Suldak led the cavalry battalion back into the deserted land full of gravel. A familiar scene appeared in front of him. The veterans of the cavalry battalion broke away from the team one after another and rushed into the deserted land with their horses.
It is no longer necessary for half of the legs to sink into the yellow sand every time you take a step. Walking suddenly becomes much easier.
A group of knights rode ancient Bolai horses and galloped happily on the hard ground.
A few veterans were a little too excited. They rushed directly to the cliff of a fault mountain and crawled on the brown-red rock mass. Regardless of the cold north wind, they pressed their faces against the rocks beneath them. It seemed that this was the only way to express their love for this place.
Only their love for the land can express their inexplicable joy at walking out of the desert alive.
A month ago, this group of veterans joined the cavalry battalion from various villages in the deserted land. After only three days of training in Wall Village, they followed Surdak into the desert. Surdak still clearly remembered when they left Wall Village on horseback.
of embarrassment.
Their equestrian skills are also learned along the way.
Before entering the desert, these veterans had just been able to sit firmly on their saddles and march quickly. They suffered a lot during the march in the desert. The sand bandits were superb equestrians. They circled around the desert with the veterans of the cavalry battalion. Only the mercenary group's mercenaries
Only Bing and Weilu can pose some threat to those sand bandits on horseback.
Just like this group of veterans of the cavalry battalion, they personally drove the sand bandits into the depths of the desert, leaving them like lost dogs.
Before setting off, this group of veterans probably never thought that after chasing sand thieves in the desert for nearly two months, they would actually be able to step back into the desolate land.
These veterans brought back a lot of trophies, including their thick leather armor and some precious metal ornaments.
They seemed to be impatient to go home and tell their relatives how many sand bandits they had killed on the battlefield this time.
To the villagers in the desolate land, the sand bandits are like a pack of wolves that can wreak havoc in the desolate land. But now, in the eyes of the veterans of the cavalry battalion, this group of sand bandits is no longer scary.
Suldak is riding a horse and standing in front of a group of reserve knights.
As their immediate superior, Suldak was not satisfied with the performance of the young reserve knights on the battlefield this time. They did not show the professional qualities they had gained after studying and training in the knight academy. In addition to being proficient in equestrian skills, they
Besides, there isn't even anything worthy of praise.
This desert experience trip has taught these fifty guard battalion reserve knights a lot. At least they have the ability to march alone, and know how to set up tents in the wild, cook marching rations, arrange sentries at night, and other basic marching knowledge...
The reserve knights raised their swords and light shields high and cheered loudly as they returned to the desolate land. For them, coming back alive was victory.
They did not expect that this operation to clear up the sand pirates would last for nearly fifty days. Almost every reserve knight had their skin roughened by the cold north wind and the yellow sand, and their hands and thighs had a thick layer of calluses.
, no matter how poorly they performed on the battlefield, among the fifty reserve knights, after all, there was not a single deserter who ran away from the battle.
This outdoor experience may be regarded as a real experience trip during their graduation season.
I don’t know how many people were hiding in tents in such a difficult environment, listening to the howling of ghosts and wolves outside and howling in the north wind. I don’t know how many people were holding powerful crossbows and almost lost their bile after firing in the face of the sand bandits.
They all vomited it out. I don’t know how many people got used to sitting around the fire burning the body of the sand bandit, baking wheat cakes and drinking broth.
No matter what, we finally walked out of that desert with nothing. This is the greatest victory for the reserve knights.
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Entering the barren land means that the mission of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group has been successfully completed.
Captain Gabriel Gerry was not prepared to return to Wall Village with Surdak's army. In order to leave a good impression on his sponsor, Baron Surdak, he planned to separate from the army led by Baron Surdak.
Detouring from the east and west sides of the Great Rift Valley, you can search for small groups of sand bandits hiding in the deserted land along the way.
If you encounter one, Captain Gabri doesn’t mind helping to clean it up.
Captain Gabri was thinking in his mind that this time the Sea Giant Mercenary Group had earned almost 3,000 gold coins from Surdak. According to the current exchange ratio of gold coins to magic crystals of 1:7, it could probably be exchanged for 430 magic crystals.
Crystal, with such a magic crystal, the Sea Giant Mercenary Group can not only cultivate comfortably for a period of time, but also add two sets of magic pattern structures to the mercenary group.
