His body was covered with blood, there were many obvious damage on the surface of the light leather armor, his hair was messy, and there were several fresh scratches on his face mixed with sweat and dirt.

"Report...Report...Report your Majesty...the front line is in a hurry." He gasped, because he was extremely tired because of his long-term horse riding, so that he was too slow to untied the bamboo tube with the emergency document behind him. He finally untied the tether, and his hands were trembling so hard that he couldn't even pull the plug. The guard standing on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help, and then opened the message tube and took out a roll of animal skin sealed with beeswax.

The guard submitted a letter. Hu Yao, who was already very nervous, quickly read it at a glance, and his already blue face turned pale. He felt that his body had lost the strength to support him in an instant, and he leaned on the chair after his loose fingers could no longer hold the animal skin roll and let it slide.

All are bad news.

Hulao Pass is lost.

Gangwei City is lost.

The front-line commander Hu Ze died in battle.

At the end of the animal skin roll, there is a line of black text mixed with dry dark blood marks.

Iron Jaw City is lost.

...

From attack to occupation, the battle in Iron Jaw City lasted only four hours.

The news of the fall of Gangwei City was completely blocked, and the staff arriving with the Blast Fleet and the Marine Force quickly controlled the situation. The first batch of surrendered Tiger tribesmen was as high as 2,000, followed by the second, third and fourth batches... Hu Zesheng's body was found in the chaos army, and Blast Fleet ordered the dismemberment of them with a grim smile.

The cut off head was carried out with a spear. The death of the main general had a serious impact on the morale of the defenders. In addition, the dense artillery fire from the fleet, the tiger tribe who had never seen such a terrifying scene were completely shocked and fell into fear.

The battle ended in a short time, and the violent teeth completely controlled the Gangwei City.

Hu Zesheng's hands were cut off, and he pressed a red fingerprint on the letter, and stamped the commander's seal he carried with him and found from the body. The storm sent someone to send out this forged letter of help. After receiving it, the commander of the Iron Jaw City immediately sent up a reinforcement force of up to 40,000 people in accordance with the letter's requirements and rushed to Hulao Pass overnight.

Early the morning after the reinforcements set off, the RaptoGoth Fleet appeared on the river again and launched a full-scale shelling of the Iron Jaw City built on the water.

The defenders were all drawn, and Pingjun's intelligence department set up a secret stronghold in Iron Jaw City. The messenger team sent previously contacted it and armed it with weapons and ammunition that had been secretly transported into the city in advance. Soon, more than 200 special forces were gathered. They rushed into the commander's mansion and shot and killed most of the senior personnel, including the commander and the city lord, with dense firepower. The entire Iron Jaw City lost control, the command system collapsed, and the city was in chaos.

The slogan of "Surrender and not kill" resounded throughout the city, with bloody heads hanging on high poles. The dragon infantry who subsequently landed took over all important points in the city. They stood at the top of the tower to monitor the whole city and quickly calmed down the situation.

Zhuochi ordered the expansion of the riverside docks on the basis of the existing Iron Jade City and strengthen the distribution capacity of materials and personnel.

By the morning of the next day, 50,000 tigers were forced to board the ship and escorted to Bailu City. It was the last stop for the inland fleet transportation. After getting off the ship, they would collectively go to the farther Xindu. From then on, they would become completely dragons under subtle influence and the thinking of the working group.

In exchange, 20,000 dragon immigrants from Bailu City arrived in Iron Jaw City and became new residents here.

According to the plan formulated by Tianhao, this is not an equal population replacement. The original 200,000 people in Tieja City do not need to move all to the north of the mainland, but the number of people who have moved cannot be less than 100,000 (two batches before and after).

The defeated Tiger tribe was in a low mood. They thought they had lost everything, became prisoners, and then became slaves. However, when they boarded the ship, they found that the dragon tribe from the north had a friendly attitude and did not have the assaults and scolding as they imagined, especially when distributing rations, they were very fair and sufficient.

All migrant tigers are based on "households" units, and they take their families with their families. Adults can get two thick meat-cup cakes, which the elderly can reduce as appropriate, and children get one or half according to the specific situation. The cake is very large, equivalent to two slaps of adults. Although it was prepared in advance last night and was already cold, it still remains a certain degree of softness. There is a thick pickled whale blubber inside, and the surface is sprinkled with salty powder grinded with dried fish, as well as dried meat floss and fresh vegetables. Even those who are picky will have nothing to say when facing this kind of food.

