In the blink of an eye, the new year came, and Mu Shi led the cavalry troops deep into the grassland again, this time the goal was still the country of the grassland.

Through the torture of the captives, the Xia State already knew that the grassland force that gathered more than 30,000 cavalry to attack the city was the country of the grassland, which had twenty-seven member alliances, more than 100 nomadic tribes under its jurisdiction, and a population of more than 100,000.

Gathering 30,000 cavalry is not the limit of the grassland country, the grassland country can gather more than 50,000 cavalry at most, fortunately, the first battle last year wiped out the 30,000 cavalry of the grassland country, and it is more difficult for the grassland country to gather an army of 30,000 cavalry, but the Xia country will not have any contempt for the grassland country.

Once upon a time, there were just one nomadic tribe after another on the grassland, not to mention the country of the grassland, not even the nomadic tribal alliance, and the Xia cavalry troops in a town could destroy one nomadic tribe after another at will, until the Anti-Black Alliance and many other nomadic tribal alliances appeared, and the Xia cavalry troops had to act collectively, and it was difficult to obtain results in scattered actions.

Especially the grassland country that has appeared now, a collection of nearly thirty nomadic tribal alliances, and a human force with a population of more than 100,000, this is the most populous human force that the Xia country has encountered so far.

And through the torture of the captives, the Xia side also knew that the establishment of the grassland country had a huge relationship with the anti-black alliance, and at the beginning, the anti-black alliance promoted the strength of the Xia country everywhere, and then connected various nomadic tribal alliances to form the grassland country, and the leader of the grassland country was served by the leader of the anti-black alliance.

The country of the grassland is very powerful, there is no doubt about this, if the country of the grassland does not attack the city, but only stays on the grassland outside the city, then the herdsmen of the city will not dare to enter the grassland to graze cattle, horses and sheep, and the cavalry troops of the Xia country will not be able to enter the grassland to launch a campaign.

In the past winter, the higher-ups of the city made a decision: to destroy the anti-black alliance as much as possible and let the grassland country fall apart.

So this time, the first goal of the cavalry troops of the Xia State to go deep into the grassland is no longer to obtain cattle, horses and sheep, but to destroy the anti-black alliance, the Xia State cannot watch the country of the grassland continue to grow, if the country of the grassland continues to grow, or even unify the nomadic tribes on the grassland, it will definitely be a huge threat to the Xia country, and the Xia country will no longer be able to obtain cattle, horses and sheep from the grassland.

After ten days of marching, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom once again entered the sphere of influence of the country of grasslands, regardless of the nomadic tribes encountered on the way, under the leadership of more than a dozen tribes (women) tribesmen who were members of the original Anti-Black Alliance, and now the Xia people, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom bypassed one tribe after another and went straight to the Anti-Black Alliance.

According to the assumptions of Mu Shi, Kong Chang and others, last year, the country of the grassland and the city of Chucheng were defeated and returned from a disastrous battle, and the internal chaos fell in, and then the cavalry troops of the Xia country entered the sphere of influence of the country of the grassland to eliminate more than a dozen tribes.

However, after the Xia cavalry troops entered the sphere of influence of the grassland country, there were one more small tails behind them, and the nomadic tribes who found the Xia cavalry troops along the way sent teams to monitor the Xia cavalry troops, and at the same time they also sent people to spread the news of the arrival of the Xia cavalry troops.

They also drew out half of the fighters of the tribe, first the tribe concentrated the forces of the alliance, then the forces of several alliances were concentrated together, and finally they chased after the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom day and night.

There is no way, it is not possible to concentrate forces like this, the various tribes of the grassland country know the strength of the Xia cavalry, even if the number is twice as large as the Xia cavalry, it will not be the opponent of the Xia cavalry, a team must gather as many people as possible, if the manpower is not enough, they will definitely not get too close to the Xia cavalry.

In the face of the appearance of the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom, the various tribes of the Grassland Country acted in an orderly manner, not at all like the Grassland Country in a chaotic state in the second half of last year, allowing the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom to plunder and have no power to fight back, all of which is naturally thanks to the efforts of the Anti-Black Alliance.

Since the leader of the withered grass returned to the Anti-Black Alliance with his people, the Anti-Black Alliance was the first to stabilize among the twenty-seven alliances within the Grassland Country, and when the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom were ravaging, the Anti-Black Alliance sent a team to contact the surrounding alliances and tribes to help the various alliances and tribes stabilize, so as to stabilize the internal stability of the Grassland Country.

