I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Just as Jiang Yuan was drawing blueprints for these people, Taiping County was a hundred miles away.

Several strong men riding tall horses gathered together, and everyone's eyes looked across the grassland to the vast mountains.

"Fire Dragon, are you serious?" Xuanwu frowned.

The fire dragon nodded fiercely, "Of course I'm serious. Are we all going to starve to death if we don't take action now?"

"You know the current situation. Half of the grassland has been covered. Qinglong's territory was already covered last year, but don't you still laugh at his bad luck?"

"Now it's your turn. Are you going to just sit there and wait for death?"

Xuanwu immediately shook his head: "It is impossible to sit and wait for death, but you, Fire Dragon, also know that I am not afraid of fighting."

"Who in the world can compare to our barbarian cavalry? But you should also think clearly, we are not here to fight, but to capture cities and territories. This..."

Halfway through his speech, Xuanwu simply shook his head and sighed, and the others were suddenly speechless.

The cavalry's combat effectiveness is very strong, and their barbarian cavalry is far beyond the reach of ordinary cavalry.

As a guy who grew up on horseback, he is not only an excellent rider, but also the best in the world in using scimitar and bow and arrow.

If they did not know how to attack a city and if there was a real lack of wood on the grassland, how could they be willing to hide on the grassland?

Just as everyone was silent, a voice came from behind them.

"Fire Dragon, what you said makes a lot of sense."

"But, haven't you forgotten that our barbarian tribe is now at a critical juncture of life and death? If we don't fight, once the grassland is completely devoured by those grasses, we won't even have a last chance."

When Huolong and his companions heard the voice, they immediately turned their heads.

The two people who came were an old man and a young boy. The old man was probably eighty years old, which was almost the age limit for people on the grassland, while the young one was only sixteen or seventeen years old. He was not good-looking, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.

"Master Priest, why are you here?" Fire Dragon and his companions quickly dismounted, looking at the two men with caution and respect.

In the history of the barbarians, all tribes that believed in totems would go to the sacrificial temple to perform sacrifices.

In that era, the high priest was the most respected person in the entire grassland.

But since the barbarians lost the protection of their totem, the sacrificial temple has never recovered, leaving only the priests to guard the ancient temple.

Even though they no longer perform sacrifices, the tribes on the grassland still dare not disrespect the priest family. It is rumored that they still wield terrible power and can easily kill people.

The old priest took two slow steps forward, and then said weakly, "If it's not necessary, I don't want to come out."

"But the grassland has suffered such a disaster. We, the priests, cannot just sit there and wait for death. We must work together with everyone to try to find a chance of survival."

"Your Excellency the Priest, what you said makes sense." Phoenix spoke quickly.

"Then I wonder if the High Priest has any good ideas?" Baihu on the side also asked.

The old priest pointed in the direction of Daduan: "As far as I know, beyond these mountains, it's not a desert. According to maps from many years ago, there are three cities standing on the border."

"If we can use it well, relying on these three cities should be enough to get us through this difficult time."

"Also, according to the information I've received, these three cities are located on the border and have never been taken seriously. The Great Dian has only a few troops stationed there. Even if we don't know how to attack the cities, with the combined forces of your nine tribes, a million barbarians, it would be no problem for you to capture these three small cities."

The eyes of Huolong and his companions suddenly lit up.

"Three cities, our nine tribes, we can march in three directions!"

As soon as the words fell, the nine people immediately chose their targets.

Fire Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise headed for the nearest city. (Taiping County)

Phoenix, Bifang, and Kunpeng headed to the farthest city. (Tai'an County)

The remaining three led their troops to the middle city. (Taizong County)

"Master Priest, I wonder where you are planning to go?" The Fire Dragon's expression changed slightly, and he asked hurriedly.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the old priest. Although the priest clan was small in number, they were extremely powerful in terms of combat.

If we can get their help, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

The old priest looked at them with a smile and said, "As for me, I am old, so I will just follow the fire dragon to the nearest place."

"Someone come! Help the priest get into the car!" Fire Dragon spoke hurriedly, fearing that the old priest would go back on his word.

"Don't bother, our priest clan is here too. I still need to go back to take charge of the situation." The old priest said, and slowly hurried back with the support of the young man next to him.

After a full half hour, the group finally planned their troops and set off again.

At this time, on the hillside far away from them, three spies from Taiping County looked at each other, with uncontrollable surprise in their eyes.

If this is reported, it will be a great achievement!

"Let's go, let's go and report to the adults! These little barbarian bastards have actually set their sights on our Taiping County. They are simply lawless!"

"That's right, this is too much. Let's go back and report it, and kill them all!"

Just as the three of them turned to leave, a scout suddenly stopped, touched his back with a frown, and then lay down on the ground and rolled around.

"Ahh! It's itchy! It's itchy to death!"

The two scouts walking in front subconsciously turned around and said, "Old Xu? What's wrong with you?"

"Me, me! Hahaha!" Old Xu, who was lying on the ground and rolling around, couldn't stop laughing. He scratched himself frantically with his hands.

"Old Xu?" A scout said as he was about to step forward.

"Wait! Don't move!" The scout sergeant spoke quickly, looking ahead with a serious expression.

A young man dressed in animal skins was walking slowly towards them, his hands behind his back, his long hair draped over his shoulders, his eyes examining the three people.

"Have you seen enough?"

The sergeant looked around, his brows furrowed even more tightly. "Are you alone?"

"What else?" The young man smiled and then stretched out a hand. In his hand, a group of flying insects moved back and forth along with his palm.

The sergeant and another scout exchanged a glance, then both drew their swords and approached. "Haha! You dare to come here alone? I think you really want to die!"

"Although it's not nice to hear about the big bullying the small, as long as the two of us keep quiet, I believe this matter won't get out."

The young man said nothing, standing quietly in the distance, watching the two people gradually approaching.

It happened in a flash. The sergeant suddenly threw the long knife in his hand at the young man, then grabbed the arm of Old Xu who was rolling on the ground. The other scout turned around and ran without saying a word, carrying his leg.

Only two faint voices were left:

"Fuck! What an idiot! You actually believed it!"

"That's right. He made Old Xu suffer a terrible death without even making any moves. If he has the guts to do that, how dare we fight him?"

When the boy came to his senses, he looked at the insects flying around in his palm, messy in the wind.

"Are all the guys out there like this..."