Chapter 67 Ambush in the Forest

"I feel like the trees here don't look right."

"There's nothing wrong. You must be too suspicious." The veteran riding in front of him curled his lips. The recruits of these clans were like hares on the grassland. They wanted to hide in their holes whenever there was a sound of wind.

As various clans competed for seats in the royal court, little brats like this who didn't have all their hair were thrown into the battlefield.

They are cavalry archers who were temporarily recruited. Their purpose is to ride the inferior horses that are leftover and shoot at the enemy formation from a distance. After a round of volley, they quickly pull away.

The bows they used were for hunting, and the hunting bows were not that powerful. It was difficult for such sparse arrow rain to have any killing effect.

It's more of a waste of energy due to harassment.

If there are no cavalry on the opposite side to hunt them down, and there are no longbows and heavy crossbows to shoot at them, this kind of harassment will continue to increase the pressure on the nerves of the harassed.

When their morale is low to a certain level and their nerves are tense, the giant wolf cavalry and heavy cavalry directly from the big clan will appear, breaking their already tight strings and causing them to completely collapse.

They will find a position suitable for cavalry charge and rush into the enemy formation with an unrivaled attitude. The wolf cavalry will bite and strangle among them, while the heavy cavalry will quickly penetrate the enemy formation and then launch a new charge.

When the monster cavalry and heavy cavalry open a gap in the front line, the original harassment cavalry and various light cavalry that have been waiting for a long time will launch a charge with spears or sabers, and enter the enemy's formation to expand their own results.

Their tactics worked well on the grasslands.

"Although monsters are rampant here, the scout cavalry has already explored the road for us." The veteran took out a sheepskin map from the felt, which recorded the route they should take: "The king selection of this generation was actually held here. We mainly focus on hunting, ha..."

hunting.

New recruits have heard what veterans have to say.

The best way for men on the grasslands to prove themselves is to hunt, and the princes like to use this behavior since the birth of mankind to show their strength.

When it comes to hunting, there is nothing more exciting than hunting large monsters. This is the reason why they came to this vast wild plain. There are various beasts that exceed normal sizes gathered here, including legendary monsters. Huge epic creature.

Whoever can hunt more powerfully can become the first person in the royal court.

As for more information, that is not something they can understand.

Walking in the middle of the avenue, which is not too wide, this dirt road opened from the front has sprouted a little green. From time to time, at the top, there are wide crowns of trees on both sides extending outward to block the sun.

"Don't worry, there will be people at the outpost who will give us large pieces of meat and the best wine. Those are all good things from the east!"

The veteran laughed, controlled the horse's feet to slow down, and patted the recruit on the shoulder.

With good wine and barbecue, all difficulties disappear.

The recruit looked at the green woods on both sides of the avenue and the dark forests where sunlight could not penetrate even half of the way. He always felt that there were ghosts from ancient legends lurking in the woods on both sides.

Even though he was among hundreds of cavalry, he couldn't suppress the coldness coming from his body.

The terrifying tree monsters that appear in legends will pretend to be mysterious travelers and will drag anyone who steps into the forest into the depths to devour them.

Their team, a mixture of many small clans, is almost entirely composed of light cavalry, with only one priest accompanying them. Those powerful wild clan warriors are not with them, let alone the giant wolf cavalry. If If they encounter the legendary tree demon, they may really be annihilated here.

These warriors from small clans came just to fight for a winter grain. This year's harvest was not good, and hunting and plundering were not good. Without the grand ideals that the big clans above kept saying, collective hunting would be safer and more stable.

"Look at your sullen face, maybe you can catch a giant wolf and ride it? 껩Don't think so bad about this hunt, that's all the business of the princes above."

The veteran was bored and chatted with the new recruit.

"There is still a team in front of us. If something happens, it will always happen to them first."

"No, I really feel something is wrong..."

The two people walking in the middle of the team suddenly saw the leader of the team stop.

A commotion broke out from the front.

