In Tianhao's eyes, the Deer Clan used to be a behemoth. The population of up to 1.5 million people is unassailable, especially when compared to the rock village of a few years ago, as obvious as the mountains and gravel.

Now, the basis of contrast has changed from Rock Village to Thunder Cow Department. Although Tianhao had just taken over the clan power, he relied on the strong military and political forces of the Panshi Leader to quickly solve the internal problems of the clan with an overwhelming advantage, and arranged the construction of villages in various places in just one month...... Such an efficient work efficiency is staggering, and the speed of implementation of various government decrees is amazing, and the entire Lei Niu Department is showing a thriving situation.

Although there was still a gap between the 600,000 people and the 1.5 million Deer Clan, Tianhao thought that this was the best time to make a move against the Deer Clan.

Lu Qingxi ascended to the throne, he did not have such an innate advantage of himself, and it was impossible for the Deer Department to provide him with all-round help. Those aristocrats are intrigued, and no one will give up their own interests to take care of the overall situation.

This will not last long, and the rule will become solid over time. Lu Qingxi is a smart man, in addition to cunning and cruelty, his abilities are stronger than Lu Fengguo in all aspects. In time, the Deer Clan will surely become strong under his leadership.

This is not the result that Tianhao wants to see, so it must be resolved quickly.

Another important factor is the weather, the cold can wear down people's will, as long as the timing of the attack is accurate, the odds of victory will increase exponentially.

The overall strategic plan is a three-step process.

First of all, Lu Qingxi will take the initiative to send the agreed 500,000 people according to Tianhao's request. The 50,000 people required to be handed over from the various branches are only the first part, and as for the remaining 300,000, Tianhao plans to take it himself.

An agreement is an agreement, who told you that if you make an agreement, you must follow your arrangement, waiting for you to send me the population that has been discussed in advance? Lao Tzu is in a good mood today, can't he take it himself?

The army of the Thunder Horn Department is extremely combative, and coupled with the heavy artillery developed by Jeju Island, Tianhao is sure to take Broken Horn City.

There needs to be stability within the group, as many as 200,000 Deer prisoners of war need time to convert, and the storehouse has a lot of food, but it can't meet the higher demand beyond the upper limit.

As in the last war against the Pigs, Tianhao needs help from other kinds.

The main sect of Mishui City brought 50,000 people. The two sides have cooperated many times, and his trust in Tianhao is unreserved.

The Bison Patriarch brought 110,000 soldiers, the number that Tianhao had requested in his letter. Zongyu's trust comes from Zonggu, they are cousins, and Zongguang has been helped by Tianhao when he completed the promotion ceremony of the city lord in Black Corner City, and Zongyu has long regarded Tianhao as his own.

Although Yuan Meng is also the patriarch, he does not have the courage of the sect, and another reason is that the grain reserves are not much, he is careful and calculates, and feels that things should not be as reliable as said in the letter, so he temporarily reduced the expedition by half to 50,000.

The terrain of Broken Corner City is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Yuan Meng went there when he was young, and he has a clear understanding of this fortress...... But who would have thought that such a strong fortress would be captured by a hairy boy, and he used it as a stronghold to drive straight in, and even occupied White Deer City and wiped out the entire White Deer Department.

Joining the army of the Raging Bull Tribe, crossing the border of the Ox Clan, and seeing the black horn banner fluttering on the top of the tower of Broken Horn City, Yuan Meng regretted it at that time.

He knew exactly what that meant.

The young patriarch of the Thunderhorn tribe did not lie, nor did he speak in vain, he did control the situation and firmly grasped the initiative in the war.

Tianhao saw everything in his eyes, and he knew that Yuan Meng's words were half-true. Remorse is certain, sending 50,000 troops has a very different meaning than sending 100,000 troops, which means the right to distribute the spoils of war.

"Let me tell you about the current situation!" Tianhao glanced at Yuan Meng, the patriarch of the Raging Bull Clan, who was sitting opposite, and gave him a comforting cheap smile: "The main force of the White Deer Clan has been completely annihilated by me, and the scattered villages have almost been swept away, leaving only some remote places to consider for the time being. Now, in addition to the main clan, the Buck Clan, there are still four tribes left: Buck Deer, Xuan Deer, Green Deer and Yan Deer. ”

"The bucks are the main family, with a total population of more than 600,000. The previous deer king is funeral, and the new king who is now succeeded is from the Stag Department. From this point of view, the status of the Bucks Division will be further improved, and it is very likely that it will surpass the Bucks Division, or merge with the Bucks Division. ”

"As for the three tribes of Xuanlu, Qinglu and Yanlu, their patriarch previously hunted with the deer king and died under the siege of wolves, and the successor's control over the clan was insufficient, coupled with the new deer king's requirement that they hand over the clansmen, resulting in a serious decline in strength, both in terms of strength and population, only half of the previous one, that is, 50,000 to 60,000 people."

