Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 176 Ambush
Robert put down the thing in his hand, and the terrified woodcutter ran away in a flash.

But the faces of those four people did not ease up, because things became more and more complicated.

"There must be some misunderstanding here?" Seaworth stroked his beard habitually. If there is really some black hand behind these Chaos People, it might be a trick to lure the enemy now.

"Anyway, we have to catch up with them!" Stannis seemed to be the leader among the four, and now he faintly revealed the aura of a leader.

Without a moment's hesitation, the group chased eastwards following the traces left by the expeditionary army's march.

It is extremely difficult to walk in this endless white wasteland. Although the snow has stopped, the ground is covered with a thick layer of snow, which also conceals the actual road conditions below. The dark river flowing in the middle of the river, if you are a little careless, you will step on the air and fall into it, and the thick warm clothes on the travelers are enough to drag them to death in the water.

But this bad road condition also has an advantage, that is, it slowed down the forward speed of the army, and the four-person team finally caught up with the expeditionary army in front of the mountain in the east.

Stannis found that his archers were at the back as usual, and no one was lost. It seemed that Barrow IV was as good at managing the army as his elder brother.

Seeing the army that was still intact, the tension in everyone's heart was relaxed.

"Thank you for bringing me back." Stannis turned his head and said to his old enemy Wayne. Along the way, this guy was not as sloppy as last time, but he was a lot more honest.

However, Wayne didn't understand his apology at all, and directly ran away from him and walked towards his troops. It seemed that this guy had a clear distinction between public and private, and he was still hostile to him in private.

Seaworth also paid tribute to him and said goodbye, "In this case, I have to go back to His Excellency Enrique and report to him what happened this time."

Stannis nodded to him. This news is now enough for the Garcia family to pay attention to it. It is no longer the dismemberment of the farmers who are like nothing in their mouths, but the destruction of an entire village and the nobles in the castle. If This hasn't allowed the Duke to start to solve it, so it is estimated that only the coming of the end can impress him.

It seemed that there was a dispute at the front of the expeditionary force, which prevented the army from advancing any further. The exhausted Robert seized the time to make a pillow out of snow to lie down and sneeze. The midday sun was still quite warm on his body.

"What's going on? Why did you appear here?" Stannis walked towards the penultimate Barrow. He didn't like this feeling very much, especially knowing that there was an army of Chaos people wandering around them. This kind of insecurity The feeling was always with him.

Although Baro was very happy to see him, he still answered his question seriously, "Yesterday we received information that someone saw a group of black shadows marching on the snow. Marquis Enrique ordered to pursue them immediately, so I didn't wait for you to come back. Just set off..."

"This is simply a joke!" Stannis scolded angrily, this kind of reckless advance was [-]% a taboo for military strategists.

The few terrified lords around looked at him sullenly, but when they saw who was yelling, they swallowed back the swear words.

Barrow shrugged helplessly. After all, this kind of thing is not something that a small character like him can control.

Stannis suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice: "Then what's going on now? Why stop here and not move on?"

The big man pointed to the cliff in front of him, where there was only a narrow valley passing through it.

"Isn't there only one way? To catch up with the mysterious army, you have to go through the valley. Some lords are afraid that there will be an ambush on the opposite side. It will be troublesome to block us in and fight, so they first sent a scout to go through the valley." Go to the opposite side of the canyon to investigate the situation."

This is still a bit of a brain.Stannis walked to the entrance of the canyon to observe. He raised his head and looked at the cliffs on both sides of the valley. It was as if there was no trace of vegetation on the stone wall that had been cut by a knife. According to common sense, no one can ambush on it, unless the enemy can stick to it like a gecko. on top.

After basking in the sun for half an hour, Stannis, who was squatting at the entrance of the cliff and was about to die of boredom, vaguely saw a figure walking towards him. He immediately stood up vigilantly, but the others seemed to be relieved.

"The scout is finally back." Enrique was also impatient to wait, and he found his childish voice and shouted: "How is it, are there any enemies in the canyon and on the other side?"

Hearing his voice, the scout stopped a long way away. He waved his hand to indicate that there was no ambush, and then turned around and walked back.

Enrique muttered a little angrily: "I'll just say it! There can't be an ambush, a bunch of cowards, wasting so much time! Now, everyone hurry up and set off!"

Because the waiting time was too long, most of the soldiers started to cook lunch, but the marching order made almost everyone throw away the food and prepare to leave immediately. In addition, the entrance of the canyon was too narrow, so a large number of people and horses piled up there. Can only move forward slowly.

Stannis and his men undoubtedly stayed at the rear, but it was Barrow and his soldiers who grabbed a middle and rear team.

After another half an hour, only half of the expeditionary force entered the canyon.

This time, they did not move forward in the order of the number of people. Every lord wanted to quickly lead his people out of this ghost place. Although they had never seen a monster, the whistling sound from the valley made everyone feel a sense of dread. uncomfortable.

In the crowd, Barrow, a big, stupid man, happily shouted at him, "Stan, I'm leaving first, let's see you on the other side!"

Stannis felt ashamed, but waved him as he wished.

Suddenly, his hand in mid-air stopped, because he thought of an extremely serious problem!

That is why the scout should return to the team after reporting the information, but why did he turn around and walk into the canyon!unless……

An ominous feeling has been haunting him since the moment he returned to the village, and now this ominous feeling has reached its peak. There is no doubt that it is to lead them into this valley.

Although the temperature here was more than ten degrees below zero, large drops of sweat oozed from Stannis' forehead quickly. It only took him a second to realize instantly that the so-called scout was not the original one at all, they had been tricked!

Stannis then yelled as hard as he could ever live.

"There is an ambush!"

(End of this chapter)