Following the arrival of Tagle and Schwader with about thirty bodyguards and guide Lao Jisang, as well as Father Mobinham who trained the golden eagle, the surroundings of Lorist and Reddy were extremely lively. Seeing that Reddy was fine, Tager finally breathed a sigh of relief. What he was worried about along the way was that he was afraid of hearing any bad news about Reddy. After all, the cause of this incident was that he asked Reddy to clean up the gang leaders of the four central duchies...
Schwader hugged his elder brother very excitedly, and whispered in Reddy's ear about the hardships and interesting things he encountered along the way. El, after taking off his skis, commanded thirty or so guards to set up a cordon not far from Lorist's side, in order to prevent those soldiers of the Antinac kingdom who were happily chasing death and northward for politics from getting too happy. He ran into Lorist, Second Highness and the others.
The Second Highness had already dismounted, and was carrying a soldier to bring it over. Lorist studied the skis and two poles that Lorist threw on the snow with interest. After looking at the front, back, left, and right sides enough, the Second Highness threw the skis on the snow, stepped on it to touch the toe rings of the skis, and held the poles with both hands to support them gently, and the result was a big horse lying on the spot...
Lorist suppressed a smile and helped him up: "Your Majesty, this thing is called a ski, and it is used to slide on the snow. It takes a certain amount of practice to master this skill, and no one knows it just by looking at it. You must learn to master the balance and coordination of your body. If you do not apologize for taking the liberty, I will be in charge of instructing Your Majesty to practice when you are free."
There was no shame on the face of the Second Highness, but he grabbed Lorist's arm and said in admiration: "Brother Locke, your family's new gadgets are really emerging one after another. This ski is a sharp weapon for surprise attacks in winter. If a legion If all the soldiers have mastered this skiing skill, then in the snowy wilderness, the legion can carry out a large-scale mobile transfer anytime and anywhere, bypass the enemy's defense line, and attack and occupy the empty rear by surprise …”
As expected of the Second Highness who is famous for surprise attacks in winter, even such a small ski can remind him of surprise attacks. Lorist shook his head: "Your Majesty, this is the standard equipment for our family's armed scouts in winter. Dozens or hundreds of people can come and go freely on the snowy field, and they are faster than horses. But let alone a legion, I haven't tried even a legion. It is not so difficult to let them use skis to carry out winter raids."
After hearing this, Second Highness thought for a while and soon understood what Lorist said. Dozens of hundreds of scouts, bare cold clothing is not a small expense, just look at the one-piece leather jackets worn by Lorist and his guards, each piece is made of high-grade monster fur . But it can increase the range of the family's armed forces to guard and defend in winter, and it can generally be tolerated by gritting one's teeth. But for a legion of tens of thousands of people, each of them needed such a high-level cold-proof Warcraft leather jacket, which would cost a lot. Maybe that equipment was not worth as much as the leather jacket.
Pointing to the leather jackets worn by the guards of the Norton family, the Second Highness asked, "This is what you're talking about?"
Lorist nodded: "Your Majesty, skiing is different from trekking in the snow. Although walking in the snow is tiring, the whole body is active, and the body will feel warm. But skiing is very fast, and the cold wind is blowing in the face. There is no good The cold leather jacket will freeze the whole person. But this is only one aspect of it. The most important thing is that you can't lose your way. Winter is full of wind and snow, and the weather is unpredictable. Once you encounter a blizzard, it's all over... "
The Second Highness said a little unconvinced: "But didn't you find this place too? The weather hasn't been very good these two days..."
Lorist sighed, turned around and pointed, "Your Majesty, because we have this..."
What Lorist referred to was Father Mobbingham. He took out a jade-colored bone whistle, and let out a shrill whistle, which startled the Second Highness. Then everyone saw the golden eagle hovering in the sky swoop down, flapping its wings and standing firmly on the right arm of Father Mobbingham.
Father Mobbingham caressingly combed the feathers on the golden eagle's back, and took out strips of fresh beef warmed by his own body temperature from his pocket to feed it.
"This, is this the golden eagle you brought?" The Second Highness was really shocked: "Did you find us here by relying on this golden eagle?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. This golden eagle is the precious son of Father Mobbingham. They have been living together for more than ten years, and only the father can understand and order the golden eagle to act. The news I got is not that there are many principalities. Are people chasing and killing Reddy? In the end, Reddy fled into the swamp area of Bailu Lake. So I asked my father to let the golden eagle look for it in the sky. Wherever there are many people, we will go there, and we will find you. If there is no golden eagle , If we want to find someone here, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, and we can only rely on luck.” Lorist briefly introduced the reason why people like himself could find this place.
