Chapter 48 Material Transport Team
Late at night.
The lights are still on in the bedroom of Bogner, the head of the village.
"Tell him, it's still the secret route that I said before, and it's up to you whether you can succeed this time, and I'm only responsible for giving you information. But I also want to remind you that people should not act too much, and pretend to be an accident, otherwise Ming Xiu's old fox is not easy to fool. ”
"I'll tell you, who is the guy moored at the VIP pier today?"
"A Chosen One named Arbiter, he brought nearly 3,000 pieces of weapons and equipment, I will arrange for them to be transported together, and you will be paid twice as much this time, which is a huge risk to help you."
"I'll tell you, and I'm sure I'll give you a satisfactory answer."
"Also, don't deal with the Chosen One in the village."
"Why?"
"Because Minglian is closer to him."
"I understand what you mean, don't worry, you won't be able to control it after you leave the city."
"I'd love to see you teach him a lesson, even if it's the chosen one, it hurts to die once."
"As you wish."
A dark figure quietly opened the door and quickly melted into the night.
After a few minutes, another black shadow quietly left in the bushes in the corner.
"Your Excellency, you guessed right, Bogner is indeed a spy."
Mike took off his black scarf and recounted the conversation he had heard.
"That's the last thing I want."
The speculation was confirmed, but Lu Cheng couldn't be happy, how many spies like Bogner were there in this cheating father's Sang Lai country? To save the country, not only do you have to carry Condi and the players, but you also have to guard against internal spies, the difficulty is not as simple as doubling, this is a teammate who is more cheating than the legendary schoolboy teammates, and teaming up with such teammates to avoid being pitted to death is considered God bless.
As it turns out, there is still a long way to go to save Sanglai.
"Do you need to tell Minglian?" Mike asked.
"Not for the time being, as soon as we started cooperating, we told her that there was a spy within Sanglai, which would bring some unnecessary trouble to the follow-up cooperation, and there is no substantial evidence to prove that Bogner is a traitor." Lu Cheng shook his head and denied the suggestion.
"Shall we do nothing, then?" Mike asked, puzzled.
"Of course not, tomorrow I will convince Minglian to let me go to Sanglai City with the team transporting supplies."
"Your Excellency, you are not safe like this! They said they were going to send people to kill people and sell goods!" Mike said anxiously.
"It's okay, I'll bring all 20 elite militiamen, you heard it, they won't send too many people, as long as they deal with it properly, I won't be in much danger." Lu Cheng waved his hand.
"Why don't you let me go?"
"No, the main reason I went this time was to meet their governor Ming Xiu, it's useless for you to go." Lu Cheng explained why.
In the early hours of the next morning.
"Lord Arbiter, why did you find the little girl so early?" Minglian asked with sleepy eyes.
"I would like to take a trip to Sanglai City with the convoy that left in the morning to meet your Governor Mingxiu."
"Oh, yes, I'll just go to Bogner and talk to him."
"Minglian, I don't think I need to tell anyone else about this matter, you know that I came here this time mainly to understand the situation so that I can give more support to Sang Lai Guo in the future, and Kandi Guo definitely doesn't want me to support you safely and steadily, so the fewer people who know my whereabouts, the better, I believe that you don't need to go through Bogner to arrange me into the transport team in your status." Lu Cheng said bluntly.
"My lord, what are you ......" Minglian didn't understand why Lu Cheng suddenly became serious, "Okay, I trust the judgment of the adult, I will arrange it immediately, my lord, please be sure to put safety first, no matter what accident happens to you, it is not what we Sang Laiguo wants." ”
"Don't worry, I'll take my guard." Lu Cheng softened his tone.
A quarter of an hour later, Minglian arranged Lu Cheng and 20 elite militiamen into the material transport team in the name of guarding, Sanglai City is more than 30 kilometers to the west, but because of the way to avoid mountains, forests, swamps and other places, the actual distance is much farther than 30 kilometers, the team leader Cody said when he set off that he is expected to arrive in Sanglai City until tomorrow afternoon.
The transport team has a total of more than 50 carriages and more than 100 wheelbarrows, and there are more than 300 civilians responsible for pulling goods, and the guard force is more than 100 defenders drawn from the villages, and the equipment of the defenders is very ordinary. From the territory of Sanglai, almost all the Sanglai soldiers I saw were iron weapons and equipment, and from this aspect, the equipment of Sanglai was several grades worse than that of Lu Cheng, so I don't know what the level of equipment in Kangdi was.
In order not to be conspicuous, Lu Cheng and the 20 militiamen put on a cloak, smeared some dirt on the armor on their bodies, and the armor was not so shiny, and the weapons were also inserted into the scabbard so that they were not exposed.
But even so, Lu Cheng and the others still aroused the interest of Simon, the leader of the escort team.
"Is this the first time the brothers have taken this path?" Simon took a few steps closer and looked Lu Cheng up and down.
Lu Cheng nodded: "Yes, we were entrusted by Miss Minglian to go to Sanglai City. ”
Simon chuckled and said, "Just now I saw that Miss Minglian was very respectful of her brothers. ”
"Miss Minglian is well-cultivated, we are a mercenary army, and we went to Sanglai City this time mainly to discuss cooperation with Governor Mingxiu."
