The starlight shines between the earth and the mountains. The early morning light is warm and comfortable. Today's weather is particularly good.
Early in the morning, a large crowd gathered in front of the stone city wall on the north side of the tribe. Standing in neat rows under the city wall were front-line warriors.
On top of the city wall, there were clansmen who stuck their heads out, feeling hesitant and nervous.
today……
It’s the day when the tribe sets out on a long march!
Although it is not a war, fighting cannot be avoided in the process, and there will be many, and there will definitely be casualties.
They collect supplies and hunt monsters for the tribe. The supplies within a radius of dozens of kilometers are simply not enough to support the entire tribe through the long winter, so the tribe must have a team to go on an expedition!
Go to far away places, collect supplies, hunt monsters, and then bring them back to the tribe.
It's going to be a big team, basically...
It's like a small tribe.
The total number of people from the Ye Qiong tribe preparing to travel this time is 350!
Among them, there are 20 Qiongqi warriors, 30 Yili archers, one hundred first-line warriors, and one hundred second-line warriors.
The remaining one hundred people, including men and women, are all middle-aged people with good physical fitness. They are responsible for the entire team's logistics, supplies, post-processing of Warcraft corpses, and other trivial matters.
In addition, as for the Warcraft, there are Daidai, Dajun and Dakui, as well as eighty Snowy Demonic Wolves and twenty horses.
The twenty horses were divided into ten groups, and each group was assigned a carriage, which was taken care of by specialized tribesmen.
For safety reasons, Ye Qiong also brought two giant crossbows and hid them in two carriages.
Once an emergency occurs, you can dismantle the carriage, take out the giant crossbow, and join the battle.
The traveling team stood neatly at the entrance of the stone city wall on the north side.
Before departure, the traditional sacrificial ceremony on the Snow Star must be performed. Although Ye Qiong does not believe in these things, after all, it is something passed down by his ancestors, so he will not interfere with this, but feels a bit ritualistic...
It's also good. After all, some of the soldiers who went on this expedition may never come back, so for them, having such a farewell and blessing ceremony is not a bad thing.
Since there is a ceremony, someone must speak. Ye Qiong has never participated in this kind of thing, leaving it to Ye Tianlong.
After all, professional matters should be left to professionals.
While Ye Tianlong was speaking, Ye Qiong carefully checked back and forth on several carriages that were responsible for loading necessary supplies for the long journey, and confirmed the supplies again.
After all, on Snow Star, an expedition team of hundreds of people consumes a lot of supplies and food every day, and they are also responsible for hunting monsters every day.
Therefore, the soldiers' tasks are still very heavy, and material support is a must.
In addition to these supplies, the remaining soldiers and tribesmen went into battle lightly. When they returned, basically everyone would not feel relaxed.
After the sacrifice and farewell ceremony, Ye Qiong took his tribe and warriors and officially embarked on the journey.
The tribe will be handed over to Ye Tianlong and Ye Tianling. Ye Qiong's current task is to solve the problem of winter food.
And Tang Ying was not in the expedition team. Compared with the expedition, the next generation of the tribe was also very important, so Tang Ying definitely couldn't leave.
In order to maximize efficiency, Ye Qiong did not plan to arrange for the soldiers to hunt in the first two days. After all, the monsters with a radius of dozens of kilometers were within this month of spring.
Most of them have been hunted by Daidai, Dakui and the others. As for the supplies nearby, there is no need to rush to collect them. After all, they are around the tribe, so it is actually good to stay here for emergencies.
After all, rabbits don't eat grass around their nests, so it is indeed a good choice to naturally store the standing supplies around the tribe.
Ye Qiong rode on Dudu's back and walked at the front of the team, closely followed by Rongling and Qiongqi's warriors, while once force archers and front-line warriors were on both sides of the team.
The soldiers already have rich summer hunting experience. More than a dozen scouts have been arranged by Ye Qiong. If there is any danger in the entire team, they will give early warning as soon as possible.
At noon, Ye Qiong looked back at the large army. The speed of advancement at this time was about eight kilometers per hour, neither fast nor slow.
After a midday trek, the team has arrived at the mountain base in the north.
From far away, we could see the location of the mountain base. The soldiers on the mountain base also saw the tribe's team at the first moment.
At first, they were a little confused and nervous, but when they saw Ye Qiong, Daidai, and the two big bears, they knew they were from their own tribe. The soldiers also estimated that the day of the long journey was almost here.
So the soldiers from the mountain base came down to a three-man team and rushed towards Ye Qiong and the others.
As for the soldiers who traveled far away, after seeing the mountain base, they took note of its location.
Ye Qiong looked at the high mountain base and had a good idea in his heart, so he decided to lead the soldiers and tribesmen directly to the northern high mountain base.
There is still one afternoon left today, and even if we are in a hurry, we probably won't be able to go very far. It is better to spend half a day to take care of the base in the north.
The work efficiency of a team of 350 people is definitely different from that of a team of more than 20 people.
You can rest peacefully at the base here at night. If you continue marching tomorrow morning, you may encounter many emergencies.
Let the soldiers help build the base, and let the tribesmen prepare meals and tents for the night. Everyone divided the work and started working together.
If the base here can build up some scale when winter comes, it will be possible to continue stationing a tribe here,
At a distance of thirty kilometers, as long as it is not a blizzard, both reinforcements and the retreat of the soldiers here will be very fast.
The tents were erected first, and there were about fifty in total around the alpine base, ranging in sizes. The larger ones could accommodate twenty people, and the smaller ones could accommodate five people.
Overall, a team of 315 people can easily accommodate a total of fifty tents.
In just one afternoon, the construction at the mountain base seemed to be of some scale.
With so many people working together, it is quite a lively scene. The current mountain base is a bit like the coal mine base, where the soldiers live.
With certain fortifications in place, two stone walls were built directly on the outside.
The height of the first wall is five meters, leaving a place in the middle for soldiers to squat and defend. The height of the second wall is three meters. On the outside, the distance from the first wall is fifteen meters. This distance It can effectively block the attacking monsters from outside, and the warriors can launch attacks within the second city wall.
As night fell, the warriors and tribesmen who had been busy all afternoon lit bonfires...
