1. How many days will it take for the walls to be completed? "The fish is not wise to look at Yi Feng.

"Three days."

"Three days, that's a good dare, the dragon leader's side has just come to an end, if the dragon leader's side is unstable, it will be difficult to feel at ease when the main city side starts a famous city war. By the way, have you borrowed the siege equipment from Ba County Mansion? ”

"I borrowed it five days ago, and Zhao Taishou gave Linchong Lu the bus, saying that the Lu bus was the best to use to attack the city."

The battle of the famous city can not be lost, and the leading force of the deer is limited, only to find ways to improve the victory rate of the famous city, borrowing siege equipment is for the consideration of precautions, it does not need to be used, anyway, we have this way, do not borrow in vain. In fact, there are a few siege equipment, and the Wuling army arrived outside the city with siege equipment, and later became the trophy of the deer leader, but there are not many intact ones.

"In this case, Yuan Zhi will arrange the defense of Dragon Collar and Wild Horse Town, and then return to Deer Collar with me."

"No."

After the discussion ended, Yi Feng and Xun Yan didn't dare to stay for a long time, and each teleported back to the city.

Soon after the two figures disappeared from the teleportation array, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and there was an uproar outside the town. Worried about being bumped into by the player and Zhao Yun, Yu Buzhi hid in the lord's office and didn't dare to go out, wondering in his heart, but fortunately, someone came in soon to report the situation.

The Qianghu people are coming.

But this time it's not to fight, it's to pay a ransom in exchange for the captured people.

Almost all the people of Qianghu are soldiers, and only some people can herd horses to fight, and everyone understands the truth that there are many people and great strength. When the ransom is not too outrageous and their own ability allows, they usually choose to ransom people back, leaving it unchecked, not only losing the population, but also usually affecting the morale of the tribe. The three small tribes all sent people to bring things to ransom them, but the Barbarian Cattle Department did not move.

Yu Bu praised it: "Those Qianghu people came so fast. ”

"It's not fast, it's not good, stay one more day and count one more day's food, and the ransom will increase." Xu Shu walked in.

"Well, I dealt with the prisoners earlier, but it was a thing."

"yes. Thousands of captives can't be killed, and staying behind is a hidden danger after all. ”

Yu Buzhi picked up the teapot on the table, poured two cups full, gestured to Xu Shu to take it for himself, picked up a cup by himself and drank it, and asked while drinking: "Have the military affairs of Dragon Collar and Mustang Town been arranged?" ”

"It's not much different from usual, it's just that I appoint a commander in my absence."

Yu Buzhi nodded silently.

Xu Shu's rules for the Zhulu Army have been implemented for a long time, and they have already been implemented on weekdays, and several generals Qu Chen and Zhao Yun are both king-level generals with both wisdom and bravery, and Liu Chun of the Panshi Battalion and Li Fu of the Broken Cavalry are all the best among the transferred generals, and they have made rapid progress. At present, the Hetao stronghold has more than 6,000 foot cavalry, and as long as there is no large-scale attack by Qianghu, the two township-level strongholds of Gongwei should be under no pressure.

"By the time we capture the famous city in Ba County, the dragon leader will almost enter the first-class city, and the construction progress of Mustang Town will be a month behind at most. At the city level, we can build a stone wall, and as long as the stone wall is erected, we will have a lot less pressure, but until then, we can't be careless. ”

Xu Shu sighed: "What the lord said is very true, but in that case, the population needed here will be much worse." To support the development of the two cities, how many tribes do the two generals have to rob to ......"

Before the cavalry of the four clans attacked, the construction projects of the dragon collar were basically almost completed, but the wooden walls were mostly damaged during the battle, and the territory was urgently repaired after the battle, which was about to be repaired in two or three days. As for the required population, the Breaker Cavalry made many sorties some time ago, and captured the population obtained by the three Qianghu tribes to enrich Longling and Wild Horse Towns respectively, and the two sides were slightly even, and it was not a problem to gather the 8,000 people needed for a third-level township.

Access to city-level territories with even greater population differences.

The upper limit of the population of the first-level city is 20,000, and the dragon leader and the wild horse city together will cost 40,000, not counting the army, and now the total population of the two strongholds can exceed 10,000, and the shortage of people will be even more serious after being promoted to the city level. Although there are gains from the sneak attack on the small Qianghu tribe, aside from the casualties and escapes in defeating the tribe's will to resist, as well as the various dangers that may be faced on the way back, it is not easy to get more than 1,000 people into the tent on average.

Attacking larger tribes is more profitable, but the larger the target tribe, the stronger the resistance of the captives, and the greater the troop losses, which may not be cost-effective. After the Piercing Blood Collar is upgraded, its own population is insufficient, and it will no longer be able to transfuse blood to the Dragon Leader as before, but if you continue to rely on cavalry to plunder, when will you have to grab it?

