Chapter 14 12. Moving on(1/2)
Lant knew that he would definitely not be able to carry more than 80 sheep around. Whether it was a barbarian or a human, the black-scaled horse was a fighting partner, the beast of burden was a means of transportation, and the long-haired sheep were a source of meat and fur, so he decided
Carry out intensive sausage making and bacon making.
The demonless among the barbarians are responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the entire tribe, and are very good at slaughtering and skinning sheep.
On a new day, Lant led his people to select the 30 sheep that were the oldest or seemed unable to survive the winter from all the more than 80 sheep, and slaughtered them to make dried meat and sausages.
After the slaughter, Lant also asked the demon-free people to separate the sheep's small intestines, clean them, chop the sheep's internal organs, fat meat, and deboned meat, marinate them with salt, wine, and the remaining spices from the barbarian tribes, and then mix them.
Add wheat flour to the good meat filling, put it into the casing, and then put it into the pot to cook.
First, he made a few sausages, and after they were cooked, Lant tasted them himself, adjusted some ingredients, and then made them on a large scale.
The whole piece of meat can be smoked or dried to make jerky, and the remaining scraps and offal can be made into sausages. After all, the official name of some sausages is almost called emulsified high-fat offal tubes. These sausages can be obtained by non-demon people.
It provides protein to the people and reduces their demand for grains. What makes Rand more troublesome is that there are too few varieties of spices in the world, and the taste level is very single.
I found some fennel, cinnamon and thyme in the barbarian camp. The stock of spices is more than that in Lant's house, but the types are similar. Albert said that fennel and thyme can be produced locally, but cinnamon is from the southern forest.
Even Lant's family doesn't have any of these products.
It can only be said that the life of barbarian leaders is generally much better than that of small nobles like Lant.
In addition to spices, fuel has also been bothering Rant. In Alivia, there is a very important point: trees cannot be cut down at will. This post-modern environmental protection concept in his hometown surprised Rant, but after thinking about it, Rant found out
, whether it is his own castle, the residence of the people in the territory, or the Maned Wolf City he has been to, there are indeed no wooden houses, most of them are stone houses or even brick houses.
There is a very widespread belief that tall trees can provide a better magical environment, which is something almost all humans, barbarians, orcs and elves know.
Albert said that 1,000 years ago, every race assumed that trees could bring more magical elements, but in the last 1,000 years, the Tower of Purity was discovered in trees, and trees over 100 years old would appear in trees.
A certain kind of natural magic pattern is formed in the tree trunk. This magic pattern can adjust the proportion of surrounding life elements in a small range.
Although the effect of one tree is not obvious, the overall effect of a forest is very considerable. Therefore, the human empire protects large forests and nobles cannot exploit them at will.
When they were in the territory, because they were close to the big forest, the demon-free people of the Benma family would go to the forest to collect firewood or cut branches and shrubs for fuel. But now that Lant and the others were on the prairie, Lant asked Yohe about the barbarian camp.
What to make a fire with.
"Mainly reeds by the river. There are several kinds of reeds that are very resistant to burning. We use them as dyes. If the reeds in one place are cut down, we will camp in another place. But recently, when the leaders are there, they will use a magic
The rune version can make fire directly," Yauch introduced.
"Isn't the Galloping Horse Plains an area of turbulent magic? How can you make a fire with a rune board?" Lant was a little strange, but what was even more strange was that Lant had never seen the rune board of the barbarian leader, so he didn't believe it.
His knight hid the board, but wondered if he had left something behind during yesterday's search.
Lant returned to the original barbarian leader's tent and searched again. He even asked the gray dog to bring red sand to ask again, and finally found a newly excavated mark under the carpet of an open tent.
After opening it, Lant found an iron box that was one meter long, 30 centimeters wide, and 30 centimeters high. Inside the iron box was a wooden box. The wooden box was made of a special kind of wood, and there were some magic circles on the outside.
Albert knew that this kind of box was made by the Golden Moon Elf tribe in the southern forest. It was made from the branches of a kind of tree and had a very good storage effect for magic materials.
The medium-sized wooden box that Lant is seeing now is called a magic box. In the royal capital, it is used by small and medium-sized nobles to store valuables such as magic crystals and rune board materials. There are also smaller but more delicate ones.
It is used to store ladies' magic jewelry, and there are larger boxes used to store rune armor, magic weapons or materials for high-level magic beasts of high-level professionals.
From the magic box, Lant found 3 rune boards, 8 magic crystals, and an enchanted knife. The three rune boards have the functions of making fire, gathering water, and freezing respectively.
Now Lant knows what the magic rune board relies on as energy. However, considering that the magic crystal is worth at least 10 gold coins, is it too expensive to burn the magic crystal?
However, Albert said that this rune board has a simple magic gathering array, and a magic crystal can continue to burn for 7-8 hours. According to Yohe, this rune board is not used alone;
For the combustion of auxiliary fuel, under the co-burning of rune board + reed, ordinary dyes can increase the burning time by 2 times, and the residue after burning is basically only fly ash.
And a piece of magic crystal can continue to burn for several days. Lant feels that this magic pattern plate seems to have some kind of catalytic effect or improve combustion efficiency.
The rune board was found, the fuel problem was solved, and the whole business of making sausages began. In addition to making mutton sausages, some non-demon people processed more than 30 sheep skins, and other captured non-demon people helped people in their original territories.
The demonless people made or modified clothes to make the entire territory look more like a barbarian camp rather than a fleeing human camp.
In the afternoon, the patrolling Greyhound returned on horseback. According to his reconnaissance, there were still some small tribes upstream.
The information brought by Greyhound made everyone unable to hold back. Nowadays, these small tribes are the granary and treasury of Lant and his group.
Every knight is eager to try, hoping that Lant will agree to attack.
