Chapter 173: The Western Expedition (3)

"Parik, shouldn't we take a break now!" said the horse, Gal gripped the reins with both hands, squinted his eyes slightly, and turned his head back.

I saw that behind his side, a battalion officer was looking ahead intently, the swarthy face under the helmet was almost indistinguishable from the armor, although he was indeed a human, but Gal did not think that the Wiesner sun would tan it like this, but Parik was a little darker, but his facial features were very good, and when Sirin and Jesse first arrived in Wiesna last year, he was a soldier in the Wiesna storehouse.

Later, as Jesse wanted to expand the city defenses, and also selected smart soldiers among the active soldiers, naturally, Parik, who had a strong army, came under Jesse's account.

Although he has some martial arts, Parik has not cultivated martial arts, so he cannot be divided according to the rank of martial artists.

Hearing Gal call himself, Parik turned his head slightly, "Yes, sir!"

Parik, as if worried that Gal wouldn't hear him, shouted loudly, and after saying that, continued to look intently ahead.

Gal really doesn't understand, how did this guy become a battalion officer, is it because he looks dark?

Throwing away the thoughts in his heart, Gal gave the order to rest to the herald beside him, because there were too many people and they were in a hurry, even if Gal shouted his throat, it was estimated that not many people would be able to hear the order accurately.

"Lord Garr's order, slow down and rest!"

"Lord Garr's Order!"

Several heralds rode their horses backwards on both sides of the line, giving Gar's orders as they rode their horses.

As the heralds reached the rear of the ranks, the seven hundred galloping horses began to slow down. Soon. The whole team stopped.

At the beginning of the departure. There was still a vast plain ahead, but now after about an hour of full speed, there was a large area of high and low mountains in front of me, but those slopes were gentle, and although they would block the view, this did not affect the speed of the cavalry too much.

"My lord, we should be almost there. Parik's face finally had some expression, like excitement. It's like anticipation.

Although he was just an ordinary storekeeper at the beginning, it would be a bit derogatory to say that he was an administrator, at least he was also a civil servant, in his twenties, he was about the same size as Gal, but his size was much worse, how to say, according to the average height of men in the empire, he was only a dozen centimeters shorter.

Gal looked down at Parik and didn't speak, but simply sat down on the ground. Not to mention anything else, a visual difference of nearly thirty centimeters. It's really uncomfortable.

In addition to the scouts sent out, the soldiers were also sitting on the ground in groups of three or five, some of them were drinking water, and some took out the dry wheat cakes they carried with them, in the march, the dry wheat cakes were the favorite food of all the soldiers, because just a dry wheat cake could be eaten by an ordinary soldier for two days, and the most important thing was that the taste was not bad.

Seeing that Gal was sitting on the ground, Parikh also sat down diagonally opposite him, "My lord, do you want to eat?"

With that, Parikh handed Gal a small piece of dry wheat cake, which should be able to be eaten, provided that he drank while eating.

"I guess we'll be there in two hours, but whether we can get to the Chatria River or not depends on what the guys from Droiana do. With that, Gal took the wheat cake from Parik's hand, looked at it, and took a bite hard, but only a small part of it.

While grinding slowly with his teeth, Gal glanced at the slightly yellowed dry wheat cake, which was too hard to be used by the soldiers, although it was very popular with the soldiers.

"yes, if they go north, then we won't have to go that far. With that, Parikh took a bite of the dry wheat cake, but he immediately took a sip of water, and the hard dry cake became much softer.

"Going north, who knows, if it weren't for them, I wouldn't have to eat these things now, damn it, it's fucking hard!" Garr cursed, but that didn't stop him from eating.

The watery bread slowly softened and became slightly sweet in his mouth, and when he had eaten the last piece in his hand, Gar got up and stood up.

As soon as Gal got up, he saw the commander of the third battalion walking towards him, and immediately shouted, "Lei Wei, how is it over there?"

At the time of the break, the commander of the third battalion was leading people to the west of the team, and now he has just returned.

"Back to my lord, the high ground in the west, after going up, you can see the mountains dozens of miles away, although it is not a higher peak, but the war horse is not suitable for that place. ”

As he spoke, Lei Wei pointed to a slope in the distance and said.

With everyone's eyesight, the slope can be seen clearly, but as the saying goes, 'look at the mountain and run the dead horse', although it is not far away, it is actually dozens of miles away.

"You mean, you can hide cavalry within a hundred miles?" said Gal with a frown, and thought slightly.

