Zhou Cang is now somewhat famous in Xiyuan County. He has been stationed in the Baimashi area for more than two years and has never had any problems. He has firmly guarded Nanyuan Kingdom's first line of defense.
The soldiers under his command also transferred another battalion in the middle of last year. Now he has three battalions with a total of 3,000 men, including a total of 200 cavalry.
This kind of force is already an absolutely powerful force in Nanyuan Kingdom, especially in the frontier army. You must know that the total strength of the entire West Route Army is only 50,000, but it is responsible for the defense of the entire Xiyuan County.
Especially the two hundred cavalry among the three thousand people, this would have been unimaginable in the past. This is because cavalry has always been very few in Nanyuan Kingdom. They are usually kept in the central army and are rarely deployed on the front line of garrison.
It’s not that they can’t raise cavalry, but they are short of horses. They are short of horses that can be used as war horses. This has always been the fundamental reason why Nanyuan Kingdom has been unable to develop large-scale cavalry. Because not all horses can be used as military horses in battle.
of.
Ninety percent of the few military horses in Nanyuan Kingdom were exchanged from Beiwu Kingdom, but the horses from Beiwu were all gelded, and the number was very small. This was also used to control Nanyuan Kingdom to prevent Nanyuan Kingdom from developing.
After sending out powerful cavalry, it will pose a threat to itself.
But the situation has changed in the past two years. The number of Beiwu's high-quality horses entering the Nanyuan Kingdom has more than doubled than in previous years. Although they are still gelding, it is enough for the Nanyuan Kingdom's frontier troops to have more horses than before.
There were too many cavalry. Zhou Cang was only allocated 200 cavalry.
Of course, two hundred cavalry is not a small number. Even though there are many more horses than before, the huge Xiyuan County has too many places where horses are needed. There is naturally a special reason why Zhou Cang is assigned so many cavalry.
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Because in addition to being responsible for guarding the front line of Baima Stone, Zhou Cang is also responsible for monitoring the demon clan activities in Baima Stone Generation, keeping an eye on them all the time. And because some groups of demon clan, such as those with hooves, start running
It is extremely fast, and if there are not enough horses, it will be impossible to keep track.
At the beginning, Zhou Cang was extremely complicated about this new job, and was even very reluctant. His emotion was not unique to him. Almost everyone in the West Route Army had similar emotions. Facing the demon clan, they
You can risk your life to fight with it. It is impossible to wash away the blood feud. Now you want the soldiers of the West Route Army to watch and not to engage in conflict. This is undoubtedly a kind of mental harm.
Fortunately, in the end, there were forced orders in the army, and some hysterical generals were transferred away. Only then did we reach the current state where we can barely cooperate with the demon clan to restrain each other.
Zhou Cang was very tired at the beginning. Because he was not at ease, he followed the monsters around all day long, from dawn to sunset, almost without stopping, and he was always on guard against the monsters.
Is there any malicious intent? I'm exhausted mentally and physically. It's no easier than when I was holding on to the frontline military garrison in White Rock City.
But after a few months, Zhou Cang discovered that those monsters didn't mean to play tricks, nor did they deliberately want to get rid of them, but were actually working hard to find something.
After having this understanding, Zhou Cang gradually felt relieved. After half a year, he stopped following the demon clan every day, and divided the following cavalry into three, using Feiyu to exchange news, taking turns, so that he could have a proper rest.
Not too tired.
Although he is not as nervous as he was at the beginning, Zhou Cang still does not slack off at all. Every day, he will report the tracking information one by one according to the requirements of the superintendent's office. Even if there is no abnormality, he still needs to report it.
After a long time, Zhou Cang also summarized the physical and behavioral characteristics of these monsters who entered the Nanyuan Kingdom.
For example, the monsters who come to Nanyuan Kingdom usually work in a team of fifty people. However, there are very few real fighting groups in this team, less than fifteen. The rest are all extraordinary monsters that have rarely appeared in front of humans before.
Fighting tribes. For example, the dwarf tribe and the rock rat tribe. There are more than twenty demons in these two tribes, and the rest are large hoofed demons.
These monsters will not come close to the military camp, or in other words, they will stay away from each other. They seem to be running around like headless flies, but in fact, if you count all the places where they have stopped, you can find something special among them.
place.
For example, it is all low-lying terrain, and I like to dig into some lakes and caves, and also dig holes on some gravel beaches.
It gave Zhou Cang the feeling that what these monsters seemed to be looking for was hidden underground.
Anyway, in order to avoid accidents and the last questions from above, Zhou Cang marked all the places in his jurisdiction that had been stepped on by the demon clan. Anyway, this didn't take much effort on his part.
Another point is that the demon clan is really dangerous in Xiyuan County. They don't have bells to warn, but they have other ways to protect themselves by relying on a strange little flying beast. But that kind of flying beast doesn't
If you can't take care of everyone, monsters will often die inexplicably.
Especially in the past two months, the number of demon clan deaths in Xiyuan County has been rising almost linearly. Zhou Cang has seen it before, but only five or six people died in a month. Now it is not uncommon for ten people to die in a month. This
It also greatly reduced the time that each team of the demon clan stayed in Xiyuan County. He didn't know if other demon clans that entered Xiyuan County were like the Baimashi Line. Anyway, he reported all these situations without missing a beat.
Go up.
These things will not attract the attention of Zhou Cang's family, because in his opinion, it is a good thing for the demon clan to die more. It is no secret that there is a group of invisible vicious creatures on the border of Xiyuan County. Those vicious creatures hunt and kill
Living creatures. Humans can avoid them by relying on bells, but monsters are hard to resist effectively because they are scattered. What’s so surprising about how many more people are dead now? Maybe it’s because there are suddenly more of these vicious creatures?
The sky was getting dark, and Zhou Cang, dressed in military uniform, walked around the military camp. This was the last necessary process for him every day, checking the integrity of the fortifications in the military camp and whether there was any shortage of standing ordnance.
"Sir, I heard that they have returned, saying that they have something urgent to report to you. They are waiting outside the big tent at this time." The adjutant hurried over to help Zhou Cang, who had just finished inspecting the last fortification of the military camp.
Report.
Zhou Cang nodded, and then returned to the tent on horseback after completing the inspection. From a distance, he saw one of his generals waiting there.
"I see you, sir!"
"Well, I heard that you are looking for me in an emergency? Come on, let's go into the tent." Zhou Cang didn't greet the other party, opened the curtain and walked in first.
"Tell me? What's the matter?"
After sitting down, Zhou Cang was also very curious. The adult commander in front of him was one of the chief officers of the two cavalry teams under his command. They were taking turns to follow the demon clan this time and come back for repairs. If there was an emergency, they should be talking to the demon clan.
Related, right?
Sure enough, I heard the school commander say in a deep voice: "Sir, something happened to those demon tribes!"