Despite the fact that they set up camp and moved supplies as soon as they sensed that the heavy rain was coming, nearly one-twentieth of the rations had spoiled the next morning.

Therefore, before getting ready for the trip, in addition to cooking breakfast, the rest of the task is to thoroughly inventory the spoiled food and separate it from the intact ones.

The hot and rainy summer is not as good as the winter, and there is no need to mention meat, even if it is grain, it is difficult to preserve.

For larger groups, transporting and preserving their rations over long journeys has always been a challenge. The load capacity and load space are very limited, so you should bring as many supplies as possible, not just buy them and throw them around.

If the financial resources allow, the vast majority of people will prefer to bring as much as possible. But they are, after all, an armed force, and they may face threats. History has repeatedly shown that the vast majority of armies that are overburdened eventually have to abandon them in order to fight effectively.

- So the baggage must be strictly rationed.

Ideally, a qualified tour leader will need to plan the route and establish the team's supply base based on the map before departure.

It's pretty simple: the distance from one rest point to the next is about a few days, how many members of the party are in total, and the population is multiplied by the number of days traveled to get an approximate total amount of food consumed.

But this is only an idealized base value, and only people on paper would really do it.

In practice, it is not uncommon for terrain and weather factors to cause the march to be less than expected. If you encounter a man-made situation such as an enemy threat, the entire route may need to be re-planned. Therefore, in addition to the basic daily consumption per person multiplied by the total amount of supplies required for the journey, a certain amount of reserve must be added. Make sure you have a risk reserve and be able to deal with the unexpected.

Naturally, the group made this extra preparation, and the fact that it had only been on the road for a short time proved the importance of this preparation.

Because of the extra share of reserves, after depleting this portion, they still have enough supplies to make it to their next destination town. While some of the less expensive side dishes were picked out and discarded, the rice was retained, placed in clay pots and added with water, intended to be used to ferment and make sake.

Not being short of money and wasting it is not necessarily equated. Although the Aota family was indeed relatively well-capitalized, the precepts followed by the samurai were common to the clergy of the Rigal Church, and the principle of self-discipline was to avoid indulging in hedonism.

Of course, self-discipline is only compared to those wealthy merchants who are greedy for pleasure, and even if they are called frugal, the samurai still live a much better life than most ordinary people.

All in all, after sorting out the equipment, packing up the tent, and having a simple breakfast, the group took advantage of the early morning and still set off.

After a night of laundry, it was dry and refreshing under the clear summer night temperature and the majestic breeze in the woods. The only regret is that the lack of sunlight inevitably has a strange sour smell, and some people solve the problem by picking additional aromatic plants and putting them in their bags. Henry and Mira, who are mercenaries and have more experience in independent travel, unfold their clothes and hang them on the side of their backpacks and unicorns, so that they can be dried at any time during the journey.

The journey to noon was lackluster, the auxiliary roads were sparsely populated, and the scenery on the road was the same, except for the trees.

The uphill and downhill slopes are gentle, but you still have to be refreshed. The grain and grass used by cattle and horses are also carried on it, and in fact the amount of food used by people is larger than that eaten by humans. When it rains, they go into tents to take shelter in the rain, and naturally no one has a high priority. Luckily, these animals aren't as squeamish as the humans, and as long as they're not moldy and rotten, they won't have much of a problem eating them.

A large number of vehicles and pack oxen make the pace of the group very fast, and in half a day, the ordinary speed can go out of a day and a half of a complete hike.

Although Ashigaru and Rigal's party still walked for the most part, they were able to place heavy objects on them because of the presence of ox carts. The difference between the physical exertion of traveling light and carrying heavy weights is huge, and even an elderly person like Afonso can easily travel a long distance if there are no items to bear.

The scorching sun hung high in the middle of the day, and the blackened god was the one who suffered the most in the whole procession. His armor became hot all over, and although it was separated by a cloth, it was only ten minutes before it was soaked with sweat and became like a steamer.

But today it was his turn as one of the fully equipped strikers. Whether or not the high-ranking samurai regretted painting his armor black is unknown, but even those who painted other colors don't feel good after the sun shines directly for a while.

The closer to noon, the longer the team stops for rest and the shorter the intervals.

In the morning and afternoon, you can decompress with the shadows of the street trees on both sides, but at noon the sun is in the middle and there is no place not to be scorched except under the shade of the trees.

There is an inconvenience on a rainy day, and the sun on a sunny day is not merciless at all.

