Chapter 109: Dawn

The north bank of the Bluewater River. ()

In the faint light, my father saw a soldier ascend the towers of the stronghold, where he dropped a banner from the western part of the empire and planted the flame banner of the Frost Castle people.

The soldiers were so tired that they didn't even cheer. The stronghold had been abandoned by the Suno, and when the soldiers moved here, only a group of local militia fired a flurry of arrows, set fire to some haystacks, and then retreated hastily. The main obstacles encountered by the soldiers were only the rejection of horses left by the Suno and the haphazard camp.

The firewood and grass that could be used had been burned, and the soldiers had to make use of the Suno's fence to form a small camp, and then gathered in the middle of the stronghold--- which was actually just four or five watchtowers and dozens of tents in between. The soldiers of Frost Fort sat down to rest along the front, many of them sleeping on the ground with their weapons in hand.

The soldiers waited for the dawn to come. They felt that by that time, the cavalry would appear anyway.

However, Dimitri received a new piece of news: it is said that the cavalry of the Frost Fort had encountered the cavalry of the Westerners a few days earlier. There, Ukhru sent back a recent report of war: "The Salanders and I have decided to go north to drive out the invading enemy and destroy some of the enemy's observation posts and strongholds. General Wright's two hundred cavalry would continue to maneuver on the battlefield. The situation is good, there is no danger. ”

For letting Wright's cavalry into battle, one would have thought he would refuse. Everyone knew that Wright hated the Kugit and the Salanders, but after the order was given, Wright agreed without any problems. Among the cavalry, Wright was only a minority, and because he was only transferred to the battlefield later, crossing the river north after Ukhru had crossed the river, Wright even had to accept Uhru's dispatch.

While the cavalry were clearing the Sunoshi on the plains, Wright and Uhru worked well together, and even Uhru found this coordination a little strange. At the beginning, Stellant had already told Uhru that if Wright had any offense, he only had to wait for the report to come after the battle was over, and there should be no conflict. But after the start of the campaign, there has been no so-called conflict between Wright and Ukhru.

The cavalry spread out over the plains. Ukhru maneuvered due north, while the Salanders accompanied Uhru's flank, while Wright was given the opportunity to march alone.

Although this deployment dispersed the strength of the cavalry, it strengthened the eastern army's containment and control of the battlefield. For the cavalry, they will not sit still in case of emergency, and can be quickly assembled.

While waiting for the cavalry, my father made a night watch, with Colin on his side.

As the son of an old aristocratic family, Colin has a skill that his father may never learn, that is, Colin can immediately say the name of the family and know who it is just by looking at someone else's coat of arms or other family crests. This skill required a long period of study, and for a noble child like Colin, studying the family crest was a compulsory course, but his father could not even recognize the insignia of the lord of the Suno region.

Colin stood behind his father and whispered to him that the bearded man who sat at the base of the wall was from Paraven and a relative of Harauth; The long-haired officer, who looked fierce, was from Frost Castle, and his mother was from Wikicorn; As for the old man who covered himself with a shield and dozed off and talked in his sleep, he was a small lord in the Suno, and there was only one son left--- and this son was studying at the military academy in Paravon at the time of the war, and I don't know what happened now.

Officers and soldiers resting on the ground would move some of their feet as their father passed by, and some officers who were not asleep would nod their father's head. There were coughs and moans everywhere. Before lying down, the soldiers felt that although they were tired, they could continue to walk, but once they lay down, the soldiers were no longer willing to move, and all the aches and pains in their bodies came up.

A soldier threw the wheat cake in his helmet, poured a small half-sac of wine into it, smashed it with his dagger, and ate it with his dirty fingers.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of food, and after a period of rest after the battle, the soldiers could recover.

My father still haunts those who died in the flames, many of those soldiers fought alongside my father when they went north to Frost Castle, but now some have died in the fire, and they have not even seen the faces of the Uxhall people when they died.

A horse panted heavily, its sweat had dried, and there was no groom to clean it up, and it seemed to be a little unaccustomed to it, and shook its head impatiently. His master sat in front of it, grabbing oats from his backpack and feeding them, and the sound of the horses munching the oats was loud, and white foam splashed out.

Tomorrow, wait until tomorrow, and it will be over.

The scouts came back in twos and threes to report that the Uxhall had been marching north for some time, but had stopped. This made the officer a little curious.

