Every time there is a change in the leader of a tribe, it often makes the tribe chaotic, and all the men who want to become the leader will participate in the leadership race, although it is often the strongest person who becomes the new leader of the tribe, but there will be all kinds of accidents, and even the use of underdogs.

And when a new leader emerges, the new leader will make changes within the tribe, promoting cronies and pushing out the cronies of the previous leader and his former rivals from the tribe's upper echelons.

What's more, this time it was the Grassland Country's expedition to the Black Tribe, and their own side was defeated, many leaders died in the war, and none of the tribes with the most serious losses came back, and the tribes with lighter losses also lost more than two-thirds.

The withered grass tribe and the other eleven member tribes of the Anti-Black Alliance quickly regained calm under the "guidance" of the leader of the withered grass, and the tribes whose leaders died quickly selected their leaders, while most of the tribes in the grassland country outside the Anti-Black Alliance had become a mess, the leaders died, so many tribesmen also died, and in the midst of grief, the high-level people of the tribes left behind snatched the position of leader.

After the Anti-Black Alliance stabilized, the leader of the withered grass immediately contacted the various alliances and tribes as the lord of the grassland country, hoping to stabilize the various alliances and tribes of the grassland country as much as possible.

Just when the various tribes of the Anti-Black Alliance sent out squads, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom had already encountered a tribe in the country of the grassland, and the war was about to break out.

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Zhongjing City

Su Yan had already received the battle report from the city, and when he learned that it was more than 30,000 cavalry attacking the city, Su Yan's heart was slightly shocked, it was 30,000 cavalry, and the number of residents of the city was not as large as the number of enemies.

However, Su Yan didn't worry too much about the accumulation of the city, just surprised by the number of enemies, 30,000 cavalry, I am afraid that it will take a population of 100,000 to gather so many cavalry, a few years ago, more than 5,000 cavalry of the Anti-Black Alliance attacked the city, and now there are grassland forces to attack the city.

Fortunately, the city has tall walls and a sufficient number of archers, and with its own weapons and equipment, the city can withstand the attack of 50,000 cavalry.

But there are some things that have to be guarded against, and the grassland forces can attack the city once or twice, and it is possible to attack the third and fourth times.

This time, the city defeated the 30,000 cavalry of the grassland forces, in fact, the city did not have the strength to confront the 30,000 cavalry head-on, but the enemy was defeated by the advantage of tall walls and weapons and equipment.

The first attack on the city was defeated, the second attack on the city was also defeated, the third attack on the city will not be stupid to use cavalry to attack the city, as long as you stay outside the city, it will have a major impact on the production and life of the city, and the herdsmen can not leave the city to graze.

The most effective team in the city is only the cavalry unit, the number of which is just over two thousand, even if the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom and the 30,000 cavalry of the Grassland Country are fighting, if you are not careful, the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom will be wiped out, and the gap in numbers is too big.

The accumulation of the city is very important for the Xia State, in order to prevent a third attack and a fourth attack in the future, the storage of the city must increase the defense force, especially the cavalry troops, which should be added to the expansion speed.

Attack is the best defense, and Su Yan wanted the cavalry troops to continue to launch campaigns, so that the grassland forces would be exhausted and unable to gather a large army to attack or harass the city, rather than the city being attacked by the grassland forces.

The changes in the grassland need Su Yan's attention, and Su Yan is also preparing a new expedition plan, the grassland is the western battlefield of the Xia Kingdom, and the new route area is the eastern battlefield of the Xia Kingdom, since the Japanese tribe camp and fishing tribes in the area on both sides of the Yellow River have been destroyed by the Xia State, the Xia State has not fought a large-scale war in the eastern region for several years.

At present, the fastest ship in Xia is the C-type ship, and by the end of this autumn, the number of C-type ships will increase to six, which cannot meet the needs of the Xia country to send a large army to the new route area.

The number of C-type ships is insufficient, but it does not mean that the Xia State cannot fight against the new route area, after all, the new route area is also from west to east, and the westernmost region is relatively close to the Xia State.

