king of the castle

Chapter 363 Conspiracy, Defeat

"Mr. Patton, what should we do now?" Following the report sent by the scout, Raikkonen frowned and said to Patton sitting opposite: "The enemy has begun to retreat!"

The enemy who had been confronted for such a long time suddenly retreated, without even thinking about it, he knew why, and even Barton sighed in surprise: "That guy actually managed to do this, it's really beyond my expectation.【 】”

Speaking of this, Barton even grinned, as if he thought it was funny.However, Lyku would rather not be in such a good mood as Barton. The fact that the enemy army began to retreat will not be hidden for long, and other nobles will soon know the news.These aristocrats participated in the war to earn some military merit. They would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, and they would definitely come to Raikkonen and demand to pursue the enemy.At that time, Lykku would rather be caught in a dilemma. Agreeing to pursue him would be tantamount to acknowledging Roger's contribution in disguise; if he did not agree to pursue him, he himself might be sued by other nobles to the military for crimes such as delaying the war.

"Mr. Patton, stop laughing, and think about what to do." Raikkonen was a little dissatisfied with Patton's attitude, and said with a straight face: "If this matter is not handled properly, it will be a big trouble, you Just make up your mind."

Although Raikkonen is the commander-in-chief of the noble army and Patton is just his staff, the Patton family is Raikkonen's backer, so he is very polite to Jenson Button in words, asking Patton to make an idea for himself.

In fact, Raikkonen himself wanted to pursue the enemy immediately.After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the noble army. If he can capture a few enemy flags, he will be honored to return to the city of Mandos.However, he also knew that Patton would definitely not agree to his doing so. For Patton, he would rather let the enemy's tens of thousands of troops return home safely than let Roger make great contributions in this war.

What commander-in-chief of the noble army, isn't he going to obey me?As long as I don't nod, you can't do anything!Looking at Raikkonen who was humiliating to him, Barton also showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth.

However, as the heir of the family, Barton is definitely not the kind of useless playboy, and he also knows the benefits of buying people's hearts.So he quickly put away his smug expression, and said to Raikkonen sincerely: "Don't worry, although I hope that guy dies, I will definitely not implicate you. How about this, let the news of the enemy retreat first Tell everyone, so as not to fall into the trap."

What Barton said made Raikkonen feel better, and he quickly nodded in agreement: "I'll do it right away, but... what if other people propose to pursue it?"

"Just to prevent this from being a trap by the enemy, no one is allowed to pursue the enemy at the moment!" Patton said coldly, "The less support that person receives, the more likely he will die in the desert. I will never allow him to Come back alive!"

Although Barton's method cannot be said to be perfect, at least it can be regarded as an explanation to other nobles, and Raikkonen feels that it is acceptable anyway.After taking his leave, he left in a hurry, wanting to pass on his order, leaving Barton alone in the quiet study.

Patton, who was alone, no longer had the gentle look just now, and muttered to himself while looking at the scenery outside with a ferocious expression: "Roger Lee, you will never try to grab a woman from me, I will definitely want you to die in the desert! "

Just when Barton was gnashing his teeth and cursing Roger, Roger was still hunting enemies near the oasis.In the past few days, in addition to eliminating another supply team, he also killed two scout teams by the way.

After ingesting the memories of the soldiers of the scout team with the crystal skull, Roger knew that the two scout teams were sent by the enemy troops on the border to investigate the situation of the missing supply team.From the memories of these scouts, Roger already knew that the enemy commanders also noticed that the situation was very bad, and their food, water, and even fodder were all left.

If the soldiers don't have enough to eat, they won't have the energy to fight, and the sand beasts can't charge if they don't have fodder to eat. Even if an army has a large number of people, it won't have much combat power left after starving for a few days.What's more, the coalition forces of the desert countries have to face the noble army of the Thorne Kingdom, which is almost the same number as them. Roger estimates that these guys will retreat soon, so as not to end up in annihilation.

According to the agreement between Roger and Raikkonen, so far his task has been successfully completed.Roger can safely retreat from the dry desert, leaving the rest of the battle to Raikkonen and other nobles.

However, Roger did not intend to leave the oasis, but decided to stay here.To be honest, he didn't believe in Raikkonen's promise. After the war, this guy would definitely turn his back on him.Therefore, Roger felt that it was better to stay here to stop the retreating enemy, to capture as many military flags as possible, and to stabilize Patton when calculating military achievements after the battle.

With such an idea in mind, Roger just held on to the oasis. On the one hand, he could continue to intercept the supply team, and on the other hand, he could wait for the retreating enemy army to give them a head-on blow.

In fact, as Roger expected, the enemy also retreated along the supply line.Although it is possible to walk anywhere in the vast desert, there is no oasis on the road to replenish drinking water, so the retreating army must follow this route, even if it takes a lot of detours.

Habasha rode on the tall sand beast, looking at the dejected soldiers behind him, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the decision to retreat was very correct.When the army retreated, there was not much food and water left. The officers could only drink a little water and eat one meal a day. As for the ordinary soldiers, they traveled long distances without getting any water.

In the past few days of retreating from the camp, weak soldiers and sand beasts fell behind the team along the way.At the beginning, there were only dozens of people and one or two sand beasts every day, but now hundreds of people and a dozen sand beasts will be reduced every day.Even if the rest of the soldiers could persist, they could barely keep up with the team.To let such a group of soldiers fight the enemy desperately is to ask them to commit suicide.

All the fallen sand beasts became food for the hungry soldiers, Habasha even heard the wind, and even the corpses of those soldiers were not spared.But at this time, Habasha can no longer control so much. As long as he can bring most of the soldiers back to the country, he can accept whatever happens.These more than 2 soldiers are the most powerful force in the Three Desert Kingdoms, and there must be no mistakes.

The only thing that makes Habasha happy is that the first oasis is very close and should be there tomorrow.Thinking of drinking cool and sweet well water and having a good rest under the shade of sandy coconut trees, Habasha couldn't help licking his chapped lips.At this moment, he had no idea that an enemy more terrifying than the desert was waiting for him.