The arrival of reinforcements from Lathander is almost finalized, but the lancers sent to the north to investigate the undead army's subsequent movements have not yet returned.
However, Liu Yifei didn't want to wait any longer. After receiving the unexpected clue from Lao Baji, he summoned a small group of people under his command that could be said to be the most elite, and then rushed out of Kalava.
At present, more than 80% of the land in the Green Field area has returned to the jurisdiction of Erathia in name. The last remaining areas are Nitang Village in the northwest corner, and Green Miao Village, which has been cut off for most of its back roads and is inexplicably semi-surrounded.
After Liu Yifei led his people out of Karava Castle, they headed northwest along the outer edge of Lvmiao Village, heading straight to the impressive Ainiya Marsh Lake.
A lot of people were evacuated from Lvmiao Village. It was not very far from Karava Castle, so the terrain here was easy to identify. But after the distance deepened beyond the Lvmiao Village area, Liu Yifei and the others had to slow down and rely on their strength.
The crude map drawn by Lao Baji's assistant moved forward little by little.
In particular, there are still some undead soldiers wandering around here, which makes Liu Yifei and the others extra cautious in their actions. Slowing down, it was not until the next day, when Liu Yifei returned to the plot, that they learned about the team.
We have been heading westward along the Nitang River we found "a few days ago", and are even some distance away from Nitang Village...
In Liu Yifei's mind, he just spent one night, but according to the automatic deduction of the plot, in fact, they had been trekking outside for two or three days.
It's just that the team led by Liu Yifei is really strong, and there is a monk following him, which prevents the team's combat effectiveness from declining too obviously. However, the fatigue is still reflected in everyone. Liu Yifei knows that there is still time left for him.
Running out……
In theory, the regular army can march much faster than the peasants. In addition, Liu Yifei's team is more elite and has horses collectively. Even if they are not all horses that can directly participate in the battle, the speed is beyond the reach of ordinary ground troops.
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After walking at this speed for two or three days, even if we are still some distance away from Onuma Lake, logically there shouldn't be no trace of the lizard people at all...
Here is some information about the lizardmen of Taitalia:
As we all know, in history, the lizardmen of Taitalia were ruthlessly enslaved by the Crurod barbarians led by the Tanan Uprising!
The contented people in the Gobi Desert turned the ruthless enslavement, suppression and torture they had suffered from the mage lords to the lizard people tribe that had lived in the swamp for generations, and thus caused a fire in Krorod's backyard.
, had to send his army northward in the all-out war with the Bracaton Magic Empire to suppress the lizard people's rebels, and then suffered a fatal "kidney attack" from the founding king of the newly established Erathia...
It should be said that in the history of the Entagri continent, Taitalia still had a stage worthy of writing, and even the uprising of the lizard people indirectly led to the fall of the barbarian dynasty...
However, the sad thing is that the lizard people who have lived in the great swamp for generations did not take advantage of the collapse of the barbarian dynasty. The Bracaton Magic Empire was severely weakened, and then split and degenerated into "Bracada".
The Magic Kingdom, and the "golden time" of falling in love and killing each other with the newly established Erathia is accelerating its development!
Everyone says that war is a catalyst for social development and a powerful weapon that promotes social progress...
But it is obvious that the already terminally ill lizard people did not take this bitter medicine. Instead, they continued to indulge in their trivial and muddy daily life during the short period of peace. They were like a dull blind man and a deaf man who did not care about what was happening in the outside world.
Earth-shaking changes...
This kind of racial "laziness" that buries one's head in the river mud and ignores the vicissitudes of the world outside eventually led to the overall decline of Tatalia~
To this day, Taitalia has become the "only" ancient camp in the entire Entagri continent that does not have a central government and is still under the jurisdiction of local tribal alliances.
Even so, Krolod, another fellow sufferer, still has a nominal "Grand Duke" to exercise regulatory power on his behalf. Although this de facto chief cannot powerfully gather all the barbarians in the Gobi.
