September 161 AD. Continent of Calradia, Kugit Khanate.

A cavalry team of about seventy people set off from Mallag Fort and headed south.

"Hey, Feng Xie, is it really okay to leave no one behind in the castle? The Kingdom of Swadia has declared war with the Kugit Khanate, and Maleg Fort is on the front line near Swadia." Jia

Mara rides down the road.

Xie Feng responded: "Oh, about this, you ask Dante."

"Oh." Jamala shouted: "Dante A dream!"

Dante was stunned when he heard this: "...A dream? What does it mean?"

Jamala said: "Feng Xie called you this to us in private. According to Feng Xie, it means that you often give him advice and he relies on you, so he gave you such a nickname."

Dante wondered: "I still don't know what this 'A dream' means..."

Jamala said: "Never mind this for now. Does it really matter if there are no soldiers guarding the castle?"

Dante smiled and said: "Do you think, with Feng Xie's current strength, if Swadia wants to capture Mallag Castle, how many soldiers does Feng Xie need to keep to effectively resist Swadia's siege?

"

Jamala thought for a while and said: "I think...if Swadia is determined to capture Mallag Castle, it won't help even if we all stay in the castle, right? After all, these soldiers have just been recruited,

It’s a bit reluctant to bully nearby thieves, let alone regular soldiers.”

Dante smiled and said: "That's right. Since leaving it all has no effect, why should we divide a part to stay? Doesn't this weaken the strength of our own troops?"

Jamala clicked her tongue and said, "So you just broke the jar and threw it away?"

Dante shook his head and said: "It's not mainly because of this reason. The main reason is that Swadia's main forces are now concentrated in the west of the Kugit Khanate. Even if they know that there are no soldiers in Malege Fort, they have no time to come.

Attack. Even if we reluctantly allocate a part of our troops to capture Mallag Fort, we still can't defend it. I think with Charlotte's IQ, she will not do such a useless effort."

Jamala asked: "What if Swadia does not send a small force to attack, but directly transfers the large force?"

Dante smiled and said: "Let's not talk about the time and resources required to move a large force. Even if the large force teleports to Maleg Fort, it will be useless - Maleg Fort is located in the entire Kujit Khanate.

From the map, it seems that it is the middle position of the Kujit Khanate. If Swadia takes the lead in conquering this place, it will be attacked from both sides, which will be greatly disadvantageous to them. Moreover, Malage Fort is surrounded by mountains and is by no means

It is a strategic location. Even if Swadia successfully captures and defends this place, it will not be of much strategic significance to them. If they really have that spare time, they might as well defeat Lana first. As long as Lana is occupied,

It’s Hjalmar’s turn to be attacked from both sides, and Mallaghburg is in a dilemma.”

Jamala was surprised: "You mean, Swadia's next target will be Rana?"

Dante shook his head and said: "I don't know how to say it. What I mean is, if I were the ruler of Swadia, in the context of the current situation, if my goal was purely to target Kugit, I would

Do this. In fact, I'm not sure what Charlotte's next move will be. If he declares war with Kujit first to target Salander, then it's another strategic plan...

...Anyway, war matters are very complicated. I have been studying with my master for so long, and this is just my first glimpse of the ropes."

"By the way, besides..." Jamala pointed behind her and said, "Is it really okay to let this guy go with us?"

At the end of the team, followed a carriage, and on the carriage was Trix who was tied up by Wu Huada.

In addition to his body being tied up, Trix also has a rag stuffed in his mouth. As long as the rag is removed, this guy will continue to shout: "I don't want it! I don't want it! I don't want to go to Salander!"

I don’t want it! There’s no water anywhere! There’s no water!”

Xie Feng sighed helplessly and said, "You can't just leave him alone in the castle, right? At worst, just buy a big water tank and soak him in it before entering Salander."

…

Near noon, everyone rushed to Lana City. They did not enter the city, but found an open place outside the city, buried pots, cooked rice, and rested for a while.

After reorganizing, Xie Feng announced that he would set off again. However, the direction was not to the west of Salander, but to continue walking south.

"Eh? Wait!" Looking at the direction Xie Feng was commanding, Sherlock, who was serving as a scout, shouted: "If we want to go to Salander, we should go west, right?"

"Yes." Xie Feng nodded.

"But..." Sherlock said, "Why are we still going south?"

Xie Feng said: "Did I say go directly to Salander?"

Sherlock was stunned and said, "Then where are we going?"

Xie Feng smiled and said: "Haha, you are a foreigner, of course you don't know where I want to go."

Sherlock whispered in a low voice: "Aren't you a foreigner yourself? And you're from another continent..."

