The first breakout of the Red Ridge Giant Turtle in Lake Lune ended in failure.

Samira and Carrie. Decker's two second-turn powerhouses were in charge of the front-line battlefield, and basically half of the number of red-ridged giant turtles were killed by the two of them, especially Jiali. With Santos' shotgun, Decker can kill a turtle with a few shots if he gets her close to it.

To say that this group of red-ridged giant tortoises is undoubtedly the overlord of Lake Lune in the Three Rivers Plain, their group has been entrenched here for I don't know how many generations they have bred, and it has always been that the adventure group has not paid attention to them, after all, these red-ridged giant tortoises are almost all third-order magical beasts, full of precious magic materials, and the individuals are very large, even if they successfully hunt one, they will make the adventure group make a fortune.

However, the biggest difficulty in hunting these turtles is that they live at the bottom of the lake, and in the past, if the party wanted to hunt the turtles, they had to take a boat into the lakes around Lake Rune, and the members of the party needed to be proficient in water warfare.

In fact, these red-ridged giant turtles are almost invincible in the water, whether it is water bombs, or water column impacts, water covers, these are not easy for the members of the adventure group to resist, there have been many famous adventure groups in the Three Rivers Plain, and finally returned because of the large number of salamanders and ghost snakes and the red ridge giant turtles living in the lake.

Unfortunately, this time, the Surdak lord army took advantage of the turn of winter and spring, after the water of Lake Rune dried up, the activity area of the red ridge giant turtle in the lake became narrow, and some of the red ridge giant turtles were forced to crawl to the land to find a new habitat.

These red-ridged giant tortoises came to the land, and they only had to be beaten in the face of the lord's cavalry, but with their strong combat effectiveness, they were still not something that ordinary cavalry regiments could deal with.

Lake Lune is not deep, it is a low-lying wetland that evolved.

In the spring, the Sanhe Plain is relatively dry, and although the snow melts in the mountains, a dry southwest wind blows from the fields, blowing away the water vapor from the land little by little, and the water level of the entire Lake Lune plummets by three meters in March.

Even the leader of the Red-Ridged Giant Tortoise, hiding in the middle of the lake, revealed its huge shell, and the huge Lake Rune was now two-thirds smaller.

All of the Red-Ridged Giant Tortoises living in the lake have revealed their shells, and the warriors of the Lord Army have also attacked the Red Ridge Giant Tortoises in the lake, but as long as they are in the lake, even if they set up a row of magic bed crossbows near the lake, they are helpless against those Red Ridge Giant Tortoises.

In addition to having a sturdy tortoise shell, they can also condense a water shield around their body, and the magic bed crossbow can't penetrate these two layers of armor.

According to the investigation of the magicians, there are at least 170 more than 170 Red-ridged giant tortoises trapped in the middle of the lake, and the leader of one of them occupies the deepest place in the middle of the lake. ‘

Due to the severe shrinkage of Lake Lune, a large number of fish and shrimp also gather in this lake, and the red ridge giant turtles have more food than well......

However, if the red-ridged giant tortoises in Lake Rune are not cleared, the land in the southern part of the Trois-Rivières Plain cannot be completely recovered, and Lake Rune cannot be painted outside the territory.

The commanders of the various lords' armies reported the matter to Surdak.

Surdak brought in fifty catapults from the bridgehead camp for this purpose, the catapults had a much longer range than bed crossbows, and most importantly the catapults could throw flint and black powder kegs, flint was not a threat to these red-ridged giant tortoises.

In the eyes of the other lord army commanders, it was impossible for these black powder kegs to explode the armor of the Red Ridge Giant Tortoise.

But when these catapults lined up on the edge of the lake, and continuously threw a full 2,000 black powder kegs towards the center of the lake, the whole center of the lake was blown over by the black powder kegs, and almost everywhere there was black mud and dead fish, and the red ridge giant turtle was still cowering in the turtle shell for a few days and endured the deafening explosion and refused to come out, and after ten days, finally the red ridge giant turtle could not stand the mud like Lake Runne, and took advantage of a dark night, dozens of red ridged giant turtles rushed to the shore again.

The cavalry regiment of the lord's army, which had been waiting on the shore for a long time, dispatched again and successfully hunted down these red-ridged giant tortoises.

