As soon as this remark came out, no voice could be heard in the huge cave.
After the silence, the crackling of wood being burned, the breathing of people not far away when they fell asleep, the sound of turning over and occasional babbling became impossible to ignore.
The sound of insects and beasts walking outside the cave also became very clear.
Those who are qualified to sit by this fire have their own considerations.
Yuan Zhan didn't blindly agree and support Yan Mo's proposal, he thought the deepest and raised the sharpest questions.
"Although the Morgans don't come here often, but with the salt mountain, they will definitely send a large number of soldiers and salt slaves to occupy it. If we build a tribe here, it is not enough to have a dense forest to completely block them."
"It's not just the dense forest." Yan Mo pointed to the two connected mounds in the dense forest facing the edge of the big and small lakes, and then pointed to a long mound opposite the lake, and said: "I said that this is a half-basin, facing Jiuyuan There are mountains on both sides facing Mogan. The mountain facing Jiuyuan is very high and the mountains are very long. It is very difficult for us to turn over when there is no road at all. But because this big mountain also happens to block Cold air and wind blowing down from the wilderness."
They have never heard many words Yan Mo said, but the strange thing is that they can understand what he said.
No one asked why, and they seemed to take everything the young priest did for granted.
"Looking at the mountain range facing Mogan, it's not too high, but it stretches relatively long horizontally. There are dense forests everywhere, which are dangerous, but they are also natural barriers. The only thing we need to focus on is this valley entrance." Yan Mo pointed to two connected The notch in the mound.
"And this semi-basin faces the big river without any cover, and it is also a smooth road facing the southeast. Although the big river is in danger of being attacked ashore, it is also convenient for us to use this river. We only need to build garrisons by the river. It is not so easy for people to attack, and we can even monopolize the river from the upper reaches to us, prohibiting the passage of Morgan and other tribes. The large flat area facing the southeast is the direction we can develop."
Yuan Zhan bent his knees, put one hand on it, and sat in a domineering posture. The question was also sharp: "Where is the manpower? Do you want to use red salt to trade a large number of war slaves to Huang Jing and other big tribes on the other side?"
Yan Mo admitted that he had this idea.
Yuan Zhan shook his head, "We have traded so many slaves in Mogan in a short period of time. All the big tribes who participated in their market are wary of us. It is very difficult to buy a large number of slaves from Huangjing tribe."
Yan Mo replied: "We can absorb the savage tribes found in the southeast, or use red salt to hire their warriors to help us fight."
Yuan Zhan was attracted by the latter statement, "Hire?" He raised his hand, "You don't need to explain, I understand what you mean, but can you use red salt to hire more than five levels, or even blood warriors? We can trade them It will only be an ordinary war slave, and the highest level will not exceed level four, and you don’t even think about level five or above.”
Shen Gu interjected: "Those envoys from the three cities who came to collect the bones attached great importance to the fifth-level fighters, and they would take them away if they found them. It is said that Morgan had a fifth-level fighter at the beginning, and was taken away by the envoys from the three cities. He became a blood warrior, and taught the Morgans new training methods. Later, there were more and more fighters of the fourth and fifth ranks of the Morgans, and they quickly became stronger."
Yan Mo was curious, and temporarily digressed, "Did the envoys of the Three Cities take away the five-level fighters who appeared in Morgan later?"
Shen Gu shook his head, "I'm not very clear, probably not. However, it is said that any tribe with many fighters above level 5 will have direct contact with Sancheng."
Yan Mo murmured, according to his discovery, generally fighters who can rise to the fourth level by themselves have a high possibility of self-awakening special abilities of blood, such as trenches. So is it understandable that fighters who can naturally rise to level five without suitable training methods are all very talented people? Similarly, people who awakened their blood very early were more likely to be promoted to level five than others, such as Ah Zhan.
And the envoys of the Three Cities travel around the world to collect bones, and at the same time, they also pay attention to these talented fighters, and take them away when they find them. Is it because the Three Cities also attach great importance to these talented blood warriors
After these people are brought back to the three cities, someone should teach them further training methods. If they can be cultivated, they should be kept in the three cities, and if they are not good, they should be sent back.
Of course, it is impossible for the Three Cities to engage in unprofitable business. The God-blood warriors who are particularly talented can stay in the Three Cities as a reserve force, and those who are sent back can also turn their tribes into affiliated tribes of the Three Cities in disguise.
Even if these tribes can train more fifth-level or even sixth-level fighters after obtaining the training method, they will not be able to beat the three cities. On the contrary, if the three cities needed them to send troops, they had no choice but to send a large number of soldiers to help a certain city above.
Thinking of this, Yan Mo still had another question: "Tuya, Bianxi and other tribes near Morgan also have fifth-level fighters. Did the envoys of the Three Cities take them away?"
