The Lands in the Clouds follow the defensive system to the north and consist of beacons and fortresses. There are several pathways deep into Cloudsdale.

At the forefront is the beacon, which can even be set up on the edge of the grassland. Each beacon has roughly a fire horse, just for the purpose of warning. After the warning was issued, the beacon defenders were to retreat to the various forts. If your legs and feet are a little slower, you may be overwhelmed by the surging Hu Qi.

These forts can be regarded as playing a little defensive role. If the Turkic soldiers and horses want to bite hard, the price to pay is too great. If they don't fight, the Turks will have to retreat if they are captive and full. These forts can also come in handy when they strike at the right time.

Located in the mountain passage, the fortress named after the twenty or thirty heavenly and terrestrial branches of large and small was operated at the beginning of the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty. As long as there are strong enough defenders, they have always been a headache for the Turks.

And the defenders of these forts, although they are listed in the military status of Heng'an Yingyang Mansion, but basically should not be recruited in Yunzhong City, there are fields around the fortress that belong to them, farming in their spare time, guarding the fort in wartime, and they have lived here for several generations. And almost everyone in the fortress has a blood feud with the Turks.

In the night, there was a gloomy and misty atmosphere in Renzi Village.

This Renzi village is larger and stronger than Renmao village. The history of this village can be traced back to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it was also set up to guard against the Rouran and other tribes on the grassland at that time. Although it is still a stone wall, there is still a layer of rammed earth inside, which has been extremely solid after one or two hundred years of wind and sun.

The surrounding mountain people mostly live in Renzi Village, and there are about four or five hundred people in the whole village. The surrounding fields have been reclaimed, and with the return of hunting, life is quite passable. There are sixty or seventy people in the village all year round, all of whom are elected by the natives as soldiers. In times of crisis, the old and weak can also climb the wall to defend the palace.

In previous years, the Turks never gnawed on this hard bone, at most they left some soldiers and horses to monitor, and the main force of the brigade continued to go south. Although Renzi Village is in a dangerous place, it has never felt any danger. These defenders, who grew up in the mountains and were fierce and swift, often took the initiative to attack and nibbled on Turkic military horses. A lot of the raw mouths that were taken down also settled down in Renzi Village.

Renzizhai never pays grain to Yunzhong City, but Yunzhong City has to allocate a lot of grain and military funds every year. Over the years, the owner of the village is good at accumulating, although it is in troubled times, but the soldiers and civilians in these hundreds of villages do not feel much, and the life is very good.

The Turks came to close the village and defend it, and the Turks retreated and chose the opportunity to attack. Birth, old age, sickness and death are all here, Renzizhai is in one day, this is the world of the Han people, and what is the outside world?

But this time, even the people in Renzi Village began to panic.

There is no other reason, the Turks suddenly marched south in the winter when it was impossible to send troops, waving the royal banner of the Zhibi family, and dispatching the green wolf rider directly led by the Zhibi family———— and led the army south, although it was also claimed to lead the green wolf horse, but the soldiers and horses under the command of the nobles in those clans, where can they compare to the green wolf riding directly led by the Zhibi family?

The green wolf of the Zhibi family has two horses in armor, and the bow and arrow are sharp, and how many people have survived the rest of the battle over the years. Compared with the soldiers and horses of the nobles of those clans, it is simply heaven and earth. Those soldiers and horses shouted to ride the green wolf, but in fact, how many people were dressed in leather robes and rode inferior horses, and they roared south to rob. How can such an opponent pose any threat to Renzizhai?

But this time, not only did the green wolves of the Zhibi family ride out of the nest, but these green wolves also swept away the edge of the beacon. Immediately afterwards, they marched into the army without stopping, risked hundreds of elite lives, and gnawed down the Renmao Village!

The defeated soldiers of Renmao Village, through the mountains in the ice and snow, retreated straight to Renzi Village, which immediately made the atmosphere in the village tense.

Dozens of soldiers and horses in the village immediately went to the wall of the village to guard all night, and even the old and weak women and children issued swords, ready to fight to the death. In the stockade, the fire was blazing, and the beacon fire continued all night, and everyone was tense.

