Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 343
The sudden drop in temperature brought the dry season of the North Boundary River earlier. After all, the main water source of the North Boundary River comes from melting glaciers, so the river's water level rises in summer, but in winter the water flow is halved. If you are not afraid of freezing to death, you can still cross the river.

Knowing that the river is icy cold, but driven by natural disasters and death, the northern barbarians resolutely choose to cross the river, no matter how old or young they are. They have no way of turning back. A large number of barbarian tribes have gone south one by one. In this huge group, personal fear has fundamentally changed Nothing.

However, the North Boundary River, which has been scoured by the frozen water of glaciers all year round, is too wide, too deep, and too cold. Even if we deliberately choose the shallowest place to cross the river, the water still has no thighs, and the shallow water also means that the river is wider. They need to cross the river in the water. Walking a longer distance consumes more physical energy, especially for the young and strong who carry the tribe's supplies and lead the livestock, it is even more difficult to move. There is no spare energy to help the old and weak of the tribe, because they have to go back and forth more than once The supplies and livestock are brought there, because if they lose these, they will starve to death and freeze to death before the natural disaster takes their lives.

The icy water flow makes people feel that this is almost a solid smoothie. Everyone can clearly feel the cold spreading rapidly on the body. The most frightening thing is that the cold is deepening, making the muscles and bones feel tingling, and making the blood become cold. The cold makes the body gradually weak.

The frail old man fell first, with his back to the sky, his upper body floating on the river, his legs hanging down, like a broken dead tree, flowing down the water, looking lonely and helpless, but the people who are still alive have already passed away. No more energy to grieve, in order to survive, in order to hope, they tried their best to move their footsteps, moving tents, food, weapons, livestock, the most precious things of the tribe across the river safely, even their heads were just The half-old child, who is more than a horse belly, is also doing his best to work.

The barbarians from the north continued to go south. Even though many old people and children died because of this, they did not stop. When they decided to go south, death was already doomed, and if they could not plunder enough food, people who died of natural disasters There will be more.

Owen's territory is not on the main route of the northern barbarians going south, but he didn't avoid it too far, because the river near the magic horn forest is wider, so the water flow is gentle and suitable for crossing the river, if there is no buffalo tribe in front of them , Beicheng will face the northern barbarians heading south.

However, as more and more barbarians from the north went south, the northern city was still exposed.

A city next to the northern border river, most of the northern barbarians don't know what it means, but there are also wise men and radicals among the northern barbarians. They plan to gather enough people to take down this southern barbarian city of the empire.

In fact, it is not cost-effective to attack the North City, but the barbarian wise men found that the geographical location of the North City will pose a huge threat to them. No matter whether they attack or return with spoils, the North City can attack and intercept them at any time, so a group of barbarian shamans came out to communicate with each other , made the decision to take down Beicheng.

In fact, this is also related to interests. After all, Beicheng is very rich at a glance. Many people may die if they are defeated, but the distance is short, and the harvest after the defeat is enough for them to return immediately. They can completely expand their territory and occupy more places for their prey.

Two or three thousand strong northern barbarians are standing there with the best weapons of the tribe. The shamans are busy applying paint on their bodies, a mixture of animal oil and herbs, according to some ancient patterns, and at the same time Saying words, let the smeared patterns emit a faint light.

This is the ability of the barbarian shaman. With the help of totems, herbs and the power of nature to bless the tribal warriors, these barbarian warriors become stronger, faster, more durable, and more fearless.

It is said that the legendary shaman back then used this skill to strengthen a dozen barbarian warriors to the legendary level in a war, almost causing the empire's army to collapse.

Today's barbarian shaman is no longer the glory of the past, but it is enough to strengthen ordinary barbarian fighters.

The barbarian warriors with blood boiling and steaming from their heads were eager to try, but the ones who took the lead were not the most elite and precious barbarian warriors of these tribes, but a group of old barbarians.

Because of the lack of civilization, except for shamans, the old man has little meaning to the tribe. Once he loses his hunting ability, he will gradually become a burden to the tribe. Therefore, every year, some old barbarians who are old and frail will walk into the wind alone. In the snow, return the bounty of nature with your body.

But this year is different, and their sacrifice will take on greater significance.

More than 1000 barbarian elders slowly moved their hands and feet to revive the decaying blood, and at the same time drank the blood wine brought by the tribal shaman without changing their expressions.

This thing is a mixture of herbs and animal blood. After the blessing of the shaman, it can deeply stimulate the potential of the barbarian, allowing the drinker to gain the strength of a cow and the speed of a wolf, at the cost of being weak for several days.

But this price is for the young and strong barbarians, and for these barbarian old men, it is no different from the last bowl of wine, but they still drink it without hesitation, just to keep more barbarians alive. Because the tribe needs these young men.

At this time, Beicheng was also preparing for war, because there were too many barbarians, tens of thousands of people gathered there, so that Owen dared not follow the previous idea, let the villagers gather in the middle of the wooden fortress to resist, and all retreated to the city , although this made Beicheng crowded, but because of the nature of the system's population obeying orders, it did not appear chaotic, but provided more sufficient manpower and material resources.

Facing the crucial battle in his life, Howard didn't panic at all, because he knew very well how strong the territory was. The army he commanded alone was enough to fight against ten times the empire's frontier army, let alone all the adult men in the territory They are trained reserve soldiers, and even women are proficient in loading ammunition, and they can also go to the battlefield when necessary.

And Howard is very clear that what he has mastered is only the superficial power of the territory, and the real trump card has never shown up.

Sufficient confidence allows Howard to dispatch troops calmly, showing the style of a general, and his men are also up to date.

Baron Charlie, who was the first to receive the order, took his elite musketeers to the city wall. These elite musketeers lined up were equipped with excellent quality muskets, each of which was carefully crafted. Not only the range was greatly improved, but also the accuracy It is also much better than ordinary muskets. In the hands of elite musketeers, it can accurately hit wild wolves 300 meters away. For muskets, this is already a remarkable achievement.

After the elite musketeers on the city wall took their positions, they skillfully took out the fixed charge to complete the loading. The whole process only took about [-] seconds, even with aiming and shooting, it took less than half a minute. This rate of fire made everyone understand What is a professional.

However, with the size of the northern city, only 1000 people on one city wall are obviously not enough. The second and third battalions that were also strengthened also climbed the city wall according to the order.

Compared with the elite musketeers in the first battalion, the second and third battalions also have their own characteristics.

The characteristic of the Second Battalion is fierceness. The whole staff is composed of gun-axe fighters with big arms and round waists. The gun-axe fighters use three-foot-long short-handled muskets with large calibers. They mainly fire shotguns and slugs. The power is not small, but the largest Its unique feature is that an ax blade is installed under the muzzle, and it becomes a battle ax when it is swung up. At the same time, it also carries four grenades with it, which is a good hand for breaking through the enemy camp.

The characteristic of the third battalion is the artillery. The large and small caliber artillery make them the most powerful fire supporters on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)