"Is this where we will live next?" A young Zhunter warrior looked at Qingxi City in the distance. Although this city cannot be compared with important cities such as Jiuyuan County, it is a piece of grassland. The largest city in the world.
This city was designed and built according to the war model builder. Its main function is for war, so the walls of this city are very tall and thick.
Outside the gate is a moat surrounding the city, which is very rare on the Qingxi grassland and prairie.
On the other side of the prairie, only very important cities have such moats and such tall city walls. None of the Ter tribe has such cities.
The main reason is that the Daqian Dynasty does not allow them to build such a tall city wall. Another reason is that materials such as wood and stone are very scarce on the prairie. If you want to build such a tall city, A lot of wood and stone are needed.
Without huge logistical supplies, the transportation lines simply could not support such a tall city. They never expected that such a city would appear on the Qingxi grassland.
It seems that the people in Xiliang attach great importance to the Qingxi Grassland, otherwise they would not have built such a tall city. With this city, they don't need to be afraid of the army on the other side of the grassland.
As long as they survive this icy winter and wait for spring to bloom next year, the Xiliang army will enter the Qingxi grassland by then. Even if the prairie army crosses the border between Xiliang and the prairie, they will not have to Fear.
As for this time, they are not afraid of the arrival from the prairie at all, because there is such a tall city, and it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, with heavy snow covering the entire prairie. How many troops can be sent from the prairie?
There are already a lot of defenders in this city, and coupled with the warriors of the Zhunter tribe who came directly to join them, it is impossible to surround the city without an army of three to four hundred thousand people.
But can the prairie side send an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people in such cold weather?
Even if the higher-ups allow it, the warriors below cannot brave the heavy snow to come, because the people living on this vast grassland are very aware of the cruelty of winter.
In the winter prairie, you never know how many dangers are hidden under the snow-white ground. In addition to the freezing temperatures, there are also the wild beasts living on this prairie.
In summer and spring, these wild beasts can still go out hunting. If there is enough food, they will not harass the herdsmen.
But when the twelfth lunar month of winter comes and these beasts cannot find food, they will turn their attention to the weak tribes. Those weak tribes have no choice but to take out the cattle and sheep from their pens.
If they didn't take out these cattle and sheep, those wild beasts would attack them without hesitation, and the tribe would launch the most brutal attack on them, because death from starvation would be death if they attacked a human tribe.
Therefore, those beasts would not hesitate to attack these tribes. Every year, many tribes were attacked by these groups of predators. In the end, only a few young adults were left in the entire tribe.
The old, weak, sick and disabled have died under the teeth of these beasts.
When the army moves on the vast grassland, it is easier to attract the attention of these colors. The army is huge in number. They will not attack the army, but after they are stationed, they will attack secretly.
Don't underestimate the ferocity of these beasts. Once their lives are endangered and they feel that they can no longer survive, they will take desperate measures. This is not the first time they have attacked humans anyway.
An idea has been formed in their minds that if there is no food, then they will look for humans. There is a lot of food in the hands of humans. If humans have no food, then those humans can also serve as food.
So in the eyes of beasts, humans are food.
Under this situation, it was very difficult and dangerous for the army to march in the vast snowfield.
On their way to escape, more than 5,000 people had been killed by the teeth of those wild beasts.
"Otherwise, why do you think Xiliang can fight against the central court?" An older herdsman who has traveled north and south for many years said: "Xiliang is now equivalent to the king of a region. He can listen to what the court says or not.
There is nothing the imperial court can do against them."
"It's better to follow such a master." The old herdsman sighed and said: "Although King Li Xiang of Xiliang does not look like a wise king, he is a very loyal person and one of the few strong men in the world. With
By his side, we will live a stable life for at least a few hundred years."
"Then we won't take revenge?" the young man asked, looking back at the farmers and herdsmen.
The old herdsman sneered: "How can we not take revenge and just follow the King of Xiliang? As long as he does not fall and we do not fall on the battlefield, Xiliang will have peace for hundreds of years.
When we wipe out the Golden Family and the Red Wolf Tribe and bring back our people, we will follow the King of Xiliang to graze for her. Our descendants will have hundreds of years of stability, even if the central court does not
There is nothing Bian can do against us."
The old herdsmen once traveled to the Central Plains when they were young. When they got older, they returned to the tribe to start a family and start a business. Then they traveled with the caravans again, and they experienced far more than other people.
King Li Xiang of Xiliang has been one of the most popular figures in the past ten years, not only because he has established a huge power, but also because of his power that is so powerful that no one can match it.
His cultivation may be one of the most powerful among all the monarchs in the world. The only one who can stabilize him may be the emperor of the central court. But can the emperor of the central court still take action against Xiliang King Li Xiang now?
His current pressure is far greater than that of Xiliang, because he has to face the entire world, as well as the demon tribe in the southwest, the dragon tribe in the East China Sea, and the grassland tribe in their prairie.
Under this huge pressure, how much power can the emperor of the central court exert?
And once it leaves the straight area that he rules, its power will drop sharply, and his lifespan is far less than the lifespan of the great masters who relied on their own cultivation, such as King Li Xiang of Xiliang.
His lifespan is at most a hundred years, and after a hundred years it will turn into a pile of loess. And 100 years is still very young for a great master like King Li Xiang of Xiliang.
If the Central Emperor can be outlasted just by enduring, it will be a blessing to see that the new Central Emperor will still have the power he has now.
