Different from the first time he came, Kailun now not only repaired the fence, but also planted dense thorns around it. Some people are always watching anyone who comes close.
With You Meng's face, the three of them entered the tribe smoothly.
Walking all the way east, Ren Ning's eyes narrowed slightly.
Some of the outermost tents and yurts clearly showed signs of being hit by rockets from a distance.
However, there were obviously not many enemies, and the fire was quickly extinguished, leaving only dozens of hideous scars.
After going around in circles, the three of them arrived at the residence of the three heads of the Kailun clan.
Allen waved happily and limped forward to greet him, "When did Youmeng come?"
"Just arrived." Youmeng quickly jumped off his horse and asked with concern: "How did you get injured? Is it serious?"
well!
Allen looked ashamed.
"Don't mention it, my skills are not as good as others. When the horse thieves appeared last night, I rushed out with a dozen brothers in a hurry. As a result, I almost got hit by an arrow and fell off the horse."
"But it's not serious. Just rest for a day or two."
Youmeng breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as everything is fine."
Allen nodded and glanced at Ren Ning and the other two people behind him.
Seeing that they were all men, he couldn't help but feel regretful and relieved at the same time.
"Why didn't sister Yang Lan come?"
cough.
You Meng looked strange.
He came here to cheer for the war, and he had already made plans to leave his life here. Why did he bring his sister here?
Allen reacted quickly and scratched his hair with a smile.
"Yes, Yingpan is not in the clan now. There is no point in her coming over."
While they were chatting, the heads of the three clans walked out of their tent with a calm face.
He looked left and right, and when he saw Youmeng, he suddenly became energetic and hurriedly came to greet him.
"Youmeng is here? Why didn't anyone mention it to me? Come here quickly, sit down and rest..."
Just as he was talking, the eyes of the three clan leaders had already fallen on the heroic Zhui Feng.
In an instant, his eyes sparkled, and he no longer cared about sleeping or resting, so he took a few steps over.
"Where did the horse come from? It's such a one-of-a-kind thousand-mile horse."
The three clan leaders circled Zhui Feng and sighed.
"If only there were a few good horses like this in our clan. How dare those damn horse thieves dare to come and leave as they please."
"Clan leader," Allen next to him couldn't help rolling his eyes and reminded in a low voice: "Even if there is, we can't protect it."
He had been trapped by the Xiliang court for a long time.
The three patriarchs glared at Allen fiercely.
What nonsense. What is the difference between a person without ideals and an idle fish?
He glanced back at Ren Ning, who was holding the reins, "Boy, this is your horse..."
Suddenly the three patriarchs were speechless.
Huh.
He looked at Youmeng and blinked blankly, "Have we met before?"
Ren Ning smiled and nodded, "After the great flood three months ago, Youmeng and I came to see the three clan leaders and bought a horse from you."
"It turns out to be you." The three clan leaders suddenly remembered.
His expression also became much colder.
You Meng saw that something was wrong and quickly took over.
"I just happened to meet Brother Ning on the road. As soon as he heard that the Kailun tribe was in trouble, he came over to see if he could help."
The three clan leaders looked at the bow and arrow on his back, and then their expressions became better.
Someone took care of the mount, and several people entered the tent together.
You Meng took a sip of water and said impatiently: "Chief of the three clans, what is the situation in Kailun now?"
"What could happen?" Allen next to him snorted angrily.
"The demands made by the horse thieves are too excessive. There is no way we can agree to them."
"Do they think the Kelun people only know how to herd? It's a joke. Who among the prairie men can't ride a horse and shoot an arrow? At worst, we could fight them to the death."
Ren Ning listened quietly and said nothing.
He glanced at Allen's injured leg.
Knowing and mastering are completely different.
If the opponent is well-trained and even a professional scout like him, then the Kailun tribe is really just a pure herdsman.
Coupled with the differences in mounts.
You can't beat it again and again, you can't catch it if you chase it.
Although Kai Lun is a behemoth, he has a big tail and is really helpless against the opponent.
Because the combat power of the two sides is not at the same level at all.
After listening to their clueless discussion for a long time, Ren Ning couldn't help but say, "Do horse thieves come here at night? From which direction do they attack so many?"
There was silence in the tent.
The three clan leaders looked at him deeply and spread out a small map.
"This is our topographical map of Kelon and nearby areas."
Ren Ning twitched the corner of his mouth.
This is also worthy of being called a map. There are no details. It's clearly a child's graffiti.
But he didn't speak. After taking a few glances, he quickly found his current location in the east.
cough.
The three clan leaders coughed.