Qianghu is not a fool, many small tribes have been poisoned by the dragon leader one after another, and other small tribes have stayed away. The attack of the Zhehan tribe and the cavalry of the four tribes also reminded the Zhulu Leader, where there is oppression, there is resistance, although the Dragon Leader has the aura of "Shenlong Deterrence" and "Chariot Rider Protection", there are many bad things done in Hetao, maybe one day it will be retributed.

Yu Buzhi also felt that the population problem of the Hetao was big, and after thinking about it for a while, he was still at a loss, and said: "Take your time, you have to eat the rice one bite at a time." The top priority is to capture the famous city first, not to delay the development of the deer city, and wait for the upgrade of the deer to complete, and then it is not too late to find a way, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. ”

As he spoke, Zhai Jian walked in happily.

"Look at your look, the prisoners are changing well, right?"

"The three small tribes have all been replaced, and there is not one left!"

Yu Buzhi was stunned: "All? ”

Zhai Jianle said: "Yes, my subordinates didn't expect it to go so smoothly. ”

He specially questioned the Qianghu people in the territory, and based on the information obtained, he worked out the corresponding transaction standards. According to the rules of the grassland, inter-tribal ransom usually uses war horses, cattle and sheep, if the target to be ransomed has a noble status or other value, the need to pay more war horses, cattle and sheep, for example, the two captured tribal capitals are quite valuable, and the market of ordinary captives is much lower.

The trading standards drawn up by Zhai Jian were roughly compared with the basic market conditions on the grassland, and finally added a Han slave option. After all, Longling and Wild Horse Town lack population, and for the sake of territorial harmony and future development, it was decided to have as many Han people as possible, and the Qianghu prisoners were exchanged for Han slaves, which could directly increase the population.

"How many horses do you get back?" Xu Shu is the coach of the Zhulu Army and is more concerned about the harvest of war horses.

"Nope."

"What did you get in exchange for cattle and sheep?"

"No, there isn't. All of them are Han Chinese, right? ”

Zhai Yin's face was full of happiness, in exchange for the livestock could only be slaughtered and eaten, and by the way, he got some furs, and the Han slaves were different, these were the people needed by the territory.

Xu Shu frowned and asked, "All of them are Han?" ”

"yes."

Yu Buzhi and Xu Shu looked at each other, and their expressions were a little weird.

There is a valley twenty miles north of the dragon leader, where the four clans alliance army hid and rested before the dragon leader raided. Wu Shuai returned to this valley, but compared to the last time he came, the current Wu Shuai was obviously much haggard, and the miserable failure of the sneak attack on the Dragon Leader hit him hard, they failed to successfully set foot on the Dragon Leader, but almost wiped out the whole army, and the losses of the Barbarian Bull Division, which sent the most troops, were particularly serious.

The Barbarian Cattle Department suffered a heavy blow, and the risk of being suppressed by the Qiang and Xianbei forces was reduced, but the future was gone, and the dream of building the largest Xiongnu tribe in the Hetao area had been shattered.

Wu Shuai hated the dragon leader because the dragon leader destroyed his hopes.

But he still has to deal with the dragon leader, solve the remaining problems, and at least exchange the captured clansmen first.

The coalition army was captured by more than 4,000 people, and the Barbarian Cattle Department accounted for almost half, and the people who went out to fight were all young and strong men, which was a valuable combat force to ensure the development and growth of the tribe. After breaking out of the encirclement, Wu Shuai sent someone to inform the clansmen who intercepted the dragon cavalry in the east to return to the camp, and he led the remnants of the defeated army back to the camp and immediately ordered to pack up their things and leave as soon as possible.

He didn't dare to stay here any longer, the dragon collar was too terrifying!

The dragon has not yet appeared, but the melon soldiers, the dragon collar defense system and the heavy infantry have already frightened Wu Shuai.

Before the camp was cleaned up, the tribesmen released by the dragon leader returned, bringing back the news that they could be ransomed.

The four tribes were close to each other in order to facilitate collective action, and the Barbarian Cattle Department received the news, and the other three small tribes naturally received it. The two small tribes immediately gathered together to redeem people, and their leader was still in the hands of the dragon leader, and he had nothing to say about carrying out the leader's orders; The tribe that killed the leader was a little more troublesome, but it was not much slower, and the new leader urgently elected a new leader, and then the new leader personally led people to the dragon leader to ransom people.

Wu Shuai hesitated.

Of course, he wanted to redeem his people, but he was worried that it was another trap set by the dragon leader.

How is it possible to have such a quid pro quo?

There must be fraud!

Wu Shuai firmly believes that the so-called ransom is a trap for the enemy, and with the dragon leader's style of acting in the past, he must want to wipe out all the tribes that dare to attack the dragon leader, and the so-called ransom conditions are just a pretense, and the dragon leader's troops may already be on the way to the station, so they have to run quickly.

