Chapter XIV: The Eve of War

Chen Zhiran didn't take the matter of occupancy to heart, someone shared the pressure, and it was too late for him to be happy.

The lords of the north, when they come, they are the best shields.

The three of them have their own calculations and plans, but they are all grasshoppers on a rope, one party has a crisis, and the other two parties will be passive, necessary support, and it is also better to protect themselves, and the three people who understand this truth will naturally not make a brainless action to lure the wolf into the house.

Chen Zhiran's first task is to build the city, so that no matter what accident happens, he can deal with it calmly.

Chen Zhiran's normal humans, Liu Ye's dwarves, Yuan Zheng's giants, and Shen Jia's horned people.

The four human races have gathered like this, there is more than one human race, in addition to these four races, there are also four major human races, and Chen Zhiran's human race is still the weakest of so many human races.

……

"Lord Lord, the investigation is clear, they left, they found a grassland in the south, I don't know how big it is, but it is certain that the two of them took all their men and horses to the south to take root, and on the way we also met other explorers, it seems that we are not the only ones who found this grassland."

"Oh, there is such a thing, send more people to investigate, I want clearer information."

"Yes".

After a month, most of the lords here knew that there was still a grassland in the south, and that there were still lords rooted.

Some lords see hope, while others are ambitious, and it is clear that they are already preparing to invade this grassland.

……

After a month, through a large number of people to build the city wall, the city wall was finally repaired, although there is only one side, but it is still shocking, the 7-meter-high city wall, like a giant snake crawling on the grassland.

Daxie and his four apprentices were trained to carve defensive circles on the city walls, and the magic circles strengthened the city's defenses.

It is not easy to build a city that can accommodate 100,000 people, and if Chen Zhiran hadn't felt the pressure and pulled most of the people to build the city wall, I'm afraid he wouldn't have built it so quickly.

These times, Chen Zhiran already has a population of 150,000, how can he be regarded as a big population lord, but a large population is not necessarily a good thing, first of all, the food consumption is doubled, not only to provide to himself, but also to the two lords of the northern defense line, these have to be given, if the two lords have a small population, the northern defense line will definitely not be able to completely cover, and at that time, Chen Zhiran will not have to pay resources.

The number of dead people in war is not a small number, even if he has a huge population of 150,000 now, but war is not measured by population.

Through continuous research, the production of iron has increased, and the weapon is no longer a long sword that is slowly manufactured, but a halberd, and all of a sudden the weapon quickly popularized the entire army, and what was forged for Yuan Zheng was a giant mace, and the giant was a dominant race, with rough skin and thick flesh, and if he was given a weapon, he could collide unscrupulously, of course, he did not build armor for it, first, he needed too many things, and second, he could not let him develop too fast.

Shen Tian's horned people created two-handed swords for them, which could attack quickly.

Chen Zhiran's own personal guard team is fully equipped with weapons and armor, and the set of armor that Chen Zhiran ordered has also been built, and it is also decorated with gold decorations, and inlaid with a level 40 magic crystal in the center of the chest, and the defense ability has been greatly improved.

It can be said that now Chen Zhiran has the conditions to fight beyond the level.

Naturally, several hero units have their own armor suits.

One set for each of the guards, walking on the road, can attract a lot of envious eyes.

Chen Zhiran had a whim, the armor is all there, is it ...... the recovery potion, but Daxie is just a mage, and there is indeed a way for him to treat him, but let him identify the herbs and make the potion, don't be embarrassed, these are the words of the alchemist, and it really doesn't have much to do with him, a mage.

It's not a profession at all, how can you get it out?

Chen Zhiran thought that the magic potion was made by a magician with magic power, but he didn't expect it to be not, and sighed secretly.

There is no way, it can only depend on the luck in the future, if you can recruit an alchemist ......, to be honest, Chen Zhiran has not recruited a single hero unit this month.

This made him very depressed, and his luck was not good?

Chen Zhiran returned to the study and looked at the map on the desk.

North, the first wave of battles will soon be ushered in, and you can't pin all your hopes on others.

Let your little think tank work together to form a second line of defense to deal with emergencies.

This think tank, but Chen Zhiran selected it from 100,000 people, has an absolutely easy brain, and it is not a problem to draw inferences.

These people are not up to the task now, and they have to be cultivated slowly, and as long as there is no war, they will all be proper managerial talents in the future.

There are only 14 people in the number, and Chen Zhiran currently lets them manage the affairs of the city and train them at the same time.

Although it is still a little frizzy, there are no accidents at the moment of 60,000 people, and the performance is decent, which is already good.

The head of the think tank, Omo, knocked on the door and entered with Chen Zhiran's permission.

Omo is not only the head of the think tank appointed by Chen Zhiran, but also Chen Zhiran's housekeeper.

Mainly because he is smart enough, sometimes Chen Zhiran can understand what Chen Zhiran means with a look, and he does it very well, and most things can be handled by Omo.

If it weren't for the fact that he could see his loyalty, Chen Zhiran suspected that he wanted to replace him.

Not everyone is loyal to him, just like Chen Zhiran used various methods to win over Shen Tian and Yuan Zheng's subordinates.

