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

"Fire Dragon! Are you crazy?"

The high priest's furious voice was heard, and he walked quickly with the phoenix behind him.

"Have you not forgotten the rules of the grasslands, that a scimitar should not be used against one's own people?"

"Don't you know this means war?"

The fire dragon calmly put away the scimitar in his hand and said, "High Priest, I don't need you to teach me the rules of the grassland."

"But now, I want to take the people of my Fire Dragon Tribe and leave. If anyone dares to stop me, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The high priest's expression changed again and again, and finally he frowned and said, "Fire Dragon, what do you mean by this? Have you found a better way out?"

"This has nothing to do with the high priest, but you can rest assured that after we withdraw, we will never point our scimitars at you." The fire dragon said lightly.

The high priest's pupils shrank. "No problem?" That meant the fire dragon had truly found a new target.

"Kunpeng, Tongtian, and Baihu, are you three like this too?"

Kunpeng sat upright on his horse and nodded gently: "Yes, we have decided not to encircle and suppress the Shenlong tribe again."

"Everyone has their own aspirations. I hope the high priest won't force them."

After they finished speaking, they waved their hands and signaled the people behind them to leave first.

A moment later, under the gaze of the high priest and several others, Fire Dragon Kunpeng and his three companions turned around and left without hesitation.

"High Priest, what should we do now?" Phoenix asked with a worried look on his face.

Originally, the nine major tribes besieged Taiping County. No matter how strong Jiang Yuan's Shenlong tribe was, it would definitely not be able to deal with so many people.

But now, four tribes are suddenly gone, and their strength is weakened by half. For the first time, Fenghuang begins to doubt whether the remaining five tribes can really make Jiang Yuan feel intimidated if they join forces?

"It's okay!" the high priest said through gritted teeth.

"We still have five top tribes left, plus our priest clan, 600,000 people, and we are definitely not inferior to the Shenlong Tribe!"

Fenghuang remained silent. How could it be okay? He was not a fool.

The high priest's words were simply to comfort them and stabilize the situation first.

The departure of the four tribes was a severe blow to them. They originally had sufficient military forces to allow them to deploy 200,000 soldiers in front of each city gate.

But now, one city gate can only accommodate tens of thousands of people at most. This gap is too big.

"Where can Huolong and the others go?" Bifang frowned. In the whole Daduan, there are only a few counties that are geographically remote and close to the grassland. Taiping County is already a good target.

There's no way the Fire Dragon wants to take his men deep into Daduan to capture a city, right?

If this is the case, it will be a question whether we can stand our ground later, and the casualties will definitely not be less than the attack on Taiping County.

"Okay, everyone has their own ambitions. Let's not worry about them for now. The rest of us can still defeat the Dragon Tribe if we join forces." The high priest said in a deep voice.

At this time, on the city wall of Taiping County.

Jiang Yuan looked at the army in front of him, half of which was gone, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Four tribes, nearly five hundred thousand people!

Even if half of the elderly, children and women were excluded, it would be easy to gather an army of 200,000.

Although these guys are weak in combat now, there is a reason for this.

Without armor and weapons, even the most powerful person can’t withstand it.

But if all these people joined Taiping County, with the help of the mountains outside Taiping County, it would not be a problem at all to forge armor and spears.

With just a little training, their combat effectiveness will definitely double thanks to their innate physique.

"Great, that's great. As long as we wait for ten more days, the remaining half will not be able to escape." Jiang Yuan looked down with a smile.

As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Li Hu's voice came out.

"My lord, the situation is not good."

"What's not so good? We are in good condition!" Jiang Yuan glared and said.

Li Hu waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I'm not saying our situation is bad, it's Daduan's situation that is bad."

"That Daduan?" Jiang Yuan asked subconsciously.

Li Hu pouted and said helplessly: "Sir, are you tired recently? Why don't we take a few days off?"

"If this happened to Ning Fei, would I still say the situation is bad? I would definitely applaud!"

Jiang Yuan thought for a while with his teeth bared, and finally put down his raised hand. This idiot has really become smarter recently.

"What news has come from the front?"

Li Hu scratched his head and thought for a while, then finally said, "Things are a bit complicated."

"In general, the situation is probably like this..."

Soon, as Li Hu described, Jiang Yuan's expression gradually became solemn.

The current situation of the two Daduans has become quite serious for Duanmu Yuanchen.

Ning Fei controls ten states and has vigorously expanded his military resources. He now has 500,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

However, Duanmu Yuanchen, who controlled eight states, never saw any improvement.

