1475. Combat readiness
Surdak followed the natives who were transporting food all the way north.
When the natives saw Surdak's generosity, they also gave a skinning knife when they exchanged the necklace for wheat cakes, and they couldn't wait to give Surdak all the necklaces of their relatives in the family, in exchange for more of this kind of skinning weapon.
They usually even use some bone knives, and when they peel the skin, they also tear and tear it, and a good piece of leather is taken off the body of the monster, and it will become tattered if you are not careful.
Seeing that the natives were trying to sharpen the peeling knife with the palm of their hands or arms, Surdak also gave them a few whetstones, and told them that this kind of peeling knife usually needs to be polished and oiled frequently.
A group of natives seemed to be participating in a festival, and all they knew was standing there with a skinning knife and a fool's music.
In fact, there were only five gems obtained by Surdak in this transaction, and there were more than a dozen perforated magic crystals, which could only be broken into magic crystal fragments in the future.
But those five emeralds might be worth a little if they could be polished by a gem craftsman.
Of course, the value of these stones is much higher than that of the skinning knives, but in the eyes of the natives, these green stones, which can only be used as ornaments, are the least valuable things. On the contrary, it is those sharp beast teeth that are the most precious things on their bodies.
But these were compared to the skinning knife and the wheat cake, and they did not hesitate to take out the bone tooth necklace.
The captain of the convoy also told Surdak that if he got to the walled city, he could find more natives to do such a deal.
Surdak waved his hand, indicating that when he arrived at the walled city, these things would be handed over to Elder Ambrobie.
After getting acquainted with these indigenous warriors, everyone had no scruples when chatting.
Only then did Surdak know that Elder Ambrobi had used almost all of his clan to start this war against the demons.
Although the tribes of Aigrod have such thoughts, the natives also know that there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and even if the natives sound the horn of resistance, it will only accelerate the demise of the Agrod clan.
This time, the elders of the tribes all supported Elder Ambrobi at the meeting, and a large number of young Native warriors were called up to the battlefield ahead.
Their older natives were behind them transporting food......
The wheat cakes that these natives exchanged from Surdak were almost neatly strung with straw ropes and hung around their waists.
Except for the first wheat cake that they ate in one go, no one ate the rest of the wheat cakes, but they would still collect some ferns, mosses, mushrooms, berries, etc., along the way, and put them all in crockpots and cook them.
Surdak didn't ask them again why they didn't eat the wheat cakes.
However, the magician Basil saw these natives eating the vegetable soup cooked in the crockpot with relish, and he was curious to taste it, but in fact, he almost vomited the contents of his stomach after only taking a sip of the vegetable soup.
Aside from a hint of salt, the soup was simply sour and bitter, with some strange vegetative flavors.
The natives burst out laughing when they saw Basil's embarrassed appearance.
The indigenous captain looked at Surdak with emotion on his face, and said, "After we drive away this group of evil spirits on the Moyun Ridge, the forest will return to its original appearance, and life here will not be so bitter, and when you come again, I will invite you to eat deer ......."
This kind of aboriginal caravan carrying grain abounds in the jungle, and almost everyone goes their own way.
Try not to follow the same route back to the walled city so that you can find more food along the way.
Now that the aboriginal warriors have advanced their battle line to the northern foot of the Moyun Ridge, the demons have almost disappeared in this jungle, so there is no danger.
When night comes, you can see bonfires in the mountains and forests.
Through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the trees, the little light was almost all about some indigenous squad, and occasionally someone stood on the top of the tree and let out a whining cry.
The rest of the natives were used to it, and no one even looked up at the voice......
When it was time to go to bed at night, Surdak was tempted to leave Basil alone in the tent on this side, and then run to Aphrodite's side by himself, take a good bath, and then lay down on the soft bed and sleep soundly.
But Basil had spent the night repairing his magic handle, and Surdak had no chance of sneaking away.
