Count Octavia also handed over to Leon all the 200 snow camels owned by the White Rock garrison, which are endemic to the Arctic Ice Field, capable of walking on thick snow and carrying heavy loads, making them ideal for transporting heavy supplies.

A thousand thunder beast warriors with two hundred snow camels left White Rock City under the leadership of Leon and set foot on the reckless ice field.

Count Octavia watched the Thunder Beast Brigade disappear from the city walls, a complex look flashing in his lion's eyes.

Leon, I hope you don't let me down!

......... The cold wind is howling, the frost and snow are flying all over the sky, and on the polar arctic ice field, a long line slowly moves along the coastline.

On the east side of the ice field is the black and blue sea, and the ice and snow storm sets up waves on the sea, and the waves of a dozen feet high crash endlessly against the shore, and are shattered in front of the cliffs again and again.

"Where have we been?"

Leon took off the animal skin scarf that blocked the wind, and asked in a deep voice, "How long will it take to get to Hailanji?"

One of the guides next to him immediately replied, "My lord, at most, we can reach Hailanji before it falls!"

"It's not enough," Leon whispered, "we need to speed up!"

Hailanji is located in the northeast of Valen City, which was originally a seaside town belonging to the Beamon Beast Clan, which was later destroyed by the barbarians, and is about a hundred miles away from Valen City.

The Thunderbeast Brigade's guides are all local natives of the Snow Wolf Orion, and they are very familiar with the environment on the ice field, and according to this guide's opinion, if the barbarians build a supply line to Valen, then Hailanji is the most suitable transit point.

Therefore, a hundred miles north from Hailanji was the port of the barbarians, Linsk, and it was through Linsk and several other ice-free seaports that the Terrans provided support to the barbarians.

Therefore, Leon decided not to try his luck in front of Valen City, and rushed directly to Hailanji, if he was lucky enough, he might encounter the convoy of barbarians.

Under Leon's order, the Thunderbeast Brigade sped up its pace.

Each warrior clutched the weapon in his hand, and although the cold and wind and snow posed a great obstacle, it could not stop them from moving forward.

And a dozen miles northwest of the team, a scout team of the Thunderbeast Brigade was galloping on the ice field.

According to the establishment of the Thunder Beast Army, a scout team is exactly ten people, and each person is equipped with a snow camel.

On the Far North Ice Sheet, the thousand-pound snow camel is a prized beast ride.

The snow camel is docile and easy to tame, its wide paws have strong adhesion, it will not slip when stepping on ice and snow, its thick white pile can withstand the cold weather of the far north, and the fat accumulated by the towering hump allows it to walk on the ice field for a week or two without eating or drinking.

The Thunderbeast Brigade carried two hundred snow camels, and Leon assigned one hundred of them to the Scouts, and after a few days of adaptation, the Scouts quickly mastered the control of the beast rider known as the "Ship of the Ice Field".

The ten Leopard Scouts were dressed in white cloaks, which made them difficult to spot on the snow, and although it was the first time they had fought on the snow and ice, the Scouts struggled to adapt to the environment.

"There is a situation!"

One of the scouts was the first to notice the anomaly on the distant ice field, and immediately alerted his companions.

The eyes of the leopard scouts are extremely keen, and in the open area, the movement within a few miles cannot escape their eye search, not to mention that the target that appears is not small.

It was five or six warriors who also rode snow camels, with a physique far greater than that of the Leopard Scouts, with long black hair tied into pigtails and white paint on their faces.

That is the most striking characteristic of the barbarian.

The indigenous peoples of these ice fields have long since adapted to the climate here, and in the midst of such ice and snow, the six barbarian cavalry still have their arms bare, and they do not seem to be afraid of the cold at all.

When the Thunderbeast Scouts spotted them, the barbarians were aware of their opponents' presence.

Without hesitation, they rushed towards the scout team, howling in excitement as they charged, as if believing that the Thunderbeast Scout was already in their pocket.

The captain of the Thunder Beast Scout Team smiled coldly, a trace of coldness flashed in the leopard's eyes, and he raised his left hand and shouted: "Go up and let them know how powerful our Thunder Beast warriors are!"

"Victory!"

The nine scouts echoed in unison, pulling up the reins and steering the camel to meet their opponents.

Once the snow camel gallops, it is not slow, and the distance between the two sides is rapidly reduced.

The barbarian cavalry reached out and took off their bows from their backs, and as scouts in the army, their cavalry and archery skills were not weak.

The scout captain, who had been keeping an eye on the enemy's movements, immediately shouted, "Spread out and attack freely!"

Whoosh!

When the distance between the two sides was no more than a few hundred paces, the barbarian cavalry attacked first.

The hunting bows used by the barbarians were large and powerful, and the shooting distance was quite long, but the disadvantage was that the accuracy was not high, and four or five feathered arrows flew far away, and when they were blown by the wind, they were crooked to the side and disappeared into the snow, and none of them could hit the target.

However, the barbarian warriors didn't care, and the most powerful weapon for them was the mace on the back of the snow camel, which could not be resisted by even an opponent in armor if it was smashed down by a single blow once it got close to the enemy.

