Lord of Hyranza

It's just that they don't have some excellent equipment, and they lack the ability to live in the wild and their hands-on ability. Standing outside the security station, they are in a hurry just to set up a tent in the wild.

There were basically few trees in the barren land, and they couldn't find pine and cypress branches. Some reserve knights simply ran to the village below, directly brought back the straw from the haystacks in the village, and spread them in the tent happily.

The villagers of Wall Village knew that they were reserve knights, and they were destined to become master knights in the future. For a while, they hid in their houses and watched these bandit-like young people take the straw away.

The reserve knights set up their tents in the open space next to the security post.

The security station was originally a piece of limestone. After the craftsmen of Wall village flattened such a large piece of limestone, they built a two-story building with this limestone as the cornerstone, and thus became the current security station.

The reserve knights chose the place to set up their tents, which happened to be a specially flattened flowerbed for planting flowers.

The soil layer here is relatively shallow, and there is a whole piece of limestone underneath. The fixed tent is wedged into the frozen soil layer with iron drills, and then pierced down, it cannot be penetrated at all.

Worried that the tents would be blown away, they moved some stones from the side of the reservoir and pressed them around the tents. They were busy until it was completely dark before they built ten tents.

Originally, dinner was prepared in Wall Village, but Suldak wanted to see the survival ability of the reserve knights, so he did not ask the old village chief to bring over broth and wheat cakes, but asked them to cook the marching food by themselves. rations.

The way to eat marching rations is also quite simple. You only need to find a shelter from the wind or directly in the tent, unfold the magic scroll and spread it on the ground, then set up an iron pot and pour some water, and boil the water.Then pour the powdered marching rations into another iron pot, add a small amount of water and stir to form a batter, then pour it into the iron pot where the water was boiled, and the thick batter will be cooked.

Obviously these reserve knights have not eaten marching rations.

The marching rations on them have always been placed in the luggage. Therefore, although the cooking method of the marching rations is very simple, there are frequent occurrences during the cooking process. There was a pungent paste smell.

This dinner, the young reserve knights ate very embarrassingly. Some young reserve knights vomited after taking two bites, and some didn't eat at all.

They are used to being pampered at home and in the college, but now that the conditions are a little more difficult, they feel uncomfortable.

In the academy, they learned how to quickly increase their combat level, but once they leave the academy, it seems that everything needs to start all over again, everything outside is brand new...

By the time this group of reserve knights went to bed, they were so sleepy and tired that they hadn't prepared hot water to wash. Their youthful faces were scorched black from the smoke, and they couldn't wait to get into their sleeping bags and sleep soundly.

No one even cared that the horses were still tied with saddles, and no one specially prepared shelter for the horses. Suldak acquiesced to the people from the militia battalion to help them take care of these precious war horses. It can be regarded as forage that can be swallowed.

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The militiamen washed all the iron pans in their camp that hadn't had time to wash before they froze into lumps of ice, and the burnt marching rations went into the stomachs of the militiamen without any waste.

It's not that the militiamen didn't eat dinner, but that they lived in a barren land and were used to hard times. When they saw people wasting food like this, they thought that they couldn't waste the food no matter what. A member of the militia battalion The militiamen poured the charred marching rations into clay pots, added some water and boiled them again, greeted the other militiamen who hadn't slept, and gathered together in front of the fire, drinking the charred gruel.

Suldak walked in front of them, squatted down and looked at the brown porridge in the clay pot, and asked, "Can this be eaten?"

The militiaman smiled and said frankly: "It's a bit bitter, but the taste of this porridge is not bad. If these are left in the iron pan to freeze all night, each one will be frozen into lumps of ice, and tomorrow morning These knights may not be able to find a usable iron pot. We want to help them wash the iron pot. It would be a pity to throw away the porridge. Look, my lord, there is meat and salt in it, and it tastes like It's oatmeal porridge with salt, but it's not bad at all!"

