More than a dozen two-horse carriages, more than fifty cavalrymen who were fully armed and could be unsheathed at any time, this was the lineup of Byron's troops this time.

As for the heroes, he left Bandak to continue training the militia, bringing several other heroes to the Kugit Khanate. Fatis Irene is an important combat force, Kress can detect the enemy, and she is no less skilled than the bandits. Jamila didn't actually use it, but Byron always felt that she wouldn't suffer if she was doing business on her own.

On the rough stone sentry on the border, wolf flags flutter high, and below are steppe horses roamed nearby. In the sky, the falcon let out a screech and swooped down towards the sentry position.

The Kugit soldiers, dressed in fur coats, stepped out from their sentry posts, reached out to catch the falcon, and with short spears in hand, watched as the passing travelers and merchants crossed the border and gradually walked into the distance.

Their task was to guard the borders and to give out warning in the event of a large-scale enemy, and they had no need to bother with these merchants and small groups of men who did not know the purpose.

Merchants don't need to care, robbers are all over the grassland, spies and the like, and naturally there are people in the cities and villages to clean them up, and they don't need to go over and investigate.

This was also a characteristic of the Kugit Khanate, where the borders were largely unconcerned with small groups of displaced people. Therefore, many fugitives from other countries will take refuge in the grasslands and escape the punishment of their own laws, as long as they can survive on the grasslands.

But when Byron and the others reached the border, there was a trumpet sound from the sentry, and the herdsmen-like men in the vicinity immediately put away their sheep sticks, drew their sabers from their clothes, stepped on the steppe horses beside them, and ran towards Byron and them.

In less than a minute, a dozen hussars with sabers and bows and arrows were circling around Byron.

This is also the usual tactics of the Kugit light cavalry, opening distances, constantly harassing, and finally cooperating with the lancers to launch a general attack.

If Byron had made any dangerous moves, a dozen bows and arrows would have been fired. Each of these steppe cavalry was good at riding and shooting, and all of them had a bow.

They were both herders and soldiers, and when their lords handed over the pastures to them on the border, they had to take on the duty of guarding the border.

Fortunately, they were only wary of Byron's overnumbering of armed men, and when Byron made it clear and asked them to inspect the goods, the soldiers at the border let them go. Of course, Byron also made a few silver coins.

''The vast prairie, as far as the eye can see.

The wild wolf of Kujit, roaming the wilderness. ‘’

Byron remembered a passage he had read in the book, which was perfect for describing the current landscape.

The grassland stretches from the other side of the horizon, and you can't see the edge. Herds of cattle and sheep wander in the distance, like a green carpet dotted with a pattern of different colors and styles, which is naturally beautiful. The wolves lay on the ground not far from them, staring up at their potential prey, as if waiting for their moment.

And elsewhere in the grasslands, "there are also many 'wild wolves' looking for their prey, and they do not need each other's flesh and blood to fill their stomachs, but use their wealth to satisfy their desires." ”

For these ringing horses, Byron naturally stayed away. Although the opponent's equipment is not good, they are agile and fierce, and if there are enough of them, even the entire heavy cavalry can be killed.

Byron sent 10 caravans to escort him, and asked Kress to mount his horse and go around. If someone who looks like a ringing horse appears and wants to attack them, then you don't have to be polite, just greet them with a flying knife.

But even so, Byron was followed by a group of ringing horses for dozens of kilometers on the road, and they followed far behind on horseback, and once Byron sent people over, they would immediately disperse. Because of them, Byron always had at least five men keeping vigil at night for those two days, so as not to have an accident.

It wasn't until they reached the villages, which consisted of tents and simple wooden huts, that the horses chose to leave.

In the village they were well received by the locals, like the nomads of the earth, who, after confirming that they were not hostile, slaughtered sheep and gave them milk wine to drink.

Byron wasn't used to the smell, but he was very pleased with their enthusiasm.

Sitting in a large tent that resembled a yurt but was more settling, Byron ate and drank with the elders and the hundred households in charge of the local security army, while Fatis and the others ate an original Kugit roast lamb.

Looking at their black hair and yellowed skin, Byron suddenly felt a certain intimacy. And the style of their clothes and the tiny braids on their heads also reminded him of the ethnic minorities in his hometown. So, when talking to them, Byron was in a particularly good mood.

Of course, the elder did not entertain Byron in vain, he fell in love with the iron tools on Byron's car, as well as the iron pot for cooking, which were not easy to obtain on the grassland, and expressed his desire to buy them, and asked Byron to make a price.

Although the village was a year-round settlement, Byron could see that the houses here were relatively simple and the economic conditions were limited. And he just ate someone else's, so he had to soften his mouth a little, so Byron's price was about the same as the market price, and the elder paid very happily.

However, it is a little troublesome to count the money, and the Kugit also use silver, but many times it is not a silver coin, and the purity of silver vessels, as well as smelted silver nuggets, is often uncertain. So Jamila and the elder weighed it for a long time and estimated the purity before they calculated the exact price of the things that the elder had given.

Byron hadn't really thought about this before, and if it was still like this in the city, it would be very troublesome to settle the accounts. Therefore, he consulted with the elders and the hundred households, and was relieved to learn that the city also welcomed the silver dinar coins, and their value was similar to that of other countries.

Byron also mentioned to the elders about recruiting men while eating and drinking, and Byron also wanted to recruit a group of Kugit nomads who could ride and shoot well, so that he could organize a good team of light cavalry, which would be useful both as scouts and raids and harassments.

However, the elder and the hundred households replied very resolutely, although the herdsmen often had no fixed residence, but they all had their own subordinates, the hundred households, the thousand households, and the lords of Nayan, each of which needed enough lords to pay the cattle and sheep taxes for themselves and go out to fight for them.

Population, the most important asset of the Kuk Khanate, so the village elders could not call the shots, and unless Byron had the consent of some higher nobles, he could not take the natives as his own soldiers, even if they wanted to.

However, the Elder also revealed a message to Byron that ransom brokers were active in the Kuji Khanate and were slave traders. Many of the people captured by the Kugit each year passed through their hands and were transported to the mines of Vikia and the coast of Nord. Whether it is a woman or a young man, as long as you have money, you can get it from the human traffickers in the city.

In fact, in this wolf country located in the savannah, many illegal things can be traded.