Chapter 1192 1174. Connected messages
“Are you all okay?”
Lan walked over from the front of the team and looked at the dwarves, Sakia, and a A small number of elves and half-elves in the party.
"Okay, we didn't kill anyone." Yarpan came out of the embrace with Zoltan, and he looked at Lan En who was walking over with low interest.
"Thank you for running out to have fun with that sorceress. When the fire breaks out, no one in the team can suppress the fire."
"I know you have just experienced a battle and almost lost a friend, so you are in a bad mood now." Lan En heard the sarcasm in Yarpan's words and shook his head. "But I did have something very important at the time, Yalpan. It was really important."
The dwarf's lips hidden under his lush beard murmured twice, and finally sighed.
"I'm sorry, man. I was really too scared just now. I was afraid of thinking about Dahlberg's mother's eyes, and I was so scared that my whole body trembled."
"It's not your fault, Yarpan."
Lan patted him on the shoulder.
"Now, can you tell me what happened while I was away?"
The witcher glanced around with unclear eyes, "This is such a coincidence."
"There's nothing to say. We've expected this to happen, haven't we?" Zoltan wiped his face, which was covered with soot, with his sleeve.
"The Scoia'tael came and made a surprise attack, and people on both sides died. Then they quickly withdrew."
Although Zoltan, whose cockscombs were dyed black, walked away from the hell gate, he still Still open-minded and cheerful.
He shrugged: "It's just that their raid this time was really clean and tidy, and none of us could react."
No one refuted Zoltan's summary.
Everyone was leaning against the wreckage of the carriage, or simply sitting on the ground. Some were bandaging their wounds, or hurriedly filling their smoky throats with saliva or eating dry food.
Fighting is the most tiring sport.
But this also shows that what he said is generally correct.
But Lan En was keenly aware that something was wrong.
He tilted his head: "You mean the Scoia'tael came and retreated suddenly? Only dozens of corpses were left behind?"
"That's what happened. ." Yarpan said, still holding a piece of unburned canvas in his hand, and beckoning other dwarves to sort things together.
“But this isn’t right.”
“What’s wrong?” Zoltan walked towards Yalpan to help, and said nonchalantly as he passed by Lan En’s legs, “Guerrilla As a team, isn’t it about a sudden attack and fast in and out?”
"Sudden attack, quick advance and quick retreat. This summary of the guerrillas is correct." Lan En knelt down and stroked the sword marks on the wreckage of a carriage with his palm. "But this is not the Scoia'tael's strategy."
"Huh?"
Zoltan looked confused.
"The Scoia'tael are small in number, but they have to cause damage to a huge number of humans. Every attack they make is precious. In other words, every attack is planned to achieve maximum results."
Lan En’s fingers tapped the broken wheel.
"They cannot disrupt the enemy through constant harassment like conventional guerrillas. Instead, they pursue victory through one, only, well-prepared attack. Otherwise, the scarce manpower will not be able to circulate at all."
"But what about this time? They obviously launched a hasty attack without much reconnaissance and planning."
At this time, the dwarves who were still busy gradually stopped. The movements of his hands were a bit stunned as he savored Lan En's words.
Yalpan and Zoltan looked at each other and scratched their heads.
That seems to be the case?
They are all dwarves who have spent a lot of time in the human world. The world is not going well, and a guerrilla force will pop up in any small country at any time.
Or simply professional officers who have received military training organized a group of deserters to become gangsters and gangsters.
Basically it is the model of guerrillas in their perception.
They have also encountered Scoia'tael attacks before, and their style is indeed very different from these things.
But Lan En now takes a deeper look, pointing directly at the differences between the Scoia'tael's guerrilla style and that of other guerrilla groups and gangs.
People who have seen the world can feel it after being reminded.
The group of dwarves led by Yarpan have seen the world.
"You said that." Zoltan wiped his face, and his sleeves were stained with black ash, "It seems to be true!"
"Then them," Yalpen also scratched his beard, "Those Scoia'tael, violated their long-standing tactical habits, for what reason?"
"Yes, why? This is not the fighting style of the Scoia'tael, no. In order to achieve the maximum result with one blow, it is like..."
Lan En said, looking at the broken wheel in front of him.
This wheel was originally mounted on a carriage, but now when I scan the whole place, there are countless wreckage of the carriage.
The ordnance, bread, dried vegetables, cheese, and water bags originally contained on it were scattered on the ground.
“On the contrary, it seems to be delaying time!”
Delaying Time The Scoia'tael, who should have been striving to resolve the battle quickly, began to delay time.
