"The warriors of our tribe fight bravely because of their confidence in strength. Humans are weak and deceitful because they are simply not able to stand alone against our strong warriors in battle, so they have fear, fear, and no fighting spirit in their hearts... Once they fight, they don't trust their comrades at all, and they tend to scatter in a hurry, and this is the most important reason why we have never suffered in a border dispute. ”

"But once they begin to taste victory, and begin to lose their fear of us, and stop fearing our warriors, Sauron, you will gradually realize that we are not as strong as you thought. In terms of objective factors, our soldiers are indeed stronger and taller than humans, but humans can make up for such shortcomings through war horses... They have better weapons and armor, and this is a gap that we cannot ignore. ”

"Judging by the traces, their number is not even forty, and by now, they may have killed more than three hundred of our soldiers combined."

Zoro frowned, and then asked in a low voice, "Teacher, then we are here for."

Before he could finish his sentence, he found Sarota reach out and pull out a piece of straw sandpaper from the pocket of his robe, and gently hand it over—he was surprised to take it with both hands, and when he opened it, he was shocked to find that it was actually a map.

You must know that the cultural level of the orc kingdom is much more backward than that of humans, although it has its own cultural heritage, but the proportion of "illiterate" is almost more than ninety percent, and the nearly 100 wolf knights outside are only seven or eight literate, and only those like Sarota and Zoro who have a witch doctor inheritance can study things that seem ordinary in the eyes of humans like "maps".

It's no exaggeration to say that the orcs rarely use maps, let alone the precisely marked "high-end goods" in Sauron's hands!

No matter how you look at it, Sarota is an amazing outlier among the orcs. He understood the reason why humans were able to expel the orcs to the steppe nearly a hundred years ago, so he never stopped exploring and learning.

The map, drawn on straw sandpaper, was almost identical to the one in Roddy's hand, and even more accurate than the other in some details.

The map already marked the villages destroyed by Roddy and the locations where the two wolf cavalry were attacked, and Zoro soon discovered that the locations of the accidents were almost all along the borders of the "Rohal's Hammer" and "Bloodspear" tribes...

"He's—if that's what he did intuitively, then he's really."

"It's scary. ”

Sarota nodded, her face a little cautious and serious, "I even doubt that there is a spy like that Count Francis among the orcs, otherwise."

He shook his head and added in a low voice, "Anyway, such a guy..."

"It has to be removed. ”

Turning his gaze to the map, Sauron began to understand why Sarota had come to the Cossack Village, as it was almost the best place to go, according to the pattern of Roddy's previous raids.

"They have succeeded in stirring up the hatred between the two tribes, and it is hard to imagine that a human who has never been to the orc kingdom should know the contradictions between the tribes and know that this simple and effective way can lead us into internal conflict. Sarota sighed, and said in a somewhat helpless tone: "Even if we tell Chief Rohar now, it is inevitable that we will fight the Blood Spear. ”

"This time I admit my defeat, but these humans who have killed more than 300 of our clansmen must... Get rid of it!"

Sarota's gaze was cold and awe-inspiring, and Sauron knew the teacher's character of doing what he said, and he also understood what to do next.

"Then I'll go and ambush the soldiers now, and wait for them to come... Throw yourself into the net. ”。

In the early morning, the heavy rain gradually stopped.

In such an environment, it is almost impossible to sleep soundly at night, but the scouts have become accustomed to recovering as much as possible in difficult conditions, so when the order to get up is given, they are still in a full state of mind. One by one, they walked out of the tent, began to arrange their equipment, drank water for their horses, and silently began to prepare for the last surprise attack of the whole operation.

Captain Sodlore rode back to camp from a distance as the party finished their preparations. Long before sunrise, he personally went to reconnoiter the Cossack village, but unfortunately it was pouring rain at that time, and Sodrol could not get enough information due to vision problems, so he could only look at it from a distance to confirm that it was normal and then returned to the camp.

"Captain Roddy. ”

When he came to Roddy, his armor was soaked, and his face was a little pale, obviously a little uncomfortable from the morning breeze.

"I guess you can't see anything, do you?"

Roddy raised his hand and handed him the wine bag, and he kept twisting his waist and swinging his legs in order to get his body into combat mode as soon as possible.

"It rained a lot, and there was no lighting in the village, but."

