The Qiang tribe that attacked the enclave at dawn and night was the White Horse Qiang.

The Qiang tribe lives by water and grass, and has no fixed residence, but each tribe basically has a general activity area, and Baimaqiang is no exception. The usual activity area of Baimaqiang is the same as that of Shenwolfqiang, on the border between Yizhou and the plateau, and occasionally enters the border of Yueshan County of Yizhou. Yueshan County is located in the south of Yizhou, is a weak area of government power, coupled with high mountains and dense forests, sparsely populated, the local government knows that Baimaqiang will not stay for a long time, usually turn a blind eye to the entry of Baimaqiang, as long as Baimaqiang does not make trouble, everyone is safe.

Because the habitual activity area is close to the border of the Han people, Baimaqiang can trade with the Han people more conveniently, and exchange the cattle, sheep, and fur produced by the tribe for the grain, iron tools and other sundries of the Han people, and do not need to rely on caravans like the tribes that have been mixed in the plateau for a long time, and there is no middleman to make the difference, so the situation of Baimaqiang is much better than that of the ordinary plateau Qiang tribe, and the development of the tribe is relatively good. While attacking the enclave, Bai Maqiang was able to send more than 2,000 people to cut off the back route of the deer army, which is enough to see that the tribe is strong.

The Baimaqiang patriarch is also quite open-minded, and when he has spare energy, he actively trades with other plateau Qiang tribes and makes cameo appearances as second-class dealers, but the profits earned are much less, and he is conscientious compared with the caravan, so Baimaqiang has a good relationship with nearby tribes, and many tribes have friendships with Baimaqiang.

The representative of Baimaqiang originally thought that even if Jia Zhu had fallen into the hands of other tribes, it should not be difficult to persuade the other party to hand over Jia Zhu with the connections of his own tribe, after all, so many tribes in Baimaqiang were captured, and the tribe that captured Jia Zhu did not dare to take the opportunity to extort money, at most they would take some goods and cattle and sheep as compensation.

But after going back and asking, Bai Maqiang found that things were not as simple as they imagined.

The advance team of the tribe who rushed to the vicinity of the enclave in advance all said that they did not know that the tribe had a team to chase and kill Han Chinese, let alone heard that there were Han women who had been captured. However, the advance team left the brigade ahead of schedule, and it was not ruled out that the pursuit and killing action would occur after they left, and the representatives of the advance team said that they would immediately send people to contact the large army of their tribe to ask if there was such a thing, and they would ensure the safety of the Han women as much as possible.

The representatives of the tribes were not perfunctory.

Putting aside Bai Maqiang's connections, after all, one life is exchanged for more than a thousand lives, and no one wants to be pointed out by a thousand people. But the problem is that the messages that have been replied one after another show that no tribe has caught Jia Zhu, or no one has admitted it. By evening, all four tribes had indicated that their headquarters had not yet engaged the Han Chinese.

Bai Maqiang had no choice but to find a few hundred sheep from other tribes and send them to the plateau enclave.

A few hundred sheep are enough for the captured Baimaqiang people to eat for half a month, which is much longer than the agreed three-day transaction, but this is the requirement of the deer leader. Baimaqiang knew that the Han people had plucked their feathers and ate the sheep sent by the Qiang people to beat the Qiang people, but they could only pinch their noses and admit that they could not let the captured people starve to death.

While waiting for the echo from Baimaqiang, the atmosphere in the plateau enclave was much lighter than in the previous days.

Another advantage of capturing a large number of captives and trading with the White Horse Qiang was that it would allow other Qiang tribes to throw rat traps. Baimaqiang is the largest tribe in the vicinity, and most of the other Qiang tribes have good relations with Baimaqiang, and when they learn that more than 1,000 Baimaqiang have been captured and there is hope of returning their tribesmen, regardless of the act of attacking the enclave, it is tantamount to murder. Anyway, the agreed trading time is only three days, and there are still many tribes whose reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the other tribes are happy to wait a few more days.

