Volume 2 Chapter 23 The Mammoth Strikes
Halfway through the night, four mercenary teams camped in a wide area.
After a few days, the weather was getting colder and colder, and all the mercenaries sat around the campfire, eating hard cakes and drinking cold water.
Although there was no meat at all, the mercenaries all had smiles on their faces at this time. Just now, while the bandit group did not set up the trap boulder, they quickly rushed through the canyon, this decision is really too wise.
The losses in the first battle were so small, and this was the first time that many mercenaries had such an experience.
This time, none of the four teams were injured, and only four horses were lost, and there were enough spare horses to ensure that everyone had horses to ride.
In the past, when passing through the canyon, boulders and arrows fell together. Heavy armor can defend against arrows, but it is bulky enough to dodge boulders, while light armor can dodge boulders, but dense arrows can stab you.
So even if the mercenaries are not too seriously injured, the equipment, supplies, and horses are often worn out too much. Add a lot of stress to future trips.
Ye Qing sat next to the bonfire, looking at the somewhat messy faces of these mercenaries reflected in the bonfire.
In Ye Qing's opinion, there were some thrilling encounters, but in the eyes of these mercenaries, it was enough to rejoice, which showed how dangerous the journey of this cursed land would be, and he seemed to have underestimated the danger of this trip a little.
At last a passer-by stepped out of the carriage, which had been built with sufficient materials to withstand the bumps and boulders and arrows, but it was also heavy and required four horses to keep up with the speed of the procession.
Coming out of the carriage were two people, who appeared to be a husband and wife.
At first glance, they are pure spirituality, powerless in this cursed land. I am afraid that it is difficult to bear the weight of heavy armor, and at this time they are wearing only a thin soft armor.
When they saw Ye Qing, the two were a little surprised, and the man said: "This girl is so physical, is there any trick to improving her physical strength?" My lady is pregnant, and her physical strength is a little unsustainable. ”
Although he couldn't see Ye Qing's figure under the heavy armor, from Ye Qing's slender wrists and neck, he concluded that Ye Qing, like them, did not have martial arts cultivation.
Ye Qing only saw at this time that the woman's belly bulged slightly: "It's a pity, I don't have any tricks, I'm also a martial arts practitioner." ”
The man was a little surprised, and said in a low voice: "Out of this ghost place, there will be heavy thanks below!"
Ye Qing shook his head: "There is nothing you can do." ”
Suddenly, a strange horn sounded.
"Form a defensive formation! Mammoth is coming!" the four captains immediately ordered their mercenaries.
The man immediately helped his wife into the carriage, and his expression was quite dissatisfied with Ye Qing's cold words.
Ye Qing didn't bother to pay attention to these two people, her eyes followed Wu Yuanshan closely.
Wu Yuanshan commanded his mercenaries in an orderly manner. Among these four mercenary teams, judging from the strength shown so far, Wu Yuanshan is the best in terms of personal force and command ability.
Ye Qing could see it, and the mercenaries must also be able to see it.
Facing the mammoth this time, the four mercenary teams gathered all the supplies together, the two carriages and Ye Qing were in the protective circle, but they didn't know which of the mercenary teams wearing black armor was a passerby, and none of them retreated in the defense circle.
Yongfu was busy, but he didn't forget to Ye Qing's side, and said: "Although the mammoth here is smaller than the outside, but the teeth are hard and thick, and it is very difficult, it is estimated that the people in Sichuan Xizhai saw that we passed through the canyon without injury, so they released the mammoth and wanted to consume us!"
Ye Qing nodded: "You go and get busy, I'll be careful." ”
Chuanxi Village is the name of the first bandit group to encounter when heading north, and they will use the canyon to carry out the first wave of strikes against the mercenaries coming from the south. But this time there was a leak, and the people in Sichuan West Village naturally did not give up, and immediately released the captive mammoth.
The mammoth in the Cursed Lands resembles an elephant, and although it is a little smaller than the mammoth outside, it is still a behemoth to humans.
They have two pointed fangs and extremely thick skin, which the mercenaries' weapons can't hurt at all, but the mammoth's fangs can pierce the mercenaries' bodies.
Although mammoths are vegetarians and have a relatively docile personality, their nature has also changed a lot under the domestication of Sichuan West Village, not only is they aggressive, but more importantly, these mammoths are no longer afraid of animal repellent powder.
Soon, as the ground shook, many mammoths rushed from the night, and their long fangs looked hard and sharp under the flickering flames of the campfire, and with the force of the momentum, they could directly penetrate the shields of the mercenaries in front of them.
The mercenaries immediately split up and surrounded the mammoth. Ye Qing counted the mammoths, there were about thirty, and about one mammoth corresponded to every three mercenaries.
Because of its large size, this mammoth is not very fast, and it basically can't hurt the mercenary's life, but it will seriously damage the mercenary's equipment.
In this cursed land, the laws of heaven and earth are different from the outside, and those famous weapons that are priceless in the immortal cultivation world may not be as durable as ordinary iron and bronze tools here.
The mercenaries are careful to dodge the mammoth's attack, killing a mammoth may cost several people's weapons, the gains outweigh the losses, the mercenaries just want to wait for the mammoth's physical strength to run out and leave by themselves.
Ye Qing looked at the mercenaries who were fighting around him, among them, Wu Yuanshan relied on the tireless machine spring of the copper legs, skillfully dodging and attracting the mammoth's attacks, and constantly helping the mercenaries in critical situations.
Ye Qing frowned slightly, Wu Yuanshan's move really won everyone's favor.
Ye Qing still remembered that when he first set off, the other mercenary team captains were still a little repulsed by Wu Yuanshan, and they didn't want to look at Wu Yuanshan who had fled and returned, and after these few days, these prejudices were slowly disappearing.
It is estimated that after this battle, Wu Yuanshan will be recognized by the other three mercenary teams, with everyone's trust, Wu Yuanshan wants to kill himself, is he even more unscrupulous!
Ye Qing quietly thought of a way to deal with it, and the mercenaries finally saw the fatigue of the mammoth, and they retreated again and again, as if they were unwilling to fight again.
At this moment, a strange horn sounded in the distance, and this horn sounded all the time, as if urging these mammoths to attack, and these mammoths immediately became irritable as if they had taken forbidden medicine, and did not care at all about the swords and clubs that fell on them, and their huge bodies went on a rampage.
Immediately, several mercenaries' heavy armor was pierced, and they retreated with injuries.
"Sichuan Xizhai is very afraid of us, and he is not afraid of exhausting these mammoths to death!" said an injured mercenary beside Ye Qing who was stopping the bleeding with a look of hatred.
Ye Qing asked, "Don't these mammoths have any weaknesses at all?"
The mercenary skillfully bandaged the wound and said: "There are weaknesses, eyes, nose, ears, and **, but even if you attack those places, you can't kill them for a while, they are crazy, and the situation is even more difficult to control." ”
Ye Qing knows it, so can he only use it hard with these big guys?
"Miss Ye, don't go out, it's dangerous!"
Ye Qing ignored it, and while stepping out of the protective circle, he drew his weapon from the sword box behind him.
"Is this little girl crazy?" muttered the husband and wife, hiding behind the heavy curtain, in the carriage in the protective ring.
Hmph, you Wu Yuanshan don't want prestige, then I can only establish a higher prestige than you.