In Abu's opinion, as long as Meng Huo can be completely defeated, Abu will have no worries, and at the same time, it can also set an example to other small tribes around him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As for Deng Ai, Abu also has his own plans. If Deng Ai intervenes in the dispute between the two clans, he will directly destroy Deng Ai, anyway, Lu Ren no longer cares about this apprentice; If Deng Ai does not intervene, then make a favor, grab the water spirit and transfer it to Deng Ai, and then let Deng Ai lead the people to join the Abu clan and continue to teach the Han people farming and handicraft skills. Of course, the best result is to pull Deng Ai over and return it to the Abu clan.

In this way, the patriarch of the Abu clan once again sent Abubei to lead a thousand soldiers to the Mengshu clan to collect offerings. And after Abubei came to Meng's territory, because he had a lot of soldiers and the support of the whole clan's combat power behind him, he was arrogant and arrogant. In his heart, he still thought that Meng Shu had no strength to resist the Abu clan at all.

But he was wrong, he had just entered Meng Huo's cottage, arrogantly shouted out to collect the offering, and ignored Zhu Rong's gentle words that this year's offering had been handed over before, and the patriarchs of all ethnic groups in Meng Huo's cottage had already changed their faces. When Ah Bubei shouted that he would collect half of the grain and grass that Deng Ai had lent to Meng Huo's clan first, Meng Huo and Zhu Rong couldn't bear it anymore, and drew their knives and ordered: "Did everyone hear that? Abu's is simply forcing us to death! If we don't resist, it's a dead end! Let's do it! ”

This is actually an order, a code that Deng Ai gave to them. Deng Ai had already made it very clear to Meng Huo and them that the Abu clan would definitely make a move after learning about Meng Shu's situation here, if they didn't do anything at this time and let the Abu clan collect half of the money and grain, the Meng Huo tribe, which had lost Deng Ai's secret support from Lu Ren, would never have a bright future. And not only the Meng Huo clan, but also the rest of the clans that have been allied will not be able to escape the catastrophe.

As soon as the order to kill was given, the warriors of the Meng Huo clan, who had already been ambushed, rushed towards the 1,000 soldiers of the Abu clan. The soldiers of the Abu clan were caught off guard, and it didn't take long for the entire army to be wiped out. And Abubei's bloody head has already been carried in Meng Shu's hands.

Deng Ai's cottage five miles away, Deng Ai was observing all this with a telescope on a high watchtower. Seeing that the battle was over, Deng Ai licked his lips, called the three personal soldiers close to him and ordered: "You three, immediately rush back to the address from the small road to report to the master, just say...... The war here has begun! ”

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In the council chamber of the Abu clan, people who could speak sat in a circle. From the patriarch to the elders, one by one, their faces were pale, because what was placed in front of everyone was the head of Abubei brought back by several captured soldiers from the Meng Shu clan. And everyone in the Abu clan knew in their hearts that Meng Huo's move was declaring war on the Abu clan, and the hatred between the two clans that had accumulated for decades seemed to be about to burst out now.

Because he had been prepared before, the patriarch of the Abu clan angrily ordered the whole clan to mobilize and gather the soldiers of the whole clan who could fight to fight to the death with the Meng tribe. In addition, the head of the Abu clan also adopted the advice of the elders and ordered the mobilization of combat forces from the small clans in the surrounding area that were subject to the Abu clan. Therefore, a few days later, the Abu clan concentrated nearly 20,000 troops and slaughtered the territory of the Meng Shu clan.

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"How much? 20,000 soldiers!? ”

Someone had already inquired about this news and reported it to Meng Shu and Zhu Rong. Although they had already been mentally prepared, they were still shocked when they heard that there were 20,000 people in the Abu clan. That's a lot more than they originally calculated.

Shocked, Dong Dana and Ah Hui Lan were a little uncertain, after all, the alliance of the Meng Shu tribe is now mobilized by the whole clan at most about 5,000 soldiers, and there is still a pre-winter grain harvest going on here, as soon as this battle starts, it is necessary to concentrate all the young and strong to fight, and there will be no one to collect a large amount of grain in the field.

With this mentality, Dong Dana and Ah Huilan had a proposal for a temporary peace truce, while Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, and Jinhuan were determined to resist. In this way, the two sides held their own views and argued endlessly.

Just as the controversy was red-faced, a clear voice interrupted their argument: "Don't fight!" This battle must be fought! Moreover, if the Abu clan marches with all its might, it will be able to arrive in a few days, and not defending it early is no different from waiting for death! ”

Everyone looked towards the door of the building and saw that it was Deng Ai and Shui Ling. At this moment, although Deng Ai is still dressed as a Han scribe, the heroic aura on his face because of his calmness makes people can't believe that he is still a young man under the age of twenty. In addition, there is another place worth mentioning, that is, Deng Ai and Shui Ling's hands have always been held together.

