Gnolls are naturally stronger and more powerful than humans, but due to the lack of high-quality weapons and systematic training, in terms of individual combat effectiveness, although adult male gnolls are stronger than ordinary human warriors, the gap is not large, and this kind of biological weapon with low intelligence is rudimentary, and unorganized, it is completely a straggler.

The natives of this world have received military training from an early age, and almost every adult is a qualified soldier, thirty well-trained warriors armed with shields and spears, forming a shield spear phalanx capable of defeating an equal number of adult male gnolls with ease.

However, there are often some exceptionally strong individuals in the Gnoll tribe, and if there is no strong person to deal with, it is easy to cause a large number of casualties to human soldiers, which is why these ordinary warriors must ask Bai Qi to participate before they dare to directly attack the Gnoll camp.

Bai Qi didn't know any of this, but he had absolute confidence in himself, his true combat power was definitely stronger than most low-level Chosen Warriors, since in the eyes of this indigenous warrior, a half-crippled Chosen Warrior led them to defeat that group of jackals, then, if you count his hidden combat power, of course, there is no problem.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi nodded and said, "Very good, you persuaded me, I will give priority to the selection of three loot, if you agree, hurry up and recruit people." ”

Bai Qi's request was not too much at all, and the burly warrior readily agreed.

The two sides reached an agreement, and the burly warrior immediately ordered several of his companions behind him to recruit men.

At this time, Bai Qi asked him, "What's your name?" ”

The burly warrior said, "Your Excellency Lucas, my name is Balmain. ”

Bai Qi nodded, and asked again, "Can you guarantee that your people will be able to completely obey my command?" ”

Balmain said, "Of course, Your Excellency, the Chosen Warrior is the natural leader of all warriors. ”

Bai Qi nodded, not saying anything.

Balmain seemed to have a bit of a reputation among ordinary warriors, and coupled with the appeal of Bai Qi's Chosen Warriors, all the warriors screened by the captain of the village guard of Tongguò gathered together.

After everyone arrived, Bai Qi didn't say a word, waved his hand and led everyone towards the gate of the village.

The guards at the entrance of the village checked everyone's tokens before opening the gate and letting them go.

After leaving the village and following the main road for about a kilometer, the fields gradually disappeared, and an endless forest appeared in front of everyone, and in the depths of the forest was a continuous mountain.

The native warriors looked at the endless forest with a look of fear on their faces.

Bai Qi waved his hand to order the team to stop, turned to Balmain and asked, "How far is the den of the gnolls from here?" ”

Pointing to a low hill behind the forest, Balmain said, "The den of the gnolls is in the valley north of the peak, and there is a stream in the valley, and the nest is on a terrace not far from the stream, about fifteen kilometers away. ”

Bai Qi thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any plans for this operation?" ”

Balmain said without hesitation: "We can attack the camp of the gnolls from the hillside, lure them out with bows and arrows and javelins, the stupid gnolls will definitely charge us, we can continue to hit them with bows and arrows and javelins on the hillside, the slope is very long and steep, the gnolls rush to the top of the hill, they are already very tired, our phalanx of shields and spears can easily defeat them." ”

Balmain's words surprised Bai Qi a little, his battle plan was simple and crude, but it was very targeted, and it was very practical for the low intelligence of the jackals.

The reason why Bai Qi wanted to ask Balmain about the battle plan was to see what the level of ancient human intelligence in this world was, and from Balmain's words, Bai Qi judged that although the humans in this world were very backward in technology, they were not much worse than themselves in terms of wisdom.

Bai Qi nodded and said, "Then follow your plan, and the battle command will also be up to you, if the other party has a chieftain or shaman elder at the level of a godly chosen warrior, it will be handed over to me." ”

Hearing Bai Qi's affirmation, Balmain suddenly became eager to try.

After resting for a while, Bai Qi asked Balmain to lead the way, and everyone moved on.

The team plunged headlong into the dark and dense forest.

There is a rough road in the forest that can accommodate a horse-drawn carriage and leads to the depths of the forest.

Bai Qi asked Balmain where the road leads.

Balmain told him that the road led to the city-state of Kolin in the east.

Balmain led the group along the road for about six or seven kilometers, and at his signal, they left the road and entered the forest on the north side of the road.

The people had marched about five or six miles northeast in the forest, and Balmain motioned for them to stop, and he told them that if they went any further, they would enter the hunting range of the gnoll tribe, and he asked them to remain silent and take precautions.

