Chapter 3: Providence
The night was destined to be unpeaceful, Evan led his generals and sentries to ride fast horses and take advantage of the night, under the guidance of the sentries sent by Scholes, to observe the places where Enyeyama and Maskira's army were stationed, and after a detailed inspection of the nearby terrain, those sentry agents who came with them were personally guided by Evan to drive in all directions overnight.
After the sentinel was sent, Evan rushed back overnight, and arranged for the storm brigade and Scholes' sentry to march quickly to Scholes's territory after dawn, on the one hand, he didn't know if this Scholes really helped him, so he sent the storm team, the entire brigade of 4,000 people, plus the weapons and combat power in their hands, even if Scholes's purpose was not pure, in front of the storm brigade, their 3,000 soldiers would be suppressed to death.
Then there is the captain of the Storm Brigade, Sanchez, who was promoted by the head of the guard, and was the first leader loyal to him after he killed Rolf.
Besides, he has followed Rolf for many years, has seen some big scenes, and has a certain ability to grasp people's hearts, so he and Ole were sent to lead the team, and ordered Sanchez to go to express his opinions less and observe more, to see if this Scholes really took refuge, if Scholes had other goals or prepared a trap to wait for them, then kill him directly, and his three thousand soldiers were all killed, and Evan didn't want someone to stab him in the back when he was fighting, so he could only be ruthless.
Arranging for the departure of the Storm Brigade is kind of interesting. For these thousands of people to disappear into thin air, Evan really put some thought into it. In the early morning, he ordered the army to rest for the day. In addition to the warriors who stayed behind to take care of the supplies, the whole army immediately moved after his order, for the hunt, the Vikings were very fond of hunting, and almost instantly the various troops poured out.
The shock of 10,000 people pouring out of the nest can be imagined. Before the sentinels sent by the two lords could react, Evan's team seemed to be pouring out in all directions, and those who were close to the sentinels could not figure out the situation and were shocked, so they could only turn around and run away, if they were encountered by those warriors, they would only have a dead end.
In the afternoon, when the team returned one after another, the sentries were surprised to find out. The other party actually went hunting, and from the variety of prey they brought back, it can be seen that these warriors have a rich harvest.
But the sentinels were frightened by the morning. He no longer dared to get too close to observe Evan's camp, so he could only hide from a distance, who knows if this mad earl would do such a crazy act again. What if he came in the evening? Then these sentinels should be damned.
Actually, Evan did this for a purpose. He wants to take advantage of this hunt to transfer the Storm Brigade. And the entire Storm Brigade also took advantage of the hunting opportunity and disappeared like air under everyone's noses.
With the departure of the Storm Brigade. The entire camp finally returned to peace, and Evan issued a gag order, telling those in the know not to tell anyone below about the impending battle, lest everyone show their desire for war.
After many successive victories, these warriors are now more eager for war than before, and the Vikings are belligerent, but if they know that there is an enemy in front of them ready to sneak attack and intercept them, these warriors will definitely be as excited as hungry wolves, "whooping" and rushing to the enemy, eating their flesh and drinking their blood.
Evan doesn't want to be surprised by the fact that the two lords know that he has already known their intentions, and he still wants to give two friends who have never met before, a gift that will last a lifetime?
After these things were arranged, Evan's life temporarily returned to its previous calm, resting, rushing to meet generals or soldiers, farting and chatting, telling stories and telling jokes, and living an extremely comfortable life.
However, this time they were hurrying even more slowly, and the soldiers did not know, and thought that Evan was caring about them and giving them more time to rest, while the sentinels who were observing from a distance did not know, only that they were traveling for days, and their physical fatigue, coupled with the large number of goods, affected their speed.
For the sentinels, as long as they follow the target and watch them move forward according to the plan, unless they find a major change, they have to go back and report quickly, the rest of the things are not for them to judge, the other party walks fast and slowly, except for the initial unaccustomed, the rest of the feeling is the same as usual.
In fact, because they were far away, they didn't notice that Evan had now moved the seizures of nearly 2,000 horses, 4,000 cattle and sheep, 6,000 poultry, and 26 carts from the middle of the team to the back of the team, just in case of a sudden big war, these own property was damaged.
Seeing that although the quantity of these goods is huge, how is it not enough to compensate the three chiefs of Calis? Not to mention the collection of the three Anthony brothers?
