Volume 1 Chapter 35 of the Northern Plains
After this killing, Zhou Zhe did not stay, and set off again At this time, he had already penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Spirit Medium Mountain, surrounded by enemies, and even at night, he no longer lit a bonfire. The expected orc wolf rider did not appear, but the unexpected enemy appeared in the night.
On that day, the light horsemen in small teams camped around a small forest, and they had explored before, there were no wild beasts, not even a rabbit's nest, which made Zhou Zhe feel a lot more relieved. And at midnight, a scream broke the peace, Wang Rui, who was half-asleep, was the first to straighten up, and Zhou Zhe was also awakened by the scream, they were all well-trained sergeants, even if they were recruits, they would not be like this if they did not encounter special circumstances.
"What's the situation! Liu Dabeard, pick a few people with good eyesight to take a look, others are on guard, the centurion restrains his subordinates, and the trespasser is killed!" Zhou Zhe reflexively issued an order the moment he got up. After Liu Dabeard beckoned a few people to run out, he ran back out of breath, and whispered without even breathing
"It seems to be a spider, the sergeant didn't make a sound, the person is gone, there is not even a trace of struggle, the spider may have venom. ”
"What the fuck seems to be? Have you found out what's going on around you?"
"Someone has already been sent. Do you want to transfer?"
"Not yet, how about seeing live spiders?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sergeant's scream was heard, and then the voice seemed to fade away, and finally fell silent.
"What's going on? Do you see it's a spider?"
"Okay, a big spider, and we saw a big black shadow coming, and then the man disappeared. A team leader hurriedly ran over to report the situation.
"Do you want to light the torch?" asked the bearded man.
"No, the surrounding woods haven't budded yet, and the ground is full of dead branches. The squads face outward, armed with spears and crossbows inside. Xin Chai, I'm afraid you're going to have to work hard. Xin Chai on the side nodded, and the red light flashed and began to probe the periphery. Zhou Zhe also regretted being lazy at this time, but luckily did not clean up the flammable materials in the campsite.
"Ahh In the same way, after walking away, it is silent. Although everyone was mentally prepared this time, panic was still spreading, and this invisible type and number of enemies was really terrifying.
"There were spiders the size of goats, the largest of which was the size of horses. We're surrounded. After a few breaths, Xin Chai, who flashed back to Zhou Zhe's side, reported the situation outside. Zhou Zhe gasped.
"What should I do, you have an idea!" Wang Rui was also a little flustered at the moment.
"Looks like we're going to take some risks. "Zhou Zhe can only gamble, otherwise before the spider eats them, the panicked crowd will be chaotic, and it will be difficult for the gods to save them at that time" Everyone listened, except for the outer guards, picked up the branches in the ground and concentrated them in the middle. Hurry!"
"Wang Rui, Lao Wei, take a few good hands to cut down the trees in the middle immediately. Hurry!" Although Zhou Zhe's order made everyone confused, it was still quickly executed, and in the busy voice, two more sergeants were dragged away by the spiders on the periphery, and the panic was escalating. Fortunately, a few sergeants with strong spiritual power quickly brought down a few big trees that were not too thick around them. The branches were quickly concentrated in the center, leaving a safe place.
"Throw out a few of the oil bombs you brought, and go in the direction closest to the exit of the forest. At the sound of the order, the fire oil bomb was thrown out of the formation, and the ground that fell on the dead leaves and branches immediately rose into flames, and even the surrounding branches were burning. The firelight made everyone gasp, and under the trees around them, the trees were full of scalp-numbing spiders, the largest of which was the size of a horse, but there were only a few, and the small one was the size of a sheep.
"It's! It's a dragon spider! Yuan Yuan, who was reading all over the books, had his eyes lit up, and he shouted the name of the monster with some fear. Zhou Zhe turned his head and asked
"Are you afraid of fire?"
"I'm afraid!" Zhou Zhe, fortunately he was right. Most insects are not only afraid of fire, but also have phototaxis characteristics, since they can be burned to death by fire, they have a glimmer of life.
"Lin Xiaoer, you take the lead and move those few fallen trees over, whether you can survive or not depends on this trick. He added: "Wang Rui cut down the branches of the tree." In a moment, the knife rose and fell, Wang Rui did not hesitate to use his spiritual power, and the branches on the trunk were suddenly cut clean, and others did the same. A few bare tree trunks were suddenly prepared.
"We are now two or three hundred steps away from the outside of the forest, and the loss of the storm is incalculable, and if the fire is all burned, you and I will be eaten by the spiders, and we will choke to death by the smoke. When the branches on the ground in front of us are burned, we wade forward along the fire... Zhou Zhe said as he laid out tactics. A few centurions didn't ask much, it was imminent at the moment, and it would be a waste of time and life to ask one more question.
The fire began to grow in size, and from time to time spiders were caught by the flames, and then the flames ignited more dead wood branches. The sergeants, under the command of Zhou Zhe, began to pour several huge tree trunks with oil removed from the oil bombs. He also asked a few sergeants with excellent arm strength to shoot the rocket to the route ahead of time, burning the dead branches and leaves on the ground in advance.
