"Hurry up! We were almost at the Haru Gorge, where we set up camp and rested. "Zax, a goblin trader, stood on the side of the road and shouted against the wind and snow.www.biquge.info

In front of him, a long motorcade staggered forward in the blizzard.

The goblin was dressed in a thick yak fur coat, which covered him tightly.

A number of goblin guards hobbled through the snow, shoddy muskets in their hands, scattered around the convoy, the snow almost reaching their thighs.

From time to time, the cattle in the convoy neighed, and the goblin horsemen kept reassuring them.

Zax looked up at the sky, the goose-feathered snow was blown white by the northwest wind from the Endless Sea, and the trees on both sides of the road were blown by the wind and waved their branches, whistling and making ghostly crying sounds.

The wind blew through the snow on the ground, blowing them along the ground, forming walls of wind and snow.

A goblin stumbled past the front of the group, the snow almost up to his waist along the way. He yelled at Zax.

Zax could only see what he was saying with his mouth open, and his ears were filled with the sound of the wind whistling by.

"What do you say!!" Zax tugged at his neck and yelled into his ear, "I can't hear clearly!!! Louder!! ”

"Head! We can't go any further! The goblin said vigorously, his neck also red, "The wind and snow are too big, our food can't let the wind and snow get wet, we need to find a place to hide from the wind and snow!!! ”

"And our cattle can't hold it anymore! A few horses have frozen to death in front! The goblin leaned into Zax's ear with his mouth wide open, "We need to dodge the blizzard!! ”

Zax turned his head and looked around, there were only trees in this damn Tirisfal glade, and there were trees everywhere!

There are only towering trees on both sides of the road, and there is no other place to hide.

"What's the closest town to here?" Zacks, the goblin, had to grab the goblin in front of him, put his mouth to his ear and shouted.

"The ruins of Lordaeron! It's less than 1 mile! The goblin replied quickly.

Zax hesitated, he looked at the team staggering in the snow, and thought of the uncomfortable Forsaken, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Let our guards in front of us go and negotiate with the free undead, and say that we want to take shelter in their ruins for a while." ”

Watching the goblins walk out of the group in the snow and run to the front of the group, Zax couldn't help but mutter, "I hope those weird undead will agree to this request." ”

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Scarface and Naomi are making their way through the Silver Pine Forest, the snow and wind blocking their tracks.

They wrapped their black robes tightly around their bodies, and carried branches in their hands as crutches.

Scarface pulled out the towel to cover his face, blocking the wind and snow as he surveyed his surroundings.

There was a violent wind and snow as far as the eye could see, and all the animals in the forest had disappeared, except for scattered hungry wolves moving through the forest, looking at the three of them with green eyes from time to time.

Scarface stopped abruptly, and he motioned for the two behind him to stop.

Mina and Naomi suddenly became alert, and they drew their weapons in vigilance.

Scarface slowly walked forward, gently brushing aside the tall bushes in front of him, and leaned his head over to look at it.

A tattered tent made of various rags was being erected behind the bushes. Scarface struggled to distinguish the sound with his ears, and the subtle cry of the jackal could be heard from time to time in the sound of the wind and snow.

Outside the camp, there were some leftover bones, including a wolf, a rabbit, a fawn, and a bear, and in the distance Scarface saw some human bones, all that was left of them was the skeleton, discarded haphazardly in the camp.

Scarface stretched out his fingers, counting the number of tents in the gnolls' camp one by one.

Most of the gnolls live in groups, with many reaching 200-500 heads, and small ones reaching more than 20.

The gnolls in front of him have more than 40 tents, and according to the calculation of 6 gnolls in each tent, Scarface estimates that there are nearly 250 gnolls.

This is a medium-sized gnolll camp.

After checking it out, Scarface turned and walked over to Mina, gesturing to him with something here.

Mina watched as he gestured, and took out from her bosom a very precise map, which clearly marked most of the geographical features, as well as the ravines and valleys.

Mina marks a gnoll sign in this location and marks it medium-sized.

In other locations on this map, more than a dozen gnolls have been marked, and several locations have been marked with large red Xs, which means that the size of this camp has reached more than 500 heads, which requires special attention.

Scarface then reversed direction and continued along the edge of the gnolls' camp, continuing to probe the area.

This blizzard is definitely a good thing for Scarface and their gang of scouts.

