In the summer of Xihua 2, there was a great drought in the world.

Countries have suspended their wars and are busy dealing with the disaster in their homes.

Hwasa is close to the sea and has plenty of fresh water resources, so the situation is relatively better.

However, the disaster situation in various states and counties in Dahua is not optimistic, especially in Yuanzhou, where there are few water resources, and the people complained of hardship during the drought.

In previous years, there were also frequent droughts, and each time the disaster caused serious damage.

At the end of the Dacheng Kingdom, when there was a drought, the government would pay for the purchase and distribute cattle and sheep and other livestock to some of the people in the disaster area, so that they could temporarily move to areas where the drought was not so severe. Of course, so many people in the whole country cannot rely on this method, and sometimes canals will be dug to enhance the ability to drain floods and resist drought.

Digging canals, draining floods and fighting drought, Ning Ze has been doing it for a long time, and when floods appeared in the past, he took precautions.

It's just that this year's drought is particularly severe, and the past disaster prevention measures are not enough.

To this end, Ningze allocated a large amount of funds to carry out the operation of drilling wells to fight drought throughout the country. At the same time, we will continue to dig canals and properly distribute water resources.

On the other hand, a large number of waterwheels were manufactured to facilitate the drawing of water to fight drought.

Ningze's drought-fighting policy has achieved good results, effectively managing the drought situation in China, and the people's will is stable.

When Zhou, Liang, and Nancheng learned of this, they sent envoys to Dahua to learn the scriptures.

Although the four kingdoms attacked each other and fought for each other, the people were innocent.

As the people suffer from drought today, the three countries hope that Dahua will take the people as the mind and share the experience of disaster relief.

Liu Yuanxiang, as the Empress of Dahua, said to the civil and military officials: "The people of the world are all my people! ”

Ning Ze agreed, and this was also an opportunity for Liu Yuanxiang to further enhance his fame.

Therefore, he passed on all the experience of drought resistance to the envoys of the three countries and brought them back to China.

It is mainly more modern drilling experience and waterwheel production methods.

Dahua shared the experience of drought control, and the three countries of Zhou, Liang and Nancheng successfully suppressed the drought through their efforts.

The people of the world praised the Empress Dahua for her incomparable benevolence and virtue, and many people went to Dahua territory.

Locusts will come out of a long drought.

In order to prevent the appearance of such a terrible locust plague before, during the drought control period in Ningze, he ordered the local government to actively exterminate locusts of any scale, strive to eliminate locust eggs, and speed up the excavation of wasteland, first, to expand farming, and second, to reduce the living space of locusts and insect eggs.

In the autumn of the second year of Xihua, the drought was successfully carried out, and the locust plague did not occur.

Countries have weathered the drought period and ushered in the autumn harvest.

The armor was complete, and the military rations were sufficient, so they were ready to move.

Ma Jian sent troops to the west, preparing to attack the two barbarian tribes of Zhu and Hadiwu.

After all, they are loyal to Lu Cong, and they may send troops to attack and harass at any time.

Having already won Shanshan, Lihu, and Tuyu, if Chaos and Hadiu are conquered, they will have no worries, and they can fight with Lu Cong with all their might, and even get the strength of the five barbarians and convert them into their own advantages.

Lu Cong obviously couldn't let him succeed, so he sent troops south to attack Qiangyang.

Halfway through the hike, the horse immediately turned around and hurried back when he heard about it.

Qiangyang is extremely important and cannot be missed.

The armies of Ma Jian and Lu Cong confronted Qiangyang again and fought each other.

Tang Niu wanted to send troops to the south to attack Miliang.

Strategist Li Pei suggested: "In the north of our country, there are still two major barbarian tribes, Puduo and Di, who obey Lu Cong's orders, and they should be the first to attack them! Only when the rear is stable can they go south with peace of mind! Moreover, to conquer the Puduo and Di tribes, they can go east to serve as beams and open up roads. ”

Tang Niu thought about it carefully and felt that there was some truth.

So he personally set out on an expedition, first marching in the direction of the Puduo.

