548 Great Harvest
Moreover, the mountain road is very difficult and dangerous. According to Xiao Feng's concerns, even the ancient Shu Road in China, which is said to be difficult, is nothing compared to the mountain road here.
Marching in such mountains is a difficult task. There are narrow paths everywhere that can only be passed by one person. A team of 300,000 people can be stretched into a thin line hundreds of miles long.
Moreover, it is very easy to lose your way when going around in the mountains, and you have to be prepared for natural disasters such as gravel falling from the mountains, flash floods, mudslides and other natural disasters.
Three hundred thousand people traveled through the vast mountains. If there was no easy road, it would have taken thirty days to cross from the continent of Mesodis, and the consumption of materials along the way would be astronomical.
In addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters, there would have been fifty to sixty thousand casualties just walking out of the mountains.
Therefore, he really wanted to know how the orcs transported an army of 300,000 people here. He had to find their way and block it to avoid being attacked a second time.
And after capturing so many prisoners, Charles Mann and the others used various means to actually smell it out from the mouths of these half-orcs.
It turns out that these guys came from Methodis. The first half of the mountain road was fairly easy to walk, but in the second half, they simply relied on the Orcs, Mole People, and Rabbit People, these orcs who are good at digging holes and doing civil work.
, many tunnels were dug out in the mountains.
After hearing this, Xiao Feng was also stunned. These orcs are really ruthless. They actually rely on manpower to dig tunnels?
But when you think about it, it is true that for humans, stone walls that are difficult to shake are nothing to these orcs who are good at digging holes.
He had seen with his own eyes that the hard stone wall was almost like paper in front of the paws of the Diamond Man and the Mole Man.
What's more, there are rabbit people and rat people who are equally good at digging holes!
According to what Charlesman interrogated from the prisoners, those rabbits and ratmen were at the bottom of the Orc Alliance.
He is not tall enough and his fighting ability is not strong. Apart from being good at giving birth and digging holes, he has basically no other special skills.
In the past, they were just left behind as heavy troops, but this time they came in handy. It is said that just digging through these tunnels cost tens of thousands of rabbits and ratmen.
In the half-orc society where the jungle is strong and the jungle is strong, this seems very normal.
But what made Xiao Feng even more curious was how they positioned themselves between the underground and the mountains.
Although he doesn't know much about civil engineering, he also knows that digging a tunnel is not that simple, especially digging through a mountain. When you enter the heart of the mountain, how do you position yourself?
In the dark underground, without modern tools, how do you know where you are? Where has the project progress started? Is the digging straight?
And how do you position yourself among the mountains? After all, in mountainous areas, the mountains are twisted and twisted, and it is easy for people to lose their way while walking along the mountains.
What's more, when you are constructing in a mountainous area, the shortest distance is naturally a straight line. But how easy is it in a mountainous area?
Even humans can't guarantee that they can accurately position themselves in the mountainous area and make the construction work in a straight line. How did these orcs do it?
Charles Mann was also very curious about this, and the results of the interrogation from the orcs also opened their eyes. It seems that these orcs are not all idiots, there are also many smart people among them!
It turns out that underground, they rely on mice with a keen sense of smell to locate their position, and a special kind of mouse will be arranged in front of them to open the road in a straight line.
In mountainous areas, they relied on the golden eagles flying overhead to position themselves so that the project would proceed in a straight line.
In this way, relying on this special group of civil engineering soldiers in the army, they just dug out tunnels in the mountains, and then the 300,000-strong army emerged from the mountains in this way.
The mystery was finally solved, and Xiao Feng immediately asked someone to lead a team to find the tunnel.
However, what the search team brought back was that many of the tunnels had been blown down. Apparently the orcs were afraid that they would chase them along this passage, so they destroyed the tunnels.
Xiao Feng had people build a simple castle at the entrance of the tunnel. Once another orc came from here, he would immediately light up the smoke and notify the rear.
After the battle was over and two invading enemies were repelled, Xiao Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Moreover, he did not dare to say that he had wiped out all the 600,000 orcs who invaded this time, but he had also wiped out most of them. After this battle, the orcs' vitality could be said to be severely damaged.
In a few years, they should not dare to attack easily. After this time, Xiao Feng felt that there should be a few years of peace.
During this period, what he needs to do in this tribal territory is naturally to seize the time, recuperate, accumulate strength, and prepare for the future.
