Chapter 19 Weaving Webs
What do they want? Looking at the gradually forming camp below, Chad asked suspiciously.
At this moment, it has been a day and a half since the chaotic war. They not only gathered together those Andes mountain people who had escaped, but also gathered more than a dozen Andes mountain people who had learned that their village had been destroyed. .
However, the number of people did not increase but decreased, and there were only about 80 mountain people following them.
They once went back to Xiao En's hunter's hut, not only took new weapons, but also forcibly left the old, weak, sick and disabled.
In this regard, Chad and Woody also agree. The soldiers are expensive and the elite are not expensive. Too many fake ones will only lower their overall combat effectiveness, and they are not without work. They need to rush to make updates overnight. More arrows to support them at any time.
Whether it was Yusheng after the previous chaotic war, or the Andis hunter who caught up with him later, the longbows in their hands were all changed. All Andis longbows were cheaper than the one Sean used before. A smaller model, even so, the size is still scary.
A good bow, really good bow, the bow strength must be at least four twists, and the maximum shooting range is no less than four hundred paces.
The bow is a good bow, but it's a bit inconvenient to carry, and it's not convenient for hunting in the mountains, but it's used to kill people. Such a guy is really enjoyable.
It's no wonder Tang likes to collect brass camphor wood so much. The feeling is to prepare for it. A smart person is a smart person. If you take ten steps at a step, your realm is half a Sangster peak higher than ours.
The material is good, but the level of the bow maker is average. You can tell that you are a novice at a glance. Brass camphor wood also has a small disadvantage, that is, it is not oily enough. Before bow training, it is best to do it half a month in advance. For oil immersion, palm tree oil is the best, followed by tallow and mutton oil. After oil immersion, the toughness and tension of brass camphor wood tamed can be increased by more than half. Putting it on this giant bow made purely of brass camphor wood, The power can be increased by more than one percent.
Is there a remedy?
The bow has been finalized, the original method is no longer suitable, but if it is wiped three times a day with oiled linen cloth for a period of time, it should have a certain effect.
As expected of a veteran who has played with bows since he was a child, he can estimate the bow's performance without even shooting an arrow.
These old hunters all know that this is a good thing, a good thing for killing people.
Even hunters who are proficient in making bows directly found out some flaws on these longbows.
Don't underestimate these illiterate, usually ignorant, eight-stick guys who can't make a fart, maybe they are bow-making masters.
After you have touched anything for a lifetime, it is difficult not to be proficient, not to mention that Andis mountain people have their own inheritance. The manufacturing process of compound bows such as hunting bows is more than ten times more complicated than that of Andis longbows. Longbow is not a problem.
The reason why it is not popular is mainly due to functional issues. The Andis longbow is a bow for killing people. In most hunting occasions, hunting bows are still easy to use.
Although the new longbow is not as smooth as the hunting bow, it is not bad. Shoot a few more arrows and you will find the feeling.
What's more, this kind of longbow has an absolute advantage in range. When shooting long-range coverage, shooting accuracy has become irrelevant.
As soon as he got started, he was able to take out the longbow equipped with hundreds of people. Those mountain people were shocked by Xiao En's generosity, so they were more confident in their new leader.
On the contrary, those people who used to follow Sean were not surprised. The longbows they used might have their trial works. This amount is a drop in the bucket compared to Sean's inventory.
When they met Xiao En, he already had the hobby of collecting special wood. Compared with the composite hunting bow, which has a production cycle of several years, the manufacturing process of this single bow is very simple. As long as there is suitable wood, a skilled One can be made in just three hours.
The best wood for making the Andis longbow is the safflower tree. The longbow made from this kind of camphor tree, which has a brassy color after drying in the shade, is not only powerful, but also very beautiful. The unique camphor fragrance makes it intimidating.
The stock of this kind of tree in the Andes can only be said to be average, not to say that the Andes are not suitable for them to survive, but the Andes mountain people have long discovered that it is a good material for making bows and crossbows. As the main bone, its consumption is large, and the wild population will naturally decrease.
The Andes mountain people have the habit of planting a brass camphor tree around their villages or even in their homes for hundreds of years, especially when they give birth to a son. When the son grows up, the brass camphor tree will also be just It is the age to make bows, so this tree is also called an adult tree or a daughter-in-law tree.
Secondly, hard woods such as red cedar, elm, ash, oak, and black camphor are all available substitutes, but the performance is always worse.
The Andis longbow that Sean took out is made of the best brass camphor wood.
Collecting brass camphor wood is another well-known quirk of Sean. Most of the time, his medical fee is a piece of high-quality brass camphor wood.
In fact, Sean was forced to do this. The Andes mountain people are still at the level of bartering. The currency is pitifully scarce. Most mountain people don’t even recognize it. They can get half a bag of wheat and a few animal skins. Those who use half of the animal meat as the consultation fee are considered wealthy families.
