There is neither a mobile phone nor wireless broadcasting, the Great Demon King Luo Yi knows nothing about the fire in the backyard of her base camp, if she has a solid rear, then she can build an efficient post road system like many ancient unified empires, and use the guò post road system to obtain news from the rear, but in this era when indigenous nobles may encounter neighbors who are sitting at home and rob them, marching on the territory of their country is similar to that of an enemy-occupied area, and the post road system can be imagined.

Moreover, she is currently bothered by other things.

After the rainstorm, the road was still muddy, and it was impossible to march at the same speed as before, but fortunately they found unexpected helpers next to the Ning River, and the people of the local town found boats for them, and guided them to the shallow and gentle section of the river when the water was rising. Because they found enough boats, they set up a pontoon bridge over the river, and the crossing of the river was relatively smooth.

After crossing the river they continued onward, and camped in the evening in a small monastery, where it was reported that there was a group of monks with knives, but they did not wait for any monks all night, and the next day they passed through a dense jungle (this jungle was the property of the church of St. Gonde, where the bishop sometimes came to hunt), and if there was no mistake, crossing the jungle was their destination, the Count of Faisal.

If the roads were not in good condition elsewhere, the roads in this forest were particularly difficult, thanks to the quarrel between the Count Faisal and the Bishop of Saint-Gonde, and the soldiers of both sides ambushed and plundered the peasants in the vicinity, and the area was even more desolate than the others. Elsewhere, roads are trampled by the footsteps of merchants and farmers. Here, however, only warhorses pass through the forest.

They had to send twenty men in turn to carve a way out of the thorny bushes and vines that had grown unbridled in front of them, with axes and sickles, and the men behind to help clear the felled plants so that the wagons could be cleared. He also ordered all men to be extra vigilant, for it was easy for the enemy to ambush in such a dense forest. However, it is not easy for those who are attacked to put on a position.

In the dense forest, they were more crowded than usual. In the open, the hussars around the scattered marching ranks could gain a great view, but in such a dense forest they could not see far enough to serve as a warning as they normally would. Densely populated with shrubs and towering trees, an experienced shooter can easily hide behind the trees to launch a surprise attack and then rely on the forest to escape the cavalry.

The march song was paused. The whole team walked in silence through the forest, which seemed to never end, and in this case none of them noticed how lovely the calendula growing by the roadside was, or how old a particular tree was (in the parish of Tournest, at least close to the village, the forest was already very sparse because of the swelling construction needs and the large amount of charcoal devoured by the blast furnace, and the preservation of the trees had even been discussed recently). Each of them clenched his weapons, and his bows and crossbows were wound, and the views on both sides of the road were ...... It can't be said that they didn't look both ways, but none of them were used to appreciate the beauty of nature. Every eye of them searches for a hidden enemy, for their own lives and those of others are at stake.

The scouts, who had been walking far ahead of the group, now had to follow the axe-wielding man. Originally, I had to discern the direction in such a dense forest. They depend on the moss from the trees and the occasional sun seen between the branches, but now they have a compass "blessed by the bishop." The job became much easier, but Luo Yi still ordered them to continue to observe the moss and the sun. And make notches on the trees on both sides of the road to prevent getting lost, because where no compass has been used, no one can guarantee that there will not be a magnetite in the vicinity that interferes with the pointer.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the forest gradually thinned, after all, they were the most vulnerable to ambushes here, and at this time, Luo Yi ordered them not to relax, because in many cases, the enemy would take this opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

The raid they expected did not appear, and they were all relieved when they finally got out of the jungle and walked under the sun, because the easiest place to ambush had passed. Jason was in a particularly relaxed mood, for he thought that the fact that Count Fisher, who was more familiar with the geography of the country than them, did not ambush them in this suitable place meant that the Count had either not received information about them, or had been very contemptuous of them, believing that he could defeat them "with dignity".

In either case, it would be very advantageous for the Turnestes to fight next, and they could ......

Wait, what's going on?

Black smoke rises in the distance.

The command of the army looked at each other - the black smoke rising was neither like a beacon fire nor a cooking smoke, but more like a ......

"Someone preempted ......"

Jason covered his face with his hands and came to this conclusion, the battlefield is unpredictable, far from being one one, two is two, like doing math problems, he has made countless calculations, plans are innumerable, how to detect, how to release smoke, how to meet the enemy, how to besiege and kill, how to run away in case of failure......

But it didn't happen that the others were robbing Count Fisher at this moment, and then—what were they going to do next?

There's not one in this plan.

Partnering with robbers to fight the Earl? Jason wanted to do this, but his master was the Earl's daughter, and it was too unreasonable to collude with outsiders in this way, and the master would not agree, and besides, the robbers might not believe them.

Help the Count fight the robbers? What if the Count had thanked his daughter for her righteous help, and had been willing to clear up the misunderstanding and banish the witch, what would have been the real purpose of their trip—to dominate Neustria?

The chief of staff who is full of bad water is this entanglement, he has been doing plans and exercises all day long for the expedition of 3,000 people, and he has worked so hard to travel such a long way, not to enjoy the reunion of father and daughter......

While he was still struggling, Luo Yi spoke first, "Let's send the scouts to see what happened." Luo Yi said that this time her orders were unanimously understood, and no one thought she was an idiot - it was never wrong to scout first.

The scouts received the order and immediately drove their horses forward, and they had been in the forest for a long time, and as soon as they were given the order they galloped.

The others set up camp on the spot, and if the scouts brought back news of a great enemy, they could rely on the prepared camp to carry the enemy. As the two sides prepared to go down, Command sat still and waited for the scouts to bring back news.

They didn't have to wait long, and the news they brought back was even more unexpected than they expected.

The scouts did not go far before they caught a peasant from Count Faisal and one of the horsemen who was chasing the peasant, and the hussars captured both of them alive with a lasso and tied them up.

The two men happened to make a comparison, and the people of Turnest soon got the general news.

Count Faisal has already been served by the northerners, and the nearby nobles are robbing the northerners who have no time to rob, and the northerners have eaten meat, and they are drinking soup. (To be continued......)