"Why is that?" Fang Ling wondered.

Ge Yi sighed and said: "There is a way to share weal and hardship, not prosperity. As long as you insist on taking it, you will not have symptoms of strange diseases until you die, but as long as you don't take it beyond the time limit, the symptoms will appear again. However, the detoxification grass is not only slow to grow, but also has very harsh growing conditions, and the places where it can be grown are limited, so the amount that can be taken is even more limited. Originally, it was enough at first, but as the population grew, it gradually became a little nervous ten years ago, so people began to steal antidote weeds, and even committed murder crimes for it. ”

Fang Ling frowned slightly, no wonder when Village Chief Ge asked Ge Yi to fetch the Green Silk Pill, he was a little hesitant, it turned out that it was because this detoxification grass was limited, and if it was distributed to one person, it would mean that the resources in the village would be even more tight.

Ge Yi said with a solemn expression: "At first, everyone was still very united, but due to the repeated killings of villagers in various villages, the three major tribes and even villages of the same clan were suspicious of each other, and finally began to oppose each other. Although the emperor has the heart to quell the war, the imperial tribe has only 800 people, which is the least among the four major tribes, like our Xu tribe and Zhou tribe are equal, almost more than 1,500 people, while a large tribe like the Zhu tribe has more than 2,000 people, and they don't take the imperial department in their eyes at all. Nowadays, the Zhou tribe has repeatedly invaded, and our village is just on the edge of the two tribes, and night raids like this will happen many times a month almost a month, and if we want to go out hunting, we must also have a team of ten people, otherwise if we encounter people from other tribes, they may attack in order to snatch the green silk pills from us. ”

Fang Ling's heart sank, he didn't expect that the battle at the bottom of the valley had reached such a fierce point, and he also understood that this life-saving grass was the root of the battle at the bottom of the valley, and if he wanted to borrow troops, he could only solve this strange disease.

Seeing that Fang Ling's expression was a little heavy, Ge Yi comforted: "Little brother, you don't have to, this war will not involve you, the village chief has already ordered, I will escort the little princess and you to Dazhai early tomorrow morning." ”

"Dazhai?" Fang Ling looked up at him.

Ge Yi explained: "Dazhai is the name of the village where General Xu is located, and when you get to Dazhai, the general will definitely send someone to send you to the imperial headquarters, and when you get there, you will be safe." ”

When Fang Ling heard this, he said suspiciously: "I heard Brother Ge just now say that this imperial department is the least numerous among the four departments, could it be that this war does not involve the imperial department?"

Ge Yi bowed slightly: "The Imperial Department is indeed the smallest number of the four departments, however, the imperial city where the Imperial Department is located is also the only city built of stone in the valley bottom village, and the weapons we keep in our hands now, swords, axes and spears These iron weapons were handed down three hundred years ago, and it is impossible to attack the imperial city with this kind of weapon, and if you want to use a long-range attack, the bone arrowhead will not reach the level of iron arrow in terms of power, unless the two clans unite, or there is this possibility." ”

"That'...... What about your Xu Ministry?" Fang Ling asked.

Ge Yi immediately said with a straight face: "If it weren't for the Zhou Department taking the initiative to provoke the war, we wouldn't have fought with them for the matter of solving poisonous weeds, General Xu once said that everyone is a brother and blood, but the hateful thing is that these people have to use force, then we have to fight ourselves." ”

Fang Ling nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but appreciate it a little, but wanted to see who the general of this Xu Department was, who could let his subordinates maintain this integrity in such a "chaotic" world, and not be "confused" by greed.

At this moment, the sound of bows and arrows gradually became quieter, and I saw people coming down from the sentry one after another, although there were also wounded people, but because of the good command of the village chief, everything seemed to be in order.

Early the next morning, Ge Yi led a team of ten people to escort Fang Ling and Xi Ling'er to Xu Dazhai, and on the way, he also learned a lot about General Xu from Ge Yi.

The descendants of the Xi Kingdom at the bottom of the valley, whether it is the royal family or the generals and other positions, have adopted a hereditary system, passed down from generation to generation, before the antidote grass was not discovered, everyone also united and helped each other, although there were strange diseases, but life was very peaceful.

However, after the discovery of the antidote grass, not only did the various tribes quarrel, but even the villages between the tribes were pitted against each other.

Later, General Xu strictly ordered that conflicts between villages were not allowed to break out over the solution of poisonous weeds, and a special supervision detachment was set up for this purpose, although it was only a small team of a dozen people, and a small officer of the command class was in charge, but he had the power of life and death, and once it was found that a certain village did not restrain the behavior of the villagers, the village chief would be removed and the village chief would be sentenced to a heavy sentence.