They stopped and looked at the blood splattered on the road.

All the blood stains pointed into the forest.

Fresh, but ice cold.

The ground is covered with gullies and dents from heavy blows.

The team in front of them was completely wiped out.

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Li Yan looked at the tall little tree that was slowly placing bows, arrows, short bows, long bows, and iron swords into categories, and putting them away into a huge basket carried by a medium-sized tree.

Trees don't need these ones that are not as big as their palms. Even the smallest tree demon/small tree 그껩 has a hard time pulling the largest longbow among them. The ability to pull it open is not as powerful as the 돗s who can just grab and throw stones. , although the distance will be much closer than that of a longbow.

These can fetch a lot of money on the market and are sold in sets.

The hundreds of long and short bows and weapons of all kinds that he captured alone would be a huge amount of income on the market. He only kept some of the horses, not because he didn't want to capture them.

The movement of Shu그 was a bit too slow. Even the fastest Shu그껩 could not catch the reins of the frightened horses and had no choice but to let the frightened horses scatter and run away.

If Ji Lin were here, I would tell him a story.

Swift as the wind (tree/dwarf).

High morale (rat/goblin).

He followed Ji Lin's teachings: treemen just find a large forest to squat in, then build vine traps and thorny roots, kill whoever comes, and then retreat to the battlefield. With the mobility of treemen, don't consider long-distance movement, it is easy to be kited by the slow movement, it is better to find a large forest to build a trap.

The first thing he arrived at was a fairly large forest for his treemen to move slowly step by step until a hundred treemen squeezed in... The trees here are very large, otherwise his treemen can't squeeze in from the gap.

But it is very difficult for his hero unit, the ancient tree, to get in. The moving giant tree of more than 20 meters is very conspicuous no matter where it goes, and it is impossible to squeeze into the forest unless brute force is used to clear a large enough path.

Helplessly, he could only let the tree take root at the edge of the forest and wait, and began to extend the spike trap with himself as the center. When Li Yan needed it, he would call for a long-range throw attack.

He ordered the tree to take root at the intersection of the forest, and let the spike roots sink into the ground as a trap. When an enemy moved on them, they would suddenly break through the ground and cause minor damage.

After possessing the ancient tree of knowledge, the ancient tree can slowly transmit the low-level spells it has developed to other tree trees. With the assistance of the element tower and the moon spring, all the two hundred tree trees in the territory have learned the low-level general spell of spike roots.

Spiky roots are a divine spell, but the spell civilization can imitate its operation mode and develop its own spells from it.

Not long after, he got the first harvest in the exercise battlefield, a team of light cavalry walking on the road, not feeling dangerous at all.

They stepped on the ground covered with thorny roots without noticing, and were wiped out in panic.

There was still a long time to go, and he could build the fortifications he needed here with peace of mind...

That lucky team, Li Yan did not intend to attack them. The traps he had set up before had been consumed at once, and it was inevitable that there would be injuries if they fought now.

[Tree demon (small tree)]

[Melee defense]: 40

[Movement speed]: 4km/h

[Armor strength]: 45 (40+5)

[Organization/morale]: 75

[Weapon power]: 45 (40+5)

[Features]:

Swift as the wind (tree): The movement speed of this unit is often faster than that of the tribe.

Spiked Roots (Passive): +5 Weapon Power, +5 Armor Strength

Spiked Roots (Active): This unit can grow its roots deep into the ground after taking root, causing continuous deceleration and damage to enemies within a radius of 35 meters.

Tree: This unit can slowly recover its injuries and shell after leaving the battle.

Cause Fear: This unit can cause higher morale damage to the enemy.

Fear Flame: Receive 25% additional flame damage.

[Shh, the tree you see may not be a tree...]

(This is an attribute that does not take up the text!)

(No more later. I have been thinking about the outline all day today. I need to adjust the rest time. I still owe the last update. I will make up for it tomorrow. I will update it tomorrow! Good!)