Facing the unanimous opinion of his subordinates, the resolute Mu Tuorong quickly showed a firm expression on his face, and ordered with a murderous expression: "Since this is the case, then send troops to sweep away Linjiang Town and avenge the warriors who died in battle..."

In fact, the remuneration for the warriors who died in battle is indeed an important reason for Mu Tuorong to send troops, but it is not the ultimate goal.

The most important reason why he urgently sent people to search after the partial division lost contact with him was for the large amount of food in the hands of the partial division.

The barbarians themselves do not produce, although there are also some Terran slaves who are cultivating for them, but after all, they are only a minority, and they cannot meet the survival needs of the barbarians.

One of the most important reasons for going south this time is to raise enough food and other daily necessities in the territory of the Terrans to cope with the coming winter.

Although the main force has looted and plundered countless grains and people from all over the country, those are all upper tribes and a number of middle tribes, and only a handful can really be divided into the hands of the Mu Tuorong tribesmen.

Therefore, in order to let my people survive this winter and live better. In addition to completing the looting and plundering tasks assigned to them by the superior clan, his own tribe must also loot and loot more food and daily necessities for the sake of his own clan.

And the partial division, their main task is to raise supplies for the tribe to survive the winter, for the sake of safety, Mu Tuorong also sent a standing army of 1,000 people, but he didn't expect something to happen.

In the last contact with the partial master, Mu Tuorong learned that they had stored a large amount of grain, which was more than enough to support their tens of thousands of people for the winter.

Therefore, when he learned that his partial division might be wiped out, but he did not find the hoarded grain, Mu Tuorong's first thought was to take back the grain.

Because these grains are related to whether their own people can survive this winter, and whether their people can continue to grow and develop.

Therefore, the temptation to take back the grain is significantly greater than revenge.

......

Linjiang Town.

In the past few days, Ye Qing has been nesting in the barracks to train soldiers in the use and maintenance of green crossbows, although Ye Qing is also on paper, but in the end he knows more than these guys who have never seen crossbows.

After a few days of emergency training, the 2,000 soldiers who had been carefully screened were already able to skillfully use the green crossbow, and with a set of formations that were not yet very proficient, they were already able to barely play the role of the crossbow.

After the special training, Ye Qing dared to leave the barracks, and saw Li Xin, who was on duty this week in charge of the security of Linjiang Town, hurriedly walking.

didn't have time to take a breath, and said eagerly to Ye Qing: "My lord, I finally found you... I just went to the Lord's Mansion and found out that you were still in the barracks, but luckily I was in a hurry and blocked you in the barracks..."

"Looking for me in such a hurry, is there something wrong......" Seeing the beads of sweat that kept flowing from Li Xin's forehead because of his anxiety, Ye Qing hurriedly asked.

"It's an accident....and it's a big deal..."Ye Qing replied without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing the puzzled expression on Ye Qing's face, Li Xin hurriedly reported: "Just now, the army in charge of the security and defense of the perimeter of Linjiang Town sent someone back to report, and the barbarians should have found out that we had eliminated many of their elite scouts, and sent hundreds of cavalry to attack the perimeter guards yesterday afternoon......

"As a result of the battle, did you stop the attack of the barbarian cavalry..."

Li Xin replied: "Not only blocked, but also won....The outpost soldiers used the green crossbow." With just one round of shooting, the barbarians left dozens of corpses behind and retreated in disarray..."

"The remaining barbarians, because they did not know the truth of our army, gave up and continued the attack. However, as they retreated, they still left soldiers around to watch our every move. ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhengchang breathed a sigh of relief, and a bitter smile immediately appeared on his face.

As early as when he successfully eliminated the barbarian cavalry of more than five hundred people, Ye Qing was already prepared for the possible retaliation of the barbarians, especially after successfully rescuing Linjiang Town.

Therefore, after taking over Linjiang Town, when he came out to do government affairs and expand the army, Ye Qing grasped the most strict urban defense transformation for Linjiang Town.

In Ye Qing's plan, Linjiang Town will be a key battlefield to resist the revenge of the barbarians.

According to the construction period, the renovation of the city wall is only three-quarters completed, but fortunately, the main part has been completed and can effectively resist the attacks of some barbarians.

"My lord, what should I do next..."

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the ......earth," Ye Qing said without thinking about it.

"Li Xin, how is the training of the newly recruited soldiers, can they help when fighting?"

"My lord, after this period of training, although these recruits can't go to the battlefield yet, they can still assist in defending the city, fighting a tailwind battle, and doing a small favor. “

"By the way, my lord, the latest batch of green crossbows has arrived this morning, and it has been put into storage, plus the previous deliveries, we already have 2,000 green crossbows and 100,000 crossbows and arrows. “

"Really, that's great, the odds are 10% better this time. “

The large amount of equipment of the green crossbow made Ye Qing's psychology breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he had more expectations for the battle with the barbarians.

