The size of Sean's team is indeed quite large, and a large number of them are Northland barbarians with weapons, and it is almost impossible for such a team to enter the Duchy of Lane through normal channels. Even if he is a registered mercenary group of the Mercenary Guild, the Principality of Lane will not release people at will, after all, a bad one may cause many series of problems, as long as the Principality of Lane is not bad, it is impossible to let Sean's army enter.

Therefore, if Sean really wants to enter the territory of the Duchy of Lane, he must infiltrate and infiltrate.

But in reality, Sean's destination was not in the territory of the Duchy of Lane at all. He just wants to continue to advance to the southeast through the Boles Forest, bypass the Angrodar Mountains and infiltrate into the territory of the Dabiang Kingdom, and then use the Angrodar Mountains as the core to radiate to the surrounding areas of the Dabiang Kingdom to carry out looting destruction, and the target territory has also been selected, as long as he does not start a large-scale war and always maintains the invasion in the way of a rogue manner, then the army of the Dabion Kingdom will not send troops to trouble him in this sensitive area.

Sean knew that the Valkyrie of the Principality of Ryan had been looking for an opportunity to wage war against the Kingdom of Dabion again.

So in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, or as long as he takes advantage of this, Sean can do whatever he wants in this land. But all this is just to attract Asuna's attention, as long as he can successfully attract Asuna's attention, he believes that even if he doesn't go to Asuna, this Valkyrie will definitely come to him, because in a way, he and Asuna are very "tacit".

But even if these plans have been arranged, it doesn't mean that he will take it lightly. Since leaving the trading capital, Sean has been very careful about his whereabouts, although it is too large to be suitable for concealment, but he has done everything at his disposal, at least for now, there is no tail behind him.

And the closer he gets to the Bles Forest, the more wary Sean becomes.

So when the team came to the edge of the Bles Forest. Feel the strangeness of the forest, which is so quiet that there is something terrible. Sean stopped the team at the first moment.

Soon, all the Northland barbarians began to line up in a small phalanx as ordered, protecting the other clansmen behind them. It's a simple defensive formation they've been trained by Sean and Cecilia over and over again these days - they don't care about anything, they form a circle as much as they can when they need to defend, and then stand with a shield to protect the others behind them. It is never allowed to attack without receiving an order.

And it wasn't until these days that Sean realized that he had once again made the mistake of gaming experience.

The Northland Barbarians are more "IQ deficient" in the game, their training cycle is very long, and their combat effectiveness is generally low. The only thing that has to do is that it is extremely patient. However, after all, this is not the world of the game, and the Northland barbarians do still have the problem of a relatively long training cycle, but it is more of a difference in customs, not that people are really mentally retarded - can you expect a group of people who don't even know words to understand what it means to surround, detour, and cut, and distinguish such instructions from the order flag?

Of course, Sean is not without a solution. He thought of an alternative way to make these foodies understand.

For example. Defense is waiting for the meal, and attacking is the beginning of the meal. Siege is to enclose the prey, as for detours, cutting, etc., it is to find food and ...... Cut the steak. As for Lingqi, Sean can't think of any good way at the moment, so he can only scatter the nineteen veterans into the ranks of this shield-wielding spearmen, after all, they used to do this business, so they are also handy in operation.

It's just that as Sean expected, the nineteen veterans who had been promoted to the third-level army also became zero-level troops when they were incorporated into this shield-wielding army, but Sean guessed that maybe as long as they really experienced a battle, they should be promoted to second-level or quasi-second-level troops.

As for the archer troops, it's much simpler. The first premise is naturally to avoid hand-to-hand combat as much as possible, and you can also go up to support when necessary, but if you are forced to use hand-to-hand combat to maintain the development of the battle, then any orders are meaningless.

And most importantly, it is.

This is not a game, and there is no health or anything like this in the confrontation between armies, and there is no display of attack power, defense power, etc. This is a naked real knife and real gun, as long as the damage is fatal, it is impossible for anyone to continue to live, whether it is Sean or Alfred or Cecilia.

Soon, several shield-gunners were led by Alfred and ran back from the forest.

"How?" Sean asked.

"No one." Alfred shook his head, but his expression also became solemn, "But there are obvious traces, I did think about the ambush before I came, but I don't know why Lu Dao retreated." ”

"There's a very powerful commander on the other side." Cecilia frowned slightly, "They saw that we were not ambushed, and they knew that Dao was already inferior to us in morale, so they immediately chose to retreat." And they retreated so silently, obviously because we were afraid that we would retaliate against them after discovering the ambush and inflict greater losses on them. …… The other side is a tired soldier, and they must have marched hastily to hide in this forest before we set up an ambush. ”

Hearing Cecilia's words, Sean's eyes immediately lit up.

