The original Barbarian Prince's Mansion was changed into the General's Mansion, for which Zhang Ziping wrote three times, asking Yin Falcon to give up the mansion and change it to the official office of the city.

The Ministry of War ordered Yin Falcon to move, but Yin Falcon directly ignored him.

Later, the above urged him to be anxious, and he simply said that the generals were already used to living, so why bother to move, just let Zhang Ziping find an office location.

After a long time, this matter will be over.

Yin Falcon held a banquet in the mansion and called the generals who were familiar with Ye Yunyang to pick up the wind and wash the dust for him.

During the banquet, both guests and hosts were happy.

After three rounds of drinking, Ye Yunyang asked, "Uncle Yin, I heard that the Nanban region has been attacked by sea beasts many times, what is the situation?"

Yin Falcon put down the cup and spoke eloquently.

Recently, a total of 13 places have been attacked, seven of which were caused by giant octopuses, and no residents have survived, and houses and livestock have been lost.

The military organized manpower to encircle and suppress the beast many times, but they waited for a long time in the settlement, but they had not even seen what the sea beast looked like.

As soon as they retreated, the sea beast would appear, wreaking havoc in a very short time, and by the time the army returned, it had already fled without a trace.

"Why don't you let all the residents move into the city?" asked Liu Yuying with a frown.

Yin Falcon smiled bitterly: "There are millions of residents in Nanban, and the area of the capital city is limited, so it is already overcrowded. Ben Jiang once wrote a letter asking to move into the Han Dynasty, but was refused. ”

Liu Yuying's eyes widened: "It shouldn't be, Grandpa Huang is a visionary person, since he accepts the attachment of the Southern Barbarians, and he already regards the barbarians as the people of the Great Han, how can he refuse?"

This is really unreasonable, the emperor agreed to move the Rong Di people into the Han Dynasty!

Yin Falcon replied: "It is not His Majesty the Emperor's idea, but Prime Minister Li Fuchen! After he was restored to the throne, he began to target the old ministry before Yun Yang, of course I am the first to bear the brunt, and all the suggestions I put forward will be directly rejected by him, and His Majesty the Emperor will not see my recital at all." ”

Liu Yuying said angrily: "This hateful Li Fuchen is obviously an official revenge for personal revenge, and he is careless of human life! In order to suppress you, he even ignores the barbarians, and the imperial grandfather is really right, he has already put him in the prison, just waiting for the final conviction, how can he reinstate him in a daze?"

Yin Falcon said a little helplessly: "Since the ancient seal happened, there has been chaos in the court, and Yun Yang fled, Li Fuchen's previous guilt no longer exists, and in order to stabilize the court situation and the domestic situation, the emperor has no choice but to use him." While this guy is working hard to gain His Majesty's trust, he is secretly attacking us people. ”

Zhang Ziping's previous excerpts that participated in him were all under the instruction of Li Fuchen, if it weren't for the mediation of the crown prince Liu Rong, he, the Southern Barbarian general, would have been removed from his post long ago.

Yin Falcon continued: "Li Fuchen not only rejected my proposal to move the barbarians into the Han Dynasty, but also rejected the proposal to increase the troops, and even suggested that the emperor abandon the Southern Barbarians and transfer the main army back to protect the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, which is simply forcing the barbarians to rebel. ”

Under what circumstances do people choose to rebel, of course, because there is no way to live.

Ignoring the life and death of the barbarians, not letting the barbarians move into the Han Dynasty, not sending troops to reinforcements, and transferring the originally small number of defenders, the barbarians can't feel that the Han is protecting them, so why should they continue to be loyal to the emperor.

This is a poisonous plan, Li Fuchen's purpose is to force the barbarians, once the Nanban is out of the attachment to the Han, he can negate the victory of the previous Nanban War.

To deny the Battle of Nanban is to deny Ye Yunyang's merits.

Yin Falcon didn't think of this, but Ye Yunyang had already thought of it.

It seems that it was a mistake to just send Li Fuchen to the prison last time and not continue to follow up.

However, the situation was urgent at that time, and the news of the ghost-faced horse's arrest would reach Dahan at any time, so he could only choose to flee quickly, and he had no spare time to deal with Li Fuchen.

This old man surnamed Li has a bit of a strong personality, and he failed to put him to death twice in a row.

Zheng Zhiyuan opened his mouth and said, "General Yin, have you sent someone to patrol the beach?"

Yin Falcon nodded: "Yes, but it has little effect, plus heavy losses!"

Looking at the sea from the shore, the sea seems unusually calm, but no one knows when the sea beasts will emerge, and the patrolling soldiers will be turned into corpses before they have time to resist.

Yin Falcon said with a sad expression: "I sent a deputy general of the Gathering God Realm to patrol before, but he didn't come back, and after being attacked, it coincided with the high tide, and when we arrived, the corpses of the soldiers had been swept into the sea, leaving nothing behind. ”

"Giant octopus. Ye Yunyang frowned and asked, "Every time it goes ashore for disaster, does it have any characteristics, such as the choice of time and place, and what do they have in common?"

Yin Falcon shook his head: "No, the time it goes ashore is different every time, but it is mostly in the second half of the night, and there is no rule in the choice of direction...... If there's one thing in common, it's that there is no room for life. ”

What is this commonality, Ye Yunyang continued to inspire everyone: "You all think about it, the monster will not attack without any reason and purpose, right, you didn't find anything strange at the scene?"

The generals pondered for a long time, but it didn't take long for many people to start shaking their heads.

Obviously, they don't find anything strange.

