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Chapter 35 Purpose
Unlike the first time he came here, Kai Lun not only repaired the fence, but also planted dense thorns around it.Some even keep an eye on anyone who comes close.

Relying on Youmeng's face, the three entered the tribe smoothly.

All the way to the east, Ren Ning narrowed his eyes slightly.

Some of the outermost tents and yurts clearly showed signs of being attacked by rockets remotely.

However, there were obviously not many enemies, and the fire was quickly extinguished, leaving only dozens of hideous scars.

After going around for a while, the three of them arrived at the house of the three chiefs of Kailun.

Allen waved his hands happily, and limped forward to meet him, "When did You Meng come?"

"Just arrived." You Meng quickly jumped off the horse, and asked with concern: "How did you get injured? Is it serious?"

Ugh!
Allen looked ashamed.

"Don't mention it, my skills are inferior to others. When the horse thief appeared last night, I rushed out with a dozen brothers in a flash of brain. I almost got shot by an arrow and fell off the horse."

"It's not serious, though. Just rest for a day or two."

You Meng breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that people are fine."

Allen nodded, and glanced at Ren Ning and the two behind him.

Seeing that they were all men, he couldn't help feeling regretful and relieved.

"Why didn't Sister Yang Lan come over?"

cough.

You Meng had a strange expression on his face.

He came here to cheer for the war, and he has already made plans to stay here with his life, and what to do with bringing his sister here.

Allen quickly reacted and scratched his hair with a smirk.

"That's right, Yingpan is not in the clan now. It's not interesting for her to come here."

While chatting, the three patriarchs walked out of their big tent with a calm face.

He looked left and right, and when he saw You Meng, he was immediately refreshed, and hurried up to meet him.

"You Meng is here? No one mentioned it to me. Come here, sit down and rest..."

Just as he was speaking, the eyes of the three patriarchs had already fallen on Xiong Jiu Jiu's high-spirited Zhui Feng.

In an instant, the brilliance in his eyes was shining brightly, and he no longer cared about blindfolding or resting, and walked over in a few steps.

"Where did the horse come from? What a thousand-mile horse."

The three patriarchs circled around Zhuifeng and sighed.

"If only there were a few good horses like this in our clan. How dare those damned horse thieves come and go when they want to."

"Patriarch," Allen next to him couldn't help but rolled his big eyes, and reminded in a low voice, "Even if there is, we can't keep it."

He was taken away by the Xiliang court long ago.

The three patriarchs gave Allen a hard look.

Talk nonsense.What is the difference between being a man without ideals and being a free fish?
He glanced back at Ren Ning who was holding the rein, "Boy, this is your horse..."

Suddenly the three patriarchs were dumb.

what.

He looked at You Meng, then blinked blankly, "Have we met before?"

Ren Ning nodded with a smile and reminded, "After the great flood three months ago, You Meng and I came to look for the three patriarchs and bought a horse from you."

"So it's you." The three patriarchs suddenly remembered.

His face was also much colder.

Seeing that the situation was not right, You Meng quickly took over the conversation.

"I happened to meet Brother Ning on the road just now. As soon as he heard that the Kailun tribe was in trouble, he came over to see if he could help."

The three patriarchs looked at the bow and arrow on his back, and his face became better.

The mount was taken care of by someone, and several people entered the big tent together.

You Meng took a sip of water, and said impatiently: "Third Patriarch, what is the situation of Kailun now?"

"What's the matter?" Allen next to him snorted angrily.

"The request made by the horse thief is too great. It is impossible for us to agree."

"Do they think that the Karen people only know how to herd animals? Just kidding, who in the grassland can't ride horses and shoot arrows! At worst, they will fight to the death with them."

Ren Jing listened quietly without making a sound.

He glanced at Allen's injured leg.

Knowing and mastering are very different.

If the opponent is well-trained, even a professional scout like him, then the Kailun tribe is really just pure herdsmen.

Coupled with the gap in mounts.

You can't beat it again, and you can't catch up with it.

Don't look at Kai Lun as a colossal monster, but he really has nothing to do with him.

Because the combat power of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

Listening to their clueless discussion for a while, Ren Ning couldn't help but say, "The horse thieves always come here at night? Where do they attack too much?"

There was silence in the tent.

The three patriarchs took a deep look at him and spread out a small map.

"This is our topographic map of Kailun and its vicinity."

Ren Ning twitched the corner of his mouth.

This is also called a map, and there are no details.It's clearly a child's graffiti.

But he didn't speak, and after a few glances, he quickly found his current position in the east.

cough.

