Wolf King

Three days before the black bear troops fell into the wolf's mouth collectively, the mixed army composed of white bears and moon bears bypassed the middle of the grassland and formally entered the southwestern border.

The route taken by the black bear troop is close to the sea, and it belongs to the activity range of adventurers in the elven port. The range within a radius of [-] kilometers has been trampled by adventurers in the past few years. The adventurers sweep over and over again, and even large groups of wild beasts don't like to go to this area. It is naturally not difficult to implement the strategy of "solid walls and clearing the wilds and then clearing the wilds" of the patriarch Ali.

The route taken by the White Bear & Moon Bear coalition is relatively deep into the land, and there is no condition for playing strong walls and clearing the field. However, the encounter of the coalition army is not much better than that of the Black Bear army. trap in the ocean.

On the morning of this day, the two bears came to a dry river.

Moon Bear General Bazel sent scouts to walk through this dry river channel with a width of about 30 meters first, and then led a large army to cross the river after confirming its safety—that is, walking directly on the river bed with only silt left.

During the process of crossing the river, the wind was calm, and there was no problem until they reached the opposite bank... A group of moon bear warriors who walked relatively densely stepped on a large piece of ground and fell into a big pit several meters deep. Those who were unlucky were directly killed The pointed wooden stakes inserted upside down at the bottom of the pit pierced the opposite bloody hole and rushed to the street on the spot.

"Don't move! Back!" Moon Bear General Bazel Khan came down, quickly called people back to a safe river, and sent scouts to check the river bank.

The scouts ran up to the river bank nervously, stepped on it for a long time but couldn't see anything, until they took out their weapons and poked the ground around, only to find that the whole piece of vegetation on the river bank was just camouflage!

A whole row of pits was hollowed out underground, and the surface was densely paved with thicker tree trunks and then sprinkled with soil, and the whole piece of turf vegetation with soil roots was moved—unlike the kind that would be destroyed by stepping on it. Falling traps, these big traps are paved so well that a few people can't feel anything strange when walking over them, and they can only fall down when large troops pass by!

Bazel and White Bear General Wood, who came up to see the situation, faced such a solid trap camouflage, both of them had sweat on their foreheads... If a large army came up unconsciously, how many people would have to fill in? !

The Allied Forces of the Two Bears did not dare to be careless, and sent all their scouts to search the surrounding area, and then discovered that this kind of trap, which was specially made to stare at the pits of the densely marching troops, had a range of thousands of meters—as long as they came from Coming in this direction, choosing this dry river to cross the river, you will basically fall into a trap!

"It's too sinister!"

Bazel, who had lost several soldiers, was so angry that he sent people to search the surrounding area again, trying to catch the prairie people to vent their anger. As a result... not to mention people around, there was not even a hair of a beast—these guys simply set up The traps are gone, and they don't care whether these traps can trap people!

In desperation, the two Xiong coalition forces buried their companions' corpses on the spot, and proceeded westward more cautiously.

That night, the cautious two-bear allied forces did not go into the valley that was particularly suitable for camping overnight, but chose the back of a small hill; they did not touch the less fluid pools, but spent a long time finding it. Only after the dry stream was used by the soldiers.

In the woods near the valley, two goblins lying at the entrance of the cave stared at the movement of the two bear alliance forces for a long time with big ugly eyes. They saw that they were indeed not going to enter the valley to camp, nor were they going to use the pond water. Regretful look.

One of the goblins muttered a few words to his companions, got into the hole, and came out with a delicate little cloth bag. Relying on his small size and sneakiness, he groped to the vicinity of the valley, threw the bag behind a rock, and grabbed a few handfuls. Grass leaf dust was sprinkled on the bag, and a few prickly ash peppers were taken out of the bag and scattered nearby, and then sneaked back to the woods and hid in a hole in the ground.

