"Longbowmen, archery!"

Dozens of longbows and arrows were shot at the dozens of the most elite warriors of the target tribe, and the next moment, these dozens of warriors were dead and crippled, and the morale of the target tribe dropped greatly, and it didn't take long for them to be defeated by the second army of the Xia Kingdom.

"The last tribe, after that, we won't have any wars this year." Looking at the Xia soldiers who were charging forward, the snake guard sighed.

The First Legion and the Second Legion had a total of eleven target tribes to attack, three of which moved early, and seven of the remaining eight tribes were wiped out by the two legions, and now only the last tribe remained, and it was about to be destroyed.

Eight tribes, with a population of more than 13,000, all belonged to the Xia Kingdom.

The foreign war of the first army and the second army ended this year, but the foreign war of the Xia Kingdom this year has not ended, in the second half of the third month of summer, Su Yan took a boat to the storage area to quickly store the city and Yancheng and the city under construction, and the focus of the inspection was the storage city located in the edge of the grassland.

The city has not been built for more than a year, but the population of the city is almost the largest of ordinary cities.

About one-third of the two thousand people of the Feng tribe who were captured stayed in the city, and two-thirds had been sent to other cities in the Xia Kingdom.

The city also has the important task of grazing, and it is not surprising that even if it is the city with the second largest population in the Xia Kingdom.

The geographical conditions of the area where the city is located are very good, the west side is the grassland, the east side is the jungle, the south side is the main trunk of the Yellow River, you can graze on the grassland, you can get firewood and grass from the jungle, you can communicate with other cities in the Xia country through the main trunk of the Yellow River, at least for a few years, it is impossible to find an area with similar geographical conditions.

Because of the importance of the city, the city should be the first city to expand among the many cities in the Xia Kingdom, and now Su Yan feels that the city will be designed to be small when the city is first designed and built, and the scale of the city should be expanded when it is designed, rather than only increasing the height and width of the city wall.

After inspecting the other two cities, Su Yan came to the end of the trip, inspected the city, accompanied by Hunan, and finally joined the cavalry troops, Su Yan easily rode a white horse that had never been in contact, and under Su Yan's force, the white horse under him was honestly controlled by Su Yan.

This scene surprised the cavalrymen, and almost no one could quickly tame a horse that had never been touched.

The cavalry were surprised but felt that this was a matter of course, this is the king, this is the founder of the Xia Kingdom, this is the king they (the cavalry) worship and respect.

Su Yan is one of the first people in the Xia Kingdom to learn to ride a horse, there are stables in the palace, and there are several batches of BMW horses, when Su Yan goes to the adjacent cities of Zhongjing City to inspect, he will not take a boat, but ride a horse directly, which is much faster than taking a boat, saving time.

The summer is coming to an end, and after two months of training, the new recruits and veterans of the cavalry town have almost finished running in, and they are about to go to the grassland, which is the biggest reason for Su Yan to inspect the storage area, and Su Yan wants to practice for the cavalry who go out.

Su Yan and the cavalry rode together on the grassland outside the city, looking at the skills of the cavalry, feeling that the cavalry had reached the standard in their hearts and could go out to the grassland, Su Yan asked the cavalry to stop, and everyone gathered together.

"Warriors, in everyone's eyes, our Xia Kingdom is a powerful country, with thirty cities and a population of more than 200,000, and no tribe is the opponent of our Xia Kingdom, but today, I want to tell you that our Xia Kingdom is still very weak."

"I saw a look of surprise and doubt in your eyes, don't be surprised, don't doubt, the Xia Kingdom is really very weak, don't mention things too far away, just say that this is a natural disaster that has not completely subsided, when the natural disaster is the coldest time, I don't know how many tribes have died, I don't know how many human beings have died, even the Xia Kingdom has been greatly affected, stop foreign trade, and go all out to fight against the natural disaster."

"At the height of the natural disaster, the yield of crops planted in the farmland was seriously reduced, and we can only be glad that the natural disaster did not last too long, if it lasts for a few more years, the grain stored in our Xia country will be eaten, and I don't know how many people in our Xia country will be starved to death by then."

