The barbarians do not have a fixed residence all year round, they all live by water and grass, and live a life of herding.

Now let them find a place to settle down all at once, to build a country, and let them farm, how can they get used to it.

Therefore, the common people of Great Xia are very important, and Yelu Nanyan's idea is to ease the relationship between the common people of Great Xia and the barbarians, and then let the barbarians integrate into the cultivation culture of Great Xia.

As a result, as soon as the common people of Great Xia heard that the barbarians were coming, they all ran away, so what was the use of leaving them barbarians to occupy this part of Beijun?

Without the people of Great Xia, would it be difficult to let those who herd herds all year round come to farm?

They have no experience in how to cultivate good land, and if they can't integrate into the farming culture, even if they occupy the land of the northern county, they will still have to go south to plunder in the future.

And going south to raid will directly conflict with the core interests of Great Xia, those vassal kings and families who originally cooperated with the barbarians will inevitably unite and send a large army north, and when that time comes, it is difficult to say whether their barbarians can hold the northern county.

The barbarians are good at cavalry, they have high mobility, and if they attack the city, it is okay to let them defend the city, but they have no experience at all.

This is very bad for them.

At this time, Xiao Hongbo was riding on a horse, standing on a high slope of the grassland, looking at the direction of Yancheng.

After a while, a cavalry in the distance was rapidly approaching their large force.

It's Xiao Pengtian, they're back.

Xiao Hongbo hurriedly turned his head to look at the army led by Xiao Pengtian, Xiao Pengtian came to Xiao Hongbo at this time, his face was a little solemn.

"King, the few cities we went to are no longer empty, and most of the common people of Great Xia have migrated to the south."

"We have captured a few ordinary people of Great Xia, and according to their confessions, the king of the north gave an order a long time ago to transfer all the people to the south, and he will lead the 30,000 soldiers of the northern county to fight us to the death in Yancheng."

Hearing this, Xiao Hongbo was stunned for a moment.

Then he asked in disbelief: "The North King wants to fight us to the death in Yancheng?" ”

Although Xiao Hongbo had never seen the North King, he had also heard about what kind of person the North King was from the caravan in Great Xia, and the North King was a waste prince who did not learn and did not know how to do it, and was greedy for pleasure.

After the king of the north came to the north county, he spent all day in the palace and drank and never took care of the north county.

And Beiwang seems to be only 17 years old at most this year, although 17 years old is already an adult in this era, but most 17-year-old teenagers are still a child in the eyes of others.

Beiwang is no exception in Xiao Hongbo's eyes, in his opinion, Beiwang is just a little kid.

He always thought that as long as the king of the north heard the news of his south, the yellow-mouthed boy would be frightened and run away.

Now Xiao Pengtian actually told him that the North King not only did not escape, but waited in Yancheng to fight him to the death.

This waste actually dares to say that he will fight to the death with himself?

To the barbarian iron horsemen, 30,000 soldiers are nothing more than a herd of two-legged sheep with weapons.

Xiao Pengtian said at this time: "King, the common people we caught all said so, it is said that the imperial court issued an order to the North King, so that the North King is allowed to defend the North County and not escape. ”

Of course, the common people didn't know that the imperial court had given the king of the north an order to defend the northern county, and these were all guessed by the common people themselves.

After all, the king of the north gives people the feeling that he is a waste prince, and now he suddenly said that he wants to fight to the death with the barbarians in the north county, which is impossible to think, so the common people feel that this is actually an order from the imperial court, so that the king of the north has to stay in Yancheng.

After hearing Xiao Pengtian's words, Xiao Hongbo laughed and said, "Hahahaha, too, how could that yellow-mouthed kid dare to confront this king's iron horse." ”

"Emperor Xia is planning to completely give up on him, a waste prince."

Xiao Hongbo accepted Xiao Pengtian's statement, and he also felt that this was a death order issued by the Great Xia court to the Northern King not to retreat, so the Northern King had to stay in Yancheng hard.

If they want to occupy the entire Beijun in a short time, they must pass through the Wanning River Valley, and Yancheng is just below the Wanning River Valley, so Yancheng must be captured.

Perhaps in Great Xia's view, the geographical location of Yancheng is better, and if the Northern King guards Yancheng, he will be able to block the barbarians north of Yancheng.

In fact, this idea is correct, if it was before, there is a high probability that the barbarians would not directly attack Yancheng.

Because in the past, the barbarians mainly went south to grab food and women, and other cities north of Yancheng were able to meet the needs of the barbarians.

In addition, in the past, they were mainly cavalry, and there were no siege equipment, and it was impossible to capture a city like Yancheng with tens of thousands of soldiers in a few months.

But this time it was different, this time they were going to take the entire North County, and they had siege engines ready from the start.

To capture Yancheng is not a difficult thing at all.

Then Xiao Hongbo said loudly: "Immediately send an order, rush to Yancheng as fast as possible, this king wants to arrest the yellow-mouthed child of the North King!" Can't let him run! ”

After hearing Xiao Hongbo's words, the soldiers behind him immediately blew the horn.

At this time, Xiao Pengtian reminded: "King, it's better to be careful, there are only 30,000 soldiers in Yancheng, how can the King of the North say such a thing as fighting us to the death." ”

"According to the subordinates, a vanguard force should be sent to investigate the situation first, and then let the army go south."

Xiao Pengtian always felt that something was wrong, and this matter was strange everywhere.

If the Northern King really wanted to resist the barbarians moving south, it would be impossible to remove all the defenses north of Yancheng.

Although the cities north of Yancheng are not as strong as the walls of Yancheng, it will take time for the barbarians to gnaw down those cities.

If the barbarians took the time to attack those cities, they would have bought Yancheng enough time.

In this way, some vassal kings in Great Xia had time to send troops to the north to assist the northern king in resisting the barbarians.

Although the court of Great Xia did not dare to send troops at will at this time, the court of Great Xia would inevitably let those vassal kings send troops, but the vassal kings were relatively procrastinating.

It stands to reason that the longer the North County drags on, the more likely it is that the North King will defend the North County.

Even if the king of the north doesn't understand anything, the soldiers around him should always understand the importance of those cities in the north, right?

As a result, the king of the north withdrew all the soldiers and civilians from those cities.

This made Xiao Pengtian smell the smell of conspiracy.

Hearing Xiao Pengtian's words, Xiao Hongbo laughed loudly, and then said, "Xiao Pengtian, you are just too cautious. ”

"Do you know why you weren't chosen as the Sirius King by the elders, it's because you're too indecisive and don't do things neatly enough."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Hongbo rode his horse and ran directly towards Yancheng, leaving Xiao Pengtian alone in place.

Looking at Xiao Hongbo's back, Xiao Pengtian just sighed.

For some reason, he always felt very uneasy inside, as if something bad was about to happen.

(End of chapter)