The cold north wind blew the snow on the top of the mountain, like a dozen slaps in the face, and the cheekbones were frozen red.

This time in the village of Wall, Surdak assembled a cavalry battalion of 200 cavalrymen, 50 reserve knights of the guard battalion who had just graduated from the knights' academy, and 30 mercenaries, plus Andrew, Gulitham, Viru...... That adds up to nearly three hundred.

In the desert, a team of this size can be regarded as a powerful bandit group.

For the time being, Surdak's cavalry battalion can only ride foot soldiers, and the young reserve knights of the security squadron of the guard battalion are a group of novices who don't know anything, so the strongest combat effectiveness of the entire team is the thirty mercenaries of the Sea Giant Mercenary Regiment.

The old village chief took the whole village to stand at the entrance of the village to see off Surdak, the old Sheila and Natasha and Rita also stood at the front of the group, Rita held little Peter, this operation Surdak almost took away the horses of the whole village, and also crossed the entire barren land, and went on an expedition to the desert in the northeast to crusade against those desert bandits, such a feat has never been seen in the barren land for so many years.

Uncle Zammutara, a veteran hunter in the village who has now become a charioteer in Vol Village, grabbed Surdak and said to him with an earnest face: "Don't go too deep, be careful not to let those wind wolves target." Every winter, the wind wolves gather in packs, and they even dare to fight those hibernating brown bears on the edge of the Paglos Mountains, and there is nothing they dare not do if they are hungry, and you never know how many of them there are......"

Surdak led the horse and was surrounded by a group of villagers.

The wrinkles on the old village chief's face were almost piled together, and he whispered to Surdak: "If you can't find the desert bandits, come back quickly, be careful that there are occasional snowstorms in the desert." ”

Surdak said to the village chief of Bright: "Don't worry, Uncle Bright! This time, we not only brought three guides who are familiar with the desert, but I also found an Eagle Eye, this time I will improve the map of the southern region of the desert no matter what, waiting for the good news of our triumph! ”

Gabby at the front of the line. At this time, the head of the regiment turned around and said to the villagers who were standing at the entrance of the village to see them off: "We are professional in dealing with those desert bandits, all you need to do is to prepare enough gold coins. ”

Surdak hugged Carl again, and Karl could only whisper to Surdak: "Bring them all back to me safely......

Obviously, he was a little worried about this group of reserve knights.

"Take care all the way!"

"You too, Dark!"

Karl then stepped on his horse and stepped onto the concrete road leading to the Paglos Pass.

He was returning to the city of Highlandsa today, while Surdak was going to take the other way with the team.

……

Surdak took the young reserve knight in the middle of the group and headed for the desert in the northeastern corner of the Badlands.

The horses' hooves clattered the gravel on the barren land, which was covered with a thin layer of residual snow, and the team went north along the artificial canal, bypassing the entrance to the underground river, which was now completely covered with snow and ice, forming a huge glacial lake with reeds and red thatch growing around the glacial lake, which had turned yellow in winter.

In the center of the Badlands there is a great rift valley that runs from east to west, and this great rift valley winds for nearly 100 kilometers, and the team does not go through the middle of the Great Rift Valley, but crosses the rift valley through the gap on that side, but goes directly to the west side of the Great Rift Valley.

Reach the edge of the desert by following an ancient sheep's intestine trail all the way west, avoiding a dead field covered with volcanic ash and through the desolate Gobi.

The reserve knights still had a solid grasp of equestrianism, and they rode behind the mercenary group, and there were people talking to each other, as if discussing this trip to the desert.

After nearly four days of intensive training, these veterans in the barren land can barely adapt to horseback riding, but their equestrian skills are not very proficient, and now they can only sit honestly on horseback, holding the reins tightly with both hands and not daring to let go, their bodies appear very stiff, but at least they can ride horses and follow the large army forward.

