Chapter 107 It’s better to block than to open up, and to open up is better to lead
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Chapter 107 It’s better to block than to open up, and to open up is worse than to lead
Qinzhou border, Red River Fort.
Dali built large fortresses on the northern border, usually one pier for three miles, one tower for ten miles, and one fort for one hundred miles. In addition, fortresses and cities were also set up in strategic locations.
Red River Fort is a very ordinary fortress, with thousands of soldiers and thousands of military dependents stationed inside. It is like a town.
Bai Qi traveled through mountains and rivers for more than a month and just arrived at Red River Fort today.
The sincere Bo Li Mo he was looking for was in Xiangshan City, northwest of Red River Fort, which was still a hundred miles away from Red River Fort.
When he arrived at Red River Fort, he planned to rest for a night before heading to Xiangshan City.
Although most of the people living in the Red River Fort are soldiers and military families, there are also many passers-by who stay overnight in the fort, so there are inns, taverns, etc. in the fort.
Bai Qi stayed in an inn. He was tired from the journey and fell into a deep sleep just after nightfall.
"The Tatars are coming!"
"Run quickly!"
"It's flooded, put out the fire quickly!"
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In the middle of the night, Bai Qi was suddenly awakened by the noise. He stood up and looked out the window. In the meantime, the houses at the northern end of the Red River Fort were blazing with flames. Frightened shouts came from all directions, and a large number of people poured out of the street.
Seeing this, Bai Qi didn't hesitate at all. He quickly picked up his sword, opened the window, and jumped down.
He wanted to get the horse, but thinking that there seemed to be no chance of riding a horse to fight in the castle, he hurried towards the north wall.
Red River Fort is surrounded by city walls, which are two feet high, and there are trenches outside the walls.
At this time, a large number of soldiers in the fort had already swarmed up the wall, holding crossbows and pointing directly outside the city.
Although there was still chaos inside the city walls, the soldiers on the walls were very calm.
Because they often encounter situations like this.
The nomadic peoples on the northern grasslands of Dali are dominated by the four royal courts. However, the four royal courts have very loose control over the tribes under them. Although many tribes belong to the four royal courts in name, they are actually independent and autonomous.
Just like the Four Great Royal Courts and the Dali Dynasty, the Four Great Royal Courts are nominally vassals of Dali, but they have always been independent and independent, and sometimes even provoke Dali.
It's just that in the past ten years, Dali's troops have become stronger and stronger, and the four royal courts have no choice but to cease their activities, at least not daring to provoke openly.
However, the tribes under their control would still frequently invade the Dali border and plunder supplies and women.
There is no way, the environment on the grassland is harsh, and once it encounters a cold winter, many tribes will not be able to survive. They can only ensure their own survival through plunder.
Facing these Tatar cavalry who were coming and going like the wind on the grassland, the Dali border army was helpless.
The Tatars never fought with them head-on, but used sneak attacks every time, making them unable to defend themselves.
In the chaos, Bai Qi climbed directly to the top of the city.
Several soldiers around him glanced at him and ignored him.
In fact, it wasn't just Bai Qi. There were already many warriors holding weapons on the city wall. Most of them were from passing caravans.
The land on the border is barren, but there are millions of troops stationed there, and supplies are very poor, so there are many caravans doing business with the border troops.
This is also the reason why outsiders are accommodated in Juntun Fortress.
After all, sometimes the soldiers and military families in the fort depend on these caravans for food.
Standing on the city wall, Bai Qi glanced around and saw countless torches beating under the dark night, and densely packed figures rushing towards this side.
"Shoot, shoot!"
The flag officer next to him roared loudly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~
Sharp arrows flew out across the night sky.
Suddenly, there were bursts of screams from under the city wall.
However, what followed was a Tatar counterattack, and dense rain of arrows came, causing considerable casualties to the soldiers on the city wall.
With few troops, attacking the city at night seemed a bit mindless.
But don't forget that warriors exist in this world. A two-foot-high city wall is like a threshold for warriors of level four or above. They can jump up the wall with just a little effort.
No, just when Bai Qi was observing the situation, he heard someone not far away shouting: "A master is coming to the city, stop him!"
"Quick, enter the shield soldiers!"