Regarding the war between humans and orcs, it is far from over. It will definitely become more intense in the future, so they must be prepared.
After this battle, because the previously liberated road construction teams were escorted back to Riverrun for transformation, the number of humans on the Pennivera Peninsula has now exceeded 500,000.
During the war, many human tribes emerged from the mountains and joined them, so the current population of the base has increased dramatically.
This is definitely a good thing for Xiao Feng and the others.
Some of these people will definitely be assigned to the Twin Towers City, while some will stay here in Riverrun.
As for the Calabash Gorge, there are now a population of 100,000, and they are basically the humans who were rescued from there before.
After this battle, Calabash Gorge has been completely stabilized. It will be their important base for the advance, and Xiao Feng feels that it should be taken seriously.
In the future, there will be a period of explosive development there. After all, the environment there is very good, and there are tens of thousands of orc captives.
As for the army, it is natural to greatly increase the number. The 60,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 heavy troops in the Calabash Gorge will not be moved for now. They will be an important counterattack base in the future.
Therefore, it is normal to garrison troops, but here in Panivela, the population has grown so much, so it is natural to train more qualified soldiers.
Anyway, they are not short of people or food now.
After two great victories, they not only captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners, but also seized food, grass, baggage, and countless weapons and armor.
Orcs have a large appetite. In order to prepare for this war, they have transported a lot of luggage. Needless to say, the reserves in Napal Mountain City have been taken care of by Xiao Feng.
The belongings of this group of orcs under Riverrun City also did not escape, and a lot of them were seized by them. Although part of it was destroyed by the fire of war, at least 60% still fell into their hands.
This unexpected bumper harvest made Majes, the black elf in charge of material management, very happy. After making statistics, he told Xiao Feng.
Even if the population of the base increases by 200,000 and the number of off-duty soldiers increases by 100,000, the food materials they currently have in reserve are enough to feed and clothe everyone until next year's autumn harvest.
This makes Xiao Feng very happy. This year's autumn harvest has just begun, and it will definitely be a bumper harvest, so this batch of grain will definitely be reserved.
In this way, they will have the capital to counterattack next year.
After sorting out various tasks and assigning them to the various leaders below, Xiao Feng finally relaxed.
At the same time, it is natural to harvest a batch of materials, such as the exotic wine brewed by Majes and the others, the caviar made by the Yingzhou people, countless beef, and various fish catches.
But the highlight is the mushroom powder that was handed in on Friday. This important seasoning is now the key to his fast food restaurant operation in the modern world.
And what was handed over on Friday was not only the mushroom powder, but also a large amount of gold sand collected from the river, which was heavily filled with more than twenty woven bags.
That's right, it was Xiao Feng who went to another world to transport food, and the remaining woven bags, the fifty-kilogram kind, were filled to the brim.
According to the density of gold, Xiao Feng judged that the full bag must be more than fifty kilograms, so he was very careful and did not dare to use force at all. If he used too much force, the gold sand would spill out at any time.
Xiao Feng thought for a while and simply called Dean directly and asked him to lead people to cast the gold into gold bricks one kilogram each.
In the end, I collected more than a thousand gold bricks alone!
The vixen Tamamo Shuichi also turned over a large amount of jade liquid, which has now become the most indispensable production material for the ninth laboratory that he is most concerned about.
It must be extremely precious in the modern world, but here...
Tamamo Shuichi transformed the production model according to the method taught by Xiao Feng and established a production line system. With abundant raw materials, the production efficiency of her workshop was greatly improved.
The output of this jade liquid has increased dozens of times compared to before. This efficiency made Xiao Feng very satisfied and gave her many rewards.
After everything was sorted out, it was time to return. Although Bielodis and Keira were still reluctant to leave him, Xiao Feng had to harden his heart and return to the modern world.
He has been gone for more than a month this time, and there are a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the modern world!
When he returned, it happened to be midnight, so Xiao Feng had a good night's rest in the villa.
The next morning, he did not go to inspect the flagship store made by celebrity chefs as usual, but went straight to the Twin Towers at Marina Square.
This place will be his group headquarters in the future. Before he went to another world this time, the place was being renovated in full swing. He doesn't know how it is progressing now.
Considering that the second investment and franchising conference will be held here, he naturally attaches great importance to the renovation progress here.
Chapter completed!