Roger sent someone to call another cavalry in charge of contact.

He told the other party: "Immediately, you must rush to Duke Welf day and night and hand him this letter."

The cavalry solemnly took the letter, turned around and left.

Then Roger called a few more cavalrymen and asked them to contact William's people separately, inform them of the Roma's fraudulent surrender, and make sure they must guard the water source.

After doing all this, Roger let out a long sigh. He felt that the problem was not big, and everything was in his grasp.

After the emergency was issued, at noon on the fourth day, the cavalry responsible for contacting Duke Welf came back.

His eyes were red and he reported to Roger with a tired look on his face: "Captain, I've sent the letter."

Roger asked anxiously: "What do you say about Duke Welf?"

The cavalry said: "The Duke Welfe summoned his men, and he showed your letter to everyone, and discussed with them.

"The jazz under him were divided into two factions, one said he would continue to move forward, and the other said he would retreat to fight Icon.

"The two factions are in a stalemate now, and Duke Welf has not made the final decision."

Roger asked: "Then where are they now?"

The cavalry pointed to the lower position on the map.

Roger looked at the position, and it was still halfway through, exactly the same as four days ago.

He asked in surprise: "Why are they still there after four days?"

Cavalry report: "It is said that after General Danishmand disappeared, they have been arguing about which direction they are going.

"The Duke never made a decision, so he was always stationed in place."

Roger stomped on the ground with a fierce foot, and he cursed:

"Idiot, when you keep breaking down, you will suffer from chaos. It's time to do so, why are you still hesitating?!"

He thought, is this kind of problem still worth considering?

Since this was a conspiracy arranged in advance by Danishmand, how could he allow the Duke to return to Ikon safely?

He thought that if the expected was correct, then the water source from Icon to the Duke's location should have been destroyed by the people arranged by Danishmand.

Therefore, there is only one way forward, and the water source forward is still under the control of our own people. As long as the army continues to move forward, there will be no danger.

And when the army arrives here, everyone can rush across the river and capture Heraclia in one go.

Roger wrote down his thoughts and suggestions on the sheepskin letter paper.

When Roger was about to hand the letter to the cavalry in charge of contact, he saw the other party's tired face and still determined eyes.

So he ordered the cavalry to rest immediately.

He sent another cavalry to deliver the letter.

Afterwards, Roger sulked in the tent, thinking that he had wasted eight days.

If the Duke's troops had been moving forward for these eight days, they would have almost met with them now.

But now, they are still halfway, and they are still eight or nine days away.

That afternoon, Mutelyi ran into Roger's tent with a nervous look on his face.

Those who ran in together were also cavalry sent by Roger to contact the garrison troops at the water source.

They brought the same bad news: the water was exhausted.

Muttier said: "The water stored in the troops can support four or five days.

"I've been fetching water every day recently, so I have enough water in the army.

"But when I went to fetch water today, I found that the spring there suddenly dried up."

The cavalry responsible for contacting William's troops stationed in the water source also said:

“It’s really strange that the well and springs suddenly dried up.

"There was a big hole at the bottom of the reservoir, and I watched the water flow.

“I ran to several water sources in a row, and they were all the same.

"William's troops swore that they had never seen anyone doing the destruction.

"We searched around but found no traces of enemy activities. Inexplicably, the water source was exhausted."

Roger touched his chin and pondered. He thought that he had encountered the exhaustion of the water source once before.

It was on the way to Yikang that after Odin led the team to defend the water source, the water veins were dug by his opponent, causing the water source to dry up.

Obviously, this time, the water vein was cut off by the opponent.

But this time, the enemy's methods became more hidden.

Roger thought of the dungeon and the special structure of the rocks here.

Judging from the information that a large hole suddenly appeared at the bottom of the reservoir, it was obvious that the Roma people also mastered the skills of digging holes in this mountainous area.

The reason why William's guards did not find any traces of the enemy was because the enemies were all lurking underground.

Just like the tunnel war seen in movies in previous life, the enemy dug out water veins underground and destroyed the reservoir.

Then Roger thought that when he met the white-robed young player Varka before, he heard the "ding-ding-dang" sound made by the other party when he dug a hole, so he would walk over curiously.

Therefore, digging in such rocks is different from digging in soil, and it will inevitably make a louder sound.

Roger asked the cavalry in charge of contact: "Did the guards hear any special sounds, such as the sound of 'ding-ding-dang' hitting the rock?"

The cavalry replied: "No, the guards swore that there was no abnormality.

"If there is a 'ding-ding-dang' sound like the leader you said, they will definitely check it out."

Roger thought, then these tunnels were obviously dug in advance.

He combined this intelligence with the enemy's conspiracy, and the matter became clear.

The enemy can destroy the water source in advance, but they did not do so.

They created the illusion that water sources are normal for Christians to trick Christians into embarking on this drought path.

It was not until the Christian army reached the middle of the arid mountainous areas that they destroyed all the water sources in a short time.

Roger thought with concern that the enemy's conspiracy was so poisonous, and Duke Welf's army of more than 100,000 was in danger.

Then he thought fiercely that he had thought of the enemy's conspiracy eight days ago and sent someone to inform the Duke Welf.

But that idiot actually chose to stay where he was in order to discuss whether to move forward or backward.

In eight days, no matter whether he chooses to move forward or backward, he can walk out of this mountainous area.

But he chose the stupidest choice - to stop and stay still.

He thought that the enemy's incomplete plot was really thankful to Duke Welf's stupidity.

Roger combined Muthier and another cavalry's intelligence, and he could clearly see that the time when the water source was exhausted was nearly four or five days later than General Danishmand's departure.

In this era without instant messaging and accurate timing tools, it is almost impossible to start one thing at a different location at the same time.

Although history is very poor, Roger, who often browsed the Internet in his previous life, knew that Europe had not done this even in the era of Napoleon.

Therefore, this enemy's conspiracy is not impeccable.

If Duke Welfe chose not to be stationed in place after General Danishmand disappeared, but to continue moving forward, he would not be short of water for at least these four or five days.

In this way, the Duke's troops could walk out of the arid mountainous areas and meet with them for another three days.

Although there is no water source in these three days, it should still be able to hold on with the water stored in the army with gritted teeth.

Now time has been wasted, and the water preserved in the army has been wasted.

Roger didn't know how much water was stored in Duke Welf's troops.

He even suspected that in their scattered and unmanaged state, how much water was stored in their troops, enough for everyone to eat for a few days, probably only God knew.

Roger could only pray that they would be lucky and that they had just replenished enough water before the water source was destroyed, so they might be able to walk out of this mountainous area alive.

But he also knew that it was actually impossible.

Even if they had just replenished the water, in this hot weather, the water should have been so smelly that it could not be drunk in eight or nine days.

Roger thought that Duke Welf could only use another method now, a way to be cruel enough to his own people.

Just make an excuse to gather everyone's water storage together, and then let the elite cavalry take them away overnight.

Whether you go forward or backward, you can run in one direction, and you may be able to rush out of this arid mountainous area before the water is gone.

In this way, the Duke Welf could protect himself, his jazz, and all the elite cavalry.

As for those walkers who were deceived from storing water, they can only be blessed by God.

Perhaps some of them can overcome the scorching heat and drought by their will and get out alive.

But even if there are such strong-willed people, they will definitely be invincible after they come out.

The Roma guarding both ends can easily kill or capture them.
To be continued...