Hearing this, Yuan Meng couldn't help but gasp. He looked at Tianhao with a shrewd gaze and asked tentatively, "Ah Hao, are you sure that this information is okay?" ”

Tianhao smiled and nodded slightly: "I have sent someone to confirm it several times, and it is absolutely true." ”

"Then there's nothing to say." Yuan Meng rolled up the sleeves of his clothes, stroked a handful of gray hair, and said excitedly: "Let's concentrate our forces and fight the stag department first." ”

Zongyu also echoed: "I also have this opinion, let's destroy the Buck Department first." ”

The people who can be the patriarch are very smart, not to mention that the northern barbarians have been fighting for many years, whether it is Yuan Meng or Zongyu, they are all people in their fifties, they are experienced and sophisticated, and they can see the key to the problem at a glance.

The three armies of Lei Niu, Mad Bull, and Bison combined this time, with a total strength of more than 400,000 on paper.

Tianhao sent troops the earliest, because he wanted to control the occupied area, Broken Horn City, White Deer City, and the surrounding villages, and at least 100,000 garrisons had to be left. In addition, he had to send 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers to clear the surrounding area, plunder the population and supplies, and take them to Rock City...... Cumulatively, he currently has only 40,000 mobile troops at his disposal.

This is not the "hit and run" battle plan against the pig people last time.

The strength of the Bucks Department is strong, and Bucks City is very strong after years of operation, this is an extremely difficult hard bone to gnaw, instead of taking the initiative to rush up and hit the head and break the blood, it is better to target the surrounding branches first and cut its wings.

The strength of Xuanlu, Qinglu and Yanlu has been greatly reduced, and the scale of a single tribe of about 50,000 people is difficult to pose a threat to the huge Niu clan. Of course, these three pieces of meat must be eaten, but not now, the order of eating must be placed after the annihilation of the stag department.

The 300,000-strong Buck Department is not big, but it is not small.

The current available strength of the Niu Clan Alliance is very large: 110,000 under the direct jurisdiction of the Zongyu, 50,000 under the direct jurisdiction of Zonggu, 50,000 under the direct jurisdiction of Yuan Meng, and 40,000 under the direct jurisdiction of Tianhao, for a total of 250,000.

Tianhao made a detailed analysis of them in the letter, saying that the "hard bone" of attacking Broken Corner City would be gnawed by himself, and the loss of the early battle would also be borne by the Thunder Bull Department alone, and the next battle would be very smooth, and the Wild Bull Department and the Bison Department could easily win.

"I won't participate in the battle of the Buck Tribe, the army of the Thunder Cow Department only patrols the periphery of the battlefield, and by the way, they help capture the fleeing Deer Clan. Of course, as agreed in advance, I do not participate in the distribution of prisoners of war to the Stag Division. Tianhao's eyes were blazing, and he scanned the audience: "I only hope that the three of you can keep their promise and give me enough food." ”

Zong Yu and Yuan Meng glanced at each other, and saw satisfaction and understanding in each other's eyes.

After all, Zonggu is only the city lord, and his identity is also under the sect domain, the only thing he can do is to try to persuade the sect domain before this...... Now it seems that the situation is moving in the expected direction.

"You have to keep your promises, and you must do what you promised." Zong Yu, the king of bison, looked at Tianhao with a smile: "You captured Broken Horn City and pulled out the nails between the Niu clan and the deer clan. Ah Hao, I have to thank you, if you hadn't rushed to the front, we wouldn't be able to sit in White Deer City and talk about the next battle now. Rest assured! I will definitely deliver the promised food to Thunderhorn City on time. Hahahaha, being able to go back with hundreds of thousands of captives in the winter, it's the first time in my life that I've encountered such a good thing. ”

Yuan Meng was a little stupid, he felt deep remorse again, and he also wanted to make up for the loss this time as much as possible: "Ah Hao, let's form an alliance!" ”

An imperceptible smile flashed in the depths of Tianhao's eyes, and he readily agreed: "Okay, I also have this intention." ”

"And me." Zong Yu laughed and said, "What, are you going to throw me aside and leave me alone?" ”

Yuan Meng's temperament was lively, he grabbed Zongyu's hand, then grabbed Tianhao's arm, stacked the palms of the three of them and held them together, and then bit the index finger of his right hand hard, with a solemn expression, smearing the blood on the back of his exposed palm.