You don't have to do anything, you can reap the gratitude of Bai Maqiang, why not?

Night falls.

Bonfires are lit up in the plateau enclave, and the aroma of roast lamb can be smelled everywhere. Most of the unattended tasks gathered around the fire, chatting and waiting. People are used to being casual, sitting or lying, staggering, without any divine demeanor, like a group of rabble. The style and discipline of the Bai Yu soldiers are very different, everyone sits cross-legged on the ground, their backs are straight, no one makes a loud noise, even in such a relaxed moment, they also maintain a good demeanor and military discipline.

Dujie looked at Bai Yu, and then looked at his own son, and couldn't help sighing.

The military appearance and military discipline obviously can't be compared with Bai Yu, there are not so many rules, and I don't envy how strong the honor guard of the army is, the soldiers, can you kill the enemy on the battlefield to see the real chapter, Dujie has seen too many troops who have nothing to show for it, and I look down on those so-called elites in my heart. But Bai Yu is different, people are not fancy shelfs specializing in the formation of honor guards, but trump card troops with explosive combat effectiveness, real elite divisions, impeccable combat power and will, and even people are ashamed of themselves.

It is not uncommon for troops with good discipline to be in good discipline.

There are also many units with strong combat power.

But a unit like Bai Yu, who has achieved the ultimate in combat power and discipline, is really ...... Dislike!

"I won't work with Bai Yu in the future......" Dujie muttered quietly.

"Why?" Jiujiu asked. The Qinggu tribe is the first tribe to join the Zhulu Territory, and the Tianxia Legion is also stationed in the Zhulu Territory very early.

"Elite!" Dujie pointed to Bai Yu, and then pointed to his own family, and said angrily: "Scattered sand!" ”

Yu Buzhi and Xu Shu looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Shu said: "You don't need to compare with Bai Yu, you don't need to prove the strength of the divine soldiers after you fight to the future." ”

"That's right." At the end of the degree, the ancestors of the past generations have created a great reputation, and the younger generations have honored, that kind of pride and pride have long been integrated into the blood, and the people have never doubted the combat effectiveness of the ethnic group.

"Old Du, how is the Qinggu tribe doing?" Yu Buzhi asked, things have been coming in waves recently, and I haven't paid attention to the Qinggu tribe for a while. In the past, he had been calling Du Jie the patriarch, after the Qinggu tribe officially became a vassal force of the Zhulu Leader, the master and slave were different, and then it seemed unseemly to call it the patriarch, and it was a little unreasonable to call it by his name, after all, the festival was also a lot older, and finally called it "Laodu", which was not only decent, but also close, and Du Jie liked this title very much.

The corners of Dujie's mouth curled, and he gave a proud thumbs up: "The First Tribe of Ba County!" ”

"Yes! Keep up the good work! "I think that when he first went to recruit mercenaries, the Qinggu tribe was shabby, and now it can develop to such an extent, Yu Buzhi is happy for the Qinggu tribe in his heart.

"I want to keep going, but I can't seem to add it." Degree Road.

"Huh?"

"Something seems to have gone wrong with tribal population growth......"

Dujie sat up, confusion written all over his face.

Affected by a large amount of investment and trade, the Qinggu tribe developed extremely rapidly, and after becoming a vassal force of the Zhulu Domain, it entered a period of rapid growth, and there were constantly wanderers returning or new people coming to invest. According to the memories of the elders in the clan, the Qinggu tribe should be the largest in Ba County in recent decades, and there is no suspense that Leba County is the first. In fact, the most likely to catch up with the Qinggu tribe is the Hongshu tribe, but the Hongshu tribe has moved to Hetao, so the Qinggu tribe in Ba County has become a dominant family.

The growth rate of the Qinggu tribe surprised even Du Jie himself.

He knew that the tribe could not maintain a high growth momentum all the time, and that the population growth rate would slow down sooner or later, and that it was not a bad thing for the tribe to enter a period of steady development. But what Dujie never expected was that he did not wait for the plateau, and population growth suddenly entered a state of stagnation.