Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 19 Entering the Grassland
As Katya said, it is indeed a waste of time to stay here.

Because then all the atamans from all walks of life toasted and congratulated Bravin, and then there was a Cossack-style binge drinking, and the father-in-law drank up the vodka without changing his face, and his expression remained unchanged.

Looking at this scene, Herme felt admiration in his heart, because it seemed that his father-in-law could drink more than all the atamans combined, and he couldn't pour vodka into his mouth without changing his expression.

But later he learned from Katya that the cup that his father-in-law drank from was very ingenious. You thought that the wine was poured into your mouth, but in fact it was all poured on your clothes, and there was actually very little in your mouth.

But since the Cossacks usually pour wine on their clothes when drinking, no one noticed this, and at most wondered why Gettleman's clothes were so wet.

The iron tower-like man that Herme had seen in the big tent was now standing behind the Hetman. Herme knew his name was Vulcan from the chats with those atamans before, and people privately said Call him "Braven's Beast".

Herme looked at it for a while, and found that she had nothing to do here, so she planned to say goodbye to Katya and return to her tent.

But when he turned his head, he found that Katya had left without knowing when.

In retrospect, Hemei probably left after she said "this is a waste of time".

"My fiancée really has enough..."

Herme stopped in the middle of her sentence, because he didn't know how to describe the situation.

He left the tent next, and God knows how long these Cossacks will drink, so he should rest early, as Katya said, and get a good night's sleep.

There was nothing to say in the days that followed, and Braven, as he once said, began to rectify the Cossacks.

Everyone's resistance is not big, it's about war, no one will put their anger on the battlefield for the sake of illusory pride and glory.

Everyone is very cooperative with the rectification and obeys Braven's orders, even his group of enemies.

That Semyon took the lead in expressing his loyalty to Braven, and he didn't see any thorny meaning at all, but Hemei still didn't like this person, and he felt very bad about this person.

His eyes left a deep impression on Herme. When Semyon confessed to Braven, Herme noticed that his eyes were gray, and there was no expression in them for a long time.

Unlike Katya's indifference, what he sees is indifference, as if seeing a living person is not a living person, but a thing.

During the training, Herme's people watched the whole show, watching how Braven's people trained those sloppy Cossacks.

The discipline of the troops from Fort Sazar is so much higher than these Cossacks, so this matter has little to do with them, and the soldiers have nothing to do.

But Herme couldn't let them do this, so he asked Marondo to practice them first. Military skills can't be wasted. Instead of bleeding on the battlefield, it's better to sweat more now.

Under Braven's arrangement, Herme himself focused on getting in touch with Katya and cultivating pre-marital relationships, but Katya has always been indifferent.

This Gettleman's eldest lady has no interest in him, and treats him with a very indifferent attitude.

And whenever Herme came to see Katya, her Cossacks would look at him with contempt, which made Herme very uncomfortable.

These Cossacks were very hostile to Herme, and in their opinion, it was really nonsense for a toad like Herme to eat swan meat.

These people are basically Katya's fanatical supporters, and there are many men who want to marry Katya, while most women think that Herme is unworthy, so they are very hostile to Herme.

But Herme didn't care, he didn't care what these people thought.

He likes this Gettleman's eldest lady very much, as for what other people think of him, he doesn't bother to care, but it's just the howling of a defeated dog.

However, Herme did not pester Katya too much, and her contact with Katya only stayed in daily communication.

First, it doesn't fit his personality. Second, Herme can feel that if he is like this, then the young lady will hate it and it will have a counterproductive effect.

Hemei is not a licking dog who lacks women, he likes Katya very much, but he will not lower his posture because of this, he just pursues with a normal attitude.

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During Xieqi's stay, Herme received a batch of supplementary materials from Fort Sazar, the most important of which were twenty or so fire door guns, which were recently made by the blacksmiths of Fort Sazar.

During this period of time, Marondo has been supervising the soldiers who use the fire door guns to practice loading the fire door guns. Now that these fire door guns are delivered, they really want to sleep with pillows.

In addition, Hemei delivered the supplies with those atamans, sent out the equipment in his hand, and then got a sum of gold and silver.

This transaction allowed Hemei to get to know many atamans, and they all expressed that if Sazarburg was willing, they could hire them to fight, and the reward they needed was weapons and equipment.