After walking all morning, Narumi finally gave the order for a lunch break, and everyone almost scrambled to run under the shade of the trees. This was somewhat lacking in military discipline and the necessary vigilance, but the samurai with better armor were dizzy from the heat even if they did not consume much physical strength on horseback, so naturally they had no spare energy to reprimand Ashigaru.

The sweltering heat made people lose their appetite, but the consumption of a whole morning of walking still made a simple lunch clean. It was only after they had taken a short lunch break to get back on the road that they were faced with a vaguely expected, but still troublesome problem.

- A mudslide happened.

Although the temporary resting place of the group was not affected due to the abundant vegetation of yesterday's heavy mountain rain, there was a period of road ahead that was not so good. The bare mountain walls had washed away the protective wooden fences, and broken wood, stones, and wet earth mixed with shrubs had washed away the road and taken up a large part of the road.

Men and horses may barely be able to climb the dirt slope, but the morning and noon sun only dries out the surface of the dirt, and the heavy ox carts are bound to sink into it once they are pulled up.

"It's going to take a detour. Narumi frowned and made a decision, and coincidentally, it was still a sunny day just now, but a thin mist suddenly filled it.

Although it was not as thick as yesterday's fog, the sunlight above was weakened but still the light could still be felt, but it still caused a lot of trouble for the group to identify the direction.

Visibility drops to a distance of several tens of meters, which is very different from the scenery that can be seen thousands of kilometers away on a sunny day.

Thankfully, they took the auxiliary road, which connected the various villages in all directions, and even if it was washed away, they could still return to the original route with a slight detour.

However, this progress will inevitably be delayed, and as a typical military leader who pursues efficiency, Narumi's displeasure is finally expressed in silence.

The great god among the three samurai leaders was the turn of the heavy forward, and Narumi became silent because of his mood, so it was natural that the cheerful and direct old Qiao took over the conversation and began to enliven the atmosphere.

These three leaders of the Qingtian samurai have their own strengths, and they can complement each other and have a very good tacit understanding. Although the actual combat experience is still lacking and each has its own shortcomings, in the eyes of Henry and Mira, who are outsiders, Yajiro is clearly in a very good educational environment.

How much useful things he can learn depends on the young master himself, but in terms of his understanding of sword skills, if he can give full play to his own perseverance and other advantages, he will definitely be a very good talent in the future.

It depends on whether he can break the small pattern inherent in the samurai class.

The samurai's credo was still too much of a personal one, and although they were military leaders, they were in fact more concerned with personal honor and martial arts than with strategic command, as were most of Rigal's knights.

However, the knights of Rigal were the lowest class of the military aristocracy, and the various classes such as barons were still military nobles, but they were different from people.

In order to limit the power of the samurai group, the upper aristocracy, the Wajin, who really had the right to speak, were more civilian, although the male descendants of the Chinese were usually required to be raised according to the standards of the samurai. But as adults, they often have to choose between politics and the military.

The leadership class was civilian, and the military aristocracy below focused more on personal honor and personal martial arts than on leadership. The young master Yajiro grew up in this unique culture of the Moon Country, and it is up to him whether he can break away from the idea of being a mere swordsman and learn from outstanding people to become a qualified leader.

In any case, this journey, the encounter with Henry and others, is destined to make a strong mark in his life.

The group slowed down and slowly ascended from the fork in the west to a relatively high place. Because it was not clear whether there was a mudslide ahead, Narumi changed the formation, arranged the heavily armed gods and others in front of the main formation, and sent two light horsemen as scouts to explore the road at a certain distance.

Fortunately, it seemed that the only thing that went wrong was the short distance behind him, and everyone who learned about it when the scout came back to report it was relieved. After realizing that the road ahead was still mostly smooth, the group also increased their speed, and finally broke away from the mist as the terrain increased.

When the view finally cleared, looking down the hillside, the mist in the forest and the sun hanging high above the fir trees in the afternoon made everything look like a fairyland.

"It's beautiful just to look at. The white-haired Luoan girl had something to say, and it was obvious that she was also a little tired from exploring her way forward in the fog.

Out of the fog, the front became unobstructed, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in front of him.

Narumi immediately frowned.

"The scout is in distress?" the sage asked the samurai leader, who could still be deduced from the fact that he didn't fully know how the samurai signaled.

"Hmm. Narumi nodded.

"All staff. "Time was of the essence, and they didn't have time to replace the light armor with the heavy ones.

"Ready for battle!"