Champagne led fifty knights on horses to escort the carriage with the symbol of the aster flower slowly out of the royal city.

Heading south, head towards the champagne collar.

As soon as the carriage left the city, it began to speed up, and the whole team followed suit.

No way, there are only three days left until the New Year.

If you don't hurry, you may not be able to get back to the champagne collar the night before the New Year.

The other lords, who were close, began to rush to their territories as early as the day after King Louis ascended the throne.

Those who are far away are also ready to stay in the royal capital for the New Year.

Only the Marquis Angelady, after the coronation ceremony, met with King Louis alone once the next day,

The following day, he visited several lords of the south, including the Grand Duke of Bourbon.

What she talked to these lords was unknown to no one except the parties.

But Angeladi's actions have always been watched by people with a heart.

Angelati had just left on the front foot, and someone on the back foot had left with him.

Strangely, however, Bishop Lane, who was in Reims with the Marquis of Angelaldi,

It seems to have stayed at Notre-Dame, and since visiting the Norman Archduke.

This Bishop of Lane can be described as very low-key.

Even the later recruitment of a few nuns to manage Notre Dame did not come forward,

Instead, the retinue named Leo Gareth was put in charge.

Except for the occasional appearance at dinner, the rest of the time it is eaten in the room.

If it weren't for the fact that Notre-Dame still had fifty knights he had brought.

The spies also discovered that the servants of Notre-Dame brought food to Father Ryan's room every day.

I guess they all thought that Father Lane had secretly left Pali.

It's just that everyone only pays attention to Nock Lane, but ignores Leo who is beside him.

No one found out at all, Leo was already the day before Angeladi left,

It's not seen in Notre Dame anymore.

A horse-drawn carriage marked with an aster flower drove on an uninhabited official road.

Fifty knights rode horses to guard the front and right.

The road is not easy to walk, there was only a heavy snowfall yesterday morning,

Although the road is not covered by heavy snow, it has accumulated a layer of snow.

Fortunately, there are people walking on the official road all year round, and even if it is covered with snow, you can clearly identify the location of the official road.

It's just that the snow makes the road difficult, even if the horses' feet are covered with cold covers.

But after running in the snow all morning, I couldn't freeze.

Taking advantage of the noon rest on the side of the road, a group of people used broken branches to sweep out a snow-free area.

Let the horses rest.

Then a bonfire was set up and the men's lunch and the horses' food and grass were prepared.

Since it was a trip of dozens of people, in addition to the carriage that Angeladi was riding,

There was also a horse-drawn cart carrying supplies in the ranks.

There were not many things in the car, 200 catties of grain, 50 catties of mutton, 100 catties of radish,

The rest is hay.

For the team, it is not a matter of two or three days of travel and eating less.

If it weren't for the Marquis Angelati in the ranks, these knights would have been able to bring dry rations.

It's just that horses can't find grass in winter.

"Wow, there's winter grass over here!"

There was a knight digging snow and boiling snow water to feed the horses.

only to find that there was a stubble of yellow-green and yellow-green grass under the snow.

This discovery made the others excited as well, after all, the mount was like a brother to them.

Even in many cases, brothers may not have mounts to rely on on on the battlefield.

It's a pity that after sweeping away that piece of snow, the winter grass found was only two or three square meters.

Not even a single horse can be fed.

They had to be cut all and added to the hay for every horse to taste.

It's okay not to feed it, taste the fresh grass, who will eat it with you.

The horses were so angry that they refused to graze.

Fortunately, there were a lot of turnips on the cart, one for each horse, which finally calmed the restless horses.

A bonfire was lit, and Angeladi was also invited down from the carriage by the maid and sat by the fire to make a fire.

She was placed by the fire in the middle of the crowd, surrounded by the fires of the other knights.

There was a fire for five people, just enough to surround Angelardi in the middle, blocking the view from the outside.

From the outside, only two women in black fur cloaks can be faintly seen,

It's hard to see the specifics.

If the enemy wants to sneak attack, even if they fire a hidden arrow, they will be blocked by the knights around them.

Soon, under the busyness of Angeladi's maid, a large pot of mutton soup was boiled out.

The maid made a bowl of mutton soup for each knight, and then served Angeladi a bowl full of mutton soup,

Then pour the wheat into the soup pot and boil some porridge.

There is no way, because it is impossible to carry bread and dry food.

It's too much of a location.

However, there was also a bag of wheat bread on the wagon.

But those have to be put aside.

After all, that's dry, if you really don't have time to cook,

A mouthful of water, a mouthful of dry food, can be regarded as coping with the past.

The main thing is that they only left the royal city today, and when they went out in the morning, the knights had already had a full meal,

Now let them eat dry food, and they are not happy either.

It's better to drink a sip of hot soup and a sip of gruel, and it's a meal.

Wait for the evening, and then make a good meal carefully.

The knights drank hot soup, and their mood was still very relaxed, talking and laughing around the campfire.

Occasionally, someone peeked at the lord's handmaiden.

As for the lords, they didn't dare to peek.

Although in private, many people joke that they can be taken by the lord and rise to prominence.

But when they really came into contact, they were in awe of this woman who carried the entire champagne collar alone.

Although the knights talked and laughed, they occasionally looked up and swept around,

Let it be known that they are not letting their guard down.

What's more, before leaving, Commander Ronald warned them,

This time, the return journey is likely to be dangerous.

No one will take this warning as a joke.

After all, if there is real danger, then they themselves cannot stay out of it.

And as the lord's guard, there is danger, and the first to die may be themselves.

As a result, they did not let their guard down even when they were relaxing during their breaks.

Relaxation is life, vigilance is work.

"Alright, don't be busy, sit down and eat."

