Chapter 463 Escape!
On the high platform, Gervis could still vaguely see the team of minor nobles.
But when Gervis entered the crowd of the defeated army, he found himself like a lone boat in the ocean, surrounded by soldiers who were fleeing in panic.
Fortunately, Gervis's unicorn was very tall and was also a magical beast. When the defeated soldiers saw it from afar, they ran around to the side.
After running for four or five minutes, Gervis finally reached the right wing of the army. The vassals of the Jones family were assigned here today.
Gervis hurried along holding the rose flag, and taking advantage of the unicorn's height, he finally saw a familiar figure.
"Pat!"
"Pat!"
Gervis saw Pat being protected by a dozen guards while running away. Even his helmet was squeezed off. He could be said to have abandoned all his weapons and equipment.
"Gervis, what's going on? We were about to gain the upper hand, why did you order a retreat?"
Although he was fat, Pat was fortunately still a titled knight, so he didn't run out of breath, but the panic on his face was obvious.
He heard the shouting, but didn't see Gervis. Instead, he saw the rose flag that Gervis was holding high. He immediately came over and asked Gervis anxiously after he got in front of him.
"The Holy Knights of the Church are here! And they have bad intentions! If we don't retreat now, it will be too late! Run to the camp and prepare the carriages and horses. Alice is there, take as many people as you can!"
"What, the Holy... the Holy Knights are coming?"
Little Fatty Pat was so frightened that the fat on his face trembled. It was obvious that the three thousand paladins were a huge terror in the eyes of these little nobles.
"Yes, time is running out! You should go back soon! I still need to find my father and the others!"
"Okay, Gervis! Your father just went forward with Baron Bertram and the others, and he should still be a little behind! Then I'll go first, and you should come back soon!"
Pat was walking at this time, and did not say anything about staying to accompany Gervis in the search. He responded to Gervis and continued to flee towards the camp under the protection of the guards.
Soon, Gervis saw his father and Bertram and his party in the rear. Most of the vassals of the Jones family were here. They would naturally stick together in such a battle. Fatty Pat was a little afraid of death, so he did not go deeper into the battlefield with them.
Seeing this, Gervis breathed a sigh of relief, saving him from having to continue searching.
After meeting Gandalf and the others, Gervis quickly repeated to them everything about the Paladin Order, and then rode his warhorse back to the camp first.
When Gervis arrived at the camp, Ik and others were already ready, and the 130 girls and the slave soldiers were already on the carriages.
"Ike, take them to the direction of the City of Glory first. I will catch up with you later."
"Yes, sir!"
Gervis's prestige is now beyond doubt, so after hearing the order, Ike and others did not say much about worrying that Gervis would want to stay, but simply led more than 20 carriages to the rear of the camp.
At this moment, the fence behind the camp had been destroyed long ago. It was pushed down by other earl families in order to facilitate escape. Otherwise, the camp would only have one entrance, ensuring that no one could leave the camp quickly.
After Ike left, Gervis ran to the tent where Alice was.
"Grevith!"
When Gervis arrived at Alice's tent, he unexpectedly saw Caroline.
Caroline shouted at him with surprise on her face.
"Caroline, why are you here?"
"My grandfather asked me to come here. He said that he and the king would temporarily fend off the pursuers from the Principality of Xis, so it would be safer for me to run with you!"
"Okay! You wait here for a while, I'll go see Alice first!"
Gervis nodded and saw Alice who was arranging the carriage not far away.
"Alice, how are the carriages?"
"Originally, there were more than 200 carriages, but many of them were transporting spoils back to the City of Glory a few days ago. Now there are only more than 100 carriages available here."
Ten people is the limit for a carriage to carry. If there are more people, not only will there not be enough space, but even the horses cannot pull it. So more than a hundred carriages mean that they can only carry a thousand infantrymen, and some of the carriages are also loaded with rations needed for the journey.
"Alice, one hundred vehicles is one hundred. We can't wait any longer. We must leave now! If we wait until the Principality of Alban is completely defeated, we will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Holy Knights!"
Alice brought a total of more than 2,000 people with her on this southern expedition. Excluding 500 Rose Knights and some people who died in battle, there were still more than 1,400 infantry and auxiliary troops responsible for logistics.
That is to say, Alice had to abandon more than 400 people. These people had no carriages to ride in, and could not keep up with the main force on foot. In the end, they would either be killed or captured.
"good!"
Although Alice was a woman, she was trained as the heir by the old earl. She knew the key to making choices, so she gritted her teeth and agreed, then quickly ordered the soldiers to get on the carriages and start evacuating.
When Alice arranged all the elite infantry to leave, Gandalf and others also returned to the camp.
Because Gervis had sent Ik to remind them in advance, their carriages had already been emptied and they could leave immediately after returning to the camp.
So Gervis and his party retreated towards the City of Glory under the protection of the Rose Knight.
When leaving, Alice looked back frequently, feeling a little reluctant for those abandoned auxiliary soldiers.
"Alice, it's not your fault!"
Gervis knew what Alice was thinking and comforted her helplessly.
"Yeah! I know, Gervis!"
Finally, Alice finally withdrew her gaze, but she was a little depressed.
…
At this moment, the road outside the camp was filled with terrified and helpless defeated soldiers. They had either been abandoned or separated from the team and could only flee in panic along with the majority of the defeated soldiers.
Fortunately, this area is all flat grassland, and they can pass smoothly no matter where they go. Gervis and others avoided crowded places and moved quickly on the open fields.
After Gervis and his party left, the camp of the Principality of Alban was finally breached by the three thousand Holy Knights. King Hayden and his few remaining elite knights resisted for a moment before quickly evacuating.
And the direction they evacuated was exactly the same as that of the Principality of Zeon.
The troops of the Principality of Xis and the Holy Knights all came from the direction of Hayden Royal City, which meant that Hayden Royal City was most likely in danger. Now the people of the Principality of Alban could only evacuate towards Maiye City, looking for a big city and then think of a way to compete with the Church.
Otherwise, fighting in the open field with three thousand Paladins would lead to death.
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Two days after the defeat.
On the road to Maiye City, a strange scene occurred. The army of the Principality of Alban and the army of the Principality of Jean were walking on the same road at the same time.
There was no friction between the two hostile parties, which had been fighting each other for decades.
Now, those who can come here are all elite soldiers or nobles from the two countries.
Because they were either riding war horses or riding in carriages, as for the walking soldiers, they had long been left behind, and it was unknown whether they were killed or captured.
However, at this moment they were no longer in the mood to care about the situation of their comrades in the rear, because their current situation was not safe at all.
The Principality of Alban and the Principality of Jean send out dozens of waves of rangers every day to continuously scout the situation in the rear.
Judging from the Rangers' reconnaissance.
Although most of the cavalry of the Principality of Xis and the Holy Knights of the Church were slowed down by the defeated infantry, they still sent out tens of thousands of cavalry to follow closely behind them and press forward step by step.
Among them, the Principality of Xis had 9,000 cavalrymen and the Order of the Holy Knights had 1,000 men.
This made the nobles of the Principality of Jean and the Principality of Alban dare not delay for a moment.
Except for meals and the necessary four or five hours of rest at night, the rest of the time is spent on the road.
Even at this speed, the nobles still did not feel safe. If they were not worried that the horses could not handle it, the small nobles could just lie on the carriages and let the soldiers travel day and night.
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Just like that, the troops from the Principality of Jean and the Principality of Alban finally escaped to the Golden Wheat Territory a week later!
(End of this chapter)
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