Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 252

The overly wet soil was violently lifted away by the iron hooves with horseshoes on them.

The [-] cavalry led by Clay have been deep into the Trident River Basin for almost three days.

In the vast plain, there are many forests that obstruct the line of sight, and the mud formed after a heavy snowfall makes it very difficult to find the traces left by the enemy.

There was no other way, Clay could only select the horse with the best physical endurance in the army, let Krissen take it with him, and scatter out to scout the situation.

Logically speaking, Clay, the first demon hunter in Westeros, is a master in tracking, but the problem is that the reality is that he is not allowed to do such a thing as a coach.

He is not someone like Li, who loves to lead a commando team to destroy other people's command posts.

What's more, if this army can't find any of its own people someday, it has to disband on the spot and find their own mothers.

Now, Clay's position is about due south of Beauty's Collection and east of Raventree City.

After the army crossed the Red Fork River, Clay was straightforward and searched westward along the Red Fork River.

Because it is close to the water source, it is the most likely area to find enemy traces.

Some time ago, when the snow had not completely melted, it was possible to quench their thirst by picking snow, but now, it has become more and more difficult to collect snow water.

Clay also came back from the north, and he knew exactly what the people of the Valley were thinking.

Get to the Red Fork River as soon as possible, and then search along the river. Once you find a ferry that can cross the river, or even a place with shallow water, these valley people will definitely choose to cross the river immediately.

The longer they stayed on the north bank of the river, the greater the danger.

Therefore, after Clay crossed the river, he also searched along the river.

Unfortunately, his efforts were fruitless.

After that, Clay realized that these people seemed to be slower than he imagined, and they might not even see the shadow of the Red Fork River at this time.

With the sun high in the sky, it's time for a routine break.

Clay dismounted, and his own soldiers brought him a simple stool.

The commander still needs to be treated accordingly. After all, he is already a person who controls tens of thousands of troops. There are some things that Clay doesn't want to do, and someone will do them for him.

The sun shone on Clay's shoulders, but it didn't bring him much warmth. In the past, during this kind of rest time, soldiers would definitely be seen moving back and forth in the camp.

But now, whether it was soldiers from the Mandalay family or sergeants with the coats of arms of various families in Hejian, they were all leaning together in twos and threes, trying to find shelter from the wind as much as possible.

Some guys even dug out some dry dead branches and leaves from nowhere, lit a fire, and attracted a group of people to surround them.

There is no way, it is too cold, or in other words, the current temperature is really unacceptable for the Hejian Land in midsummer.

"Unfortunately, I can't make an accurate thermometer, so I can't determine what the temperature is now."

"In terms of body temperature, it will never exceed ten degrees."

"It's really troublesome. I will take down the Academy City later, and let you bunch of extremely inefficient bachelors study hard on what is real knowledge."

Clay was talking to himself, so quietly that only he could hear him.

Inside the nose, there is a very strong smell of corruption.

This in itself is the smell that meadows should have, but the sudden snowfall and the large amount of water accumulated after the chemical process accelerated the process, which made the ground smell quite bad.

Just as he was thinking, four galloping cavalry figures appeared in Clay's sight.

After the mutation, Clay's eyesight was excellent, and the current air conditions were very good, so Clay recognized from a considerable distance that the person who came was the scout troop he had sent out.

The leader is also his personal guard, the commander in command of the scout force, Krissen Mandler.

Clay knew in his heart that this was not the normal time for Krissen and the others to come back after their reconnaissance.

When scouts go out, they are not required to return to camp on the same day.

Clay generally requires a round-trip call within three days at most.

Come back early, as long as this kid doesn't have a messy head and dares to disobey the military order, there is only one explanation, and they have discovered something.

Standing up from the stool, Clay tidied himself up, and then turned on the horse nimbly.

With its legs clamped between the belly of the war horse, the dark horse, which understood its master's intentions, led Clay forward.

After rushing all the way to Crema, Krissen pulled the rein and the horse slammed to a halt.

Ignoring the uncomfortably neighing sound of the war horse, Krissen shouted to Clay happily:

"Master Clay! Found it! Found it!"

Krissen's voice was loud, revealing undisguised excitement.

We've been wandering the meadow for so long, isn't it just to find those valley turtle grandchildren?

So, the soldiers who heard Krissen's shout, no matter what their status was, turned their heads around, and their eyes were full of hope.

Seeing the corners of Krissen's mouth that was about to grin to the ears, Clay raised his eyebrows and asked calmly:

"The valley people, have you found their location?"

"Yes sir!"

Clay pressed his hand and signaled Krissen not to shout so loudly.

At this time, Krissen realized his gaffe, smiled embarrassedly at Clay, and continued:
"My lord, I took my brothers to search all the way to the west, and crossed the horseshoe-shaped forest full of poplars. Ah, you should have an impression."

