The Newcomer Chapter Forty-Six: Emergent
At the top of the high mountain, the scarcity of air and the drop in temperature made this army a little overwhelmed.
Yi Ye ordered this army to quickly descend the mountain, reach a suitable position, and rest well before the situation stabilized.
Originally, they were not so easily defeated by this environment, but there were still a lot of wild animals on this mountain, jackals, tigers and leopards, almost everything, but fortunately, there were enough of them, and they were all equipped with weapons, and there were no casualties.
Unlike going up the mountain, what you see when you go down is a vast grassland, where there are villages and castles, they are all clearly visible.
The scent of the steppe wind blew in the face, and the trees on the way down the mountain became sparse, and from here it was the area of the Kugit Khanate.
If a battle is fought here, there is no hiding place for infantry and archers, and nimble mounted archers can use their mobility to dodge bow and arrow attacks, and from time to time they can counterattack, these infantry cannot run fast and can only be used as a live target. Yi Ye saw this scene and thought about it, and he was very interested in this aspect.
Reaching the foot of the mountain, the army began to march towards the village of Drefa'oban in the Kugit Khanate,
"It's a strange name." Yi Ye complained.
I heard that life here is not bad, and there is no baptism of war, but there are still a lot of ringing horses. Abundant food has always been the first consideration of the villagers, and only after solving the problem of food and clothing will they think about other things. This remote village probably didn't eat much of this food, and Yi Ye wanted to use it to tempt the villagers and form a cavalry archery army.
It wasn't long before Fatis noticed something was wrong. There was a pile of horseshoe prints on the ground, and it smelled of blood.
Fatis judged that this must have been some wounded cavalry unit, because in the grass not far away, they found bows and sabers. This horseshoe print is rather chaotic, but it can be roughly seen that their final destination is in the same direction as Yi Ye, and I am afraid that their purpose is also this village.
Yi Ye didn't flinch either, and followed, because judging from the footprints, there were not many people.
When they were about to reach the village of Drefaerban, Yi Ye saw several cavalry from a distance, and they left after seeing Yi Ye. Yi Ye speculated that they should have been guarding the village. How to explain that he had no malicious intent, he didn't understand, Fatis told him that it was okay to use the flag language, the flag language, as the name suggests, is a special language expressed with his own flag, but Yi Ye does not have a flag yet, so he cannot use it.
It's not good if there are too many people, so Yi Ye is ready to take two senior cavalrymen in to see the situation, and Fatis takes the troops to rest in place.
The village was relatively prosperous, with its own guard, and there were quite a few of them, at least two hundred heavily armed archers.
The other party had long known about Yi Ye's arrival and was ready to fight, but Yi Ye only brought two guards, and they seemed to understand the intention.
Yi Ye saw so many people in front of him, and kept making random gestures with his hands, frantically proving that he had no malicious intent.
The Kujit people are also bold, seeing that Yi Ye only brought two people, the captain went out directly and stepped forward to talk to Yi Ye.
"Hello." Yi Ye greeted first.
"Who?" The other party asks questions.
"I'm a bounty hunter, and I've come to this treasure for something important."
"yes, I hope you don't lie to me." The other party thought thoughtfully for a while.
"It's been a long time since we've had guests in our village, but today we're here so many." The other muttered.
"Bring your troops in. Don't you want to do anything bad, we're watching you. ”
"Yes, I promise."
Yi Ye sent a soldier back to let the troops into the village.
The houses here are not so pretty, but they are functional, and the bottom of the house is made of stone, and the top is the same as the top of a thatched house, because there is less rain here, and the stone roof wastes a lot of material. The people here live and work in peace and contentment, away from the hustle and bustle of war, and it is simply a paradise. Recently, however, life has become more difficult due to the rebellion of their lord Kugu.
Yi Ye found the village chief, who received him warmly.
Before Yi Ye could say his request, the village chief opened his mouth first.
"It's called Yi Ye, right, I heard that you are a bounty hunter, do you want to take a job here?"
"Tell me about it."
"That's them." The village chief gestured to his right.
Yi Ye looked over, and several people were sitting by the fire, they took off their weapons and equipment, and their eyes were a little lonely.
"They fought Hibiki and lost a lot of troops, so he came to ask for our help."
"There are so many guards in your village, why did you ask me to go?" Yi Ye questioned.
