After the dark clouds stepped on the snow to admit it, Wan Yankang was in a happy mood and gave the horse a very pleasant name.

Blackie!

Dark clouds and snow are obviously very resistant to the name Xiao Hei, and they keep snorting to express their opposition. But when faced with the choice of being Xiao Hei or Eunuch Ma, it bowed its head again.

After Xiao Hei was submitted, not only did Wan Yankang get the baby mount, but also brought another benefit.

This guy seems to have the ability to command ordinary war horses.

With Xiao Hei's neighing, the horse's speed, which had been sharply reduced because of the difficulty of walking in the snow, actually increased slightly.

More than 2,000 horses galloped along the way, stopping every three hours to eat some dry food and let the horses replenish their fodder.

At dawn on the second day, Wan Yankang led the crowd to the destination.

At this point, it goes without saying that people are sleepy. Along the way, many people were left behind, and many horses died, and the number of herdsmen who followed Wan Yankang at this time was less than 2,000.

Wan Yankang knew that if he let the herdsmen rest for two hours, they would be able to recover most of their energy. But it is unknown whether the enemy forces behind him will chase after him, and whether the enemy in front will notice it. If you can't bear it for a while, I'm afraid that the whole army will fall into a situation from which you can't recover.

So, Wan Yankang pointed his spear at the enemy camp and silently urged the horses to run.

The herdsmen also drew their scimitars one after another, remained silent, and began to rush with Yan Kang.

Although there were 3,000 defenders in this supply point, because hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were raised in captivity, the military tents of the Qiyan Department were distributed on all sides, and the cattle and sheep were surrounded in the middle of the camp tents.

On the grassland, the general camping is only tents, and there are no fortifications such as fences.

The task of the defenders here was nothing more than to guard the cattle and sheep and send a batch to the eastern battlefield on a regular basis. In their opinion, the Great Khan led an army of 300,000 to attack the city, and they were afraid that it would take less than two days to break through the White Horse City, and their own group did not need to move the nest at all!

Although, according to military orders, it was necessary to patrol the camp day and night. But it's freezing this day, and the cattle and sheep don't want to come out and move, so why suffer so hard.

Therefore, when Yan Kang led the crowd to sneak attack, almost all the soldiers in this camp were still asleep and defenseless.

Although the herdsmen were tired and tired, they were all holding back a fierce energy, and they vented their anger in the face of a completely defenseless enemy.

The shouts of killing, the screams, kept ringing. The defenders who were camped in the distance, hearing the shouts of killing, got up from their covers, put on armor and knives, and rushed out of the camp tents to prepare for battle.

One side is prepared to come and attack as a formation.

One side is completely defenseless, and the soldiers are scattered.

Although there was some resistance, after half an hour, there was no more sound of slashing in the entire camp.

The 3,000 defenders were almost completely wiped out, leaving only about 200 surrenderers, almost all wounded.

Wan Yankang asked the herdsmen to tie up the soldiers, put them aside, and began to cook sheep and slaughter cattle, ready to eat to their heart's content.

After two nights and one day of travel, the herdsmen were tired and sleepy, but the ecstasy after the great victory and the abundance of booty made everyone lift their spirits again, and they sang while roasting cattle and sheep.

The whole camp was full of singing and laughter.

After Yan Kang lived alone in a tent, he took the opportunity to meditate. When the barbecue was cooked and Yan Kang had already practiced for a long week, he was more than half exhausted at this time, and strode to participate in the bonfire feast.

Two thousand herders gathered in a corner of the camp and lit hundreds of fires to make a giant barbecue pit.

These hundreds of fires dispelled the severe cold and turned the cold winter into a warm spring.

And the aroma of barbecue fills every inch of the air.

Wan Yankang stepped into the barbecue field, and all the herdsmen knelt down in unison and shouted: "Tengger! Tengri! ”

Wan Yankang raised his palm and motioned for everyone to get up, and then he took a leg of lamb roasted by a herdsman that was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and raised it high: "Eat meat, the meat tube is enough!" ”

"Tengri, can we drink?" A few herdsmen beside him asked cautiously.

The men on the grassland rely on wine and meat to survive the winter. But when the army goes out on the march, it is generally not allowed to drink. Wan Yankang knew that these men were depressed, so he pondered for a moment before saying, "Each person can drink three bowls of wine!" ”

"Hooray! Banzai! After hearing that Yan Kang allowed him to drink, these men seemed to be even more excited than the big victory just now.

Although they could only drink three bowls, the herdsmen were already tired, and after a while, some people fell asleep while eating.

Seeing this, Yan Kang immediately ordered everyone to go into the camp tent to rest.

After a while, snoring sounded in the camp.

Wan Yankang whistled, found Xiao Hei, and fed him some forage. Unexpectedly, this guy only chewed the grass in Yan Kang's hand a few times, and then refused to move his mouth again.

Wan Yankang was nervous, for fear that something would happen to Xiao Hei, so he opened his mouth to see the symptoms of his tongue.

This look is over.

Xiao Hei has no problems, and there is obviously this bean dregs left between his teeth. It turned out that this guy had found food by himself, and he had already made a beautiful tooth sacrifice, so it was no wonder that he refused to eat grass anymore.

After Yan Kang said in his heart, this horse is simply fine, and it seems that there is no need to worry about the rations of this guy in the future.

Xiao Hei seemed to read Wan Yankang's meaning, and couldn't help but snort, lowered his head and rubbed Wan Yankang's chest a few times, as if to say: Master, I still need you.

