When Du Wei and Rohart went out of the city together, he did not bring any entourage with him. He didn't tell the generals in the city about this matter, but he just told Gargamel quietly, and asked him to bring the dragon warship, and made an appointment to be ready to respond at any time on the south side of the fortress.
As for Du Wei himself, he didn't bring a guard, so he went out of Yajin City with Rohart alone, ready to go to the north, and went to the meeting alone.
"My lord..." Rohart followed Du Wei, and Nian's relatives looked worried: "I still think it's too risky for you to do this! After all, you are the general of the army. There are more than 100,000 troops here, and the city is full of soldiers and civilians. As well as the entire Eastern Front, all the important tasks are maintained by you alone!"
Du Wei smiled slightly, and glanced at Rohart: "Don't worry, Rohart. You also stayed at Luoxue's place for a few days. You should know this guy a little bit. And I... deal with him better than you Much more! This guy Luoxue is extremely proud of. Although he is our enemy, I have to admit that he is indeed a guy who keeps his word."
Rohart thought for a while, and couldn't help but said: "But, my lord, even if this is the case, you... you should bring some guards."
"Guards?" Du Wei sneered: "Since we are going to the enemy's lair, it doesn't matter how many people we bring. If you bring less, even if something happens, it's useless. If you bring too many... Do I bring tens of thousands of people with me? That’s not going to an appointment, but leading soldiers to fight.”
There is still a word in his heart that he didn't say: With his current strength, those personal guards who are by his side on weekdays, tell the truth. There is not much to protect yourself. If something really happened, and I was alone, I would run away as soon as I said it, and those ordinary guards would become a burden instead.
The two left the city together, and Du Wei left alone. Did not tell the generals in the city.
Outside the city, the team of wolf cavalry was still waiting far away, when Du Wei and Rohart came out of the city. When they arrived in front of them, the group of wolf cavalry immediately became vigilant, and all the wolf cavalry stared coldly at Du Wei with green eyes, their eyes were full of undisguised hostility, as if they would pounce on Du Wei at any time generally.
Du Wei stood under the gaze of the wolves, smiled leisurely, and glanced at Rohart: "This is the first time I have seen wolf cavalry. I have heard the name for a long time. It is really tough."
Rohart was in the enemy camp. He can barely speak a few sentences in the language of the elves, but the pronunciation of the elves' language is very different from that of humans. Rohart can't do many pronunciations, but he can barely speak a few simple words, and he can barely express his ideas.
At that moment, he took two steps, trying to use his body to protect Du Wei, and said a few words to the leader of this group of wolf cavalry in short elves' words, the leader of the wolf cavalry. He is the tallest wolf rider in this team. Although the armor on his body is also pure black armor like the others of the same kind, when Du Wei looked carefully, there were a few more silver-white engravings on the handle of his long knife. , and there are two more iron pieces shaped like leaves on the helmet.
The wolf cavalry captain looked at Du Wei carefully for a while. Then he snorted coldly. Then he turned his head and said something to the other companions. Although Du Wei couldn't understand their language, after these few words, those wolf cavalry looked at Du Wei differently, as if there was a hint of contempt and disdain.
Du Wei glanced at Rohart, Rohart smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, they speak the language of the wolf tribe, I can't understand it. I can barely speak the language of elves."
Later, Rohart also explained: Among the army of sinners, because the relationship between wolves and elves is the closest, many wolves can speak the language of elves, but other orcs may not.
Du Wei went on the road with these wolf cavalry. He was just wearing a simple robe and cloak, lined with soft armor, and riding a high-quality black horse selected from the northwest—but although this horse was unusually handsome, tall and strong, it was a rare good horse, but after all Surrounded by a pack of wolves, such a horse was a little frightened. If it weren't for Du Wei's excellent horse handling and riding skills that he had practiced in the northwest for many years, this horse would have been frightened a long time ago. ran away. Twenty wolf cavalry surrounded Du Wei and Rohart. When Rohart came, he walked all the way. When he returned, Du Wei gave him a horse. The two rode in two, surrounded by so many giant wolves, all the way north. Rohart refused to lose his prestige, and tried to learn how Du Wei behaved to control the horses. However, he was mostly learning flying skills in the Northwest, but he was not good at equestrian skills. After walking for a while, the horses under his crotch Unable to bear the fear, he hissed suddenly, his body kept struggling, wanting to run away. Rohart tried his best to pull the rein, but it was useless to appease the horse. Finally, he was pulled up by the horse's strength and was thrown off the horse's back. The horse immediately spread its four hooves and galloped away.