The so-called "chaotic" era uses heavy rituals, and General Xu's iron-fisted methods make his subordinate villages appear peaceful and more united.

Fang Ling's heart sank, he didn't expect that the battle at the bottom of the valley had reached such a fierce point, and he also understood that this life-saving grass was the root of the battle at the bottom of the valley, and if he wanted to borrow troops, he could only solve this strange disease.

Fang Ling couldn't help but be more interested in this general Xu, it was really a waste for such a talent to succumb to this small valley, if he could go out of the mountain with him, he would definitely be able to become a big helper.

Because all the villages along the way are subordinate to Xu's department, and everything is just as Ge Yi said, the villagers who pass through the way seem very peaceful, and the road seems to be very easy.

At noon, we arrived at Dazhai.

Dazhai is not only a large place, but also the defense project is also very perfect, the wooden fence becomes a wooden city wall, three or four meters high, there are sentry posts and towers built on it, and the soldiers are solemn and ready for battle.

Seeing Ge Yi and others coming, the soldiers immediately stopped everyone and began to interrogate, and when they heard that the little girl in front of them was actually a little princess, all the soldiers were taken aback, and someone hurriedly went in to announce.

After a while, I saw a group of people walking out of the village, led by a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a rattan armor linen clothes, waist matching, square face and black beard, looking mighty and resolute, obviously the general Xu Tianchang.

Behind him, followed by more than a dozen people, most of them dressed similarly, all with solemn faces, among them was a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young man, standing on the right side of Xu Changtian, quite similar to his appearance, and even his temperament was inherited, this young man was Xu Tiantian's son, the young general Xu Musheng.

Xu Tianchang obviously recognized Xi Ling'er, and as soon as he walked over, he saluted and said, "The minister greets the princess." ”

As soon as he saw Xu Tianchang bowing down, everyone else also saluted, and Xi Ling'er grinned and said, "Uncle Xu, get up quickly." ”

Xu Tianchang stood up, looked at Xi Ling'er carefully, and said: "The safety of the little princess has always been in danger, and now that I see that the little princess is safe and sound, I will let go of my heart." ”

As he spoke, he took Fang Ling and his party to a big house in the village, and listened to Ge Yi tell him about the incident halfway, and heard that the little princess was sent back by Fang Ling, and Fang Ling was still an outsider, so he couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

In fact, anyone can see that Fang Ling is a foreigner, since there is no way for animals to survive at the bottom of this valley, then silkworms naturally cannot survive, so only mulberry hemp can be planted here, and the clothes worn are linen clothes and animal skins, but what Fang Ling wears is silk products, which is very obvious in comparison.

Coming to the largest house in Dazhai, Xu Tianchang asked a tall man beside him, "Ruan Chong, how many idle soldiers are there in the tribe?"

Ruan Chonggong replied: "General Hui, in recent days, the attacks of the Zhou Department have become more and more frequent, and except for the necessary soldiers and horses, the others in Dazhai have been assigned to the other six villages according to your orders to help them defend against the enemy. ”

Ge Yi couldn't help but say: "General, last night the people of the Zhou Department attacked our village again, although there were no casualties in the village, but there were also quite a few people sent by the other party, if they attacked like this several times in a row, I don't know if they can hold it." ”

Xu Musheng couldn't help but snort heavily: "Dad, I don't think we can sit still, it's not a way to defend like this at all, so let's just have a counterattack!"

Xu Tianchang's face sank, and he scolded: "What do you know! Aren't you our compatriots in Zhoubu?"

Xu Musheng gritted his teeth and said: "Of course, there are still many brothers in Zhou who have played with me since childhood, but at the moment when these people are facing each other against the people of our tribe, I no longer regard them as brothers!"

Ruan Chong also said on the side: "General, I think what the young general said is also reasonable. ”

Xu Tianchang said in a low voice: "Shut up, I didn't see the little princess here, I don't care if the other tribes go to war, but without the emperor's order, I, Xu Tianchang, will not allow the people of my clan to take the initiative to attack, you just have to order to go down, cut down giant trees, build high defenses, and defend as an attack!"

Fang Ling heard this, and nodded secretly, when the other two ministries no longer put the imperial department in their eyes, Xu Tianchang still had this emperor in his heart, and such a loyal minister was already valuable. And this base defense is actually a very correct strategy against the enemy, in the forest, it is good at hiding and setting traps, using the village as the battle place, you can let the opponent "expose" in the field of vision as much as possible, so as to "shoot" and kill the opponent, that is to say, in fact, this defense is better than the active attack, so killing two birds with one stone, can be described as clever.

I asked my father, but he always told me that I was too young to understand many things, but everyone is a compatriot. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and for a moment they were so embarrassed that they didn't know how to answer, how dirty is the selfishness and greed of adults compared to the innocence of children?