After this information was extracted by Lan En, it was immediately incorporated into the information chain that Mentos had been building in his brain. Suddenly, Lan En's eyes widened under his hood, as if he understood something.
He reached out and turned over the broken wheel in front of him, because there was a Scoia'tael arrow stuck in the wooden wheel on the other side.
At this moment, Triss, who had been using magic to temporarily relieve Buchter's pain, also ran over, holding a broken arrow stained with blood and fresh muscle fibers in her hand. .
“You have no idea what I found!”
As she spoke, she approached Lan En and stretched out her hand holding the broken arrow.
"I think I already know." Lan En said calmly, while reaching out and pulling out the arrow that was shot on the spoke of the wheel.
The arrow in Triss's hand, stained with blood and flesh, came to Lan En, and the two arrows were placed together.
On the arrowhead of the triangular pyramid, a thin needle bounced off each edge.
Exactly the same as the arrow they found in that area!
In an instant, although there were still many things that were not understood, Mentos had collected enough information to form an information chain.
Lan En stood up suddenly and walked towards the rear behind the forward team, which was more chaotic and had more baggage personnel.
“Hey, what are you going to do, man?” Zoltan called from behind, “They’re busy back there too!”
“He’s going to save your lives!” Triss shook her head at the dwarves and quickly followed them.
The furious look clearly established a master-slave relationship between the two of them.
The dwarves, as well as Sakia and the other members of the forward reconnaissance team, all raised their brows and blinked at this scene.
After all, this thing seems a little different from their previous ambiguous illusion.
"Uh, Sakia." Yarpan approached the female warrior who fought alongside him just now, pulled her hand and asked, "I can vaguely feel that his identity is not simple, but Let the always arrogant sorceress be like this"
Yarpan's bearded face looked a bit distorted. It seemed that he had been in contact with the sorceress group before. The character traits of this group of people are very clear.
"Have you been in contact with him for the longest time? Do you have any information?" The dwarf rubbed his fingers secretly, "Gossip?"
"I disappoint you, Yarpan." Sakia frowned and looked at the backs of Lan En and Triss walking together, "I don't know his name yet."
——
Go all the way to the rear of the convoy.
Yarpan was right. The Scoia'tael seemed to have planned it in advance, and the attack on the rear convoy was more violent than the forward attack.
But this method of focusing on destroying vehicles and baggage also confirmed Lan En's guess.
Along the way, Siward's soldiers or followers expressed surprise that Triss was following Lan.
But on the other hand, they all looked at the two of them with repulsion and disgust.
After all, Triss had agreed before that she would be entertained by Siward as the magic support and royal messenger sent by Foltest.
And now, when the Scoia'tael attacked, no one saw any performance of the sorceress who was rumored to be 'important and powerful'.
Many people even didn’t see her at all.
So people who already had a bad attitude are now even more serious.
"Look who this is?" When he walked to the center of the convoy, amidst the chaos and debris, Knight Thales said with an unfriendly expression.
His blood-red cloak had burnt black marks, and the armor on his body was also stained with blood.
“They were said to be warlocks who wanted to give us spell support, but in the attack just now we saw neither the fires suppressed, nor the horses and livestock calmed down!”
“Your Did you fucking forget about all the evil and dirty witchcraft when you were enjoying yourself with this man?”
A circle of white rose knights surrounded Duke Seeward. This middle-aged man could not hide his tiredness and blackened marks on his face.
Normally, he would 'stop' the knights who believe in the eternal fire from disrespecting the royal advisors at the appropriate time.
But today it seems that he also has resentment in his heart, so that even now he is just looking here coldly, not even bothering to turn his head and act like he didn't see him.
But at this moment, there is no doubt that Triss does not want to beat around the bush with this important duke in Temeria.
After all, the person in charge has changed now.
Knight Thales, who sprayed venom on Triss and looked at the witch with hatred, turned his head and found a tall figure standing in front of him, blocking his entire field of vision.
Under the hood, a pair of slightly shiny cat eyes looked down at him.
"I must discuss something with Duke Seeward immediately. Please get out of the way."
Lan said calmly.
Taylors was a little surprised when he looked at Lan En's cat eyes, but he still didn't take it seriously.
"It's Prince Seeward!" He emphasized emphatically, "And do you really think that you can have the honor of meeting the prince just by sleeping with evil magic users a few times?"
"Do you think Who would give you face because of the devil's power? Then you are wrong, the bitch's lackey!"
Lan En's face was expressionless.
He just nodded to show that he understood what Thales meant, and looked at Siward who was surrounded by the circle, and found that he didn't mean to care.
Then the witcher spoke softly.
"Kill five first."
(End of this chapter)