(After all, the character of the barbarians also determines their tendency to abide by central rule), but at least the chief can still maintain order at the tribal joint meeting and make final decisions.
And what about Taitalia?
Liu Yifei remembered that in the future, a king named "Vest" would emerge from among the lizardmen, and he would reluctantly unite the lizardmen tribe. But before that, the lizardmen had become a group of people sheltering in the swamp.
The environment is like a marginalized race like refugees~
The lizard people in the past lived in Taitalia because the environment and climate here were most suitable for their survival and made them feel comfortable. However, at that time, there were also some other subspecies of lizard people in other areas of the Entagri continent.
For example, mountain lizard people, plains lizard people, etc...
But now, the Lizardmen have been forced to huddle in a corner of Taitalia, and even their control over their nominal land has dropped to a dangerous level - they have been traveling back and forth between the two continents of Enroth and Entagri.
The ships have always taken the line in the Taitalia area.
In addition to the convenient docking here and some natural harbor topography, the more important point is that the indigenous forces here are the weakest. They only need to pay a very limited remuneration to obtain a minimum safe docking space here...
Eri in the north?
Stop making trouble~
Not to mention the western part of the Eri coastline, the northwest is controlled by the more powerful, terrifying and more exclusive "snow elves" country. Even the elves of Eri themselves are not easy to talk to~
It's one thing to have an alliance with the human force "Erasia" in Entagre, but who is your Iron Fist dynasty in Enroth? Even if you are good at what you say on your own continent, the elves in Eli are not at all
If you don't buy their account, if you want to go through the elven channels, you have to abide by a lot of their rules. Secondly, if you want to go to Erathia, you will overly lengthen the distance and increase the risk in disguise...
And walking southwest to Klurod is even more hilarious~
Whether it's a merchant ship or a passenger ship, wouldn't you just rush to invite others to rob you if you approach the barbarians? Not to mention that barbarians and all kinds of savage beasts also have the terrible habit of "cannibalism" among their bad habits. If this is a
If you are not careful, you may even lose your life...
In comparison, the lizardmen who do not have a unified kingship and whose own strength is not very good are much easier to bully~
Even Liu Yifei is convinced that at least "Jenny" will take the Tatalia route when he comes to Entagre in the future, but he doesn't know if "Ken Lohag" will also take this route...
Anyway, the same thing is said. The current lizard people are really a group of "hot chickens" who can't support the wall~ Even though he is short of major generals, Liu Yifei dares to go to the border for a walk~
What's more, there are also many internal contradictions among the lizard people. The powerful and large tribes will only live in the lush areas of Taitalia's interior, while the weak and powerless tribes will be driven out layer by layer, and even the unlucky ones will be directly killed.
Arriving outside the swamp area that has always protected them - the Ainian Marsh Lake is an important dividing line in the southeastern border area of Taitalia!
From then on, it is basically a dangerous zone for the lizard people... But Liu Yifei knows that there must be a small group of desperate lizard people living here, and their situation is probably not going to be easy.
After determining his approximate location, Liu Yifei began to search carefully along the Nitang River - it's not like he didn't inform the accompanying lancers or monks of some details and clues...
But the problem is that the reason why "soldiers" are "soldiers" and not "elites" or "generals" is because their ability to learn and master knowledge is too low~
If you ask them to slash people with swords, maybe they can still do it decently. If you ask them to build a house and set up a temporary outpost, it will be a bit difficult to tell the truth if there is no one to direct them~
And asking an ordinary soldier to do the work that can only be done by an elite scout actually feels a bit like bullying...
No, a small team of people searched for some details and clues that they had not noticed for two or three days. Liu Yifei walked along the river for less than an hour and immediately noticed several details that the soldiers had ignored!
And the more they followed the guidance of these subtle clues, not only Liu Yifei, but even the Lancers and Monks noticed that some evasive and inquiring eyes began to appear around the team - no need to think about it, it must be the person Liu Yifei is looking for.
