Surdak led the cavalry battalion back into the gravel-filled wasteland of the barren land, and a familiar sight appeared before him, and the veterans of the cavalry battalion broke away from the ranks and rushed into the barren land on horseback.

It is no longer necessary to sink half of your legs into the yellow sand with every step, and it is much easier to walk all of a sudden.

A group of knights rode on Güboren horses and galloped merrily on hard ground.

Several veterans were a little too excited, rushed directly onto the cliff wall of a faulted mountain, prostrate on the brown-red rock mass, and pressed their faces against the rocks below them despite the cold north wind, as if this was the only way to express their love for this land and their inexplicable joy to get out of the desert alive.

A month earlier, the veterans had joined the cavalry battalion from various villages in the Wastelands, and after only three days of training in the village of Wall, they followed Surdak into the desert, and Surdak still vividly remembered the embarrassment they had when they rode away from the village of Wall.

Their equestrian skills are also learned along the way.

Before entering the desert, these veterans were just able to sit firmly in the saddle and march quickly, and they suffered a lot when they marched in the desert, and the sand thieves were skilled in horsemanship, and they went around in circles with the veterans of the cavalry battalion in the desert, and only the mercenaries of the mercenary group and Viru could pose some threat to those sand thieves on horseback.

However, such a group of veterans of the cavalry battalion personally expelled the sand thieves to the depths of the desert in the desert, making them like lost dogs.

Before setting off, this group of veterans probably didn't think that after chasing sand pirates in the desert for nearly two months, they would be able to re-enter the barren land.

The veterans brought back a lot of loot, including thick leather armor and some precious metal ornaments.

They seem to be a little impatient to go home and tell their relatives how many sand thieves they have killed on the battlefield this time.

For the villagers in the Badlands, the Sand Pirates are like wolves, and they can wreak havoc on the Badlands at will. But now, in the eyes of the veterans of the cavalry battalion, this group of sand thieves is nothing to fear.

Surdak rode a horse and stood in front of a group of reserve knights.

As their immediate superior, Surdak was not satisfied with the young reserve knights' performance on the battlefield this time, they did not show the professionalism they had acquired after studying and training in the knight academy, and they did not even have anything to praise except for their equestrian skills.

This desert training trip taught these fifty reserve knights of the guard battalion a lot, at least they have the ability to march alone, know how to set up tents in the field, cook marching rations, arrange sentry posts at night and other basic marching knowledge......

The knights of the reservists raised their swords and light shields and shouted for a return to the wasteland, for whom it was a victory to come back alive.

They did not expect that this operation to clean up the sand pirates would last for nearly fifty days, and almost every reserve knight was sharpened by the cold north wind and the yellow sand in the sky. Their legs were covered with thick calluses, and no matter how bad they behaved on the battlefield, among the fifty reserve knights, there was not a single deserter who escaped from the battle.

This field experience may be regarded as a real training trip in their graduation season.

I don't know how many people hid in their tents in such a difficult environment and listened to the howling north wind of ghosts and wolves outside, I don't know how many people were armed with crossbows, and after shooting at the sand thieves, they almost vomited all their bile, and I don't know how many people got used to sitting around the fire burning the corpses of the sand thieves, baking wheat cakes and drinking broth.

In any case, he finally walked out of the desert where there was nothing, which was the biggest victory for the reserve knights.

……

Entering the barren land means that this mission of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group is considered a successful completion.

Gabry. In order to make some good impression on the lord of the Golden Lord, Baron Surdak, he planned to detour with the army led by Baron Surdak from the east and west sides of the Great Rift Valley, so that he could search the barren territory along the way for small groups of sand thieves to hide.

If it happens, Captain Gabry doesn't mind helping to clean it up.

Captain Gabri was thinking in his heart, this time the Sea Giant Mercenary Group earned almost 3,000 gold coins from Surdak's hands, according to the current exchange ratio of gold coins and magic crystals of 1:7, it can be exchanged for about 430 magic crystals, with such a magic crystal, the Sea Giant mercenary group can not only cultivate comfortably for a period of time, but also add two sets of magic pattern structures to the mercenary group.

After buying two sets of magic pattern constructs, the Sea Giant Mercenary Group will have a much better life in the future.

