Chapter 122 Mutual Confirmation
Chapter 122 Mutual Confirmation
After assigning tasks, the four of them worked on their own for a while and then went to bed early.
"Eek!"
Snapped.
"Eek!"
Snapped.
As Li Mosi expected, the wolf cub started crying for food again early in the morning.
"Um--"
He rolled out of bed, looked at Ziyi and Zian who were already sitting up, and then at Hajisheng, who was looking up with a dazed expression.
None of the four of them slept well last night.
Late at night, the remaining two teams of soldiers who had been sent out also ran back and reported the same news.
This not only disrupted their sleep rhythm but also made them quite nervous.
Li Mosi hugged the wolf cub: "Get up, time to work."
What's the first thing you do when you wake up?
Of course, you should open the [Leshan Water] map to scout out the enemy's movements.
As Li Mosi focused his attention, no glowing dots representing horses appeared on the map.
It appears they are all outside the map's boundaries.
Then you can rest assured and prepare.
As dawn broke, everyone had finished their chores.
They returned to the battlefield at the foot of the mountain.
Li Mosi glanced at the materials at hand.
He made some kindling with pine resin a few days ago.
It is made by mixing pure pine resin that has been melted and filtered with washed and dried beech leaves and various dead branches.
After a flurry of activity, the pine resin was quickly used up.
There were still quite a few dried beech leaves and various dead branches left, piled up as high as Zian.
He looked at the hundreds of pounds of animal fat in the various pots and jars.
That should be enough, right?
After confirming the situation, Li Mosi told Zi Yi to have the goblins take all the pots and wash them clean, fill the small pots with water, and set up the large pots to start a fire later.
"Yes, Master."
Zi Yi agreed and gave orders to the goblins.
"Yes, Chief!"
After a dozen or so goblins responded, they immediately lifted the pot to go find water.
Zi Yi then squeaked at the other goblins, who quickly scattered to search for pine resin.
This is his core mission.
Watching the goblins walk away, Li Mosi looked at Zi'an again.
She was standing beside the prisoners, supervising them as they dug the pit.
But her head wasn't looking at the prisoners; instead, it was looking at the new soldiers training in the distance.
With the increase in the number of soldiers, there were no longer enough haystacks to use as targets.
They've started using the pine trees at the foot of the mountain as targets.
This is a bit wasteful of stones.
Snapped!
A pebble hit the tree trunk and shattered instantly.
The tree trunk was hit and a small dent was made.
"Ouch! It broke again!"
"You don't need to pick up stones anymore."
"Whatever! We brought so much back yesterday!"
"We have an endless supply of stones!"
The goblins squeaked as they trained.
Zi'an yelled at them, "Stop making noise! Get back to training!"
The soldiers who were training glanced at her, then turned to look around.
The leader is not here.
Seeing that Zi Yi wasn't nearby, the clever boy spoke up: "The leader's sister told us to be quiet! Focus on training! Stop making a fuss! The leader will find out what's going on!"
"Yes, yes, training."
"Dry up and kill humans!"
"We must kill the enemy!"
The goblins quickly quieted down.
They had just become warriors and didn't want anything to happen because they upset their leader.
Li Mosi looked around at the prisoners again.
Four security guards with fractured arms were watching a group of prisoners dig a pit, while another group of prisoners, waiting for orders due to a lack of tools, were catching up on sleep.
He led the saintess over.
"Kaken, you four come here."
Li Mosi called the four safety officers to her side.
Kaken quickly called his companions over.
He knelt down with a serious expression and asked, "My lord, what are your orders?"
Li Mosi frowned.
He began, "I remember someone among you saying that your captain's personal guards could make bird calls by blowing on leaves? Is that sound a code?"
"Yes, sir."
Kaken nodded.
"Only the squad leader can understand the specific information, but we always return to the base to assemble whenever we hear the sound. Or we go directly to those soldiers and listen to their orders."
He's right.
That's right.
The other three safety officers chimed in.
The saintess closed her eyes, appearing to be in deep thought.
Li Mosi waved her hand: "You guys go back. I've finished asking."
"Yes, sir."
Kaken frowned and stood up.
Why did the adults suddenly ask this?
What happened?
Zi'an said, "Just focus on your own things and don't worry."
She looked in this direction the moment Li Mosi opened her mouth.
"Yes, Lady Enlian."
Li Mosi glanced at the security officer and Zi'an, then turned and shouted at the resting prisoners.
"Lasso! Lacas! Sos! Come here!"
Soth, who was chatting with Lasso, suddenly shuddered.
Lasso stood up and started walking, and Soth quickly followed after him.
But they were all a step slower than Lacas, who was jogging over.
He flashed a fawning smile: "Ha. Lord Ha, what is it?"
Judging from Li Mosi's expression, it didn't seem like he was going to punish him.
It's definitely not a bad thing.
Laso and Soth also arrived, stopping half a step behind Lacas to secretly observe the guy.
Li Moss asked directly, "Do you know what the bird calls your captain's personal guards make mean?"
Lacas and Soth both looked at Lasso.
"Uh," Lasso paused, "usually it has two meanings. One is a random whistling sound, which means it's telling us to go back to base. The other is a bird call combined with shouting, which means it's telling us to come out. Just tell us when we come out."
Li Mosi frowned: "Normally?"
"Ah, that's how it is," Lacas interjected. "If they all start blowing randomly during a battle, it means we need to retreat immediately."
Lasso glanced at him, then nodded to Li Mosi.
That's right.
It's not complicated.
"It's that simple?"
The saintess expressed her doubts.
Soth looked troubled: "My lord, it's too complicated to remember. Even if we could remember it, the slaves we're with wouldn't understand!"
Zi'an quietly nodded to Li Mosi.
Li Mosi glanced at Zi'an and continued, "Do you have weapons like bows or crossbows?"
Lasso shook his head firmly: "No. Only the captain, his deputy, and a dozen or so bodyguards have bows. They're too expensive and break easily."
Lacas and Soth nodded in unison.
"Proper bows, crossbows, and the corresponding arrows can only be purchased from Baron Talis, which we cannot afford. For hunting, spears are sufficient."
Li Moss then asked several other questions related to the slave-catching team.
These guys didn't make any further plans.
"Does the captain really have magic? Is he immune to swords?"
"No, the captain was wearing a military uniform stuffed with barbed wire underneath..."
"How many people are there in your base in total?"
"Right now, there should still be about five hundred people left. We sold a lot of slaves when we first came in the fall..."
After sending the three guys back, Li Moss summoned Zwan.
This soldier was honest from the beginning and was highly regarded by Baron Talis, so he knew a lot of things.
He asked the same question again, but in a different way.
Although Zwan's perspective is different, they all match.
"We don't even have iron or coal mines in this remote area. At most, we can make our own bows. Crossbows require iron, and arrows and bolts also need iron. They're also easy to use up quickly. We usually use spears for hunting and fighting."
"Baron Talis has plenty of money and can buy a lot of iron. But these weapons are only issued to us when there is a battle between nobles."
After saying that, he then tried to persuade Li Mosi.
"My lord, you should leave. You and the saintess are both of noble birth, but I am loyal to the Baron."
They're surprisingly loyal.
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