Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

At first, Ranna only planned to use two colors, namely her own side and the enemy side, but she soon discovered that two colors alone could not fully express the battlefield situation, so she later changed it to four colors.

All war intelligence was provided by the wolf beastmen led by Fenrir. These agile wolves still maintained extremely high mobility in the forest, and their sensitive sense of smell also allowed them to detect the target's location in time.

The news that a small force had separated from the large force of King Jiyan IX was passed to Ranna, who picked up a new chess piece representing the enemy and placed it where Fenrir said.

Looking at the colorful sandbox, two thoughts came to Linde's mind. The first was that he wanted to play Europa Universalis, and the second was that it looked too messy.

"Why is it so messy?" Lind directly said what he was thinking. The situation did look a bit chaotic.

At first, I thought the only opponent was Jiyang IX's invading team, and then added the Beastmen tribe that originally lived nearby, and later added the Sami tribe that disobeyed orders and acted on its own. Now Jiyang IX has divided the team again, and the chess pieces on the sand table are a bit messy.

"It's a bit chaotic, but it's nothing." Ran Na analyzed the situation on the sand table. "This team is likely to come into contact with the Sami tribe."

"Based on the speed of both sides, they will come into contact in about three days." Ran Na lowered her head and thought for a while. "We need to find a way to prevent the two sides from coming into contact..."

"Why?" Lind asked.

"On the one hand, it's supplies, and on the other hand, it's intelligence." Ran Na said seriously. "Right now, we are in the dark, and the enemy doesn't know we exist, but the Sami people know us. If the Sami people are caught and the enemy gets our intelligence, the situation will change."

"That makes sense, but this squad only has fifteen people..." Lind glanced at the sand table. "This group of beastmen has a hundred people, right?"

"If these one hundred beastmen are just civilians..." Ranna looked at Linde.

"Okay then." Lind scratched his head. "Send someone to support them... No, I'll lead the team myself. I also have some questions I want to ask that knight."

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After a conflict with Guillon IX over the issue of killing horses, the knight left the main force without saying goodbye, leading his followers.

It is not uncommon for knights to kill horses and eat horse meat when food is extremely scarce, but that is an act of necessity. And because of Batoran's unique horse culture, every time the killing of horses and eating horse meat is necessary, the instigator takes the lead and sets an example before others follow suit.

"If the leader does not take the lead, how can he get the soldiers to charge along?" Karl I, the founding monarch of Batoran, would say this before every charge, and he was always the first to lead the charge.

But Guillon IX did not mention this at all. Instead, he used the deeds of his ancestors to force the knight to kill his horse. Fortunately, the knight knew this history, otherwise he would not be able to fight back.

Although the conflict was temporarily resolved, the seeds of contradiction had already been planted. The knight was also afraid that his beloved horse would be threatened. After all, no one would stay there without taking any measures after his lover was targeted.

Therefore, while the others were still asleep, the knight took his men away and parted ways with Jiyang IX.

"My dear, don't worry, I will never let anyone hurt you." Walking in the dense forest, the knight did not ride on the horse, but led the horse. Firstly, the forest environment is indeed not suitable for riding, and secondly, the horse has not eaten well during this period and is a little exhausted.

Feeling the affection of its master and lover, the horse rubbed the rider's face affectionately.

In addition to not wanting his beloved horse to be killed, there was another reason for the knight to separate from Guiyang IX. The hunting experience in the past few days gave the knight an idea that Guiyang IX seemed to be targeted by someone, and if he continued to follow him, he would probably starve to death.

A group of fifteen people walked forward aimlessly, when suddenly an alluring aroma penetrated into everyone's nostrils.

The team instantly perked up; it was the aroma of barbecue.

"Be careful! This could be a trick of the enemy!" The knight stopped his men from making a commotion. "Stay alert, go and take a look."

After saying this, the knight ordered several of his scouts to investigate the source of the fragrance.

