flstandardbreds Chapter 119 Old acquaintance
Chapter 119 Old acquaintance
"Drive! Drive!"
On the vast plain, thousands of cavalrymen galloped under the leadership of Savile.
Looking at the endless plain in the distance, Savile waved his hand to signal the new recruits behind him to stop, and asked the centurion holding a map next to him:
"Where are we now? There's not even a fortress."
The centurion looked at the map carefully, thought for a while and said:
"I don't know either. His map doesn't have a mark here."
Hearing this, Xavier slapped his forehead and thought, Damn it, he ran too fast and couldn't even find his location.
"Tell the brothers to rest on the spot. Remember not to let them light a fire. Check if there are enough food and water reserves. The scouts should disperse and check the surrounding movements."
After the order was issued, most of the recruits dismounted from their horses in exhaustion. After stroking the horses to make them lie down, they rested their heads on the horses' bellies to take a nap.
Seeing the state of the recruits, Xavier couldn't help but yawn. After complaining about this crappy position and this lousy simulated war, he asked the centurions who had escaped with him to hold a small meeting.
The centurions sat on the ground. Savile looked at the centurion in charge of food reserves and asked:
"How long can the current food last?"
"Captain Anderson took one-third of the people as bait. They didn't take any food with them. I calculated that if we save a little, it will be enough for us to last until next week."
Hearing this, Savile asked the centurion in charge of medical care about the health of the new recruits. After learning that more than a dozen new recruits had fever, he asked:
"Have they drank the medicinal soup prepared by Anderson?"
"I did drink it, but maybe because it was cold, the effect wasn't that fast."
"Then we can't wait. We have to send them back to the camp by this Sunday at the latest. Otherwise, with our current medical conditions, the best we can do is give them a tombstone."
"Then let's wait until the scouts return. Okay, adjourn the meeting. Each centurion should go and comfort their team members and make sure they get enough rest."
As the sun gradually rose to noon, Xavier paced in circles anxiously, wondering why the scout had not returned for so long.
At this time, Savile had already thought of the situations in which the scouts were captured or lost, but he didn't know what to do next if he lost the scouts to gather information.
At this time, Savile heard the sound of loud horse hooves. Following the sound, he saw a group of cavalrymen rushing towards them in the distance. As the figures gradually became clearer, the uniforms of the recruits came into Savile's eyes, which finally made him feel relieved.
At this time, the other centurions also noticed the return of the scouts and gathered together to ask them if they had any news.
"Savier, look what we brought!"
When the leading scout approached Savile, he handed him a bag. Savile opened it and found that it was filled with a lot of bread.
"Oh, and also, vegetables, sausages, cheese, and fruits, we have them all." The leading scout said proudly as he looked at the shocked people in front of him.
"Where did you get these things?" asked a centurion.
"We were not conducting reconnaissance, but one of our team members saw a wisp of smoke, so we went to see if those people were catching up with us. We found a village, no wooden walls, no soldiers stationed there, just an ordinary village, so more than a dozen of us rode in with our weapons."
"At first, the villagers were very scared when they saw us. They closed their doors and hid in their homes. We persuaded them to come out and then told them that we wanted to buy some food. I only used a few silver coins to exchange so much." The leading scout said as he showed them the bag on his horse's back.
"It's really yours."
"Great, we can do this in the future."
"Or we could just go buy some from them again."
Seeing that the centurions around him were all very excited, Savile also felt that as long as he purchased the supplies here and headed south in one go, he would definitely reach his destination within a week.
As he was thinking, he suddenly thought of something, and then he asked the scout with a serious expression:
“When you were buying things, did the villagers ask you to show your military ID cards?”
"Uh." The leading scout was surprised when he heard this: "Yes, they didn't check our military badges." Then he turned to the other scouts and asked:
"Yours, did they check your military license plate?"
"No."
"I thought they were done checking you out."
As more and more information flowed into Savile's brain, he suddenly thought of the worst possible scenario, and then said to the scout:
"Hurry up and take me to see that village again!"
After riding for a while, Savile and others arrived at a hill not far from the village.
"That's it. They've probably gone back to the village to rest now." The scout pointed at the village and said to Savile.
At this time, Savile was concentrating on observing the village in the distance through a telescope. This village was like other villages in Midland, surrounded by large fields in the center, with smoke rising from the chimneys and many farmers working in the fields. If Savile was not leading a team to escape pursuit, one would have thought he was hunting on his own territory.
"Well, it's normal, but the problem is that it's too normal. Is there such a village in Franche-Comté?" Xavier put down the telescope and thought carefully. Since he came here, he has seen plains and fortresses every day. This kind of village without any defense measures is the first time he has seen it since he came to Franche-Comté.
"Something's wrong. It's really wrong." The more Xavier thought about it, the more strange it felt. He prepared to use the telescope to observe again. It turned out that on the other side of the village, a group of knights in black armor were rushing towards the village.
"Sweet, it's the Yoda people, brothers, retreat quickly!" After saying this, Xavier rode back on his horse. A scout who didn't know what was going on saw Xavier running away and followed him.
“Is that what they bought here?”
In the village, a knight in heavy black armor spoke to the village chief.
"Yes, sir. Although I don't know where they are from, I can tell from their accent that they are Midlanders." The village chief responded quickly with a nod.
After listening to what the village chief said, the knight turned and ran to a tall man wearing giant armor and a shark helmet and said.
"General Adam, that group of Midlan people did appear here. If my guess is correct, this is a newly formed knight group in Midlan."
"Okay! These damn Midland people have made me suffer so much. This time, I will let them see how powerful my new Blue Whale Heavy Armored Knights are!" After General Adam finished speaking, he led a large group of knights on horseback and galloped towards where Xavier was.