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Ota led the team out to hunt every morning, came back in the afternoon to hand over the military merits to settle the spoils, and then went to Leo's blacksmith shop to forge, and this kind of day was more than half a month. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lord Xia Rui stood in the tent and looked outside, the dark and heavy clouds seemed to hang overhead, and he could reach it with his hand, the wind howled and fluttered on the tent, and the curtains that rolled up kept ringing, and a burst of cold wind followed, and in the brazier in the tent, the fire began to shake violently, and the temperature dropped sharply.

"It's snowing soon, and the long winter that comes once in a decade is finally here. ”

Lord Xia Rui said slowly, and there were two people standing straight behind him, it was the instructor fortress and the deputy instructor Ota.

Everyone knows that the Glorious Continent will have an exceptionally long cold winter every ten years, the longest one in the record is more than three years, and the shortest one is nearly a year, that is to say, there are no spring, summer, and autumn in this year, only endless cold winter.

Not only is the winter long, but it is also extremely cold, and it is normal for water to turn into ice. On the Radiant Continent, no matter how strong a man, beast, or other animal is, their bones may be frozen and shattered in the dead of winter.

It's not that nothing has happened, but there are records in the library of the city-state, not to mention those ordinary iron swords and armor, there are records of this in many armies, even in the guards of Lord Xia Rui.

The sergeant would overhear the sound of the armor exploding during the march, which was the result of the collision of the armor in extreme cold. It is also very likely that the sword will be drawn in the face of danger, and then it will be found that there is actually only one hilt drawn out of the scabbard, and the entire sword body is frozen to pieces.

In order to deal with such a harsh cold, people only sew more than three layers of animal skins together and put them on, before they dare to go out, and the head and face are covered tightly with animal skin hats, otherwise the wind will soon appear on the face There will be a few cuts, and the blood will freeze before it comes out, and then the blood will swell until the wound is bigger and bigger, and there are more and more cracks, and finally, the whole face will fall off piece by piece.

The instructor nodded and said, "I hope the time is not too long, the longer the winter, the colder it gets, and it will kill a lot of people." ”

Several people remained silent until a sergeant came in from outside the tent, not tall but extremely stout, a quartermaster whose voice was only slightly worse than that of the lord.

This person was extremely rough and informal, and when he came in, he stepped on the curtain of the door that was always lifted by the wind, and rubbed his hands twice and said:

"My lord, all the sergeants of the Guards have finished changing their clothes, and they are lined with more than two layers of animal skins, and a lot of food has been stored, and there are ...... dried meat."

After listening to his report, Lord Xia Rui frowned slightly and said:

"The animal skins to keep out the cold are still a little worse, and the hoarded animal skins are distributed to the sergeants, so that they can catch the time to sew a layer into it, as for the jerky...... What meat?"

"There wasn't much beast meat, beef and horse meat, and now the sergeants eat all orc meat. The quartermaster replied without thinking.

The instructor sneered and whispered: "I said that the meat tastes a little sour and a little hard recently, it turns out that it is animal meat, but it is also very good, as long as you can eat enough." ”

Ota also laughed on the side, this beast meat is not so unpalatable to eat, and his father has also eaten it for him before, but it is too hard to chew, but in the face of winter, some meat is good to eat, after all, those grains and other foods make the soldiers hungry too quickly, and they cannot provide huge consumption.

Lord Xia Rui nodded and said, "No matter what kind of meat, it's always good to store more, who knows when this winter will end." ”

The quartermaster nodded, and saw that Lord Xia Rui turned around and left without any other instructions, and the door curtain fluttered in the wind again.

Lord Xia Rui turned around and sat down in front of the brazier, looked at Ota and asked, "Has anything changed in the past few days in Oka Village?"

Ota nodded and replied: "It may be the reason for the approaching winter, the number of orcs near Oka Village has increased greatly, all of them are from other orc tribes, a few days ago, I observed that they were still fighting each other, but these days seem to have calmed down a lot, and they have begun to forage for food on this side of the camp." ”

The instructor also said: "Yes, I heard that the number of casualties among the demon slayer and adventurers has increased significantly in the past few days, if we can't capture Oka Village in the next few days, the ground will become very hard as soon as winter comes, and the stumps we prepared will be useless, and we will not be able to build camps and protective walls, and we will not be able to gain a foothold in Oka Village." ”

Xia Rui nodded, he had considered all of this, if it wasn't for the excessive losses of the Guards last time, why would he wait until now, he would have sent troops to capture it a long time ago, thinking of this and thinking of Will, he hated it.

Now Will's lakeside camp reaps a lot of loot every day, and when he sees the carriages carrying orc corpses back to the village, he is not envious, but angry.

