It was getting dark, and after a whole day without snow, in the evening there were small snowflakes and a light wind. Players are very comfortable, running around in the snow. However, the NPC warriors and farmers of various tribes operating outside the city could not take it anymore and hurried back to their temporary camps, either raising a bonfire to grill fish for dinner, or huddled in a hut to keep warm.

Inside the city, the administrative land courtyard.

In a study room full of bamboo slips in the earthen courtyard, a few oil lamps were lit, and the great chieftain Ji Zhi, wearing a thick mink coat, solemnly looked at a military map made of animal skins spread out on a low table—it depicted the mountains and rivers near the Zhoushui tribe, marked the distribution of large and small dense Shanjung tribes in the northern mountains, and there were two other small regimes: the Guzhu State and the Lingzhi State.

The closest to the Zhoushui Walled City, dozens of miles away is the Shanrong tribe. Guzhu and Lingzhi are farther away, and they have to walk hundreds of miles.

These two small states are within the territory of Yan State, and they do not belong to the nine major vassal states canonized by Zhou Tianzi, nor do they express their attachment to Zhou Tianzi or Yan Wang, and they belong to the primitive barbarian small states that have not been conquered so far. Together with the Shanrong tribe and the Beirong tribe, they were the three major threats in the territory of the Yan State, and the Yan State and these regimes fought many protracted wars, but instead of conquering, they were defeated and unable to resist.

Yan Wang Ji had to send his son Ji is not easy to say. ”

Ji Zhi shook his head.

Sima was in a cold sweat and hurriedly said, "Great Chief." Although Shanrong is strong, the Xinqian tribe has a large number of troops, and mobilizing these tribal warriors to fight should ensure that my Zhoushui city is safe and sound. In the past two days alone, these newly migrated tribes have killed thousands of Shanjung. ”

Ji Zhi didn't say anything more, and said to the other minister, "Master Sigong, how is your situation?" ”

The priest hurriedly said: "Uh, Great Chief, the minister is stepping up the hoarding of stones, and designing a new city and conducting field surveys several miles outside the city. But it's a matter of building a new city. The minister thinks that there is still a need for a pause. There are not enough peasants to build the city in Zhoushui, and there are only a few dozen newly captured Shanrong slaves. Besides, it is snowing now, and the hasty construction of the city is only afraid that it will affect the people of Li. ”

Ji Zhi waved his hand and said, "No, don't care about it so much. If the Zhoushui Walled City is breached, it will be useless to say anything else. After stockpiling stones and completing the design of the new city to have enough stone for the new city, the construction of the city began immediately. As for the lack of labor, take prisoners as much as possible, or requisition the peasant labor of the newly relocated tribes. Not enough money. Try to find a way to raise it. ”

Engineer: Great Chief! ”

Ji Zhi said to Situ again: "Lord Situ, what is your situation?" ”

Situ Dao: "Recently, the minister has been busy arranging the resettlement of the newly relocated tribes and dealing with various cases. In the past two days, law and order have deteriorated sharply, and there have been dozens of brawls in the city every day. There were hundreds of brawls outside the city. The ministers thought that harsher laws should be enacted to punish the new nobles who had misbehaved. Light fines. Heavy whipping did not punish the nobles, so they whipped their tribes as punishment. ”

Ji Zhi hurriedly waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid it will only be more chaotic when this method comes out." When the nobles cause trouble, most of them do nothing, and if they arrange things to do, they will not have so much time to cause trouble and fight. The task of cloth is still not enough. What can you do? ”

Cheng Dao: "Great Chief, the minister has a strategy, immediately introduce a promotion and depreciation reward policy, promote some of the newly relocated nobles, and restrain other new aristocrats, which can ensure the stability of the city." ”

Situ hurriedly said: "No, no merit will not be knighted." Let them fight Shanjung first, make enough meritorious deeds, and then it's not too late to promote. Otherwise, the people's hearts will be confused, and the tribes will not accept it. ”

Cheng said: "Who said they didn't fight? They have been fighting, but they have not formed a legion, and they cannot compete head-on with the Shanjung tribe at all, so they can only carry out guerrilla attacks in small groups. This is too slow. ”

In the study of the Executive Yuan, several ministers had a dispute.

