In the pass of Heihu Mountain, a city wall with a circumference of nearly ten miles has begun to take shape, and tens of thousands of young people are continuously transporting square boulders from the mountain in ox carts and horse-drawn carts to the sweaty craftsmen. On the huge construction site, there was a constant stream of people coming and going, and everyone was working hard and energetically, because people knew that this city was their own home, and the sooner it was built, the sooner it would be better protected.

Nanying stood on the mountainside in the distance, and had a wonderful feeling that he was creating a miracle in his heart, who would have thought that it only took two months, and the construction of the entire outer city had been half completed.

A familiar sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and Nan Ying sighed without looking back: "Zaoyi, Zaoyi, you are indeed a talent, I never thought that your speed of building the city far exceeded my expectations!" ”

Zao Yi has long been accustomed to his amazing ear power, came to his side and smiled: "Actually, I really don't dare to take credit, this speed is actually beyond my imagination, now it seems that one is well-prepared, and the stone and wood have already been prepared; The second is the effective transportation, which is all thanks to the yaks that have become adults and the hundreds of healthy horses given to us by the old chief Jiang; The third and most important point is that you have successfully united the hearts of the people, and everyone regards the construction of this city as their own business! Alas! I sometimes force them to rest more, and no one pays attention to me, which is unthinkable! ”

He thought for a while and said, "There is another important reason, that is, the adhesive called knotweed that you taught me, my lord, has a surprisingly good effect, and it has also greatly improved the speed of construction!" ”

Nanying couldn't help but feel a little proud, and suddenly remembered something and said: "In recent months, we haven't gone out to buy grain, is there enough grain in the mountains?" ”

Zao Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Mr. Cheng has been paying close attention to the hoarding of grain, and there is no problem." And although we have not purchased grain recently, we have exchanged thousands of cattle and sheep from Baimaqiang with iron tools, and invited dozens of shepherd masters, under the leadership of Brother Yang, to start a large number of breeding! ”

Nanying nodded: "Not bad! Brothers, you can't just eat without meat! However, you still have to remind Mr. Cheng that the people take food as the sky, and there must be no shortage of food at any time. ”

Zao Yi suddenly smiled dumbly and said: "Since the lord taught Baimaqiang how to marinate meat, they have never exchanged food from us again, but only asked for iron tools, and it is estimated that the beef last time was far from finished!" ”

Nanying also shook his head and smiled: "Tens of millions of catties of beef!" I'm afraid that I will eat these white horse Qiang people are annoyed when they see the cow! ”

The two laughed together.

Suddenly, someone at the foot of the mountain shouted, "My lord! Where's the lord? "A man galloped on.

Nan Ying stretched out his head and said with a smile: "I came here just as I said, it's Jiang Huan's kid!" ”

Jiang Huan hurriedly rushed up the mountain, his face was full of heaviness, and he was a little embarrassed to say: "Lord! We, the Qiang people, have caused you a big disaster! ”

Nan Ying raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean?" Speak slowly! ”

Jiang Huan lowered his head and said: "I just received a message from my father, and a clansman inadvertently leaked the matter of exchanging a large amount of grain with other Qiang tribes here, which caused the coveted ...... of the nearby Qiang tribes."

Nan Ying interrupted with a sneer: "So someone is restless and wants to take it by force!" ”

Jiang Huan said ashamedly: "Father has severely punished the person who leaked the secret, and sent a letter to all the Qiang tribes, stating the alliance with Heihu Mountain, most of the tribes have expressed respect for their father's allies, and they will never think about it, but there is still a recent small tribe of three wolves and Qiang who decided to move to Heihu Mountain due to a shortage of food, regardless of my father's dissuasion, it seems that the person who came is not good!" ”

Nan Ying said slowly: "This matter started because of your white horse qiang, I don't know how Old Chief Jiang should respond?" ”

Jiang Huan's head hung lower: "Father asked me to tell the lord that this disaster was caused by us, and Guanghanqiang will make the greatest compensation for this, but he will not send cavalry to help in the battle!" ”

Zao only said angrily: "What! You ........."

