The night was unusually long in the wind and snow in the far north, and the endless sky was like an inverted abyss, with snowflakes falling lightly and gradually accumulating.

The darkness that pervaded the space contrasted sharply with the silver light of the earth, and a majestic figure gradually approached in the silence and coldness.

"Your Majesty!"

Two cloaked Tidi protectors saluted the approaching figure outside the old priest's huge tent, and their right hand struck the left side of the chest with great effort, which was the most honorable etiquette of the Tidi tribe, representing loyalty.

After the Tidi clan took up the priesthood such as the protector of the Dharma, they no longer had to kneel to the royal family, unless they faced the chosen messenger of heaven, the ancient sacrifice of the clan, even if they died in battle.

Tiref, the king of the Tidi tribe, lifted his hood, and the eyes revealing the breath of a king under the vicissitudes of life quietly looked at the two in front of him, and nodded slightly in return.

Tilev looked at the two Dharma Protectors, and asked softly in a deep voice mixed with the warm white mist in his mouth.

"Hasn't the sacrifice slept yet?"

"Yes, Lord Sacrifice is still waiting for Your Majesty."

The two Dharma Protectors nodded slightly, but there was a slight uneasiness in their answers, after all, the day of heavenly punishment was getting closer and closer, and I was afraid that everyone except the old priest was worried.

Tiref nodded, walked past the two men, lifted the tent, and stepped inside.

Inside the huge tent, a huge brazier in the center was blazing, barely resisting the terrifying cold of the outside world.

"Your Majesty is here."

The old priest sat cross-legged on a fur cushion by the campfire, stopped whispering the scriptures, and greeted Tiref with his eyes closed.

Tiref walked up to the old priest and knelt respectfully on one knee, his right hand clenched into a fist to his left chest, expressing his reverence for the gods.

"Sacrifice, so anxious to order someone to send me here, I don't know what it is?"

The old priest raised his right hand slightly, motioned for Tiref to put himself on the cushion beside him, and then asked.

"Your Majesty, the punishment of heaven is approaching, I don't know what the arrangements are."

Tiref heard the old priest talk about heavenly punishment, and a slight hint of horror flashed in his eyes, and he replied in a deep voice.

"In order to prevent the Ye Dynasty from becoming suspicious, it will take another month to send the soldiers to the eleven cities of the Ye Dynasty in batches."

After Tiref finished speaking, a hint of hesitation rose in his expression.

The old priest didn't open his eyes, but he sensed the change in Tiref's tone and asked softly.

"Does Your Majesty have any doubts?"

Tilev hesitated for a moment and asked, "This time our clan and the King of Beichang have reached an agreement, but this person is extremely cunning, I am just worried that if something goes wrong, my Tidi clan may have no way to retreat at that time." ”

After all, King Beichang made a deal with the old priest this time, and the old priest's words, Tilev naturally believed that in the Tidi clan, the sacrifice was almost the spiritual leader of all Tidi tribes in the entire Far North, and Tilev didn't know whether to say these words or not.

When the old priest heard Tiref's words, his eyes opened slightly, and he looked at Tiref and said with a calm face.

"It's normal for Your Majesty to be suspicious, this person is cunning and unpredictable, although he promised my clan that he would give us five cities as a thank you afterwards, but we still have to be careful, what Your Majesty thinks is also for my Tidi clan."

Receiving the old priest's understanding, Tiref let out a slight sigh of relief.

Heavenly punishment came, if you want to avoid this disaster smoothly, you can only find a way to go south, this time the king of Beichang promised to give the Tidi clan five cities, for the Tidi high-level to seek refuge, it is a big temptation.

Tilev looked at the old priest in front of him and asked.

"What does the priest think we should do to prevent it?"

After all, the old priest called him and asked how he was going to prepare, thinking that he had some countermeasures.

The old priest slowly got up with his scepter, walked to a corner of the open hood, raised his other withered and thin arm, took out a map from the stacked scrolls, placed it in front of Tiref, and slowly opened it.

"It's..."

Tilev looked at the map in front of him, and it turned out to be all the city defense information of the entire northern territory of the Ye Dynasty, and the various city defenses and army deployments on it were marked in great detail, which was obviously the intelligence deliberately sent by someone in the Ye Dynasty.

The old priest looked at Tiref with a surprised face, stretched out his finger and pointed to the five denser cities above, and spoke.

"These five cities, compared to other cities, are closer to our extreme north, and they are not far from each other, when the time comes, when the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ye Dynasty has moved, you will arrange for your subordinates to abandon the city and concentrate all of them here directly, so as to prevent them from being broken by the army of the Ye Dynasty one by one."

Tilev looked at the five cities pointed out by the old priest, all of them were on the land of the Beichang King Domain, although there were various cliffs and glaciers in the middle of the five cities, but they faced the business line of the Tidi clan directly behind them, even if they were besieged in the city, they could wait for the heavenly punishment to pass, and the other armies of the Tidi tribe would support in time.

The Tidi clan, because of their strong bodies, ordinary war horses could not bear their huge bodies at all, and it was not easy to fight on the terrain if it was too gentle, and it was easier to be chased by the cavalry of the Ye Dynasty.

Tilev looked at the old priest's arrangement, and indeed felt good, but there was still a trace of doubt in his heart, so he asked.

"Sacrifice, this King of Beichang wants us to help him raise troops, we do this, defend the city, will it make him suspicious, and finally join forces with the female emperor of the Ye Dynasty?"

After all, in the correspondence between Wei Siyuan and the Tidi clan, some letters Tilev had also read, and Wei Siyuan asked them to send troops to defend eleven cities, involving Feng Yewu's troops, so he directly gave up five cities, wouldn't it be against the requirements in the letter, Tilev was naturally a little worried in his heart.

It's not that Tilev is indecisive, but that there are too many elites in the clan used this time, and if it really comes out of the fork, the Tidi clan is afraid that it will really hurt their muscles and bones.

The old priest looked at Tiref with worry in his eyes, his expression was cold, he raised his head slightly, and said softly.

"Our clan sent a lot of troops this time, and the elite was all used, if all the eleven cities were occupied, I am afraid that the troops would be difficult to support a few times, not to mention that our warriors have not been good at defending the city, if it is really in accordance with the requirements of the king of Beichang, I am afraid that the Northern Expedition of the Ye Dynasty will come, but it will be broken into the city in a few days, rather than shrinking the forces to defend all the five cities."

Tilev listened to the old priest's analysis and nodded slightly, after all, the Tidi have always been nomadic and scattered, and it is too difficult to defend so many cities in an orderly manner.

"He, the king of Beichang, just wanted our clan to hold back the Ye Dynasty's troops, and this did not violate the conditions of both sides."