Xie Feng said: "When I was chatting with Saijia Khan, Saijia Khan told me that there is a horse-training farm in the south-east direction of Lana, where is the largest horse training ground in Kujit and even the entire continent.

There are excellent horses, so I plan to look for a mount."

Since the death of Xie Feng's former mount Liu Yan and Xie Feng's recovery, what Xie Feng has been riding is the trophy he got from Count Rutgers, a slightly stronger hunting horse - as a lord,

It was rarely necessary to charge on horseback by oneself, so the horses generally ridden by lords were ordinary horses, and they did not even need to equip the horses with thick armor like knights. Therefore, Xie Feng came from Rutgers

The hunting horse that the earl received had no other outstanding features except that it might be a few minutes faster than an ordinary hunting horse.

For Xie Feng, who has always been accustomed to riding excellent horses such as the flying fire horse Liuyan, riding an ordinary horse is simply a kind of torture. Therefore, Xie Feng had to look for an outstanding horse. It happened that Kugit was rich in horses, and

The most famous horse training farm is located in a relatively convenient place on this journey, so Xie Feng couldn't wait to go there and try his luck.

Will we find another magical horse this time? Haha, I’m really looking forward to it.

Although Saijia Khan's reminder to Xie Feng was not incomplete, the horse training farm was so remote that Xie Feng and others only saw the outline of the horse training farm in front of them when the sun was about to set.

In Xie Feng's impression, since it is a horse training farm that houses the best horses in Kujit and even Calradia, it is naturally very grand, and there is an endless stream of people coming to see and buy horses every day.

But in fact it is...

The area is clean, with broken wooden railings everywhere. On the ground, there is a vague path that was once trodden by horses, but it is now overgrown with weeds, and the horse hoof prints are now not obvious.

"This..." Xie Feng said dumbfounded: "Did we come to the wrong place? Or has the horse training farm moved?"

Jamara spread her hands and said, "Isn't this the path you led? How do we know?"

Xie Feng shook his head and said: "Saijia Khan is not going to make such a joke with me. I'll shout and see." After saying that, he took a deep breath, and then shouted to the dilapidated ruins.

A voice: "Is anyone here?"

"……Is anyone here……"

"...Is anyone there..."

"……Are you there……"

"…………"

Xie Feng's echo echoed in the distance.

Jamala sighed and said: "We'd better go. If we go quickly, we can probably reach Kedelke Village and settle down before it gets completely dark..."

"Ouch..." a horse screamed.

Xie Feng's originally disappointed eyes immediately lit up, and he shouted excitedly: "There are really horses here!"

Jamala said helplessly: "Don't be stupid, it's the horse in our team." As he said that, he pointed to the group of soldiers not far behind him.

Hearing this, Xie Feng became disappointed again and said: "Why do you want to destroy my hope... Why... ugh..."

Jamala sighed deeply and said, "If you don't want to leave, we can leave."

"Ouch..." Another horse brayed.

Xie Feng suddenly shouted excitedly, "Listen! There is really a horse braying!"

Jamala said impatiently: "Didn't I tell you it's the horse in our team?"

Xie Feng shook his head and said: "No, this time the sound came from the front..." Before he finished speaking, another horse neighed. This time, Jamara heard clearly that the horse neighed from the front.

.

"Huh?" Jamala asked doubtfully, "Could it be a stray wild horse nearby?"

"No." Swock said at the side: "This sound is not the sound of a wild horse, but a domesticated horse."

Xie Feng echoed: "Look, the professionals have spoken. He is from Kugit, and his father used to be a noble of Kugit."

Swock corrected dissatisfiedly: "It's not before, it's always been."

"So..." Jamala said: "Is it the cry of wild horses that have been tamed by savages?" Jamala seemed not to want to admit that there would be normal horses here.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves also sounded from afar. Against the backdrop of the setting sun, deep in the horse training field, a horse was running towards the crowd.

"Na na! I'm just telling you!" Xie Feng looked at the rider and shouted, "There must be someone here."

Jamala sighed: "What's the use of an abandoned horse training farm even if there are people there?"

The horse was getting closer and closer, and when it got close to everyone, they could see clearly that it was an old man who seemed to be in his late teens.

The old man was riding a very strong horse, looking majestic and majestic, without the aged posture that an ancient old man should have.

About twenty meters in front of the crowd, the old man straightened his horse and shouted to the crowd: "What are you doing here?"

Xie Feng quickly took a few steps forward on his horse and shouted: "We are here to buy horses. Is this the 'Cangmang Horse Training Farm'?"

Hearing this, the old man frowned, and then said: "'Cangmang Horse Training Farm'? That was a thing in the past. There is no horse training farm now, but there is a 'Cangmang Tavern'. It's not too late now, you want to

Is there accommodation?”
To be continued...