Chapter 1 The Ice and Snow Old Man Comes

Does history make heroes, or does heroes make history?

This has always been difficult to discern the relationship, but, starting from the 203rd year of the Red Moon Calendar, Amy, who entered the history of Amy's continent as a small mercenary. From Haber's point of view, in the first 10 years, history created heroes, and in the next 10 years, it was the dance of heroes and history.

—Neil, the twelfth great-great-grandson of mainland historian Amy. Haber studied handwriting

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"Woo~~~" "Woo~~~"

A tight horn sounded in the north of Heike Village, accompanied by the sound of the horn, a hoarse voice came from far to near: "The snow wolf is coming~~ The snow wolf is coming, there are about 20 of them, everyone hide, and they will come in in 10 minutes." A panting hunter appeared at the north entrance of the village on a snow deer.

The hands of all the people working inside and outside the village stopped, and all men, women, and children, untied the snow deer working in the field as quickly as possible, drove the snow cocks under the eaves into cages, and loaded the snow dolphins that were eating in baskets... Every family drove the animals into the house or carried them to the house as quickly as possible, and they all lifted the covers of the beds, lifted one of the iron plates on the bed, threw the animals into a big hole, and then all the people went down from the hole, and locked the iron door.

"Amy, come in," an old voice sounded in a small thatched hut on the south side of the village, "the snow wolf is coming soon," and the old man's voice became more and more urgent and stern.

"Wait, grandpa, I'll be here soon, the two little snowcocks that hatched yesterday have run into the grass," the childish voice came from outside the fence of the hut.

"Whew~~" The wolf's voice came from afar.

A tall figure rushed out of the house, an old man with white hair, rushed to the gate of the yard, grabbed a little boy by the back of the neck collar from the low grass, and kicked and beat and screamed despite him, "Grandpa, let go of me, I'll find it right away, otherwise they will all be eaten, woo~~ Let go of me, grandpa." The figures of the two men were also hidden in the holes in their beds. As soon as the iron door was closed, the snow wolf had already rushed into the house, and the paws of one of the most majestic snow wolves had already begun to try to lift the iron plate, and several other wolves sniffed around the iron plate, and white breath blew down from the iron plate.

"Woo, grandpa, the chick must be dead," the little boy in the cave cried, not paying any attention to the noise above his head.

"Amy, be obedient, the chicks can hatch again, and more will come out next time", the old man helplessly persuaded his grandson.

"Grandpa, why are there so many hunters in the village, and no one is going to kill which snow wolves? Last time we went to kill the snow bear together, the snow bear is much more powerful than the snow wolf, we can all kill it, why don't we kill the snow wolf." Amy asked, gasping and crying.

"Alas~~" The old man sighed and said, "The snow wolf can't be killed, if anyone kills, then he will have to die." "

"Then why did the uncles who came from outside kill the snow wolf last time, and killed more than 30 of them?" Amy asked unconvinced.

"They're mercenaries, mercenaries can kill." The old man didn't want to explain too much to his little grandson.

"When I grow up, I want to be a mercenary~~" Amy clenched her fists.

The village of Haike is located on the east side of the Warm Water River on the frozen continent, and according to the border division between the Amy Empire and the Hami Kingdom, it should belong to the territory of the Hami Kingdom. However, the Hami people have been accustomed to living in cold ice and snow since ancient times, and the source of the Warm Water River is a hot spring lake formed after a volcanic eruption (Snow Moon Lake), and the vicinity of Snow Moon Lake and the banks of the Warm Water River have formed the only area on the frozen continent that is free of ice and snow.

In the 500-year history of Amy's empire, he has repeatedly tried to obtain the Xueyue Lake and the Warm Water River domain through diplomacy, war, blackmail and other means, but has not succeeded.

In the 3rd year of the Red Moon Calendar, the 12th year of the Red Moon Calendar, the 35th year of the Red Moon Calendar, the 47th year of the Red Moon Calendar, and the 52nd year of the Red Moon Calendar, in just 50 years, the two generations of monarchs of the Amy Empire launched five large-scale wars targeting the Snow Moon Lake and the Warm Water River Domain, using all arms, including dragoons. Each war ended in the same outcome.

At the southern tip of the continent, the Amy Empire tended to capture all the land in the shortest possible time - or could not use the word conquer, because in this area the Hami kingdom never spared a single soldier. After the war began, in the northernmost part of the northern Lian State of the Amy Empire - the Ice and Snow Forest, a large number of Hami wolf cavalry warriors always launched an attack on the northern Lian State of the Amy Empire along the only Longya Mountain Continental Highway in the frozen continent.

On the frozen continent, no matter what kind of troops, facing the white-haired Hami people, facing the ice and snow suits made of white bear velvet, facing the snow-white snow wolf war horses, and facing the snow-white continent, there is only one ending: escape.

The combat effectiveness of any class in the Ice and Snow Continent is only less than 10%, even if the invincible dragoons in the world can exert only 50% of the combat effectiveness, what is the number of dragoons in the Amy Empire? Not as much as a squad of the Hami wolf cavalry.

There are also several monarchs of the Amy Empire who want to obtain the Snow Moon Lake and the Warm Water River through diplomacy or blackmail, but the Hami Kingdom is simple-minded, and as long as they see anything related to the country, they will refuse to sign any agreement.