Lu Cong sent Zhou Hao north to attack Xia Cheng, wanting to force Tang Niu to give up attacking Puduo.

Mei Xu sat in Xia Cheng to block Zhou Hao.

There is a desert between the Zhou State and the Puduo people, and Tang Niu's soldiers and horses entered this area, and thousands of soldiers died in extreme conditions.

Puduo's soldiers and horses attacked, and were defeated by Tang Niu continuously, and several generals were killed.

The leader, Xi Lifu, was afraid of Tang Niu, so he voluntarily surrendered and swore allegiance.

Tang Niu subdued Puduo, collected his soldiers and horses, and with the help of the Puduo tribe's familiarity with the terrain, he crossed another desert to the east and arrived at the territory of the Di tribe.

The Di people live in mountainous areas with lush vegetation and complex terrain.

When the Tang Niu army arrived nearby, they found a suitable place to set up camp and sent scouts to explore the hiding place of the Di tribe.

During the night's rest, there was a sudden chaos in the camp.

Countless poisonous snakes scurried around the barracks, and a large number of soldiers were bitten while they were asleep, and the wounds were swollen and the surroundings turned black.

Tang Niu hurriedly led his troops out of the camp and ordered military doctors to treat the wounded.

However, the military doctors were helpless, and by the next day, they found that at least 1,000 people had died from the mouths of poisonous snakes, and they could not survive until dawn.

It is impossible for a wild viper to be so orderly and appear in the barracks at the same time and attack its own army.

Strategist Li Pei said: "I heard that the Di tribe is good at taming beasts, presumably it was a surprise attack by the enemy army yesterday!"

Tang Niu frowned: "The Di clan drove poisonous snakes to attack the camp, and it is impossible to prevent it." I didn't see anyone, our army suffered heavy casualties, how to deal with it?"

Li Pei replied: "The minister knows a kind of wild grass, which burns with smoke and smells very strong, which can repel snakes, insects, rats and ants. ”

"Give you a thousand soldiers, collect them as soon as possible!"

"Whoa!"

Li Pei led the troops to pick a large amount of wild grass and set it on fire around the barracks, and sure enough, snakes, insects, rats and ants did not dare to approach.

He said to Tang Niu again: "The Di people are good at resisting beasts, and they are easy to hide in the mountains and forests, and they can't be prevented. His Majesty can order soldiers to cut down trees and build walls to defend against wild beasts. When the scouts find the residence of the Di tribe, they can be wiped out in one fell swoop!"

Tang Niu followed Li Pei's suggestion and ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and build a high wall around the barracks.

At the same time, the patrol force was strengthened and the entrance to the camp was closed.

That night, the Di tribe appeared.

The poisonous snake was afraid of the strong smell of tobacco and did not dare to approach the barracks, so it released the tamed wolves and launched an attack on the Tangniu barracks.

Thanks to the high wall, the wolves could only attack from the direction of the gate.

The patrol soldiers closed the gate and sounded gongs and drums.

Tang Niu's army rushed to the entrance one after another, climbed the wall to defend, and the archers shot the wolves back.

The did not take advantage of it, and whistled in the dark to call away the wolves, and did not appear again until dawn.

For several days, the Di Clan launched attacks in the middle of the night, taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain and their super high beast control ability to harass.

Although Tang Niujun relied on the wooden wall to block the attacks again and again, he was also mentally exhausted, and it was quite tiring to defend all night.

Finally, after holding out for about seven days, after losing nine scouts, he successfully got the hiding place of the Di tribe.

Tang Niu immediately led his troops to set off.

Halfway through, a tiger roar was suddenly heard, which frightened the horse.

A group of Di soldiers appeared in front of them, each with a poisonous snake in their hands, and the leader led by a fierce tiger, and it was its voice that roared.

The generals on Tang Niu's side pulled the reins desperately, and could only barely ensure that the war horses stayed in place, but they kept spinning because of fear and just wanted to leave.

The fear of the tiger made it difficult for the mount to control.