Knowing the requirements of the Atamans, Heme had some ideas in his heart, some ideas suitable for him to carry out after he went to Sazarburg.

It was also on days like this that the moment for the army to march finally arrived.

At that time, Herme was roasting voles with his subordinates, and there were countless such things on the Hackland Grassland.

Moreover, they are very clean. The locals have been eating them all the time, and they have not seen any disease from eating them. They are completely edible.

That is, when Heme was nibbling a leg of a field mouse, a Cossack rider with a hurried look crossed the Shechi.

Herme also saw this person. There was blood on his body, obviously after a battle.

When seeing this person, Herme felt that something was going to happen, and it was true after that.

The order came after the man went to see Hetman.

The entire Xieqi also moved, like an awakened dragon.

Soon, Herme was summoned to a military meeting. At the meeting, he learned the news that the nomadic tribes had crossed the border. The war had come. Rastit, the high priest of Cliff, officially declared the war to everyone. 's arrival .

In this way, the Cossack army started to move. They left Shechi and went to the east to meet the incoming Haklans.

All Cossacks are excited for the beginning of the war. They don't like boring training. Going to the battlefield to fight and gain glory is what they want.

Therefore, the Cossacks packed their things very quickly, packed their luggage in a short time, and were always ready to march.

And when such a large army marched on the road, Herme felt a strong shock.

Although Hemei made great contributions in the first northern war, he had never seen the marching of the army. At that time, the northern army was directly disbanded. This was the first time he saw the marching posture of the army.

Looking at it at a glance, it is full of endless troops, as if the whole world is filled with soldiers, and the long line has no end in sight.

I learned from my father-in-law that there are a total of 5000 troops on the road, [-] Cossacks.

For this number, Herme was very surprised that the land of the Cossacks could produce such a large army.

When countless Cossacks with good or bad equipment walked on the ground together, the smoke and dust almost covered the sky.

Hackland cavalry and Cossack riders guarded the flanks of the army, and they were constantly running up and down the entire procession.

Although there will always be pieces of dust thrown at the soldiers' faces, their presence can provide soldiers with a sense of security.

The Cossack infantry puffed up their chests and marched forward full of pride. Some sturdy men showed off their muscles with bare upper body.

The road the Cossacks advanced was a road big enough for five people to advance together, and it was paved with planks.

In the case of beast trails everywhere in the land of Cossacks, the preciousness of such a road goes without saying.

This is called the road of conquest, because whether it is the Cossacks going to the steppe, or the nomads going to the land of the Cossacks, they will take this road.

This road was unknowingly formed by the two sides in constant wars. Both sides paid manpower and blood for its construction. It can be described as a veritable road of blood.

The flute and sing Cossacks were at the front of the line, and they played beautiful music with snare drums, flutes and trombones.

Their music is a mixture of northern style and Hackland style, very melodious and beautiful, and Herme likes it very much.

The majestic Cossack warrior song kept echoing, which sang the stories of brave Cossacks who resisted the invaders of the grassland.

These heroic songs were popular on the steppe, and gradually, all the Cossacks joined in the chorus.

Meanwhile, Herme was observing the appearance of the Cossack army. Now that most of the Cossack war gangs were gathered here, such opportunities were rare.

First of all, the most elite are naturally the Sechi Cossacks. These Cossacks, which can be said to be the standing army, all wear uniform uniforms, red breasted coats, and iron plates under the coats.

Each of them rode a horse, with a bow and arrow, a machete and a spear hanging from the saddle, which undoubtedly showed that they were a group of generals on the battlefield.

The Sechi Cossacks subconsciously formed a neat formation when marching, and the Cossacks holding the skull flag were at the forefront, like a well-organized army. This was a sight that Heme had never seen among Cossacks before.

Then there are Braven's subordinates, at least a quarter of them have put on armor from the west, seeing the armor shining, undoubtedly shows the power of Gettleman.

Braven rode ahead of them all with his golden Gettleman scepter, his swan banner flying in the air.

After that, there are various Cossack war gangs, just like the one that Herme defeated under Fort Sazar. There are a lot of shirtless ones here.

And their combat effectiveness... Hemei can only say that he is not very optimistic.