His Highness the Second Highness is a smart person, once he heard what Lorist said, he knew that he couldn't take advantage of this golden eagle. I could only look at the Golden Eagle regretfully: "No wonder you were able to find us so accurately. It turned out that this Golden Eagle was there to help. I never thought that I could use falcons for this purpose. I have always used those falcons They became pets for nobles to hunt for fun... If a few falcons can be trained for reconnaissance, I believe that one falcon can at least be worth a scouting team of a hundred people."
Lorist laughed: "Your Majesty sees it clearly, and I'm going back to try it out. Can I train a few falcons to cooperate with the scout team in reconnaissance. That way the family's armed forces will not fall into the trap, and it will be possible to guard against the enemy to the greatest extent." raid."
At this time, Lippi Reid came back, and brought a pharmacist over, and poured Qi-dispersing potion and Sugusan to the great swordsman Xiandi who had just woken up with disheveled hair and a depressed face. He was at his mercy, but those eyes were fixed on Lorist, and the hatred in those eyes could be seen by anyone...
Seeing the Great Swordsman Sandy being escorted away by Lippi Reid, the Second Highness asked Lorist, "Locke, let's go to the barracks first, when are you going back?"
Lorist looked at the sky, the bright sunshine in the morning was covered by the rolling dark clouds. After thinking for a while, I replied: "This terrible weather, it seems to be another blizzard. Let us disturb His Majesty's barracks for four or five days, let my guards also take a good rest, and ran half of Bailu Lake with me The swampy area is also exhausting. At the same time, let me teach His Majesty how to ski, and you will learn it quickly with more practice."
When he arrived at the mound, Lorist looked at the tents in the barracks and couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, you let the soldiers nest like this?"
"En..." The Second Highness replied with some pride: "Don't look at the thinness of these tents, they are actually made of double-layered linen with sesame oil in the middle, which is enough to prevent wind and rain, and it will not seep through when the snow melts. go inside."
"Your Majesty, there will be a snowstorm in the next few days, and the temperature will drop very quickly. With this kind of tent, I think the soldiers must have had a lot of frostbite." Lorist asked bluntly.
"Well, there were a lot in the past few years, but we have also made improvements. Every soldier has been issued leather vests, leather gloves and leather socks. I believe this year will reduce the number of frostbite people. In addition, we have also prepared a lot of frostbite treatment medicine. "The Second Highness argued.
"Your Majesty, building a car behind closed doors refers to what you are like. Why don't you ask more questions? El, I'll give you an hour to build a snow house for camping in the wild in winter, so that Your Majesty can see the correct way of camping in winter." Luo Rist gave El a command.
Poor Al just put down the big package he was carrying, and before he sat down to take a breath, he was assigned to work as a construction worker, but he looked at the tents in the barracks and his mouth was cracked. Who would suffer if he wanted to live in such a tent at night? Come on, don't talk about sleeping, it's good luck not to freeze.
With a greeting, twenty or so guards became El's subordinates. In less than an hour, a square snow house appeared in front of the Second Highness and the others. In fact, the construction of the snow house is very simple. A brick mold was made with a wooden board, filled with snow, watered and compacted, and a snow brick came out. There is no need to lay a foundation or anything. Dozens of snow bricks can be built into a wall. The bonding between the snow bricks only needs to be watered. After watering and freezing on the snow brick frame, the wooden boards can be withdrawn. Finally, water the igloo once more and freeze it with the ground, so that no matter how big the snowstorm blows, the igloo will not be overwhelmed.
Al and they are now setting up tents inside the igloo. Lorist explained: "This is to prevent the moisture and cold of the igloo itself from invading the human body. After setting up the tent, you can use the brazier and stove in the tent. The wind is biting outside, but the inside of the igloo is warm. Like spring. Of course, El and the others have to arrange the passages for air intake and ventilation. The igloo has no door and is usually covered with fur. But they will build another windshield wall in front of the door to prevent cold wind from entering the igloo. inside."
His Royal Highness was full of admiration: "Locke, my brother, why do you have so many wonderful ideas in your mind?"
Lorist smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is not my credit. It is the masterpiece of Kaimen Pratt, the greatest adventurer a hundred years ago. I bought his autobiography when I was studying at Dawn Academy. There is this way of building the snow house, which is how he spent the winter in the wild. You know that when I returned to the Northland to inherit the title and family domain, the first thing I faced was going from the barbarian to our Norton family domain every winter There are countless groups of monsters. If there is no such snow house, my family's armed forces will be greatly reduced due to frostbite, and they will not be able to deal with the tide of monsters."
