Who would have thought that the Ox warriors armed with swords and shields were equipped with crossbows on the front of their arms, and when they opened their shields and slashed with their knives, their left hands could fire deadly arrows.

This is a new tactic developed by Tianhao based on the experience of the civilization era. The elaborate hand crossbow differs from the longbow in that it requires an extremely skilled blacksmith and a spring made of special steel that has been quenched several times. Throughout the north of the continent, only the Niu clan has such a process, and the manufacturing cost is extremely expensive, but Tianhao's concept is so clear———— only the soldiers who survive from the battlefield are the best warriors.

The Rock City Warband's hand crossbow armament rate is not high, about 30 percent. This is due to the fact that the musket is about to be fully operational, and there is no need to increase the material consumption in terms of hand crossbows. If it weren't for the high-level of the Niu clan asking about the source of gunpowder, Tianhao would have already equipped the musket with the entire army of the Lei Niu Division.

"Lay down your arms, surrender or kill!"

"Kneel on the ground for me, and don't get up without orders."

"Let's all go over, get together, whoever dares to mess around, I'll kill whoever I want!"

These fierce shouts were terrifying, and the survival instinct caused the immigrants of the Yanlu tribe to flee in all directions. They soon found out that this was a self-defeating road, and tall Niu clan warriors appeared one after another on the surrounding hills, slopes, and in the depths of the seemingly safe dense forest. They caught the runaways, cut off their heads, and shot the fast ones with their crossbow arrows.

At the back end of the procession, there was also an army of the Ox Clan, as many as a thousand people, they sealed the road into the mountain, the surface of the deep snow was full of human heads, blood splashed on the ground, melting the snow, and the rest of the people were shocked on the spot, and they knelt down one after another, raising their hands high, waiting in horror and fear for these fierce warriors to decide their fate.

This place is located just between Buck City and Yanlu City, and it is impossible for either side to send reinforcements in a short period of time. Flame Fang was pleased with the outcome of his first mission, and the ambush worked well, killing more than a thousand Deer convoys, about 500 Deer civilians, and a few escaped from the encirclement...... According to the final statistics, more than 50,000 Yanlu civilians were collected and surrendered.

The clean-up and counting work was carried out on the move, and the entire emigrant brigade turned to the north. The deer people will never know that the mountains and mountains that should have been natural hazards and separated the cattle and deer tribes from each other don't know when a gap of more than twenty meters wide appeared. It is very cleverly disguised, usually covered with gravel and tree branches, and piled up with snow in winter, so that there is not the slightest flaw on the surface, but it only takes more than a hundred people to quickly clear all kinds of obstacles and open the way between the cattle and the deer.

Explosives are a good thing, the key is to use them in the right place.

When passing through the gap in the mountains, the captured deer people were completely stunned.

"I've been here, and I remember it very well, there was no such pass."

"I swear to the gods that there has been no such path since the time of my grandfather's grandfather."

"That's how the Ox people came over......"

Yanya ordered a large army to go to Rock City with 50,000 deer prisoners of war, and he took 2,000 elite warriors to take charge of the rearguard, cleaning the battlefield by the way, and removing all kinds of remaining traces.

The pass, which was fried with nitroglycerin, will still work and will have to be covered again with gravel and branches, plus snow. It's actually easy, just fill the gap with damp dirt. By the following spring, it will be occupied by lush vegetation.

All the work was done, and looking at Yamaguchi, who was almost indistinguishable from when he came, Yanya exhaled in satisfaction.

He was filled with reverence for the young King of Thunderhorn.

Sure enough, he is a wise king, and he is worthy of the goal that I must follow. Capture 50,000 deer people at one time, and your own casualties are so light that they can almost be counted.

It was His Highness who told me to pass through the mountains in this way.

It was His Highness who told me that I should set up an ambush here.

It was His Highness who told me that there was a large group of deer immigrants passing through here.

He counted everything, he knew everything.

Long live the gods, long live my king!

……

Rock City has once again ushered in a massive crowd.

50,000 Yanlu Division, more than 48,000 Xuanlu Division, 50,000 Qinglu Division, and 50,000 Bailu Division...... Comprehensively calculated, four different battlefields, four carefully calculated ambushes, the Thunder Bull Division reaped rich results at an extremely small cost.

