141. Crossing the border
At the camp of the northern wall, although there were no more fireworks, the hundred guards seemed to be enjoying a feast.
Two wagons full of hot fried meat, fresh fruit, and barrels of craft wine are what all the soldiers of the northern garrison can only think about on weekdays, and cannot ask for luxury.
In the past, even if there was meat, it could only be boiled into several large pots of soup, and then one bowl per person, and the soup became the staple food.
Now, the soldiers outside the camp clinked glasses and feasted, immersed in the joy and intoxication that had not been seen for a long time.
Only their commander-in-chief, undrunk, sat with Rodney in front of the campfire, tending to the pot of lunch.
Meals in the army were carried out in batches, so that when the enemy appeared, everyone did not eat and became exhausted. So the pot of soup in front of the officer, prepared much earlier than lunchtime, and it was he who took the initiative to take the spoon from the hand of the cook, who also joined the drinking team at this moment.
"Aren't you going to have a drink?" Rodney asked, sipping down a glass of wine.
"No, it's not the time to celebrate, I shouldn't be showing my drunkenness in front of the soldiers, I'm not too drunk." The officer smiled.
"Isn't the goblin repelling event a few days ago worth celebrating?"
"That's all your contribution, we have no reason to celebrate... Of course, I just don't think I did, and the soldiers did work hard, and they can drink as much as they want now. ”
Lynch, dressed as a soldier, has always been by Rodney's side, he has never been in the army, in order to avoid leaking his mouth, he always keeps silent, but he can't help but say: "Yes, there is a Rodney knight who defeated the Goblin King of the North, what else do you have to worry about?" Have a good drink. ”
Rodney gave him a blank look, and then stopped.
In the direction of the campfire, the officer turned his back to the high wall, and Rodney faced it, only to see the man at the top of the watchtower waving his arms at himself, the sentry, who had long been replaced by the subhumans, and Rodney immediately stood up.
"I need to inspect the condition of the northern wall to see if there is any damage, so I'll be out of company." After Rodney said to the officer, he looked back at Lynch, as if telling him to talk less so that others would not notice something that should not be noticed.
"No," the officer waved his hand, "if there is anything to be repaired on the defensive wall, we will start construction as soon as possible, and if there is any difficulty, I will also send Paisi Bird in time to report to the royal capital, after all, every three days, the northern border wall will communicate with the royal capital, and it will never be broken." ”
"I know that you are doing your duty, but there are some things that you must see with your own eyes and report back to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will rest assured, I hope you understand." Rodney nodded.
The officer saluted in fear, "Then please, I'll let a few soldiers accompany you, oh they're drinking a little too much now... Or I'll do it. With that, the officer prepared to get up.
"No need, I'll just take a look at it alone, His Majesty's handwritten letter, you haven't read it yet, listen to Your Majesty, there are condolences and arrangements for you above, you can take a look at it first."
When Rodney said this, the officer stopped asking to follow, and took out the envelope that he had put away at first.
After saying goodbye, Rodney climbed the stone steps up the high wall and looked directly in front of him a vast plain except for the woods to the northwest.
A subman on the wall leaned into Rodney's ear, whispered, and pointed to the woods, which had flashed red five times just a moment earlier.
This is also something that the subhuman puppet army has been arranged to pay attention to.
5 red flashes, generated when the flash scroll is unfolded, signify that Standdy's army has arrived, and in a distant hideaway invisible to the high wall, the signal from the forest is emitted by the Scouts.
The subhuman was still paying attention to the woods as he whispered, no one could see it so far away, and in the blink of an eye, Rodney in front of him had disappeared.
In the gap where everyone was not looking, Rodney jumped from the high wall and opened a circle of doors diagonally below, the exit was set in the air a hundred paces away, higher than the current position, and the direction of the opening was 45 degrees oblique.
At the same time that Rodney fell out of the Gate Circle, a new entrance circle opened diagonally downward, and the corresponding exit was still a hundred paces away, still remaining tilted.
Rodney's actual trajectory is parabolic, but it is broken into small pieces of fragments, shuttling between portals.
At a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, Rodney arrived in the northwest woods, the fall accelerated too fast, and the final opening was from the ground up, Rodney suddenly appeared vertically, slowed down by gravity, and landed peacefully after doing a somersault to restore balance.
This also alarmed the three patrolmen, who were so frightened that they leaned their backs against the trees and drew their swords in a flash.
"Stop, it's Lord Rodney!" The patrol at the front recognized Rodney and raised his hand to block it.
The three patrolmen were dressed in leather armor, with metal shields on their shoulders and elbows and knees, and a pattern of winged eagles on their chests, the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Standy.
"I haven't seen you in months, Lord Rodney." With that, the three of them saluted one after another.
"Time is pressing, we need to move quickly, where is the army?" Rodney asked, turning around.
"Please come with us."
"Just tell me the direction." Rodney urged, because the shift change of the subhuman puppet army is only temporary, it is best not to delay at all, otherwise something will go wrong, and the northern garrison can only be destroyed, but that will create unnecessary risks.
The patrol raised his finger and pointed in the direction in which the woods continued north.
Rodney then opened the portal circle and led the three of them through.
It didn't take long for the four of them to walk through the woods, still plain, but there were woods in the place, no matter how they looked at the sentry tower of the northern border, they couldn't find it - there were many vertical spears, lined up, and although they were quiet, their light movements would produce an army of 10,000 people with the constant sound of ear armor rubbing.
Seeing Rodney appear, the army commander responded with a salute, while the 10,000-strong army in a neat phalanx remained quiet as initially instructed.
After Rodney returned the salute, the army commander took off the medal from his chest, walked up and knelt down, and presented his hands to Rodney.
This meant a change of command, and now Rodney was the commander-in-chief of this army of 10,000 men.
Rodney raised his hand and gestured to the whole army forward, and everyone understood, raised his spear lightly, and the pestle rang to the ground in response, and Rodney could feel a slight tremor under his feet.
Immediately after Rodney, a row of portals is opened, with a maximum cap of ten, and their exit is in the south.
After the redivision, every four columns passed through a portal, and the army of Hao Hao Tang walked through ten portals.
In a moment, this army of 10,000 people appeared in the middle of the plain not far from the northern wall, even if it was not a guard tower, the soldiers standing above the city wall could see it conspicuously, and the black pressure would even make people nervous.
After the army of 10,000 people walked out of the ten exit circles, Rodney closed and opened a new group of magic circles, this time, under the northern border wall a hundred paces away.
The subhuman sentinels still turned a blind eye to this.
In a few turnovers, the army of 10,000 people will use the portal to cross the northern border and go straight to the southern royal capital.
An army of 10,000 men is not enough to start an all-out war, but when they are inside the enemy, the situation is different.
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