Volume 4 Chapter 24 - Did you…..cry? (1/2)

The Hungry Wolf Regiment’s commander Chalon Linear stood on a high hill and looked at the plains in the distance in a daze. Watching the black spots slowly disappearing into the distance, he had a look of disbelief.

Watching those black spots going for a while, he suddenly spat out and asked his chief staff officer Ivy Joao, “How about…..we chase them?”

Chief staff officer Joao firmly shook his head, “No. Although the northern army’s formation doesn’t seem good and their retreat is quite relaxed, their overall strength is there. If we charge at them rashly, we might not win when we clash. Not to mention…..we have no way to ensure if this is a trap that is set by them.”

“Bullshit trap!” Linear waved his arm, “That idiot prince had been led by us by the nose the entire time, his command is all trash, how could he understand how to set a trap? If he had those skills, why would he let us bait him here so easily?”

“Then how do you explain how he chose the right time to retreat?” Chief staff officer Joao pointed at the black mass in the distance that represented the Lampuri Kingdom’s northern army, “They just needed to move forward another two kilometers and they would have been surrounded by us. But they chose to retreat at this distance, making us unable to defend or chase from here. From what I can see, this is simply a wise move to trick us.”

“Damn!” Linear cursed out, looking at the northern army retreating in the distance with an unwilling gaze, but he didn’t give the order to chase them in the end.

It was like Joao said, the northern army suddenly choosing this time to retreat made him feel a bit of vigilance in his heart.

If the northern army saw through the trap that they had laid over a month and through various losses, it meant that his highness Eric wasn’t an idiot like they had thought. Rather he was a very astute commander.

If they really chased them, they might fall into a trap the other side had set.

Thinking of this, Linear couldn’t help angrily cursing again as his heart filled with a strong unwillingness.

This plan that he had laid over a month while paying out losses had put great pressure on his Hungry Wolf Regiment that had “always suffered losses”. However when they were about to succeed, they had to watch this fat piece of meat leave, so how could he be willing?

But as a commander, he knew that he would pay a painful price if he was impulsive. So no matter how unwilling he was, he could only force down the urges in his heart.

Glaring at the northern army in the distance, Linear gave a snort as he turned around with a face filled with rage.

If he kept watching, he might not have been able to hold it in anymore.

Seeing Linear’s reaction, Joao shook his head with a bitter smile while also feeling helpless.

After looking at the northern army in the distance, he also went down with Linear.

When they were halfway, there was a horse that suddenly came over.

Hearing the sounds of this horse, Linear was filled with rage.

“Which bastard is it? Don’t you know I’ve already ordered an issue to be silent? Pull him away and cut him down!”

Joao looked up with a frown and quickly blocked Linear’s personal guards that were about to come forward.

“It seems to be a messenger from the military intelligence department.”

“Intelligence department? What are they coming here for!” Linear gave a strong snort, but he didn’t have his personal guards go forward. He just stopped and coldly watched as the horse approached.

After a while, the horse ran up the mountain and stopped in front of them. A strong young soldier wearing his uniform jumped off the horse.

“Greetings sir commander! This is the latest information from the intelligence department, please receive it!”

Linear gave a cold snort, but he didn’t reach out his hand.

Joao shook his head with a bitter smile. He knew that Linear was venting his anger on this messenger because of this defeat, so naturally he didn’t care about this messenger.

When he took the report and opened it, his eyes lit up after he was stunned for a bit.

“Linear, quickly look! This is good news! This is great news!”

“What good news is there?” Linear gave a cold snort, clearly not believing it, “How could there be great news? Let me see it.”

Linear took the report from Joao and after looking at it, he was stunned.

After a while, he suddenly turned to dash up the hill.

Watching the northern army disappear into the horizon, Linear gave a stomp and a sigh, “Damn! That trash prince Eric, he didn’t see through our trap at all! We missed such a good chance!”

Joao came up from behind with a wide smile. He patted Linear’s shoulder and said, “It’s fine if we miss it. Anyway, we just need to wait and watch the good play. Letting those fellows take each other without doing a thing, isn’t that better?”

“I like killing them personally.” Linear looked at Joao before looking at the report in his hand again. He looked at the northern army in the distance and suddenly broke out in laughter, “But you are right, watching the dogs biting each other is also fun. Ha, ha……”