And Cao Wusui, the owner of Renzi Village, is also dressed in armor, patrolling his own village day and night, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes, urging his subordinates to repair the damage of the wall, moving the arrow crossbow machine on the wall, preparing to roll wood and stones, and when he is very tired, he will find a sheltered place to take a nap indiscriminately, and wait for the black pressure of the green wolf to ride and rush straight to him!

But two days and two nights passed, and there was still no trace of a green wolf riding on the mountain road under his feet, and even the Turkic outposts could not see it. From top to bottom, no one knows what the Turks are up to. After two days, everyone was a little tired.

At this moment, it was already nightfall, and Cao Wusui was standing on top of the wall in armor, his eyes were bloodshot. The cold wind was blowing, but Cao Wusui's short figure was motionless. Several guards around him who were also disgraced just kept peeking at him.

Cao Wusui is in his early forties, and he has lived in Renzi Village for three generations, and he has never planned to get ahead in other places. Every year there is a call in Cloudsdale City, and Cao Wusui has always sent his men to deal with it. The only hobby is to drink and hunt in the village handed down by the ancestors.

This is his territory, the Hengan Yingyang Mansion in the clouds can't control it, and the Turks don't even want to set foot here!

But at this time, Cao Wusui was extremely looking forward to the Hengan Yingyang Mansion responding to the beacon fire that had been burning for a few days.

Suddenly, his figure moved, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "When will the people sent to ask for help be able to get to Cloudsdale?" ”

A personal guard replied: "It's better to walk in summer and autumn, and it takes four days to work, and now the road is full of snow............"

Cao Wusui calculated: "Even if reinforcements are coming, it will take at least half a month?" ”

The guards nodded silently.

Cao Wusui became irritable: "Half a month of hard work, we are all stubborn!" Entering the mother, are all the old ladies raised in Cloud City? The Turks can kill them in winter, so they can't be faster on the road? ”

The guards didn't answer, and it would be good if the reinforcements could arrive in half a month. More likely, reinforcements will not arrive. In the autumn, the soldiers and horses of Cloud City brought food, and they all said that the general might have to go south to fight with Wang Taishou to decide the victory. That's where the great wealth lies, what are these fortresses in the border areas? As long as Shanyang City can be taken, what is the loss of tens of thousands of people in the land of the clouds?

A personal guard had the courage to speak: "The owner of the village, do you think you want to send someone to contact Renwu Village?" Let's send the old and weak over first. When the time comes, the Turks will be so big that they will fight if they can, and if they can't, we will leave. Let the Turks slowly gnaw all the way over. ”

Cao Wusui glared at him fiercely: "So-and-so's old man, so-and-so's grandfather, all died in the stockade and were buried in the stockade." Those who enter the mother lose their graves and run? So-and-so died here! ”

When he said this, he blocked everyone's words of persuasion. Everyone could only bow their heads and remain silent.

Cao Wusui scolded fiercely again: "Entering the mother, the people in this village, which family has no one died in the hands of the Turks?" After fighting with the Turks for so many decades, even if we pull our legs and leave, some people have horses, and they can escape with their lives and seek wealth elsewhere. What can be done with so many people? Live with us on weekdays, but don't you want it now? ”

The guards were silent.

Cao Wusui walked back and forth on the walled wall irritablely, finally stood still, and slapped the battlement fiercely: "Enter the mother, Cloud City and Shanyang City, what kind of fight!" Don't want these villages, these people? So-and-so died here, and after the Turks came in, what would happen to these guys who were still fighting each other at home! Grandpa, I'm going to scare them every night! ”

Several guards laughed out loud, and one of the guards echoed with a smile: "When the time comes, our little ghosts will also go with the owner of the village, lead the horse and fall stirrups for the owner of the village before his death, and wave the flag and shout to the owner of the village after his death!" ”

Cao Wusui grinned and patted them on the shoulder with satisfaction: "They are all good boys!" ”

A guard suddenly raised his eyes and looked south: "What is that mother?" ”

In the night, I saw a flash of fire, coming north along the mountain road. The firelight kept jumping, bringing out the afterimage of the debut in the night.

Several people, including Cao Wusui, stretched their necks and looked south.

Suddenly, one of the guards jumped up: "Didn't you come to the rescue in the clouds?" So fast? ”

Cao Wusui snorted and shook his fist fiercely. If it is really a soldier who comes to the rescue in the clouds, this Liu Yingzhu is really a good man who stands up to the sky!