But he didn't dare to do that.

The fiasco has made the tribe demoralized, the attack on the dragon leader is the force of the military marshal, after the defeat of the clansmen naturally have a grudge against the marshal, the news of the dragon lord's permission to ransom has spread, he dares to abandon the captured clansmen, the clansmen will definitely be even more angry. The tribesmen, whose loved ones were captured, would certainly not obey his orders.

Knowing that it might be a pit, Wu Shuai had to jump down.

However, Wu Shuai is not easy to deal with, the preparation of materials delays time, after the three small tribe teams left, the preparations of the Barbarian Cattle Department were quickly completed, and Wu Shuai immediately set off with his cronies. Instead of chasing the small tribes, he led his team to the valley and used those three small tribes as a litmus test.

A fast horse galloped into the valley and came straight to Wu Shuai: "Report, the transaction of the three ransoms has been completed." ”

"Is it difficult for the dragon leader to leave them in trouble?"

"Nope. The three redeemed clansmen had already mounted their horses and left, and the dragon cavalry did not pursue! ”

Wu Shuai looked confused, and the plot was not quite what he imagined.

When he saw the people of the three tribes rushing to the north, Wu Shuai finally suspected that he was thinking too much.

"Let's go!"

The Brute Bull left the valley and headed for the dragon leader.

After arriving at the dragon collar, Wu Shuai soon ushered in the first blow.

"The trading standards have changed? Why! ”

"You're too late." The transferred official in charge of the contact looked calm, pointed to the stronghold and said: "Longling is only a township stronghold, which can receive a limited population, and the other three tribes are all Han Chinese, and now we have no room to accept more Han people, so we have to adjust the exchange standard of Han people, and you can only be blamed for being too slow." Our dragon leader values credibility, you can use war horses, cattle and sheep to ransom people, and the trading standards of those items have not changed. ”

"Full? But you didn't stop exchanging Han people, it turned out to be one Han for one clan, and now four Han people for one clan, an increase of four times! ”

"We have the Righteous House, and the Righteous House can temporarily contain the homeless, but the homeless people don't work and continue to consume supplies, and the more compatriots we accept, the greater the price paid by the territory, understand? If it weren't for the fact that my lord was kind and could not bear to be displaced, and had previously made a condition to accept Han Chinese prisoners of war, and was unwilling to break his trust, we should not have continued to take in Han Chinese during this time. ”

Wu Shuai burst into tears.

He previously believed that there was fraud in ransom, because there were obvious loopholes in the trading conditions offered by Long Ling, and the exchange ratio of cattle, sheep and war horses was reasonable, and the problem was the Han option.

One Han for one Qianghu is incredible!

In the Hetao area, how could the Han slaves who were captured by the Qianghu tribe be equivalent to the Qianghu warriors? Recently, there has been a famine in the Qianghu tribes, and the Han slaves have to consume a share of food, which increases the burden on the tribe, and the proportion of the Han people can be exchanged for the tribesmen, and the proportion is still so high, several tribes can't ask for it.

Several tribes rushed to pay the ransom precisely because of this loophole.

This is Zhai Yin's work mistake.

When formulating the terms of the transaction, he did not ask the Han people what the exchange ratio of slaves was, and took it for granted that "one life for one life" was fair and reasonable, and he did not know that the value of the captive Han people was sometimes inferior to that of cattle and sheep. Cattle and sheep eat grass to reproduce and create wealth, how can slaves have this ability?

The three small tribes all ransomed Han Chinese slaves, and finally everyone realized that something was wrong.

When he asked the attached Qiang Hu, Zhai Jian's intestines were all repentant.

Mistakes, low-level mistakes!

The so-called remedy, it's not too late, fortunately, there is still the family with the most captives who has not arrived, hurry up and increase the price! Don't look at the direct four-fold increase, in the current famine season, Zhai Jian is sure that the other party will definitely accept it. Compared with the exchange value of cattle, sheep and war horses, the four-for-one population exchange ratio is still relatively cost-effective.

At this time, Wu Shuai's intestines also regretted that he was too careful to kill people.

Why didn't you come sooner......

I should have thought that the dragon leader couldn't accept too many people......

The dragon leader temporarily raised the price, which suddenly disrupted the overall plan of the Barbarian Cattle Department, the most captured clansmen of the Manniu Department, Wu Shuai counted all the Han slaves in the tribe was not enough, and he also brought a batch of war horses, cattle and sheep with pain, and the dragon leader caught him off guard by the price increase. There are no Han slaves in the tribe anymore, and if you exchange them, you have to take hard currency, but ......

Wu Shuai instructed his people to beg bitterly.

"It's not negotiable."

The face of the transferred official is not good, these guys are enemies attacking the territory, and they do not deserve sympathy.

"There really aren't any slaves left in the tribe."

"You don't, other tribes do, we are willing to take in the Han people for a long time......"