The northern barbarians are physically strong, and they can survive most harsh environments as long as they are fed. In order to ensure the smooth operation of the battle and the speed of the later march, the baggage team carried a large amount of "C rations" unique to Rock City. Fishmeal and bone residue plus coarse noodles make it difficult to swallow without water, but even so, as many as 200,000 deer captives still find it a rare delicacy.

The distance between hardship and happiness is the contrast. Taking the people of the Yanlu tribe as an example, since they received the order of the king of Yanlu to prepare for the whole family to move to Bucks City, they have experienced bullying and oppression from the middle and lower level of their own clan officials. The property was taken away, the wife and daughter were occupied, if you dare to resist, first arrest and beat him, no matter if you are dying or half-dead, you will be directly charged into the immigration team, and you must specially explain to the soldiers under supervision before departure———— you are not allowed to give this guy food for the first two days, starve him for a few days, and let him understand what it is like to dare to go against Uncle Ben.

To tell the truth, in the eyes of the deer immigrants, these Niu people who set up an ambush and caught them on the way are much better than their own officials. Although they will also beat and scold the guys who do not obey the management, they will not do anything to the women, and there has never been anything like bullying and abuse along the way. They are very disciplined, as long as they obey orders, go when it is time to go, and rest honestly when they should rest, they will not speak ill of each other, and will even distribute that delicious ration at a fixed time every day.

From the elderly to the children, everyone can be fed, and food rations are never reduced or not distributed at all because of gender, age, physical strength and other factors. These brave cattle people will even treat them differently, and the old, weak, sick and disabled can get a small amount of oil...... In the cold winter season, that kind of thing is no less than a treasure in the eyes of the barbarians. A large piece of yellowish fang-toothed pig fat with a little salt residue on the surface. The Ox warriors used their knives to slice the pickled lumps of lard and distribute them to those who needed it most.

They would even take the children from the hands of frail women and the elderly, and carry them on their backs so that they would not fall behind the line because they were walking too slowly.

These things part-time are unexpected.

The deer captives thought they were dead, and the days to come were either to face death soon, or to suffer in agony. The facts made them suspicious, and even had an unacceptable sense of confusion about reality. It seems that the direction of migration was not Buck City from the beginning, but Rock City, which is located in the territory of the Ox Clan.

In two days, the huge team of deer prisoners of war completed the reorganization in Rock City. Here they enjoyed the warm houses, the delicious fish soup, the refreshing radish kimchi, and the real wheat flour cakes that were not adulterated to make fake.

Food always makes people yearn for the future life, which in turn stimulates a stronger desire to work.

There were no frightening beatings and curses, no whips and clubs. When the grassroots workers walked into the group of prisoners of war and numbered each person according to their household registration, the captured deer people were stunned to find that they were all women.

An old woman of the Deer Clan looked at the young woman who was squatting in front of her and registering her name in a small notebook, and asked curiously: "The rules of your Niu Clan are really strange, why are women doing all these things, where are your men?" ”

"They've got to do the hard work." The woman made a good record, raised her head, and smiled proudly: "Our king said that men and women have their own jobs in the division of labor. They fought outside, went to the fields to farm, went to the sea to fish, and the home was handed over to us, so that everyone had their own place. ”

The old woman didn't know much about these things, but she just thought they were fresh. She looked at the horn embroidered on the sleeve of the woman's left arm and asked uncertainly, "...... Are you an official? Is it the head of the ten? ”

The woman followed her line of sight and looked down at her left arm, smiled, and nodded, "My name is Ah Zhi, and I will take care of your team in the future." ”

The old woman had a deep resentment towards the officials, her face changed suddenly, thinking of what she had encountered in Yanlu City before, her tone also became fearful and cold, full of deep vigilance: "Arrest us from afar, what do you want to do?" ”

"From now on, you are the Ox Clan." Ah Zhi didn't explain, she smoothed the long hair around her ear, stood up, and said to the people gathered around the old woman, "Put away the wooden cards issued to you, only that can prove your identity, and the distribution of food in the future will be based on that." Also, follow the method I gave you earlier, and memorize the numbers on the wooden cards. In this way, if someone accidentally loses it, it won't be too much trouble to replace it. ”

A middle-aged man straightened up, raised his hand and pointed at the old woman, and boldly asked, "You haven't answered her question yet." ”

"Tomorrow I will take you to a stockade in the north." Ah Zhi didn't hide it, she said bluntly: "The road is a bit far, and it will take eleven days." By the king's command, you will make your home there. ”

These words immediately sparked a discussion in the crowd.

