Chapter 147
Every day of the steppe dwellers is similar, and the grasslands in the Sphinx area are relatively fertile, and each household basically raises nearly 100 livestock, which is one of their main incomes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoWith the exception of the Sphinx, the rest of the villages are almost nomadic, and in this vast grassland, as long as there are rivers and meadows, they can become their new dwellings.
These purely nomadic villages have little name, because for them everything is subject to change, and it doesn't matter if they have a name or not. Today is also a fairly ordinary day, and a dozen young men are lying on a hillside, watching the fat sheep grazing at the bottom of the hillside. It seems that there will be another good harvest this year, and these sheep are all eating round. In the distance, the perennial snow line at the top of Mount Saint-Jolmain is towering, and below the slopes is a gentle river. A few sheepdogs were running around the periphery of the flock, and it all seemed very warm.
These young people were talking about some topics of interest at this time, from the beauty queen Xiaohua in the next village, to the trend of war in the pan-continent, which was one of the topics they talked about. But what happened next will be something they will never forget.
The first to notice that something was wrong was the outer sheepdogs, whose ears were far more sensitive than those of humans, and the uneasy sheepdogs immediately began to bark loudly. Although they did not know what had happened, several herders immediately turned over and ran to the top of the hill. The hill isn't high, but that doesn't mean you can't see it far. In this kind of grassland, standing on a small hillside can see thousands of meters away, especially these herders, whose eyesight is far better than normal.
The herdsmen thought it would be wolves or horse thieves roaming the grasslands, but several herdsmen turned over their horses and removed their bows and arrows from their horses. The inhabitants of the steppes are natural marksmen, and they are quite sure that the unsightly wolves will pin them to the ground before they get close to their flock.
All the herders squinted their eyes and looked out, and a black torrent appeared near the Saint-Jolmain mountain range! A herd of horses, at least more than 2,000 horses or more than 1,000 manned mounts, must run at full speed to bring up such a high level of dust.
All the herdsmen began to panic, if it was just a herd of wild horses, it didn't matter, everyone survived on the grassland, you eat yours and I eat mine without interfering with each other. But if it's a thousand horse thieves, it's a big trouble, not to mention their hundreds of fat sheep, and the whole village behind them is in danger!
The older herdsman immediately sent the two young men back to the village on horseback, and the rest of the men immediately began to drive the sheep back, knowing that if it was a horse thief, they would have already discovered themselves in the steppe when they found each other, and it didn't make much difference whether the sheep were in a hurry or not. It's just that what they don't understand is that they don't have such a group of horse thieves with thousands of numbers in their impression, could it be from somewhere else?
The horses were moving at full speed on the steppe, and the people sitting on the horses could already be seen when the sheep were just starting to start. The young herdsman was about to shout loudly, but the old man on the side pulled him. Looking in the direction of the old man's finger, dozens of flags were pulled into neat patterns by the wind under the drive of the mount.
It was the knights! Everyone could see that the people sitting on the horses were not horse thieves dressed in tattered clothes and carrying swords, but regular knights. Older people could even recognize the unit as a noble knight unit by the material of the flag.
All of them let their guard down, whether they were nobles or knights, and they were synonymous with dignity and humility. Even during war, knights who encounter opposing sides are far luckier than other regular armies. Herders whistled to signal the alarm to be lifted.
As the knights approached quickly, the herdsmen became more and more aware of the ranks to which the knights belonged. In the center, a banner is embroidered with silver on a gold background, and a leopard man with a red body stands up, its sharp blood-colored teeth look like it is dripping blood, and even the sharp giant claws are vividly depicted.
"Blood-stained leopard with gold and silver edges!" the old man suddenly let out an exclamation, and the people next to him were all attracted by the old man, and they all turned their heads together.
"Uncle Sam, what do you mean by this blood-stained leopard with gold and silver edges?" a young man was the first to ask.
The old man, Sam, swallowed hard and taught the young men this lesson. The Golden Flag is the color of the Oslan Empire, the strongest military empire on the pancontinent, and all the Oslan regular army flags have a golden background except for the nobles who have their own flag colors. Therefore, as soon as the golden flag arrives, it represents the place where the regular army of Oslan has been recruited.
The silver border is the color unique to the five elites of the Oslan Empire, although they will change the shape of some frames according to the different units they belong to, such as the heavy infantry team is a square, the heavy cavalry team is a regular triangle, the archers are not closed arrows, and so on. But the gold background and silver edges are all not changed by them, which represents their honor and their supreme combat effectiveness.
The blood-colored leopard is undoubtedly the "Red Panther Knights", which are famous for their large number of heavy cavalry among the five elites of the empire. In recent decades, the Otsland Empire has gradually turned offensive into defense with the construction of Tallinn Fort on the western border. Before the establishment of Tallinn Fort, the Sphinx closest to Osland could often be seen with blood-stained leopard flags on a gold background and silver border. The banner once brought terrified fear to the inhabitants of the area, though the knights of these noble families would not do anything like murder and arson. But as the two warring parties, they can't just come and go home after launching a surprise attack, so Captain Goodrich, who was still a baron at the time, led the team to snatch all the livestock that were still grazing in the vicinity of the Sphinx.
Of course, the young men who have lived on the grassland since they were children are unwilling, these are all their belongings. was robbed, let alone marrying a daughter-in-law, even wintering has become a problem. However, Captain Goodrich, who was only in his early twenties at the time, did not hesitate at all about these herdsmen who carried a pitchfork to protect their property, and the spear stabbed three herdsmen off their horses at the same time in an instant.
"Remember, this is war, not a playhouse. I've taken these animals with me, and if you can, you'll take them back yourself. My name is Goodrich, and I'm ready for your challenge. A young boy stood in the setting sun and threw down these words majestically, with the blue Mont Saint-Jolmain behind him and the blood-colored lion on a gold background and silver edges beside him.