90. Preemptively

Château Prelly.

In Kasya's study hung a large map, which was not precise, but only roughly marked the outline of Brettnia and the surrounding counties, as well as the names of the counties and other cities within each county, as well as the more prosperous towns. In addition, there are also mountains and rivers, which are also represented in an easy-to-understand way.

At this time, Kashya looked at the map, his brow furrowed.

The caravan that fled into Kasha's territory to escape the centaur attack brought bad news for Kasha.

Apparently because last year's winter was colder than usual, the Gobi steppe off the southern border of the kingdom was hit by a rare cold snap, and no green shoots emerged from the grasslands until the beginning of spring. As a result, the 'Gobi walkers' who roamed the country had to flock to the southern counties in large numbers to raid in order to make a living. Some of the territorial nobles in the neighboring counties have already suffered heavy losses due to the underestimation of the extent of the centaur invasion, and the lords and nobles who have suffered serious losses have even been plundered and destroyed except for the castle that is still preserved as a lair, and even this year's spring ploughing has also been affected.

To make matters worse, because of the carelessness of these guys, there was a gap in what should have been an invulnerable defensive line. A large number of centaur tribes penetrated deep into the southern counties from this gap, causing a stir in the rear of the nobles of the county's territory, leaving the nobles in a precarious situation.

Moreover, the number of centaur tribes that invaded this time was much larger than before, and the centaur tribe with a size of only two or three hundred people in the past was rarely seen this time, and the ordinary centaur tribes had five or six hundred in number, and the larger ones even exceeded one thousand. It can be seen that before this invasion, the centaur clan first experienced a bloody annexation war within the clan. Therefore, the members of the centaur tribe who invaded this time are estimated to be the most elite and brave centaur warriors after a brutal elimination.

"This defense against the Centaur invasion looks much more difficult than previous defenses." Kasha sighed as he looked at the map where the centaurs were currently on track, and calculated the trajectory of the various centaur tribes.

But then, she secretly rejoiced to herself. "Fortunately, this year's finances are much more abundant, and they can be smashed on the construction of city defense and the hoarding of materials, and it is not without the strength to fight against these centaurs."

Kasha mobilized the entire Prareli Territory to defend itself against the Centaurs. Naturally, the traversers who live in Prailly's territory will not be idle.

After the order was issued, the farmers of the manor began to repair the walls of the village, in addition to cultivating their fields. In addition to reinforcing the fence and raising it, many traps were also laid outside the village.

In addition to the more common traps and tripping ropes, there are also many wooden poles buried diagonally in the ground, and the length of the wooden poles is more than two meters long, and the end position is sharpened. Such wooden poles are generally buried side by side with as few as eight or nine, and as many as a dozen or so, acting as a temporary rejection horse. And even those pits have a lot of sharpened wooden spikes planted in them, so that those centaurs will not die and be seriously injured if they fall into them.

Moreover, the carpenters and blacksmiths of the villages also rushed to work overnight, and a large number of wooden arrows and cast iron arrows were made, and these simple iron-tipped wooden arrows were distributed to the hunters in the villages. Each of the three villages had a dozen or twenty hunters, and each of them was given one or two hundred of these arrows. Although the arrows produced in the hurry can only be regarded as inferior products, they are enough to be used.

Moreover, instead of waiting for the centaurs to find themselves, they searched around for the traces of the centaur tribes that had invaded the vicinity of Prarell's territory, and took the initiative to launch an attack with the intention of preemptively.

……

Somewhere on the edge of Prairly's territory.

In the sparse woodland, Li Xiang half-hid behind a tree, cautiously staring at a newly built centaur camp outside the forest.

The size of the camp is not large, it is estimated that it is only enough for more than 100 centaurs to live. It is estimated that it is only a habitat used by a certain centaur tribe to fight the front station, and I am afraid that it is also a place used by this centaur tribe to temporarily store looted materials.

"I guess if we attack here and loot all the things here, this centaur tribe's looting operations during this time will be in vain, right?" Li Xiang thought maliciously.

Just as Li Xiang was thinking wildly, a figure suddenly flashed beside him. I saw Shi Jinxin kneeling down on one knee and appearing beside Li Xiang, and said in a low voice: "Boss, it's all clear." There were more than eighty centaurs in the camp, and there were several shacks at the northern end of the camp that contained a lot of supplies. It is estimated that these centaurs have gained during this time. I took a general look, and there was food, clothing, gold, and silver -- these guys really grabbed everything. ”

"They didn't find any traces, did they?" Li Xiang asked.

"Don't worry." Shi Jinxin smiled disdainfully: "The stealth effect of 'Wind Walk' is not something that those centaurs can see through at all, even if I sneak into the camp with the 'Jiangnan Style' in front of them, those fools will not be able to detect it." ”

"Alright, let's withdraw." Li Xiang smiled: "Come back tonight." ”

"Okay."

After dark......

Centaur Camp.

Most of the centaurs went back to sleep in their shacks, with the exception of a few centaur warriors who kept watch over the campfire.

Three centaurs roasted the carcass of a beast around a campfire, and a centaur dismantled what looked like a wolf corpse with a crude knife, with bloodstained skeletons scattered around.

"What kind of vigil is this?" Yang Qianyu, who had already sneaked into the edge of the camp, looked at the centaurs who were completely focused on the food, and a mocking expression appeared on his face.

After estimating the time and speculating that the rest of his companions should have reached the attack launch point, Yang Qianyu raised his hand slightly and gently swept at the location of the centaur habitat a few times.

A few clouds of mist suddenly rose from the periphery of the centaur habitat, and there was a strong aroma of wine in the mist. After coming into contact with the mist, the centaurs on night duty looked drunk on their faces, and one by one they began to become drowsy.

And those centaurs who had already slept in the past slept even more soundly.

After seeing that the skill worked, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of Yang Qianyu's mouth, and he raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Then I saw the intoxicating mist "whew" and burn, engulfing the centaur habitat into a sea of fire.

The whole camp was suddenly shouted and neighed.

'Drunken Clouds - Debuff/Support Skill that casts a cloud of booze-infused clouds that cover an area and cause the target to become drunk (a combination of sluggishness and curses). Affected targets take twice as much damage when hit by 'Pyrop'. Current level Lv1, cloud and fog coverage radius of 5 meters. ’