Chapter 165: Shocked by the White Barbarians, the First Sighting of Magical Beasts
On the eve of the expedition, in the evening.
Next to the large dock that was once used exclusively by the Fan family, in the central military tent of the Fuxing Army, Wei Jinfan and Chang Liyun, the two heads of the Military Intelligence Department, were reporting military intelligence to Li Dingguo and Hongmei with serious faces.
Judging from the extremely solemn expressions on their faces, the intelligence obtained by the Military Intelligence Department this time indicated that the target of the second round of attacks by the Fusion Army would not be too simple.
"The Commander-in-Chief."
Chang Liyun, who was in charge of investigating the enemy situation along the river for this land and water operation, was the first to speak, "Our Military Intelligence Bureau has spent half a month to find out all the enemy situations along the Jialu River within 3,000 miles to the north."
"We have dispatched a medium-quality treasure ship to head north. While mapping the coast, we have also secretly conducted a thorough investigation of all human settlements on both sides of the 3,000-mile river."
"On both sides of this 3,000-mile river, within a radius of 100 miles, there are a total of 68 Tartar tribes of all sizes."
"Among them, there are no large tribes, thirteen medium-sized tribes, and fifty-five small tribes."
"The largest Tartar tribe has more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians! The remaining 12 medium-sized Tartar tribes have populations ranging from 10,000 to 100,000."
"As for those small tribes, the largest one has less than 10,000 people, let alone any Qi Refining Realm masters. They can't stop any of our current battalions from sweeping us away."
"What worries our Military Intelligence Department the most is the largest medium-sized tribe."
At this point, she paused, her face slightly changed as she said, "The strength of this medium-sized tribe is quite good. It has over 10,000 warriors and two Tatar martial arts masters of the fourth level, namely the tribe leader Andrew and the high priest Shi An."
"Do you think the names of these two people sound very strange?"
"But if you, the Great Commander, understand that they are not Orientals like us, but a tribe of blond-haired and blue-eyed Caucasians, you won't be surprised."
"This tribe has been passed down for ten thousand years! I heard that it was created during the Five Barbarians period by the remnants of the Jiehu who migrated from the Shangdang area in the mainland!"
"Especially the high priest Shi An, who is a descendant of Shi Hu, the leader of the Jie Hu during the Five Barbarians period."
Chang Liyun's voice turned cold and gloomy as she said, "As for this Jiehu tribe, anyone who knows some history knows what they are."
"Until now, they still maintain the custom of cannibalism, especially those captured girls of various ethnic groups, cooking and grilling them in various ways!"
"Their strength does not come from the tribe itself, but from the thousands of magical beasts they keep in captivity: the three-tailed iron-backed magical wolves!"
"This is a unique group of magical beasts from a distant western country, and they are of mid-grade magical beasts."
"Among this group of mid-level magical beasts, we haven't found any level 4 magical beasts yet, but there are a lot of level 3 magical beasts."
"Because of the special domestication method of Jiehu, they have become the mounts of this tribe."
"Whether in terms of speed or combat power, this three-tailed iron-backed demon wolf is stronger than the Jiao-scaled horse. A Jiao-scaled horse of the same level simply cannot defeat this ferocious demon beast."
To be honest, before the Military Intelligence Department carried out this investigation mission, Chang Liyun could never have imagined that they would uncover such shocking information!
Not only did they see the legendary group of Warcraft, but they also saw a living Jiehu tribe. Their strength was undoubtedly the best among all the grassland tribes within a radius of three thousand miles!
"Thousands of mid-level magical beasts?"
"There is actually a tribe composed of the remnants of the Jiehu?"
This unexpected news not only surprised Hongmei, but also Li Dingguo.
In this big world, there are many tribes of magical beasts in the West, and even their numbers and species are more than those in the East.
Almost all Warcraft tribes used to live in the western regions.
Later, with the advent of the Age of Exploration in the past hundred years, they were brought to the East by white people and Arabs, and then multiplied rapidly overseas.
As one of the sources of the treasure ship's central energy, many books in the Ming Dynasty have mentioned treasures such as magic cores. In fact, they are the magic cores in the bodies of monsters, which are equivalent to the inner elixir of monsters.
Unlike demon beasts that must reach the fourth level of cultivation before they can form an inner elixir in their bodies, all demon beasts have magic cores in their bodies.
It was precisely because magic cores were widely available and easy to obtain that Western countries were able to have so many magic cores to activate the magic arrays on treasure ships at all levels, easily opening up the Age of Discovery.
Today, the southern and southeastern waters of the Ming Dynasty, the large and small islands, and the discovered new continents are basically filled with Western white barbarians, who have entered the colonial era.