The three patriarchs coughed.

"The horse thieves are very cunning, and they may attack from any direction. They are very fast. After shooting a few arrows, they turn around and run away when they find that we are too many. If there are not many of us, they will continue to attack."

Ren Ning nodded, signaling him to continue.

The three patriarchs thought for a while, and pointed to their own livestock pen to the east.

"The night before yesterday, too many of our livestock were grazing outside and not in the enclosure, so there weren't many guards on the east side. They rushed to dozens of people. They burned my livestock enclosure..."

boom!
Allen slammed his fist on the table hard, his anger hard to dissipate.

Burning the livestock pen is actually nothing.But now that the winter is about to pass, burning the stored forage is the most troublesome.

The three patriarchs glanced at him and continued.

"I just said it was the night before the big day."

"As for the night before last, we arranged for people to guard the east, south, and west sides, because there are many animal circles in these places, and a large amount of grass and food have been hoarded."

"Unexpectedly, none of them showed up, and they went directly to the north. That's where you came in, and dozens of tents were burned."

"Last night, they sneaked east and attacked us again. They almost broke in here. That's when Allen went out and got hurt."

Ren Ning nodded, and continued to stare at the simple map without saying a word.

Kailun has [-] ethnic groups, which seems to be a lot.However, with the tents and yurts where people live and the numerous livestock circles around them, the entire tribe occupies a huge area, and it is basically impossible to guard against it with only tribesmen and some wooden fences.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "Where is your water source? It's not shown on the map. Have horse thieves ever attacked?"

source of water?

The three patriarchs and Allen looked at each other, and Qiqi shuddered.

Aaron didn't care about his leg injury, so he quickly jumped over with a stick of charcoal and drew on the map.

"There are fifteen large and small water sources in the clan, all in the southeast and north. Ten of them are for livestock to drink water, and too many are on the periphery. The water sources for our people to drink are relatively inward, here, here, here, here And there's one here."

Ren Ning nodded and tapped the map lightly.

"Kai Lun is too big, the manpower is obviously insufficient, and the opponent's speed is fast. Blindly guarding against it is not an option."

The three patriarchs nodded, "We understand this. So when we find the horse thief, everyone will rush up in all directions, and kill them quickly."

"Even if ten are exchanged for one, we must kill them."

"The result?" Ren Ning chuckled, "The other party's mount is faster than yours, their bow and arrow are better than yours, and their archery skills are better than yours. Did you meet them?"

The three patriarchs fell silent.

They have tried these days, and there is really nothing they can do about each other.That's why they had to call up 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, so he continued.

"Even if you gather more people from the surrounding tribes, you won't be able to guard every corner. Besides, you can guard it for a day or two, but for ten days and a half a month, will you continue to guard it?"

"As the saying goes, there is only one who can be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against a thief for a thousand days."

"As long as the horse thief wants to sneak attack, he will definitely find the time to attack and get away easily."

"In the end, it will put other small tribes who came to help in a dangerous situation. They don't have as many people as you Kailun. They are more likely to be targeted by horse thieves who become angry in minutes, and then kill them to bleed."

cough cough.

You Meng patted his chest, and said without hesitation: "Lanmang doesn't matter, anyway, our lives are given by the three patriarchs. Take it away..."

Ren Ning glanced at him indifferently, ignored him, and continued talking.

"To solve the problem, we must first understand the purpose of the other party."

"If the purpose of the horse thief is just to skim some money. That's easy."

"Because they are few in number, they can only burn some of your houses at most, and they can't hurt Karen's bones at all. After showing their strength and exerting pressure these days, it is estimated that they will negotiate with you soon."

Everyone cheered up and were about to speak, but Ren Ning had already continued.

"If their goal is to completely destroy the entire Kailun tribe, then the drinking water sources must be carefully monitored."

He tapped 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 tribe. Although not too many people will be poisoned to death by drinking water. But as long as the poisonous seeds in the water are planted in the hearts of the tribe, you must either flee in panic and find a new habitat. ; or can only do what they ask."

That is to say, young women from hundreds of clans were given to horse thieves in exchange for peace.

boom!
The three patriarchs were furious, and punched heavily on the table, "If this is the case, they are too vicious."

Compared with the [-] people of the ethnic group, one hundred women does not seem to be many.After all, at this time, there are many servants who have signed the contract of sale.Handing it over doesn't seem like a big deal.

But only a few patriarchs had the idea of ​​sending the women out of the clan in exchange for peace.Kailun didn't need to attack, the interior was already scattered.

(End of this chapter)