However, Lant was a little hesitant. After all, the barbarian tribes were not NPCs in the game and could not wait for them to rob. Moreover, even if they were waiting in the camp, each barbarian tribe would have a few barbarian cavalry left behind. The strength of these cavalry was not low.
The only way to avoid damage is to take advantage of a sneak attack.
The loss of any one of the knights or knight apprentices in front of us will lead to a structural loss of strength.
But there are also problems with not attacking. On the one hand, the food in the camp is limited and the food is empty. On the other hand, we don't know when the barbarians who have gone out will come back.
No matter how many difficulties there were, hesitation could not solve the problem. Lant decided to continue the investigation in person. It would be best to choose a weaker one to eat first. At least he would have all the armors of the low-level knights.
Lant took Greyhound and Rolle first to the north and east, and first encountered two small neighboring tribes. The two camps, which Lant called the twin tribes, were only separated by a river, and the straight-line distance was less than one kilometer.
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Based on the number of horses, it is estimated that the barbarian cavalry of these two tribes is about 4-5 each, which is the smallest tribe. However, the two tribes are separated by a river. Although they are very close, they cannot immediately reach from one tribe to the other.
not much.
Rand was hesitant when he saw this. Once a night attack started and one camp was attacked, the other camp would definitely respond. Although it was impossible for the two tribes to support each other, it would be very difficult to eat them at the same time.
After more than ten kilometers to the east, they saw another small tribe. The size of this tribe should be about 5 barbarian cavalry. Lant thought that they could give it a try, but such a small tribe was quite far away. Now Lant was a bit cunning.
, I don’t think it’s necessarily worth a special trip.
Further east, after walking for more than ten kilometers, you can see a medium-sized camp. It is estimated that there are about 10 people in this camp. Regardless of the size or the number of horses, it shows that Rand cannot eat this tribe at all.
"It seems we don't have to choose. Let's pack up tonight and prepare to capture the second camp." Lant made the decision on the way back.
"Okay, sir." Several knights responded, and the current few people were extremely excited. Lant would really share the spoils generously. As long as they win another camp, each of them will have a pair of iron armor, which can be passed down to
wealth for future generations.
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In the evening, Lant once again brought all the low-level knights and knight apprentices in the camp. This time, Walker did not stay. Lant brought out all the strength.
A group of people are still heading first and then west along the tributaries of the Benma River. On the vast grassland, the river is a very good landmark.
However, when Lant saw the twin campsites halfway along the road, he found that one of the campsites was having a bonfire party, and it was a carnival party.
Under the firelight, nine tall barbarians were drinking and having fun. What was even more rare was that the horses from the two camps were gathered at the edge of the bonfire party. The dogs in the camp were barking, but no one cared.
Lant looked at the barbarians who were reveling and muttered, "Otherwise, we can go to the camp at the back later?"
Obviously, the most troublesome point in the Twin Camps before was that less than ten barbarian cavalry were separated, but now they are all gathered together happily.
What used to be two bites of meat can now be eaten in one bite, and the Twin Camps became a ready-made delicacy in front of Lant's eyes.
"Let's wait until these barbarians get drunk," Rohr said.
These barbarians were not drunk for a while, but started to mess around in a drunken state. Now Lant's eyes were healed. Seeing a barbarian running into the sheepfold, he felt that his eyesight karma was too heavy.
."The sheep turned around and was slaughtered first."
As the carnival in the barbarian camp entered the second half, Rand's seven knights and three knight apprentices mounted their horses, followed by a few ordinary demon worshipers, and slowly ran towards the barbarian camp.
Once the barbarians are happy and very selfless, they will be very selfless. It is true that when Lant's group was only 100 meters away from the camp, no one found them.
It wasn't until the firelight reflected Lant's armor that a barbarian saw Lant from the corner of his eye. At first, he even thought it was someone from some tribe who came to join in the fun. Then he saw a tall horse carrying Lant wearing iron armor across the horse.
After entering the camp, a shining saber arrived.
With Bai Lian's saber, he cut down the first barbarian. Lant once again scored the first kill, and several knights who entered subsequently also achieved results. Within a few dozen seconds of entering the barbarian camp, more than half of them had been eliminated.
opponent.
However, Rant knew that this time they had more enemies and greater uncertainty. For example, after the barbarians beside the campfire were dealt with, there were at least four more. Rant rode into the largest camp and saw a larger barbarian.
, were having cordial exchanges with the demon-free people in the tribe on a huge carpet.
Lant's blade accurately dodged the other demon-free people, splitting the barbarian leader's neck, and his blood spurted onto the girl next to him.
Screams rang out from inside and outside the tent at the same time, and the last barbarian was killed by Rolle in the sheepfold.
There was no time to count the loot, so we could only let a few demon-loving people keep an eye on the non-demon people in the camp. A few people patrolled around, gathered 27 non-demon people together, and then immediately went to the other camp to kill them.
After leading the horse through the cold river, Lant felt that there would be no barbarians in the second small camp, but so far there had been no abnormalities in the camp, and no one came out of the hood to investigate, which made Lant feel a little surprised.
I rushed into the small camp and saw an older demon-free person coming out.
"Dear gentlemen, all the gentlemen in our tribe have gone to the tribe next door to have a party."
"I know, they're having a blast right now," Lant added.
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Pack up their belongings," Lant said. "Are there any other demon-wishers in this camp?"
"What? A relic?" The Demonless Man asked in surprise.
"Yes, I told you they are so happy."
"There are no other Demonic Holders in this camp."
"Okay, tell everyone here to come out and move to that camp!" Lant's words left no room for doubt.
Fortunately, the two camps were indeed very close. Under Lant's strict order, no demon-free person dared to hold back. They all got up from their tents and packed their things.
To be continued...