On the other hand, the grain convoy finally entered the grassland area.

The thick snow along the way has had a certain impact on their mobility, and the direction of the grassland area is not easy to discern, but now it is covered by heavy snow, and no matter where you look, it is white, and it becomes more difficult to distinguish the direction.

Holding the map, Zhou Tong, the cavalry captain who was constantly comparing the terrain, his eyebrows were already tangled into a ball at this time.

Although he was a cavalryman, he never came to the steppe.

When he finally figured out the direction and was about to move on, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in his ears.

It was still a long way from the two prairie cities, and it was almost certain that they weren't coming.

Then, the identity of the comer is already obvious.

"Stay on guard!" Zhou Tong shouted a warning.

At the same time, I am ready to fight at any time.

And Rowling, Alola and others, who were following behind, also cheered up.

It was just such a moment of work, and the snow waves that were rolling towards two places in the distance made Zhou Tong and the others clearly realize that a cavalry was rushing in the direction where they were.

After waiting for the distance of the arrivals to close in and see their outfits clearly, Zhou Tong roared: "It's a horse thief!" All ready to fight! ”

The winter clothes of the Great Xia soldiers are all in a uniform style, and the group of people who are rushing over on horseback at this time are obviously not their Great Xia soldiers!

At this moment, in the face of this sudden situation, the speed of the cavalry team under Zhou Tong could not get up at all.

But the good thing is that hand. Crossbows have been installed on a small scale in cavalry units.

As the elite stationed in Great Xia City, the hand. Crossbows, of course, they are also equipped.

With a salvo, it is enough to deter those horse thieves who don't know whether they are alive or dead!

While speaking, the members of the cavalry team led by Zhou Tong had quickly removed the hand hanging from the saddle. The crossbow, the crossbow string had been opened in advance, and after quickly installing the special crossbow arrows, Zhou Tong saw the horse thief rush into his hand. The crossbow ranged for a moment, and resolutely pulled the trigger.

"Shoot !!"

Hands that have a certain focus on cavalry units. The crossbow, at this time, mercilessly launched a fatal blow to the horse thieves who galloped wildly!

The horse thieves at the front of the line, how had they ever seen such an attack? A galloping bolt caught them off guard.

In this icy and snowy place, the slippery ground has made their control over the war horses under the crotch significantly reduced, and the horse thieves do not have special horseshoes to increase their grip, and the horse thieves in the front row are handed. The moment the crossbow fired at the sieve, the horse thief who followed closely behind had no time to control the war horse under his crotch.

All of a sudden, the neighing of the war horse and the scream of the horse thief, the two voices were constantly mixed together, and resounded throughout the snowfield.

A tragedy that can be called a serial car accident was staged directly in front of Zhou Tong and others!

For these horse thieves who had been plundering their grain transport teams and harassing their three grassland cities before, Zhou Tong naturally hated them, and naturally there was no mercy.

Taking advantage of the opponent's back-mounted work, Zhou Tong and the others quickly put their hands on after a round of shooting. The crossbow hung back on the saddle.

The cavalrymen, who had switched back to spears, rushed straight up and killed them.

"Don't leave one, kill!!"

The order to kill without mercy has been given.

The galloping 500 cavalry brought a bloody baptism to this pure white snowfield.

The horse thieves who were attacked head-on had no power to resist at all, and at the moment when Zhou Tong led the cavalry team to rage, they were completely turned into corpses!

The cavalry's powerful lethality made Rowling and Alola, who were in the rear, jump in their eyelids.

In the previous battle with the barbarian army, Zhou Tong and the others didn't use the strange weapons in their hands.

Rowling's gaze instantly focused on the hands. On the crossbow, the terrifying harvesting ability left a deep impression on her at that moment.

"How many things do I don't know about this big summer?"

At this time, Zhou Tong obviously didn't have time to care about the thoughts of Luo Lin and the others in the rear.

I only heard him give a loud order: "All dismount and give hands. The crossbow is rewound. ”

"Crossbow arrows that can be recovered, as well as weapons and equipment, horses, take them all! As for the corpses, they were all piled up and burned in one fire! ”

The cavalry moved quickly, looking at the corpses of the horse thieves piled together, Zhou Tong unhurriedly untied a leather bag on the horse's back, which contained fire oil, which could be said to be a necessity to perform tasks in this ice and snow.

After pouring the fire oil on the pile of corpses, Zhou Tong took out a fire fold from his arms and blew out a few sparks, and those high-concentration fire oil could almost be said to be on point.

Although there was a little bit of infiltration, while the corpses were burned, considering not to waste resources, the soldiers under his command all came up to roast the fire with a calm face.

While roasting the fire, of course, he didn't forget to inform Rowling and the others who were waiting behind.

"Hey! Let's rest for a while, and come over to warm up! ”

The weather was too cold, and the closer you got to the grassland, the colder it became, even when wearing animal skin gloves to keep warm, Zhou Tong felt that his hands were about to freeze.

After hearing the greetings of the cavalry, the barbarian soldiers suddenly showed childish expressions.

Burning corpses for fire, how do you feel that the soldiers of Great Xia are even more brutal than them?

Even Rowling and Alola had subtle expressions on their faces at this time.

After destroying this group of horse thieves, perhaps to deter the other horse thieves hiding in the shadows, they came down, and they never encountered horse thieves again along the way.

I don't know how long they walked, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves again.

Although it is already very close to the goal, but in case of prevention, Zhou Tong and others are still vigilant in their hearts.

But fortunately, this time it was a patrol from the Kereh tribe.

After seeing that it was their own person, both sides were relieved.

After learning that Zhou Tong was a grain transport team and came specifically for them to transport grain, he became even more enthusiastic.

