Chapter 37: Larson, the Jackal Leader
Li Qing frowned and immediately asked:
"How did you know that?"
Xie Jin whispered:
"I just went over to take a look and saw that they were setting up a makeshift camp."
Li Qing's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" character.
At this time, Chu Zhongzhong saw that he hadn't responded for a long time, so he asked loudly:
"Well, you can get half a million without doing anything. There's nothing better than this."
At this time, Li Qing raised his head and said in a deep voice:
"My scouts just told me that you haven't even built a temporary camp."
Chu Zhongzhong paused for a moment, a trace of unnaturalness on his face:
"That's because I hadn't decided whether to take action or not, so I didn't set up camp."
Li Qing looked at Chu Zhongzhong as if he were a fool, with a hint of sarcasm on his face:
"Do you think I will believe this?"
Chu Zhongzhong stopped talking.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
If it was really Chu Zhongzhong who came first, Li Qingzhen would have nothing to say and could only watch from the side with the 500,000 yuan.
Everything has a first come first served rule. After all, if there are no rules, no one will get anything.
But the problem now is that Chu Zhongzhong did not arrive first, and he was fooling him, and Li Qing could not tolerate it.
At this time, Chu Zhongzhong thought for a while and said again:
"Mr. Li Qing, I did arrive here a week ago, but I can't prove it. Besides, we are all classmates, and we may need to cooperate in the future to enter the big map. Please give me a favor and I will give you one million. The conditions just now will remain unchanged. How do you think?"
Li Qing shook his head without hesitation:
"Sorry, I want this opportunity too."
What a joke! We all came here together, no one arrived first, why should I leave?
Li Qing objected without giving any face.
Chu Zhongzhong's expression immediately became visibly gloomy, and he said in a cold voice:
"If you say that, you are not giving me face?"
Li Qing was a little amused and said:
"Don't forget, I am the last tutor, ranked higher than you. How can you have the nerve to ask me to give you face?"
"Aren't you afraid that this matter will be brought to the attention of the instructor and that will make things awkward for everyone?"
"You overestimate yourself."
Chu Zhong looked at Li Qing coldly with a gloomy face, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth:
"How long do you think you can stay in third place? Do you think you are the strongest just because you got first place in your first class? You are too naive. I won't compete with you today. Let's wait and see in half a month."
After saying that, he turned and left without hesitation.
Li Qing narrowed his eyes and watched Chu Zhongzhong's team gradually disappear. Xie Jin whispered beside him:
"I'll follow and see."
Li Qing immediately reached out to stop him:
“No need to go.”
If he follows, he might not be able to come back.
They are now at loggerheads. If Chu Zhong finds out that Xie Jin has followed them, he will probably vent his anger on them and have his men kill Xie Jin.
He is just a professional, and his ability is still not as good as that of the hero stealth. If their ranks are the same, the hero is definitely stronger than the professional.
After waiting for a while, An Yi Qiu came over and asked in a low voice:
"Boss, what should we do next? Continue with the original plan, or?"
After a pause, An Yi Qiu continued:
"I don't think he will give up. If we continue with our original plan to attack the Gnoll tribe, I'm afraid they will attack us from behind."
Li Qing nodded and said:
"This possibility is very high and we have to guard against it. "
It should be said that Chu Zhongzhong will definitely do this.
After all, the benefits brought to them by a foreign tribe in the early stage were so great that no one would be willing to give up.
After a moment of silence, he turned to An Yiqiu and said:
"Arrange for everyone to cut down trees and clear out a piece of open space."
It is not appropriate to attack now, but we cannot retreat. Li Qing plans to build a small city here to fight with Chu Zhong. He does not believe that Chu Zhong can outlast him.
The order was given and the soldiers put on their axes and began to chop trees and grass.
The powerful Long Shou picked up a large felling axe and chopped it down with just a few strokes.
At the same time, Li Qing also returned to the divine realm and used the space in his palm to decompose a large number of wooden blocks and reshape them into sections of wooden structure walls, which were over five meters wide and six meters high. They were all assembled with high-density wooden boards that were ten centimeters thick, and were extremely strong.
The reason why stones is mainly because there are not enough remaining stones and it is impossible to dismantle the stone tower that has just been synthesized.
It was half an hour later when he returned.
Sections of wooden city walls were taken out and placed on the open space after felling, forming a large circle.
Then six arrow towers were taken out, four placed at the four corners, and two placed at the gate facing the werewolf tribe.
As for the two taller stone towers, they were not taken out because they were too tall and it would be troublesome to take them out and enlarge them.
In just half an hour, a small city with complete defenses was built.