More than seventy camels were at the back of the line, and dozens of veterans were lying on the camel's back in an extremely ugly posture, the posture of crawling on the camel's back was really weird, if it weren't for Gulitham staring at the back of the team, maybe they wouldn't have been able to ride the camel all the way.

Surdak found three guides in the desert village, they were the best hunters in the village, they were very familiar with the northeastern part of the barren lands, and even the desert edge area had been many times, and he knew several oases in the desert edge area, and he also knew where to meet the wind wolf during the season.

That's right, Surdak wants to find those wind wolves, and his stock of primary sacrifices is not very large, and it may not be a good thing to be able to meet those wind wolves.

Because the team has experienced local guides, there is no need for Viru to use the 'Bounded Sight' to explore the surrounding terrain until he has left the Wastelands.

Surdak rode side by side with Andrew, and the two were discussing how to improve the riding skills of these veterans, in fact, this form of travel was the best training for these veterans.

This time, Surdak did not issue those full-covered armor to these veterans, the clothes they wore were still tattered, and there was no delicate leather armor, from a distance it looked like a group of nomads in the wilderness, the full-covered armor was not only very heavy, but also had high physical requirements for war horses.

Surdak had no extra leather armor on board, so the cavalry battalion looked like a wandering nomad.

Viru looked very leisurely in the group, and the cold wind didn't seem to blow on him at all, and his horse also bowed its head all the way.

The reserve knights of the guard battalion whispered in the cold wind, according to what they had learned in the books of the knight academy, this team simply could not hold out for long, in addition to the extreme climate and cunning and fierce desert bandits, the biggest problem facing the team was life supplies.

Even if some of the team had magic fanny packs, which could carry a large amount of marching rations, and there were also scrolls of water and fire gathering to provide sufficient drinking water and fuel, these young reserve knights were worried about the materials of nearly two hundred Gubolian horses, and for other cavalry regiments, for each battle, the logistics supply line was the most needed to be guaranteed, but in Surdak's team of three hundred people, they did not see the logistics supply team.

Each horse only carries a bag of bean feed, and the team is about to enter the desert, and there will be no supplies there, and this amount of bean feed is probably only enough for the war horse to eat for three or four days. Before leaving, Captain Gerry reminded Surdak whether to organize the back 70 camels into a logistics supply team to transport forage, and Surdak said that he did not need it.

Along the way, Surdak did not disturb those villages along the way, but there were people in the team who were natives of those villages, and when they passed by their door, there were always people who were extra excited, and some villagers stood at the entrance of the village, watching Surdak's team pass slowly.

Clear skies, the sun is a little harsh.

Several vultures hovered high in the air.

"Dark, look at that ......," Andrew said to Surdak, pointing to a not-so-high cliff a few hundred meters to the left.

Surdak turned her head to look closely, only to find that Selena was riding a dromedary, actually waiting on the high cliff, she wrapped herself in a thick fur cloak, quietly watched the procession pass by her feet, and saw Surdak looking at her, before patting the camel and walking down the hillside......

Selena rode her camel to Surdak, her face covered with a light veil, her big black eyes exposed, and a hint of stubbornness in her eyes, as if to say, 'Even if you chase me, I won't leave!' ’

"Why are you here?" Surdak rode up on horseback, leaned over, and put the taper hat on Selena's head behind her fur cloak to shield her from the cold wind.

Selena stared at Surdak and said to Surdak with some humility, "I think the robbers in the desert should be willing to accept the teachings of the goddess and be favored by the goddess of the night. ”

"Uh, okay......"

Surdak felt that he really didn't have a good reason to refute Selena's argument.

Selena had already walked so far out of Wall Village alone, and even if she was asked to go back the way she came, she probably wouldn't do what Surdak said, and it would be better to let her stay in the team. Surdak asked her: Who takes care of the Signa in the village? Selena was absolutely sure that Signa would be able to take care of herself......

