Before Xiao Ye left, he quietly gave Xin Rulin two thin booklets, on which were written the two kinds of military and civilian materials he could take out, and every other day he had to rack his brains to figure out which kind of materials to extract and how much to take out, he couldn't bear it.

Simply, leaving this annoying matter to someone who is good at using his brain to do it can be regarded as a good thing, Xiao Ye is not worried about the consequences of missing out those two booklets; The control of all materials is, in the final analysis, controlled by him.

According to Xiao Ye's idea, Xin Rulin will discuss with Wang Dali, Wang Ziliang, Wang Meng, and Zuo Shi, and Mei'er and Xiuxiu will also participate in the suggestion, decide on the military and civilian materials needed by the hundred households in the near future, and report them to the hundred households to decide.

This lazy method can help Xiao Ye get rid of the embarrassment of intellectual poverty, and it is also the prototype of the later round table system.

It's just that the long tunnel under the ground is really narrow, and there is no way to do it this night, so I rely on a dozen craftsmen to widen it, and it will have to be done for what year and month.

At the end of October, the autumn wind was cold, Xiao Ye left Sun Xiaoming to watch the house, with ten black-clothed guards, fifty personal guards, plus four heralds, medical soldiers, one person and two horses, and the neighing of war horses rushed out of the valley of Madao Stone Fort.

They were accompanied by more than 50 sturdy pack horses and 10 carts, carrying heavy loads of all kinds of supplies.

There are Sun Xiaoming's personal guards in the stone fort, as well as two hundred-man teams fully equipped with fire/guns, plus twenty black-clothed guards specially left, in case of emergencies, retreat to the fort to resist foreign enemies, which should be able to support the arrival of reinforcements from Eagle Claw Fort.

Of course, if the government is really ruthless, regardless of the reaction of the Tartars, and is not afraid of Xiao Ye's unending revenge, and sends a large army to storm Madao Stone Fort, then Xiao Ye will have nothing to say, and at that time, he will also become a big horse thief on the grassland.

In Xin Weilin's opinion, this possibility is almost none, otherwise there would be no tartar threshing grass year after year. The government is not underestimating them, they are already satisfied with being able to hold the territory under their jurisdiction, and it is not advisable for them to expand their territory without the golden mean.

As for the Tartars, if they want to drive into the valley to attack the Madao Stone Fort before they take the Eagle Claw Fort, they will have a muddy brain.

Xiao Ye, who was riding a black war horse, ran ahead of the team first, with a petite figure half-wrapped in a sheepskin coat, and Lina, who was also wearing an earthy yellow uniform, could be regarded as able to return to Haixi Village with her husband to visit her relatives this time.

The guards had spread far away, acting as scouts to inquire about nearby movements in the team, and the rifles and earth-shattering thunder in their hands were enough to leave all the sparse Tartar rangers behind.

Coming out of the valley where the Coptis trees were planted and came to the edge of the grassland, Xiao Ye raised his eyes and couldn't help but shudder, he knew that when the guards went back and forth to report the news, why was there such a helpless face.

At this time, at the edge of the grassland, there is not only a large area of bushes that cannot be seen, but also the green grass and yellowing grassland, and the jade vines on the east and west sides have no end in sight.

Only the avenue planted with Coptis chinensis saplings in front of it can be passed quickly, but the raging vines and grasses on both sides are full of green, and dense black-purple stingers can be seen everywhere among the flourishing broken leaves and branches of different thicknesses.

Xiao Ye's abnormality made Lina, who was leaning on his arms, look up at her husband's face, but on that cold face, she couldn't see anything unusual, so she didn't ask, just greedily scanned the surrounding scenery.

The horse team marched north for more than twenty miles along the Huanglianshu Avenue, and the small black spot in the line of sight had turned into a tall stone fort, and there were hundreds of figures busy on the west side of the stone fort; A stone wall connected to the stone fort extends more than ten zhang to the west and continues to extend.

Wang Qing took the logistics team, together with the craftsmen sent by Wang Dali, to pull the stucco accumulated in the Madao Stone Fort to the Eagle Claw Fort, and took out all the stucco accumulated here, and began to expand the Eagle Claw Fort.

Turning his gaze to the front, the open space under the Eagle Claw Fort, the neat three phalanxes, Liu Shuihe, Qin Shishi, and Hao Yongliang stood at the front of the team first, looking up and waiting for the arrival of the hundred households.

The three guards were all dressed in khaki summer field uniforms, with low-waisted hard-soled leather boots, black and shiny fire/guns on their shoulders, and black-painted iron helmets.