In the forest, the extremely aggressive animals and gnolls were temporarily out of threat, and they had to hide from the wind and snow in their nests. Especially the gnolls, who are newly sapient, have even been removed from their sentry posts, and all the gnolls have shrunk in their camps, hiding from the wind and snow.

These gnolls have canine characteristics, but after they have rudimentary intelligence, they begin to evolve towards civilization. At the same time, they learned to live in tents and not to live in the wilderness. However, this situation leads to another situation, and whenever winter comes, these gnolls hiding in tents will shed a lot of hair, and the more they shed, the colder it will become.

This also leads to the fact that when it snows in winter, they stay in their tents all the time and do not go out easily. On the contrary, their close relatives, the wolves, only moult in spring and autumn.

I'm afraid they will never understand why for the rest of their lives.

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Locke changed into the warm cotton clothes and cloak sent by the guards in the room, and then he put everything into his magic bag, except for the tea set and the like, he even put the quilt in.

After everything was cleaned up, Locke opened the door and walked out of the room, heading for the barracks of the infantry wing in the wind and snow.

He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to see how resistant the soldiers were to going out for training.

Following the snow on the road where the soldiers had dug and the road was vacant, Locke came all the way to the barracks of the A wing of the infantry wing, and he randomly found a barracks and walked over and stood at the door.

Through the glass of the barracks, he could see the soldiers inside sitting around the fire and talking.

Locke pushed the door of the barracks, but found that it could not be opened, so he had to knock on the door, and soon someone came and opened the door for him.

A warm current rushed out of the room, and Locke hurriedly squeezed in.

"Quick! Shut the door! Don't let the heat get rid of it. Locke beckoned the stunned soldier behind him to close the door.

A group of soldiers in the room were gathered around the fire, playing something there. They let out a loud noise, unaware that their legion had arrived in the room.

Locke slapped the snow on his body, and soon the soldiers behind him reacted and hurriedly slammed the door. Come over and help Locke beat the snow off his body.

"You're the Legion Commander, aren't you?" The young soldier stumbled, "Why are you here?" ”

Locke turned his head after slapping the snow on his body, this was indeed a recruit, and the robe on his chest was a rookie robe.

In Locke's mind, only recruits would have such no status...

Recruits live at the door, sleep in the upper bunks, wash late, work the most, and are the most tired and busy...

However, Locke has no intention of changing anything, the army is like this, there is a very clear relationship between superiors and subordinates, which is helpful for obeying orders, and it can also stimulate the upward psychology of soldiers to a certain extent, and can also exercise and change the minds of recruits, at least this is the case when Locke was a soldier, so he thinks that the existence of these things is reasonable.

The soldiers of the former Gadar Reserve Regiment in the Fifth Legion, after becoming soldiers of the Fifth Legion, were mostly recruits, and only a few received promotions in military ranks.

Therefore, the Fifth Army can also be said to be a recruit corps.

Locke didn't answer him, but pointed at them and asked, "What are they doing?" So lively? ”

The recruit was a little afraid to meet Locke's gaze, and he turned his head and said with some hesitation, "They... They... They're in... Play. ”

"Play?" Locke was surprised, "What are you playing?" Can it make you so nervous? ”

"Don't worry! I'm not going to meddle in your spare time. Locke smiled and said, "You need to relax too, don't you?" ”

"Legion Commander, go see for yourself." The soldier still did not answer positively.

Locke leaned over curiously, standing on the edge of the crowd and looking out.

At the very back of the crowd was a small table with a large pile of copper coins and a small amount of silver, and the first sergeant was sitting there with a smile and looking at the recruits opposite.

"Say, what are you pressing this time?" The sergeant had a self-rolled tobacco in the corner of his mouth, and puffs of light smoke came out of his nose from time to time.

This light smoke was filled with a smell of crushed tranquil flowers, which was very weird. Feeling Locke came in and smelled the fragrance of calming flowers in this room...

The sergeant was wearing a cotton coat open, and one hand was tossing a small engineering dice up and down, and the other hand was unconsciously groping for copper and silver coins on the table.

"I'm overwhelmed!" The recruit sat on Locke's side, and Locke couldn't see his face, but he could feel it by listening to the voice, and the recruit would be under a lot of pressure.

Oh, so they're gambling! Locke suddenly realized!