At the time of separation, due to time constraints, Henry and Mira did not agree on a rendezvous point with Galeva. And because of limited communication methods, they were unable to contact each other or confirm the safety of other people.
If you are in a wild survival situation, the option with the highest survival rate for a few people separated from the large army is actually not to act alone, but to stay in place and recharge your batteries.
Regardless of whether the searcher is experienced or not, the starting point of the search will inevitably be the last known location - in layman's terms, it is the place where the two parties were separated, or the last place where the known lost person went.
Staying in place or at least staying nearby and not moving around will be more conducive to subsequent search and rescue operations, and it can also save energy and survive longer. Continuing the action without authorization will increase the difficulty of the rendezvous, consume the few supplies that are likely to be left, and eventually lead to death.
If you walk along the tributaries of the Yongchuan River, at least in the same direction as Galeva and others, the chance of meeting them will be greatly increased.
But that's exactly the problem. The impetuous and high-profile attack style of the samurai who led the attack fit the profile of a young and high-spirited leader. After such a character realizes that someone is escaping, they will definitely pursue them without stopping.
Based on this premise, converging means that it will increase the risk.
And considering that the three sages no longer had a suitable boat when they fled, they actually waded out on foot. In this country where no one except the nobles is allowed to ride a horse, there were two rows of lonely people on the soft soil around the swamp. Horseshoe prints will obviously become the most obvious weather vane.
Experienced hunters can judge the weight of the animal that left the mark and the speed at which it left through the depth and distance of the tracks.
The sage, who is 195 centimeters tall and weighs 100 kilograms when wearing armor, can still tell that he is a tall and strong man fighting against the warriors guarding the gate, even if he has cleared it somewhat during the checkpoint.
Simply because the powerful destructive power of those warriors were basically killed in one blow, it was not something that ordinary people could do. Coupled with the fact that many of the fatal wounds came from above rather than from below, they could also tell that the attacker had a height advantage.
One thing Henry has always taught Mira is - no matter how strong you have become, it is best to think of your opponents as being on the same level as you, rather than having a sense of superiority.
Superiority and self-confidence can indeed bring you an advantage in situations such as social situations, but for combat professionals who lick their swords and lick blood, once they are overconfident and paralyzed, they will unknowingly fall into a dangerous situation.
Treat the other party as someone who has the ability to judge the general information about yourself through the details, and then use this assumption as a basis to carefully formulate a response plan, so that you can live longer.
What would happen if the person pursuing him was a sage?
First of all, the tracks left in the soft mud can roughly determine whether the horse is carrying a load. Sakura, the oiran of the swamp village, rides on the horse of the Roan girl. The combined weight of her and Mira is about the same as that of a sage, and such a load is already considered a full load for the relatively short war horse of the Moon Country.
The tall and strong Rigal horses have nearly twice the weight-bearing capacity of them. A fully armed knight weighing 105 to 110 kilograms can still charge at full speed including a 40 kilogram vest. But the horses in the Moon Country cannot do this. They are unable to sprint with a load of about 100 kilograms. Therefore, the footprints left by the horses are not only smaller in span but more inclined to cruising speed rather than running speed, and the depth is also much deeper than usual.
Although he was running for his life, he was still carrying such a weight, which proved that what he was carrying on his back was definitely not materials that could be abandoned.
In this case, either there are many people on board, or one of them is huge. Combined with the environment left over from the previous battlefield and the fact that civilians in this country did not know how to ride horses, the pursuing warriors could clearly judge that the two horse hoof prints were extremely suspicious as long as they had a little brains. So they began to pursue them specifically, or at least send out a detachment.
No matter what, I will definitely not turn a blind eye.
Compared to Galeva and the others who left no obvious traces by taking the water route, Henry and Mira were more likely to be pursued. This is why they accelerated their journey at night when the footprints were not obvious, and walked in a direction away from the tributaries of the Yongchuan River, looking for hard ground that would not easily leave traces.
Although this will increase the difficulty of rendezvous, when there are pursuers behind, it is more convenient for three people and two horses to escape lightly than Temulun and others with their families.
The unpredictable spring weather has caused trouble again. It was clear in the morning, but in the afternoon the sky suddenly became dense with clouds.
Since the group of people started walking towards the hard ground, away from the low-lying areas where the swamps were located, the vegetation they saw gradually transitioned from vast weeds to shrubs, and finally turned into friendly woods.
At the beginning of March, due to the slightly warmer weather in the past two days, the flowers of some early spring tree species have already bloomed early, including Kazuto's favorite cherry blossoms.
The wild tree species of cherry blossoms, which are native to the endless mountains, are actually not as beautiful as those cultivated artificially. Even so, the pale white and micro-powder petals are enough to stand out from the crowd.
However, the cold wind that started blowing again made these flowers that had only bloomed sparsely for two or three days quickly withered again. When the three people and two horses happened to pass by, the pieces started to wither.
People from the Moon Country call the weather phenomenon of strong winds carrying snowflakes "blowing snow", and when the snowflakes are replaced by falling cherry blossom petals, it is called "sakura blowing snow".
The country has many names for weather phenomena that sound quite beautiful to the people of Rigal.
The Moon Country society is restrained, restrained, and full of rules and regulations, and even the requirements for wording are extremely strict. However, after the Luoan girl arrived at Crescent Continent, what she saw in the small fishing villages and shrines made her notice a small detail.
The education penetration rate here is far higher than that of the big cities in the Padrosi Empire.