Another militiaman smiled at Suldak and said, "When the dry season came, we gnawed on tree bark, grass roots, sawdust, and moss. The taste of those things was not as good as the meat porridge."

"My lord baron, what we eat is approved by them. We help them clean up the iron pan and bonfire..." A militiaman worried that Suldak felt that they were stealing food, so he quickly explained.

Standing by the bonfire, Suldak looked at the lean militiamen. Under the light of the fire, they looked at Suldak nervously.

"Now that you have joined the militia battalion, my promise to you is that you will not experience the great famine in the past again. Remember the days of starvation, and it will be the most precious treasure in your memory in the future!" Su Erdak said to these militiamen.

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The strong north wind blew all night, and the reserve knights built ten tents, but four of them were blown away by the strong wind in one night, and these young people hid in the tents of other knights until dawn. Get out and look for the tents that have been blown away by the wind.

If the militiamen from the militia battalion hadn't come out to help clean up the mess, this group of reserve knights might not be able to pack their bags all morning.

Breakfast was provided by Wall Village, a large pot of vegetable porridge and a bag of whole wheat bread. These reserve knights were also hungry all day, and they didn't eat much last night. Naturally, they wolfed down the breakfast.

Karl stayed at Suldak's house last night. After breakfast, he rushed to the security station early.

When he rushed over, these reserve knights had already finished their breakfast. Looking at the empty porridge bucket and the few whole wheat breads left, Karl said with emotion: "Their adaptability is not bad. I can eat it..."

Suldak didn't think it was a big deal, he stood behind Karl and said, "Of course I'll eat anything if I'm hungry!"

After breakfast, these reserve knights thought the water was too cold when washing the iron pot, so they just poured water into the iron pot, rinsed it casually, and put the iron pot into the canvas pocket regardless of whether it was dry or not.

A group of reserve knights sat around in the yard of the security station, and no one spoke. They were all dirty, and their morale was extremely low.

Suldak stood up and said to these young reserve knights:

"Everyone! Our operation has just begun from today."

"For a long time in the future, we will march in a desert without people. We will live in marching tents every day. The cold wind in the desert night is stronger than here, and we will eat these unpalatable marching rations every day. Occasionally You will also encounter desert robbers, face the threat of severe cold and death."

"If anyone wants to retreat now, it's still too late. Don't wait until you enter the desert to regret it. It will be useless to regret it then, but you will not be given more choices at that time. Either you continue to follow us deep into the desert, or you are alone. Turn around and leave, I don't think it's a wise move either way."

The young reserve knights looked at each other, not knowing how to make a decision for a while.

Seeing the group of young reserve knights in the yard looking at each other blankly, hesitating about his choice, Suldak patted Karl on the shoulder beside him, and continued:

"If someone wants to return to Hailansa City with Captain Carl, I will never stop them, but if you choose to stay now, then you will be my subordinates for a period of time in the future. I will tell you how to become a qualified knight!"

Seeing that all the reserve knights chose to remain silent, Suldak looked at the rising sun among the mountains on the east side and said, "You still have two quarters of an hour to think!"

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Just when the [-] young reserve knights in the guard battalion of the public security station were having a hard time making a choice, the cavalry battalion of Suldak also had frequent situations.

These veterans were recruited by Suldak and the old village chief from various villages. Everyone has rich experience in war, but they have struggled and lived in the barren land for several years. These years of hard life seem to have disappeared Sharpen all the edges and corners of their bodies. Many veterans were not cavalry in the barracks before, and they were not familiar with horses, and their riding skills were average.

Suldak didn't even know how to ride a horse when he was in the heavy armored infantry regiment, and he asked the experienced veterans how to get along with their horses. Most of the veterans chose to spend the night in the stables. Sleeping horses can eliminate their vigilance, but the effect is obviously not as good as imagined.

In the morning, the veterans of the cavalry battalion wanted to take their war horses out of the stables and go for a drive outside the village, but they didn't expect to turn their backs on their backs in the village square...

Had it not been for the appearance of the ogre Gulitum, the riots would have continued.

