Section 12 Experience

However, this little delusion was shattered when they returned to the camp.

The camp was being prepared—there was no need to even go in, and from a distance, Ashrufat could tell.

The trenches around the camp had been widened, and there were many stakes of thin pointed wood in the trenches. In addition to this, many triangular triangular thistles were sprinkled outside the trenches - of course, the so-called "thistles" were not actually iron, but wood. But hard wood can also threaten people's feet. The original wooden walls were filled with several wooden turrets.

This qiē was during the time of Ashrufat's absence...... In other words, within five or six days of leaving, the small tribe was ready for battle.

When their carriage appeared, it even caused a fluster. With his superhuman eyesight, Ashrufat could clearly see people running back and forth on the tower.

But after a few moments, when they got closer to the camp, the people inside recognized who it was. Then the gate was opened, and a group of warriors with weapons in hand stepped out, and greeted the cart returning from trade with the utmost care.

The wizard Asowen is one of them. When he saw the large pile of salt bags in the car, even as a wizard, he had to express his surprise.

All goods in the world have an approximate price, and salt is certainly no exception. Asowen had only hoped to exchange a cart of fur for three bags of salt, but this time, there was a large pile of salt piled on the cart, at least twenty bags.

"You changed it?" the somewhat surprised Chaos Wizard couldn't help but ask.

"You can see it yourself. Claire replied.

"Well done!" Although the issue of salt is no longer the most urgent problem now, seeing such results, Asowen has to express his encouragement. He glanced at the girl appreciatively. "I thought you had a lot of potential, and now it seems like it's true. ”

The rest of the people around him had already discovered this remarkable achievement, and there was a lot of talk around. This means that they will not have to worry about salt for a long time to come, maybe three or five years.

The following is very simple. After the car was parked, the salt was removed, and Asowen stayed behind to explain what had happened to Claire. As mentioned earlier, Asowen had made a promise that if the salt purchase mission was completed, Claire would be able to obtain the status of a marauder. This was a crucial step, meaning that she would henceforth be seen by the tribe as a formal warrior with a voice.

In fact, what happened during this time was also very simple - that is, a wandering war gang came to the neighborhood. And, unfortunately, the warband has discovered this little tribe.

The so-called "war gang" is a special kind of organization in the Chaos Territory, and if you follow the southern country, it can be simply understood as a group of bandits. In the south, however, bandits and robbers were despised. The arrested bandit leaders ended up with either hard labor or gallows. In the realm of Chaos, warbands are a form of organization approved by the gods. The warbands are usually not led by lowly bandit leaders, but by Chaos champions.

The biggest difference between a war gang and a tribe is that there are always men, women, and children in the tribe, and there are always some people who are not capable of fighting. And in the warband, there is no such burden at all. The members of these warbands are all ambitious people who are desperate to please the gods and gain a higher position.

Of course, from another aspect, the tribe has the ability to continue to develop, and it is with the existence of these old and weak women and children that the tribe can multiply with fertility, and the chaotic population will grow. And the war gang, if it can't be supplemented by outsiders, it will inevitably die one less one.

To sum up, it is natural to see that a wargang is always full of aggression and always wants to attack the prey around it. And a tribe, unless it has a big interest (such as robbing while the fire is burning or something), or to protect itself, or the other party is too weak, the desire to fight is not particularly strong.

A warband arrives nearby...... And that's not all, because sometimes the Warbands are willing to live peacefully with others - based on a common belief that the other side can provide them with soldiers. But the worst thing is that this war gang actually believes in the blood god and is abusive.

Anyone in the wilderness knows that Sadomasis and Slaanesh are at odds with each other. One of the rules revealed to the believers by the god of blood was to slaughter the followers of Slaanesh as much as possible. Killing the worshippers of Slaanesh would satisfy the blood god more than killing other prey.

So after the two sides sensed each other's existence, as the leader of the tribe, the sorcerer Assowen immediately understood that this conflict could not be avoided. Considering his lack of strength, Asowen immediately had the entire tribe's fortifications strengthened, intending to rely on the fortifications to fight. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the limited time and the fear that the enemy would take advantage of the opportunity to attack, the fortifications of the camp would have been further strengthened.

"How many of them are there?" asked Claire.

"Three hundred to four hundred or so. The wizard replied. "There are quite a few Chaos warriors among them. However, they had no cavalry, and they should have been completely lost in the last battle. ”

"What about their leader?" asked Ashrufat this time.

