Chief don't slap in the face

Chapter 430 Shocking Tactics
In the past ten years, except for the occasional small friction with the Cao family, the Xia family has not experienced a battle with more than [-] people.

This is also the current situation in the mainland. With the status of the eight surnames becoming more and more stable, it is impossible for ordinary tribes to challenge their dominance. They must either die or submit. There is no third way to go.

However, this also has an advantage. Under the coercion of King Zhao, the consumption of wars between the major tribes is almost saved, and the aspect of competition has also become economical.

Because the Xia clan is located in the north, far away from the center of the Zhao Kingdom, there are not many financial resources. Xia Ji claims to be the number one chief of the Xia clan for thousands of years, and even intends to replace Zhao Wang. Of course, he is not satisfied with the status quo and always hopes to develop wasteland.

The wasteland is an uncultivated virgin land. It is wild and dangerous, but it also means a huge opportunity. He sent out Xia Jie, who he valued the most, in order to build a giant in the wasteland that can be called the pearl of the wasteland. tribe.

"If Xia Yunzhi hadn't been holding me back, I would have become the king of the wasteland now!"

Xia Ji squeezed the space between his eyebrows, and looked into the distance: "It's been a year, and Xia Jie, a bastard, didn't even say to send a letter, so I can rest assured."

Talking brokenly, Xia Ji laughed again. Xia Jie has been talented and assertive since he was a child, and he has never let himself down.

"Maybe he will become the king of the wasteland!"

Xia Ji calculated the time. According to the usual practice, Xia Taiding's inspector should return from the wasteland by now, and he will soon know how the plan is progressing.

The next morning, Xia Ji had eaten pickles and rice porridge, and when he was about to start working, the bamboo slips from Xia Taiding had already been placed on the desk.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Xia Ji scolded.

The servant looked panic-stricken and hurriedly lowered his head.

"Stupid, get out."

Xia Ji cursed, opened the bamboo slips, and checked first.

The bamboo slips were not written by my younger brother, but it doesn't matter, as long as the final seal of signature is enough, with Xia Taiding's character, he has never liked this kind of rough work.

Judging from the engraved handwriting, it should be written by Xia Tuo.

The bamboo slips were not long, but what was written made Xia Ji's breath short after reading it.

Xia Taiding said that this year's trial was a bit horrible, and there were almost no newcomers showing up, because Xia Jie was so ruthless that he subdued all those pawns.

Xia Shilian is a strong enemy, besides that, so is Xia Ye, Xia Wuan's wild species. I don't know what kind of shit luck he had, but he actually established a tribe and started a trade with the Wei family.

"So it's true!"

Seeing this, Xia Ji was stunned. He had heard people say that there were a lot of good goods in Wei's, such as paper, sanitary oil, and rare icing sugar.

Even the Great Chief of the Xia clan, himself, had never tasted those frostings. It is said that the production is scarce, and they were all ordered by King Zhao.

Who wouldn't covet such a unique commodity?Xia Ji also asked people to find out the ins and outs, and finally found out that the Wei family was trading with a tribe in the wasteland.

Although there are dozens of caravans going to Chaoge, who is willing to tell others how to make a fortune?So those caravan owners strictly ordered their subordinates to speak nonsense, and those who violated it would be killed directly.

"It's that Xia Ye!"

The corner of Xia Ji's mouth twitched a little. He also knew that he had tricked Xia Wuan, and offered Xia Ye to King Zhao, causing him to lose his blood. This kind of behavior was shameless, but as the leader of a tribe, he had to do this .

No matter if it is a tribe or a country, the cake is only so big, and there are so many people to share it with. No matter how powerful Xia Wuan is, he is not one of his own after all. It is nonsense to say that Xia Ji is not against him.

In fact, Xia Ji admires Xia Wuan very much. If he loses his status as the great patriarch, he hopes to become friends with Xia Wuan, but he is also the spokesperson of some people. It is not only him who said whether to kill Xia Wuan. Calculated.

"This is dirty politics!"

Xia Wuan sighed with emotion, he knew that in history, many great heroes ended up not being shrouded in horse leather and dying on the battlefield, but died in the internal struggle of the tribe.

Continuing to flip through the bamboo slips, Xia Ji's eyes widened, and he even slapped the table with his palm, his face flushed with excitement.

Xia Taiding said that he sent a vanguard regiment to take down Chaoge, and at this time he had already obtained the formula of icing sugar, and other special products were being pressed for questioning.