Soon, the people who went to scout came back with a happy smile on their faces, and excitedly reported to the knight: "Sir! Good news! We found a tribe of beastmen ahead! There are people! They are eating!"

"Oh? How many beastmen are there approximately?" the knight asked.

"There are about a hundred of them! They are all those strange beastmen who look like humans!" said the scout excitedly.

The knight smiled excitedly, touched his horse's head, put on his armor, and jumped onto the horse with clean and neat movements.

"Warriors," the knight drew his sword and shouted to his followers. "Prepare for battle!"

Chapter 417: Prepare for Battle

In the forest, about a hundred beastmen gathered together and were eating.

Beastmen tribes are not strictly composed of different Beastmen races. Different types of Beastmen can live in the same Beastmen tribe, whether they are Chaos Beastmen or New Beastmen. But usually, a Beastmen tribe will have a clear main Beastmen race from when the tribe was first established, and members of other races are often absorbed or something else.

A beastman tribe can have beastmen of other races, but there should be one species that is clearly dominant, such as bull beastmen, sheep beastmen, etc. However, this tribe in the forest does not meet these requirements.

The types of beastmen were very mixed, and the number of each type did not even exceed one-fifth, let alone more than half. Anyone who had studied the beastmen would express sincere doubts when seeing this tribe.

How did this tribe come about?

The answer is massacre.

The members of this Beastman tribe all came from various Beastman tribes that were massacred. After the tribe was massacred by the Batoran Knights, some Beastmen managed to escape and joined other Beastman tribes.

In addition to Linde, the tribe that absorbed the most of these surviving beastmen was Luge's Sami tribe. These beastmen who had finally escaped the disaster headed towards the enemies who massacred their tribe.

"The meat is ready, come on, let's eat." The beastmen formed small circles of ten people and shared the barbecue. A beastman with feline features shared the barbecued meat with others.

The beastmen were sharing the barbecue, not many people were talking, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.

"How far are we from the human territory?" asked a beastman from the bull tribe.

"Four days' journey," another beastman replied. "If we walk fast."

"Then let's go faster." Another beastman said.

“I didn’t expect that the Son of God would not let us take revenge…” It was still the bull beast man who clenched his fists in anger.

"You still call him the Son of God." A beastman who couldn't tell whether he was a wolf or a dog said in a teasing tone. "Don't forget that he is a human, and the group that slaughtered us are also human."

The words of the beastman, who could be a wolf or a dog, did not arouse disgust from other beastmen. Many of them even showed expressions of approval.

"Stop talking." The Bull Beast Man said solemnly. "We are not qualified to comment on the Son of the Earth Mother Goddess."

The topic about the Son of God did not continue, but the beastmen here all felt dissatisfied with the Son of God, Linde.

While the beasts were eating, a group of people were quietly dispersing in the depths of the nearby forest.

"You go over there, you go over there, you go to the opposite side, wait for my signal, and we will attack together." In a forest not far from the beastmen, the knight commanded his men to prepare for the attack.

The knights already have rich experience in fighting against the beastmen. Although the troop strength ratio of the two sides is fifteen to one hundred, which is a large gap in numbers, the knights are confident that they can defeat these beastmen.

"There are so many different types of beastmen." A servant holding a crossbow asked curiously while moving towards the target position and looking at the beastmen in the encirclement.

"It doesn't matter whether it's mixed or not, as long as it's edible." The servant who was acting together with the servant holding the crossbow licked his lips and said, it was unclear whether he was talking about the food of the beastmen or the beastmen.

Due to the smell of barbecue, the beastmen's keen sense of smell was masked, and they did not notice that humans were surrounding them.

Soon, everyone arrived at the designated location, prepared for the attack, and waited for the knight's signal.

"Beastmen are still beasts after all. They don't even know how to set up sentry posts during their meal." The knight said contemptuously, then lowered his helmet's visor and drew his sword.

"For the Lady of the Lake!" the knight shouted, kicked his horse, waved his sword, and rushed out first.