Angeladi finished drinking the mutton soup and saw that her maid was still busy with the knights,

He opened his mouth and let the maid rest.

The maid whispered a "hmm" and sat down next to Angeladi and drank the wheat porridge in small sips.

After a short break of two hours, the group packed up their things and started on the road again.

The team moved forward quickly, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

After a while, a group arrived at the place where the champagne collar team had stopped at noon.

"Toot-"

One of the people in the team took out a bull horn and blew it, and suddenly there was movement in the woods beside the road.

Two men in white cloaks ran out of the woods.

"How's it going?"

The person who led the team didn't talk nonsense and asked directly about the point.

The two men who ran out of the woods replied, "The goal is set." In addition to the goal,

There are fifty knights in the team, led by Ronal, who has appeared in the royal city, and his strength is at the silver level.

There were also two coachmen and a maid in the procession. The target and the maid sat in the carriage of the Aster Flower Clan,

A horse-drawn cart in the back was transporting supplies.

The pace of progress is not very fast, and it is expected that the night will still be spent in the wilderness. ”

Sneak attack at night on the very side.

But the last sentence, the spy didn't say it.

They reported what they had observed, and as for what the leader was going to do, it was not for them to interfere.

"How long have they been gone?"

"About ten minutes."

"Two people to follow, and we'll set off in half an hour."

"You don't need to get too close, make sure where they're staying at night and go back to meet us."

"Yes!"

Two people came out of the team, riding horses to chase the champagne collar's convoy.

"Everybody rest in place, drink a sip of wine and eat some dry food."

The captain gave the team an order to rest.

The champagne convoy drove another afternoon, and finally found a sheltered wooded place to settle down before sunset.

Actually, for people who spend the night in the wild.

It is best to spend the night at the edge of the woods or near a hillside.

Even if you can't find it, you should spend the night in an open area.

But the Champagne men were different, they drove their horses and wagons into the woods,

Then start cutting down trees on the periphery of the woods, and use the downed trees to build the simplest fence.

Fence off the place to rest at night.

It can effectively avoid being attacked by wild beasts.

Cutting down trees, naturally, is not difficult for a group of knights.

They even used the competition to cut down trees to show their proud moves.

When the spies who followed them came near them,

In the distance, Champagne collars can be seen building a fence on the perimeter of the woods.

There are also those who chop wood with cross chops.

One throws wood, one uses a cross chop.

The spies were dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe that the people in Champagne were so unvigilant.

The two spies figured out the whereabouts of the Champagne collar and his party, and hurried back.

Prepare to join up with your companions behind you.

This time, in order to achieve their goal, their owners sent twice as many people as Champagne Collars.

In order to be foolproof.

The spies left in a hurry, but they didn't know that above them just now,

There was a pair of eyes on them all the time.

After they left, the owner of the eye spread his wings and flew into the woods where Champagne Collar had landed.

"Goo-"

With a chirp, a large bird with wings spread more than one meter five swooped towards the crowd.

Everyone looked up, some people were surprised in their eyes, some people were envious in their eyes,

But no one wanted to draw his sword against the big bird that had swooped down.

Angeladi, who had just come down from the carriage, sat on the wooden pier that Ronald had cut with his sword,

has been quietly watching the busyness of the knights around him, and only heard this bird call,

Only then did he react, lifted the hood of his cloak, and looked up to see the big bird that had swooped down.

Angeladi's maid, who was busy lighting a fire, quickly stood up when she heard the sound of birds.

Raise your left arm.

The big bird fluttered twice and stayed in place for a few seconds.

Only then did it land on the maid's arm in a steady manner.

The maid nodded to Angelardi and Ronal, bowed halfway, and then got into the carriage with the big bird.

"How's it going?"

"Goo."

"Found a target?"

"Goo!"

"Understood, you can rest for a while, and then show us the way when it's dark."

The maid opened the window of the carriage and laid the great bird on the window of the carriage,

Then get out of the car and walk towards the carriage carrying the supplies.

I saw that she was talking to the coachman in a low voice, and the coachman took a piece from the carriage

About a pound of mutton was handed over to the maid.

The maid took the mutton back to the carriage and handed it to the big bird.

Seeing this, the big bird was overjoyed, took the meat in his mouth, pressed it under his paws, lowered his head and pecked it one by one.

After all this, the maid returned to Angeladi's side, said nothing, and continued to busy with the matter at hand.

No one seems to have noticed, and the driver of the supply truck is missing.

Angelardi saw the appearance of the maid, and Angelardi immediately said to Ronal.

"Ronal, let your men chop down some branches that can be used as dummies, before it gets dark,

Make more dummies, and when it gets dark, change into your armor.

Everything went according to plan. There was also the layout of the camp, which had to be laid out according to the planned structure.

If something goes wrong, you won't have to go back to the champagne collar! ”

"Don't worry! Your Lordship. My brothers and I have been prepared for a long time and can't wait. ”

Ronald apparently didn't take Angeladi's warning to heart.

As a lord, Angeladi knows how to arrange troops.

Of course, he only thought about it in his heart and didn't say it.

He can disapprove of the leader's approach in his heart.

But they can't help but do what the leader instructs.

Otherwise, it is himself who is unlucky.

What's more, the leader expected that there would be an enemy who would rob and kill them halfway.

Then all they have to do is prepare for an ambush and counter-kill.

Even if the leader's arrangement is useless, it is better than them being ambushed!

As soon as he thought of this, Ronald said no more.

What's more, they also have secret eyeliner!

Ronald deliberately glanced at the big bird standing at the carriage window eating meat.

If he Ronald had such an eyeliner, he would have become a general of the kingdom long ago.

Why be a tiny leader in the Champagne Collar.