(Our position is not suppressed on the monthly ticket list. I seem to see the hope of changing positions with Xia Hua Niang. Let¡¯s knock down the Crazy Sword Giant first, and then push down Xia Hua Niang. No taboos, okay?) 544 Chapter 19 Messenger of the Gods The weather on the grassland has improved in early April. It makes people want to roar at the blue sky. The grass has been covered with fresh green. The wind that comes on the grassland as the horse gallops on the grassland seems to be able to cleanse people. The mind is the same, exceptionally clear and refreshing. Standing on a high slope and looking far into the distance, you can see the green grass and the blue sky in the distance, which makes you feel relaxed and happy. The white lion walked lazily on the grass, completely ignoring the fearful expressions of the horses behind it. Fang Jie found that the biggest advantage of this mount was not only that it could run faster than the best war horses, but also that it felt particularly comfortable because of its thick fur. Naturally, you cannot install a saddle when riding a lion. Even if this proud beast wants to, a saddle will make it look nondescript. Chen Banshan, Lu Fenghou, Xiahou Baichuan, Chen Dingnan, Liu Xuri, and Zhuge Wuyuan, the six generals on whom Fang Jie relied, each set out early in the morning with five thousand cavalry in six groups. After a mighty march to the north, there were about 30,000 people left in the camp, almost all of them newly recruited soldiers in the past few months and still need training. Sun Kaidao and several generals stayed behind. The total strength of the Black Flag Army is now about 70,000, an increase of nearly 20,000 from the original. The breeze blows from the opposite side and feels very comfortable on people's cheeks. This is a good time to send troops. On the prairie, even if there is no war, the Mongolian Royal Court will hold a large-scale hunting almost every year in April and May. The Mongolian Khan personally leads the team, and hundreds of thousands of wolf riders are often selected. Hunting in one place. This is the tradition of the Mongolian people, in order to allow the wolf cavalry to maintain their combat effectiveness. It took more than half a year for Fang Jie's Black Flag Army to transform from infantry to cavalry. The soldiers have trained extremely hard in the past six months. Even if they are still not as skilled as the wolf riders, they are at least familiar with how to use knives and draw bows on horseback. Fang Jie never thought that the soldiers of the Black Flag Army would become elite light cavalry in just half a year. That was an extravagant expectation that was completely unrealistic. The team traveled all the way north, and the nearest target was 1,200 miles away. The northern barbarians came out in full force, entered the grassland from the northernmost part of Langru Mountain, and invaded the Sele Banner of Meng Yuan. The size of the Sele Banner is much larger than that of the Mandu Banner. Not long after the Royal Court's war against the Snowy Mountains began, Sele Tidu, the leader of the Sele Banner, rushed to the Snowy Mountains with 80,000 cavalry. Those who stayed in the Sele Banner The number of cavalry was no less than 30,000. So when the northern barbarians first invaded, the people of Sele Banner did not feel afraid. Thirty thousand wolf riders, still on the grassland, will not be defeated even if they face a hundred thousand northern barbarians. In the initial war, the Mongolians had always had the upper hand. The wolf cavalry of Sele Banner even regarded the war against the northern barbarians as hunting. Those northern barbarians wearing leather robes and holding stone and wooden sticks were no different from wild beasts in the eyes of the wolf cavalry. When hundreds of thousands of northern barbarians arrived at Sele Banner, they were killed by wolf cavalry in the first battle, leaving corpses scattered all over the field. These Northern Barbarians were not used to the fighting method of large corps. There was almost no tacit understanding among the various tribes in the Northern Barbarians, so they were defeated by the Sui border troops one by one. The Northern Barbarians didn¡¯t know much about the Meng Yuan Dynasty. In their view, the elite frontier troops of the Sui Dynasty were the evil stars. As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless. These people relied on their ignorance to bravely break into the prairie. They thought it would be smooth sailing, but in the end they lost more than 30,000 people in the first battle, and the rear group was broken up and disrupted before the battle began. But later, as more and more northern barbarians entered the grassland, the wolf cavalry of Sele Banner