Yes, the Cossacks are very brave, but how useful this kind of bravery can be in large-scale battles is undoubtedly a huge question.

The only one who looked more qualified was Xie Miao's subordinates, and the others still needed to be restrained by the military judge set up by Hetman, but they didn't need to, and kept marching in a neat line.

Moreover, Xie Miao's subordinates also belonged to the relatively large number of people. He Mei simply counted them, and there were more than 2000 people.

This made Herme quite concerned. No wonder this person has done so many bad things and still has nothing to do. This strength must have helped him a lot.

Herme thought that he had to be more or less wary of this guy and keep a distance from this guy. Whenever he thought of those eyes, he felt uncomfortable all over, and he would be able to get used to it if he hurt him in any way.

And in the past time, Herme had a deeper understanding of this person's bad deeds. According to those descriptions, it is not surprising that he did any bad things.

After these various war gangs, there are many carriages.

The Cossacks paid great attention to logistics, and in Herme's view, the amount of food they carried was enough to launch several expeditions.

On the first day of departure, Herme found that some Cossack carriages had thickened baffles, and then asked Katya, only to realize that it was because of their tactics.

In the long-term confrontation with the visitors on the grassland, the Cossacks have summed up a set of effective confrontation methods.

That is to enclose and connect the carriages, and let the soldiers fight the nomadic cavalry in it.

It was by relying on this trick that the Cossacks were able to confront the nomads in the Hackland Grassland, not to mention defeating them, at least not losing the wind.

This made Hemei have to admire those senior Cossacks who invented this tactic. This is indeed a very effective way to deal with nomadic cavalry.

This greatly weakened the problem of the Cossacks not being disciplined, and also weakened the strength of the nomadic cavalry to the greatest extent. After all, few idiots would go out to fight in the car formation, and the nomadic cavalry wanted to break through the car formation first.

As for their enemies, the Harklan people on the grassland, Herme also learned about their situation during a meeting.

The leader of the nomadic tribe who invaded this time was named Ketaian. He united many Haklan tribes who had suffered heavy casualties due to winter, and went to invade the Cossack land to make up for their losses.

According to investigations, the Cossacks estimated that more than [-] Haklans invaded, and the number of men who could fight was at least [-].

It was the first large-scale nomadic invasion in decades, but the atamans were confident of victory.

Last time they achieved a big victory over the nomads, so this time it will definitely do the same.

As for the leader of the enemy, Ketai'an, a well-known Niya believer, he has been robbing caravans on the border of Sericania for a long time, and then strangled the merchants to death on the border.

If that's the case, he is just an ordinary and cruel Hackland chief, which is not too surprising in Hackland, where Niya beliefs are spread all over.

The Serikania people on the opposite side will not be very afraid. Over the years, Niya belief has been infiltrating into Serikania. Although this belief is also under suppression there, its power is still developing.

The point is, he is also cannibal, he will always eat the corpse of the enemy leader, or eat it raw.

Cannibalism is rare among Niya believers, so people call him a "cannibal".

The news of Ketai'an's cannibalism was told by Katya to Herme. When this chief was mentioned, Katya's face was full of disgust, and he was obviously disgusted with this man.

When it comes to Katya, this lady's military uniform can be described as heroic, and her riding skills are very skilled, it's almost like a horse and a horse, and Herme will often stay on her for a long time.

Herme could see Katya's beauty, so other people could see it too. Katya had always had many suitors, but none of them caught her eye.

Herme had seen how Katya dealt with those who annoyed her. She would directly duel with that person, and then put the knife on that person's neck as quickly as possible.

After that, those guys were naturally persuaded to leave.

Seeing this, Herme only made up her mind in her heart, and she should be more cautious when getting along with his fiancée.

If one day he was dragged to a duel and lost, it would be too shameful.

In addition, he also understood why Kajia was not surrounded by suitors. With Kajia's attitude towards suitors, it was quite difficult to entangle them to death.

And now Kajia is willing to talk to him, mostly because the marriage contract makes her bear it. If she annoys her, it will be no fun if the eldest lady can't bear it.

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When camping every day, it is the most chaotic time for the army.

Although Braven has repeatedly ordered to abide by order, many war gangs still go their own way, camping at will, to seize those better camping places, and mess up the situation.

At this time, Braven would personally bring the guards to wave the whip and let these people go back to where they should be.