Hearing the knight's roar, the soldiers who were already in position immediately fired and charged, launching an attack with an encirclement. The beastmen were caught off guard and were thrown into chaos.

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Elsewhere in the forest, a group of beastmen were advancing through the forest.

Compared to the previous beastman tribe, this group of beastmen is much smaller in number, with only about forty of them, and there are also far fewer races, with only four races, namely cows, pigs, rabbits, and weasels.

Each beastman's equipment was very sophisticated, completely different from the makeshift clothing of ordinary beastmen. Several of the pig beastmen even carried uniform long weapons on their backs.

The most eye-catching person was the young human who was riding on the cow's shoulders and looking down from above. From the formation of the beastmen and their eyes, it was easy to tell that this young human was the core of the team.

"We should be there soon." Katie, who was carrying Lind, said as she looked around. "This area should be where Fenrir has discovered."

"Well, be alert, pig sisters, and pay attention to the smells around you." Lind nodded and said to the pig beastmen around him.

This time, Lind did not bring wolves, but pigs, mainly because he considered that a fight might break out. Facing knights, pig beastmen, who are generally very powerful, are obviously more suitable than wolf beastmen.

After receiving the order from the Son of God, the sows, led by Faith, immediately perked up and sniffed carefully to capture the scent in the air.

A pig's sense of smell is no worse than that of a wolf. If it were not too large and less mobile than a wolf, it could also serve as a scout.

"It's a bit strange." Linde frowned slightly as the sows searched for the scent.

"What's strange?" Katie raised her head and looked at Lind right above her.

"These beastmen came to seek revenge." Linde frowned. "Lu Ge said he would cooperate, so why did he let these beastmen come to seek revenge? I don't believe his nonsense about respecting individual will."

As for Lu Ge, Lin De always felt that he was planning something, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"My master! There is a smell of blood ahead!" At this moment, Faith suddenly stopped and said to Lind.

"Lead the way!" Linde said in a low voice.

Under the leadership of Faith, the beastman team quickly advanced through the woods. Not long after walking, Lind also smelled the strong smell of blood in the air.

It’s too late, Lind sighed.

Chapter 418 Where is your beast king?

The beastman squad led by Lind, under the leadership of Faith, moved forward quickly. Since sitting on Katie's shoulders would directly scratch his face with branches, Lind got down and walked on his own.

After walking through the dense forest for a while, even though Linde's nose was not as sensitive as that of the beasts, he could smell the smell of blood coming from afar.

This bloody smell is definitely not caused by one or two corpses. In the past, when Linde followed his father to the battlefield, he smelled a similar bloody smell. In order to let the newcomers get used to fighting as quickly as possible, on the battlefield, it was basically the servants and recruits who were responsible for cleaning up the corpses. What Linde smelled now was the smell of many corpses accumulated together.

Are we a step too late? Linde sighed calmly.

The smell of blood also stimulated the emotions of the surrounding beastmen. Under the stimulation of the blood, the beastmen's breathing became involuntarily rapid and their muscles became tense.

Blood can stimulate the emotions of Beastmen, especially Chaos Beastmen. It may be residual or for some other reason. When new Beastmen smell blood, they will also have similar reactions, but they are much milder than Chaos Beastmen.

Knowing that the distance was getting close, Lind immediately ordered everyone to slow down, and then had the main force wait here, while he took a few people with him to quietly conduct some reconnaissance.

Soon, Lind selected three rabbit beastmen led by Judy from the beastmen. He chose them because they were short and not easy to be discovered. Then he carefully moved towards the smell of blood.

Not long after walking, Linde and his party arrived at their destination. In an open space, a large number of beastmen and humans gathered. There were about fifty beastmen left, most of them were injured, and all of them were stripped of their clothes and crowded together naked.

It was already late autumn. Although it was daytime, the temperature was not high. The naked beasts were shivering with cold and could only huddle together for warmth like penned livestock.

