The next morning, Ye Pei and Zi Qingrong went to the lord's mansion with Zi Qingcheng.

I don't know what Ni Manxiu and Ziqiong said, anyway, Ziqiong asked Ziqingcheng to call Ye Pei and the others back after thinking about it all night.

"Sub-lord, is there anything else?" However, Ye Pei's attitude was still not very good.

But Ziqiong was not angry, and said with a smile: "My attitude and words yesterday were indeed inappropriate, Ye Gongzi has a lot of tolerance." ”

"......" Ye Pei eats soft and not hard, Ziqiong's attitude softened so much, and he basically lost his anger suddenly.

"Uncle Zi is polite. ”

Afterwards, several people sat in the living room again as guests of honor.

"Nephew Ye Xian, I don't know if you and I have anything important to discuss?" Ziqiong got straight to the point.

"Destroy the Lin family. ”

Ziqiong blinked, as if she didn't believe it, "You mean?"

"Destroy the Lin clan. Ye Pei had to emphasize it again.

"It's not ......" Ziqiong didn't look too shocked, after all, the cultivation of the famous Confucian was there, "With the strength of my Zi family, it would be good not to be destroyed by them together." ”

"Hmph......" Ye Pei chuckled, "The Zi family doesn't have to send troops to attack the Lin family. Just take advantage of the opportunities I've created for you. ”

"What chance?"

Ye Pei didn't answer this question, turned his head and said to Ni Manxiu, who was drinking tea on the side, "You make way for the Zi clan when the time comes." ”

Ni Manxiu shrugged: "It's easy to say, as long as you don't have to worry about the Zi family." ”

Ye Pei smiled and said, "This is Qingrong's idea, she wants Qingcheng to go through the training." ”

After a pause, Ye Pei shook her head and smiled: "But...... This experience is really bigger. ”

"Nephew Ye Xian," Ziqiong couldn't help it, "Can you tell me what you're going to do?"

Ye Pei took a sip of tea, "Uncle Zi doesn't need to be in a hurry, listen to me in detail." ”

......

Three days later, Ye Pei took Zi Qingrong and embarked on the road to the Lin clan.

"It's really ......" In the rear, Ziqiong's face was helpless and happy, "The future is terrifying......"

"Eh, Yezi," on the way, Zi Qingrong seemed to be in a good mood, and opened the curtain of the carriage door to poke his little head out, "Those who were deceived by you to the Necromantic Volcano don't know what happened." ”

Ye Pei personally drove the carriage, and said with a smile when she heard this: "Whatever, after so long, maybe you can see that the news is wrong." But they had no idea that I was heading to their lair. ”

Although this is the case, once it is discovered, it must be extremely dangerous.

Ye Pei didn't plan to take Zi Qingrong with her, but this girl insisted on going together.

Ye Pei also thought about going to the Xia Kingdom to rob the prison in Wangmai, avoiding the little lady and quietly leaving, but Zi Qingrong's next sentence dispelled his thoughts.

"Don't you want to sneak away in the middle of the night, even if you leave, I will chase you, I won't meet any bandits or beasts on the road with you......"

"Okay, good...... Ye Pei surrendered on the spot, "It's up to you, it's all up to you." ”

Ye Pei's trip was to find a declining tribe belonging to the Lin clan, the Dongfang clan.

Speaking of which, Ye Pei also has some doubts about this social form in the Burning Land, the level of civilization is obviously almost no different from Wangmai, but it is still a tribal system with many drawbacks.

Looking for the Dongfang clan is the news from the 40,000 You who traveled all over the hot land.

Dongfang Boyi, the son of the Dongfang clan, his father Dongfang Yin was the chief strategist of Lin Jingzhi, the lord of the Lin clan, and he was a high position above 10,000 people under one person.

At that time, the Dongfang clan tribe was the number one tribe in the Lin clan's territory at that time because of the Dongfang seal, and it almost covered the sky with one hand in the eastern part of the Lin clan's territory.

The reason why I want to find this person is also very simple, Dongfang Boyi and the Lin family have a grudge.

Twenty years ago, there was a conflict between the border tribes of the Lin clan and the Wan clan, and Lin Jingzhi, who had not succeeded to the throne as the lord of the Lin clan, brought people to deal with it, and Wan Yuyao, who was the lord of the Wan clan at the time, arrived in person with the current lord Wan Peng, because of a mistake in the decision-making of the Dongfang Yin, Lin Jingzhi almost fell into the hands of Wan Yuyao. Fortunately, Lin Jingzhi's younger brother and Lin Hezhi, the strongest combat force of the Lin family, arrived in time to save Lin Jingzhi, and assassinated Wan Yuyao in the camp seven days later.

Even so, Lin Jingzhi lost an arm.

The ending is not too bad for the Lin family, and it is even beneficial, not only killing Wan Yuyao, but also taking the opportunity to annex a large piece of the Wan family's territory. It's just that Dongfang Yin's mistakes can't be covered up, and he was executed after returning to the main city of the Daolin clan, and the Dongfang clan was also killed, leaving only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, surviving for a long time.

