After nearly 1,000 years of generational operation, the Sang people have built nine border cities on the Yanbang Plateau, which are named after "Lan, Crystal, Carving, Flower, Dragon, Snow, Hong, Wind and Frost", collectively known as the Nine Sides. A total of 250,000 troops were stationed in the nine cities. Among them, there are 50,000 ethnic soldiers and 200,000 regular soldiers. The lords of the nine cities will all be the descendants of the Sang clan, known as the "Tiger of the Nine Sides". In terms of comprehensive strength, the Sang people are undoubtedly the first of all the ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang, and their status is unshakable.

In the year 328 of the Xia Yuan calendar, that is, after the establishment of the city on the nine sides, Sang Jintian, the fourth-generation patriarch of the Sang tribe, considered that the descendants of the descendants guarded the border all the year round, and gathered less and separated more from the relatives in the clan, so it was set that every four years on May 18, the patriarch of the Sang tribe held an eight-day grand gathering, when all the city lords and their families would gather in the Ice Dragon City to visit relatives and friends, talk about cooperation and discuss the situation, known as the Nine-sided Alliance. For hundreds of years, the Nine-Sided Alliance has become an important tradition of the San people.

"I've decided to leave for Ice Dragon City in five days!" In the hall of the front hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Sang Baihua sat on the main seat and said, Lou Danfeng and a middle-aged man in white sat on either side of him, who was the white-clothed scholar in the teahouse. But at this time, he had already changed into a strong suit, and in addition to the bookish atmosphere, he added a bit of sharpness.

There was also a young man standing behind Lou Danfeng, around 20 years old, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, ape arms and bee waist, but his face was cold, and his body exuded a fierce atmosphere.

"I received news from Ice Flower City this morning that they also lost two cavalry squads on their side, so we have lost a total of 6 cavalry squads!" The middle-aged man in white said in a heavy tone.

"Bai Hua, it will take at least three days to go to Ice Dragon City, and it will be a bit dangerous for us to go so rashly before we find out the strength of this gang of bandits!" Mrs. Sang Lou Danfeng looked at her husband and said with some concern. Because every time the alliance is held, the city lords of each city usually have to bring their families to participate, and of course she doesn't want any accidents.

"According to the inference of his subordinates, the number of opponents should not be large, but the individual strength is outstanding, especially good at strangulation by small troops. However, they were very vigilant, and the second general sent a large army to encircle and suppress them several times, but they escaped ahead of schedule, and finally returned in vain! The middle-aged man in white said: "It seems that the other party's reconnaissance ability is extremely strong, and the subordinates suspect that they must have some way to check our whereabouts from a distance." ”

"Long-range reconnaissance?" Sang Baihua lowered his head and muttered to himself, as if he was recalling something, this statement made him feel a little familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he saw it.

It must be some kind of art of war book, or war history or something, he kept searching in his mind.

After a long time, his face suddenly changed, as if he remembered something terrible: "Do you still remember a battle a hundred years ago?" ”

"But the Battle of Haksu that wiped out the Okan Snow Wolf Legion?" Mrs. Sang Lou Danfeng said with some confusion. She knew the ancient books well, but she couldn't connect the classic battle of unprecedented scale, which led to the decline of the Okan family, to the current situation.

"That's not right! It was the one we lost before that, and the opponent was the allies of Okan, what was it called-" Sang Baihua suddenly couldn't remember his name, and his face was flushed with anxiety.

"Is it the Battle of Water? West Island Fowl Soldiers! Oh, my God! Lou Danfeng's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

Sang Baihua frowned and groaned: "If it's them, things will be a little troublesome!" ”

The young man was a little surprised when he heard this, these past events were a little strange to him, but the expression of the middle-aged man in white instantly became solemn.

Sang Baihua looked around at the people present, and stared at the young man with heavy eyes, and when the young man saw it, he couldn't help but blush and lowered his head.

Sang Baihua said slowly: "The bird soldier is a special class of troops in the West Island Empire, and it is a type of army that is used in battle after domesticating a seafowl unique to the West Island, the blue-tailed arrow falcon. This blue-tailed arrow falcon is not large, but it is strong and ferocious, and when flying, it can reach a height of thousands of miles, and its speed is as fast as an arrow, hence its name. After domestication, it can not only send a warning message, but also quickly dive to attack the opponent.

The West Island Poultry first appeared in the Land Island War that broke out a hundred years ago, when the Okan Empire, the West Island Empire and the Assyrian tribes secretly colluded to overthrow the Kasha regime, and fought a decade-long war with the coalition forces defending the Kashya. In that battle, the Western Island Empire only sent 500 poultry soldiers to participate in the battle, but it was these 500 people who disrupted the intelligence transmission of the entire coalition army, and they controlled the Arrow Falcon to kill our carrier pigeons, messengers and scouts, so that the originally superior coalition forces were not well dispatched, and finally suffered heavy losses and ended in failure.