Just when the two sides were greeting each other and the atmosphere was harmonious, someone from the Kereh tribe suddenly let out an exclamation.

Zhou Tong turned around and looked, and his heart suddenly understood.

Their food caravan numbered a lot, and the cavalry team that opened the road in front of them numbered as many as 500 people, so the team dragged on a little long.

In this way, Rowling's mammoths and Alola's yaks were not close to the position of their vanguard.

Now that the vanguard has stopped, the troops that follow behind will naturally slowly come closer.

The cavalry team located in the steppe had not experienced the previous battle with the barbarian army, so after seeing the mammoth and yak warriors that appeared later, it was obvious that many people were shocked.

"General Zhou Tong, what are these?"

"Oh, here's the thing......"

As he spoke, Zhou Tong quickly explained the identities of the mammoth and yak warriors, as well as the ins and outs of the whole thing.

The misunderstanding was cleared up, and the two teams quickly merged into one and rushed towards the Kereh tribe.

With a patrol team familiar with the route to lead the way, the journey was naturally smooth.

Before sunset, the convoy had arrived safely at the Kereh tribe.

"The last general, Zhou Tong, has seen the general!"

In the Kereh tribe, Zhou Tong gave a military salute to Kereh.

Kree raised his hand to help Zhou Tong up.

"General Zhou Tong doesn't need to be polite, this trip has made you brave the wind and snow to transport grain, it's really hard for you."

After a simple greeting, Zhou Tong naturally inevitably reported the attack by horse thieves on the road.

After hearing this, Kree also frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "These horse thieves are really becoming more and more unscrupulous!" ”

After saying a word, as if thinking of something again, Keree asked again, "General Zhou Tong, do you remember the number of horse thieves?" ”

"It's not much, maybe more than a hundred."

"More than 100 people ......"

Kree pondered for a moment, and then a hint of understanding appeared on his face.

"I know who it is."

"Which gang?"

Zhou Tong, who heard this, raised his eyebrows slightly.

"How many horse thieves are there in this grassland?"

Faced with this question, a helpless smile appeared on Kree's face.

"A lot."

"There are countless tribes of all sizes on this grassland, many of which make a living by raiding, which is the source of those horse thieves. ”

"After the winter, food was scarce, and in desperation for livelihood, these horse thieves began to attack our two tribes with impunity. They come and go like the wind, they don't fight us head-on at all, and they basically run away when they see us, so there is nothing they can do with them many times. We had no choice but to intensify our patrols around the two cities. ”

"However, when we were on guard here, they turned their minds to the grain convoy. During this time, many horse thieves are estimated to be unable to live, and they will keep an eye on the grain transportation route at every opportunity, wanting to hijack the grain sent by the grain transportation team. ”

"I see."

After listening to Kree's explanation, Zhou Tong nodded thoughtfully.

"No wonder as soon as we entered the grassland area, the horse thief came, and the other party was waiting for the rabbit?"

While speaking, Zhou Tong thought about it for a while, but his brows couldn't help frowning.

"Now that the road is closed by heavy snow, it is not easy to transport grain, and if the grain transportation route is temporarily changed, the efficiency may be lower, and for today's plan, I am afraid that we can only strengthen the guard."

"yes." Hearing this, Kree nodded approvingly.

Then, Keree said to Zhou Tong again: "By the way, General Zhou Tong, you said that one thing is called hand. Crossbow ranged. Weapons, can you show me? ”

"No problem!" Zhou Tong generously agreed.

The other party is a general who controls an army, and he controls an entire Kereh tribe, and many of the horses in today's Great Xia are provided by him. In the face of such an existence, Zhou Tong really has no qualifications to refuse.

Took the hand handed over by Zhou Tong. Crossbow, Kelie looked at it carefully, and Zhou Tong, who was sitting next to him, also gave a proper explanation.

"This hand. The crossbow is used against horse thieves, but it is also quite useful, the only regret is that I want to ride on the back of the horse to give this hand. It's too hard to reopen the crossbow. ”

While speaking, Zhou Tong also deliberately demonstrated to Kree.

The whole process of getting on the crossbow can be said to be clear to Kree at a glance. The crossbow is indeed a sharp weapon, but for the cavalry who fight on horseback, there is basically only one chance to shoot, and it is inevitable that there is a feeling of overkill.

After greetings, the two finally shifted the topic to business.

"Now that the two cities on the grassland are in a state of lack of food, it is too inefficient to rely on the transportation of bags by our people. Therefore, the last general wanted to ask the general to transfer a team of cavalry over to help transport grain together, so as to increase efficiency. ”

Zhou Tong's tone of speech was very sincere, and they all belonged to Great Xia, so Kelie naturally had no reason to refuse.

"General Zhou Tong rest assured, the soldiers have worked hard all the way, first rest in the Kereh tribe for one night, and tomorrow morning, I will call my subordinates to assist the grain transport team to transport grain together."

At the same time that Zhou Tong and the others successfully transported the grain and grass to the Kelie tribe, there were new changes on the side of Great Xia City.

In the past two days, the weather has been a bit unpredictable, and there has been a light snowfall.

This frightened many people, thinking that it was a blizzard again.

Fortunately, soon the snow stopped again.

However, the temperature that had warmed up slightly has dropped again, and now the temperature is so low that I feel like my abdomen is frozen when I breathe.

Wrapped in a thick animal skin coat on his body, while the snow stopped, Xia Qi planned to take a tour of the Great Xia City.

The previous days of snowstorms, coupled with the temperature that is still dropping, coupled with the food crisis, have caused panic in the city, and he can only be reassured by himself, the emperor.