A lot of mixed memories began to pour into his mind like a tide, it was a scene of fighting and slashing, there were victories and defeats, of course, joy and sorrow. As a member of the strategy team, Sean leads a team, but it is not just strategy missions and dungeons, sometimes in the war or national war in the territory, he has to lead his team as a sharp knife unit, and even make a cameo appearance as a commander if necessary.

Therefore, Sean's military attainments may not be very high, but his command ability is still undoubted. And he is different from this world, he has a jumping mind that is not limited by this world, and many of these have been tested in the game, and it is a complete set of feasible solutions, not just a fantasy.

Thinking of this, Sean immediately shouted, "Anno! ”

When a Northland barbarian man heard Sean's voice, he immediately ran over, his body was obviously a little bigger than the other Northlanders, and although they looked similar to each other in appearance, his eyes were also brighter than the others. Apparently this is a Northland barbarian who likes to think. But maybe it's because he can use his brain. He is also willing to use his brain, rather than relying on his own brute force to do things, so he can become the unitary leader of this tribe.

Of course, that's a thing of the past.

"Chief, are you looking for me?" The big guy named Anno asked.

"Didn't you say you're good at distinguishing smells?" Sean asked, "Like a beast?" ”

"Of course!" Anno smiled heartily, "Does the chief want me to find out where those foods are going?" ”

Food. It is the special name of the Northland barbarians for the enemy, and it is also the idea instilled by Sean.

For these foodies, it will be easier to use this word to improve their mobility, of course, the Northland barbarians actually know that those guys naturally can't eat, but subconsciously feel that the fate of those guys is probably no different from food. It's just that it's not themselves who eat them, it's the earth.

Soon, Anno was ordered by Sean to sneak into the forest with a dozen or so people.

They didn't carry half-shields and spears, and even the willow nail breastplate was taken off, and they went on the road lightly. The harsh living environment of the ice region made these Northland barbarians have a silent temperament, and it was difficult to see moving animals in that place. So they usually only collect some jelly fruit food to feed their stomachs. But when they find a living animal, they become extremely vigilant and excited. And approach the prey as carefully as possible until it is captured.

Because of this special hunting ability, Anno and the others who were running in the forest at this time seemed a little elusive. They were extremely fast and explosive, but they didn't make any noise while running forward, and even when they passed through the trees, they couldn't make a rustling sound, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they had completely integrated into the environment.

Anno, who was running, suddenly sniffed his nose, and the whole person stopped suddenly.

Almost at the same moment, the Northland barbarians who had followed Anno also immediately stopped, and their agility was almost not like what a barbarian could do. These people also sniffed hard, as if they had already noticed something strange in the air, they looked at each other, and then nodded heavily in confirmation, and then Anno turned around and ran away with these people in another direction.

In the air, there was a faint smell wafting through the air.

Although in the forest, because of the smell of various flowers, trees, and animals, this extremely faint smell should not be discovered, but Anno and these northern barbarians easily caught it. And now, they're following the scent, as if their eyes can see the trail of the scent wafting through the air.

Soon, Anno and the others stopped again.

Then everyone quickly ran to the bottom of the tree, and began to climb the tree with their hands and feet, and in a short time they had already climbed to the tree, hiding in the canopy and staring at the "food" who were sitting down and resting not far ahead. At this moment, these people are taking out compressed instant dry food from their bodies, and then eating one bite at a time, they are not eating fast, and they are not much, they are just able to maintain their physical strength.

They didn't expect this to happen, so everyone only prepared a week's worth of food, but nearly five days had been consumed along the way, but the battle had not yet begun, and they didn't know when the road would end. In the forest, they can't catch wild beasts to make fires, so even if they compress the quick dry food, they can only save a little food.

However, even if the taste of these foods is extremely light, or even tasteless, but when three thousand servings are gathered together, no matter how weak the taste is, it is enough for the barbarians of the Northland to catch it. Because they also carry a large amount of this food, and the smell of the food will be remembered thoroughly by the Northland barbarians as long as they smell it once.

After discovering this camp, Anno and the others fell from the trees again, and after a little whispered negotiation, Anno took the other two back, and the rest of the people continued to stay here to monitor. (To be continued.) )

PS: Yesterday's fourth update, a belated chapter, sorry.