The wolf cavalry around looked at it and burst out laughing. The laughter of these guys was sharp, like howling wolves. The sense of pride and disdain immediately made Rohart flush with anger.
Du Wei saw it, got off his horse and helped Rohart up, and said indifferently: "What are you getting angry with a bunch of beasts. Get up, don't let these guys look down upon you."
He pulled Roha onto his horse, and the two of them rode together, and then reluctantly continued on their way.
Along the way, the surrounding wolf cavalry laughed wantonly. Although they couldn't understand what they said, they seemed to mean contempt and ridicule.
It was not until the evening that after walking for twenty or thirty miles, I stopped to rest beside a loose forest. Du Wei tied his horse to the tree trunk and let the horse graze on its own. Pity the horse, the mounts of the surrounding wolf cavalry, and those giant wolves seem to regard it as a delicious prey, and giant wolves keep coming towards it. Whimpering and howling threateningly, even more giant wolves approached quietly. If the wolf cavalry hadn't stopped them, they would have jumped on them and torn them to pieces.
Those wolf cavalry seemed to deliberately let their mounts go to intimidate Du Wei. It just didn't let the giant wolf really pounce, but turned around, and finally scared Du Wei's horse to scratch its hooves and tremble.
Seeing this, Du Wei couldn't help being annoyed, and strode over to the horse. With both arms, he pushed the horse down and knelt down, and stroked the horse's neck with the other hand. However, he quietly put the tears in his mouth and tongue, and then glanced at the surrounding pack of wolves, intentionally breathed out enough air in his mouth, and let out a fierce "hum"!
The sound of humming immediately sounded like a dragon's chant. Although the sound was not loud, there was naturally a strong dragon power in it!
The giant wolves around were still baring their teeth. Just listen to this voice. Immediately, they all yelled, and some fled back on the spot, and some were so frightened that their hind hooves clamped their tails, trembling and whimpering.
Du Wei laughed out loud on purpose, the sound was like a dragon howling, and the howling sound spread far away, and the expressions of those giant wolves and even the wolf knights all changed dramatically, even showing a trace of fear. He couldn't bear the oppression of Longwei, so scared that he couldn't help pulling out his long knife and staring at Du Wei nervously.
The wolf cavalry captain immediately yelled, jumped over, and shouted a few words to his companions. This made the companion put away the knife. It stared at Du Wei coldly, and muttered twice. With a wave of his hand, he allowed his companions to disperse and gather his own mount, the giant wolf, but finally he was restrained, and he no longer let the mount threaten Du Wei's horses.
Only then did Du Wei sit down, and took out dry food from the horse's bundle to share with Rohart, while at the same time carefully observing the wolf cavalry.
Wolf cavalry... It was the first time Du Wei went to the northern front, and it was also the first time he saw this legendary unit. When he was in the imperial capital before, he had read many battle reports, which had descriptions of this powerful army of criminals. The fighting power of the wolf cavalry has caused human beings to suffer a lot.
First of all, in the case of field battles, when human cavalry faced wolf cavalry, they always lost more and lost less. Even if they win occasionally, it is only when the number of one's own side far exceeds that of the opponent.
In the eyes of others, they only saw the horror of the wolf cavalry, but in Du Wei's view, they thought differently.
The scary thing about wolf cavalry lies in their mounts!
Indeed, the wolf riders themselves also possessed a strong fighting spirit. This kind of orc of the wolf clan had outstanding physique, similar in stature to humans, but more brute force, cunning, and cruelty. But in terms of the quality of the cavalry itself, the elite cavalry of humans, after undergoing rigorous training, may not necessarily lose to the orcs of the wolf clan.
