the corners of my mouth curled up in a bad arc as if I remembered something.

"No, let's turn around and go south, and go to meet the infantry of the Lorraine, I heard that the booty captured by the Duke of Dietrich's army this way is all in their carts, don't take much sorry for the hard work of the people."

"Lord Kohler, I'm afraid I can't hold it, right?" Hans cautiously reminded him that the sudden change in battle plan had come as a surprise to him.

"It's okay, before I go out, I will explain the new tactics to Kohler, which should be able to withstand the onslaught of the Lorraine cavalry, and when the enemy is tired, it is a good time for us to return to the division and attack the two phases!" As I spoke, I smiled proudly, sighing that the accumulation of knowledge for thousands of years is indeed different.

The scouts, who understood the task, immediately rode away, and the team galloping in front of them received the order, and they reined in their horses and turned around, and when they landed, a boiling dust was raised, and the battle flag of Nijmegen shook neatly in the palm of the rider, and the dragon embroidered on it was vivid, riding the wind as if to take off into the air, and the sharp claws went straight to the direction.

"Onward! Nijmegen cavalry! ”

The sound of explosion in the depths of everyone's dantian converged into an earth-shattering roar, and for a moment I muttered to myself: "With such a warrior, who is still the opponent of Nijmegen?" ”

On June 23rd, the day before St. John the Baptist's Day, on the occasion of Songkran in the Middle Ages, people often light a roaring bonfire the night before, burn some useless rags to show their makeover, and then bathe in the river on the day of the festival to remember the great forerunner's deeds and the devotion of following Christ, and it is also a midsummer night, marking the arrival of the hottest time of the year.

The sun was scorching outside, but the march in the forest was very pleasant, and the thick canopy of trees overhead blocked the sun's scorching rays, casting a large mass of refreshing shade.

I took the lead in the front of the whole team, behind me a thousand silent and stoic Nijmegen cavalry, everyone carefully dodged the thick branches and leaves of the luxuriantly growing trees, and at the same time tried to keep up with the marching brigade, the scouts who passed the orders galloped through the shadows of the trees next to them from time to time, and my agile skills made me very envious, although my riding skills have improved after such a long time, but compared to the professional knights who have been systematically trained since childhood, At most, I barely managed to make sure that I wouldn't fall off my horse while charging with a rifle, and if my mount stumbled halfway, I would have to fall and chew!

"Shh

I gently stroked the beautiful forehead of the mount, this beautiful elf gradually stopped restlessly stepping on its four hooves, and quietly arched into the arms of the man as if it were coquettish in the palm of his hand, I couldn't help but enjoy the courtship of the war horse, and looked back at the cavalry who were lying in ambush with me behind the dense woods, they pulled the reins as low as possible, and restrained the horses from leaning over to graze obediently without making a sound.

"Is that okay?"

I nodded in realization, and tugged hard at the reins of the horse, as they did, and managed to pull the hot face of the overexcited mount close to the ground, but the latter regained his restlessness and agitation, grinning and twisting in defiance of his master's orders, but fortunately the halter was strong enough that it did not struggle to break free, and finally had to honestly bury its head in the turf.

"Good boy, so obedient!" I rubbed the long mane on my horse's back and praised it with delight.

The sound of the rope suddenly sounded in the woods, as if someone was coming this way, the cavalry drew their weapons and waited, the atmosphere was extremely tense, as the sound got closer and closer, until everyone could see the faces of two people in a bush not far away, and then the guard was lifted.

Hans motioned for the scouts who followed him to rest first, and he walked over and whispered the latest situation: "My lord, Lorraine's infantry has some problems on the road, and I am afraid that it will be impossible to enter our preset ambush circle today." ”

As he spoke, he casually patted the mosquitoes that were sucking blood on his arms, and we hid in the woods for most of the day, but we really fed these dense miasma mosquitoes.

"What's wrong? Tell me more about it. ”

I frowned and handed the reins to Rollo, found a clean place to sit cross-legged, untied the cloth tied around my waist, and happily drove away the small bites that Wu Yang pounced on, and the sweat from my body made my underwear stick to my skin and breathe.

"From what the scouts observed, the enemy's army seems to be divided into two poles, with the soldiers of Upper and Lower Lorraine being commanded by different nobles. The front and rear teams were far apart, and the wagons loaded with booty and the captured people were escorted separately, and sometimes they could not even see each other's teams on the road, and they did not make the necessary reports, which was strange. ”

Hans stretched out his two hands and measured one after the other: "Just now the scouts sent back the news, there were prisoners in the front team who took advantage of the rest of the whole army to escape, and they happened to be caught by the team of Lower Lorraine who followed behind, and the knights of Upper Lorraine chased after them to ask for someone, as if they were denied by the other party and refused to hand them over, so that the war turned into a group fight, many people were injured because of their hands, and the commanders on both sides accused each other of not handling each other effectively, and no one was willing to give in first, and finally the two armies that collapsed simply stopped and prepared to fight each other. ”

(End of chapter)

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