Chapter 335: Expedition to the Prairie (4)

This feeling of galloping on the prairie. It also broadened Ryan's mind a lot, especially when he used the levitation technique to stay in mid-air and look down on the earth, facing the gale, the earth was green, and it made Ryan have more insights in his heart, Delaney, Victor, Galib, Orlando, Freya...... The various things that Ryan got from the strong people around him began to slowly integrate during this time, and it was a feeling that could only be understood but could not be described in words.

"Today is the fifteenth day that I have followed the expeditionary force into the savannah, and it is also the eleventh day after I have this feeling. Today's weather is very good, and the vision is quite open, especially when I am slowly floating in the air and the wind is whistling past my ears, I even feel a warm current in my body slowly surging......"

"It's really hard to describe this feeling in words, but I still try to depict it as much as possible, since the birth of the first legendary powerhouse among human beings, it seems that there has never been a written record of this process, and according to everyone's opinion, breaking through their own bottlenecks and reaching the realm of legends, it seems that the process will also vary from person to person, and the experience of others seems to be difficult to learn from themselves. ”

"But I'm going to give it a try, maybe I'm an alternative among magicians, and during my time at Cassano, I've passed on what I've learned from Teacher Dranay, plus my own understanding, to Barbara and the magic apprentices. After about half a year of teaching and practicing, Barbara also slowly learned to use the fireball technique like I did back then, and it usually takes at least 3 to 5 years for a magician to come into contact with and release this level 3 magic. ”

"If Barbara can become an apprentice in magic the path I have taken, why can't I learn from her in my quest for legendary powers? ”

"Lord Ryan, General Jonas's messenger asks to see you!" Lane heard the voice of his guard outside his tent, and this voice also caused Ryan, who was sitting alone in his tent, to contain his wandering thoughts, he gently closed the magic note, and then carefully put it into his storage pocket.

This diary that Ryan wrote every day was not known to anyone but himself, not even Farath, and Ryan did not tell her. In Ryan's opinion, since no one has left such a written record before, then there may be another reason, so it is better to keep the whole thing a secret for the time being, and not let Farath and them know, which can be regarded as a kind of protection for them.

"Come in!" Ryan said, picking up the glass in front of him and drinking the water inside. At the same time, the curtain of the tent door was lifted, and a familiar face walked in quickly, and Ryan was slightly stunned when he saw him, because the person who walked in was Orlando himself.

"Huh?" Ryan secretly wondered in his heart, because Orlando was actually wearing a military uniform, and judging from the insignia, he was just a squad leader of 50 people. However, Ryan knew that Orlando must have a reason for doing this, so he didn't speak, and made an inviting gesture for Orlando to sit down.

Orlando was also not polite, sitting directly opposite Ryan, he whispered: "Actually, it's nothing." Approximately 20 minutes earlier, Androkos had detected signs of large-scale enemy movement through his 'Magic Eye', numbering no less than 10,000. The only people who can have such an army here are the Clay tribe. ”

"Can't help it?" Ryan asked Orlando in a low voice.

Because of the relationship between the Faras sisters, Orlando and Ryan can be regarded as a family, if it weren't for official business, then they would be quite casual in private, so Orlando was not polite to Ryan, picked up the fresh fruit on the table casually, took a big bite, and then shook his head and said, "No, this shouldn't be the main force." ”

"Oh. Ryan knew that he was far inferior to Orlando militarily, so he sat there quietly, waiting for Orlando to explain to him. Orlando finished eating the fruit in his hand in a few bites and said to Ryan: "We have calculated that if the Clay people are fully mobilized, they can gather more than 100,000 combat troops, including the elderly and children, of course. And there are 20,000 elites in this. ”

"However, the number of troops in the night attack of the Clay tribe today is far from right, and in such a decisive battle of the main force, how can it be possible to use such a dangerous trick as a night attack, if we are prepared or even set a trap in the past, then the Clay tribe will not be defeated?" Orlando smiled and continued: "So I estimate that tonight's night attack is just harassment, but their commander also has a kind of emergency in his heart, after all, we have been in the prairie for fifteen days, and everything is going well, and there is nothing wrong with some proud thoughts." ”

"I see. Ryan said.