At the end of the bamboo slips, Xia Taiding explained his strategic plan. Taking advantage of this crusade, he wanted to use Chaoge as a base to conquer the wild tribes around. In addition to plundering their wealth accumulated for hundreds of years, he could also gain more Vassal tribes, let them open up wasteland for the Xia family.

"Hmph, Xia Yunzhi shouldn't have the face to stop me after seeing the frosting formula, right?"

Xia Ji snorted coldly, then flipped through the bamboo slips again, he asked Xia Taiding to guard the border, it was really wise, but would the troops and supplies be too much?
Xia Taiding asked for [-] soldiers and horses, including more cavalry and archers, and the military supplies needed to feed [-] troops for three years.

much?After reading it, Xia Ji felt that it was not much.

When fighting in the wilderness, the cavalry and archers must have the upper hand. As for food, grass and weapons, Xia Taiding also said that to regain the savages, you can't just kill them, you have to recruit a group and fight a group.

Many of these materials are intended to be used by the savages.

Xia Ji couldn't wait any longer, and immediately asked his servants to notify the tribe's high-level officials that a tribe meeting was about to be held.

An hour later, more than 30 people gathered together.

"It's early in the morning, why did you call us here? It's really disturbing people's dreams!"

An old man with gray hair directly fired. He has the habit of sleeping late, but the more important reason is that he belongs to Xia Yunzhi's family. No matter what Xia Ji wants to do, it is always right to blame him first.

"Uncle Nian, if you sleep again, your bones will rot."

Xia Ji seemed to be concerned, but replied in a tone-deaf way.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and talk about business!"

Xia Yunzhi took the staff and poked the ground vigorously, making a bang bang sound.

"See for yourself!"

Xia Ji threw Xia Taiding's bamboo slips out.

The people who were originally indifferent, after reading it, their expressions immediately changed, and they began to whisper.

Xia Ji looked at these people and didn't speak.

"Is this true?"

It was Xia Nian who was the first to speak: "For such an important matter, why didn't Tai Ding carve the bamboo slips himself?"

"When you were a follower, didn't you carve enough bamboo slips?"

A strong man came back, his name was Xia Liqiu, and he belonged to Xia Ji's lineage.

"That's right, Taiding is the chief now, there's no need to waste time on such trivial matters."

"Where is the blueprint for icing?"

"I've heard that that kind of icing is the favorite of Zhao Guo's dignitaries, but I didn't expect it to be invented by Xia Ye."

The high-level people talk a lot, and the first thing they pay attention to is their interests.

"Speaking of which, I should have noticed when he was playing the skill of distinguishing objects last year."

Xia Yunzhi frowned. He actually sent people to monitor Xia Ye secretly at that time, but the blood survival trial was about to start, Xia Ye left the tribe directly, and he didn't sell sugar later, so he didn't go into it further.

At this moment, Xia Yunzhi felt a deep sense of regret, if he had obtained the frosting formula at that time, it would be his own, relying on it, he would definitely be able to win over more allies and successfully ascend to the position of chief patriarch.

"The recipe is in Taiding's hands!"

After Xia Ji finished speaking, he looked at these high-level officials calmly, but there was an undisguised banter in his eyes.

"Ha ha!"

Xia Yunzhi's senior management laughed awkwardly.

"I am the chief patriarch of the Xia Clan, so I naturally put the interests of the tribe first!"

Xia Ji said in an official tone: "The distribution of icing sugar will never let everyone down."

"Let me just say, the patriarch has always done things fairly!"

Xia Nian stroked his beard and flattered him.

Xia Yunzhi glanced at this old man, closed his eyes wisely, and pretended to rest his mind. In fact, he avoided it temporarily. He knew that Xia Ji came here today with capital, and if he came forward again, he would not be able to please him.

"Well, everyone has seen Taiding's plan, right? Tell me your thoughts?"

Xia Ji sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Everyone was silent, weighing the pros and cons, but soon, someone spoke up.

"Is it too risky? 3 people are already half of our tribe's strength!"

"If you can win the wasteland, it's not a loss."

"It's a pity that those savages are useless except as cannon fodder, and nobles don't like to use savage slaves!"

When it comes to major issues, everyone is still very insightful. To put it bluntly, most of the people who can sit in this seat are not stupid. Sometimes they get in the way, and they just want to maximize their own interests.

In fact, the discussion is meaningless. Xia Ji, who holds many recipes, is already an absolute talker.

The meeting was over, and everyone didn't leave immediately, even Xia Yunzhi's family gathered around Xia Ji, chatting with him.