Simon showed a clear expression: "I see, you brothers are willing to help me when the disaster of Sanglai is coming, and I Simon is here to express my gratitude. ”
Simon bowed.
"Team Leader Simon, is this transportation route usually safe?"
Lu Cheng inquired about the news.
"You can rest assured, this road is a secret passage for us to transport important materials, and the transportation of other ordinary materials is a different road, so it is relatively safe." Simon said confidently.
"That's good." Lu Cheng nodded slightly, he knew that there was an ambush in front of him, but he couldn't tell Simon directly, "Simon Leader, I heard Bogner say that a lot of Condi's spies have been found in the village recently, so just in case, we should still be prepared." ”
"Of course, this batch of materials is said to be very important, and people will be arranged to come out to meet them in Sanglai City." Simon is still more optimistic.
"Team Leader Ximen, in order to show the sincerity of cooperation, several of us are also willing to guard the surrounding environment for the transportation team."
Seeing this, Lu Cheng could only take the initiative to ask to take over the vigilance task.
"Yes, there are a few brothers." Simon said with satisfaction, although he didn't feel any danger along the way, he also welcomed the idea of raising the safety factor.
"You're welcome."
After Simon walked away, Lu Cheng called Li Tiezhu, the leader of this militia team, and the escort team that Chiyan specially arranged for him was the elite of the elite, and Li Tiezhu was Chiyan's most satisfactory subordinate, Chiyan thought that Li Tiezhu's foundation was better, and he even hoped to become a warrior above the ground level (expert, master, grandmaster) in the future, and now Li Tiezhu has also reached the threshold of being a trainee warrior to a junior warrior, as long as he learns a skill, he can advance smoothly.
Of course, Lu Cheng doesn't have a single skill book, and there is no trace of the skill book in the exchange, even if some players get it, they will consider using it for their own use to enhance their strength.
"My lord, what do you want me to say?" Li Tiezhu is nearly 1.9 meters tall and very burly, and in the previous bandit sieges, attacks on kobolds and extermination of robbers, Li Tiezhu played excellently, killing more than 30 enemies, and the weapon was a perfect dwarf steel sword specially created by Chiyan for the elite of the elite, but Lu Cheng felt that this dwarf sword was almost the same as a short knife for Li Tiezhu, and he had to get some new weapon drawings, and the dwarf's equipment was still not very suitable for the human race, and it was shorter.
"Tiezhu, you take 10 people to the front of the convoy to reconnoitre. Remember, I'm sure there's no going to be an enemy ambush in front of you, but we can't tell the convoy directly, so you'll have to find the enemy in ambush and bring back the news. Lu Cheng ordered.
"Yes!" Li Tiezhu took over the task without hesitation.
"Also, pay attention to safety, you just need to find the enemy, don't fight, in case you are really forced to fight, you must also send someone to bring back the news first." Lu Cheng commanded again.
"Master Xie, we will definitely live up to our mission."
Li Tiezhu quickly rushed to the front of the transport team with more than 10 people, because it was only not far from the city, and the enemy in ambush should not be nearby, and it was more likely to intercept it halfway, so Lu Cheng focused on the transport team again.
What attracted Lu Cheng the most was the carriage in the transport team, because the current means of transportation in the territory were only wheelbarrows, and the gap between them and horse-drawn carriages was a bit huge.
【Unicycle】A small manpower vehicle with a maximum load of 100 kg (4 groups), a maximum speed of 3 kilometers per hour, and no resource consumption.
【Small transport carriage】A small two-wheeled carriage with a maximum load of 500 kg (20 groups), a maximum speed of 6 kilometers per hour, and a resource consumption: 50 units of grain per day.
The load capacity and speed of the carriage are stronger than the wheelbarrow more than a cut, although the wheelbarrow has no resource consumption, but the person who pulls the cart has consumption, and according to the calculation of each person consumes 50 units of food consumption per day, the wheelbarrow transports half of the materials and the other half is its own consumption of food, the economic transportation radius is 2 days of travel, according to the calculation of 12 hours a day, that is, a maximum of 72 kilometers.
Similarly, the small transport carriage is also calculated according to half of the material and half of the consumption, and the calculation is based on the daily consumption of 150 units of food for one person and one horse, and the economic transportation radius is a distance of up to 240 kilometers in 3.3 days.
And considering that top speed cannot be achieved on many rough terrains, the advantage of horse-drawn carriages over unicycles will only be greater.
There are only wheelbarrows for sale on the exchange, there are no carriages or even horses for sale, the current player's transportation capacity is still relatively weak, and the economic transportation radius of the wheelbarrow is also the current player's activity radius, and if it is a combat operation, it will be greatly discounted, Lu Cheng has clearly felt the logistical difficulties in the kobold and robber battles, if the combat distance is farther and the intensity is greater, Lu Cheng may not be able to support it.
Therefore, the capabilities of the means of transport also determine the strike capabilities of the army.
Lu Cheng decided that when he met Governor Ming Xiu, he must try to buy a batch of carriages to go back.