Planetary Museum

A hapless rabbit, impaled on a wooden stick, was slowly roasting over the flames.

As the wooden stick rolled slowly, the heat gradually browned the body full of protein and fat, and the faint scent was wafting away. The owner of the wooden stick tried to sniff his nose to capture the smell, and at the same time, the movements of his hands became more detailed.

"Get me some salt, Lance, pepper and cumin too."

"My lord, the enemy's sentinels are spying on us." Passing salt and spices, Lance opened and closed his mouth, and finally couldn't help but said to Wu Xiaoqing, "Our horses are better than theirs, and we can catch up with them. .”

Wu Xiaoqing carefully picked up a handful of salt with his fingers, and slowly sprinkled it on the barbecue on the flame.The voice of the search and rescue team answered Wu Xiaoqing's question that should have been answered by him: "It's okay, let them see, Lance."

Lance is a man who has been on the battlefield many times, and he is also the nominal commander of this army. He must speak out all his judgments and provide them to those who can really make decisions: "They see our troops clearly. After the number, twice as many cavalry may be sent to surround us."

Wu Xiaoqing concentrated on poking holes in the meat with a knife to ensure that the meat inside and outside of this rabbit was roasted evenly.The search and rescue team responded to Lance's concern: "It's okay, let them come, Lance."

"But..." Lance's voice raised a little, and after seeing Wu Xiaoqing's movements, he lowered it again, with a lot of bitterness in it: "But I can't ensure your safety, Mr. God Envoy. "

"God will keep me safe, Lance," said the search and rescue team. "God has seen it all."

Lance walked away disappointed.

Looking at the shadows that flashed from time to time on the opposite hill, Lance became more and more restless.

These cavalry have been following them since they entered the border of the Kingdom of Louis, and since they met the warning shot by the No. 1 archer.

Lance can almost imagine that one day in the future, the army of the Kingdom of Louis will be fully aware of and grasp the direction of their team.

On the march of a certain day, they will see a large number of Louis' army on the horizon, charging with spears and sharp swords - Lance can almost imagine his own ending, after being surrounded by several times the enemy, Fight hard and die.

I don't know how the Lord God Envoy and the land god in his mouth will bless them at that time?

When he first learned that he had been appointed as the forward commander of this holy war, Lance was particularly excited.Because going forward means that while they are marching, the enemy is not ready.It means that even if they encounter a large number of enemies, they can retreat calmly, it means that they can carry out the first round of the most lucrative robbery in enemy territory, and it means that the credit and status after the war...

But these two days, after getting along with this envoy, Lance felt that his heart was full of frustration and anxiety.

Especially uneasy.

This envoy looks like a young man who has never been on the battlefield, and he doesn't know many things in the army... It's okay, as a seasoned soldier, Lance doesn't expect anyone to help him perform his duties .

This envoy also interfered with their normal marching rhythm... This is nothing, as a soldier who is used to the world, Lance is also used to satisfying the military demands of some big figures with face or words. Show desire.

However, the divine envoy's interference went deep into the designated tactical action, and he watched it with his own eyes. This is too much!

For example, insist on not expelling the opponent's sentry!

For example, they are not allowed to collect military rations through robbery!

For example insisting on sleeping during the day and marching at night!

For example, changing the marching direction frequently...! ! !

This is simply sick!

If it weren't for the fate of his own family that was now in the hands of the envoy, Lance would almost have the urge to lead his men to flee back privately.

"Brother, he looks very upset," Wu Xiaoqing gnawed on the freshly baked rabbit, recalling the drooping face of the commander who left just now, "It will be fine."

"He's just scared," the search team said. "He doesn't know we're looking further than he is."

"Then why didn't you tell him?" Wu Xiaoqing looked at the age of the knight commander and felt that he should be about the same age as himself.However, it is said that the opponent has been on the battlefield several times, and in this era, he can be regarded as a young talent.

"He can't understand. If we tell him all the principles, will God still be called God?" the search and rescue team said, "Go to the west to have a look after eating."

Wu Xiaoqing brought seven or eight knights to patrol around the camp as usual.

Wu Xiaoqing's behavior was obviously not understood by the soldiers, because the search and rescue team showed him some people's private complaints: "If the god makes the master feel unsafe, he should drive those sentries away."

The sentinels on the west side of the camp were the first ones to follow the vanguard of the Kingdom of Elis. There were three of them in total, and they were still brothers.

As usual, when the soldiers of the Kingdom of Elis camped to rest, the sentries who watched them also stopped not far away to rest.They were blatantly on a small hill opposite, and even lit a fire and grilled food.When Wu Xiaoqing and his group appeared, the three of them stood up, unfastened their belts as usual, and peed on Wu Xiaoqing's side.

According to the request of the search and rescue team, Wu Xiaoqing picked up the binoculars and aimed the center of the field of vision at the key parts of the three people—the mouth of course.

"What the hell are those Elisians thinking?"

"Yeah, it's so strange... Let's say they are timid. They were obviously followed by us for two or three days, and they are not in a hurry... Let's say they are brave. They sent a whole team of people when they walked out of the main road to find a well... "

"What's strange, I think, is that the guy on the opposite side has never been on the battlefield..."

