At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

But I just don't know whether Hadrad is fast or he is fast. If Hadrad arrives early and intercepts in front, it will be bad.

"Your Highness." Just as Charlie was staring blankly at the wet soil and ant nests on the ground, a light rider came running from afar and dismounted excitedly. "We've arrived. The Weila River is less than ten miles ahead!"

"Have you found any trace of Hadrad?"

"I didn't find it on my side. There must be traces of the large group of people walking. We didn't find any traces on our side. I guess they just didn't come."

"Okay, okay!" Charlie stood up and lingered for a while, "Let me ask you, is there a fishing village near the river?"

That Qingqi shook his head: "I didn't find it, and I didn't find the boat either."

"Is there a forest then?"

"There is a small piece of woods, which is sparse, not far from here, and we have to walk up the river for a while."

Charlie laughed out loud. At this point, the plan was half successful. He shouted to everyone, "Everyone, when the sun sets on that branch, let's go!"

"Yes!"

"Oh, by the way, Itudov, you take two people and look around to see if there are any caves or places that can shelter from the rain."

"As ordered, Your Highness."

The sun rises and the moon sets, the clouds roll and the clouds clear, on the Vela River, it was not until the evening of the next day that it finally ushered in its second batch of guests-Hadrad and his [-] cavalry.

Eight hundred cavalrymen stood by the river, feeding the horses with pasture and river water, while Hadrad squatted by the edge of the woods, his face was like the sky that was getting darker.

The thick fingers covered by the gauntlets slashed heavily on the stumps with rings of rings. Hadrad turned around: "They must have cut down trees, made rafts, and crossed the river by boat! Damn, why are they so fast!"

"Charlie is carrying the most elite cavalry after all." Sendley advised, "My lord, what should we do now?"

"Huh!" Hadlard snorted heavily, "Charlie can cut down trees to make a raft, can't I? Everyone, make a raft on the spot and prepare to cross the river at night. They must not be allowed to escape and join the army in Würzburg."

"Is it still too late?"

"It's too late!" Hadlard said decisively, "Look, these trees are all freshly cut, and the gap between us and them is getting smaller and smaller."

So the noble fief cavalry had to get off their horses, pick up their axes, and do what they never would have done before, which was to become a lumberjack and cut down trees by themselves.

The night gradually fell, and there was no glow in the sky. Only the occasional sunlight could break through the blockade of the dark clouds and fall on the sweaty knights.

Although reluctant, they had no choice but to do so in the face of enormous military pressure.

It's a pity that their labor reformation didn't last long before it was interrupted by the continuous falling raindrops.

As night fell, dark clouds shrouded the sky, and the sky was only light rain at first, but as the rain became heavier, the speed of making rafts was much slower than before.

Since Hadlard was in a hurry to cross the river, he didn't prepare in time. Under the rain, the tent and supplies were drenched a lot.

Although it did not affect crossing the river and building rafts, Hadrad was still in a bad mood.

He was lying in the tent, and the damp water vapor made him feel sticky all over his body, exuding a disgusting stench, his nasal cavity was also very damp, and his chest was stuffy. It was not until the rain gradually subsided in the middle of the night that he finally fell asleep.

In the tent, the sound of dreaming mixed with the sound of rain continued to echo in the darkness.

"Charlie, damn Charlie, you're finally dead..."

"Hey, queen, no, Fastrada, serve me well..."

"Anthony, this time, are you convinced that you lost..."

"My lord? Your lord!"

"Huh? Uh..." Hadlard opened his sleepy eyes, and looked at Sendley's face so close to him as if he lost his memory.

Sendley held Hadrard's shoulders: "Your Excellency, we have built the first batch of rafts."

"This is a good thing, reward, give reward..."

"My lord, please be sober." Sendley said anxiously, "We sent a team of scouts to cross the river first, and said that we only found traces of three or five people. Charlie's large army did not cross the river at all. What should we do now?"