Nan Ying raised his head and stopped Zao Yi and said: "You immediately reply to Ling Zun, I support his decision, fully understand his suffering, and at the same time do not need his compensation, we are still the closest allies!" ”

Jiang Huan was shocked, knelt on the ground and said, "I have thanked the Lord for his benevolence and righteousness for my father!" ”

Nan Ying sighed, helped Jiang Huan up, and said: "It's the same with me, after all, there are all kinds of complicated relationships between your Qiang tribes, and it is impossible to casually destroy the unspoken rules formed for hundreds of years!" ”

Jiang Huan's eyes were slightly wet and said, "Lord! ”

Zao Yi snorted coldly and said, "What about you and your Qiang cavalry camp?" Do you avoid fighting too? ”

Jiang Huan straightened his chest and said: "I have already separated from the tribe with 500 sons, and it no longer represents Guanghanqiang." In the face of the enemy, I will fight to the death as a subordinate of the lord! ”

Zao Yi said stupidly: "Then you are still a good brother!" ”

Nanying said calmly: "Okay! Tell me about the specific situation of this small tribe of three wolves! Although it is said to be a small tribe, it must also have considerable combat power, right? ”

Jiang Huan replied like a stream: "Father has already explained the details of this tribe, there are more than 11,000 people in their whole clan, and about 2,000 cavalry!" ”

Zao Yi was stunned when he heard it and said, "There are not many people!" Don't they know our strength? How dare you make it so easy? ”

The corners of Jiang Huan's mouth showed a desolate wry smile: "This is also one of the reasons why my father is reluctant to send troops to help, if he sends troops again, this small tribe of three wolves and Qiang will definitely suffer the disaster of extermination!" Father doesn't want to be infamous for being a bully! ”

Zao Yi was angry again: "Then our own brother deserves to die?" Fighting is a death! ”

Nanying shouted: "Don't say it again! If we can't deal with such a simple thing by ourselves, how can we still dominate the world in the future! ”

He sneered: "I really didn't pay attention to such a small number of people!" The question is how to minimize our losses! ”

Jiang Huan wanted to speak and stopped: "Lord, I ......"

Nan Ying looked at him and said softly, "You don't have to say it anymore, I totally understand!" You want me not to wipe out this tribe, right? ”

He turned his head, looked at the hard-working crowd at the bottom of the mountain, and said leisurely: "I don't know that such a weak tribe dares to invade, and it must have reached the point of exhaustion!" If I could, I'd open the net! ”

Jiang Huan's tears welled up, and he said with a pause: "The lord is benevolent!" I, Jiang Huan, am willing to repay with death! ”

Nan Ying smiled and helped him up: "Actually, I don't hate this small tribe of three wolves in my heart, because this is a chaotic world where the weak eat the strong, and if you want to survive, sometimes you can only put death and killing above morality and benevolence!" This is a harsh reality and we must accept it! ”

He was stunned for a moment before saying, "I can only do my best!" After all, once the war starts, either you die or I die, and I can't take my brother's life as a child's play! Kindness! Wait for me to think about it! ”

A cavalry of about 2,000 men was rushing through the plain between the two mountains in the direction of Black Tiger Mountain, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence.

Ye Lixiong looked at the cavalry of his clan surging like water, but he didn't feel the slightest hesitation before the expedition, on the contrary, he was extremely hesitant and contradictory in his heart, and Guanghan Qiang Jiang Mu's warnings sounded in his ears again and again: You are killing yourself!

He was also reluctant to start such a war, but the tribe was about to run out of food, although other Qiang tribes had sent aid one after another, but after all, everyone was not wealthy, and this food could not guarantee that the entire tribe would survive the famine.

Just when all the clansmen were about to despair, the news that was inadvertently leaked by a Guanghanqiang person exploded in the tribe like a thunderbolt, and someone in the nearby area casually gave thousands of stones of grain to Guanghanqiang! Some of the clan elders begged Norio to immediately contact this force and exchange good horses for food, but more elders were adamantly opposed and insisted on waging a plundering war, because there were no horses in the clan that could be exchanged for enough food.

He laughed self-deprecatingly, maybe his patriarch didn't have any power at all, and under the pressure of many elders, he could only make the decision to move his clan and prepare to plunder, otherwise the entire tribe might fall into division.

At this moment, Jiang Mu's handwritten letter arrived, in which he sternly warned the Three Wolves and Qiang people not to infringe on the closest allies of Guanghan Qiang, otherwise they would surely destroy themselves! This put him in an unprecedented dilemma, Jiang Mu was not only the chief leader of Guanghan Qiang, but also enjoyed a high reputation among all the Qiang tribes within a thousand miles, and his warnings could not be ignored.

No's biggest fear was that Guanghanqiang's cavalry would intervene or even directly participate in the battle, which caused his plundering to be postponed for two days. However, two days later, the spies reported that Guanghanqiang did not show signs of mobilization, which made some of the main battle factions breathe a sigh of relief, and they firmly believed that Jiang Mu was only putting on a tough posture, but would not seriously intervene, as long as the three wolf Qiang people did not kill people and set fires, but only extorted some food, they would never be retaliated by Guanghanqiang.

Notoshi sighed heavily, and regained his mood, now he only has to carry this matter to the end, as long as he asks for thousands of stone of food, his tribe can grit his teeth and survive the most difficult moment, compared to the life and death of tens of thousands of people, he can only do one injustice.

