Chapter 1917: Hiring Sauron?

The more Ma Lin thought about it, the more he felt that he had a trick, and there was aerial reconnaissance, which was not much better than ground reconnaissance. The falcon flies high, flies fast, and has a large reconnaissance range, which is naturally much more convenient than the reconnaissance of ground scouts. If you have a falcon reconnaissance team, you can scout the enemy's movements at any time. Then, make the most advantageous arrangement.

However, after communicating with Bai Geri and others, Marin was frustrated to find that it seemed to be using a falcon to scout, which was a bit taken for granted.

Of course, this is not to say that the falcon is useless, but that there are restrictions on the conditions of use. What kind of limitations? It is the falcon that can distinguish between its own and its own, but it cannot distinguish between passers-by and enemies.

The reason why the five of them are hanging in the North American jungle is because as long as there are people hiding in the jungle, they must be enemies, and there are no their own people or passers-by. After all, the Chasseurs' request is to clear the jungle.

The Falcon doesn't have a high IQ, but at least it can recognize people. In the dense jungle, it is still very easy to find the indigenous Indians.

However, once in the populated plains, the falcon's reconnaissance was not good. Why? Because the plains are full of people, falcons have limited IQs, and they can't tell which is an ordinary person and which is an enemy army, and often gives the wrong signal.

Therefore, although falcons have been cultivated in the Tohoku region since the period of Sushen, they are rarely used in the military. The main thing is that when the hunter arrives in the densely populated area of the Central Plains, he will be confused, and when he sees all kinds of people, he can't tell which one is the enemy army. After all, falcons are just ordinary animals and don't have that much intelligence.

Marin was very disappointed when he heard this, but he thought it made sense. You must know that the Manchu Eight Banners magnates like to play eagles the most. However, I have only heard of the Manchu nobles using Haidongqing for hunting, but I have never heard of them using Haidongqing as a scout. Obviously, that's because it's not suitable.

However, in the mountains and forests, Hai Dongqing can still easily distinguish between his own people and his own people. After all, Hai Dongqing also has a certain IQ, and with the uniform uniforms of the Beihai Army, Hai Dongqing certainly recognizes it. As for the indigenous Indians, they don't have any clothes to wear, and Hai Dongqing can naturally see the difference at a glance.

According to Bai Geri and several others, after Hai Dongqing discovered the traces of the Indians in the jungle, he would fly back and hover over them, and pass on the message through circles and various flight attitudes, reporting the distance and the number of people. However, only a seasoned falconer can read these signals.

In the jungles of North America, the hidden Indians are definitely enemies to target. Therefore, it is very appropriate to use Haidongqing reconnaissance in the North American jungle.

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Marin was immediately relieved, although Haidongqing could not be used to reconnoiter the enemy situation in the densely populated plains, but it was very good to be able to use it to consult the indigenous Indians in the North American jungle.

After all, the North American jungle is too large. If you use the old hunters of the Black Forest, the speed of clearing the forest is very slow due to the slow movement and the need to guard against enemies who may be lurking in the forest.

But it's different with Hai Dongqing, Hai Dongqing flies extremely fast and has excellent eyes. Coupled with the fact that the indigenous Indians are very sassy, it is easy for Hai Dongqing to find out and warn in time.

According to Nubi, with Hai Dongqing's help, the chasseur unit could only reconnoiter and clear an area of dozens of square kilometers every day, but it suddenly increased to several hundred square kilometers.

This is also because the chasseur team is too slow to move, which drags down Hai Dongqing's reconnaissance results. After all, the Chasseurs are all on foot in the jungle and can clear up to a few hundred square kilometers in a day. If they move fast enough, they can clear thousands of square kilometers in a day.

Speaking of the question of speed in the jungle, Bai Gezhi from the Daur tribe of the Sauron Bebe had something to say:

"Marin Khan, it's too slow to walk in the jungle. If we had a horse that the people of our homeland of Sauron used to ride, they would be able to move like a fly in the jungle. ”

"The horses of the Saurons are riding? Isn't it a Mongolian horse? Marin was stunned.

