Of course, it's not that these carriage horses are all intelligent horses, but the grooms who drive them are all in a state of invisibility - yes, each sidecar team is equipped with a Pickle, who is both a groom and a They are veterinarians and excellent spell assistants. Their entanglement technique is very useful in defensive battles.
But for them, this kind of scene of tens of thousands of people acting together is too spectacular. They are excited and curious, but also instinctively shy. Hiding and observing is their favorite thing to do.
Therefore, there was a strange scene where the sidecar continued to move forward according to the plan even though there was no one driving it.
After all one hundred sidecars drove onto the new road, another long queue slowly drove out amid a series of orders.
The migrating army was still divided into teams according to the original plan of one hundred floor-type vans. After careful distribution over the past few days, these one hundred teams were basically carved out of the same mold.
A floor-type boxcar, two knight captains, one captain and one captain, ten ordinary light and heavy trucks, about 20 various cart-drawing animals, and about 140 immigrants (the proportion of young and strong women and children is very even, basically reaching one than one).
Walking in the front was a floor-type carriage driven by the tree people and four horses to help pull it. It was now at its heaviest, filled with grain inside and out, and weighed more than twenty tons. Even if the tree man pulls it up, it is a bit troublesome and requires the help of external force.
The situation here is divided into two types.
There are not enough tree people and enlightenment trees. Currently, only two-fifths are dragged by them, and the remaining three-fifths are given to the animals, which do not have such strong pulling power.
Therefore, only two-fifths are filled with grain, and the remaining three-fifths are filled with relatively light sundries and a small amount of grain for transporting people when necessary.
The same is true for the remaining ten light and heavy trucks. Their combined carrying capacity is less than one floor-type van.
One hundred and forty civilians were evenly distributed around these vehicles, either helping to drive or driving livestock. Several halflings were already busy processing ingredients on several trucks.
The trucks they were in were obviously specially modified and were very stable four-wheeled trucks. In the middle was a deep and high iron pot, which was more like a bathtub than a pot. It was filled with water and placed in a clay oven. An open fire had been lit long ago and water began to boil.
What is burned inside is light salt water, which is used to replenish moisture and salt for the civilians along the way.
After noon, various ingredients will be added to it and stewed. By the time you are ready to set up camp in the afternoon, the food will be basically cooked.
The two knight captains who had just taken office, one after the other, would trot back and forth every once in a while to patrol. As they walked, they emphasized loudly, "While we are just on the road, those who have the strength can lend a hand." Hold the handle and try not to ride in the car to save horsepower. If you feel uncomfortable or tired, you can hold the car and walk. If you feel uncomfortable or unable to support, speak up early and don't hold on.
If you need to solve personal physiological problems, try not to act alone, be sure to inform and ask for instructions, and stay during the rest time.
Don’t worry, it’s our first day and we won’t go too fast. We will leave you with plenty of rest time later. Every hour we walk, we will stop and rest for half an hour. As long as we walk 20 kilometers, we will Completed today's tasks. "
The sounds of horses neighing, shouts, farewells, children sobbing and crying, whispers of scolding...all mixed together.
When it was completely separated, the entire convoy was more than two kilometers long. Both sides of the newly opened road were crowded with Dalauma citizens several times the size of the migrating army. Some of them came to see off and some came. Just watch the excitement.
"I've long known that Lord Gavin's methods are unusual, but I didn't expect it to be so unusual. This is no longer a simple immigration, even the roads have been repaired."
"Originally, I was worried about this immigration, but now I don't need to. This is not immigration at all. This is an army. An army of this size. If they don't provoke others, they will cry with gratitude. Where? Does anyone dare to provoke them?"
"Do you think they will just pass by there? Those blind monster races will definitely be wiped out. They are all natural food supply stations."
"If I had known this was the case, I would have applied to join the immigration ranks before."
"It's not too late to join now. Didn't you listen to what they said? They are still in the running-in stage. They will definitely not go too fast in the past few days. Go back and pack things up. You can even catch up with them on a fast horse tomorrow. Anyway, there are ready-made Roads, and you don’t need to worry about food.”
"It makes sense, I'll go back and deal with it now."
"Why are you so anxious? You'd better ask first if they are still allowed to join? If you ask clearly, it won't be too late to act."
"Hahaha...I'm too impatient, I'll ask right now."
"I asked and even let you join. The treatment is the same as before. Hurry, go back and prepare."
"I think this matter can wait. The relationship between Lord Zalanda and Lord Gavin is so close, and the cooperation will only increase in the future. If necessary, we will definitely organize a second and third immigration. , it’s not too late to join when that time comes. Not only will the organization be more mature, but we will also be able to figure out the final situation of immigration first.”
"This method has both gains and losses. All aspects are indeed guaranteed, but the preferential policies may not be as great as this time."
"Whether you want stability or profit, you need to consider it yourself. There is no good thing in having both sides."
Stimulated by the passionate migration scene, after a slap on the forehead, there were not none, but very few people who joined in. On the first day, there were all kinds of people, that is, number 100, not even an average of one person added to each brigade. , but no one quit temporarily.
