When a heavy snow fell, the entire empty collar was covered, including the direction of the Arctic Mountains, which looked like a milky way, and although it was extremely beautiful, Rand was not very happy with the beauty, on the contrary, he knew very well what the heavy snow meant.

The imminent threat was imminent, and in fact in the last few days, wild beasts had been attacking the town, their numbers increasing day by day, and their ferocity was also on the rise, and just yesterday, there was even a hungry long-haired baboon that took advantage of the negligence of the defenders to climb the city walls, this beast is very lethal, it is about the size of an adult man, and it surpasses the strength of human bone tissue.

Fortunately, it was spotted by the patrol in time and killed it with the help of a spear, otherwise it would have been very serious if it had broken into the residential area.

There were three hundred soldiers guarding the town, and Rand divided them into ten teams, which took turns patrolling the walls, while the rest were responsible for auxiliary patrols and reserves.

When Rand walked up the city wall, the soldiers were erecting the snow canopy, and several logistics staff were clearing the snow that drifted in with the wind.

Rand smiled at them in response, and looked out through the ballista's emitter, where he saw snow everywhere he looked, with occasional bits of blood, like ink spots on rice paper.

"These are the remnants of the beasts that we just killed in the morning, and their recent invasions have been frequent, but with this big one, we can handle it. Touron, who was following Rand, explained to him, "There is no such threatening beast. ”

"So far, except for a few swift wolves, no other beast species has been able to escape under the ballista. ”

Satisfied with the result, Rand nodded, and then asked, "What about the evening?"

"The snow reflects at night, the beasts can't hide their tracks, and you don't have to worry about them being conspicuous when they walk in the snow. Touron pointed to the wooden stakes under the walls, which were useful for resisting the onslaught of the beasts, and for the ballistas to limit the speed of the beasts as much as possible if the rate of fire of the ballista was insufficient.

"Barbarians, is there any movement?" Rand is most worried about not the large number of beasts, on the contrary, the beasts have low intelligence and are easier to deal with, and the most reassuring thing for him is the brutal barbarians, although they are fewer in number, they are more cunning than the beasts, have a certain wisdom and tactics, and have a sense of unity and fighting.

It is the enemy of the group that is difficult to deal with.

"I was about to report to you," Touron's face was a little ugly, he had just received news from the Ranger Outpost, and this news made him feel heavy, "The Rangers who had gone out to scout the barbarian area returned to the outpost yesterday, and the situation was not good, only three of the ten Rangers returned, and the other seven cavalrymen were all killed at the hands of the Barbarians. ”

Seven out of ten, this is a very serious casualty rate, Rand's heart chuckled, the rangers are the most precious troops, they are in charge of reconnaissance work in the field of survival ability, but still in this enemy exploration most of the death, this makes Rant faintly have an ominous premonition.

If an army is compared to a human body, then the Ranger is an important presence as an eye, through which the army scouts the enemy and patrols the border, if the Ranger is destroyed, then the army will not be able to know the latest news from the outside world to deal with the danger that may come at any time.

The cost of training Rangers is very expensive, their value cannot be estimated by money, and this time the losses are undoubtedly heavy, Rand took two deep breaths, calmed his crazy blood pressure, and asked: "The Rangers have been fighting all kinds of enemies in a harsh environment all year round, conducting reconnaissance work, and they have never gone deep into the barbarian area in the past, and they have never suffered such heavy casualties, what is the reason this time?"

"According to the rangers who returned alive, the number of barbarians is increasing considerably, the exact number cannot be determined, but it must have exceeded three hundred. Touron's face was gloomy, remembering the record that the rangers had brought back, "It seems that a leader has appeared among the barbarians, and he has united several nearby tribes by force, uniting their forces. ”

Rand's advance stopped, and the barbarians, the chieftain, would actually unite!

This is a big problem, for for many years the barbarians have been very scattered, they are a tribal group, and as far as Rand knows, the barbarians taste wars between themselves, fighting for water and land, and because of this, they have not formed a strong enough group.

Just like the nomadic Mongols in the previous life, in the early stage of development, they were in their own camps, and the various tribes were constantly fighting, and they did not show much strong combat power.

But when the great leader unified the steppes, the people came together and burst out with a force that made the world tremble.

But Rand didn't have time to think about the realms that the people had conquered, and all he could think about now was that there would be more than three hundred barbarians with strong physiques like giants, who would stink under his walls with maces.

If they had this kind of strength, they would probably not choose to follow behind the beast tide, and they would have been able to attack the town directly.

The only advantage is that the walls are more than five meters long and the ballista has an amazing ability to pierce armor, the thickness of the city wall is completely able to withstand the impact of the barbarians, but the wooden city gate is a little thin, and the city gate must be strengthened in a short time.

"Touron, order the transport of a large number of stones to the town of Cabins at once, we must block the gates, from now on, the town of the houses will be completely put on full alert!" Rand instructed, he was going to pile up the stones in the passage behind the gate, and fill them with water, and when the water was frozen into ice, it would act as a binder, condensing the broken stones into a whole, forming a stone shield with incredible defensive power, and firmly guarding the gates from being breached.

"Order the reconnaissance soldiers, change every two hours, make sure that everyone's mental state is at its best, keep their eyes on the outside of the city, not let go of anything suspicious, and once they find the enemy, immediately sound the alarm!"

"Yes, my lord!" replied Touron in a clear tone.

Just as Rand quickly gave the order, the sentry behind him suddenly screamed in horror.

"My lord, look ahead, what is that?"

Rand and Touron looked in the direction he was pointing, and as their gazes froze, they felt their scalps tingle.