Although Lei Wei didn't say this, if there were indeed mountains dozens of miles away from the slope, it was really possible, and Gal didn't think that what Lei Wei said was not true, if he really couldn't even judge the approximate distance, then he, the battalion officer, didn't have to do it.

Its practical use is not mountains, just the higher slopes can hide countless men and horses, as long as it is a continuous high ground, no matter how you run wild in the east, you will not be able to find the ambush on the west side of the high ground.

Seeing Gar frowning, Lei Wei's expression suddenly tightened, he knew in his heart that although Gar did not have an exact position, it was not comparable to him, so he said: "My lord, do you need to send some scouts over. ”

Gal didn't speak immediately, only glanced at Lei Wei, and then lowered his head and pondered, taking a slight step, as if thinking of a way to deal with it, his background was only a cavalryman, and he did not receive a comprehensive military education, although there were a lot of actual battles, but for a while, he had no good way.

He stood still, glanced at Lei Wei, and then asked Parik, "Parik, what do you think?"

"I think Lei Wei is right, we can't take risks, and there are Jesse-sama's soldiers and horses behind us, in case we fall into the enemy's trap, it will be dangerous. Parik didn't hesitate and spoke.

After listening to him, Gal nodded, and then said: "Send two teams of scouts, after finding out the situation, one team will go to the direction of Belgree City, and the other team will inform Lord Jesse!"

"Yes!" replied Lei Wei and Parik at the same time.

Although this was still a bit dangerous, Gar's approach minimized the danger, and it was impossible to take two battalions to rediscover it again, for by that time they would have reached the Chattria River.

After Delevi and the pair of scouting warriors rested for a while, Gal gave the order to set out again, and their destination this time would be the city of Belgre on the north bank of the Tsateria!

The speed of the whole team is not too fast, and the constant galloping will not only deprive the horses of their valuable mobility, but also make most of the fighters lose their combat strength, which can be dangerous if they encounter an enemy halfway.

At this time, the two teams of scouts sent by Gal are also heading west, and they will bring specific news from the west to Gal and Sirin, provided that they 'can' bring the news back.

Time flew by as far as the eye could see, and after more than two hours, Gal seemed to feel that he was not far ahead, and there was the city of Belgri.

Yes, it's not just Belgree, it's Gabriel that's slowly approaching!

Not long ago, on the hillside that Lei Wei saw from afar, a large area of swarthy cavalry emerged, and now it seems that Gar's scouts did not play a big role, the only thing is to let Gabriel go out in advance.

Although the flag bearer of the Second Banner Regiment waited a little longer, he was not very used to letting Gabril listen to the noise of a guy who was lower than his rank.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty of Gar's men all fell in a pool of blood, and they didn't even have a chance to escape, let alone bring out any news.

"My lord, why don't we send more scouts forward, so that we can feel more at ease. Parik whispered beside Garr.

At this moment, the team did not run forward, and Gal seemed to feel the slightest mistake just now, which slowed down the speed of the whole team.

"Parik, are you scared, or you can go back to Wiesna and continue to work as a storekeeper. Lei Wei didn't look nervous, and said with a smile to Parik.

During this period of contact, Gal has long been clear about the personalities of the two, one is thoughtful, the other dares to break through, although both are very good, but they are too extreme, if the two cooperate more, it will be a big help.

Hearing Parik's words, Gal nodded slightly as he rode his horse, "Send two more teams of scouts!"

In fact, on a normal march, two teams of scouts can deal with the situation, and they have now sent four teams, which can be described as foolproof, but now Gal has ordered two more teams to be sent.

Lei Wei still had a faint smile on his face at this time, and as soon as Gal said this, the smile on his face suddenly froze, "Your Excellency, ......"

Galvwei waved his hand, "Go back to the party, go all the way to the west of the road from which you came, and take the east side of the road, but not close to the road from which you came, inform Lord Jesse that he should go in front of the east of the province of Andus, and finally go up the river along the north bank of the Chattria River." ”

Inexplicably, after Gal gave this order, he felt much better.

But when Lei Wei heard this, his face changed slightly, "My lord, is it?"

He didn't continue, not because he was afraid of that kind of fact, but because he wanted to deceive himself, believing that there was just a tough battle ahead, not to throw himself into the net!

Garr didn't nod or shake his head, just stared at his front with a surprisingly determined look in his eyes.

Every qiē along the way was reflected in his mind, and some villages still had a faint smoke wafting from the cooking, and he couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: I hope that a team of people sent out this time will rush out. (To be continued......)