Lord Highlander

Desoworth Village

This village is not too big, there are some dilapidated and low wooden houses everywhere, and the roofs are also made of wooden boards, which looks very depressed.

The only eye-catching thing is the eye-catching huge stable next to the village. The herdsmen drove the horses into the stable, and the horses ran in familiarly.

At the entrance of the village was a well made of stones. A group of villagers ran out when they heard the movement of horses. Several villagers fetched a few barrels of water from the well and smashed a rock with crystalline particles into pieces. , threw it into the bucket, stirred it vigorously, and went to drink the horse.

A herd of horses huddled around the water trough, scrambling for a drink.

This village looks very poor, and all the villagers are local aborigines, but they are not as friendly as the five herdsmen. Their eyes are full of vigilance and hatred, and they dare not get too close. Looking at the cavalry not far away, no one would take a step forward.

Looking around, Suldak found that only the upper half of these wooden houses in the village were exposed to the ground, while the other half was buried under the soil layer. The doors dug were also stepped down step by step to get into the earthen houses.

Because of this, these wooden houses are built very low, and the inside is somewhat damp.

Some old people and children were lying outside their houses basking in the sun, and the children all ran to the entrance of the village to watch the excitement.

These herdsmen who went out to herd horses were welcomed into the village like heroes returning in triumph.

When the villagers saw a wounded villager on the back of a horse, they panicked and shouted a few words to the crowd...

Everyone hurriedly lifted him off the horse and laid him flat next to the well at the entrance of the village. Two elderly villagers separated from the crowd and walked to the front. Ask about what happened.

Two women in ragged clothes squeezed out of the crowd, and several children followed behind them, surrounding the injured villagers together.

There are some dried fish and wild vegetables, mushrooms, dried radishes and other food on the roof.

The guide in the cavalry battalion introduced to Suldak: "This is the village of Desowots. Most people in this village herd horses for the Goss family and manage the horse herd. Their ancestors are a group of nomads. When I pass by here, I usually rest at the entrance of the village, and this well is the biggest wealth in the village."

Andrew held the reins of the horse with one hand, stopped the horse, looked at the desolate village, and said with emotion:

"The life of the aborigines here is worse than ours."

He was talking about the Nanai tribe in the jungle of the Maca plane.

The guide smiled and said:

"The situation in this village has been settled. At least the people in their village can keep horses for Master Goss."

Seeing that the eyes of Suldak, Andrew and others fell on him, the guide explained:

"Once some places are occupied by the nobles, the clansmen living on that land will move out. They cannot adapt to the life in Wilkes City, so they have to move north to the edge of the Demonic Beast Forest. Many people Unwilling to move to the edge of the dangerous World of Warcraft forest, they moved to those small towns, and in order to make a living, they asked the rich people in the town to work."

"The little money I earn back is not enough to buy black bread, but it won't make people starve to death. Everyone is like living in a cage. In order to survive, they will lose a lot of precious things inexplicably, such as dignity, free."

"After living in the small town for a long time, you will find that even if you want to leave here, it is impossible. The tribesmen have lost their living skills in the wilderness, and there is no place for them in this land."

"The situation of the villagers here is better. At least they can still ride horses and run as they please on the grassland."

Suldak glanced at the guide, but he didn't expect the guide to have so many thoughts.

The colonists in Bena Province need some obedient aborigines to open up farms, pastures, mines, workshops, etc. in the plane. The last thing they want to see is that these aborigines become extremely lazy because of their rich life. Freedom is even more undesirable. If everyone has their own ideas, it may be difficult to manage.

The nobles are willing to come to the Bailin plane in order to open up some plane territories and expand their private property.

Marquis Luther asked Suldak to lead a cavalry battalion to garrison here, mainly to earn military merit and be promoted to the title, and also wanted Suldak to enclose a piece of land for himself if he had the opportunity. It's just that if the current Bailin plane wants to open up land, it has to go to the northernmost town of Dodan, which is already close to the famous Warcraft Forest on the Bailin plane.