Suddenly, one of the lieutenants sitting at the end of the room said, "I remember, there is one less kind of corpse on the scene!"

The lieutenant general next to him glanced at him and asked, "What corpses are missing?" Human corpses, horse corpses, pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, and so on, all of them are quite a lot. ”

The lieutenant said: "I'm talking about the corpse of a cow, everyone has surveyed the scene, has anyone seen the corpse of a cow?"

Hearing him say this, everyone frowned, and then whispered.

The captain stood up and said loudly: "Wu Yinghou, General Yin, you can be sure that no cow carcasses were found at the scene, and even cow hair has not been seen!"

On the coastal areas of Nanban, although fishing is the main mode of subsistence, the inhabitants also pay great attention to animal husbandry and farming, and the most common animals in their livestock pens are buffalo and goats.

Someone chimed in: "That's right, I haven't seen a cow carcass, and there are only dead sheep in the collapsed barn!"

Ye Yunyang smiled, and said, how could there be no clues.

Yin Falcon frowned and said to himself, "Could it be that giant octopuses like to eat buffaloes?"

"Just try it. Ye Yunyang said.

"How to try?" Liu Yuying looked very interested.

"Set up bait for fishing. ”

The banquet ended early, and Ye Yunyang, accompanied by Yin Ying and several Southern Barbarian generals, rode out of the city.

These generals have been loyal to Yin Falcon since they surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and the most rare thing is that they are familiar with the terrain around the city.

Two hours later, they came to a depression that was high on all sides and low in the middle.

This is the terrain specially requested by Ye Yunyang, the diameter of the depression is seven or eight hundred meters, it is long from north to south, narrow from east to west oval, the difference between the lowest point and the highest point is hundreds of meters, the bottom is the unique reddish-brown soil of Nanban, and the surrounding highlands are dominated by stone ground.

Ye Yunyang only glanced at it, and said happily: "Good location! This is a natural ambush treasure land, Uncle Yin, we can act." ”

Yin Falcon nodded, took out the flare from the leather bag on the side of the saddle, and aimed it at the sky to pull down the lead.

Sou......

Syllable......

A firework explodes in the air.

In the mansion dozens of miles away, Dongfang Yixue and Liu Yuying stood at the highest point of the palace, clearly seeing the light of the fireworks.

Liu Yuying lowered his head and said, "General Yin has sent a signal, and the convoy is leaving!"

"Yes!" the general below waved his hand.

The convoy consisted of hundreds of carts, most of which were used to load disassembled three-bow bed crossbows, as well as bundles of crossbow guns.

In addition to this, there are more than a dozen black buffaloes.

Liu Yuying's face was full of eager expressions, and before she could speak, Dongfang Yixue had already guessed what she was thinking, and said, "Yun Yang didn't say let us pass, if we passed, he would be angry." ”

"Sister, if you think about it too much, he won't be angry, we not only have the ability to protect ourselves, but also can help. The little girl said seriously, and then said: "How can you and I put aside such a big thing as trapping giant sea beasts?"

Dongfang Yixue rolled her eyes: "Don't just say it's nice, I don't know you yet, I just want to join in the fun." ”

After being exposed to the "conspiracy", the little girl blushed and said: "What a pity to miss it, I promise you not to move forward, just stand behind and watch?" Sister Dongfang, I promise that we will not be in danger, besides, it is unknown whether the sea beast will be fooled." ”

Dongfang Yixue thought about it, and the main task in the future was to deal with the sea beasts, and it was reasonable to go and see, so he nodded and said, "Then let's go!" But you have to remember what you said, just stand in the distance and watch, don't lean forward." ”

"Don't worry, I do what I say. ”

When it was near evening, the convoy arrived at its destination, and the accompanying soldiers began to unload the trucks and arrange the bed crossbow positions according to the drawings in Yin Falcon's hand.

The drawings were drawn by Ye Yunyang, and he determined the firepower ratio according to the terrain, so that the three-bow bed crossbow could exert the maximum lethality.

In addition to the bed crossbow, he had boulders piled up on high ground, leaving three entrances for sea beasts to enter the depression.

Eventually, a dozen cows were led down and tied to a stake.

By eight o'clock in the evening, everything was ready.

The soldiers withdrew to a place five miles away and began to eat dinner.

Ye Yunyang and the others stayed three miles away from the depression, and dinner was prepared by Dongfang Yixue and Liu Yuying.

The second daughter's skills are getting better and better, although there is still a distance from Ye Yunyang, but at least it is no longer dark cuisine.

Nibbling on the lamb leg that the princess baked with her own hands, Yin Falcon couldn't be more excited.

Liu Yuying looked up at the direction of the depression from time to time, Ye Yunyang frowned and asked, "Yingying, what are you looking at?"

"Are you sure the sea beasts will come?" she asked.

"Not sure. He gave a very solid answer.

"Well, I didn't ask anything. The little girl turned her head to look to the side.

Minutes and seconds passed until the wee hours of the morning.

It was still very quiet, and the soldiers all stared at the night ahead.

After waiting for another three hours, there was still no movement.

It was dawn in another hour, and just when everyone thought that the entrapment was about to fail, a figure flashed in the sky and fell lightly in front of them.

It was Zheng Zhiyuan, he lowered his voice and said: "In the southwest, there is a soft thing moving quickly towards this side, and the three senior brothers and I dare not get too close to it, so we can't see what it is, it doesn't make any sound during its progress, and its speed is twice as fast as a horse." ”

Hearing this, everyone became nervous.