"Huh, it's so cold." Zhou Yunfei breathed out and rubbed his stiff hands.
It has been a month since I arrived in another world. Autumn has passed, and three seasons of food have been harvested, which has increased the population of Dragon City by nearly 1,000. Zhou Yunfei is waiting for the returning cavalry.
Yes, when the cavalry battalion was built, he chose to recruit a group of light cavalry archers. As a scout unit, they were highly mobile and wore leather breastplates and short swords on their waists. There was a hardwood short bow on the back, with a maximum killing range of
It can reach 200 meters. Tests have shown that it can shoot through the iron-clad shields of trapped soldiers within 50 meters. It carries 2 quivers with a total of 24 arrows. The super mobility of the horse archers is most suitable for reconnaissance and harassment.
Among the three mines discovered half a month ago, two iron mines and one coal mine are already in operation. Using the three-shift system mentioned by Zhou Yunfei, the mining capacity has been greatly improved and can now meet the needs of small-scale troop changes.
The blacksmith shops built in the city also use the assembly line method, and their manufacturing capabilities have also been greatly improved.
The current size of the army is as follows:
2 teams of 161 trapped infantrymen with 322 people
2 teams of 161 light armored infantry with a total of 322 people
2 teams of 161 light armored archers totaling 322 people
1 team of 109 light armored horse archers
2 teams of 241 light armored pikemen with 482 people
A total of 1557 people.
The news brought back by the scouts was not very good. They found a ruins 50 kilometers away from Dragon City in the south. Judging from the description, it was a small village, and it was judged that it was destroyed just a few days ago.
Judging from the corpses in the ruins, they are human, but the reason for the destruction remains to be verified. However, Zhou Yunfei guessed that it was done by aliens, because in winter, aliens in the north often launch plundering wars due to insufficient food, but generally
It was an autumn breeze at the border. Why it crossed the Hengduan River and entered the human interior this time is unknown.
However, the news brought this time still shocked Zhou Yunfei. The scouts discovered a simple camp 15 kilometers southeast of Longcheng. Although there were no traces of people inside, judging from the campfire residue, it was less than 2 days ago.
This news caused Dragon City to enter a state of war readiness. Three mines were closed one after another, and personnel evacuated into the city. The surrounding fields were not cultivated in winter, and personnel also evacuated into the city. The simple city wall erected with logs continued to be reinforced.
.In the military camp, everything was in full swing.
Zhou Yunfei has sent out all the horse archers for reconnaissance. Although they can be detected systematically within 10 kilometers, he still insists on sending the soldiers out. Because he is not at ease, or a person who has come from peacetime will be anxious
Yes.
As for the civil and military affairs in the city, Zhou Yunfei left them to Zhuge Liang and the others. After all, they were all professionals and could not be compared to a dabbler like him.
For several days, Zhou Yunfei kept staring at the system map. But God seemed to be playing a joke. When he saw a bunch of red dots at the edge of the map flashing past and then disappearing, he nervously dispatched
The liaison soldier went to the nearest scout unit to check. While waiting anxiously, the scout sent back the news.
"Huh, you just passed me by. It scared me to death." Zhou Yunfei let out a long breath after learning about it.
In fact, almost all the invading alien races thought that this area was desolate and uninhabited. From the human side, it was directly facing danger from the north and was undefeable. In addition, it was blocked by the wide Hengduan River, and almost all of the rivers were covered by swamp terrain.
It's useless. As for the aliens, they gave up because no one lives here. Why grab it if no one lives there?
This time, Zhou Yunfei was lucky. Otherwise, facing a coalition of 100,000 orcs and barbarians, he would have been wiped out without even being able to make waves.
The long winter begins with a heavy snowfall.
"Phew! It's so cold!" Zhou Yunfei looked at the snowy scene outside the window, and it was really covered in snow. In order to prevent the snow from causing the house to collapse, all the soldiers were sent out to clear the snow early in the morning.
"Master, wear more clothes, it's cold outside." Diao Chan came over holding a fur windbreaker belonging to an unknown animal.
"Sister Chan, do you have any news about Zilong and the others?" Zhou Yunfei asked Zhao Yun. He said that Zhao Yun led a team of newly recruited light cavalry to cross the river a week ago to look for humans. According to the scouts, there will be news about it today.
"Mr. Zhuge is already waiting in the outer hall." Diao Chan helped him put on his windbreaker.
News did come that Zhao Yun crossed the Hengduan River south and walked for two days along the discovered road to a large town.
"It seems that this is the town of this world." Zhao Yun said while looking at the city wall about 6 meters high. The main purpose of this trip was to explore the human gathering place in the south, and make initial contact, understand the strength of human beings, and open trade routes. Ma Chao rode
Looking at the city wall on horseback, I found that there were not many defenders, which were much less than the size of the town.
