Volume 1 [Border Clouds] Chapter 55 Miracle (1)
"Captain, there's a situation!"
Soon after, the sound of warning sounded in the grassland, not far from the village of Kree.
The scout who spoke raised his arm and made a "stop advancing" gesture, and the other six teammates behind him immediately grabbed the reins in unison.
In the distance, a figure on a horse is galloping towards this direction.
The loud scout then looked at Captain Ruger, who raised his hand and gave a silent reconnaissance order with a tactical gesture. The scout, who had received the order, immediately grabbed the short bow on the side of the saddle and drove his horse forward.
In the rear, Lu Ge and the others silently picked up the short bow and set up the arrows, looked at the galloping figure in the distance, and had already begun to calculate the angle that needed to be thrown in their hearts - this skillful posture of preparation for battle had already been practiced countless times, so when they really encountered the situation at this time, the scouts could not see the slightest panic and helplessness on their faces, only the same calmness and composure.
After a while, the scout in front of him confirmed the identity of the person who came - the guy in front of him who was running desperately was actually Hank, the scout captain of Kerry Village.
When he learned this information, Ruger's brows were already deeply furrowed, and he watched Captain Hank come to him with a pale face, only to feel that the tension and panic on the other party's face did not weaken at all, but became more and more anxious.
Something big is wrong.
This was Ruger's first instinct.
"Tell the news! The village of Kerry was attacked! It's a beast. Orc wolf cavalry! A lot - a lot of wolf cavalry! β
The panic in his heart made his words stutter incomparably, and his eyes swept over these scouts in Nolan Village, Hank thought that the other party would show the same panicked expression as himself, but after repeating the words in his mouth several times in a row, he was a little stunned to find... These scouts didn't even react superfluously.
He swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth, wanting to continue to emphasize what had happened to him, but he only saw the captain named Luger at the front raised his hand to stop his words, and asked in a cold tone, "When?" How many enemies are there? β
This tone made Hank feel like the other party was asking him "how old is it" and "have you eaten today", and there was no superfluous emotion at all, as if it was a complete "routine" - while he felt unbelievable, he shouted at Luger in a bit of anger: "Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Damn it! That's the wolf cavalry! Oh, my God. Don't you know what the Wolf Cavalry is? Their wolfβ"
"I know it's a wolf cavalry."
Ruger frowned, interrupting him again. This veteran has never had a bad temper, especially when he sees such a frightened softie. So when he asked the second question, his tone was already undisguised to reveal ruthlessness and impatience-
"I'm fucking asking you when you're attacked and how many enemies you have, don't you understand?"
"Who are you to ask me that? I meanβ"
Hank was slightly irritated by the other party's words, it was one thing to be afraid of the wolf cavalry, but it was another thing to be scolded by Ruger, who was also the captain of the scout. It's just that before Hank's words to refute were finished, he widened his eyes and saw that Ruger in front of him directly pulled out his bow and arrow, and aimed the arrow at his head - "I...... I mean. It's just half an hour. No! Twenty minutes ago, there should have been thirty, probably thirty-five. They burned the village and already. Already ran. β
Ruger put down his bow and arrow expressionlessly, and replied casually, "I know it", and then turned his head to arrange his subordinates: "Cole, go back immediately, report to Roddy where we are now, and make all the news that this guy said clear just now." β
"The rest, follow me, memorize all the routes, return to Nolan Village in batches and report my location. The wolf cavalry can't raid from a distance, they must have a camp nearby, so we'll definitely be able to catch up with those guys before sunset, and as for what to do, I'll wait for Captain Roddy's order. β
After arranging the task very efficiently, Lu Ge waved his hand and motioned for a scout's war horse to exchange with Captain Hank, his eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Captain Hank and said, "Where are the orcs from, take me over now." β
"You. . . Are you crazy? That's more than thirty wolf cavalry! It's notβit's good, it's good, I see, I'll take you away, I'll take you away! - You're all lunatics. I'm going to meet a bunch of crazy people for what."
Captain Hank's second retort came to an abrupt end when Rugra opened his short bow, and he cursed in a low voice, but there was a strange illusion in his heart that he "just got out of the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den" for no reason, his eyes swept back and forth, and he even gave birth to the absurd idea that "this group of scouts is pretending to be orcs"!
However, Ruger didn't give him a chance to talk nonsense, and immediately headed in the direction pointed by Hank, and the team instantly accelerated and galloped away.
And after being forced to follow for a distance, Captain Hank gradually noticed the difference in this team-
The military horses of these Nolan village scouts are far taller than they rode before, and the coat color turned out to be excellent breeds, and the armor on the scouts was obviously better than one grade, and a few minutes after the team rushed out, the soldiers scattered on both sides actually kept a similar distance and ran at high speed, each with excellent riding skills and a determined expression...
This feeling brought a kind of pressure to Captain Hank, as if these guys around him were two types of people in completely different worlds from him-
Don't... Aren't they scouts of House Russifron?
Don't... Are they going to hunt down the wolf cavalry?
Oh my God, what am I doing wrong? Is this a nightmare?
