On the bank of the Haotian River, on the edge of the grassland, there is a temporary settlement of the Garuda camp.

Thousands of young captives and hundreds of Garuda camp elites were constantly shuttling back and forth between the wild jungle and grassland. Carloads of pottery bricks and stones were piled up on the river bank, forming several hills.

The carpenters in Garuda camp are building a new type of boat by the river. This kind of boat is smaller than the big boats built in the past. It is in the shape of a flat shuttle and has fewer oars than the big boats.

There are many, so if you pass them left and right, there are only ten in total.

Zhao Hao stood next to a new ship that was about to be completed and looked at the workmanship of the hull carefully. After a while, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, not bad, the workmanship is getting more and more fine. Beishan, what are you doing?"

The carpenter is really good."

When Beishan's mother heard this, she was quite curious and said: "Isn't the original big boat very good? Why should we make this kind of small boat again?"

Zhao Hao looked at the other side of the river and said wisely: "Have you seen the small river next to Haotian Castle? The water of the small river is shallow. If a big boat enters it, it will hit the bottom after not going very far. Only this kind of small boat can come and go freely in it.

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It was originally used in small rivers.

When Beishan's mother heard this, she couldn't help but suddenly said: "Big Chief, are you planning to explore eastward along the river?"

She naturally knew the plan to explore the Southern Barbarian mountains, but she did not expect that Zhao Hao would be heading deep into the Southern Barbarian mountains so soon.

Zhao Hao nodded slightly and said: "Yes, attacking the western flank of the Xue Man tribe is not as troublesome as I imagined. I also asked A Hua and Ah Shan to prepare for the preparations. Anyway, there will be no major events this year. Let's enter Nan Man as soon as possible.

It would be a good idea to explore the depths of the mountains.”

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He originally thought that to attack the western flank of Xue Man tribe, he would need to bring at least five to six thousand men and horses. After all, Tu Meng had fifty or six thousand men and dozens of tribes. If he brought too few men, the battle would probably take a year.

Can't even finish it.

However, it was different with the addition of the Nanjiang tribe. Basically, as long as Wu Nanjiang persuaded all the tribes in the south, the remaining tribes would not need to be dealt with by him, and Wu Nanjiang would be able to deal with them. He only needed to lead two

Three thousand people would just go straight to Tu Meng's lair.

He had already arranged all these things, and even the Garuda camp did not have to participate in the war, so he thought of exploring eastward immediately, otherwise he would waste most of the next six months waiting.

The boat is almost finished now, and it's time to set off.

He directly ordered: "Beishan, please work hard and urge them to build the city as soon as possible. I estimate that in a month at most, we will build another fortress two to three hundred miles east of Haotian Castle. Then you can take the lead.

We will garrison it with the elite of Garuda camp."

When Beishan's mother heard this, she couldn't help but said excitedly: "Okay, I will urge them to complete it as soon as possible."

The fortress stationed in the southern barbarian mountains may seem dangerous, but it actually has great benefits because there are many strange beasts and near-mythical beasts there. The big leader usually gives points to the elites stationed in the fortress.

Zhao Hao waited on the river bank until the first boat was built, then pushed it into the water with his guards and rowed it directly back to the Haotian Fort Pier.

Early the next morning, he took Ji Rushuang, brother and sister, and headed east along the river.

The reason why he asked people to build such a small boat was because he had no choice but to clean up the area around Haotian Castle within a radius of fifty miles.

In other words, the starting point for his eastward exploration this time is fifty miles east of Haotian Castle, and there is no way eastward at the moment. If he takes Ji Rushuang and his sister on foot through the high mountains, he can basically walk about fifty miles in half a day.

, with half a day left, they had to go back, otherwise they would have to spend the night in the Nanman mountains.

This is definitely not possible, so they still have to explore by water first.

The shuttle boat he ordered was quite fast. Even if it was sailing against the current, it would not be a problem to row forty or fifty miles in an hour. After almost an hour and a half, they arrived at an unexplored area.

Now they don't have to be so careful when exploring unknown areas, because he and Ji Rushuang are already around 60,000 to 70,000 pounds in strength, and they can run away even if they encounter a mythical beast.

Therefore, they were running unscrupulously through the mountains and ridges, with no intention of hiding their tracks.

However, Ji Wei, who is following them, needs to be careful. Although he has already wielded a powerful bow, he can basically kill the alien beasts with one arrow, but there is still a certain danger when facing the existence of the divine beasts.

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Of course, if there is an existence approaching the divine beast, there is no need for him to take action. Zhao Hao, Ji Rushuang and the others can just go up and beat them up.

In this way, they searched back and forth for about half a month, advancing more than two hundred miles eastward.

On this day, Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang were speeding through a mountain and a valley respectively. Suddenly, Ji Rushuang exclaimed, and then said in surprise: "Sacred tree, there is a sacred tree here!"

When Zhao Hao heard this, he quickly flew down and took a look. Sure enough, on a hillside, a sacred tree was standing proudly.

This sacred tree seemed to be larger than the last time they saw it, with lush branches and leaves, giving people a sense of vitality at first glance.

Ji Wei heard this and rushed over. When he saw the sacred tree, he couldn't help but be surprised and said: "There is actually a sacred tree in the southern barbarian mountains!"

There are naturally sacred trees in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians, and there are quite a few of them. At least, Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang have seen two of them.

So, what to do with this sacred tree?

Or should we dig up all the surrounding areas and take the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone to exchange for the Divine Weapon?

Zhao Hao looked at the surrounding terrain and an idea came to his mind.

If a fortress is built here to protect the sacred tree, it will be a valuable asset for future generations.

There will always be a day when the hunt for these exotic beasts and those close to divine beasts will be finished, but this sacred tree can continue to grow. When almost all the exotic beasts and divine beasts in the southern barbarian mountains are hunted, this sacred tree will become extremely valuable.

Last time, the reason why he dug up all the heaven-mending stones around the sacred tree was like killing a goose to get rid of the egg. It was because there was no way around it, because the area near the sacred tree was not suitable for building a fortress. Moreover, at that time, he also

There are no plans to continue building fortresses in the Nanman mountains.

This time it was different. He happened to have a plan to build a fortress, and this place was more suitable for building a fortress. What was even more coincidental was that it was more than two hundred miles away from Haotian Fort, which was almost the right distance.

He thought about it for a while, and finally made a decision: "Let's build Garuda Fort here. Guarding this sacred tree can also be regarded as leaving a wealth for future generations."

Ji Rushuang brother and sister naturally had no objections, so the matter was settled.

However, building a fortress in the Nanman mountains is not that simple. For safety reasons, they must clear out the entire area within forty or fifty miles nearby. Only when the area is almost cleared can the elites from the Garuda camp come to build the fortress.

Moreover, the materials required to build the fortress are not small. If they are transported by small boats, I don’t know how many times it will be transported.

Zhao Hao still adopted the old method of building more boats and using quantity to make up for time.
Chapter completed!