Chapter 508: Getting used to each other

Of course, it is not that these carriage-pulling horses are all intelligent horses, but that the horsemen who drive them are all in stealth mode - that's right, each van team is equipped with a pixie, who is not only a horseman, but also a veterinarian, and also an excellent spell assistant. Their entanglement is very useful in defensive battles.

It's just that for them, this scene of tens of thousands of people acting collectively is too spectacular. While excited and curious, they are also instinctively shy. Hiding and observing is what they like to do most.

Therefore, there is a strange scene where the vans are still moving forward according to the plan without anyone driving.

After all the 100 vans drove onto the new road, another long line of teams slowly drove out amid a series of commands.

The migrating army is still divided into teams according to the original 100 building vans. After a few days of careful allocation, these 100 teams are basically cut out of the same mold.

One boxcar, one captain and two knights, ten ordinary light and heavy trucks, about twenty pulling animals, and about one hundred and forty immigrants (the ratio of young, strong, women and children is very even, basically reaching one to one).

The one walking in the front is the boxcar driven by the tree man and four pulling horses to help tow it. It is now the heaviest moment, filled with food inside and outside, weighing more than twenty tons. Even the tree man has a bit of trouble to pull it up, and needs external force.

The situation here is divided into two types.

There are not enough tree men and enlightenment trees. At present, only two-fifths are towed by them, and the remaining three-fifths are handed over to those animals, which do not have such a strong pulling force.

Therefore, only these two-fifths are full of food, and the remaining three-fifths are loaded with relatively light sundries and a small amount of food, and transport people when necessary.

The remaining ten light and heavy trucks are also in this situation. Their cumulative carrying capacity is less than that of a boxcar.

One hundred and forty civilians were evenly distributed around these vehicles, helping to drive or drive the animals. Several halflings were busy preparing food on several trucks.

The trucks they were in were obviously specially modified. They were all very stable four-wheeled trucks. In the middle was a large iron pot that was deep and high, more like a bathtub than a pot. It was filled with water. The clay stove had already lit up an open fire and began to boil water.

The water boiled in it was light salt water, which was used to replenish water and salt for the civilians along the way.

After noon, various ingredients would be added to it and stewed. By the time they were ready to set up camp in the afternoon, the food was basically cooked.

The two knight captains who had just taken office, one in front and one behind, would trot back and forth every once in a while, and while walking, they would emphasize loudly, "Since we have just started, those who have the strength to help can help, try not to take the car to save horsepower, those who feel uncomfortable or tired can hold on to the car, and those who feel uncomfortable or can't hold on, please let me know as soon as possible, don't force it.

If you need to solve personal physiological problems, try not to act alone, be sure to inform and ask for instructions, and do it during the rest time.

Don't worry, this is our first day, we won't walk too fast, and we will leave you enough rest time later. Every hour, we will stop and rest for half an hour. As long as we walk 20 kilometers, we will complete today's task."

The sound of horses neighing, shouting, farewell, children sobbing, low scolding...all mixed together.

When the whole convoy was fully formed, it was more than two kilometers long. On both sides of the newly opened road, the citizens of Dalaoma, who were several times more than the migrating army, were crowded. Some of them came to see them off, and some came to watch the fun.

"I knew that Lord Gavin's methods were extraordinary, but I didn't expect them to be so extraordinary. This is no longer a simple immigration. Even the road has been repaired."

"I was originally full of worries about this immigration, but now there is no need. This is not immigration at all. This is an army. With such a large army, if they don't provoke others, they will be grateful and cry bitterly. Who dares to provoke them?"

"Do you think they will just pass by there? Those blind monster races will definitely be swept away. They are all natural food supply stations."

"If I had known this would happen, I would have applied to join the ranks of immigrants."

"It's not too late to join now. Didn't you hear them say that they are still in the running-in stage. They will definitely not move too fast in the first few days. Go back and pack up quickly. You can catch up with them tomorrow by riding a fast horse. Anyway, there is a ready-made road, and you don’t need to worry about food. "

"That makes sense. I will go back and deal with it now."

"Why are you in such a hurry? You'd better go and ask first, whether they still allow you to join? It's not too late to take action after you find out clearly. "

"Hahaha... I'm too impatient. I'll go and ask now."

"After asking, they still allow you to join. It's the same treatment as before. Go back and prepare quickly."

"I think this matter can wait. The relationship between Lord Zalanda and Lord Gavin is so close that there will be more and more cooperation in the future. If necessary, they will definitely organize the second and third immigrations. It's not too late to join at that time. Not only will the organization be more mature, but we can also find out the final situation of the immigrants who immigrated first."

"This method has both gains and losses. All aspects are indeed guaranteed, but the preferential policies may not be as great as this time."

"Whether you want stability or profit, you need to consider it yourself. There is no good thing in having both sides."

Stimulated by the exciting migration scene, after a slap on the forehead, there were not none, but very few people who joined in. On the first day, there were all kinds of people, that is, number 100, not even an average of one person added to each brigade. , but no one quit temporarily.