Hadrad looked at the wet ground outside, only to feel a headache that was about to explode. He wanted to think, but he couldn't stand it for a long time.

"The rain is annoying tonight. If we chase the enemy again tomorrow morning, they are also soaked in the rain, so they must not be able to run far."

"But I think..."

"It's nothing but, I want me to think, don't you think! Send me an order, let the scouts continue to search, and make plans tomorrow morning! They can't run far!"

Chapter 319 The Green Jacket Full Chapter

As Hadrad said, Charlie didn't run far. If Hadrad had God's perspective, he would have found that Charlie was in a cave less than twenty miles away from them.

The early morning rain dripped down from the cave along the vines. Charlie stood at the door of the cave and looked into the distance, which was the direction of the Wera River.

After crossing the Wera River is Kassel, and then going south from Kassel through the Fulda Territory will reach Würzburg, if the messenger sent by Charlie can arrive on time.

Then it only takes three days for the Würzburg Army to attack Schmalkalden directly from the start, and it only takes three days.

Charlie turned back to the cave. The cave was not that big and could only accommodate around [-] or [-] people. Most of the people, including Charlie himself, slept outside in tents. They just put supplies and some horses in the cave.

In addition, Charlie found out that it was going to rain in advance, and arranged the tents in advance, so when it rained, none of the knights caught a cold, but on Hadrad's side, a dozen or twenty fell down in one go.

"How is it?" Charlie had just taken a sip of the mushroom and pea soup when he saw a knight half-soaked in the rain trotting into the cave.

The knight stroked his chest and bowed: "Your Highness, I went to Hadlard to see that they didn't build too many rafts, but occasionally seven or eight people crossed the river on small rafts. Most of the soldiers are still camping, but their activity of cutting down trees to build rafts still hasn't stopped."

"Neither crossing the river nor returning, what on earth is this Hadrad trying to do?" Charlie looked at his hands, as if they were filled with verses from the Sun Salutation.

After thinking for a while, Charlie continued to ask: "Did they have any changes? How many people?"

"There is no change. I have seen that they only have about 1000 people, and they are all cavalry, not a single infantry, just like us."

Charlie touched the beard on his chin and sat on a ponytail, while the soldiers who reported the news stirred up the charcoal in the kang.

In the rising choking smoke, Charlie seemed to be explaining to the knight, and murmured as if talking to himself: "It's strange, that is to say, they have also divided their troops. It's not like Hadrad. How could his earls take the free militia..."

"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. We will spend at least three more days on Hadlard if we go back and forth like this. As long as Blankenburg can be held, everything will be fine." A valet filled a bowl of pea soup and handed it to the knight who scouted the messenger.

"Your Highness, that's exactly what I want to say." The messenger knight said worriedly, "It will take one day for Duke Anthony to send an envoy, and it will take at least two or three days for the soldiers to be summoned. Including logistical preparations, it will take at least five days before we can set off.

Counting the five days and the marching time, it will take almost two days, which is seven days in total. With this one and a half days, Duke Anthony's reinforcements will arrive in five and a half days.

Hadrad's infantry moved separately, and the slowest to reach Blankenburg was today.

It takes about two and a half days for us to return to Blankenburg normally, and it takes about four days for Hadrad to return to Blankenburg. That is to say, when Hadrad joins forces, maybe Duke Anthony’s reinforcements have not yet arrived, and Blankenburg is under siege. Where should we go? "

Charlie didn't reply, but just looked at the gray sky in the distance.

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"When all people are united in one mind, Mount Tai can be shaken! Only loyalty and righteousness come together, and you will fight bullfights with anger."

On the avenue from Brunswick to Branken, the ear-splitting military songs startled a group of birds, but the footsteps wrapped in leggings and cloth shoes never stopped for a moment.

A squirrel stood on a tree, stood up, pointed ears pricked up, and stared blankly in the direction of the sound, both fearful and curious, until the torrent of green and gray clothes approached step by step, and then the little squirrel jumped out and flew into the woods like a fly.