Paper and pens can also be found in ordinary people's houses. Even fishermen and hunters have some ability to write. This kind of thing cannot be realized without a long-term peaceful country and strong cultural strength.
This is a complicated country, just like any other. It has its own advantages and disadvantages. And in many cases, the two are not actually antagonistic, but blend with each other.
Strict class relations and strong central power made it easy for universal education to start from the top down. Mira only needed to assume the possibility of providing literacy education in the west coast of the Rigal continent where she was born, where there were so many countries, and 5 or 6 languages were spoken near Avenella alone, she could clearly understand Recognize the gap with the Moon Country.
It's easy to communicate simply by speaking. Because of the exchange of people on the west coast, people on the west coast have a mixed common language based on the common language of Avenella. The Luoan girls themselves and the sages also speak this language. However, there is no written language in the common language, and even Avenela does not have a written system in the true sense. When civilians occasionally want to use it to write something, they just use Siwa according to the pronunciation they think. Made up of letters from the Liye language.
Two people may write the same word with completely different spellings. For example, one person writes knight as "naite" and another person writes "naite". Although speakers of this language can understand the meaning by half-reading and half-guessing the rough pronunciation, it obviously cannot be used as a formal written language at all. In fact, even after Edward became king and strongly supported the native culture of Avenella, he still had to use the more mature Sivalier language to record things in many cases.
So is it okay to use the language of the Kingdom of Knights to promote literacy education? This is obviously impossible to succeed, because the west coast not only has many kingdoms, but also has a strong sense of national independence. Unless there is a powerful central government like the Moon Country that promotes education over several generations, it is absolutely impossible to achieve this level of literacy penetration.
This is a country that restricts individual thoughts. Due to the survival crisis brought about by the geographical environment, the collective and order in the social culture of the Moon Country are higher than individual wishes.
"Class" is more important than "individual". If a peasant resists a samurai who harms him, it will not be regarded as a conflict between two people, but will be regarded as the lower class's disobedience to the upper class, and all local peasants will be punished.
From this point of view, the Kingdom of the Moon is undoubtedly an extremely repressive and rigid society in the eyes of Rigal people.
but.
It is precisely because of this that it has such a splendid cultural accumulation.
Concentrated talents, concentrated ideas, concentrated productivity.
The literacy rate that has spread to the peasant class is only one of them. The bathing that they once enjoyed in the small fishing village is also a part of this strong cultural promotion ability.
Whether a country is prosperous or not depends solely on the people at the top. Because even in the poorest areas, there are still lords who plunder the people's wealth and wealth and thus provide them with rich clothes and fine food. This kind of simple phenomenon that a few people enjoy good life and many people live in poverty is not enough to prove the national strength. And if a country allows people in the middle and lower classes of society and even at the bottom to enjoy the convenience of basic education and all aspects of life, this kind of power will be real and low-key.
The Kingdom of the Moon is very strong, and the culture here is very, very deep, far deeper than many, many countries in the world of Rigal.
Even if it is true that faint cracks are beginning to appear in the social structure, it will definitely take a long time to expand to change the entire country.
Like a long-lived old turtle slowly walking toward its deathbed, what the group of people saw now was the process of it taking its first step.
The cold wind blew down the wild cherry blossoms that had just bloomed. Walking on the path overgrown with weeds, the girl from Luoan, who had not eaten enough, felt a little chilly.
It was difficult to find enough food in the wild in early spring, and when they separated in a hurry and embarked on their escape, it was obvious that they had no time to search for supplies.
Henry gave up his cloak to Sakura, who was only wearing a luxurious skirt before. The wool coat provided some warmth. Despite this, the body, which had not eaten enough, still could not produce much heat, and Mira and Sakura's hands and feet were a little cold and numb.
But the more serious situation was the horses sitting down. The two heavily laden horses were already very tired after a day of marching. They lacked food and grass and were exhausted. They began to pant heavily, and white mist filled the cooling air. Connected into one piece.
Horses, as herbivores, ideally must eat continuously throughout the day. Because plant fiber can provide extremely limited nutrients, they need to eat a larger amount of food to obtain sufficient nutrients than meat.
But eating grass is not as simple as many people think, "Grass is not everywhere in the mountains and plains, just find some randomly." If it eats the wrong plants, it is common for the war horse to fall to the ground or die immediately.
Well-cared for horses usually eat specially grown grass, with some carrots or berries added to increase nutrition.
But trying to pick berries from the bushes in early spring is just a dream.
"We have to let them rest." The Luoan girl said to her teacher a little weakly, and the sage who was exploring the road ahead looked back and nodded.
Since they have made some success in the mercenary profession, have money to buy supplies, and have a certain status and are respected by others, the two of them have actually lived a very good life in the wilds of the Rigar continent.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. The Luoan girl who was used to bringing enough tents, small pots, and food rations, and even began to pursue delicious food, started to suffer again after arriving in Xinyue Continent, and she missed the life where everything was prepared.
But they are not familiar with the place here, and the mercenary guild has disappeared in Crescent Continent, so it is impossible to even try to take on tasks to make money or seek help from a garrison.
I can only fend for myself.
After getting off the horse, the three of them found a suitable and sheltered place to rest.
The sky had turned completely dark, the wind was howling, and even though it was only around three o'clock in the afternoon, it was already as dark as evening.
Before the cold spring rain fell, they had to build a shelter to protect them from the wind and rain.
