Accompanied by Pang Tong and Sun Liang and others. Ah Niu met with Qianluo, the elder of the Talan tribe, and in order to show respect for him, the meeting place was chosen at the Fengxiang City Lord's Mansion.

A certain city lord has been absent from the territory for a long time, and has been delayed a lot, Qianluo has been waiting anxiously in Fengxiang City, and when he received the notice of the meeting, the elders of the Taran tribe were ecstatic. Qianluo didn't have time to wait any longer, and after seeing Ah Niu, he hardly greeted him, and soon went straight to the point.

"Ah Niu City Lord, this time I came to Fengxiang City, in fact, I was entrusted by Lord Futun and the young patriarch Zalu of my Talan tribe to invite our distinguished friends and trusted trading partners to the prairie as guests! The Taran tribe has been involved in a war, and our young patriarch, who is also the good brother of the city lord of Ah Niu, is leading the warriors of the clan to confront the brutal Taishou Gong Sun Zan of Beiping, and it is only a matter of time before they are beaten to the ground.

Of course, due to the recent war brewing in Youzhou, the city lord of Ah Niu needs to bring at least a strong enough guard corps to avoid accidents. ”

Such an invitation is obviously not just as simple as inviting Ah Niu to be a guest on the grassland!

Because of the relationship between the Peiping bloody case. The Wuhuan people who were innocently killed by the merchant were already angry, and what made them even more angry was that Gongsun Chan still refused to return the seized goods and refused to apologize after learning that his soldiers had recognized the wrong person.

The tough attitude completely aroused the anger of the Wuhuan people.

Determined to take revenge, the Wuhuan tribes united, and each tribe sent warriors and gathered together, ready to ask the Beiping army for an explanation. In their opinion, no matter how strong the Beiping army is, when facing the entire Wuhuan clan, they will be a little afraid after all.

Facts have proved that they underestimated Gongsun Zhan, and the tough stance of the Beiping Taishou towards the aliens has not changed, but under the strong pressure exerted by the Wuhuan people, Gongsun Chan has become more tough. The elite Beiping Army under his command is Gongsun Zhan's biggest capital!

The Beiping Army is well-trained, and most of them are elite soldiers who have survived many bloody battles of life and death, and they have rich combat experience. The elite infantry of the Beiping Army, even when encountering a large-scale enemy cavalry unit in the field, was able to form a military formation in a very short time, so that the enemy cavalry could not find any opportunity to take advantage of.

Without sufficient psychological preparation, the Wuhuan cavalry always believed that the cavalry was the nemesis of the infantry of the Yiqiē infantry, and their horse hooves could easily break through the military formation of the Beiping army. The result was tragic, the Wuhuan warriors were defeated in three battles in front of the elite infantry of Beiping, thousands of warriors were killed, and the Beiping army told the Wuhuan warriors in a bloody way that the tactical literacy of the Han army was far superior to them!

This is a dismal result.

"They can only restrain us with those strange battle formations, they are cowards, too evil!"

"Yes, we have the ability to let their cavalry come out and fight us!"

The Wuhuan warriors said so, maybe this would save them some face.

They knew that the cavalry had a great advantage over the infantry. This advantage was even more pronounced when fighting in the field, and they were still defeated, and there was no suspense about defeat. Originally, the Wuhuan people thought that this was already very bad, but after Gongsun Zhan's cavalry was dispatched, the Wuhuan people wanted to cry without tears.

Gongsun Zhan's trump card unit is the unique White Horse Righteous Servant!

Every white horse cavalry is an elite soldier who has survived a hundred battles, and their cooperation with war horses is intimate, not inferior to those Wuhuan people who grew up on horseback; The flexibility of the tactics of the White Horse Yicong was incomprehensible to the Wuhuan cavalry, who were accustomed to relying on a bloody rampage, and they were dazzled.

Three thousand cavalry, all white horses of the same color, as fast as lightning and as fast as thunder!

In the first battle of Baima Yicong, he defeated the Wuhuan cavalry of more than 13,000 people with lightning speed, and cut more than 2,000. Those Wuhuan people who could not escape after being injured were all beheaded by the Beiping army, and Gongsun Chan did not accept prisoners.

At least, for aliens!

Such bloody methods made the Wuhuan people grief, which also made them not walk away silently as usual after repeated setbacks, and the tribes continued to increase troops on the Beiping front. There is no room for the warring sides to give up, and a larger showdown seems inevitable.

Generally speaking, the Wuhuan tribe has a stronger army, and all ethnic groups have shown unprecedented unity in the face of Gongsun Zhan, a "wicked man". Although the Wuhuan coalition army then fought with the Beiping army many times, with many defeats and few victories and heavy losses, the adults of the various tribes still decided to persist in fighting, and the Taran tribe was naturally no exception.