After a short rest, the team continued to move forward, and cautiously advanced about three kilometers to the northeast, when a gentle hillside appeared in front of everyone.

Balmain told everyone that the dens of the Jackals were in the ravines on the north side of the hillside.

With a wave of his hand, he led the group around the front of the hillside into the canyon on the south side of the hillside, which was steeper but much less dangerous to be spotted by the gnolls.

Everyone cautiously touched towards the top of the mountain.

About ten minutes later, the crowd reached the top of this low hillside.

Balmain arranged for a few of his warriors to climb the tree to stand guard, and ordered the rest of the warriors to stand by on the spot, after which he and Bai Qi felt their way to the north of the hillside.

The two of them came to the north side of the hillside, because this slope faces north, and there are many sand and gravel geology on the hillside, so there are only some low shrubs on the hillside, and the view is very wide, standing on the top of the slope, the jackal camp below the hillside can be seen.

Balmain and Bai Qi crouched behind a bush, and while observing the camp below the mountain, they said to Bai Qi: "Yesterday I followed a few female gnolls who were stealing in the oat fields to find the lair, and spent the whole day wandering around the neighborhood to find this excellent attack position. It's less than a hundred and fifty meters away from the gnolls camp below, and if you shoot at the gnolls camp from here, the stupid gnolls will surely storm the top of the hill, which is so steep that even a strong male jackal will need five arrows to reach the top of the hill (one arrow is about three seconds or so for a good archer to shoot an arrow). Time, among our warriors, there are eight qualified archers, and it is difficult for an ordinary bow to shoot a male gnoll warrior in leather armor, but it is possible to shoot a female gnoll without the protection of leather armor, so long, enough for us to shoot a few and a half female gnolls. We set up a phalanx of spears in front of the hillside to meet the exhausted gnolls who rushed to the top of the hill. At that time, the Gnoll Chief and the Elder will depend on Lord Lucas, and I don't know what Your Excellency has to say about my tactical plan. ”

Bai Qi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, just follow your plan." ”

Balmain nodded in satisfaction, turned his head into the woods, and returned to the camp to organize the attack, while Bai Qi stayed at the top of the slope and continued to observe the gnolls camp below.

The Gnoll camp was located on a plateau about seven or eight acres in size under the hillside, and the terrace was still more than twenty meters above the bottom of the valley, and in the valley, a stream flowed slowly against the terrace.

The houses of the gnolls are very rudimentary, that is, a platform made of earth and stones on the ground, and then a simple conical hut is built on the platform with trees, branches, and thatch.

The shack in the center of the camp was the largest, with a diameter of more than ten meters at the bottom and a height of more than ten meters, which was undoubtedly a giant for a shack.

Around this giant shack there are five smaller shacks, all five or six meters in diameter and height, and more than twenty smaller shacks on the periphery of these shacks, each representing an adult male gnoll.

At this time, there are many gnolls in the camp, there are female gnolls who are busy around, and there are also young gnolls running and playing.

At the gate of the giant shack stood two burly male gnoll warriors wrapped in thick leather armor and armed with huge bone clubs.

It was the first time Bai Qi had seen this creature, so he couldn't help but observe it carefully.

Adult male gnolls are about the same height as male native humans, with longer and thicker legs than humans, apparently good at running, and longer and thicker arms than humans, and their main physical difference from humans is that they are covered with a layer of short, grayish-yellow hair.

Their heads are not at all human-like compared to their bodies, with their mouths and noses protruding forward, much like a dog's mouth, but shorter than a dog's mouth. Their necks are long and thick, almost the same size as their heads, which makes them look like they don't have necks.

Males also have long manes on the top of their heads and on the back of their necks, and females also have manes, but they are much shorter.

Female gnolls are slightly smaller than adult males, with roughly the same proportions as between humans and males.

Overall, the creature is rather ugly and hideous.

Bai Qi was watching with relish, and a jackal man who was taller and burlier than an ordinary male gnoll came out of the large shack in the center of the camp, holding a thick wooden shield in his left hand, and holding a spear in his right hand and slung to his shoulder, and the spear still carried a large piece of bloody flesh on the spearhead.

The two guards at the door immediately lowered their heads in fear when they saw the gnoll.

Seeing the shield and spear in the hand of this gnoll, Bai Qi couldn't help but sigh softly, according to Balmain, the gnoll people don't know how to make complex weapons, so if they have a complex shield or a metal weapon in their hands, it must be robbed.