Riding on the flow of spiritual Brahma on the yellow earth, the strange monsters arising from the spiritual Brahma are existences that all countries suffer from.
From settlements to towns, from fortresses to territorial capitals, the settlements established in Chenghuangdi are almost all facing the threat of wild monsters to varying degrees. In normal times, they can still rely on pioneers equipped with spiritual weapons to repel the approaching ones.
There are a small number of monsters in urban settlements, but as the season enters summer, this countermeasure is no longer effective.
The reason is that summer is the season when monsters are most active in the year. As the temperature on the mainland gradually rises, the presence of monsters in various places will increase from single-digit "disaster" levels to ten-digit "disaster" levels, and even
There are more than a hundred "disaster" clusters.
Facing a disaster cluster that numbered over a hundred, even the most experienced pioneers would not be able to deal with it calmly. Of course, if top masters at the level of titled envoys took action, they could still cope with it, but the problem was that the total number of titled envoys conferred by the imperial court was only
There are only eight people, but how many settlements in the world are suffering from famine?
A head-on confrontation with a swarm of monsters that is like the incarnation of the tyranny of nature, no matter whether you win or lose, there is no gain. In thousands of years of practice, the Chenghuang people have already figured out a way to reduce disaster losses to as low as 100% during summer riots.
The lowest method is the so-called "escape".
Once a cluster of wild monsters is discovered near the settlement, the chief executive of the settlement, "Ji Zheng", will immediately fly the "Xin Kite" to report to the leader's office. At the same time, he will order the residents of the settlement to pack up valuables and production materials, etc., under his leadership.
, the whole clan fled to the nearby city for refuge. Most of the time, the city's thick walls could protect the settlement residents from surviving the peak of summer riots, and then rush back to the settlement at the end of summer to rescue production.
Of course, clusters of wild monsters that are so large that they can be called "disasters" are not common, so not all settlements need to flee from famine. In the records of the Qinmin Division of Liyang Prefecture, even in the most chaotic years in the past,
The number of fleeing settlements did not exceed 30% of the total number, and the average number remained around 10% per year. Judging from the overall situation in Liyang Territory, it should be said that they were still within an acceptable range.
Although the overall situation in the territory is like this, for those people who have to leave the settlements where they have lived for generations, even one escape is a terrifying experience that will be remembered for a lifetime. And if unfortunately they are attacked by monsters during the transfer, it will be even more serious.
It is easy for the settlement to go bankrupt or the entire clan to be wiped out.
Because they had fought side by side since the establishment of the territory, the relationship between the Liyang Wu clan and the people under his command was far stronger than that of other princes. For the Liyang Mansion, those who clearly sent flying kites to report their separation, turned out to be moving.
The settlements that disappeared silently along the way were as painful as a father losing his son.
In order to avoid such an outcome, the only solution the government had was to send troops to accompany him as escorts.
However, Liyang Territory currently does not have the kind of convenient weapons that can suppress the swarms of wild monsters and can be deployed with the troops. Only relying on the current conventional armed force of the Yuqi Battalion, in order to provide effective protection for the Sali Militia, at least 300 cavalry will be needed.
elite. This is impossible to achieve in terms of troop deployment or resource consumption.
Therefore, in the past years, almost every year there would be one, two, or even three or four groups of fleeing deserters, who would silently disappear into the unknown depths of the wilderness. Although Liyang Mansion was heartbroken by this, it was beyond its reach.
However, this year's situation is somewhat unusual.
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Beside a road in the southwest corner of Liyang, a group of about two to three hundred people fleeing the disaster was resting on the side of the road in shock. Everyone, men, women, old and young, paralyzed on the side of the road showed how lucky they were to have escaped the disaster.
expression, and from time to time look towards justice not far away.
On the light yellow road reinforced by rammed earth, a huge pool of dark brown mud appeared.
The diameter of the mud pool was nearly fifty meters, and the area was as large as two or three school military fields. Everything within its scope was swallowed up by the sticky mud, including heavy-duty cage trucks on the highway.
Including the swarm of stone monsters attacking them.
In fact, many traces of mud can be seen even on the bodies of the settlement residents.
Fortunately, the heavy stone monsters are the ones that sink fastest in the mud, and even if the settlement people are a little embarrassed, they can always crawl out using their hands and feet. Now the ferocious and ferocious stone monster cluster has sunk in the mud.
There was no trace, and some residents of the settlement who had regained their breath had boldly darted back into the mud, trying to move supplies from the trapped carts.
The cage truck full of supplies dispersed the pressure due to its wide chassis, so it was not swallowed up by the mud like the stone monsters, but it was not easy to pull them out of the thick mud. First, we had to help those few
The beast of burden was pulled out with its head still flopping in the mud, and the materials on the cage cart had to be emptied as much as possible to reduce the weight. Only then could the strength of the beasts of burden be gathered to slowly pull the cage cart out.
This set of procedures will take a long time to complete, but compared to the tragic ending of the entire family being wiped out or collective bankruptcy, it is as good news as hitting a hot spring in a snowstorm.
Under Jizheng's scolding, the men gathered together and began to work hard to get the beasts of burden out of the mud, while the women found cattails and wrapped their soles around their feet, and used them to trickle through the mud to unload the materials on the cage cars.
After coming down, the lighter children were also called up to help and ran around the cage.
The wilderness is full of dangers, especially in summer. It is like a hunting ground for wild monsters. They are not absolutely safe until the moment they step into the city wall. The residents of the settlement packed up the windlass in the mud with movements full of tension. However,
From time to time, his eyes glanced at the cavalry patrolling around the mud swamp.
It is undeniable that the existence of this cavalry gave them an unprecedented sense of security.
After all, in just a few moments, they posted a shocking scene in which they witnessed the group of ferocious stone monsters being wiped out in an instant.
"I asked, are those cavalry gentlemen the same cavalry as in the rumors?"
"It seems to be called 'Hunting Cavalry'? I thought it was a story made up somewhere, but I didn't expect that there are actually cavalry that can defeat the monsters..."
"Ah, yes, when the ground suddenly sank in, I was so scared that I wet my pants and ran out crawling on the ground. But those stone bastards were even worse. Every one of them was swallowed up before they even hit the ground... They deserved it! It was so satisfying.
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The settlement residents who were carrying supplies couldn't help but whisper.
Before setting off, they had heard rumors that there was a cavalry unit named "Hunting Cavalry" by the female leader in charge, and that it had been frequently active around the territorial capital since the beginning of the Weird Rebellion.
It is said that although the hunting cavalry only has fifty feathered cavalry under its command, they have repeatedly defeated small and medium-sized groups of wild monsters that appear on the fairway, clearing obstacles for the merchants and militia groups coming and going. Even if they face two or three times the number of their own, the disaster level
When the wild monsters gathered together, the hunting cavalry also attacked boldly and achieved impressive results——