Chapter 54: Sword and armor, confidence

This is a detail that is ignored by all the generals at the moment.

The army needs to cook, even if it is a serf soldier, if he completely ignores morale, he will suffer a backlash.

The number of stoves generally does not fluctuate too much.

Simon remembered that the Viscount said that once the number of enemy stoves changes, it must be that part of the army has hidden.

When retreating, part of the army disappeared, where could they go?

Simon broke out in a cold sweat. If a large army really caught up, he would be tricked.

"The Viscount is right, this is a conspiracy."

However, since the enemy's conspiracy has been discovered, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Simon pretended not to notice and continued to follow the army of the Holy Cross Kingdom.

After the first night passed, while it was still light, he took his men to cut a batch of branches and fed the war horses well.

"Connor, this old guy is too cunning, watch me play him again."

So soon, the ambushed army of the Holy Cross Kingdom saw the dust rising into the sky.

Even though the sky was hazy, large patches of dust could be seen rising, and there were at least thousands of people.

"When did the damn Rockman come? Report to the Earl quickly."

When Earl Connor received the news, he did not doubt the authenticity.

He was just angry. After so long, these idiots under his command were still full of loopholes and did not even know when the enemy approached.

"Fortunately, I was a step ahead and ordered all the troops to take steady steps to reduce the space for Rockman.

Also, I don't want to see Rockman slip away silently again."

In the siege, the numerical advantage of the Holy Cross Kingdom could not be fully utilized.

But this is in the wild, and I must let Rockman know what regret is.

Simon led his cavalry to run around, alarming the fisherman and causing the fishing net to shrink.

He also knew that his team would be looking for death if they encountered the large army of the Holy Cross Kingdom, so he quickly dealt with the branches and then quietly slipped to another area with the cavalry.

When the army of the Holy Cross Kingdom rushed over, they did not find any trace of Rockman.

If it weren't for the joint confirmation of several waves of spies, they would probably have suspected that there was a mistake.

When Earl Connor heard the news, that familiar feeling came again.

"Derrick, he is really a genius!

Search, I must catch him, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future."

Yes, he felt a familiar taste from this series of actions.

And he firmly believed that the other party could not really be invisible.

He must have used some method to temporarily hide his sight.

But can a large army of thousands of people really be perfectly hidden?

Earl Connor firmly believed that it was not long before he caught the other party.

Even the serfs used as bait were mobilized to start looking for the traces of this Mega Man.

And Simon also appeared and disappeared.

No matter how the Holy Cross Kingdom army searched, he could always lead a small group of cavalry to bypass the encirclement.

Occasionally encountering some enemies, no one would think that this was the Mega Man army they had been looking for.

On the contrary, they thought it was a scout. If there was no trace at all, it would be strange.

Seven days had passed in a flash, and the army of the Holy Cross Kingdom was exhausted.

Count Connor had lost his initial confidence. It was obviously not a mistake that he had not found the enemy's trace for so many days.

"How did Rockman hide from my sight?"

Simon was also very tired at this time. It was not only dangerous but also very stressful to be so busy in the encirclement of the Holy Cross Kingdom.

But when he looked up at the leaden clouds in the sky, he smiled again.

"Heavy snow is coming."

After the winter solstice in the north, heavy snow has never been absent.

The army of the Holy Cross Kingdom, which had wasted a week, was too late to rush back.

Under the heavy snow, all beings are equal.

How many people can this army return?

"Is this probably what the Viscount said about conquering the enemy without fighting?"

Simon threw away the dry grass stick at the corner of his mouth and got on his horse: "After dealing with the traces, we will go back."

The goal has been achieved, and there is no need to play with the idiots of the Holy Cross Kingdom.

After Simon left, there was no trace of Rockman for two days, and Count Connor finally discovered the truth.

"Idiot! We are all idiots, fooled by Rockman."

Count Connor sighed to the sky, and this time he admitted that he was also stupid.

"Is it funny? Tens of thousands of troops were fooled by dozens of people.

This time, we are really in big trouble."

The officers of the Holy Cross Kingdom lowered their heads and remembered the surname Derek firmly in their hearts.

A kind of fear gradually spread.

They were gloomy and thought that Count Connor was talking about the coming heavy snow.

In fact, Count Connor felt another trouble.

Such a brilliant general, as long as he didn't die... the Holy Cross Kingdom would be in big trouble in the future.

When he thought of fighting Derek in the future, he felt his scalp tingling.

"After returning, let people collect information about Viscount von Augusta Derek with all their strength."

Count Connor had a hunch that this trouble would continue.

And this time, he unconsciously added the word Augusta to his address.

This is a sign of respect for the strong.

If Derek is willing, the Holy Cross Kingdom can afford a barony, or even more.

…

Compared to the gloom of the Holy Cross Kingdom, there is also the difficult journey back.

There was jubilation in Birch Castle.

After confirming that the Holy Cross Kingdom had withdrawn, the heavy casualties were nothing.

Derek set up some sentries along the border and began to increase communication with the rear.

In fact, Count Pereira's scouts appeared behind Birch Castle half a month ago. A week ago, after confirming that the Holy Cross Kingdom's army on his side had retreated, the reinforcements had already rushed to Birch Castle.

Even if it was finally confirmed that the Holy Cross Kingdom's army in the direction of Birch Castle had retreated, the old count personally brought the Knights to Birch Castle.

Coincidentally, Simon returned with the news.

In front of everyone, he told them about his experience.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned.

Count Pereira even asked Derek: "Whose family is this child?"

This kind of keenness can also be called amazing.

In fact, Simon's qualifications can only be said to be above average, but Derek's training is more powerful.

But at this time, Derek is willing to make Simon famous, and even willing to let him share some of the attention.

"This is my knight squire, a freeman of my family."

A farmer who is not of noble origin, even if this origin has achieved dazzling achievements, will make many people subconsciously despise him.

But some people think it is more worthy of admiration.

You can never meet everyone's requirements, but you can make everyone shut up.

Just like now, Simon stood up and faced all the eyes.