Chapter 263
For the next period of time, Fu Xueqin was almost untouched, getting acquainted with his subordinates, understanding their combat effectiveness, watching their training, asking about the advantages and disadvantages of various battle formations, and finding people to ask about the terrain of North Britain......
Looking at her in a hurry every day, Xia Dong felt a little embarrassed in his heart, he was a big man who actually threw everything to a woman, but he just sat in the room every day in a daze, wandered, and occasionally used flying skills to go around.
However, what made him strange was that whether it was Fu Xueqin himself, or the soldiers of Seri, and even the two hundred guards, they all took this for granted, probably in their hearts, powerful mages should not have dealt with these miscellaneous matters in the first place.
After working for half a month, Fu Xueqin finally came to say, "Master, everything is ready, and you can leave at any time." ”
Looking at the slightly haggard on the other party's face, Xia Dong patted her shoulder apologetically, "Thank you for your hard work, Xueqin." ”
This sentence full of emotion suddenly made the loyal Hu Cong feel that all the hard work had been rewarded, and she showed a sweet smile, "The master is serious, these are what I should do, but it's a pity that there is no way to let the master have better living conditions, once you enter North Britain, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!" ”
Waving his hand, Xia Dong said indifferently, "It's nothing, I'm used to it now, and it's not your fault besides." "This is true, probably everything only needs a process of adaptation, even he, after living in this wild world for more than twenty days, can be regarded as really used to it, now, he can taste the food here with relish, can enjoy the natural scenery outside, and can go to bed early at night.
Moreover, in these days, he has practiced all kinds of magic well, although his abilities have not evolved, but when it comes to real combat ability, compared to when he first entered this world, he feels that he is at least two notches higher.
So, early the next morning, Fu Xueqin and Xia Dong rode horses and left the fortress with the mighty two hundred people behind them, and embarked on a journey to find the eagle emblem under the eyes of Marcus and others.
The ability to ride a horse was also learned by Xia Dong during this time, although he couldn't do any difficult movements, but at least there was no problem with normal riding and galloping, the only thing that made him unhappy was that once he got on the horse, he had to turn back into a physical body, otherwise no horse could afford that weight, even if it was a semi-physical state, it couldn't be maintained for too long.
In the past, Xia Dong never understood that the ancients said that the ancients were parting again, but now he finally realized that in this ancient time with inconvenient transportation, the distance was really a huge problem, for example, it took five days just to go from the fortress to the wall of the world.
And the difficult conditions that Fu Xueqin said before were also fully expressed, the meal style and sleeping in the open, this sentence was not exaggerated at all, finally he and Fu Xueqin still had a small tent, but the other soldiers were lying down next to the bonfire, eating all the batter, wild vegetables and a small amount of air-dried meat.
Finally, Fu Xueqin can hunt some game from time to time, and then take a string of wooden sticks after handling it, roast it on the fire, and sprinkle it with a little coarse salt, which is also a rare delicacy.
It's strange to say, this kind of life should be extremely unbearable, but Xia Dong persevered without any pressure, while he was pleased with his growth, he also laughed at himself, and now it is probably no problem to throw himself into the Jurassic era.
After the team replenished a few supplies at the Wall of the World Realm, they didn't stay too long, although Fu Xueqin's original intention was to let Xia Dong rest here for a few more days.
Led by a few barbarian slaves, they officially stepped into this wild place in the backward world, North Britain.
During the march, Fu Xueqin was carefully observing the surrounding terrain along the way, and she knew in her heart that in addition to recapturing the eagle emblem, there was also a more important significance of this trip, which was to familiarize herself with the terrain first, so that she would not be blinded in the subsequent war.
In her mind, the reason why the Ninth Army was wiped out at the beginning was only because she didn't know the terrain, after all, in the history of wars in China, there were countless cases of relying on favorable terrain to destroy the enemy.
However, the desolation of North Britain was far beyond their imagination, and it took them seven days to find their first local tribe under the leadership of barbarian slaves, if only a dozen families could be called a tribe.
It's just that what is unexpected is that this gathering point has already been empty, leaving only a few dilapidated thatched huts made of ash and hay, and the adjutant of the escort Ahlers picked up a small amount of ashes in the bonfire in the center of the tribe, rubbed his fingers, and turned back to Fu Xueqin to report, "Sir, they have been away for at least two days, it seems that our whereabouts have been discovered by the barbarians." ”
Fu Xueqin nodded slightly, not surprised, snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths, more than 200 of them are walking on the territory of the barbarians, if the other party can't detect it, then it's strange!
Now it was time to see where the other side was going to gather forces to stop her, and she ordered the soldiers who were waiting for orders, "Keep going." ”
At this time, Ahler's hesitant voice sounded, "Sir, they left some food behind, shall we?" ”
"Burn them all, don't hide them privately!" Are you kidding? Only those who have water in their brains dare to take these things away, right?
In the raging fire, they began to march towards the next location, and so on, until they found six barbarian tribes, all of which were empty, at this time, even Xia Dong began to feel that something was wrong, but seeing that Fu Xueqin was calm, he didn't care too much, anyway, he said a thousand things and ten thousand, and in the end, he still had to fight with real knives and guns.
A few days further, in a dense forest, they actually found clues to the Ninth Legion, thousands of white bones, and a small number of broken weapons that had not been taken away by the barbarians.
This bleak scene suddenly made Xia Dong sigh with emotion, war is really cruel, no wonder so many people are anti-war!
However, the biggest effect of this scene was not to make him sigh, but to sharply lower the morale of the convoy, after all, they were only two hundred, but they had to go deep into the land that five thousand people had not been able to conquer.
Seeing their fearful looks, Fu Xueqin has no good way, real life is not about making movies, it is not about saying two impassioned words to boost morale, anyway, the worst result is nothing more than that these people are buried together, and she and her master can always run out, she is very confident in this.
Don't look at her as if she has put a lot of thought into these escorts, in fact, she has long expected that these people will die on this trip, and doing those things is just to lay the foundation for the future reconstruction of the Ninth Legion, these guys are not Spartan 300 warriors, and in the face of such a bad situation, it can almost be said that they are waiting for death.
Sure enough, the escort team who also saw the situation clearly began to have soldiers fleeing that night, and Fu Xueqin didn't have any good way to deal with it, after all, she couldn't go without sleeping every night to defend these two hundred people.
In the next few days, more and more soldiers fled, Fu Xueqin simply chose to ignore it, they were all cannon fodder anyway, besides, even if she wanted to solve her, there was no way, although she had been a soldier for many years, she had never been a general after all, and she had no relevant experience.
It wasn't until the seventh day that there were only about 100 men left, and they finally saw the barbarians waiting on the hillside in the distance.
Seeing their dense lineup, Fu Xueqin's first reaction was actually relieved, finally here!