As sporadic cavalry squads continued to gather at Lawrence Lu, and when they joined the cavalry troops to complete pre-war training, there were also a few birds that violated the seasonal rules and stumbled back from the other side of the Red Water River, providing some AIDS.
Information that Lun is very interested in.
That is to say, during the period when Baal's messenger was convening the army in Fatis, which tribes did he go to negotiate about the dwarf slaves.
Allen picked out one of the many parchments, and what was written on it happened to be a silver cold dragon, which was in line with what Tehar reported to Allen.
When he led his tribe towards Gushan, he was attacked by this Dongyi tribe. Some tribesmen were killed in the battle and some were captured. The number should be around fifty.
After having a specific goal, the rest of the things will naturally be easier to handle. The beginning of this war should be with this tribe.
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It's night, and the moon with its dim light decorates the spring night sky, and barely illuminates the wasteland where the snow has melted. At this moment, it's the new day of the year, which is January.
Due to its proximity to the cold northern wasteland, Rune at this time was not as good as the Carennar Pines where the Rohirrim lived, or even the Rovanion where the rushing rivers were, and there was still no sign of grass sprouting.
The earth is also mixed with large areas of darkness in the endless withered yellow. This is caused by the slaves driven by the Dongyi people to harvest all the available fuel and pasture nearby and return it to the tribe, just like a middle-aged man.
, there will always be a distinctive place above your head.
In further areas, unless a large number of warriors are organized to protect the slaves, in the extremely difficult winter, the small team will not leave the tribe too far, because no one knows what is hidden in the dense withered grass.
What kind of existence.
Over the past countless years, many people have died in the mouths of hungry wolves and wild leopards in winter, including Dongyi people with weapons. After suffering enough losses, they will naturally not make too many similarly stupid mistakes.
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At least this kind of mistake is unlikely to be made by anyone. After all, harvesting the dead grass nearby is enough for the entire tribe.
At this time, a patch of grass half a man's height suddenly began to shake violently. A moment later, a shrill, short wolf howl sounded, and then the night became quiet again.
Allen, who was squatting in the grass, pulled out his long sword with a cold light from the neck of a lone wolf, and then winked at Hermione, who quickly approached, indicating that the crisis had been resolved.
The one who attacked Allen was just an old wolf that was driven out by the wolf pack. It did not cause any trouble to Allen. The only thing that was a little surprising was that this beast was able to approach Allen silently.
It can only be said that most of these animals have their own unique abilities in order to survive.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Allen devoted most of his energy to observing the Dongyi tribe.
Long before the decisive battle with Ashur, Allen had observed the lifestyle of the Dongyi people. When migrating, these barbarians with relatively backward civilization mostly used vehicles to carry supplies. After choosing a piece of land, they would quickly build a tribe.
In the early days, people lived by herding, but in the later stages, they robbed and enslaved the surrounding residents, developing into a half-farming and half-grazing lifestyle.
This was the case for the tribe that appeared in front of Allen. Through the telescope, he could clearly see that the surrounding land had been taken care of and was waiting for farming next spring. The livestock raised were mainly sheep, and
There are a few horses.
Compared with the Rohan people who are good at herding horses, the Dongyi people obviously lack this talent. Perhaps in Middle-earth, those extremely spiritual horses are not willing to associate with these humans who are bewitched by darkness.
, it may just be some breeds with poor bloodline that can be tamed by Dongyi people, which is also unknown.
After all, even Sauron wanted the horses that the Rohan people grazed, and he even didn't hesitate to come up with some conspiracies to do so.
However, this time Allen did not come to the area occupied by the enemy to compile a "Record of the Life of the Dongyi People". What he brought was knives and swords, blood and fire, a warning to the Dongyi people, and full of...
With angry revenge.
It's just that before the battle begins, he needs to collect some intelligence. In an area where the enemy is entrenched, he must not fight an uncertain battle.
In fact, Allen used his own ability to observe the tribe in front of him when he was in Feslite. This kind of thing is very simple for him. As long as Tehar provides a portrait and a unique dwarf name, Allen can
You can see it here.
However, what he can observe with his ability is only the area surrounding this tribe, and in which direction this area is located in Rune, he can only rely on the sun or the stars in the sky as indicators.
This is what Allen did when he was looking for Gandalf. In Eriador, where the darkness has almost disappeared, Allen can run around with a small team, and there are no enemies who can threaten his safety.
Not in Rune, even if Allen already knows where the dwarf is being held, he still needs Baal's messenger to lead the way, so that he can accurately reach the door.
The spring night was still very cold. Allen was not wearing his shining silver armor, but an elf cloak that was the same color as the grass. This effectively resisted the bone-chilling chill in the wasteland, and shone in the Dongyi tribe.
The fire inside gradually died down, leaving only a dark shadow standing there.
Dots of light kept wandering in the shadows. It was obvious that they lived in a highly competitive environment and most Dongyi people had a good habit of keeping vigil at night.
Seeing the tribe slowly entering silence, Allen decided to approach this huge semi-permanent settlement to find a direction that would be conducive to launching an attack. Horimion discovered Allen's actions and slowly followed him.
Come up.
As the two people continued to get closer, the dark shadow gradually became clear. It turned out to be a three-meter-high wall of mud and wood, and on top of the wall were people wearing armor and holding torches and weapons.
Dongyi soldiers.
As Allen slowly approached the tribe and began to observe around the area where the enemies lived, the general situation of the entire tribe gradually became clear.
The entire tribe was built on the sunny side of a low hillside. A small river spreading here from the north flows through the east side of the hillside, which became an important reason why these Dongyi people built the tribe here. The land around the river is very muddy.
, with a large number of human and livestock footprints.
