549. Rebellion 17
Chapter 549 Rebellion 17
At this moment, Paul, his forehead constantly seeping cold sweat, he did not dare to utter a single breath, only his sight constantly wandered between the fire outside and the witch beside him.
In terms of his feeling, Lardy’s current situation may not be very good.
The witch’s brow was furrowed tightly, and veins even rippled on her temples, her body trembled uncontrollably, as if she was enduring great pain.
And outside of the transparent shield that La Di had cast, the fire was still raging.
Paul was again distressed and afraid for Lardy, but could do nothing to help, and could only pretend to be calm at her side to stabilize the army.
Fortunately, Lardy’s state of mind lasted only half an hour, after which the green-haired witch returned to her previous state, no longer having that highly tense look of body and mind.
What happened just now, Paul was very strange, but it was not good to interrupt her with a voice.
The whole camp passed second after second in agitation.
I don’t know how long it was, but a baring sound suddenly appeared in the ears of the crowd.
Paul looked up and saw that raindrops were actually falling from above the sky, and they hit the transparent cover of the la-dee-dee as if they were hitting glass, flowing down from the top to the bottom, forming a thin stream that fell to the ground.
“Oh my god! It’s raining! And it’s not small.”
Paul exclaimed excitedly, to be honest, he was beating the drums in his mind as to whether or not Lardy could hold out until the fire itself was extinguished, not having much confidence, but it had been known for a long time that water overpowers fire, and now the heavens were surprisingly delivering such a rain to him in deep despair.
The guards in the camp also saw the falling raindrops, all of them were suddenly in a free mood, lingering in the head of the crowd of tense atmosphere instantly for one empty.
“Hurray!” “We are saved!” “O merciful Heavenly Father!”
The cheers were endless, people jumped, danced, embraced each other, and used all the exaggerated movements they could make to express their joy at being saved from the calamity. Many people even knelt down on the ground and cupped their hands in front of their chests to pray and give thanks to God.
The rain that fell from the sky and the fire that enveloped the forest had a marvelous reaction once they met, at first, the powerful flames quickly vaporized these unsuspecting raindrops, turning them into a large amount of white mist that filled the woods, making people feel as if they were falling into a mystical realm, but as the raindrops continued to drip down, the original sound of barking began to become more and more dense, and the sparse raindrops turned into a thick curtain, and the Witch’s shield began to clatter down the water flow, the heavy rain quickly suppressed the flames that tried to fight against it, from the time Paul felt the rain dripping down, it only took more than half an hour’s time, the original raging fires were all doused.
After confirming that the rain was able to extinguish the surrounding flames, Lardy no longer remained in the same motionless spellcasting position as before.
“My lord!” She said to Paul, “I just used the ignited fire to give those traitors a blow, I just don’t know how effective it is, the distance is too far away ……”
“What? You attacked them?” Paul couldn’t help but be stunned, in such a desperate situation, should I say no less than the Lawgiver?
The transparent film that had shrouded the entire camp had disappeared without a trace, and everyone had entered the tents that were still propped up on the ground to take shelter from the rain.
In the tent in the middle of the camp, Lardy was sitting cross-legged, her chest rising and falling slightly as she adjusted her breathing.
Paul and Victor, the head of the guards, conferred on what to do next.
“If the message was delivered successfully, the 8th Infantry Battalion should be around here. We should rendezvous with them immediately.” “My lord, I just don’t know how they see us, whether they think we’re done for or whether they think we’ve survived. I’m afraid that when they see this fire, they will think we are finished and ……”
Victor wanted to say something, “It would not be good if they chose to pull back. That’s why I suggest sending someone in the direction of Babol’s village to scout the situation first.”
Paul nodded, “Okay, let’s do as you say ……”
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“Touch!” Accompanied by a flash of fire, a crisp ringing sound rang out between the dense forest.
Fergus, who had once participated in the crusade against the pirates, immediately recalled that it was the sound of a gun firing.
For a moment he was alarmed, what? Is there an ambush of Count Greiman’s men here? Shouldn t they …… they have perished in the fire? Even if they could escape, how could they run ahead of them to set up an ambush in advance.
Things began to develop in the direction he was least willing to see, that gunshot just now seemed to be a signal, on this road they were passing through, gunshots began to ring out in front, in the middle, and in the rear, all from the dense forest on the left side of the direction of their travel, and a sheet of flames flickered out of the forest, one after the other.
The team that was suddenly hit by the fire from the side was in chaos, they were originally a temporary team put together by various clans, the coordination between them was very problematic, and it was even more chaotic after they were attacked by the fire. Moreover, most of these people had never seen firearms before, and could not even figure out what was attacking them after being shot by muskets.
One after another, people in the team were shot, some were killed on the spot, those who were not hit to the fatal part fell on the ground, either writhing in pain or unable to move, only their mouths were crying out for help, the tragic situation of the injured created an atmosphere of panic long time to infect the whole team, everyone desperately fleeing from the forest that constantly shoots out the fatal thing, running towards the river.
In just a few minutes, Fergus’s hard-gathered group was routed.
From the intensity of the gunfire, Fergus drew the judgment that this TM is definitely not the sound that fifty guns can make, at least …… there must be at least two hundred guns.
There is no need to doubt, can use so many muskets, iron is surely Alda s regular military regulations. But Paul Greiman only brought fifty guards with him this time when he came, where did these more than two hundred people come from? Until just before they made their move, Fergus had not received any report of an army suddenly appearing in this neighborhood, which meant that this group should have just arrived this evening.
Wicked, how did they know about the news that the lord was going to be assassinated, could it be that there was some kind of mole amongst themselves or amongst the people left at home by the other several big families, who found a chance to turn them in after they entered the forest to hunt.
It is highly likely that this is the case, but …… but they have already taken control of the nearby signal tower according to Burgam’s request ah, how did the news pass to the nearby garrison so quickly, according to the distance estimation even if it is on horseback, it is impossible ah.
Fergus at the outset ruled out carrier pigeons and other means, they for this hands-on planning for a long time, but also will think of all sorts of leaks may be, their respective estates in addition to the strict prevention of insiders in addition to the strict prohibition of pigeons such as the appearance of animals that may be sent messages.
But no matter how the leak, Fergus is clear, with their own side of the armed forces against Alda’s regular army is a group of uncompromising rabble, not to mention the other side of the number of people is not under their own side.
At that moment, he no longer hesitated, raised his whip to whip his horse’s ass hard, trying to take advantage of the current chaos to escape from the battlefield.
(End of this chapter)