Riding a horse is no longer a challenge for Zhelun, and the reason why Zhelun is so looking forward to it is because he can be with Naiza, the most beautiful girl in the tribe.

The children of the steppe usually marry early, and Naiza is thirteen years old this year, and she will be married in two years. Zhelun is already a fourteen-year-old young man, and as long as he is sixteen years old, he can officially start a family. Therefore, Zhelun especially hopes to be favored by Naiza.

It's a pity that Naiza doesn't seem to have any interest in Zhelun, and she only responds lightly to Zhelun's courtesy, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Naiza likes Bailijian.

Zhelun has been unhappy with Bailijian for a long time, but he never dared to do anything to Bailijian. It's not that Zhelun can't beat Bailijian, but since Zhelun beat Bailijian a few times a year ago, he has been stung half to death by a wasp in his tent several times inexplicably.

After several painful lessons, Zhelun never dared to do anything to Bailijian again. Because Zhelun smelled honey on his pillow. In the entire tribe, only Bailijian knew that honey attracts bees. This is what Bai Lijian told him personally.

Naiza is the highest status among her friends, and one of the reasons why everyone comes out to relax on horseback is also because of her presence. When Naiza was no longer in the mood to continue riding, everyone suddenly lost interest, and the group rode slowly towards the campsite.

When the group returned to the camp, they found that the camp was very lively at this time. The women were busy going in and out, and the men were arranging the saddles, which were stacked with leather armor and hanging scimitars, as if they were about to go on an expedition.

"What's going on?" Bai Li Jian looked at Bai Li Xuan, who was wearing a leather armor, and asked in a deep voice.

If it was an ordinary battle, there was no need for Baili Xuan, a half-hung doctor, to follow, but this time Bai Lixuan also had to follow the expedition, and it was obvious that something big had happened.

"The acting king wants to send troops to attack the Helan tribe, and requires all tribes to get men. Our tribe was allocated fifty places. Ay! Baili Xuan leaned on a pillar that tied the horse and sighed helplessly.

"Fifty?" Bai Lijian immediately frowned. There are only more than 100 people in the entire tribe, and excluding women and children, it is estimated that there are only 50 men, and this has to count those who are old.

"But even if it's fifty people, it won't be your turn." Baili Xuan is a scholar who has no power to restrain chickens, and the level of horseback archery is not as good as Baili Jian.

"Uncle Zhuo Gang is almost sixty years old, and his legs and feet are inconvenient, your Uncle Tumu broke his leg last year, and he still can't ride a horse. Although I am only a doctor, I am also a man, and there is no reason for me to let the old, weak, sick and disabled be in front of me. What's more, the tribe has taken us in for so many years, it's time to repay them. ”

Bai Lijian was silent, but he was secretly anxious in his heart.

Helan is not a small tribe, it is very strong in the country, and the current leader, Helan Oitou, is the uncle of the king. Although Bai Lijian didn't know why the acting king did this, once the war started, there would definitely be a large number of people who would not be able to come back alive.

The rest of the tribe has a good ability to ride and shoot, and with their abilities, even if they can't beat others, there is a chance to escape and survive. But for Baili Xuan, once defeated, there is no chance to escape.

"Come back alive!"

For Bai Li Xuan, Bai Li Jian is very grateful in his heart, if it weren't for him, maybe he would have been taken away by a wild wolf or an eagle. has lived together for ten years, and it would be false to say that there is no affection at all, but for a Bailijian with an adult mind, he can't cry like other people's children.

Bai Li Xuan smiled and touched Bai Li Jian's head, his eyes were full of satisfaction. Bai Li Xuan has never married in his life, and he has long regarded this child picked up from the grassland as his own child, especially Bai Li Jian is still a child with abnormal intelligence. The only bad thing is that this child seems to be a little too mature, and he has always been out of place with other children, as if he were an adult.

"Take care of everyone, I know you have the ability!" Baili Xuan instructed.

"Well, I will!" Looking at the calmness in Bai Lijian's tone, Bai Li Xuan was also much relieved.

'Woo...... Woo......'

The horns of the gathering sounded, and Baili Xuan resolutely turned around and gathered. Soon, a team of fifty people headed south under the leadership of the patriarch Kunda. Bai Lijian mixed in the crowd of people who saw him off, looking at Bai Li Xuan's figure gradually moving away, and two crystal tears unconsciously crossed the corners of his eyes.

"Alright, let's all go back. During this time, except for grazing and hunting, everyone should not go out easily. Uncle Zhuo Gang, the eldest in the clan, reminded everyone loudly.

The men of the tribe are almost gone, and the remaining women and children, as well as the old and weak, have very poor self-protection ability, which can easily arouse the covetousness of other tribes. The law of survival on the grassland is that the weak eat the strong, and others will not let go of the old and weak women and children in the clan because the men in the clan were recruited by the king.

Under the greeting of Uncle Zhuo Gang, everyone went home.

Bai Lixuan and Uncle Zhuo Gang's advice made Bai Lijian feel very uneasy.

Today's steppe is a world of the jungle, where tribes of all sizes are fighting each other for more abundant pastures and more people. Now there are only a few old and weak women and children left in the tribe, and there is no guarantee of safety at all. Once a tribe has a bad intention, this group of people has no power to resist at all.

Originally, the safest thing to do was to find a hidden place to hide, and wait until all the men had returned and had the strength to protect themselves. But now the tribal camp is surrounded by endless grasslands, and there is no place to hide.

After thinking about it, the only way Bai Lijian could think of was to set up as many traps around the camp as possible, even if he couldn't kill all the incoming enemies, at least he could delay some time, kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, and win precious reaction time for his own side.

Bai Lijian found Uncle Zhuo Gang and informed him of his thoughts, and immediately received Zhuo Gang's attention. Under the call of Uncle Zhuo Gang, all the people began to take action.

The adults of the tribe all went out to cut down trees and collect poisonous plants such as aconitum aconitum, while the children were all handed over to Baili Jian to choose a place around the camp to place traps.

In addition to the children who are not yet able to move, there are more than two dozen children left around Bailijian. In order to facilitate management, Bailijian divided these people into four teams, one team led by Nayiza, one team led by Zhelun, one team led by one of Bailijian's loyal followers, Kunda, and the rest led by Bailijian himself. Then Bailijian also assigned tasks to everyone.

The Bailijian squad is small in number, but almost all of them can ride horses, and their main task is to patrol the environment around the camp and determine where to place traps; The members of the Nayiza team are mainly girls, and they are responsible for cutting markers; The Zhelun squad has the largest number of people and the oldest, all of them are boys, and they are mainly responsible for digging traps. The Kunda team is on the younger side and is mainly responsible for covering the trap at the end.

The adults had to go out to herd sheep and hunt every day, and the task of laying traps was left to Bailijian and his children. For such a big project, Bai Lijian led people to work for more than ten days, and only three or four traps were arranged around the camp.

It has been half a month since Baili Xuan set out on the expedition, and there has been no news during this time, and Bai Lijian can only expand the trap little by little every day. In order to prevent being attacked by the cavalry, Bai Lijian also deliberately dug a lot of traps of different sizes between traps and traps.

Since the day the traps were set up, no one dared to ride around the camp again.