However, he has already transferred the troops of a banner regiment in Yalok out to ambush, and the steppe people have Temur as an internal response, and in order to avoid suspicion, the Northwest Army must not bring too many people when trading. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The only thing Jose thought about was that when the Northwest Army knew about it, how could he try not to let them suspect that he had done it on purpose.

At noon on the day of the agreed transaction, Jose was in the study of the county town of Sadland to deal with the latest affairs, but he hurried to report, but when he came to the door, he whispered: "My lord, Lord Alok sent a horse to report that the matter has been completed, and that a few of the people of the steppe and the northwest army have been killed, and all the things have fallen into our hands, and now they are on their way back to the county town, and they are expected to arrive in the county in the afternoon!"

"Okay!" José showed a smile on his face, and couldn't help but shout: "Report down, and when Alok and Gould come back, report the situation directly to me!"

Soon Aloch and Gould returned to Sadland, but the horses and equipment they had captured were not brought back to the city. According to Jose's arrangement, the "spoils" were placed in a small town outside the city, where the garrison chief was an old subordinate of Gould.

When the two entered Jose's study, Aloke's face was quite calm, but Gould was undisguised excited, and a little blood could be seen on the armor on his body, obviously not recovering from the battle of ambushing the Northwest Army.

"Tell me about it, you two, I heard that you did your job cleanly, and now I want to hear the details. Joseph said these words with a casual smile on his face.

"We were ambushed in that small town for a day in advance, and we finally managed to get the information from Temur on the night of the transaction. So when they were trading, we first secretly surrounded that place with the army, and then suddenly killed them, and directly caught these guys off guard! Lao Tzu led those slave private armies to fight the vanguard, and I personally killed four or five people from the Northwest Army!" Gould smiled, but his face was fierce and brave.

Alok on the side pondered for a moment before adding: "At that time, the number of people on both sides of the transaction was only one or two hundred, and we directly brought the troops of a flag regiment to besiege it. After a short period of panic, they also separated and resisted for a while, and in the end we did not press too hard, but deliberately missed an opening according to your request, and let them all escape, but all these horses and weapons were detained by us. ”

"Well done!" José smiled and praised Allock, and couldn't help but say to Gould: "Fatty, you also did a good job, this time we got these ordnance horses, which can be regarded as an improvement in our overall strength." And whether it is the steppe people or the Northwest Army, we have not killed them all, at least we will not provoke too much anger from them. ”

"But my lord, if we rob these ordnance horses like this, I think the Northwest Army will not give up, if they really put pressure on Sadland City......" Alok frowned, and couldn't help but say with some concern.

"I naturally thought of what you said, but don't worry so much about Yaroke, Lao Tzu naturally dares to eat this batch of goods, so I am not afraid that the Northwest Army will trouble me, and I will naturally have a way to shut them up when I turn around. By the way, fatty, have you seen Temur?"

Gould nodded and said, "Don't worry, boss, I have a sense of proportion, although the steppe people have also resisted for a while, but we first revealed our identities." In the end, they were only let go without chasing, and Temur and the leaders of the Northwest Army were escorted out by their guards, and we did not pursue them far. ”

Qiao Se nodded, and couldn't help but move in his heart: this time he not only ruined the transaction between the Northwest Army and the grassland people, but also prevented these guys from making the grassland people too strong, and it can be regarded as indirectly making some contributions to the civilians of Moxi Province.

Of course, those ordnance horses Joseph naturally accepted them unceremoniously. Hehe, if his three hundred slave warriors are trained to become knights, horses are indeed indispensable. And those grassland war horses are undoubtedly the most suitable mounts, such a batch of war horses and ordnance, if they are added together, I am afraid it will cost more than 100,000 gold coins!

This is still the initial purchase cost, and the field for training knights, food, horse harness and other expendable things need to be updated in the future. Gould only made a preliminary estimate that if Joseph used these two thousand horses and ordnance to form a cavalry, he could only form a cavalry of about 1,500 men at most.

After all, the cavalry class is different from the infantry, there is a set of armor weapons, and then you can practice some martial arts and array changes, you can simply train an infantry. But the cavalry must not only be proficient in equestrianism, but also at least be assisted by soldiers such as subordinates, and logistics supply is even more troublesome, and the war horse must also have fine materials, the same as human rations, but it is not just eating grass to go to the battlefield, which is also one of the reasons why training cavalry troops burns money.

According to Aloke's estimates, Joseph can form a cavalry regiment of more than 1,000 men at most, but the monthly consumption is probably at least more than 10,000 gold coins! The same value of military expenditure is enough to feed an infantry army of four or five thousand people!

However, Jose didn't have time to worry about the money now, and he even vaguely felt in his heart that if he could use money to smash an elite army, he would be willing to invest hundreds of thousands of gold coins. After all, what I lack most now is not money, but time for development!

The Northwest Army is eyeing the tiger, and the steppe people in the west seem to be ready to move, and even Macedonia, which is injured in vitality, is probably licking its wounds in the west. His own Sadrand county city falls between these guys, and if he is not careful, I am afraid that his identity as a lord will come to an end.

Thinking of this, Jose couldn't help but rub his eyes, and then he glanced at Gould and said, "I mean, use these things to equip the army first." In addition to my 300 privates, you have some more infantry from the garrison in Aroque.

It doesn't matter how many you have, but you have to give preference to soldiers who are physically strong and skilled in horseback riding, and these people, along with my private army, will be left to you to practice. Of course, you can't stay in the barracks in the southern city, and tomorrow I will arrange for all the private troops to be under the command of the severed and stationed in the town where the horses and ordnance are located.

It's best not to alarm Gray and the Northwest Army in the city, the smaller the action, the better, and the town outside the city will find a way to hoard food and supplies for the time being, even if there is a secret military base in Sadland.

I have only one request, I want Sadrand to organize an elite cavalry as soon as possible, you know what I mean?"