This caused Braven to suffer a lot of complaints, no one likes managers, but it worked, and often the chaos was sorted out quickly and a decent camp emerged.

Although the Cossacks were scattered, their camp was stronger than Herme thought.

Braven's subordinates would dig shallow trenches nearby, then surround the entire camp with carriages, build a circle of repelling horses outside, and connect them with chains, which is enough to prevent the Haklans from raiding.

He also scattered scouts everywhere, whether he was on the march or when he was camping, which showed that this Gettleman knew the importance of intelligence.

For Herme, this can be regarded as a sigh of relief.

Marching is a very boring thing. Although you can see those beautiful scenes, you will feel bored if you see too many grassland scenes.

When getting along with Miss Kajia, you have to ensure that you don't overstep, which is not interesting.

While camping, he would read the books purchased from the north. The north has a well-developed publishing industry, so it has a wide range of reading materials. Herme likes to read these things very much.

But Herme never expected that the war would come so suddenly.

It was early morning at that time, and Hemei was still sound asleep in his tent. After sitting on the horse for a whole day, Hemei felt his butt was numb. I really don't know why Katya acted like a normal person every day.

Then he was awakened by shouts like thunder, and just as he jumped out of bed, Marondo, who had already put on his armor, rushed in.

And the first sentence he said when he saw Herme made Herme sure what happened, and that was exactly what he thought of.

"Hacklanders are coming!"

Without saying anything, Herme put on his armor under the service of Viator, the servant who hurriedly got up.

Herme noticed that Viator was a little scared, he didn't say much, just held Viator's hand.

Now this battle can be said to be his first battle. When Sazarburg was attacking and defending, he was sent halfway by Hemei to prepare the horses, but he failed to catch up with the battle.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, there will be this moment after all."

Then he went out, there was only so much he could do with the squire, it was ultimately up to him to overcome that fear.

What Herme saw was chaos. Under the dimly lit sky, many people poked their heads out of the tent in a daze.

The Cossack riders and infantry were busy walking through the camp, there were calls to look for Ataman everywhere, and some people were dressing in a mess.

Hemei was relieved to see that his subordinates had already stood up. Although many people were still there helping each other put on the armor, this showed that he was satisfied enough.

This reaction is much better than those Cossacks.

"Rocket!"

Under such shouts, Herme subconsciously raised her shield in the direction of the fire.

This saved his life as a flaming arrow landed on his shield.

A rain of sparse rockets fell on the Cossack camp. In fact, few people died under the arrows, and most of those hit by the arrows were injured. At most, a few tents were set ablaze.

But they managed to create panic, and panicked cries were everywhere.

"Quick! Go and put out those flames!"

The voice of Marondo, who was calling to the soldiers to extinguish the rockets that fell on the tent, broke them out of the confusion.

Among the Cossacks, under Ataman's scolding and shouting, the panicked Cossacks gradually returned to normal.

Hearing the familiar insults from the leaders, the Cossacks felt at ease, and then acted under the command.

The arrival of the Sechi Cossacks and Bravin's subordinates made the situation more stable. Seeing the best soldiers in the entire army, the uneasiness of the flustered people was suppressed.

Cossacks in button-breasted coats walked through the camp neatly, ordering people to go to their posts, which greatly calmed people's hearts.

Under all kinds of shouts, the Cossacks stood behind those carriages, which was their fortification.

During this period, several rounds of rockets fell from the sky, but none of them caused much panic. The flames were quickly extinguished and the wounded were carried away.

A small number of brave - or stupid - nomadic cavalry tried to step over the Juma, and then climbed over the chariot to fight in the camp, but most of them failed, either dying on the Juma or being shot.

The Cossacks also fought back, shooting with bows and arrows at the nomadic archers who had touched outside the camp at some point.

It has to be said that these nomadic cavalry are very powerful, and all the hidden posts arranged by Braven were unknowingly touched by them, and then there was such a scene.

In most cases, the horse archer is difficult to fight against the step bow, and this is also the case here. The unprotected nomad rider fell a lot under the arrow.

However, after the sudden sound of the horn, the cavalry archers retreated one after another, and the Cossacks also stopped shooting.

But no one thinks the battle is over; everyone knows it's only just begun.

(End of this chapter)