On the snowy grassland, a tall and maroon horse flew past the snow quickly. A line of horse hoof prints also left clear marks on the snow as the horses moved away.

After about a while, three or five cavalrymen rushed to the snow. Their clothes were messy, dressed in gray herders and armored. After crossing a small hill, a few whizzing arrows broke through the air. Two people were shot off the horse, and the other turned around to escape, and cavalrymen with bows appeared behind them.

Half an hour later, a team of cavalry rushed from the snow in Chunzhi Village. When they got closer, the wooden village gate had been opened. As the crowd entered one after another, the village gate quickly closed again.

Ulutus sat in the room with a cup of tea on the table. As Hunur stepped forward to change the cold tea for him, Ulutus came back to his senses.

"Prince, are you worried about the horse bandits?" Hunur asked softly while pouring tea. Since the caravan brought news about the horse bandits, Ulutus asked Abatu to send him out to find out the news. For several days, Ulutus asked Abatu and the others whether the news had been sent back. Hunur looked at it and guessed Ulutus's thoughts.

Without denying it, Ulutus asked back: "Hunur, do you think it would be strange if the horse bandits appeared at this time?"

Although horse bandits are not uncommon on the grassland, it is even said that every tribe is actually doing part-time jobs as horse bandits. However, since the grasslands were unified and the emperor's laws spread throughout the grassland, many tribes have become much more disciplined. Especially those Hui merchants who can trade on the grasslands, they have paid commercial taxes to the emperor.

If a tribe dares to rob them, it is equivalent to provoking the majesty of the emperor.

So suddenly, I heard that there were groups of horse bandits who dared to blatantly rob the caravans that had obtained a license for traveling the merchants. Ulutus felt that he had heard it wrong.

What's more, this year's winter is not long, especially since the temperature has risen significantly, and there will be no large-scale livestock frozen to death on the grassland, so there is no way to talk about the white disaster that impressed all herders.

In this way, where did these horse bandits come from?

Hearing Ulutus' question, Hunur scratched the back of his head and said, "Prince! When the young man was still in the Central Plains, he heard in winter that tribes often went south to rob after spring. Later, when he arrived on this grassland, he heard less about this. It seemed that the great emperor unified Mongolia and moved Changshengtian, so there were no disasters on the grassland."

Hearing such words, Ulutus just smiled and did not say that the other party was talking nonsense.

At this moment, someone outside the door whispered loudly: "Centurion Abatu asked to see the prince!"

"Quick! Come in!" Ulutus immediately looked lit up, and he quickly walked towards the door as he spoke.

"Prince!" After Abatu came in, he saw Ulutus who was about to meet him at the door, and immediately bowed: "Fortunately, we have caught the spy of the bandit!".

The task that asked them to investigate the situation of the horse bandit was Wulutus assigned. Now that they have caught the survivors, they no longer blindly because they have been blinded by many things.

"Can they know their origin?" Ulutus asked anxiously.

"The prince guessed well. They are not ordinary horse bandits!" Abatu said, and began to talk about the confession he received on the way.

It turned out that after a brief interrogation, they had learned that these horse bandits were not herders from the original Mongolian prince’s fiefdom, but fled from Taizhou.

There was originally the Linhuang Prefecture of the Jin Kingdom, and Taizhou established an important Northeast Road Zhaoqisi. The Hulunbuir Prairie where Wulutus and others were located was under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Road Zhaoqisi. However, after the unification of Mongolia, that place was broken three years ago and became a place of war.

Now it is the border between Dongxia and Dongliao Kingdom, and the armies of both sides often cross the border and fight. However, as both sides surrender to Mongolia, this incident rarely occurs.

But according to Abatu's statement, Dongxia and Dongliao seemed to have a dispute on the border again, causing war, and thus causing refugees to flee north.

These horse bandits were also swept and used by some people who were interested in their lives, and became unstable factors on the grassland.

Now on the mountain road from the Greater Xing'an Mountains to the Hulunbuir Grassland, all tribes have been looted by horse bandits. Because the heavy snow has not melted and the roads are blocked, many remote tribes are not aware of the situation. This is also the reason why the Hui caravan did not get news at the beginning when he went south from Heishan City.

After learning about the causes and consequences, Ulutus immediately summoned important figures from the village to discuss major events. As a guest, the leader of the caravan, Meirtu, was also invited by the audience.

First, Abatu told the relevant situation he found out. When he learned that the horse bandits fled from the south and were also helpless refugees, everyone looked ugly.

People who live on the grassland know how crazy and terrible the hungry wolf pack is. When facing a group of refugees who are far smarter than the wolf pack, the risk factor is much higher than that of the wolf pack.

Moreover, the number of refugees in this group is large, reaching nearly 10,000. Wherever they pass, it is like locusts passing through the border, and the tribes they encounter are eaten so that they will not even leave any residue.

"Prince! My subordinates think we must prepare early!" Zhou Shao said with a solemn expression: "And if they are Jurchens in the south, we must be more cautious."

The Jin Kingdom established by the Jurchens fell to its current situation and was inseparable from the Mongolians. Moreover, most of Mongolia has now fought in the west, and the troops on the grasslands are at the lowest level. It is hard to say whether the Jurchens in the south will have any other thoughts and deliberately cause horse bandits.

Even if it was not made on purpose, the Jurchens would not have any good feelings for the Mongols who were in chaos in the northern border. In this dilemma of having no food or drinking, they would not have any mercy towards the Mongols.

Ulutus also knew that arrangements must be made early! Even if the horse bandits had not arrived, they had to be prepared. They ordered all the adult men of the tribe to put down all their work and conduct training together. At the same time, the tribe increased the production of cold weapons such as bows and arrows, and Wang He's workshop also received an order to produce more large-sized firecrackers.

Just after the entire tribe moved into the war system, a group of familiar visitors arrived, which further exacerbated the tension in the tribe.

"Ninth Prince! Please take in the princess! I have offended you before, so I would like to blame me only. Don't implicate the princess!" A middle-aged man with a blue face on his face was sobbing that he kowtowed to Wulutus and begged.
Chapter completed!