92 Gandalf arrived
When the sky is completely clear, the snow rarely stops. The night was finally over, and the orcs usually wouldn't have attacked in such weather, and James ordered all but the soldiers on duty to go back and recuperate.
When it was almost noon, a cavalry team of ten men came to the outside of the cuckoo village, and the soldiers guarding the gate routinely checked the identity of the comer, and sent someone to find James by the way, and told him that the advance of the material convoy had arrived.
Last night, more than 400 people were lost in the first battle, and the wounded accounted for most of the survivors, and the arrival of the supply team could not only replenish the food and medicine that was about to run out, but also add new troops to the village.
That's the good news.
James happily dragged Marlowe to meet the cavalrymen and asked for the exact time of the arrival of the convoy.
When he learned that the material troops would arrive in more than half an hour, James pulled out the tribute war horse and ordered two hundred people to follow him out of the village to greet him, and at the same time to clear the obstacles on the way for the arrival of the material team, after all, he only fought with the orcs last night, and no one knew where those orcs would suddenly appear, James hoped to bring people over to provide better protection for friendly forces.
Of course, it was impossible for Marlowe to stay in the village, and he was dragged away by James, as for Princess Olena...... She had been hiding in that small room since the beginning of the battle last night, and Marlowe thought that Her Royal Highness might be frightened.
Riding out of the cuckoo village, and walking south along the main road for more than ten miles, the group finally saw a long procession of baggage, the whole team had fifty wagons, loaded with food, weapons and medicines, and three hundred pack horses carrying the food prepared for the whole team, and most of these things were consumed along the way.
The main force that guarded the baggage team was the 600-strong St. George's Holy Light Cavalry Regiment, which was subordinate to King Barbarossa's personal guard, with a full strength of 2,000 people, all of whom were paladins, and it could be said that they represented one of the strongest combat forces in the St. George's Empire.
Marlowe saw the banner of this cavalry regiment from a distance, the flag was a white unicorn pattern on a blue background, he didn't expect to use this unit to transport supplies, but when he thought about it, Gandalf was also in the team, and he was relieved, it seems that these cavalry are also here to protect this white-robed ** division.
James was once a member of the Light Cavalry, but he was later transferred to the Royal Guard, and he felt especially kind to see these cavalry today.
"Ride!" said James, whipping his horse and leading the men to meet him.
The baggage team stopped when they saw someone coming in front, and the people of the Holy Light Cavalry Regiment quickly stopped in front to guard against possible attacks, although the road was peaceful, but no one could say whether there would be robbers posing as official personnel to rob, right?
The other party's reaction did not cause James to be displeased, he grabbed the reins more than ten meters away from the cavalry, and then tore his throat and shouted: "Gandalf ** Division, James Bond, deputy commander of the Guards Regiment, has come to meet you." ”
"Come on, don't be so formal, you kid, it's not the first time we've met. Gandalf's voice came from behind the cavalry, and an old man dressed in gray linen came out on a small donkey.
James had to jump off his horse to hug Gandalf, and the ragon horse was too tall and the donkey was too short for James to see Gandalf's messy hair if he didn't get off the horse.
Gandalf's image surprised Marlowe, mages are people who pay attention to image identity, generally they wear mage robes that represent their identity wherever they go, but Gandalf's dress today is like an old peasant in the country, if it weren't for the fact that his appearance has not changed, Marlowe almost didn't dare to recognize him.
Seeing Marlowe's surprised expression, Gandalf took a puff of his cigarette, then opened his arms and smiled: "Young man, don't come here unharmed, did I scare you like this?"
Marlowe dismounted in time to give him a hug, and replied, "Oh, it does surprise me, you don't look like a mage at all. ”
"Hey, it's not that Paul kid who asked me to dress up like this, saying that it was to avoid unnecessary trouble for this team, you know, the white-robed ** division is always the existence that those people are most afraid of and want to get rid of. Gandalf complimented himself without a trace.
"How's it going, I heard you've found someone from the White Hoof Tribe?"
"Yes, there are also some abandoned orcs. ”
"Oh, that's a good thing. Gandalf couldn't be happier for Marlowe.
James, who had been left behind, coughed twice, and when he saw Gandalf looking at him, he immediately said, "I think we should hurry to the cuckoo village, there are orc tribes around here." ”
Gandalf looked over his head when he heard this, and noticed that although the soldiers who came with James were in good spirits, some of them had traces of battle on their armor, and their eyes were bloodshot, so he asked, "Did the tribe attack you last night?"
"Yes, a tribe of orcs called Wolffang. ”
"With you, the strongest paladin in the Empire, what are we afraid of? Gandalf teased.
Well, Lord Paladin is used to the bad taste of this old fellow, who doesn't know that the strongest paladin in the empire is the queen next to the king, and by the way, it is worth mentioning that the head of the Legion of the Guards is this queen - Catherine Norths.
When he was young, he was just transferred to the Guards Legion, James was full of spirits and declared that he would become the strongest paladin in the empire within five years, but five years later, he was taught a good lesson by Her Royal Highness the Queen, when Her Royal Highness was thirty-one years old, and he was twenty-one years old, and now fifteen years have passed, and the strongest paladin in the empire is still the lady who has given birth to five children.
No one knows how old Gandalf is this year, and when James joined the group, the old man was already gray-haired, and he must have been much older than James, so Gandalf always likes to tease him with an elder-like tone, and most likes to stab him with the fact that he is the first paladin of the empire.
"The boys must be tired, let's go, the village is ready with hot soup and roast. James deliberately did not answer, turned and mounted his horse and beckoned the baggage team to leave.
Gandalf wasn't angry about this, he knew that James had grown into a mature man and was very thin-skinned.
"Gone. Gandalf took another drag on his cigarette, then patted Marlow back to the baggage team, which he needed to protect before reaching Cuckoo Village.