Because this matter had been brewing for a long time, they had already reorganized on the spot for five days before departure, leaving enough time for those who were not determined to go back on their word. The rest had been covered by a series of policies and promises. , careful preparations to tie them up.
The big pot of rice of the migrating army is still very attractive to many Tethyr citizens.
Tethyr has been in chaos and weak for a long time. Even if Zalanda took over Darauma, the changes brought to the place in a short period of time were relatively limited. It only made many people feel fair and just treatment, but that Those who are struggling below the food and clothing line still have to continue to struggle below to ensure that they will not starve to death. Zalanda has done everything she can.
Why did Zalanda agree so readily to Gavin and help him on his thousands-mile migration?
We cannot deny the personal emotional factors, but they are by no means the dominant factor. The real reason is that Dalauma is indeed overcrowded. Many people are struggling below the hunger line, especially those citizens who are forced to stay outside the city. It is called a tent camp at best, but at worst It's actually a refugee camp. Without going deep into it, you can't imagine the hardship inside. You can't imagine what they will do just for a bite of food.
Among this thousands-mile migration, there are indeed some new arrangements of small families and wealthy people who want to take the opportunity to expand their influence, but these are less than one-tenth. This can be seen from the livestock and trucks accompanying the team. Gotta come out.
Of the thousand vehicles, only more than a hundred belong to individuals. The rest were either purchased from Dalauma citizens who were not prepared to move, or were repaired and pieced together old trucks. Anyway, the ownership belongs to Gavin. , the same is basically the case with those animals.
What Gavin and the others were worried about at first was that the immigrants were unwilling to sell their food and accept unified allocation. It was not that there were none, but only a minority. Most of them accepted this condition and were ecstatic.
Because many of them were struggling just to have enough food and clothing, and there was not much food left in their hands. If Gavin had not been instigating the great migration, many of them would have been forced to leave Dalauma and return to the wilderness. Home, at least there, they still have a piece of land that they can cultivate and survive.
All in all, the poor immigrant class occupies the absolute majority.
Originally there was another class - businessmen, especially those grain merchants, who were gearing up and actively preparing for this, and even hoarded a large amount of grain for this purpose, preparing to sell it to these immigrants at high prices on the road, even if they were penniless. It doesn't matter, they can still sell themselves and sign a labor agreement for several years or even more than ten years. Even if they arrive in the valley, they will transform and become the biggest pioneers.
However, Gavin's unified food allocation policy was a heavy blow that wiped out all the plans of these profiteers.
Either sell it to Gavin at the normal market price, or wait to lose all your pants.
Because in Dalauma, most of the main force buying food was taken away by Gavin, and the first batch of potatoes in the war farm blessed by Zalanda with the artifact of war could be dug in less than ten days. The harvest was completely predictable.
At that time, Zalanda will use work-for-relief and hire a large number of people to further refine the migration road. This is a strategy that has been agreed upon.
There are traders who are wise to stop losses, but there are even more stupid and greedy traders.
Anyway, the impact of Gavin's thousands-mile migration this time will be beyond many people's imagination, and Dalauma will be the first to bear the brunt, and it will be felt quickly and extremely clearly.
On the first day, the migrating army traveled a total of twenty-four kilometers. When they set up camp, the sun was still high. It would not be a problem to walk another ten or eight kilometers. However, Gavin and the others still chose to stop and spend a lot of time convening all the knights. Captain meeting to conduct summary and rectification.
Many problems are not thought of in advance. Only when walking on the road will they be exposed one after another and must be optimized and adjusted.
"Since we have so much time, and the smoothed road is much easier to walk than we imagined, the mobile dining car can help us meet most of our meals on the road, why not change the march time?"
"How do you want to change it?"
"We set off at dawn, resting and walking for five hours, resting on the spot for four hours, then walking for another five hours, and setting up camp on the spot before dark."
"I agree with this decision. This kind of heavy workload is a bit high even for tree people, let alone enlightening trees. They cannot fully recover by just resting at night. If possible, it is best to The morning and evening action times are advanced and delayed by one hour each, and the lunch break is changed to six hours, giving them enough time to absorb nutrients."
"Treants and Enlightenment Trees are the main force of our migration this time, and we must give priority to taking care of them. We are still in the running-in stage, and the load does not need to be so heavy. We will first march for three hours in the morning and afternoon to ensure that we can walk thirty kilometers every day, continuously. Carry it out for three days, and then increase the dosage as appropriate after three days.”
"With so much rest time, I suggest that each team organize herding, gathering, and hunting teams to collect and hunt nearby, and replenish supplies and food in a timely manner."
"How to distribute the materials collected?"
"It goes without saying that it is of course centralized management and distribution on demand."
"I think there is a problem with this method. It cannot mobilize the enthusiasm of those immigrants. I think that from now on, telling those immigrants that their total supplies are only this, and using one less for one cent will definitely not be able to support them. Valley, they have to figure out a way to deal with some of it along the way.”