"This is just a natural disaster, but it can let us see that our Xia Kingdom is still very weak, and we almost can't resist even a natural disaster, so what if a stronger natural disaster comes in the future? Only by becoming stronger can we make our Xia Kingdom live forever, and can our children and grandchildren live on this land forever. ”

"There are things on the grassland that our Xia Kingdom needs very much, that is, the cattle, horses and sheep grazed by those nomadic tribes, we can use oxen-drawn plows to cultivate the fields, we can ride horses or horse-drawn carts, and we can also use the meat of cattle, horses and sheep, and the most important point is the problem of food."

"By plowing the fields with oxen-drawn ploughs, we will be able to cultivate more fields, harvest more food, and as long as there is enough food, we will no longer need to be afraid of those natural disasters."

"Let me ask you a question, do you like to eat animal meat?"

"I like it!" The cavalrymen said in unison.

"Well, everyone likes to eat animal meat, and I also like to eat animal meat, but we don't have enough animal meat to eat in Xia Kingdom, about a family can eat animal meat once a week, and fish is also meat, but everyone is obviously tired of eating fish and meat, and everyone wants to eat more animal meat."

"If we want to eat more animal meat, there is a way to solve it, we go to the grassland to rob the cattle, horses and sheep grazed by the nomadic tribes; If you want to harvest endless food, there is also a way to solve this, and the nomadic tribes have the cattle and horses we need. ”

"Warriors, take up the weapons in your hands and go and win a future for our country!"

"Wu Xia Yongchang!"

"Long live my king!"

"Wu Xia Yongchang!"

"Long live my king!"

The cavalry shouted feverishly, and only the tall and majestic figure of the king remained in their eyes, and at this moment, they forgot that they became cavalrymen mainly for meritorious service.

"Yes, I became a cavalryman for the future of the Xia Kingdom, and I want to use the weapons in my hands to snatch more cattle, horses and sheep for our Xia Kingdom." So thought to the cavalrymen.

Su Yan understands very well that many people become cavalry in order to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, which is not wrong, but Su Yan wants them to understand that the purpose of attacking other tribes is to let Xia Guo and all Xia people work together to make Xia Kingdom stronger, natural disasters cannot destroy Xia Kingdom, and man-made disasters cannot destroy Xia Kingdom.

Su Yan stayed in the city for three days, and in the early morning of the last day, Su Yan personally sent the cavalry to set off, the cavalry had two horses per person, one horse rode, and the other horse carried food, weapons, etc., under the leadership of Mu Shi, slowly went deep into the grassland, their goal was to find other nomadic tribes, attack the nomadic tribes, and rob the nomadic tribes of cattle, horses and sheep, if they could capture the population, it would be better.

The cavalry went away, Su Yan also took a boat home, in the late spring and early summer, there were five more little ones in the palace, and after more than ten days away from home, Su Yan missed the little ones a little.

……

This is the first time that the Xia people have gone deep into the grassland.

In the past, the Xia fleet traded with the nomadic tribes who had placed their temporary residence next to the main trunk of the Yellow River, but last year, the newly formed cavalry unit and the rudimentary chariot unit wiped out the Feng tribe, which was on the edge of the steppe.

After the destruction of the Wind Tribe, the cavalry needed to graze cattle, horses and sheep, and at the same time, some cavalry wanted to find opportunities for other nomadic tribes to obtain meritorious service, so some cavalry took advantage of the grazing time to drive the cattle, horses and sheep to a farther place as much as possible, and the farthest area quickly traveled for more than a third of the day, but no more nomadic tribes were found.

It is not surprising that there is such a situation, the land is vast, not only the grassland, but also other regions, the number of human beings in this era is pitiful, the possibility of being able to exceed five million people is not very large, the population division is very sparse, plus the natural disaster that has not yet dissipated, I don't know how many people died in the natural disaster.

In addition, last year, there were black wolf tribes and wind tribes in the area around the city, which was barely a normal rule, but the black wolf tribe was severely damaged by the wind tribe, and the black wolf tribe with heavy losses fled to the distance, and the wind tribe was destroyed by the Xia country later.

In this way, it is not a strange thing that there are no other tribes around the city, and if you want to find other nomadic tribes, you need cavalry troops to go deep into the grassland to find them slowly.

On the first day of the cavalry troops' deep penetration into the steppe, not a single nomadic tribe was found, and the cavalry units rested for the night and continued their advance.

On the morning of the second day when the cavalry troops went deep into the grassland, they found a herd of about 300 cattle, horses and sheep in the distance, mixed with several figures, and the cavalry troops rushed to the direction where the target was found, but the grassland was very open, the cavalry troops found the target, and the target also found the cavalry troops, and the cavalry troops had just made a move, and the target immediately drove the cattle, horses and sheep away.