"They are coming." Zhao Yun pointed at a small group of knights who appeared at the city gate. These knights were wearing a small amount of chain armor with leather armor inside. They had a variety of weapons, including axes, long swords, and maces. The leader was wearing half armor.
It was wrapped like an iron bucket. "Poor horse." Ma Chao said as he watched the horse running under the man and breathing heavily.
"Who are you? What's the business of coming here!" The visitor stopped 20 meters away from Zhao Yun and shouted loudly.
(After the system integrates rules, there is no language barrier)
"I am the escort of the Dragon City caravan. I am here to trade this time. As the vanguard of the caravan, I will come to your territory to explore the trade route for the caravan. Please forgive me for disturbing you!" Zhao Yun said to each other with clasped fists.
The leader thought for a moment and saw that there were only a few riders behind Zhao Yun. Then he took off his helmet, revealing his blond hair and said contemptuously: "My name is Celestine St. Clair, from the great St. Clair family. Go back, Seth."
The city doesn't need caravans." After saying that, he turned around and led the others into the city quickly and closed the city gate.
Ma Chao watched them go back blankly, turned to Zhao Yun and said, "Are they in trouble?" Zhao Yun nodded and shook his head, gestured to the other soldiers and said, "I guess they are in a lot of trouble.
, It's a pity that the master's mission cannot be completed yet. We first sent people back to inform Dragon City to prepare in case of accidents, and the rest continued to look south for the second city." Just as they were preparing to continue south, a fire broke out in the city.
There was a burst of fire, and then the city gate opened and a large number of people ran out of the city, followed by some carriages heading south.
At this time, an orc raiding team of about 300 people from the northeast was running towards Seth City. These green-skinned monsters were only wearing simple fur clothes and howling with the iron weapons they had snatched. Seles
Ting St. Clair is organizing about 500 soldiers to stand outside the city and wait. He believes that these soldiers will be able to kill all the green monsters!
Zhao Yun stood on a hill a little further away and looked at the soldiers. They were only wearing what could be considered leather armor, holding large wooden shields and one-handed axes and shook their heads.
"These can only be regarded as country warriors. Maybe those riding horses can also be regarded as cavalry." Ma Chao lost interest after seeing this troop.
Regarding these militiamen, Zhao Yun didn't think they could defeat the green monster running from a distance. So he asked the troops to mount their horses and prepare, "This is a good opportunity to test the strength of the two sides. Let's wait for the results of the battle between them."
Ma Chao nodded after hearing this and continued to stare at the monster in the distance.
The winter sun shone on the cold earth, witnessing a near-massacre battle.
The earliest contact between the two parties determined the defeat of the human side. When the nearly 2.5-meter-tall monster wielded a large ax and struck at the militiamen, it was destined to be a massacre.
"Stupid humans! How dare you fight in the wild with the great orcs! Kill them all! Kill them all!" a leading orc shouted.
Those people were frightened by the huge body, and when the ax fell, they still had expressions of horror on their faces. Each soldier was slaughtered like this, and their blood flowed on the dry and cold land, and soon formed a piece of dark red ice.
Celestine St. Clair was stunned, he could not imagine this outcome. He was timid, he did not want to die, he was the darling of the St. Clair family, he could not die here, in the hands of monsters. Desperate
He took the remaining knights and ran towards the city, abandoning his soldiers.
"Damn it, he's a pig! What was he thinking about abandoning the army like this!" Ma Chao looked down upon such a coward and took a sip.
"One general is incompetent and has exhausted the three armies. It's our turn to take action. Be careful not to engage in close combat!" Zhao Yun said calmly.
The 109 cavalrymen began to divide into five small groups and ran forward. During the killing, the orcs were completely unaware of the sound of horse hooves. When the last militiaman fell, the first batch of arrows had already fallen.
"Puff puff"
More than 50 orcs fell down in an instant. Before the orcs could react, the second batch of arrows also fell. "Ah!" the orcs shouted, looking at more than 50 more fallen compatriots, and looked around blankly.
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Five teams of horse archers were stationed on the hillside more than 100 meters away and fired the fifth batch of arrows.
This was also a massacre. The thin fur could not stop the sharp arrows. When the fifth batch of arrows were shot, there were only about 20 orcs left standing. They cleverly picked up the shields on the ground to defend against the arrows.
In just a few minutes, there were only about 20 of the more than 300 orcs left. The orc leader looked at the soldiers on horseback in the distance with red eyes. When did those humans learn to make sneak attacks? Don't humans always fight in an upright manner? Of course.
, this was a human holy war hundreds of years ago (a war between hundreds of tribes is called a holy war, which means a holy war for the right to survive). As the last orc fell, this massacre also ended.
The winter sun shines on the broken earth, and blood slowly seeps into the dry earth. Maybe there will be a good harvest here next year...