Hua la la la~~
Heavy steps accompanied by the sound of metal friction swarmed towards the leaping figure.
Wearing iron armor and holding huge shields, they crowded together on the narrow city wall.
The best way to deal with high-level warriors is the rain of arrows, but in this case it is obviously impossible to release the rain of arrows, so the frontier fortresses are also equipped with a large number of shield soldiers. Although they are a bit cumbersome to move, they can't survive within the narrow city wall.
On the other hand, they can restrict the actions of high-level warriors and prevent them from causing greater chaos.
Sure enough, surrounded by dozens of shield soldiers, the high-level warrior was immediately forced to jump off the city wall.
However, he did not jump outside the city, but jumped directly into the city.
When the soldiers on the city wall saw this, although they were filled with anger, they did not take any action.
With their strength, it is not easy to completely kill high-level warriors. Compared with killing high-level warriors, their most important task is to guard the city wall.
As long as the city wall is not broken, they can hold Red River Fort.
As for whether the high-level warrior would kill the military members in the city, they didn't care at all at this time.
The cruelty of war is such that death is just the most common thing.
Bai Qi took a look at the high-level warriors who were causing chaos in the city, and jumped down from the city wall.
"The thief deserves to die!"
Bai Fei leaped over and slashed out with the long sword in his hand.
Dang~~
A crisp voice sounded.
The Tatar warrior blocked Bai Qi's sword with a knife.
This Tatar's cultivation level is also at the seventh level, and his strength is quite impressive. Even when facing Bai Qi, he is not weak at all.
However, the people who came to intercept him were not just Bai Qi, but also many warriors from the caravan.
Although the warriors of these caravans are not soldiers, their individual strength is far superior to that of soldiers.
The Tatar warrior blocked Bai Qi's sneak attack, but was struck by a long knife.
Bai Qi glanced over and saw a man with a full beard. The man looked at the Tatar with fierce eyes and slashed hard with one knife after another.
This desperate attack forced the Tatar to retreat continuously.
How could Bai Qi miss such a good opportunity and quickly stabbed out with his sword.
The sword was like a rainbow, piercing the Tatar warrior's shoulder directly.
The bearded man slashed again, directly cutting off the Tatar warrior's head.
"Hahaha, damn Tatars!"
"Thank you, little brother!"
The bearded man laughed.
Bai Qi nodded slightly. This was obviously not the time to be polite. The two just looked at each other and rushed to the other side.
Although the soldiers on the city wall tried their best to resist the Tatars, some people still escaped and climbed onto the city wall.
Bai Qi and the bearded man fought with swords and swords, supporting him from all sides.
At the same time, there was also a general wearing iron armor and holding a spear who was also supporting everyone.
The three met from time to time and even joined forces to face the enemy.
But there was not much communication from beginning to end.
In just half an hour, they killed more than ten powerful Tatar warriors.
The dark night gradually brightened, and the situation outside the city gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.
There were not many Tatars attacking this time, probably more than a thousand people.
However, after a chaotic battle, nearly half of the Tatars were killed or injured.
Seeing that daybreak was approaching, the Tatars outside the city seemed to have given up continuing the attack and planned to retreat.
"Damn it, these Tatars really think that my Red River Fort is easy to bully."
The general in iron armor stood on the city wall and looked at the Tatars outside the city who wanted to retreat. He said with an angry face: "What are you doing standing still? Come out of the city with me and kill them!"
The Dali border army is not a weak army, and there has never been a saying that it only took a beating without fighting back.
This general was also a ruthless man. Although they defended the Red River Fort this time, their casualties were not much worse than those of the Tatars outside the city.
"That's Guo Jin, the guerrilla general of Red River Fort!"
"This guy is a reckless man. As long as there is a war, he will never rest."
The bearded man stood next to Bai Qi and said.
"I'm Bai Qi, I haven't asked you your name yet!" Bai Qi said.
"Hahaha, my name is Luo Jing, my little brother calls me Lao Luo." Luo Jing said with a hearty smile.
He is the leader of the Shanhe caravan. As a caravan leader who walks on the border all year round, they are often attacked by Tatar cavalry.
However, when facing the Tatars in the past, they were very frustrated, and sometimes they even had to abandon their goods and run for their lives.