The six-meter height of the two-story building can prevent the entry of ferocious wild beasts from the wild, and jackals cannot attack either. Chu Zhongzhong can't do anything to them.
Li Qing was prepared to stand guard at the gate of the jackal tribe and fight with Chu Zhong to see who would give up first.
"Shit!"
Wang Qiyong, the stealth hero who had been lurking in the dense forest not far away under Chu Zhongzhong's orders, widened his eyes when he saw the drastic changes in the city.
"How can you do this?"
The wall was six meters high and was made of wood. With his skills and the help of tools, he could easily climb over it.
But ordinary soldiers had no way to climb over it, and there were no siege equipment in this primitive jungle, so they could only stare blankly at the wall.
The news soon reached Chu Zaizhong's ears. He didn't quite believe it and followed his men back. After seeing the completed city, he was silent for a long time with a gloomy face, and then turned around and left without saying a word.
"grass!"
Thousands of words are condensed into this one sentence of the essence of life.
Chu Zhong returned to the temporary camp without saying a word. He looked at the temporary camp he was building, and then thought about how Li Qing had built a well-defended city in just half an hour. He became more and more annoyed, but helpless.
"grass!"
He punched the table again, his eyes flickering and hesitating inside.
When he saw the complete city, he knew that he could not survive Li Qing.
Although he was also building a temporary camp, he only built a circle of ordinary wooden fences, which could only protect against some ordinary wild beasts . Any stronger and more ferocious beast could even jump in directly.
It would be fine if it were just ferocious beasts, but the key is that there is a tribe of werewolves not far away.
It is probably not hunting time yet, and all the werewolf tribes are staying in the tribe. If we wait any longer, the werewolf hunting team will definitely find them when they go out.
How can he allow others to sleep soundly beside his bed? The jackal will definitely find a way to deal with this threat.
Of course, the gnolls would also discover Li Qing’s city. A city suddenly appearing next to the tribe would surely be discovered.
But anyone with a normal brain would know which one to hit first.
Of course, Chu Zhong was not afraid of this gnoll tribe, and he was confident enough to defeat Li Qing head-on.
But he could not attack Li Qing who was defending himself, and he was also afraid of being ambushed by Li Qing while he was fighting the jackals.
"This life is unbearable!"
After just two days, Chu Zhongzhong could no longer hold on and called Wang Qiyong over and said:
"Give Li Qing a message. If he is willing to pay one million, I will leave immediately."
"What if he disagrees?"
"If you don't agree, just say this..."
Half an hour later, Li Qing received a message from the Stalker Hero. He stood on the high city wall, holding the wooden pillar and shaking his head:
"Tell Chu Zhongzhong that I don't have a dime. Tell him to either continue to work with me or leave. There is no third option."
Wang Qiyong remembered Chu Zhongzhong's instructions and replied loudly:
"Your Excellency the Lord asked me to tell you that if you disagree, then we will each rely on our own abilities."
After saying that, he turned and left, his figure quickly fading and disappearing.
Li Qing stared at the darkness outside for a long while with a blank expression, then suddenly burst into laughter:
"Everyone depends on their own abilities, don't tell me I'm afraid of you!"
Li Qing wanted to use this trick to stop Chu Zhong from acting rashly. He was sure that this was what Chu Zhong was thinking, but he really didn't dare to act now.
"Well, let's just hold on for another week and we'll talk about it after a week."
Anyway, there is no mission this time. There is still more than half a month before the big class next month. All I have to do is conquer the werewolf tribe and return to the mentor's castle by then.
Chu Zhong did have the idea of counterattacking at the beginning. He dismantled the temporary camp and led his men to evacuate, but he did not hide far away. He sent a stealth hero to hide not far from the werewolf tribe.
But Li Qing didn't take any action. After a few days, he couldn't bear it anymore.
It's not easy to survive in this primitive jungle. Besides, he hasn't gained anything this time, so it would be a disadvantage for him to continue to endure it.
Two days later, Chu Zhongzhong decided not to wait any longer and led his men away.
But Wang Qiyong stayed behind to continue lurking nearby.
Two days after he left, Li Qing tried to send Xie Jinwai out to scout the surroundings.
He spent a whole day scouting around the entire werewolf tribe in all directions more than once, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Chu Zhongzhong had really left.
"Brothers, get ready. We will attack the gnoll tribe today."
Li Qing didn't want to wait any longer.
The gnolls had already discovered them these days, but they had been staying in the city. The gnolls sent a mixed team of 200 gnolls and kobolds to make a rounds, but they didn't find any opportunities.