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ββ¦ So, your job is not to tell them how to do it, how to do it, but to give them a belief that they will understand, 'I can do it!'" ββ
"This is a psychological hint, usually say a few words, it sounds like a simple encouragement, but keep saying it, no matter who will be affected, this kind of encouragement is very important, don't take it as a child's play, be cautious, don't hit their self-confidence."
In Nolan Village, the scouts who were conducting the group raid drill were sweating profusely, while Roddy, who was not far away, was talking to Carter with something that didn't seem to have much to do with the battle - the latter was trying to digest what Roddy had instilled, thought for a long time, and asked, "I wrote down the general content... When I encourage them, what should they call my position? I can't always remember... What commission? β
"Commissar, remember... Called the commissar. β
Roddy replied with a serious face.
"It's good, it's good, remember... I'll be Commissar Carter from then on, hehe. Carter rubbed his head, he never thought he would hold such a position because of his "eloquence" - although it sounds simple, it is obviously a very important job in Roddy's mouth.
"Don't giggle, remember what to emphasize, obedience comes first, okay, the training is almost over, you go and encourage them - Aunt Susan has a ready ale over there, and everyone has a glass to quench their thirst."
"Yes!"
Carter was staggering over to chat with the tired, sweaty scouts, and Roddy sat here, and from a distance he could hear words like "Well done," "Faster this time," "You kid shoot accurately," and after a while, the cry of a toast.
Luo Di smiled, the influence of the "political commissar" on the army is not small. Leaving aside the function of the political commissar to "boost morale" for the time being, one of the main purposes is to instill in the soldiers the consciousness of "obeying orders" - to whom to obey? Naturally, it was not the Rusifron family, which was hundreds of miles away, but the ambitious scout captain himself.
Keeping the team firmly in hand, this can carry out the order efficiently, so that Roddy can carry out the next plan with peace of mind.
He has already planned the battle schedule for the next two months. In short, it is to wait for the rainy season in July to go to the orc kingdom to get some "extra money", so that his level will soar and at the same time disturb the domestic situation of the other party.
These things sound a bit nonsense to anyone, but Roddy naturally won't be nonsense - those information posts that I saw on the forum at the beginning can be used as strategic intelligence at this time, and the hard work that I think this otaku has made is really not in vain.
Thinking about the advance preparations to be made, he rotated the few arrows he had just made in his hand, and when he compared them with the winding, center of gravity, and wind direction, he began to miss the arrows he used at level 59.
Ordinary people may not have a concept, but for those who really use bows, the impact of "arrows" on accuracy is far greater than that of bows - so the arrows used by all high-level rangers are basically processed by the wood elves, a race with paranoid perfectionism, and their arrows are extremely consistent and have very few errors, but the only drawback is that they are "expensive"!
Roddy sometimes has to sigh that these guys are "luxury manufacturers", but when it comes to "wood elves", he can't help but think of an opportunity to "make a fortune".
Roddy remembered that the Wood Elves had been isolated in the forest, and it wasn't until the server was launched that the village gradually opened up to humans. At that time, the wine made by the wood elves was extremely popular because of its popularity, and it became a hot commodity among the nobles to show off their status for the first time. In the first half of 590, many players made a lot of money just running back and forth in the Silent Whisper Forest as a second-way dealer, and when the price stabilized, a lucky player actually obtained the brewing recipe from a series of quests, and the sky-high price that sold it made Luo Di envious for a long time. The guild that bought that recipe with a lot of money earned an unimaginable amount of money in the first year of the game, and became one of the veteran guilds that remained standing in the later period.
"If you can get involved with the wood elves, even if you can't get the recipe, you can get some fruit wine to sell first..."
Roddy muttered to himself, and when he saw Carter and the scout resting in the pergola, he remembered that Ruger and the others seemed to be returning a little late.
"That guy Ruger, it's estimated that he's going to have to run ten laps today."
A scout joked, and Carter, who was next to him, took a sip of ale, looked over to Roddy, and said, "Captain! Isn't that Sodlorre saying he's coming today? Do you need me to talk to Uncle John and let him slaughter the sheep? β
Luo Di raised his eyebrows, then remembered that there was a letter about this a few days ago, nodded and said, "Go and inform now, I hope it's still too late." β
Sodlore wants to take the scouts of Finks Village to "defect", he needs to go through the procedures, do ideological work, etc., and the mess will take about a month to finish, and a week ago he sent a letter saying that he would arrive with the soldiers today, and Roddy didn't pay too much attention to it, if it wasn't for Carter's reminder, he probably forgot about it. Just as he was thinking about how many men he would take to meet Sodrore in a moment, the abrupt sound of horses' hooves in the distance made him turn his head.
The scouts sent back by Ruger rushed into Nolan Village, and began to report to him loudly about what had happened before, and Roddy listened with a serious face, and then looked at the sky... The black smoke rising from the burning chamber in Cree Village in the distance made him clench the Ming Dysprosium arrow in his hand slightly.
"These grandchildren... I'm going to do it now..."