Rodman pointed his finger at the white expanse of land ahead and said, "Gentlemen, there are nearly 800 miles of road ahead, including a 400-mile forest. After the forest is a not very rugged section of mountain road, which is usually frequented by bandits, and should be the most dangerous section. Be careful, everyone."
The lieutenant called the chief and the others together and said, "At our present speed, it will take us at least 15 days to cover the 800 miles, and with not enough horses, If we run into danger, it will be very difficult to retreat. It is very likely that we will be wiped out". Said looked at the chief.
Chief: "You want us to be chased by others and then unload eight fast ah? You are a military expert, I don't care, now you are in command."
Hahn and Yas also nodded their heads. It was not that they agreed with the chief's words, but they just felt that the lieutenant was quite pitiful that she would be with such a rogue chief. So they nodded to the lieutenant to show their support and trust in her.
The lieutenant gritted his teeth and said with the determined look of a daredevil, "Okay, march in search formation, I'll be the pointman and Yas will break off the rear. Speed up the march before entering the forest. I reckon the other side's first attack will be set up inside the forest, if we can wipe out the enemy after a head-on clash, and then grab the horses from the other side, we can quickly pass through the woods and break out of the encirclement before the other side sets up a second attack."
After arranging the men, the lieutenant rearranged the team, and by now not only the lieutenant, but even Hahn and the three of them were noticeably more serious than they had been in the previous days.
The result of this arrangement was that the lieutenant was the pointman walking more than 10 metres in front of the group. He was closely followed by Rodman. Then came the two boys and girls on horseback, who also dismounted to do the walk and lined up their horses on the outside of the two men. Then came Hahn and the chief, who walked about 2 metres to the outside of their horses. Yas was spaced 3 metres apart and walked at the end.
After reading the lieutenant's arrangement, the boy's anger, which he had suppressed for four days, finally exploded.
The boy said to Rodman, "Do these people have any common sense at all, letting the wizard go to the front while the warrior runs to the end and stays there. I don't have the leisure to accompany them if they want to kill themselves."
Rodman also seemed unhappy with the way they were set up and turned back to the chief and said, "I'm afraid I can't get past the woods ahead in this situation!" Through the past few days he had also seen that the chief, although an idiot by any measure, seemed to be the head of the group.
The Chief replied in turn, "Trust me, trust me, I won't let you spend money in vain." The playful expression remains as he speaks.
In desperation Rodman had to secretly resolve to let these idiots die on their own if they were in danger, and he himself found a way to immediately protect his master by jumping on those two horses and retreating or rushing over.
Thinking of this, Rodman also put down his heart, after all, the strength of the Golden Knight can not be underestimated, about this, he still has confidence in himself.
After thinking about the response, he quietly told his master his thoughts, the teenager listened, thought about it and did not say anything else. On the contrary, Yas, who was walking at the end because his hearing was higher than normal, pursed his lips after hearing.
After another full day of rushing, in front of them appeared a large dark and gloomy forest.
Rodman pointed to the forest in front of him and said, "This is the forest I am talking about, it is called the 'Forest of Misty Pines' and is 400 miles long from north to south and 9,00 miles wide from east to west. When it snows, the forest becomes foggy, and because it is a necessary route to the rest of the continent, there are still dirt roads for wagons in the forest. Several famous bands of robbers have emerged from the territory of the Principality in the last few centuries, almost all of them starting from this place." The implication was clearly to warn the Chief Minister and his men to be careful.
Not only did the lack of attacks along the way not put a few people's minds at ease, but even the two young boys and girls realised that there would almost certainly be an ambush in the forest ahead. So there was no need for him to say anything, everyone knew it in their hearts.
The lieutenant looked at the chief, apparently asking, "Keep going?"
Instead, the chief asked Rodman, "Keep going?"
Rodman looked at the teenager, whose steely eyes were looking straight ahead at the forest, as if he was trying to get through it and see something beyond it.
Rodman nodded to the Chief, his eyes firm.
The Chief made a gesture to the Lieutenant and then said quietly to Hahn, "It looks like his dad is dying." Hahn nodded at that without saying anything.
Upon entering the forest, the lieutenant ordered the party to move forward in exploration instead, with the same formation and a noticeably slower pace of advance.
Although the forest had roads formed by perennial pedestrian traffic, the tall pine trees around them still almost completely covered the sky overhead, and a light snow was falling sparsely towards the afternoon. As the snow fell heavier and heavier, the woods also started a thick layer of white fog, almost in the evening, they have been more than 30 miles deep into the woods, at this time they have also been unable to clearly see 20 meters away from the object. And the group is still nearly 3 miles away from the nearest forest campground.
The snow was falling heavier and heavier and the air seemed to freeze. There was no sound but the creaking of feet on the snow. All around them darkness pressed in on the crowd.
The march was slowing down and suddenly the lieutenant at the front of the line stopped, half crouched down and raised his left hand up to make a warning signal.
All around them there was instant silence, even the horses seemed to be afraid to make a sound out of fear. Only a few mouths exhaled hot air, which slowly dissolved into the surrounding air.
The teenager walking in the middle didn't read the signal but still sensed the danger in front of him. Quietly drawing her sword into her hand, the girl also took out her magic staff from behind her cloak and applied the wind defence magic 'Qi Shield' to the group.
It was still very quiet all around, not even the sound of birds chirping.
others and noticed that they were all half-crouched, facing in four separate directions with their hands under their cloaks but not in the position of drawing their swords. What was even stranger was that Yas, at the back of the group, had not even taken his axe off his back. Looked for half a day did not understand, quietly asked the front of Rodman, Rodman is also not very clear, but still with a look to indicate that the teenager do not make a sound attention to observe the movement around.
It is certain that there is an ambush, otherwise there would have been the sound of birds chirping.
In this way, everyone was frozen, no one moving, and although there was still no movement around, the air was becoming more and more oppressive. A strong murderous aura permeated the mist.
The other side also found that Hahn they have found the ambush, and gave up the idea of a surprise attack, the forest inside began to emit a sisi rustling sound,is concentrating in their direction, because of the fog, the other side's vision is also greatly affected. Otherwise, they would have greeted them with bows and arrows.
The rattling inside the forest was getting closer and closer, and those with exceptionally good eyes like Rodman could already see the shifting of figures.
Rodman also started to get a little nervous, judging from experience that the other side had at least 100 people. However, there were no bows and arrows on their side, and the other side stopped 50-60 meters away from them in the surrounding woods to reorganize their formation.By the time they finish organizing their formation and then move forward 20 meters through the fog barrier to a distance where they can see their position clearly will surely shoot them into a sieve.
Rodman at this time also a little regret why will hire these mercenaries. So far, the name Bajelulu magician (Lieutenant) has not started to read the magic spell, now launch magic can still be timely, wait until the other side can see their position clearly, the first to deal with will be the magician. And the other side has so many people, it seems that today is a bad luck.
Rodman was ready to act on his plan, just as he was about to signal his master.
The people inside the woods also started to move.
Just then the lieutenant was heard suddenly shouting, "Fire!"