Bloodline Lord of War

  Chapter 203 Crossing the river problem

   "Boss, we stay here just to wait for you. The coalition troops have already retreated." Simon replied. "Tess said that you will definitely come back along this river, hehe, she really got it right."

   "Where's Tess?" Robin asked.

   "Our camp is five miles away from here, where Tess and the stag cavalry are." Simon said, raising his hand and pointing to the east.

  Robin nodded: "Okay, let's go to your camp first."

  Then, the group of them left the river bank, with Simon leading the way. The group walked cautiously on the wasteland for half an hour, and arrived at the temporary camp of the Raging Waves Legion.

  This camp is placed behind a raised mound, on the almost flat wasteland, this location is already relatively hidden.

  Twenty triangular camp tents were neatly arranged in three rows under the mound. From a distance, they looked like a group of densely grown white mushrooms. There were deer cavalry standing guard on the mound and around the camp.

  When Robin and his party arrived at the camp, there were only a few sentries in the camp. Tess and the other deer cavalry had all been scattered, searching for Robin's information like a needle in a haystack in the wilderness.

Simon told Robin that they had a division of labor, and he and Luke guarded the nameless river, because when the Raging Waves Legion marched towards the Blood King City, they walked along this river, so they guessed that Robin had a high probability Will be back along the river.

  The deer cavalry is highly mobile, and Tess led the deer cavalry like a big net, scattered the deer cavalry in groups of two, and "blocked" Robin from other directions.

   Waiting in the camp until the evening, the deer cavalry sent out finally came back one after another. Of all the people, Tess was the last to come back, and it was almost dark when she rode back on the elf deer.

  Tess rode the white fairy deer snow, and stopped slowly in the middle of the camp, her face was full of melancholy. There was no gain again today, and she was very depressed. As the days passed, she became more and more worried about the baron.

  She turned over the deer skillfully, took off the helmet on her head, revealing a long flaxen ponytail. Then, she couldn't help but sighed deeply, and lamented in her heart: My dear baron, where are you now?

  Just as she was melancholy, Simon and Luke came out of the tent in front of her one after the other.

  Seeing the two of them, Tess shook her head sadly: "Sorry, I didn't get anything today, do you have any news from the Baron?"

  As soon as she finished asking, she felt that something was wrong. Simon and Luke stood in front of the gate of the tent, one on the left, and the other on the right. Both of them looked at her with silly smiles, making her confused.

   "What's the matter with you?" Tess frowned suspiciously.

   "Tess, who do you think this is?"

  After Luke finished speaking, he turned and opened the curtain of the tent. Then, Robin walked out of the tent.

   "Tess, I'm back, are you okay?" Robin stood at the door of the tent, looking at Tess with a smile.

  Tess was stunned for a moment, her face was full of astonishment, and her pair of green eyes, which were as beautiful as jewels, widened. "Lord Baron!" She exclaimed in surprise as if she couldn't believe it.

  Then, she let go of the elf deer's rein, walked quickly to Robin, and knelt down on one knee. "Master Baron, you have finally returned safely."

  Tess said excitedly, tears filled her eyes in an instant, recalling the fear and hard work of these days, she felt that everything was worth it.

   "Get up quickly, you have worked hard during this time." Robin stepped forward and helped Tess up with both hands.

  Tess wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hand, and a beautiful smile like sunshine bloomed on her face: "Master Baron, I'm so happy that you are safe and sound."

After dinner, in a tent, Robin, Simon, Luke, Tess, and Pastor Feynman sat on a small horse, forming a circle in the center of the tent, with a bed on the ground. Robin's military map.

   After busy work, Smaug and Seaman made a cup of hot tea for everyone and delivered them to them one by one.

  Simon held a small wooden stick in his hand and used it as a pointer. While pointing on the map, he introduced the current war situation to Robin.

   "Three days ago, the main force of the Wilderness Alliance left this area and continued to retreat towards the Raging River, while we stayed behind. At this time, I guess they are about to reach the Raging River."

