"Southern Barbarian Orion? And not from the Meng clan? ”

After thinking about it again, Deng Ai asked again, "Do these hunters often appear?" Have you ever been near the surrounding cottages? ”

The sergeant said: "That's not it, usually they just hide in the forest and peep at the cottage from afar, if we don't look at the telescope, it's really not easy to detect." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Deng Ai nodded, instructed the sergeant to continue to be cautious, and then climbed down the watchtower, and just as he could gain a foothold, Shui Ling came out and said, "Brother Deng, Shui Ling is here to disturb you again." Oh, this is the clothes that I washed and mended for you a few days ago, and I specially sent them. Do you want to put it in your bamboo building? ”

Several pro-soldiers around Deng Ai looked at Deng Ai with a look of envy and jealousy at the same time, and a guy who wanted to mistreat deliberately coughed dryly. Deng Ai turned around and glared at them, called the guy with a dry cough in front of him and said, "I just have something to ask Miss Shui Ling, you sent these clothes to my bamboo building." ”

The guy bowed his head to take the order, but secretly stuck out his tongue, took the clothes from Shui Ling's hand and trotted away.

Deng Ai arched his hand to Shui Ling and said, "There is a girl from Lao Shui Ling." ”

Shui Ling smiled: "Brother Deng, don't be called a girl in the future, just call me Shui Ling." Well...... Your table is a sergeant, right? Then I'll call you the word in the future. ”

Deng Ai shrugged his shoulders and said, "It doesn't matter, it's just a name." Aunt Shui Ling...... Oh, Shui Ling, you're just in time, I have something to ask you. ”

Shui Ling nodded: "If there is anything, you just ask, I know everything, and I have no end to it." ”

Deng Ai led Shui Ling to a nearby rest point, picked a clean table and sat down, turned his head to look at the few soldiers who were following closely, frowned and said, "You don't have to follow me for the time being, you can also find a place to rest." ”

The soldiers all put on an expression of "unwilling to be a light bulb", ignored Deng Ai's fierce eyes, and found a table a little far away from Deng Ai to sit down. At this moment, tea was already sent from someone, Deng Ai and Shui Ling drank a few sips casually, Deng Ai took out the surrounding topographic map from his arms and asked Shui Ling: "Shui Ling, there are many surrounding mountains and forests here, is it because there are many beasts that can be hunted in the forest?" ”

Shui Lingleng paused, thought for a moment and replied: "There are indeed a lot of prey, but it is easier to hunt in the summer and autumn seasons." It is not yet spring, and many of the beasts have not come out to move, so it is not so easy to hunt, and it will only be thankless to force the hunt. Our clan generally never shoots at this time. ”

Deng Ai said: "In other words, if there are hunters in the nearby forests at this time, it will definitely not be your clansmen?" ”

Shui Ling shook his head and said, "Definitely not." If the clan wants to go hunting, there will be at least twenty or more people to facilitate mutual rescue. What's the matter, Shizai, have you noticed anything strange? ”

Deng Ai said: "Yes, recently, there have often been some hunter activities around my cottage, and I am quite suspicious. After asking you, I'm sure now that these hunters are shooting fake, and spying on my cottage is real. If I'm not mistaken, these hunters are the ones sent by the Abubei clan to investigate. ”

Shui Ling hurriedly said: "Then, you have to be careful!" The Abubei clan must be a large clan in the south with 20,000 people, if they really come to retaliate on a large scale, you and I will definitely not be able to resist the enemy. ”

Deng Ai said: "Not really. If it were really a face-to-face confrontation between the two armies, I would dare to say that my 400 men would be able to defeat his army of 10,000, and if I were to defend the fortress, he would not be able to do anything to me even if he had 20,000 men. What I'm really worried about is that they will use cold arrows from time to time to plot against our army, or they will directly attack your clan if they don't mess with me. ”

A dark cloud appeared on Shui Ling's face: "Shizai, what you said is true!" I'm also worried that the Abubei clan will come and invade my clan. ”

Deng Ai hesitated for a moment and handed a map to Shui Ling: "You can take this map to Patriarch Meng and Mrs. Zhurong to see." In particular, the few places marked in the map should be paid attention to by the Meng patriarch, if you have a little spare strength in the clan, it is best to build towers during these few times to take strict precautions. ”

Shui Ling snorted, but looked at Deng Ai with a very hazy gaze, and said in a low voice: "Shizai, if there is really a fight, you must be careful." ”

“…… Rest assured, it's not my first time on the battlefield. ”

When Shui Ling left, Deng Ai sat there and grabbed his scalp, and he didn't know what he was muttering to himself......

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"Ahh

Lu Ren, who was in Guangzhou, sneezed loudly, and the teacup in his hand fell on the table. After rubbing his nose, Lu Ren said, "Gotcha!" It must have been Elle who said something about me in Yunnan. This kid ......"

