Before the burning embers of the tent were completely extinguished, the barbarian cavalry troops who came to the rescue had already set foot on the camp. Their big horse hooves opened up patches of bare turf. Everywhere they looked, there were corpses dressed as prairie people on the ground.
Even any Yao man.
No matter whether it was the light cavalry that broke through the pass or the several major and minor battles with the Jinzhou army, they had never seen such brave and skilled Yao people. They dispersed two thousand-man teams with hundreds of infantry and killed one.
The captain then left in style. The people who escaped said that these Yao people knew how to use magic, and the arrows they shot at them were not very effective, and the swords and spears seemed to have no effect.
The warrior, who was not tall but extremely strong, was wearing the fur of a snow wolf and a heavy black cloak. He sat upright on the horse with his waist straight, looking quietly to the south. The continuous queue of refugees suddenly accelerated, and most of them entered the merger.
Round City, even if it is too late to send men and horses to pursue it now.
This march south was led by several large tribes on the grassland, with the smaller tribes acting as vassals. The looted property was distributed according to the strength and contribution of each tribe.
The warrior on horseback, Dunmao, is the largest lord on the grassland. He has ruled the northern grasslands for more than twenty years, but he still shows no sign of old age or physical decline.
Many people know that the most powerful man on the grassland is just a bitch who was born of a female slave. His father, who was the master of a certain group, became sexually promiscuous after a drunken binge.
According to the rules on the grassland, the youngest son will inherit his father's tent, cattle and sheep. Dunmao is the youngest son, but his background is extremely humble. Although half of his father's blood flows in his body, any slightly powerful nobleman can inherit his father's tent, cattle and sheep.
He was able to knock him to the ground and stomp on his face with his riding boots. His father, who was stunned, watched with cold eyes but did not punish those people in the slightest.
The three brothers who were older than him did not regard Dunmao as brothers. The three people who were still fighting openly and secretly found a common enemy. Their father was no longer very young. He could live to be half a century old on the grassland.
He is already an old man, and coupled with the injuries he suffered from his early battles, it seems that it has only happened in the past few years.
Dunmao's three brothers all hold some power, but he is just a slave-born scoundrel. Even his monthly support is minimal. As the crown prince, he only has a few companions and servants around him.
None of the nobles thought highly of him, and they all placed their bets on his elder brother.
However, none of these people noticed how ambitious this short slave boy was. He did not have the wealth of his brothers to buy fine iron weapons and armor, but there were two things that even the poorest people on the grassland would have.
, bow and arrow.
He created a kind of ringing arrow called Mingdy, trained three hundred slaves, and taught them to shoot arrows in the direction of Mingdy. Dunmao used the ringing arrow to shoot his beloved horse. Some of the slaves did not dare to shoot.
They were all beheaded, and then Dunmao shot his first wife with a hammered arrow. Some of them deliberately shot the wrong one, and were put in a sack and trampled to death by horse hooves.
Later, when his father and his brothers went out to hunt yellow sheep in the tribe, Dunmao shot loud arrows at the four people. The arrows of the remaining hundreds of slaves pricked the four people and four horses into hedgehogs. The nobles
The people they supported died in an instant, and only one of the master's bloodline was left. He suddenly killed those who disobeyed him among the nobles, and finally stepped on the cold bones of his father and brothers to sit on the throne of the master he dreamed of.
High seat
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Dunmao's ruthlessness towards his relatives did not extend to the herdsmen and slaves. Perhaps it was because half of the blood of slaves was flowing in his body. As the lord, Dunmao was one of the few tribes on the grassland who could treat slaves and herdsmen kindly.
tribe.
But being lenient to these people does not mean that Dunmao is not a talented and strategic leader. Dunmao announced to the slaves of his tribe that he could redeem himself and his relatives' freedom with military exploits, and even join the ranks of the nobility.
It has people, cattle, horses and pasture.
While this caused an uproar on the grassland, the slaves in the Dunmao tribe also went crazy. This was an opportunity that had never been seen on the grassland for thousands of years. Most of the people who became slaves were people from the defeated tribes and those who had no cattle or sheep.
Herdsmen who are sought refuge by the nobles. In the eyes of the nobles, slaves are more like animals that look like humans than humans. They do not eat as much as cattle and horses, but as long as they have a mouthful of food to avoid starving to death, they can survive.
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In the past, when fighting on the grassland, most people saw how many men were on horseback. Armored cavalry was usually only affordable by nobles. Although the life of a slave was not worth a few bundles of oats, they were not willing to be sent to the cavalry for free.
He would die by the sword. Therefore, when the lords of the neighboring tribes heard that Dun had such a whimsical plan to form an army made entirely of slaves, they all laughed at his stupidity.
Trying to use the dirty hands of slaves to shake the majesty accumulated by these tribes over many generations will only make the men's swords blunter in the end.