After buying two sets of magic pattern structures, the life of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group will be much easier in the future.
He stretched out his hand to hold the reins of the war horse, stopped and waited for Surdak, who was behind the team, to ride up.
A group of mercenaries were arrayed on horseback behind Captain Gabri. A group of warriors who had reached rank 1 in power stood together, and their momentum could still cause considerable pressure.
If each of them is given a set of magic pattern equipment, they will be a construction team of thirty people.
However, in this mercenary group at this moment, only the first-level high-level warriors have a few magic pattern components. For them, replacing some more practical magic equipment, the mercenary group
The combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.
Suldak rode up to Captain Gabri. Before he could speak, Captain Gabri said:
"Baron Surdak, let's end this mercenary mission here. Our mercenary group plans to detour from the west side of the Great Rift Valley to the Paglos Pass, and then return to Hellanza City through Oak Ridge, hoping to
Get a taste of winter in the middle of nowhere.”
Even if Captain Gabriel did not do this, Suldak planned to let Andrew lead a group of veterans of the cavalry battalion to make a detour to the villages along the way to check if there were any traces of sand bandits nearby. Seeing that Captain Gabriel took the initiative to undertake the reconnaissance mission of the West Road,
Suldak also knew that it was only based on the happy cooperation between both parties.
Although the commission of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group is a bit higher than that of other mercenary groups, it seems to be worth the money now.
But looking at the dark mass of war horses and nearly a hundred camels following the team, we knew that Suldak had also made a lot of money in the desert.
Suldak actually did not expect that the problem of purchasing a war horse that troubled him would be solved by the sand pirate.
Suldak said to the leader of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group: "Captain Gabri, this time the Sea Giant Mercenary Group showed strong combat power in the desert. If there is a chance in the future, I hope to continue to cooperate. Take care along the way!"
Speaking, he raised his hands in front of his chest in a knightly salute.
Captain Gabri quickly straightened his body, returned the salute politely and said solemnly: "If you need anything, come to us at the Mercenary Guild at any time! Baron Surdak."
Speaking of which, the performance of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group in the desert this time was remarkable. They were almost entirely responsible for scouting and reconnaissance during the march, being on duty at night, and serving as an offensive force to drill through the sand bandit group from the center during combat...
Not only the veterans and reserve knights of the cavalry battalion learned a lot from these mercenaries, but even Suldak and Andrew felt they had benefited a lot this time.
Surdak felt that this good relationship with the Sea Giant Mercenary Group should be maintained. It must be said that war is a hugely profitable industry. The winner can control everything on the battlefield. Surdak thought for a moment and shouted
When Andrew came, he asked him to take out thirty war horses from the horse group behind and give them to Captain Gabri.
When the mercenaries of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group left, each mercenary was riding an ancient Bolai horse and leading another horse behind.
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As soon as the large group of troops led by Surdak appeared in the Desolate Land, they were discovered by the villagers in the northern area of the Desolate Land.
Two hundred and fifty cavalry, plus more than 600 female prisoners, nearly a thousand war horses and more than a hundred camels, would trample the earth to make bursts of thunder wherever they passed. It was already winter in the desolate land.
Tail, as long as there is no north wind, the snow on the sunny slope south of the mountain ridge has begun to slowly melt.
This time also means that the dry season in the barren land is coming.
Several villages in the desolate land near the edge of the desert looked even more dilapidated. As Suldak led the team towards Wall Village, the villagers in the villages along the way spontaneously organized themselves and brought their few belongings with them.
At the back of the team, we migrated south together.
Surdak knew the plans of these villagers. Whether they entered the desert this time in victory or defeat, the result would be the same for the villages in the desert near the edge of the desert. That is, they would have to fight in the next few days.
Faced with the ensuing retaliation of the sand bandits, no village could stop the sand bandits' revenge. Therefore, after suffering for two full months, the villagers here took advantage of the weather to get slightly warmer and prepared to move south.
Until Surdak's large army appeared, the villagers saw that Baron Surdak had snatched hundreds of women, hundreds of horses and a large amount of supplies from the desert. They also heard that Baron Surdak was very tough and burned everything nearby.
The desert oasis, then you know that the deserted land has a deadly feud with the sand bandits.
In other words, regardless of whether there is still a green valley that can be settled in the southern foothills of the deserted land, he gritted his teeth and took all his belongings with him to join the team of Baron Surdak returning to Wall Village.
