Chapter 62: A Senseless War
According to Sun Licheng's suggestion, Martin prepared two message trees on a mountain peak, and when both trees were knocked down, it meant that the mission had been successful, and if only one tree was knocked down, it meant that the mission had failed. Now that both news trees have been toppled, Adolf is overjoyed.
"Give the order, beat the drums, and inform the whole army that the enemy's hero has been killed!"
Adolf waved his hand and gave the order to his men.
Soon, in the rear of the goblin formation, the big drum was rumbling, and the news of the goblin hero being hacked to death quickly spread throughout the army.
The most important thing in warfare in the era of cold weapons is morale. The morale-boosting goblins not only held their ground, but also fought back against the goblins. The goblins soon learned that their hero had been killed, and their morale was devastated.
After a while, Calvin's team magic reached a cooldown, and the goblins' offensive suddenly slowed down, and their spirits began to languish.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, under the leadership of the bear goblins, the goblin army began a counterattack on all fronts, and when a group of ogre and goblin leaders were killed, the battle line could no longer be maintained.
Finally, as the horn of retreat sounded behind the goblins, the goblins' formation collapsed. The panicked goblins threw their weapons on the ground and fled frantically, leaving their backs to the goblins, and the chase began.
The battle lasted until sunset. After the frantic pursuit of the goblins, the goblins did not even return to the camp, and directly withdrew from the Full Moon Canyon, so far, the battle ended with a great victory for the goblins.
"It's so miserable. ”
Sun Licheng, who was riding on the wolf king, looked at the corpses all over the ground and sighed. Not far away, a scavenging bird was pecking at a goblin's eyeball, and next to it was a large flock of its kind eating.
"Yes, in the last battle, the Moon Alliance lost more than 800 people, especially at the beginning of the battle, the casualties were very heavy. ”
Wall replied.
At this moment, he was standing beside Sun Licheng with one arm hanging from his hand. In this battle, he was hit in the left arm by an ogre, but fortunately, the bones are fine, and he will be able to raise them for a while.
"At least we won, or most of the corpses here will be our goblins. ”
Then, Wall laughed.
"yes, we won. I'm going to look for Adolf in a moment, will you come along?"
Sun Licheng also smiled, and then asked.
Wall shook his head and said, "I'm going back to take care of the team, so I'm not going." Go early and come back early. ”
Bidding farewell to Wall, Sun Licheng rode the wolf king and ran to the station of the Xingyue tribe.
When they arrived at the station of the Xingyue tribe, they were all smiling when they saw the goblins here, and they were carrying the supplies and weapons to their camp. The goblins were completely defeated, leaving the entire camp to them, and as the leader of the alliance, the captured majority belonged to the Star-Moon Tribe.
When he met Adolf, Adolf was looking at an iron axe with great interest. Although this giant axe is crudely made, it is far inferior to the long knife captured by Sun Licheng, but it is better than a big body, and it is definitely a very good weapon in this place. Sun Licheng estimated that which ogre dropped it, just cheapened the big-headed bear.
Seeing Sun Licheng, Adolf was very happy and hurriedly welcomed him into the handsome tent.
"Sun Licheng, you are our great hero!"
Adolf said to Sun Licheng with a smile.
The goblins won this battle, although many people died, most of them were from other tribes, and the biggest loss of the Xingyue tribe was those deer cavalry. However, in other words, the deer cavalry who have been tempered by this great battle have greatly improved their combat ability and combat awareness, and they are not at a loss. Of course, Martin has an opinion on Sun Licheng, and he doesn't have any good looks for him yet.
"Thank you, Great Chief. I've already killed the other party's heroes, and I wonder how things are going with my clan?"
Sun Licheng directly expressed his intentions.
"Come on, Sun Licheng, let's eat first. Adolf did not answer, but pulled Sun Licheng to the table, on which a lot of fruit and dried meat were placed, which could be regarded as sumptuous.
While eating, Adolf said, "I have already agreed with the elders who participated in the war, and when I go back, I will tell the other elders, you can rest assured, my side will definitely use my best strength to promote this matter." However, you still have to make a bigger contribution in the later battles. ”
After speaking, he also patted Sun Licheng on the shoulder to express encouragement.
Sun Licheng couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, "This is a blank check." However, he didn't have any way, after all, the right to speak was in the hands of the other party.
After eating a not very happy dinner, Sun Licheng said goodbye and left, and at this time, Martin, who had a cold face next to him, came over.
"Father, do you really want to agree with him to form his own tribe?"
Martin was still worried about Sun Licheng, and couldn't help but ask angrily.
"At least for now. In the future, hehe, this matter will still be decided after the discussion of the tribal alliance. Martin, you remember, you can not figure out in small things, but in big principles you must not be confused. It's still a time of war, and everything is about war. Whether you like that guy or not, he's still pretty good, so don't bother him now. Do you understand?"
