In the distance, Duodan Town is immersed in the night. In the distance, only the lanterns hanging on the arrow towers on the north city wall can be seen.
Even the Thorny Mountains were hidden under the cover of night, leaving only a dirt road extending into the distance on the grassland. A row of Thunder Rhinoceros marched towards the town of Plantos with heavy steps.
A row of giant footprints were left on the soft grass.
The Thunder Rhinoceros occasionally makes a low, grunting sound, which is extremely oppressive.
The caravan moved forward along the dirt road. Not long after, two thunder rhinos broke away from the group and stopped on the grass slope. The two thunder rhinoceros let out a lengthy low cry.
Director Joerg quickly asked his Thunder Rhino to rush ahead.
Two drivers were already standing next to the front legs of a thunder rhinoceros to check the situation. Behind them were two assistants holding lanterns, and several people were whispering.
Director Jörg and Quartermaster Handel came down from the ladder and hurried over. The two drivers quickly whispered a few words to Director Jörg, and then led him around the two front legs of the Thunder Rhinoceros.
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Not long after, Director Joerg came back with a frown on his face and said to the quartermaster with a somewhat ugly face:
"Sir Handel, two of our Thunder Rhinoceros have ulcerated toes. They were probably bitten by red ants the last time they encountered a colony of ghost-striped red ants."
Handel took a deep breath. Since Director Yoder took the initiative to come over and talk about this matter, it meant something had happened. He asked, "Is it very troublesome?"
Director Joerg nodded and said: "We have treated the wound, but the ulcer has not been cured, and now the situation has worsened."
"Need to find a potion master?" Quartermaster Handel asked.
Director Joerg shook his head and said: "No need for the time being! We have already sent a message to Wilkes City and there will be dedicated animal trainers and therapists coming."
"Can we hold on to the town of Plantos?" Quartermaster Handel frowned and looked at the dark grass again and asked.
Supervisor Joerg said with some concern: "The injury to the toe will make the Thunder Rhinoceros very irritable, and problems may arise."
Quartermaster Handel thought for a moment and then said: "Then load the goods from these two Thunder Rhinos onto the other Thunder Rhinos and take them back to Dodan Town, while the other Thunder Rhinos continue to Plantos Town.
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"Yes, Lord Handel." Director Joerg breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought that the logistics director of the military department was really good at communicating.
As the youngest manager of the Thunder Rhino Caravan, this time he led the team to the towns in the north of Wilkes City. It was actually quite stressful. This transportation task has been completed. From now on, he will be in charge of the Thunder Rhino Caravan.
The position will be stable. If he doesn't do well, he may have to go back to other caravans in despair and serve as his deputy.
Because these two Thunder Rhinoceros were injured, the cargo on them was not much.
Director Joerg asked the two handlers to return to Dodan Town and wait for the animal trainers and therapists arriving from Wilkes City.
The caravan still needs to continue its journey.
Before leaving, Quartermaster Handel took out a piece of parchment letter and handed it to Director Jörg, and said to him: "I have a good relationship with the commander of the garrison in Dodan Town. This is what I wrote to Commander Suldak.
I wrote a letter and asked your people to give this letter to him when they return to Dodan Town, I believe he will take care of your people."
Joerg quickly thanked you: "Thank you so much, Lord Handel."
Not long after, the two drivers took the letter and drove the two Thunder Rhinos back to Dodan Town, while the other Thunder Rhinos continued towards Plantos Town.
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Andrew returned to the military camp from the Dodan Gorge very late with a group of cavalry from the cavalry battalion.
Almost all the cavalry were stained with acid. After returning to the station, a group of cavalry wearing full heavy armor rushed under the bathing wall to wash away the acid on their bodies, and then took off their armor while shouting. The knights were almost covered with acid.
The acid corrosion caused the skin to turn red, and many skins suffered from severe ulcers.
The war horses gathered next to the stables and kept neighing. They were obviously injured to varying degrees. The native herdsmen in the military camp quickly ran out of the dormitory and took over the horses. According to past practice, they first removed the heavy armor from the horses.
Then the war horse is shaved, given water, fed with fodder, and finally led into the stable.
But this time, these aboriginal herdsmen ran to Andrew and talked to the shirtless Andrew for a long time next to the bathing wall.
