Now the Muqi invades the empire in large numbers, and the demand for weapons is very huge. Although some of them can be plundered from the empire, it is not enough to meet the consumption of millions of cavalry.

Zhao Hu did not think that Muqi could win. As long as the upper class of the empire did not destroy the city walls and did some idiotic actions to help the enemy, Muqi would not win even if it had many weapons and cavalry.

The strength of a country is not determined by the number of troops alone. What can be determined by the real one is to maintain the logistics of this army.

The empire has a powerful weapon workshop, a huge food base, and a smooth logistics supply mechanism. Perhaps the empire would be caught off guard by attacks at the beginning, but when it reacted, it had an army with endless supply, and could easily drive the pastoral flag out of the empire.

As for the counterattack of the Muqi... Zhao Hu dared not think about this.

The grassland is too large, and it is easy to get lost if the terrain is not familiar. Unless ten legions are sent to advance together, you will not be able to destroy all the herds and flags.

But in this way, the pressure on the supply is enough to collapse the empire.

Although he understood the importance of logistics in the past, Zhao Hu, who had been a logistics lieutenant for a period of time, truly understood that logistics is the important key to determining the outcome, especially in the confrontation and tug-of-war with equal combat effectiveness between the two sides, logistics is even more important.

As for the reasons why the herdsmen invaded the empire, after seeing the lives of the herdsmen in the gathering places and listening to the nagging of the chief of Jingxiong, we can understand that the grassland is poor and the environment is harsh.

Think about it, on the prairie, there is nothing short of food and fresh water, and everything else is missing.

Moreover, whether food is short of depends on the face of the sky. If the weather is good, it is of course free and unlimited. If the weather is bad, it will happen every minute and every second.

Just like a 1000-man man, although the spring is bright here now, it has not penetrated deeper into the grassland yet, but the deeper it is, the colder it is, and there are heavy snows of several meters deep.

Suddenly, Zhao Hu couldn't help but think of the word "self-destroying the city wall", and from this he thought of the Weiss business group dressed by the imperial people.

According to the dialogue between them, it was obviously not as simple as selling weapons. Ninety percent of it was the rebellion of the empire selling intelligence to Muqi.

But, so what?

Don’t be in the grassland, or in the empire. Who would believe me if I was a second lieutenant?

It's better not to worry about these things that you can't control.

Although he knew that the upcoming heavy snow would be troublesome, Zhao Hu didn't dare to stay here.

He believed that the pursuers with the wooden flag were behind him, and these pursuers would definitely follow the trajectory of the car. There was no way to leave such traces because there was no way to hide them.

However, entering this gathering place and leaving should confuse the pursuers for a while. After all, there are too many traces of carriages entering and leaving here.

If you stay here for the winter and are found in the house, you may have been taken over before you figure out what's going on.

It is completely impossible to not help the wooden flag if you don’t have the crystal flag!

In order not to be destroyed, we can only leave as soon as possible and find a place where no one is spent in the winter when heavy snow falls. In this way, when heavy snow falls, the pursuers will lose the clues to pursue themselves, and they should be safe for a while.

However, this requires maps and arrows very much. One is to avoid getting lost, and the other is to kill enemies. They are all indispensable things.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu couldn't help but turn the topic into this aspect.

"Mr. Jingxiong, I wonder if I can borrow the map? You also know that the importance of maps to a business group. This time, we stumbled to find the gathering place of your flag by relying on the simple map obtained from other business groups.

"I heard that you are coming in heavy snow. If you go in the wrong direction on the way back, that's all. I wonder if you can help me?"

Geralt and others on the side immediately shut up and quietly waited for the answer from the head of Wanfu. The head of Wanfu also felt the atmosphere was tense, but they didn't care.

This is something that concerns the fate of the business group. Nervousness is inevitable, he smiled.

"Sir Zhao Hu, I understand your mood, but I am very sorry, the Mass Banner Map is related to the life and death of the Mass Banner. It is absolutely impossible for outsiders to view it. Even inside the Mass Banner, only those who are above the level of a thousand men can view the map, and those are still simple.

"Only the banner owner can view the truly complete map, even my banner owner's younger brother has never seen it, so I'm very sorry."

Zhao Hu and others sighed, although they were disappointed, they could understand.

Among any force, the map of the force is an extremely important confidential document, and even one's own people cannot know the details, let alone outsiders.

When Zhao Hu was about to ask the consultant and guide, he didn't know whether Captain Wan didn't want to lose his business or wanted to help, so he spoke.

"but……"

As soon as these two words came out, Zhao Hu and others immediately had their eyes lit up and their ears were raised.