A distance of a few hundred steps seems quite far, and the time to reach close combat is very short to really charge face-to-face.

But their opponents don't fight them face-to-face.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The thunder beast scout's counterattack followed, and nine sharp armor-piercing arrows pierced through the wind and snow and fell towards the barbarians!

The riding bow used by the Thunder Beast Scout is the most sophisticated in the Thunder Beast Army's standard equipment, both the bow body and the arrow body are made of expensive materials, except for the slight lack of range, the accuracy and penetration of the arrow are very strong.

Poof!

The two barbarian cavalrymen who rushed to the front seemed to crash into an invisible iron wall, and in the midst of blood splashing, the snow camel screamed forward and fell heavily to the ground.

A barbarian was pierced through his stout neck by an armor-piercing arrow, and the sharp arrows ruthlessly tore open the arteries in his neck, and blood spurted seven or eight feet away, staining large swaths of snow red.

He lost his life almost instantly.

The sudden fall of the two companions in front surprised the four barbarian cavalrymen behind, who had never imagined that the enemy's bow and arrow would be so powerful, and that it would be so powerful at a distance of one or two hundred paces.

The leather armor they wear is made of snow monsters, which is as tough as copper and iron, and the snow camels themselves have thick muscles and fur, which have a certain protective ability against bows and arrows.

These barbarian cavalry had not fought against the Scouts of the Beamon Beast Clan, and the abilities of the Thunder Beast Scouts were obviously far beyond their experience.

However, these cavalrymen were very experienced in combat, and although they were not panicked at the critical moment, they pulled the reins hard to control the snow camel to leap high and jump over their comrades who were tumbling on the ground.

However, several sharp arrows flew in front of him, and the three unsuspecting barbarians were attacked at the same time, and they fell into the snow.

How can it be so fast?!

The barbarian who fell all over the game couldn't figure out how the opponent's attack speed could be so fast, and it wasn't enough time to even change arrows, let alone Zhang Xian's aim.

They didn't know that the thunder beast scouts who participated in the Northern Expedition were each equipped with a standard riding bow and two hand crossbows, and when facing the enemy's charge, they first used the riding bow to intercept at a long distance, and then switched to hand crossbows after closing in, which could maintain three waves of attacks in a very short time.

The barbarians have not seen the power of these three waves, and it is inevitable that they will suffer.

However, the power of the crossbow arrows was insufficient, and the three barbarians were not seriously injured, and the bravery of the Heavenly Surname made them quickly get up, brandishing their maces and continuing to rush forward.

But they were greeted by a third wave of crossbow bolts!

Due to the rapid approach of the Thunder Beast Scout, the distance between the two sides was shortened to less than fifty paces, and the power of the crossbow arrows increased greatly, and the three barbarian warriors only rushed out a few steps before they were shot by the flying crossbow arrows.

Two barbarians who were hit to the point were killed on the spot.

The thunder beast scouts are usually extremely rigorously trained, and they are even more skilled in horse archery, these scouts have participated in many battles, and they cooperate with each other very tacitly, and the six arrogant barbarian cavalry crashed straight into them completely looking for death.

The last of the remaining barbarian cavalry saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly turned the snow camel to escape from the side, his head was not stupid, and he knew that he was looking for death when he went up, and he was serious about passing back the news of the encounter with the enemy.

But how could the thunder beast scouts who rushed up give him a chance to escape, and as the scout captain shouted, the three scouts rushed up and threw out the noose.

This is the technique of lassing horses on the grassland, and the thunder beast scouts learned to use it specifically to catch the live mouth, one of the nooses accurately lassoed the barbarian cavalry, and the scouts behind pulled it hard, and immediately pulled it off the back of the hump.

The trapped barbarian screamed and tried desperately to break free, but grabbed his scout and rushed out, pulling him back and forth in the snow, giving him no chance to break free.

The other scouts reloaded their crossbows and shot the badly wounded barbarians on the ground one by one, and even those who were already dead were replenished with arrows to prevent the enemy from dwindling to death.

Finally, one of the scouts jumped off the hunchback, drew a dagger, cut off the right ears of the five savages and stuffed them into a fur pocket.

The war between the Beamon beasts and the barbarians lasted for hundreds of years, and the Beamon Kingdom has always used the barbarians' ears as the battle achievements, and these five right ears represent five war exploits, according to the standards of the kingdom's regular army, enough for an ordinary soldier to be promoted to the lowest officer!

The scout engagement battle lasted for a short time, and the ten Thunder Beast scouts easily wiped out the enemy, and also captured a prisoner and three intact snow camels, and won the first battle.

The captain of the scout was very satisfied, and after burying the corpses of the enemy and the snow camel on the spot, he led the team to join the main force as quickly as possible.

Leon, who was leading the team to Hailanji, was very happy after learning the news of the victory of the scout team, and immediately ordered the team to rest for a while, and first forced the enemy information from the prisoners before making a decision.

(To be continued)