The first breakout battle of the red-backed giant tortoises in Loon Lake ultimately ended in failure.
Samira and Gary Decker, two level two powerhouses, were on the frontline. They killed basically half of the red-backed giant tortoises, especially since Gary Decker had Santos.
After using the shotgun, as long as she got close to the giant red-backed turtle, she could kill one on the spot with just a few shots.
To say that this group of red-backed giant tortoises is undoubtedly the overlord of Loon Lake in the Three Rivers Plain, their tribe has been breeding here for who knows how many generations. It is not that no adventure group has paid their attention to them all the time. After all, these
Red-backed giant turtles are almost all third-level monsters, covered with precious magic materials, and are very large in size. Even if one is successfully hunted, the adventure group will make a fortune.
But the biggest difficulty in hunting these red-backed giant turtles is that they live at the bottom of the lake. In the past, if the adventure group wanted to hunt the red-backed giant turtles, they had to take a boat into the lakes around Loon Lake. In addition, the adventure group members also needed to be proficient in water warfare.
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In fact, these red-backed giant turtles are almost invincible in the water. Whether it is water bombs, water column impact, or water cover, these are not easily resisted by the members of the adventure group. There have been many famous adventure groups on the Three Rivers Plain.
, and finally returned due to the large number of newts, ghost snakes and red-backed giant tortoises living in the lake.
It is a pity that Lord Suldak's army took advantage of the turn of winter and spring this time. After the water of Loon Lake dried up, the activity area of the red-backed giant tortoises in the lake became narrower. Some red-backed giant tortoises were forced to crawl to the land to find new places.
Habitat.
When these red-backed giant tortoises came to land, they could only be beaten when facing the lord's cavalry. However, with their strong combat power, they were still not something ordinary cavalry regiments could handle. Lord Surdak's army also carried a batch of magic.
Bed Crossbow and two second-level experts were on duty to hunt down the giant red-backed turtles that landed on the beach.
Loon Lake is not deep, it evolved from a low-lying wetland.
The Sanhe Plain is relatively dry in spring. Although the snow in the mountains has melted, the dry southwesterly wind blew away the water vapor on the land little by little. The water level of the entire Loon Lake plummeted by three meters in March.
rice.
Even the leader of the red-backed giant turtle hiding in the center of the lake revealed his huge turtle shell. The huge Loon Lake has now shrunk by two-thirds.
All the red-backed giant turtles living in the lake have exposed their shells, and the soldiers of the Lord Army have also launched an attack on the red-backed giant turtles in the lake. However, as long as they are in the lake, even if they set up on the lake
A row of magic bed crossbows are also helpless against those red-backed giant turtles.
In addition to having a strong turtle shell, they can also condense a water shield around the body. The magic bed crossbow cannot penetrate these two layers of armor at all.
According to the investigation conducted by the magicians, there are at least more than 170 red-backed giant turtles trapped in the middle of the lake, and the leader of one of the red-backed giant turtles occupies the deepest place in the middle of the lake.'
Due to the severe shrinkage of Loon Lake, a large number of fish and shrimps have also gathered in this lake, and the red-backed giant turtles have sufficient food...
However, if the red-backed giant tortoises in Loon Lake are not cleared away, the land in the southern part of the Three Rivers Plain cannot be completely recovered, and Loon Lake cannot be placed outside the territory.
The commanders of each lord's army reported this matter to Surdak.
Surdak specially transferred fifty catapults from the Qiaotou camp for this purpose. The catapults have a much farther range than the crossbows, and the most important thing is that the catapults can throw flints and black powder barrels.
Ridgeback turtles pose no threat.
In the eyes of other lord army commanders, these black powder barrels are unlikely to explode the armor of the giant red-backed tortoise.
But when these catapults lined up by the lake, they continuously threw two thousand black powder barrels towards the center of the lake. The entire center of the lake was blown up by the black powder barrels, and almost everywhere was covered in black.
Mud and dead fish, red-backed giant turtle
For the first few days, they huddled in their shells and endured the deafening explosions, refusing to come out. After ten days, finally some red-backed giant turtles couldn't stand this muddy Loon Lake. Taking advantage of a dark night, dozens of red-backed giant turtles came out.
The turtle washed ashore again.
The Lord's Army Cavalry Regiment, which had been waiting on the shore for a long time, dispatched again and successfully hunted all these red-backed giant tortoises.
