Chapter 41: Reinforcements from the Cold Fortress
"Supply is the most important part of the army, as long as it is sufficient, it can consume the enemy alive without shedding a drop of blood. ”
- Robert Heida
It had been three days since Archie's messenger caught up with Rhodok, and the pursuers of the Kakamans were biting tightly, although most of them were infantry, but the mountain road was narrow, and Archie's cavalry could not play its due role, and Archie, who retreated with a large number of civilians, could only retreat close to the pursuers of the other party, buying more time for the civilians.
Rodok, who received the letter, frowned and looked at the carriage where he was abroad, and did not tell the king the news, and now the king's body was still very weak, and it would undoubtedly be a very big blow to him if he told him the news of Grevor's death at this moment.
It is very important to support Archie now, and now that Rhodok thinks that the Carkamans can no longer catch up with him, the full thirteen-day journey between him and Eternal Night City is no longer within the range of infantry to catch up, even if the other party bites Archie and chases all the way from the mountains, at that time the first reinforcements from Giant Eagle City have already arrived.
However, I don't know if Archie can hold out until that time, just as Rodok had a headache, a scout came quickly, panting and stopped in front of Rodok to report: "My lord, there is a large group of cavalry ahead!"
Rhodok's heart was suddenly shocked, it seems that the letter crow is more reliable this time, because there are eagles in the northern territory, the letter crows sent often become the prey of the eagles on the way, the letter crows arrived before the messengers, otherwise it would take at least three days to see the reinforcements of Hansai. Rhodok had them go to the camp and fetch the Domutes to meet the reinforcements of Hanse.
The deafening sound of horses' hooves sounded from the skyline of the Wasteland Plains, and Rhodok listened to the sound of the horses' hooves getting closer and closer behind him and looked back at the lords who had come to him, and Domt stopped the war horse beside Rhodok. Looking into the distance, he asked, "Rolf's reinforcements have arrived?"
"The cavalry must have arrived first. Rhodok rested his elbow on the horse's neck, he was very tired from the high tension of so many days, and now that he had reinforcements in hand, at least he had the confidence to protect this civilian.
Listening to the sound of the horse's hooves, Rodok smiled and looked at Domt and said, "Bet a hundred silver coins, seven thousand fine horses." ”
"I'm not going to bet on you. Domt laughed and scolded, compared with the skills of veterans like Rhodok, then he was simply asking for his own hardship, "I also bet you 10,000 silver coins last night, the girl I went up with last night has no hair underneath!"
A kind of lord laughed when he heard Domt's meat jokes, and they all started to ask which girl it was, as long as these old people set up camp these days, they must let their subordinates go to the commoners to find those sisters, this is probably the only fun on the road.
The banner of Hansai and the wolf flag of the Amber family fluttered, and the finest black plate armor of Northridge wore on them, and the heavy animal skin cloak was almost a piece in everyone's hand, this thing was a lifesaver in the winter of Northridge, and almost every Northridge person had it. On the side, there was also a cavalry wearing close-fitting chain mail and black plate armor armor, and the three-strand forked flag of the cold plug was needless to say that it was Rhodok's own troops.
Thousands of cavalry came in an instant, and the young man Rhodok in the lead had seen it, and as long as he saw the long hair scattered and fluttering and the dark red coarse cloth belt on his forehead, and a red dark red tweed shawl on his cloak, he knew that this must be Vincent, the eldest son of the old man who was regarded by the old fellow as one of the most suitable men to lead the troops into battle.
Vincent drove his war horse to Rodok and the others, followed by Barracuda and a few attendants, and greeted Rodok politely, although his face was still that cold look, but Rodok knew that this was the child's habit, and he had this expression no matter who he was.
"This is Vincent, Rolf's eldest son. After greeting Vincent, Roldock introduced to the left and right: "Rolf always tells me how good his son is for war, come and tell us how many people you have brought us." ”
"Six thousand Hansai cavalry and one thousand Fury Horn cavalry. Vincent looked at the army behind him and said, "They are all the most elite soldiers, and my father has eight thousand infantry behind, and they will arrive in a few days." ”
"Lord Rhodok has been appointed marshal in wartime, and you can just follow his orders now. Domt explained.
Vincent looked at Rhodok and nodded.
The army was stationed in place, and the civilians were still moving, but at this moment Rhodok needed to explain something to Vincent, because he needed Vincent to go to support Archie as soon as he rested for the night.
After explaining the current situation to Vincent in detail, as well as what has happened recently, including that Kakaman no longer has many cavalry, but they have a very large army, although it is not known where they came from so many people, but it is certain that their combat strength is not as bad as he and others imagined.
Vincent looked at the sand table seriously and asked his own questions while listening, the lords couldn't stop nodding, those very insightful words were much stronger than the Martin of the Falion family I saw a few days ago, I am afraid that even his own sons are not as good as Vincent, and the young man in front of them seems to them to be able to take charge on his own, at least now.
I heard that when Robert was defending the Hansi in Rolf's place, Rodok couldn't help but have a few family words with Vincentra, and it also let everyone know that Rolf's second son is also a great guy, and he has laid a solid foundation for the armament of the Hansai over the years.
Vincent said that Archie's current predicament is not difficult to solve, they just don't have an advantage in numbers, in terms of terrain, it is the most dangerous time after they cross the mountain, he has to rush to maintain the advantage of the terrain before they cross the highest point of the mountain, and the soldiers he brought are also good at dismounting, and now for Northridge, a victory is needed to stabilize the morale of the army, and at the same time, it can also get the Carkamans stuck on the front line of Eternal Night City.
Rodok looked at the sand table and nodded approvingly, after all, the Kakamans were the so-called lonely army in depth, and he had no doubt that even if the Kakamans were numerous, when the soldiers of the North Ridge were assembled, they would face an encirclement from all directions, and until now, no one had figured out what the reason for the Kakaman's rebellion was.
They already had their own land, and from what everyone knew about the Kakamans, and what kind of man Morath was, no one thought he would be able to start a rebellion of this magnitude.
"They must have a leader," Vincent said, "and that's what my father said, and my father said it wouldn't be Morath." ”
Rhodok nodded, agreeing with the statement, but he couldn't think of who it was, just the giant who had shot Grevor's arm with an arrow that he mentioned in Archie's letter.