The scouts sent by the two-bear coalition camped outside the valley to patrol the surrounding area found this bag of peppercorns that seemed to have been dropped for a long time after two hours, and happily took it back.

In the early morning of the next day, there were more than a dozen sick patients who needed help from the two bear alliances that had set out...

The two goblins in the woods watched the group of people go away, and then they came out of the hole, carefully wiped away the traces that the group of people didn't clean up, mainly to recover the poisonous pepper... Then they went back to the woods, climbed to the Up in the tree, continue to stare dutifully to the east from the observation hole in the treehouse.

The two bears who left the first trap zone broke into the second, third, and fourth trap zone...

I have to say that Moon Bear General Bazel is indeed a character. He was extremely cautious after he suffered a loss in the river pit when he first came up. Leading the coalition forces narrowly avoided many dangerous "jedi" who could swallow them up in one bite.

But in addition to the "buried valley" such a large-scale ambush, the grassland tribes have also racked their brains to create countless small traps that are not too troublesome and do not require people to stare at them. On the third day in the Southwest, the Allied Forces of the two bears still inevitably lost dozens of soldiers and dozens of wounded and sick.

When the black bear troops were crushed to death in the canyon, the two bears marched to a birch forest for a rest, the atmosphere was extremely low, and the morale was very bad...

Many streams on the prairie have stopped flowing this season, and it is difficult for non-locals to find flowing groundwater. The two bears who suffered twice in getting water can only quench their thirst with birch juice; but it is regarded as a healthy drink in modern times Birch juice, if it is not processed, it is really not much better to drink, Bazel squeezed his nose and took a big gulp, almost didn't spit it out, and hung the water bag back to his waist with a sad face , got up vigorously, and walked towards White Bear General Wood.

The scout team suffered heavy losses due to various traps that were impossible to guard against. The two generals no longer dared to let people out casually. After discussing a few words, Wood stayed in charge and Bazel came to lead the hunting team himself. (Under heavy pressure, the relationship between the two generals has become increasingly harmonious...)

When Bazel led thirty warriors out of the birch forest and was about to order everyone to disperse a little to look for the footprints of the beast, a particularly tantalizing food aroma wafted over, making one's mouth water instantly.

Allied soldiers sniffed vigorously and looked at General Bazel one by one, with their toes unconsciously pointing in the direction of the fragrance.

Bazel did not disappoint the soldiers, and said in a deep voice, "Go and have a look."

Naturally, General Bazel is not unable to hold back his appetite, but has been trapped by the enemy's traps for the past few days, but he can't even see the enemy's hair. Step on it!

After bypassing a large area of ​​bushes, on the leeward side of a low hill, General Bazel and the coalition soldiers saw... a blazing bonfire, three skewered on a grill, covered with seasoning, and grilled. Piggy with golden skin and oily skin, and four or five adult cats who looked at them in astonishment.

Without being greeted by General Bazel, the coalition soldiers rushed forward like wolves and tigers.

These adult cats moved faster than them, bounced up quickly, and galloped desperately into the distance.

Then... General Bazel watched helplessly as the coalition soldiers rushed to the grill next to the bonfire...

"Don't touch! Chase me!!" General Bazel pinched his thigh angrily.

However, after such a delay, those adult cats have long since disappeared...

The coalition fighters who failed in the pursuit fell back and looked eagerly at the three roasted piglets on the grill.

General Bazel was furious: "Don't look at it, these bastard grassland people can't eat food, haven't they learned enough yet?!"

After saying that, he stepped forward, kicked the roasted piglets into the fire, and carefully grabbed all the spices and seasonings left by the group of cats and threw them into the fire.

The coalition soldiers looked away in pain...

With the level of people's livelihood in this world, both Moon Bear and White Bear can be regarded as well-off - the food of White Bear is a little tight, but they have to endure hunger without saying anything. Compared with the Snow Wolf clan ten years ago, they are absolutely rich in supplies .