"Horse thieves are very cunning and can attack from any direction. They are very fast. After shooting a few arrows, they turn around and run when they find that there are many of us. If there are not many of us, they will continue to attack."
Ren Ning nodded and motioned for him to continue.
The three clan leaders thought for a while and pointed to their livestock pen to the east.
"The night before yesterday, we had too many livestock grazing outside and not in the pen, so there were not many guards on the east side. They came with dozens of people. They burned my livestock pen to pieces..."
boom!
Allen punched the table hard, furious.
Burning the livestock pen is actually nothing. But now that winter is about to begin, burning the stored fodder is the most troublesome.
The three clan leaders glanced at him and continued.
"I was just talking about New Year's Eve."
"As for the night before yesterday, we arranged for manpower to guard the east, south and west sides, because there are many livestock pens in these places and a large amount of grass food is also stored."
"Unexpectedly, none of them showed up, and they turned directly to the north. They burned dozens of tents where you came in."
"Last night, they sneaked to the east and attacked us. They almost broke into here. Allen rushed out at that time and was injured."
Ren Ning nodded and continued to stare at the simple map without saying a word.
There are 30,000 tribesmen in Kailun, which seems like a lot. However, with the tents and yurts where people live and the numerous livestock pens outside, the entire tribe occupies a huge area, and it is basically impossible to defend it with just the tribesmen and some wooden fences.
After a while, he suddenly said: "Where is your water source? It's not shown on the map. Have horse thieves attacked?"
Water source?
The three patriarchs and Allen looked at each other and shuddered.
Allen didn't care about his leg injury and quickly jumped over with a charcoal stick and drew on the map.
"There are a total of fifteen large and small water sources in the tribe, located in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Ten of them are for livestock to drink, and too many are on the periphery. The water sources for our tribe's drinking water are relatively inside, here, here, here, here And there’s one for each here.”
Ren Ning nodded and tapped the map gently.
"Kailun is too big, it obviously doesn't have enough manpower, and the opponent is very fast. Blindly defending is not an option."
The three clan leaders nodded, "We understand this. So as soon as the horse thief is discovered, everyone will swarm from all directions and kill him quickly."
"Even if it's ten for one, we still have to kill them."
"What's the result?" Ren Ning chuckled, "The opponent's mount is faster than yours, their bow and arrows are stronger than yours, and their archery skills are better than yours. Did you meet them?"
The three clan leaders fell silent.
They have tried these days, and there is really nothing they can do against each other. Only then did they have to summon the surrounding small tribes to try to scare away the horse thieves with their numbers.
Ren Ning saw what the Kailun tribe was thinking and was not afraid to hit them and continued talking.
"No matter how many people you recruit from the surrounding tribes, you still won't be able to guard every corner. Besides, it's enough to guard for a day or two, but it's only ten days and a half. Do you want to continue guarding?"
"As the saying goes, you can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief in a thousand days."
"As long as the horse thief wants to make a sneak attack, he will definitely find the time to attack and then escape easily."
"In the end, it will put other small tribes who come to help into a dangerous situation. They don't have as many people as you, Kailun. They are more likely to be targeted by the angry horse thieves every minute, and then kill them with blood."
Ahem.
You Meng patted his chest and said without hesitation: "Lan Mang doesn't care, anyway, our lives are given by the heads of the three clans. Take it if you want..."
Ren Ning glanced at him lightly, ignored him, and continued talking.
“To solve a problem, you must first understand the other party’s purpose.”
"If the purpose of the horse thief is just to steal some money. That's easy to handle."
"Because they have few people, they can at most burn down some of your houses and not hurt Kailun's bones at all. After showing strength and exerting pressure in the past few days, they will probably negotiate with you soon."
Everyone cheered up and were about to speak, but Ren Ning had already continued.
"If their purpose is to completely destroy the entire Kailun tribe, then drinking water sources everywhere must be carefully monitored."
He knocked on the northernmost man's water source.
"This most peripheral water source is very likely to become the next target."
"As long as they succeed, it will inevitably cause panic among the Kailun people. Although not many people will be poisoned by drinking water. But as long as the poisonous seeds in the water are planted in the hearts of the people, you will either flee in panic and find a new habitat. ; Or you can only do what they ask."
That is, hundreds of young women from the clan were given to the horse thieves in exchange for peace.
boom!
The three clan leaders were furious and punched the table hard, "If that's the case, they are too vicious."
Compared to the 30,000 clan members, one hundred women didn't seem to be many. After all, there are many slaves who have signed a contract of sale at this time. It doesn't seem like it's a big deal to hand it over.
But as long as a few clan leaders have the idea of giving away the women of the clan in exchange for peace. Kailun didn't need to attack, it was already dispersed internally.