"When the lord general kisses me, he is better than his parents; if he violates military orders, he will not be free."

It's strange to say that "The Song of Triumph", which was very unfamiliar at the beginning, with the continuous singing of the Eight Banners and Yi Cong, unexpectedly took on a certain look, and combined with the movements of the feet, it really looked like a united city.

Most of these Eight Banners members are now uniformly dressed, and they all put on gray-green gowns. This is the summer dress of the Eight Banners army, and they also wear a linen shirt inside.

The shape of this gown is very similar to that of the half arm, but the common half arm has the upper half of the sleeve, but this one does not. Therefore, some people in the Eight Banners and Nuo Siyi who can't wear this dress jealously gave the gown a nickname, called the green mandarin jacket.

As for why Feng Sen changed them into this summer suit, it was also for the convenience of wearing armor. Although the current iron ore production in Salzgitter has not met Feng Sen's expectations, it is still possible to allocate a similar set of chain mail to some officers.

Most of the ordinary Eight Banners either took out the leather and asked the guards to help them make it, or they bought leather armor directly from someone. With this leather armor business, they even made a fortune with the Slavs who fiddled with beeswax on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.

If there is no distinction between iron armor and leather armor, then the armor rate of the Eight Banners Banner Ding has reached a full [-]%, which is barely in line with the Han Dynasty.

It's not that Feng Sen doesn't want to promote iron armor, but that the iron used to make a pair of armor is enough to make several or even a dozen weapons.

Feng Sen used the extra iron to make crossbow arrows, yes, crossbow arrows.

Among the Eight Banners who sang military songs on the road, one of every three or four people carried a crossbow arrow. In order to prevent moisture and rain, they were laminated with birch bark and bound with oilcloth.

Among the Eight Banners marching team, there was also a group of Nuos Yicongs pushing small carts. In the small carts, besides batches of salted fish and bacon, there were sticks of rye bread as hard as steel. In the pockets of each team, there were also condiments such as fermented soybeans and soy sauce.

Of course, on the way of marching, most people don't wear armor or only wear half armor, so the soldiers' armor and some tools, such as shovel, ax and pickaxe, are also loaded on the trolley.

The most important thing is that before the march, Qingqi will set off one day in advance to check the location of the camp, and even buy some supplies in the surrounding villages.

To be honest, some Banners who had followed the Saxon rebels and even the Frankish army were confused along the way. Is this going to fight or travel?

3 Twenty Chapters Genius Tactician

"What?!" The Earl of Fort Lobuda stood up abruptly, walked up to the messenger soldier in two or three steps, grabbed his shoulder and asked, "Say it again, the reinforcements from the Saxons have arrived?!"

Being picked up by the thick fingers, the messenger's breathing became a little short, and he replied tremblingly: "Yes, they have arrived, only one league away from us."

"But we've only just arrived at this day!" The Earl of Fort Lobuda pointed to the busy construction site outside, "Our camp has only just been built, and I only received the last team that arrived this afternoon!"

"But it is true, my lord." The soldier said with difficulty.

"Damn it! Could it be that they can fly?" The Earl of Fort Lobuda let go of his hand, allowing the soldier to fall backwards.

The soldier sat down on the ground, but quickly stood up again, waiting for the order from the Earl of Fort Lobda.

"I ask you, how many of them are there?"

"I don't know." The soldier bowed his head honestly.

The Earl of Fort Lobda's eyes widened: "Why don't you know, aren't you the one who went to investigate?"

"Yes, but they also arranged for sentries, and light cavalry continued to patrol and drive away. Most of our horses were taken away by His Excellency Hadrad. How can human legs run faster than horses and arrows?" The scouting soldier said a little aggrieved.

The Earl of Fort Lobuda rubbed his head. Compared with other nobles, he was a rare person in this era who was not arrogant. He was even so cautious that he was called a coward by others.

