Chapter 14: Crisis

In the silence of the night, only the chirping of birds sounded from time to time, and the evening breeze blew slightly and made the grass bend down and rustle.

The soldiers on duty at night all sat on the ground with their spears in their arms and dozed off, and some even lay down and snored.

At this moment, Kruger seemed to sense something and woke up, stretched his waist, and opened his eyes, which were still a little confused.

"Who?"

Kruger wiped his eyes vigorously and exclaimed, as he seemed to see a figure appear near the station.

His voice also woke up the other soldiers on duty at night, and thought that the noble lord had come to check the post, so he quickly stood up one by one, but he also saw the figure along Kruger's line of sight.

The man didn't seem to expect the soldiers to wake up suddenly, and he was startled and tried to run away, but accidentally tripped himself and fell to the ground.

"Fence it out!"

A crowd quickly surrounded him, and Kruger's spear slammed into the figure's face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, spare your life, I'm a nearby farmer Ruibo, I'm really sorry for the noise that caused you to rest, and please spare me." Rainbow stood up tremblingly, his hands raised, his body trembling with fear.

"Nearby farmers?" Kruger was a little puzzled, looked over carefully, and then the moonlight saw the other party's face clearly.

It was a wrinkled face with dark skin that seemed to have been exposed to the sun for a long time.

In an instant, the vigilance in Kruger's heart relaxed a lot, and he put down the spear in his hand, which was indeed what a peasant looked like.

Understanding Kruger's movements, the other soldiers also lowered their weapons.

"Nearby farmers, what are you doing here?" Kruger asked casually.

"I just came here to pee, but I just wanted to come and see that there seemed to be a figure here, I didn't mean to offend the military masters." Ruibo hurriedly said.

"Really? Then you go back, don't be scared of incontinence, hahaha. Kruger quipped, and the other soldiers smiled.

"Then I'm going back?" Seeing that Kruger had the intention of letting himself go, Rainbow asked tentatively.

"Go back, go back, lest your mother-in-law think you've been snakeed for too long, hahaha." Kruger waved his hand, not paying attention, and even more so the other soldiers, said a few jokes and returned to his place and sat down again, ready to make up for a sleep.

"Thank you, thank you, I'll leave now!" Rainbow nodded repeatedly, and then walked to the other side without looking back.

"Huh." Kruger shrugged his shoulders, he didn't sleep comfortably that night, the ground was too hard, it was better to sleep on a thatched pile, and some ants were so uncomfortable that they died.

Now that he had woken up and felt much sleepy, Kruger yawned, intending to spend the night for a while.

It wasn't long before he sat down that sleepiness came back in the moonlight, and he looked at his companions who were already asleep around him, and wanted to sleep too.

The next moment, Karl's tent was pushed open.

Kruger was frightened, quickly stood up, and said, "Lord Karl, why did you come out?" ”

His voice was a little loud, it seemed to be deliberate, and the soldiers on duty at night around him were also startled, and quickly stood up, they only felt extremely uncomfortable at this time, and they didn't give people sleep, a peasant had just come, and now the noble lord got up again, interrupting them to sleep twice in a row.

"Kruger, what do I seem to have heard just now?" Karl didn't care when he looked at the people who were getting up, he didn't expect any discipline from these levies.

"Oh, that's it, Lord Karl, a peasant just passed by and we found it, but we sent it away." Kruger said nonchalantly.

"Oh? Have farmers come by us? What's going on, you and I will tell me in detail. Karl asked, frowning slightly.

"Yes, sir." Kruger was also relieved to see that Karl did not hold them accountable for sleeping at night, and hurriedly told Karl everything that had just happened.

The more he listened to Kruger's story, the more Karl's brows furrowed, and even his face became a little ugly in the back.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Realizing that Karl's face was wrong, Kruger decisively stopped talking.

Karl took a deep breath, but instead of answering his question, he asked, "Where is the direction in which the peasant left, tell me at once!" Karl shouted.

Kruger was taken aback and didn't know what was happening, but he could see that Karl was now in a rage, and quickly pointed in the direction where Ribbo had left.

"My lord there, we saw him leave in that direction."

Karl quickly rushed in that direction, Kruger and the others didn't know why, but they also hurriedly followed, and several people rushed through the fields.

