Compared with others, Shen Rui has the auxiliary effect of the level 15 "Reconnaissance" passive skill in "Mount and Blade". His field of vision is 2.5 times his normal field of vision, so he can see further.
It also has the passive skill "Tracking", level 15, which can discover more information from the footprints and identify whether the party leaving the footprints is a friendly force, an enemy, or a neutral creature.
The last one is a passive skill that increases marching speed, "Guide". Level 15 can increase the team's movement speed by 45%.
These three skills are absolutely magical when it comes to patrolling in the wild.
Now Shen Rui was sitting on the horse and looked down slightly.
I saw a long rut mark on the ground, and then a prompt appeared on the game panel.
"Traces: Luzhou Caravan."
"Time: 24 hours."
"Quantity: 250+."
He looked around at the fields outside again. It was already bright, and the dim sunlight shone faintly from behind, making the earth gray.
All around the highway, there were large green fields of winter wheat, as well as some plastic greenhouses, which should be used to grow vegetables such as cabbage and potatoes.
He knows that the sunshine is now dim and the temperature has dropped sharply. In the past, September was still very hot, and cabbages could be grown directly, but now they have to be in a greenhouse to have the same temperature, severely limiting production and increasing food costs.
Occasionally there are some strange footprints in the wild, but they are not displayed in the game interface. It seems that the interval is a bit long, at least more than 2 days.
"Okay, let's move on. Let me emphasize this to you again." At this time, Captain Xu spoke again, pointing ahead with his whip, "We don't need to worry about the 20 kilometers to the fork in the road. The city guards will patrol it regularly. , this belongs to the city-affiliated clearing zone, and is within the attack range of the city guards. When we reach the fork in the road, the southwest road leading to Anwu City outside the province is the patrol range we have been responsible for these two days."
Everyone nodded.
"Now, rev up your horsepower and rush to your destination."
With that said, Captain Xu took the lead and ran out quickly.
Everyone followed suit.
Shen Rui controls the horses very flexibly. Compared with others, his level 15 equestrian skills are enough for him to possess one of the top equestrian skills in the world.
Not only did he not feel tired, but he felt very comfortable, as if he were in a cradle, so he could observe his surroundings without having to worry about controlling the horse underneath him.
And it's not just him who benefits, but also his horses. With the skills of the "guide", his horses and another team member "Tao Guang" can keep up with the large army with less effort. speed.
The situation is different for others. Except for a few people with excellent equestrian skills, everyone else must control their horses carefully and avoid some pitfalls.
This road was originally a provincial highway. As it fell into disrepair over time, many of the asphalt layers on the road surface were exposed, and there were even potholes and weeds and shrubs growing out of the road surface.
With the castle's strength of only 80,000 people, it is impossible to maintain such a long provincial highway. All we can do is to level some main areas as much as possible so that carriages can pass.
The 20-kilometer road, at the speed of these horses, took less than half an hour to reach the fork in the road.
At this time, the scouts had already explored the surrounding areas ahead, and a faint voice of "safety" soon came from Captain Xu's walkie-talkie.
Everyone soon walked into the southwest branch road, and thus officially left the clearing zone attached to the castle.
As soon as he entered this fork in the road, Shen Rui immediately felt that the atmosphere was different. There was a vague smell of blood and terror in the air.
Some hoarse bird calls were heard in the distance, and strange roars were heard in the distance.
Everyone was awestruck, especially among the six freshmen, excluding Shen Rui and Wang Feng, the other four had a look of fear on their faces.
"Everyone be alert, there may be a sneak attack by strange monsters at any time," Captain Xu rode on his horse and began to give instructions, "The center guard is responsible for guarding the horses, the vanguard, and the rearguard began to dismount and patrol. The distance between each person should not be greater than 100 meters, and they should look after each other. "
When Shen Rui saw only 12 field members in front of him and behind him, he immediately dismounted, handed his horse over to the guard of the central defender, and began to enter the surrounding wilderness.
They ignored the wheat field under their feet and stepped directly in, their eyes showing great caution.
Shen Rui also noticed that the horses they left behind were extremely obedient. The two central defenders, one behind the other, drove the 12 horses easily without running around.
He remembered that Senior He said that both sides of the road should be patrolled within 10 miles on each side to clear out strange monsters and establish isolation zones.
This seemed like a heavy task, but after Shen Rui saw the work efficiency of these patrol members, he felt that such an allocation made sense.
He looked to the right and saw six people over there, forming a loose formation of skirmishers. After being cautious at the beginning and observing through the telescope he wore, the speed suddenly accelerated.
Ripples flashed across their legs, and then they quickly jumped forward in the rugged wilderness, patrolling back and forth within 10 miles on the right side of the road in a zigzag shape, and moving forward, every ravine and every shrub was The clumps were swept through one by one.
Occasionally they would shoot or use bows and arrows to kill some small monsters, but most of the time, they would drive them away.
Shen Rui saw among them a green rabbit, a yellow horned viper, and a wild boar with tusks as long as an arm. Everyone could tell that they were mutant species at a glance.
Shen Rui pondered in his mind whether he could fly a kite in the face of these monsters?
Finally, he came to the conclusion that his current ability was far from enough.
After all, this is not an NPC soldier in the game, and the abilities of these monsters are unknown. For example, he saw a mutated wild boar that exploded, and its charging speed was definitely faster than a cheetah!
You must know that the cheetah's highest charging speed can reach 100 meters in about five seconds.
However, in the eyes of the field team members, it was still not enough. The wild boar didn't even get 20 meters in front of the opponent, and was shot through the eyeball, and then fell directly to the ground.
When Shen Rui saw this, he felt awe-inspiring. Although his bow and arrow had a game skill bonus of level 15, it seemed difficult to achieve the same speed and accuracy. At least he did not have the confidence to hit the wild boar's eyeball. After all, archery skills were also required in the game. Active aiming only has a crosshair assist.
During this hunting process, the 12 team members on both sides were advancing rapidly.
Shen Rui estimated in his mind that in about 10 minutes, these patrols moved forward 2 kilometers. At this speed, as long as there were no accidents, they would complete the 30-kilometer patrol mission in more than 4 hours in the morning, and There is no problem.
"Okay, let's move on." Captain Xu ordered immediately with a playful smile on his face when he saw that the team members were advancing smoothly.
Game Tips: (The relationship between Xu Huichuan and you is reduced from -9 to -15.)
Shen Rui felt awe-struck in his heart. He slowly slowed down the horse and started to drag it behind.