Originally, when Surdak was still thinking about whether to go back to Highlandsa City, he went to the magic shop to help Basil buy a rune board for the floating magic circle, but he didn't expect Basil to spend a whole night repairing his magic rod.
In the early morning, there is a faint green mist in the mountains, and the vegetation here is covered with dew.
Before the sun had set on the mountains, groups of natives began to march north.
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There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and Surdak looked back in the direction where the sound came from.
The native captain took a few steps forward, jumping onto the branch of a large tree to see what was going on over there.
Surdak knew that it was rare for the natives to have herds of cavalry in their tribes, and then the neighing of those mounts gave Surdak the answer, a herd of black-horned elk.
However, the route of this group of black-horned elk happened to pass through Surdak.
This allowed Surdak to see the group of female cavalry again, who were now heading north around the female warrior with three feathers on her head, and it seemed that they also wanted to return to the walled city.
The female warrior sat on the back of the black-horned elk, her face was pale, her lips were not bloody, and her whole person looked very weak.
Surrounded by a group of female cavalrymen, they galloped all the way north.
Surdak didn't expect that she didn't recuperate in the southern battlefield, but returned to the walled city in the north with injuries.
This kind of travel can greatly affect the healing of injuries......
The natives on the side saw the female warrior passing by and saluted her, but the female warrior Delia did not glance this way, and did not notice that Surdak was standing in the crowd.
Surdak noticed that the natives looked at the female warriors with reverence.
So he asked the indigenous captain beside him, "Who is the person who just passed by?" You all have to salute her......"
The native captain looked at Surdak with a strange expression and explained to him, "She is the forest princess of the Viatrian tribe, the goddess of the hearts of all the Egrod warriors. ”
Probably the explanation of the indigenous captain was incomplete, and some indigenous people immediately added:
"She is our goddess of war."
Surdak took a breath and said:
"She's so famous?"
The indigenous captain immediately looked proud, raised his head and smiled at Surdak and said:
"Of course, she has the ability to talk to nature, she is the darling of this forest, and all the young people adore her very much!"
The natives were clearly familiar with Surdak, and someone continued:
"She can domesticate those black-horned elk in the jungle, and those women are riding black-horned elk just now, and it's not easy for us to catch one."
"She usually helps some people in need, and she doesn't easily criticize anyone......
"She also took her guard to hunt the Demon Hunters, she is the strongest warrior of the Viagra tribe!"
Surdak smiled, listening to the natives say some rumors about the forest princess Delia, he really didn't expect that the woman who almost died had such a legendary identity.
For this forest princess Delia, the natives are all talking about it.
What Surdak remembered most about her was her bright eyes, the natives said she was beautiful, but at that time her face was covered with oil paint, and Surdak did not see her face clearly.
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The group walked north for another two days, and Surdak and Basil finally arrived at the walled city where Elder Ambrobee lived.
The indigenous captain takes Surdak and Basil to the largest treehouse in the walled city.
Under the curious gaze of a group of natives, Surdak met with Elder Ambrobi and the other elders, who seemed to be listening to messages from the various tribes in the treehouse.
The hall was filled with tribal chiefs.
On the battlefield, these chiefs are the commanders who will take the indigenous warriors into battle.
Elder Ambrobie didn't expect Surdak to come so quickly, and when he saw Surdak coming in from the outside, he immediately walked up and hugged him, and then pulled him into the hall and introduced him to the current distribution of the indigenous army:
"At present, our vanguard troops have arrived at the foot of the northern mountain of Moyunling, and there have often been skirmishes in recent days, you are really timely, many young soldiers on our side have already rushed to the battlefield of Moyunling before they have received weapons and equipment."
Surdak said to Elder Ambroby:
"I just happened to come from over there, and I also know a little bit about the situation over there, and I rushed here this time to hand over this batch of armaments and materials."
"I didn't issue weapons and armaments on the battlefield in front of me, and I was worried about affecting the arrangements on your side......
