The wild folk brought back not only the heads of the gnolls, but also their gear and spoils. The tiger and bear skins from the gnoll soldiers, as long as they were not too tattered, were stripped off by the wild folks and tied into bundles. Ironware was also collected. Although its quality was very poor, it was in large quantity and could be taken back to the river bend for re-smelting. In addition, there were the carcasses of a dozen northern bison and freshly peeled bison skins, which was definitely a big harvest. Even the wild people are unwilling to provoke this muscular and ferocious herbivorous giant. They would rather hunt lone brown bears and saber-toothed tigers. Only the gnolls, who mindlessly hunt everything, are willing to organize people to fight the bison. The gnoll hunting team drove this group of northern bison into the valley, constantly expelling and intimidating them, forcing them to run non-stop until they were exhausted or even their hearts and lungs exploded, and then they went up to hunt and kill them. It was in this way that Uliyan led his militia to encircle and hunt a group of northern bison, making dried meat and tents, and accumulating enough capital to migrate thousands of miles. Leo accepted the carcasses of the bison as food for the troops, and distributed all the bison skins, bear skins, and tiger skins to the wild people as rewards for their heroic fighting. Unfortunately, this place is too close to the gravel hills. In order to hide, the troops cannot make a fire and can only continue to eat dry food.
Kroger's ogre formation had the advantage. They ate the food raw and didn't care whether it was processed or not. Leo said that he missed Freya very much, and a few wheat cakes and a compliment would do him a day's work. When it comes to energy conservation and emission reduction, she is the best choice! After resting for half a day, another group of gnoll hunting teams appeared in the sight of the wild folk scouts. This time, as usual, the Savages were responsible for the attack, but Leo still sent fifty River Bay Infantrymen to assist them and help them hold the front line. Fraser requested to fight, but her proposal was simply ignored by everyone. With the current discipline of the ogres, once they get into the woods and lose Fisa's control, everyone is really afraid that these ogres will slip back to their hometown. Rather than fighting and hunting, they would rather go back to mining. Fifty Hewan Infantrymen, formerly the First Squadron of the Militia Regiment, led by Deputy Regiment Commander Vic, followed the wild folk into the mountains. Vichi's real name is not Vichi, just as there is no one in the North named Norf, and there is no one named Vichi. Vich's full name is Antonius Deldernovich. Antony was his father's name. Deerdeer was a long string of tongue-twisting syllables, which meant calf in the northern dialect, and Vichy was just a suffix of the name. So Vicci's name means "the calf of Antony's family". For the northern villages, the former is uncommon and the latter is difficult to pronounce, so the villagers chose to call him by the suffix between his full name and his nickname. Therefore, names should be simple and easy to understand. The names of Leo and his father Mundo, who died young, have fewer letters when combined than the names of other people alone. Everyone can remember the little lion from the Mondova family in one go! Brown-haired Vecchi is two years older than Rio. He is introverted and steady. He has a calm and rational mind that his peers do not have, but he is also courageous. Like Leo, he is one of the younger generations that Uliyan focuses on training. If Urian becomes a knight, Leo and Vichi will be his left and right knight attendants.
The last time they were attacked by horse thieves, Vicci took the militia reserve crossbowmen and stood directly on the wooden frame of the big house, shooting at the horse thieves, attracting most of the firepower and buying time for the villagers to escape. Vicchi has also been in charge of the military training of the Second Militia Squadron and the refugees. Every time Leo went out, he tacitly let Vic be in charge of the militia, and until now, nothing had gone wrong. Compared with Leo and Vicchi, Ivan, who is one year older than Leo, seems too immature, just like the difference between an adult office worker and a college student. Magnar seemed reluctant about the joining of the River Bend Infantry, and even looked down on them, but he had no choice but to obey orders. But Bjorn is different. His tribe is weaker, he is much more cautious, and he has seen the ability of the River Bend infantry shield formation to hold the line. Rather than letting his tribesmen fight head-on with the gnolls, he would rather bring archers with him and shoot arrows as much as he can from behind an unbreakable infantry shield formation, thus making the most of the wild people's advantages. Before entering the battle, the performance of the River Bend Infantry was indeed unsatisfactory. Compared to the wild folk who walked very fast in the rugged mountains and forests, the River Bay infantrymen who were originally farmers were much more clumsy and their marching speed was less than half of that of the wild folk. Even the old men and girls of the wild folk ran faster than them. If the stream is more than five meters wide, the River Bend Infantry will have to consider taking a detour, but the wild people, regardless of gender, age or status, will all jump over it. The wild people climbed up the small cliff several meters high using their hands and feet as fast as monkeys. The Rivermen, however, need to use tools or the assistance of their companions. In order to catch up with the savages, some people even fell behind, fell, and got lost in the jungle. This made Magna despise them even more, and he even considered abandoning them. But Bjorn stopped him and asked him to be patient for the time being, and he personally led the rear to bring back the lost infantrymen one by one. After two hours of forced march, the team finally arrived at the ambush point, barely catching up with the gnoll hunting party. After entering the battle, Magnar was shocked by the performance of the River Bend Infantry. Under Vic's command, the shield formation formed by the River Bend infantry blocked the gnolls' path, leaving them exposed to the rain of arrows for a long time. The jackals' flails and chain hammers weighing several kilograms smashed onto the infantry's shields, making a loud noise, but failed to break the shields as expected. The shields of the River Bend Infantry are no longer the original shields made of thin wooden boards. Previous shields lacked iron materials and had few nails on them. The craftsmen who made the shields were also of poor quality and could not meet Ulyaan's requirements. They can only barely block stray arrows and light blows, and deter bandits and refugees lurking on the migration route. But even the kobolds' short spears could not defend against it and would shatter and fall apart under the heavy attack. Today's shields are double-layer thick wooden round shields made of half an inch of oak and half an inch of pine, nailed together with iron rivets and iron bars. Some infantrymen who have the conditions will also cover the surface of the shield with a layer of animal skin. The half-inch thick soft pine wood in front of the shield can greatly reduce the kinetic energy exerted by the enemy's attack and protect the infantry's wrist bones. The half-inch thick solid oak at the back is enough to withstand most heavy blows. Attacks from arrows and swords could only break through the front half of the soft pine wood and leave shallow marks on the hard oak wood. Each of these standard round shields weighs 15 kilograms, which is like a thick chopping board on a butcher's table.
But in the hands of the long-trained Northern infantry, it was not that heavy. The shields used by the Empire's heavy-armored elite infantry are wrapped with a thick iron plate in order to resist the battle axes of the orc infantry, or they simply hold steel shields. They weigh more than 25 kilograms, and it is difficult for ordinary people to lift them, let alone lift them up for combat. In addition to their strong defensive capabilities, the River Bend Infantry are not simply passive in taking attacks.