"However, the army of the blood race followed closely behind. A day ago, the army of the blood race passed by here and also ran towards the raging river. At that time, we were hiding behind this mound, and the blood race army was anxious to chase the main force of the coalition army. We didn't do much searching of the area and we got away with it."

   "The blood army will definitely not let the coalition army cross the river. The two sides will fight another battle on the north bank of the Nutao River. Maybe, at the moment we are talking, the two sides have already fought."

  Simon told Robin about the current situation in one breath. After hearing this, Robin's two thick black eyebrows furrowed tightly, his expression was deep, and he fell into deep thought.

   "That is to say, the most difficult thing facing the coalition forces now is how to cross the river under the pursuit of the blood army." Pastor Feynman made a summary on the side.

  Simon looked up at Feynman: "Ah... that's about it."

  Whether the coalition army can safely cross the river is not what Robin needs to think about. He only thinks about how to bring his Raging Wave Legion to the south bank of the Raging Wave River. As for the rest of the coalition forces, I'm sorry Robin really can't help. After all, he is only the Baron of Raging Waves City.

  The Wilderness Alliance Army was originally a temporary army composed of a group of pioneering lords. It is difficult to guarantee cohesion in such an army. When the battle was won, everyone could still unite tightly around Earl Goode, but once defeated, all the lords thought about how to protect themselves and how to minimize their losses.

   This is also why the Wilderness Alliance will lose again and again. In fact, on the whole, even if the previous two major battles were defeated, the Wilderness Alliance still has more than 10,000 people. If they can be reorganized, this is still a very powerful force. However, once the morale of the army is broken, the battle cannot be fought.

  Robin is not a saint, self-sacrificing for others, he is not that noble. When everyone only cares about himself, he can only choose to be alone.

   Moreover, Robin believed that as the lord of the Raging Waves Legion, it was his responsibility to bring his soldiers home safely.

   "Leader, what shall we do next?" Simon broke the small wooden stick in his hand with a "crack" and threw it into the nearby bonfire. He stared at two bull's eyes and looked at Robin expectantly.

  The eyes of other people also fell on Robin, including Baron Feynman, everyone was waiting for Robin to make an idea.

  Robin raised his head and showed a helpless smile: "What else can we do? Let's set off early tomorrow morning and head to the Raging River."

   There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, when the sky was just dawn, all the Raging Waves Legion got up, packed the camp, and were ready to go.

  In the morning, there was heavy fog in the wilderness. Robin stood on the top of the mound and looked around. There was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, and the visibility was very low. He could only see clearly the range of 50 meters around him.

  However, this is a good thing for Robin, the fog can just hide their whereabouts. Moreover, even in such a foggy day, the half-elves can still see farther than other creatures, which makes it more likely for the Raging Wave Legion to detect the enemy in advance, thus avoiding risks early.

   It is said that in ancient times, the Eternal Forest where the elves lived was foggy all the year round, and the elves even used the fog to arrange mazes and traps to thwart the enemies who wanted to enter the forest of elves.

   With the help of the cover of the morning fog, the Raging Waves Legion set out from the camp. The team of nearly a hundred people lined up in two rows and walked into the sea of ​​white mist.

  Robin and the others walked quickly and carefully along the way. Tess led the deer cavalry to scout the way ahead, and helped Robin and the others avoid the small blood army several times.

  Because it was a starry and night-long journey, they spent less time and reached the Raging River in only three days, two days earlier than Robin estimated.

  The Raging River almost traversed most of the wasteland, like a dividing line, dividing the entire wasteland into two regions, north and south. For the native races in the wasteland, this river is like their mother river.

The width of the Nutao River varies greatly. From west to east, the widest place is several miles wide, while the narrowest place is only a few meters wide. The same is true for the depth of the water. A half-year-old child can wade through the water.

  The location chosen by the coalition forces to cross the river is where the Nutao River is relatively narrow and shallow.

  From the north bank of the Nutao River to the south bank, there is a channel for crossing the river. This channel is about four meters wide and about 20 meters long. The river water in the channel is relatively shallow, and an adult man of average height can directly step on the bottom of the river and wade across.

   On both sides of the channel, the river water is relatively deep, so if you want to cross the Nutao River, this channel is the best way to cross the river.