The sugune is only the lord of the city, and cannot join the covenant at the patriarch level. But this did not prevent the alliance he had made with Tianhao before, and now with the endorsement of the more senior patriarch Niu Zongyu, the relationship between them has become more stable.

"I, the mad cow patriarch Niu Yuanmeng."

"I, the Bison Patriarch Niu Sect."

"I, Thunder Cow Patriarch Niu Tianhao."

From here, the three of them recite the same prayer together.

"We swear and ask the gods to bear witness that from this day onwards, we will face our enemies together, share food together, and we will face and protect each other together, whether we are poor, rich, happy, or sad."

……

Two weeks later, the territory of the Deer Clan, a mountain col about six kilometers southeast of White Deer City.

There was no light, and it was pitch black all around, ensuring the maximum secrecy.

The col itself is very ordinary, all Tianhao did was to send someone to build a small room here in advance, use the stone walls piled up around it to block the fire, and set up sentinels on the top of the mountain to turn this place into his own private place.

Lu Qingxi was not accompanied by guards, he walked into the room, the door was closed from the outside, and when his eyes touched Tianhao, who was sitting on the wooden pier, he felt a special temperament that was different.

It is a nobility that cannot be described in words.

This feeling was so clear that it stimulated the anger that had been suppressed in Lu Qingxi's heart for a long time to rise again. Anger flowed through him, his eyes widened suddenly, and he let out a low roar from the depths of his throat, and pounced desperately.

Even a strong warrior can't get any advantage in front of Tianhao, and his body, which has been strengthened many times, is more than enough to deal with this kind of attack. Tianhao dodged to avoid Lu Qingxi's fist, quickly circled behind him, clasped the opponent's shoulder with his left hand and twisted it backwards, and opened the five fingers of his right hand, firmly locking his throat.

"I can kill you right now." Tian Hao condescended, with a ruthless arrogance, and pressed Lu Qingxi hard against the wooden pier, as if the executioner was thinking about whether he should cut off his head.

“…… You...... You're a goddamn liar! Although Lu Qingxi was suppressed, he could still let out an extremely unwilling roar: "You promised me to become the king of the Deer Clan, why did you send troops?" Why take what belongs to me? ”

The battle against the Stag Division ended a week ago. More than 200,000 powerful Niu clan troops continued to storm fiercely, and the city of Stag held out for four days before Kaicheng surrendered.

There was no suspense in everything, everyone in the city was taken as prisoners of war to the two departments of the mad bull and the bison, except for the food that had to be consumed on the road, all the rest of the materials belonged to Tianhao, and all of them were transported to Bailu City.

The berserk part to 100,000 prisoners of war, and the bison part to 200,000. Both Yuan Meng and Zongyu were satisfied with such a result. They offered to leave 20,000 soldiers each behind to assist in guarding White Deer City. Of course, the time is not infinite, only three months.

In Tianhao's opinion, this is enough. He freed up 40,000 mobile troops to attack the three tribes of Yanlu, Xuanlu and Qinglu, and defeated them with a powerful and fierce attack, capturing more than 60,000 people, all of whom were sent to Broken Horn City.

The news of the Ox Clan's large-scale attack spread quickly throughout the Deer Clan's territory. The remnants of the three populations and armies retreated to Bucks, triggering a new round of panic.

Because of the different internal systems and combat readiness of the clan, the response of the Deer army was slow, coupled with the hesitation of the national teacher Wujiao on the two issues of "attack" and "defense", the dispatch time was delayed for four days, and the impact of the rout of the army and refugees in each branch led to the overall chaos of the Bucks Division.

Lu Qingxi repeatedly sent people to ask for a meeting, and after thinking about it for a long time, Tianhao agreed to his request.

"What do you mean by something that belongs to you?" Tian Hao let out a disdainful snort from his nostrils: "Don't forget, you are only the king of the stag, and the current throne was obtained with my help." You are not the son of Lu Fengguo, and you have no direct blood relationship with him. ”

"Why are you attacking the Stag Division?" Lu Qingxi clenched his teeth tightly and made a "squeaky" grinding sound, and he trembled all over because of pain and remorse: "That's mine...... It is the inheritance that my father has left to me. ”

"You should send someone to investigate before you say that." Tianhao's indifferent face was comparable to a rock: "It was done by the Raging Bull Department and the Bison Department, and it has nothing to do with me." ”