Section 39 Panicked Refugees
The shocking news immediately exploded in the crowd, the women and children cried, many began to run frantically to the east, the ranks of the refugees became chaotic, countless cars and horses were blocked in front, and the road became difficult to move an inch.
Delan rushed over with the guards on horseback, he pointed to the crowd and roared: "What a panic, all of them will be back to the queue for me, whoever dares to cut the queue and squeeze again, I will catch one and tie one by one, and leave it to the barbarians to clean up when the time comes!" β
Delan's words shocked everyone to turn around, and seeing his angry face, people retreated to the road in fear, relined in an orderly manner, and evacuated quickly and orderly.
Cook rode a horse to the side of the hillside, staring at the people of the valley with a melancholy expression on his face.
The situation changed, and Miller opened his mouth to suggest: "No wonder Captain Phyllis went out of his way to find someone to escort these refugees, it turns out that he had expected the barbarians to advance so quickly. The pace of the march is too slow, and if we continue like this, we will soon be overtaken by the barbarian army. β
Cook twitched his eyelids slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the front of the line, and said, "Mompott, you take ten guards and make a quick way for the refugees." No matter what happens in the rear, or whether the refugees behind can keep up, you just have to take the people in front of you and hurry as fast as you can. β
As soon as Monpot heard this, he bowed slightly to Cook, nodded ten heads to the guards, and then led everyone down the hill as fast as he could.
Cook looked sideways at Miller: "Miller, why don't you go to the front with Mompot to open the way, you watch more, don't lead everyone into the valley of death." β
Miller asked rhetorically, "Okay, what about you?" β
Cook reached out and touched the water bag, took a sip, and replied, "I promised Captain Phyllis that I would send this group of refugees to Dragon City safely. For everyone's safety, I will be responsible for breaking off with Deresa, and in case the barbarians catch up, we will delay them with the knights behind. β
Miller nodded, and told Cook, "Okay, I see." I hope you can be like Robit, don't get into the horns, if you really can't get out, wait until you go to Dragon City. β
Cook smiled and nodded vigorously at Miller.
A short time after Miller was gone, Deran rode up and reported to Cook, "Cook, according to the knight who has just fled, the army of barbarians is not far behind us. Immediately after they captured Ritunburg, they dispatched an infantry regiment and two knights, apparently to attack Nedo at once. β
Cook pondered and said, "These barbarians are really cunning enough, they put the territories of Huiyuan, Wucheng and Sunshine Waters on the south side not to attack, but instead advanced in a straight line in the direction of Litunbao and Neiduo, which is clearly aimed at Dragon City. β
Deran stretched out his hand and patted the neck of the war horse, and replied to Cook: "These barbarians really have a lot of appetite, and they are too naΓ―ve to think about completely destroying our Nate as soon as they captured the royal capital. Good news came from the north, the barbarian army had been badly defeated in the attack on the north, and it was heard that the knights of Fengdu were preparing to go south to retake the royal capital. β
Cook was pleasantly surprised after hearing this, and he hurriedly asked, "Didn't you say that Bronte had put all the Fengdu paladins into the battlefield, where did the Fengdu Knights come from?" β
Deran smiled and said: "Anything can happen in our holy land, this knight order was temporarily formed by the people of the territory, and the leader you should know, he is William, the Knight Commander of Fengdu." β
"Uncle William?" Cook's mouth opened wide in shock.
Delan nodded slightly and replied, "Yes, it's your uncle-in-law, Lord William." β
Hearing this, Cook suddenly felt very regretful, he felt that he should go to fight side by side with Uncle William, how could he follow Delan to Dragon City.
Seeing that Cook didn't speak again, Deran looked down at the ranks of refugees and continued, "There are a lot of refugees, and if the barbarians catch up, it will be over." If this does not work, it is better to send someone to inform Lord Thatcher first, and ask him to arrange for the Knights to meet us in case of accidents. Now that our Knight people have been slaughtered, if we can save some more people, we will have more strength for our people. β
Cook replied without hesitation: "Yes, immediately send someone to deliver a message to the Duke of Dragon City, and be sure that the Duke sends the Knights to support us." β
After listening to Cook's words, Deran turned and pointed to the two guards behind him and gave them a serious explanation. The two guards took the order, and they avoided the crowd and walked around the woods, and galloped east on their horses.
Wherever the crowd passed, countless footprints were left behind, which could easily be a clue for the barbarians to chase. In order to hide these traces and speed up the movement of the troops, Cook ordered everyone to throw away their cars and heavy objects and retreat quickly with only a few necessities.