But the reason why human cavalry always suffer is that the opponent's mounts are too powerful. Human horses can only serve the sole purpose of "carrying" when fighting. But the giant wolf that the wolf cavalry rides can attack the enemy together with the knight during the battle. These giant wolves are not just mounts for cavalry, they also have stern roars, blood-spitting mouths full of fangs, sharp claws, powerful strength, and amazing jumping ability. When fighting, wolf cavalry often attack the enemy with their weapons, and the mount will jump and jump to help the knight dodge the enemy's attack, and can also use its sharp claws and sharp teeth to bite the enemy.
In the battle reports that Du Wei has seen, some human cavalry who survived the battle with the wolf cavalry reported that: when fighting against this kind of enemy, even the elite human cavalry can fight the opponent's wolf cavalry evenly, but the opponent The mount can also pounce and bite. Under the same circumstances, it means that the opponent's battle has more than doubled!
Many human cavalry who died in battle did not die under the blades of the opponent's wolf cavalry, but died under the bite of these giant wolves. What's more, they were defeated by these giant wolves directly attacking their war horses.
After Du Wei read many battle reports, he was not only shocked by the fighting power of this wolf cavalry, but also thought about... if...
What if humans can also create such a special army
Hmph, I can even tame a griffin, so can't I tame something like a giant wolf
If the elite human cavalry rode on this giant wolf to fight, wouldn't their combat effectiveness be more than doubled immediately
Sitting under the tree, watching those wolf cavalry resting, many wolf cavalry took out dried meat and other things from their packs, not only eating them themselves, but also feeding their giant wolves with their own hands. Some wolf cavalry even took out their water bladders to drink with their mounts!
Look at these wolf riders, although Biao Han is cruel, but when taking care of his mounts. However, she exuded an extremely intimate gesture.
Although human cavalry also attached great importance to war horses, and some cavalry regarded war horses as close comrades-in-arms, but few cavalry would share food and drink with war horses.
Even Du Wei saw that some wolf cavalry were lying with the giant wolf when they were resting. There are still places to scratch the giant wolf's itch, scratch the opponent's lice, and even some wolf rides. Whispering in a low voice next to the giant wolf's ear, it seems to be talking about something...
All this surprised Du Wei.
After pondering for a while, Du Wei called out in a low voice: "Rohart."
"My lord." Rohart responded immediately.
"You...how much do you know about these wolf riders?" Du Wei looked at the young man.
Rohart thought for a while: "I probably understand something. When I was in the enemy camp, the elf king Luoxue never seemed to hide anything from me, even if it was some important military affairs. It was also outspoken to me."
Du Wei stared at the wolf riders. There was some faint light: "You said... Is it possible for us to domesticate a giant wolf of this kind and become a mount for our cavalry? To be honest, I have carefully studied the battle reports of these wolf cavalry. It's not about these wolf knights, but the advantage mainly comes from these powerful mounts."
After Rohart heard the words, he really lowered his head and thought about it seriously, but then. But he shook his head resolutely: "My lord, I don't think this is possible."
"Why?" Du Wei was a little disappointed: "Even if it is a wild beast, it is not impossible to domesticate it."
"I understand what you mean." Rohart also looked at the wolf riders in the distance, but said in a low voice: "But, my lord. Maybe you don't know. These giant wolves... They are not wild beasts! They are actually orcs! "
"What?" Du Wei was a little surprised.
"Yes. They are not simply beasts or mounts. I have been in the enemy camp these days, and I have some understanding of the situation of the wolf clan..."
subsequently. Rohart lowered his voice and told what he knew one by one: These giant wolves of the wolf clan are not like human war horses, but domesticated beasts.
The situation of the wolf clan is very special: usually, when the wolf clan reproduces offspring, an adult wolf clan orc female can give birth to four to five babies in a lifetime. However, it is probably because of the inherent defects of this race or some kind of special racial genetic factors. Among the descendants of the wolf clan with four to five litters, there will always be at least one litter, a special offspring among them: this kind of offspring does not look like normal "beastmen" at all, but more like their own. Ancient Ancestors: Wolves!