Stepping on, Xiao Ye's war horse stepped forward, and the three centurions who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Subordinates greet your lordship,"

"Get up, it's all your own brothers, and the courtesy is for outsiders," Xiao Ye smiled, hugged Lina and dismounted, and after she stood firm, she let go of her coat, strode forward, and personally helped up the three henchmen.

The soldiers who have enjoyed the powerful potion rewarded by Xiao Ye can be called Xiao Ye's henchmen, but these three centurions have experienced battles with Xiao Ye, and the feelings in them are not comparable to others.

"Oh, why is Huang Hanxiang not here?" Glancing around, Xiao Ye frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice.

"Lord Hui, Captain Huang Baili and Wang Qing are together, they have been staying on the side of the stone wall for the past few days, and he still has to manage the mining of phosphate mines, and he is busy," Liu Shuihe hurriedly replied, stretching out his hand and pointing to the construction site; Following his direction, Xiao Ye stared at it and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"You tell Huang Hanxiang that the fire refines real gold, and this official is not a narrow-minded person, and meritorious deeds will be rewarded and punished,"

"Go, change the knife and come back,"

"Yes, Lord Baihu," the two black-clothed guards took the reins and ran quickly towards the entrance of the stone castle.

"This time the official went to Haixi Village, you must be strictly guarded against the movements of the Tartars, once there is something in Madao Stone Fort, you need to obey Xin Xiucai's assignment, there is a military order from him and Wang Ziliang, just like the order of the official, you should obey the dispatch,"

"Stone, take your hundred-man team, follow this officer and set off, leaving a machine gun for Liu Shuihe,"

"Hao Yongliang sent out a team of people and set off with two lightning cannons,"

Hao Yongliang's artillery team, now the family guard has also been replenished to more than 50 people, all of whom are slightly literate people, and in terms of education, it can be said that it is the highest among all the 100-person teams.

After half an hour, Xiao Ye's horse team followed the road leading to the phosphate mine, turned to the northwest Gobi Desert, and it was impossible to run directly to the western grassland, and the crazy spread of rattan grass could only delay the expansion of rattan grass in the Gobi Desert, which was extremely short of water.

According to the letter post reported by Liu Shuihe a few days ago, the vines and grasses around Eagle Claw Fort were explored by scouts from the east and west for thirty miles, and they were devouring large areas of grassland every day; Only the Gobi Desert directly north of the stone fort, where the vines and grass stretched for more than five miles, had just resumed the earlier destruction of the Tartar soldiers.

As for the south side of the Stone Castle, the vine grass has been connected to the extension of the Madao Stone Castle, basically blocking the passage to Qingfeng Valley.

The next day, when Xiao Ye and his entourage appeared at the eastern foot of Altai Mountain, the big guy was speechless by the vine grass that spread from the mountains, no wonder the news from Bailong Lake was gone, and the news of the harassment of the Tartars was gone, and the Tartars who wanted to go up the mountain were probably also suffering from the stinger, so they had to give up the plan to kill again.

In desperation, Qin Shishi took out the sketch left by Miao Biwu, and the team marched south to a swamp, wading through the stream in the west, and then went straight to the west of the southern foot of the Altai Mountains, and walked west along the mountain range, and you could find the Galen tribe led by Aman.

Three days later, in the middle of a meadow called a pond recess, next to a large forest of dwarf pines, the black flag of the wolf's head, peculiar to the Galen tribe, appeared in the scout's telescope; At this distance, the herald's letter post could already be contacted.

Sure enough, the rangers sent by the Galen tribe spotted Xiao Ye and his party from afar, and quickly returned to the tribe and transferred the heralds.

With the contact between the heralds, Xiao Ye simply ordered the team to stop advancing, rest for a while, and led Lena up to a high slope to look at the inky blue mountains to the north.

"Baihu, this is a good place, listen to Miao Biwu, Aman's original tribe, but they have been eyeing this meadow for a long time, but their strength is not as good as others, and they can't rely on it at all," Qin Shishi, who followed up, talked to Baihu while looking at the lush grasslands around.

"There are thousands of miles of meadows here, abundant water and grass, close to the mountains, or rich in cistanche, cordyceps, hair cabbage, licorice, ephedra, but the terrain is too narrow and long, and there are too many ravines, and it is not easy for large tribes to gather, but it is cheaper for those small tribes,"

"Yu Shan, Du Ding's hundred-man team, in rotation to follow the cavalry of Aman, since the beginning of spring this year, I don't know how many small Tartar tribes have been annexed, that is, the cattle and sheep sent to Eagle Claw Fort, no less than five thousand before and after,"

Qin Shishi wisely did not mention the Tartar captives that Ah Man had recently taken to the Eagle Claw Fort, but he, like those guards in the Stone Fort, had already respected the black house, and avoided it as far as he could.