"Yes." Shen Gu nodded, "There have been such fighters in Tuya, and they have brought back the training methods, but the fifth-level and sixth-level fighters in their tribe are much less than Mogan. There is an agreement, so there is no contact with Tuya. The Bianxi tribe... "
Shen Gu said that he didn’t know the Bianxi tribe very well, “This tribe is quite unique, they seem to have their own training methods, and their clansmen were also taken away, but when they came back, they said that the training methods of Sancheng were useless to them. I also gave up on them. They have a lot of fifth-level fighters, but I don’t know how many are sixth-level fighters. Some people say that they don’t have any sixth-level fighters.”
Yan Mo asked again: "Did the tribes such as Mogan and Tuya pass on the training methods they learned from the Three Cities to other tribes? Will the Three Cities allow it?"
"Who would tell such a good thing to other tribes?" Shen Gu pulled the corner of his mouth, and deep hatred suddenly appeared in his clear eyes, "Not only will they not, they will not allow other tribes nearby to have fighters above level five, Tuya is okay, they are not very aggressive, but when Morgan becomes stronger, as long as he finds a fifth-level fighter in a tribe near them, he will attack that tribe, kill that fifth-level warrior, and then kill the other tribes of that tribe. Everyone becomes a slave."
"Is this how your tribe disappeared?"
Fukaya nodded sadly.
Yan Mo was a little far away from him, so he couldn't pat him on the shoulder to comfort him, so he could only say something vaguely: "There will always be opportunities in the future."
There's always a chance what? Fukaya didn't ask, but his emotions quickly settled down, and his gaze became firmer. He believed in the young priest. Ever since he saw that the young man couldn't bear the abuse of those slaves and paid a high price to buy them back, he thought that if he wanted to pay his loyalty, he would only pay his loyalty to such a master.
At this point, Yan Mo finally deciphered the meaning of what Yuan Zhan told him about the enigmatic message left by the elders of the Xirang tribe, "If there are fighters above level five in the tribe, they can go to the three cities."
After this, he also affirmed once again that the fighter training methods mastered by Sancheng must not be as good as the elementary and intermediate training methods rewarded to him by the guide.
Back to the original topic, Yan Mo concluded: "That is to say, the biggest problem in building a new tribe is manpower, and the most urgent need is fighters above level five, right?"
Yuan Zhan said that's the case, "Neither you nor I can stay in the new tribe for a long time. Without high-level fighters, we can't completely suppress Morgan, and once we leave, Morgan can take our hard work as his own."
Yuan Zhan wanted to say that instead of making such a fuss, it would be better to take people back directly, and work harder, than to work hard and have everyone die.
Yan Mo has a crazy idea. He doesn't know if it can be realized, but if it is realized, the problems of the lack of fighters in Jiuyuan and the lack of high-level fighters in the new tribe can be solved. Do not dare to invade them at will.
But before that, he had to defend this new tribe.
"Bianxi."
"Huh?" Yuan Zhan suddenly raised his head, "You mean Bian Xi? Why did you suddenly mention..."
The memory of the original battle flashed quickly, and he changed his words: "You want it?"
Yan Mo nodded affirmatively to him, "The leader warrior of the Bianxi tribe said at the small bone trade fair that whoever can make him a high-level warrior, the Bianxi tribe will join their tribe. And you know, What do I have on hand?"
Yuan Zhan and the others were fine, Shen Gu's eyelids twitched, and the instant enthusiasm and excitement in those eyes could hardly be concealed.
Hei Qi and Qing Lu looked at each other and saw the excitement on each other's faces. Qinglu clenched his fists and managed to restrain himself from asking clearly. Hei Qi secretly peeped at the young man, his gaze was extremely complicated.
Yan Mo didn't look at other people, he only looked at Yuan Zhan, "It's not just the Bianxi tribe, give me two months, I can make at least 100 blood warriors out of the current 1,500 people!"
"Ah!" I don't know who couldn't control the excitement, and finally screamed out.
The original battle was very calm from the beginning to the end, "It will take at least two months. I can't resist Morgan's full attack by myself. Besides, the appearance of the blood warriors will not immediately become a fighting force."
"That's why we need the Bianxi tribe and the snake-human tribe." Yan Mo thought clearly.
"If we ask the snake people to help, what will you use to make a deal?"
"Red salt. As long as the snake people send fighters to support us, the red salt traded between Jiuyuan and them will be calculated at half of the normal transaction price."
"Morgan can also use red salt to attract the snake people and other tribes to attack us."
"Jiuyuan is far away. In the wild land they talk about, other tribes may not be willing to pay such a high price. They don't know if they can win us. But the snake people only need to show their posture and send some soldiers over, and they will be able to fight us." They can get cheap red salt if they don't really fight with Morgan, I think as long as their upper echelons are not stupid, they should know how to choose."
Yuan Zhan looked deeply at his priest, "Even if the Bianxi people are willing to join Jiuyuan, we may not be able to control them."
