Chapter 12: Territory

Su Lun was not surprised by the results, in his opinion, this was just a normal performance, and the weapons of the two sides were very different, just like a Han and a Wuhu in the history of the previous life, in addition to being well-trained, he relied on equipment to crush him.

The convoy began to move forward again, and after this time of purging, there was no tail peeking around, and the mercenaries in the convoy also became in awe of Su Lun, the noble lord, and even the speed of the convoy increased a lot.

After five days of advancing in the wilderness, the convoy had entered the depths of the wilderness, which was already three hundred miles away from the nearest Black Rock City. According to the requirements of the Pioneer Order, Suren could only demarcate territory if it was more than 100 kilometers away from the city. In fact, he had already exceeded it, and the extra area was reserved by him for the future development of the territory.

The size of the territory is not delineated in the development order, theoretically speaking, as long as you have the strength, you can enclose the land in the wilderness at will, of course, this is only theoretical, in fact, since the rise of the pioneer movement until now, the largest piece of the territory has not exceeded three hundred miles, because the deeper you go into the wilderness, the stronger the monsters encountered.

It is said that someone has seen a dragon in the wilderness, and of course this news has not been confirmed, but it is true that there are dragons in the depths of the wilderness, and this news is verified by the blood of a pioneer nobleman.

This unlucky nobleman, when he was exploring his territory, broke into the territory of the Earth Walking Dragon, and then after he had already built a preliminary camp, more than two hundred Earth Walking Dragons directly razed his territory to the ground. The lowest level of the earth-walking dragon is also a medium-level magical creature, and the powerful one of them has inherited the terrifying dragon breath spitting ability, and this kind of earth-walking dragon has to take a detour even if it is a titled knight. Only a legendary knight can deal with magical creatures of this level.

The convoy finally stopped on the dirt slope surrounded by two rivers, which was actually only five or six meters higher than the surrounding plain at the highest point, and the area was not small, surrounded by two rivers, forming a flat alluvial plain here. Also because of the silt, the land here is extraordinarily fertile, and it is not necessary to cultivate it for several years before it becomes a ripe field, as is the case with other lands in the wilderness.

The area of the plain is not small, Su Lun estimated that if this plain is fully reclaimed, there will be at least fifty or sixty thousand acres, as long as it can gain a firm foothold here, relying on these lands, it is not a problem to feed tens of thousands of people, this land can be called a treasure land of feng shui.

Suren soon decided to build his castle here.

Theoretically, as long as Suren sets up a camp here, it will be his territory around him, and how much he can control depends on his army.

Of course, the natives who live in this land do not recognize the rules of human beings, and if they want to truly control the territory, they need to have a strong army to 'reason' with them.

In nature, lions and tigers will leave their own scents on the edge of their territory when they demarcate their territory, such as peeing, as a warning to other lions and tigers not to cross the line. As for humanity and indigenous people, nature cannot use this way, and the only way is war.

If you win, you are the boss of this land, and if you lose, get out of here, or you won't even have a chance to run.

Once the decision was made to set up camp here, the convoy began to get busy, and soon a makeshift camp of tents was erected on the desolate river beach.

Suren was going to build his future castle on the dirt slope by the river, which was the highest point of the plain, and Suren had just gone over to check where the hard soil was suitable for building a city.

Although the wilderness looks desolate, it is actually very rich, and the two rivers have a lot of fish, which makes Suren happy, which means that he can save a lot of food.

The mercenaries in the convoy have rich experience in wild camping, and the barbarians are even more masters of survival in the wild, and soon they caught a lot of fish from the river, and after a simple cleaning and disemboweling, one by one the fresh fish were thrown into the pot.

The barbarians searched for some wild onions and ginger and other spices in the wilderness, and boiled them with salt, and it didn't take long for a strong fragrance to waft above the camp. Even Suren felt the worms in his stomach tumbling.

Ten days after leaving the city of Carthus, Suren once again enjoyed a delicious meal.

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This is the impact plain between the Hongsha River and the Baishui River, the abundant water makes this land very fertile, the winding river is like a long snake circling over the earth, on both sides of the river is a dense reed, from time to time there are some wild ducks and water birds flying in the reeds, the whole picture looks very peaceful.

On the dirt slope in the distance, a simple camp was being built in a hurry, and in addition to building a wall, Suren had to build enough warm houses here before winter, and the winter wasteland was still very cold.

Cold snaps from the Far North Ice Sheet can freeze goblin kobolds into ice sculptures, and humans are no exception. Su Lun brought a total of more than a hundred people this time, except for the barbarians, the rest were mercenaries and some slaves he bought.

With only these people, even if Suren had mercenaries and barbarians join the construction, it would be difficult to build a camp for a while. But it's not impossible, there are plenty of human resources in the wilderness, and although those goblin kobolds are scum, they can still carry stones, cut down trees, and dig foundations.

So after the fence of the camp was erected, Suren took the group of barbarians to capture the slaves, and the mercenaries stayed here to watch over the house, in case the camp was attacked when Suren was no more. Although these mercenaries are not as good as the barbarians, they are more than enough to rely on the fence for defense.

With these fences in place, even gnolls and troll ogres will be able to hold out for a while, and as soon as the camp signals it, Suren will soon lead the barbarians to the rescue.

Soon Suren led the barbarians to clear the wilderness within a radius of five kilometers with the camp as the center, and the surrounding goblins, kobolds, and gnolls were unlucky.

The surrounding tribes were all small, and in the face of a barbarian army of more than thirty people and heavily armed barbarians, there was no ability to resist at all, and often only needed a charge from the barbarians, and the tribe was directly dispersed.

But this time, Suren was not there to kill or injure the enemy, but to capture the slaves, and the goblins and kobolds who fled in all directions were not so easy to capture.

Suren could only divide the barbarians into two teams, he led one team to attack, and then had Johnson lead the other team to ambush them on the way to escape, so as to capture the slaves as much as possible.