"On the side of the Windrun Shooter, I've let them continue to rest, because I'm not going to attack tonight, so naturally I won't need them. Orlando continued: "The Royal Knights must not be exposed, so I have Jonas in full command of tonight's battle. And in a night battle like this, Jonas and they have worked hard to train, after all, you only started fighting side by side on such a night. ”

Ryan understood that Orlando was referring to the night of the fall of Thor's fortress, and if it hadn't been for the rebellion of Hans, General Kissern's lieutenant, the fortress would still be impregnable. Later, after careful investigation by the imperial capital intelligence system, it was found out that the original Adjutant Hans was a pawn planted by Senate, but the thrill of that night and the chaos of the night battle of the garrison still made Jonas and other surviving officers feel worried, so they later specially strengthened the training of the imperial capital army in this regard.

"Well, Ryan, and you're not interested in going with me to see the prairie at night, but I know you've been having a very leisurely life these days!" Orlando said leisurely. After listening to Orlando's words, Ryan's face was slightly red, after all, they went deep into the prairie to expedition against the Clay tribe, but what Ryan did was more like an outing, but his identity was special, and no one cared.

Ryan was still very quick to disguise, after all, he had ordinary adventurer's clothes in his storage pocket, so less than ten minutes after Orlando made the invitation, Ryan walked out of the tent side by side with Orlando.

It's the height of summer, and even though it's getting late, the temperature is still a little muggy, and with a gray cloud overhead, obscuring the moonlight, it looks like a heavy rain may soon fall.

Although it was already known that the Clay cavalry was coming to attack at night, the entire camp of the expeditionary force was still silent, and the dim campfire in the clearing and the occasional wolf howl outside the camp made it feel dreary.

The camp of the expeditionary force was divided into three parts, the barracks for the soldiers, the horse camp for feeding the horses, and the baggage camp for storing supplies, but the three camps were intertwined rather than clearly bounded. Orlando arranged this way mainly to cover up the existence of the Royal Knights, after all, if this kind of heavy cavalry regiment is a single battalion, it is too easy to expose its tracks, and if it is mixed with the infantry battalion and the war horse battalion, it is much safer.

Outside all the camps, there are scattered wooden horses more than one person high, this kind of wooden horses are very simple to make, that is, they are made of two rows of thick logs, but the end facing the outside is sharpened to prevent the horses from forcibly attacking. The camp of 70,000 people did not have so many horses to strengthen the edge, so when the expeditionary force camped in the evening, it would also rely on this kind of horse rejection to dig traps, and the excavated soil could also be piled up as an auxiliary to the defense system.

Not only did the horses look messy, but even the tents where the soldiers rested in the barracks were also quite chaotic, and there was no neatness at all. The reason why we want to make this appearance is mainly to interfere with the night attack of the enemy's cavalry, because if the passage in the camp extends in all directions, then the enemy's cavalry attacking at night will be unimpeded after rushing in, and on the other hand, if it looks very messy and completely irregular, it is enough to interfere with the cavalry of the night attack, the speed of their charge decreases, and the formation becomes scattered, and in this chaotic situation, the light cavalry that loses its speed and the protection of its comrades is simply the prey of the infantry.

Led by Orlando, Ryan and the others soon came to the edge of the barracks, which was directly west of the entire barracks, and was also the direction where the large group of Clay cavalry preparing for the night attack was coming. During the day, due to the blockade of the wind archers, there is no trace of the Clay people in more than 50 kilometers on both sides of the expeditionary force's marching route, if these Clay tribes plan to go around to other directions at night and then launch an attack, they will inevitably go around a large circle of dozens of kilometers, which will consume a lot of physical strength of soldiers and war horses, so if these Clay cavalry really want to attack at night, they can only choose the direction due west, that is, the direction where the expeditionary force is most heavily guarded.

The news of Orlando's arrival was not revealed, because Orlando didn't want to put too much pressure on Jonas, they traveled all the way west, all as night watchers, and after arriving at their destination, Orlando took Ryan to quietly climb the lookout in the barracks and looked into the distance side by side.

Lookouts like these are piled up with dirt from digging traps, and they are usually 7 to 10 meters high for the sentinels to look into the distance, and tonight they happen to be used by Orlando and Ryan as viewing platforms to enjoy the upcoming night battle.