(Our posture is not suppressed on the monthly ticket list, I seem to see the hope of changing positions with Xia Huaniang.) Let's push down the crazy knife giant first, and then push down Xia Huaniang, don't taboo, okay? ）

Chapter 549: The Messenger of the Gods

At the beginning of April, the climate on the grassland has been so good that people want to roar at the blue sky, the new green has covered the grassland, and the wind on the grassland seems to be able to wash people's hearts, which is exceptionally thorough and refreshing. Standing on the high slope and looking into the distance, the green grass and the blue sky in the far distance are in one place, and the heart is relaxed.

The white lion walked lazily on the grass, completely ignoring the fearful performance of the war horses behind him. Fang Xie found that the biggest advantage of this mount was not only that it was faster than the best horses, but also that it felt very comfortable because of its thick hair. Riding a lion naturally cannot be saddled, and even if this proud beast wanted to, saddle it would make it look undecent.

Chen Yishan, Lu Fenghou, Xiahou Baichuan, Chen Dingnan, Liu Xuri, Zhuge Wuyun, the six generals that Fang Xie relied on, respectively set off early in the morning with 5,000 cavalry divided into six roads, Fang Xie took 10,000 horses to the north, leaving about 30,000 people in the camp, almost all of them were newly recruited soldiers in the past few months, and they still needed training. Sun Kaidao and several generals stayed behind, and now the total strength of the Black Flag Army is about 70,000, an increase of nearly 20,000 from the beginning.

The breeze blows from the opposite side and feels comfortable on the person's cheeks. This is a good time to send troops, in the steppe, even if there is no war, the Mengyuan royal court will hold a large-scale hunt in April and May every year, and the Mengyuan Khan personally leads the team, and hundreds of thousands of wolf horsemen choose a place to hunt.

This is the tradition of the Mengyuan people, in order to keep the wolf cavalry in battle.

The Black Flag Army under Fang Xie changed from infantry to cavalry in more than half a year. In the past six months, the soldiers have trained extremely hard, and even if they are not as skilled as a wolf riding a bow horse, they are at least familiar with how to use a knife and how to open a bow on horseback. Fang Xie never thought that he would let the soldiers of the Black Flag Army become elite light cavalry in just half a year, which was a completely unrealistic luxury.

The team made its way north, and the nearest target was 1,200 miles away.

The northern barbarians poured out of their nests, entered the grassland from the northernmost part of the Wolf Milk Mountain, and attacked the Mengyuan Sele Banner.

The scale of the Sele Banner is much larger than that of the Mandu Banner, and not long after the royal court's war against the Great Snow Mountain began, the main Sele Banner Banner Sele Tiedu rushed to the Great Snow Mountain with 80,000 cavalry, and the number of cavalry remaining in the Sele Banner was not less than 30,000. So when the northern barbarians invaded at first, the people of Sele Banner did not feel afraid.

30,000 wolves are still on the grassland, and even in the face of 100,000 northern barbarians, they will not be defeated. The initial war had always been dominated by the Mongols, and the wolf cavalry of the Sele Banner even regarded the war against the Northern Barbarians as hunting. Those Northern barbarians who wore leather robes and held stone sticks and sticks were no different from wild beasts in the eyes of the wolf cavalry.

When more than 100,000 northern barbarians arrived at the Sele Banner, they were killed by the wolf cavalry in the first battle. These Northern Barbarians were not accustomed to the combat methods of the Great Army, and there was almost no tacit understanding between their various tribes in the Northern Barbarians, so they were broken by the Great Sui Border Army.

The Northern Barbarians didn't know much about Meng Yuan, and in their opinion, the elite border army of the Great Sui was the evil star. As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless, and it is precisely because of their ignorance that these people will brazenly break into the prairie. They thought it would be smooth sailing, but they lost more than 30,000 men in the first battle, and the rear team was crushed before the battle began.