The next day, Ye Qing summoned all the officers in Linjiang Town, made a series of arrangements for the impending retaliatory attack, and recalled all the defense forces outside the city, leaving the elite scout troops to monitor the movements of the barbarians.

The entire town of Linjiang is making final preparations for the upcoming big war, but I'm afraid no one thought that this war would start with a team of scouts.

......

Wang Feng is a member of the old garrison of Dongjiang Town, and he has also been on the battlefield and fought against the barbarians. I don't know why I ran to Dongjiang Town to serve as an inconspicuous garrison.

Wang Feng's martial arts are good, and in the entire Ye army, he is not inferior to the existence of several commanders, especially good at cavalry, and was promoted to the captain of the scout after the expansion of the army, with nearly two hundred elite soldiers under him as scouts, and is one of the senior generals under Ye Qing.

In this battle, the strong wall was cleared outside Linjiang Town, but for the sake of safety, Ye Qing still sent all the scouts in his hands to monitor the movements of the barbarians.

As the captain of the scout, Wang Feng volunteered to lead the team to investigate.

Sure enough, on the morning of the third day, Wang Feng received bad news that barbarian cavalry had appeared a hundred miles away, and the number was about five hundred, more than twice as many as them.

It is only a few hundred miles away from Linjiang Town, and the cavalry can reach it in two days at the latest, but at this time, Linjiang Town is in full swing to arrange the newly conceived plan of the lord to defend the city, and it cannot be disturbed, so Wang Feng decided to concentrate the elite scouts in his hands to find a strong terrain to snipe the barbarian vanguard and block the barbarian's marching speed.

As soon as he thought of it, Wang Feng immediately sent heralds to gather the scattered scouts, and finally found an ideal sniper location in the afternoon.

This is a valley with steep cliffs and a crescent-shaped valley, although the valley is full of boulders and large numbers, but the entrance and exit are very narrow, as long as you hold this valley pass, you can effectively resist the enemy's attack.

And this valley is the only way to pass through this place.

Wang Feng himself has the experience of the other party's barbarians, coupled with Ye Qing's teaching in the past few months, he already knows how to use the things around him to help him fight.

I saw that the scouts began to carry hundreds of pounds of boulders as barrier stones, arranged several obstacles, and several soldiers sprinkled tribulus thorns around, these were all effective methods for the opposing cavalry taught by Ye Qing.

Tribulus terrestris is an iron core with four sharp long thorns, sprinkled on the ground, there is always a thorn facing up, and it is simple to make and very cost-effective.

Afterwards, they dug numerous traps and filled them with sharpened wooden stakes. The stakes were cut from nearby hills.

After a busy afternoon, Wang Feng's fortifications were finally completed, the sky was already dark, the bright moon was not yet complete, and the stars were hidden in a faint mist.

Several soldiers climbed up the hill to stand guard, while the others checked their own weapons and equipment.

As one of the elites of the whole army, the scouts were equipped with green crossbows early. In Ye Qing's teaching, the crossbow is one of the most important weapons for the other barbarian.

Wang Feng and the others obviously came with the preparation this time, each of them carried five arrows, one pot of arrows twenty, five pots is a hundred arrows, more than two hundred scouts are more than twenty thousand arrows, the other party's small group of barbarians, is enough to use.

......

In the darkness, the dense barbarian cavalry rushed towards the valley like a pack of wolves, and the barbarian cavalry missed the camp because of its eagerness to hurry, and now had to speed up its journey, hoping to reach the next camping spot as soon as possible.

"Hurry up, hurry up for me!"

With the roar of the leading officer, the barbarian cavalry did not have time to reconnoitre, and rushed towards the valley like a violent wind, but soon, they were in trouble, many horses guessed the thistle thorns on the ground, and the wounded horses neighed to the end, and the cavalry on the horses were driven out heavily, and the screams were continuous.

"Enemy attack!!"

The sudden change caused the barbarian cavalry to immediately slow down their horses, and began to curse in a low voice, carefully making defensive movements.

However, this did not attract the attention of this group of barbarians, since the invasion of the Terrans, such attacks have been encountered frequently, after all, the Terrans have never lacked bloody people, but those attacks were easily crushed by them.

The constant victories had cultivated their arrogance, and it seemed to them that this attack would be the same as before, and with a single charge, the attackers would break up, adding to their southern raids.

But what they didn't know was that in the valley, the Ye soldiers were already waiting for them, hundreds of soldiers with crossbows and arrows to guard the valley mouth, and other soldiers climbed two steep stone walls, ready to attack the enemy from the side.