Regardless of horses or camels, they can only crawl in front of the ogre. The ogre Gullitum knew the plight of these veterans, laughed and said to the veterans: "You shouldn't treat these horses." I have been used to it, carrots and sticks can make them obedient and honest, blindly pleasing them will only make them feel that you are a bully, you must use your behavior to tell them your bottom line...'

Suldak rushed to the village square, just in time to hear Gulitum say such a passage, he was a little speechless, the ogre Gulitum has been in the human world for a long time, and it seems that he has begun to learn to think with his brain , also began to be less upright!

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What Suldak didn't expect was that those young reserve knights didn't know what they were thinking. Just when the large army was about to assemble, these young reserve knights approached Suldak, one after another Said that he would stay in Wall Village to accept the next rigorous training.

Although Suldak was reluctant to accept these knight academy students, there was no better reason to drive them away at this time.

We can only ask them to pack up their luggage and prepare to set off with the large army later.

This time he went into the desert to wipe out the bandits there, and Suldak planned to let Samira stay.

In any case, the current Wall Village needs someone to stay behind. This time Suldak also summoned the militiamen in the militia battalion. She can still stay in the village to train these militiamen, at least let them improve their bow skills, This time, Suldak brought back a batch of alloy bows from the Hailansa Military Supply and Logistics Department, and this time the preparations were distributed to these militiamen.

As the commander of the cavalry battalion, Andrew needs to get in touch with the 200 veterans of the cavalry battalion. Everyone is not familiar with each other...

Gulitum naturally wanted to follow Suldak into the desert. Recently, the ogre might be eating too much camels and gazelles. He heard from the hunters in the village that the wind wolf meat in the wasteland was sour, and suddenly On a whim, he wanted to use Fenglang meat to make soup, so he followed Suldak early on, and never left!

It made it impossible for Suldak to bid farewell to Selena in private.

The embarrassment of these militiamen, reserve knights, and veterans of the cavalry battalion in Wall Village fell into Viru's eyes. These days, Suldak couldn't stop. Viru has never found and Suldak It's a chance to talk alone, but he is very patient. He has traveled almost all over Wall Village in the past three days, standing at the highest point of the reservoir, and overlooking the entire mountain depression.

I also went to the river bend downstream and saw the artificial canals built by kobold slaves and the large tracts of land reclaimed.

I saw the neat townhouses and straight concrete roads in Wall Village.

Almost every word about what Suldak has done over the past year has reached Viru's ears. The Suldak in front of him makes him feel a strong sense of alienation. The familiar person in front of him, the one who once On the battlefield, he could completely leave his back to his best friend, but now he was so strange.

When did he suddenly have such vision and ability...

But when he saw Suldak's face, those frank, upright, brave and fearless eyes, and saw the scar protruding from his neckline, these told him that the person in front of him was the Jambach he knew, no matter what. ... It's good to be alive!

Viru shook the scorching bow hanging on his shoulder. At this moment, he was a little eager to fight. Perhaps only fighting can awaken their past memories...

The mercenaries in the row houses at the front of the village were already ready to go. They tied their horses to the big tree at the entrance of the village and were doing morning exercises in the snow outside the village.

The brand new cavalry battalion on the square in the village also lined up and walked out of Wall Village slowly...

Chapter 668 Sweetwater Oasis

The cold north wind sandwiched the snow on the top of the mountain and blew it head-on, as if it had been slapped a dozen times, and the cheekbones were frozen red.

This time in Wall Village, Suldak assembled a cavalry battalion consisting of 300 cavalrymen, [-] guard battalion reserve knights who had just graduated from the Knight Academy, and [-] mercenaries, plus Andrew, Guli Tem, Viru... there are nearly [-] people in total.

In the desert, a team of this size can be regarded as a powerful bandit group.

The cavalry battalion of Suldak can only be infantry soldiers who can ride horses for the time being. As for the young reserve knights of the security squadron of the guard battalion, they are a group of novices who don't know anything. Thirty mercenaries from the giant mercenary regiment.

