Chapter 232 Taking Them Home
Harris is a smart man. Not only did Xu Lai not say that he wanted to leave, but he said that he would stay and accompany them to accept the baptism of the storm.
But this statement made the young humans overjoyed, but Harris clearly heard the meaning of leaving in Xu Lai's words.
It’s just that at this time, Harris couldn’t say it directly.
Harris also believes that Xu Lai did not explain directly and did not want to deceive them.
Simply because saying it directly would have a terrible impact on morale.
Harris thought seriously for a while and said: "Dear Hero, there are still supplies that the orcs have accumulated for a long time in Kuba City.
When I was sorting them out yesterday , found cattle, sheep and horses from Pingfeng Grassland.
Yesterday I found some skilled blacksmiths and started making stirrups and vests for these horses, and selected some herders from the grassland. < br>
Please believe me, although they do not have combat professions, they will not hinder you
Even if you only let them help you carry some supplies, you can last longer in the wild. How about you wait a few more days? "
Xu Lai looked at Harris in shock, obviously not expecting that Harris would tell him this, and was even prepared.
After a moment, Xu Lai looked at Yu beside him. Lan gestured, and then said to Harris: "Shall we go for a walk together? "
Yu Lan really understood Xu Lai's thoughts. Before he could use his mind control, Yu Lan stopped all the young people following Harris with a gentle smile on his face.
Xu said to walk, of course Harris could only walk
"Those war horses, cattle and sheep were all plundered from Pingfeng Grassland, right? Didn't they stay at the front line as supplies?"
Harris said: "Of course a large part was intercepted by the front line, but most of them were intercepted by the front line. The war horses and a small number of cattle and sheep were brought back.
I interrogated the prisoners. The cattle and sheep were to be transferred to the royal court for the enjoyment of the nobles in the stronghold.
As for the war horses, The orcs call themselves beast masters and want to tame these war horses.
In fact, these war horses have been raised and raised, and it is not difficult to tame them. The difficulty is that there is no supply for them in the wild land. Basic conditions for survival ”
Indeed, after Xu Lai came to the wilderness, he always used the fodder he brought with him to feed his war horses.
On those two forest farms a few days ago, Xu Lai let these war horses eat a handful of grass happily, and harvested part of it and put it in the supply truck.
Judging from the speed at which two forest farms were cultivated in the wilderness for who knows how many years, there is a high probability that horses will not be able to breed.
However, the high-level leaders of the stronghold have long seen the limitations of the wolf cavalry. If they cannot run for a long time or fight for a long time, they have lost most of the most important mobility for the cavalry.
In fact, in addition to wolf cavalry, orcs have also domesticated tigers and leopards and other wild beasts.
However, the number of tigers and leopards is so small that even if they are given more lives by some means, they will kill each other.
Because the orcs cannot provide them with sufficient food without an upper limit, they themselves will suppress the size of the group. This is inherent in their genes.
In the final analysis, the resources in the wilderness are still too poor.
Tiger and leopard are not good, their appetite is too big.
The orcs also have great ideas about Kodo beasts. Kodo are omnivorous creatures and do not tolerate meat and vegetables, so the orcs want to train Kodo knights.
They also succeeded. According to the information Xu Lai had, there was a hidden unit called the Kodo Knights in the stronghold.
However, the number of kodo beasts is too rare, even less than that of tigers and leopards. It is okay to cultivate the elite of the elite on a small scale, but it is impossible to cultivate them on a large scale.
After all these years of breeding experience, the horses that satisfy the orcs the most are still the horses from Pingfeng Grassland.
They run very fast, and even the fastest wolf can't say that it can surely beat the prairie war horse.
They have strong load-bearing capacity, and even the most common prairie war horses can easily carry a knight weighing thousands of pounds.
Their endurance is pretty good. Not to mention those 5th and 6th level noble horses, even ordinary prairie war horses can easily run for several hours.
Even if you carry the knight on your back, running for an hour or two is not a big problem.
Finally, these war horses are still very docile. Even the fiercest war horses are very well-behaved in front of the evil wolves.
The Wolf Knight looks very majestic. Most of the time, he has to serve his ancestors well. Otherwise, if they bite you back, you may not be able to beat your own mount.
Harris continued: "The orcs have been thinking about the grassland for more than a day or two.
This time the stronghold provoked the empire and brought back a large number of hard workers, but old guys like us were secretly plundered by the orcs a few years ago.
They have always wanted to cultivate new types of cavalry, so they also take special care of their war horses. The war horses captured in the front are either transported directly to the royal court or sent to nearby big cities to be raised.
There are forest farms near Kuba City and Siqiang, so many horses were sent to these two cities. "
"How many? ”
Xu Lai asked the most critical question.
Harris said: "The requirements of the orcs are not low, and they don't like pack horses.
I asked the herdsmen to check them carefully. Most of the pack horses are not in good health and need to be recuperated before they can be used. If you are carrying people or objects, it should not be a big problem if the load is less than 100 kilograms.