In the end, seeing that the cattle, horses and sheep could not be taken away, several people directly abandoned the grazing cattle, horses and sheep and fled on horseback, which made it impossible for the cavalry troops to continue to pursue, on the one hand, the cavalry troops could not catch up with the few people who escaped, and on the other hand, it was impossible for those people to flee straight in the direction of their tribe.

Mu Shi had the cavalry split into several groups and regrouped after searching the perimeter for about a quarter of a day and finding no other gains.

On the second day of going deep into the grassland, more than 300 cattle, horses and sheep were harvested, which was a big harvest, and more than 300 cattle, horses and sheep were completely able to obtain tens of thousands of catties of animal meat and bring them back to the city, and everyone could get a few catties of meat.

However, compared to the Annihilation Wind Tribe, this harvest was too small, and the cavalry were really not interested in bringing more than 300 cattle, horses, and sheep to end the first conquest against the nomadic tribes of the steppe.

A few cows were killed for dinner, and some roast beef was left for the next meal, and the rest of the cattle, horses and sheep were directly released.

Keep going.

At noon on the third day when the cavalry troops went deep into the grassland, they found a few people grazing hundreds of cattle, horses and sheep from a distance, and the cavalry troops rushed over, and the people ran away, and the cavalry troops only harvested a few hundred cattle, horses and sheep, and searched for a quarter of a day, but there was no gain, and the sky was getting dark, and the cavalry troops rested on the spot.

Twice, he met the figure twice but didn't catch anyone, which really made Mu Shi very unwilling, and Mu Shi convened the captains and deputy captains of the cavalry unit to discuss what to do next.

"Lord Keeper, I have an idea." Seeing countless others, a team of captains was born with a snake proverb.

"Say." Mu Shi, Kong Chang and others looked at the snake proverb.

"Lord Guard, there are a lot of cavalry on our side, almost five hundred horsemen, and all of them are men, even the wind tribe that we have destroyed, and the black wolf tribe that has been hit hard, cannot gather five hundred horsemen, it can be said that our cavalry town is a relatively strong force on the grassland."

Hearing this, everyone nodded and agreed, to be able to gather five hundred horsemen, at least one tribe of three thousand people is needed, and how many tribes with a population of more than three thousand are there on the grassland.

The snake proverb continued: "All the cavalry of our cavalry town act together, and the weak tribes will definitely stay away, even the stronger nomadic tribes will not take the initiative to clash with our cavalry town.

The best way is to divide our cavalry town into several parts, a team of dozens of horsemen in front, the rest of the people are hanging far in the rear, once the target is found, the enemy sees our dozens of horsemen, the strength is relatively weak, it is likely that the enemy will not run away, or go back and ask someone to eat our dozens of horsemen, then we can find fighters. ”

Mu Shi frowned, and quickly let go again, Mu Shi understood that the snake proverb said that splitting the cavalry town should be the best way at the moment.

After a while, the group discussed and refined the simple plan of the snake proverb, and finally a more detailed plan was released.

Tomorrow the cavalry town will be divided into four divisions, the first team of the snake proverb is one for each of the two tuns, the weak division, and the remaining four teams in the cavalry town, one for each two teams, and the strong division.

The two weak parts are in front, and the distance between the weak parts can be expanded, and it doesn't matter if they can't see each other; The two strong parts are diagonally behind the weak parts, and the strong and weak parts can be seen from a distance, and the two strong parts can also see each other from a distance.

Flags of different colors are used to communicate with each other, for example, the blue flag means that the enemy is found but there are few enemies, the red flag means that there are many enemies, the yellow flag means that the enemy is retreating, and so on.

It's a pity that there are no telescopes, and if the telescopes are made, a lot of things can be saved for the cavalry to conquer the grassland.

On the fourth day of going deep into the grassland, the plan was officially implemented, and just after half of the morning, a few grazing people were found in the distance on the right weak part.

"Chase after each other, and keep a distance between the departments."

When they found that the weak part rushed towards them, several herdsmen immediately chose to abandon the grazing cattle, horses and sheep, and ran away on horseback.

"Damn, how did you meet people from other tribes, go back and tell the leader, let the leader take someone to snatch them back."