"Eleven days, so far?"

"The territory of the Niu people is already remote enough, why do you have to go so far north?"

"You can't be deliberately lying to us, right?"

“…… There seems to be nothing in that kind of place to the north. I heard from the elders of the previous generations that it was all ice and sea ......"

In the face of the chaotic crowd, Ah Zhi issued a majestic order: "Give me silence." ”

War and death have taught the deer people what it means to be "obedient". Although she was a woman, she had a special quality that could not be described in words, and it was terrifying, especially when there were heavily armed cattle soldiers patrolling nearby.

"I hope you're in your place." Although Ah Zhi is not very old, he has received administrative training from the head of the Ten Leaders of the Rock Collar, and was personally commended by Tianhao for his excellent results in ranking sixth. She swept over the people in front of her with a serious gaze: "If you don't want to stay, you can leave now, no one will stop you." ”

It was so unexpected.

The silent people whispered again.

"Did I hear me right, so you can go?"

"Did you deliberately trick us?"

"What does she mean?"

Ah Zhi smiled faintly, she coughed and cleared her throat, and suppressed the whisper at a volume higher than everyone else: "Why should I lie to you? If you want to go, you can go now, and I can get the gate guards to let you go. But have you ever thought about where you can go? ”

"You don't have a home in Yanlu City anymore. All your possessions have been confiscated and you must walk to Stag City to live. The road was so far, there was no food, no clothes, not even a place to rest. ”

The cacophony was quiet again.

After a few seconds, a man huddled in a corner shouted indignantly, "If you hadn't captured us, we would have been in Bucks City by now." ”

Ah Zhi turned around abruptly and stared at the direction of the voice with a sharp gaze: "That's right, you are from the Deer Clan, and you don't belong to the Niu Clan." But so what? Even if you get to Bucks City, you can get everything you lost? ”

She raised her hand and pointed at the man hiding in the corner: "It's you, stand up for me." ”

Her appearance was fierce and ruthless, her slender fingers were like sharp swords, and the man had no choice but to slowly swallow and get up from the ground, lowering his head, not daring to meet Ah Zhi's angry eyes, so he could only lower his head, clench his teeth, and release the anger in his heart in silence.

"I've seen you." In front of everyone, Ah Zhi was fearless: "Yesterday I did an identity investigation for you, and you told me personally that your wife was robbed by the people of Yanlu City, and they forcibly occupied your house and all your things. You don't have anything but two heterozygous dough and a small piece of salt before you go. ”

With a few simple words, the man suddenly felt that his heart was full of grief, and uncontrollable tears burst out of his eyes.

"I'm going to Bucks City...... Whining...... I...... I want to meet Your Majesty. ”

"I'm going to point the damn on those damn guys, they robbed me of everything."

“…… Why...... I worked hard in the fields, spun cotton and weave cloth at home, and paid my taxes honestly every year, whether it was cloth or grain, I did not pay less than once. I...... I've never wanted to hurt people, and when I meet children on the street who don't have enough to eat, I always give them some food...... The gods bear witness that I have never done anything bad! ”

"Why did you get me into these damn things...... Why...... Why did they rob me of everything? ”

He howled and cried, beating his chest hard, pulling his hair hard, and crying so loudly that he attracted the people around him, three layers inside and three layers outside, and soon gathered into a circle of hundreds of people.

Ah Zhi strode over, picked up his right hand, and slapped the crying man hard.

"What's the use of crying?" Like an enraged lioness, she grabbed the man's shoulders and roared angrily at his reddened ears: "No one will pity you, even if it is useless for you to kneel in front of the deer king." ”