I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

At the gate of Taiping County, Jiang Yuan led the way out of the city, followed closely by Hatu and others. Everyone had a serious expression on their faces, and a murderous atmosphere filled the air.

Six hundred cavalrymen may not sound like a lot, but since they are all riding tall horses, they look extremely impressive.

"Sir, I have marked the order on the map. Following this route, we can reach the Zhenmu tribe as quickly as possible while encountering the most small tribes along the way."

Hatu said, handing a map to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan took the map and looked at it, and suddenly felt speechless.

I can't even tell the difference between east, west, and north, and you show me this!

Fortunately, the map of Hatu has detailed markings of north and south, and the terrain of the grasslands is similar, so a curved line is marked very clearly on the map.

"Well, okay, let's follow your arrangement." Jiang Yuan said, throwing the map to Hatu, putting his hands into his sleeves, and pulling down the sides of the mink hat on his head to cover his ears.

It was okay in Taiping County, at least there was a city wall to block the wind. But once you left the city gate, the biting cold wind felt like a knife scraping your face.

Fortunately, Taiping County is now rich and has arranged all kinds of cold-resistant items.

Under Hatu's arrangement, several teams of cavalry immediately advanced in three directions ahead to act as scouts.

Taiping County was not far from the grassland. After walking for two hours, the group had already entered the grassland. Looking around, the whole world was white.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but frown. He might get snow blindness if he continued like this. Just as he was worried, Hatu immediately handed Jiang Yuan a bone object that looked like an eye, but with a crack in the middle.

"Sir, put this on, otherwise you won't be able to see clearly later."

Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was a native with him, otherwise it would be really difficult to enter this grassland.

Jiang Yuan looked around and thought that they were still in the marginal area and no tribe would set up camp here.

As the group went deeper, they could no longer see Taiping County behind them.

"It's really cold out here!" Li Hu rubbed his hands and exhaled a breath of white air. Jiang Yuan was about to speak when he saw a cavalry team that had been exploring the way ahead hurried back.

"Sir! Sir! Ten miles ahead, a group of cavalry appeared, numbering about three hundred. They will meet me in half an incense stick of time!"

Jiang Yuan immediately became alert.

There were more than 300 people, all of them on horseback. This must be a plundering force sent by a tribe on the grassland.

But now that we've met them, we naturally can't let them go so easily.

"Zhao Kai, Wang Jue, each of you will lead a hundred men to flank us from the left and right!"

"Kong Xuan, lead a hundred men to the back and wait for orders!"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, everyone immediately started to act.

Soon, as both sides continued to move forward, a cavalry group came towards them, which made Jiang Yuan secretly amazed.

They are truly a grassland tribe, these guys are all as strong as bulls.

"Sir, should we just hit him or what?" Hatu's voice came.

Logically speaking, if two cavalry units meet on the grassland and have the same number of people, and if both sides have no spoils of war, there will basically be no fighting.

We are all here to make money, so why should we make things difficult for our peers?

"Stop talking nonsense! Just get started!"

Jiang Yuan said bluntly, "Damn it! With the equipment on the other side, what do you expect to fight me?"

There were more than 300 people, and most of them were wearing cloth armor, with only a few wearing leather armor, and they all had scimitars in their hands.

In sharp contrast, everyone in the Taiping County army wore light armor. Although it was not as good as heavy armor, it was also made of solid iron.

Even the front of the warhorse was covered with light armor for protection, and the horses were holding spears. With such a huge disparity in equipment, Jiang Yuan couldn't figure out how he could lose!

"Everyone get ready! Fire a volley of crossbow arrows!"

Jiang Yuan stretched out an arm and shouted loudly. After everyone was ready, Jiang Yuan waved his hand violently.

In an instant, hundreds of crossbow arrows flew towards the distant enemies like raindrops.

This situation completely confused the other party. We had no grudges against each other in the past or today, and you are just looking for an easy target. Why are you fighting me directly?

"charge!"

With another loud roar from Jiang Yuan, hundreds of cavalrymen behind him rushed out like lightning under the leadership of Hatu.

Crossbows have been hung on the saddles, and everyone has replaced them with spears. The distance from here to the position of the opposing cavalry is enough for the war horses to enter a galloping state.

Soldiers sitting on horseback do not need to make too many movements. They just need to hold the spear tightly and find the right direction. The impact force brought by the accelerated warhorse alone is enough to pierce the enemy with one shot.

Cavalry versus cavalry, with such a huge gap in equipment, this was almost a battle without any suspense.

Jiang Yuan, who was still staying in the distance, couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The sound of six hundred war horses trampling on the ground already felt huge. What kind of scene would it be if there were tens of thousands of cavalry?

"Wang Gang, if there is any fish that has escaped the net and rushes towards you, just go and kill him." Jiang Yuan said with some concern.

"Don't worry, sir." Wang Gang said in a warm voice while carrying a saber.

As the cavalry led by Hatu in front charged through the enemy, only about a hundred of the unfamiliar horse thieves survived the massacre in Taiping County.

"Put down your weapons! Surrender without killing!"

Hatu roared, turned his horse around and was ready to strike back at any time.

Faced with such a situation, the remaining barbarian cavalry turned around and ran without any hesitation.

At this moment, Zhao Kai and Wang Jue came up from the flank.

Seeing that they were surrounded on all four sides, the remaining barbarian cavalry did not hesitate at all. They dismounted, put their weapons aside, and crawled into the snow.

"Put down your weapons, or I will kill you without mercy!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, this was the first battle on the grassland, and it was quite good to be able to fight like this.

Not long after, after cleaning up the mess, Hatu rode his horse towards the source of the river with a smile on his face.

"My Lord! A great victory!"

"Well, count the number of people and report the casualties." Jiang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Hatu nodded, turned his horse around and rushed towards the main force. After a while, Hatu rushed back with a smile on his face.

"Sir! Great victory! Great victory!"

"I've never seen such a casualty ratio on the grassland before!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us what it is like."

"Sir, after counting, our soldiers have three killed, eleven seriously injured, and over forty slightly injured."

"But this is not a problem at all. As long as we incorporate these people into the army, our losses can be fully compensated!"

Hatu excitedly pointed at the nearly one hundred barbarian cavalrymen who had been controlled.

Jiang Yuan frowned. What Hatu said was indeed true, but were these barbarians really reliable?

What if he suddenly stabs me in the back during the next war? Wouldn't that be a loss?