The power of the emperor of an important court is based on the territory he can command and the strength of the dynasty's fortune. The central court's control over the local areas has gradually been lost, although it is now somewhat stabilized by the sudden appearance of the chaotic world.
But it is only able to stabilize the current national destiny and prevent it from being lost. Once there is another major turmoil in the court, it will be very rare for the emperor to be able to maintain his current strength at that time.
"Do you think we can fight back to the prairie by relying on Xiliang?" The young man did not believe what the old herdsmen said, and the main reason was that he did not believe in Xiliang: "The king of Xiliang, Li Xiang, is very strong, but he can't.
Because we, the people, sent troops to the prairie, and the major tribes on the prairie are very powerful. Without us to contain them, they can fight against the central court more calmly. Can we fight back?"
The old herdsman picked up the wine bag placed next to the Tibetan horse and took a sip of strong wine: "It must be possible. If King Li Xiang of Xiliang is a talented and strategic monarch, then he will definitely launch an attack on the prairie, and we
The nomads from the prairie will be the sharpest blade in his hands. When the time comes, we can attack and the Golden Family will destroy the red wolves, get our relatives back, and re-establish our Zhunter tribe!"
In a sense, their tribe was not wiped out, because when they were attacked, the Zhunter tribe was divided into two. Those who betrayed their tribe leader took more than half of the tribe to join the Golden Family.
and the Red Wolf Tribe.
When they left, they asked the old, weak, sick and disabled who could not escape to seek refuge with those who had betrayed the Zhunter tribe, or the surrounding tribes with whom they had a very good relationship, or their mother's natal family.
Because they really couldn't take them away together, the grassland was too big, and they were very far away from Xiliang there.
If it were a season like spring or summer, they might be able to leave with some people. But now it's cold winter, and they can't escape with so many people.
They could only entrust them to people they trusted, and then follow the clan leader to escape. At first, they planned to run south to seek refuge with the central court.
But once we think about it, if they really go to the central court, their relatives left in the major tribes will probably be severely tortured by the major tribes.
Because if they go to the Central Court, it means they have betrayed the prairie, but to go to Xiliang is different. Xiliang is also part of the Central Court on the surface, but in fact it does not belong to the Central Court, and is more like a follower of the Central Court.
They are the same.
It is a blood-sucking insect attached to the Central Court. It is a stubborn vassal on the Central Court's huge body. On one side, it absorbs the blood of the Central Court to make itself stronger. On the other side, it is ready to escape at any time, or wait until the Central Court is unable to do so.
When suppressing blood suckers like them.
They will unleash their bloodthirsty side and launch a final attack on the central court, carving up the dragon together.
Therefore, they took refuge in Xiliang, just like those who were left after one tribe was defeated and took refuge with another tribe. They did not betray the grassland tribe.
Another point is that the south is far away from Xiliang, and there are major tribes of the Golden Family along the way.
On the way to the southwest, those tribes had little contact with the Gold Family and the Red Wolf Tribe. There were still some conflicts between the Qing Tribe and the Gold Family.
There is no need to worry that these tribes will kill them or send armies to prevent them from escaping.
As they spoke, these warriors of the Zhunter tribe walked to the urn of the city. There were nearly 200,000 more people at once. Even if Qingxi City had left enough vacancies when it was first established, they could not all of a sudden
Bearing so many people.
Therefore, the Wengcheng, which was originally used as a trap, became the place where these Zunter lived. Zhuo Bufan was fully prepared before these soldiers arrived.
He asked people to clean up these places, and set up some very thick tents, which were filled with various kinds of cattle wool and wooden beds.
Let these soldiers come in and clean themselves before they can move in. However, before moving in, these people must leave all their weapons and equipment behind. From now on, all their food, clothing, housing and transportation will be taken care of by Xiliang soldiers.
They will spend this year in the places assigned to them by Xiliang soldiers.
The tribal warriors who had just entered the city were divided into teams and taken to their own places of residence.
When these soldiers walked to their residences, they felt as if they had arrived in heaven, because these places gave them such a good feeling.
There is no such stench as in the military camp, because all of them will enter a very large bathhouse to clean themselves and expel the strong smell from their bodies. This is simply impossible on the prairie.
Because over there in the prairie, they don't have such sufficient water sources, nor do they have that much time to boil hot water and clean themselves up.
But when they arrived in the southwest, under the guidance of the Xiliang soldiers, they underestimated the enemy and put on a set of very warm clothes. Their clothes needed to be cleaned and dried before they could be worn.
Of course, it is up to them to clean up these problems themselves. Although they are responsible for supervision, if someone is unwilling to clean their own clothes, then a whip will be waiting for them.
The bed in the tent was very warm to lie on. These nomadic soldiers, who had worked hard for months, fell asleep not long after lying on it. They were originally very worried about the future, but seeing such a very comfortable environment, they put their minds at ease.
of alertness.
The next day they were awakened by a strong aroma, which they could smell was beef or mutton, and then they heard the sound of gongs coming from outside.
Everyone got dressed and went out. There were 20 people in one tent, and there were five tents in a group. There were exactly five large pots outside, three of them were cooking rice from Xiliang, and the remaining two were cooking beef.
Lamb, with plenty of vegetables on the side.
But even though they were told that they could start eating, these nomadic soldiers felt the strong sincerity from Xiliang.
This food is better than what they eat in the tribe. Maybe taking refuge in Xiliang is a very right choice!
These nomadic soldiers, who were originally very wary, had fallen under the sugar-coated bullets of Xiliang and began to be grateful to Xiliang.
Zhuo Bufan looked at this scene, squinting and smiling...
