Chapter Three Hundred and Forty-One The Negative Tricks of the Northern Principality
Immediately, the Agate Principality also began to send out a large number of rangers.
The rangers were sent by the king's direct legion, as well as by the six counts.
According to Nalant's observation, the Agate Principality has sent a total of nearly five hundred rangers, traveling in units of dozens or dozens of people.
As the battle of the rangers on the front battlefield began, when these rangers returned, Narant finally saw the first casualties of this autumn war.
Although it is not a big one, every time the Rangers go out, there are injuries or attrition.
"It seems that the rangers of the Northern Principality are more difficult to deal with this year!"
At this moment, Narant has returned to the rear of the team, moving forward with Boris and others.
This was not because Nalant had lost Bernard's favor, but because several counts of Bernard had gone to accompany the king.
Naturally, a small nobleman like Nalant is not qualified to run to the front.
"How do you say it?" Narant asked after hearing Boris's words.
"Nalant, I don't know because you haven't participated in the Autumn March before. In previous years, in the buffer zone outside the Fire Dragon Fort Fortress, although there were also rangers from the Northern Principality, they basically would not engage in direct confrontation with our rangers.
battle!"
"They mainly focus on surveillance. When the rangers from both sides meet, at most they just sit on their horses and shoot a few arrows at each other, and then retreat!"
"But among the rangers who have just returned, except for a few who have arrow wounds, many have wounds from swords and swords. This shows that the two sides were engaged in hand-to-hand combat."
"And this year the casualties of the rangers we sent seem to have increased. In the beginning of previous years, each ranger team would occasionally have one or two casualties, but the rangers that just came back had at least two or three casualties in each wave.
casualties!"
"This is still the ranger of our Tulip Earldom. I guess the same is true for the rangers of other counts!"
Boris explained it in detail.
However, although Boris said that the rangers' resistance in the Northern Principality was somewhat fierce this year, he did not pay much attention to it.
This kind of thing has happened in previous years, and
Because in so many Autumn Campaigns, the Agate Principality's army was able to retreat intact, the only difference was the size of the harvest.
Next, the team continued to move forward at a snail's pace. It seemed that within a day or two, they would be unable to suppress the opponent's rangers.
Until dark, they had traveled thirty-five miles that day.
Of course, the speed of the march and the confrontation between the rangers did not affect the enjoyment of the nobles.
Eat whatever you need to eat, drink whatever you need to drink, and some nobles will even go to the caravan at the rear and find a few beautiful beauties to come back to relieve the loneliness of the long night.
Nalant is one of the few who is not as dashing as other nobles.
As an ambitious lord, he wanted to lead an elite army.
Then after the war begins, you need to take responsibility and set an example for your subordinates.
Otherwise, if he himself had been living and drinking during the war, he would definitely not be able to bring out any well-disciplined elite soldiers. After all, if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, it would definitely not be enough to convince all his subordinates.
This was the first night outside the Fire Dragon Fort Fortress. All the nobles were singing and dancing, and the battle on the Ranger side did not stop.
On the contrary, after nightfall, the Rangers' battle became more intense than during the day.
Because the rangers of the Northern Principality will use the night and their familiarity with the terrain to conduct in-depth explorations, the rangers of the Agate Principality are dispatched more frequently than during the day.
Narante, who was close to the central army, often heard the sound of galloping horse hooves coming from the count's camp in the middle of the night.
There was no talking all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Nalant put on his armor again under Lilia's service.
After washing up and walking out of the tent, I received a message from the messenger, saying that the earl had summoned a group of vassals to discuss matters.
Narant took some hot white bread and rushed directly to Bernard's camp.
"Narant!" Boris and Rael yawned and headed to the meeting tent. They greeted Narant immediately after seeing him.
"You two guys, didn't you have another party last night? Have you had breakfast?" Narant was speechless.
"Hey, I haven't eaten yet!" The two laughed out loud as they looked at the hot white bread in Nalant's hand.
After hearing this, Narant threw two pieces of white bread away.
"Hey, I did play a little late last night. Well, Narant, the white sugar and white bread made by Chef Rose is delicious. I really envy you!" Boris took the white bread and gave one to Rael, and then
Open your mouth while eating.
"By the way, Nalant, do you know what the count is planning to do by summoning us?"
"I don't know, I just got up!" Nalant shook his head.
"I have guessed a possibility. It seems that because the rangers suffered serious losses last night, I hope that we nobles will also take action."
"Well, the Rangers suffered greater losses?"
"Yes, last night when Rael and I were sending a few beauties back to the caravan behind us, we happened to see a group of rangers returning. Only eight of the original 20-person ranger team returned, and all of them were injured!
"
"It seems that the Northern Principality has done something dirty this time, assigning title knights to many Ranger squads!"
"In this case, our Ranger team cannot resist it, and the casualties will be too high!"
The Ranger Squad is an ordinary guard formation under the great nobles. They need to make rapid advances for reconnaissance, and do not have combat as their main purpose.
All rangers are ordinary guards, and there are no extraordinary knights.
After all, every extraordinary knight is precious. Only when they are gathered together can they have the greatest effect. They are the existences that the great nobles regard as their heritage.
Therefore, it is really rare for the Northern Principality to insert title knights into the rangers.
Moreover, the Northern Principality is quite insidious, and it is still normal even in the daytime.
But as soon as it got dark, these title knights who joined the rangers appeared, and they immediately caught the rangers of the Agate Principality by surprise.
After losing nearly a hundred people in a row, the Agate Principality discovered something strange.
"My lord the count has arrived!"
Just as they were walking and talking, they finally arrived outside the meeting tent.
Bernard also happened to arrive at this moment.
"I have met the Earl!"
"I've met Miss Stella!"
Everyone sent greetings one after another, and beside Bernard, Stella in military uniform was also there.
As the sole heir to the title of earl, even a woman like her needs to be tempered on the battlefield.
"Well, come in!"
Bernard nodded to everyone and entered the discussion tent first.
Immediately, a group of vassals filed in behind him.
This meeting tent is very spacious, with not only a large long table inside, but also dozens of wooden chairs.
The long table can only seat a dozen people, and most of the wooden chairs are arranged in the back.