Lord of the Oasis Chapter 5: .The gamble to start

Kant looked at the stunned expression on Rowan's face, and showed a smile without leaving a trace on the corner of his mouth.

is a mockery.

But Kant's face was still calm, and his slightly frowning brows showed his inner anxiety: "Actually, when we come here, the water reserve is running out."

"How much is there?" Rowan's face was gloomy.

"Not much left," Kant said.

The temperature outside had soared to 70°C, but the atmosphere inside the tent was quite cold.

The two sat opposite each other, but there was nothing to talk about at all.

And Rowan's face is extremely gloomy, like the haze of a stormy night, because when he knows what the lack of water means at this time, it is not only thirst, but also about to fight desperately.

He's battle-hardened and has his own keen instincts.

In this dune, within such a close distance from the sentry oasis, I encountered more than 50 gnolls.

That means that the Sentinel Oasis has already been occupied by the Gnoll tribe!

"That's right."

Rowan finally nodded, looking at Kant with a gloomy face: "Lord Baron, this is really bad news."

"Bad news, yes." Kant nodded.

The atmosphere continued to be cold, Rowan's fists were clenching and his teeth were clenching: "But Lord Baron, aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid? What are you afraid of?" Kant seemed to have no idea: "Why should I be afraid?"

"Oh."

Rowan chuckled softly, and laughed in anger, a sullen breath in his chest almost burned into anger.

How could he not imagine what was going on here?

But he didn't dare to do anything.

Although Kant is an exiled baron, the youngest son who is not loved by the duke.

Even if Kant should die, there must be a decent excuse. Just like the current Kant who went to his baroniality, he might be killed by gnolls in the future, but he definitely didn't die in a lion principality with a normal status. in the hands of the cavalry.

Because Kant still represents the blood of Cameron, the Duke of Lions, and is a decent baron in the Dukedom of Lions.

What Kant decided is the rules of this world!

"However, we can go to the Sentinel Oasis."

Kant opened his mouth and said in a normal manner: "According to the records, there is spring water there for drinking." After a pause, Kant looked at Rowan and said, "It's a sweet, high-quality spring water, and it's more than enough to make wine." /

"That's great." In Rowan's view, these are all useless nonsense!

And Rowan didn't intend to continue to perfunctory, and asked Kant with a gloomy face: "Lord Baron, what needs to be done next?"

"Go to Sentinel Oasis." Kant's face smiled.

"But the current sentry oasis has been re-occupied by a group of gnoll tribes. With our numbers alone, it is absolutely impossible to fight against these gnolls." Rowan was impatient and directly lifted the fig leaf.

Kant seemed surprised: "What?"

"Lord Baron, we all understand that no one is a fool."

Rowan took a deep breath and said, "The gnoll tribe in the sentry oasis, we must kill them, otherwise they will die of thirst in the Naron desert, and no one will survive."

"It's really serious." Kant lowered his head, as if he didn't understand what he meant.

Rowan continued: "My subordinates all have their own families, their own lovers and children. They don't want to stay here forever. It's not fair to them." Kant, he said solemnly: "Lord Baron, I hope you can understand."

"Gnolls occupy the springs in the Sentinel Oasis."

Kant seems to be nodding with the same emotion: "We will kill those gnolls, and then you can go back."

"What about the plan?" Rowan gritted his teeth.

Now that things have come to this point, he will not believe that Kant has no plans, because it is precisely this young baron who has caused all this now!

Of course, Kant does have a follow-up plan.

Looking at the anger that Rowan was holding back, Kant said: "When the group of gnolls were not paying attention, we launched a surprise attack. After all, the news of our arrival was not noticed by this gnoll tribe, so we still hid in In the dark, it has the advantage of concealment.”

"The Raid?"

Rowan's voice raised slightly: "But this will make my subordinates suffer a lot!"

Taking a deep breath, Rowan gritted his teeth and said, "Please note, my lord, we only have 20 cavalry!"