This war is no longer just a matter of the trade rights and interests of the Wuhuan people, but has risen to the height of whether the entire Wuhuan people can continue to operate in the vicinity of Youzhou with dignity!

More than 300 warriors of the Taran tribe have died under the sword of the Beiping army. The lord of the Taran tribe could not bear to watch his people continue to sacrifice meaninglessly, and he expressed his opinion at the gathering of the Wuhuan tribesmen.

"For the sake of this war, the normal production of the various tribes was severely affected, and it was not long before the grass around the camps would be eaten up, and we would have to look for new pastures. If this continues, we will not be able to win this war, and if we want to defeat Gongsun Chan, we should seek the help of our friends! ”

It was under such circumstances that Qianluo came to Fengxiang, and they hoped that Fengxiang City could draw their swords to help. The strength of the Fengxiang Army's combat effectiveness is also famous!

Qianluo deliberately pointed out Ah Niu's personal friendship with Zalu, Feng Xiang's trade relationship with the Taran tribe, and the fact that the Taran tribe was facing a war with Gongsun Zhan. Obviously, now the war is in Gongsun Zhan's favor, and the Wuhuan people have been beaten to the point that their noses and faces are swollen, and Qianluo's invitation is actually just a disguised request for help, but it is just said more vaguely.

If it weren't for the bad situation, how could Qianluo be waiting for the rabbit in Fengxiang City, insisting that he must see Ah Niu before going back?

After all, it is a little difficult for Qianluo to say bluntly, "We are here to ask for help". The Taran tribe is a big tribe in the Wuhuan tribe, and it is already a bit embarrassing to lose the battle with the Han people, and now they have to ask for help from another Han power, and it is a stranger lord whose strength is far inferior to Gongsun Zhan, how can Qianluo pull down this old face?

Qianluo no longer cares about the minimum diplomatic etiquette, or he doesn't think this is diplomacy at all. Because of the excitement, the thin face turned red, and the cloudy eyes were full of anger, speaking of emotion, Qianluo waved his fist and continued: "This is not a battle between our Talan tribe and the Beiping army, all the Wuhuan tribes have been united, the Beiping Taishou will definitely pay the price for his brutality, we will definitely be able to defeat them!" ”

Ah Niu and Pang Tong glanced at each other, and both of them couldn't help but smile bitterly. In fact, Ah Niu and others already knew this result in advance, and Qianluo was tight-lipped about Pang Tong and Sun Liang. But he couldn't hide it from Ju Yi and his wife, Ju Yi had already taken the initiative to explain Qianluo's intention to Ah Niu, which was also the fundamental reason why Ah Niu had been reluctant to meet Qianluo.

Ah Niu was not used to Qianluo's speaking style, and there was a slightly stiff smile on his face, "Hmm, the reason why Elder Qianluo came here is like this...... Before this, Ah Niu had also heard that the situation in Youzhou was tense, and the Beiping Bloody Case was indeed that Gongsun Taishou's troops were too reckless, resulting in the death of so many Wuhuan merchants. Although Gongsun Zhan and I are both ministers of the Han Dynasty, he should not cover up if he makes mistakes, Ah Niu wishes the Wuhuan warriors success in his private capacity! ”

Qian Luo paused for a moment, quickly calmed down, and said cautiously: "Ah Niu City Lord may not understand what I mean, we hope to ......"

Ah Niu waved his hand to interrupt Qianluo's words, and a gentle smile on his face could make anyone feel warm, "I understand." You hope to teach Beiping Taishou a lesson, so that he will not be so arrogant in the future, this is very reasonable! Ah Niu Su heard that the Wuhuan men were brave and good at fighting, and the Wuhuan troops gathered troops to fight a decisive battle with the Beiping army, and there was no invincible truth, I think Elder Qianluo must have more confidence in the Wuhuan warriors! ”

Qianluo's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and under Ah Niu's squeeze, it was impossible for him to say that he had no confidence in his clansmen, "This...... There is nothing to say about the bravery and good fighting of our Wuhuan warriors when they fought, but the troops of Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Beiping, also had two hits, and our warriors beat the Beiping army several times to cry and call their mothers, and they also fell for their tricks...... Quan and put Gongsun Zhan's head on his neck, and the Wuhuan warriors will not give in! ”

The last sentence was once again exposed.

"Wuhuan warriors will not give in", this sentence. Obviously, it should not come from the mouth of the winner, nor should it be used between evenly matched opponents.

A certain city lord smiled indifferently, Qianluo had a respected status in the Talan tribe, and he was a respected old man, Ah Niu did not intend to force him to take off his disguise and tell him what he was.