The remaining red-ridged tortoises in the middle of the lake even sank into the mud, and most of them went dormant to escape the damage caused by the quagmire-like environment.

The iron cavalry of the lord's army still could not step into the lake, so Surdak had to mobilize ten heavy infantry regiments to rush to the lake again, and this time even mobilized nearly 5,000 ghost worker ants, these infantry soldiers and ghost worker ants came to the lake on the first day, all of them began to carry sand and gravel from the high post by the lake, and forced the sand and gravel from the lake to fill in a flat road leading to the center of the lake.

This large road in the middle of the lake plunges into the center of the lake at a speed of almost 100 meters every day, and this time the leader of the Red Ridge Giant Tortoise in the middle of the lake finally realized the crisis of the Red Ridge Giant Turtle Population.

He could only flee to Qiandao Lake further south with more than 100 red-ridged giant tortoises overnight, but this time Surdak did not let these cavalry regiments of the lord army start a siege behind, but after leaving the corpses of more than 30 red-ridged giant tortoises, he let nearly 80 red-ridged giant tortoises escape into Qiandao Lake through the wetland between Lune Lake and Qiandao Lake.

A group of commanders of the lord army stood on a high hill in the wetland, watching the group of red-ridged giant tortoises slowly depart.

The commander of the Lord Army of House Ludved asked Surdak with some confusion:

"Lord Surdak, why don't we capture them all this time, these red-ridged giant tortoises are worth at least forty thousand magic crystals......"

The commanders of the other lords' armies also looked at Surdak.

"Don't you understand my decision?" Surda pulled the reins of his horse and walked out of the crowd, steering his horse to turn to the commanders and ask.

"I don't understand......," someone in the crowd replied.

Holding the reins of his horse in one hand and his whip in the other, Surdak pointed to the vast land and lakes in the distance, and said to the commanders: "Soon this will be our land, which is fertile, rich in products, and has excellent water resources, but what I am thinking about is the comprehensive resources and sustainable development of this land." ”

"I let these red-ridged giant tortoises go, hoping that they can enrich the monster population in Qiandao Lake, and their existence will also become a rich resource here."

"In the future, we will build small towns here, and Qiandao Lake in the south will be the closest hunting ground to us, I believe that by that time, many people will have studied the weakness of the red-ridged giant tortoise, and there will be a large number of adventuring groups to go to Qiandao Lake to hunt in the Sanhe Plains."

Hearing Surdak say this, the commanders were also full of longing.

"What should we do if the summer rainy season arrives and Lake Lune and Thousand Islands are connected, and those red-ridged giant tortoises make a comeback?" A young officer, standing in the back row, asked Surdak out loud.

Surdak glanced up at him.

The commanders of all the lord armies looked at the young officer who had asked the question with surprised eyes.

The young officer then realized that he had asked a very silly question and immediately covered his mouth.

……

Almost all of the hunted turtles were sold on the battlefield to the merchants who were bidding against each other.

When cleaning the battlefield, a group of quartermasters in the logistics department were like auctioneers in the auction hall, followed by a group of merchants, completely ignoring the mess and mud on the battlefield, and walked in front of the red-ridged giant turtle with a small flag.

The quartermaster first recorded the name of the hunter and then assigned merit points based on the name on it.

This is followed by an inspection of the condition of the whole red-ridged giant tortoise, the degree of damage, the integrity of the precious leather, etc., and then a relatively low reserve price is given on the spot according to the previous auction price.

This kind of price assessment is basically done by the quartermaster with old qualifications.

With a small hammer in their hands, they stood next to the dead red-ridged giant tortoise, shouting at the top of their voices: "The starting price is five hundred magic crystals, and those who are willing to increase the price will raise their hands, once they bid, they can't go back!" ”

The military merchants who followed him hurriedly opened their mouths to bid, the valuable materials on the body of this mountain-like red ridge giant turtle can basically sell five hundred magic crystals, if the dismemberment is a little finer, the remaining scraps are the profits of each military merchant, as long as everything goes well when the red ridge giant turtle is dismantled, it is definitely a profitable business.

This is the violence of war, and the victory of a battle will not only make the lord army make a lot of money, but often also make huge profits for the accompanying merchant group.

And the practice of live auctions on the battlefield is very fair, and these red-ridged giant tortoises are basically won by the highest bidder.