Elder Ambrobi asked excitedly, "Lord Surdak, how many armaments and materials have you brought over?" ”
"All!" Surdak said.
"You brought all the weapons and equipment? And what about your convoy? Elder Ambrobi asked.
Seeing that Basil did not follow up, Surdak said nonsense:
"It is actually very convenient to carry a large number of supplies with a magician, and there is no need for a logistics team to ...... at all."
Grand Patriarch Logan, who hurried from outside, saw Surdak at a glance, and his mood was also a little excited and excited.
Grand Patriarch Logan is the commander-in-chief of this indigenous coalition, and is mainly responsible for scheduling and coordinating the order in which the various tribal armies enter the battlefield, as well as the strategic arrangement.
In practice, the indigenous confederations are still relatively loose, with specific command in the hands of their respective tribal chiefs.
Of course, it is the elders of the tribes who really control the indigenous tribes......
Surdak didn't talk much, he needed a warehouse to fill the supplies, and Grand Patriarch Logan quickly arranged an empty log cabin for him.
Not long after seeing Surdak walk in, the house was full of the full set of weapons and equipment of the heavy infantry regiment, fully covered with heavy armor, Roman swords, iris shields, and even water bladders.
The only thing that couldn't be equipped for the whole population was the Alloy Bow, which you couldn't buy that much on the Constantinople Market.
The soldiers on the side of the Grimm Empire prefer repeating crossbows, but crossbows, bed crossbows, and catapults are all military management materials, and they are not something that merchants can buy with money.
The tribal chiefs saw boxes of brand-new weapons wrapped in butter paper, and their eyes straightened.
The patriarch of Logan did not delay either, the number of weapons and equipment was still being counted here, and the weapons and equipment that had been counted over there were immediately distributed to the aboriginal warriors gathered here, and a large group of young warriors were equipped with a full set of equipment in the walled city, and then immediately rushed to the battlefield.
Look at the young indigenous warriors who are all black, with heavy swords hanging from their waists and shields behind their backs......
The patriarchs of the tribe were all sighing that the equipment sent by Lord Surdak was really complete, and the most unbelievable thing to them was that these weapons and equipment were given away for free.
The reason is that everyone works together to fight against the demon army on Moyun Ridge, in fact, this is what each tribe wants to do the most.
Many tribal patriarchs still remember that a few months ago, someone came here to exchange weapons and equipment for Warcraft materials and herbs, and at this time, the patriarchs couldn't help but think again: If there are Warcraft materials and herbs to exchange, I don't know how many herbs they have to dig to exchange for them......
In just a few days, Surdak saw an army of aborigines born in the walled city.
The distribution of equipment is indeed arranged, not only related to the number of warriors sent by each tribe, but also related to the battle record and materials.
The matching table was in the hands of Patriarch Logan, and when it was distributed, the number was publicly shouted......
At this time, some tribal patriarchs regretted that when they counted the number of participants in the battle, it would be good to say a little more, and now they can divide a few more sets of heavy armor or something, and now they want to ...... It's too late.
To the surprise of the tribal chiefs, Surdak also took out a large amount of marching rations, in addition to the bags of marching rations, there were also whole bags of wheat flour, and Surdak even took the initiative to give the natives the method of baking wheat cakes.
Surdak then followed Patriarch Logan to the southern battlefield of the Native Alliance.
In addition to the groups of heavily armored warriors, there were also a large number of unarmored indigenous warriors behind them.
Originally, Surdak and Elder Ambrobi planned for the indigenous tribes to gather an army of 100,000 to block the northern mountain pass of Moyun Ridge.
In fact, there are nearly 200,000 aborigines gathered here, and only 100,000 indigenous warriors currently have weapons and equipment, and the remaining indigenous warriors are actually waiting, waiting for someone to be killed or wounded, and they are qualified to put on armor and weapons to continue fighting.
None of the tribes wanted to give up the weapons and equipment they had allocated to other tribes, so almost all tribes actively prepared reserves.