Chapter 1404: Waiting for the Opportunity

$50,000 The Knights of Michael were advancing straight ahead at a speed similar to that of a forced march.

It was now 17:23 in the afternoon.

A knight suddenly rode his horse to the main camp and approached Willy.

"Deputy Captain..."

A knight frowned slightly while controlling the horse under his crotch, keeping the speed of his horse under his crotch at the same speed as Willy's horse, and maintaining the speed of keeping pace with Willy, and then said to Willy in a worried tone:

"I think it's almost time for all the soldiers to rest!"

"Many soldiers are tired!"

After hearing what the knight said, Willy turned his head and looked at the guards beside him.

Willy's personal guards were all elite soldiers in the army, and their horses were also excellent horses.

Even though they were the elite soldiers in the army, they were all exhausted at this time, and their horses were all sweating profusely.

Even the elite soldiers were like this, not to mention the ordinary soldiers in the army.

Willy said in his heart, "I was reckless."

Willy was eager to get to the battlefield as soon as possible and defeat the 70,000 Luo Lin troops, so he ignored the physical strength of the soldiers and just asked them to continue to march at high speed.

The last rest was around 15 o'clock in the afternoon.

In other words, the soldiers of the whole army have been marching at high speed for more than 2 hours.

It's time for them to rest.

What's more, it's evening now - just enough time to stop for dinner.

After realizing that his behavior of ignoring the physical strength of the soldiers of the whole army seemed a bit reckless, Willy nodded gently.

"Thank you for your reminder."

When Willy was about to ask the messenger beside him to tell the whole army "the whole army should rest", a scout hurriedly ran towards Willy.

"Commander! I have new urgent military information to report to you."

Willie knew which one was more important, to give the whole army a rest order or to listen to the latest military information from the scout.

Willie swallowed the order "the whole army should rest" and shouted to the scout:

"Report the military information quickly!"

"Yes! The Luo Lin army stopped marching at about 12 o'clock today!"

"Huh?" Willy raised his eyebrows, a trace of displeasure appeared on his face, "Isn't it normal for the Luo Lin army to rest? Do you need to report such a small matter to me?"

It's normal for the enemy army to rest halfway while marching.

Willie really didn't understand what was good about reporting such military information.

"Deputy Commander..." the scout hesitated, "We thought it was normal at first, and there was nothing to report to you..."

"But... the length of time that the Luo Lin army rested this time was really unusual."

"Until 13:00, the Luo Lin army was still standing still..."

"We feel that the length of time that the Luo Lin army rested this time was unusually long compared to before, so we came to report to you..."

"13:00?" Willy exclaimed, "Are you sure? The Luo Lin army rested from 12:00 to 13:00?"

"I am very sure! The Luo Lin army rested for such a long time!"

Willie felt his heart "beat" for a moment.

Although the 70,000 Luo Lin troops had been marching towards them at a rapid pace, they would rest from time to time.

Each rest time was very short. After resting for about 20 minutes, they would march again.

And this time, they rested for such a long time, which was very unusual...

——Why did the Luo Lin army rest for such a long time this time...

Just when Willy was wondering what the motive of the Luo Lin army was, he suddenly felt a flash of lightning flash through his mind.

A...rather bad guess emerged in Willy's mind.

"Has the Luo Lin army started to move now? At what time did they start to move!" Willy asked the scout in a hurry.

"I, I don't know! When I came back to report the military situation at 13:37, the Luo Lin army was still resting in the same place!"

Willie's face quickly deteriorated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If the guess about the motive of the Luo Lin army that just emerged in Willy's mind was correct, then they would face a big trouble.

It was a...very, very big trouble!

"Hurry up and send a message to the whole army!"

Willie hurriedly shouted to the messenger beside him.

"Rest here! Everyone rest here! No need to build a camp! Just rest here!"

The whole army must stop immediately and let all the soldiers recover as much as possible - this is the only thought left in Willy's mind at the moment.

As soon as the messengers left, another dusty scout ran towards the main camp.

This scout was obviously much more embarrassed than the previous one.

The scout who rushed back to the main camp this time was pale and looked like he was about to collapse.

And the warhorse under his crotch also looked exhausted and could fall down at any time.

It was obvious that he had rushed back at all costs.

"Deputy commander! There is an urgent military situation to report to you!"

"Hurry up!"

"The Luo Lin army started to move! The Luo Lin army started to move at 16:54 today!"

After listening to the scout's report, Willy was so frightened that he could not speak.

Willy was calculating rapidly in his mind.

——16:54... that is to say... Luo Lin's army had rested for nearly 5 hours.

——And our army has not rested since 15:00, and the whole army has been marching for more than 2 hours...

——Luo Lin's army is resting, and our army has been marching quickly to close the distance between the two armies...

——Oops! !

A huge sense of panic emerged from Willy's heart.

Wrapped in this huge sense of panic, Willy felt that the whole person was in a trance, as if floating in the clouds.

The messengers promptly conveyed the order of "the whole army rests in place" to each unit.

The soldiers who were exhausted from running could finally stop and have a good rest.

However... less than 3 minutes after the rest time, they received a new order - to distribute all the armor and weapons, and began to arrange the defensive formation to prepare for the enemy's attack.

In order to ensure the speed of marching and reduce the physical consumption of the soldiers as much as possible, unless there are special circumstances, the soldiers and their equipment are separated during the march, especially during the forced march.

Armor, weapons and other equipment are loaded in carriages.

The soldiers only wear light cloth clothes to hurry on.

When they are about to enter the battlefield, they are allowed to take back their equipment and start preparing for battle.

Although they are almost out of strength, this is a military order after all, so the soldiers can only hold on, take back their equipment, and prepare to set up the formation.

However, before they even have a prototype of their defensive formation, they feel the pebbles on the ground trembling.

And the amplitude of the trembling is getting bigger and bigger.

As the amplitude of the trembling increases, they gradually hear some... strange sounds coming from the south.

The soldiers of the Knights of Michael look in the direction of the sound.

On the southern horizon, a "black line" gradually emerges.

This "black line" becomes larger and larger, and then one thing after another emerges from the horizon.

The first thing that emerged from the horizon was a row of flags.

And on these flags, without exception, there were golden irises painted.