After almost finishing capturing the prisoners, Narant and his team prepared to set off toward the northwest the next day.
"Narant, are you really not thinking about it anymore?" Boris and Rael were still a little worried about Narant. The desert was really no joke.
"Don't think about it, just wait for my good news!"
"Okay! Then we will wait for you at the mouth of the river. Nalant, you must be careful. If that doesn't work, retreat immediately!"
Stella led the troops to Oak City, and Nalant was preparing to go deep into the hinterland of the Northern Principality.
Boris and Rael, who originally wanted to retreat, were too embarrassed to abandon their teammates and escape alone, so they were ready to guard the prisoners in place and wait for Nalant to return.
Nalant has no objection to this. It is far away from Oak City and there will be no major danger for the time being.
"Set off!"
After informing the two of them, Nalant mounted his horse directly.
This war horse belonged to Stella. He was worried about Stella's safety, so he simply gave the white dragon to her to ride.
If there is really danger, with Bailong's speed, Stella can still be kept safe.
Following Nalant's order, the team of more than 500 people crossed the stone bridge and headed directly towards the desert.
The reason why we only brought 500 men was because it would be more dangerous to go deep behind the enemy's rear with more people.
Therefore, Nalant only brought 300 more strong serfs as coolies, so that no matter what he did, he would be more convenient.
The desert is considered a restricted area of life for humans, because in this scorching hot land full of yellow sand, sometimes you can't find a trace of water for ten days and a half.
But the reason why Nalant is so confident that he can cross the desert is because he has a "desert cheat", which is the water-spraying plant.
When he first obtained the water spray plant on Rainbow Island, in addition to making fountains, Narant expected that this thing would be very useful for the army to go to places with scarce water resources.
Therefore, when participating in the recruitment this time, Nalant prepared fifty or sixty water spray plants in the space ring.
I just didn't expect that he would actually use it in this autumn campaign.
At this moment, these water-spraying plants have been placed in more than ten empty wine barrels.
As they move forward, the water-sprinkling plants will continuously absorb moisture from the air and condense it into clean water.
Narant tried it yesterday. Even though the water vapor is scarce in the desert terrain, it can still condense a lot of clean water.
Especially when night falls, the condensed water vapor is no less scarce than in other places, which is enough to provide the minimum survival guarantee for the five hundred people in their group.
Of course, in order to deceive others and avoid accidents, Nalant also brought a lot of water with him when he set off.
Only after the clean water he brought is consumed, he will use the clean water condensed by the water spray plant.
In this way, Narant and his party, who had no worries about clean water and food, walked farther and farther into the desert until they disappeared from the sight of Boris and others.
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Time flies to three days later, and it has been four days since the Agate Principality army actually began to attack the city.
Today, Barnby and Earl Brock in Oak City were very excited, and they could see smiles on their faces no matter where they were.
If the king of the Agate Principality and a group of great nobles saw it, they would definitely wonder if their heads were broken.
Because, with their four-day onslaught, Oak City's defense became increasingly inadequate.
Just at noon today, a small group of guards attacked the wall and maintained it for several minutes.
If the Northern Principality had not immediately organized a counterattack and sent a large number of title knights, the city would probably have been defeated at noon.
"Brock, it's dark!" The two earls stood on the wall, watching the night coming, and Earl Barnby couldn't help but laugh.
"Yes, it's dark!" Earl Brock also smiled and looked at him, saying nothing.
"Are your people ready?"
"I'm ready, I'm just waiting for His Majesty to give me the signal!"
"Well, I'm really looking forward to the scene in an hour. These guys from the Agate Principality will definitely be surprised!"
"Haha! That's for sure!"
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In the Agate Principality's army camp, all the nobles, big and small, didn't know that the crisis was coming.
At this moment, the little nobles gathered in their respective counts' camps and enjoyed dinner happily.
Especially the Tulip family camp, the camp was the busiest tonight.
Because the small team that stormed the city wall today were members of the Tulip family.
"Andrew, now you are rich. Although you failed to capture Oak City successfully, as the first noble to climb the city wall, His Majesty gave you a reward worth fifty gold coins!" The young nobles ate the meat.
, while casting an envious look at Andrew.
"Haha, don't envy me. Let's all work hard and attack the city wall together tomorrow to capture Oak City. Then our Tulip family will get the highest profit by then!" Andrew also knows how to be a man and can't be proud, so he immediately laughed loudly.
Smile and be humble.
"Haha, yes, let's attack the city wall together, and then we will all make a fortune together!" Other nobles agreed one after another.
Wow! Wow!
"Hey, is this bird stupid?" Just when all the nobles were laughing heartily, a big plump bird suddenly flew over to the long table with several people.
The nobles were stunned, feeling that the bird's head was broken.
However, they soon discovered that the bird's head was definitely not broken, and it was very smart like his grandmother.
Because when he heard the ridicule of several of his own people, the bird actually rolled his eyes and then cast a look of contempt.
As for why the nobles could understand that it was a competitive look, it was because it raised its head sideways and looked at people sideways.
His grandmother's, how can you bear this?
Immediately, some of the young nobles quit their jobs, rolled up their sleeves and prepared to give themselves extra meals.
"Wait a minute!" However, just when the noble was about to take action, someone suddenly shouted to dissuade him, "Look, see if there is something tied to its legs. It seems to be golden!"
After hearing this, all the nobles wiped their eyes which were already a little drunk.
"Hey, it seems there really is one. This is the badge of nobility. It seems quite familiar!"
"Wait a minute, this...isn't this Sir Nalant's badge?"
The next moment, everyone immediately recognized the pattern of the badge.
After all, Nalant's flying fire phoenix is too special, and now his fame is well known in the Tulip family.
"Andrew, look at it!" Everyone immediately looked at Andrew.
"What a badge of honor for little Nalant!" Andrew confirmed immediately, and then his heart sank.
And just when he was thinking about how to catch the bird, Xiao Huihui seemed to recognize him and flew onto his shoulder obediently.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this, and then they waited for Andrew to dismantle the badge on its feet and a small bamboo tube.
Thanks to Xiao Huihui's cooperation, Andrew quickly took off the badge and bamboo tube.