At noon on September 27, 996, the year of the God Emperor, the fourth son of Baron Galloping Horse, Lant Galloping Horse, was enjoying his third day on the Galloping Horse Plains with his subjects.
At this moment, he neither had the consciousness that as the fourth son of a small branch of the family, he understood that he should have been sacrificed; nor did he feel the regret after suffering retribution for doing too much in the family's private salt business.
Not yet the unwillingness to have his fate manipulated as part of a big plan; not to mention the despair after his territory was patronized by barbarians and he was forced to flee with his people.
Now he is teaching all the residents to bury pots to boil water, dig sanitary trenches, and organize the residents to bathe in different sections of the river in batches.
Because they had been on the run, everyone was only focused on survival.
Now that Rand was safe, he began to feel uncomfortable with the smell of sweat that a group of people had been covering up for several days, not to mention that some people had to squat down to unload their goods whenever they found an open space.
Rant couldn't accept the scene of upstream relieving people and downstream fishing happening in front of him, so he first led people to dig several sanitary trenches, and then found the knights and demon worshipers and told them that if they didn't care anymore, everyone would just do it. It tastes like eating.
Every demon possessor is used to being a master. How can he bear this kind of grievance, and follow Lant's request to let all demon-free people use the sanitary trench. Each household has a dedicated non-magic person who is responsible for supervising the hygiene of all non-magic people.
As soon as Lant saw that there was something going on, he continued to organize every household to boil water in a pot and drink soft water. After he boiled the water, he showed all the residents the quality of the water produced after boiling the water. Then he made up a story about combining the fire element with the water element to eliminate the pollutants in the water. Regarding the crooked theory of the earth element, it was impossible for him to tell the residents anyway that it was a chemical reaction of mineral salts such as calcium carbonate in the water under the action of high temperature.
Some of the residents fetched water for boiling in the north of the river, some fished in the river, and some bathed downstream.
In his previous life, Lant was relatively clean, but now he has become a demon possessor. His senses are sharper than before, and he can't stand the smell of human flesh in a steamer.
He decided to popularize health knowledge among the residents during the escape, and teach each other skills, such as weaving, hunting, fishing, cooking, and preferably, let them know Braille.
Lant himself estimated that the entire camp would stay here for a month or two. Maybe they could return to the Galloping Horse Territory and organize manual production or something in the future.
While Lant was thinking wildly, two figures were rushing over from the hillside in the distance. They were Greyhound and Rohr who had returned from reconnaissance.
After the two people returned to the camp, they brought the surrounding news to Lant.
Their current camp is in the southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains. The Benma Plain is a plain with a length of more than 1,000 kilometers from east to west and a width of more than 400 kilometers from north to south. It has long mountains as its boundaries in the east, west and south, and the extremely broad Blue Moon Lake in the north.
In the middle of the plain, a Benma River with extensive tributaries flows from west to east and brings many tributaries from north to south.
The main channel of the Benma River divides the plain into two parts, north and south. The northern tributaries often intersect with the Blue Moon River. The dense water network makes this area rich in beasts of burden, while the southern plain has only a few rivers and is relatively complete. The grasslands are rich in war horses, especially the central grasslands, which produce a kind of black BMW. The horse's hair is like scales, and the horse's hooves can condense the wind element.
When the Galloping Horse Kingdom was still around, such horses were called black-scaled horses. Among a group of black-scaled horses, there would be a leader of a low-level monster. The group of black-scaled horses with a leader could perform group wind attacks like a knight phalanx. Magic speeds up.
The leader of the magical beast horse of the horse group is called Yeqi by the galloping horses, which is also the source of the name of Yeqi City: he leads the entire country forward like the leader of the horse group.
Rolle and Greyhound first scouted west, then headed north after exploring for more than ten kilometers, and then headed east along a tributary of the Benma River. They discovered a small barbarian tribe about 10 kilometers east of Lant Camp. Camp.
According to Rohr's judgment, the total number of barbarians in this camp should be 20-30, that is, there are about 4-6 demon worshipers. Ordinary barbarians have the level of intermediate knights. In other words, Rand's 200 people The 18 Demon Holders combined should not be able to deal with this tribe.
While sitting on the grass, watching the fish soup bubbling in the pot in the distance, Lant was considering the information brought by Rolle and Greyhound.
He has been in this world for less than seven days, and he has already moved to three places.