Because of the incident last time, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong had long regarded Deng Ai as their own people, and now seeing Deng Ai rushing over was like seeing a savior, and they hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Brother Deng, the situation is critical now, I don't know what you think?" ”

Deng Ai glanced around at the people in the room, then looked at the water spirit beside him, and spit out a word categorically: "Fight!" ”

Dong Dana hesitated for a moment and said: "Little Brother Deng, the strength of the Abu clan is 20,000, and we are only 5,000, and we have to rush to harvest the grain harvest before winter......"

Deng Ai said: "It is absolutely impossible to succeed in seeking peace. You might as well imagine what happened when Abu came to the north before, obviously they had already paid this year's offerings, but they still came to collect it again, and even forced you to hand over half of the grain that my master temporarily lent you, which is already dealing with you at all.

"In fact, whether the worship is handed over or not this time, whether the 1,000 people in Abubei are killed or not, the Abu clan will do such a thing as now, and this battle between the two sides is inevitable. Since it is inevitable, we should take advantage of the fact that we still have enough strength to fight with Abu's.

"If we sue for peace now, even if the Abu clan is willing to agree, they will inevitably loot our food and belongings, because then they will be able to avoid future troubles, and maybe they will do even more excessive things...... For example, forcibly taking our young men into slavery and a large number of young women as slaves. If that's the case, do you think there will be a chance to fight the Abu clan in the future? If there is no food, what money do we have to continue to unite with other tribes? How can you give confidence to those tribes who want to unite when they can surrender in a battle? ”

Deng Ai's remarks were reasonable, and the faction that advocated surrender and peace could not find a reason to refute it. They were silent for a while, and Dong Dana said: "But we only have 5,000 soldiers, and we have to collect the harvest before winter......

Deng Ai looked at Shui Ling, and Shui Ling understood, took out the original map and unfolded it in front of everyone. Deng Ai stepped forward and pointed to the map and explained: "Actually, I was worried that such a thing would happen very early on, so I specially asked the patriarch of Meng Huo to be sure to first allocate manpower to fortify several key points in the surrounding area.

"You see, there are two main roads and three small roads around this place, and the corresponding fortifications have already been built. The three of the trails are not tight, and the enemy will not be able to exert much at all, and at most they can only accommodate two or three hundred sneak attacks, while we have already fortified them, and we only need to send two or three hundred men to each of the three trails to defend them carefully.

"As for the two main roads, the one to the south is far away from the Abu clan, and if they want to attack from there, they will have to take a detour of about two days, and for the Abu clan, their strength is several times ours, and they will not bother to divide their forces and detour if they have no fear and domineering arrogance, and only want to concentrate their forces to break through one place. Therefore, the main road in the south only needs to transfer 1,000 people to guard it just in case, even if the Abu clan is frustrated in the first battle and divides the troops to detour, we can easily detect it, and it is completely too late to increase the strength of the main road in the south. ”

Zhu Rong said: "Then according to Brother Deng's meaning, he wants to put all his energy on the main road in the north?" ”

Deng Ai nodded: "That's true." It's just that relatively speaking, the main road in the north is also the most difficult to defend, because the external terrain of the pass in the north is wide, which can accommodate the 20,000 soldiers of the Abu clan to attack in turn, so I asked the Meng patriarch to build three passes on the main road in the north.

"If the first path is broken, you can retreat to the second path, and if the second path is broken, you can retreat to the third path. By the time of the third pass, the external terrain was already relatively narrow, and the first two old passes could still play a certain role in separating the enemy soldiers. All in all, we want to use these three passes to kill and wound the enemy as much as possible, and increase our chances of victory.

"Therefore, the Meng patriarch should make a decision immediately, mobilize two thousand soldiers to rush to the first pass to set up a guard, and the rest of the small number of soldiers should seize the time to strengthen the defense of the second and third passes, among which the third pass is the most important, because as soon as the third pass is broken, we will no longer have any danger to defend. If the Abu clan is allowed to break through the border and enter the country, even if they don't come to attack the cottage, all the grain fields around us will be plundered by them. ”

Meng Shu said: "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Deng!" It's just that in this way, all the young and strong laborers of the clan will be sent out, and what will happen to the grain in the field? ”

Deng Ai said: "On the occasion of survival, the Meng patriarch should call on the whole clan to mobilize together. Although all the young and strong were sent to fight the enemy, there were still more than 2,000 women, children and old people in the clan. And ......"

Saying that, Deng Ai let out a long sigh before continuing: "I still have a thousand farmers and craftsmen in my hands, except for the five hundred that were transferred to the Meng patriarch before, I will immediately transfer people to help the Meng patriarch to grab the harvest." In addition, the grain fields around my village are much smaller than those of the Meng patriarch, and I will send all these people over after the harvest is completed. Craftsmen help to repair the passes, as for my 400 elite soldiers...... I'll take them straight into battle! (To be continued.) )