Chapter 353: Apologies
Baron Donte became cautious during the ensuing march, and the outpost scouts became wary of some of their companions being executed due to previous mistakes.
Now they would be very careful to search the mountains and forests near the main road when they opened the road, although the possibility of attack was greatly avoided, but it also slowed down the advance of Baron Donte's army.
There is also the fact that their remaining food can no longer withstand the consumption of the estimated time, and there is the blockage of information and intelligence.
Because they were always on the move, the carrier pigeon had been abandoned by Baron Dontes, and there was no news of the cavalry sent out, and their fate could be imagined.
This made Baron Dontes even more sure that there was an army that had been holding them up, and that he and his army were not well rested at night.
But there was something even worse for him, in order to find out what kind of tunnels this army was, he had scattered hundreds of sentinels.
But they didn't find anything, and the army that had been watching them had evaporated from the world, leaving no trace of clues.
Even the hundreds of people who attacked the food convoy were nowhere to be found.
Baron Donte felt that he was going to be depressed and crazy, if he was defeated head-on on the battlefield, he might only be disheartened, but losing in vain was not something he could accept.
For this reason, he has been angry several times recently, and several high-ranking generals have been angered by him.
Now that his previous plans had been completely disrupted by this elusive army, it was impossible for the army he led to reach the line where Pannik was stationed within the planned time.
Baron Donte felt like he was going crazy about this for the past few days, and just as his mood exploded, one of the heralds who had gone out returned.
Baron Donte, who got the news, hurried out immediately, but he couldn't help but chuckle when he saw the herald.
For he had no less than ten arrows stuck in his body, and even his mount, his warhorse, was scarred.
"Baron...... Lord Baron!"
The soldier became very emotional when he saw Baron Donte appear, and he shook off the soldier who was bandaging his wound and struggled to get up, but was pressed down by Baron Donte.
"Don't be in a hurry, take care of the wound first. ”
Baron Donte said in a deep voice, he already had a very bad premonition in his heart when he saw the sad look on the soldier's face.
"No...... It's too late, my lord, please listen to me...... Hear me out......"
The soldier knew his state, and he was able to sustain himself now only because he wanted to deliver the news to Baron Dont.
Of their dozens of herald scouts, he was probably the only one left alive.
"Okay, you say, I'll listen. A flash of grief flashed in Baron Donte's eyes, and he could see that the soldier had lost too much blood to hold out for long.
"Big ...... My lord, let's hurry up and lead back to the Baria Pass, Lord Panik has been ...... Defeated, 8,000 troops annihilated......"
The soldier reached out with difficulty and grabbed Baron Donter's arm, and said very sadly, and the dead gray on his face became thicker and thicker.
"What? General Pannick still has four thousand slave legions, how could he be defeated so quickly?" Now Baron Dontes could not care about the soldier's rude behavior, and he exclaimed in shock, but he immediately stopped it.
This news was not suitable for the barracks, so his face changed, and he turned his head to the people around him and ordered: "This news must be kept in your hearts. ”
"Yes, Lord Baron!"
Most of the people around him are small commanders with some status, how can they not know the seriousness of this, if they answer late, they may be killed by Baron Donte, so they have expressed their positions.
"General Panik, he ...... Ordered a surprise attack on Marquis Jason's army, but failed...... "The soldier's gaze began to wander, and he could no longer hold on to the mission when it was accomplished.
"General Panik...... He had also been killed in the Battle of Dedetown, my lord...... Avenge us ......" While saying the last sentence, the soldier also took his last breath, his eyes open, and there was a desire for life in them.
"Thick burial. Baron Donte gently removed the palm of his arm and said with a blank face.
He now hated Panick's self-proclaimed clever fellow, and now that Count Ica's plan had been completely disrupted, if there was any more accident at the Baria Pass, His Highness Phil would pay more to achieve his goal.
"What are we going to do next, Lord Baron, do we want to move on?" At this time, a low-ranking general approached Baron Donte with a worried face, and he asked cautiously, for fear of angering the Baron, who must not be in a very good mood.
"Return to the Barya Pass and hold on there. ”
Baron Dontes glanced at the general like a fool, then turned to order, thought for a moment before he said, "Come with me to my carriage, we will make a new route." ”
God knows if he has already set up an ambush on the way back, so if he goes back so stupidly, he may directly step into the trap, let alone return to the Baria Pass to continue to set up a defensive line, and it is difficult to say whether he can return there alive.
Because they don't know how many people there are in this army that ambushed them, what they don't know or haven't noticed all the time is that there are a few blue eagles circling above their heads, and wherever they go, these eagles follow.
And at this moment, the army that had repeatedly attacked them did not continue to ambush him as he feared.
Instead, they came to the orderly arrangement of troops on the way back, and a cavalry squad on horseback patrolled the vicinity, and when they encountered a scout team, they shot them mercilessly.
The army looked like it was only about four thousand men, most of them bearing the flag of the city of Lucca, and a small number of them bearing Jason's white wolf banner.
There were also a mess of petty aristocratic banners, most of whom were in charge of logistics and transportation, and their equipment was simple, an army of highly mobile light armor soldiers.
The most terrifying thing about this army is the dozens of Black God ballistae that have been assembled in the back, and the Black God Army of the Iron Tooth Collar has become a nightmare for many northern nobles.
"If they choose to engage in a head-on confrontation with our army, it will be time for Lord Leonidas and your warriors to rush to the forefront. ”
In a large tent, Roland looked at a map on the table and looked apologetically at Leonidas, who was standing in front of him like an iron tower.