After returning from this battle, these war horses were all exhausted. Even if they could recover from their hidden injuries, they might not be able to charge on the battlefield.
Although they have lost weight several times, these ancient Bolai horses still cannot bear the weight of cavalry and a full set of armor.
After several charges, the hamstrings of these ancient Bolai horses were damaged. Even if they train now, they may not be able to return to their previous condition.
Andrew did not expect that the matter would be so serious. Although he knew that these war horses were not the first choice of heavy cavalry before, he never thought that this matter would be so serious. A war horse worth twenty gold pieces may only be used for pulling horses in the future.
Che, this is really unacceptable.
The cavalrymen who were taking a bath also gathered around. Everyone was a little dumbfounded when they heard the complaints of the indigenous herdsmen.
When I think about it, I have not received formal training as a knight, and I am not very proficient in formal riding skills. One time I went out to fight in the city, my horses were disabled. In the future, the cavalry will be converted into infantry, and then I will be really embarrassed.
Surdak was still at the small building, preparing to use Holy Light to treat the knights who had returned from the Dodan Canyon. From a distance, he saw that many knights had large areas of skin corroded by acid and ulcerated.
Seeing the cavalry gathered around the stables, I walked over and found a group of honest and dutiful native herdsmen getting excited. After listening carefully for a while, I realized that Andrew was a little too greedy for merit this time in the canyon battle, so that these
The physical strength of the war horse cannot withstand the high-intensity charge.
When the ogre heard about this, he ran to the stable. At this moment, his eyes on the horses became much more ferocious, and he did not hide the strong appetite in his heart, just like a lion wandering in the grassland.
When the native herdsmen saw Surdak and the half-elf archer Samira approaching, they rushed to greet him and expressed their inner thoughts to Surdak, hoping that the cavalry in the cavalry battalion should wear hard leather.
In battle, the heavy armor on the horses was also discarded, so that the horses could run.
Surdak didn't want his heavy cavalry battalion to suddenly turn into light cavalry. The most advantageous arm of the Green Empire was the Constructed Knights, followed by the heavy cavalry regiment. The light cavalry was not as good as the heavy armored infantry regiment.
What is it for?
He thought twice and decided to go to the stables to see if those war horses still had a chance to be cured.
At this time, a group of four-wheeled carriages drove into the military camp. These carriages were loaded with the corpses of some ghost-striped male ants and giant soldier ants. The ordinary soldier ants had been thrown into the pit to initially soften their hard armor.
The carriage stopped in the open space in front of the small building. The native people in the town jumped out of the carriage and began to unload the goods in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, Andrew actually led the cavalry to the middle of the canyon, drove away the ant colonies there, and hired a group of aborigines from the town to dig out all the ghost-striped male ants buried under the rubble.
Basically, all the gains from the battle were transported back to the garrison camp, but these harvests were probably more valuable than these Gubo war horses.
Surdak could only comfort these native herdsmen. Those abandoned war horses could be incorporated into the logistics regiment. There were large ranches everywhere in the Bailin plane, and it was easy to buy some war horses.
The only problem is that the newly purchased Gubo Lai horses still cannot carry the heavy cavalry, and the new war horses need to re-establish a close partnership with the cavalry.
The group of people walked to the stables, and Surdak suddenly saw his old horse. This ancient Bolai horse was brought back from Handanar County. After Surdak became a knight, it also faced
The problem of not being able to afford Surdak's weight.
This may be a problem that all heavy cavalry regiments need to face. Unless they can buy stronger green scale horses, they will have to find ways to face the more popular ancient Bolai horses.
Surdak stood in front of the stable, reaching out and gently stroking the old man's silky mane. The native herdsmen had taken good care of it, and the coat had become shiny recently.
When the ancient Bolai horse saw Surdak, it docilely licked Surdak's palm with its wet tongue.
Surdak remembered that he had obtained a strengthening scroll from Scholar Ferdinand, so that his war horse body had sufficient carrying capacity.
Although I don't have the strengthening scroll in my hand now, the life magic pattern 'strength and tenacity' I obtained from the giant ghost-patterned soldier ants is so much that the magic sealing box can hardly contain it.
The veterans in the cavalry battalion were implanted with this kind of magic pattern almost as soon as they reached the first turn.