The remaining red-backed giant turtles in the center of the lake even sank their bodies into the mud, and most of the giant turtles entered a dormant state to avoid the harm caused to them by this quagmire-like environment.
The lord's army's cavalry still couldn't step into the lake, so Suldak had to mobilize ten heavy armored infantry regiments to rush to Loon Lake again. This time he even mobilized nearly 5,000 ghost-striped worker ants. These infantry soldiers and ghosts
On the first day that the ants came to Loon Lake, they all started carrying sand and gravel from the high hills around the lake, and used the sand and gravel to fill in a flat road from the lake to the center of the lake.
This road in the lake penetrates the center of the lake at a speed of almost 100 meters every day. This time the leader of the red-backed giant tortoise in the middle of the lake finally realized the crisis of the red-backed giant tortoise community.
He could only take more than a hundred red-backed giant turtles and flee overnight to Qiandao Lake further south. However, this time Surdak did not let the lord's cavalry regiments surround and kill him behind, but only left more than thirty red-backed turtles behind.
After removing the giant tortoise's body, nearly eighty red-backed giant tortoises were allowed to pass through the wetlands between Loon Lake and Thousand Island Lake, allowing them to escape into Thousand Island Lake.
A group of commanders of the Lord's Army stood on a high hill in the wetland, watching the group of red-backed giant tortoises slowly leaving.
The commander of the Ludweid family lord's army asked Suldak with some confusion:
"Lord Surdak, why don't we catch them all this time? These red-backed giant tortoises are worth at least 40,000 magic crystals..."
The commanders of other lord armies also looked at Surdak.
"Don't you understand my decision?" Suldak pulled the reins of the war horse, walked out of the crowd, controlled the horse, turned around and faced the commanders and asked.
"I just don't understand..." someone in the crowd replied.
Suldak held the horse's reins with one hand and the whip with the other, pointing to the vast land and lakes in the distance, and said to the commanders: "Soon this will become our land. The land here is fertile and the products are rich.
, it also has excellent water resources, but what I consider is the comprehensive resources and sustainable development of this land."
"I let these giant red-backed turtles leave because I hope they can enrich the population of monsters in Qiandao Lake, and their existence will also become a rich resource here."
"In the future we will build small towns here, and Qiandao Lake in the south will be the closest hunting ground to us. I believe that by then, many people will have studied the weaknesses of the red-backed giant tortoise, and will also
There will be a large number of adventure groups coming to Sanhe Plain for hunting in Qiandao Lake."
Hearing what Surdak said, all the commanders were filled with admiration.
"If the summer rainy season comes, Loon Lake and Thousand Island Lake are connected, and those red-backed giant turtles come back again, what should we do?" A young officer standing in the back row asked Suldak loudly.
Suldak raised his head and glanced at him.
All the commanders of the Lord's Army looked at the young officer who raised the question with surprised eyes.
The young officer then realized that he had asked a stupid question and immediately covered his mouth.
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Almost all of the hunted red-backed giant tortoises were sold on the battlefield to merchants accompanying the army who bid against each other.
When cleaning the battlefield, a group of quartermasters from the Logistics Department were like auctioneers in an auction hall. Behind them were a group of businessmen. They completely ignored the mess and mud on the battlefield and walked to one after another.
In front of a giant red-backed turtle holding a small flag.
The quartermaster first needs to record the name of the hunter, and then allocates merit points based on the name on it.
The next step is to check the condition of the entire red-backed giant turtle, the degree of damage, the integrity of the precious leather, etc., and then based on the previous auction price, a relatively low base price is given on the spot.
This kind of price assessment is basically done by veteran quartermasters.
They held a small hammer in their hands, stood next to the dead giant red-backed turtle, and shouted at the top of their lungs: "The starting price is 500 magic crystals. If you are willing to increase the price, raise your hand. Once you bid, you can't go back on it!"
The merchants who followed the army around him quickly opened their bids. The valuable materials on this hill-like red-backed giant turtle can basically be sold for 500 magic crystals. If the dismemberment is more precise, the remaining scraps are
The profit of each merchant accompanying the army, as long as everything goes smoothly when disassembling the giant red-backed turtle, it will definitely be a profitable business.
This is the violence of war. Victory in a battle will not only make a lot of money for the lord's army, but also often make huge profits for the merchant groups that follow the army.
The on-site auction on the battlefield is very fair, and the highest bidder will basically get these red-backed giant tortoises.