The right lord!
In fact, Liu Yifei guessed that after everyone left Nitang Village and walked along the Nitang River for a day, they should have entered the investigation area of these outermost lizard tribes.
However, in an area with lush rivers and grass like this, it is indeed advantageous for the lizard people. Others have no experience in dealing with the Taitalian natives, so it was only now that they were able to figure it out...
However, Liu Yifei didn't care at all about the prying eyes from around him~
Just kidding, Taitalia's "decline" is in all aspects! In addition to the fact that the development potential of the lizardmen themselves has not been maximized, they are completely lagging behind in blacksmithing, magic skills, martial arts and even military formation killing skills!!
If Taitalia tens of thousands of years ago could still cause big trouble to the crazy Crurod barbarian army and cooperate with the nomads of Erathia who had just founded the country, then Taitalia today can
It has sunk to the bottom and turned into an extremely backward and muddy "garbage dump" - even the systematic "witch doctor" magic power within their clan is mostly superstitious and ignorant, although some have emerged.
A rather strange route, but its development potential is really limited...
If Liu Yifei's prediction is correct, the lizardmen at the outermost edge of Taitalia that he may encounter will be able to produce "weapons" of the same level as wooden sticks, stone axes, and bone arrows. It is even more likely that they will be the most miserable.
The lizardmen can only rely on their fangs and claws to carry out some symbolic "resistance"...
How is this "performance" different from that of a wild beast?
In fact, if the lizard people did not have the most basic systematic language and tribal and clan-like social structure among intelligent creatures, it would be difficult for the lizard people to be called the "civilized camp"...
On one side are "ancient people" who are comparable to primitive society, and on the other side are "modern soldiers" with helmets and armor, and basic combat power starting from the third level, plus he is such a bad guy... If this can all overturn, Liu Yifei said on the spot
Just give up all your ambitions, simply disband the team and go home to live a peaceful life with Jiang Ruoyi. There is no future left...
As everyone continued to advance, it seemed that they were indeed approaching the opponent's "base camp". The guys watching from the outside became more and more restless, and there were even uncaring and commotion figures in the grass and shadows of the trees, suggesting that the Lizardman team was about to launch an attack.
The first round of "sneak attacks"...
But just when both sides became nervous and were about to misfire, Liu Yifei, who had been leading the way, suddenly stretched out his hand to signal the people behind him to stop. Then, under the confused gazes of the other soldiers, Shi Shiran stepped forward
Two steps, and then in the forest that suddenly became quiet due to his strange behavior...
Suddenly there were two "chirps" that hit my throat!
Including the monks, all our own personnel were confused. They didn't understand why their commander was suddenly going crazy at this time. After all, Liu Yifei's voice was like a eunuch still holding his throat and shouting highC tunes at the top of his lungs. That voice
Thinking about it, it must have nothing to do with "good sound"...
However, how could they have imagined that Liu Yifei's short cry actually meant "food" and "exchange" in the lizard people's dialect?
The mainstream civilized camp on the continent of Entagri has always been full of discrimination and contempt for the lizard people society of Taitalia...except for the barbarians of Krurod who are also in trouble.
I reluctantly came to "visit" my little brother's back garden...
Other camps even discriminate to the point of "ignoring"!
It's not that I despise the lizard people for being backward and poor, but that I don't regard them as "human beings" at all!!
Even in the slave trade, the lizard people will most likely be classified into the "livestock trade". You will know the social status of the lizard people on the mainland~
Due to this, no one would seriously study the "Lizard Language" - after all, even a "scholar" with no magic power is at least a person with a head, a face and an identity in each civilization camp. What about civilians?
What kind of scholar are you qualified to be?
How could a person of such status have trouble with him and think about the rags of a lizard man?
Only the "players", a group of weird people, would seriously study lizard people, and even exchanged "Twenty tips on how to quickly learn lizard language" on the forum...