As warriors in the tribe, the life of the coalition soldiers is much easier than that of ordinary tribesmen, and they will not be unable to move when they see food.

But the problem is... After more than a month of eating and sleeping on the grassland, seeing the world again, no matter how shallow-skinned, it is difficult to sit still with this kind of food with enough spices to make people drool...

Bazel took a few prey back to the birch forest, arranged for people to handle the food, and nodded habitually, only to find that no one in the patrol team that was supposed to come back from a shift was seen.

The two generals split their heads in a cold sweat and led people to search for it, and they couldn't find it until the moon was in the middle of the sky...

During this period, the patrol team that was strictly ordered to only patrol around the confirmed safe birch forest, and not to go far, disappeared again...

The cat family who used simple food traps to catch hundreds of people: "It's so easy!"

If it hadn't been for the Ministry of Fire that required them to give priority to safety and not allow waves, these big cats might run directly in front of the enemy and throw food traps in front of them, instead of sneakily attacking the patrols who left the main force.

On the second day after General Black Bear became a prisoner, the two bears, whose numbers had been reduced to more than [-], walked numbly and anxiously into the farm area of ​​the Cat Clan Farm.

Finally seeing the farmland cultivated by the grassland tribe, the two generals of the Xiong tribe burst into tears on the spot... They can be regarded as catching the trace of the enemy!It's not like a headless chicken fighting against an enemy that can't be seen or caught!

When the army composed of snow wolves and cats appeared on the farm after harvest, the wolf cavalry brigade lined up charged in the middle, and the cat magicians of the same clan (uh...) were lined up as wolf cavalry on the left and right. When the guarding flanks and the mountain-like army rushed over, the two bear generals who were just so happy that they were crying suddenly lost their souls...

two hours later.

As soon as they met, they were scattered, and then they were divided into several pieces by the snow wolf clan & cat clan that were three times as large as their own, and then they were surrounded and beaten, chased and arrested, and finally became the two generals of the bear clan in a daze. He was tied up and carried away to the frontline temporary base of the North District Headquarters of the Huoyan Department.

Xiao Yun, Mr. Sean, Hodgson, Hongye, Chief Arthur and other members of the headquarters surrounded the two bewildered bear generals with strange expressions.

"Are you the main force attacking our Huoyan Department?" Xiao Yun asked the two enemy generals in confusion.

Bazel stared at him angrily, while Wood raised his chin with an unyielding expression.

"It's really just you? There are no other troops?" Xiao Yun asked again, his face full of disbelief.

Bazel let out a "bah" and cursed angrily, "Sinister and cunning rat!"

Wood snorted coldly, his face full of unyielding.

"This is too strange... There is a small army of nearly 3000 people invading from the North District, why do we only have so few enemies here?" Xiao Yun scratched his scalp and looked at Mr. Xiao En, "Mr. Xiao En, The undead soldiers you sent out to investigate did not see other troops?"

"Really not." Mr. Xiao En was also very strange, "I thought they were the vanguard army, and they deliberately made the undead soldiers wait for three days on the route they walked, but there was indeed no follow-up army following them."

Hong Ye added from the side: "The teams we arranged to guard at various trap points have not found any large troops to follow up until today."

"Could it be that the enemy army got lost? They got separated from their vanguard?" Chief Arthur guessed.

Bazel & Wood, regarded as the vanguard: "..."

The words of these prairie people reveal two very important pieces of information: one is that the black bear army has also lost, and the other is that the black bear army, which is much larger than the two-bear coalition army, is regarded by these prairie people as a "small army." ".

White Bear General Wood lowered his haughty head quietly, and looked at his colleagues with extreme horror in his eyes.

Bazel, who originally looked resentful, was overwhelmed with shock...

Xiao Yun, who had been carefully observing their reactions, showed a particularly strange and indescribable expression.

