On the banks of the Imperial Plains, a new territory thrives.

There are no particularly large buildings in the village-level territory, and the construction progress is progressing rapidly, and the various skilled personnel from the main city make it possible to put the buildings in the territory into normal operation as soon as they are completed. In just a few days, the dragon leader was upgraded from a first-level village to a third-level village.

The third-level village stage is a hurdle for the dragon leader.

Village-level territories are protected by the system, so you don't have to worry about being attacked by NPC forces or player forces, even in the Loop. Once he stepped into the township level, the novice period passed, and the death-free gold medal provided by Futu immediately became invalid, and the dragon leader needed to rely on his own strength to face the ups and downs of the outside world.

Zhululing dared to enter the Hetao, and was naturally ready to meet various challenges.

With the unwise temperament of the fish, it is not enough to slow down the development of the territory for the sake of absolute security.

Nearly 3,000 descendants, plus 2,000 friendly troops under the Bloodpiercing Command, and a huge combat force of nearly 5,000 men, including cavalry and a special army. As a unit with a glorious war history, the Zhulu Army has the confidence and ability to deal with external threats. So many troops came to the Hetao area from Yizhou and Jizhou, and the amount of food and materials consumed every day was not small, just to escort the newborn special territory.

The purpose of mobilizing so many troops is to let the dragon leader grow up as soon as possible.

In this land occupied by foreign races, there is no control of the imperial court, and there is no need to follow many of the rules that prevail in the thirteen states of the Great Han Dynasty, and there is only one of the most authoritative and effective rules here: the law of the jungle.

Only by developing can we better control our own destiny.

After being promoted to a third-level village, the dragon leader encountered a small bottleneck as when the Flying Fish Leader was first established.

Underpopulation.

The upper limit of the population of the second-level village is 300 people, and the third-level village is 1,000 people, but the skilled talents and their relatives from the main city are about 500 in total.

The nail plan has been prepared for a long time, and besides, Zhulu Territory has already had the experience of creating special territories, and has foreseen the problem of population shortage in the early stage, and has also made corresponding arrangements.

It is not very difficult to take a large number of civilians from the main city or the Flying Fish Territory to the Hetao, and it is bound to delay the travel of large troops, so Yu Buzhi intends to solve the population problem nearby. The Hetao area was occupied by the Qianghu tribes, and it was difficult to replicate the population obtained by suppressing bandits at the beginning of the establishment of the Flying Fish Territory, so the Zhulu Leader thought of "borrowing", borrowing the villagers from the Piercing Blood Territory in the early stage, and then finding a way to compensate later.

With the relationship between the unwisdom of the fish and the backstabbing, borrowing people is just a matter of words.

According to the plan, before the dragon leader is promoted to the city level, he can get population support from the blood piercing circle.

A few days after the expedition departed from the Bloodpier Territory, the first batch of 1,000 immigrants from the Bloodpier Territory set out and rushed to the Dragon Territory along the predetermined route. According to the original plan, this group of immigrants will rush to Longling before the completion of the third-level village buildings to help Longling rush to the first-level township smoothly.

The plan was good, but there were some surprises in the execution.

The Hetao was full of Qianghu tribes, often plundering everywhere, and when the stabbing blood led the emigrants arrived at the Yellow River, they found that the ferry had just been attacked and destroyed by a Qianghu tribe. Although the attack took place on the west bank of the Yellow River, and the ferry on the east bank of the river was not affected, the boatmen were frightened, and the ferries were hidden in hidden bays, where they were not re-crossed until everyone was convinced that the Qiang-Hu cavalry had retreated.

This accident seriously disrupted the immigration plan.

The Bloody Leader, who led his troops to escort the villagers, turned into a military general, tried to find other ferries, but the news of the appearance of the Qianghu cavalry had a strong regional deterrent effect, and several nearby ferries were hung up without ferry signs. Even if you want to try your luck at a ferry crossing farther away, you will have to wait a few days at the speed of a civilian march, and you will not be able to cross the river with you even if you try to get there.

In order to ensure the safety of the migrant team, the Zhulu Army arranged for small units to meet along the way, and the receiving troops did not encounter the Qianghu cavalry, but the ferry stopped operating, and they had no choice. The emigration team was blocked on the east bank of the Yellow River for several days, and food became increasingly scarce, and they were finally forced to return to the Assassination Territory.

The news quickly reached back to the dragon collar.

The migration of the Bloodthirsty Territory did not arrive as originally planned, and the timing of the reopening of the Yellow River crossing is uncertain, and if the population gap cannot be filled, the process of upgrading Longling to a first-level township will inevitably be affected.

Village Chief's Office.

Zhai Jian suggested that some of the Panshi battalions should be temporarily relieved and returned to the fields to make up for the lack of population.

"Sergeants should not be disarmed."

