[wilderness]

The crisp sound of the cowbells floats rhythmically in the wind.

A convoy with no end was moving forward on the same boundless grassland.

A rough count showed that there were at least five hundred carriages in the convoy.

Most of them are very narrow bodies and large wheels. They are essentially small cars with two wooden boards fixed to an axle, pulled by a strong and hardworking Hedma.

This kind of simple single-set car is very common in the Great Wilderness. Heards call this car a "Lele car" or "Niu Niu Car" and use it to pull anything that doesn't have long legs.

They will also connect the lele cart and the lele cart with leather ropes, so that a coachman can catch a long list.

Although it is not as important as the double-carriage carriage of the next door neighbor, the Lele carriage is small and light, does not rely on the road, and can move freely in the wild.

Without it, nomads are simply nowhere to be discussed.

However, the Lele trucks of ordinary Hedder Herder cannot afford iron, and are made of leather and wood, and can be repaired quickly and broken quickly.

All the Lele trucks in this fleet have iron bearings and wheel hoops.

Moreover, ordinary herders' Lele carriages are mostly used to pull cattle with better endurance. In order to ensure speed, this fleet uses horses to keep the animals.

In addition to the majority of Lele carriages, this convoy also has more than twenty strange black two-wheeled carriages.

The black carriages have wider bodies than the Lele, with larger wheels than the Lele, and closer to the ground at the bottom, which makes it have a lower center of gravity and more stable driving.

The black carriage's box was placed on two vertical and one horizontal and three curved steel strips, greatly reducing the bumps in the box.

Therefore, although the black carriage is obviously loaded with more carriages than Lele, it can travel in the wilderness with the light Lele, and the pulling of the carriage is no more tired than the Lalele carriages. No wonder someone in the convoy has always praised this new carriage.

In addition to the things loaded on the car, the convoy also carried a lot of cargo with its own four-legged ones - livestock.

Thousands of cows and horses were divided into small herds, each with specialized horseherds and cowherds.

According to the tradition of the Huddians when they moved, the horses opened the way at the forefront, and the cattle were marching along with the convoy.

At first glance, it looks like a prosperous grassland tribe is rushing to the next pasture.

But it just looks like it at first glance. As long as you observe it, you can immediately find something wrong:

The migrants were too single, all adult men, and they could not see the old, weak, women and children that should be found in the tribe; the dress and weapons of the elite cavalry who were patrolling the two wings of the team were not the style of the Hudders; the last side of the team, there was no large flock of sheep and goats that could not be left out of the grassland tribe, and there was only a lonely car carrying the cartman, the cartman's apprentices and their full set of tools, banging.

The most wrong thing is actually the location of this team.

The rolling wheels are the past unmanned land, and the pasture of the "Wenduer's Ministry" today belongs to the fierce "blood wolf".

Even if this land is fertile and abundant, no Hed tribe dares to put his nose on it—at least not yet.

Therefore, this long list of chariots and horses is not a migrating tribe at all, but a caravan between Tiefeng County and Chihe tribe.

They set out from the shovel port of Ironfeng County, loaded with nails, pots, yarn, squid linen, tobacco, spirits and all kinds of things the Heds needed; they returned from the "water village" located in the sphere of influence of the Terdun tribe, but under the control of the Chihe tribe, carrying livestock, washed and dried wool, untanned raw skin, large salt bricks that were licked by the animals, and all the specialties that the Wasteland could provide.

Of course, it is mainly livestock and wool.

This is the third deal between "Lion" and "Wolf". Compared to the first two attempts of a small fight, both sides have taken serious attention this time and invested a lot, so they cannot lose money.

So at this moment, Pierre Mitchell is also in the team.

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Eleven days have passed since Pierre and Bell's heart-to-heart talk.

During these eleven days, Bell first formally introduced to all Wenduoer people in the old camp as a "Beast Spirit Speaker", "Badu shooting arrows near and far away" to all the Wenduoer people in the old camp, and then accompanied the "New Nayan" to visit the Ziying around the old camp one by one.

After several days of hard work and sleeping in the open, Pierre visited all the camps he could go to, and also had a basic understanding of the current situation of the Wenduoer Department:

By protecting fugitive slaves and accepting weak tribes to join, the Wenduoer tribe has developed extremely rapidly. According to the standards of the Paratu people, the population has exceeded 20,000.

A tribe with a population of 20,000 can be regarded as a well-known existence among the tribes.

However, if we follow the standards of the Hed tribes, the population of the Wenduoer tribe would squeeze out at least half of the water, which is about 6,000 to 7,000.

It can only be considered a bit of strength, but it is far from the size of being able to fall with the three major players.