Unless a particular Redridge Giant Tortoise is in the interest of the Surdak Lord, these Redridge Giant Turtles will be marked separately and put up for auction at the end.

This part of the red-ridged giant tortoise is often auctioned off to merchants who have some special contribution to the lord army.

Of course, there are some prerequisites for being able to become a merchant group that is eligible to participate in the live auction.

The ones who were able to participate in the live auction were basically those who had become the Surdak Lord Army.

This qualification is only possible for caravans that need to submit an application to Surdak and will also have a part of the cost input at the beginning of the war.

Each complete Crimson Giant Tortoise carcass is often carried to around six hundred magic crystals, and no matter how high it is, there is no profit margin.

There are a lot of red-ridged giant tortoises on the battlefield, and the merchant groups do not need to fight in the bidding process, and often when the price reaches a certain level, the quartermaster who acts as the auctioneer will shout to prepare to go to the next red-ridged giant tortoise.

And this time the loot seized is not more wolves and less meat, probably all the merchant groups with the army can be fed, and the rest of the scraps will be left for the ordinary merchant groups behind, and the starting price will be set very high......

……

The Battle of Lake Lune in the southern part of the Three Rivers Plain lasted for a month and a half, and the biggest gain was not only the large area of fertile land around Lake Lune, but also one hundred and thirty-seven red-ridged giant tortoises like small hills.

It turns out that the potential of the Bednar people is still limitless, and the red-ridged giant tortoises harvested in each battle are quickly decomposed, the best meat and leather are packed into sealed boxes, and the remaining ones are cooked and put into jars or simply dried meat, and the only ones that are somewhat inconvenient to transport are those giant tortoise shells.

It is said that these turtle shells can become a very good magic material after grinding into powder, but there are a lot of turtle shells harvested this time, and it is estimated that it is easy to affect the price of those turtle shell powders sold in the magic market.

Although Surdak did not participate in the division of a large area of territory in the Three Rivers Plain this time, the income brought to him by this part of the Red Ridge Giant Tortoise was enough to be 50,000 magic crystals.

After a month of continuous fighting in the Three Rivers Plain, he finally succeeded in recovering the Three Rivers Plain this spring.

The next step was to wait for the clerk of the Territorial Administration on the Wilkes side to come and measure the actual land area, and then according to the 433 land distribution law, the lords selected the best quality land to become their territory.

Surdak was ready to withdraw, but the commanders of the lords' armies still had to stay on this side of the Three Rivers Plain, drawing their respective territories with boundary markers, and leaving a group of troops to garrison this side of the Three Rivers Plain.

However, the main force of the Alliance Lord Army of the Ganbu Plane wants to withdraw from the White Forest Plane before the summer comes.

After two months of rushing to build the dam on this side of the Three Rivers Plain, the main part has been fully formed, but there is still a lot of trivial finishing work left, and this time Aung San was transferred back from Ruyt City by Surdak so that someone can preside over the situation here.

On the same day that Surdak's lords' army arrived in Wilkes, the Malacombe merchants, who had gone to the imperial capital to purchase crossbows, also returned to Wilkes through the portal.

When the merchant of Malacombe learned that Surdak had arrived in Wilkes, he immediately ran over and invited Surdak to sit down at his house anyway.

Surdak may have let this go as a sign of the invitation from the other merchants accompanying the army, but the Malakom merchant can be said to be the big merchant who cooperates most closely with Surdak, and his Thunder Rhino Caravan has almost contracted all the transportation business of copper and iron ingots, and in addition, the purchase of large-scale armaments and materials in general, Surdak has already handed over to Malacom.

This time, at the request of Surdak, he went to San Carlos City to purchase a batch of sky-shooting crossbows and came back.

So the invitation of the merchant Malacombe, Surdak still needs to give a little face, and recently Surdak and the lords of the White Forest plane have completely fallen out, he came to Wilkes City, except for being able to go around the military headquarters and meet and chat with the Chester Great Swordsman, it is almost nowhere to go.

The procedures for the lord army to pass through the portal still need to be approved by the military department and the Wilkes House of Representatives, so it is not impossible to take advantage of this leisure time to go to the home of the merchant of Malacombe......

The merchant Malacombe had a large mansion in Wilkes City, but he was not eligible to live in the aristocratic quarter, and the mansion was located in the merchant quarters of the city.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I'll re-establish a group tomorrow, don't mess up the group for me this time......

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