However, later, when more and more northern barbarians entered the steppe, the wolf cavalry of the Sele Banner felt a headache. Because although these northern barbarians did not know what the art of war and tactics were, their sense of battle was completely based on the experience accumulated from hunting. But the biggest advantage of these people is that they are all warriors. The northern barbarians who survive in the harsh environment, boys over the age of ten pick up stone axes and go hunting with their fathers to fight fierce beasts.

Even the women of the Northern Barbarians are brave enough to make people's hearts palpitate. They rushed over overwhelmingly, although there was no formation to speak of, but their savage killing intent was the greatest weapon.

Although the wolf cavalry has never suffered a loss, the speed of depletion of troops is also worrying.

Later, after hundreds of thousands of northern barbarians poured into the Serer banner, it was like a locust plague in this grassland. The places where the Northern Barbarians passed can be described as not growing an inch of grass. They don't know how to take care of the grasslands at all, and only carry out destructive looting. When a small tribe is breached, the shepherds will be killed, both men and women. The cattle, sheep and horses obtained by the Northern Barbarians would be divided equally under the auspices of the chief, and this habit of life was simply a symbol of uncivilized.

They don't think that horses can't be eaten.

As long as it is meat, it is a type of food in their eyes.

And most importantly, the status of women among the northern barbarians was much higher than that of men. All the drudgery in the tribe is done by men, and the decisions are made by the most respected women of the tribe. Unless there is a very special situation, the leaders of the tribes of the Northern Barbarians are all women.

Men don't feel ashamed of being called by women.

Fang Jie's understanding of the Northern Barbarians mostly comes from arrogance. Zhang Mad was originally a border army in the northern frontier, and once mixed into the northern barbarian tribe to live for several years, and after figuring out the composition of the northern barbarians, he led the Great Sui border army to slaughter more than a dozen small tribes in the northern barbarians in a war, killing at least more than 50,000 barbarians.

Later, after getting to know Yan Chongde, Fang Xie knew more about the Northern Barbarians.

The Northern Barbarians were indeed backward, as can be seen from the fact that their main weapons were still stone tools. But it was such a group of backward people who forced the herdsmen of Sele Banner away from their homes. Of course, if Sele Tiedu hadn't left with 80,000 elite horsemen, hundreds of thousands of northern barbarians would not have to worry at all.

By spring, more than a million northern barbarians had settled in the Sele Banner, and then continued their southward invasion on a large scale.

Croctai Mönggo probably never imagined that the mighty empire he ruled would one day be occupied by such an uncivilized group of barbarians. Regarding the calamity that Meng Yuan is suffering now, Wan Yan Yong, the Khan who is close to the Northern Liao Land, naturally will not care, he is happy to see such a situation.

And these northern barbarians definitely would not have expected that the Black Flag Army would regard them as the first target for military training.

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The Northern Barbarians, who had just conquered a small tribe, were still in great excitement, and they found the steppe to be a paradise. Because they live in a very tired and remote place, they don't know much about the outside world. And because of their barbarism and backwardness, even the merchants of Eastern Chu, who claimed to be able to do business in any corner of the world, were unwilling to deal with them. Therefore, the most intuitive impression of the Northern Barbarians on the outside world is that there is a group of terrible soldiers in the empire called the Great Sui.

The border troops of the Great Sui wore thick leather armor, held sharp lances and horizontal knives, had repeating crossbow arrows, and dazzling formations. Every time they clashed with the Sui people, the Northern Barbarians never tasted victory.

Later, a man who claimed to be a messenger of the gods came to the Northern Barbarians, and relied on his strong cultivation to make the Northern Barbarian King respect him extraordinarily and obey his words. This man unleashed an amazing spell in front of the Northern Barbarian King, inspiring fear and respect in the hearts of all who saw it.

The Northern Barbarian King called this man a divine envoy.

The oracle brought good news to the northern barbarians, saying that in the west there was a heavenly steppe, where the people were very rich, and above all the people there were weak. He said to the Northern Barbarian King, "You are next to a powerful empire like the Great Sui, and it is too difficult to survive, and you must live in another place." If you can climb over the mountains, then the rich grasslands are your new home.