Wan Yankang sent Xiao Hei to sleep, found a war horse at random in the camp, straddled the horse and carried a gun, ran ten miles back and forth, chose a high slope, and sentry alone.

Wan Yankang's eyesight is outstanding, and on this snowy land, he can see the situation of twenty or thirty miles away. After looking for two hours, but still not seeing the pursuers coming, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his horse's head, and hurried back to the camp.

After returning to the camp, Wan Yankang first went to see where the prisoners of war were located to see if anyone had escaped.

Before Wan Yankang stepped into the prisoner of war camp, he heard a low moan and wail outside. He lifted the curtain and entered, first sweeping around. When the herdsmen tied up, they all used their dead strength, and almost all of them were dead, and it was extremely difficult for these soldiers to move their bodies, and none of them escaped.

In just half a day's work, because of the cold and hunger, several wounded soldiers have already lost their breath.

Wan Yankang clasped his hands together and said silently: "Amitabha! ”

Most of these soldiers felt that there was no hope of survival, and at this time, after seeing Yan Kang's actions, hope was rekindled, and some people squeezed out their strength and shouted: "Tengger, help!" ”

Wan Yankang said: "Immortal Heaven is above, if I loosen the bonds for you, you may respect my life, do not run away, do not resist?" ”

If they had just been captured, these prisoners of war would have had a lot of other things to think about. But being tied up for a long time and seeing his comrades die silently with his own eyes is completely different from fighting to death on the battlefield.

Everyone nodded again and again, and said one after another: "Immortal Heaven is above, we will not run away, we will not resist!" ”

Wan Yankang leaned down and pulled the rope of a prisoner of war beside him with a strong force to tear it apart.

When the prisoners of war saw this, they were all shocked.

Wan Yankang shot like the wind and concocted the same method, and liberated ten prisoners of war in a while. Then he told the ten men to find some knives and help their companions.

When the ten men went out looking for knives, they ran into a few herdsmen who had just woken up. When these herders saw it, they thought that the prisoners had escaped, and immediately cried out.

The ten people hurriedly knelt on the ground, pointed their fingers and said, with the fastest speed in their lives, they told the truth.

When the herdsmen heard this, it turned out that Wan Yankang had released these people, and immediately had nothing else to say, and took the initiative to find some companions who woke up and untied the prisoners of war together.

After more than 200 prisoners of war were liberated, Wan Yankang couldn't let them be idle, so he set up a barbecue task. In addition to filling their stomachs, the two hundred or so soldiers had to prepare two thousand men and horses enough barbecue jerky for five days.

In this way, each prisoner of war has to bear at least 100 catties of barbecue, although this work is hard, but because of this, he can survive, so what is not satisfied.

The prisoners of war were busy roasting meat, while the herdsmen who had woken up were tossing their cattle around the camp. This cow is fat, this wool is thick, and they are picked with relish one by one.

Several herders got into fights over cattle and sheep.

Wan Yankang heard the sound of fighting, and immediately ordered someone to restrain the person who was fighting and escort him over. After asking why, he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to disperse first, and then fell into deep thought.

Towards dinner, Wan Yankang gathered all the herdsmen and began to announce his major decision.

Army? For the people?

The men of the steppe are on the horse for the army and dismounted for the people, although the establishment is flexible. Judging from the farce of several people fighting for cattle and sheep during the day, in the final analysis, it is because this group of herdsmen is not a professional soldier.

A plate of loose sand can drum up a moment of bravery.

But if you want to continue the westward expedition, you have to pick someone who is extremely strong-willed!

For these two thousand grassland men, those who are willing to serve the people can pick up 100 cattle and sheep, or go east to Gyeongju, or go south to the Krulun River to find the rest of the Kereh tribe to live temporarily.

Those who choose to join the army must strictly abide by military regulations, must enforce orders and prohibitions, must not rob property, and must not covet cattle and sheep.

Once you choose to join the army, there is no chance of quitting, otherwise you will be treated as a deserter.

Wan Yankang made it clear that from today onwards, he will build a new army, called the Death Army, indicating that this western expedition may face a situation of nine deaths and a lifetime.

Generous for the people, harsh for the army.

Faced with these two choices, most herders began to hesitate. In the end, only 978 people chose to serve in the army, and more than 1,000 people were willing to serve the people.

The soldiers who chose to be soldiers looked angrily at their companions who had deserted beside them.

Those who chose to serve the people almost all bowed their heads and looked extremely ashamed.

Wan Yankang was worried that the number of people willing to serve in the army was too small, but it turned out that nearly half of them were willing to follow him to continue fighting, which was beyond his expectations. After counting the numbers, he began to reorganize the ranks and strictly ordered that there should be no more strange things to be said about the herders who chose to quit.

Because of the announcement of the general policy, there was no shying away from the prisoners of war. After the separation work was over, a few prisoners of war timidly asked if they could join the death army.

When Yan Kang heard this, he thought that these people wanted to get in and make nails, and he wanted to refuse immediately.

After thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, and asked these people carefully, only then did he know what these prisoners of war thought.

The rules on the grassland are more loyal to the individual, obedient to the strong, and the concept of the family and the country is actually extremely weak.

Wan Yankang's personal bravery has long been spread all over the grassland, and his magnanimity has been repeatedly verified in the past two days.

Following such a Tengri seems to be more promising than following Temujin.

After Yan Kang understood this, he gladly accepted it, and selected thirty-two more prisoners of war.

The death battalion of one thousand and ten people, officially formed an army!