The Land in the Clouds follows the defense system in the north, consisting of beacons and fortresses, which control several paths deep into the City in the Clouds.

At the forefront are beacon towers, which can even be set up on the edge of the grassland. Each beacon tower has roughly a fire of people, just for warning purposes. After issuing the alarm, these beacon tower guards will retreat to various forts. If their legs are slower, they may be flooded by the surging Hu cavalry.

These forts and villages have a little defensive effect. If the Turkic soldiers have to be chewed hard, the price will be too high. If they do not fight, the Turks will always withdraw their troops if they plunder them. These forts and villages can also come in handy when attacking in time.

Set in a mountain passage, the fortresses named after the 20 to 30 heavenly stems and earthly branches of various sizes were established. The Great Sui Dynasty began to operate. As long as there are strong enough guards, they have always been a headache for Turkic soldiers.

Although the defenders of these fortresses are among the Yingyang Mansion of Heng'an, they are basically not recruited by Yunzhong City. They have fields around the fortresses, farming in their spare time and guarding fortresses in wartime. They have lived here for generations. Almost every family in the fortresses has a bloody family feud with the Turks.

In the night, there was a sad atmosphere in Renzi Village.

This Renzi Village is larger and stronger than Renmao Village. The history of this village can be traced back to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was also established to prevent the Rouran and other tribes on the grassland at that time. Although it is still a stone village wall, there is still a layer of rammed earth inside, which has become extremely solid after one or two hundred years of wind and sun exposure.

Most of the surrounding mountain people live with Renzi Village, and there are about four or five hundred people in the entire village. The fields have been reclaimed around, and the hunting and hunting have been life-long. The village has prepared 60 or 70 soldiers all year round, all of which are selected by natives. In critical moments, the old and the weak can also climb to the village wall to defend.

In previous years, when the Turks invaded, they never chewed this hard bone, and at most some troops were left to monitor. The main force of the brigade continued to go deeper south. Although Renzi Village was on a dangerous edge, they never felt that there was any danger. These defenders who grew up in the mountains and were brave and quick to attack and chewed the Turkic horses. Many of the captured Shengkou even settled their homes in Renzi Village.

Renzi Village never pays grain taxes to Yunzhongcheng, but Yunzhongcheng has to allocate a lot of grain and fodder every year. Over the years, the village owners have been good at accumulating savings. Although they are in troubled times, the military and civilians in these hundreds of villages do not have much feeling, and their lives are very good.

The Turks came to the village to defend the village, and the Turks retreated and attacked at the right time. All birth, old age, sickness and death are here. Renzi Village is in one day, and this is the Han people's world, and what is the external world?

But this time, even the Renzi Village began to panic.

The reason was no different. The Turks suddenly moved south in a winter when it was impossible to send troops. They were still wearing the royal flag of the Zhibi family, and the Green Wolf Cavalry directly led by the Zhibi family. Last year, Zhibi Luoluo led his army south. Although he was also known to be the Qingwolf Cavalry, how could the troops under the nobles of those clans compare to the Qingwolf Cavalry directly led by the Zhibi family?

The Zhibi family's Green Wolf Cavalry has armored and double horses, and the bow and arrows are exquisite. How many people have been born in the past few years? Compared with the noble soldiers of those clans, they are simply from heaven and earth. The soldiers and horses shouting the Green Wolf Cavalry, but in fact, many people are wearing leather robes and riding bad horses, and they roar south to rob. How could such an opponent pose any threat to Renzi Village?

But this time, not only did the Zhibi family's green wolf cavalry come out in full swing, but these green wolf cavalry also swept across the beacon towers on the edge like flying. Then they unstoppable advances, sacrificed hundreds of elite lives, and ate Renmao Village!

The defeated soldiers of Renmao Village traveled through the mountains in the snow and ice, retreating straight into Renzi Village, which immediately made the atmosphere in the village tense.

Dozens of soldiers and horses in the village immediately went to the wall to guard the village all night, and even the elderly, weak, women and children were fired, preparing to fight to the death. In the village, there were flames and the beacons that continued all night, and everyone was nervous.