Asowen glanced at Ashrufat, but finally answered. "If I'm not mistaken, it's supposed to be a Chaos Champion. ”

"What are they doing all this time?"

"I'm sure they're recharging. Assowen said. "They didn't attack at the first time, because they were probably tired from the journey, so they wanted to rest and recover for a while. ”

"Excuse me, but why can't we take advantage of their rest to attack, a sneak attack might be enough to offset our numerical disadvantage. ”

"There is no chance. Asowen frowned. It wasn't that Ashrufat's question offended him, but that it had stirred up unease in his heart. "They had limited supplies with them, but they didn't take advantage of this time to go around hunting and replenish food. I suspect that they have made up their minds to get rid of us in the short term!"

This is also the difference between a warband and a tribe. The Horde will try to be as self-sufficient as possible, while the Warband's idea is to feed the war with war, focusing on the loot.

"If I'm not mistaken, in a day or two, they're going to attack. Asowen said. "Thankfully, you're back, so at least we can have one more fight. ”

His eyes glanced at Aerufat. Ashrufat had already made his intentions clear when he arrived, so it was likely that he would soon leave the tribe to avoid the difficult and dangerous battle—the "weak southern cook" was now known to the entire tribe—but Asowen noticed that Ashrufat was concerned about the inevitable battle, but not in the form of a bystander.

In fact, after speaking, Ashruphat seemed to have been thinking in deep thought—if he was going to avoid battle, then he wouldn't need to think so much at all.

Champion Samurai of Sadistic Fear...... It was true that Ashrufat had never thought of such a thing as "running away from danger". He felt it was a great opportunity. It must be said that although the tribe of Asowen is a tribe of chaos, it worships Slaanesh, not sadism. He knew a lot about this tribe, but he couldn't get what he wanted to know the most.

He needed to have a good conversation with a sadistic believer - if it was a Chaos Champion, it would be more appropriate.

"There are only two hundred of us," Ashrufat said with a sudden look of his head. "They have three hundred or more. Based on my experience in the South, I think the key to this battle is the bow and arrow. He said that because Chaos Cultists didn't know how to make gunpowder, they wouldn't use fire/gun cannons even if they captured them on the battlefield. "If we have enough bows and arrows, we can greatly weaken and kill our enemies before they engage in battle. ”

"We don't have a lot of bows and arrows. Asowen sighed. "It's mostly some hunting bows, which are okay against beasts, but not very effective against warriors in armor. ”

Ashruphat looked at Claire beside him with some strange feeling. He remembered that she had a pretty good crossbow.

"Claire's crossbow was her father's trophy in battle. Asowen noticed Ashrufat's confusion. "There are only a limited number of such good bows in the tribe, and I'm afraid they won't make much difference. ”

"How many pairs?" asked Ashrufat.

"Three, no more than five. This time it was Claire who spoke.

"That's right. Ashrufat thought for a moment. "Are there any other weapons in the clan that can be used in combat? I mean anything other than melee weapons. ”

"This ...... I'm afraid there's nothing left. Asowen looked at Ashruphat with some surprise.

As he spoke, Ashrufat's eyes were on the stake wall. There are only two ways to attack the camp: break the gate and climb the wooden wall. The area around the gate must be the focus of defense, but the matter of climbing the wall is difficult to deal with. Since it is impossible to stand on a stake wall, if an enemy crawls over the wall with a hook, the only way to attack is to use the rudimentary turrets. But there are too few arrow towers (and the bow is poor), which means that it is difficult to prevent enemies from climbing walls to enter.

In fact, based on the defensive setup he had seen, Ashrufar didn't think Asowen had come up with a good way to attack the wall. His defensive method is probably to send troops behind the wall and attack the enemy at the moment when he crosses the wall. But if it fails to kill, then it will soon be in a scuffle. This is advantageous for the attacking Sadistic Warfare Gang. Because they have an advantage in both numbers and combat strength, and there are many old and weak women and children in the tribe.

If that Chaos Champion had a more normal mind, he would inevitably attack in an all-out way. Hold the attention of the defenders at the doorway, and then have the soldiers climb the wall with hooks and cables in all directions. Hooks are very simple tools, and they will certainly have quite a few.

"The ......," Ashruphat coughed softly. "I have some experience with defending the city, and I may be able to use it for your reference. ”