No matter what era, weather and road conditions have always been a huge problem for people who travel.
Soldiers are expensive and fast, and if you can be one step ahead in business or military matters, the advantage you will gain will be huge. Throughout history, most powerful countries have paved roads within their own territories. Whether wood or stone slabs are used, the essence of road paving will not change much - rolling and compacting large logs will After the soil is shaped, it is then covered with a hard surface. On some steep mountain roads, there are supports along the way to strengthen the sides to prevent collapse.
During the heyday of the Laman Empire, in addition to stone slabs, many roads would also use a mixture of natural asphalt and tar mixed with lime, crude fiber, horse hair and pig hair to fill the gaps. After the road was completely hardened, it was basically eliminated. The threat of rain, in contrast, like the west coast and even the Abu Serra prairie where Henry and his party are currently located, once the purely natural dirt roads that exist widely are soaked by rain and become soft, movement will become Extremely difficult.
War horses weighing hundreds of kilograms may be the best long-distance high-speed transportation in the wild when the weather is dry and the land is hard. But when it rains for two or three days, the soil is so soft that the heavily armed mercenaries step on it. When it reaches your calves, it will be even more difficult to drive a horse, not to mention running.
A weight difference of more than ten or twenty kilograms can determine a lot of things. In the not-so-long history of the invincible heavily armored knights and their horses on the West Coast, terrain factors have always been the biggest enemy. Mud and rain can easily make an army of ten thousand people lose all advantages. Even for the prairie people who mainly rely on light cavalry, these sticky and soft lands are still annoying.
The reason why grassland people engage in less plunder during the rainy season, and there are fewer disputes between tribes, is that in addition to the more abundant supplies suitable for stable development during the rainy season, it may also have a lot to do with the environmental factors affected by the continuous rain. It has a big relationship.
Returning to the original point, the grassland people who usually travel lightly due to lack of supplies need to dismount their horses and be led slowly along the road conditions. Henry and his group, who are carrying a lot of luggage, naturally do not want to make things worse. Although the value of precious metals such as gold and silver on the grassland exists, most of them are only at the level of high-level decorations. Therefore, in addition to supplies, the "currency" carried on the vehicle for transactions is naturally only what they lack. of various daily necessities.
The glassware produced in the southern border is also a rare and exquisite craft for the grassland people. Although they are placed in wooden boxes filled with straw to resist earthquakes, they still occupy considerable weight despite their small size. There are also expensive spices and equally precious sugars and even tea leaves that are wrapped in layers of waterproof to avoid moisture. These valuable items together with the outer packaging add considerable weight, plus the folded tents, bedding, daily necessities, food cookers and tableware , even spare shields and some accessories such as wheels and axles for repair and replacement. The weight of the entire carriage has already exceeded one ton, and it can leave deep marks on the dry hard mud, not to mention this kind of A rainy day when the soil is soft.
Even though the merchants in the southern border are quite experienced, it still takes a long time to let the lighter and empty cage carriages go first. Latest and fastest update
There are no mountains or the like on the Abu Sera Prairie, but there are still differences in height. We have mentioned before that suitable places for human habitation cannot be found just anywhere. The heavy rains at this time of year may last for several days at a time. If the terrain chosen for camping is too flat or worse, it is slightly lower than the surrounding terrain, the water will flood, cause damage to items, and be contaminated by human and animal excrement. It is quite normal for drinking water sources to eventually cause widespread diarrhea and dysentery.
Regardless of the rainy season, even on weekdays, it is common sense that the camp should be set up on a slightly higher ground with easy drainage.
The ideal settlement area is from the half slope to the top of the shallow basin terrain. Rainwater naturally collects at the bottom, which is convenient for collecting water and can also prevent items from being damaged by moisture. The experience of human ancestors over the years may not be written down in detail, but living here People all over the land remember it with their bodies.
This kind of culture and history cannot be truly understood by any outsider, even our sage protagonist Henry. The history of every place belongs to the people who were born and raised on this land. They have been creating their own memories all the time since the day they were born. Generations of ancestors have made them with their hands and remembered them both physically and mentally. This high degree of recognition Sense is not a simple "knowing more" that can be compensated by knowledge and experience. It must be a "shared" memory, something created together by some people who have lived together for a long time.
Aristocrats and scholars from various countries with advanced culture and abundant funds may be familiar with the history of a country or region thousands of miles away, but all they know is only the tens of thousands of people who struggled with the historical trend in those great eras. an epitome of. The power of these carriers, such as words, words or pictures, is limited. The insights they can bring you are far from empathic. If you don’t share the same blood and experience the same things together, it is impossible to truly understand. The experience and feelings of a specific group of people.