Xia Yunzhi put on a serious face, shook her sleeves and left.

"Ha ha!"

For the first time in so many years, Xia Ji felt that his thoughts were clear, and he felt that in the future, Xia Yunzhi would not have the capital to compete with him anymore.

"Xia Ye, your father helped me solve the external and internal troubles, and stabilized the foundation of the Xia family. You sacrificed the blood on my son's behalf, and now you have come up with the icing formula so that I can suppress Xia Yunzhi and become the real Xia family. The great patriarch, Xia Ye, your family is really my lucky star."

Xia Ji was secretly happy, he remembered that Xia Wuan had a daughter, so he began to hesitate, whether to take that girl into the house, in case it brought him another wave of good luck?

In addition to keeping one thousand cavalry for emergencies, Xia Ji sent out all five thousand cavalry of the Xia family.

Don't underestimate this number, cavalry is the most costly unit in this era, and the maintenance of war horses alone is better than an ordinary commoner of the Xia clan.

In addition, there are [-] archers, and the rest are made up by infantry.

Xia Taiding didn't want the Molten Giant, and Xia Ji was not surprised, because this unit was a killer weapon. In his opinion, what his brother had was enough.

It was midsummer now, that is to say, there was still half of summer and one fall to be used, because when it came to winter, the cold wasteland was definitely not suitable for combat.

Therefore, in only five days, Xia Ji mobilized [-] soldiers and horses, prepared supplies, and let them rush to the Taiding tribe.

This is within the Xia Clan's territory, so there is no need to worry about being attacked, so the army moves very fast, marching recklessly all the way.

Taiding tribe, the atmosphere is as silent as a zombie.

Even though three days have passed since the massacre order was issued, the strong smell of blood on Jia Duo still hasn't dissipated.

Those prisoners of war who were imprisoned in the barracks without weapons and armor had no power to fight back against the bows and ballistas of the savages.

"It's a pity that you can't make it into an undead soldier."

Feel sorry for Friday.

"Your words are really inhumane!"

Ghost master despised.

"Hey, hey, don't think I don't know who gave Jiaduo the idea."

Friday is gloomy, and Ghost Lord is the one with the darkest heart: "But then again, will the master's plan succeed?"

"You should ask why it didn't work out!"

Ghost Lord rolled his eyes: "Master has already sent scouts of Dragonoid air cavalry to search the area leading to Xiacheng all day long. As long as the news of the fall of the Taiding tribe does not come back, this plan will definitely succeed."

Xia Ji is the reincarnation of a god, and it is impossible for him to think that his younger brother has been killed and the tribe perished. Now, he is probably dreaming of dominating the barren land.

Just in the anxiety of Friday, the scouts of the dragon people came to report that a cavalry force of 5000 men approached the tribe.

There is no shortage of surrender factions at any time, and the officer guarding the city gate at this time is a coward who succumbed to Xia Ye's butcher's knife.

After normal communication, the city gates opened and the cavalry entered.

"The tribe is too quiet, right? Why are there so few people?"

Thousands of people looked around.

"They're all on the expedition!"

The officer explained, but he glanced at Xia Ye beside him, he is now his lieutenant general.

The doubt on the face of the head of the people did not recede, but at this moment, Xia An appeared.

"Why are there so few people?"

Xia An questioned.

"Humph!"

When the head of the ten thousand people heard this tone, his face was filled with displeasure. What does this dude know?But just because he saw Xia An, his doubts dissipated.

The cavalry dismounted and entered the barracks arranged by Xia Ye.

"Has there been a fight here?"

The ten thousand leader frowned. Although the barracks had been cleaned, the experienced generals could still see some clues.

"Cleaned up some POWs!"

Xia An looked embarrassed.

"Oh!"

The chief of the ten thousand people did not suspect him, thinking that Xia An was timid, and remembered some bloody scene, and was frightened: "Where is the chief? I want to see him!"

"Father is working, I'll take you right away!"

Xia An walked a few steps, and couldn't help but look back at the barracks. The cavalrymen were talking and laughing, and went to their respective barracks to settle down. They didn't know that this would be the last day of their lives.

Today's dinner will be mixed with the poison made by the mountain ghost. Ordinary people will have an attack in half an hour after eating it. .

"I……"

Just as Xia An was about to speak, she saw Xia Ye's fierce eyes staring at her. This distance was enough for her to kill herself ten times before she opened her mouth.

"No, I've already shrunk my eggs once, is it possible to do it again? I'm also a good man of the Xia family!"

Xia An's heart was roaring.

(End of this chapter)