Now Lant is very frustrated. It's all about time travel. The story of people's time travel is either to pass through the prince and save the young and beautiful witch; or to pass through the shield warrior and follow the army to fight; He entered the body of the legendary knight and directly lifted up the coffin.
Why is it that when it comes to traveling by yourself, the starting base is taken away, and you have to be a livestock and go to the battlefield, and you can beat anyone who comes.
"Where is that camp? Take me there. I also want to see what the barbarian camp looks like." Lant didn't want to run away anymore. He wanted to see if his few men and horses could take the initiative to fight with the small barbarian tribe. Overkill.
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For a black-scaled horse, ten kilometers is not a very long journey. Ten minutes later, they arrived at the foot of a hillside and used the concealment of the hillside to conduct reconnaissance from a distance.
A small barbarian tribe generally includes 10-20 tents, of which at least one main tent houses the leader and family of the tribe, another tent is used for moisture-proof and sun-proof materials, one tent is used for demon-free slaves, and the other tents are used for ordinary owners. The demon barbarian and his family.
The barbarians will maintain the number of pack animals so that the camp can be set off at any time. Because of the superior performance and temperament of the black scale horses, each barbarian demon owner generally only raises a group of black scale horses, and the new ponies born in the summer will be raised in the second batch. When they reach adulthood next spring, they will be exchanged.
In addition to horses and pack animals, barbarians also raise some long-haired sheep, and the smallest tribes also raise dozens of them. A few barbarian tribes can weave wool, and most tribes directly use fur to keep warm.
From a certain perspective, if there were no abnormal weather on the Benma Plain, the life of the barbarians would be more comfortable than that of human farmers. However, the barbarians on the Benma Plain would face mosquito disasters, wind disasters, white disasters, and floods.
When these disasters come, the nomadic economy of the barbarian tribes will face collapse. If there is a large-scale climate disaster, a large number of tribes will gather together and go south to the Dragon Kingdom.
In 996, the Benma Plain had a pleasant climate and sunny winds.
Lant, Greyhound, and Rolle found this small tribe. This tribe had 12 tents, and a reed fence surrounded dozens of sheep. People could be seen in the camp, but there was no way to know. how many people.
Lant asked Greyhound if Red Sand could read numbers, and Greyhound said he could.
Hongsha is not a very big dog, but it is very smart. Its shiny fur reflects red light in the sun, so it is called Hongsha.
It didn't take a few minutes for Hongsha to turn back. When he came back, he told them that this small tribe had 10 horses. In other words, there were at least 10 barbarian demon-supporters in this tribe.
Lant guessed that he might continue to flee.
But not long after, Luo Er said something, and Hong Sha told him that several black scale horses were young horses this year.
Although it is not clear how Red Sand communicates with greyhounds, 3 or 4 of the 10 horses are young horses, which also reduces a lot of pressure on Lant.
On the way back to the camp, Lant discussed with several knights, how about conducting a sneak attack at night?
"I think it's feasible. It stands to reason that if it's a powerful barbarian, the red sand could have been discovered just now." The one who spoke was Greyhound. He obviously agreed with Lant's idea. "There is still no movement yet, which means that there is not much power in the barbarian camp. We can give it a try”
"Your attempt comes with a big risk." Rohr cannot accept taking the risk with Rand.
"We have been taking risks, ever since my father went to the Galloping Horse Plains for reconnaissance. If we didn't take the risk that time, the territory would be gone now. If we didn't move the territory, we would be discovered by barbarians or Warcraft." Rant thinks it is more important. What's interesting is that now he can finally take the initiative and actively choose to attack or transfer, so he hopes to use this initiative to create opportunities.
"Then let's go, you go back and take the people with you to transfer first," Rohr said.
"No, Albert will take them to transfer, and I will go with you.
When my father discovered that the Galloping Horse territory was in danger, he chose to take our family into the Galloping Horse Plains. Even if they were ambushed, the Galloping Horse nobles could not retreat out of timidity.
Please don’t forget, I am Benma! "Lant said very firmly. Of course, more importantly, he wanted to take this opportunity to see his current strength, including his water quality and the level of his territory.
To Lant's surprise, Albert was very supportive of Lant's expedition. Not only that, Albert decided to go together, "You are the acting lord of Baron Galloping Horse. I am not only your scholar, but also a member of the Galloping Horse family." "Comrade, I will not retreat at a time like this."