Li Qing had already cut down all the trees near the city, leaving a vast open space around. The gnolls were not good at attacking cities, so they had no way of breaking into the city and could only give up after circling around a few times.
No tactics are useful anymore, now we can only attack the city head-on.
Twenty-six archers, forty-four infantrymen, five third-level lancers who dismounted and served as infantry, plus two melee heroes, Long Shou and An Erqiu, and one long-range sniper hero, Xie Zhu. These are all the troops that Li Qing has now, and almost all of them are out in full force.
However, the camp was not demolished but remained, and one hundred civilians were transferred from the divine realm to support the situation.
It would be useful to keep it. If you are defeated, you can escape back to the camp to save your life and avoid a complete collapse.
The troops gathered in the open space in front of the gate of the Gnoll Tribe. Li Qing looked at the high wooden wall filled with Gnolls and Kobolds holding weapons, and the sound of wolf howls could be heard one after another.
Although he didn't see the werewolf hero, Li Qing was sure that there must be one.
Compared to the previous ogres summoned by the ogres cards, which used all kinds of weapons, these ogres all used wooden spears and sticks, and some even used wooden shields.
Most of the gnolls use iron weapons, and many of them are equipped with chain mail, which shows that this gnoll tribe does have some ancient heritage, and it also means that if they can capture it, there will definitely be a treasure chest.
Li Qing looked for a while, then retracted his gaze and began to look for a suitable place to put down the counterweight stone trebuchet.
But just as he was searching, there was suddenly a noise from the top of the city wall, followed by the sound of a heavy city gate opening.
Li Qing turned around in surprise and saw that the wooden city gate was slowly opening. Through the gaps between the wooden pillars, he could see hundreds of gnolls and kobolds gathered behind the city gate.
"Take the initiative?"
Li Qingwei was stunned for a moment, with a hint of surprise on his face.
But it quickly disappeared.
He looked back at his subordinates and suddenly slapped his forehead.
“That’s right!”
His thinking was wrong. He thought he could defeat the Jackals, but the Jackals also thought they had an absolute advantage in numbers.
Before, they had been staying in the city and had no way to do anything, but now that they are out, the wild werewolves will not be weak at all and will of course take the initiative to attack.
"In that case..."
Li Qing shouted in a deep voice:
"Prepare for battle!"
At the same time, he quickly opened the space in his palm, took out the two hollow arrow towers and placed them aside, and loudly urged the long-range archers to climb up the stairs.
The ten-meter-high arrow tower can suppress the archers to the wall of the gnolls.
Of course, Li Qing also went up to the arrow tower. He was a mage and didn't dare to stay down there.
On the other side, An Yi Qiu was already shouting loudly to adjust the position of the infantry. Most of the infantry set up a shield wall in the front, and the remaining infantry stayed under the two arrow towers as a reserve. Five cavalrymen were in the back to cover any possible flank.
"Sure enough, a fight broke out."
In the dark jungle more than 200 meters away from the battlefield, a figure slowly faded:
"I'm going to tell the boss."
No one on the battlefield noticed the figure that disappeared silently more than 200 meters away, including Li Qing.
The city gates here were wide open, and the first to pour out were a large group of kobold cannon fodder.
"Archers, get ready, shoot at a 45-degree angle!"
As soon as the words fell, dozens of arrows shot up into the sky, drew a long arc in the air and fell into the group of dog-headed people, causing them to howl miserably.
"Let it go again!"
The archers on the two arrow towers quickly drew their bows and put arrows on.
After three rounds, the group of dog-headed people finally rushed to the front of the infantry.
An Yiqiu shouted loudly:
"Prepare for battle, shields raised!"
In an instant, the group of dog-headed people rushed up the shield wall, and a dull smashing sound and the sound of sharp swords tearing were heard.
Long Shou did not take any action, but temporarily guarded Li Qing and kept drawing his bow and shooting arrows.
Although he was promoted to a Dragon Vein Fighter, he did not abandon his old skill of archery. Instead, his power became even stronger due to the overall improvement of his physical fitness.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, the infantry shield wall was as solid as a rock, while the dog-headed crowd kept falling down with screams.
The difference in absolute strength can completely determine the outcome before the quantity changes to a certain extent and causes a qualitative change.
However, there are also a lot of Gnolls, and there are many Jackals supervising the battle from behind, so the final outcome cannot be determined for the time being.
Li Qing did not pay too much attention to the battlefield in front of him. His eyes were always looking behind the gnolls. After more than two hundred kobolds and hundreds of gnolls emerged, another group of gnolls appeared at the city gate, surrounding an extremely tall gnoll.