After thinking about it, Lu Ren instructed the servants to invite Huang Zhong over, and there was no need to be polite when they met, so Lu Ren directly ordered: "Old general, I want to ask you to transport a batch of grain and grass to Ai'er, I don't know if the old general is willing to suffer?" ”

Huang Zhong laughed and said: "The lord has an order, and the old man should obey his orders!" Besides, the old man hasn't seen Ai'er for a long time, and he really misses it, and the old man heard that Ai'er met a little Nanban girl, and he really wants to go over to see if this Nanban girl is worthy of Ai'er. ”

Lu Ren laughed and said, "The old general cares about Ai'er very much!" ”

Huang Zhong said: "Of course! If Ai'er is willing to agree, the old man really wants to recognize Ai'er as his grandson, and the old man's Huang's knife skills and archery skills can also be inherited. ”

"Huh!?"

Lu Ren was stunned for a while, shook his head and said, "Old general, there is another matter of sending food this time, please make sure to write it down." ”

"My lord, please speak!"

Lu Ren said: "I think the old general only led two thousand men and horses, and took these grains and grass to swagger through the territory of the Abubei clan. ”

Huang Zhong asked puzzledly, "Why is this, lord?" ”

Lu Ren touched his chin and said, "If I can lure them to rob them, it would be the best, and I will have a reason to directly form a grudge with the Abubei clan, so that I can justifiably send some soldiers and horses to support Ai'er; If they don't rob it, it will be a little troublesome, which means that the Abubei clan will not dare to provoke me, and things will be much more troublesome in the future. ”

Huang Zhong thought for a while and said, "The old man still doesn't understand what he means, but he will definitely act according to the lord's orders." ”

Lu Ren nodded, looked up at the sky and pondered: "That is to say, in fact, it is best that the Abubei clan does not dare to rob it, and then we will see how Ai'er provokes it and directs the spearhead of the Abubei clan at Meng Huo." After all, the current strength of the Meng Huo clan is too weak, and when they have more children, they can't wait for the old people? Elle, the rest is up to you. ”

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Let's go back to Yunnan.

On this day, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong rushed to Deng Ai Zhai to discuss some things related to the two sides with Deng Ai. Deng Ai saw that Meng Huo and his wife were planning to continue acting, and made an appointment with Meng Huo to build beacon towers in their respective villages to exchange news, and then suggested that Meng Huo build some fortifications in the few places marked in the map, and then allocate manpower to build a road between the two places to facilitate their exchanges.

Finally, Deng Ai asked: "Patriarch Meng, there should be more than one Southern Barbarian clan that has been oppressed by the Abubei clan for a long time, right?" ”

Meng said: "Of course! Like us, they are oppressed by the Abubei clan, and there are no less than ten small clans that are forcibly taken away by them every year to worship a large number of people, and there are only about four or five hundred people, and there are only more than a thousand. In comparison, my clan is one of the larger clans. ”

Deng Ai pretended to think for a while before he spoke: "Patriarch Meng, Mrs. Zhurong, I don't know if I should say something or not. ”

Zhu Rong said: "Brother Deng just has to say it." ”

Deng Ai spread out the map and said: "I also said last time, the aristocratic clan is only more than 3,000 people, and they are alone, so they will be oppressed by the Abubei clan, although there are 400 soldiers of me here, but I am a son of the Han family after all, one is that it is inconvenient for a foreigner to intervene in the tribal dispute in Nanzhong, and the second is that I must have limited strength, and the third is that even if I can protect the nobles for a while, in the future, the nobles will learn their farming skills, and I should return to Guangzhou, at that time, I am afraid that I can no longer provide protection to the nobles." The nobles wanted to be self-reliant and no longer oppressed by the Abubei clan and should find another way, so they ......"

Zhu Rong's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked urgently, "What is the best plan for Brother Deng?" ”

Deng Ai muttered: "It's still those words last time, Patriarch Meng should send a messenger to unite those tribes who have been bullied by the Abu clan, at least let them get a letter first." In this way, after we fight and win the battle with the Abu clan, we can let them know that we really have the strength to compete with the Abu clan, and then they will be willing to defect. In other words, we will definitely fight this battle, but we can't let those surrounding tribes know nothing, so won't our battle be in vain?

"Taking a step back, I believe that there will always be a few tribes that have a good relationship with your clan, so when we are at war with the Abu clan, most of these tribes will send people to help, then these tribes who come to help are true brothers, and when you develop in the future, these tribes that come to help will be the tribes you want to focus on, and they will be the most reliable friends in the future, while the others who are just waiting and watching can be lined up behind...... Patriarch Meng, Mrs. Zhurong, can you understand what I mean when I say this? ”

Meng Shu and Zhu Rong glanced at each other, and then nodded to Deng Ai. Just after nodding his head, Zhu Rong still said worriedly: "But Brother Deng, are you so sure that you can win against this Ah Bu clan?" The Abu clan is a large tribe with more than 20,000 people, and if there is a fight, they can come over with five or six thousand soldiers, but we ......."

Deng Ai smiled: "Fighting a war does not necessarily mean that you can win with more people. Besides, if the master hears that I have been bullied in Nanzhong, he will not sit idly by......" (To be continued.) )