Bruce managed to sneak into the Emerald City and found Todak, who had opened a weapons shop, and asked him to introduce him to some reliable mercenaries.

Since the Dragon's Horn Mercenary Regiment was disbanded due to civil strife, most of the mercenaries who escaped entered the Emerald City and followed Tang Deli to reorganize into the city defense army.

But there are still some people who are dissatisfied with Tang Deli's approach, so they can only become scattered mercenaries.

These mercenaries had no income for the time being, so Todak took in some of the mercenaries with whom he had a good relationship.

But he has a weapons store, and he can't feed many people. Moreover, Todak still needs to take care of his people, and it is impossible to take care of these mercenaries for a long time.

These mercenaries, now all at home, can only work as coolies in the vicinity, they are about two or three hundred people.

Because Bruce is wanted, it is now inconvenient to enter the Emerald City to find them, so he can only entrust it to Todak.

Luckily, Todak was also a very enthusiastic old mercenary, and with his introduction, Bruce quickly recruited enough people.

This time, Bruce managed to recruit more than three hundred people.

For these three hundred people, Tang En and they don't trust them very much for the time being.

Don organized one hundred and fifty people into a hunting party, led by three professionals: Richard, Jack, and John.

Their mission is not only to hunt prey, collect meat, fur, and animal fat, but also to constantly explore the terrain in the Horn Forest.

In order to find the Frost Grass for Marianda, Don and the others have been searching for detailed information about the Horn Forest.

This work has been done by the Dragon's Horn mercenary group before, close to the terrain of the Emerald City within a radius of eight hundred miles, and Tang En and the others have already explored it clearly, drawing it on the sheepskin map.

Now the range of Bruce's hunting activities is in the interior of the map. In the future, Don plans to expand the range of activities of the hunting party and move as far as possible into the depths of the Horn Forest.

In addition to the hunting team of one hundred and fifty people, Tang En also arranged for more than a hundred people to cultivate the farmland, and these more than 100 people were all older old mercenaries.

Donn had them cut down trees on the plains near the camp, build houses to serve as settlements, and reclaim farmland for long-term survival.

After all, relying on hunting is not a long-term solution, although relying on their familiarity with the Horn Forest, Tang En and they can now obtain abundant prey.

But hunting wild beasts for a long time will only kill chickens for eggs.

Now that they have lost the Shadow Castle, they can only use the Oxhorn Forest as a base.

Tang En organized these mercenaries to reclaim the farmland, and not only collected a small tax, but also paid them an annuity.

Such a good thing was of course welcomed by the mercenaries.

The Horn Forest was abundant, and the common freedmen were eager to open up farmland here to escape the oppression of the nobility.

But after all, there are a lot of Warcraft activities here, and without the protection of professionals, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive in the Horn Forest.

Tang En and the others also ventured in the Oxhorn Forest for ten years, and they were more familiar with the situation in the Oxhorn Forest, so they dared to settle here.

The remaining dozens of elites were also enriched by Tang En into military armaments such as archery teams, sword and shield teams, and reconnaissance teams.

Don arranges for Celt to master the nitrate configuration, and Richard is responsible for transporting the candles.

He led Bruce, Rednor, John, Brand and others into action.

Originally, Don wanted to take Lucia with him, but Lucia has been busy with magic experiments recently, so she doesn't have time to walk with Don and them.

Tang En's five professionals, with fifty elite mercenaries, carried two hundred bags of salt and began the first pathfinding operation.

To facilitate the delivery of goods, Don also made wheelbarrows.

As soon as it was invented, this simple transport vehicle was well received by everyone, including Marianda.

Since Don took over the power of the mercenary group, he has begun to gradually influence the people, and in just a month or two, Tang En has brought three important inventions.

These inventions will soon change the living environment of the mercenaries.

Tang En and the others, with a dozen war horses and dozens of wheelbarrows, bypassed the Emerald City and began to advance towards the Loya Canyon.

The Loya Canyon is more than 120 miles long, and the narrowest part is less than 70 meters. It was in this dangerous place that the empire built the Bullhorn Fortress, where two brigades of city defenders were stationed.

It is impossible to smuggle through the Horn Fortress.

Loya Canyon is flanked on both sides by towering cliffs, behind which are dense primeval forests.

This large primeval forest is connected to the Horn Forest, and there are a lot of magical beasts active in it, far more dangerous than the outer periphery of the Horn Forest, which is the famous Isdar Devil Forest, also known as the Red Dragon Forest.

Isdar is the name of a red dragon, and it is a very brutal red dragon.

It ravages the land for thousands of miles, and more than 500 humans die in Isdar's mouth every year.

Such brutal actions for decades have finally angered the legendary powerhouse of mankind, Collo. Under the auspices of this legendary powerhouse, the high-ranking professionals of humanity have waged a war against dragons.

After a long battle, the head of the dragon Isdar was cut off by the legendary warrior Collo, and was later stored in the royal palace of the Hadmar Imperial Capital, where it became a collection of Emperor Bruno Molda Philippe.

The terrain on both sides of the Loya Canyon is so undulating that large groups are not allowed to pass through it, and only a few professionals can walk through this devil's forest.

Don and the others walked for four days and came to the vicinity of Loya Canyon, and under the guidance of Bruce, they bypassed Loya Canyon and entered a sheep's intestine trail.

After another day of walking along a bumpy trail and crossing a small river seven or eight meters wide, Bruce finally led the group to a waterfall.

Seeing that it was getting late, the people began to set up camp on the boulder on the side of the waterfall.

Tang En pointed at Bruce and said, "This road is really difficult to walk, and it is already so difficult before entering the Red Dragon Forest, it seems that it is really not suitable for large-scale trade activities." ”

"In the future, if you want to transport goods, you will need to build a strong bridge over the creek. Otherwise, once the flood tide rises, I am afraid that there will be big trouble. Bruce said, glancing at Donn.

"In the future, I plan to build a camp here, leaving fifteen people to guard this secret camp and serve as a supply depot. By the way, they can build a wooden bridge. Maybe when we return, we won't have to make a raft to cross the river again. Donn said.

"It takes a long time to build a strong camp, and we don't have that much time to spend here. Bruce said.

"For the time being, it doesn't need to be too strong, this place has not yet penetrated into the Red Dragon Forest, and there is no Warcraft activity. Besides, I will keep Brand, although Brand is not strong and has just become a professional now, but there is still no problem in facing a beast like a lion and tiger. Donn said.