The village of Desovoc

The village is not too big, and there are some dilapidated and low wooden houses everywhere, and the roofs are also made of wooden planks, which look very depressed.

The only thing that stands out is the striking huge cattle pen next to the village, into which the herders herdsmen herded their horses and the horses ran into it.

There was a well made of stones at the entrance of the village, and when the village heard the movement of the horses, a large group of villagers ran out, and several villagers fetched several buckets of water from the well, and smashed a rock with crystalline particles, threw it into the bucket, and stirred it vigorously to drink the horses.

A herd of horses huddled around the trough, scrambling for water.

The village looked very poor, and all the villagers were native, but they were not as friendly as the five herdsmen, their eyes were wary and hateful, and they did not dare to get too close, standing at the entrance of the village and looking at the cavalry not far away with indifferent eyes, no one would take a step forward.

Surdak looked around, and only the top half of the wooden houses in the village were exposed to the surface, and the other half was buried under the soil, and the doors were drilled down one step at a time to get into the mud houses.

Because of this, these wooden houses are built very low, and there is some dampness inside.

Some elderly people and children were lying outside the house basking in the sun, and the children ran to the entrance of the village to watch the excitement.

The herdsmen who had gone out to herd their horses were greeted into the village like heroes returning from triumph.

When the villagers saw a horse carrying an injured villager on its back, they panicked and shouted a few words to the crowd......

They lifted him off his horse and laid him flat next to the well at the entrance of the village, and the two elderly villagers separated from the crowd and walked to the front, checking on the injured herdsmen and asking several herdsmen who had just returned from the outside about the incident.

Two women in rags were squeezed out of the crowd, and several children followed them, gathering around the injured villagers.

On the roof, there are some dried fish and wild vegetables, mushrooms, dried radishes and other foods.

The guide in the cavalry battalion told Surdak: "This is the village of Desowoz, where most of the people herd horses and manage the horses of the Goss family, whose ancestors were nomads. Every time I pass by, I usually stop at the entrance of the village, which is the greatest treasure of the village. ”

Andrew grabbed the reins of the horse with one hand, made the horse stop, looked at the village of Xiao Suo, and said with emotion:

"The lives of the indigenous people here are a little worse than ours."

He's talking about the Nanai tribe in the jungles of the maca plane.

The guide smiled and said:

"The situation in this village has been calculated, at least the people in their village can still herd horses for Lord Goss."

Seeing the eyes of Surdak and Andrew and others fall on him, the guide explained:

"Once some places are occupied by the nobles, the clansmen who live in that land will have to move away, and they can't adapt to the life of Wilkes City, so they have to migrate north to the edge of the Warcraft Forest, many people are reluctant to move to the edge of the dangerous Warcraft Forest, they move to those small towns, and in order to live, they want the rich people in the town to work."

"The little money earned back can't even buy black bread, but it won't starve people to death, everyone is like living in a cage, and in order to live, they will inexplicably lose a lot of precious things, such as dignity and freedom."

"If you live in a small town for a long time, you will find that it is impossible to leave here, the people have lost their skills in the wilderness, and there is no place for them in this land."

"The villagers here are better off, at least they can ride horses and run as much as they want on the grasslands."

Surdak glanced at the guide, but he didn't expect the guide to have so many feelings.

The colonists of Bena Province need some obedient aborigines to open farms, ranches, mines and workshops in the plane, and the last thing they want to see is that these aborigines have become extremely lazy because of their rich lives, and freedom or anything is not desirable, if everyone has their own ideas, I am afraid it will be difficult to manage.

The nobles were willing to come to the Bailin plane in order to be able to open up some dimensional territories and expand their private property.

Marquis Luthor asked Surdak to lead a cavalry battalion to garrison here, mainly to earn military merit and promotion to the title, and also wanted Surdak to enclose a piece of land for himself if he had the opportunity. It's just that in the current White Forest Plane, if you want to open up the land, you have to go to the northernmost town of Dodan, which is already close to the famous Warcraft Forest of the White Forest Plane.

