Chapter 120: Lack of Food
As everyone guessed, the rain in the past few days, including the freezing of the river afterwards, was actually made by magic. The Magister's ability is not enough to instantly release the spell that changes the world, but if he is given time to draw a magic circle slowly, these can still be done.
And what Ye Junwen said about changing the new era of war is indeed not fooling Ron. In fact, after this war, people's position in the war has indeed changed a lot. There were indeed magicians who participated in the war before, but they didn't form a team of magicians, and their combat mode, that is, using magic to fight people, had the same effect as a swordsman holding a sword and slashing with people, so even if a magician made a meritorious contribution in the war, other people's attitudes towards them would not change much.
However, this time Ye Junwen's use of magicians was completely different, he used magic to change the environment of war, which no one had done before, so from this moment on, it can indeed be said that he has entered a new era of war.
However, now the battle report here has not yet been transmitted outside, and the only people who know that the lizard army has been wiped out are Ye Junwen and them. Of course, the Terran troops here also suffered a slight loss, but it was not very large, and most of the combat effectiveness of the lizardmen was contained, and it was not brought into play at all, so in the end, a little bit of statistics, and the casualties were only about a thousand people.
Now that the lizardmen's forces have been defeated, the next step is to prepare to return to the main city, and to rush back as soon as possible. However, although they wanted to do this, they immediately encountered a more troublesome problem, that is...... Supplies are not enough.
Yes, there is not enough food, the main situation is like this, they were in a hurry to rush back to the rescue, so they couldn't bring much food, otherwise it would slow down the speed of the entire army. According to the original arrangement, they were ready to go all the way, and they would replenish all the way according to the cities along the way, and it should be no problem to hold on until they returned to the main city for rescue.
However, the current situation is that they have taken a detour, and this is still the road of other borders, and the most troublesome thing is that this country is still the Kanzira Empire. If it is a Terran country, they can directly grab it all the way, of course, but the problem is that the people of the Kanzira Empire do not know how to plant or breed, they can only hunt.
Another characteristic of ectotherms is that they do not have a lot of need to eat, just like snakes and lizards on the earth, they will not starve to death if they don't eat for a month after eating a full meal, and they can go without eating for months when they hibernat. It's the same with the lizardmen of the Kanzira Empire, they don't raise anything, anyway, when they're hungry, they go to the mountains to catch some picks and it's over.
Of course, this was a big hole for Ye Junwen and them, so in the territory of the Kanzira Empire, they stayed for a week, not only did they not get any supplies, but they also ate their own food and grass, and even some soldiers were hungry and began to hunt game.
Although the lizardmen's troops have been defeated now, the first problem they face now is the problem of food, and if they don't complete the supply, they will go directly hungry to face the rebels, and the result can be imagined.
"Can I eat this?" Ye Junwen asked, pointing to the mountains of lizardman corpses piled up next to him.
Hejiaer's face darkened, and he said a little speechlessly: "I don't know, I haven't eaten it, but ...... The soldiers must not be able to accept it. ”
"yes." Ye Junwen nodded, he didn't want to eat it either. After thinking about it, Ye Junwen asked again: "We should be near the border of the empire now, where is the nearest city from here?" ”
"Marshall City." Hegar said, "A border city, but the population over there is not very large, I don't estimate that there are not many supplies, there was originally a fortress in the northwest of this side, which stored a lot of food, but before that was garrisoned by the Fifth Legion, the grain and grass over there should have been taken away by the Fifth Legion." ”
"That's a headache." Ye Junwen looked at Ron next to him and said, "Master Magician, hurry up and change some food and grass." ”
"There's no such magic, right?" Ron couldn't help but say, "Do you think magicians are gods?" Can anything be done? ”
"Can't you change it?" Ye Junwen nodded.
"Why do you use the word actually, how much do you believe it?" Ron lifts his forehead.
"Isn't it okay to use a teleportation array or something?" Ye Junwen asked.
"The teleportation array can transport things, but it needs to be opened between two magic towers." Ron said, "I can't find the Magic Tower right now." ”
"Can't you make one?"
"So what the hell do you think a magician is, if it's so simple to build a magic tower, then not every magician can build their own magic tower." Ron was a little angry as he spoke.
