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Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Difficulties

The grassland that had passed early summer also became slightly warm in the morning. It was just after dawn, the golden sun had just jumped out of the horizon, and the herdsmen in the yurts on both sides of the Kuye River all got up early. Today is the day of the Nadam Conference, and the day that the young and brave herdsmen have been looking forward to for a long time.

There is a proverb in the wall of the wall that "learning literature and martial arts, making money from the imperial family", and there are similar words on the grassland, but there is a difference between high and low. After the brief hegemony of Dayan Khan and Altan Khan passed away, the entire grassland fell into civil war and weakness. The so-called bloodlines of the golden family and nobles had no decent achievements except to increasingly claim their own bloodlines.

Huhe Bari betrayed because even though he was the bravest warrior in the tribe, he was still just a lowly person in the master's mouth. When the master was in a good mood, he could eat wine and drink meat, and when the master was in a bad mood, he would be whipped, which was no different from those lowly horse-raising slaves.

There are countless warriors in these more than a hundred tribes, like Hu and Bari, but Gao Jin, a nobleman from the Ming Dynasty, finally made them understand that the so-called difference between high and low is just a joke, and only the horse under the crotch of the sword and arrow in their hands is true.

The western case of the floating bridge was a group of armed servants, with dark armor, sharp spears, and the neatly lined up silently, which made the herdsmen who walked onto the floating bridge dare not make too loud noises. Everyone passed through the floating bridge quietly, and then, under the guidance of the caravan opposite, he received his own license plate and went to the arena of the Nadam Conference.

On the wide grassland five miles away from the Kuye River, a huge circular site was drawn by lime powder. Near the eastern end was a high platform built with arrows with wood. A black high-character celestial that the herdsmen regarded as Sulu ingot stood on it. Below the platform were prisoners who had been taken over. More than a hundred noble people from the Aji tribe and the Dapython tribe knelt on the ground numbly. Their throats were hoarse because of constant cursing and could not make any sound. All they could do now was staring at the black flag with the most resentful eyes, begging for immortality to bring divine punishment.

The circular field was divided into ten areas. Li Laogen's men and several teams of servants guided the herdsmen with license plates into the place they should stay. From dawn, until the sun was hanging high, all the herdsmen with their families entered the arena, filling the arena.

"Everyone line up and look forward to their own dolls. Those who come late will stay behind. If anyone pushes forward, they will get out of here."

The Mongolian-speaking guys shouted loudly, and behind them were the soldiers of the Gao family who maintained order. With the roars one after another, and those herders who wanted to occupy a good position with their strength, were arrested and taken away. The originally chaotic venue became neat and quiet.

With the sound of sobs and desolate horns, Gao Jin personally led all his cavalry out of the corridor left behind, and the heavy cavalry servants with all their men and horses were well-deserved elites in this era. More than 150 black-armored knights rode high-headed horses, and their breastplate heart-protecting mirrors shining in the sun made every herdsman onlooker feel what strength is.

Huhe Bari looked at the armor of the horse knights greedily. He knew that only warriors in the Qixue army in most of the Tumot and Chahar could afford it. However, as long as he entered the top 100 at this Nadam Conference, he could become the warrior under the nobleman. If he could enter the top 3, he would have such a set of armor.

The heavy armored cavalry like an iron beast was lined up in front of the platform, and the neat array allowed the herdsmen who grew up on horseback to feel something different. Such discipline and organization were not available to the Mongolian cavalry of this era.

When the sound of the horn stopped, the three fifty-man cavalry teams stopped neatly, and all the knights kept an equal distance, which seemed to be measured by a ruler in the eyes of the herdsmen around.

After the cavalry, Gao Jin was regarded as the fundamental infantry. The two killer teams of the hundred households were also wearing armor and trotted into the arena in a row. Compared with the cavalry, people were next to each other, shoulder to shoulder, and looked like the heavy infantry who were advancing like a hundred people, allowing the herders to intuitively feel the terrifying momentum.

For a moment, the entire venue was the rumbling footsteps of these armored infantry soldiers, and they advanced straight, then turned and finally drew a semicircle amid the shouts of the officers. Almost close to the herdsmen watching behind, they stopped and finally aimed at the cavalry under the high platform ahead.

In the sight of the herdsmen around, the arrival of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry were actually far away from each other at nearly four hundred steps, as if they were confronting each other.

Gao Jin, who climbed the platform, looked around and looked at the quiet venue, and knew that the herdsmen had been intimidated by the momentum of the army under his command. Today, he held a Nadam Conference. Not only did he want to kill the nobles to sacrifice flags, break the ridiculous rule of determining hierarchy on the grassland, but he also wanted to show off his military parade so that these herdsmen had the confidence to fight with most of them to win.

"Beat the drum!"

As Gao Jin shouted, the shirtless man in front of the big drums on both sides of the platform waved the drumsticks. The loud drum sounded suddenly made the herdsmen feel excited. The next moment, when the sound of horse hooves like thunder suddenly rang out like a storm, everyone was stunned.

