The correct way to cultivate poros

Chapter 402 Black Powder Processing Factory
Riding in the carriage prepared by Madam Elise, Yasuo and Riven rushed to the plains of Horlund.

Along the way, these two people who are not good at talking seldom communicate with each other, and the number of chats is very small. They obviously have a lot to say in their hearts, Xiaofeng shook his head when he saw it.

Yasuo prefers to sit and meditate when he has nothing to do, even if it does not improve his strength very much.Riven, on the other hand, looked out the window. She didn't dare to meditate like Yasuo. To this day, she still often has the nightmare of that time. When she closes her eyes, she will return to that night in the valley where the torrential rain fell. The haunting presence of scores of Ionian villagers and Noxian warriors haunts her mind.

After getting out of the car, Riven looked at this piece of land that was even barren than her own hometown.

I don’t know if it’s because of the light in the evening, but the sky here looks dark red, and the flags of the army are planted on the side of the road, which are pecked by birds.

After arriving at the arranged hotel and making sure that the doors and windows are closed, Riven took out a map and spread it out on the table.Her gnarled fingers slid across the map, encircling a flag at the southeast corner of the hill.

"The only thing worthy of the empire's investment in Haolund is that in addition to the unique crystal veins, there is also a large amount of saltpeter buried under the hills. Saltpeter is one of the important raw materials for making black powder. Black powder has helped the empire conquer cities and land countless times. So it’s taken very seriously.”

Riven explained the situation to Yasuo, she was also a native Noxian after all, and these basic common senses would not be forgotten just because she had been disarmed and returned to the field.

"The locals know the value of saltpeter very well, and they don't allow imperial soldiers to dig up their treasures without cost. So they processed saltpeter into black powder and blasted the berm that the legion hastily built. They knew that their troops were insufficient In order to compete head-on with several legions, the mines and tunnels were dug to extend in all directions, and relying on tunnel warfare to contain the legion soldiers, it broke the brains of the generals."

But Yasuo Riven didn’t come here for saltpeter this time. They came to get the crystals that Zell needed. Those mines are in the hands of the Noxus, but there is a black powder processing company near the mine, which can be regarded as The two are connected.

"There are at least five Noxus battle groups stationed on this hilly land. We have to find out which battle groups are guarding around the mine."

Noxian warbands are different from traditional armies. For the sake of cultural tolerance, each chapter is led by its own leader, marshal, and captain, and has its own unique culture, hierarchy, and combat preferences.As such, their composition is quite complex, and you may find Grenadiers in one Chapter, and Drakes or Field Priests in another.The only unit that will not be lacking is the war stonemason who exists as a scout and engineer at the same time.

Chapters, in turn, can form larger battlegroups with each other and are responsible for specific field divisions. They may be assigned as front-line commandos, hoplites, scouts, assassins or cavalry - as long as they can match their skills. .If you don't find out the distribution of the hostile legion's arms before the battle, you will probably suffer a big loss at that time.

"Leave the matter of investigating intelligence to me." Riven felt that her years of experience in the army would come in handy, and it was much better than Suo rushing forward without knowing anything, and messing up the plan when he encountered a hard stubble.

Yasuo had no objection to Riven's suggestion.After all, this time I am doing business for Zell, so it is better to be on the safe side.

In the middle of the night, Riven returned to share with Yasuo the intel she had gathered.She was out of breath, and her forehead was sweating in the cold night.

The temporary camp they were in was under a curfew, and there were patrolling troops everywhere outside. It took a lot of effort for Riven to bypass them, and the sweat was all shed because of nervousness.

"I went to have a look. There is only one Red Blade regiment stationed near the black powder processing factory. Their leader is a Shurima. The style of the entire regiment also tends to fight in close quarters. This is good for us. News. However, it is very close to the processing plant, and it cannot be ruled out that they will not use black powder against us."

"In addition, I also found that there was a sound of knocking in the mine. There are miners mining day and night, which is a bit troublesome."

If someone is in the mine, they can't sneak in, take the ready-made ore and run away without anyone noticing, it is estimated that they have to start a unparalleled infiltration.

Listening to Riven's information, Yasuo nodded slightly, then pondered.

"Maybe... we can start with the processing plant first."

"You mean, first make a fuss in the processing plant, lure all the people from the mine, and then we'll go in to get the ore?"

"The bigger the movement, the better."

"Then detonate the black powder in the processing factory, the movement must be big enough, and then blame the local gangsters."

"Right on my mind."

The two hit it off and decided to do it.Zell, who was sleeping soundly at the moment, knew that two serious people could come up with such a sinister plan together, and his eyelids were probably rolled to the sky.

Without further ado, the two slipped out of the gathering place that night, avoiding the patrolling troops along the way, and came to the outskirts of the mine.

In order to prevent raids by the locals, the Noxians set up a barbed wire fence around the mine, and there was a sentry tower at the entrance with a night watchman standing on it.

The two bypassed the lighted place and looked towards the mine through the barbed wire.

As Riven said, there is a wall lamp hanging at the entrance of the mine, emitting a steady warm yellow light, and the sound of iron picks chiseling ore can be heard incessantly.There are still a few mine carts at the entrance, but they are loaded with useless rocks.

They can go directly into the mine, as long as they are fast enough to escape in time before being blocked.But without knowing the distribution of tunnels inside the mine, they don't know how long it will take them to collect enough ore.And once the time dragged on for a long time, even if the army surrounding them couldn't beat them, they could choose to burn them or smash down the mine to keep them inside forever.

"Let's go to the factory and have a look."

The black powder processing factory is less than two kilometers away from the mine, and before getting close, you can smell a strong sulfur smell in the wind.Noxus has a huge demand for black powder, so this processing plant, like any Noxus furnace, produces high-quality black powder day and night, and quickly puts it into various places through the well-connected driveways. In the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)