I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 62 Mantis Catching Cicadas
For more than a month, not only can they basically eat their stomachs, but they can also eat meat every two or three days. Zuo Guanghu and Yue Mufei have grown stronger.

They used to be sword and shield players and spearmen of the Ming army, and they were infantrymen, but now they can ride horses. Their riding skills are not as good as the Mongols, and they can only be compared with Huang Yi.

Huang Yi has close to a hundred war horses and pack horses. Except for women, all men have to practice horseback riding.

Huang Dazhi, Huang Dayong, Zuo Guanghu, Yue Mufei and more than [-] teenagers, young and middle-aged have been practicing riding and fighting.

Huang Yi also often organizes everyone to divide into two teams to simulate the confrontation between the two armies...

Zuo Guanghu and Yue Mufei's experience as slaves in the prairie was not entirely a bad thing, at least they learned how to ride a horse.

They used to envy the cavalry very much, but now that their dreams have come true, they are of course willing to practice hard on cavalry.

Both of them wore leather armor and cotton armor, and neither of them used a Mongolian machete.

Yue Mufei was still sprinting with a white wax spear that was one foot two feet long, and Zuo Guanghu was holding a leather shield in his left hand and wielding the ghost-headed broadsword Qi Dashan made for him with his right hand.

This knife weighs six catties and seven taels, more than double that of an ordinary Mongolian scimitar.

Neither of them knows how to shoot arrows, but they are both practicing throwing spears now, and each of them carries three throwing spears on their backs.

This time the investigation is highly valued.

Because when the investigation returns, it is the day of the attack.

Not only Huang Yi's men were dispatched, but also Kalitu, Mo Zhigen and thirteen experienced knights.

Their main purpose was to re-investigate the small tribe whose leader was Dumbut.

Make sure that there are no other allies around the tribe who can reinforce them in time.

The Hedanbaatar tribe has just arrived, and has not yet formed an alliance with other nearby tribes.

But Mongolian tribal alliances are the norm.

It is known that the selected target has taken refuge in a certain unit of Karaqin who betrayed Lin Danhan, so it is necessary to calculate the number of troops that may be encountered.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind!Sometimes life can be quite dramatic.

Just when Huang Yi, Kaletu, and Mo Zhigen basically determined the attack route and method, a subordinate tribe, one of the original eight Chahar tribes, planned to launch an attack on the Hedanbaatar tribe.

This tribe has a population of two thousand and several hundred, more than 300 young and middle-aged knights, no less than 40 string controllers, and the chief is Dakambulu in his [-]s.

Not only was this chief able to fight by himself, but because he had many brothers and nephews, and he was cohesive in the battles, he often achieved victories, which led to the tribe fighting bigger and bigger.

This tribe has always coveted this vast area at the western foot of Yanshan Mountain, and of course they don't want a tribe with a population and strength close to theirs to appear here.

But Dakambulu did not launch an attack immediately, but deliberately led his tribe close to the settlement of the Hedanbaatar tribe, thinking of defeating others without fighting.

Why does he have this idea?

Because the population of the Dakambulu tribe is several hundred more than that of the Hedanbaatar tribe, and there are at least 100 more young and middle-aged knights, and they also have several small and medium-sized tribes that are allied.

He believed that his large tribe with a population of nearly [-] was approaching, and someone from the Hedan Bateer tribe must have come to peep.

The strength is naturally displayed.

Of course, the next step is to send envoys to contact Hedan Bateer's tribe, asking for food, cattle, sheep and horses as offerings.

Survival on the prairie is difficult, and food and resources are limited. As long as the opponent is willing to bow his head to offer sacrifices, the Dakambulu tribe who can occupy more resources will definitely be stronger and stronger, and the opponent with more scarce resources will inevitably decline gradually.

Dakamblu is very smart, and he is going to play a game of courtesy first and soldiers later.

If Hedan Battelle, who had just arrived, didn't understand, he would definitely send troops to crusade.

Therefore, when Huang Yi, Kaletu, and Mo Zhigen excitedly approached Hedan Bateer to discuss sending troops to attack Dumbat's troops, they found Hedan Bateer's face was sad.

That was the front foot and the back foot. The emissary sent by Dakambulu to blackmail was just dismissed by Hedanbaatar with good words.

After asking to understand the situation, Huang Yi couldn't help laughing.

There was another war here, and it was a big one. Fortunately, all the Han people went into the mountains.

The food, cattle and sheep in the Hedanbaatar tribe can barely survive.

Only the original team and young and middle-aged knights can eat their stomachs. Thank goodness for slaves who can eat half full.

There is nothing wrong with handing over the offering to Lin Danhan. After all, he is the golden family and the king of the prairie.

Paying tribute to the Dakambulu tribe that he has never heard of, how could Hedanbaatar, a man who is used to being wild, give in?

Hearing the envoy's nonsense, his teeth itch with hatred!

Fortunately, he has gone through hardships in the past few years, and he has become much calmer. If it were four years ago, he would have swung the whip on the spot and made the messenger run away with his head in his arms.

He knew that the other party couldn't swallow his men.

But know that the opponent's strength is stronger than one's own.

Back when his father was the leader of the tribe, it was because he repeatedly beat the Kachagute tribe of comparable strength to life and death!
In the end, both sides were hurt!
This time, another arrogant and powerful Dakambulu tribe appeared for no reason!

Hedan Battelle had a headache. He was not afraid of death or fighting. What he worried most was that he would destroy the tribe that had finally developed.

Therefore, Hedan Battelle first used good words to paralyze the envoy and did not turn his face on the spot.

The purpose is to wait for Huang Yi, the backbone, to come back and discuss what to do?
Hedan Battelle always told the truth in front of Huang Yi.

He made his concerns clear, and Huang Yi, Mo Rigen's translator, could understand.

Hedan Battelle's biggest concern is of course that the enemy has far more young and middle-aged knights than his own, and there are at least twenty more knights equipped with iron armor than his own.

As for which tribes have formed an alliance with the Dakambulu tribe, it is still unclear for the time being.

After showing off the enemy's strength, Kaletu, Mozhigen and other eight high-level tribes were a little surprised, thinking that this battle was not easy to fight.

Huang Yi's attitude is the most firm.

It must be fought, and it must be fought until the Dakambulu tribe is destroyed, and the prestige and momentum of the Hedan Bateer tribe must be played.

Let the surrounding small tribes either flee, or turn in the offerings to express their submission.

For this reason, Huang Yi started to flick again.

He asked Hedan Battelle: "Do you still remember the situation of the tribe when we first met?"

Hedanbaatar replied truthfully: "It was too difficult at that time. There was no place to live in such a big Ujimqin grassland, so we had to migrate all the way to the southwest."

"How many people and horses were there in the whole tribe at that time? How many people? Now?"

"Haha, I feel sorry for my father and brothers who died in battle, and now our population is much larger than it was three years ago.

Although there are not many knights who can charge into battle, there are already more than [-] armored cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is far stronger than three years ago! "

"Have you ever thought about why this is?"

Hedan Battelle patted Huang Yi's shoulder with a smile, and said sincerely: "I thought about it a long time ago, it's because you came to our tribe!"

Huang Yi shook his head and said, "It's wrong! It's not because of me, but you and the whole tribe are blessed by the gods. Attacks must be conquered and battles must be won!"

(End of this chapter)