"There is no need to control, as they grow and improve, our fighters will also grow and improve. It is not easy to upgrade from level 5 to level 6, but it is not so difficult to upgrade from level 3 to level 4, and level 4 to level 5. What we lack is a large number of five As long as you give me the time difference, I can find a way to make up for the fighters above the first level. In just one year, Jiuyuan's fifth-level fighters will definitely not be less than Morgan."
"Even if they are upgraded, how will the fighters from Jiuyuan come here?" The Jiuyuan fighters they are talking about now know each other that they refer to the original team by Qingyuan Lake.
Yan Mo tapped his knee and gave two words: "Build the road."
Build a road from Jiuyuan to the new tribe, not by water, but by land.
This is also the crazy idea Yan Mo was forced to come up with.
However, there are original battles, Sirang warriors who can control the soil, and colloidal lime mud, which is not impossible.
Hearing this, Yuan Zhan waved his hand to tell the people around the fire to rest, and he didn't intend to let others hear what he said next.
Not to mention the turmoil in the hearts of those who were asked to leave after hearing the conversation between Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo, let's talk about Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo.
Yuan Zhan reversed the calmness and solemnity of the leader just now, stretched his waist, and leaned his whole body weight on the boy who was more than a circle smaller than him beside him.
Yan Mo's body was crooked under his pressure, and he slapped him on the head, "It's too serious! Get out of here."
Yuan Zhan didn't care. He stretched out one arm and hugged the boy so that he could sit upright. With the other hand, he held the branch and drew circles on the ground, "Let's follow what we have to do."
Hearing that it was a serious matter, Yan Mo withdrew the golden needle, "It is necessary to follow along."
Yuan Zhan drew an Arabic numeral 1 on the ground, "First of all, we need to get the Yanshan people before Morgangan."
"right."
"But I can't leave this team, so I can only ask the people who brought them to find them, let them pack up their things and hide in the dense forest first, and we will try our best to rush there."
"That's all."
"If the Yanshan people don't believe in us, or don't want to be our subordinates, then give them up."
Yan Mo nodded without hesitation: "Yes."
Yuan Zhan expressed satisfaction, "The second step, if we hurry up, we can enter the dense forest and join the Yanshan people before the Mogans. If not, we may have to fight the Mogans at the edge of the jungle."
"We can bypass the fighters sent by Morgan, and we don't necessarily have to fight one."
"The third step is also the most difficult step we will encounter. We are not familiar with the dense forest. Even if the direction is good, we may still encounter many dangers in it. If you don't want to die too many people, you can't leave at this time. "With Mo, at least some people who have been bitten or stung by poison can be saved.
Yan Mo nodded.
Yuan Zhan asked: "If the three snake men who were agreed at the time were still willing to come, we might be able to reduce some of the dangers we encountered in the dense forest. As for whether they are willing to come, we only need to wait until they come back."
Two days later, Mengxun marked and caught up with them, bringing together the three snake men Bai Yan, Bai Li and Bai Sheng.
Jiu Feng also brought Tian Wu all the way to play. Yan Mo intends to get in touch with Tian Wu again, and wants to win the favor of this ancient and long-lived intelligent creature towards them.
For the arrival of the three snakemen, Yan Mo expressed his great welcome, and proposed to Bai Yan his idea of hiring snake warriors with red salt.
Bai Yan hesitated, saying that he could not make a decision on this matter.
Yan Mo gave another choice: "If you send a caravan and pretend that you want to trade with us in Jiuyuan and go to Jiuyuan with us, the red salt we provide to the snake people in the future will be shared with the people of Jiuyuan. The price is the same."
Caravan, internal price... At last, Yan Mo's words can be directly understood by people. Bai Yan said that he will bring Yan Mo's two proposals back to the snake people, and the patriarch and their great witch will decide.
Bai Yan was probably worried that the two remaining people would be fooled by Yan Mo into joining the battle directly, so he entrusted the task of delivering the news to Bai Li, who had the most favorable impression of Yan Mo, and asked him to rush back to the Snake Race.
Bai Li blinked at Yan Mo, flicked her tail, and slid into the grass very quickly.
At the same time, Meng, who just woke up from a full night's sleep, dragged Hei Qi to the residence of the Yanshan tribe.
Meng was very tired, but he also knew that he couldn't be called tired at this time. Before leaving, he silently stopped him, cut his finger in front of him, fed him five drops of blood, and gave him the blessing of the ancestor god alone.
"If you find that you are going to upgrade your level on the way, don't force your way and find a place to hide. Compared with you, I would rather abandon the Yanshan tribe."
Meng was so moved that he felt a seemingly inexhaustible force gushing out of his body at that time, and he patted his chest to reassure Yan Mo, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let myself die! Mo Da, what are you doing?" my blood..."
"Shh, don't tell anyone."
Nodding wildly, he won't tell others! Even his brother, he wouldn't say anything!
Before Hei Qi left, he suddenly said to Yan Mo: "Can I talk to you for a while? Just for a while."