It was not a short journey, but there was still the figure of the farmer Ruibo, Carl was angry and stomped on the ground.

Suddenly, he seemed to have noticed something, and quickly crouched down again, and observed it carefully.

"Damn it!"

Karl cursed as he saw a long line of horseshoe prints.

"Kruger, you guys really did a big thing......" Karl smiled bitterly, he knew that he couldn't catch up, since the other party used horses, then it was estimated that he would have left a long time ago.

"My lord, what is this?"

"It's not a nearby peasant you're letting go, it's an enemy scout!" Carl reluctantly smacked the ground.

"What? Scout? This sentence made everyone's eyes widen, and they were at a loss for a while.

"My lord, are you mistaken......" I don't know how long it took, Kruger said cautiously, if it was true, this would indeed be a big deal, maybe Count Lens would not spare him.

Karl didn't answer him, but said weakly: "Now that everyone immediately returns to the station and informs everyone to prepare for battle, we don't have much time." ”

The soldiers did not move, or they froze.

"What are you doing in a daze, go!" Carl yelled, he was really going mad.

The soldiers were silent and hurriedly ran to the station.

Carl shook his head violently, and quickly followed in the direction of the station.

Carl can be sure of one thing, there are no people in this vicinity, let alone any farmers, even if there are really farmers, who will come from this barren mountain and wilderness, and this is still a horseback, if it is not an enemy scout, Carl is afraid that he will dare to perform a handstand to wash his hair.

It's really so good to be a horse, although the Dias family is poor, but they are also nobles, so they can only scrape together three horses, how can ordinary farmers do it.

"Let's hope things don't get too bad." Carl prayed, and at the same time he was very suspicious in his heart, the enemy had discovered such a place in this way, this is simply unscientific, well, it can be crossed, and it is not considered that it is unscientific.

When he returned to the station, the soldiers also came out piecemeal, barely fully armed, but everyone was still loose and sleepy-eyed, and they didn't understand how to wake them up at this time.

"Soldiers, I think we're in big trouble, we must be ready to fight now!" Carl looked at the crowd and shouted loudly.

"I know you're all confused, but there's no time to explain, I can only tell you that our position is already in the enemy's sight, and their spears will soon come to us!" Karl looked at the noncommittal looks of the crowd and continued.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard this, the faces of these peasant recruits changed, they were indeed recruited, but they didn't want to really fight, the battle would be dead, so when they heard Karl say that the enemy's spear was hanging, their hearts were hanging.

"Lord Karl, if that's really the case, can we move the stone Buddha out of here and change the location?" Kruger was much more daring than the others, and when he heard Karl's words, he was a little scared, but he was well controlled, and instead asked about moving out.

"Move out?" Karl was about to answer, when suddenly he seemed to feel the earth tremble.

"Not good!" Karl's face changed wildly and he looked in one direction.

The others were also stunned, and then they also looked over, and in their sight, more than a dozen knights wearing chain mail, holding long riding spears, and tall horses under their crotches appeared on the horizon.

"The checkered flag...... That's the army of the Count of Lorraine! Karl's face became extremely ugly, because he knew that he was at war with the Earl of Lorraine during this time, and he also studied the coat of arms in his spare time, so he naturally knew the identity of the other party.

"More than a dozen knights, good hand! It's really fast......" Carl's face turned pale, he knew that this knight team was far from the total strength of the Earl of Lorraine, but it was only used to sneak attack the army of the food team, after all, the other party did not dare to transfer the main force, otherwise once something happened, Lorraine Castle would not have to defend it.

"Knight! It's a knight! Oh my God, a lot of knights, what to do? We can't be opponents, help! The conscripts panicked when they saw this posture, and they all seemed to want to turn around and run away, and the spears in their hands trembled.

Even Kruger, who has always been brave.

"Soldiers! I know you are afraid, but we cannot run away, and as soon as you turn away, you will be greeted with death, and your backs will not be as hard as the spears in your hands, and your legs will not be as fast as the horses! Karl saw that the army's heart was a little scattered, and hurriedly spoke.

Fortunately, as soon as these words came out, everyone barely stabilized, but their feet were still trembling.