"Yes, Nalant, it is too dangerous to go to the hinterland of the Northern Principality. Besides, if you want to go there, you have to face the endless desert next door. We heard Nacourt say before that they paid hundreds of dollars when they came here.
Success comes at a human cost.”
"So, you'd better retreat with us!" Boris and Rey also immediately comforted each other.
The desert is a restricted area for nobles like them who are unfamiliar with the environment.
Only the small principalities in the desert can survive by relying on camels.
This is also the main reason why the two major principalities have not attacked these small principalities for so many years.
"Don't worry, I know the dangers of the desert!" Nalant had made up his mind. "The desert is actually not a problem for me. I have a way to survive it safely. However, when I go to the rear of the Northern Principality, can I attack the army?
As for the effect, I'm not sure..."
…
When Nalant and others were discussing whether to return or move in, they were in a valley hundreds of miles east of Oak City.
At this moment, a camp in the valley was blazing with flames, and the sounds of fighting and wailing could be heard endlessly.
This is one of the count teams sent by the Agate Principality to guard the road. It is the second farthest station after Nalant and others.
Originally, everyone thought that the garrison was just to prevent those who escaped from Oak City from slipping through the net.
But just half an hour ago, a cavalry regiment of 3,000 men raided the station.
They first sent dozens of knights to secretly approach the camp, and then controlled the gate of the camp, which was not heavily defended, as quickly as possible.
After the gate was controlled, three thousand elite cavalrymen who had been waiting for a long time came rolling in like a raging torrent from the distance.
Caught off guard, the camp with thousands of people stationed there fell immediately, and the Agate Principality's army was defeated.
"Vice Commander Bacher, the camp in the valley has been destroyed. Except for more than a hundred prisoners and a small number of enemies who escaped and hid in the dense forest, everyone else has been wiped out!" Outside the valley, Bacher was riding on a war horse.
The subordinates came closer and reported.
"There is no need to chase those fish that slipped through the net. Inform the entire team to assemble and leave a hundred cavalry to send these prisoners to the rear. We are ready to rush to the next level and cooperate with other teams to carry out front and rear attacks!"
"Yes, Lord Commander!"
Immediately, the three thousand cavalry of the Northern Principality continued to set off. Except for more than a hundred people who were responsible for escorting the prisoners, the rest continued towards other stations in the Agate Principality.
Their plan is very simple, that is to start attacking from the farthest checkpoint first, and then head all the way towards Oak City.
On the way, Bacher's cavalry will cooperate with other teams to attack from the front and back, capturing the enemy at the minimum cost and as quickly as possible, and opening up these passages.
Finally, they will arrive in Oak City four days later and launch a general attack on the Agate Principality army with the army in the city.
Because of Bacher's failure in the valley, he was naturally blamed by many nobles after he returned.
But because more than a hundred royal knights testified for him, and because he was the deputy commander of the Royal Knights, he had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
…
Outside Oak City, inside the Agate Principality army camp.
After a day of strong attack, most of the guards fell asleep.
However, His Majesty the King and several earls gathered in the meeting tent because of the return of a messenger, and the atmosphere was quite tense.
Just in the evening, the messenger sent by Nalant and others finally arrived at the camp.
The messenger immediately reported the team's encounter to Bernard, and also presented a map that Nalant and others had temporarily copied.
Although this map is very crude, it is not even half as good as the one sent by the king.
But the general terrain, as well as the route and destination on their map were clearly marked.
When Bernard looked at the map carefully, he suddenly became furious.
Because he was familiar with the environment of the Northern Principality, he immediately discovered that this was not the garrison location chosen by the cavalry family?
That is the farthest place among all the garrison locations. How did it become the garrison of his Tulip family?
So, Bernard immediately came to the king aggressively, and then showed the map to King Culver.
When King Culver saw the map, he was stunned for a moment.
Immediately, all the counts were summoned.
"Rakov, you old bastard, do you need to give me an explanation? Why is the map of your Rakov family in the hands of our Tulip family?"
"Bernard, how do I know this? The maps were delivered directly by His Majesty's herald!" Faced with Bernard's questioning, Lakoff looked innocent.
However, my heart was filled with joy.
It is said that Bernard's team did not choose to return immediately after knowing that the map was wrong. Instead, in order to take into account the safety of the principality's army, they continued to the edge of the deserted desert.
"I don't know? I suspect it's your old bastard who did it. Otherwise, why is it such a coincidence that the maps of other families are correct, but the maps of your Iron Cavalry family and my Tulip family have been swapped?"
Bernard naturally did not believe that Lakoff was innocent, because after the inquiry just now, after the teams of several other families arrived at their destinations, their heirs all sent messengers back to report that they were safe.
In this way, everyone else is not wrong, and the ones who are wrong are his Tulip family and Iron Cavalry family.
"Bernard, don't be slanderous. Do you really think that our cavalry family is easy to bully? His Majesty sent people to deliver the map. What the hell can our cavalry family do?" Lakoff did not give Bernard any face, and he was confident and confident.
He slapped the table and stood up.
"You are looking for death!" Upon seeing this, Bernard directly rolled up his sleeves, and the fighting spirit in his body began to gather.
Although Lakoff was nervous in his heart, when he saw His Majesty the King sitting aside with a gloomy face, he immediately released his fighting spirit tit for tat, as if he really wanted to have a life-and-death fight with Bernard.
"Okay!" Seeing that Bernard and Lakoff were about to take action, King Culver suddenly said.
This time the king's voice was quite low, and he did not shout as loudly as before.
However, facing this deep voice, Bernard and Lakoff immediately stopped their actions.
Because they were familiar with King Culver's character and knew that this was when the king was really angry.
In the past, those loud shouts of "enough" were exactly like the sound of a referee shouting a timeout for two people.
But now, it is the calm before the storm.
"Rakov, did you have any involvement in this matter?" After stopping the two of them, King Culver looked at Rakov.
Although there was a trace of panic in Lakoff's heart, he was an old and cunning count after all, and had made arrangements in advance, so he said calmly, "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with me. If you hadn't just summoned your subordinates to come,