"Don't underestimate them," said the scarred man to his brother, pointing to his own face, "that's a bunch of crazy soldiers brought out by a crazy king... If they don't know how to fight, neither can the baron They are still strengthening the castle now. They changed direction again today..."

"In my opinion, as long as five teams are called, one charge can wipe them out," the third child pointed to Wu Xiaoqing who was opposite, "They don't even have sentries and bonfires when they sleep! They are too slack."

The boss shook his head and denied the opinion of the third brother: "Do you still remember what happened in the morning? We were just about to approach the camp, and the other party had a patrol force coming towards us."

"That's just bad luck, brother," the third brother still refused to accept, "We can try again in the afternoon. I saw those Elisians take off their armor during the daytime, maybe we can steal a few pairs back."

The boss shook his head, pointed to Wu Xiaoqing who was opposite, and said, "No... no... we just watched them from a distance... Don't you think it's strange? Why does that person on the opposite side find our camp every time? You guys Remember? Every time we stopped to eat, that guy was quick to find, and ran over to watch us every time."

"Of course they can see..." The third child pointed to the fire, then raised the hot food in his hand: "And there are a lot of them."

"No, on the first day, we deliberately concealed it," the boss recalled. When he first started tracking this army, he recalled the boy in silver armor on the opposite side, holding something he didn't recognize for the first time. , when looking at ourselves, "But as soon as we showed our heads, we saw that person looking towards us."

It was obvious that the three of them followed the baron's order to follow and monitor this army, but the boss always had a strange feeling that the other party was using him to investigate and understand the reality of the Kingdom of Louis.

The boss feels right, and this is indeed Wu Xiaoqing's purpose for doing this all along.

This is a plain area. If one army does not use power beyond the times, it is almost impossible for an army to get rid of the cavalry scouting vision of another army on such terrain.

For some reason, the search and rescue team asked not to show too bizarre military signs for the time being. Therefore, according to the plan, the Ellis Vanguard had to march at night and change directions frequently to shorten the timeliness of the information detected by the other party. ——Except for the resentment of the soldiers, for a small army of 500 people, these are not difficult to do.

With the level of organization and command of this era, no commander dares to take the risk of judging the opponent's marching route and purpose in the face of the changing marching information every day. The safest way is to strengthen the city wall and wait for the opponent to take the initiative. Expose the tactical purpose.

The boss had a difficult night with him last night, and the second child had just found someone to deliver the information in the morning, so both of them needed to go to the back of the mountain to catch up on sleep in the afternoon.The third child crawled on the ridge alone, watching every move of the enemy army.

As usual, they continued to sleep in the afternoon until after Xiaoyang set, they packed their tents on time and set off again.

The third brother woke up the two brothers, and after confirming that the opponent's troops had left, he ignored the warnings of the two brothers and urged the horses to come to the place where the opponent had just camped.There were still a lot of leftover food residues and traces of a fire on the ground. Next to a fire, the third child once again found a familiar package that was almost eaten up.There were still two or three mouthfuls of food left in it, and he greedily stuffed the food into his mouth, then savored it contentedly.

"Third brother, one day, this mouth of yours will kill you." The boss chased after him, saw the food residue on the third brother's mouth, and scolded him, "Did you find any sugar?"

In the first few days, they followed the team and always picked up a lot of precious things.For example, a small package of white sugar, a small machine that can automatically ignite a fire, a small mirror that can clearly reflect the silhouette of a person, and even a whole can of pepper.

As usual, they began to carefully search for any possible wealth in this camp again, and the thought and energy spent in this was even more serious than performing surveillance tasks during the day.Their earnestness paid off, and this time they found three gold coins that had been dropped—I really don't know how frustrated the soldiers who lost these gold coins must be at this moment.

But it was also because they spent too much time looking for things today, and when they mounted their horses again to follow the whereabouts of this group of people, it was already completely dark.The horseshoe on the ground became difficult to recognize. After chasing the ground for more than an hour, the boss finally chose to give up.They ate a supper with the spices and food they had just found, and fell asleep again, preparing to wait for the next day to track down the invaders again.

Although they lost the forward team of the Kingdom of Elis for the time being, the three of them were very relieved. ——The horse team of four and 500 people has no possibility of hiding during the day.

The next day, the three of them got up very early. They followed the traces they traced yesterday. They met several groups of farmers on the road, and they all claimed that they heard the sound of a large group of people passing by at night. Every farmer who was asked clearly pointed out the direction for them.

It seems that these pagans traveled too much at night and finally got lost.

Looking in that direction, the three brothers felt more at ease—because that was where they started, and it was an outpost that the baron had just built specially for this war.

When the three brothers set off, more than 150 soldiers had already been stationed in the sentry, and they had stored enough defensive supplies, including bows and arrows, spears, stones and fuel.All the defense troops have also been notified by their intelligence before. If these Ellis lunatics bump into them at night, they will have plenty of spoils to pick up later.