In all fairness, Ah Niu didn't want to get involved in the battle between Gongsun Chan and the Taran tribe, what Gongsun Chan's strength was, Ah Niu knew it, and now even Yuan Shao, the head of Guan ASEAN, was jealous of Gongsun Zhan. Beiping elite soldiers and Baima Yi are never easy to mess with, even Fengxiang has a strong special army, but the power of Fengxiang is a city, how to compete with Gongsun Zhan, who owns a county? No matter how Gongsun Zhan says, he is also an official of the Han family, and Wuhuan is a foreign race after all, if Feng Xiang sends troops to help the Wuhuan people, it doesn't seem to be very good.

However, the relationship between the Talan tribe and Fengxiang is also extremely deep, aside from the inseparable family relationship between Juyi and his wife and the Talan tribe, Fengxiang also profited a lot from the war horse trade. Even when Feng Xiang formed a chamber of commerce and was trapped by money, the young patriarch of the Talan tribe generously lent Feng Xiang 500 war horses, what kind of friendship is this? If he refuses to help, Ah Niu can't say it either.

Ah Niu did not immediately give a clear answer, "Feng Xiang has just experienced the Battle of Luoyang, the troops have suffered losses, and they are still recuperating and recovering, and some of the troops are thousands of miles away in Luoyang, and it will take time to move, and it is not yet certain whether they can send troops to help the war in a short period of time." Elder Qianluo also asked Fengxiang to stay for a few more days, and Rong Aniu would discuss it again, how about it? ”

Qianluo sighed, he also understood that the matter was serious, and it was reasonable for Fengxiang City to be cautious.

After Fengxiang was upgraded to a third-level city, Sun Liang, the deputy city lord, was soon too busy, and all kinds of new buildings were not too troublesome, but the real trouble was population resettlement.

During the time that Ah Niu was not in the territory, the population of Fengxiang City had already reached saturation, and even thousands of displaced people had been resettled in the refugee camp. With the completion of the territorial upgrade, the population limit of the main city has been raised from 50,000 to 100,000 at once, and there is an opportunity to upgrade the subordinate territory once a month, Sun Liang was once optimistic that Fengxiang City would not be worried about the population in a short period of time.

This is not the case.

The so-called plan is not as fast as the change, the matter of the fat dragon baby's plan to form the Yellow Turban Cavalry Force means that Feng Xiang can get a large number of people from it, and what makes Sun Liang crazy is that as long as there is a little accounting, it is not difficult to understand that it is not cost-effective to let Feng Xiang City settle so many people at once.

Two thousand high-grade Wuhuan war horses are a big deal!

"My lord, when we traded with the Yellow Turban Army's secondary weapons, 1 pair of one-stone rhubarb crossbows could be exchanged for about 6 people, and later because more territories could also start producing rhubarb crossbows, the market price of the guide zhì fell, but at the cheapest time, the ratio of rhubarb crossbows to population could also be maintained on the basis of 1:4. This is already the price we have given the biggest Yellow Turban discount.

According to the agreement you have reached with the baby dragon, even at the lowest price. A Wuhuan war horse can also be exchanged for 18 people. With 2,000 Wuhuan war horses, the population converted into the Yellow Turban Army is 36,000 people!

Once the deal is completed, and the displaced people who had previously been temporarily resettled in the camps, the number of people left in the territory will be less than 10,000. If nothing else, in a few months, Fengxiang will face the problem of a large number of villagers who are difficult to resettle! Even if all the displaced people who came here were placed in refugee camps, it would be a huge burden on the territorial finances in the case that they only consume but do not produce! ”

Sun Liang said with a bitter face.

As the deputy city lord cultivated by Fengxiang City itself, Sun Liang's loyalty to the territory is undoubted, Sun Liang basically inherited Chen Gong's rigorous and meticulous style of acting, and likes to use numbers to speak.

Now he raises this question precisely because he has realized that absorbing too much population from the Yellow Turban Army will not only put a heavy burden on the territorial finance (the transaction model of exchanging materials for people does not seem to be directly linked to money, but in essence, the big yellow crossbow and the Wuhuan war horse are hard currencies that can be realized at any time, which is equivalent to exchanging money for population), and may even bring unnecessary waste of manpower and resources!

Ah Niu touched his nose and muttered: "Two thousand war horses for thirty-six thousand people, a Yellow Turban Army is worth less than four hundred gold, it's really cheap......"

The Yellow Turban Army was an insurrectionary army composed of ordinary people who could not live under the cruel exploitation of those in power, and had to take risks to rise up, they lacked everything, they lacked weapons, food, clothing, and the only thing they lacked was population. In fact, the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army often have a headache: where to get enough food to feed more and more brothers and sisters?

This question is far more urgent and practical than "overthrowing the decadent Eastern Han Dynasty"!