Because this matter had been brewing for a long time, they had already reorganized on the spot for five days before departure, leaving enough time for those who were not determined to go back on their word. The rest had been covered by a series of policies and promises. , careful preparations to tie them up.

The big pot of rice of the migrating army is still very attractive to many Tethyr citizens.

Tethyr has been in chaos and weak for a long time. Even if Zalanda took over Darauma, the changes brought to the place in a short period of time were relatively limited. It only made many people feel fair and just treatment, but that Those who are struggling below the food and clothing line still have to continue to struggle below to ensure that they will not starve to death. Zalanda has done everything she can.

Why did Zalanda agree so readily to Gavin and help him on his thousands-mile migration?

We cannot deny the personal emotional factors, but they are by no means the dominant factor. The real reason is that Dalauma is indeed overcrowded. Many people are struggling below the hunger line, especially those citizens who are forced to stay outside the city. It is called a tent camp at best, but at worst It's actually a refugee camp. Without going deep into it, you can't imagine the hardship inside. You can't imagine what they will do just for a bite of food.

In this thousands-mile migration, there are indeed some new arrangements of small families and wealthy people who want to take the opportunity to expand their influence, but these are less than one-tenth. This can be seen from the livestock and trucks accompanying the team. Gotta come out.

Out of a thousand vehicles, only more than a hundred belong to individuals. The rest were either purchased from Dalauma citizens who were not planning to move, or were repaired and pieced together old trucks. Anyway, the ownership belongs to Gavin. , the same is basically the case with those animals.

What Gavin and the others were worried about at first was that the immigrants were unwilling to sell their food and accept unified allocation. It was not that there were none, but only a minority. Most of them accepted this condition and were ecstatic.

Because many of them were struggling just to have enough food and clothing, and there was not much food left in their hands. If Gavin had not been instigating the great migration, many of them would have been forced to leave Dalauma and return to the wilderness. Home, at least there, they still have a piece of land that they can cultivate and survive.

All in all, the poor immigrant class occupies the absolute majority.

Originally there was another class - businessmen, especially those grain merchants, who were gearing up and actively preparing for this, and even hoarded a large amount of grain for this purpose, preparing to sell it to these immigrants at high prices on the road, even if they were penniless. It doesn't matter, they can still sell themselves and sign a labor agreement for several years or even more than ten years. Even if they arrive in the valley, they will transform and become the biggest pioneers.

However, Gavin's unified food allocation policy was a heavy blow that wiped out all the plans of these profiteers.

Either sell it to Gavin at the normal market price, or wait to lose all your pants.

Because in Dalauma, most of the main force buying food was taken away by Gavin, and the first batch of potatoes in the war farm blessed by Zalanda with the artifact of war could be dug in less than ten days. The harvest was completely predictable.

At that time, Zalanda will use work-for-relief and hire a large number of people to further refine the migration road. This is a strategy that has been agreed upon.

There are traders who are wise to stop losses, but there are even more stupid and greedy traders.

Anyway, Gavin's thousands-mile migration will have an impact on all aspects beyond many people's imagination, and Dalauma will be the first to bear the brunt, and it will be felt quickly and extremely clearly.

On the first day, the migrating army walked a total of twenty-four kilometers. When they set up camp, the sun was still high. It would not be a problem to walk another ten or eight kilometers. However, Gavin and the others still chose to stop and spend a lot of time convening all the knights. Captain meeting to conduct summary and rectification.

Many problems are not thought of in advance. Only when walking on the road will they be exposed one after another and must be optimized and adjusted.

"Since we have so much time, and the smoothed road is much easier to walk than we imagined, the mobile dining car can help us meet most of our meals on the road, why not change the march time?"

"How do you want to change it?"

"We set off at dawn, resting and walking for five hours, resting on the spot for four hours, then walking for another five hours, and setting up camp on the spot before dark."

"I agree with this decision. This kind of heavy workload is a bit high even for tree people, let alone enlightening trees. They cannot fully recover by just resting at night. If possible, it is best to The action time in the morning and evening is advanced and delayed by one hour each, and the lunch break is changed to six hours, giving them enough time to absorb nutrients. "

"Treants and enlightenment trees are the main force of our migration this time. We must give priority to taking care of them. We are still in the running-in stage. The load does not need to be so heavy. We will march for three hours each in the morning and afternoon to ensure that we can walk thirty kilometers every day, continuously. Do it for three days, and then increase the dosage as appropriate after three days.”

"With so much rest time, I suggest that each team organize herding, gathering, and hunting teams to collect and hunt nearby, and replenish supplies and food in a timely manner."

"How to distribute the materials collected?"

"It goes without saying that it is of course centralized management and distribution on demand."

"I think there is a problem with this method. It cannot mobilize the enthusiasm of those immigrants. I think that from now on, telling those immigrants that their total supplies are only this, and using one less for one cent will definitely not be able to support them. Valley, they have to find a way to solve part of it on the way."