Xu Shu's expression was serious: "The dragon leader was established in the Hetao, surrounded by the Qianghu tribes, and the security situation is not optimistic, only the lieutenant generals of our army can protect the dragon leader." Now, in order to upgrade the territory, temporarily disarming the warriors, although it is a stopgap measure, it is tantamount to self-destruction of the Great Wall. Regardless of the additional cost of regrouping, it will take a period of training to recover combat strength after reorganization, so if there is an enemy attack at this time, how should you deal with yourself? ”

Yu Buzhi nodded and said, "I agree with Yuan Zhi's opinion. ”

"Let the Panshi Battalion disarm the people and work in the Flying Fish Collar, but not the Hetao. On the way we came, we had encountered the Qiang cavalry, which was further away from the area controlled by the imperial court, and could encounter the Qiang Hu cavalry at any time. Qianghu like to raid Han Chinese settlements, and sooner or later the dragon leader will be discovered, and at that time, if we can't use force to make them retreat, we will either be destroyed or reduced to a granary for them to take what they want. ”

Yu Buzhi knows very well what Qianghu will do to the player's territory, and there are a lot of bloody and tearful accusations on the forum.

The Eastern Han Dynasty lost control of the Hetao region, but in fact the Hetao still had player power. The complete abandonment of certain areas by the Eastern Han Dynasty was after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and at the beginning of the game, there were not many player territories in the Hetao area. Later, the Eastern Han Dynasty court withdrew from the area, and a large number of freelancers moved to the area under the actual control of the imperial court because the county no longer provided basic services.

The Imperial Court will no longer have to pay taxes to the Imperial Court if they give up the player's territory in the region, and they will have to fight the Qianghu forces with all their might. Due to the drastically reduced population and strongholds of Han Chinese NPCs in the Hetao, the player's territory is a good target for raiding the Nomadic Cavalry.

But player territory isn't that easy to mess with.

Players are completely different from NPCs, fearless, and the lord's determination to defend his territory is very strong, and no alien race dares to run to the territory to rob, and no lord will be captured. Moreover, Futu has obviously also assessed the ability of the player's territory in the region to protect itself, and it was not long ago that the imperial court forces completely withdrew from the Hetao area, except for those emerging territories, most of the territories have developed to the size of cities, and the main territory is protected by stone walls, and it is difficult for nomadic cavalry to break through the walls of the main city, and at most they will attack the dependent territories.

If a city-level territory is vigilant enough and pays attention to the construction of the territorial defense system, it is not too difficult to protect itself.

As for the new territories that have not yet been able to build stone walls, it will be difficult for them to resist the plunder on their own. But the purpose of the nomadic cavalry is to plunder, they found that if the persecution is too much, it will inevitably provoke the other party to resist to the death, and make them pay a greater price, those territories that cannot be forcefully repelled by the nomadic cavalry, usually as long as they give some protection money, they can also preserve the territory, and the right is to give the taxes to the court to the robbers. When the territory slowly develops and there are stone walls, it is not too late to say no to the invaders.

Although the military expenditure of the local territory will be higher, considering the tax savings, it is not too much of a loss overall.

Not all lords are willing to pay protection money, and the end result is mostly the burning of jade.

Despite the harsh living environment, the lords are relatively strong enough to make many freelancers willing to take risks, often as soon as the old realm is destroyed, and the new realm is rebuilt on the ruins.

There is still some order in the chaos, and this is the current situation of the player's territory in the Hetao area.

Overall, the survival and development of the territory of the Hetao region faces greater resistance, and if they can choose, I believe that many lords would rather develop in the thirteen states of Dahan. Under such circumstances, the Zhulu Leader marched into the Hetao area and built a special territory from scratch, and the risks he took can be imagined.

The fact that the expedition did not encounter a territory was due to the fact that they deliberately avoided it when choosing a route.

Special territories are not normal territories and need to be kept secret enough.

Until the stone walls are erected, the dragon leaders will face the threat of Qianghu.

It is impossible for the dragon collar to buy peace by paying protection money.

Not to mention the outstanding strength of the Zhulu Leader, nor to mention the glorious war history of the Zhulu Army, after Yu Buzhi took over, the Zhulu Leader has never succumbed, and the march into the Hetao is regarded by the territorial elite as opening up territory for the Han Dynasty and paying protection fees to Qianghu? Don't be funny!

I can't afford to lose that man!

If the deer leader dares to open up a stronghold in the Hetao, he will not be afraid of any challenge.

The army's proposal to disarm and repatriate was rejected, and it was unknown when the immigrants from the Bloodthirsty Territory would arrive. After the creation of the dragon territory, the surrounding areas of the territory began to refresh the homeless people one after another, but the attraction of the village-level territory was limited, and if you want to rely on the natural refresh of the homeless people to fill the gap, I don't know how long it will be delayed.

The population problem of the dragon leader must be found in another way.

After the discussion, the dragon leader launched an action.