He reached out and grabbed the reins of his steed, pausing to wait for Surdak to ride up at the back of the group.

A group of mercenaries lined up behind Captain Gabri on horseback, and a group of fighters who had reached the turn of power stood together, which could still cause a lot of pressure in terms of momentum.

If you give each of them a set of magic pattern constructs, it will be a team of thirty constructs.

However, at this moment, this mercenary group, only a few high-level fighters have a few magic pattern construction parts, for them, changing some more practical magic equipment, the combat effectiveness of the mercenary group will be greatly improved.

Surdak rode up to Captain Gabbri, and before he could speak, he listened to Gabbri. Head Gerry said:

"Baron Surdak, let's finish this mercenary mission here, our mercenary group plans to detour from the west side of the Great Rift Valley to the Paglos Pass, and then return to the city of Highlands through Oak Ridge, hoping to enjoy the winter in the barren lands."

Even if Commander Gabri didn't do this, Surdak planned to let Andrew lead a group of cavalry battalion veterans around to the villages along the way to find out if there were any traces of sand thieves nearby.

Although the Sea Giant Mercenary Group's commission is a cut higher than other mercenary groups, it is worth the money now.

But looking at the team followed by a large number of war horses and nearly a hundred camels, you know that Surdak has also made a lot of money in the desert.

Surdak actually didn't expect that the problem of buying war horses that had plagued him would be solved from the sand thieves.

Surdak said to the leader of the Sea Giant Mercenary Regiment: "Commander Gabbri, this time the Sea Giant Mercenary Group has shown great combat power in the desert, if you have the opportunity in the future, I hope to continue to cooperate and take care all the way!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a knightly salute on his chest.

Captain Gabri hurriedly straightened up, returned the salute in a proper manner, and said solemnly: "If necessary, come to the mercenary union to find us at any time!" Baron Surdak. ”

Speaking of which, the performance of the Sea Giant Mercenary Regiment in the desert this time is still remarkable, they almost completely undertake the scout reconnaissance during the march, are on duty at night, and are used as a force to attack the sand pirates from the center during the battle......

Not only did the veterans of the cavalry battalion and the reserve knights learn a lot from these mercenaries, but even Surdak and Andrew felt that they benefited a lot this time.

Surdak felt that he should maintain this good relationship with the Sea Giant Mercenary Regiment, I have to say that war is a lucrative industry, and the victor can control everything on the battlefield, Surdak thought for a while, and called Andrew, and asked him to take out thirty war horses from the back of the herd and give them to Captain Gabbri.

When the mercenaries of the Sea Giant Mercenary Regiment left, each mercenary rode a Gubolai horse and led one behind him.

……

As soon as Surdak's brigade appeared in the Badlands, they were spotted by the villagers in the northern part of the Badlands.

Two hundred and fifty cavalry, plus more than six hundred female prisoners, nearly a thousand war horses and more than a hundred camels, no matter where they passed, they would trample the earth to the point of bursts of thunder, and at this moment the barren land was already the tail of winter, as long as the north wind did not blow, the snow on the sunny slope south of the mountain beam had begun to melt slowly.

This also means that the dry season is coming in the barren land.

Several villages near the edge of the desert in the barren land looked even more dilapidated, and as Surdak led his party towards the village of Wall, the villagers in the villages along the way spontaneously organized themselves and migrated south with their few belongings.

Surdak knew the plans of these villagers, whether they were victorious or defeated in the desert this time, the result was the same for the villages near the edge of the desert in the barren land, that is, they would have to face the ensuing retaliation of the sand thieves in the coming days, and no village could stop the sand thieves' retaliation, so the villagers here were ready to migrate south after suffering for two whole months, taking advantage of the slightly warmer weather.

It wasn't until Surdak's large army appeared that the villagers saw that Baron Surdak had snatched back hundreds of women, hundreds of horses and a large amount of supplies from the desert, and that Baron Surdak had burned all the nearby desert oases very strongly, and they knew that the barren land had formed a mortal enmity with the sand pirates.

Regardless of whether there was a green valley in the southern foothills of the barren land, he gritted his teeth and took all his belongings into the team of Baron Surdak returning to the village of Wall.

