The messengers were twenty, but the horses were thirty-four. The people are all black and thin, and the horses are also flat and bony protrusions. I don't know how many miles they have walked and how much they have suffered.

A month ago, people who had returned to the Mao tribe came to report that the three major leaders of the Mao tribe had joined forces to fight and the situation was critical. Bayang and Yuanxiao hurriedly sent two hundred people all the way west to find Lin Ji and the others. Almost everyone has two horses, and after arriving near Yinshan, they set a fire every dozens of kilometers to attract the attention of Lin Ji and others.

After boldly crossing a desert and paying the price of several horses, these men finally found the forest traces.

"Why are the people of the Mao tribe in trouble?" Lin Ji asked.

"It was said that the obedience of the leader of Bayang was exposed, and several leaders were not convinced." The messenger replied.

Lin Ji set his eyes on the grasslands in the southwest and kicked the ground in hatred. It seems that these wolf people should not die.

The rebellion of this variable in the blazing completely disrupted the pace of Lin Ji. If there is no blazing, it is said that the forest ruins have already exterminated the wolf clan at the beginning of spring, and now they have already returned to the Central Plains.

The delay in the matter here also made him ignore the affairs of the Mao tribe. If this was the case, this kind of thing should have been planned a long time ago. After all, he only subdued Bayang alone, and there were still many things to do to subdue the entire Mao tribe, so it was natural to prepare to prevent them from disagreeing.

Although the wolf people may become a big disaster in the grassland, and even become the enemy of the north of China in the future, at present, it is still the Mao tribe that is more deadly.

Because it may take some time for these wolf tribes to grow up now, if the Mao tribe succeeds in rebellion, it will immediately endanger the territory of Huaxia, and may even subvert the kingdom that is not so powerful now.

He had to chase down and defeat these werewolves, tracking and fighting, maybe it would take two months, and if there were any variables in the process, it would be possible for things to drag on through the winter.

Not to mention a winter, even if things drag on for a few months, these people from the Mao tribe may attack Chaolin City. Where can he waste his time here?

"Go back!" Lin Ji took the lead and turned to the east first.

It is more than 1,000 kilometers away from Juyingpo, and Lin Ji took the team to rotate with two horses, and it only took ten days to return to the bottom of Juyingpo.

After running like this, even Lin Ji himself, including Xiaobai, lost a lot of weight. The elephant under the little white seat is even more powerful. The only thing that may have no impact in the whole process is the white horse. Lin Ji didn't change horses all the way back, and the white horse was still in good spirits.

Juying Slope is lush up and down, it is the time for the corn to spit ears, the forest trail got off the horse, the white horse snorted at Xiaobai, and went to the farmland first.

Lin Ji naturally didn't have time to pay attention to him, and asked with a round smile at usher, "What's the situation now?" Is there any news coming from behind? ”

The people who came out were all carrying bows and knives, and they were all in a state of preparation. On the grassland in the distance, the cavalry ran back and forth for drills, showing a strong fighting spirit. Judging from the shouts of those knights, Lin Ji also heard the voices of many women. Apparently some of the young women have also been trained in formation.

"Later, our people sent the news, saying that there were martyrs and those three people stood together, and they had basically unified the east of the Mao tribe. The other four leaders may also be shaken, and when Bayang heard the news, he had been back with a thousand people for nearly twenty days. By this time, they should have arrived at the Mao tribe. Yuan Xiao reported.

"Tell me specifically, what is this martyr? Their witches? "Lin Ji found a place that he didn't understand.

For the Mao tribe, Lin Ji knew the scope of their territory, the number of people, and the situation of the leaders at all levels, but he didn't know anything about this martyr who came out.

But that's normal. Huaxia's extension of its tentacles into the Mao tribe was only after the news came back last year. During this time, there was not much communication between the two sides, and Lin Ji was also busy dealing with things on the grassland, and the focus was not on the Mao tribe.

Yuan Xiao obviously knew more about these during this time, and explained to Lin Ji: "This martyr, according to our habits, should be regarded as the aunt of Bayang. However, the situation here is more complicated, she made a funeral for Bayang's mother, but she is not dead yet......"

"Huh?" Lin Ji couldn't react.

This is a long story, and it involves the burial habits of the Mao tribe.

In Lin Ji's view, the so-called burial is to bury the living and the dead together. In many cases, the living who were buried were buried alive.

However, the situation of the Mao tribe is clearly different. Their large funerals place people in caves, but the caves are not sealed. The martyred voluntarily entered the cave to guard the mausoleum, and could not leave the cave again for the rest of his life. They mainly ate tribute for a living. If the tribute was sufficient, they could live in the cave for years or even decades.

The Mao tribe has been quite powerful and wealthy over the years, and the tributes have been continuous, so it is said that more than 20 such martyrs are still alive. The leader is the aunt of Bayang.

Hearing this, Lin Ji understood why hundreds of people would be voluntarily buried after the death of Bayang's mother. The so-called martyrdom of feelings is just hiding in a cave and eating white food. In times when foraging is difficult, this is almost equivalent to happiness, but I am afraid that many people will squeeze their heads to fight for it.

In addition to being able to hide in caves and eat white food, these martyrs also have the advantage that they can speak for the dead.

Bayang's mother has a very high reputation in the Mao tribe, which causes these martyrs to also have a high appeal in the Mao tribe. It is said that Bayang can become the leader of the Mao tribe without the support of these martyrs.

After the news of Bayang's return spread, the three leaders took the opportunity to make trouble. Someone thought of these martyrs, and persuaded them, so they easily won the support of their subordinates, and then stood on the moral high ground, and took the right to rule half of the territory of the Mao tribe.

"Are the other four people willing to support Bayang to join us?" Lin Ji asked.

"The person who came to deliver the news before said that these four people had been to Chaolin City in the winter and had a good relationship with us. Fa Arc also wrote an official letter to you, asking you to approve these four people to become counts of the kingdom. In addition, there is another person in the palace office who is here and says that there is a document handed over to you by hand. Yuan smiled and said what he knew.

Back on the hillside, Lin Ji quickly saw the request written by the arc. Request for approval of the four great chieftains of the Mao tribe to become counts of the kingdom. Apparently these four have been bought.

Immediately, Lin Ji also saw a person in the palace office. Lin Ji recognized this as an officer of the Ministry of Intelligence. The documents he gave to Lin Ji were also the specific information about the bribery of these four big leaders, the attitude of these four people towards Huaxia, and their dealings with officials at all levels of the kingdom.

At the end of the intelligence, Qian Mian pretended to write: "Because of the martyr's statement, the attitude of the four people has changed, and they may not be willing to abide by the original agreement." ”

There are also some documents on the back, which are the military deployments and troop movements in northern China sent by Po Tu. The kingdom is ready to plunge into this chaos at any time and subdue the Mao tribe by force.

After reading this, Lin Ji already has an understanding of the situation of the Mao tribe.

Yuan smiled beside him and said, "Our population here is already 24,000 people. These days, we have also collected the warriors of the surrounding four departments, and now in addition to the 1,000 people taken by Bayang, there are 6,000 warriors. All of them can be thrown into battle. ”

Although the population of Chaolin City is no less than 150,000, the number of professional soldiers is only more than 10,000. These men had to suppress the newly conquered east, as well as garrison and defend the city, and the number of people who could mobilize was not very large. Yuanxiao tries to transfer people from the grassland as much as possible, which is naturally the most appropriate.