So Luo Jing hated the Tatars very much.
In this battle with Bai Qi, although the two met for the first time, their cooperation was extremely tacit. Luo Jing felt that the killing was very enjoyable, so he had a good impression of Bai Qi.
"Brother Luo, do you want to go out to fight in the city?" Bai Qi pointed at the soldiers who were mounted and suggested.
"Oh, Brother Bai hasn't had enough yet?" Luo Jing said with some surprise.
"I'm going to Xiangshan City to join the army. I want to take this opportunity to make some military exploits!" Bai Qi said bluntly.
"Haha, okay, since brother wants to go, then I will accompany you to the end."
Luo Jing smiled cheerfully.
Afterwards, the two men found horses and followed the soldiers in Red River Fort towards the outside of the city.
Guo Jin noticed the two of them and instead of stopping them, he grinned, his rough face full of excitement.
He had been paying attention to Bai Qi and Luo Jing in the city just now. If Bai Qi and Luo Jing hadn't helped, Red River Fort would probably have been breached by these Tatars.
"Brothers, kill!"
Guo Jin roared excitedly.
However, the three hundred cavalrymen chased and killed the Tatar cavalry in front.
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Tianzhou City.
Zhenwu Si Yamen, in the study.
Qin Wei leaned on the couch and looked at the booklet in his hand.
As the Tianzhou Zhenwu Division got on the right track, Li Ru and Wen Su put forward many opinions on how to manage the Tianzhou martial arts forces.
A chivalrous man breaks the law with force!
If you want to stop martial artists from breaking the rules, you cannot blindly suppress them.
As the saying goes, it is better to block than to open up, and to open up is worse than to lead.
Qin Wei looked at the album in his hand, looked up at Wen Su, and said, "Is this what you thought of?"
"Back to Your Highness, I feel that the struggle between warriors is nothing more than fame and fortune. In terms of profit distribution, I don't have a better way. However, in terms of reputation, I still have some ideas." Wen Su said.
Qin Wei raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Ru.
Li Ru sat next to him, drinking tea with a smile.
"That's a good idea!"
"But there's still something missing!"
Qin Wei nodded slightly.
Wen Su's suggestion was to create a list so that warriors in the martial arts world could have a way to gain fame.
Top of the list.
Promulgated by the Zhenwu Division, it is promulgated once a year and revised every quarter. There are a hundred people in total under the innate order, ranked according to strength.
In this way, if martial artists want to gain fame in the future, they only need to obtain a high enough ranking on the list.
If you want to improve your ranking, challenge the experts above.
Simple and fast.
The disadvantage is that it will cause unnecessary disputes.
Qin Wei thought for a while and said: "We should explain the rules of the challenge and encourage the competition to end."
"In addition, when establishing a list for young talents, the age limit will be under 25 years old."
Although establishing a list will cause some unnecessary disputes, it can consume the energy of some warriors and prevent these warriors from being too energetic and causing trouble everywhere.
As for the challenge rules, Zhenwu Division cannot restrict them, but it can promote them.
"His Highness is very thoughtful," Wen Su said.
Qin Wei smiled and said: "You can find some scholars who are good at writing novels and ask them to write some novels about martial arts. The central idea is to act chivalrously and defend the country!"
"After the novel is written, we will find some storytellers and go to restaurants and teahouses to tell the novel."
Wen Su was slightly startled when he heard this.
He didn't understand why Qin Wei's train of thought jumped from the list to the novel.
Seeing him like this, Qin Wei said helplessly: "Forget it, you can find the scholar first. When you find him, bring him to the king."
Despite the prosperity of martial arts in this world, there are no martial arts novels among the people. Instead, there are many fantasy novels, and some novels that don't like wearing clothes. Well, these are more popular.
The reason why Qin Wei wanted to find someone to write novels was because he wanted to spread the idea that "a great chivalrous person serves the country and the people."
Although the subject matter of novels is not favored by literati, it is the most widely circulated among the people.
If Qin Wei hadn't been too lazy to write, he could have become a copywriter and copied all of Mr. Jin's books.
"I obey my orders!" Wen Su responded.
Qin Wei waved his hand, indicating that they could go down.