The only reason for this situation was that Amy I, the founding monarch of the Amy Empire, had successfully deceived the monarch of the Hami Empire once, and in that deception, he acquired the territory of the Hami Empire, which was about 25% the size of the original empire, and established the northern states of the Amy Empire. Amy I promised the Hami Empire that he was willing to exchange the best territory of his country, the Huayu Plains in the hinterland of the Eminoer Continent, for the territory at the southern end of the frozen continent, and showed the Hami Empire the rich fruits and animals that were abundant in them. After the signing of the agreement, almost everyone thought that Amy I was crazy and traded the richest territory for the poorest - except for the queen mother and the younger brother of the Hami Empire, who angrily returned to his own territory and declared independence at the risk of being executed, and established the Northern Hami Empire.

At that time, Mua VII was anxious to move the capital to the Huayu Plain, and made a major decision to gradually give up the territory of the frozen continent, so he did not bother with Wang Di, and Wang Di used this precious time to rapidly expand his territory from the capital of the Hami Empire until he occupied the entire continent east and north of Longya Mountain.

The joyful Muya VII and the courtiers came to the Flower Language Plain, and the first feeling was that they came to a paradise, the northern part of the Flower Language Plain, Lucky Star Chinese Restaurant all year round, the air was humid, and all kinds of flowers were blooming. Riding a horse and whipping on the plains for three days and three nights, there will be no flowers in front of you, and no fragrance in your nose. In the southern part of the Huayu Plain, there is a humid and rainy area, and there are countless sweet melons and fruits in a large area of broad-leaved rainforest.

However, in the five years of Dingdu, the new capital established by Muya VII was broken by the surrounding countries three times, and the last time, Muya VII rushed into the imperial army and washed away the shame of his wrong decision with blood.

Why did the most powerful country on the Frozen Continent fall into Pingyang and be bullied by dogs after arriving on the Eminole Continent? Where are the invincible and invincible Snow Wolf cavalry?

According to later generations of military lawyers, the doctrine of mutual restraint of the arms and the doctrine of the blessing of the arms were written with the blood of the emperor and the blood of 100,000 snow wolf cavalrymen.

The Hami people, who have lived in the frozen continent for generations, have very long hair, especially eyebrows and eyelashes, and in order to avoid blinding people by sunlight on the snow, the eyebrows and eyelashes of the Hami people are not only long, but also grow rapidly. But after arriving at the damp plain of Huayu, this physiological phenomenon is simply unbearable, and the eyebrows are often covered with water droplets. The princes and ministers still had time to ask someone to help them repair it. What about the soldiers? How to fight a war in this situation? The snow wolf's hair is longer and all white, and when it comes to the sultry plains, the snow wolf, which is not adapted to the climate, has no combat power at all. In war, what used to be a natural protective color is now the color of the shroud after every battle.

In the end, 100,000 troops entered the army of the Flower Grassland, and only more than 10,000 people set foot on the land of their hometown. Since then, the Hami have learned a little and no longer talk to anyone about anything about the territory.

The lake was the product of a volcanic eruption 100 years after the Hami retreated to the frozen continent, and the Hami would not make any mistakes on it.

Due to the reason of the Huayu Plain, the Hami people stayed away from Xueyue Lake and the Warm Water River, and did not send any troops, but they would never allow this side of the territory to be lost. As soon as the war broke out, troops were immediately dispatched from the Ice Forest to threaten the Ice Fortress, the capital of the outer states of the Amy Empire. Finally, coerce Amy's empire to withdraw its troops.

The Warm Water River and Snow Moon Lake still have a certain use value for the Hami kingdom - the feeding grounds for the snow wolves. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the snow wolf, all the snow wolves in the Hami kingdom will not be kept in captivity, all are stocked in the wild, or it would be more accurate to put it another way, after the outbreak of the war, the Hami people relied on their natural sense, found the wild wolf pack and then recruited the wild wolves into the army, the wild wolves are also unusually cooperative, the wolf warriors will be divided into various wolf cavalry teams in groups, the wolf head will become the captain's mount, and the other wolves will be assigned to different levels of warriors according to their status in the wolf pack.

In fact, the Hami Kingdom does not have the strength to raise so many wolf warriors, for the Hami Empire established in the barren ice and snow continent, any fully mobilized war cannot exceed 6 months, otherwise the country's economy will automatically collapse, and the core reason for its economic collapse is that it is eaten by the wolf warriors.

The number of snow wolves has always been around 150,000, and it was originally scattered in all corners of the frozen continent, since the Amy Empire had territory in the frozen continent, the snow wolves strangely automatically retreated to the territory of the Hami Kingdom and the Northern Hami Kingdom, each with about 70,000 heads. Flora and fauna are very scarce on the mainland, and snow wolves are also very difficult to forage, often running for days and nights to catch a prey. As a result, raids on non-Hami human villages have also become the main means of foraging for snow wolves. The Hami are not averse to other races living on the frozen continent - as long as they pay taxes, but the Hami will never allow anyone to harm the snow wolves. In all human villages, there are various ways to hide from wolves. Moreover, more and more permanent residents have become accustomed to this life of "the wolf comes and I hide, and the wolf goes and I come out", and believes that this is also a tax that should be paid to the kingdom of the Hami. Originally, the Hami kingdom would not collect too much tax from the people because of its incorruptible life, so even if the "wolf's head tax" was added, it was still much lighter than that of other countries.

Heiko is one such village where there is a "wolf's head tax", and it has become customary for the people to take only the main large livestock with them every time the wolves come, leaving the appropriate poultry for the wolf grandfathers to enjoy. Wolves don't usually stay long, first, because they are not used to the hot and humid air; Second, the next village is only half a day's journey away, and taxes are also collected there. They generally don't stay for more than half a day.

"Pounding... Impulsive... ..."

In the sound of the wolf's paw scratching, the iron plate on Amy's head sounded rhythmically, and a pleasant male voice sounded: "May I ask the Haber family here?" "