In fact, at that time, Evan just asked Olaf to ask for a price, and when Calis and they paid it back on the spot, what 4,000 war horses? Those are all asking prices, Evan believes, killing the three of their leaders, can not make up so many horses, in the barren island of Navia, these things are considered luxuries, ten families can have a horse or a cow, and these are still the past they plundered meritorious service, by the leader.
So in the end, in the midst of everyone's bargaining, when the three leaders were holding back their old faces red, their eyes were on fire, and they almost vomited blood, they got 1,500 war horses, 2,000 cattle and sheep, 4,000 poultry and 17 carts of supplies, even these things, all made the three leaders almost kill, if it was really according to Olaf's big mouth and the number he said? It is estimated that the three of Calis directly led people to fight hard, so they will die happily. lest they starve to death with their people after the worst of them.
In such a leisurely journey, the distance that should have been reached in two days was under the command of Evan. The whole team hasn't arrived for five days, tonight. They set up camp less than half a day's way from the two lords.
When the night was shrouded, countless bonfires of all sizes rose on a large flat beach like stars, but the whole camp suddenly lost its previous noise, only the bonfires from time to time made the sound of "zizi" around from time to time, but the soldiers were silent, and the whole camp was quiet and terrible.
Seeing this happening, Evan could only smile bitterly and shake his head and sigh again and again, after the repeated battles. The soldiers' sense of smell of war has undoubtedly become extremely sensitive, they seem to sense the impending danger, this feeling is a perennial battle, only people who are in danger at any time will appear, this feeling of being able to predict danger in advance, Evan thinks it should be regarded as one of the legendary "sixth sense", right?
Seeing the warriors who didn't speak loudly and didn't frolic, Evan really had a hard time getting used to the boldness and rudeness of the Vikings. Evan had long embraced this way of life, and now that it was happening, he had to stand up and tell everyone what was coming. Originally, he wanted to wait until everyone had eaten and drunk enough, but now everyone is not eating or drinking. He looked nervous and looked around. Someone even picked up the rocks on the ground to sharpen their weapons, but Evan could only choose to say it now. lest everyone be suspicious and distracted.
After Evan and the generals personally told the enemy and the upcoming battle, the soldiers were full of emotion, from their flushed faces, and clenched fists, it is not difficult to see their excitement and anger at this moment, fortunately, Evan ordered everyone not to curse in advance, otherwise the curse at this time would definitely rise to the sky and spread far away.
After receiving the exact news, these Viking warriors, who were accustomed to fighting, dispelled their doubts, and they returned to their previous appearance, even more relaxed than usual, they laughed loudly around the campfire, and ate meat in large gulps, but from the eyes of them, there was occasionally a bloodthirsty light, and it could be seen that their hearts were not as calm as they appeared at the moment.
In the dark night, one by one, taking advantage of the cover of the night, quietly returned to the camp, came to Evan's side, whispered to him to report the news he had brought back, and then disappeared into the night in groups again, taking Evan's orders with them.
Then, in the middle of the night, a large group of Viking warriors with bamboo baskets on their backs disappeared into the darkness, and with their departure, everything returned to peace and quiet.
In the early morning, when the first rays of morning light appear on the sea level, unknown bird calls come and go, as if in a vocal competition, white seagulls spread their wings and fly above the sea for the first time, looking for delicious fish and shrimp.
Evan, after washing, came out of the tent, raised his waist greatly, and turned his head to look around, there was a white fog all around, and even the trees not far away seemed to be in the clouds.
Seeing this situation, Evan waved his arm excitedly, and ordered loudly to line up immediately and set off.
And after a long time of Evan's rapid march, the two chiefs and their warriors who had arranged for heavy troops on the mountain had just gotten up.
"Damn it! Such a ghost weather, oops! Hit me. ”
It was all such a coincidence, perhaps providence, that while Enyeyama was still asleep, there was a loud whining and cursing from Masquira outside.
The disturbing dreams of the early morning filled Masquira's heart with anger, and whoever was disturbed in his sleep would not be in a good mood, but soon reason prevailed over the impulse of this moment, and he suppressed the anger in his heart, and got up from the soft place where the animal skin was paved, to see what had happened early in the morning, and made his drunken friend so angry.
When he came out of the tent, he immediately felt surrounded by a thick mist, and he opened his eyes wide, realizing that he could only see a figure within five meters, and the sound of Maskira's cursing came from the depths of the fog. (To be continued......)
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