Of course, Surdak did not abandon these villagers, and immediately mobilized the horses in the team to help these villagers carry all their belongings, and sent people to ride fast horses back to Vol Village, and transferred those idle four-wheeled carriages from the village to form a convoy to meet them from the side of Vol Village.

Along the way, Surdak's team snowballed, and by the time Surdak led the team back to Vol Village, the team had expanded to 1,500 people, which is almost ten times the current population of Vol Village......

Two hundred veterans of the cavalry battalion, fifty reserve knights of the guard battalion, more than six hundred women brought out of the desert, and more than six hundred villagers who had migrated from the northern part of the barren land, who could only be resettled on the flat tidal flats of the river bend outside the mouth of the village of Wall for the time being.

Fortunately, Surdak entered the desert this time and seized a large number of felt tents, and even if these villagers could not find a house to live in, they would not blow the north wind in the open air.

Hundreds of felt tents were almost quickly erected along the banks of the artificial canals, and the brows of the female captives in all sorts of clothes were almost twisted together at the sight of Surdak bringing back a third of the population of the barren land at once.

So many people...... The current land in the village of Wall alone cannot be fed at all.

The old village chief stood under the dead tree at the entrance of the village, looked at the black pressure in front of him a large number of war horses and camels, and then turned his head to look at the cattle pen in the village located by the river stream, even if all the idle land beside the river and stream was enclosed, I am afraid it would not be able to fit this group of war horses, and then looked at the lonely wheat stack next to the sheepfold, those wheat stalks are probably not enough for these war horses to chew for half a month.

The sudden big battle completely stunned the old village chief.

"Dark, you brought back so many people, so many big animals, how are we going to settle them, Wall Village is such a big place, no matter what, it can't hold so many people......" The old village chief Brett rubbed his hands and looked up at Surdak on horseback and asked.

Surdak jumped off his horse and handed the reins to a young guard battalion reserve knight behind him.

Turning his head to look at the large number of people behind him, he stepped forward and gave the old village chief a big hug, and then said to the old village chief:

"Let them live by the river first, if they have a place to live, I will not stop anyone who wants to leave, if they want to stay, they can live in these felt tents for the time being, and when it is warmer, they will continue to build a few rows of terraced houses in front of the row houses at the entrance of the village, and build some stone houses with volcanic ash, and it will not be difficult to build some houses with wooden roofs, and Luke has opened a concrete road from here to the southern foot of Mount Paglos, and our four-wheeled carriage will be unimpeded from here to Mount Paglos, I've built a lumberyard over there, and I can bring back any wood we need from there. ”

The original Wall Village is a loose thatched hut built along the creek in the valley, at this moment the Wall Village has built rows of small townhouses in the valley, in order to resist horse thieves and rebels driving straight into the village, and built a long arc-shaped row house at the entrance of the village, usually used as the storehouse and kobold camp of the merchants in the village entrance market, and some rooms are idle in winter.

According to Surdak's idea, several rows of these terraced houses will be built at the entrance of the village to house the northern villagers who have migrated to the village of Wall, which has now become a trumpet and is constantly expanding outward......

Surdak knew what the old village chief was most concerned about, so he said: "As for the food to eat, I will provide this for the time being, half-moon wheat cake and half-moon cereals, haven't you always complained about the lack of manpower?" I can get them to join the road construction team, and I'm going to build a road network to the Rift Valley, so that they can buy food with their money as long as they have work, but I'm going to take a lot of people with me recently. ”

Surdak patted the Gubo Lai horse beside him, and said to the old village chief with a worried face: "I also have arrangements for the grain and grass of these war horses, and it is estimated that Luke should be about to come back at this time." ”

Sheila Sr., Natasha, Rita, and Little Peter stood at the front of the crowd at the entrance of the village, watching Surdak return safely, and everyone's faces were beaming with joy.

It's just that everyone in the village was frightened by the scene in front of them, and for a while, except for the old village chief, no one dared to come out.

Little Peter broke free from old Sheila's restraints, stretched out his arms and ran towards Surdak, who was held in his arms and dragged his armpits high above his head with both hands.

At this time, the whole village let out a cheer......