After a short break at noon, he continued his journey without even lighting a fire to cook until nightfall, when he had crossed the Great Rift Valley and the ash-shrouded dead ground.

Came to the northeastern region of the Wasteland, this is the area where desert bandits frequently appear, on the data map of Andrew's own statistics, desert bandits here appear very frequently, but unfortunately this time no unlucky bandit group collided head-on.

The local guide found a small mound with a half-moon on the south side, which could accommodate at least a few hundred people at a time, and the remains of animal droppings and campfires, and it was clear that more than one team had camped here.

Surdak's tent was set up almost as soon as the team stopped, and when Selena and Surdak entered the tent, Andrew and Gullitham were like two door gods guarding outside the tent.

Under the command of Captain Gabbri, the members of the mercenary group perform their duties, almost setting up tents, lighting fires and cooking, and feeding horses at the same time, these mercenaries have a clear division of labor, and they are also very organized, and the mercenary group of thirty people only needs to set up five tents, and they are distributed in a five-pointed star.

The veterans of the cavalry battalion, although average in riding, were experienced in setting up tents and raising campfires, and they also set up tents according to squads, each with its own tent.

As for the reserve knights from the Knight Academy, after a very unsuccessful exercise last night, they finally learned to be smart tonight, although they lacked experience, but their brains were not stupid, and they learned the methods of the veterans in the cavalry camp, and they actually set up their tents in a decent manner, and the three local guides also ran over to help point out some of their deficiencies on the spot.

Someone was frozen last night, and then they put down their arrogant faces, although they still wouldn't say anything thankful, but at least they wouldn't have a stinky face for the guide's guidance.

Surdak stayed in his tent for two quarters of an hour before he re-entered the tent.

This time he walked almost directly to the side of the horses, the mercenary group had already begun to feed the horses, Surdak took two quick steps, smiled at the mercenary before saying, "Fortunately, I didn't come too late......"

As he spoke, Surdak pulled out a large bundle of wild vines from his magical belt bag and piled them up in front of the mercenary......

The young mercenary was also dumbfounded, who would have thought that the employer in front of him would actually use the luxury of a magic fanny pack to hold this kind of cheap forage, and this bundle of grass was very strong, although it was not as good as alfalfa grass, but it was also a vine plant that Gubolai Ma liked to eat.

It's just that this kind of wild hair vine is not very common in the vicinity of the city of Highlandza, and this kind of vine can almost be found in the mountains on the outskirts of the city, and it is even more impossible to grow this kind of vine that likes yin and water in the barren land, this kind of vine can only be found in the Paglos Mountains, but no one wants to go over the mountains and mountains to the treacherous Paglos Mountains to harvest those livestock forage.

Surdak put a large bundle of wild vines in front of the mercenaries, and then walked directly to the two veterans of the cavalry battalion who were guarding the horses, and in front of them, he pulled out seven bundles of wild vines from his magic waist bag in one go, and told them to crush the forage, mix it with some bean feed, and feed the horses.

At the beginning of the dinner, Gulit squatted beside the horses and poured a large pot of food into his stomach with five wheat cakes and a large basin of gruel made from the marching rations, and then drooled as he looked at the camels gathered together, and the camels shrank together and shivered.

After dinner, Surdak invited the head of the mercenary group Gabry and the local guides, Andrew and Viru, to the tent, spread a map full of symbols on the square table, and began to discuss the route of tomorrow's journey.

According to Surdak's estimate, the team will probably enter the edge of the desert at noon tomorrow and leave the barren land, which is a completely unfamiliar place, and those robbers in the desert are used to hiding near the oasis in the desert.

Captain Gabri pointed to an unknown desert on the map and said to Surdak: "I know that there is probably an oasis here, there is a sweet pool there, and if there is no accident, it is likely that there will be robbers living there!" ”

Surdak picked up his charcoal pen, drew a large circle in the unknown area, and said to everyone, "Then this will be our first stop!" ”