In this battle, our Sang Legion also participated in the battle, and my third uncle, the 'British Tiger' Sang Haitang fell in this battle. Since then, the West Island Poultry has been a nightmare for all coalition commanders. Sang Baihua said this, but stopped, as if immersed in a deep remembrance.

"Father, is there no way to deal with them?" The cold young man couldn't help but ask out loud, it was Sang Nan's eldest brother Sang Dong. He had officially passed the government guard assessment last month and became a level 5 warrior, and for the purpose of training and training, Sang Baihua specially let him participate in this meeting.

Sang Baihua came back to his senses and continued: "The coalition forces tried all kinds of methods to deal with these poultry soldiers at that time, but with little success. Later, in the territory of the Moro Empire, a small tribe called the Eagle Clan was found to solve the crisis, but in the end, the 3,000 red-eyed owls domesticated in that tribe, including the young eagles, were all killed and wounded. The young man listened a little distractedly, he didn't expect that the aerial battle would be so tragic that even the young eagles could not survive.

Sang Baihua saw his expression and sighed secretly in his heart, "Dong'er, for a young man like you, it's been too long. It is impossible to experience that kind of suffering without truly experiencing the test and baptism of war. You know what? For the eagle clan, the red-eyed owl is their close partner for survival, and the loss of the owl almost means a hardship for them, but under the situation at that time, they can't help but hesitate and reluctantly, even if it is to pay the lives of the whole clan! ”

Sang Baihua's words made Sang Dong's eyes wide, his blood boiled, and he said loudly: "The children of the Sang clan, they are proud of dying on the battlefield, and when they encounter the enemy in the future, Sang Dong will definitely fight to the death, and he will never be the one who retreats from the battle!" ”

"Silly boy, that's what your dad said, what are you excited about?" Mrs. Sang blamed Sang Dong with displeasure, and then smiled at Sang Baihua and said: "Xidao was defeated, his vitality was greatly damaged, and later he was constantly suppressed by Kasha, and his strength has long since disappeared. Even if there are poultry soldiers, there will not be too many of them, and you don't have to worry too much about Bai Hua. ”

Sang Baihua's heart was shocked, he looked at his wife, and when he saw her nodding lightly, he couldn't help but secretly blame himself in his heart, as the lord of a city, he was almost out of order. After pondering for a moment, Sang Baihua said in a deep voice: "Madam is very right, but now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, we still have to find a way to surprise the enemy, and with the complementarity of Zhengqi, we may be able to resolve this crisis." The question is, how do we find a good ally in a short period of time? ”

"Allies? Powerful allies! The white-clothed scholar stroked his chin and muttered, his name is Wei Minfu, he is in charge of the intelligence organization of Binglan City, and he is extremely good at intelligence analysis, and he is even valued by Sang Baihua. His eyes suddenly lit up: "My lord, do you remember the 'Gray Sparrow' bounty group?" With their strength, it may be a good choice to secretly maneuver with the other party as a surprise soldier. Seeing that Lou Danfeng and Sang Dong looked curious, he briefly introduced the situation of the "gray sparrow" again.

"Toshio, is there any news from them?" Sang Baihua was very interested when he heard this, and asked excitedly.

"My lord, the other party said that this mission is too risky, and asked to double the bounty!" Wei Minfu stood up and replied respectfully.

"They're going to raise the bounty?" Sang Baihua was a little surprised when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart, the appetite of this group of people is not small!

He couldn't help sneering and said, "If this 'gray sparrow' lives up to its name, this price is acceptable." "One hundred thousand gold coins is the cost of two hundred heavy cavalry for a year, but it is nothing to Binglan City, which is rich in Wufu Minfeng.

Suddenly, seeing that Wei Minfu had a look of wanting to speak and stopping, he hurriedly motioned for him to continue.

"According to the understanding of his subordinates, this 'gray sparrow' used to act cautiously, and they all chose a single target to start, indicating that they did not have many masters. In addition, when we contacted the other party, we found that although they accepted the commission, their attitude was not very enthusiastic! Wei Minfu voiced his observations.

"Oh, what's going on?" Sang Baihua's expression was full. When Wei Minfu said this, he must have discovered something.

"The subordinates feel that they are a little reluctant, and it seems that they are forced to accept this commission!" Wei Minfu replied indifferently, seeing that everyone was a little puzzled, he hurriedly explained: "In other words, the other party may understand our current situation and don't want to get into trouble, there are masters in this 'gray sparrow'!" ”

Sang Baihua's expression suddenly became a little strange: "Then agree to their request, but ask their leader to come and interview quickly!" ”