The old village chief led the whole village to see Suldak off at the entrance of the village. Old Sheila, Natasha, and Rita also stood at the front of the group. Rita hugged little Peter. This time, Suldak Almost all the horses in the village were taken away, and they traveled through the entire barren land, and went on an expedition to the northeast desert to fight against those desert bandits. Such a feat has never been done in the barren land for so many years.

A senior hunter in the village, who has now become the driver of Woer Village, Uncle Zanmutala, grabbed Suldak and said to him earnestly: "Don't go too deep, be careful not to let those wind wolves Keep an eye on the pack. Every winter, those wind wolves will gather in packs. They even dare to attack those hibernating brown bears on the edge of the Pagros Mountains. As long as they are hungry, there is nothing they dare not do, and you will never I can't imagine how many of them there are..."

Surdak led the horse and was surrounded by a group of villagers.

The old village head, Brett, had almost all the wrinkles on his face, and whispered to Suldak: "If you can't find the desert robbers, come back quickly, and be careful that there will be occasional snowstorms in the desert."

Suldak said to the village chief Brett: "Don't worry, Uncle Brett! We went this time, not only brought three guides who are familiar with the desert, but I also found a Hawkeye. Complete the map of the southern part of the desert, and wait for the good news of our triumph!"

Captain Gabriel Gerry, who was at the front of the team, turned his head and said to the villagers standing at the entrance of the village to see him off: "We are professionals in dealing with those desert bandits, all you need to do is prepare enough gold coins. "

Suldak hugged Karl again, and Karl could only whisper to Suldak: "Bring them all back to me safely..."

Obviously, he was a little worried about these reserve knights.

"Take care all the way!"

"You too, Duck!"

Carl just stepped on the horse and set foot on the concrete road leading to Paglos Pass.

He was going back to Hailansa City today, while Suldak was going to take the team another way.

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Suldak took the young reserve knight among the team and headed towards the desert in the northeast corner of the barren land.

The horseshoes trampled the gravel on the barren land with a crisp sound, and the barren land was still covered with a thin layer of residual snow. The team walked north along the artificial canal, and when they bypassed the entrance of the underground river, it was completely covered with ice and snow. A huge icy lake was formed, and some reeds and red thatch grew around the icy lake. After entering the winter, these grasses have turned yellow.

In the center of the barren land, there is a great rift valley running from east to west. This great rift valley winds for nearly a hundred kilometers. The team did not go through the middle of the great rift valley. Detour on the west side of the valley.

Going west along an ancient trail, avoiding a dead land covered with volcanic ash, and crossing the desolate Gobi, you can reach the edge of the desert.

The reserve knights still have a solid grasp of equestrian skills. They rode horses and followed behind the mercenary group. Some people were whispering and talking, as if they were discussing this trip to the desert.

After nearly four days of intensive training in the barren land, these veterans have barely adapted to riding horses, but their equestrian skills are not very proficient, and now they can only sit on the horseback honestly, holding the reins tightly with both hands and not daring to let go After driving, their bodies looked very stiff, but at least they could ride horses and move forward with the large army.

More than 70 camels were at the end of the team, and dozens of veterans were lying on the back of the camels in an extremely ugly posture. The posture of crawling on the back of the camels was really weird, if it wasn’t for Gullitum in the team Staring at the back, maybe they couldn't ride the camel all the way forward.

Suldak found three guides in a village near the desert. They are the best hunters in the village. They are very familiar with the northeastern part of the barren land. They have even been to the edge of the desert many times. They know the edge of the desert. There are several oases in the city, and I also know where to meet the wind wolf this season.

That's right, Suldak wanted to find those wind wolves, but he didn't have a lot of primary offerings in stock. It might not be a good thing to meet those wind wolves.

Because there are experienced local guides in the team, there is no need for Viru to use the 'Boundary Vision' to explore the surrounding terrain before walking out of the barren land.