When necessary, it is a feasible way to exchange the surplus population for all kinds of materials urgently needed by the Yellow Turban Army, and at the same time reduce the consumption. In fact, not only Feng Xiang, but there are already rumors on the forum that most of the Yellow Turban Army in various places have tragically embarked on the evil path of "selling people", but Cheng Dù is different, and it is difficult for those relatively wealthy but worried lord players to resist this temptation.

From this point of view, Fengxiang City's actions are not fundamentally different from those lord players, because of the establishment of the alliance between the two families, and the fact that the Fat Dragon Baby believes that Fengxiang is an excellent place for those Yellow Turban Army to start a new life, and the large number of people that Feng Xiang exchanged from the Fat Dragon Baby is far lower than the other lords!

In this regard, Ah Niu also knows well, but whenever the transaction request made by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Fengxiangcheng has always gone all out to complete it, and even occasionally gives some useful materials to the Yellow Turban Army. This kind of cooperation is obviously not just a transaction.

Glancing at Sun Liang, who was still sad, Ah Niu stopped his emotion at the Yellow Turban Army's "cheap life", and sighed: "I have already thought about the problem you said in advance, and it is said that our Fengxiang City can now accommodate so many people, even if the population obtained from the transaction is out of our range, this transaction has to be done." ”

With the continuation of time and the deepening of cooperation, the two forces have become more and more closely connected, and have initially formed a whole of interests of "one glory and one loss". Especially when Ah Niu fully understood the plan of the fat dragon baby, he spared no effort to support the fat dragon baby.

Once the fat dragon baby succeeds in Youzhou, achieves the goal of dominating Youzhou, and uses this as a base to make great efforts, maybe the fat dragon baby can really create a new situation for the Yellow Turban Army. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army sitting in Youzhou echoed with Fengxiang City across the sea, if Fengxiang City, which had made great contributions to the Yellow Turban Army, could not get some oil and water, I am afraid that the fat dragon baby was in danger of being killed by the thunder.

However, the situation of the Yellow Turban Army at this stage is still difficult, and the fat dragon baby is in the most need of help, and if the Yellow Turban Army wants to gain a foothold in Youzhou and improve its status, it is imperative to form a cavalry unit. And this is exactly what Ah Niu can do!

"Now that the lord has made up his mind, his subordinates will make proper arrangements to minimize our possible future losses." Sun Liang frowned and said in a deep voice.

He also thought of another possibility, "I heard that the lord said that the fat dragon baby plans to abandon Qingzhou and run Youzhou with all his might, once the Yellow Turban Army lays down a territory in Youzhou, they can achieve food self-sufficiency through guò farming, and it will be difficult to get population from them at that time." The lord must have seen this, so he insisted on taking advantage of the last few opportunities to absorb as many people as possible from the Yellow Turban Army! ”

Ah Niu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to worry about the population. Fengxiang is already a third-level city, only the Qingzhou territory can have 40,000 troops, our current number of troops is only more than 10,000 people, and some troops remain in Luoyang, it is time to expand the army! ”

Sun Liang's eyes lit up, the soldiers in the army will not occupy the population quota of the territory, Fengxiang In addition to the main city, there are also Luoyang projects and special territories, the existing strength is indeed a little stretched, and the expansion of the army is inevitable.

Sun Liang quickly thought of another question, "I don't know how large the lord plans to expand his troops?" While the expansion of the army can alleviate the pressure on the population, it will also put a heavy burden on the finances of the territory. The investment in the Heqi Chamber of Commerce has made the wealth that the territory has worked hard to accumulate before empty, and it has also taken on some debts, and the special territory and the reconstruction of Luoyang have been consuming a lot of wealth, with all due respect, if the scale of the army expansion is too large now, the economic situation of the territory will be unbearable. ”

A certain city lord thought for a while, and there was a look of perseverance in his eyes, and he said categorically: "The era of the heroes competing for hegemony has come, and there are many people who have ill intentions towards my Feng Xiang, and even characters like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have a bad feeling for us, and no one can say when Feng Xiang will face greater challenges." Our troops can no longer meet the current needs, and it is imperative to expand our army!

No matter how difficult it is, no matter what method you use, under the condition of ensuring the normal operation of the territory, first expand our troops in Qingzhou and Luoyang to at least 20,000 people, and I will give you half a month. ”

Now Feng Xiang's total strength is less than 11,000 people, and Feng Xiang's troops will be expanded to 20,000 in half a month, which is equivalent to doubling the expansion of the army. Sun Liang's pressure is extremely great, and there is not much problem in terms of soldiers, but the key is that the pressure on funds is difficult to solve.

Sun Liang straightened his back and didn't defend anything, from the eyes of a certain city lord, he already knew that this was an impossible decision to change, and solemnly promised: "Yes!" ”

After walking out of the city lord's office, Sun Liangcai smiled bitterly, "Half a month...... Could it be that the lord has already made a decision on the affairs of the Taran tribe? (To be continued)

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