Seeing that the fire on one side was ignited, like a fire dragon burning into the distance and around, finally a spider rushed to the center of the camp with the flames, and was instantly cut into pieces by arrows and blades, Fang Fang rushed over to investigate carefully
"Sure enough, it's a dragon spider, the spider silk on this thing is the origin of your cobweb, I didn't expect there to be so many in this woods. Fang Fang said.
"It's a pity! The dragon spider is full of treasures, venom can be used as an anesthetic, spider silk can be used for countless things, and spider eggs are a great tonic medicinal material, but it's a pity!" Yuan Yuan's words Zhou Zhe also heard it, but he must ensure that the safety of people's lives comes first.
Seeing that the time was about the same, the dead branches and leaves ignited by the rocket in front had spread to the surroundings, burning a road with fires on both sides, and the fire around was getting bigger and bigger, Zhou Zhe ordered the trunk of the tree watered with fire oil to be erected on the side facing the darkness for the purpose of breaking off.
"Everyone, in units of 100 households, rushed through the sea of fire, and discarded the baggage into an open space without branches, Wang Rui, you lead people to rush over first, and I will personally cut it off. Zhou Zhe issued an order to retreat. After Wang Rui heard that Zhou Zhe was going to break it personally, Zhou Zhe pushed him in hesitation
"Quick!"
Wang Rui was no longer hypocritical, and with more than 100 people, all of whom were wearing strips of cloth with water, and even horses, they rushed into the burning road in a charging formation. Then a group of light cavalry battalions also followed the fish, the temperature around them was getting higher and higher, everyone's faces were already illuminated by the firelight, Xin Chai was still on Zhou Zhe's side, and Lin Xiaoer was holding a torch ready to light a fire at any time.
When there were only two teams left, the defense line on the dark side was already in extreme danger, and Zhou Zhe gave an order, and everyone withdrew to the middle, mounted their horses and prepared to retreat.
"Rush!"
At the sound of an order, hundreds of horsemen rushed out and left the empty camp, fortunately, it was not very far from the forest, and the fire blocked the impact and pursuit of the spiders in the forest, and in a few breaths, people and horses rushed out of the woods, breathing in the fresh air outside, Zhou Zhe finally took a long breath.
"Each team reports the casualties to the centurion, and gives me the news within half an hour! All the sergeants are ready for battle, inform Ma Dabao's scouts to expand the search area, and report to me as soon as there is a situation. Zhou Zhe ordered again. The results were reported quickly, and only eight people were dragged away by the spider before and after, and two were paralyzed by the venom, but fortunately, the venom was only paralyzed and not lethal. Yuan Yuan looked at it and told the sergeant not to move, he would be fine when the venom dissipated.
"Fuck, I didn't lose the lives of six brothers in one battle. Zhou Zhe was depressed, Feng Lin Mojin was true and true, he coveted temporary comfort and almost fell short.
"You've done a good job, at least if it's me, I'm afraid I'm just thinking about running for my life. Xin chased the lone ranger and comforted Zhou Zhe. Looking at the burning woods, Zhou Zhe was afraid in his heart, if the wind direction was not good, if the spiders were not afraid of the fire, he really didn't know how many people would die, he should really read more books, learn more about the various creatures on the continent, the lack of knowledge can not always be made up for by luck, otherwise the consequences of a miss are unimaginable, he doesn't want to go back to the courtyard when the surroundings are empty, and he doesn't want to watch the scene of orphans and widows crying.
"There is no change in Ma Dabao's scout report at present. "Liu Dabeard reported on the situation brought back by some scouts.
"Brother Zhou, just now there was a ranger-born sergeant in my team who reported some information, do you want to hear it yourself?" A centurion and a young sergeant rode in front of Zhou Zhe.
"What's the situation!, let's talk about it!" Zhou Zhe flicked his whip lightly and waited for the following. The recruit was still a little nervous, and said with his fists clenched and his head bowed
"General Bao, the little one has been a ranger in Longquan Pass for two years, and once he and a few rangers found that they were eating the legs of this spider when they were cleaning a tribe of half-orcs, like, just like we eat the legs of mutton. At that time, it was cooked in a crockpot and eaten. And I found a lot of spider teeth and webs, thinking they were useless, so I didn't move. Zhou Zhe was a little impatient at first, but when he got to the back, he discovered the value of this information, what half-orcs eat, ordinary people can eat most of them, and judging from what Yuan Yuan said, it is not that there are no treasures in the realm of half-orcs, but that this group of guys has limited use. He patted the recruit on the shoulder and encouraged
"Okay! All officers above the captain level come to me. "Since spiders are valuable, there are other beast creatures, it's not that Zhou Zhe's preparation is not sufficient, but that this group of rangers and hunters and other recruits don't know that these are valuable information, in addition to being vigilant and ready to respond to the enemy at any time, the meeting is to notify each team, and those who have taken half of the orc loot and what they have seen and heard are reported.