Albert's words moved Lant very much. What he didn't know was that while Albert was studying in the imperial capital 20 years ago, he missed a barbarian invasion. As a result, when Albert returned to the Benma territory, the predecessor of the Benma territory The baron had been killed in battle for four years, and Albert had never been able to forgive himself for this.
From then on, Albert, as a territorial scholar, never missed every expedition or retreat of his family.
After many negotiations, Lant decided to launch a sneak attack at night. Although the night in Alivia was brighter, the barbarians also needed to rest. The advantage of owning a clock is once again that they don’t have to judge the time based on the phases of the moon, but look directly at the watch.
At 7:30 p.m., Walker and six demoniacs led the people in the camp to pack up all their belongings and prepare to evacuate at any time.
As early as the afternoon, several knights walked 30 kilometers east together, set up a backup camp, and specially found a demon supporter to send a message. As long as the attack did not go smoothly, the messenger would immediately return to the camp and let Walker Move everyone to the new camp.
Lant and others went west and in the opposite direction of the camp to lure the cavalry of the barbarian tribe. The two parties agreed that if a problem arose, Lant would make a detour for at least three days and eventually return to the new camp.
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At 10 o'clock in the evening, as the three bright moons gradually rose, Lant and the five knights came to the place where they had observed the barbarians in the afternoon.
Most barbarian tribes keep dogs. The dogs will bark when strangers approach, which will make the barbarians suspicious. Therefore, Lant believes that once the attack is launched, it will be the final blow, and there cannot be too much tactical space.
At 12 o'clock in the evening, there was no movement at all in the barbarian camp. Rohr also felt that it was almost done. Lant gave everyone a few pieces of cake to replenish their energy.
At 1 o'clock in the morning on September 28, Lant, four other knights, and three apprentices mounted their horses, lined up in a row, and gradually approached the camp.
Three rounds of moonlight fell on the grass, and everything on the galloping plain was completely silent at this moment.
The seven knights advanced down the hillside at a low speed. At first, the horses were only walking fast, and when they reached the bottom of the hillside, they were jogging. The distance of less than one kilometer was just enough to help the horses accelerate.
The tents in the distance gradually became taller, and at least when they approached 200 meters, the dogs in the barbarian camp began to bark. At this moment, the knights accelerated involuntarily.
100 meters away, the barking of the dog got even louder. One barbarian couldn't stand it anymore, except for the tent. But when he looked in the direction of the barking, Rand and a few others directly broke open the fence and rushed in.
Every knight in the territory has a spear, a saber, at least two throwing axes, and a buckler. Only Greyhound still uses a bow and arrow, and Rolle has his own throwing knife.
Although there are many weapons, everyone this time came out with sabers. Rohr said that this chopping weapon was very suitable for dealing with barbarians who did not come and mounted horses.
Although Lant rode horses for many days during the migration, when it came time to attack on horseback, Lant even felt that the excited black horse was pulling him to charge.
Facing the barbarian fence, his horse jumped over without hesitation. Unprepared, Lant felt that he was almost thrown backward.
When the horse fell, Lant adjusted his posture, and the saber in his right hand slashed down the barbarian who came out of the tent to check.
The entire battle lasted about 10 minutes. In the first 3 minutes, Lant and Kaul killed four barbarians. In the next 6 minutes, they found the fifth barbarian in the camp and eliminated it.
The attack of the knights was smoother than they expected. On the one hand, there was a lack of intention, and on the other hand, there were very few demon holders in the barbarian camp.
After the attack was completed, Lant and others called out all the demon-free people in the camp and declared themselves the masters of the camp. Then notify the messenger to ask all the people to move to this camp tomorrow.
Lant knew that if several demon-supporters were to move here with their own subjects, there should be many of them.
But if a few of them take the barbarian demon-free people to move to their original camp, then I don't know how many people will be left.
Lant tied up 30 demon-free people in the barbarian camp into groups of 10, and told them that if any group lost one person at night, the entire group would be killed.
In fact, Lant's idea was completely redundant. Without the demon holders, the demon-free people would not be able to gain a foothold on the Galloping Horse Plains. Even if they escaped to other tribes, they would still be slaves.
The non-demon believe that if you stay, you will be a slave, and if you go anywhere, you will be a slave. There is no need to run away one more time.