The huge gap called "class", "nation" or even "race" formed by the accumulation of many things from lifestyle to spiritual cultivation and so on, does exist.
When arrogant people pretend to talk about the disasters of a certain nation, they will always use a tone of compassion as if they were personally present, but they only have a superficial understanding of these people's persistence and suffering.
No matter where you go, those who can truly be accepted by a certain ethnic group or group are usually people who are similar to them, speak the same language, and share the same blood. Let alone outsiders who have never had the same experience or shared the same history. Now that he has become the leader and ruler of these people, it may be difficult to even have a cordial communication - and this may be why Henry will communicate with the Luoan royal family he is about to meet in the future. The reason why the heavy responsibility is entrusted to our Roan maiden.
After all, Mira is still a child. Although she is very outstanding in spirit and strength compared to her age, her ability alone cannot be compared with our sage. If you let your teacher do something, the girl will feel at ease for no reason, because she knows that what Henry has shown so far is just a drop in the bucket. He may not be omnipotent, but in When you encounter a problem, you can always use your knowledge to deal with it calmly with many options. In comparison, she seemed to be much more hesitant, and some problems that could be easily solved by a sage seemed to be as difficult as climbing to the sky for Mira.
If he was allowed to take the lead in everything and do everything down to the smallest detail, perhaps many of the things he had encountered so far would have had different results - this extremely idealistic idea is often entangled in him. The girl's heart, but obviously the reality is not so simple. The struggle of power and conspiracy coupled with various fates, even if you have the ability and the exact method, sometimes you can only admit defeat helplessly.
What she didn't understand a year ago, she can now understand clearly.
Even though Henry Meyer is almost omniscient, what a single individual can achieve with all his strength is still extremely limited.
As we are about to face, many specific details about the Luoan royal family are still a mystery. This is a typical example. It is not that Henry, who was born in the Luoan tribe, has fewer opportunities than the white-haired girl. ——In the already uncertain future, it would be nice to add a little more certainty.
Intelligence was extremely scarce.
All they know now is that there were traces of Luoan people in the nearby area, and the nearby forces naturally belong to the small clan named Red Beak that they are currently following. The commander of the prairie people, Albenni, replied that there were indeed Luoans in their camp, so the team was now heading towards their camp.
But that was all he was willing to reveal.
The high-ranking nobles of this small clan, who had already shown their skill before, could not expose all the information directly like a brainless young man. Although during the negotiation, Yin Yaji tried his best without leaving any trace, and the other party He just gave a general answer like "someone". Even the number of people and the private property of which noble these slaves were, or whether they were slaves in the end, Albany deceived them with a smile.
If they want to know the details, they can only follow the other party's adventure. The prairie commander's personal abilities are quite frightening, and the increasingly heavy air among the team caused by all this has further deepened. As a result, the task becomes more and more difficult.
The so-called knowing people but not their hearts, just because a cooperation agreement has been reached does not mean that everyone can completely let down their guard. Albany did not intend to reveal more information, so the team leader had no choice but to take the risk of following the opponent. To a certain extent, it was also considered a psychological tactic on his part - why did the Red-billed Clan choose to fight with the caravan? The reason for cooperation is related to the distribution of forces on the grassland and the various struggles over thousands of years that we have been mentioning. It is not difficult to understand.
The size of the clans named after birds as their totems usually only has a few hundred people and not more than a thousand. The size of the clan itself is small. Although the grassland people have all the soldiers, those who can go out to wander around and be on guard usually have to be men in their prime. In other words, these eighty Proportionately estimated, the incoming team already constitutes most of the main combat force of the Red Beak Clan. Even if they fight against the mercenaries from the southern border who have excellent armor and sharp weapons, they will probably win miserably. The rainy season is a time for the nomads to cultivate, recuperate and grow. In this case, the cost of conflict is obviously not cost-effective. .
Neither side wants to reduce their numbers, and their interests are the same. It would be best if they can avoid conflict, but they have already fought and there were casualties. In this case, a real explanation is needed. The wily Yin Yaji judged the situation and decisively paid part of the precious materials as a "reconciliation fee" to avoid bloody conflicts and reached a cooperative relationship. He asked the local snakes to lead him to the camp in order to achieve his goal. The two parties were at least on the surface. It is at peace - but this is not an unbreakable alliance between Laushizi.
Security is based on the premise that there is a threat and it is a considerable threat. If it does not show reasonable judgment, strong force, and the determination to resist desperately, so that the other party knows that the attack will cost huge sacrifices, the caravan's The outcome will certainly not be much better than that of the previous small group of a dozen riders who were also prairie people.
