Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 348

2021-10-13

Chapter 348 Hunting (3)

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Heaven and Earth are vast, Winters along the hillside After riding a section of the road, I just felt relaxed and joyful.

Far down the hill, a large herd of antelopes foraging.

"There, Batu." Kuoshhaqi pointed finger towards the antelope group: "Prey."

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For this hunting, evil Tobe took out all family properties. Every family has at least one young man, and there are more than 100 people in total.

In addition to the people, the hunters involved in the safari also have to bring their own horses, weapons and food.

It's no exaggeration to say that, assuming any misfortune happens to the hunters of Koshhachi on their way, the Bad Earth will also fall apart.

Although it seems that the Bad Earth Department attaches great importance to the hunting held by the Chihe Department, it is difficult to connect their actual performance with the words "hunting" and "emphasis on".

Because bad earth hunters neither "surround" nor "hunt".

Their daily movements consisted of following a herd of antelope not too far, at a moderate pace in one direction. They drive, guide, and protect their prey patiently, like a herd of sheep.

It's not so much that the Badlands are hunting, but rather that they are escorting the antelope on their migration.

However, if someone looks down from the ten thousand zhang high sky at this moment, he will see: in the vast land, hundreds of hunting parties are working with bad earth hunters. Same thing - [unwavering drive wild beast moved towards the final hunting ground].

In the Heard tribes, hunting is the second only to the major event of war.

In every big hunt, the leader who organizes the hunting will pre-define the hunting range, and the messengers will prepare manpower, supplies and equipment, and dispatch fine cavalry to find out the location and quantity of the prey.

As soon as everything is ready, the hunter will go.

Hunters use hunting teams as units of action, separate and coordinated with each other.

They spread out in the vast hunting ground, like a sparse and unobstructed giant net, rushing the prey from all directions to the predetermined destination.

According to the lion cub's description, the process of driving the prey may take up to three months at most.

During this period, the hunters only eat what they carry, and even if they starve, they can't harm their prey at all.

Sleeping in the wind is not the most torturous part. What tortures hunters the most is the fear of the unknown.

Hunting is a huge activity that requires precise coordination, and the failure of any hunting team can have serious consequences.

The hunters have no way of knowing whether other hunting teams will be able to close the circle on time. All they can do is stare at the prey in front of them and walk down firmly and alone.

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"Leading a single army to the battlefield where the victory or defeat is unknown." Winters outlined the spectacular scene of tens of thousands of hunters hunting together in his mind, and praised: "A military exercise of this scale, even the Alliance and the Empire, have never been seen before."

"What is 'military exercise'?" Koshhaqi asked in confusion.

Winters laughed and replied softly: "It's just practicing warfare."

While speaking, the four Bad Earth hunters galloped from the direction of the antelope, towards Winters and Koshiha After the odd salute, he wearily ran to the camp.

In the process of driving the prey, the hunters can neither let the prey die from exhaustion, nor allow the prey to deviate from the direction, nor allow the prey to be preyed by the beasts.

So the Bad Earth Division's hunting team is divided into six arrows, taking turns to look after the prey day and night.

"It's not 'the victory or defeat is unknown', Batu." Kuoshhaqi gestured hard: "The Chihe Department used a lot, a lot, a lot of hunters. Even if someone ran away the prey, they could still There's a lot left."

Winters understood what Koshhaqi meant: "In my opinion, hunting is a rehearsal for war, but you really care about how much prey you get."

Koshkach grinned. He thought for a while and said, "It's been a long time since I used so many hunters to hunt. It's the first time since I was able to draw the bow."

"Haidong, Tel Dunbu... the three big divisions don't have as many hunters as this time?"

Kuoshhaqi shook the head: "Three divisions, I have never been a hunter. But I guess, it should not be as good. "

"Why?" Winters raised his eyebrows: "The Chihe Division has not grown for a few years, so don't the three major divisions have as many hunters as the Chihe Division?"

Koshhaqi laboriously organizes the language: "The white lions use many hunters from other tribes; the three divisions have only their own hunters."

"Isn't the hunter the more the better?"

“the more the better.” Koshhaqi said solemnly: “But, hunt, obey.”

According to Koshhaqi, he was eating [ After the defeat at the Battle of the Netherworld River Camp], he began to learn the language of the two-legged man.

It's not easy to learn a language to his current level in such a short period of time - but it's still not enough for more complex conversations.

As a result, Koshhaqi always jumps out word by word when he speaks, and Winters often has to guess what Koshhaqi wants to express based on body language.

Winters pondered and asked: "You mean to say that participating in the hunting of the Chihe Division means to acknowledge allegiance to the Chihe Division?"

Nominate.

Winters is not surprised by this: "I am afraid it is not as simple as acknowledging allegiance. The big fish eats the small fish, sooner or later. I am just curious, knowing that the Chihe Ministry intends to annex the Bad Earth Ministry, you guys Why do you still want to participate in the hunting of the Chihe Division?"

Koshihachi said as it should be by rights: "The Bad Earth Division is weak, and the Chihe Division is strong, so I have to participate."

"The Chihe Department forced you to be ministers?"

"No, big fish eat small fish, it is better to be eaten earlier than later."

"I am not I want to ask you 'why acknowledge allegiance to the white lion'." Winters stared into Koshkach's eyes with scrutiny: "What I'm asking is -- do you really want to acknowledge allegiance to the white lion?"

Winters' question was dangerous, but Koshhachi answered it, and truthfully:
"No."

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Koshhak Curious to find out what the world is like beyond the prairie, Winters also wants to know what's going on in wasteland.

Previously, Winters had mainly relied on the little lions to understand the inside story of Heard's ministries.

The little lion provided Winters with a lot of valuable news, even including the all-important "Telltown Man is coming" warning.

However, relying on the little lion to provide information means that Winters can only know what the white lion wants him to know.

Therefore, Winters urgently needs to open up new sources of intelligence.

But everything is easy to think about, but difficult to do.

Not to mention the physical isolation and the intense hostility between the Hurds and the Platonics, just finding a Hurd who can speak Common is as difficult as panning for gold in the sand .

So Winters tolerated Koshhach to observe his men like a spy, answering as many questions as he could.

In exchange, Koshkach also had to answer Winters' questions, a tacit understanding that the two of them didn't need to say.

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"What about the leaders of the other tribes?" Winters continued, "They're just willing to be vassals?"

"No one would." Koshhaqi answered truthfully: "But the white lions are fair and prestige."

Winters listened quietly.

Koshihaqi stretched out his left hand: "eaten by the three major groups."

Koshihaqi stretched out his right hand again: "eaten by the Chihe tribe."

Finally, he held the right hand symbolizing the Chihe Department: "This is better."

Winters nod, indifferent expression.

"Or." Koshkhach dismounted from the saddle, drew an iron arrow from his quiver, and presented it to the champion of Palatine with both hands: "Obey Batu."

Winters His eyebrows were slightly raised: "Bad Earth? Or you?"

Koshihachi bowed his head respectfully: "I."

Winters did not accept the iron arrow, he was honest回答：“你在wasteland 对我更有价值。”

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