"Well," Xiao Ye looked at the grassland around, couldn't help the excitement in his heart, and the smile on his face made Lina inexplicably happy; You must know that in the Stone Castle Hundred Households, even if Xiao Ye deliberately chats and laughs with them, he can see that there is something in his heart.

Soon, in the large tent camp near the foot of the mountain in the north, there was a commotion, and a large force of cavalry rushed out of the pine forest surrounded by a simple fence with a black flag, raised a faint smoke and dust, and galloped towards Xiao Ye and them.

Dao Zi and a few guards quickly met with Ah Man and Yu Shan, who came to greet them, and led their flying horses back to the high slope at Xiao Ye's feet, while the cavalry of those who greeted them were left in place.

Ah Man and Yu Shan, who were also dressed in earthy yellow field uniforms, came to Xiao Ye to salute, and then led the way and led the hundred households to the front of the cavalry brigade.

Boom, Xiao Ye's war horse just slowed down its hooves, and the cavalry waiting next to the war horse knelt on the ground with the reins, although they were dressed differently, but the voice of greeting the Lord of the Hundred Households roared loudly on the meadow, "Meet the Lord of the Hundred Households,"

Riding on the horse, Xiao Ye patted Lina's restless shoulder, looked intently, and estimated that there were more than two thousand Tartar cavalry, the mixed earthy yellow uniforms, and the old guards with excited faces, which made him very satisfied.

These guards with iron plates around their necks have become the backbone of the cavalry in the Galen tribe, and the youngest ones have become the chief of the group, which is also the reason why Xiao Ye'an is in the grasslands of the southern foothills of the Altai Mountains.

"Get up, no matter what the subordinates of this official are, those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have done so will be punished, and you can join the family guard of this official, and you will have to share weal and woe," Although these Tartar cavalry will become a knife in his hand for a long time in the eyes of Xiao Ye, and someone in it will grow into a centurion, but cannon fodder is cannon fodder, and it is worth deepening the feelings much.

After the two horse teams converged, they marched more than ten miles north and drove into the Galen tribal camp. There are hundreds of scattered tents in all directions, and the cattle and sheep are scattered on the grass without a glimpse of the edge, and the valley is not far behind.

In the valley adjacent to the grassland, with some sparse dwarf pine trees growing at the narrow entrance, and the valley is surrounded by peaks with only large black-gray shrubs, it seems to be a good place to defend and difficult to attack.

There is a valley in a radius of dozens of miles, and a thin stream in the middle trickles into the waterhole on the west side of the valley; In the fence on one side of the waterhole, there are countless sturdy tall horses inside.

In the valley camp to the east, outside the cowhide tents as far as the eye could see, the old men and women put down their work and knelt on the grass to greet the real chief of the tribe, except for a few children scurrying in the distance.

As he rode by, Xiao Ye had to make a gesture and enjoy some small bags of refined salt and tobacco leaves, and then left amid the buzzing praise; He knew that if his subordinates were defeated by other tribes, then these people would praise someone else, and they should not be taken seriously.

When he arrived here, Xiao Ye found that the Galen tribe had expanded several times in the past two years, and the number of cavalry in the tribe was now the number of cavalry, and it was also an evil current on the grassland.

There are more than 2,000 Tartar cavalry, less than 300 equipped with long and short guns, and there are still 100 people in Yushan, but almost everyone has a crossbow for the continuous fire.

According to Aman, if all the people are young and strong, they can still gather 500 cavalry, but the combat strength is only two, in that case, the Galen tribe will be unsustainable; After all, grazing cattle, sheep and horses is the proper livelihood of the tribe.

Accompanied by Ah Man and Yu Shan, Xiao Ye rode a horse and hurriedly looked at the valley, and was not optimistic about the terrain of the valley, if the enemy abandoned the war horse and fought on foot, climbed the peaks on the east and west sides and attacked the valley, then the valley would be dangerous.

"Yu Shan, send someone to contact Miao Biwu, and next time you send supplies to the tribe, bring vine grass and Coptis chinensis saplings, and plant them on all three sides," Xiao Ye commanded, pointing to the surroundings of the valley.

"Yes," Yu Shan and Ah Man have nothing to say about the caution of the hundred households, you must know that in order to seize this valley, the Galen tribe has lost more than two hundred warriors, coupled with the desperate attack of the hundred-man fire/gun team, which barely killed the medium-sized tribe.

