Just after the middle of the second month of summer, a fleet of five A-boats arrived at the western part of the summer country, where the grassland and jungle waters bordered.

Hu Nan got off the ship with more than 300 people, and did not rush to build a wharf, but first took the officials of the Ministry of Industry to explore a suitable place to build a city, and after the city site was selected, the wharf would be built according to the place where the city was located.

It took three days to explore the city, and after determining the construction area of the city, Hu Nan immediately led people to build the wharf first, and then build a temporary residence, and the city builders will rest in the temporary residence next year.

On the thirteenth day that Hu Nan led the team here, the soldiers on guard around him brought bad news to Hu Nan.

"My lord, we found three people on horseback in the northern direction, probably herdsmen from some nomadic tribe."

"Are they still there?" Hu Nan asked.

"Still, they're still approaching us."

"Be observant and try to make contact with them." Hu Nan made a decision.

As one of the high-level officials of the Xia Kingdom, Hu Nan knew that the Xia Kingdom had been trading with nomadic tribes, and obtained a large number of cattle and horses from the nomadic tribes, and the Xia Kingdom had a great demand for cattle and horses, and needed more cattle and horses.

However, Hu Nan did not forget the king's advice to him to beware of nomadic tribes.

Xia began foreign trade more than ten years ago, all the tribes with which Xia successfully contacted and traded, there was little friction in the following days, many tribes Xia had vigilance, but there were also many tribes to lower their vigilance, the most important reason is that Xia was very far away from those tribes, so that they could trade with confidence.

This principle is the same on the grassland, the Xia country itself is far away from the grassland, the nomadic tribes and the Xia country do not have many interest disputes, but the goods of the Xia country are what they urgently need, so the nomadic tribes are willing to trade with the Xia country.

But now it's different, Xia Guo is about to build a city on the edge of the grassland, and it has initially involved the grassland, so it will naturally have a conflict of interest with the nomadic tribes on the grassland, once the city is discovered by the nomadic tribes, it is very likely to cause a war, I didn't expect Hu Nan's team to be discovered by the nomadic tribes so quickly, Hu Nan was very helpless.

If you can trade with this tribe, this possibility is not high, if a war breaks out, Hu Nan is not afraid, Hu Nan has more than 300 people, seventy percent are men, and there is a field/war army.

Hunan attaches great importance to the cavalry of the nomadic tribes, and the members of his team give priority to selecting those who can draw bows and shoot arrows, more than 300 people, and more than 160 people who carry bows and arrows, and a quarter of them use longbows.

There are more than 160 archers, when the enemy is 60 zhang away, the longbowmen can release arrows, and when the enemy is 30 zhang away, the more number of short archers can also release arrows, and when the enemy rushes in front of them, the longbowmen can shoot five or six waves of arrows, and the short archers can also shoot three or four waves of arrows.

In addition to the large number of archers, Hu Nan also had another preparation, which was also ordered by the king, a wooden item carried by the fleet - a horse rejection gun.

The rejection rifle was made by Su Yan under the command of the Ministry of Industry, the purpose was to deal with the cavalry, to make a herringbone frame of wood, to wear the head of the spear on the horizontal wood, so that the tip of the spear outward, set in the vital place, mainly used to defend against the cavalry assault, hence the name of the rejection rifle.

The main repulsion rifle was placed outside in two rows and erected, and the enemy's cavalry was either killed or wounded when it hit the rejecting rifle, and it was necessary to pay a lot of price to break through the repelling rifle defense line.

The enemy's cavalry rushed from a distance, and then encountered the horse rejection gun, and under the rain of arrows of the Hunan team, the enemy could not rush in front of him without more than 500 horsemen.

You must know that nomadic tribes are also inferior to men, women are accessories of men, nomadic tribes can only be warriors by men, and warriors appear when they are in foreign wars, women will not appear at all, only when their tribe is attacked by the enemy, the men, women and children of the tribe will take up arms together to defend their homeland.

A nomadic tribe wants to have 500 horsemen, and the population of this tribe is basically more than 3,000 people, and it is also a large tribe outside the grassland.

The enemy Hunan team of five hundred horsemen can still bear it, if there are more enemies, the Hunan team can't bear it and don't know how to retreat, anyway, the fleet is docked at the dock, there is enough time to retreat, wait for the next time, Xia Guo directly sent a large army over, the construction task of the city must continue, as long as the city is built, it is almost impossible for the enemy to break through the city on the grassland.

Here, Hu Nan was still waiting to make contact with the herdsmen of those nomadic tribes, but he didn't expect the other party to observe this side in the area outside a hundred zhang for a while before leaving.

After learning the news, Hu Nan immediately summoned everyone and ordered: "Everyone stop what they are doing and prepare for battle, the enemy may come at any time." ”

Temporary settlements are under construction, but the Hu Nan team returns to the ship every day to rest, fearing that the enemy will attack at night, and resting on the ship hardly needs to worry about the enemy.

In the face of the enemy who may come at any time, Hu Nan led everyone to retreat to the dock, but did not completely withdraw to the ship, but set up two rows of horse repellents five zhang away from the pier, and more than 300 people in Hu Nan's team gathered behind the horse pistols, and sent a few teams to observe a little farther away.

"My lord, when is the enemy coming?" A young warrior from the Tiger Clan asked Hu Nan with some nervousness and excitement, this young warrior is already eighteen years old, but he has not participated in a single battle, or that the Xia Kingdom is facing very few wars.

"Enemy, I don't know when the enemy will come." Hu Nan shook his head and said to his junior, both of them are members of the Tiger Clan, and they are more or less related by blood.

Hu Nan didn't know when the enemy would arrive, and he couldn't even be sure if they would attack this side, this was just in case, anyway, he would give up working for at least two days, for fear that the enemy would suddenly attack and cause losses to his team, every citizen of Xia Country was precious, and once there was a major loss in his team, he would definitely be punished by the king.

In fact, Hu Nan very much wanted this unknown nomadic tribe to attack him, and then he led his warriors to educate them to be human beings, and it was best to destroy most of the enemy and beat the enemy into fear.

It is almost impossible to destroy the enemy, the nomadic tribes are all cavalry, come and go freely, there is no cavalry in the Hunan team, it is impossible to pursue the enemy, let alone destroy all the enemies.

[On the last day of January, there are still a few days to celebrate the New Year, alas, there is no atmosphere for the past New Year]