"I said... don't you just have this kind of people?" Xiao Yun twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "You are the only people who took a detour from the central part to attack the headquarters of our Huoyan Department... attacked the monosodium glutamate factory and snakes from the coastline Ministry, just the black bear army with less than 3000 people, there is no one else, right?"

"..." Bazel & Wood didn't say a word, it was the embarrassment on their faces that revealed a lot.

So Mr. Xiao En, Hongye, Chief Arthur and others also showed indescribable expressions. (Hodgson with a deadpan face: Actually, I was also shocked)

"So, the grassroots patriarch and the others are facing the big army?" Patriarch Arthur didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Uh... The monosodium glutamate factory is indeed the most lucrative industry. Maybe the enemy thinks that important people from the Fire Department should be at the monosodium glutamate factory..." Mr. Xiao En said with a strange expression.

The red leaf egg is in pain: "What is this called! We suspended the Grand Canal project, stopped the production in the Qiuling New Area, and worked hard to make a lot of decorations. Is it just to play house with people? Come so few people Just want to rob us, what is the Beast Emperor thinking?"

Xiao Yun, who asked all the staff to prepare for the battle with all his strength, stared at the two generals of the Xiong clan who had drooping eyebrows and drooping heads for a long time, and he said a thousand words into one sentence: "Nimma... this is not called looking at people through the crack of the door, it is for the People are lying at the foot of the door and looking at us from below..."

Moon Bear General Bazel suddenly raised his head. He also has a thousand words in his heart, but he can't organize them into words. He can only express his indignation with a sad and indignant expression—if you hadn't played countless sinister tricks to exhaust our morale Nothing at all, you should see if we can fight! !

With the fighting strength of the Bear Clan, the two expeditionary forces with a total of 4000 troops are actually not considered as the Beast Emperor's contempt for the Huoyan Department... Ten years ago, these two troops entered the grassland separately and did not face the Tiger Clan. It is absolutely impossible to stab the grassland and then join forces victoriously.

But, the so-called time has changed - the tribes in the east and the center have absorbed a lot and moved to the Ministry of Fire, avoiding the bear troops who marched by the tauren, it is difficult to encounter scattered tribes along the way, and supplement them with plunder Army rations and auxiliary soldiers.

It was so easy to go all the way to the southwest by hunting, and the Fire Department hadn't given them a chance to go to the battlefield with full energy... Either they were bombed and burned on an empty stomach, and Arrow Rain took a bath before interacting with the Fire Department. To get started, or to get nervous and exhausted after tossing and toss, and then to be hit in the face by an army three times the size of one's own. If this requires others to display their combat effectiveness, it would be very unkind...

Obviously, Xiao Yun will not give the enemy a chance to "defeat is a glorious thing". Others call home to talk about justice on the battlefield and honor in battle, just like his war advice to St. Bridge. It's scheming, and it's a good routine if it works~!

The General of the Bear Clan couldn't pry his mouth open, so the Huoyan Department started with the small soldiers, and after learning from different Bear Clan soldiers that there were indeed only these two troops sent by the Beast Emperor to the grassland, the Huoyan Department lifted the state of all people's combat readiness.

One is to take back the gray dwarves and goblins who have scattered around the traps, and send them back to the new hilly area to start work. Some of the warriors of the Snake tribe were selected to be incorporated into the "regular army"-although this homeland defense counterattack was a bit suspicious of thunder and rain, it was a successful mobilization of people's hearts, and the snake tribe who had performed well in battle "Cat clan fighters should be formally established and receive the same honor and treatment as snow wolf clan fighters." (Previously, only cat mages enjoyed formal warrior treatment)

Anyway, with the current financial resources of the Huoyan Department, it is completely useless to provide several hundred more off-duty fighters... Besides, these fighters are not completely off-duty, and they have to work when they are needed to do things.

After finishing their own affairs, the next step is the placement of prisoners of war.