The world is changing so much, but the Ming Dynasty is still rapidly declining.
Those in power have no idea that the white barbarians in the West are beginning to expand all over the world at a speed beyond imagination.
Even in the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of white barbarian treasure ships of all levels traveling back and forth, monopolizing most of the Ming Dynasty's foreign trade profits. "In this case, as for this white barbarian tribe, let's go and destroy them tomorrow."
Li Dingguo was furious when he heard this, and said in a cold and grim tone, "We can't treat these uncivilized beasts as human beings."
"It's OK if we don't know, or maybe it's because we are out of reach. We can't do anything about it for now. Since this group of white barbarians is right under our noses, letting them live for another quarter of an hour in this world will pollute the environment and waste air."
"Hongmei, you, Wei Jinfan, and Chang Liyun, immediately make a comprehensive attack plan. Tomorrow morning, our army will set out and head straight to the settlement of the white barbarians to wipe them out."
"As for those three-tailed iron-backed wolves, try to capture them alive if you can."
"It's not impossible to raise and breed the demon beasts."
"We can capture some three-tailed ironback wolves and keep them in captivity near the large base we have decided on, in a hill or dense forest, and let them reproduce."
"Once they have reached a certain size, we will let the new soldiers go hunting regularly and conduct combat training."
He had this idea a long time ago after he learned that in this big world, Warcraft could easily produce magic cores of various levels.
The number of ghosts and monsters is too small, and those large ghost and monster tribes are too powerful, so they dare not make plans on their own. If there is a stable channel to obtain a large number of magic cores to use, the problem of the central energy source required for various formations can be solved.
Whether it is for one's own navy or for setting up the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array and planting various spiritual plants, there are unimaginable benefits.
As for the remnants of the Jiehu, just destroy them easily. There's no need to get angry about it.
"Yeah! Why didn't I think of that?"
"This is a good decision, Commander-in-Chief! As long as we can successfully raise a large number of three-tailed iron-backed demon wolves, we won't have to worry about the energy consumption of our army's formation in the future!"
"I heard that demon beast meat is not only as nutritious as demon beast meat, but the magic cores in their bodies are extremely useful. Once our captive breeding plan is completed, we can obtain large quantities of it regularly in the future."
As soon as Li Dingguo finished speaking, Hongmei, Wei Jinfan and Chang Liyun at the scene all had their eyes brightened.
They have long been curious about the legendary monsters. It is simply incomprehensible that all of them, regardless of their level, will generate magic cores of various levels in their bodies.
There is no doubt that the vast area in the west of this great world, with all kinds of magical beasts lurking almost everywhere, is the fundamental reason why those white barbarians were able to successfully embark on the Age of Discovery.
It’s nothing, their various magic arrays also consume a lot of the array’s central energy.
It can be said that the existence of a large number of magical beasts is the fundamental reason why the various ethnic groups of white barbarians can expand and grow rapidly at an unimaginable speed in this era when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is declining.
These three iron-backed demon wolves discovered by the Military Intelligence Department this time are of great significance to the Renaissance Army.
Wolves are animals with extremely strong survival abilities, let alone a mid-grade magical beast, the Three-Tailed Ironback Wolf?
As long as they are given a suitable environment to survive and reproduce, it won't take many years. Even if there are only a thousand three-tailed iron-backed magic wolves at the beginning, it is not impossible for them to reproduce to a scale of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
But their quality is neither high nor low, and the magic cores they produce are extremely practical. It is much simpler than trying to obtain evil ghost soul beads of various levels.
Everyone's anger turned into joy, and they immediately began to discuss and formulate a plan for this action.
"With my top-level spirit beast affinity talent, I wonder if I can subdue those three-tailed iron-backed demon wolves just like I subdued spirit beasts?"
Looking at Hongmei and the others busying around, Li Dingguo, who was sitting aside, suddenly thought of this question.
Although the legendary Warcraft is more brutal than the Demonic Beast, it is rumored that it cannot be tamed by humans.
But this group of three-tailed iron-backed demon wolves is different. They were successfully domesticated by the remnants of the Jiehu, and their violent nature should have been eliminated.
If this can really be achieved, there will be a great chance of success in keeping this group of magic wolves in captivity in the future and allowing them to reproduce in large numbers.
Anyway, Li Dingguo would not use them as mounts or anything. He would just raise them like ordinary cattle and sheep. There would be no other problems.
"During the battle against the remnants of the Jiehu, if the opportunity is right, I will find the leader of this group of three-tailed iron-backed demon wolves and see if I can subdue him."
"Even if it fails, there is no loss, and it is not too late to conduct a violent arrest."
Li Dingguo thought about it for a while and made a decision.
(End of this chapter)