There are fewer horses in the second and third levels. The most are the fourth-level grassland war horses, with more than 150 horses, and the remaining 50 are fifth-level and fourth-level horses. A level 6 war horse.
Level 3 or above is the standard for intermediate level. After the intermediate level, the physical fitness and endurance of both humans and animals are greatly improved.
I made the final statistics. Next, starting from level 4, the number of healthy and energetic war horses is around 160, and there are more than 40 pack horses.”
Xu Lai nodded and said, "How many people do you want me to take away?" Harris already had an answer to this question. He said without hesitation: "40 pack horses to carry things, 160 war horses to carry people, Please take away 160 people.”
Not counting other races and camps, there should only be about 500 people in the battle in Mercury Town before the humans passed through.
Later, many hard workers were brought back from the forest farms and stone quarries. The total number of human beings had already exceeded a thousand, probably less than a thousand and a half.
Taking away 160 people is equivalent to taking away one-tenth. This request is not excessive.
However, Xu Lai was silent for a while and then said: "Pick half, I will take 80 people away."
Seeing what else Harris wanted to say, Xu Lai waved his hand and said: "I have to tell you , even if I take them away now, I will not go back to the grassland.
I am still fighting outside the city, and it may be more dangerous than what you have with the protection of the city wall.
And what we captured. Although there are many armors and weapons, they may not all fit.
These 80 people and their horses are all required to wear armor.
Their joining cannot affect the mobility of the troops, so I require them to have one person and two horses.
So, these 80 people must have very good riding skills. The minimum riding level must be level 5. Those who have been on the battlefield are given priority. At the worst, they must have received certain military training.
This is my minimum request. I want to take them home, not take them to die. "
Harris lowered his head and murmured: "I listen to you, please take them home. What they carry is also our hope. "
Xu Lai sighed and said: "Don't be discouraged, keep at it, you will have a chance after all.
I'll stay for one more day, and you can choose the people and say goodbye to them.
After leaving the city this time, if there is no accident, we probably won’t come back again.
Also, don’t be racist. Just ask the elves and ask them to pick out a few who are good at riding.
This time the orcs invaded the grassland, thanks to the elves, who traveled thousands of miles to support us. "
Harris nodded and said: "I understand, the human race will not treat our allies badly. ”
Having said this, Xu Lai finally fell silent.
After standing for a long time, Xu Lai patted the other party on the shoulder and said: "Old Ha, you go ask again and see if they have any relatives alive. If so, find someone to write a few letters. Letters.
People may not be able to take them out, but I will definitely bring these letters for you.”
Harris smiled and said, “That’s great, that’s the case. , we old guys have nothing to regret if we die."
Xu Lai opened his mouth to speak, but he really had no choice but to take them away.
Taking these nearly ten thousand people with them, we have to walk thousands of kilometers of wild roads and cross the dozens of kilometers of Pingfeng Mountains.
Not to mention that the orcs would not watch them leave, even if there was no one to stop them along the way, he might not be able to take half of them back.
The first thing to bear the brunt is supplies. Even if everyone carries their weight to the limit and only brings food and water, it will be difficult for them to get home.
Not to mention the weather in the wilderness, it is impossible to go back alive without clothes and coal.
Xu Lai finally stayed in Kuba City for another night.
The longer he stayed, the stronger the lingering shadow in his heart became, as if there was a sharp sword hanging above his head, and no one knew when it would fall.
For Xu Lai now, even if the sword really falls, it may not be able to kill him.
But it is this feeling of knowing that there is danger but not knowing when it will come that is the most irritating.
Xu Lai tossed and turned last night and finally managed to fall asleep in the middle of the night.
When it was dark in the morning, Xu Lai got up and gathered all the knights.
After following Xu Lai around all the time, these knights finally recovered their condition in the past two days.
At the city gate in the early morning, rows of knights were fully armed, holding two horses, and lined up on both sides of the road in an orderly manner.
Harris, who probably didn’t sleep much all night, said to Xu Lai with disheveled hair:
“Your Excellency, hero, why don’t you let the children have a bowl of hot soup before setting off. It’s so early in the morning. Yes, we haven’t had breakfast yet.”
Xu Lai shook his head and asked loudly: “Have you fed your horses?”
"Feeded"
"Feeded"
The sparse reply made Xu Lai very dissatisfied.
“Are you hungry?”
“Not hungry!”
The wilderness is very hot during the day. No one has taken care of them these days, and many livestock have died.
In addition, these hard workers have been abused for a long time. Now it is rare that there is no control. Of course, they can eat freely.
Xu Lai said to Harris: "The horses have been fed, they are not hungry, and they will not be cold when the sun comes out later, so there is no need to drink the hot soup.
We will leave later. After that, the whole city will immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and you must centralize and manage all supplies.”
(End of this chapter)