"This method can be used, but not now, because it is too close to Darauma, which will make some people have second thoughts. If you want to use it, you have to wait until you have traveled five or six hundred kilometers, and there is no village or shop in front of you. At that time, they had no choice but to obey.”

"Your Majesty is right. When the time comes, the harvest will have to be divided into two. One part will be kept for ourselves, and the other part will be collected and distributed as needed. After all, the construction teams and soldiers cannot go out to collect it themselves."

"Ha...isn't this just territory tax? I didn't expect that it would be useful during migration."

"The load of the Giant Elephant Tree Men is greater. They need longer daylight. The operation time of the Pioneer Battalion will be extended by an additional hour to both ends."

"Actually, there is no need to postpone all of it, just a part of it, because we have enough manpower to work on part of it first. Only the repair part needs to be coordinated with the action time of the giant elephant tree people."

"You can make deployments as needed, but the two sides cannot be separated by more than ten kilometers, otherwise it will not be easy to respond if a war breaks out."

"We should not wait for war to come. We must have soldiers and generals now, and we should take the initiative."

"If you want to take the initiative, you have to walk at least another hundred kilometers. The monster tribes around here have been repeatedly swept away by the Lord of Zalanda and General Nora, and they have been wiped out long ago."

"No wonder I haven't seen a single goblin or half-orc after walking for a long time."

"Are there any other questions you would like feedback on?"

"there is none left."

"I don't have any anymore."

"Then let's break up the meeting."

After a series of adjustments, the migratory army walked thirty kilometers the next day, and it was very easy. Under the leadership of the knight captains, the Dalauma immigrants were like locusts passing through the border, counting the migration roads. Wild vegetables, pastures, and wild animals within a hundred meters were wiped out.

As a result, not only the quality of their food has been further improved, but the total quantity of food has not decreased, but has actually increased.

It's midsummer now, and the wilderness is rich in products.

Food shortages began to occur in Dalauma, entirely because the population was too concentrated and the wilderness was too dangerous for ordinary people. They only dared to move around Dalauma and did not dare to go deep into gathering and hunting.

If we are forced to do so, we can send the army to protect a large number of civilians and collectively go into the wilderness to collect and hunt, which can alleviate the food crisis to some extent.

The overall situation of the migrating army was in good shape. After walking a hundred kilometers, they began to speed up. On the fifth day, their marching speed reached fifty kilometers.

If nothing else happens, they will all use this speed to move forward.

Because now, they were out of Darauma's range of influence and truly entered the wilderness. In the darkness, there were countless pairs of peeping eyes.

However, the size of the migrating army is too large. When they gather together, there are very few people who dare to trouble them. However, the danger of going out for hunting and gathering can be greatly increased.

With two armies in hand, Gavin and the others decided to attack instead of defend.

A large number of aerial scouts - Erd, harpy kobolds, pixies and a small number of flying horse knights, were dispatched one after another by Gavin through teleportation. They followed the planned migration path to the surrounding areas. Spread out evenly, all monster tribes ten kilometers away from the migration path are listed as targets for attack.

There is no need to declare war, and there is no such thing as benevolence, justice and morality.

Rushing up, killing them all, plundering all their supplies, and burning the tribal villages to the ground is the most correct strategy.

Because they also use this method to treat humans, and the methods are even more cruel and despicable. At least humans will not eat them, and they rarely rape their females (not that humans are so noble, it is really difficult to work up an appetite, and what they can do They are all true warriors), and it is not uncommon to find human corpses and tortured women in human form in hanging pots in their camps. This will further strengthen the murderous intentions of those soldiers.

The small human villages and small castles encountered along the way were still more than ten kilometers away, or even dozens of kilometers away.

Their lords, chiefs, village chiefs and other rulers would come riding fast horses, bow to them and send them money and food, hoping that the migrating army would not harm the villages and towns in their territories.

Not to mention it was for Zalanda, even in a strange territory, Gavin couldn't do anything like burning, killing and looting.

Naturally, it was a friendly exchange with these people, taking the opportunity to purchase some supplies from them, and at the same time reaffirming Darauma's dominance over this place and the importance of the migration route.

In those villages and towns with very good geographical advantages, which are conducive to the development of commerce and migration after migration, Gavin directly purchased properties with deep pockets and selected a dozen or even dozens of people from the immigrant team to settle in them.

Immigration is for use, not necessarily to the valley. As long as they can be used for their own benefit and create value for themselves, no matter where they are, they belong to their own people.

Since they built and opened up the migration road, they naturally have to take the opportunity to firmly control it in their own hands.

This kind of industry based on existing towns is only the first step. The second step is the kind of fortress-style hotel that Gowther's mother mentioned. Gavin has inspected all the construction sites. The subsequent construction work is not done by these migrants, but by the dog-headed construction team.

On the seventh day, the migrating army welcomed the most important welcomer - a 3,000-man light cavalry, the light cavalry of Ritawen.