Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 179: News from Florina

On the endless grassland, the ryegrass that looked like waves of wheat had been buried by thick snow, and the sky and the earth seemed covered in white at a glance.

The cold wind was blowing, shaking everyone's heart.

Everyone stopped their horses on a high slope and stared at a basin in the distance.

Just a few days ago, this place was filled with the Wilderness Alliance and animal skin tents stretching for miles, but now there are only messy footprints and excrement and garbage all over the ground.

This proves that such a coalition force did exist here.

Although I don't want to admit it, the reality is that this group of wilderness bastards retreated...

"Fuck it, we've all been tricked!"

The lord cursed and kicked a protruding stone, which instantly broke into pieces with a "bang".

Everyone was silent.

Originally, we thought that this time we came to settle the matter directly, but we did not expect that this wilderness coalition army actually retreated, and we came up empty-handed.

There is an unpleasant feeling of hitting cotton with all your strength.

"I have to take full responsibility for this matter. As the commander of the entire army, I didn't even know the news that the enemy's main force had retreated." Fujiro touched the ring on his hand and said calmly: "I will voluntarily go to the Bailiu City Military Court."

Anyone could tell that the legion commander was in a bad mood.

There is no doubt that this mistake is definitely enough to be recorded in the history books.

After all, there were tens of thousands of people on the battlefield, but he didn't even know the enemy's retreat. As a commander, this was a complete dereliction of duty.

"It's not your fault, Fujiro. Ninety percent of the cavalrymen in the scout team were taken away by the Duke. The remaining less than a hundred cavalrymen faced the threat of the enemy's troops. At most, they could only guard the area around the camp and could not be sent out to collect intelligence." Sikai told him the truth and comforted him: "As soon as the reinforcements arrived yesterday, they launched a night attack. There was no chance to send out the scouts to help."

"And they evacuated too quickly and decisively. I seriously suspect that they organized the retreat before launching the night attack. The night attack was just a pretext to reassure us." Sikai sighed.

No one could have imagined that the army, which had just launched a night attack the moment before, would retreat silently the next moment.

It's hard to say that this was a spur-of-the-moment idea. It was probably planned several days in advance.

Everyone came to a flat ground of ruins. Sikai walked to a bonfire, picked up the ashes inside and rubbed them, and made an experienced judgment: "These bonfires have been extinguished for at least six hours, which is exactly the time point after they were repelled."

As a frequent traveler to the North and overnight stayer in the wilderness, Sikai is very skilled at judging how long the previous people have been gone by looking at the remaining camps, and he basically never makes mistakes.

"Sir, Fujiro, what should we do next?"

Sikai looked at the two of them helplessly.

Even if we send people to chase them now, it is basically impossible to catch up unless they are cavalry.

Even if the thousand light cavalry coming to support caught up with the Wilderness Coalition, they would not be able to stop them.

So now it’s difficult for people to decide what to do next.

What's more, although his status was the same as Fujiro's on paper, he only commanded a cavalry regiment of about 40 people, and it was not his turn to decide whether to go or stay.

"What to do? Just leave it alone!" said the lord unhappily.

Originally, he had thought of defeating this group of scoundrels in one blow, then capturing a few of the most senior tongues, finding out the purpose of the dark elves, and then deciding whether to return to Highcliff Castle or stay here to seek more benefits.

But now all this has been in vain.

"It's a good time to disband early and go home. My lord, I've had enough of the big bunk beds here." Levi kicked the snow and made a gesture. More than two hundred soldiers from Gaoyabao immediately turned around and formed a queue that was impeccable.

With just one order, we can turn around the camp and then move back to Highcliff Castle. Although there are still many doubts about Flinna's departure, it has little to do with the lord after all. Now that there is no war to fight, it is a good time to go back and prepare for next year's march south.

"Alas." Sikai sighed again, and inexplicably wanted to persuade him to stay: "Sir, are you really leaving?"

Obviously, they had to stay for a few more days, but now they had to leave suddenly. It felt unreal and unreal.

"This isn't a dinner party. There's no war going on right now. Isn't it free to stay here every day to eat and drink? Or do you miss the days when you had to queue up to use the toilet every day?"

The lord jumped on his horse and spoke without turning his head.

Just as he said, they gathered here originally to deal with the Wilderness Alliance coming south, although now it ended in a dramatic way.

But the original strategic purpose of this war was indeed achieved - these wild people retreated back into the depths of the wilderness.

Now that the goal has been achieved, we naturally have to go back.

Sikai was speechless, he knew that what Levi said was true.

But for some inexplicable reason he wanted to keep him. It might be that although everyone here is a local, the one who has the best relationship with him is the southerner, the Lord of High Cliff Castle.

"Goodbye, Skye. When you pass by Highcliff Castle, remember to come and have a drink with me, my Lord."

The lord waved his hand, leaving only his tall back.

The middle-aged knight shook his head and looked at Fujiro beside him, only to see that the legion commander had a calm expression.

"Should we chase or stay next?" Sikai asked.

"A letter from Duke Florina."

Fujiro looked at Sikai and did not answer. Instead, he took out a stone that was flickering with light from his arms.

"Shadow Stone?!" Sikai was shocked.

As the name suggests, the video stone is an alchemical magic item. Its function is that the mother stone can still transmit messages to the child stone in real time across a distance of thousands of miles.

It has a wide range of uses, not only in military applications, but also in long-distance communications and contact.

It can be said that the advantages are countless.

However, it has two disadvantages that cannot be ignored. One is that it is expensive, and the other is that the image-transmitting stone can only be used once. After use, it is no different from an ordinary stone.

Therefore, unless it is a very important matter, this kind of magic item is generally not used.

"When Lady Florina left, she left behind the Shadow Stone," said Fujiro.

"Then just now..." Sikai suddenly understood why the legion commander didn't say a word after Levi left.

"Unless it is a very important matter, I don't think Lady Florina will use the Shadow Stone, so it is necessary to send outsiders away."

Fujiro said this and opened the video stone in a specific way.

呲味味~
At first, images began to appear intermittently above the image-transmitting stone, along with unpleasant sounds.

But as the situation gradually stabilized, Fujiro placed the shadow stone on the ground, and a figure emerged from it.

"Lady Fulina."

The two saw the figure above the Shadow Stone and bowed respectfully.

(End of this chapter)