Next to the beastmen, there were fourteen humans, all fully armed and well-equipped. These fourteen humans were divided into three groups, one was resting, one was guarding the beastmen who were huddled together like livestock, and the rest were cleaning up the corpses.

A beastman who looked like a cat was cleaning up the bodies under the supervision of two servants. In the surrounding open space, there were corpses of various dead bodies lying in all directions, all of them were beastmen. The only human corpse was taken out separately and laid out on the clean open space.

It seems that a battle broke out here, but the result is undoubtedly that the knights won a great victory. At least forty beastmen died, and many of the survivors were injured. On the knight's side, only one corpse was seen, and the rest of the people had no obvious injuries.

The air was filled with the smell of blood and the ground was littered with mutilated corpses, but the knights seemed completely unaffected and were eating voraciously.

"Well-equipped." Lindcat squinted his eyes in the bushes, sizing up the enemy's equipment. "All of them are wearing heavy armor and are fully equipped. There are also three cavalrymen, one of whom is a heavy cavalryman. With such a configuration, it's not surprising that they can achieve such a result."

"Did you see that knight in heavy armor? He should be the captain of this team." Lind said, pointing at the knight in heavy armor.

"Kill him, I will kill him." Judy opened her eyes wide, staring at the knight, her hand unconsciously clenched the black dagger, muttering to herself, looking like a yandere.

"Calm down." Lind grabbed Judy's shoulders. "The enemy is an elite knight. You can't attack without authorization. Do you understand!?"

"I understand, Your Highness." Judy was trembling all over, her eyes were red, but she was indeed controlling her emotions. "Then when do we start?"

Linde did not answer immediately, but was thinking about something seriously.

"If we act rashly, those people will probably use the beastmen as a shield." Lind lowered his head and thought for a moment. "Judy, do you have a way to sneak attack the enemy who uses the beastmen as a shield after we launch the attack?"

"Of course!" Judy said confidently.

"Okay, then take your people and go around to the other side." Linde leaned against Judy's long ear and whispered.

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The beastmen who survived the recent massacre gathered together to avenge their dead comrades and headed towards the murderer.

When they joined the Sami tribe, many of the surviving beastmen hoped that the Sami tribe would avenge them, but their hopes were soon dashed. Lu Ge, the chief of the Sami tribe, initiated a vote to decide whether to take the initiative to take revenge.

Most of the surviving beastmen voted in favor of taking the initiative to attack, but the final result was the opposite. Most of the beastmen in the tribe were still unwilling to take the initiative to attack. However, Lu Ge generously stated that he would not stop the beastmen who wanted to take revenge, and would provide weapons and supplies.

Soon, several young and energetic beastmen accepted Lu Ge's "good intentions" and picked up simple weapons to seek revenge. After someone took the lead, many beastmen were also instigated, picked up weapons and set out together, forming a small force of a hundred people.

Hope is beautiful, but reality is cruel. The beastmen thought they could take revenge successfully, but they were suddenly attacked while eating. Various attacks came from all directions, and the beastmen were caught off guard in an instant. In the chaos, the beastmen were chopped like melons and vegetables, and nearly half of them were killed.

The battle ended very quickly. It couldn't even be called a battle, it could only be considered a massacre. The remaining beastmen had lost all their fighting spirit, and after their clothes were stripped off, they huddled together like animals waiting to be slaughtered.

The butchers ate the barbecued meat prepared by the beasts with relish.

"Okay, now that we're full, it's time to get down to business." After finishing his roasted deer leg, the leading knight licked his lips, stood up, and walked towards the beastmen.

"You! Come here!" The knight pointed at the feline beastman who was carrying the corpse and shouted sternly.

The feline beastman put down the cow leg in his hand and walked over with a numb expression.

"Kneel down!" After walking in front of the knight, a follower shot the beastman in the calf, making him kneel down.

The cat beastman suddenly knelt on the ground, a flash of anger appeared in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

"Let me ask you something," the knight asked, smacking his lips. "Where is your beast king?"