early morning

The sky is just dawning.

Qin Ge walked out of the blue hall and was about to gather his soldiers and horses to take the initiative to attack, when a strong wind fell in the sky, and a gray lord knight in charge of reconnaissance and vigilance jumped down gracefully, bowed to Qin Ge and said, "My lord, we have found traces of four enemies around the territory. ”

"Around?"

Qin Ge was stunned, what the hell, it stands to reason that with the development speed of the virus camp, it is impossible to entangle the four-way army to attack in such a short period of time.

"Where is the location?"

"Thirty kilometers due north, there are five enemy Grey Owl Knights and 80 sword cavalry, but they don't seem to have any intention of heading south, just lingering around there. Thirty kilometers due west, there was also an enemy force of this size, and then due south and due east in all four directions. ”

Hearing the deployment of the virus's troops, Qin Ge frowned, he thought that he already knew what was going on, and the virus had actually adopted delaying tactics now.

He won't take the initiative to attack, but he can't be allowed to take the initiative again, because no matter which direction he attacks, the enemy forces in the other three directions can immediately pounce.

In the end, there is still a lack of air supremacy.

Qin Ge sighed in his heart, he only has 12 gray lord knights, but the virus has enough 20 gray lord knights, and it is foreseeable that the virus will continue to recruit more gray lord knights, even if he has a sniper rifle in his hand, can he beat dozens or hundreds of gray lord knights in the sky?

Not to mention that he only had 20 sniper bullets left in his hands.

What if the 20 Grey Owl Knights play hide and seek with him and fly kites?

In addition, the soldiers sent by the virus are all highly mobile sword cavalry and gray lord knights, such a configuration is purely disgusting, if you come to fight me, I will run immediately, if you don't hit me, I won't run, and if you go back, I will come again.

Well, that's hard to put into words.

"So, let's start with the mines. ”

Qin Ge decided to give up taking the initiative, he couldn't let the virus lead the way, that would be too stupid.

"Gather fifty archers, let them go to the woods east of the territory to cut wood, make me some simple arrow towers, and divide fifty level 1 archers, I will take them to prospecting. ”

Qin Ge quickly issued an order, there are no special lumberjacks and miners in the civilization buildings of the Gray Ear people, because this is a civilization where all the people are soldiers, but also because of their ingenuity, they can also master various life skills after retiring.

For example, the Grey-eared Heavy Infantry, in addition to basic attributes and combat skills, also masters the 5th level of Farmer, 5th level of Miner, 5th level of Logging, 5th level of construction, and 5th level of breeding, which is clearly a logistics class.

And the Grey Ear Archer also masters Farmer Level 3, Miner Level 3, Logging Level 3, Building Level 3, Breeding Level 3, Crafting Level 3, etc., so like building an arrow tower or something, they don't need drawings, they will make it themselves.

To the east of the territory is the mountains, and the mountains are dense primeval forests, so logging is simple, and there is no fear of the virus sending troops to harass them.

It's just that the prospecting is a bit complicated, and you have to use the detection eye on Qin Ge's left shoulder, which can see through the invisible after activation, and can also see a hundred meters of underground ore veins, which has a great effect.

When he came to the mountain, Qin Ge activated the Eye of Detection and shot towards the underground, only to see that the underground seemed to become vibrant and colorful.

The gray is the soil, the white is the stone, the yellow is the copper ore, the red is the iron ore, and the black is the coal mine, but there are not many of them.

Qin Ge was not in a hurry, walking along the mountain range, there were several gray owl knights in the sky who were in charge of guarding and keeping in touch with the territory at any time, including the dynamics of the enemy's four harassment squads, of course.

"Huh, the coal mine, or the surface coal mine!"

Three kilometers away from the territory, under a branch of a large mountain, Qin Ge discovered a coal seam, buried three meters deep in the surface, and the number was still huge.

"Right here, dig straight down, dig it out and find a way to carry it back. ”

Qin Ge simply gave an order, anyway, for the gray-eared people with the talent of mental dexterity, they would definitely come up with a way.

Then he continued to wander around the mountains, he didn't expect to find any big mines, just a few dozen tons of reserves, his territory was destined to take the road of fighting to feed the war, otherwise it would not develop at all, and the virus would not give him enough time to develop, at most tomorrow, the virus would have a larger number of troops to attack.

It's just going around and around, Qin Ge has walked around the mountains within five kilometers close to the territory, and no iron ore has been found, no matter how far it goes, transportation is a big problem.

Qin Ge could only give up temporarily, because keeping the Eye of Detection open all the time also required the consumption of qi and blood value, and he didn't have enough qi and blood value to consume now.

By the time they returned to the territory, the 50 archers had already begun to carry coal back.

They are all very high in attributes, so each carrying 500 kilograms of coal on their backs can also trot all the way back.

So Qin Ge sent another 50 sharpshooters to dig coal.

And that group of archers who cut down trees were equally fast and efficient, and in just a few hours, the trees on a hill to the east were all cut down, and even the first arrow tower had already begun to be built.

Qin Ge originally just wanted to make some simple arrow towers, the kind that could shoot condescendingly, and could also add a lid to resist feathered arrows from the sky.

He was really surprised by the way the Grey-Eared Archers made them, because the first arrow tower they had built was ten meters high, with a side length of six × six meters, and a tower that could accommodate up to 15 archers.

This surprised Qin Ge at the same time, but also finally gave him a new idea, so he immediately sent all the remaining archers and sword cavalry to cut wood, if there can be such 20 arrow towers in his territory, then there is basically no need to worry about the harassment of those virus gray lord knights.

Back in the Blue Hall, Qin Ge felt a little tired and hungry, there was no way, since the morning before yesterday, he had fought all the way into this virus camp, after repeated battles, he didn't dare to relax at all, and even at night he had to keep his eyes open to guard against the virus sneak attack, the pressure could be imagined.

Taking out a few pieces of jerky from his backpack, Qin Ge thought as he ate.

"The problem of food needs to be solved. ”

Since those gray-eared soldiers were recruited with aquamarine, they brought their own baggage for seven days after they came out, that is, they didn't care about their food and drink for seven days.

After seven days, there are two ways to replenish food, one is to use aquamarine directly, one aquamarine can supply 20 soldiers with a day's food.

The second way is to take the regular route and replenish ordinary food, 20 kg a day for a soldier.

"Farming doesn't work, so we still have to rely on fighting to develop war, and now that I have the arrow tower, then the gray lord knight who is not afraid of the virus will be suppressed in the air, can I attack again?"

This bold idea was quickly pressed by Qin Ge, now he has fought with the virus four or five times in a row, no matter what, the virus can no longer underestimate him, assuming that the virus has a commander, then it will definitely not let him succeed easily, this can be known just by looking at the layout of the virus today, no matter how dare he take the initiative, even if the nest is worry-free, he will definitely be ambushed on the way.

But if he doesn't take the initiative to attack, once the virus army takes the initiative to attack again, then it will definitely be crushed by superiority, can his territory hold on?

Qin Ge was a little worried, until his gaze swept over Zhao Xin and Yu Yue, who were like little adults, and an idea suddenly moved in his mind.

"Well, wait, in fact, taking the initiative to attack does not necessarily require a large army, even the gray lord knight is not necessary, Zhao Xin and Yu Yue are now foundation building swordsmen, one move and three rings for the moon, can kill any virus soldier except the virus lord in seconds, so- I have a way." ”