On the other side, Li Jun and others, who were ordered to find the source of the crocodile, also began to return.

After seven days, the fleet finally reached the downstream exit of Daxia Lake.

At the outlet of a large summer lake, a river is connected to it. However, the width of the river is far less than that of summer water, and the speed of water coming out is not as fast as the speed of water inflow, so the water of Daxia Lake directly overflows the shore, directly turning a large area downstream into a swamp.

In the swamp, there are not only a large number of crocodiles, but also a huge beast with horns growing on its nose. Later, Li Juncai learned from Xia Qi's mouth that this giant beast was called a rhinoceros.

Crocodiles and rhinos fight for territory, and there are often big fights. However, the rhinoceros skin is so thick that crocodiles can't bite through it. Relying on their own tonnage, often the rhinoceros trample on it, and the crocodiles can't bear it.

The crocodiles that lost the battle will migrate to other places without any choice, and a large part of them have come to the Great Xia Lake.

After figuring out the source and reason of the crocodile, he didn't stay longer and chose to return directly.

Time passed, and four days later, Richard and others returned to the court, and in the face of the people who had just returned from the expedition, Xia Qi naturally couldn't avoid a reward for his meritorious deeds.

As for how to seal the reward, Xia Qi obviously thought it through in the past four days.

Richard made the first contribution to this trip, and Xia Qi made him a thousand-commander, still commanding the wolf troops, and also gave him a set of bronze armor.

However, the armor needs to be made for him, so he will have to wait a little longer.

Moreover, Richard walked a flexible path, and the bronze armor he was wearing now was a set of full-body armor full of materials. Even if it doesn't fit, the weight looks too heavy, but it affects the play of its strength, and it should be replaced with a set of light armor.

The others also had other rewards, even with the owls, they were rewarded with five hundred copper coins, which was enough to settle down in Great Xia City.

In fact, until now, Xiao Xiao's whole person is confused, and the prosperity of Great Xia City is too much beyond his imagination.

After a reward, Xia Qinian and them worked hard all the way, and had already arranged a place to live in Great Xia City in advance, so that they could go down to eat and rest first.

Richard, on the other hand, stayed behind and reported to Xia Qi the details of this expedition.

After listening to the details, Xia Qi frowned slightly, and asked Richard: "It's autumn now, can you clear that group of hyenas before winter comes?" ”

Great Xia is probably located in the northern cold zone of this planet, and it is a relatively northerly area.

Therefore, sometimes the winter comes back early, and sometimes before the winter, there will be snow in the sky, and when the winter comes, it will really be a heavy snow closing the mountain.

Similarly, if this group of hyenas cannot be eradicated, it will always be a hidden danger to stay there, and he can only do it now, otherwise once it is winter, when the snow will close the mountain, it will be difficult for him to use troops again.

At this moment, Richard undoubtedly fell into deep thought, and after thinking for a while, he slowly spoke.

"In the general direction, there are only two ways."

"The first way is to lure the snakes out of their holes, it's almost winter, and these hyena people should need to stock up on food, so we can set up an ambush on the periphery, and then find some animal carcasses and lure them out."

"It's just that the hyena people just slaughtered the barbarians of the two tribes before, and I think they are not short of food for the time being."

Xia Qi, who heard this, was silent, beasts eat people, people eat beasts, it seems that no one can say anyone, for the orc tribes who surrendered to him, it is naturally forbidden to eat people, and if he does not surrender to his hyena people, he can't control over there.

To get back to the point, Richard undoubtedly saw Xia Qi's attitude, and continued: "So, if you lure them with animal carcasses, they may not take the bait, after all, those hyena people are quite cunning." ”

There is no doubt that the success rate of luring the snake out of the hole is slightly lower, and it is also too passive, and Xia Qi wants to clear the hidden danger of the hyena man before winter, and the efficiency of using this trick is too slow.

Realizing this, Richard resolutely spoke again and said, "In this way, the only way to do this is to use heavy troops in the mountains and forests of the Northland!" ”

For this answer, Xia Qi nodded, which can be regarded as agreeing.

"What do you think about the deployment of troops?"

After all, Richard had the experience of fighting with hyena people, and he could be regarded as a little experience, and at this moment, in the face of Xia Qi's question, he only heard him say unhurriedly: "Hyena people have rough skin and thick meat, I think it should be good to use crossbowmen to deal with them." ”

"What else?"

After a moment's hesitation, Richard finally said, "I don't think my werewolf warriors are suited for this battle. ”

"Oh?"

Xia Qi's eyes flashed with a hint of playfulness, and he asked, "What do you say?" ”

Only to hear Richard replied: "Werewolf warriors can indeed move flexibly in the mountains and forests, but when facing the hyena people, it is inevitable to have a large number of frontal kills, in the opinion of the last general, the advantage of werewolf warriors should lie in guerrilla warfare and raid warfare, such a battle has killed their innate advantage, so they can adapt to the terrain, but they are not suitable for such opponents." ”

"I think you have the right person in mind? Let's hear it. ”

The words have already reached this point, and Richard can be regarded as letting go, and after hearing Xia Qi's words, he simply said neatly: "The last general thinks that kobold people are more suitable." Equipping them with halberds as weapons and acting as front rows, supplemented by crossbowmen in the back, should be effective against hyena peoples. ”

"But kobolds aren't particularly honest yet."

As he spoke, Xia Qi's tone was a little helpless, the point of this battle was that he had to send troops that were flexible and able to adapt to the mountainous terrain, and at the same time, it was better to be physically stronger, and could fight head-on with the hyena people.