Far beyond the expectations of these tribal lords, when the cavalry of their tribe charged at the team of slave boys in a majestic manner, the seemingly vulnerable slaves actually withstood the attack of the cavalry and did not collapse. The temptation of freedom was in these
For slaves who have been struggling between life and death for too long, it is something they must risk their lives to pursue. The death of their companions can only bring these slaves closer together.
More important than the bloody bravery of the slaves, Dunmao didn't know where he learned the southerners' ability to form a piece of iron that was difficult for the cavalry to chew. Using footwork to control the cavalry has always been their exclusive specialty, although they did not have exquisite mechanics.
Kuohe, shields, crossbows, and arrows, the fighting prowess of these slaves still shocked every lord on the grassland.
After annexing two large nearby tribes, Dunmao fulfilled his promise to the slaves who survived the war. Many of the population, cattle, sheep, and pastures of the defeated tribes were given to them. The nobles did not participate in the conquest.
No matter how much you pay, you will receive a considerable amount of wealth.
For a time, he was regarded as the greatest lord on the contemporary grassland by the people in the tribe, especially the former slaves. The voice and power of his tribe were so great that he seemed to overwhelm all the lords.
"My lord, several wounded Yao men who were left behind revealed that the hundreds of people who came to rescue were all Yao's warriors, and their combat power is not comparable to that of ordinary herdsmen." The companions who were suddenly brave came over on horseback, turned over and dismounted, and stood in front of them.
His horse reported the news reported by the scouts, "This camp is full of people from the Salha tribe, and their leader was killed in the rebellion."
The unruly black horse was as docile as a sheep under the control of this short man. Not long ago, this violent stallion kicked a slave to death with its hind hooves. As the leader of the tribe, he was not only controlling people.
He has shown extraordinary skills and is a rare expert in horse training.
Salha has a population of only more than 10,000 people on the grassland. It is a tiny town on the grassland.
The small tribe of Zudao now has two thousand horses, which is the strength of the whole clan. The remaining few hundred people and horses are without their master, like a herd of horses without a leader. Now they are gathered to a thousand men under Dun Mao's tent.
You need to have a long hand to control them, otherwise it would not be a good thing to let these people wander around Jinzhou.
Behind Dunmao were hundreds of heavily armored guards, with metal armor rings forming armor and tough leather on the outside for added protection. These cavalrymen were even equipped with hand armor and face armor, and even the horses were covered with armor.
The shape of the burqa and long lance is not something that can be made by rough craftsmen on the grassland. The cavalry are armed from the head to the teeth, like ferocious beasts. It is difficult to imagine such a cavalry charge.
What kind of iron flow they will form when the enemy attacks. No infantry can block such a charge.
Spending half of the clan's wealth to build a heavy cavalry was another decision that Dunmao made that was at odds with the wishes of most of the nobles in the clan. The nobles all wanted to use the looted wealth to buy gold, silver and silk from Yao merchants.
, but Dun bravely went against all opinions and neither added too many cavalry nor gave the slave team better equipment. Instead, he sent messengers to exchange furs and horses for excellent craftsmen and iron materials in Dayao territory.
This heavy cavalry, which has never appeared on the battlefield so far, was secretly built.
The cavalry of the prairie people has always pursued the maneuverability of light cavalry. The heavy cavalry that has been armed by Dun Mao has only a few thousand people, but it consumes more than five ordinary troops of a thousand people. The true combat power has not been truly confirmed, but the common force of the prairie people is
Qingqi was as weak as a child in front of these cavalry.
Only the strongest slaves and pure-blooded horses can carry such heavy armor, and most of them are also warriors.
For a long time, the Yao people used an infantry formation composed of machine guns and shields, combined with strong bows and powerful bows, to restrain the light cavalry of the prairie people. When faced with a forest of spears, halberds and rain of arrows, the lightly armored cavalry suffered huge casualties.
Only in this way can a hole be opened in the formation. This is an indisputable fact that should have been proved in the battle at the beginning of this spring.
In the battle at the beginning of spring, Dunmao's troops were also the main force. Although the cruel winter on the grassland and the ensuing spring famine did not deal a devastating blow to his tribe, it still damaged their vitality. The tribes on the grassland went south for the first time after forming an alliance.
Not much benefit has been obtained. This year's famine exceeded the worst plans of all the masters on the grassland. It was another autumn with almost no harvest. There were not many lambs and calves. The hungry grassland people turned their bloodshot eyes towards
south.
However, this time when they went south, they still had to face Dayao's infantry formation. Heavy cavalry could not be formed overnight, and Dun Mao could not accomplish such a thing in just a few months from this spring to the present.
Ten years ago, as early as ten years ago, as the leader of the grassland, he began to think hard about how to deal with Yao's infantry formation, but with the power of his army alone, he was far from being an enemy of the vast Yao. Famine
This allowed the grassland people to put aside their old grievances and unite together, so in the winter of his forty-nine year, he finally led all the tribesmen to break through Huangyang Pass and enter Jinzhou.
His ambition is...the territory of Yao's sixteen states