A distance of four hundred steps was enough for the heavy cavalry to increase the speed of the horse to the extreme. When the first square formation of the heavy cavalry was running forward in three square formations, the herdsmen watching on both sides couldn't help but exclaim. When they saw the heavy cavalry running for the first time, they could still maintain such a neat formation, pressing forward like a neat tide.

The sound of horse hooves overwhelmed the drums, and the charge of the heavy cavalry was like a mountain collapse and cracking the ground, which made the herdsmen around who had seen hundreds of people fighting at most felt overwhelmed, especially the herdsmen standing behind the heavy infantry. When they saw the heavy cavalry roaring and facing each other, their legs were almost so scared that they were weak.

Halfway through the sprint of four hundred steps, the killer team at the forefront changed formation amid the shouts of the officers. The originally erected spear suddenly stabbed forward, and suddenly turned into a neat forest of guns. In the sight of the herdsmen in the rear, these heavy infantry even took the initiative to advance after completing the formation changes.

Finally, it was not until less than thirty steps that the heavy cavalry rushed away from the two wings, and did not hit the forest-like gun formation. Although it only took a short moment, the herdsmen around were dazzled and dry.

They swore that they had never seen such a mighty military force in their lives. Warriors like Huhe Bari had even pale faces, and their knuckles turned blue because they tried too hard. They did not even have the courage to face such heavy cavalry. Perhaps they would be destroyed within a hundred steps and they would be brave enough to escape directly.

So compared to those ordinary herdsmen, Huhe Bari and other warriors in various units were even more afraid of the armored warriors holding spears. They could actually withstand such heavy cavalry attacks and even dared to take the initiative to push forward. They could not even imagine that there could be any cavalry on the grassland that could defeat such heavy infantry.

Only by using human lives to pile up can such an army be piled up to death. Huhe Bari thought this way, and at the same time, his eyes were even more fanatical to look at the figure on the high platform in the distance. Only with the owner of such an army is worthy of his loyalty.

This military parade, which was almost practical for practical exercise, played the role Gao Jin wanted. Herders around knelt down and used any praise language they could imagine to describe this army that should be invincible. Even the most stubborn old herders suddenly felt that even the great immortal heaven could not do anything to such a powerful army.

After the drill, the infantry and cavalry re-arranged one after another, returned to both sides of the platform, guarding their lord.

"Let all the warriors who attended the Nadam Conference come to the stage."

Gao Jin's voice sounded, and then a flag-carried knight was ordered to drive out from both sides of the platform, and rode along the circle of the arena and shouted, "Grandpa is your life, let all the warriors who participated in the Nadam Conference come to the stage."

The guys in front of the ten areas also shouted when they heard the sound, and the herdsmen who had obtained the license plates were excited and inexplicably out of the team, and followed the black soldiers to the high platform.

More than two thousand herders who had obtained license plates arrived in front of the platform. They lined up, and everyone looked up at the figure on the platform with throbbing.

"Bring people up."

With Gao Jin's order, Su De and the captured spies were taken to the high platform. These poor people who had been tortured by Luda's waterboard seemed to be pale, but the light in their eyes was scattered, and they were confused like puppets who had lost their minds.

"Do you know who they are?"

Gao Jin shouted loudly, and then replied, "These people are spies sent by the Mengshikeli tribe and the Shake tribe. Their master wants to steal my wealth and enslave you and your family..."

Gao Jin's voice was loud, but only the hundreds of herders in front of Gao Jin could hear it clearly. But soon with their surprised discussion, the more than 2,000 herders, who were young and strong, and who had already been aroused by Gao Jin's ambition and unwillingness, quickly burst out with a loud noise.

"Take them down and let them tell everyone in person what their master is going to do?"

Facing the young and strong herders who were about to erupt like a volcano, Su De and the slightest on the platform heard the cold commands, their faces showed a liberation expression. They would rather be torn to pieces by the angry herders than go back to receive the terrifying waterboard.

"I am King Sude of the Aji tribe, a descendant of Genghis Khan. My blood is flowing from the Golden Family. You lowly slaves, soon the army of the Mengshikli tribe and the Shaji tribe will kill you all, your wife and daughter will become playthings, and their offspring will become the most lowly slaves..."

When he was taken off the platform, Sud shouted hysterically, "Do you think this Ming people are good people? He will lead you all to be destroyed. The entire grassland will fall into darkness because of you stupid bastards, and your souls will also..."

Sud's scolding came to an abrupt end when he was pushed into the herdsmen by his soldiers. He was torn apart by the angry herdsmen as he wished, and the other slightest deeds were not much better.

In just a moment, Sud and the others disappeared. When the herdsmen returned to some silence, Gao Jin asked loudly again, "The army of the Mengshikli tribe and the Shake tribe is coming. You have a last chance to choose to take your family away, or stay, complete this sacred Nadam Conference, and then destroy their army with me."

"We are willing to follow you!"
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