Clay nodded. When he returned to the army for the first time, he had rested in that forest, so he had some impressions of it.

"Well, you go on."

"We'd all let that place go, but you know, we've got pretty good noses, and I thought there was always something about that place."

"So, I took my brothers back and turned back. Sure enough, there is the latest horse manure there."

"Although they have handled it very carefully, there are always omissions."

"The number is not large, and it is certainly not the product of a large number of cavalry, but it at least shows that someone must have been there."

"So, I started looking for traces in situ, and sure enough, we found a few not-so-obvious horseshoe prints."

"At that time, I thought, this may be meeting my peers."

When Chrisson said this, he was full of confidence. Obviously, the final result showed that he was right.

"I followed the horseshoe print and chased it all the way to the northwest."

"After turning over two hills, I saw the sentry sent by the people of the Valley."

When the young demon hunter's personal guard said this, the excitement and complacency in his tone could no longer be concealed.

"I was alone, and under the cover of the woods, I sneaked over."

"Master Clay, I found them. There are almost 2000 of them. They are all there and are resting."

"After confirming, I will rush back immediately."

Clay nodded and asked:
"They didn't find you, did they? After all, this is the Great Plains."

"No! The reconnaissance level of the Valley people has not been very good, and their condition seems to be very bad. Those scouts and ordinary soldiers are in a state of being able to move at will. No matter how you look at it, they seem to be conserving their energy. .”

Clay understood, he didn't doubt Krissen's information, this kid had been a scout enough times, and he had all the experience he should have, even if he made a mistake, it wasn't fatal.

"So, these valley people are just to the northwest of us?"

Clay reviewed the information provided by Krissen just now, and immediately figured out the location of those guys.

Before the battle, he spent quite a while thoroughly studying the terrain of this battlefield.

Therefore, without Christen saying too much, Clay knew where the position was.

"The speed of the army is relatively slow. Let's start now, and we will basically arrive tomorrow afternoon."

Clay muttered to himself.

……

In fact, this is really Clay's luck. In such a large range, the probability of the two armies colliding is very small.

But helplessly, the scouts sent by Earl Leonor were bitten by the tails of Clay's scouts, and followed them to find the location of the army.

Earl Leonor Corbray also had no choice. When they set off from Huangshi City, they were already out of food.

After forcing a certain distance to the southeast, the entire army finally had time to make a decision.

Leaning in the woods, almost all of them fell to the ground, and the more or less rotten fruits could not meet the energy needs of 2000 people at all.

The soldiers were so hungry that they had no energy to speak, and with only the simplest desire to go home, they walked step by step with their almost cold legs, and kept moving towards the Blood Gate.

But the spirit and will can't be eaten, and finally, the whole team can no longer move forward.

By this time, Lord Leonor Corbray could only order the horse to be killed.

All the way to the north, and then to the south in despair, the [-] war horses brought out by Earl Leonor Corbray have lost nearly [-] horses.

Don't be surprised, war horses are more delicate than humans, and even a slight problem may lead to the complete reimbursement of a war horse.

The Earl of Corbray counted all the horses, and there were more than 600 in total.

This number is slightly more than the number of cavalry that Earl Leonor currently has in hand.

Originally, when he divided his troops from Shaman's Beach with Jon Royce, it was a full-stacked army of two thousand.

But along the way, due to various reasons, the reduction of staff has reached 500 people.

Many people really couldn't keep falling behind, and Earl Leonor didn't dare to stop and wait for these people.

He knew very well in his heart that in the current environment, the main force on his side couldn't protect himself, let alone them?
The Earl of Xinsu City sighed in his heart, after this battle, Gudi probably would have to reappear the scene of elegy everywhere.

Although he didn't realize what happened to Jon Roast, he had already realized that his actions must have fallen into a trap well planned by Clay Mandalay.

But in any case, only by escaping from this dangerous place first can we talk about other things.

"Brother, kill the horse, otherwise, many soldiers will not even survive tonight."

Lynn Corbray, wielding a Valyrian steel sword, is the famous Lady of the Hollow in the Seven Kingdoms.

The sword was stained with blood, which was caused by his relief just now for a soldier who was really tortured by the high fever caused by the wound infection.

Basically half of this team is the elite of the Corbray family. Therefore, every death of a person is a huge loss to the declining Xinsu City.

But they have no choice.

Count Leonor Cobb was just about to speak and give the order to kill horses to satisfy his hunger, but he seemed to feel something suddenly.

Turning back suddenly, he looked in the direction of the hill.

The long sword was out of its sheath, he understood.

Some people don't even want to leave him with this meal time.

(End of this chapter)