As he entered Nedo, Cook directed the group to flow into the river, stepping on the gravel of the riverbed downstream, landing on the east bank at the mouth of a canyon covered with gravel, and then burrowing into a large forest on the east side, and continuing eastward under the cover of the forest.
Cook was very thoughtful, and the footprints left by the refugees when they evacuated disappeared on the west bank of the river, completely concealing the whereabouts of the team. The day was spent peacefully and rested in the forest.
Further east, however, is a great plain, where there is no shelter and is easily spotted by barbarians. However, if you want to go to Dragon City, you must cross this plain area, and then pass through the Inner City area before you can reach the boundary of Dragon City.
After leaving the forest, the panicked crowd walked quickly across the plains, and if they did not pass through this dangerous area quickly, everyone would be in danger of being slaughtered.
But it was not a coincidence, and soon after the party came to the plain, several black knights of the Tubisi appeared in the western direction.
These men were supposed to be the barbarians' guards to reconnoiter the enemy, and if they were to bring back to the barbarian army the news of the discovery of the people of Kate, it would be all over.
Cook didn't say anything, and rode after him with his spear, never letting the guards go back alive to report the news.
The horses gasped for breath, and the four sturdy hooves pounded the ground non-stop. After years of training camp, Cook's equestrian skills were superb, and he almost got a true biography of Fox, perhaps more than his own father.
The Black Knights were all from the western steppe, and they had grown up on horseback, but this time they had no ordinary opponents. However, they were clever enough to flee in three directions, so that even if two people had an accident, the third would be able to successfully send the news back to the rear army.
However, they underestimated Cook's strength, and Cook was in frenzied pursuit of the man in the middle, and his right-handed wheel gun swished to the left. With a scream, the black knight on the left fell to the ground, his body completely pierced by the spear thrown by Cook, and he died on the ground instantly.
The two black knights were so frightened that they couldn't look back and pumped their horses wildly, and at this moment they knew that they were not far from death.
With a thud, the black knight galloping on the right also fell to the ground heavily, and was stabbed in the chest by the long sword thrown by Cook, killing another black knight.
The spear and sword were all thrown out by Cook, and then he rode alone, without any weapons at his side, and still quickly chased after the black knight in front. Cook rode faster and faster, and soon he caught up with the black knight, and with a stretch of his hand he unscrewed the man from his horse.
The black knight was then slammed to the ground by Cook, causing him to bleed from the mouth and fracture his right leg. Kukze's horse spun around, shouting at his horse and stopping directly in front of the black knight.
As a murderous black knight of Tubis, although he was no longer able to move, he still cursed loudly in his mouth: "You lowly knights, our imperial army will soon arrive here, you wait to die." β
Cheap Knight? This was the first time Cook had heard someone say this about his own people, and judging from the level of development of civilization, the Tupis had just broken away from the tribal society, and were now nothing more than a barbaric slave country. It stands to reason that the aristocratic ruling system of the kingdom is much more enlightened than theirs, and they are even more lowly.
Cook rolled over and dismounted, picking up the sword that had fallen from the Black Knight from the ground. Cook stared at the longsword for a while, and said coldly, "It seems that you Tubis people have stolen a lot of things from our Knight, and you have made the longsword exactly like us." β
The black knight on the ground spoke in a very bad tone, and he said coldly: "You fart, this is our empire's special long sword, and you knets are stealing from us." β
Cook was speechless when he heard this, and he asked rhetorically, "Don't you like to use scimitars?" When did you become a sword hobby? β
After hearing this, the black knight glared at Cook fiercely, and roared at Cook: "Don't talk nonsense, if you have the ability, just stand here and don't leave, and when our imperial army arrives, I will guarantee that you ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, Cook stabbed his body with an angry sword, and then yelled at his corpse, "That's a lot of nonsense, it's really long-winded." β
In less than forty minutes, Cook easily managed to deal with the three black knights, and the majesty and domineering displayed won the attention of all the knights.
Cook knew that now that the barbarians' guards had appeared, the army representing the barbarians was already very close.
Without much thought, he consulted with Teresa, told the refugees to turn south and evacuate, and then continued eastward along the mountains on the south side.
The traces of walking on the plains could not be hidden, and the barbarians quickly chased after them with their footprints.
As Cook urged the refugees to hurry up, there was a sudden rumbling sound from the west, it was countless horses galloping, and the barbarian army had appeared.