It is obvious that at a fixed time, the Dongyi people would let the tribe's livestock drink water here, and at the same time, their daily water source also relied on this river.
If Allen is the kind of general who does things unscrupulously, then he only needs to get a few dead livestock carcasses on the upper reaches of the water stream, and then dump a large amount of feces and various toxic substances.
Then if we wait and wait upstream and ambush the Dongyi troops who come to investigate, then this battle will probably be much easier to fight.
However, although Allen could think of such a sinister trick, he was unwilling to use it. On the one hand, it was not in line with his temperament.
On the other hand, in Middle-earth, only Morgoth would take the initiative to pollute the beautiful land and rivers. If Allen did this, no one knows whether he would be on the blacklist of the Valar.
, after all, this is a world with gods, and rivers and lakes are also protected by Ulmo.
The wall made of mud and wood was in the shape of a semicircle, providing the outermost protection for the entire tribe. Within the wall, Allen could still see a series of black shadows, and he didn't know it was the second wall.
It is also a simple house built by Dongyi people.
However, what can be clearly observed is that there are roads extending in all directions throughout the tribe, wide enough for five or six horses to run at the same time, and this road goes from the gate of the wall all the way up to the highest point of the low slope. If according to Dongyi
According to human habit, the leader and the most elite soldiers of this tribe live there.
It is convenient for them to observe the tribe's situation immediately in critical moments and make timely and correct responses.
On this extremely cold night, not everyone was able to rest behind the fence. As Alan and Hermione kept moving, they discovered that there was a large area for raising livestock in the south of the tribe, and the fences built there
Although it can block animals, it cannot block the bone-chilling wind at all.
Through the fading moonlight, Allen vaguely saw countless human slaves in tattered clothes huddled together with sheep, using the animals' fur to resist the cold wind, barely resting in this shivering night.
Only during the day when the sun rises, those who do not have enough warm clothing can feel better. But it is just early morning, the star of hope is twinkling in the sky, and a white shadow is barely visible in the east.
Around the corral, there was a house with horses tied around it that was still bright, and the sound of drinking and chatting could be heard from inside. Dozens of tethered hounds made Allen, who was investigating the situation, stop in time.
Stepped down.
But even so, it was still a step too late, and the barking of dogs soon started.
Amidst the curses, the door of the wooden house was violently pushed open, and a group of Dongyi soldiers holding torches poured out of the door one after another, but they did not focus on the howling of the hounds.
direction, but immediately looked towards the corral where the slaves were resting.
Because according to the past experience of these Dongyi guards, there are always slaves who want to escape at this time, but how can two legs outrun four legs?
The smell on the slaves is so obvious that it is impossible to escape the tracking of hounds. Such behavior only brings trouble to the Dongyi people guarding them, so the Dongyi soldiers coming out of the wooden house will curse and patrol the animals.
column.
But that was not the case tonight. The corral was quiet, but Alan and Hermione, who had caused the commotion, took this opportunity to quickly leave the place, leaving only the whine of the hounds being kicked angrily.
In fact, if Allen is willing, he no longer needs to do this kind of investigation work himself. He has many subordinates who can see at night and are proficient in investigation.
It's just that Allen pays close attention to every battle, and most of the arrangements for wars in this era are made before the battle begins. As long as the soldiers rush into action, it is impossible to make too many changes.
, only relying on the loud sound of horns or drums to make the soldiers make some simple changes.
For example, charging, such as retreat, no matter how fine the change is, only the knights summoned by Allen can do it. They can command it with their thoughts.
That's why Allen, who is responsible for formulating the battle plan, made this trip in person, while Fatis, under the cover of the warship, stationed more than 1,500 cavalry on the west side of the Red Water River, a distance from here
It's only less than a hundred kilometers.
If necessary, they can get here within a few hours. As long as they take a short break in the middle, it won't even have much impact on the cavalry's combat effectiveness.
Just when Allen joined the other Twilight Knights and prepared to leave here, it was already bright. It did take Allen a lot of time to carefully circle around the enemy.
But just as everyone was returning, a gray and green bird fell from the sky. After a while, the young spy riding next to Allen shouted loudly: "Sir, Dongyi
It seems that people escorted many dwarves out, probably hundreds of people guarding more than forty slaves."
After hearing the news, Allen decisively stopped hunting. After thinking for a few minutes, he said to the young spy: "Hermion will go back with you and let Fatis bring a cavalry team."
He responded to us and told him to go as fast as possible with three horses per person."
"And others,"
As he spoke, Allen observed the Twilight Knights following him and found that they were looking at him calmly, waiting for the next order.
"Follow me and kill those Dongyi people. Don't let them send the dwarves to Baal, otherwise I will be blackmailed by that guy who seems smart but is actually extremely stupid."
As soon as he finished speaking, Allen cradled his horse and headed towards the wilderness where he came from, while the Twilight Knights followed closely behind Allen.
After determining the target, Allen arranged for a few birds to fly over the tribe with the Silver Cold Dragon flag at all times, just to prevent them from reaching a deal with Baal and suddenly sending the dwarves away.
Now that Barr has opened his mouth to his lion, Allen has no intention of paying the money. If he hadn't considered that he would need this businessman to provide him with a steady stream of manpower in the future, Allen would have already thought of killing him.
Hermione rushed westward with the young spy. In the unfamiliar wilderness, the young spy might not be able to take care of himself, so he needed the care of Hermione.
Fatis's support requires animal guidance to accurately find Allen in the endless wilderness.
As for whether the dwarves can be rescued, Allen has full confidence in this.
Because he had already let go of the Noldor compound bow in his hand during the high-speed charge. An arrow missed like lightning and killed a Dongyi general driving a chariot. There were also a few enemies who were treated accordingly.