After so many days, when he finally saw the Di tribe appear, Tang Niu struggled to control the war horse under his crotch, and shouted at the other party: "I am the emperor of the Great Zhou, why don't you kneel down to greet the barbarians?"

The leading general of the Di tribe responded disdainfully: "It doesn't matter who you are, if you don't want to die, leave quickly!"

"Bold! How dare you be so rude to me!" Tang Niu glared angrily and wanted to ride forward, but the mount refused to listen to the order out of fear.

The other party's general laughed: "I heard that Your Excellency has the reputation of the world's number one military general, but now I see it at first sight!"

Tang Niu was furious, since the war horse did not listen to the call, he simply turned over and fell to the ground, and walked forward with a ghost slash in his hand.

"Your Majesty!!" The generals and strategists behind him hurriedly dismounted and caught up with Tang Niu, while looking at the tiger opposite in fear.

"Since you can't wait, let's die here!" The general of the Di tribe gave an order, and the soldiers behind him released poisonous snakes one after another, moving quickly towards Tang Niu's army.

Li Pei hurriedly shouted: "Torch! Quickly use the torch to drive away the poisonous snake, throw the spare tobacco in front and light it." ”

The soldiers hurriedly lit torches and tobacco to block the serpent's path.

The viper did not dare to pass through the torches and smoke, so it stalemate in front.

Seeing this, the Di generals whistled loudly, and there was a sudden movement on the slopes on both sides, and a large number of Di soldiers came out, leading fierce wolves in their hands. After they killed, they directly released the wild wolves, and the wolves quickly rushed towards the Tang Niu Army and launched a fierce attack. The Di soldiers who stayed in the rear each took out their blow arrows and shot the quenched arrows at Tang Niu's army.

"Hold on!" Tang Niu ordered loudly, and the ghost slash rushed towards the general of the Di clan.

Seeing Tang Niu coming head-on, the general of the Di tribe immediately let go and shouted: "Kill him!"

The freed tiger roared and pounced.

Tang Niu rushed towards the tiger, and suddenly leaned back at the moment it pounced, sliding forward by inertia. Dodge the tiger and pounce at the same time, raise the ghost slash and cut through it.

"Plop!" the tiger slammed to the ground, frantically struggling.

Its abdomen was sliced open by the wraith, and blood flowed profusely.

The general of the Di tribe was shocked, and couldn't believe that the most ferocious tiger in his hand was killed by Tang Niu with one move.

At the moment of shock, Tang Niu had already rushed in front of him.

The general of the Di tribe hurriedly drew his scimitar and raised it in front of him to resist Tang Niu's slashing.

With a "clang", the scimitar was split in two, and the ghost slash flashed from top to bottom, and his intuition was cold.

"Poof!" When Tang Niu accepted the recruitment, the general of the Di tribe fell on his back, out of breath.

He couldn't even block Tang Niu's move, and directly lost his life.

Seeing that the general was killed, the soldiers of the Di tribe were not afraid, but were full of blood, and fought to the death with the Tang Niu army.

Although poisonous snakes and wolves assisted, Tang Niu's soldiers were superior in numbers, and a strong general like Tang Niu took the lead in rushing and killing.

The entire Di army was wiped out, and not a single one survived.

Tang Niujun reorganized a little and slaughtered all the way to the place where the Di people lived.

The leader of the Di tribe personally led his troops to resist, making the Tang Niu army pay the price of nearly 10,000 dead and wounded, but in the end it was still unstoppable, and the main force was wiped out by the Tang Niu army.

The leader was killed, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled were left in the clan, and the clan was inevitably wiped out, so they could only declare surrender.

Tang Niu accepted the surrender of the Di tribe and did not kill them all. Because of the beast taming technology of the Di tribe, it opened his eyes. Of all the barbarians, only the Di were the most difficult to fight, and they were the only ones who had suffered such heavy losses on their side.

Leaving these Di tribes, the old, weak, sick and disabled, mainly to obtain animal taming technology and establish a beast army of their own.