He shouted an order, telling all the cavalry to speed up their march, if they could catch the other party off guard, maybe they wouldn't see blood, so that they would be able to explain to Jiang Mu in the future.

On a tall and dense giant tree on the mountain, a man covered with camouflage branches and leaves was raising his eyes, while carefully observing the actions of the three wolves and Qiang people, while recording in detail on a piece of white cloth with a thin charcoal strip, until the cavalry gradually moved away, he sneered, took out a harrier with a skin cover from the basket behind his back, rolled the white cloth into strips and carefully loaded it into the bamboo tube on the harrier's claws, and then untied the blindfold cover, and threw the harrier hula into the sky. The harrier had been bored for a long time, and he was already impatient, and he excitedly let out a crisp eagle cry and flew towards the direction of Black Tiger Mountain.

".......... Sanwolf Qiang 2000 cavalry has crossed Tielong Mountain at three o'clock yesterday, and the marching speed is extremely fast, and it is expected to arrive early tomorrow morning! Above! After Gao Feng finished reading, he slowly folded the white cloth in his hand.

Gao Shun sighed: "It's amazing! ”

Gao Gao'er was puzzled: "The enemy is only 2,000 cavalry, the number is not superior, and it is not suitable for fighting in the mountains and forests, what is so powerful?" ”

Gao Shun smiled: "Where did I say they are amazing!" I marvel at how powerful these scouts and air sentinels can be so accurate in providing information the day before the enemy arrives! ”

Everyone was amazed.

Nan Ying leaned his head back on the chair and said lazily: "Let's talk about it, how to deal with the enemy?" ”

Pu Hu said with high morale: "Of course, it is a head-on annihilation!" Not only have the 1,000 brothers of the Ban Yu Battalion finished their training, but all the equipment of the hoplites has been distributed, so they can try their edge! ”

Jiang Huan was unconvinced: "The other party is also a cavalry, and only cavalry can fight!" ”

He turned his head to Nanying and said: "Lord, this battle is all provoked by my Guanghan Qiang, please give the order of the lord, let me lead 500 cavalry to fight!" ”

Zao Yi shook his head and said: "I think we still have the best policy, since there is a ready-made city wall, why abandon it?" Although it has not yet been built, it is more than enough to block the opponent's 2,000 cavalry! ”

Ma Jun echoed: "Exactly! I have built 30 catapults, 20 ballistas, and thousands of crossbows made by Brother Zhang Xian, and then defend against the danger, maybe I can annihilate the enemy without losing one person! ”

Cheng Yu frowned and said: "If the city wall is all completed, maybe there will indeed be such a result!" But at present, the city wall is still under construction, not to mention that catapults and ballistas are difficult to place, even people are not easy to gain a foothold, and it is easy to be attacked by the bows and arrows of the Qiang people, which is not appropriate! ”

Pu Hu grinned and clapped his hands: "Cheng Junshi said it well! Or to annihilate the enemy outside the city! ”

Jia Xu had been silent, and suddenly said: "I have a plan, but I can destroy the enemy army without losing one person!" ”

Nan Ying was surprised: "What a good plan? ”

Jia Xu waved his hand and ordered a huge wooden plate covered with a white cloth to be carried and placed on the ground, and he walked over with a smile and suddenly lifted the covering curtain.

Everyone gasped in unison.

Nanying's eyes lit up and said, "Sand table model!?" ”

On a huge wooden plate, the earth and stone are kneaded into the shape of mountains and rivers, and the middle point is the Eagle Castle under construction.

Jia Xu said proudly: "The lord once mentioned the method of making and applying this model, I think such a creative idea is indeed unprecedented, so I ordered someone to draw the terrain of hundreds of miles near Heihu Mountain in the shape of a map, and then integrate it and reduce the scale to make such a model!" ”

Nanying pounced in front of the model and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, it was almost the same as the modern sand table, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, as if he had returned to the war room of the Hidden Dragon Base in a trance. Where could everyone guess that he was in a daze for thousands of years, and they were all amazed.

Nan Ying was stunned for a while before he said, "Wenhe, you can talk about your good plan to break the enemy!" ”

Jia Xu said with a solemn expression: "I agree with Zhong De's opinion, at present, the city wall not only cannot be effectively defended, but also cannot be easily exposed to outsiders before it is completed, so we can only use the favorable terrain outside the mountain to lure the enemy to annihilate it!" ”

Jiang Wanqi said: "How to lure the enemy?" ”

Jia Xu said with a mysterious look: "Last time, you lured tens of thousands of bison into the net, which was a good job, and this time you are still responsible for luring the enemy!" ”

He focused his fingers on the sand table and said, "The ambush site is here!" ”