And those civilians in Bena Province came to the White Forest Plane through the portal, most of them just to make more money, for them, these plane natives are a group of cheap labor, and only by making them work hard can they create wealth.

When the Bena people entered the White Forest Plane, they continued to suppress the local aborigines by force until they surrendered.

Once the situation is stabilized, more Bednar people will continue to enter the Bailin Plane through the portal, and they will occupy a large area of land in the Bailin Plane, constantly squeeze their living space, draw nutrients from the Bailin Plane, and feed back to the Greene Empire.

In the eyes of the Bena people, this group of aborigines is a group of second-class citizens, they are used to be squeezed from birth until death, and only by squeezing them can they quickly create wealth, which is an obsession deeply imprinted in the bones of the imperial people.

The guide in front of him turned out to be a very special native, and it was hard for Surdak not to be impressed by him.

At this time, I probably heard from the herdsman who released the horses that it was Surdak who rescued the injured herdsman, and the old man of the village walked cautiously towards Surdak.

"Your Excellency Baron, all the villagers of Desowatts thank you for your selfless help!"

The old man bowed to Surdak.

Surdak dismounted and asked the old man, "Are you the village chief here?" ”

Although Surdak was the prefect of the garrison who came to the Bailin plane in Bena Province, and he was also a ruler-level figure, he felt that he ...... At least the superficial things, such as politeness, gentlemanly demeanor, chivalry, etc., should be there or should be had.

The old man was indeed the elder of the village of Desowoz, and for these aborigines, the elder was the village chief.

Surdak was only passing through here, so he did not intend to make too much contact with them, so he did not accept the elder's invitation to enter the village, but stayed outside the village for a while, and prepared to leave the village of Desowoc with the cavalry battalion.

Andrew hurriedly shouted to the cavalrymen who were resting at the entrance of the village: "Everyone, we are leaving!" ”

The cavalrymen mounted their horses and marched in formation to the north, and before they had gone a few paces of their journey, they heard the neighing of a Gubolai horse, and then the horse fell down with a thud in the procession.

The cavalry on horseback was very flexible, jumping off the horse at the moment when the horse fell, and was not pressed by the body of the horse......

At the moment when the war horse fell, it struggled on the spot twice, and the two front legs supported half of the body, and the war horse stood up again, shaking its body hard, and the heavy materials on the horse's back were shaken loudly.

Surdak, Andrew, Samira, and Viru rushed over as soon as possible.

Surdak jumped off the horse and walked over to the horse to check its physical condition, he could feel that the horse's muscles were trembling all over his body, but he didn't know what was wrong.

Viru pulled the frightened pale cavalryman from the ground and patted him on the shoulder to calm him down.

The village elder walked up to Surdak surrounded by a group of villagers, he stepped forward, looked up at the tall Gubolai horse, his cloudy eyes showed a hint of unbearable, and turned to Surdak and said:

"They are in poor physical condition, they have not been well rested, they are very tired, and they are not suitable for long walks, and if they continue to do this without making any changes, there will be a constant fall of war horses."

Surdak didn't expect the elder to say this, so he asked the elder:

"Are these horses sick?"

The elder shook his head.

"Can't you eat?" Surdak asked again.

The elder shook his head, he sighed softly, walked in front of the war horse and stretched out his hand to hold the horse's head, as if to appease the war horse, his mouth was still muttering some indigenous words, it seemed that the war horse did not reject him, and then he put his head on the forehead of the war horse, closed his eyes, and stretched out his hands to gently caress the ears of the war horse, as if he was in love. People whispered.

This was held for a while before the elder raised his head and said to Surdak:

"It says that it came from a very distant desert, experienced some thrilling battles, was frozen and hungry along the way, and then sat in an airship for a long time, and the wounds left by standing in the battle have not been able to fully recover, and their physical strength can no longer meet your needs, not only to carry such heavy supplies, heavy armor, weapons, but also to carry a strong warrior, they not only need to rest, but also need to be comforted and carefully fed."