Without hesitation, the Northern Barbarian King ordered all the tribes to go on an expedition, no, to move.

When they reached the grassland, they realized that what the oracle said was indeed right. It's full of cattle and sheep, so fat. And unlike the ferocious prey that the Northern Barbarians had to face every day, those cattle and sheep were simply docile as if waiting for them to slaughter. Moreover, the beef and mutton are exceptionally sweet and fatty, and they are much more delicious than the wild animals they hunt on weekdays.

This backward nation has never eaten beef and mutton!

The grassland full of cattle and sheep is really a paradise for them.

In order to stay in heaven, they shed their blood and died. In fact, at the beginning of the war, when the war was not going well, the 30,000 wolf cavalry of the Sele Banner made the Northern Barbarians fearful. After seeing the fierce combat power of the wolf horse, the Northern Barbarian King once had the heart to retreat. They had never seen an army fighting on horseback, and the speed of the wind was too much for them to handle.

But the oracle told them that there were only so many cavalry that as long as they killed them, no one would be able to stop the northern barbarians from becoming the masters of the steppe. He said to the Northern Barbarian King, "You are the king who rules millions of people, don't you want to become a steppe man who rules ten times and a hundred times more than your people?"

Although the Northern Barbarians are backward, their desire for power is not small at all.

With the help of the divine envoys, after dozens of battles, the Northern Barbarians finally forced the herdsmen of the Sele Banner to start migrating, and those weak herdsmen tribes were simply unable to resist the invasion of millions of Northern Barbarians.

Another small tribe with a population of more than 1,000 was slaughtered by the Northern Barbarians, and the leader of the Northern Barbarians, Liguda, screamed with joy. He led 30,000 northern barbarians southward, and almost encountered little resistance along the way, he successfully occupied at least 500 miles of pasture, and those herdsmen abandoned their cattle and sheep and fled, which was like a dream.

"An angel is a person sent by the gods to guide us to the light."

Liguda exclaimed, "If there were no oracles, how could we know that there is such a paradise in the Dao?" ”

The barbarians under his command immediately cheered, and it seemed that their respect for the oracle was stronger than that of the Northern Barbarian King. Just as the soldiers were cheering, a group of men and horses came in the distance, led by a mysterious man who had been made an envoy by the Northern Barbarians. Looking at the outfit on his body, it is a typical Central Plains Confucian shirt. He looked like he was about forty years old, and his words and deeds had a bookish air.

If there is a Han here, you will definitely see that this person's background must have some origins. Ordinary Han families can't cultivate such a demeanor.

"Knock to the oracle!"

Led by Liguda, all the Northern Barbarians knelt down and saluted the Han man.

"Get Up"

The Han man tidied up his clothes, and seemed to dislike the dust that would fall on his clothes after riding a horse. It seems that although he is no longer young, he is still a very handsome man. Unlike the others, he did not carry weapons or bags, only a book and a jug of wine. It hangs right on the side of the saddle and is within reach.

Behind him were about three hundred cavalrymen, dressed in black iron armor, whose visors were pulled down to reveal only their eyes, and they looked particularly fierce. These people were called the servants of the Divine Envoy by the Northern Barbarians, and they were the ones who followed the Divine Envoy to the Northern Barbarians. The cold aura emanating from these people made the Northern Barbarians dare not provoke.

"You've done a good job, and the Barbarian King is pleased with your performance."

The divine envoy waved his hand and motioned for them all to get up, and then said lightly: "Leave half of the spoils for you to enjoy, and half for the barbarian king." ”

"Yes!"

Liguda leaned over respectfully.

"Camp here tonight, I'll rush to Helimu's team. There was some trouble there, and the herders resisted a little strongly. ”

The oracle glanced at Liguda and said, "Remember, according to what I taught you before, you should leave people outside to guard at night, understand?" ”

"Understood!"

Liguda nodded vigorously: "I will do what you tell me!" ”

In his view, everything the oracle said was the will of the gods, there was no doubt about it.