Unless a certain red-backed giant tortoise is of interest to Lord Surdak, these red-backed giant tortoises will be individually marked and put up for auction at the end.
These mutilated red-backed giant tortoises are often auctioned off to business groups that have made some special contributions to the lord's army.
Of course, there are some prerequisites for becoming a business group that is qualified to participate in the on-site auction.
Those who can participate in the on-site auction are basically those merchant groups who have become Lord Surdak's army.
This qualification requires caravans who need to submit an application to Surdak and also invest part of the cost in the early stages of the war to hope to obtain it.
Each complete red-backed giant turtle carcass is often carried for about 600 magic crystals. Any higher and there is no profit margin.
There are a lot of red-backed giant tortoises on the battlefield, and the business groups do not need to fight in the bidding process. Often when the price reaches a certain level, the quartermasters acting as auctioneers will clamor to prepare for the next red-backed giant tortoise.
Over there with the turtle.
Moreover, the loot captured this time is not that there are more wolves and less meat. Probably all the business groups accompanying the army will be full, and the remaining leftovers will be left to the ordinary business groups behind, and the starting price will be set very high...
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The battle of Loon Lake in the southern part of the Three Rivers Plain lasted for one and a half months. The biggest harvest was not only the large fertile land around Loon Lake, but also 137 red-backed giant tortoises that were like small hills. In order to catch up before
The giant turtles were quickly dismembered before their flesh and blood rotted. The military merchant group sent almost everyone who had worked as a butcher to rush forward.
Facts have proved that the potential of the Bena people is still unlimited. The red-backed giant turtles harvested in each battle are quickly decomposed. The best meat and leather are put into the magic sealing box, and the remaining second-level ones will be cooked.
Cook it in jars or simply dry it in the sun. The only thing that is a little inconvenient to transport is those giant turtle shells.
It is said that these turtle shells can become a very good magic material after being ground into powder. However, there are a lot of turtle shells harvested this time, which may easily affect the price of the turtle shell powder sold in the magic market.
Although Surdak did not participate in carving up the large territory of the Three Rivers Plain this time, the profit from this part of the red-backed giant turtle was enough to amount to 50,000 magic crystals.
After fighting in the Sanhe Plain for a month, we finally succeeded in regaining the Sanhe Plain this spring.
The next step was to wait for the clerk of the Territorial Administration in Wilkes City to come and measure the actual land area. Then according to the 433 land allocation method, the lords selected the best quality land to become their own territory.
Surdak is already preparing to withdraw his troops, but the commanders of each lord's army still have to stay on the Three Rivers Plain, using boundary markers to mark out their respective territorial areas, and a group of troops must be left to garrison on the Three Rivers Plain.
However, the main force of the alliance lords in the Ganbu plane wants to withdraw from the Bailin plane before summer comes.
After two months of rush construction on the Three Rivers Plain, the main part of the dam has been fully formed, but there are still a lot of trivial finishing work left. This time Aung San was transferred back from Ruit City by Surdak, also for
Someone can take charge here.
On the day that Surdak's lord army arrived in Wilkes City, the Malacom merchants who went to the imperial capital to purchase sky-shooting crossbows also returned to Wilkes City through the portal.
When the Malacom merchant learned that Suldak had arrived in Wilkes City, he immediately ran over to invite Suldak in person and wanted to sit at his home no matter what.
Surdak might be able to ignore such invitations from other merchants accompanying the military merchant group, but Merchant Malacom can be said to be the big businessman who cooperates most closely with Surdak. His Thunder Rhino Caravan almost takes over all the invitations.
The entire transportation business of copper and iron ore ingots, as well as the purchase of large-scale military supplies, have been handed over to Malacom by the Surdak Army.
This time, at Suldak's request, he went to San Carlos City to purchase a batch of sky-shooting crossbows.
Therefore, Suldak still needs to give some face to the merchant Malacom's invitation. Moreover, Suldak has recently had a complete stalemate with the lords of the Bailin plane. When he came to Wilkes City, in addition to being able to
Apart from going to the military headquarters and meeting and chatting with the Great Swordsman Chester, there was almost nowhere to go.
The procedure for the Lord's Army to pass through the portal still needs to be approved by the Military Department and the House of Representatives of Wilkes. It is actually not a bad idea to take advantage of this free time to visit the house of the Malacom merchant...
The merchant Malacom has a large house in Wilkes City, but he is not qualified to live in the noble area. The house is located in the merchant residential area of the city.