Originally with the idea of fighting to support war, the large army also looted enough food to survive the entire autumn near Iris. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of the march, Izarebi only brought two days of food this time.
Replenish supplies on the spot around the blue water.
But now Izarebi is very irritable. In the two days since entering the Blue Water territory, not a single mushroom man from the Imperial Halberd was seen.
As for food, Blue Water has carried out a very thorough clearing of the country. Not to mention a grain of rice, not even the scouts in the mountains can find edible mushrooms and wild vegetables. Damn it, I don't know how they carry out the food selection.
Nowadays, if you want to get food in the wild in Blue Water, you can only hunt.
However, there are not just a few people in Izarebi, but 4,000 people. Hunting simply cannot meet the daily needs of this team.
Not only that, there is a risk of contamination in the well water in Blue Water. After a soldier was poisoned, Izarebi strictly prohibited any drinking of stagnant water.
"This is not a mushroom, it's just a turtle!"
Izarebi, who understood Blue Water's strategic intentions, still did not give up. He headed towards Blue Water City, which Selier merchants had not set foot in for hundreds of years. Under the guidance of the scouts, he saw the strong and towering city walls, deep moats, and high altitudes.
Wheat ears hanging on the wall.
This is a provocation. It is Blue Water telling Izarebi and Selel that their troops have no effect on Blue Water.
The Imperial Halberd's scouts approached Blue Water City on horseback and looked across the moat at the city that had rejected Selel's merchants and now rejected Selel's Seventh Army.
The Blue Water Mushroom Man who discovered the arrival of the Serel people did not attack the scout. Instead, he brought out a fragrant fried mushroom and fried rice from nowhere. As soon as the weapon was released, he showed a feast to the scout.
Hanging wheat ears on the city wall is far less exciting than blue water soldiers eating and drinking on the city wall.
Just watching the blue water people eating and drinking with laughter made the imperial halberd scouts impatient and wanted to climb on the wall and kill them.
When Izarebi heard the news, he was a little defensive.
Although the purpose of the Imperial Halberd is to find out the true and false status of various races in the south, everyone knows in their hearts that they are here just for meritorious deeds.
Killing some small tribes is nothing. With their status, military merit plays only a small role, so dealing with Blue Water is the highlight.
Serel has two main problems with Mostana.
One is the goblin who always mocks them.
The second one is Blue Water, who says he will reject the Serer people if he refuses, and will follow through to the end, never wavering.
Because of the geographical location of Blue Water, Selier has been unable to vent his anger before.
This time, Izarebi led his troops into the south of Mostana and entered the territory of Blue Water. He also had his own plans in mind.
The first person in the Empire to defeat Blue Water was a title that Izarebi wanted very much. It was enough to make him famous in the history of Serel.
But Lan Shui did not give him this opportunity. Not only that, the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country also forced him to withdraw his troops in disgrace just to fill his stomach.
When he thought that after he returned, it would be someone else's turn to command the Imperial Halberd and go into battle to gain merit, honor, and political capital... A cold light flashed in Izarebi's eyes, and he made up his mind.
"I don't believe that all races can do this."
Worried about Blue Water's pursuit, Izarebi sent out many scouts along the way to ensure that his tail would not be bitten.
This worry seems to be unnecessary. The city gate of Blue Water City is tightly closed, with no intention of opening it.
Izarebi, who originally had the idea of making a comeback, shook his cloak and spat hard.
"It's really a turtle!"
The depressed Izarebi took out the map of Mostana that Serel merchants had gradually completed through a large number of transactions. After checking the direction, he started another round of raids.
The imperial halberd, which was as fast as the wind, soon felt something strange.
The territories of three or four tribes in succession were deserted, and not even a single scrap of the food containers was left behind.
An ominous premonition came to Izarebi's mind. He gritted his teeth and looked angrily in the direction of Blue Water City.
"You damn mushroom people!"
For such a unified move, Izarebi simply did not believe that there was no one centrally directing it.
In the northern part of Mostana, the allied races in the central part are still fighting each other, but the south actually has such scheduling and execution capabilities?
The angry Izarebi set fire to all the empty ethnic bases and chiseled their idols into pieces.
After running for a long time to no avail, being held back by the turtle Blue Water, one can even imagine the ridicule of other nobles in Serel after returning... Izarebi became angrier as he thought about it, and the hand holding the sword made a rattling sound.
However, as the commander-in-chief of the army, he knew very well that he could not act on impulse. The rations carried by the entire team were no longer enough to support daily activities, and the excellent horses that the cavalry relied on could not be easily damaged.
After weighing the pros and cons, Izarebi decided to search for another half day and return immediately if he could not obtain any results or supplies.
Considering that the races around Blue Water were susceptible to the influence of Blue Water, Izarebi adjusted his direction and headed towards the Moon Shadow Werewolf territory.
As the sun was about to set, the Imperial Halberd's scouts reported exciting news to Izarebi.
"There are ethnic activities ahead."
Like sharks smelling the smell of blood, Izarebi led his army to kill them quickly, trying to block these aliens who were too late to follow Blue Water's strategy of clearing the country.