The Rock Battalion protected the former officials and lobbied for several nearby strongholds, hoping to persuade some of the villagers in the strongholds to move to Longling. Longling is now only a third-level village, and in the Qianghu-lined Hetao area, the village-level strongholds are the least human rights, and it is difficult to expect the officials to convince many villagers unless they openly move out the name of Zhululing.

When the transferred officials set out, the captive cavalry also set out.

Qu Chen led his troops to the north.

The mission of the Breaker Rider is to find the smaller Qianghu settlements and "invite" them to join the Dragon Leader. Of course, if the other party is unwilling to accept the kind invitation from the dragon leader, and the objective conditions allow, Qu Chen doesn't mind using a little bit of violence to let those stubborn guys witness the strength of the dragon leader.

Qu Chen liked this task very much.

Qu A has always been fearless, and he met Gongsun Zhan in the ghost and wolf disaster, and fought against Xianbei together, and in dealing with the invasion of foreign races, Qu Chen was more or less influenced by some Gongsun Zhan. Marching into the Hetao and building a dragon collar on the land occupied by Qianghu is very much in line with Qu Chen's values, and sending him to the Qianghu tribe to kidnap people is even more unbelievable to Qu Chen.

Qianghu can take Han people captive, and of course Han people can also take Qianghu captive.

It doesn't matter whether the Hetao has a territory or not before, the important thing is that the deer is here!

Outside the village, Yu Buzhi and Xu Shu stood side by side.

Seeing the captives ride away, Xu Shu said softly: "Lord, there are some adventures. ”

"I know." Yu Buzhi smiled bitterly: "The dragon leader is just starting to stand, and it takes time to develop and grow, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative to entangle with the Qianghu tribe at this time." But you also know that the Jingzhou government has just abandoned Cao Yin, and as soon as Cao Yin dies, the cross-border incident will soon have a result, and it is difficult for Zhao Taishou to continue to make a fuss about the cross-border incident, and Yuan Benchu's joint investigation team can only obediently return to Hebei. After the investigation of the cross-border incident is over, Liu Yizhou is bound to deal with Ba County as soon as possible, even with Yuan Benchu's support, but this is an internal affair of Yizhou, if Liu Yan comes hard, Ba County may change at any time. ”

Xu Shu sighed and nodded slightly.

The abandonment of Cao Yin, the Taishou of Wuling, was something that had just happened.

If only two state capitals come forward to investigate, Cai Mao can also sacrifice the word "drag" to grind slowly, Liu Biao, as a pastor of Jingzhou, does not want to be forced to punish a certain Taishou in Jingzhou under external pressure, Cai Mao can take advantage of Liu Biao's mentality, big things into small things, small things into nothing.

Yuan Shao sent a joint investigation team to investigate the cross-border incident, which further complicated the situation.

Not only did Cai Mao feel the huge pressure, but Liu Biao also paid more attention to this matter.

In any case, Yuan Shao, who was far away in Hebei, actively intervened in this matter, and it was strange no matter how you looked at it.

Some players were hired to provide the latest news, it is no secret that Yuan Shao was squeezed out by Han Fu in Jizhou, combined with Yuan Shao's situation, Liu Biao believes that it cannot be ruled out that Yuan Shao has the idea of extending his claws to Jingzhou. Although the possibility is not high, Liu Biao did not dare to ignore it, and began to pay more attention to the progress of the investigation of the cross-border incident, so as to close the case as soon as possible, so that Yuan Shao did not have an excuse to continue to show his presence in Jingzhou.

Liu Biao's attitude changed, and Cai Mao's pressure increased greatly.

I can't drag it anymore.

The facts of Cao Yin's crossing of the border are clear and irrefutable, and according to the results of the investigation, Cao Yin's crime will not lead to death, but his official position will certainly not be kept. The matter is so big, it is difficult for Cai Mao to help him find a good position again, then Cao Yin must be dissatisfied, and it is not impossible to tell Cai Mao what he instructed him.

If you can't delay it, you can't keep it, and you may still be threatened......

Cai Mao decided to strike first.

He persuaded Liu Biao to decisively take down Cao Yin, showing that the Jingzhou Mansion was handling it, leaving the outside world with nothing to say, and also eliminating Yuan Shao's excuse to meddle in Jingzhou's affairs. Liu Biao thought so, and from Cai Mao's plan, he sent Wen Ping, a general stationed in Wuling, to arrest Cao Yin. Wen Ping was instructed by Cai Mao, and did not give Cao Yin a chance to speak, and led his troops to rush into the Taishou Mansion and kill him on the spot!

Cao Yin's death announced that Zhao had entered a high-risk period.

Zhao Bu has a close relationship with Yu Buzhi, and once he steps down, the living environment of the deer leader will definitely be affected.

Because of this, the dragon territory needs to be upgraded as soon as possible, so as not to trap a large number of troops in the territory here for a long time.

Fish are not wise and do not have many options.

If the population problem is not solved for a day, the dragon collar upgrade will be delayed for a day.