"Lord Baihu, in the west of our tribe, there is a West Wedge tribe, with 3,000 cavalry, and has sent a parchment book to his subordinates, tomorrow at noon in the middle of the meadow, the loser will withdraw from the meadow and hand over all the rich women," Seeing that the hundred households were about to turn around and go out of the valley, Aman hurriedly stepped forward and asked loudly, "Can the subordinates respond to the battle, the messenger sent by Yushan should have staggered the route with the adults,"

Xiao Ye didn't speak, but turned his gaze to Yu Shan, although Ah Man was full of confidence, his first-class sergeant's ability could not make his brain much more flexible.

"My lord, the West Wedge tribe is brave and good at fighting, and the west has received the border region of the Tile Thorns, and there are frictions with our Galen tribe in the east from time to time, and there are casualties among each other,"

"The leaders of the West Wedge He tribe, Wedge Hemu and Wedge He Bone brothers, are extremely powerful and good at riding and shooting, seeing that our fire/guns are sharp, they have already fought twice, both taking advantage of the rain and humidity, and their subordinates and Duding can only guard the camp,"

Yu Shan looked up at the glow in the sky, the blood-red sunset that covered half of the western sky, indicating that a rainstorm was coming on the grassland.

"Of course, if you can subdue them, then the alliance is also good," Yu Shan could vaguely guess Xiao Ye's intention to support the Cailun tribe, and naturally wanted to put forward a proposal to move towards auspiciousness.

His words made Ah Man on the side anxious, not only did the Wedge Hemu and Wedge Bone brothers fight to the death and life with their own clansmen for so long, not to mention hatred, if those two ghost guys entered the eyes of the hundred households, he would be squeezed out.

Xiao Ye turned the horse's head silently, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and slowly walked out of the valley for a long time, before he said in a deep voice, "Since their scimitars are stained with the blood of the Galen tribe, they are not qualified to form an alliance,"

"Since there is hatred, it must be repaid with remorse, the next leader of the West Wedge He tribe, Aman, you personally choose one, and take office after the battle,"

Xiao Ye's words not only made Ah Man ecstatic, but the corners of Yu Shan's mouth twitched slightly, this hundred households, who are more and more like the big leaders of the grassland, are probably eager to kill the Tartars to be clean.

Naturally, Xiao Ye's words Lina also heard in her ears, and she didn't know if she could give Aura Village Chief enough warning when she returned to Haixi Village.

Just as Xiao was camping outside the valley, the guards sent by Aman went to the west and handed over the letter with a bloody handprint.

In the cowhide tent, on the rough wooden bookcase, Xiao Ye unfolded the sheepskin map, which was an extremely sketchy map, which was enough for tomorrow's battle; Until Xin Rulin trained the heralds, he could only put up with this kind of map.

"Tomorrow's battle, the first thing to bear the brunt of is not to let go of the cavalry scattered by the West Wedge tribe, those who can be captured must be alive, and those who resist will be killed,"

"This officer will personally command the battle formation tomorrow, and those who do not obey the military order will be killed,"

"For the West Wedge tribe to the end, even if they flee to the Waspurs, they must be captured or killed, and they will not be killed,"

Three killing words in a row made the three centurions standing in the tent suddenly tense their nerves, and their faces were as solemn as iron.

"If nothing else, after this battle, the leader of the Galen tribe, Manshanzi," Xiao Ye, who was kneeling behind the case, paused, and Ah Man stepped out of the queue and knelt on one knee to the ground, "The subordinates are here,"

"You are allowed to lead a team of 3,000 cavalry, it is for the head of a thousand households, and the fire/gun weapons are rationed according to 100 people," Xiao Ye's face was thick with a thick coldness, "If you want more firearms, you can exchange them for your military exploits," There is no way, he is still only the head of a hundred households in the main position, if the official rank of the people below is higher than himself, it will be a big joke, and he can only use the nondescript position of the head of a thousand households."

The 100-man team with the iron card not only enjoyed the food and salary of the 100 households, but even the armament was supplied according to Liu Shuihe's 100-man team, and the combat power inside was improved, and Ah Man was quite satisfied.

"Lord Xie Baihu," after kowtowing to thank him, Ah Man, whose waist was straight, was finally able to stand side by side with Yu Shan.

"Yu Shan, together with Qin Shi and Daozi, go to the meadow to select the battlefield, choose the terrain and start arranging, the time and place are favorable, at least two things must be accounted for to be sure of victory,"

With Xiao Ye's order, the personal guards, the night owl hundred-man team, and Hao Yongliang's artillery team, accompanied by several pack horses, took advantage of the moonlight to drive into the western meadow.

Standing outside the big tent, feeling the wet and cold water vapor in the cold wind, the raging torches blew around him, and the horses left the camp, Xiao Ye's big hands behind his back were clenched into fists.