By the time of next year and the year after, the number of C-type ships owned by the Xia Kingdom will continue to increase, and when the time comes, relying on the faster C-type ships, the expeditionary army can greatly improve the efficiency of the expedition.

In addition, Su Yan had many new thoughts on the plan of the expeditionary army to conquer new routes, such as arranging two or more ships, one fleet was responsible for transporting the expeditionary army, and the other or more fleets were responsible for transporting the spoils obtained in the war.

After the expedition in the spring, the expeditionary army will wait until winter arrives to return, and for three seasons, the expeditionary army will continue to fight in the new route area, which can save a lot of time.

In this way, it seems that by the spring of next year, the Xia State will have to fight on two fronts, especially the cavalry troops, which will increase the frequency of going deep into the grassland.

Su Yan attaches great importance to the foreign wars of the Xia Kingdom, and also attaches importance to the internal stability of the Xia Kingdom, especially the plan that Su Yan prepared to implement against the lazy people last year, which was announced to all the citizens of the Xia Kingdom in the early spring of this year.

The high-ranking officials of Xia still remember the scene when the reward and punishment plan was announced to all the citizens a few months ago, and they heard the cheers of the Xia people.

Perhaps many, many Xia citizens are tired of living day after day like this, a small number of people have become lazy, and some people have become numb.

Yes, the life of the people of Xia Kingdom is indeed much better than in the tribal era, there is endless food, comfortable clothes, warm houses, no threat of wild beasts, no threat of enemies, and they can be healed if they are sick, this is the happy life they once dreamed of, and they have spent many years in such a happy life.

The hard generation is better, it is difficult for them to forget the hard life they once had, and they know that a happy life is not easy to come by, so they have been working hard to let their children and grandchildren continue to enjoy a happy life through their own efforts.

But the happy generation has a problem, and has never experienced a hard life, which makes them think that life is normal and can be obtained without hard work.

Now it is the sixteenth year of the summer calendar, and then counting the era of the dragon tribe, the older generation has slowly grown old, the new era belongs to the happy generation, warriors, officials and a clear promotion system, and farmers, herdsmen, craftsmen and other ordinary citizens have no way to be promoted, day after day heavy labor makes them numb, but also because of the material distribution system according to the head of the person breeds lazy.

"You get the 'same' thing by working more and working less, so why should I work more and work less, so much easier."

Finally, the Xia Kingdom ushered in a change, although it is still a public ownership system, but the idea of "more work and more reward" is slowly emerging, and the "lazy" will be the object of contempt for everyone, including their relatives.

The people, who were numb by the heavy work they did day after day, became excited when they saw that they could receive additional rewards for their hard work, such as meat and cloth, which were needed by ordinary people.

Due to the rapid increase in population, even if there is a grassland road, Xia Guo can not provide enough meat for the people, only grain and vegetables can be provided in sufficient quantities, and if you don't have enough to eat, you can also apply to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Beast meat is delicious, eat more beast meat to increase strength, these are the reasons why the citizens of Xia Kingdom like to eat beast meat, ordinary people naturally want to get more beast meat, but there is no way.

Like animal meat, Xia could not supply all the people with unlimited quantities of cloth, especially printed and dyed cloth, and it was very normal for people to wear patched clothes, patch after patch, until the clothes could no longer be patched, and new clothes would not be made.

Female nationals are the main force of weaving, but not all female nationals have to weave, women who look as strong as men, they can do whatever men can do, Xia Guo lacks labor to the point that he has to use slaves, and it is impossible to arrange all women to weave.

Even if there is a textile loom that can improve efficiency, there is no way for all the people to change into new clothes after the clothes on their bodies are torn, even Su Yan's family is not so luxurious, of course, for the image of the king, Su Yan's family will not wear patched clothes.

Animal meat, cloth, glass, and all kinds of things can be used as rewards for the industrious, and the Xia Kingdom encourages the people to work more and severely punish the lazy.

The reward and punishment program has been in place for almost half a year, and the results have been very obvious.

The most obvious point is that the people are rushing to work, so that the normal amount of work that was previously arranged can now be completed more quickly, and the vast majority of people are rushing to work, and after their own share is done, they will rush to help others work.

