164 Take the initiative

"Blackwind Canyon? It's at the northern foot of this mountain, where Bloom last found us, about three days and three nights to the northeast, where the terrain is a big canyon. The canyon is very deep, there are many caves underneath, and there are many volcanic lava flows in the depths of the caves, because of the high temperature, it has always been a production place that we dwarves like to smelt, and our tribe used to have a workshop there. Many dwarven tribes like to use the geothermal resources nearby to smelt metals there. ”

Hearing Xiao Feng's concern about the Black Wind Canyon, Groyin hurriedly explained to him that place, listening to his description, Xiao Feng imagined the situation there, it should be a volcanic activity zone, the mantle is very shallow, there is magma flowing in the shallow surface, and the local natives use the geothermal resources there to smelt metals.

"But now, it has become an orc arsenal, and after Dean and they were captured, I used to follow the orc brigade that captured them all the way, trying to rescue them. But the orcs were very well defended, and we were short of manpower, so I didn't dare to do it, I followed them all the way, and saw that they were escorted to the Black Wind Canyon, and I saw that there was now black smoke, and countless humans, elves, and dwarves were escorted there, where they worked non-stop to produce weapons and armor for the orcs, and other tools. ”

As soon as Gloyin told Xiao Feng what he knew, Xiao Feng's expression gradually became serious: "Then have you seen how many humans, elves, and dwarves can be inside?"

"I've been squatting outside the Black Wind Canyon for more than half a month, and I can see it very clearly, but I don't know the situation inside the cave, but there are more than 10,000 people who open mountains and split mines outside, and if you add the people who work metallurgically in the cave, I estimate that there will be more than 20,000 captives. ”

Groyin's math is not bad, so the number of people he told Xiao Feng is basically credible.

"What about the orcs, how many?"

"There are probably more than 3,000 of them! There are construction site supervisors, and patrols, but it may be that the opposition forces in the vicinity have been swept away, so there are not many orc troops guarding here. ”

Hearing what Ge Luoyin said, Xiao Feng couldn't help frowning, more than 3,000 people, not a few!

After breakfast the next day, Xiao Feng called several important leaders, including Friday, Kyle, Bloom, Birodis, Kayla and Groyin, to the conference room to prepare for the meeting.

"Yesterday Gloin told me that there is a Black Wind Canyon to the north, do you know?"

Kyle and Kayla both shook their heads on Friday, but Bloom and Birodis knew the place.

"It used to be the territory of the dwarven tribe, many weapons and tools were smelted by the dwarves there, there was geothermal underground, there were iron mines nearby, and there used to be a market at the entrance to the canyon. When the orcs weren't coming, elves, humans and dwarves would often trade in that bazaar. ”

Bloom added the situation again, and Xiao Feng nodded.

"Yesterday Groin told me that it has now become an orc arsenal, we have fought with orcs a few times before, and we annihilated a large group of them last time, and it is estimated that the orcs already know about our existence. They didn't come this summer, though, and I guess their army is stuck in the south fighting the Human Empire, but there's a good chance they'll come this fall, or even winter. Even if they don't come in these two seasons, they will definitely come after the beginning of spring next year. So I'm not going to sit still, I'm going to take the initiative. Our tribe is too weak now, with a total of only more than a thousand people, which is too small in number. According to Groyin, there are now more than 20,000 captives in the Black Wind Canyon, making weapons for orcs. If we attack somewhere, we can not only save a large number of humans, but also destroy their arsenals and weaken them, so I think that place is worth a visit. ”

Xiao Feng told everyone what he thought, and several people present fell silent, almost all of them had the experience of fighting with the orcs in the field, how terrible the orcs were on the battlefield, they couldn't be more clear, so everyone was a little afraid of Xiao Feng's proposal.

But reason told them that Xiao Feng's proposal was correct, and the orcs must have known about their existence and would come sooner or later.

Instead of sitting here and waiting for them to come over to conquer, it is better to sneak attack them while they don't have the energy to take care of themselves, just like Xiao Feng said, which can not only save a large number of humans, but also abolish the orc arsenal and weaken their war potential.

So after weighing the silence for a while, Knight Kyle took the lead in speaking: "I think the master's idea is great, the orcs must know about our existence, we can't sit still, we must strengthen ourselves as much as possible before they react." But there are only more than 100 of us, do you have any detailed battle plan, master?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll tell you when you get to Black Wind Canyon. ”

Seeing that Kyle agreed, the others were silent, Xiao Feng knew that they were all persuaded by himself, as for the plan, he really didn't have any plans now, the specific situation, after getting the Black Wind Canyon and surveying the scene environment, he would talk about it.

Since everyone did not object, Xiao Feng made the work assignment that day, Kayla and Birodis stayed at home, Kyle and Friday, and Groyin set off with him.

Because it was the autumn harvest season on this side of the base, and people were needed everywhere, Xiao Feng didn't plan to bring too many people, only brought more than a hundred soldiers trained by Knight Kyle, and also took dozens of dwarves to set off.

The rest of the people stayed at the base, under the supervision of Birodis and Kayla, to grasp the autumn harvest work, and a large number of various food reserves, if the rescue is successful, the population of the tribe may exceed 10,000, and it will be winter again, so many people open their mouths to eat is a big problem.

In order to save their physical strength, they rode a lot of horses this time, anyway, after the tribe began to catch wild horses and domesticate them, there was no shortage of horses in the tribe.

Knowing the terrain and opening the way in front of them, and with horses to ride, they walked smoothly, without encountering any orc patrols, and it only took seven days and seven nights to reach the Black Wind Canyon.

After finding a hidden place and setting up camp, Xiao Feng asked Ge Luoyin to take him to find a good observation point and began to check the situation in the canyon, the situation in the canyon was similar to what he predicted, with high mountains on both sides, and the ground was still below the water level, which was a geological rift.