Chapter 348: Surviving Grassland Elves
The special nature of the elf village makes herbivores on the grassland like to run here.
Even though the elf village has now become a ruin, the habits developed by the herbivores on the grassland will certainly not change in a short period of time.
This also makes this area the best hunting ground for Li Ce and his team at this stage! In order to improve their capture efficiency, before setting off this time, Li Ce specially called five ox carts to follow behind, and equipped them with a certain number of people to assist them in their work.
These five ox carts were certainly not used to transport wild horses, but to transport herbivorous animals such as antelopes and sheep that they had captured.
Although it would be worthwhile if we could catch a dozen wild horses, the more of this thing we can get, the better.
When they encountered a flock of sheep before, Li Ce and his men chose to ignore them because they would need to catch wild horses with their bare hands.
But this time there was a bullock cart waiting behind them, so they could act without any worries and start catching people directly.
During this period, Silk took his five elven knights and split up to search around the elven village.
A snowstorm was enough to wipe out all traces, so Silk and his team found basically nothing after searching the area.
But this doesn't mean that Silk has no clue at all.
Through the process of elimination, we can still come up with a range of directions in which the tribesmen would have fled when faced with the invasion of a large group of Lizardmen.
As his thoughts raced, Silk led his five elven knights to conduct a more in-depth search in those directions.
Time passed quietly during this process, and I originally thought that today would be a failure.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a slightly excited voice sounded from the snow in the distance...
"Master Silk? Master Silk!!"
Along with the shouts, a grassland elf with ragged clothes and a thin face, who was riding on a horse, waved excitedly at him.
During this process, perhaps because he was too excited, his vision suddenly went dark and he fell off the horse.
Silk, who had already noticed the other party's presence at the time, hurried over, dismounted, and helped him up.
"How is it? Are you okay?"
He had already recognized that the person lying in the snow was none other than one of his tribesmen.
"No, nothing."
After Silk helped him sit aside, the grassland elf, who had recovered a little, shook his head weakly.
"I just haven't eaten for too long."
After confirming that the other party was not injured, Silk breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you the only one? Where are the other tribesmen?"
Under Silk's impatient questioning, the grassland elf quickly explained their situation.
At that time, their village was attacked by a large group of Lizardmen. The Ankylosaurs broke through the defense line outside the village and easily broke in. At this moment, Slavin knew that the village could not be defended, so he immediately gave the order to retreat.
At this time, the Lizardmen's infantry troops had been traveling day and night and were now stationary on the periphery, while the cavalry was annihilated by Li Ce, Silk and others. Only the armored dragons and giant lizards were attacking. This was a perfect time to retreat.
They pulled all the remaining horses in the village over, and Slavin rode one of them, but he had no intention of evacuating with the first group of people.
The situation in the village was chaotic at the time, and they were suddenly attacked and were now fleeing in all directions.
Unlike other races, the elves have a sparse population and they attach great importance to the life of every member of the tribe, and Slavin, the tribe leader, is no exception.
At this time, he was the only one who could calm the emotions of the tribesmen, so he resolutely turned around and returned to the village to command the tribesmen to evacuate.
Unexpectedly, he was ambushed and killed by multiple giant lizards.
The grassland elves who had already escaped on horseback did not dare to stay any longer and continued on their journey all night.
In the end, we were lucky enough to find a hill before the blizzard swept in.
With the help of that natural shelter, we survived the snowstorm.
But the situation was urgent at the time and they didn't have much food with them. Once the blizzard started, they had no way to go outside to find food. In the end, they basically just endured hunger and managed to get through it.
After the snowstorm passed, while they quickly sent people to look for food, they thought that Silk and the others were not in the village at the time and might have survived, so they quickly sent people back to confirm the situation.
And his luck was indeed good, as he happened to run into Silk who was looking for them.
If they fail to find Silk this time and fail to solve the food problem, they will most likely have to kill horses for meat when they return.
After gaining a preliminary understanding of the situation, Silk knew that the next thing could not be handled by just a few of them, so he quickly sent one of his subordinates to inform Li Ce of the situation.
At that time, Li Ce and his team had just completed a round of capture operations targeting a herd of wild horses.
I had been thinking that if I could just catch a few more sheep or antelopes or something, my work for the day would be over, especially the sheep!
Their leader has already said that sheep are an important resource, so let them get as many as possible.
As a result, Silk's men came running over.
As for the grassland elves, they saved their lives in the early Zhou Dynasty and provided them with various kinds of assistance later. As far as it can be seen now, it is not easy for them to repay them.
When doing favors for others, the most frightening thing is encountering an ungrateful and shameless person, in which case the favor will basically be in vain.
The grassland elves are obviously not among them. This race has always had a high self-esteem and attaches great importance to face, so they would not do anything shameless.
Therefore, his attitude at this moment was very sincere, asking for his help.
It was undoubtedly a good thing for them that Silk was able to find the surviving grassland elves so quickly.
After calling a soldier and giving him a few instructions, he gestured to the elf knight to lead the way, and the group soon arrived.
"How many elves are there?"
Li Ce came over and asked the question directly and to the point.
It was already late, and if they delayed any longer, they might not be able to return to the village before dark.
Silk knew that Li Ce was going to arrange the transportation, and he was also aware of the current situation. Long before Silk came, he had already learned about the situation from his tribesmen.
"Nineteen of the tribesmen survived, but their location is a little far from here. I'm afraid we won't be able to return before dark."
Then Silk couldn't help but add one more sentence.
"But there are still some horses over there. They escaped on horseback. I wonder if they are still hungry enough to ride for a long time..."
As he spoke, Silk's tone became noticeably weaker. Considering the distance from there to the grassland village, he felt that it was highly likely that they would not be able to make it.
After understanding the situation, Li Ce fell into a brief contemplation.
Considering the current time and situation, Li Ce now has two choices.
One option is to spend the night at the temporary camp of the grassland elves, and then rush back to the village early the next morning.
The other one hurried back to the village overnight.
"Go back to the village first to inform them and bring back the captured wild horse."
After giving brief instructions to the soldiers beside him, Li Ce turned and looked at Silk.
"We should move as quickly as possible, pick up your people, and return to the village overnight."
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(End of this chapter)
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