After leaving the hidden place where he slept, Diao Si kept thinking about the strange dream he had before. It's very strange. If the old guy appeared because he was thinking about something, he had been thinking about the Nyima Empire and the Upanishad, but what the old guy said didn't sound like he was dreaming at all.
If this is because the old guy influenced him, this cannot be explained by previous dreams in his world, or it should be said that this is not a dream at all. There are too many strange and abnormal things in this world, and nothing is impossible.
But what is that old guy all about? Why does he always appear and disappear suddenly? Why does he always have so much resentment towards Diao Si? It seemed like Diao Si owed him something.
Diao Si recalled every time he appeared, and finally thought of the bead and touched it in his arms. Because after the old guy showed up the first time, he retrieved the beads, and the second time he showed up, he took the beads to the leader of the Imperial Army. They were all related to the beads.
Could it be that the old guy was the original owner of the beads? He kept pestering Diao Si like that just to take the beads back? This is troublesome. He must not be an ordinary person to possess such a powerful bead. It will not be easy to deal with him.
There is no way, he will appear again in the future, let’s find out what he wants when the time comes. If he must take away the beads, try telling him about the invasion of the demon army, maybe you can impress him. , will help Diao Si.
Just as Diao Si's troops gradually approached the mountain, they noticed some birdmen flying towards them. The Imperial Army must have known their direction, and they would definitely send troops to chase them.
Soldiers are valuable and fast, and marching speed is really important. If it is fast enough, even those imperial troops are stronger, and Diao Si can completely ignore them.
It's just that since the Imperial Army wants to chase them, they will definitely not chase them at the normal speed. They must find a way to slow down the Imperial Army, otherwise they will be finished before they reach the border.
Diao Si thought for a while and came up with an idea. He ordered a marching competition. The last soldier must stay and do some important tasks. In this way, leaving behind the slow-moving soldiers can speed up the overall speed, and at the same time, the remaining soldiers can also slow down the enemy's speed.
But I didn't expect that Diao Si was almost the slowest one. Those guys with long ears ran very fast, only some old, weak and fat ones ran slower. What surprised Diao Si was that the very important Wind-Listening Dog Monster ran at about the same speed as him.
"Wangcai, don't you have four legs? Why can't you outrun them?" Diao Si expressed doubts. He had seen the dog monster running very fast before.
After hearing this, Ding Ding looked at Diao Si with his confused eyes, and then responded: "Master, I saw that you couldn't keep up, so I stayed with you."
Diao Si was really touched when he heard this. Since he came to this chaotic world, no one has ever cared about him. Wang is the first one. He can't help but be touched.
"Well, very good, then you can follow me from now on." Diao Si said, and then hurried on while instructing the slow-running long-eared guys to deploy his plan.
He asked the long-eared guys to stay on the road one by one to rest. When they encountered enemies, they could shoot arrows at those enemies, or even surrender directly, because this would definitely slow down the enemy.
Of course, this was only useful at the beginning. The imperial troops were of course afraid of an ambush when encountering such a situation for the first time, but they would see through Diao Si's conspiracy after several times in a row, so Diao Si only kept a few of the slowest guys.
"They are going to die if they stay?" Unexpectedly, the old guy of the vice-captain still had some brains, but he had no intention of rebelling and just asked Diao Si.
Seeing the helpless expression on its face, Diao Si said to it sadly: "Yes, but there is no way. Only by their heroic sacrifice can we ensure the safe departure of our large army."
The old guy could still understand Diao Si's words, and just made a gesture of thanks to those of his kind who wanted to stay. This is very cruel, but after experiencing so much, Diao Si has regarded them as puppets in the game that he can control at will.
Diao Si had to do this. In the final analysis, he did this for the good of the world, because he knew that a catastrophe would come here in the future, and he had to save his life to prevent this catastrophe.
Okay, we are almost at the border in front of the mountain. At this time, the two suns in the sky are climbing towards the sky. The temperature has risen very high. This has also directly affected their march. Those long-eared guys are tired. .
They didn't get enough rest before. Diao Si held a group marching competition and traveled such a long way. Now if they had to fight the border defenders, they would obviously suffer a lot.
It's better to take a rest first. At least the imperial troops are still some distance away from them now. If this battle doesn't go well, it will be even harder to continue.
After Diao Si arranged for everyone to rest, he sent Ding Ding to inquire about the situation of the defenders in front. It is very important to know yourself and your enemy. Diao Si never fights an unprepared battle.
On the other hand, he asked everyone to count the number of arrows left. This is different from the game. Archers' arrows cannot be reused. The number must be three times or more than that of the enemy. OK.
However, when doing the counting, Diao Si discovered that the soldiers used arrows at different speeds. Some used them very slowly, while others used them much faster. In this way, he exchanged the soldiers with more arrows with those with fewer arrows. arrows.
Diao Si also divided those who were fast with arrows into another detachment, called the Swift Arrow Detachment, so that when necessary, he could order them to make a quick attack. This is also a game experience. The more detailed it is, the easier it will be to use.
Tintin came back and told Diao Si the approximate location of the border camp as requested by Diao Si. There are not many enemies on the border. I believe there will be armaments and food there. Diao Si immediately makes arrangements. He doesn't have much time because there are pursuers behind him.
When approaching the camp, Diao Si found that the guards were not very alert. This may be because the imperial army chasing them did not know that they were coming to this border location, so they did not notify the guards here.
In this case, Diao Si changed his mind and asked the sniper team to sneak there to hunt down the guards. This trick was quite effective, because the weather was hot and the guards were lazy and hid in the tents, so they were discovered after more than half of them were killed.
But Diao Si did not order an immediate attack. He continued to let the archers hunt until the defenders who had no way to escape abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
This time, Diao Si did not order them to be silenced. He only asked them to help carry some food and armaments, and then warned them not to tell the imperial army behind them the direction of their march, and left.
Then the old guy shivered and asked Diao Si why he suddenly changed direction, but Diao Si ignored him. It wasn't until he was far away from the camp and turned around to walk in the direction Ding Ding said that the old guy knew that Diao Si had changed direction. I thought I was trying to trick the guards.
Although the imperial troops behind him would discover Diao Si's direction sooner or later, by then it was estimated that Diao Si would have reached the border and they would not be able to catch up.
Of course, Diao Si did not dare to take it lightly. Even if the outcome was not determined, there would be the possibility of sudden changes. He had reversed the situation of the battle countless times in the game before, and nothing was inevitable.
And when the two suns continued to rise, a third sun appeared in the sky, and the temperature continued to rise. Diao Si had never encountered such an environment before, and he didn't dare to relax, so he asked the old guy for advice again.
Only after the old guy told Diao Si that this was a rare extreme heat, especially in high mountains, the temperature would be very high. This high temperature will last for nearly half a day, and will return to normal as the blazing sun sets.
The Sun of Light is the sun that moves the fastest, followed by the Sun of Blazing that they really use to calculate the time of a day. The other little sun that just came out, the Sun of Heng, moves the slowest, but it only appears on the horizon once. , will soon disappear into the horizon in a low arc.
Diao Si understood a lot, but the more he listened, the more he felt a headache. In the final analysis, there were still too many uncertain factors as to whether he could leave here and return to Ruifeng City this time. (To be continued)