The leader of Renzi Village, Cao Wusui, was wearing armor and patrolling his village day and night. He stared at his blood-filled eyes and urged his subordinates to repair the damaged areas of the village wall, bring arrows and crossbow machines to the village wall, and prepare to roll wood and stones. When he was so tired, he found a place to shelter from the wind and took a nap, and roared with his subordinates waiting for the black green wolf cavalry!

But two days and two nights passed, and there was still no trace of a green wolf rider down the mountain road, and even the Turks could not see the far-distance strode. From top to bottom, no one knew what the Turks were making. After two days, everyone was a little tired.

At this moment, it was already night again, Cao Wusui stood on the wall wearing armor, his eyes full of blood. The cold wind blew over him, but Cao Wusui's short and strong figure did not move. Several guards around him who were also covered in dust just couldn't help but look at him.

Cao Wusui was in his early forties and had lived in Renzi Village for three generations. He never planned to go to other places to make a name for himself. When he was old, he died here and buried here. Every year, he was summoned in Yunzhong City, and Cao Wusui always sent his men to deal with it. His only hobby was to guard the village handed over by his ancestors and drink and hunt.

This is his territory. Heng'an Yingyang Mansion in the clouds cannot control it, and the Turks cannot even think of setting foot here!

But at this time, Cao Wusui was extremely eager for Heng'an Yingyang Mansion to respond to the beacon that had been burning for several days.

Suddenly his figure moved and he asked in a hoarse voice: "How many days will the person sent to ask for help arrive in Yunzhongcheng?"

A personal guard replied: "It's easier to walk in summer and autumn, and it takes four days to go. Now the road is full of heavy snow..."

Cao Wusui thought about it: "Even if reinforcements are coming, it will take at least half a month?"

The guards nodded silently.

Cao Wusui became irritable: "In half a month, we have been hard-working! Whoever enters Yunzhongcheng is all the old men? The Turks can kill them in winter, so can't they be faster on the way?"

The personal guards didn't answer, and it would be good if they could arrive in half a month. More likely, the reinforcements would not arrive. In the autumn, the soldiers and horses from Yunzhongcheng came to deliver food. It was said that the general might go south to fight against the prefect Wang and decide the victory. That is where the wealth is located. What are the forts in the border areas? As long as they can win Shanyang City, what is the loss of tens of thousands of people in Yunzhongcheng?

A personal guard plucked up his courage and said, "Master, do you think you will send someone to contact Renwu Village? It's better to send the old and weak here first. When the Turks arrive, they will fight if they can. If they can't, they will leave if they can. Let the Turks slowly chew them all the way."

Cao Wusui glared at him fiercely: "I, my grandfather, all died in the village, buried in the village. My mother lost their grave and ran away? I died here!"

After he said this, everyone stopped everyone's persuasion. Everyone could only bow their heads and say nothing.

Cao Wusui cursed again: "Who is the one in this village, no one died at the hands of the Turks? After fighting with the Turks for so many decades, even if we just leave, some people have horses, can escape their lives and go to other places to seek wealth. What should so many people do? If you live with us on weekdays, don't want it now?"

The guards remained silent.

Cao Wusui walked back and forth on the village wall irritably, finally stood still, slapped the battlement: "Who is in Yunzhong City and Shanyang City, how can you fight? These villages on the edge, don't want these people? I'm here to die. After the Turks came in, what good end can these guys who are still fighting each other at home! Grandpa, I'll be a ghost every night to scare them!"

Several personal guards laughed out loud, and one of the personal guards was laughing and echoed: "At that time, we will follow the village master to go with the village master, and lead the horse and stirrups to the village master before death, and wave the flag and shout for the village master after death!"

Cao Wusui grinned and patted their shoulders with satisfaction: "All of them are good boys!"

A personal guard suddenly raised his eyes and looked south: "What is the one who is entering my mother?"

In the night, a strait of fire was coming north along the mountain road. The fire kept jumping, bringing out afterimages in the night.

Several people, including Cao Wusui, stretched their necks and looked south.

Suddenly, a personal guard jumped up: "Is it because the soldiers from Yunzhong rescued me? I was so fast?"

Cao Wusui shouted and waved his fist hard. If it were really a soldier from Yunzhong to rescue him, Liu Ying's attack would be a great man!
Chapter completed!