However, due to the death of too many leaders and fellow clansmen, the grassland country is mixed up, and the efforts of the Anti-Black Alliance have only achieved small results, but the Anti-Black Alliance is still working hard.

The cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom are gone, the Anti-Black Alliance is working hard, the autumn is over, the Anti-Black Alliance is still working hard, and it is not until the cold winter is over that the Anti-Black Alliance stops.

At this time, the country of the grassland was finally restored due to the joint efforts of the anti-black alliance and other alliances and tribes that had stabilized, but because of the battle with the Xia country and the subsequent retaliation of the cavalry troops of the Xia country, the country of the grassland was severely damaged.

Before the war, the country of the steppe had twenty-seven member alliances, one hundred and fifteen tribes, and a population of up to 160,000, which could gather more than 50,000 cavalry.

After stabilizing, there are only twenty-one member alliances left in the country of the steppe, eighty-four tribes, with a total population of less than 100,000, and the number of cavalry that can be gathered is about 20,000, which is still considered a clansman who has just reached adulthood this year.

In less than half a year, the Grassland Country lost six member alliances, thirty-one tribes, and its population decreased by more than 60,000.

The most serious is the battle between the country of the grassland and the country of Xia, the loss of 30,000 cavalry, followed by the cavalry troops of the country of the country of the grassland to retaliate against the country of the grassland, destroying sixteen tribes, and then fifteen tribes chose to leave the country of the grassland to leave this area and go away, because these thirty-one tribes were destroyed or left, so that the six alliances disintegrated, and the strength of many alliances was damaged.

As a result of all this, the strength of the Grassland Country has been severely damaged, and now the strength of the Grassland Country is only about two-fifths of its peak.

The strength of the Grassland Country has been hit hard, but now that the Grassland Country is stable, it can still gather a cavalry force of up to 20,000 people at most.

The cavalry force of 20,000 people, although it is impossible to conquer the city, but there is no problem if you want to reach the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom are only more than 2,000 people, a gap of ten times, once the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom are surrounded by 20,000 people in the country of the grassland, under the advantage of weapons, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom will have to pay a heavy price to break through.

These 20,000 cavalry are the last strength of the grassland country, and if you count some clansmen who are close to adulthood, this number can be increased to 25,000.

At the end of winter, the leader of the withered grass, in his capacity as the lord of the grassland country, once again convened a meeting of the alliance leaders, and this time there were two important matters to discuss.

The first thing is to fight against the powerful Black Tribe, the Grassland Country needs more tribes and alliances to join, this matter needs the efforts of all the tribes and alliances in the Grassland Country, everyone together to send an invitation to other tribes and alliances, inviting them to join the Grassland Country and fight against the Black Tribe.

The matter of issuing the invitation is also to say the two wars of the defeat of the Black Tribe against the Black Tribe and the revenge of the Black Tribe cavalry against the Prairie Country, the Prairie Country is so powerful that it is not the opponent of the Black Tribe, and all the alliances and tribes on the Prairie are in danger in this way, they are not the opponents of the Black Tribe, only all the tribes and alliances can unite to fight against the Black Tribe.

The two wars between the Grassland Country and the Black Tribes are indeed very convincing, and many tribes and alliances have already had the idea of joining the Grassland Country because of these two wars.

The second thing is that the country of the grassland should deal with the retaliation from the black tribe, the country of the grassland is too large and scattered, when the country of the grassland is in chaos, the cavalry of the black tribe wreaks havoc in the country of the grassland, and after the destruction of the sixteen tribes, they leave with a large amount of loot, and the country of the grassland cannot deal with it.

On the one hand, it was very chaotic within the Grassland Country at that time, and it was impossible to concentrate on fighting against the Black Tribe cavalry, and on the other hand, the Grassland Country was not prepared for similar aspects at all, even if there was no chaos within the Grassland Country, once the Black Tribal cavalry suddenly arrived, the Grassland Country would not be able to deal with the Black Tribe cavalry in a short time.

For this, the Grassland Nation must prepare in advance.

At the meeting, the alliance leaders made a decision that when the Black Tribe cavalry appeared again, each alliance and tribe would send half of the combatants, and they did not expect to destroy the Black Tribe cavalry in one fell swoop, as long as the Black Tribe cavalry was driven away.

