The winning side of Luna Maria also had losses. Although Luna Maria, Leisa, and Mei Ling, as well as Shi Jinxin, Ruan Kunpeng, and Zhang Boyin, were not injured, the thirty Prairie soldiers who accompanied them were five dead and seven wounded, and the loss was more than one-third.

After the defeat of the ambush force of the Manchado army, the time was approaching evening. Luna Maria did not give the order to rest, and without even carefully cleaning the battlefield, she gathered her team and prepared to leave immediately, after all, their mission this time was to rush to the aid of Humpback Fort in advance. As the enemy ambush force routs and fleeing soldiers return to their positions, the Manchado army will surely detect their own movements. If they had strengthened the encirclement of Hump Fort, Luna Maria and her party would have been kept out of the fort, and they would have faced the main force of Manchado's army, which was dozens of times larger in quantity and quality than their own, in the wide plains.

Luna Maria arranged for the wounded to return with the bodies of the fallen on the spot, and reported back when they met with the follow-up reinforcements, while she led the rest of her men to continue to Hump Fort. Similarly, Shi Jinxin, Ruan Kunpeng and Zhang Boyin continued to follow Luna Maria and her party on their journey.

At the same time, a convoy of horses and wagons assembled at the town gate of Praile.

Kasha was dressed in military uniform and rode on a maroon riding horse. Beside her were more than thirty knights of the Order in the same uniform. "Deputy Commander Flavi!" Kasha gave orders to Flavi, the deputy head of the Order, who was carrying a longbow. "I personally led thirty knights to Humpback Fort first, and the main force of the knights was led by you. If you want to travel overnight, be sure to arrive at Humpback Fort by noon tomorrow. ”

"Yes, sir." Flavi thumped his chest with one hand to receive the order, and then asked worriedly: "But my lord, you will take thirty people with you, is it really okay?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey! Deputy Commander, are you looking down on us? "I mean, Master Flavi, you're too unconfident in us, aren't you?" The knights beside Kasha were immediately unhappy when they heard this, and they complained one after another.

"Don't worry." Kasha calmed the complaints of his subordinates and comforted Flavi: "With the level of those guys under the command of Count Bilgaard, they don't have the ability to threaten me." ”

"Okay." Flavi compromised: "I wish you a victory in this battle!" ”

"Thank you." Kashya smiled in response, then waved his whip and pointed forward. "Ladies and gentlemen. Let's go! With that, the whip was whipped on the hind of the horse, and the sore mount neighed and galloped away. The surrounding knights also urged their horses to follow.

After seeing the monarch depart, Flavi shouted to his sergeants: "The captains of each team restrain the soldiers under their command, and the whole army accelerates the march overnight!" ”

"Yes!"

There was a burst of people shouting and neighing, and the cart dragged by the horse slowly got up and set out on the journey.

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After galloping for a few miles, Kasha and his accompanying riders met Li Xiang and his entourage at a fork in the road.

"Count Kasha." Li Xiang stopped before and after seeing Kasha and his party approaching, and took the lead in greeting the other party.

"Thank you, Mr. Li Xiang and your partners, for your assistance. The Leopold family will always remember your kindness. Seeing Li Xiang and the others all ready to go, and seeing the heavily armed team (alchemy soldiers) behind the other party's group, Kasha naturally knew the other party's position towards the foreign enemy's attack. So Kasha personally came forward to express his gratitude. "Time is of the essence and I have to get to Fort Hump as soon as possible. I also ask you to set off with the follow-up units of our army. Flavi will receive you. ”

"No, Count Kasha." Li Xiang vetoed Kasha's suggestion. "We're going straight with your knights - as you said, time is of the essence, the sooner the better."

"This ......" Kasha looked at the group of armed soldiers behind Li Xiang and his party, and said with a difficult face: "Most of your personnel are infantry, I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep up with the speed of the mounts......"

"It's okay, they can march at full speed all the way." Li Xiang interrupted.

When Kasha heard this, he only felt that Li Xiang's requirements for his subordinates were simply harsh. You must know that the distance from the town of Prairly to Fort Hump is close to eighty miles in a straight line, but the actual distance is close to 100 miles. Coupled with the fact that the time was approaching evening, the roads were more difficult to travel at night, and the difficulty of the night march could be imagined. However, Li Xiang's posture not only wanted his subordinates to march overnight, but also followed the speed of his own horse team. After running all night like this, I am afraid that this team will be exhausted even if it reaches Hump Fort before dawn.

Kasha wanted to persuade Li Xiang to dispel the idea of the infantry following the horse team to march quickly, but Li Xiang insisted again and again. Kasha had no choice but to respond. Most of the members of the traversal crowd rode horses and accompanied Kashya's group under the leadership of Li Xiang, while Yang Qianyu led the infantry with a few companions to follow. It was only an hour before the team continued to march and it was completely dark. The road was difficult to see at night, so Kasha had to order torches to be lit.

The speed of the group's advance slowed considerably, and Kashya was anxious as he watched his men carefully move forward with torches in one hand and reins in the other. But anxious to anxious, Kashya could not press too much, after all, the difficulties of night marching were well known, and he really could not force his men to ignore them.

Kasha was worried about the speed of the horses, and at the same time, he was worried that the infantry of Xuanyuan Manor, which was behind the horses, would be left behind. But when she turned her head to look behind, she was surprised to find that two torches were moving fast a hundred meters away from her horse team, and their speed was similar to the speed difference between her own horse team.

"Not really, right?" Kasha exclaimed in a low voice. From the time of their departure to the present, the Knights' horse corps has been traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour. Although the speed of the march at night was much worse than during the day, the speed of the march was still about twenty miles per hour. However, the infantry of Xuanyuan Manor actually followed behind the horse team at the same speed, and almost did not fall behind. How could this not surprise Kasha.

At the same time, in the infantry team behind the horse team, Yang Qianyu whispered to his companions.

"It seems necessary to suggest that our Count Prairly pay for the renovation of the roads in the territory. Look what kind of dirt road this is, and the speed of riding a horse at night can't even guarantee the speed of forty miles per hour, so that I don't dare to command the alchemy soldiers to run with all their might. If you overtake the horse team in front of you, you won't be able to scare the entire knights to death? ”