As the six earls hurriedly returned to the camp, many minor nobles were still chatting, and many nobles went to the gentle countryside of the caravans behind them.
But when they received this emergency evacuation order that didn't even require supplies, all the little nobles turned pale with fright and began to frantically gather people and evacuate.
As for the nobles who are in the gentle village of the rear caravan, they can only let their subordinates go forward to search for them.
According to the fact that the cavalry of the Northern Principality only has a distance of ten miles, if they continue to approach the camp quietly, the remaining time will not exceed half an hour at most. Therefore, there may not be much time left for these little nobles.
The earls did not care whether all their vassals received the message. After conveying the order as much as possible, they immediately rushed to join the king with a group of cavalry.
In order to prevent the troops of the Northern Principality in the city from discovering abnormalities in advance, they did not dare to light torches when they met.
More than ten minutes later, the king and several counts gathered a total of more than 8,000 elite cavalry and prepared to set off.
For this Autumn Expedition, each earl deployed half of their extraordinary knights as usual, bringing basically five to six hundred elite cavalry, including fifty or sixty extraordinary knights.
The same is true for the king. Although there are ten thousand people in the Iron Guard Knights, he only brought more than five thousand people, including more than five hundred extraordinary knights.
Although the number of people may be less than half compared with the Northern Principality, they still have a slight advantage in this desperate situation, that is, the Northern Principality cavalry does not know that they have been discovered, and the formation must not have been deployed yet.
In this way, if they attack unexpectedly, they may be able to catch the enemy off guard with a small number of troops, and then give the small vassals and ordinary guards a chance to escape.
"Set off!"
Seeing that the manpower had been gathered, King Culver directly issued the order.
Immediately, a cavalry team of 8,000 people headed northeast to greet them.
When the king set off with several earls, the camps of several earl families became increasingly chaotic. The young nobles did not care about the formation at all. They carried enough rations to eat and drink for a period of time as ordered, and immediately started with their men.
They fled southward in droves.
Because they couldn't light torches and rush on their way, many teams joined each other in the chaos, and some guards were so dizzy that they couldn't find their respective lords.
Fortunately, everyone has the same goal at this moment, which is the south.
As a result, people and horses neighed suddenly three or four miles outside the city, and eighty or ninety thousand people ran wildly in the dark night as if they were fleeing for their lives.
To say that among the six count families, the one with the best situation is definitely the Tulip family.
Because they received the news more than 20 minutes in advance, they had already completed the gathering.
In this way, when receiving Bernard's order to evacuate, they can immediately form a long line and run away.
"Huh? What's going on? Barnby, have you noticed that the Agate Principality camp seems to be noisier than before?" At the same time, Brock and Barnby, who had been waiting on the city wall for an attack signal from the Royal Knights in the distance,
The count noticed something was wrong.
Although the Agate Principality camp is far away, more than three miles away, some unusual noises can still be vaguely heard.
"No, have they discovered the situation? I heard a lot of horses honking!" After hearing this, Barnby listened attentively for a moment, and his expression immediately changed.
Because the noise in the distance at this moment was also mixed with the neighing of many war horses. Logically speaking, there could not be such a dense neighing of war horses this night.
"Then what should we do? There hasn't been a signal from His Majesty yet!" Suddenly, the two of them hesitated.
If, as they suspected, the Agate Principality was escaping, then if they had waited a little longer, more Agate Principality guards might have been let go.
But what if this is a trap?
"Look, is that fire?" At this moment, Earl Barnby suddenly discovered a raging fire burning behind the Agate Principality camp in the distance.
The raging fire burned very quickly, starting from one or two places at the beginning, and finally became a large area.
From the top of their city, it looked like bonfires were being lit everywhere.
Of course, after they knew that it was not a bonfire, but the effect of the tents in the Agate Principality camp being lit!
"That must be the signal from Her Royal Highness the Princess! Hurry, Her Royal Highness is taking action! Let's set off immediately!" After discovering this situation, the two of them no longer hesitated and quickly headed towards the bottom of the city wall.
"Open the city gate quickly, send the order to the army, and attack with the whole army!"
Woohoo!
Following the two men's orders, the gate of Oak City slowly opened, and groups of guards who had been lined up on the street poured out.
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"Huh? Oak City is out?"
"No, Your Majesty, there seems to be a fire behind our camp!"
The loud horn sound from Oak City spread four or five miles away and immediately fell into the ears of Bernard and others.
At the same time, they also discovered the fire behind the camp that reflected half of the sky.
"There are spies!" Several counts looked at each other and their hearts sank. It was obvious that the fire in the camp was set by spies planted by the Northern Principality.
"Speed up and prepare to charge!" King Culver's face was ugly, and he was also frightened.
If it weren't for Nalant's bird message, facing such a carefully laid trap by the Northern Principality, I'm afraid that their Onyx Principality army would really be wiped out here tonight.
Even if they, the great nobles, manage to escape in the end, I'm afraid those petty vassals and the 80,000 to 90,000 ordinary guards will have to stay here forever.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Immediately, the Agate Principality Cavalry Regiment, which had been keeping as quiet as possible, stopped hiding their movements and began to speed up their horses.
Because they can detect the movement over there in Oak City, the cavalry of the Northern Principality must also be able to detect it.
Boom! Boom!
After continuing for more than a mile, the cavalry from both sides encountered each other unexpectedly.
"In this battle, we only need to disperse the enemy and give the army a chance to escape! So when we receive the call to retreat, we must assemble and evacuate as soon as possible! Otherwise, if we are surrounded by the enemy forces in Oak City, we may not be able to break through!
"King Culver drew his sword.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Several earls responded one after another.
"Okay, the army listens to the order, target the enemy's cavalry regiment, and attack with the whole army!"
King Culver no longer delayed, pulled out the sword from his waist with a clang, and gave the order directly.
Woohoo!
With the sound of the trumpet, the king and six earls took the lead, leading more than 8,000 cavalry in a triangular formation and charging towards the northern principality army.
Because they were calculating on their own, the cavalry regiment of the Northern Principality did not form their formation immediately.
Although the King of the Northern Principality in the large army also began to issue orders to disperse the army, after all, there was no longer enough time, and the Agate Principality army disappeared in an instant, and soon reached a few hundred meters away.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Seeing that if they didn't give the order for the army to charge, they would be crushed by the Agate Principality's cavalry. The Northern Principality had no choice but to blow the charge horn towards the half-formed formation.
"kill!"
Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, the cavalry from both sides collided together like two torrents in the dark night, and the sound of fighting and horses running suddenly resounded throughout the world.