Moments later, two more foreign awakened people were brought in, along with a French-speaking warrior.

"Ask him if he's ever encountered a half-werewolf since he crossed over?" Duan Qi asked the French camp leader first.

After the two talked for a while, the warrior replied to Duan Qi: "Battalion commander, he said that he had never seen a half-werewolf, but before us, there was a very powerful human army that came here and forcibly requisitioned more than fifty awakened people. ”

A very powerful human army? Duan Qi's thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and he groaned, "When is it?" ”

After asking, the warrior said: "About a month ago, he said that it was precisely because the most elite awakened people were requisitioned, and nearly half of the food and firewood were taken away, that they would have become what they are now, and if it weren't for us, all their ordinary people would probably have been able to survive this winter."

Duan Qi thought for a while and said, "Ask him clearly, how many people are there in the human army that came, how is the equipment, and who are the main people?" ”

After another exchange, the soldier said: "Battalion commander, he said that there are about three hundred people, the weapons and armor are all made of metal, the most are white, the military discipline is quite strict, the leader is a German, he has always hated the Germans, so he is not willing to join that army even if he is killed." ”

"Why are they forcibly recruiting the Awakened? Is it to fight against half-werewolves? ”

"I think he heard from a fellow Frenchman that there were six or seven thousand men gathered in their camps, and there were two or three thousand troops, and he didn't know much else."

"So much?" Duan Qi was slightly shocked, the last intelligence investigation showed that the most populous camp in the Taining Plain should be around four or five thousand, and the number of soldiers in battle would not exceed two thousand, but now this situation is a bit beyond expectations, not only the human camp with the number of troops reaching two or three thousand, but also an unprecedentedly powerful half-werewolf tribe.

This is naturally not good news for the expeditionary force, the reason why the last time I was able to fight against the half-werewolves with the Seven Heroes Alliance, is mainly because the Seven Heroes are all Chinese forces, and there is no barrier between them, and those countries in Europe and the United States have always had a great prejudice against China.

With Duan Qi's understanding of Liu Zhi, he must first solve the external troubles, and then find a way to quell the human infighting, and now, no one can guarantee that foreigners will not stab them in the back!

Thinking of this, Duan Qi instructed to the left and right: "Pass the order, the 234th Company will take the squad as a squad and disperse to the northwest, due north, and northeast of the camp, be vigilant against the half-werewolves attacking, and let the cavalry expand the scope of exploration, I want to see the distribution map of the forces of the half-werewolf tribe within a radius of 300 kilometers before the sun sets." ”

His big white and black bird is not a demon bird, in this low temperature condition, it can't fly long distances at all, and the flight altitude is limited, if it encounters a marksman, it will be easy to be shot down, so as soon as the expeditionary force enters the Taining Plain, he has never released a big bird, and intelligence detection depends on the cavalry squad.

"Battalion commander, a radius of 300 kilometers is too big, right? We only have about 20 cavalrymen! A guard reminded.

"The current situation is a bit grim, we must take the initiative to grasp the intelligence as soon as possible, do as I say, let them pay attention to safety, and do not fight with the enemy unless they have to, especially the half-werewolves." Duan Qi said solemnly.

"Yes."

Waiting for this pro-soldier to leave, Duan Qi turned to another pro-soldier: "Leader, when will they arrive?" ”

"It is estimated that it will be at least noon, with so many ordinary people, the speed of the march will definitely be greatly affected, and it is not bad to have half of us."

"Send a few people back and report the details to the chief."

"Yes."

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In the past three days, the expeditionary force has found a total of twenty-two human camps, most of which are not in bad condition, with the survival booklet, it should not be a problem to survive the winter, but there are also three camps like the one under their feet, it is already at the point of life and death, the expeditionary force has no time to help them rebuild most of the camps that have been devastated by the wind and snow, and they can only take them on the road, otherwise many ordinary people will freeze to death in this cold winter.

Liu Zhi's plan is to take one step at a time, if he encounters a well-developed and properly managed human camp, depending on their material reserves, he has already taught these people the method of transforming spirits, and it will only take seven or eight days at most to complete the awakening.

However, along the way, there were not many battalions with surplus food, and ordinary people walked and came, came and walked, and remained at about seven or eight hundred, and the speed of the march was slowed down by nearly half.

After receiving Duan Qi's return, Liu Zhi left the Second Dragon Battalion and rushed up with the soldiers of the Yanlong Battalion, and when it was close to noon, Liu Zhi saw Duan Qi at the gate of the camp.

Duan Qi reported the follow-up news in detail, after Liu Zhi listened, he couldn't help frowning, the situation was worse than he thought at the beginning, the cavalry team found that around the half-werewolf tribe of two thousand people, there were even four other half-werewolf tribes, which looked like military strongholds, there was no development of production, and there were no old and weak women and children, all of them were young and strong in battle, and nine times out of ten were reinforcements from other half-werewolf tribes, and the five tribes combined had a total strength of at least more than three thousand.

On the opposite side, the human camp has built a small fortress covering an area of hundreds of acres close to the Wild Fish River, and the three walls are all made of mud and sand, and they are seven or eight meters high.

Liu Zhi suspected that this fortress was built improvised, and the last time the intelligence team entered the Taining Plain, they had been rushing along the river, and this fortress was so conspicuous that it should not be noticed.

In fact, such a small fortress is not difficult to build at all, especially in the current weather, as long as there are a sufficient number of awakened people, it can be completed in two or three days at most, because there is a lot of mud and sand on the river side of the plain, and the sediment is poured into water, and the water freezes, and it will become as hard as iron and stone, and the temperature at night will reach minus thirty or forty degrees, and the speed of the city wall will be very fast, and it is not difficult to pile up two or three kilometers in one night.

The specific situation in the fortress has not been explored for the time being, but it is known that there are soldiers guarding it on three sides, and it is still continuing to build high walls.

Liu sent a team fluent in several foreign languages to negotiate with the leader of the fortress to discuss the possibility of military cooperation.

However, on the night of the same day, the cavalry in charge of receiving them reported that after the five members of the negotiation team entered the fortress, they did not come out for a long time, and it was likely that they were detained by the other party.

Liu Zhi felt that it was not impossible to do so, although the negotiation team did not bring in weapons such as hexagonal guns and hexagonal crossbows, but the protective gear worn on the body and the hexagonal dagger carried were all very sophisticated equipment, if they met a very strong leader, after finding out the details of the expeditionary force, most of them would be directly captured, and the secrets of the Yanhuang tribe would be forced to be questioned by torture, after all, this riverside fortress looks quite strong, and they have enough troops to defend it, even the half-werewolves may not be afraid, Not to mention the expeditionary force of just over a thousand.

In the morning of the next day, the negotiation team still did not return, and Liu Zhi finally decided not to wait any longer, and led the Yanlong Battalion and the Third Dragon Battalion to the fortress.

PS: Chapter 2.