Chapter 60, Judgment and Advantage
Having experienced the effects of garlic firsthand, the scout's eyes obviously changed when he looked at the garlic in his hand, and his mood became a little tangled.
Seeing this, Luo Ji laughed twice, "The garlic is given to you, which is considered a reward for your mission." ”
"Really? Thanks Chief! The scout was overjoyed by the reward, imagining if he could throw a clove of garlic into his mouth when he was out on a mission and was frozen and stiff......
However, he hadn't finished thinking about it yet, and Luo Ji, who seemed to realize something, hurriedly spoke again, "Oh yes, let me remind you, when you are on a mission, you must not eat this." ”
"Huh? Why? He had just thought it was quite beautiful, but in the blink of an eye, the leader reminded him not to eat when he was on a mission, which couldn't help but make him a little confused.
Luo Ji also reminded him casually, but he didn't expect to let him say it, and he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, "You can just breathe out and smell it yourself." ”
According to Luo Ji's words, he exhaled casually and sniffed it, and then, his whole face suddenly turned blue, "Hmm, this smell ......"
"Got it? The smell is too strong. ”
After seeing that the other party was almost resting, Luo Ji quickly shifted the topic to business, only to see the scout quickly spread out the map he was carrying, and then pointed to a mark somewhere on the map, obviously, when he found the location of the other party's tribe, he had already found an opportunity to mark the map.
"This position ......" Looking at the position the other party was pointing to, Luo Ji's brows became tighter and tighter, "The periphery of the woods on the west side?" ”
"Yes." The scout nodded, "Starting from the tribe, it will take about half a day to travel if you are familiar with the terrain, we have been to reconnoiter the original area, there was no tribe stationed there at that time, and the other party is afraid that the other party migrated after that." ”
"What about the number of people? Have you checked this? Luo Ji asked, this position is a bit delicate, to be honest, it already feels like it will get in the way of each other, although it has just accepted more than thirty newcomers, but if it is a small tribe, Luo Ji has already decided in his heart to forcibly swallow it.
"Judging by the tents in the camp, I'm afraid there are forty or fifty ......," the scout's voice paused slightly, "and besides, I also saw people in that tribe with stone axes and stone spears. ”
Luo Ji's pupils shrank significantly when he heard the news, "Is it the tribe that we forcibly drove away last time?" ”
"Probably not." The Scout shook his head, "I didn't see any familiar faces in the other tribe. ”
Luo Ji's heart sank, to be honest, this answer is even worse, the previous tribe, considering the strength of the young leader, is naturally not easy to deal with, but the other party already knows how powerful they are, deter, maybe you don't have to fight, the other party will leave obediently, after all, you know that you can't fight, but you still want to fight, isn't that your own guilt?
But now this situation has made Luo Ji know a news that he doesn't want to know at all, that is, the stone axe and stone spear have completely spread in this area, he didn't expect it to be so fast, the source is their Spiegel tribe, but the reason is definitely the tribe that they drove away in the first place.
This situation represents that the combat effectiveness of this barbarian in this ancient era is rising, although Luo Ji has already made the big killing weapon of the slingling in advance in order to continue to maintain his superiority in weapons and equipment.
But to tell the truth, the making of the slings is not difficult at all, which means that after seeing it a few times, it is very likely that the other party will learn it......
Thinking of this, a pressure arose, for Luo Ji at this moment, the tribe on the periphery was actually not too much of a threat, what made him feel the threat was this whole situation, after the advantage of his own weapons and equipment was gone, could he still maintain his winning streak? For this question, Luo Ji can only draw a question mark, because weapon superiority is his biggest reliance at present!
"No, I have to create weapons that these natives can't imitate in a short period of time, so as to maintain a long-term advantage......" With this thought, Luo Ji's first thought was the bow and arrow that he temporarily threw aside because of the frustration in his research.
Compared with the sling, the accuracy of the bow and arrow is obviously higher, and the range is also longer, and the slender arrow is much lighter to carry than the basket of heavy stone bullets, which basically does not affect the efficiency of the march.
At the same time, the most important point is that bows and arrows are difficult to be learned by the natives of other barbarian tribes in a short period of time, although it looks simple, but in fact, the workmanship and selection of materials are very particular, it is by no means something that can be learned by looking at a few glances, as long as the bow and arrow can be successfully manufactured, it is enough for Luo Ji to maintain his weapon advantage for a long time!
In addition, there is actually a study of armor, and the animal skin that only focuses on keeping warm obviously cannot be called armor, but he has to think about these things slowly later.
After signaling the scout to go back to his tent to rest first, Luo Ji called Luo Yong and Zhao Pan over, signaling them to pay attention to the location on the west side when arranging patrols, and clearly told the two that there were other tribes over there.
Hearing this, Luo Yong's face was full of eagerness, "Patriarch, do you want to do it?" ”
"There's no hurry." Luo Ji waved his hand, "The more than 30 people we just won haven't had time to arrange, and now we are going to fight with this tribe, it's too unwise, pay attention to guarding against them first, let's slow down for a while, as long as the other party doesn't cross the line and doesn't take the initiative to provoke us, just leave them alone, and pay attention to hiding the slingers, after all, it's a hole card, and that tribe, and then it will definitely be inevitable to play a game, one more hole card, one more chance of winning." ”
Luo Ji's decision made Luo Yong a little depressed, but Zhao Pan, who also paid more attention to tactics and the overall situation, nodded quite understandingly.
"Okay, that's all I have to say, you can continue to train." After watching Luo Yong and Zhao Pan leave, Luo Ji ran to the Ordnance Department again, signaling them to continue to study the 'bow and arrow', and ordered the first-level ordnance research and development to know if it could come in handy.
Then Luo Ji, who returned to his tent, quickly turned out a piece of animal skin, intending to ponder the problem of armor, the first thing that came to mind was obviously leather armor, what they were wearing now, although they were all animal skins, but it was 108,000 miles away from leather armor, and there was no defense at all, if he remembered correctly, it seemed that he was going to go through some kind of hardening treatment......