The reason for this difference is that according to the habits of the Paratu people, children are not considered "people" - they may die one day, so when the Paratu people count the population, they only count adult men and women.

When the Hudders calculated the population, they simply did not even count women, nor did they look at age, but only whether they could pull the bow.

After visiting Pierre on the spot, he felt that there were many elderly, weak, women and children in the Wenduoer department, and there were very few strong people. Each of them was a camp and a pillar of the family. He could not recruit personnel without affecting normal production.

No wonder Bell didn't launch any troops, but only brought Dabai, Xiaobai and the other two looked for the wolf in the vast wilderness.

The Wenduoer's body is like a thin child wearing an adult robe.

In time, he might have the chance to truly support his robe.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! But the prerequisite is that he can have enough "time".

However, what worried Pierre the most was not the state of being strong outside and doing the inside.

In fact, Pierre immediately understood and accepted the current situation of the Wenduoer tribe - if it were not for the inability to be at a loss and desperate situation, why would those small tribes seek the protection of the blood wolf?

What really made Pierre care about was whether the small tribes that were forced to settle the capital due to the situation were loyal.

Even a child can make any adult who underestimates him look good as long as he can put all his strength in one place.

But if a person has his own thoughts on his hands, feet and head, then even if he has the strength, once he moves seriously, he will only become a laughing stock among others.

The Hed people in the Wenduoer tribe can be roughly divided into two categories: one is the escaped slave who cannot bear the drive of the old master and fled into the outer new reclamation land and became the enemy of the old master; the other is the small nobles and white-hearted people who are not allowed to migrate to the outer new reclamation land and join the capital because they are bullied or even annexed by other tribes.

The former is helpless and mostly in the old camp. The caravans that communicate with the Chihe tribe are mainly composed of these literal "new white-bodied people".

Although the latter became a member of the Wenduoer tribe, he still used the tribes and families of the past to leave the old camp and scattered to grazing in various places in the outer new reclamation area, namely the "sub-camps".

It’s not that these “old white-hearted people” intentionally keep a distance from the old camp. In fact, if there are any choices, they would rather live in the old camp - for nothing else, because of safety.

However, the "old white-bodied people" came with livestock and felt tents. If everyone's cattle and sheep were gathered together, the grass around the old camp would be eaten in a few days.

The characteristics of nomadic life determine that the old white people had to "act alone", but even so, the sub-camps still tried their best to stay near the old camp - for safety.

Through on-site visits, Pierre, who had mastered the basic situation of the Wenduoer department, immediately decided that "we must meet with the caravan as soon as possible."

Pierre, who had an idea, took action immediately.

He said goodbye to the little hunter that day, accompanied by only two guides, and rushed to the "Shuizhai" day and night. Finally, he met a caravan full of loads at the position four days away from the old camp - and that was three days ago.

Since most of the caravan's guards were Dusak and Iron County cavalry, Pierre successfully took over the command of the caravan and successfully established his original authority in the "New White Boy".

In the following time, Pierre continued to strengthen his prestige among the new white people, and on the other hand, he began to try to understand what the new white people think and want, and at the same time silently observed the reliable and usable people among the latter.

Three days was enough for him to find a few good pieces of materials.

In the next step, he plans to promote the "good materials" to himself, continue to cultivate and observe.

In the next step, he would rectify the Wenduoer division, manage the outer new reclamation land, and fight against the Terdun division, block the infiltration of the Chihe division, so that the outer new reclamation land army can become an unneglected force in the newly formed army.

He has found a way to take the first step.

He made up his mind.

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[Time back to the present]

A golden eagle swiftly down from the sky, then suddenly pulled up not far from the ground, awakening Pierre on the horse's back from contemplation.

Pierre stared at the golden eagle and returned to the sky, disappeared from his sight, retracted his gaze as if lost, and placed his gaze on the ground.

From his side to the hills in the distance, there were endless chariots, like a winding river.

Everyone in the convoy was both part of the river and was carried forward by the river until they disappeared on the horizon.

Pierre was a little dazed for a moment.

He remembered that the last time he escorted the convoy was with the centurion to give "supplies" to the expeditionary forces besieging Bianli.

That was the first time he was involved in a war.

He remembered again that he was escorting the convoy last time he was with the centurion, and was ambushed by the "Horshoe" bandits in the escort scene in Heishui Town.

That was the first time he was involved in a battle.

Now, he is escorting the convoy again, but there is no centurion leading him, guiding him, and protecting him.

Where will I be swept by this river?

Pierre felt desolate.

Suddenly, a very energetic voice interrupted Pierre's rare sensibility.

"Look! Mr. Mitchell, how about my horse? Change the cart with me! Give me a cart, this horse is yours! I'll give you another pair of top-notch saddles!"
Chapter completed!