Bai Geri shook his head and said:

"Great Khan, the horses of our Sauronites were indeed originally obtained from the Horqin Mongol tribes in the west. However, after many generations of our own breeding, our Sauron horses have adapted well to the life of the jungle, and are obviously different from the Mongol horses of the steppe. ”

"Our horses look no different from Mongolian steppe horses, but they are actually more adapted to life in the mountains and forests, and they are also very resistant to severe cold. They can walk swiftly through the rugged forests, cross streams with agility, and avoid the branches that cross the road and injure the knights on horseback......"

"That is, the horses of your Sauronians, though they come from Mongolia. But, after you have domesticated and cultivated, they have become very adaptable to the environment of the forest? Marin asked after thinking for a moment.

"That's right, our Sauron horses are more adapted to the jungle environment than the Mongolian horses. Our horses are much shorter than the horses of the North Sea Country, but they are more adapted to navigating the dense forest. If the Knight of Sauron is traveling in the dense forest with the sea blue, it will be easier to conquer the dense forests of the American region than the Black Forest under your command. ”

"Yes, if I have hundreds of Sauron knights under my command, I will have no problem searching and clearing the distance of hundreds of miles every day." Suha, the eldest of the four brothers from the Sauron Division, said confidently.

Suha, Balhu, Yadan, and Muren are brothers and originally lived in the Daxinganling area of Heilongjiang. Locals usually make a living from fishing and hunting, but there is also a need to exchange supplies. For example, the Saurons were in great need of iron swords, bows and arrows, as well as supplies such as iron pots, cotton clothing, and tea.

However, since the Ming Dynasty withdrew the city of Nuergan (called Temple Street in the Qing Dynasty and Nikolaevsk in later generations in Maozi) in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River near the sea during the Xuande period several decades ago, the Sauron and Jurchen people operating in the Heilongjiang River basin have lost the place to exchange goods for the future.

Subsequently, the Saurons could only obtain supplies such as ironware, cotton fabrics, and tea from the Ming Dynasty from the Mongols and Jurchens. But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty was not until the Jiajing period when Altan Khan and the Three Ladies were forced to open their borders to trade by force. At the moment, the Mongols also did not have access to supplies from the Ming Dynasty. Only the Jurchen tribes who returned to the Ming Dynasty could take the opportunity of tribute to exchange for a small amount of Ming Dynasty materials from Liaodong.

Then, the Jurchens resold the surplus supplies to the Sauronites in the north at a price several times higher. The reason why Bai Geri and the four Suha brothers became slaves of the Haixi Jurchen Yehe Department was because the five of them tried to pass through the Jurchen-controlled area and go to Liaodong to exchange supplies with the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, there were many minks in the mountains and forests where the Sauron people were located, and mink fur was also very sought after in the Ming Dynasty.

Basically, in the Tohoku at that time, the hardest currency was mink. The Jurchen region, because of its early development and large population, has mink resources that are not as good as those controlled by the Saurons in the north. However, they can also exploit the Saurons happily by being second-hand traffickers.

In the Ming Dynasty, sable skins that could be sold for dozens of taels of silver were sent casually by the Jurchens to the Sauron people for two or three taels of silver. Then, they also sold supplies for the Ming Dynasty at a high price.

The Sauron people were not reconciled, so they sent people to secretly take mink fur through the mountains and forests to the south, wanting to go to Liaodong. And from the south of the Xing'an Mountains, it happens to pass through the Jurchen control area in Haixi. However, the Jurchens of this era were also masters in the jungle. Therefore, all 5 of them failed and were captured, and became falconry slaves of the Haixi Jurchen Yehebe. Then, it was bought by Marin......

"Suha, you say, I sent someone to your hometown to hire Sauron warriors to be mercenaries for me, can I recruit people?" Listening to Suha's words, Marin's heart moved, and then asked casually......