"And my people." Kant said calmly: "If our raid is successful, then these gnolls will fall into chaos, and we can kill them all before they organize an effective counterattack."

"Those farmers of yours?"

Rowan's face was full of sarcasm and ridicule: "I admit, they are very good at farming."

"Combat is also possible," Kant replied.

"Lord Baron, you are playing with fire." Rowan stared at Kant with anger in his eyes: "It is also irresponsible to my subordinates."

Kant looked at each other calmly: "If this is not the case, we will all die of thirst in the Naron Desert."

"This is fighting for our lives." Rowan's voice was slightly higher.

"War is like this." Kant responded without flinching, while looking at the middle-aged man, he reached out and took out a wallet in his pocket: "Are these enough?"

The purse, woven from strong linen thread, made a clattering sound as Kant threw it.

"This..." Rowan caught it, feeling the texture of the metal in his hands.

Kant said: "This is your reward, 20 large silver coins."

"20 large silver coins?" Rowan's breathing was a little short, which was a lot of money.

Their monthly salary is only 20 small silver coins per person, and the exchange difference between silver coins is 100 small silver coins to exchange for 1 large silver coin.

This means that each of them gets 5 months of extra salary.

"I know you can leave after being escorted to Sentinel Oasis. This is my reward for hiring you."

Kant looked at Rowan and said solemnly: "You should understand that if our raid is successful, maybe no one will die."

A raid is a sudden attack, literally.

Also known as a sneak attack.

A means of dealing an effective blow to a large number of enemies when one's own forces are small.

Especially in the hands of cavalry troops with superior tactical mobility, the effect of the raid will reach its peak, which is why Kant used this method to offend Rowan and the others, and forced them to stay. s reason.

10 Swadian recruits, and 20 Swadian peasants in a raid, won't make a difference.

"When will it start?"

After accepting these big silver coins, Rowan's expression softened a little.

Looking at Kant, he offered his opinion: "We have to wait for a good time, just when the gnolls are the most relaxed, maybe the dawn is a good choice."

"No." Kant directly rejected his suggestion.

Before dawn is the time when the gnolls are most relaxed, but for themselves, there is not much time to wait.

"Why?" Rowan frowned, he was confident in his war experience.

Kant explained: "The slaughtered gnolls on the side of the dunes will arouse vigilance at the sentry oasis, because no one has returned until late in the evening, and this gnoll tribe can definitely guess that there are enemies around."

Rowan's breathing became rough: "But what else can we do?"

"Evening."

After a moment of contemplation, Kant said solemnly: "In the afterglow of the sun, we will launch a surprise attack."

"Afterglow," Rowan repeated ~IndoMTL.com~ Yes, the sun will be our ally, and the light will obscure us. "

Kant took a deep breath: "At that time, they can't find us quickly, and what you need to do is to rush in quickly and let the gnoll tribe completely fall into chaos."

With a slight pause, Kant said slowly: "At that time, my people and I will also rush in."

There was silence in the tent. After a while, Luo Wen raised his head and said, "Okay."

"We will succeed." Kant smiled and looked at Rowan and said softly: "Trust me, today's battle will be the proud conversation you will be proud of when you are happily drinking light beer in the pub in the future. up capital.”

Rowan chuckled and stared deeply at Kant: "I hope."

Then he stood up and walked outside the tent, while saying to Kant: "I'll go and prepare with them."

"Hmm." Kant nodded.

He was alone again in the tent, but Kant's face was extremely solemn.

A tragic battle is about to begin.

It is estimated that some of the cavalry who are only responsible for escorting will die, and his only 30 Swadia personnel, who will be responsible for building the territory in the future, will also lose some of them.

"There is always one or two big bets in life."

Kant took a deep breath.

Now that you have chosen Sentinel Oasis, you are on the gaming table.

Now that he has no capital, he still wants to live and live well, so he has to work hard.

Kant touched the light crossbow in his hand, and couldn't help laughing at himself: "Besides, you don't have to lose."

After a lot of hard work, what he wants is victory?

This is a must win!