Adolf picked his teeth with a small wooden stick and said slowly to Martin, his eyes extremely calm.
Martin nodded and said, "I see, father." ”
The next day, the Scouts who had gone out to scout came back with the news that the Goblin Army had retreated.
Soon, the goblins reoccupied all the important places on both sides of the Full Moon Canyon, and the battle line was finally stabilized again. By this time, the month-long war was over.
In this battle, including the Full Moon Tribe, the goblins suffered nearly 3,000 casualties! As the defeated side, the goblins left more than 4,000 corpses!
"Do you have to die so many people every time you fight?"
Faced with nearly 8,000 casualties, Sun Licheng felt incredible, and he asked Wall.
"Pretty much. At least for as long as I can remember, there has been a fight every few years, and my father died in this kind of war. ”
Wall thought for a moment and replied.
"Why?"
Sun Licheng continued to ask questions.
Wall thought for a moment and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
"What a strange war. Such wars have no meaning other than heavy casualties. But the two sides have been fighting for thousands of years, directly draining all the development potential of the Moon Alliance, why is this?"
Sun Licheng secretly slandered in his heart.
Suddenly, he remembered the knowledge that the god of the earth had given him. In that knowledge, the gods were very protective against goblins.
"Could it be that this senseless war is the gods' means of controlling the goblins?"
Thinking of this, Sun Licheng had another guess in his heart.
But soon, Sun Licheng shook his head, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Now where does he have the energy to worry about other people's affairs, his first task is to find the fragment of the godhead of the earth god, and then go home, as for the goblins and goblins here to fight for life and death, it is none of his business.
Four days later, through the efforts of all the goblins, the various defenses of the Full Moon Canyon were re-established, and Adolf gave the order to reorganize the Full Moon Tribe. To this end, all tribes are to send their own warriors to join the new Full Moon Division.
According to the distribution ratio, the Silver Moon Tribe left behind twenty sturdy young men, and an additional fifty sets of weapons and equipment.
After doing this, under the leadership of Wall, everyone said goodbye to the other subordinates and set out on the road home.
Before leaving, Adolf specially found Sun Licheng and said to him, "You have to wait patiently when you return to the Silver Moon Tribe. We'll discuss your affairs as soon as we get back to the Star and Moon Tribe. You also know that this kind of thing is a big deal and it will take some time, so don't worry. ”
For such words, Sun Licheng had no choice but to follow Wal.
Because of the deaths and injuries, the team of the Silvermoon Tribe walked much slower than when they came. After eight days, they finally returned home.
When the team returned to the Silvermoon Tribe, the entire tribe fell into a state of grief.
In this battle, the Silver Moon Tribe dispatched a total of 180 strong people, 23 were killed in the battle, and 10 were disabled for life. This calculation is equivalent to the loss of one-sixth of the personnel. If you count the twenty people who remained in the Full Moon Tribe, a third of them are gone.
"It's all thanks to you, Sun Licheng. Otherwise, who knows how many people they can come back from. ”
After listening to Wall's report, the old patriarch Eve held Sun Licheng's hand and expressed her deep gratitude.
The war was so dangerous that not only was it sent as the vanguard of the whole army from the beginning, but there were also heroes in the enemy. If Sun Licheng hadn't provided so many weapons and equipment to the Silver Moon Tribe, the Silver Moon Tribe would have killed and injured more than that.
Fortunately, there were not many casualties this time, and Wall and they brought back a lot of loot, plus the redeveloped salt mines, as well as the bronze products produced, the development of the Silver Moon Tribe was still very optimistic.
For Sun Licheng to be able to come back safely, the little cabbage was very happy. During this time, she has been worried about Sun Licheng.
"What? You said you ran into a Goblin hero?"
Hearing Sun Licheng's introduction of the battle situation at that time, the little cabbage looked stunned.
She wanted to say it couldn't be, but when she saw the long knife on the table, she swallowed it back. Such weapons do not occur in such remote places.
"That's not right. The hero is the backbone of the Goblin Kingdom, how could he be here? And this weapon, which can also be called a treasure sword, is not something that ordinary families can have. ”
Facing the long knife, the little cabbage couldn't help but whisper to herself.
"What did you say? What Goblin Kingdom?"
Sun Licheng's ears are very good, and he keenly captures key information.
Seeing Sun Licheng hear his words, Xiao Cabbage's face changed, and he hurriedly changed the topic and began to look left at him.
Seeing the little cabbage that was a little panicked, Sun Licheng secretly scolded himself: "This is a person with a story! How did I save a slave girl, and I actually rescued such a mysterious guy." I don't know if she's doing this, is it a good thing or a bad thing for me?"