It would be better if there was hope to destroy the Black Tribe cavalry, once the Black Tribe cavalry was destroyed, it would be equivalent to the Black Tribe's two hands being cut off, and the next attack on the Black Tribe would have a very high chance of success.

When each tribe gathers half of the combatants, each tribe should also be prepared, once the black tribe cavalry wants to attack a certain tribe, this tribe can directly give up all the items and only flee with people, it doesn't matter if all kinds of materials are gone, other tribes can support a little, if the people are gone, that is the biggest loss.

So there is the current scene, under the leadership of more than a dozen women, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom continue to bypass the nomadic tribes and advance towards the anti-black alliance, surrounded by squads from various nomadic tribes monitoring the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom, and farther away is a cavalry unit composed of multiple alliances, with less than 1,000 cavalry and more than 2,000 cavalry.

If it weren't for the crushing defeat in the last war, the Steppe Country would have been able to gather more cavalry.

Less than half a day after entering the grassland country, Mu Shi and the others found that something was wrong, but they didn't know what was wrong, and they didn't know that the interior of the grassland country had stabilized at this time.

"Heh, what do we have to be afraid of, this grassland country has been hit hard by us, even if we gather all the strength left, we can't run away if we can't beat it?" Mu Shi shook off the bad feeling in his heart.

The advantages of weapons and equipment brought by strong bows and leather armor and the artifact telescope are the biggest confidence in Mu Shi's heart, especially the telescope, which can find the enemy at a greater distance, even if the enemy wants to surround the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom, he can be discovered in advance and jump out of the encirclement.

Mobility is the biggest advantage of the cavalry troops, everyone is cavalry, and the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom did not rush day and night, and the people and horses were not tired, and they were completely able to escape after a big battle.

Soon, another day and a half passed, and the Xia cavalry troops were only one day away from the area where the Anti-Black Alliance was located, and before that, the news of the arrival of the Xia State cavalry troops had been delivered to the Anti-Black Alliance.

"What's the situation? Why didn't the Black Tribal cavalry attack any of the tribes, and what were they looking for? "Analyzing the information in hand, the leader of the withered grass is very puzzled.

It wasn't until another half a day passed, when the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom were still half a day away from the Anti-Black Alliance, that under the reminder of a cronie, the leader of the withered grass finally discovered the problem.

"No, the Black Tribe cavalry is targeting our Anti-Black Alliance! How do they know that in the area where our Anti-Black Alliance is located, there are traitors in our alliance, or in the country of the steppe? Forget it, for the time being, no matter who this traitor is, you must deal with the Black Tribe cavalry first. ”

Two plans appeared in the mind of the leader of the withered grass, the first plan was to let the Anti-Black Alliance move first, and then gather the strength of the entire grassland country to drive the black tribe cavalry away: the second plan was to risk the danger and use the anti-black alliance as a bait, and then gather the strength of the entire grassland country to surround and destroy the black tribe cavalry.

The second option is a bit dangerous, but it would definitely be a good thing for the Grassland Country to be able to destroy the Black Tribe cavalry, but the Withered Grass Leader ruled out the second option because it was too late.

Now only half of the fighting forces sent by the various tribes of the grassland country can only gather 10,000 cavalry in the end, with the combat effectiveness of the black tribe cavalry, the leader of the withered grass is worried that he will not be able to destroy the black tribe cavalry, but it will make the anti-black alliance suffer a heavy blow, and the withered grass tribe will be hit hard.

After all, the country of the grassland is just a temporary nomadic tribal association, once there is no black tribe, the country of the grassland will definitely fall apart, and the strength of the heavily damaged anti-black alliance will definitely not be better, the leader of the withered grass can't take risks, let alone let his people die and hurt too much.

Then you can only choose the first option, gather the strength of the grassland country to drive the black tribe cavalry away, and at the same time, you can also try to see if the black tribe cavalry can be surrounded and annihilated with the strength of 10,000 cavalry.

The leader of the withered grass immediately summoned the other eleven leaders of the Anti-Black Alliance, and after a brief discussion, the twelve member tribes of the Anti-Black Alliance immediately brought some items and drove cattle, horses and sheep to temporarily migrate a short distance to the north, while the Anti-Black Alliance left about 1,500 cavalry to prepare to expel the Black Tribe cavalry together with the cavalry of the other alliances in the Grassland Country.