Chapter 628: The Cavalry Regiment's First Battle

They traveled along quite easily, encountering not a single accident in the span of several days. This was within their expectations; otherwise, would all the painstaking work they put into building the road and conducting large-scale culling of wild beasts have been in vain? Everything they did was to ensure that all accidents could be cut off, making this road sufficiently safe.

However, what they did not expect was that as they were about to reach Xiao Town, they discovered traces of human activity that did not belong to the Huaxia.

The reason they could be so certain was entirely because the last time they came to Xiao Town was already dozens of days ago, and even then, it was a hurried trip with few people; it was impossible for them to have caused the very conspicuous and dense traces of activity before their eyes.

As the vanguard, the Cavalry Soldiers immediately began to stand guard after discovering something amiss. Now, the Horse Archer had completely taken shape; the previously strongest Hard Archer, who were also the first batch to attempt to be incorporated into the cavalry and successfully finished training, had become the strongest combat force of the Huaxia.

They not only possessed the strongest mobility of this era but also the longest individual attack range, and coupled with their own formidable combat power, their use of other Weapon was also the best of this era.

They took down their bows at the first moment, nocked their Arrow, and looked around, ready to attack at any time.

Two of the Soldier chose to dismount and carefully observe those traces of activity, so as to judge exactly how many people there were, what their equipment was like, and whether they were strong.

These could be easily judged from the footprints. Based on the footprints on the road, the two Soldier quickly judged that there were no fewer than thirty people active here. Because the number of footprints was large and very messy, and added to the fact that they were barefoot and the footprints were not deep, it was inferred that these people's equipment was very poor, possibly infinitely close to savages; otherwise, basic grass shoes or animal skin shoes should have been present.

The very shallow footprints indicated that they were very light, either very thin or very short, and whichever it was, it also represented low combat power; these few people of theirs could completely handle it.

But what they worried about was, were these savages the entirety of the humans active here?

For the sake of safety, they chose to return quickly to report the news back. As for how to handle it, the decision had to be made by Luo, the commander ruling this team.

The Cavalry now had a formal Establishment System; although the number of people was small, it was still organized according to the Regiment structure. People could be replenished slowly, but the degree of importance could be seen from the establishment.

Xiong still managed this Cavalry, but the actual manager was the Regimental Commander of the Cavalry Regiment, Luo. Because this was the first mission of the Cavalry Regiment, this Cavalry team, he had to follow in person.

Changzhi did not belong to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War; he was a person of the Ministry of Agriculture. He managed all the horses at the Horse Farm, whether it was training or breeding, but he had no authority to manage people. Although this system had great flaws, it was the most suitable way to handle things under the condition of extreme personnel shortage.

The Scout returned quickly and reported the situation to Luo. Upon hearing this, Luo immediately announced entering a combat state. Even the Artisan had now become a Soldier; each of them picked up a Weapon. Although the Artisan did not participate in military training, their strong bodies and advanced Weapon meant they had nothing to fear even if they ran into the elite Soldier of other tribes.

The Cavalry also acted according to their training; the Horse Archer held Long Bow, while the other Soldier held Park Knife, ready to charge and fight at any time.

However, the surroundings were unusually quiet, and there was no movement at all. But the intelligence from the Scout was absolutely without problems. To figure out the situation, Luo decided to lead the team to continue moving forward; after all, Xiao Town was already a few hours' distance away.

The people of the Yanhu Tribe, after discovering that there were absolutely no humans around, became bolder and bolder. Without considering at all that they might encounter people from other tribes, they spent every day crossing mountains and ridges to hunt, preparing for the coming Winter.

Luo and his men advanced in combat formation. When they reached the place where the Scout had discovered the abnormality, they were completely certain that other humans were already active here. After observing carefully again, they even discovered bloodstains on the ground; it should have been these people hunting here.

Luo announced to continue moving forward. With so many Soldier, he had the confidence to defeat the tribe that had come here to be active, because large tribes like the Xuanyuan Tribe or the Suiren Clan would not move easily.

Moreover, according to the timeline, the tribes that came here had not yet completely taken root. Luo boldly guessed that it might be a wandering tribe of several hundred or a thousand people. On the way of wandering, they discovered their houses in Xiao Town, and coupled with the lack of any signs of human habitation, they thought it was a place abandoned by some tribe, so they occupied it.

Everyone thought it made a lot of sense upon hearing it, so they became even bolder and accelerated their speed of advance. After all, this was their Huaxia territory; if other people occupied it, they had the power to take it back.

As they got closer and closer to Xiao Town, they saw smoke, and the amount was not small, so Luo once again raised the number of people in this tribe a bit. He estimated it might be over two thousand people; it couldn't be any larger, because such a large tribe could not wander.

But the closer they got, the louder the noise of people became. Such a loud sound could not be made by two thousand people.

So Luo made a temporary decision to leave the supplies where they were, all the Soldier picked up their Weapon, and used the cattle as mounts to move forward quickly, at least to put pressure on the enemy in terms of momentum.

Because of their high mobility, they did not bring any pigeons. All information could only be brought back after they returned, so they could not just return like this without figuring anything out.

This troop, having completely transformed into an attack state, was already very terrifying. Even without the Cavalry, they could easily confront a team of thousands of savages.

When they charged out of the forest in a mighty force and entered the plain, they were still shocked by the scene before them. They could no longer recognize the original appearance of Xiao Town at all. On the leveled land, there were messy Tent, wooden sheds, and savages wandering everywhere. The number far exceeded the number Luo had estimated, causing their speed of advance to stall for a moment.

And the Yanhu Tribe, who were tidying up their new home, were also scared out of their wits when they saw people suddenly charging out and riding on wild beasts.