Meat floss is a newly developed military ration by the Logistics Department of Leijiao City. The northern barbarians have rich experience in making cured and dried meat. They use fish, deer and pork as raw materials, steam and cook them and tear them into thin strips, and stir-fry them with a large amount of oil. The meat floss made in this way is delicious and can be stored for a long time by packing them in porcelain jars and iron jars.

They got off the boat in Bailu City, rested for a night, and then teamed north to go to Xindu the next day.

The migrant Tiger people were all poor people. They had been roughly screened when they were in Tieja City. They basically had no daily necessities and had only a bare wall of their families. During the migration process, they rarely had any property they carried with them.

The work team's publicity is very good.

"From now on, you are like us, all dragons."

"His Highness the Regent never abandons any people. Everyone speeds up and arrives at the new capital one day earlier, and they can start a new life one day earlier."

"There is no need to worry about food or clothes. The related things will be sent to you at that time."

"What did you say? Someone said that we took you to Xinxin is a lie. We wanted to transport you there and kill you for meat? Hahaha, how did you have this idea? If you wanted to kill someone, you would have been killed long ago, why wait until now? Think about it, what are the rations you distribute every day now? There are fish and meat, and you have enough to keep your fill. Have you ever treated this way when you were in Tiejan City?"

When they arrived at Panshi City, all the doubts disappeared completely. The tiger immigrants were given the clothes they distributed. They were amazed by the prosperous and tidy city, especially seeing the tall walls, solid towers, and vast farmlands around them. In terms of size and population, they finally dispelled the last trace of doubts and worries and were full of expectations for future life.

Iron Jaw City has begun a new round of land reform.

As more than half of the residents moved away, a large amount of space appeared outside the city. Wu Rong was the guard of the new city appointed by Tianhao, and she arrived at the same time with the fleet of tyrants. As the situation in the city was controlled, two consecutive batches of immigrants were forcibly moved away, and plans from Tianhao were also fully rolled out.

The primary task is still to arrest the nobles, especially those who do many evil deeds and are extremely angry. Information collection has always been under the responsibility of Ping Jun's intelligence department. Based on this information, Wu Rong ordered public executions of the nobles in the city who had proved their true self, and conservative bullying civilians can apply to serve as executioners. To a large extent, she won the hearts of the people and stabilized the situation.

The chaotic architectural pattern in the city will definitely change accordingly. Wu Rong ordered all empty houses to be taken over to the city guards for a second property distribution. Based on the seized civil affairs information of Tiejang City, the land outside the city will be re-planned and more farmland will be distributed to them according to the existing civilian population.

A few days later, the first batch of 50,000 reinforcements sent by the Tiger King Yao arrived at Tiejang City. The leader of the team was surprised to find that Tiejang City had changed hands, and there was no sign of chaos in this city that should have belonged to the Tiger Clan, especially some of the guards standing on the top of the city were simply the Tiger Clan members.

...

Two weeks later, an envoy of more than 200 people came from Blood Claw City and arrived at the Tiger Clan Camp set up southeast of the Iron Jaw City.

Reinforcement Commander Ping Yang saw the figure of the former national guru Wu Lin in the envoy. He was surprised, but because there were too many people, he did not come forward to chat with him until late at night, and then he took a few personal guards into Wu Lin's camp.

"Great National Master." Pingyang knelt on one knee in front of Wulin with a very respectful attitude. His former deputy captain of the National Division Guard was promoted to command due to his combat effectiveness and accumulated merits. He is now the chief general of the first batch of reinforcements.

Wu Lin smiled bitterly on his face, and he helped Pingyang up from the ground: "Actually, you don't need to cover up. I'm no longer a national teacher."

Pingyang showed an angry expression on his rough face: "You are the real national teacher of the Tiger Clan, and no one can replace you. When I go back this time, I must meet Your Majesty and ask him to restore your national teacher's identity."

"The things are not as bad as you think. Your Majesty just gave me a while off. This time I joined the envoys. His Majesty meant that he was. After all, I am familiar with the situation of each tribe. Although I am not the leader of my team, I can help me check them and consider them."

Wu Lin didn't say anything, nor did he show hatred for the Tiger King. He has always been cautious. Although Pingyang was his confidant, who can guarantee that he would not change his mind because interests stand opposite him?