And those civilians from Bena Province came to the Bailin plane through the portal, mostly to make more money. Fortune comes.

When the Bena people entered the Bailin plane, they used force to suppress the local aborigines until they surrendered.

In the end, they must be absorbed into the people of the plane of the Grimm Empire. Once the situation stabilizes, more Benar people will continue to enter the Bailin plane through the portal. They occupy a large area of ​​​​the Bailin plane and continue to squeeze Their living space draws nutrients from the Bailin plane and feeds back the Grimm Empire.

In the eyes of the Bena people, this group of aborigines is a group of second-class citizens. They are used to be squeezed from birth to death. Only by squeezing them can they quickly create wealth. The obsession in the bones of the imperial people.

The guide in front of him turned out to be a very special aborigine, and it was hard for Suldak not to look at him with admiration.

At this time, it was probably heard from the herdsman herding the horse that it was Suerdak who rescued the injured herdsman. The old man in the village walked cautiously towards Suerdak.

"Honorable Lord Baron, all the villagers of Desowatz Village thank you for your selfless help!"

The old man saluted Surdak.

Suldak got off his horse and asked the old man, "Are you the village chief here?"

Although Suldak is the garrison chief who came to the Bailin plane from Bena Province, and he can be regarded as a ruler, but he feels... at least the superficial things, such as politeness, gentlemanly demeanor, and knighthood. Spirit or something, should have or have to have.

The old man was indeed the elder of Desowatz Village. For these aborigines, the elder was the head of the village.

Suldak just passed by here, so he didn't intend to have too much contact with them, so he didn't accept the elder's invitation to enter the village, but stayed outside the village for a while, preparing to take the cavalry battalion with him. Leave the village of Desoworth.

Andrew quickly called out the cavalry who were resting at the entrance of the village: "Everyone, we are setting off!"

The cavalry mounted their horses one after another and set off to the north in formation. Just as they set off, the team hadn't walked a few steps away when they heard an ancient Bolai horse neighing "咴咴咴", and then the war horse "boomed" in the team fell down with a bang.

The body of the cavalry on horseback is very flexible, and he jumped off the horse the moment the horse fell down, and was not crushed by the body of the horse...

The moment the horse fell down, it struggled twice on the spot again, with its two front legs supporting half of its body, the horse stood up again, shook its body vigorously, and the heavy materials on the horse's back were shaken There was a loud bang.

Suldak, Andrew, Samira, and Vilu rushed over immediately.

Suldak jumped off the horse, walked to the side of the horse, and checked its physical condition. He could feel that the muscles of the horse's whole body were shaking, but he didn't know what went wrong.

Viru pulled the frightened and pale cavalry from the ground, patted him on the shoulder, and calmed him down.

Surrounded by a group of villagers, the elders of the village walked up to Surdak. He stepped forward and looked up at the tall ancient Bolai horse. Surdak said:

"They are all in poor physical condition. They haven't gotten enough rest. They are very tired and not suitable for long distances. If they keep doing this and don't make any changes, there will be more horses falling down."

Surdak didn't expect the elder to say this, so he asked the elder:

"Are the horses sick?"

The elder shook his head.

"Can't you eat?" Suldak asked again.

The elder shook his head, he sighed softly, walked up to the war horse and put his arms around the horse's head, as if to comfort the war horse, he was still muttering some native language, it seemed that the war horse did not reject He, and then he put his head on the horse's forehead, closed his eyes, and stretched out his hands to gently stroke the ears of the horse, as if whispering to a lover.

After maintaining this for a long time, the elder raised his head and said to Surdak:

"It said that it came to a very distant desert, experienced some thrilling battles, was cold and hungry all the way, and then sat in the airship for a long time, and the wounds left by standing in the battle could not be fully recovered. Their physical fitness It is no longer enough to meet your needs, since you have to carry such heavy materials, heavy armor, weapons, and a strong warrior, they not only need to rest, but also need to be comforted and carefully fed."

Unexpectedly, this elder could still communicate with the war horse, which made Suldak's group dumbfounded.