"This method can be used, but not now, because it is too close to Darauma, which will make some people have second thoughts. If you want to use it, you have to wait until you have traveled five or six hundred kilometers, and there is no village or shop in front of you. At that time, they can only choose to obey.”
"Your Majesty is right. When the time comes, the harvest will have to be divided into two. One part will be kept for ourselves, and the other part will be collected and distributed as needed. After all, the construction teams and soldiers have no way to go out and collect it themselves."
"Ha...isn't this just territory tax? I didn't expect that it would be useful during the migration."
"The load of the Giant Elephant Tree Men is greater. They need longer daylight. The operation time of the Pioneer Battalion will be extended by an additional hour to both ends."
"Actually, there is no need to postpone all of it, just a part of it, because we have enough manpower to work on part of it first. Only the repair part needs to be coordinated with the action time of the giant elephant tree people."
"You can make deployments as needed, but the two sides cannot be separated by more than ten kilometers, otherwise it will not be easy to respond if a war breaks out."
"We should not wait for war to come. We must have soldiers and generals now, and we should take the initiative."
"If you want to take the initiative, you have to walk at least another hundred kilometers. The monster tribes around here have been repeatedly swept away by the Lord of Zalanda and General Nora, and they have been wiped out long ago."
"No wonder I haven't seen a single goblin or half-orc after walking for a long time."
"Are there any other questions you would like feedback on?"
"there is none left."
"I don't have any anymore."
"Then let's break up the meeting."
After a series of adjustments, the migratory army walked thirty kilometers the next day, and it was very easy. Under the leadership of the knight captains, the Dalauma immigrants were like locusts passing through the border, counting the migration roads. Wild vegetables, pastures, and wild animals within a hundred meters were wiped out.
As a result, not only the quality of their food has been further improved, but the total quantity of food has not decreased, but has increased.
It's midsummer now, and the wilderness is rich in products.
Food shortages began to occur in Darauma, entirely because the population was too concentrated and the wilderness was too dangerous for ordinary people. They only dared to move around Darauma and did not dare to go deep into gathering and hunting.
If we are forced to do something urgent, sending the army to protect a large number of civilians and going into the wilderness to collect and hunt collectively can alleviate the food crisis to some extent.
The overall situation of the migrating army was in good shape. After walking a hundred kilometers, they began to speed up. On the fifth day, their marching speed reached fifty kilometers.
If nothing else happens, they will all use this speed to move forward.
Because now, they were out of Darauma's range of influence and truly entered the wilderness. In the darkness, there were countless pairs of peeping eyes.
However, the size of the migrating army is too large. When they gather together, there are very few people who dare to trouble them. However, the danger of going out for hunting and gathering can be greatly increased.
With two armies in hand, Gavin and the others decided to attack instead of defend.
A large number of aerial scouts - Erd, harpy kobolds, pixies and a small number of flying horse knights, were dispatched one after another by Gavin through teleportation. They followed the planned migration path to the surrounding areas. Spread out evenly, all monster tribes ten kilometers away from the migration route are listed as attack targets.
There is no need to declare war, and there is no such thing as benevolence, justice and morality.
Rushing up, killing them all, plundering all their supplies, and burning the tribal villages to the ground is the most correct strategy.
Because they also use this method to treat humans, and the methods are even more cruel and despicable. At least humans will not eat them, and they rarely rape their females (not that humans are so noble, it is really difficult to work up their appetite, and what they can do They are all true warriors), and it is not uncommon to find human corpses and tortured women in human form in hanging pots in their camps. This will further strengthen the murderous intentions of those soldiers.
The small human villages and small castles encountered along the way were still more than ten kilometers away, or even dozens of kilometers away.
Their lords, chiefs, village chiefs and other rulers would come riding fast horses, bow to them and send them money and food, hoping that the migrating army would not harm the villages and towns in their territories.
Not to mention it was for Zalanda, even in a strange territory, Gavin couldn't do anything like burning, killing and looting.
Naturally, it was a friendly exchange with these people, taking the opportunity to purchase some supplies from them, and at the same time reaffirming Darauma's dominance over this place and the importance of the migration route.
In those villages and towns with very good geographical advantages, which are conducive to the development of commerce and migration after migration, Gavin directly purchased properties with deep pockets and selected a dozen or even dozens of people from the immigrant team to settle in them.
Immigration is originally for use, and it does not necessarily have to be immigrated to the valley. As long as it can be used for oneself and create value for oneself, no matter where they are, they belong to their own territory.
Since the migration road was built and opened up by them, they naturally had to seize the opportunity to firmly control it in their own hands.
This kind of property purchase based on existing towns is only the first step. The second step is the kind of walled city hotel that Gao Se's mother mentioned. Gavin has inspected each construction site. The subsequent construction work will not be done by these immigrants. , but from the kobold construction team.
On the seventh day, the migrating army ushered in the most important greeter - a light cavalry of three thousand people, the light cavalry of Ritawen.
(End of chapter)