"What then?" Ye Junwen spread his hands, he didn't have much to do, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, this situation without military food was really incomprehensible.
No one could answer Ye Junwen's question, and they didn't know what to do. Hegar here was silent for a moment, and said: "Anyway, the troops will go to Marshall City to see the situation first, maybe there will be food." ”
Ye Junwen's opinion on Hejiaer is undeniable, after all, he has no confidence when he says it himself. According to the current situation, the troops are estimated to be hungry and will not care about anything when they arrive in Marshall City, and they may face a hellish scene on earth at that time. Finally, now that the team has been adjusted, once it is chaotic, it will not be easy to rein in them.
After thinking about it, this problem can only be solved by Ye Junwen, after all, he still has one last way, and that is to cross. Time is paused when I go back, so it's no problem to get some food and resupply. It's just that Ye Junwen doesn't want to do this, after all, his purpose is to build a business, and if he goes back this time, he won't involve business matters, which will be a loss. It's as if you don't pull anything, and you feel like you're running back and forth for nothing.
However, the current situation seems to have no other way than to do this, and after thinking about it, Ye Junwen still decided to make a trip. However, in order not to let himself run in vain, Ye Junwen thought about it and was still ready to pull some goods back. But this time, I can't pull things like beast power pills, and Scam's side hasn't delivered this batch of goods yet, so what can I bring back?
After thinking about it, Ye Junwen said directly to Hejiaer: "I have a way on my side. ”
"Oh?" Hegar was stunned, "What way?" ”
"Actually, I know a businessman from Datang." Ye Junwen said.
"Datang?" Hejiaer and Ron were both stunned, of course they were names they had never heard, and of course Ye Junwen also made up a little bit about Datang as before, and told the two of them.
"In short, this Tang merchant has a good relationship with me, but the other party has a spell that can teleport things over a long distance, unlike the mages here, they can also teleport without the mage tower." Ye Junwen said.
"And such a wonderful spell?" Ron next to him was very curious, "Can you introduce me to that Tang businessman?" I'd like to talk to him. ”
"Don't be the next guy to be fooled by Todd and can't find North." Ye Junwen looked at Ron and said a word in his heart, of course he didn't say it.
"I'll ask the other party about that." Ye Junwen said, "Anyway, if you contact them now, you may be able to raise food, but it's just ...... You know, he's a businessman. ”
"Do you want money?" Hegar immediately said, "There is no problem with money, although there is no problem now, but after we return to the main city, my share of His Majesty's reward can be given out." ”
"It's not about the money." Ye Junwen said, "The coins on our side are useless to their side. ”
"This ...... It's ...... too," Hegar nodded as well, "So what do they want?" ”
"That businessman mainly resells rare goods that are not available between the two countries, for example, there are things here and Datang that are not available, if we have that kind of thing, I can persuade the other party to agree to this transaction." Ye Junwen said.
"Is there something here that isn't there? But it's the first time we've heard of the Tang Kingdom you said, and we don't know what they have over there. Hegar said.
"What do we have?" Ye Junwen asked, "I've also been to the Tang Kingdom once before, I probably know something over there, and if we have any trading chips, I can help take a look." ”
"This ...... We don't have anything but weapons, equipment, and ......," Hegar said.
"These are useless, Datang doesn't fight on their side." Ye Junwen said, you don't need these to fight a war, it's all aircraft missiles, what's the use of you taking a machete, "Is there anything else?" We didn't have any souvenirs along the way? ”
"Souvenirs? Wait, is this thing okay? Hegar suddenly pulled out a jar-like thing and asked.
"What is this?" Ye Junwen asked.
"It's ...... The specialty of the lizardman side, the human side is called yellow wax medicine. Hegar said as he opened it, and sure enough, it was a yellow ointment-like thing like wax, "This thing is smeared on the injured area to quickly stop bleeding and treat injuries, it is said that it is processed by the substance secreted by the lizard people, anyway, the lizard people's troops are equipped, and this thing is also circulated to the human side, which is very useful, and you see that such a large bottle can be used for a lot of time, which is much more cost-effective than the treatment potion." ”
"Huh? And this kind of thing. Ye Junwen said with a little surprise, "That is...... Gold sore medicine? ”