Since then, the Dongfang clan has been weakening day by day, and the Dongfang clan tribe at that time has no one to take on the task, coupled with the Lin clan's suppression, the Dongfang clan has a heart of revenge, but has no power to counterattack. Today's Dongfang tribe is already a small tribe with only a few hundred people left, and there is only one town left in the territory. If it weren't for the help of the Yin family and the Xiao family, who were good friends with them from time to time, whether the Dongfang family could have such a situation would have to be said.

For Dongfang Yin's wife, Sun Yanzhuo, that year has become a painful memory that can never be erased. Her husband, Dongfang Yin, died, the land was seized, the tribe was almost dead, and she became a leaf that fell in the air.

After escaping the massacre, she escaped to the territory of the Xiao clan after several hardships. But she didn't despair completely, because she still had hope, which was the posthumous child of Dongfang Yin in her womb. Is this child a boy or a girl? If it's a girl, the hope of revenge is almost gone. But fate seemed to take care of this unfortunate woman, and she gave birth to a son, whom she named Boyi.

This little life is destined to have a bad fate, because he has the blood of the leader in his veins. Although the tribe has declined, the once powerful has become a fragment of people's memories. Mother Sun Yanzhuo pinned all her hopes on this little life, and for a long time, in order to avoid the persecution of the Lin family, Sun Yanzhuo almost lived a reclusive life. The young Dongfang Boyi didn't know why, and he didn't know his true identity. It wasn't until he was a little older that the mother told her son the truth. The bitter hatred of "killing the father and destroying the family" ignited the flame of revenge in the hearts of children. He vowed that one day he would kill the Lin lords and take their territory.

The Lin clan was actually aware of Dongfang Boyi's existence now, but they didn't think that a helpless woman and a child with no house and no land could pose any threat to them.

But it seemed almost impossible to do.

This matter is no longer a secret in the Lin clan, but there are many versions circulating during it. In the early years, You Siwan had a good relationship with the Yin family in the Lin clan's territory, and only then did he hear the truth and details of these things.

Xingyan also asked Ye Pei why she chose Dongfang at that time. According to her thoughts, in the entire Lin Clan's territory, there are not a few people who are unhappy with the Lin Clan. Because Lin Jingzhi believed in force, in the process of rule, there were not dozens but dozens of tribes provoked, and many of them were strong.

And Ye Pei's original words were: "It seems that Dongfang Boyi is indeed not a good choice, but those tribes can be said to have grievances with the Lin family, but they have not reached the point of turning their faces, and Dongfang Boyi is a deep feud in the sea of blood." The desire for revenge in his heart must be extremely strong, and he will need my help more on the road to revenge. As for those tribes...... It can be won over when the Lin clan is counterattacked. ”

According to Xing Yan, Lin Hezhi's combat power is extremely terrifying, and it is a real brave force, even against Yang Tianrui, who is known as the first combat power of the Shangfeng Clan. The possibility of overturning him on a frontal battlefield is almost non-existent.

Ye Pei was also very interested at the time: "I can't beat him either?"

And Xingyan, who had heard about Ye Pei's trip to the Jade Knife Tomb, said something like this: "Feng Siyang will definitely not be able to beat him." ”

"Hmm......" Ye Pei was also shocked, "Why didn't any of these people go to Wangmai during the Wangyan season?

Xingyan said: "This is also the drawback of the tribal system, and the top combat power of each tribe does not dare to leave at will. ”

"Oh, that's it......" Ye Pei thought for a few seconds, "If it's not clear, then it's dark." ”

If you want to overthrow the Lin clan, you must get rid of Lin Hezhi.

Xingyan also emphasized this matter, the internal war in the Yandi is different from the Wangyan War, many tribes will not participate in the war and choose to wait and see, and whoever wins will belong to whom. Therefore, the scale of the battle is often a battle of thousands of people, and in rare cases it will rise to a battle of 10,000 people. The largest size is basically 50,000 people.

Speaking of which, let's talk about the situation of ancient wars in our country.

The scale of warfare in ancient China had a development process from small to large. There is a limit to the number of troops that can be mobilized by a country participating in the war because of its national strength and system. In many novels or film and television works, there are hundreds of thousands of people and millions of wars, which are basically unlikely, but we can understand it as artistic exaggeration in order to watch it well.

The Battle of Muye in which Zhou destroyed Shang was the largest war in the Yin Shang era, and the coalition army led by King Wu of Zhou was less than 50,000 people. The great wars of the Spring and Autumn Period, the most famous are the Battle of Chengpu in Jin, Chu, and the coalition led by the Chu State, numbering less than 100,000 people. The battle of Qin Shi Huang to destroy Chu was the largest war in the Warring States Period, and the Qin army led by Wang Jian reached 600,000 people. Judging from later history, 600,000 people is roughly the limit of the number of troops that can be mobilized by one side in ancient Chinese wars.

In ancient warfare, communication relied on banners and golden drums, supplies relied on people, animals, vehicles, and ships, and transportation relied on dirt roads and walking. Take the Qin and Han dynasties as an example, there were only two such geniuses, one was Wang Jian and the other was Han Xin. And this ability is also why Han Xin dared to confidently say the famous phrase "the more, the better" in the conversation with Liu Bang.