However, they were still a step too late. The lizard people living here were full of martial virtue. After discovering the traces of the scouts, they first chased and killed one of them, wounded another one, and then hurriedly helped the old and the young to hide in the cavalry.
In the inaccessible mountains and forests.
The soldiers of the Imperial Halberd were pleasantly surprised and found a large amount of dried meat and rice in the lizard people's caves and wooden houses. After testing by the magician, they confirmed that they were all non-toxic.
After two consecutive days of no harvest, the Imperial Halberd, which had halved its rations for both men and horses, harvested a large amount of food and quickly began to distribute the food and take turns to eat.
"Something's wrong, don't even cook the rice." Izarebi looked at the hill-like rice in the lizard man's warehouse and said firmly, "How can a barbarian like the lizard man eat rice? It's a scam."
Several experienced cavalry captains beside Izarebi looked at each other, and after being silent for a while, they hurried forward and whispered a few words.
"The orc race has always been omnivorous. Naturally, they also eat rice, which is a satiating food... and they don't just eat meat."
Izarebi was stunned for a moment, and his expression became unnatural.
Fortunately, several cavalry captains were very generous, saying that Lord Izarebi saw too much rice and became wary, so he covered it up.
According to the description of experienced scouts, the rice here is basically produced by Blue Water.
Oval shape, crystal clear, white and fat rice grains, you can smell a unique sweet fragrance when you rub it.
Backed by the rich land on the edge of the Great Wetland, Blue Water has opened numerous trade routes in the south with food over the years. Most of the orcs here will more or less take care of Blue Water's business.
Because Blue Water and Selel were at odds with each other, Selel also banned Blue Water's rice from entering its territory through various channels, so this was the first time the soldiers had eaten gifts from the southernmost land of Mostana.
When the rice is ripe, the rich aroma of rice wafts through the camp, like the charming little hands of a beauty, gently brushing over everyone's face.
Izarebi, who was extremely unhappy with Blue Water, wanted to take a few bites of dried meat to deal with the problem, but when he saw the ferocious and intoxicated looks of the soldiers around him while eating...
Izarebi picked up the bowl nonchalantly and took a sip.
After this one bite, I couldn't stop.
With a mouthful of dried meat and a mouthful of white rice, Izarebi completely forgot that he had been repeating "I will never eat blue water rice" in my mind just now.
"The land that can grow such good rice, and such sweet rice...should be enjoyed by the people of the empire."
Because Lan Shui's resentment for preventing him from becoming famous was completely dissipated with these few mouthfuls of rice, Izarebi felt a sense of pride in his heart. While he was feeding himself, he was thinking about the next battle plan for Imperial Halberd.
A sharp whistle broke the silence of the Imperial Halberd camp.
This was an emergency signal sent by Serier's secret whistle. The whistle was interrupted hastily, which meant that the secret whistle reporting the news had died for his country.
The well-trained soldiers were stunned for a few seconds, then dropped the bowls in their hands and rushed towards the horses not far away.
The magicians were faster. Before they could swallow the food in their mouths, they had already stood up, mobilized their magic power, and quickly built a defensive barrier with their companions.
However, the arrows with various attribute magic attached in the air were still faster than their reactions.
As the sun set, the colorful arrows trailed long "tail flames" like meteors falling straight from the sky, densely covering the Imperial Halberd camp.
The Imperial Halberd, which was enjoying the food a few seconds ago, was in chaos.
The enchanted arrows penetrated the bodies of some unlucky people, making them obstacles to trip up their companions in this chaos.
The horses hit by the arrows began to run rampant in pain. They had maintained a good formation during the meal because of the impact of the horses, which gradually became uncontrollable.
In the chaos, the cavalry captain shouted to the entire team. The cavalrymen who rushed towards the horses in panic collided with their companions. The magician shouted loudly and tried to form cooperation with his companions...
The sound of explosions, the neighing of horses, and the sound of metal friction when the knife was drawn were all mixed together.
"The magician builds a barrier on the spot to buy time for the cavalry to mount their horses!"
Izarebi used a simple "loud sound technique" to amplify his voice and blast it into the ears of the headless soldiers.
The sense of security of the presence of the sixth-level magician suppressed the chaotic scene, allowing the originally nervous Imperial Halberd to quickly locate the target of action.
Lu Yu, who was standing at a high point not far away, saw this scene and said with emotion: "You really can't underestimate these experienced seniors. An ordinary army would be defeated in a panic after being attacked like this."
"But, it's not over yet."
The Mushroom Man of Blue Water and the Moon Shadow Werewolf revealed their figures just as the sun was about to sink completely into the horizon.
"Although I can't eat you elites... but it's enough to take your lives to boost your morale."
Lulutis stretched out a tentacle and released a ball of light into the sky.
Seeing this signal, six hundred fifth-level blue water mushroom people released their magic together.
This is a magic that Lu Yu liked very much and even used it to measure the magician's combat power.
Fireball.
And his target is not the Imperial Halberd surrounded by Blue Water and Moon Shadow werewolves.
It's the trees on this mountain.
Lu Yu, who received command authority from Ye Shui and Yueying werewolf envoys, gave the order calmly.