At night, a fast horse galloped into the walled city, and immediately the cavalry made a loud announcement. The soldiers at the city gate did not stop him and let him enter the city. The cavalry went straight to the administrative courtyard, stopped in a hurry, jumped off the horse, hurried to the door of the study, half-knelt on the ground, and held a sealed bamboo slip and shouted loudly, "Report, big chief, three hundred miles of urgent military information!" ”

"Quick, bring it in."

When Ji Zhi heard the military report, he hurriedly asked people to go out to get it.

There has been no movement, and the half-asleep old Guo Kui also opened his eyes at this time.

Sima ran out of the room, took the sealed bamboo slips of the military newspaper, and respectfully handed them over to Ji Zhi.

Ji Zhi hurriedly opened the seal, took a look at the bamboo slip, and his face changed drastically.

"The Great Chief of the Shanjung Tribal Alliance is mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops from various Shanrong tribes in the entire Beiling Mountains, preparing to invade our Yan Country in the south and seize grain!"

Sima, Situ, Sigong, Cheng, and other four ministers' faces changed drastically and they panicked. This, this is not a tribal war, but a national war. Once again, the Yan Kingdom faced the threat of a large-scale invasion by the Shanjung.

"How's that good?"

"I'm a small city in Zhoushui, I'm afraid that even tens of thousands of people can't resist it, let alone hundreds of thousands!"

The crowd was in a state of panic.

Guo Kui said slowly: "Hundreds of thousands of troops, how can it be so easy to mobilize, unless the Great Chief of Shanrong sends their old and weak women and children to the battlefield." The area of Beiling is vast, and most of them are mountains and mountains, and even if you go, you have to walk for more than ten days or even longer. It's cold and frozen, it's hard to find food, and it's hard to fight. Take your time. ”

The old man's words were like divine powers, which calmed down the panicked crowd at once, and it was right to think about it. Even if he really mobilized so many soldiers and horses, he wouldn't be able to resist Zhou Shuicheng so quickly. Even if you can't win, at least you can escape.

Ji Zhi couldn't help frowning when he saw the ministers panicking. He paced back and forth in the study, and suddenly stopped: "Now there is only the military situation of the Shanrong tribe, and the situation of the Guzhu country and the Lingzhi country is not known to worry about these two small countries, they are not far from us. They have always had a lot of connections with the Shan Jung, and it is easy to mobilize heavy troops. If they form an alliance with the Shanjung, this will be the real disaster. ”

Guo Kui said: "Not bad. Now that the matter has come to the right of urgency, let's form a new army as soon as possible. These nobles were formed into legions, sent to the battlefield, and practiced with the Shanjung tribe, blocking a block, and delaying the attack of Shanjung. As for whether it can be stopped, it depends on the will of God. ”

Ji Zhi: "What do you mean, teacher?" ”

Guo Kui nodded.

His meaning couldn't be clearer, and he didn't need to say much.

Seeing the teacher's attitude, Ji Zhi understood, and immediately said to Sima: "The latest decree was issued: the mountains are in turmoil, and the military situation is critical, so a new army will be formed in advance, and as of sunset tonight, the top thirty-two newly relocated nobles in the city will be promoted to sergeant Sima, and they are ready to recruit other newly relocated nobles as generals, and each Xing Sima is allowed to have a maximum of one hundred newly relocated nobles as generals to form a new army." At least twenty subordinate generals, below this number, remove the position of Xing Sima, and replace it with someone else to lead the army. After dawn tomorrow, the thirty-two Xing Sima led the army into the North Ridge to fight against the Shanjung tribe. This official position is adjusted once a day, and the top 32 of the meritorious service are always appointed as the executive commanders, and all those who fail to meet the requirements will be dismissed. ”

Sima hurriedly said: "Yes, the minister has the order, so I will do it." "Ministers, doctors, and scholars, titles that can only be obtained by the children of tribal nobles. Corporal, the lowest rank of noble officer. Sergeant, penultimate noble officer. Sima, military attache of the leading army.

Sima withdrew from the study and hurried to the barracks, ordering his subordinates to post the latest mission announcements on various places in the walled city.

This latest mission announcement immediately caused a sensation among the players in the walled city. The NPC Grand Chief is about to use troops against the mountains on a large scale