The location of the lakeside camp is excellent, surrounded by a circular hill, although it is not high, it is enough for defense, and then build a protective wall on it, there is no need to worry about the water source, it is closer to the orc tribe, there is less delay time on the way back and forth, it is very convenient to collect the loot and transport, such a good camp was actually occupied by him by despicable means, thinking of this Xia Rui Lord is naturally angry.

No, Oka Village can't give up, otherwise it will have to wait until the end of winter, which is something that is not certain for a year or two.

The current camp is too far away from the orc tribe, and the Orta team that hunts the most sets off at dawn, and when they reach the nearest orc tribe to start hunting, it is already close to noon, and they can only hunt for more than three hours before they have to hurry up and collect, and then quickly retreat, after all, the smell of blood is too strong to attract orcs at any time, and fighting with orcs after dark is definitely an act of looking for death.

"The number of orcs has increased, how many can there be?" asked Lord Charry.

"About twenty thousand. Ota said.

Lord Xia Rui stood up and walked around, about 20,000 orcs, and his own guards were only 3,000 people, and this was still the number of demon slayer members who had only recently been recruited.

"The damage is too great...... "Lord Xia Rui shook his head helplessly.

The instructor also sighed gloomily, 3,000 people against 20,000 orcs, even if they are scattered and unorganized, but the individual is strong, and there is a leader, that is a great variable, and the battle by the lake is already a good example.

"It seems that we can only ...... Gave up. Lord Xia Rui said helplessly, his tone full of unwillingness.

Just as Lord Xia Rui waved his hand and was about to say the words "let's disperse", Ota on the side suddenly said:

"I have a solution, I don't know if it's possible. ”

"Oh?"

"Tell me about it. ”

Xia Rui and the instructor said at the same time.

Orta looked at the two of them and said what he had been thinking about for a few days.

"I'm familiar with the village of Oka, I've been observing it there, and I've recently discovered that the orc leader has moved to the village from the woods behind the village, and his lair is in the center of the village, where he used to repair farming tools, and there is a well not far from the blacksmith, and I plan to ...... like this," Ota said and drew on the ground, which was a topographical sketch of the village of Oka.

After Ota finished speaking, Lord Xia Rui shook his head and said, "You are going to attack it, this is too dangerous, the nose of the orc leader is more sensitive than other orcs, you can't get close at all." I've also heard you say that there are two elite orcs next to it in terms of combat power, and they can move their whole body with one shot, and if you can't kill it with one move, you will be besieged by the three of them, which is almost certain death. Besides, there are so many more orcs around them that you can't get close to it, no, absolutely not, your plan is too risky. ”

The instructor on the side also nodded, agreeing with the lord's meaning, and also felt that Ota's plan was full of loopholes.

Ota laughed, and said in a slow but powerful voice, "I'm seven or eight percent sure of killing it, and even if I miss, I'm sure I'll be able to escape, if so, does the lord think it's feasible?" ”

"Seven or eight points sure? If that's the case, you can give it a try, as long as you can kill the leader first, the other orcs don't have to be afraid of the backbone. Tell me, where is your certainty, if you can't convince me, I will definitely not agree to your risk. Lord Xia Rui asked, he really regarded Ota as a son, and he would rather put this matter on hold, and he didn't want to exchange Otta's life for this opportunity.

In desperation, Ota could only explain his plans one by one, and some places seemed far-fetched, but Ota just insisted that he could do it, and finally made sense of the two of them.

In fact, Ota really has a lot of confidence that he can kill the orc leader, after all, after one of the leader's henchmen was killed by the reserves, its magic beads were inadvertently absorbed by Ota , so their appearance and the fragments of the fight have long been remembered by Otta.

Half a month ago, after Ota killed one of the followers who came out to forage for food again, he was even more certain, but because he was worried that absorbing the bead would cause a greater negative impact, and there were many people in the team, Ota asked Elle to put away the bead and hand it in.

Ota's self-confidence also lies in the fact that he is a native of Oka Village, and is extremely familiar with the terrain there, although some places have collapsed and broken now, but it has little effect on him once he escapes for his life.

As for the smell, of course, this is very easy to solve, in addition to the medicinal juice that I told the lord to apply all over the body, I also have a killer weapon to use.

Thinking that the white light in his body enveloped his body, he couldn't help but isolate the smell, and he could also dispel fatigue and increase his speed, as long as he could get close to the leader, Ota believed that it would take less than three seconds to kill it.

The only thing to think about now is how to howl and warn without being discovered by thousands of orcs, do you really have to put on animal skins and disguise yourself as I told my lord?