And people who work slowly can only speed up, and can't let others snatch their work, you must know that it is a reward and punishment program, and those who work hard are rewarded, and if they work slowly and are regarded as lazy by others, it will be over.

The second is that the number of slackers has greatly decreased, many of them are lazy because they have no way forward, and now there is a way to get more things, and they want to try it.

However, there are also a small number of lazy people who are indifferent, laziness has become a habit, and it is not easy to get them to change immediately, but those who do not change their minds will only be despised by everyone, and when their relatives cut off relations with the lazy, there is a time for the lazy to regret it.

The changes within the Xia Kingdom made Su Yan breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the reward and punishment scheme worked, when more citizens become numb, the development speed of the Xia Kingdom will become slower and slower, and even stagnate, which is a disaster for the young Xia Kingdom.

The current Xia Kingdom is only a small country with a population of hundreds of thousands, and Su Yan still needs the Xia Kingdom to continue to develop healthily and become a powerful country with a population of millions or even tens of millions that cannot even be shaken by natural disasters.

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On the grassland, the war of the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom against the tribes of the Grassland Country began.

The cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom were in a good time, at this time, the grassland country was heavily damaged because of the expedition to store cities, many leaders and 30,000 cavalry died, and most of the tribes fell into chaos because of the position of the leader, and the affairs of their own tribes were not resolved, not to mention the affairs of the alliance and the affairs of the grassland country.

Soon, the first tribe was wiped out by the Xia cavalry troops, following the fleeing enemy, the Xia cavalry troops found more nomadic tribes, one after another nomadic tribes were wiped out by the Xia cavalry troops, and seven nomadic tribes were wiped out in a row, and the Xia cavalry troops still had no idea of retreating.

wiped out seven nomadic tribes in a row, what puzzled Mu Shi and others the most was that they did not find the enemy's reinforcements, and soon Mu Shi and others figured out the reason for the matter, and directly divided the troops into four ways to find the nomadic tribes everywhere to attack.

The cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom are wreaking havoc in the area of the Grassland Country, one tribe after another has been wiped out, the leader of the dry grass is very anxious after learning of the situation, but he is unable to do anything, and now the grassland country is in chaos, and there is no way to unite the forces of various alliances and tribes to fight against the Xia cavalry troops, so he can only let the Xia cavalry troops wreak havoc in the grassland country area.

After the First World War, the country of the grassland has been hit hard, and the chaotic country of the grassland cannot gather enough strength to fight against the cavalry forces of the Xia country, and the leader of the withered grass can only continue the previous plan, in the name of the lord of the country of the grassland, use the power of the anti-black alliance to help the tribes of the country of the grassland restore stability as soon as possible.

The plan has been going on, but it can only start with the tribes near the Anti-Black Alliance, and many of the tribes whose leaders have died have some rejection of the Kanghe Alliance, after all, the leader of their tribe died in the war, who knows if it is a problem with the Anti-Black Alliance.

The efforts of the Anti-Black Alliance have a little effect, but they are very small, and they can only watch the cavalry troops of the Xia Kingdom plunder, one by one the nomadic tribes are wiped out, and more nomadic tribes are forced to move and flee, until the Xia cavalry troops end their venting and embark on the way home with a large amount of loot, and the country of the grassland has time to stabilize the interior.

In nearly 20 days, as many as 16 nomadic tribes were wiped out by the Xia cavalry troops, killing more than 5,000 enemies, capturing more than 4,000 enemies, and tens of thousands of cattle, horses, and sheep.

In fact, the cavalry should have more trophies, but the cavalry only had 2,000 people, so they could not take too much booty, so they could only choose better trophies to take away, such as women mainly left in the captives, cattle and horses in the cattle, horses and sheep, and only a small part of the animal skins were carried.

For the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom, getting the spoils of war is only the second thing, the first thing is revenge, revenge on this enemy who dares to attack the city, even if it can't destroy the enemy, it is necessary to make the enemy feel pain, this is only the first time, and there will be a second and third time soon......