Walking in the cottage camp, Bailijian was a little absent-minded. There was no movement at night, which made Bai Lijian very uneasy. A cold wind blew, and Bai Lijian unconsciously tightened the clothes on his body.

The cottage is located in a valley and is often blown by strong winds, but the winds have been getting colder and colder lately. Bai Lijian's brows were furrowed, and a bad premonition came to his heart.

Although it is only August now, the winter on the grassland has come relatively early, and there is a tendency to be earlier in recent years. At this time, I am afraid that there is already snow in the place north of Yinshan. Survival on the grasslands has become more and more difficult, which is one of the reasons why the Hu people have migrated south in recent years.

However, at this time, what Bai Lijian was thinking about was not the reason why the Hu people went south, but worried that he would not collect at night. The terrain of the valley can be a good defense in normal times, but once the snow covers the mountains in winter, the valley can easily be blocked by heavy snow. At that time, the people in the cottage will all become turtles in the urn.

"No, you can't just sit still!" Bai Lijian knew very well in his heart that if he continued to be so passive, he didn't know what would happen. This feeling that fate is not in your control is really not good.

"Mangula, give me more investigation, I want to know more detailed information about the night does not collect. On the other two sides of the hill there are additional posts and traps for me to patrol day and night, and I don't want anyone to cause us any trouble from above. ”

"Yes, the subordinates will arrange it immediately!" After Mangula left, Bailijian wandered around the camp alone.

Along the way, the people in the camp would nod their heads when they saw Bailijian.

Some of them were out of respect, these people were originally slaves, and because Bai Lijian was relieved of their slave status, they were loved.

Some of them are indifferent, these people are basically the herdsmen of the original Helanda tribe, because of Bailijian, they left the grassland, although the life is okay now, but it is not stable enough, and it is normal to be a little dissatisfied in their hearts.

Others were full of awe, some of them were prisoners of the cottage, some of them were horse bandits. After seeing Bailijian's methods, they were all in awe, for fear of angering the young leader in front of them.

Everyone's expressions were all in their eyes. From the beginning of leaving the tribe, Bai Lijian's wit, decisiveness and ruthlessness all convinced Liu Jing and the other horse bandits. The attitude towards Bailijian has gradually changed from initial dissatisfaction and forced compromise to trust and obedience.

As the leader of the entire cottage, Bailijian is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses.

The innate wisdom brought by crossing is the source of Bailijian's self-confidence, which is Bailijian's greatest advantage. With the help of the lead of the mind, Bailijian concealed his disadvantage, that is, age. However, as time goes by, the disadvantage of age will gradually become Bailijian's biggest advantage.

However, Bai Lijian knows in his heart that age is not his biggest disadvantage. In an era of war, the lack of self-protection is Bailijian's biggest weakness.

Liu Jing once said to Bai Lijian that at this time, he has passed the most suitable age for Bai Lijian to practice martial arts, and his physique is thin, unless he works hard and insists on practicing for ten years to achieve a small success, but that's all.

Ten years of persistence is not realistic for Bailijian, not to mention that Bailijian still has more important things to do now, and there is no time to practice martial arts at all.

So all Bailijian can do now is to practice his riding skills well, at least he can run faster when he runs. Of course, if you can have extra time to practice martial arts, Bai Lijian will not object, at least you can still do it by strengthening your body.

The horse bandits in the cottage need to be trained every day, and this has started since they left the tribe. It's just that the previous training was just a small fight, and it was a certain rule for them to prohibit it. Now that the enemy is currently in power, the amount of training has also been strengthened a lot, and although the horse bandits have some complaints, they know that this is related to their lives, so there is not much opposition.

Bai Lijian will follow these horse bandits every day, while watching them train, and on the other hand, practicing his riding skills, by the way, you can be familiar with these horse bandits.

Although Bailijian's riding skills look terrible among these horse bandits, Bailijian still insists on practicing every day, which also makes the horse bandits dare not be lazy, and they obediently train on time every day. After a period of time, the horse bandits have had a certain military formation, and they are no longer as scattered and chaotic as before.

The peaceful days did not last long, and after about half a month, the spies sent out by Mangula paid off, and they finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to do something to the cottage.

According to the information sent back by the spies, this time Yebu sent more than 500 people to fight, of which more than 100 were fully equipped, and most of the rest were habitual bandits.

The cottage is full of 200 troops, with 200 against 500, although there is a geographical advantage, but the gap in numbers still casts a shadow on the entire cottage. Especially the tribal herdsmen of Helanda who were coerced before, they were all frightened, and many of them even packed their packages and were ready to flee at any time.

These Bailijian are in their eyes, but they don't care, these herdsmen have no sense of belonging to the cottage, they want them to surrender, and only victory after victory can bring them enough confidence.

When a strong enemy is coming, the first task is to do a good job of defense.

The cottage has geographical advantages, but the summits on both sides cannot be ignored. During this time, Bailijian had already made Mangula strengthen his guard on both sides of the mountaintop, and also laid many traps. If they didn't try to attack from the top of the hill on either side, these traps would be enough for them to drink a good pot.

The cottage gate was the focus of this defense. The gate had already been attacked once before, so this time the defense was a little more targeted.

After this period of construction, the gate of the cottage has been out of scale, in addition to the two sides of the city tower frame with wood, there is also a layer of three-zhang high stone wall outside, which can effectively resist the attack of arrows, but also prevent the enemy from climbing. The gate is replaced with a wooden door made of solid wood, which is several times stronger than the previous simple walled gate.

In order to prevent the people standing on the gate of the wall from being threatened by the enemy's bow and arrow, Bailijian also specially arranged some thick wooden planks on the gate of the wall, covered with a layer of cowhide and splashed with water to moisten, so that it can effectively resist the attack of arrows.

In addition to these defenses, Bailijian also made several simple bed crossbows. It is said to be a bed crossbow, but it is actually a slightly larger bow that lies flat, and the bow and arrow are thicker than ordinary bows, and it takes several people to work together to pull it open, and even the accuracy is relatively poor.

However, the favorable terrain in front of the gate of the village makes it possible for these simple bed crossbows not to care about the accuracy, but only need to be powerful.

Due to the constraints of the conditions, the strongest defense that Bailijian can do at present can only be like this.

The cottage is ready, and the next thing is to wait for the night to not close the door.

The big war was approaching, and Bai Lijian handed over the responsibility of defense to Liu Jing, but he quietly left the cottage with his personal guards and eighty horse bandits, and disappeared into the surrounding forest, not knowing where to go.