"How can there be such a good thing?" After hearing this, Lagrange said that he handed his wine bag to his father, and his father waved his hand to indicate that he did not want to drink, so Lagrange took the wine bag, poured two sips himself, and burped, "If I were from Uxhall, I would have to run back to Lurens overnight, and even run back to Suno to go to that place to sleep peacefully."

"You have no problem sleeping anywhere." Father said.

"That's not going to work. The people of Uxhall are not worried about safety, I have to worry about it. Lagrange blew his beard and shook his head.

"You've been lucky and nothing will happen."

"Haha, that's right. Old Lagrange had always had good luck. By the way, Arcadio, you're from Suno, right, I've heard that there are a lot of good-looking women in Suno, do you know that young lady? How about introducing me to the meeting? ”

"I don't need to do this. Didn't His Majesty Fredry say last time that he would arrange a lady for you? ”

"Forget it, I can't afford His Majesty's kindness. It is said that when a very beautiful young lady in the aristocracy was about to marry Wright, His Majesty Frederick suddenly rushed out to stir up the situation. If I were Wright, I'd marry that young lady anyway. ”

"That looks like Harlaus's niece."

"So what, can Haraus still come and get me a divorce? If he dares to run across the border, I will tie him up and send him to His Majesty Fidreux, and the war will be over."

"Haha, that's fine."

At this time, the voices of several war horses in the distance came. The father saw Dimitri from afar, and the soldiers on horseback reported something to Dimitri. When my father approached Dimitri, he heard the men say that they had met the enemy in the north, and that the cavalry had been stopped there.

"Is it an Uxhall?" Dimitri asked, "Is it the troops they sent to the north earlier?" ”

"No, it's supposed to be south near Suno. The morale of the Uxhall people is very low, and as long as they are impacted, they will collapse, and even if they do not collapse, they will not be able to hold on for a long time. But the morale of the soldiers was so high that some of them looked like the Suno cavalry or even the Paraven cavalry. ”

"How's the situation with the cavalry now? Will they be able to attack the fleeing Uxhall? ”

"We've lost touch with them. Our comrades at General Wright have not yet returned; I have been with General Ukhru these days, and he has encountered cavalry at the edge of the forest; The Salanders don't feel good either. If the situation continues to deteriorate, the cavalry will most likely have to return to the south to assemble. As far as I can guess, it is impossible for the generals, cavalry to assemble and attack on their own initiative in the short term. ”

The scout looked tired, and Dimitri told him to hand over the horse.

When the soldier left for a while, Dimitri showed a regretful expression, "If only the cavalry were here at this time." Now it looks like we may be going back to Uxhall tomorrow. Then he smiled again, "Good news for the soldiers, there will be no war tomorrow." ”

When the scout returned, Dimitri took him to the general to report his news. When the general learned of this, he praised the scout and sent him away.

"What about tomorrow, General?" Father asked.

"Keep watching, maybe something will turn around tomorrow morning. It's really not good, it's very close to the river bank from here, and you can retreat at any time. Go back and rest. ”

"Yes, General."

Father and Dimitri walked out of the general's tent.

Dimitri suddenly said, "I'm going back to Suno." ”

"yes." Father said. "Come to White Pigeon Valley when the time comes."

"That's natural. It's a pity that I don't have a place to entertain you. Lagrange even asked me to introduce him to beautiful girls. ”

"Oh? The Viscount also gave me an introduction. ”

"Haha, that's interesting. Having said that, I really envy the viscount, I don't think much about anything, but I live so freely. Now I don't know what's wrong, I've hit the door, but I don't know how to get home. ”

"Will you go back to the highlands in the future, or will you stay in Suno?"

"I don't know about this yet, let's talk about it when the war is over."

After that, the two men said nothing, and they parted beside a group of sleeping spearmen.

The father returned to his men, and Colin brought him a blanket, and the father leaned on it and fell asleep.

He slept so hard that his father was awakened the next day when the soldiers were running back and forth and rallied. At this time, the father did not know what had happened.

"Colin, what's going on?"

"My lord, General Wright's cavalry is here, and the Uxhall people are moving. The general ordered us to cooperate with General Wright in flanking the Uxhall. ”

Father suddenly felt a chill coming from behind him, and he tried to get himself up and get rid of this feeling.

You handed over his father's helmet, and a soldier helped him get on his horse.

On the other side of the battlefield, Wright's cavalry stood quietly, waiting to strike.