The spring rain is continuous, and the rain slowly wets the soil. The spring rain is as precious as oil, and the rain during spring plowing is especially precious.
However, the rain came at the wrong time for Richard. The continuous rain always had some impact on the march.
It's okay when we're on the boundary of the Hunter Territory. The roads that have been repaired for a long time will not be affected by a little rain.
But once you leave Hunter Territory, the roads in other places not only become narrower, but there are also scattered small puddles.
Richard was riding a brown war horse that was in better condition. The armor on his body had already gone to Phnom Penh. Except that the armor plates were specially thickened and the workmanship was more exquisite, he looked little different from ordinary soldiers. They were all blue and white.
Two colors alternate.
It was getting late, but Richard had no intention of stopping. He looked like he was going to march all night in the rain.
"Pato, we won't rest tonight and rush straight to Bandel. You can bear it."
"no problem."
Pato is the messenger of the Bande family. As a quasi-knight, a one-night march is not a big problem for him.
However, the quality of the team led by Richard really frightened him.
A team of only 200 people, including Richard and Ron, actually had 25 knights.
Moreover, the entire team kept marching at high speed in the rain, and no one complained, and no one fell behind.
Marching in the rain and marching overnight are things that generals have always tried to avoid, but Richard didn't care. He obviously had full confidence in his team.
Of course, Richard has full confidence in his troops. If he was leading the Flying Bear Army, he would naturally not dare to do this.
But at this time, he was leading heroic and invincible warriors who were entirely produced by the castle (human race). Their quality was high enough, and they also enjoyed the bonus of walking boots. It was not surprising that they could march at such a high speed continuously.
At the military meeting, Richard decided to lead the team first, and Kuito, Kerry and others would lead 3,000 flying bear troops to reinforce them the next day.
Viscount Sauter still led the remaining Flying Bear Army soldiers to stay in the Hunter Territory.
With Richard's cautious character, he would not dare to let Ironwood City become an empty city, even if the chance of enemies appearing around it was extremely low.
Night gradually fell, as if the mute button had been pressed. Richard, Pato and others stopped talking.
The entire team could only hear the metallic sound of footsteps and the collision of armor and weapons.
…
"Sir, there's Bandeling just ahead, so be careful."
Pato acted as a guide for Richard.
At this point, Pato couldn't believe that the speed of returning with reinforcements was not much slower than when he rushed to ask for help alone.
"Um"
Without Pato's reminder, Richard had already stepped up his vigilance. More than thirty gryphons had been circling in the sky, keeping an almost airtight surveillance of the area more than ten miles around.
The Royal Gryphon also has extremely strong night vision and can see clearly below even in the middle of the night.
Through the vision of the Royal Griffins, Richard saw a completely different scene from the Hunter Territory.
Barren fields, dilapidated villages, and even looming corpses on the roadside, as well as ogres resting in the villages.
"Ready to fight!"
"Qiang, Qiang..."
There was the sound of a long sword being unsheathed behind him.
Richard had already discovered traces of ogres in the village ahead through griffons. It was probably that the ogres had taken a rest in the village after plundering them.
Although Pato also followed Richard's order and pulled out the sword, his expression was a little confused.
After all, the team was still some distance away from the village. Whether there were any special scouts out, Pato found no trace of the enemy.
Richard didn't give any more explanation, he just dismounted and led the horse forward. Pato and Ron followed suit and began to approach on foot.
The entire team completely suppressed the noise and quietly approached the village ahead.
After approaching the village for nearly one kilometer, Pato finally discovered something unusual about the village.
Not to mention the damage to the outer wall, not a single dog barked in the entire village. It looked like it had been attacked by an ogre.
And Richard saw it more clearly through the perspective of the royal griffon.
Some houses in the village were demolished in half, and some taller shacks were built. Apparently some houses were too short for the ogres to live in. The ogres rebuilt the shacks themselves after occupying the village.
Judging from the number of shacks, this ogre tribe has about 200 to 300 people. It is a typical small tribe. Richard can definitely eat it with the strength in his hands.
Richard led the spearmen and crusaders at the forefront. The sharpshooters had already pressed the crossbow arrows, and the god of death had raised his sickle towards the ogre...
…
Bruce is the leader of a small ogre tribe and an ogre warrior himself.
In the past, Bruce had been leading the tribe to nomadic in the wilderness. Although the ogres were powerful, they were not without enemies.
Even some large tribes who are also ogres will bully the small tribe led by Bruce.
Sometimes when you go to plunder human territory, you will be expelled by a large number of human soldiers.
At that time, other tribes would not only not help, but might even take the opportunity to rob some of their domesticated livestock. Bruce's tribe had a very difficult time producing in the wilderness.
Later, a large tribe that often exploited them ordered him to meet with an adult.
He met the legendary priest for the first time in the big tribe's tent.
It is rumored that Lord Grugesh with two heads is the representative of the ancestor god.
Who knows, Bruce actually doesn't care. No one in his tribe has told him this story since he was born.
Since the big tribe wants him to follow Lord Grugesh, then he should follow him. He wouldn't dare to refuse anyway.
But now it seems that following this gentleman has become the wisest decision.
The large tribes that exploited them in the past no longer require payment, as long as they obey orders and fight,
They rushed into the human realm to plunder, and no human lords came with large armies of soldiers to besiege them.
Ever since he followed Master Grugesh into human territory, except for the loss of some tribesmen at the first stop, he has never encountered any decent enemies since then.
They grabbed more food than they could eat in a year, lived in solid stone houses, and used iron weapons and tools.
All thanks to the great Lord Grugesh...
Bruce suddenly felt the need to urinate. He got up and walked to one side of the room to solve the problem on the spot.
No, you are not allowed to urinate in the house. This is Lord Grugesh's order.
Bruce turned around and went out to the yard again,
This yard once belonged to a human family, but now the family seems to have run away or is in a pot somewhere, and Bruce can't remember exactly.
Bruce was facing outside the courtyard wall, and the moonlight was actually a bit dazzling.
No! It’s still raining. What kind of moonlight is there!
