Before leaving, Yi Ye had been in the city for a long time before he could pick a suitable crossbow, so that he wouldn't have to do the stupid thing like last time, although Yi Ye was a melee fighter before that.

Natagunat village

Early in the morning, while the sun is not so scorching, the villagers come out to work one after another, because there are not many plants that can be planted in the desert, in addition to planting a small amount of wheat grape cactus to ensure that they are not starved to death, to support the family also have to rely on animal husbandry income, and the income of animal husbandry is mainly to raise camels, of course, other domestic animals can also be raised, but the general breed is not good to adapt to this harsh environment, and the cost of a better breed is very high, the desert area is inaccessible, and the caravan will come less and the transaction volume will be less.

Although the villagers are not very rich, but they are not starving to death, and the daily work is not too complicated, the villagers here have the lowest amount of labor, occasionally desert robbers come to patronize, want to plunder something, but their lord is not bad, stationed in the village nearly a hundred light cavalry, not only to resist the sand bandits, but also to play a role of supervision. The only thing they need to worry about is the Count of Asogan in Asogan Fort, the Earl can take this place without much effort, but the village chief is not stupid, he has arranged a large number of patrols around the village in groups of three or two, they can take refuge with everything before the enemy arrives, they don't have many resources, this can be done. But who wants to come to this wilderness?

At about ten o'clock, the sun is about to rise overhead, the heat is gradually coming, the work in the hands of the villagers is almost finished, they take three steps and make two steps to rush to the house, everyone in the village lives in earthen houses, even the village chief is no exception, this kind of earthen house is only two stories high at most, very heat-resistant, but can not touch the water, but where does the water come from in the desert area.

There are vultures circling in the sky, and in the middle of this desert, the small carcasses of lizards and scorpions are far from satisfying their needs, and occasionally there are carrion of camels to feed them, but most of the time they eat human carcasses. As a result, desert areas that appear to be the most unhygienic are the ones with low disease prevalence.

At noon, when the sun rises overhead, this is the most fatal time, the desert is calm and there is no sign of life, and even the super heat-resistant camels have to stop for a few rests. Although Yi Ye had only just entered the border of the desert region, he still felt the malice from the desert, and he had to pause at the foot of a mountain to avoid being evaporated in the desert.

Sharez City – The domain of the Sultan of Hakim

The Sultan of Hakim gathered here with almost all his vassals. According to the Sultan's spies, the Duchy of Rhodok was making plans to attack Fort Veyha, and the city of Shariz was on the far left side of the kingdom, and further left was a large lake, so there was not much to worry about - the Lodok were weak at sea, and even if they were to use the whole country, they would not pose much of a threat to Sharitz. The main concern was Fort Wiyeha, in the north of the capital, which was an extremely important line of defense, both the first and the last. As for why the capital is in such a dangerous position, this is related to extremely large political factors.

Hakim Sultan is also playing with his wishful thinking. As a result of the recruitment of the Kugit Empire, it took no effort to incorporate Fort Lundia, Halma, and Fort Ahoon into his kingdom, allowing Salander to leave the desert region for the first time in decades and advance into the resource-rich plains. For this, Hakim Sultan also paid a considerable price. All that is needed now is to wait here to see if the Rhodoks will attack the Fort of Wiyeha as accurately as the intelligence, and if they don't, then it will be fine, the Sultan of Hakim will send his army north to deal with Kugit.

The city of Dukuba – the central city of Saland

The city of Dukuba is one of the most treasured places in the desert, far from the war, and is home to a large lake that is rich in precious flora and fauna. Another big advantage is that it is far less hot and dry than the rest of the desert, which attracts a large number of people, and going to Dukuba is the dream of almost all areas living in the desert. Even though there are some horror legends here, including the resurrection of the dead, the living dead at dawn, and the giant talking lizard, they are not worth mentioning compared to the advantages of Dukuba City.

"Are you sure?"

"Be sure that the man is the chosen one. But it's a bit ......."

"Say."

He didn't react to the flag. Other than that, all other conditions are met. ”

"Then execute it." A tightly wrapped man moved his hands succinctly and forcefully.

