Zhou Cang is now somewhat famous in Xiyuan County. He has been stationed in the Baimashi area for more than two years and has never had any problems. He has firmly guarded Nanyuan Kingdom's first line of defense.
The soldiers under his command also transferred another battalion in the middle of last year. Now he has three battalions with a total of 3,000 men, including a total of 200 cavalry.
This kind of force is already an absolutely powerful force in Nanyuan Kingdom, especially in the border army. You must know that the total strength of the entire Western Route Army is only 50,000, but it is responsible for the defense of the entire Xiyuan County.
Especially the two hundred cavalry among the three thousand people, this would have been unimaginable in the past. Because cavalry has always been very few in Nanyuan Kingdom, they are usually kept in the central army and are rarely deployed on the front line of garrison.
It's not that they can't afford cavalry, but they're short of horses, and they're short of horses that can be used as war horses. This has always been the fundamental reason why Nanyuan Kingdom has been unable to develop large-scale cavalry. Because not all horses can be used as military horses in battle.
Ninety percent of the few military horses in Nanyuan Kingdom were exchanged from Beiwu Kingdom, but the horses from Beiwu were all gelded, and the number was very small. This was also used to control Nanyuan Kingdom to prevent Nanyuan Kingdom from developing. After sending out powerful cavalry, it will pose a threat to itself.
But the situation has changed in the past two years. The number of Beiwu's high-quality horses entering Nanyuan Kingdom has more than doubled than in previous years. Although they are still gelding, it is enough for Nanyuan Kingdom's frontier troops to have more cavalry than before. Zhou Cang was only allocated two hundred horses.
Of course, two hundred cavalry is not a small number. Even though there are many more horses now than in the past, the huge Xiyuan County has too many places where horses are needed. There is naturally a special reason why so many cavalry are assigned to Zhou Cang. .
Because in addition to being responsible for guarding the front line of Baima Stone, Zhou Cang is also responsible for monitoring the demon clan active in Baima Stone, keeping an eye on them all the time. And because some groups of the demon clan, such as those with hooves, run extremely fast, if there are not enough horses, they will not be able to keep track of them.
At the beginning, Zhou Cang was extremely complicated about this new job, and he was even very reluctant. His sentiment was not unique, almost everyone in the Western Route Army had similar sentiments. Facing the demon clan, they can risk their lives to fight against them. It is impossible to wash away the blood feud among them. Now you want the soldiers of the West Route Army to watch over you and not to engage in conflict. This is undoubtedly a kind of mental harm.
Fortunately, there were forced orders in the army, and some hysterical generals were transferred away. Only then did we reach the current state where we can barely cooperate with the demon clan to restrain each other.
Zhou Cang was very tired at the beginning. Because he was uneasy, he followed the monsters around all day long. From dawn to sunset, he almost never stopped. He was always on guard against whether the monsters might have any malicious intentions. The physical and mental exhaustion was no better than when he had to stick to the front-line military garrison in Baishi City.
But a few months later, Zhou Cang discovered that those monsters did not mean to play tricks, nor did they deliberately want to get rid of them, but were actually working hard to find something.
After having this understanding, Zhou Cang gradually felt relieved. After half a year, I no longer followed the demon clan every day, and divided the following cavalry into three, using Feiyu to exchange news. Taking turns, I could have proper rest and not be too tired.
Although he is not as nervous as he was at the beginning, Zhou Cang still does not slack off at all. Every day, he will report the tracking information one by one according to the requirements of the superintendent's office. Even if there is no abnormality, he still needs to report it.
After a long time, Zhou Cang also summarized the physical and behavioral characteristics of these monsters who entered the territory of Nanyuan Kingdom.
For example, the monsters who come to Nanyuan Kingdom usually work in a team of fifty people. But there are very few real fighting groups in this team, less than fifteen. The rest are all non-combatant groups that have rarely appeared in front of humans before. For example, the Dwarf Dog Clan and the Rock Rat Clan. There are more than twenty monsters from these two tribes, and the rest are large-sized monsters that are hoofed.
These monsters will not come close to the military camp, or in other words, they will stay away from each other. They seem to be running around like headless flies, but in fact, if you count all the places where they have stopped, you can find something special among them. place.
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For example, they are all in low-lying terrain, and they like to dig into lakes and caves, and also dig holes on gravel beaches.
It gave Zhou Cang the feeling that what these monsters seemed to be looking for was hidden underground.
Anyway, in order to avoid accidents and eventual questioning from above, Zhou Cang marked all the places in his jurisdiction that had been stepped upon by the demon clan. It wouldn't take him much effort anyway.
Another point is that the demon clan is really dangerous in Xiyuan County. They don't have bells to warn them, but they have another way of protecting themselves, relying on a strange little flying beast. But that kind of flying beast can't take care of everything, and monsters often die inexplicably.
Especially in the past two months, the number of demon clan deaths in Xiyuan County has increased almost linearly. Zhou Cang had seen it before, but only five or six died in a month. Nowadays it is not uncommon for ten people to die in one month. This also greatly reduces the time each team of the Monster Clan spends in Xiyuan County. He didn't know if the other monster clans that entered Xiyuan County were like Baima Shixian. Anyway, he reported all these situations to the superiors without omission.
These things will not attract the attention of Zhou Cang's family, because in his opinion, it is a good thing for the demon clan to die more. It is no secret that there is a group of invisible evil creatures on the borders of Xiyuan County. Those ferocious creatures hunt living creatures. The human race can avoid it by relying on the bell, but the demon race is unable to effectively resist it because it is scattered. What's so surprising about how many more people die now? Maybe it's because there are suddenly more of these evil creatures?
The sky was getting dark, and Zhou Cang, dressed in military uniform, walked around the military camp. This was the last necessary process for him every day, checking the integrity of the fortifications in the military camp and whether there was any shortage of standing ordnance.
"Sir, I heard that they have returned. They said that they have something urgent to report to you. They are waiting outside the big tent at this time." The adjutant came in a hurry and gave instructions to Zhou Cang, who had just finished inspecting the last fortification of the military camp. Report.
Zhou Cang nodded, and after completing the inspection, he rode back to the tent. From a distance, he saw one of his generals waiting there.
"I see you, my lord!"
"Well, I heard that you are looking for me in a hurry? Come on, let's go into the tent." Zhou Cang didn't greet the other party, opened the curtain and walked in first.
"Tell me? What's the matter?"
After sitting down, Zhou Cang was also very curious. The adult commander in front of him is one of the chief officers of the two cavalry teams under his command. As expected, they will take turns to follow the demon clan and come back to repair. The urgent matter must be related to the demon clan, right?
Sure enough, I heard the school commander say in a deep voice: "Sir, something happened to those demon tribes!"