Although the two bear coalition forces attacking the Huoyan Division were confronted by the wolf cavalry brigade, they were not bombed or burned. The battle damage was much lower than that of the black bear army, except for the loss of manpower in the traps along the way and a small number of soldiers who died on the spot , There are more than 820 people alive as prisoners of war.

These 800 people were locked up for two days in the temporary resettlement site outside the Cat Clan Farm. They were only provided with a minimum supply of water and rice, and kept warm in the charcoal basin at night. A group of talents were able to move out of the temporary huts and send them to the Fire Department to join their fellow villagers.

The "absorption and transformation" work of the cat tribe resettlement site in the Huoyan Department has done a good job. Most of the cat tribes have already moved out of their own houses, and the vacated houses are just used as "prisoner-of-war camps"-the Huoyan Ministry has no shortage of greenhouses. The house was in no rush to remodel.

In the prisoner-of-war barracks that were burning on the kang and much warmer than the straw huts they stayed in before, three generals of the bear tribe wearing heavy shackles "joined forces" under the escort of the snow wolf warriors, looking at each other, the air pressure was so low that it was suffocating ...

"We don't have enough houses. The severely wounded live in one room for ten people, and the lightly wounded live in one room for 20 people. If you are not injured, you can squeeze together, and 30 people live in one room." Qiu, who allocated the barracks, came over with a notebook and explained when they met. After looking at the arrangement of the prisoner-of-war camps, he asked, "Your seriously wounded need manpower to take care of them. You generals, let's see who is right to let your seriously wounded take care of your seriously wounded. You need to be flexible, patient and careful, not careless."

"..." The three generals said nothing.

Qiu Zhengse said: "Please correct your attitude and cooperate with us in the resettlement of prisoners of war. In this weather, the wounds of the seriously injured are not easy to deteriorate and become inflamed, but eating and drinking are very problematic. If there is no one to take care of them, these seriously injured The wounded may not survive this winter. Several of them are high-level leaders of the bear clan, so you can’t sit back and watch your clansmen have a chance to survive but let them lie on the kang waiting to die, right?”

Having said so much, the three generals of the bear tribe naturally couldn't continue to pretend to be deep, so they had to cooperate with this serious-looking rabbit mantle and recommend a group of "nursing workers" with drooping eyebrows.

Qiu wrote down the names they reported, and then left to look for people in various barracks.

The Xuelang warriors who were in charge of guarding the prisoners of war removed the handcuffs of the three generals, leaving only the shackles, and told them to get along well with the 27 people in the same room and not to fight. If someone was fighting and others didn't stop it, everyone in the room would have to deduct their rations, so they closed the door and retreated.

A room of prisoners faced each other silently in the dim barracks for a long, long time...

The soldiers of the Snow Wolf clan who guarded the prisoners of war patrolled the rooms of each camp. When they passed by the house where the three generals were imprisoned, the soldiers would lean towards the window and listen.

"There is no quarrel!" A snow wolf warrior was surprised, "I heard from the grassroots patriarch that General Heixiong had been arguing for several days when he was locked up in the monosodium glutamate factory.

"He was the only general before, but now there are three generals in the room, none of them special, of course he is honest." Another snow wolf warrior took it for granted, "Didn't you listen to the grassroots patriarch? For the same food, he will lose his temper."

"It's strange, why do you get angry when you eat the same food as others?" The soldier who spoke first clapped his hands and continued to inspect the camp with his companions.

"No wonder you always fail in social studies and have to retake it every year. Outside of our grasslands, many people pay attention to treatment according to their status. It would be very impolite for them to give the same treatment to people of different identities. about..."

"Don't say it, don't say it, I have a headache when I hear this. It's so troublesome, can't everyone be the same? There are enough things to learn, memorize, and memorize, and it takes a lot of effort to remember whether these things are annoying ah!"

The footsteps of the two prisoner-of-war camp guard soldiers gradually receded. In the barracks where the three generals were locked up, the atmosphere became more gloomy and depressing, and there was a trace of indescribable embarrassment...