Answer:
The 8 of us go forth and back to protect our king from a foes attack
I am a shimmering field that reaches far. Yet I have no tracks and am crossed without paths.
I have branches but no fruit trunk or leaves. What am I?
Iโm where yesterday follows today. And tomorrowโs in the middle. What am I?
I am black within and red without; with four corners round about. What am I?
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?