The reason why capable people are feared is that they always have a lot of calculations. Albany, who has long shown his strategies, cannot be truly trusted, compared to a reckless young man like Khalid. He was only more terrible. The youngest son of the leader of the Aries clan may have a lot of knowledge, but his impulsive temper is enough to ruin all plans. People who shout "Glory" with hot blood may be formidable opponents when face to face, but as long as they master it, It is not difficult to deal with them. A scheming guy like Albany, who is born in a noble family and is able to endure the thought of starting from a small place and fishing for a big fish in the long term, is the enemy who really needs to be careful at all times.
For now, they clearly have the upper hand.
Yaji's "submission" in exchange for peace and even subsequent cooperation caused quite a shock in the caravan. In addition, due to the ideological conflict with the Aries clan, there was no trust between the mercenaries and prairie warriors. The gap between them is even more obvious. Khalid, who only wants his "honor" to avenge his companions and kill Albany and others in a battle that insults the traditions of the prairie people, can still remain calm at this moment. Obviously, he also has the same relationship with Aries. The clan leader's relatively enlightened education had something to do with it, and the warriors under his command were constantly persuading the young noble. However, even though he knew that if he was separated from the mercenaries and his party, they would be defeated one by one, Khalid was still How long he can suppress his temper is still a question.
This incident, coupled with Albany's refusal to disclose more information, forced them to take the risk of going to the other side's camp, which also catalyzed the internal conflicts of the entire caravan. The scheming red-billed nobles had no reason to give up taking them after receiving some benefits. The plan is to wipe everything out, but the dilemma the team faces now is that they know that morale has dropped and it is the opponent's wishful thinking, and they have no other options to choose from.
As the leader, Inyagi and the mercenaries from the Felix family were struggling to maintain the unity of the team and avoid further conspiracies by Albany, while also racking their brains to boost morale. However, God's will has made everyone feel exhausted physically and mentally due to the continuous heavy rain since the establishment of the cooperative relationship. At this moment, when they arrived at the camp near the Red-billed Clan - as we mentioned before, the wheels of the carriage were deeply sunk. Everything that could not be pushed out of the soft and steep soil for a long time made everyone extremely anxious.
The scattered thoughts were entangled with each other, and many people realized that the situation would definitely not be good if it continued like this. Many people were anxious, and the mercenaries who had been irritated for a long time began to curse. Khalid and the prairie warriors under his command had nothing to do with them. All this was aggravated by the indifference of not coming to help. Albany and the others who were supposed to lead the way into the camp listened and watched from afar, waiting for the emotional outburst to turn into an actual bloody conflict. Whether it was the mercenaries facing the leader Getting angry or getting angry at Khalid and the others for not helping is something that the Red-billed Clan is happy to see happen - when the situation reaches the most critical moment, the expressions of the distressed businessmen and mercenaries are almost like those of Albany. His smile was in sharp contrast, but at this moment, our tall sage easily dismounted and walked straight to the carriage stuck in the mud.
"Pa-ta-" He put his hands on the frame at the rear of the carriage, and the sword on his back, which was deliberately put outside his cloak for easy extraction, shone brightly in the rain and attracted the attention of a lot of people, and Henry just While everyone was watching in shock, he used his hands to lift the heavy carriage from the dirt.
"Let's go -" his tone was still calm, as if all this was not very strenuous, he lifted the carriage lightly and cooperated with the driver in front of him to take a few steps out of the deeper and deeper mud pit. After putting it down, he turned around and took a picture. He clapped his hands and walked back to his horse calmly.
"" Albany narrowed his eyes and stared at our sage. The best way to improve morale is a simple and crude display of strength. Henry, who is tall and powerful, did all this in an understatement, which brought great joy to the mercenaries around him. The shock in my heart is obvious. Everything he had planned before was easily resolved by this black-haired man. The timing chosen by this man was not a coincidence at all. Although Albany could still use his same tricks in the future, he was afraid that the other party would also choose the right time again. The time point is resolved with one move.
"This team cannot be underestimated," he said in a voice that was not too high. Effective actions do not require many, as long as they are used in key places, the effect will be very significant. Being able to judge this is the most important thing. If he has this ability to realize it, obviously his plan should make some changes.
"That guy." The sage's actions spread like ripples and affected everyone around him. Lifting a weight of more than a ton with bare hands is not something that anyone can do even for a short time. It is terrifying. The strength made Khalid and his group become a little calmer, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on them.
With one simple move, the conflict that was on the verge of breaking out disappeared.
Using the display of his own strength as an external deterrent and an internal morale boost, our Mr. Sage achieved his goal in the simplest and crudest way.
as always.