Suldak immediately realized the problems faced by the cavalry battalion. These horses were not physically strong enough to bear the weight of heavy armor, weapons and cavalry.

After all, Gu Bolai horse is more suitable for forming light cavalry.

Suldak was also a little worried. If he rushed to Dodan Town with the cavalry battalion in this way, how many war horses would fall on the way. This group of war horses was not very rich.

He said to Andrew: "I thought that one man and one horse could form a cavalry battalion, but now I see that these horses are far from enough. I don't know if the Goss family's ranch sells Gu Bolai war horses."

He turned to the guide next to him and asked:

"Do you know the manor of the Goss family here?"

Immediately the guide stood up straight and replied:

"Yes, Lord Baron Suldak, the manor of Master Goss's family is next to the small town of Kieran, and it takes a day and a half to get there."

Suldak walked to the elder of Watts Village, thought for a while before saying to the elder:

"If possible, I would like to hire some young men to the cavalry battalion. I don't need them to help me fight. I think they can teach these cavalrymen their knowledge of raising horses and superb riding skills. Guys, I'll treat them like horse trainers and pay them, and if my request embarrasses you, pretend I didn't say anything."

The elder did not expect that the request made by Suldak would not have any forceful tone.

He turned to the group of people behind him and asked, "Who among you would like to join the baron's cavalry battalion, help him take care of these horses, and teach these soldiers to ride horses in his barracks?"

A group of aborigine villagers behind them looked at each other in dismay. They exchanged a few words in a low voice, and then said a few short words to the elder in the aboriginal language.

The elder pondered for a while, then said to Suldak:

"Speaking of which, we are still herdsmen on the Goss family's ranch, and we specialize in herding horses for Baron Goss. If you want us to join your army, I'm afraid you have to say hello to Lord Goss."

Suldak originally wanted to meet the ranch owner and discuss with him about buying horses.

He said: "I will, we will go to the small town of Kieran, and take the opportunity to visit Baron Goss."

Hearing what Suldak said, these villagers felt relieved and stood up one after another, expressing their willingness to join Suldak's cavalry battalion.

In consideration of getting the recruits familiar with these war horses as soon as possible, Surdak almost never refused to come, and recruited a total of twenty-seven herdsmen with excellent equestrian skills to join the cavalry battalion.

He also adopted the suggestion of the elders of Watts Village, and shared the heavy armor, heavy knight spears and flails carried by the horses with the other 50 horses carrying some supplies behind the team, so as to reduce the burden on these horses .

However, the number of free war horses is too small after all, and there is no way to carry all the heavy armor on horseback. Some heavy armor can only be temporarily put into the magic pocket by Suldak, but Suldak His magic pocket is also full of supplies, and it can't hold these heavy armors.

There was no other way, and Aphrodite could not be notified to activate the summoning circle in full view, so the cavalry battalion could only be stationed outside Watts Village and rest for a day before talking.

Suldak also took advantage of the night to quietly return to the lava mine in the sulfur mine in the tent, took the opportunity to transfer the materials on his body, and then went to the secret room of the red dragon treasure to feed the red dragon Iser.

Suldak knew that it was not easy to lead a cavalry battalion, but he did not expect to encounter such trouble when he first arrived in the Bailin plane.

"If I had known earlier, those two hundred war horses would not be sold in the horse market. It would be good to carry some supplies for us." Suldak told Aphrodite his troubles.

The succubus lay lazily on a stone bed, supported her side cheek with one hand, looked at Suldak with a smile and said:

"Didn't you say that those horses have been eliminated? Even if they are kept in service, they won't last long..."

Suldak frowned and said: "It won't take long, and it's better than nothing. When I first arrived in the Bailin plane, I have to consider buying a horse. I don't know if I can buy it yet!"

"Think about it, this time I have gained something, at least I have hired some local aborigines who are proficient in raising horses." Although the succubus Aphrodite comforted Suldak in this way, there was a gloating expression on her face. There is no cover up...

Suldak waved at Aphrodite and walked into the lava mine.