A long time passed at noon, the sun became less scorching, the villagers came out to work one after another, the hard days continued, they were looking forward to the arrival of a caravan, even if it was a small caravan, they were satisfied with only food and water, many villagers had a lot of dried fur stored in their homes, air-dried meat, the skin and meat were easy to dry, this is one of the few advantages of the desert, this dried skin was warm and they could not use it, although the jerky was delicious, but if you traded with the caravan, you could exchange it for twice or more food. Since the only main route was strictly controlled by Asoganburg, it had been a long, long time since a caravan had been seen. It is possible for the caravan from the country to come, but who will come to this village where there is no money to make, and it is obviously impossible to do charity. If this village wants to develop, it is necessary to have a truce with Kugit, although there is no truce between the two countries, it is estimated that it will be a sure thing in a few days or dozens of days, and there will definitely be a truce after this big war, which is inevitable. Even the villagers can feel it.

The village chief was busy dealing with a couple's grievances, the desert hounds barked, and the soldiers standing guard yawned deeply. Everything was so normal, until a large black figure appeared in the east. The village chief and the soldiers standing guard showed a more complicated expression, if this was a caravan from afar, the soldiers patrolling outside would definitely come to report in advance, but there was no news before that, if they were invaders, then there should be news first, the only possibility, dozens of patrolling squads were killed, no matter how to say that no one came back, it was too suspicious. The village gave a look to the village to sound the alarm.

All the villagers began to mobilize urgently, but because they did not receive information in advance, the enemy came quickly, and the villagers did not have time to evacuate, because the advance troops of the invaders had already rushed to a distance of less than a kilometer from the village gate. The soldiers stationed here hurriedly responded to the battle, and they hurriedly put on their equipment and mounted their horses.

"Whoosh." Soon the mounted archers surrounded the village and kept shooting arrows in their hands.

The leader of the defenders rushed out with his troops and made a big cut from the main entrance of the village, but to no avail, and after they broke through, the remaining cavalry archers filled up their positions, and the cavalry archers numbered more than two hundred, while the defenders were less than a hundred. What made their scalps tingle even more was that not far away, more than two hundred cavalrymen charged with spears. The defenders could not resist, and they dodged on both sides, releasing the avenue into the village. The cavalry archers let out a gap, and the cavalry entered the village safely.

While the guards were still calculating, another wave of cavalry and infantry struck in the distance, and it was clear that it was the most elite troops, each wearing exquisite armor and holding extended cavalry spears, shining in the sun. The guards were too weak to do so, so they rushed to their subordinate castle Shavara to report the situation and ask for help.

Yi Ye didn't chase them, he could have caught up with them and killed most of them.

Although the guards fled, the village still had its own guards, and they began to resist to the death, but this confidence was gradually broken, and after Bestur's troops gathered, Fatis's troops soon arrived, and finally Yi Ye returned on a tall red horse, which was so large that it approached the total number of people in the village.

The village chief trembled and held the weapon in his hand, with anger in his eyes but nowhere to vent, he didn't dare to move, because the first few people who were about to fire the bow and arrow in their hands had already been pierced through their bodies by crossbow arrows. Yi Ye tied up these people, and with a gesture, he signaled to move the things quickly.

Yi Ye rode around the village on horseback, this place is actually not too bad, at least in the border villages that Yi Ye has seen, it is quite peaceful, in this harsh environment, they still have dozens of cows, a few black and white cows. If there is no war with the Kugit, it will be a small fortune to sell them to the Kugit region, which is a favorite of cattle trained in this environment, probably because of the more muscular and more meaty ones. Of course, all this was slowly disappearing - Yi Ye's men were busy moving whatever supplies they could take with the village, and for that, the Count had prepared enough carriages for him. The guards of the village were completely under control and handed over the weapons in their hands, except for the few people who wanted to shoot the bows and arrows in their hands were pierced through the body, there were no more casualties, compared to the plundering of other lords, Yi Ye was already very merciful.

It won't be long before the defenders of Shawara Fort support here, so Yi Ye must leave immediately, and the small amount of food left behind is the last straw for this village, and it is also the last trace of mercy that Yi Ye retains. The ten carriages were almost overloaded, and Yi Ye "returned triumphantly", but his mood was a little suffered, there was no doubt that this was affected by the overall morale, although this was not a big disrespect, but it was contrary to what Yi Ye had said, and it was inevitably a little uncomfortable. Only the hundreds of people that Yi Ye recruited from that training ground were not affected, they only joined because they valued Yi Ye's ability, so what they did didn't matter. One by one, they were smiling and happy that they had plundered so many resources. It's like working a month and getting your own salary, which is a normal thing.