Chapter 37 Inspection and Rescue
"Master Kleiman, I've got you a bowl of broth."
"How many times have I told you, since you are in the army, you must be called a military position."
"Okay, Cremman...... Captain. ”
Under Kreman's gaze, the Nader cavalryman finally called out the right name.
Kleiman was not pretentious, took the broth from the other party's hand, and ate it with the freshly filled rice.
Speaking from the heart, the food arranged by Richard for the army was not bad, although it was not possible to have meat for a meal, but in order to maintain high-intensity training, the professional soldiers of the Hunt family were guaranteed three meals of dry food and soup with some oily meat.
Richard did not treat the new cavalrymen like Kleiman any differently, and still provided food in full.
After gobbling up breakfast, Kleiman poured the broth into his stomach again, and finally picked up a small piece of fat from the bottom of the bowl and put it in his mouth to chew.
"Hiccup"
Kleiman burped in satisfaction, and the soldiers on the side took the empty bowl to clean it with him.
The nobles of the Golden Dragon Kingdom, at least the nobles of the Northland, have no bad problems with hypocrisy, and there is no so-called aristocratic Sven, almost all of them are military men who eat and gobble.
After all, practicing martial arts itself will support your appetite, not to mention a quasi-knight like Kleiman who has polished his body since he was a child, and there is no bad problem with picky eating at all.
Krayman sat down and rested for a while, the soldiers had already cleaned up the dishes, and after roughly judging the time, Kleiman decided to start today's patrol.
"Assemble!"
Kleiman straightened up and shouted, and then the whole squad of soldiers moved quickly, I have to say, this group of Nader's cavalry is of good quality, but it took a few minutes to get ready, leading the horses to gather.
It was just an ordinary patrol mission, and Kleiman didn't do much mobilization, so he simply gave the order to set off and took the lead in riding a war horse to start a day's patrol mission.
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Ironwood
A group of half-elves were still running for their lives, and after a night of escape, they managed to reduce the number of more than a dozen people, perhaps separated in the night, or perhaps chased by ogres.
In short, there is a high probability that these vanished half-elves will not reappear in this world.
"Leader Al Shao, the ogre is coming after again."
"Damn it!"
The half-elf named Al shook his palm hatefully.
At this time, the ogre caught up again, and it was already explained that the elders and clansmen who were left behind should have been wiped out.
But he didn't have time to grieve, he still had a responsibility to bring the remaining people out of the Iron Wood Forest alive.
The ogres didn't seem to be running fast in the woods, but their physical fitness was surprisingly good, and the half-elves had already begun to lose their strength after a long run, but the ogres were still energetic. If you continue to run like this, sooner or later you will be caught up by ogres.
Fortunately, this place is not far from the edge of the Iron Wood Forest, and as long as you escape to human territory, humans will naturally not tolerate ogres wreaking havoc on their territory.
Ironically, the half-elves lived in the depths of the Ironwood Forest to escape the taxes and oppression of the human aristocracy, but now they pinned their hopes of survival on the humans.
"Speed up, it's almost to the edge of the Iron Wood Forest, and it's safe to be on human territory."
Al didn't have much to do, so he could only urge his people to cheer up and speed up their escape.
……
Kleiman was bored at this time and led the cavalry to patrol along the ironwood forest, which was the focus of the cavalry's inspection.
Because if the ogre came from the wilderness, it would be clearly seen by Richard's griffons, and there would be no suddenness, on the other hand, if the ogre infiltrated from the Ironwoods, the griffons from the air would be a little weak.
This is where the role of the patrol cavalry comes into play.
"Master Kleiman, there seems to be someone in front of you."
Kleiman, who was a little bored, instantly cheered up when he heard the soldier on the side talking, and did not correct the other party's name, but looked in the direction of the other party's finger.
I saw a dozen people rushing out of the ironwood forest, and there seemed to be some people behind them, this group of people were carrying some weapons that Kleiman thought were very rudimentary, and their clothes were tattered, and their movements were panicked, as if they were fleeing for their lives, and there seemed to be something in the forest chasing them.
"Qiang"
Kleiman drew his sword from his waist and shouted:
"Prepare for battle!"
"Qiang, Qiang, Qiang......"
The soldiers were not slow to react, their weapons were raised in their hands, and they quickly set up their battle moves, ready to charge the enemy at any time.
The panicked "humans" in the distance also seemed to have spotted the cavalry, and they ran towards Kleiman like they had seen a savior, shouting something as they ran.
"My lord, yes, it's an ogre!"
The ogres followed suit, their tall bodies were much more recognizable than the half-elves, and the voices of the soldiers on the side were a little trembling.
Naturally, Kleiman also saw this group of ogres, and he began to think that the pursuer might be a beast like a giant bear or a timberwolf, but he didn't expect it to be an ogre.
On the first day of patrolling, he hit a big prize, and Kleiman didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky, at first he even thought that it would be difficult for ogres to run to this remote land, but he didn't expect reality to slap him so quickly.
"Put the signal!"
Kleiman was sober, he couldn't tell how many ogres there were in the woods, he wasn't necessarily enough to see enough, and the most important thing was to gather nearby reinforcements.
The pro-soldier beside him quickly pulled a cylinder into the air, and this sharp sound quickly spread in all directions.
"Master Kleiman, what do we do now?"
Kleiman was also a little entangled in his heart at this time, according to reason, after discovering the enemy's situation, their scouts should observe from a distance or go back directly after passing on the information.
But at this time, it seems that someone is being chased by the ogre, and if they ignore this group of people, they will definitely not escape the fate.
As if he had made up his mind, Kleiman drew his whip viciously.
Turning his head to the pro-soldier on the side, he said.
"You go to Ironwood City to report!"
"The others come with me."
Kleiman, as a typical young military aristocrat in the Northlands, always has a bit of his own blood and pride, and he does not allow himself to watch the ogres hurt his kind.
You have to lead people to rush and give these people a chance to escape.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
With Kreman's shout, this group of cavalry also followed Kreman to charge, although the ogre was strong, but the number of them at this time was not much, and it was not a desperate strength gap.
This group of cavalry is a professional warrior who has long been fed by the Nader family, and there is still some loyalty, and Kleiman charges ahead, so they naturally do not dare to lag behind.
"Get out of the way and get out of the way!"
Al shouted desperately, he found that the cavalry on the opposite side had launched a charge, and naturally wanted to cooperate as much as possible.
"Bang!"
The distance between the two sides was not too far, and the charging cavalry soon collided with the dozen or so ogres.
"Kill"
With the power of his horse's charge, Kleiman slew the ogre with a single sword.
"Ahh
However, this group of ogres, who were on average quasi-knightly qualities, were not something that ordinary soldiers could easily fight.
After killing and injuring several ogres with the force of the initial charge, some soldiers were knocked off their horses by the ogres alive and fell to the ground without moving.
When a charge was over, there were five or six more ogre corpses on the ground, and the corpses of more than a dozen human cavalrymen.
Kleiman didn't have time to feel sorry for these cavalrymen, but he just turned his horse's head and prepared to launch a second round of charge, since he had already done it, then he would kill him, Kleiman wanted to directly destroy this group of ogres.
However, the ogres were not stupid, and found that they could not take advantage of this flat land, and soon retreated into the ironwoods.
"Whew"
Looking at the retreating ogre, Kleiman withdrew his sword from his waist and turned his gaze to the "people" he had saved......