The envoy was indeed Hu Yaoxian's order. The envoy was under the charge of Hu Yaozong, who was the brother of Hu Wang Yaoxian and an ambitious royal family member. Together with the Dragon Clan envoy Libin who had sent the letter before, both sides went to Bailu City to negotiate multiple projects such as war and compensation.

Pingyang is a pure soldier, and he didn't think about it deeper. He stood up and sat down separately. Pingyang looked at Wu Lin in confusion: "Great National Master, why do you need to negotiate? Doesn't Your Majesty want to fight?"

Hu Zesheng had previously sent people to Blood Claw City to deliver letters, and the first batch of reinforcements to Tieja City had 50,000. After that, 30,000 were sent, totaling 80,000, which is currently under the jurisdiction of Pingyang.

These are the standing army of the Tiger Clan and are the real elite. The reserve force takes time whether it is mobilized or dispatched. Although the Tiger Clan is powerful and can even send out millions of troops in extreme cases, it takes a long time and takes at least several months.

Wu Lin shook his head: "Your Majesty's idea is hard to figure out. I just obey the order. He asked me to talk about it and I would talk about it. If it was an order to attack, you could not resist it."

Wu Lin could not express his opinion to Pingyang.

On the day when the news of the fall of Iron Jaw City came, Hu Yao was silent for a long time, and then furious and roared and wanted to issue a general mobilization order to fight the dragon clan in a comprehensive decisive battle.

This kind of words is just a matter of speaking in front of the regent ministers and the commanders. Based on Wu Lin’s years of contact and understanding of Hu Yaoxian, he knew very well that the Tiger King was just venting something verbally.

Once Hulao Pass was lost, the Hu tribe completely lost its strategic initiative in the north. Whether to fight or not is completely up to the Dragon tribe.

The Pantuo River is abundant in water, and there are fertile fields on both sides of the river bank. From the downwards of Tieja City, there are bustling cities with dense populations. This is the most important grain-producing area of ​​the Tiger tribe, and from here, the border between the Tiger tribe and the Lion tribe has changed. The Pantuo River is no longer bounded. The east and west sides are the tiger tribe territory. The east and west sides are more than 30 kilometers to the east, which is the border fortress of the Lion tribe.

The 200,000 troops left in the east for many years should not be moved easily. Their mission is to protect the border and beware of the Lion people who salivate at the grain-producing areas.

All the senior executives of the Tiger Clan, including Wulin, never expected that Hulao Pass would fall in such a short time.

They did not expect that Gangwei City and Tieja City fell one after another. Especially the latter caused a fatal blow to Hu Yaoxian. For the first time, he had doubts about his rule strategy and feared the powerful combat power of the Dragon Army.

We must use negotiations as an excuse to delay time. Of course, if the negotiations go well and we can get something that cannot be obtained from the battlefield from the negotiating table, Hu Yaoxian doesn't mind ending the dispute between the two tribes.

Yes, it is a dispute, not a war. Never underestimate the difference between the two words, the meanings must not be discussed in the same way.

"Let's talk about Iron Jaw City, and those dragons." Wu Lin turned the topic to a familiar and controllable level: "What do you think the current situation is like? Can this battle... be fought?"

"This..." Pingyang was a little troubled. In fact, he had been thinking about these two questions, but he didn't know how to speak for a while.

After thinking for a while, Pingyang raised his head and said seriously: "Great National Master, I have captured some prisoners of the Dragon Army during this period. I think it is better for you to talk to them."

"Prisoner?" Wu Lin smiled, nodded, full of interest in it.

A few minutes later, the guards escorted two people into the tent.

They were all male, one was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and the other was very young, about twenty years old. They were wearing black military uniforms unique to the Dragon tribe, their sleeves and front closures were torn, and there were a little scratch on their faces and arms.

Their hands were tied up by ropes. The middle-aged man walked in front. There was a pile of charcoal fire in the middle of the tent, and the light was not very bright. He was escorted by the guards. Wu Lin sat in the middle, the focus of everyone's sight. The middle-aged man stared at Wu Lin for a long time since he entered the tent, until he was very close. He suddenly stopped, tried to open his eyes wide, and then frowned, and his face was constantly alternating surprises, thinking, and suddenly.
Chapter completed!