  When the Raging Waves Legion arrived at the Raging Waves River, the coalition soldiers had already started crossing the river.

On the north bank of the river-crossing channel, the coalition soldiers crowded densely at the entrance of the river-crossing channel. Only ten thousand people crowded together. black ants.

  Soldiers and nobles were all crowded together, and there were various horse-drawn carts and ox carts in the crowd, surrounded by crowds from front, back, left, and right, making it almost impossible to move.

  The aristocratic gentlemen rode tall horses, yelled loudly, and waved their whips, trying to open a path among the crowd. But the soldiers in front couldn't make way even if they wanted to, and they were blocked by other soldiers in front of them.

   Shouting, cursing, and roaring of animals, all kinds of voices were mixed together, and I heard "buzzing" in my ears, but I couldn't hear anything clearly.

   A carriage pulling military supplies broke its wheels and got stuck in the mud, blocking the way for the soldiers. The soldiers eager to survive simply overturned the carriage, and the goods loaded on the cart scattered all over the ground.

   It should be the responsibility of the driver to take care of the goods on the carriage, but the driver simply ignored it. He only picked a few valuable small items from the fallen goods, and hurriedly followed the soldiers to the river bank.

  There are already lucky soldiers who have successfully crossed the Raging River. On the south bank of the Raging River, there are also soldiers who have successfully crossed the river. However, compared with the group of soldiers waiting to cross the river on the north bank, the soldiers who successfully crossed the river are only a small part. The soldiers on the south bank seemed to have been reborn, and everyone's faces were filled with joyful smiles.

  In the middle of the channel of the Raging River, a row of coalition soldiers was walking along the river crossing channel, braving the rushing water, struggling to the south bank. Because the channel for crossing the river is too narrow, only two or three soldiers can cross the river side by side at a time. Compared with the army on the north bank anxiously waiting to cross the river, the number of people crossing the river every time is simply a drop in the bucket.

  Some soldiers even threw away their weapons and armor in order to reduce the burden on them. There were also some soldiers who couldn't wait any longer, relying on their better water skills, they simply took off their clothes and jumped into the Raging River from other places, trying to swim directly to the other side of the river.

  In addition to these troops waiting to cross the river, there are also many small teams like the Raging Waves Legion. They were separated from the large troops in the melee, but finally reached the Raging Waves River. Such teams appeared from the south continuously, and then joined the large troops waiting to cross the river, which also made the queues waiting to cross the river not to be seen.

  Robin and his party stood on a high ground. From their position, they could overlook the entire north bank of the Raging River. The rushing Raging River ran from west to east, and it seemed to spread all the way to the horizon.

"My God! There are so many people, how long will it take to cross the Raging River?" Simon stood beside Robin, seeing so many teams crossing the river, he couldn't help exclaiming, his loud voice shook Robin's ears buzzed.

   "I said can you stop shouting in my ear, sooner or later I will be deafened by you." Robin moved two steps to the side in disgust.

  Simon turned his head and said "hey" and laughed twice: "Boss, it's better to be deaf. If I'm deaf, I don't care if my voice is loud."

  Robin rolled his eyes angrily at this incomprehensible stupid big man, and then kicked his solid gluteus maximus: "I think you are in need of a beating again."

  Simon was kicked and jumped up, "Ouch", and then said: "That's the strength, leader, I really don't get used to it without you kicking my **** these days."

   "You masochist, that's good, I will kick you every day when I go back to Rage City, okay?"

  Simon's big face turned pale with fright, and he waved his hands quickly: "Don't stop, leader, I'm just joking."

  Robin was too lazy to talk to him anymore, and ordered: "You are the one who talks nonsense, hurry up and lead the team, we are also ready to cross the river."

  Then, the Raging Waves Legion walked down the **** and joined the dense army crossing the river.

   "Everyone, follow closely, don't get separated!" Robin walked at the front of the line and shouted back.

   At this time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from the side: "Robin!"

  Following the voice, Robin turned his head to look over. He was surprised to see that the person calling him was Baron Joseph.

  (end of this chapter)