As long as the information of this person appears in the system, then it can be guaranteed that he is currently loyal to himself, of course, such a method cannot be foolproof, after all, it is indeed his own person when he sees it, but it may also be bought by others in the next second.

Therefore, when it comes to loyalty, that is, you can only know whether the other party is surrendering to you for a while.

But there is no guarantee that it will always be his own person.

Using this method to win over people, Chen Zhiran attracted some dwarves who forged weapons and armor for themselves, and among them was Ole.

However, this is also a very small minority, and most people are loyal to their lords.

Omo said, "My lord, there is a letter from the north."

Chen Zhiran looked at it and knew it in his heart.

said: "There are so many spies, it seems that there are many people who pay attention to our territory."

Omo retreated, and Chen Zhiran carefully observed the map.

Something was written while observing.

……

"Huh"

"Are you sure?"

A few people nodded.

When the man saw that they were all right, he said, "Then hurry back, we have to quickly convey the news to the lord."

Soon, several people ran wildly in the forest, and the target was where Chen Zhiran was.

The construction of the walls was too slow, and people were sent to build houses first, and the houses were built quickly, and it took only four days for 60,000 people to build the infrastructure.

In the past three days, Chen Zhiran has heard the news that he least wants to hear.

There is a lord in the north who leads the troops to set off, and the goal is not clear, but the general direction is the grassland.

At this time, Omo knocked on the door and entered, and said to Chen Zhiran that the people of the Northern Exploration Team had brought back news and wanted to report to him immediately, but the person who came was only seriously injured.

Chen Zhiran didn't put up any show, and went to inquire at a fast speed.

I saw that in the courtyard of the Lord's Palace, the dying soldiers of the exploration team were lying there, gasping for breath.

Chen Zhiran immediately asked Omo to send someone to find Daxi.

Omo is not stupid, he has already gone to invite, and soon Daxie will come.

The wounded were taken to the bed in the lord's mansion.

A small healing technique was cast, and the man's wound healed quickly.

The wound was quickly healed and scabbed over, but the injury inside was still severe, and Daxie shook his head regretfully.

"His heart is broken, it's not easy to hold on until now, ...... tonight"

The soldier woke up at this time, endured the pain and told Chen Zhiran that there were three lords in the north who had come over with troops and would soon come to the grassland.

Then he fainted, Chen Zhiran was a little dazed for a while, holding the soldier's hand, but he couldn't save his life, but now he didn't have time to sigh, turned around, and said: "Arrange the future for him, if there are descendants, give him the title of nobleman."

"Go and let them come right away."

Omo said: "Yes".

……

Soon in the hall on the first floor of Chen Zhiran's Lord's Mansion, Du Cang and Daxie were sitting at the long table.

Chen Zhiran said: "There are already people from the north, and we must be ready for battle immediately."

"There is not much time, the other side is likely to reach the north tomorrow, we don't know much about it, it may be a difficult battle, next, I will directly arrange, Zodun, Daxi, you lead 8,000 standing troops and 2,000 armed forces to the north to support, and fight with them against the enemy from the north."

"Du Cang, you lead 5,000 standing troops and 1,000 armed forces to establish a second line of defense here in the 'Lakeside Hills', to support them at any time, and at the same time prevent the enemy from attacking our tribe behind the rear."

"Let the people of the blacksmith battalion stop building daily necessities first and make every effort to build weapons and equipment."

"I've sent someone to inform all the tribes and let them come back, but it will take time, it's getting late, and you will deploy quickly tomorrow morning, understand?"

"Yes~".

"Hurry up, if we can't resist this time, the reduction of territory is smaller."

Everyone retreated, and everything went on in order.

……

Early in the morning, the army was assembled and set off, equipped with a weapon except for the armed forces with leather armor, and those who could have armor were a few, almost all of them were the elite of the elite.

At a glance, Chen Zhiran now finally knew why the ancient generals were obsessed with military power, commanding the three armies, and the momentum was magnificent, and for a while he couldn't help but think of a poem by the poet saint and his old man.

"What, why did you just tell me now," Yuan Zheng said angrily.

I saw a giant kneeling, and his huge body could be so flexible.

"Your Excellency, you were so tired yesterday, I told you, but ......."

When he thought about it, it seemed that he had commanded them to go around to catch cattle yesterday, and he was too tired to come back, so he ignored it.

At this time, a larger giant came over, this is the hero unit recruited by Yuan Zheng named Xu Yuan.

He said, "My lord, let's hurry up and think of countermeasures."

"Yes, yes, yes" thus debunks the topic.

Also thanks to his small number of people, he learned that people came from the north, the assembly speed was fast, and he still had a superior army, more than 800 people, and he took these giants to the north to prevent an attack.

Shen Jia was not very shocked when he got the news, because last night, the people he left in the north came back.

When he got the letter, he was ready, and he personally led 4,000 men to the north to build a defensive line built by the three of them, and then took the map and looked at it, and asked his men to lead 500 people to the eastern forest.

Only he knows what to do.

The clarion call for war is about to sound......