Sodrore pursed his lips, as if in a bit of embarrassment.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I couldn't see clearly, I couldn't make a judgment at all, I didn't find any signs of the anomaly. ”

Sodrore shook his head, and said... There was no difference between the Cossack village and the village raided by the previous team, and he had just wanted to say that something was wrong with this village, but it was just an inexplicable intuition, and there was no real basis for saying it, and for him, Roddy had already become an unclimbable mountain in his heart - so much so that he was afraid that his "intuition" would cause Roddy to make a wrong judgment, which would affect the whole operation.

Luo Di, who had just woken up, was pondering the question of herbs in his mind at this time, and did not notice the other party's hesitation to speak, just nodded, took out the "spiny leaf grass" collected before and distributed it to all the soldiers to feed them to the preparation horses who were about to go to the battlefield, although Lu Ge and the others did not understand its function, but at this time they strictly implemented the order.

Luo Di turned over his horse, looked into the distance, and said in a loud voice: "After this mission, go directly to the southeast, bypassing the death swamp and returning. ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers' responses were not as passionate as when they had just left Nolan Village, but they were filled with indescribable calmness and calmness, which already showed the difference between this team and the one when they set out on the expedition.

Roddy nodded with satisfaction, then lightly clamped the horse's belly, and after placing the replaced war horses, he immediately led the team towards the Cossack village in the distance...

Because the place where they had rested was very hidden, they were not far from the Cossack village at this time, and they quickly saw the quiet village in their field of vision. The grassland was a little slippery after the rain, and the horses were struggling to go uphill, so Roddy slowed down a little, then set up a pergola with his hands and looked at the target in the distance.

Dozens of tents are scattered, like small mushrooms rooted on the gentle grassy slopes.

"Prepare for battle. ”

Roddy raised his palm to give tactical instructions, Sodrol and Ruger immediately conveyed the order to the soldiers, and in an instant, the silent atmosphere was broken by the crisp sound of the sword blade pulling out the scabbard, and the originally tightly gathered team spread out to both sides under the silent order, and in less than half a minute, a standard two-layer charge formation was tacitly formed.

The team continued to move forward, gradually entering the kilometer range.

The wind passing through my ears is cold after the rain, and the breath is filled with the fresh smell of herbs. The scouts clenched their swords and bowed slightly, ready for the next sprint.

Everything seemed to be the same as the five villages they had attacked before - they only had to charge through and wave their swords in the stunned gaze of the orcs who had no time to resist, and the operation would be perfect...

But just as Roddy was about to raise the scimitar in his hand and give the order to charge, Sodrore, who was frowning deeper and deeper, finally couldn't help but shout: "Captain Roddy!

The morale of the army was the most taboo to stop halfway, and Sodrore was guilty of doing so, Carter and the other scouts just thought it was strange, while Ruger stared at Sodrore with an ugly face, obviously extremely dissatisfied with his behavior.

However, Roddy, who was rushing to the front, also seemed to notice something, and slowed down for the first time, turned around and asked in a low voice, "What's the situation?" ”

There was no reproach or resentment in his words, because Roddy himself felt that something was wrong, and the awkward feeling of being watched and stared at was always there, although it was not obvious, but it kept the vigilance in his heart at the highest level, and at this time Sodrore suddenly spoke, as if to prove some premonition in his heart...

In the eyes of others, Sodrore is just a squad leader now, but Roddy understands how capable this guy can go.

"It's too quiet, it's not right - the orcs should start coming out at this time, but now the village can't even see half of the orcs, and they don't even have a fire, it's not normal. ”

"Captain, I don't see anything out of the ordinary, maybe it's just a coincidence?"

Ruger's tone was slightly dissatisfied, but before he could finish his words, he saw Roddy raise his hand and make a "silence" gesture to himself...

The familiar sign language continued to appear in Roddy's hand, and the instructions of "Quiet", "Stop Forward", and "Standby" made the whole team stop silently, and then it was the designated person - Roddy raised his hand to signal Sodrol to follow him, and motioned for Ruger and the rest of the team to go around the southeast side of the village, after a series of gestures to make a simple battle plan, Ruger nodded his head to accept the order, although he was a little puzzled, but he immediately led the scouts into the distance.

And Roddy and Sodlore, who remained here, began to advance towards the Cossack village along a circuitous route.