Of course, Surdak did not abandon these villagers. He immediately mobilized the horses in the team to help these villagers carry all their belongings. He also sent people to ride fast horses back to Wall Village and mobilized the idle people from the village.
A convoy of unused four-wheeled carriages came out from the village of Wall.
Along the way, Surdak's team continued to grow like a snowball. By the time Surdak led the team back to Wall Village, the team had expanded to 1,500 people. This population was almost the current population of Wall Village.
Ten times the amount...
Two hundred veterans of the cavalry battalion, fifty reserve knights of the guard battalion, more than 600 women brought out from the desert, and more than 600 villagers who migrated from the northern part of the deserted land, these people can only be resettled in Wo for the time being.
On the flat tidal flat of the river bend outside the entrance of Ercun.
Fortunately, Surdak entered the desert this time and captured a large number of felt tents. Even if these villagers could not find a house to live in, they would not be exposed to the north wind in the open space.
Hundreds of felt tents were erected along the banks of the artificial canals almost immediately. Seeing that Surdak had brought back one-third of the population of the deserted land at once, the female captives wearing various clothes almost frowned.
Almost screwed together.
So many people...it is impossible to feed them solely on the current land in Woer Village.
The old village chief stood under the dead tree at the entrance of the village, looking at the large black field of war horses and camels in front of him, and then turned to look at the livestock pen beside the river in the village. Even if all the idle land beside the river were enclosed, I am afraid that
There was no room for this group of war horses. I took another look at the lonely wheat pile next to the sheepfold. I'm afraid those straws were not enough for these war horses to chew for half a month.
Suddenly such a large battle completely stunned the old village chief.
"Dake, you brought back so many people and so many big animals, how are we going to house them? Wall Village is such a big place, and we can't accommodate so many people anyway..." Old Village Chief Brett rubbed his hands.
Rubbing his hands, he raised his head and asked Surdak on the horse.
Suldak jumped off the horse and handed the reins in his hand to a young guard battalion reserve knight behind him.
Turning his head and looking at the large group of dark people behind him, he stepped forward and gave the old village chief a big hug, and then said to the old village chief:
"Let them live by the river first. If they have a place to live, I won't stop anyone from leaving. If they want to stay, they can live in these felt tents for the time being and wait until it gets warmer.
At that time, we continued to build a few rows of row houses in front of the row houses at the entrance of the village. We used volcanic ash to repair part of the stone houses and put up wooden roofs. It was not difficult to build some houses. Luke had already opened a direct connection from here to the south of Paglos Mountain.
The cement road at the foot of the mountain will allow our four-wheeled carriages to travel smoothly from here to Paglos Mountain. I built a lumberyard there and can transport any wood we need from there."
The original Wall Village was a loose thatched hut built along the creek in the valley. Now the Wall Village has built rows of rows of small buildings in the valley. In order to resist the horse thieves and rebels who drove straight into the village, they also built at the entrance of the village.
A row of arc-shaped row houses was built here, which usually serve as warehouses for merchants in the market at the entrance of the village and as a kobold camp. Only in winter do some rooms become unused.
According to Suldak's idea, several rows of such rows of row houses should be built at the entrance of the village to accommodate the northern villagers who have migrated to Wall Village. Now Wall Village has become a trumpet shape and is constantly expanding outwards.
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Surdak knew what the old village chief was most concerned about, so he added: "As for the food to eat, I will provide it for the time being. Half a month of wheat cakes and half a month of grains. Haven't you been complaining about the lack of manpower? You can let them join in building roads.
Team, I want to build a road network leading to the Great Rift Valley. As long as they have work, they can use their labor money to buy food, but I will take away a large number of people recently."
Suldak patted the ancient Bolai horse beside him, and said to the old village chief who looked worried: "I have also arranged the food and grass for these horses. I estimate that Luke will be back soon by this time."
Old Sheila, Natasha, Rita and Little Peter stood at the front of the crowd at the entrance of the village, watching Suldak's safe return, everyone's faces were filled with joy.
Everyone in the village was frightened by the scene before them. For a while, no one except the old village chief dared to come out.
Little Peter broke free from the restraints of Old Sheila, spread out his arms and ran towards Suldak. Suldak held him in his arms, dragging his armpits with his hands and raising it high above his head.
At this time, the whole village burst into cheers...