I didn't expect this elder to be able to communicate with the war horse, and Surdak and the group were dumbfounded.

Surdak was also immediately aware of the problems faced by the cavalry battalions, whose horses were too physical to bear the weight of heavy armor, weapons, and cavalry.

After all, the Gubolai horses were better suited to form light cavalry.

Surdak was also a little worried that if he arrived in Dodan Town with the cavalry battalion like this, how many war horses would fall on the way, and this group of war horses was not much rich.

He said to Andrew: "I thought that one man and one horse could form a cavalry battalion, but now these horses are far from enough, and I don't know if the Goss family's ranch sells Gubolai war horses." ”

He asked the guide beside him:

"Do you know the Goss family's manor over here?"

The guide immediately straightened up and replied:

"Yes, Lord Surdak, the estate of the old manor of the Goth family is right next to the small town of Kieran, and it will be a day and a half from here to there."

Surdak walked up to the village elder of Watts and thought for a moment before he said to the elder:

"If I could, I would like to hire a few young men into the cavalry battalion, I don't need them to help me fight, I think they can teach these horsemen their knowledge and skill in horsemanship, and I will pay them as horse trainers, and if I make you feel embarrassed by my request, I will say nothing."

The elder didn't expect Surdak's request to be made without any forced tone.

He turned to the group behind him and asked, "Is there any of you who would like to join the baron's cavalry battalion, help him take care of these horses, and teach these soldiers to ride horses in his barracks?" ”

Behind him, a group of indigenous villagers looked at each other, and after a few whispered conversations, they all said a few short words to the elders in the indigenous language.

The elder also groaned slightly, and then said to Surdak:

"Speaking of which, we are all herdsmen in the Goss family's ranch at the moment, specially herding horses for Baron Goss, if you want us to join your army, I'm afraid you will have to say hello to Lord Goss."

Surdak had wanted to meet the rancher and discuss with him about buying a horse.

He said, "I will, let's go to the small town of Kiran, and take the opportunity to visit Baron Goss." ”

Hearing Surdak say this, these villagers relieved themselves and stood up one after another, expressing their willingness to join Surdak's cavalry battalion.

Considering that the recruits should become familiar with the horses as soon as possible, Surdak almost did not refuse to come, and recruited a total of twenty-seven skilled herdsmen to join the cavalry battalion.

He also took the advice of the village elders of Watts, and shared the heavy armor and heavy knights' spears and flails on the back of the other fifty horses carrying some supplies behind the team, so as to reduce the burden on these horses.

However, the number of those idle horses is too small to carry all the heavy armor on the horse's back, and some heavy armor can only be temporarily stored in Surdak's magic belt bag, but Surdak's magic belt bag is also full of supplies, and it can't hold these heavy armor.

There was no way, and he couldn't notify Aphrodite to open the summoning circle in front of everyone, so he could only let the cavalry battalion be stationed outside the village of Watts and rest for a day.

Surdak also took advantage of the night to quietly return to the lava cave of the sulfur mine in the tent, take the opportunity to transfer the materials on his body, and then go to the secret room of the red dragon treasure to feed the red dragon Isser.

Surdak knew that it would not be easy to lead a cavalry battalion, but he did not expect to encounter such trouble as soon as he arrived at the Bailin plane.

"I knew that those two hundred war horses would not be sold to the horse market, and it would be good to carry some supplies for us." Surdak told Aphrodite about his troubles.

The succubus lay lazily on a stone bed, supported his cheek with one hand, looked at Surdak with a smile and said:

"Didn't you say the horses were eliminated? Even if they are in service, they won't last long......"

Surdak frowned and said: "It won't take too long, it's better than nothing, when you first arrive at the White Forest Plane, you have to consider buying a horse, and I don't know if you can buy it!" ”

"If you want to start it, this time it's always a bit of a gain, and at least I've hired some local natives who are proficient in raising horses." Although the succubus Aphrodi comforted Surdak like this, there was a gloating expression on his face, and he did not hide it at all......

Surdak waved at Aphrodite and walked towards the lava mine.