The bulky size of the minotaur is obviously not up to standard, and it is okay to let them pick it up, but if they are allowed to clear the hyena people in a serious way, it is estimated that they will be turned around by the opposite side with speed.

And the werewolf warriors under Li Ke are actually alternatives, Xia Qi, as a veteran driver of war strategy games for many years, what characteristics does the class of troops that fall into his hands have, and what kind of battles are suitable for, can he not see it?

The kobolds are more suitable in all aspects, but as he said before, those kobolds are not very honest for the time being, if they can, Xia Qi does not want to send them to fight in a short time, so as not to cause any accidents.

But looking at this posture, he doesn't seem to have a choice, the group of hyenas in the mountains and forests of the Northland, he doesn't want to stay for the winter, the longer he stays, the greater the threat, and the hidden danger is better to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Xia Qi suddenly exhaled a long breath.

"Well, after a little while, I'll give you two hundred crossbowmen, and five hundred kobold halberds, a total of seven hundred, under your full command. At the same time, just in case, let the owl be responsible for leading the way. However, if this trip to purge the hyena people fails......"

"If he fails, he will die to apologize!"

Before Xia Qi finished speaking, Richard had already directly issued a military order.

These seven hundred people have already overwhelmed the hyena people on the opposite side in terms of numbers, which is enough to see His Majesty's determination to clear the hyena people. Not to mention, those hyena people had just experienced a great war and suffered heavy losses. If this fails, Richard feels like he has no face to live.

"Well, let's go down and prepare."

After Richard left, Xia Qi met with Li Jun and Yan again.

"The last general will see Your Majesty." Li Jun knelt on one knee and saluted Xia Qi.

The man beside him knelt completely on the ground and bowed to the ground with five bodies.

"Let's be flat." Xia Qi looked at the two of them and said in a light tone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Let's talk about what I've seen along the way, and the origin of those crocodiles."

"No!"

Subsequently, Li Jun began to talk about what he had seen and heard along the way, and when Xia Qi heard the name of the young man next to him, he couldn't help but smile.

The boy Richard brought back is called Owl, and this boy is called Bird, and you have brought me back the bird. But when he saw the boy's attribute panel, he immediately couldn't laugh.

Name: 凫

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Status: Healthy

Affiliation: Xia Qi

Loyalty: 71

Bravery: ★★ ☆☆

Intelligence: ★★★ ☆☆

Spirit: ★★★

Endurance: ★★ ☆

Command: ★★ ☆☆☆

talent

Jiaolong enters the sea: During water warfare, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under your command is increased by 10% (subject to the "command").

Xia Qi immediately became calm, if he was allowed to grow up, wouldn't he be the best candidate for the governor of the navy?

Li Jun's words continued, and when he heard that those crocodiles all came from a large swamp in the lower reaches of Daxia Lake, where not only thousands of crocodiles lived, but also a large number of rhinoceros, his heart immediately calculated.

Whether it's a crocodile or a rhinoceros, it's a good thing!

The rind can be used to make armor, crocodile meat is said to cure asthma, and rhino horn is a very rare medicinal herb.

But the problem is that that place is really far away from Great Xia.

If you build a city over there, it will be easily attacked by invading players if you are isolated and helpless.

But you can't ignore it, if you leave it alone, there will be a steady stream of crocodiles coming towards Great Xia, which will inevitably have a great impact on the fishing industry in Great Xia.

"Tell me, how can we control those crocodiles and prevent them from coming to Great Xia?" Xia Qi looked at the two people in the audience.

Li Jun is the general under Xia Qi, he should be the first to speak, I saw him ponder for a moment, and then said: "It's better to let the warship cruise at the outlet of Daxia Lake, once a crocodile enters the lake, it can be directly encircled and suppressed." ”

When Xia Qi heard this, after thinking for a moment, he said: "It's not impossible, but the number of warships in Great Xia is not too large at present, if all of them are used to encircle and suppress crocodiles, then what about other places?" ”

"This ......," Li Jun concluded.

Just when Li Jun was in a dilemma, the man on the side said: "We can use wood to insert vertically into the outlet of Daxia Lake, leaving a gap in the middle, which can not only save materials and time, but also not make the water level of the lake rise." ”

is worthy of being the future governor of the navy in Great Xia, and even came up with the method of "crossing the river with iron cables".

Xia Qi looked at Li Jun and asked, "How?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Jun thought for a while and said, "The outlet of Daxia Lake is much narrower than the inlet, and it is not very deep, so it will be feasible in the end. ”

Subsequently, after some deliberation, the three of them perfected this method.

For example, Xia Qi proposed to divide the wood into two layers, the first layer should have a wider gap to allow the crocodile to pass through it, and the second layer should have a narrow gap to block the crocodile.

Because crocodiles can't go backwards and can't turn on their own, they can only be trapped inside.

The navy could have made a trip every once in a while, using the ship's bed crossbow to shoot it and bring back its flesh and skin.

With that in mind, the plan is finalized, and the next step is to prepare.

When Li Jun and Yan were about to leave, Xia Qi stopped him.

"From now on, you will be one of the centurions in the Great Xia Water. Also, the name 凫 is not suitable for you, you will be called ...... in the future Lu Meng. ”

The future governor of the navy army of Great Xia, if he is called a wild duck, he will not be laughed to death when he goes out?

"The last general, Your Majesty!"

Lu Meng knelt on one knee, his heart was excited, from now on, he was also a member of the Great Xia Army!