After all, there are only a few dozen veterans who can successfully advance to the first rank, and the remaining magic patterns of life cannot be sold publicly. Once this thing is noticed by the magic union, they may be treated as heretics.
Now if it could be implanted into the bodies of these ancient Boleyn horses, perhaps the problem of insufficient carrying capacity could be solved.
Although Surdak wanted to give it a try, he was in no hurry to do it right away.
He first asked Andrew to check the injuries of the cavalry. Those with serious injuries should be treated first. The cavalry with minor injuries should go to the canteen to have dinner first, and then come back for treatment.
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The local area is rich in a kind of wild grass with thick oval leaves. Although it is not a magic herb, it has a unique curative effect on burns caused by the acid rot of red ants.
Recently, more and more cavalrymen have been injured and burned by acid in the military camp. Nika heard from the local aborigines that this weed is very effective, so he took some aboriginal children to the wild to collect some and then ground it with a stone mill.
It was broken into a green juice and stored in a clay pot.
Now this group of cavalry came here to heal their wounds. As long as their bodies were burned by acid rot, they would apply this green grass juice directly to the skin after cleaning it. It is said that it is very effective.
Although Selina looked haggard as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, she still had to count the seized supplies in the military camp.
She was holding a sheepskin account book, covering her mouth and nose, and leading people to count the ghost-striped male ants in the empty field in front of the small building.
There is no way, there are too few people in the military camp who can do material statistics.
Signa squatted in the kitchen to boil water and reboiled the hemostatic bandage so that it could still be used. Surdak concentrated on treating the injured cavalry.
After sending away the last wounded soldier, Suldak leaned against the railing in front of the house, looking at the northern city wall not far away hidden in the night, and took a sip from a glass of golden cider, feeling indescribably relaxed.
The fourth queen ant took the ant colony in the canyon out of Dodan Canyon, and the garrison camp could be more relaxed.
Just as he was about to return to Pussy Mountain through the Void Gate to see the red dragon Iser, he saw Adams and Gallatin walking over from the dormitory.
"Commander Suldak!" Adams, wearing mithril-plated armor and a bright red cloak, walked up to Suldak with his chest puffed out, looking very heroic.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Suldak guessed what they were thinking.
"What? Do you want to try to clean up ghost-striped red ants outside the city tomorrow?" Suldak asked with a smile.
"We have this plan. Gallatin and I will not be required to take turns guarding the city wall during the day tomorrow, so we applied to clean up those ghost-striped red ants in the canyon!" Adams said.
Suldak agreed casually: "Yes, tomorrow I will arrange for Samira to guard the north wall during the day, but you must also pay attention to safety and try not to go too deep..."
Seeing that Suldak agreed, Adams and Gallatin left the small building with satisfaction.
As soon as Suldak put down the wine glass in his hand, the guards at the gate of the camp ran in and reported to him: "Commander, two drivers from the Thunder Rhino Caravan sent a letter."
Surdak frowned, took the letter in his hand, and saw what was written on it:
‘Baron Suldak:
Sorry to bother you again at this time!
When I saw this letter, the caravan had already left Dodan Town and was on its way to Plantos Town. However, when we set off, we found that the two Thunder Rhinoceros had minor injuries and needed to stay with you for the time being.
We have sent people back to Wilkes City to ask for the support of the animal trainer. Please look after it until the animal trainer arrives.
Your friend Handel’
Surdak folded the letter again, put it in his arms, and then asked: "Where are the two Thunder Rhino Riders? Are they still at the door?"
"Yes, Commander!" the guard at the camp gate replied.
Suldak nodded and said, "Okay, please invite them both in, and I will arrange this..."
I originally wanted to invite the two drivers to stay in the military camp, but I didn't expect that the two drivers could live directly in the wooden house on the back of Thunder Rhinoceros. They just hoped to obtain Surdak during their stay in Duodan Town.
The Baron's Asylum.
‘As long as you don’t violate any laws in Dodan Town, no one can do anything to you!’ Surdak said.
The two drivers left the military camp with great gratitude.
In fact, Surdak originally wanted to ask what kind of injury the Thunder Rhino suffered.
It's a pity that the two drivers walked so fast that he didn't have time to ask...