Suldak walked side by side with Andrew on horseback. The two were discussing how to improve the riding skills of these veterans. In fact, this form of travel was the best training for these veterans.

This time Suldak did not distribute those full-coverage armors to these veterans. The clothes they wore were still tattered, and there was no exquisite leather armor. From a distance, they looked like a group of nomads in the wilderness. The full-coverage armor was not only heavy, but also required a lot of physical strength for the horses. Except for a few dozens of horses that were assembled temporarily, the other horses could not support the heavy cavalry at all.

And Suldak didn't prepare extra leather armor, so this time the cavalry battalion appeared to be in tatters, like a wandering nomad.

Viru seemed very leisurely mixed in the team, the cold wind seemed to be unable to blow him at all, and his horse also bowed its head all the way forward.

The reserve knights of the guard battalion were whispering in the cold wind. According to the knowledge they had learned in the books in the knight academy, this team would not last long at all. Apart from the extreme climate and the cunning and vicious desert robbers, the team The biggest problem facing is living supplies.

Even if some people in the team have magic pockets that can carry a large amount of marching rations, and scrolls of water gathering and fire gathering to provide sufficient drinking water and fuel, what these young reserve knights are worried about is that nearly 200 horses The materials coming to horses, for other cavalry regiments, the logistics supply line is the most in need of protection every time they go to war, but in the 300-member team in Suldak, they did not see the logistics supply team.

Each horse only carries a bag of beans, and the team is about to enter the desert, where they will not get any supplies. This amount of beans is probably only enough for the horses to eat for three or four days. Gabriel Ge of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group Before setting off, the head of the Li regiment reminded Suldak whether the [-] camels behind should be organized into a logistics supply team for transporting fodder, but Suldak said that it was not necessary.

Along the way, Suldak didn't bother those villages along the way, but there were some aboriginal people in those villages in the team. When passing by their gates, some people would always be extra excited, and some villagers stood at the entrance of the village, watching Su Erdak's team passed by slowly.

The sky is clear, the sun is a little harsh.

Several vultures circled high above.

"Dak, look at that side..." Andrew pointed to a not-so-high cliff a few hundred meters to the left, and said to Suldak.

Suldak turned his head to look carefully, only to find that Selena was riding a dromedary, waiting on the high cliff. She wrapped herself in a thick fur cloak, and quietly watched the team move from under their feet. After passing by, seeing Suldak looking towards her, he patted the camel and walked down the hillside...

Selena came to Suldak on a camel. Her face was covered with a light veil, her big black eyes were exposed, and there was a hint of stubbornness in her eyes. Looking at her eyes seemed to say: 'Even if you drive me away, I won't leave! '

"Why are you here?" Suldak rode up, leaned over his body, and put the leather cone hat on the back of the fur cloak on Selina's head to help her block the cold wind.

Selina stared at Suldak, and said to Suldak with some guilt: "I think the bandits in the desert should be willing to accept the teachings of the goddess and be favored by the goddess of the night."

"Uh, okay..."

Suldak felt that he really didn't have a good reason to refute this argument with Selena.

Selina has already walked so far out of Wall Village alone, and even if she is asked to return the same way, she probably will not do what Suldak said, it is better to let her stay in the team.Suldak asked her: Who takes care of Signa in the village?Selena said with great certainty: Signa can take care of herself...

I only had a short rest at noon, and continued on my way without even starting a fire to cook. I didn't cross the Great Rift Valley and the dead land shrouded in volcanic ash until night fell.

Came to the northeastern part of the barren land, which is the area where desert bandits appear frequently. According to the data map that Andrew personally counted, desert bandits appear very frequently here. Unfortunately, no unlucky bandit group bumped into them this time.

The local guide found a small mound with a half-moon-shaped depression on the south side. At least a few hundred people can camp here at the same time, and there are animal feces and remains of campfires. Obviously more than one team has camped here.

Suldak's tent was set up almost immediately after the team stopped. When Selena and Suldak walked into the tent, Andrew and Gulitum were guarding the tent like two door gods. outside the tent.