felt a headache. Because although these northern barbarians do not know what art of war and tactics are, their combat consciousness is entirely based on the experience accumulated from hunting. But the biggest advantage of these people is that they are all warriors. For the northern barbarians who survive in a harsh environment, when a boy is over ten years old, he picks up a stone ax and goes hunting with his parents to fight against ferocious beasts. Even the women of the northern barbarians are so brave that it makes people¡¯s hearts tremble. They rushed over overwhelmingly. Although there was no formation to speak of, their savage killing intent was their greatest weapon. Although the Wolf Cavalry has never suffered a loss, the rate of troop depletion is also worrying. Later, after hundreds of thousands of northern barbarians poured into Sele Banner, it was like a locust plague on this grassland. Wherever the Northern Barbarians have passed, it can be described as being barren of grass. They don't know how to maintain the grassland at all, and they only engage in destructive robbery. If a small tribe is conquered, all the herders will be killed, regardless of gender. The obtained cattle, sheep and horses will be distributed equally among the northern barbarians under the leadership of the leader. This living habit is simply a symbol of uncivilization. They don¡¯t think that war horses are inedible. As long as it is meat, it is a kind of food in their eyes. The most important point is that the status of women among the northern barbarians is much higher than that of men. All the hard work in the tribe is done by men, and the decisions about affairs are made by the most virtuous and respected women in the tribe. Unless there are very special circumstances, the leaders of each tribe in the Northern Barbarians are women. Men don¡¯t think it¡¯s embarrassing to be bossed around by women. Fang Jie¡¯s understanding of the Northern Barbarians mostly comes from arrogance. Zhang Kuang was originally a frontier army in the northern Xinjiang. He once lived among the northern barbarians for several years. After figuring out the composition of the northern barbarians, he led the Sui frontier army to massacre more than a dozen small tribes of the northern barbarians in one battle, killing at least five people. Thousands of barbarians. Later, after getting to know Wanyan Zhongde, Fang Jie learned more about the Northern Barbarians. The Northern Barbarians are indeed backward, which can be seen from the fact that their main weapons are 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 Seltidu did not leave with 80,000 fine cavalry, hundreds of thousands of northern barbarians would not be a concern at all. By spring, more than a million northern barbarians had settled in Sele Banner, and then they continued to invade the south on a large scale. Kok Taimeng probably never thought that the powerful empire he ruled would one day be occupied by such a group of uncivilized barbarians and occupy such a large territory. Regarding the disasters suffered by Meng Yuan, Khan Wanyanyong, who is close to the Northern Liao region, will naturally not care about it. He is happy to see such a situation. And these northern barbarians definitely did not expect that the Black Flag Army would regard them as the first training target. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ The northern barbarians who had just captured a small tribe were still in extreme excitement. They found that the grassland was simply 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 Dongchu merchants who claimed to be able to do business to any corner of the world were unwilling to deal with them. Therefore, the Northern Barbarians' most intuitive impression of the outside world is that the empire called Sui Dynasty had a group of terrifying soldiers. The frontier troops of the Sui Dynasty wore thick leather armor, wielded long and sharp swords, continuous crossbows, and dazzling formations. Every time they fought against the Sui people, the Northern Barbarians never tasted victory. Later, a man who claimed to be the messenger of the gods came to the Northern Barbarians, and relied on his extremely strong cultivation to make the Northern Barbarian King respect him extraordinarily and obey his words. This man displayed amazing magic in front of the Northern Barbarian King, making everyone who saw him fear and respect him. The Northern Barbarian King called this man the Divine Envoy. The messenger of God brought good news to the northern barbarians. He said that there was a paradise-like grassland in the west. The people there were very rich, but most importantly, the people there were very weak. He told the Northern Barbarian King that it would