It seems there is hope.

Seeing Zhao Hu and others anxiously, the ten thousand men smiled and said, "But you can go to a place to have a look."

“Where?”

"Leaving the gathering place and walking up the river for about a kilometer, there is a temporary gathering place where you should have what you want, but you need to be mentally prepared and the cost will be very high."

"Damn it, I actually forgot that place!" Geralt slapped his head suddenly.

Zhao Hu asked, "Where is that place?"

Geralt looked at Captain Wan and hesitated for a moment.

"Sir, is there..."

The head of the ten thousand men smiled and said, "Don't worry about our face, Lord Zhao Hu, it was actually a market opened by the horse thieves in the grassland."

"Horse thief?"

Everyone on Zhao Hu's side widened their eyes and looked in disbelief.

What people in the grassland hate most is not natural disasters, not wolf disasters, but horse thieves.

Horse thieves make a living by looting, and they are scaryly greedy. The herdsmen and livestock, such as livestock, are either killed or captured, while lifeless items such as pastoral flag bags are either burned or taken away. The tribes visited by horse thieves are completely left without any grass.

The chief of ten thousand men smiled bitterly, "Isn't it strange that we let the horse thieves open nearby?"

"This is also impossible. Although we hate horse thieves, and although we are strong, we cannot afford to offend horse thieves on the entire grassland.

"Horse thieves have a range of areas. Horse thieves outside the range cannot cross the boundary at will, otherwise horse thieves within the range will attack these peers.

"But sometimes there is no limit, that is, retaliation against the herds flag that destroyed the market opened by horse thieves, and the horse thieves in the entire grassland will attack everyone in this herds flag.

"So in order to avoid trouble, we will not touch this horse thief market. Besides, this market is like our market. When our market ends, they will also end. When the market is opened, they will not cause trouble, but will try their best to maintain order. If this is the case, why bother yourself?"

"Can you get a map in such a horse robbery market?" Zhao Hu was puzzled.

The ten thousand men smiled and said, "Don't look at the horse thief. The map of the horse thief is the most detailed. You should know that they are active in the entire grassland. Most of our map information was purchased from the horse thief.

"However, the maps purchased by us outsiders are just a brief picture, that is, the approximate location of the gathering places of the hostess and the approximate direction of the important water source.

"The more expensive the price, the more detailed it is. According to the most advanced one, in addition to recording all the gathering places of the herds and flags, there are also activities of all wild horses, and even a lake with an area of ​​dozens of meters.

"It's just a rumor. Even the horse thief himself, it's impossible to have such a map."

Zhao Hu and others immediately laughed.

People like me don’t need to have too detailed maps, just a map marked with each herds’ flag gathering place and major water source.

This map is enough to allow people like me to set up the prairie safely.

Although Zhao Hu and others wanted to go to the horse thieves market immediately, they were penniless and had to wait quietly for Deo to arrive.

Suddenly, a guide brought a team of business groups, and Zhao Hu and others immediately politely made their seats and waited outside.

A captain sighed in a low voice as soon as he came out.

"I really didn't expect that the horse thief market could appear openly next to the gathering place of the Muqi."

"Hey, what's the matter? Isn't it just to open a black market next to the local guards? It's not very common in the empire." A captain smiled.

"Gerat, what goods are usually found in horse robbery markets?" Zhao Hu asked.

"Everything they stolen from the market will be sold in the market, and horses and sheepskins are not used, but they are even more openly selling human beings, as well as casinos, brothels, and restaurants.

"There is much more lively than the Muqi market." Geralt looked at his colleagues with a smile. He knew that these guys who were so tired of being drooled.

"Those herds and flags actually allow them to sell humans next to the gathering place?" Zhao Hu was surprised.

Geralt disdainfully said, "What's so strange about this? Isn't it? They can't afford to offend them. Actually, these are all lies. The biggest customers of these horse thieves markets are usually the herds and flags next to the market.

"Most of the people who rob horses and sheepskin cargoes from horses are sold to Muqi at a cheap price.

"These horse thieves are very smart. They transport the things they stolen from the east to the west to sell. Since these are not the population and supplies of local herds and banners, they will not be awkward when purchasing them. Instead, they like the horse thieves market that increases their strength.

"The horse thief can survive because the Muqi uses the horse thief's hands to weaken the opponent and strengthen themselves. Otherwise, all the Muqi joint operations will not eliminate the horse thief from the entire grassland?"

"I see."

Zhao Hu and others suddenly realized their heads. Not long after they were chatting, Dio came back with about twenty large carriages, and there were 200 servants who arrived in the carriages.
Chapter completed!