"Well, for the safety of the village, I can't easily transfer the troops, in case it is a plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, we are the village chief, and the village is the most important."
"I'm fine, but I want to know the number and distance of the other party."
"For more information, just ask them." The village chief breathed a sigh of relief.
Yi Ye walked over there.
"Hello, I heard you need help?" Yi Ye said hello.
Those few people instantly came to their senses, raised their heads in unison, and stared at Yi Ye.
"Will you help us?" One of the men with pigtails on his head said.
"Of course, but I still have to decide on the number of people on the other side."
"The other side was weak, and their condition was not much better, no more than fifty in number, and most of them were wounded. If you go now, it's still too late. He seemed anxious about it.
"In that case, then I'll take it. By the way, what's your name? ”
"Bestur."
According to Bestur's instructions, Yi Ye's party found this ringing horse nest at the foot of a mountain in the east, and since there was no cover, the other party also easily discovered Yi Ye's team. They gathered and lined up in formation, but none of them seemed to be able to deter, so there was a gap in that phalanx, and it turned out that there were a few ringing horses who seemed to disobey the command and wanted to escape.
Bestur tells Yi Ye that their leader has been defeated and that all that remains is the remnants of the defeated army.
Yi Ye's troops were all holding their heads high, full of morale, facing each other, fearless, under Yi Ye's orders, they charged neatly.
The other seemed to be very experienced with this, and all of them ran to the side of the cavalry's charge, causing the attack to come to naught. However, because of what they had just done, they didn't go far before they spread out in formation, and they shot a lot of bows and arrows, and without exception, they were all archers.
Yi Ye's cavalry troops sorted out their formation, raised their shields, and attacked again, Because the opponent's formation was not stable and they were eager to return fire, so in the face of this cavalry charge, they dodged to different places and were divided into two parts. At this time the force dispersed, surrounded a part of it, and slew them on their backs. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other team of Xiangma horses prepared to flee, but their horses were obviously a little tired and could not outrun the steppe horses of Yi Ye's troops. Yi Ye's troops attacked frantically from behind. Many of the ringing horses were knocked off their horses, and they panicked and hurriedly surrendered.
With great ease, Yi Ye defeated the barely breathing Ringing Horse Army, and Bestur on the side was surprised by this tactic, although it was all due to Fatis.
Twenty war horses were captured in this battle, and as for the thirty or so war horses that were killed in the battle, Yi Ye spent some effort burying them. A war horse is worthy of respect, no matter how bad his owner is. Someone offered to eat them, but Yi Ye refused, and Yi Ye was not poor enough to do so.
As for the people, twenty-three Xiangma captives who were slightly injured, and nearly thirty people were killed in the battle, and out of respect for the dead, Yi Ye still buried them.
rescued more than 30 of Bestur's subordinates, and as for the other miscellaneous equipment, Yi Ye handed it over to Fatis, which is not a good equipment anyway.
Seeing that Yi Ye had helped them, Besture shed tears of emotion.
"Don't cry, a big man, what is it to sacrifice this person." Yi Ye comforted him a little forcefully.
"Yes, you're right, but my tears are a lot of things." Besture wiped away tears.
"Oh, tell me about it."
"Over the years, I have fought for this village with all my heart, without merit or hard work, and since the failure of the rebellion in this village, it has changed a lot. We weren't paid accordingly and were even treated like ringing horses. Bestur said helplessly.
"And that kind of thing?"
"As you can see, the soldiers in their village were all raised by my soldiers, and I lost men and horses, and instead of replenishing them, they formed their own troops and excluded us. A few days ago, I fought against this wave of bandits, but because I didn't eat anything nutritious, and my equipment hadn't been updated for a long time, my morale was inferior to that of the enemy, so I lost the battle. I went to ask the village chief to send troops to rescue my subordinates, but this ruthless man didn't show any mercy......"
"Thank you for your help."
"It's nothing, so what are your plans for the future?"
"This ...... I didn't think about it, but I didn't want to go back to that village. ”
"Follow me, I can pay for everything you need, and you have the right to manage your own troops, but you still have to obey me."
"This ...... A tempting suggestion indeed. But I'll need to talk to my soldiers for a while. ”
"Please."
Besture discussed with his men for a while.
"My lord, we'll follow you."