This special litter lacked wisdom from birth, and it was almost the same as the wild wolf in terms of body shape and mind, except that it was bigger, more brutal, and more sturdy. Such a special offspring, even after reaching adulthood, still maintains the intelligence level at the childhood of ordinary wolf orcs, and can no longer grow up.
Among the orcs, this special descendant has a special title called "beast relative". These orcs and other orcs are also born of the same mother, but they don't look like "humans" in size and intelligence.
"...My lord, look at these wolf cavalry, they are very friendly and kind to their mounts. It's not just because cavalry in the ordinary sense love their horses, but the actual reason is: these mounts are all of them. Born brothers! The reason why the wolf cavalry is so powerful is that they can almost have the same mind as their mounts. Even the most elite cavalry of humans cannot surpass them in riding skills. It’s just because these guys are riding their own brothers to fight! This is not domesticated, but an indescribable thing that exists naturally in the blood... When fighting, these giant wolves will swear to the death to protect the cavalry on their backs and their brothers. This kind of Intimate relationships cannot be achieved through domestication."
After Rohart finished speaking, Du Wei looked frustrated, and took another deep look at those wolf riders, and finally sighed helplessly.
If this is the case... It seems that it is really impossible!
At this time, looking at those wolf cavalrymen who were feeding their mounts with dried meat and taking turns drinking water from the same water bag, Du Wei suddenly felt a little pity in his heart.
Seeing that Du Wei didn't say a word, Rohart thought it was Du Wei's disappointment, and was about to comfort him, but Du Wei suddenly smiled with a very relaxed expression: "Well, if this is the case, then forget it. But ... Don't worry, I'm not disappointed."
After a pause, Du Wei patted Rohart on the shoulder: "I learned about the strength of the wolf cavalry early in the morning, so it is only one of my ideas to domesticate this kind of thing. But since I am thinking about the problem, I can't blindly drill into the dead end , hanged from a tree. What I can tell you is... Hehe, I also prepared another backup! I have already had people create a special cavalry in the northwest city of Gilliat. In terms of numbers, we can't form too many. However, from the perspective of combat effectiveness, I am confident that I will never be weaker than these wolf cavalry!"
Rohart looked at Du Wei, and couldn't help being a little surprised, but the Duke has always been good at creating all kinds of miracles. This time, I don't know what tricks he has played again.
The wolf cavalry was extremely sturdy, but they only rested in the woods for an hour, and did not spend the night here, and continued on their way overnight.
Near noon the next day, they finally arrived at the fallen fortress at the front of the Eastern Front.
Du Wei came here for the second time. From a distance, the city wall at the southern end was still full of fireworks, as if he led the Slytherin Griffin Knights to attack in the battle, after setting fire everywhere, the enemy did not die afterwards. Great efforts were made to repair the city walls.
This surprised Du Wei.
Because such an important fortress has fallen into the hands of the criminals, they should step up the reinforcement and maintenance of the southern city wall and prepare for the battle!
But now it seems that on the southern city wall, there are still many places where the scorched marks of the fire remained. There are some individual places where the wall was damaged during the battle and has never been repaired.
Even... on the city wall, there are not enough combat equipment piled up, such as rolling nails, stones, etc., it seems that there are not many.
Could it be... Isn't the sinner worried that he will counterattack after gathering an army in the south? !
When he got closer, Du Wei was surprised that under the city wall, many orcs were busy... But what they were busy with was not digging trenches, or moving stones to strengthen the city wall.
I saw those strong orcs running back and forth, putting sandbags and grass bags one by one against the other side of the city wall, and some wood, hay...
There are even some wooden barrels! As for those wooden barrels, Du Wei recognized them at a glance. They were the things left after the defeat of human beings.
Kerosene! !
Du Wei wondered, what are these guys doing with so many things that ignite the fire under the walls of the fortress? !
Just when he was frowning, far away, in the city gate, there was a figure in silver elf armor, without any entourage, just standing there, under the sun, its figure seemed to be shining …
The familiar clear and pleasant voice came, still carrying the calm and elegant tone in memory...
"Duke Tulip, Du Wei, long time no see."