The main reason is very simple. Although Duanmu Yuanchen has eight states in his hands, he actually only has five states. When Prince Zhao started his army, he had already destroyed Yunzhou, Yezhou and Qianzhou.

Not to mention the manpower, even the food and grass have been consumed and are of no use. They also need the support of several other states. So, out of the eight states in Duanmu Yuanchen's hands, only four states can make any effort.

With such a gap, there is no way to compare with Ning Fei.

Ning Fei obviously did not miss such a good opportunity. He led 500,000 soldiers and horses to charge recklessly. Since the end of the year, he has almost turned the entire Jingzhou upside down.

The most outrageous thing is that wherever these people go, they neither kill people nor attack cities.

Running into the farmland, setting it on fire and running away is so heartless.

Those people who lost their crops were naturally forced to become disaster victims. The local county and state capitals had to take care of these people, otherwise they would starve to death.

In just half a year, Duanmu Yuanchen was almost unable to hold on and has now retreated to Qingzhou with his troops.

According to the nature of Chen Liu and Duanmu Yuanchen, they both must know that the longer they delay, the more disadvantageous the situation will be for them. Before the end of this year, a decisive battle will surely break out between the two sides, and the winner will be decided at that time.

"Damn it! This idea must have come from that bastard Qingzhu. He only burned the food and didn't hurt anyone. He's really good at it!" Jiang Yuan said angrily.

Li Hu clasped his hands across his chest and squinted at Jiang Yuan: "Sir, there's no need for you to react so strongly."

"Duanmu Yuanchen lost, so what? It has nothing to do with us."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "I just praised you for being smart, but it was all for nothing."

"Don't you think about it? What we did last year, can Ning Fei let us go?"

"I'm sure that once Duanmu Yuanchen is finished, Ning Fei will definitely come to our Taiping County. By then, with hundreds of thousands of troops surrounding you, you will be obedient."

Li Hu pointed down and said, "Sir, there are quite a few of us here."

"You know nothing!" Jiang Yuan scolded without hesitation. "Even if these guys surrender immediately, we can dig out the iron ore, make armor for them, and then train them on how to form battle formations and use siege equipment."

"It will take them a year or two to finish their studies, won't it?"

"Do you think Duanmu Yuanchen and Chen Liu can hold on for that long?"

After saying that, Jiang Yuan was the first to sigh. If that time really came, he would probably have no choice but to stay in the city and not go out.

But then the problem arises again. With millions of people, food and fodder are a big problem. The food and fodder stored in Taiping County is enough to last for ten years. Once these barbarians enter the city, there will probably only be enough for one year.

If it were peaceful, it would be easy, he could just buy it with money, but now Ning Fei would never sell food to him, but Duanmu Yuanchen was willing to sell it.

But Duanmu Yuanchen had suffered such a blow, and he probably didn't have much food on hand. Even if he was willing, he probably couldn't give it out.

"Time, I need time..." Jiang Yuan muttered to himself.

To be honest, is Ning Fei very strong?

Strong, of course he is strong. He is the only warrior in the world who is in the sixth realm and has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. How can he not be strong?

But since Jiang Yuan dared to assassinate him, he naturally had the intention of becoming his enemy.

As long as Taiping County can develop for three to five years, Ning Fei will be nothing.

By then, this kid Chen Xuming might really be able to make a tank by hand. Even if it's just one tank, that would be enough.

But now no one expected that Ning Fei would be able to get rid of Duanmu Yuanchen so quickly.

There is not much time left for Taiping County to develop.

Jiang Yuan pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Li Hu, go inform Wang Yuan that you can recruit more people to make the truth bomb, but they must be strictly guarded and absolutely cannot be taken out."

"Besides that, recruit a group of people from the Qinglong Tribe and have them learn to make armor, weapons, and so on."

"Also, select some skilled craftsmen to assist the Chen brothers."

After making these arrangements, Jiang Yuan once again looked at the high priest and others outside the city.

It has been three or four days since Li Hu successfully drugged the patients. There is almost no doubt that these guys will be defeated.

But it has only been three days, and many people have not reacted yet. I estimate that it will take at least a few more days before the high priest and others will notice this.

But there is no doubt that the longer the time, the better for Taiping County.

The more food they have in their stomachs, the greater Taiping County's chances of winning.

Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three days have passed.

On this day, before dawn, countless soldiers and horses had gathered at the gate of Taiping County.

Since there were still three thousand barbarian soldiers inside the city wall, Jiang Yuan and others could only set out from the side gate that was usually used for civilians to leave the city.

"Remember the bags on your waists. After you rush out, throw them at anyone you see. You can also throw them directly into the air. In short, throw them and run. Don't fight!"

"Everyone get ready to go!"