be too difficult for you to survive next to an empire as powerful as the Sui Dynasty, and you must live somewhere else. If you can climb over the mountains, then the rich grasslands will be your new home. Without hesitation, the Northern Barbarian King ordered all the tribes to go out, no, to move. When they arrived on the grassland, they discovered that what the angel said was indeed correct. There are cattle and sheep everywhere here, so fat. And unlike the ferocious prey that the northern barbarians faced every day, those cattle and sheep were as docile as if they were waiting for them to be slaughtered. Moreover, the beef and mutton are exceptionally sweet and plump, much more delicious than the wild animals they usually hunt. 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 admitted to bleeding and dying. In fact, when the war was not going smoothly at the beginning, the 30,000 wolf cavalrymen of Sele Banner made the northern barbarians fearful. After the Northern Barbarian King saw the fierce combat power of the Wolf Cavalry, he once had the intention of retreating. They had never seen an army fighting on horseback. The wind-like speed made it impossible for them to deal with it. But the envoy told them that there were only so many cavalrymen. As long as they were killed, no one could stop the northern barbarians from becoming the masters of the grassland. He said to the Northern Barbarian King, "You are a king who rules millions of people. Don't you want to become a grassland man who rules ten times and a hundred times more people than you?" Although the Northern Barbarians are backward, their desire for power is not small at all. With the help of the divine envoys, the northern barbarians finally forced the herders of the Sele Banner to migrate after dozens of fights. However, those weak herdsmen tribes were simply unable to resist the invasion of millions of northern barbarians. Another small tribe with a population of over a thousand was massacred by the Northern Barbarians. Liguda, the leader of the Northern Barbarians, screamed with joy. He led 30,000 northern barbarians southward and successfully occupied at least 500 miles of pasture without encountering any resistance along the way. The herdsmen abandoned their cattle and sheep and fled. This was like a dream. "A divine envoy is a person sent by the gods to guide us to the light." Liguda praised: "If there were no divine envoys, how could we know that there is such a paradise." His barbarians immediately cheered and saw It seems that his respect for the divine envoy is stronger than that of the Northern Barbarian King. Just as the soldiers were cheering, a group of people came from a distance. The leader was the mysterious man who was turned into an envoy by the northern barbarians. Judging from his attire, it is a typical Central Plains Confucian shirt. He seemed to be about forty years old, and his words and deeds had a bookish air. If there were any Han people here, they would definitely see that this person had some background. Ordinary Han families cannot cultivate such a noble demeanor in every gesture. "Kowtow to the divine envoy!" Under the leadership of Liguda, all the northern barbarians knelt down and saluted the Han man. "Everyone, get up." The Han man tidied his clothes. He seemed to dislike the dust falling on his clothes after riding a horse. It seems that although he is no longer young, he is still a very handsome man. Unlike others, he did not carry any weapons or luggage, only a book and a bottle of wine. It just hangs on the side of the saddle, within easy reach. Behind him were about three hundred cavalry, wearing black armor. The visors were pulled down to reveal only their eyes, which made them look particularly fierce. These people are called the servants of the divine envoy by the northern barbarians. They followed the divine envoy to the northern barbarians. The cold aura emanating from these people made the northern barbarians dare not provoke them. "You have done a good job, and the Barbarian King is also very satisfied with your performance." The envoy waved his hand to signal them all to get up, and then said calmly: "Keep half of the spoils for your own enjoyment, and send the other half to the Barbarian King." "Yes! ¡± Liguda bowed respectfully. "You guys can camp here tonight. I have to rush to Helimu's team. There's some trouble there, and the herdsmen's resistance is a bit strong." The envoy glanced at Liguda and said, "Remember, follow my instructions I taught you before that you should stay on guard outside at night, do you understand?" "I understand!" Liguda nodded vigorously: "I will do what you ask!" In his opinion, the messenger said it! Everything is the will of God, there is no doubt about it.