Especially those homes for patients, those who have been dragged down for a long time can’t do it. It’s normal to have a house with four walls. If you want to start, you have nothing to ask.
Most of the mountain folks have it in their homes. Even if they don’t have it, they can go to the mountain to find it. It just takes a little effort.
How to say this is also a strategic material, and it will be useful to have more in the future.
The more times I collected it, the more it gradually became a routine, and everyone thought Sean liked it.
Not only those who seek medical treatment, some patients who have been cured feel that Xiao En only took a piece of worthless wood at the beginning, which is a kind of help to them. They always feel that they owe him. It will also be dragged back and given to Sean.
What's more, they sent some saplings directly, and now the back hill of their village has long been filled with brass camphor trees of all sizes.
This is also the reason why those children who have followed Sean always feel that Sean must be a person who will do great things in the future——Sean can always turn a trivial matter into a big event beyond everyone's imagination, such as adopting orphans, The same goes for collecting brass camphor wood.
Many things can't be seen in front of the eyes, but on the timeline of more than ten years, the impact is extraordinary.
Sean's answer to this point will never change. Before he did it, he really didn't think about it so far. In fact, anyone who persists in an insignificant thing for ten years will find that he has created something difficult. Imaginable achievements, such as fencing, archery, riding and so on.
It's just because what he chooses to do will have a chain effect on other people, so the feeling is deeper.
Stick and wait for help, do you still need to ask such a simple question?
Where did their reinforcements come from?
The Bastille, the city of sin, of course.
How can they be sure that the other party will send reinforcements? Those guarding soldiers of Bastille never went into the mountains to hunt slaves themselves.
These days, the big knights have all entered the mountain. What is impossible? It must be that there are people of great status in this hunting slave team. It's not that you don't know the virtues of those people outside the mountain. They killed those so-called nobles. It is more important than the lives of countless farmers.
If they really enter the mountain with an army, the surrounding villages will be in trouble. Those inhumane guys absolutely don't mind leveling the surrounding villages. Should we send some people to inform them?
Hey, inform them that they will be clean only after they die! Which of those villages is neither black nor white, and they don't know how many dirty deals they have secretly made with that sinful city, how many people they have betrayed, such a large team They are all blind when they enter the mountain? They didn’t see any of them, why didn’t I see them send someone to notify us? If something really happened, they would have believed and rushed into the deep mountain.”
We can't just let them pick it up so smoothly, it will fuel their arrogance, and when the time comes, they will drive the army into the mountain at every turn, and our life will be completely impossible.
Yes, we must teach them a lesson they will never forget, and let them know that Andes Mountain is not their back garden, and it is not something they can enter if they want to.
How to teach them a lesson? Just rely on us now? We can't even eat the opponent's slave hunting team, so what can we do to teach other people's army a lesson? Do you still expect Clayton the scavenger or the broken Can McGee the Skull send out an army to fight them head-on?
Chad, Woody and the others gathered around Sean, chattering away, and they were more or less knowledgeable. After all, the shortest one had been around Sean for five or six years.
But the things analyzed are all on the surface, and the deeper things, especially the overall situation, are not at all. Talent is a scarce attribute after all.
This is a good opportunity. Seeing that they couldn't analyze anything more, Sean gave the coffin theory, They are huddled in the castle, and we can't do anything about them, but in the mountains and forests, it is our world. If they are allowed to run rampant again, it will be a bit unreasonable.
The standing garrison of the Bastille is said to be eight thousand, but considering the size of the city, this number is very watery. If you include the slave army and hunting slave team who can't even eat enough, you can make up this number. The sky is broken, and the trained standing defenders are only 3,000 to 5,000. If they send troops into the mountain, the number will never exceed half of the defenders. If that happens, there will be a big hole in Bastille's defense, and Bolton is a cautious person, and he will not put his lair in danger.
If the plan is good, they will either not come out. Once they come out, we will have a chance to give him a hard blow. It is not impossible to pull out this poisonous nail.
Sean didn't analyze it for them, but smoothed out his thoughts. The last sentence was too low to hear, and he didn't give them any time to interrupt. He directly began to issue orders.
Fitch, Jeffrey, take two of you, and take my autographed letter to Clayton the Scavenger and McKee the Skull Crusher, and you must hand it over to them. If you don't need to say anything, No matter what the result is, you must come back as soon as possible.
Don't worry, Tang, even if we risk our lives, we will complete the task.
Needless to say it's such an exaggeration, the scavenger and the skull-crusher have a bit of friendship with me, even if they disagree, they won't embarrass you, this is just a simple errand task, as long as you run fast enough Cheng, if you can't even do this well, you can only be a teacher in the village for the rest of your life.
Seeing what Sean said was interesting, everyone let out a good-natured laugh.