For small and medium-sized nobles, being cautious is always the best medicine to continue the family. At least in his grandfather's generation, the noble family who ridiculed their family as cowards has completely disappeared in the flames of war and battle, but the Earl of Lobda Castle is still strong.

If there is any family motto handed down by the ancestors, the family motto of Earl Hedwin of Lobda Castle is to live, to live desperately.

So Hedwin will carefully maintain his good reputation in the aristocratic circle, and his popularity is very good, but this also brought a result that he himself did not expect.

When Hadlard found out that no matter who he put in the position of the infantry coach, it would lead to infighting and friction within the infantry. Only Hedwin, the only one who could get the reluctant approval of most people.

Although most of this infantry is temporarily out of the control of the nobles, in the final analysis, they will still be influenced by the nobles. You can see who is elected, and they are the captains of the guards or the infantry knights.

After all, after the battle, Hadlard still wanted to send the infantry back to their masters, and his behavior could only be regarded as an excuse.

Hedwin's ability to bring the soldiers here quickly was already based on the unanimous concept shared by the guards and captains who led the team, that is, the knights and nobles who won this battle, and the wandering bandits who lost this battle.

Under this idea, the captain and personal guards can even tolerate assigning some of their soldiers to other captains or personal guards, tolerate the previous conflicts, and obey orders from someone they don't approve of.

But under the addition of this "unity of all people", Hedwin only arrived for a day, and the bannermen of the Eight Banners had already arrived.

It took him three days to walk to Blankenburg with the infantry, but it took only two days for the group of Eight Banners to assemble and prepare logistics.

It must be that Magdeburg is too close to Blankenburg, that must be it.

"It must be that they didn't bring food and grass to go into battle lightly!" At the urgent pre-army meeting, an unlucky foot knight who was assigned to the infantry because of a lame horse hoof shouted firmly, "It must be so."

No one responded to his words. Most of the knights and minor nobles in the central army tent were trembling. There were only a few of them like this brave foot knight.

Many of them have personally participated in the Saxon War, and even a small part of them have fought side by side with the legendary Saxon demon soldiers. They are quite clear about how powerful these tooth soldiers are.

They thought they came here to catch the leak. The queen and the Duke of Saxony, a small mountain castle, hundreds of soldiers, and insufficient logistics, three days, from the beginning of the siege to the end, at most three days!

But it is a pity that at the stage of preparing for the siege, a group of Saxon reinforcements suddenly appeared, only one league away (almost ten miles).

There was an endless crackling sound by the fire, which was the sound of various bugs exploding after being licked by the flame, forming a small circle by the fire.

After the unlucky knight, everyone was not very interested in speaking. Over the years, around Saxony, especially in Thuringia, everyone had heard about the decapitator and his ruthless methods.

But the most uncertain thing in everyone's mind is the complete failure of the investigation. They have no news about the other side. This is the scariest thing.

"How do you know it's not those demon soldiers? Everyone present, no one understands demon soldiers better than me. They are tall, can wear a thousand catty of heavy armor, ride on a giant horse, lightly wave a hammer, tsk tsk tsk..."

"You don't mean to surrender to the enemy, coward!"

"That's the truth! You're just dying, if it's someone else, why should I be afraid?"

"You haven't played yet, so how do you know?"

Just as the atmosphere at the scene became more and more enthusiastic, the guards suddenly lifted the curtain of the tent.

"Everyone!" Until this time, Earl Hedwin, who was the host of the military meeting but was suddenly absent, appeared in front of everyone.

Different from the forced smiles during the day, at this moment the Earl of Lobda Castle, Hedwin, was full of spring breeze, with a joyful smile on his face.

"Everyone!" Hedwin walked to the main seat and sat down, and smiled slowly, "I'm sorry for being late, but there is a reason for my being late, and this reason has a lot to do with the lives of the people here."

"What's the matter?"