Chapter 4 Contemplation
The militia had no trouble capturing the gang of bandits, and Winters was not surprised.
Armed with three arrows and nearly forty men, if they couldn't handle a mere twenty or so bandits, wouldn't that make the hunting expedition he led a complete farce?
Anglu had unwittingly made a point—"Battling bandits is much easier than hunting."
For the "Fishing and Hunting Tribe," hunting was synonymous with military training.
Setting up routes, planning timing, dividing and conquering—this was a typical military operation.
As Winters followed the migration of the Red River Tribe, he noticed that the camp setup and take down of the Herders during migration wasn't much different from marching an army.
Winters took the militia on several hunting expeditions, partly because they truly had nothing to eat and needed to participate in production and partly to train his subordinates.
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The militia captured the group of bandits, and they took the opportunity to plunder their homes.