The Emperor is Above

Chapter 395: Waiting for Old Man Shi in Yangwu City
Qing Yi didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly.

The tall and strong exotic horses screamed continuously as they were surrounded by four dragon vultures.

Compared to the Great Wilderness Dragon Vulture with a wingspan of twenty meters, these exotic horses are like little mice in front of a house cat.

However, there were only four Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures after all, and it was impossible for them to completely surround the herd of more than a thousand horses. Many red-bellied horses with flaming hooves, sturdy wild horses with huge hooves, and nimble water horses rushed left and right in an attempt to escape through the loopholes in the encirclement.

"Wow—"

The elders of the Dragon Eagle clan cried loudly and continuously, with their huge wings spread out. Even if a second-grade ferocious bird landed on the ground, it would move very quickly and it was definitely not something an eighth-grade exotic beast could escape from.

Even though a few red colts and giant-hoofed wild horses managed to escape the encirclement of the dragon vultures, they were intercepted and brought back by the civet cats and little foxes after running a short distance.

"Meow-"

"Ah wu——"

The tabby cat nimbly jumped onto the back of a red colt with its chubby body, and sat firmly on it with its plump butt, forcing the poor horse to turn around and go back.

The little fox's pair of crystal clear eyes were flashing with five-colored light. It proudly jumped onto the head of a huge wild horse and successfully returned with the remaining horses.

"Meow--"

The second-grade big cat's eyes rolled around and he followed without hesitation.

With the experience of the God's spiritual realm and the baptism of spiritual rain, it felt that there would be nothing wrong in following what the civet cat and the little fox did.

Under its lead, the group of exotic beast totems also rushed forward, assisting the four dragon vultures to surround them with a fierce look, scaring the herd of red chestnut horses, giant-hoofed wild horses, and water horses so much that they couldn't stop neighing.

“Hurry, hurry, Brother Gongsun, Brother Liu, Fushou, the Dragon Eagle Clan elders have worked so hard to recover these exotic beast mounts, we can’t let them escape again!”

Qing Yi rushed forward with great surprise. His retainers and private soldiers were even more excited than him. Even the black-armored cavalry under the king did not have so many red horses.

"Whirl, hurl, hurl—"

A tall and strong chestnut red horse neighed and raised its front hooves in an attempt to attack Qing Yi who was approaching, but he slapped him to the ground and he could not move. The horse's intelligent eyes flashed with shock and fear.

"What a good horse! What a good horse!"

Looking carefully at this majestic and beautiful red horse, Qing Yi kept praising it.

This fire-type exotic horse is extremely handsome. It is nearly ten feet tall at the shoulder, more than twenty feet long, and weighs at least six thousand pounds.

Normally, with such a heavy body, it would be difficult to move in the soft snow, but the flashing red flames of its four hooves made it only leave shallow footprints, allowing the red colt to gallop freely on the vast snowfield even in winter.

What makes Qing Yi even more excited is that although the red-steed horse is only at the eighth level, it has a high chance of being promoted to the sixth-level purple-steed horse through careful training.

Through careful breeding, a sixth-grade purple colt also has a chance of being promoted to a fourth-grade Ye horse, but unfortunately the chance is too low.

"Once the Dragon City is settled, we must go to the wilderness to capture tens of thousands of red-calf horses. If we can train them all into fourth-grade Ye horses, we won't be afraid even if 200,000 Xianyu elite cavalry march south!"

Qing Yi thought happily in his heart and couldn't help drooling. If the scene he imagined could be achieved, it would be amazing.

At this time, Gongsun Wu also ran over with a smile in his eyes: "My Lord, how many war horses do you think we have captured in total? One thousand six hundred and fifty-six! There are one thousand one hundred and thirty-six eighth-grade red-rooster foals, and Chief Fu Shou said that some of the red-rooster foals have the signs of being promoted to sixth-grade purple-rooster foals.

There are 500 giant-hoofed wild horses of rank 8 or above, all of which are fat and strong, and there are also 20 water horses, which are all at least rank 7 or above. "

"The old lady from the Longjiu family is awesome!" Qing Yi couldn't help but cheer in a low voice, "It's really worth it to give them the Ghost Spirit Servant Pills and Soul Crystals for their cats."

When Qing Yi was buried in Guqiu, he also heard of water horses, which are a kind of aquatic exotic horses that live in lakes and are good at running on the water and diving.

The Water Horse Tribe among the wild people of Jiming Lake was a settlement that worshipped the water horse as a totem. At that time, no one had ever seen what a water horse actually looked like.

With such a group of powerful exotic beast mounts, it is possible to raise a highly combat-effective cavalry at the fastest speed. Even if they are not as elite as the king's personal guards, the number is sufficient.

When all the exotic beasts and horses were captured, Qing Yi quickly gave up the idea of ​​using them to train the children in riding skills. These were exotic beast mounts of grade eight or above, and if not handled properly, someone might die.

It would be better to rely on the powerful advantage of animal power to travel quickly and reach the destination as quickly as possible. Once you think of this, the rest becomes easy.

On the one hand, Qing Yi worked to tame the group of exotic horses, and on the other hand, he worked with Tun Shigu and the craftsmen to make enough ordinary sleds. After a few days, the entire team could finally set off again.

"Wow—"

There was a sound of a Great Wilderness Dragon Vulture flying and landing from the direction of the capital. This was the elder of the Dragon Vulture family who Qing Yi had sent to the capital to deliver a letter a few days ago. He happened to catch the moment when the convoy set off.

"My Lord, if we don't wait for the court officials to send people to check the military achievements, I'm afraid they won't acknowledge the merit of destroying the Ghost Witch Army in the Battle of Yanze!"

Gongsun Wu suggested rather regretfully, "Why not stay for a few days? Since the elder of the Longjiu family has already returned from the capital, the ministers can send out the Flying Eagle Guards and they will arrive in three days at most."

"Brother Gongsun, there is nothing to regret!"

Qing Yi chuckled and shook his head, "Although the Ghost Witch Army was destroyed, the battlefield had long been buried several dozen feet underground, so how could there be any military achievements?

Even if there are enough military achievements for them to check, what can the king and the ministers use to reward military merits? We can only rely on ourselves!"

"That's true!" Gongsun Wu sighed and shook his head without saying anything else. The carriage soon fell into silence.

After setting out again, the caravan moved even faster, with all the exotic horses pulling the carriages at a speed of more than 300 miles per day, and they crossed the entire Salt Lake in just a day and a half.

"My Lord, after we leave the Salt Lake, we will go 300 miles north to reach Baiqiu City, one of the twelve cities in the Northern Frontier!"

When Tingli Village was vaguely visible in front of him, Nan Guoshi smiled and pointed to the north and said, "A thousand miles north of Baiqiu City is Beilin City, and another eight hundred miles north of Beilin City is the Border City Fortress.

Beilin City is the second line of defense after the border city. It is backed by Weishui in the east and Queshan in the west. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with high walls and wide moats. It is known as Jintang and can be called the majestic city in the north of Xing State. "

"I didn't get a chance to see the dangers of the border town this time!"

Qing Yi responded to Nan Guoshi's words, but was flipping through a rough animal skin map in his hand. His own caravan was not heading towards Beilin City.

Instead, they had to turn eastward from the south side of Baiqiu City. The Dragon City Mound was located in the Yunling Mountains, two thousand miles northeast of Baiqiu City.

After thinking for a while, Qing Yi pointed to a city on the map and laughed loudly, "Let's keep moving. The convoy will set up camp in Yangwu City and wait for Old Man Shi."

(End of this chapter)