Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Early the next morning, Li Ce had already led a five-person team to take the first step.

They will go to the Salt Lake camp first, rest for one night, and then set off completely.

As for Zhou Xu and the others, as a large force for this operation, in order to ensure that they will have sufficient supplies to allow them to complete this expedition, they are currently making preparations before departure.

At least one day later than Li Ce and the others, or even two days before starting from the Black Moon Camp.

But Zhou Xu was not in a hurry.

Expeditions are not that simple. If the logistics work is not done well, let alone reach the mountains to the west to defeat the enemy, they may have to break halfway.

Like wars in ancient times, many countries had to start preparations a quarter or even a year in advance, so what are they worth now?

In the midst of busy preparations, two days passed in a blink of an eye, and outside the Black Moon camp, wooden carts full of supplies and equipment were ready.

For this expedition, he used all the wooden carts in the tribe. Together, there are six in total.

As for the personnel, including Li Ce's five-member team, the total number is fifty-four!

In this day and age, this is absolutely massive.

The remaining 60 people are naturally left behind tribes, which seem to be more than their troops, but don't forget, their tribe has three camps!

Sixty people are divided into three camps, and on average, there are only twenty people left in each camp.

Just looking at the size of the camp, twenty people? It is undoubtedly a small tribe, not to mention that there are many non-combatants like Zhuang Mengdie and Ye Yan whose combat effectiveness is negligible.

It can also be seen from it that with the increase in the number of camps, the number of people in Zhou Xu's hands has shown a state of shortage again.

This time, he went out more or less with the purpose of annexing the opponent's tribe and increasing his own population.

After pulling up six wooden carts, the large team officially set off.

Although the wooden carts have greatly improved their transportation efficiency, even so, Zhou Xu had to admit that it was difficult for them to speed up when they were pulling six wooden carts.

Originally, according to the normal military deployment, the transportation of materials should be handled by special food and grass troops.

Because the marching efficiency of the grain and grass troops is very low, it is impossible for the main force to move with the grain and grass troops.

However, there are only a few people in their tribe, and it is impossible to do this kind of organization. It is better to slow down and act together.

From the mountain area in the west to the Black Forest, both Zhou Zhongshan and Li Ce have come here, which shows that the distance is not too far.

In fact, after passing through a piece of Gobi, with the widening of the vision in front of him, Zhou Xu has already seen the seemingly endless mountains in the distance from a long distance.

According to Zhou Zhongshan and Li Ce, it took them about seven days to bring the escaped tribe members here.

People in this era are basically tied to their tribal camps. They must return to the camp before dark, even if they just spend the night outside, it is very dangerous.

Seven days away? For them, this is already a very long distance.

Zhou Zhongshan and the others survived by eating insects and gnawing bark and roots, but even so, many people died on the road.

This is also true for Li Ce and the others.

But now Zhou Xu didn't feel that they needed to spend seven days on their way.

Efficiency on the road is a thing that needs to be considered in combination with various factors.

For example, the state and physical fitness of the passers-by at the time.

People with poor physical fitness and poor condition, who can't walk much in an hour, will naturally have low efficiency in traveling.

Zhou Zhongshan and Li Ce, who were unprepared when the tribe was attacked and escaped for their lives, undoubtedly belonged to this category.

Now under Zhou Xu's command, he eats two meals a day, with meat and soup, and recently he added some berries to supplement some vitamins.

Even for Li Ce and the others who had surrendered to them not long ago, the whole spirit and physical condition have obviously improved.

As for Zhou Xu and Zhou Zhongshan, although their bodies are still thin, they have clearly departed from the state of being malnourished and skinny at a glance.

Comparing before and after, can the efficiency of traveling be the same?

At this time, Zhou Xu guessed blindly that he should be able to reach the vicinity in about five days.

Under this premise, Li Ce's team of five didn't need to carry six carts of equipment and supplies, and the operation was more efficient. It only took three and a half days to arrive in the vicinity, and sent a team member back to rush back. Come and meet them.

After the two sides meet, a lot of information can be further confirmed.

Li Ce, who took the first step, had already helped them find the way ahead, which also allowed Zhou Xu and the others to walk more at ease.

During this period, Li Ce had already led people to the foot of the mountain, and was hiding behind a big rock, quietly observing the situation near the foot of the mountain.

As a person who once occupied the mountain as king, Li Ce is not unfamiliar with this hill.

I don't know if it's because of the proximity to the desolate Gobi area and the influence of the environment on the Gobi side. There is not much vegetation near the foot of the hill, and it is completely piled up by large rocks.

Go further up to see some trees and plants.

Therefore, if the other party arranges patrol personnel near the foot of the mountain, they can easily find it at a glance.

If he didn't see it, it could only mean that the other party hid in the mountains and didn't come out.

But when you think about it, compared to this large and desolate Gobi, the deep mountain has obviously more abundant resources, and the other party is obviously more interested in the resources deep in the mountain, and has no interest in wasting time on the desolate Gobi.

Being close to the enemy's territory, Li Ce's emotions, which had been slowly calmed down due to the rush these days, became a little excited again.

But he didn't forget Zhou Xu's advice, and he wasn't stupid either.

Although he was familiar with this hill, but the opponent was hiding in the forest, and he couldn't locate the enemy.

Looking at him instead, as long as he stands outside the big rock, there is a high probability that he will be found on the other side.

At this time, it is better to hold your breath and wait until the leader brings a large army to join him.

Thinking of this, Li Ce also let out a long breath slowly, and after adjusting his mood, he waved at the two team members who came with him.

"Come on, let's evacuate to a safe place first."