His Royal Highness sighed: "Although it is not your invention, it is because you have used this snow house on a large scale to achieve such good results. Otherwise, why has this snow house been unknown for a hundred years? It is your greatest contribution to use the knowledge you have acquired! My Grand Duke of the Northland."
"Your Majesty, you have given me the honor. It's still afternoon, and we still have time to rearrange the entire barracks with this igloo. You tell the soldiers to come over and help, and I'll let El and the others give pointers."
"Okay, Lippi Red." The Second Highness called Lippi Red who was honest, loyal and extremely hardworking.
So Lippired, who is able to do more work, once again took up the official position of the director of the military camp igloo office, and was responsible for assisting El and the others in changing the entire military camp into a igloo mode.
The welcome banquet in the evening was arranged in the largest igloo in the middle of the barracks. The Second Highness was very happy. Lorist's arrival not only solved the crisis that he was almost captured, but also captured all the enemies in turn. Or there are still a few who slip through the net and don't care anymore. In the blizzard outside, leaving the campsite and fleeing to the wild is courting death.
Lorist left all the captives to the Second Highness, so he didn't bother to bring back more than a thousand captives. After searching in the swamp area of Bailu Lake for several days, he will rest for another four or five days until December 20th, and he has 15 days left to rush back to the Rock Castle in the Northland, because the first event held there The New Year celebrations of sub-family territories and vassal lords are still waiting for his arrival, which cannot be missed. The good news is that now there is no need to turn around in the swamp area of Bailu Lake, just go directly across Bailu Lake and take the avenue. It is estimated that ten days with skis is enough to go back.
The wind was howling outside, and the snow was falling like catkins. But in the igloo, the flames and candles were dazzling and steaming, and everyone present was drinking to their heart's content.
Great Swordsman Manster respectfully toasted Lorist a glass of wine and asked, "His Royal Highness, do you think that Great Swordsman Sandy has really advanced to the third level Great Swordsman?"
Knowing the reason why Great Sword Master Munster came to ask for advice, Lorist nodded, "It's true. I fought her a few years ago, when she was a second-level Great Sword Master. Although I defeated her that time, but After I left, I fell into a coma for two or three days. I was very exhausted mentally and physically. When I fought her this time, I found that her aura and strength were much higher than before, so I knew that she had been promoted to the third level Great swordsman.
I understand what you mean by asking this question, do you think that the third level of Sandy Great Sword Master is not worthy of the name? You should be promoted to the second level soon, so you think that if the Sandy Great Sword Master is really the third level, then killing you should be like killing a chicken, right? Instead of being blocked by you several times when you attacked the barracks last night.
There is actually a misunderstanding here. One is the surprise attack last night. The Great Swordsman Sandy adopted a strategy of wandering and killing. In order to protect His Majesty, you must concentrate on defense. It is impossible for the Great Swordsman Sandy to entangle you. Put yourself in a tight siege, and if one blow doesn't work, you'll have to go far. Another thing that you can take the attack of Sandy Great Swordsman is not a matter of her attack power, but that you happen to have the same attributes. Your vindictive attribute is earth, right? "
Master Master Master Master nodded.
Lorist continued to confuse him: "The fighting spirit of the Great Swordsman Sandy is wind, and his swordsmanship is light, agile, and fast. On the contrary, your swordsmanship pursues solidity, stability, and precision. Although The Great Sword Master Sandy suppresses you in terms of level, but if you focus on defending wholeheartedly, she won't be able to deal with you for a while. If it's just the two of you, then you will still lose around a hundred moves. You What do you think of Reddy's sword skills?"
Master Master Master Master thought for a while and replied: "When I was his age, I didn't have his sword skills at all. His sword skills are unparalleled, and his defense is impeccable..."
Lorist laughed: "But he was injured twice by the sword of the great sword master Xiandi, because he has a metallic grudge, and he pays attention to using offense instead of defense, and using teeth to defend against teeth. So he is being attacked by the immortal With the restraint of the Great Swordsman Di, it is difficult to resist the wind-like attack."
Great Sword Master Munster thought thoughtfully: "So that's the case, thank you His Royal Highness for your guidance."
Lorist returned the golden cup, "You're welcome, please."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Lorist thought to himself that you would believe my nonsense, and he didn't think that what Reddy and I learned was not vindictiveness, where did the attribute of vindictiveness come from.
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