Different from the first time he came, Kailun now not only repaired the fence, but also planted some thorns around it. There are also people who are always watching anyone who comes close.
With You Meng's face, the three of them entered the tribe smoothly.
Walking all the way east, Ren Ning's eyes narrowed slightly.
Some of the outermost tents clearly showed signs of being hit by rockets from a distance.
However, there were obviously not many enemies, and the fire was quickly extinguished, leaving only dozens of hideous scars.
After going around in circles, the three of them arrived at the residence of the three chiefs of the Kailun clan.
Allen waved happily and limped forward to greet him, "Youmeng, you're here!"
"Just arrived." Youmeng quickly jumped off his horse and asked with concern: "How did you get injured? Is it serious?"
well!
Allen looked ashamed.
"Don't mention it, my skills are not as good as others. When the horse thieves appeared last night, I rushed out with a dozen brothers in a hurry. As a result, I almost got hit by an arrow and fell off the horse."
"But it's not serious. Just rest for a day or two."
Youmeng breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as everything is fine."
Allen nodded and glanced at Ren Ning and the two people behind him.
Seeing that they were all men, he couldn't help but feel regretful and relieved at the same time.
"Why didn't sister Yanglan come over?"
cough.
You Meng looked strange.
He came here to cheer for the war, and he had already made plans to leave his life here. Why did he bring his sister here?
Allen reacted quickly and scratched his hair with a smile.
"Yes, Yingpan is not in the clan now. There is no point in her coming over."
While they were chatting, the three clan leaders walked out of their tent with a solemn expression.
He looked left and right, and when he saw Youmeng, he immediately became energetic and hurriedly came to greet you.
"Youmeng is here? No one mentioned it to me. Come here quickly, sit down and rest..."
Just as he was talking, the eyes of the three clan leaders had already fallen on Zhui Feng, who was Xiong Jie Jie and he was so high-spirited.
In an instant, his eyes shone brightly, and he no longer cared about covering his eyes or resting, and took a few steps towards it.
"Where did the horse come from? It's such a unique horse."
The three clan leaders circled Zhui Feng and sighed.
"If there were a few good horses like this in our clan, how dare those damn horse thieves dare to come and leave as they please."
Allen next to him couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "Even if there is, we can't protect it."
He had been trapped by the Xiliang court for a long time.
The three patriarchs glared at Allen fiercely.
What nonsense are you talking about? If you don’t have ideals as a human being, what’s the difference between you and an idle fish?
He glanced back at Ren Ning, who was holding the reins, "Boy, this is your horse..."
Suddenly the three patriarchs fell silent.
Huh.
He looked at Youmeng and blinked blankly, "Have we met before?"
Ren Ning smiled and nodded, "After the flood three months ago, Youmeng and I went to see the three clan leaders and bought a horse from you."
"It turns out it's you." The three patriarchs suddenly thought of it.
His expression also became much colder.
You Meng saw that something was wrong and quickly took over the conversation.
"I just happened to meet Brother Ning on the road. As soon as he heard that the Kailun tribe was in trouble, he came over to see if he could help."
The three clan leaders looked at the bow and arrow on his back, and then their expressions became better.
Someone took care of the horse, and they all entered the tent together.
Youmeng took a sip of water and said impatiently: "Chief of the three clans, what is the situation in Kailun now?"
"What could happen?" Allen next to him snorted angrily.
"The demands made by the horse thieves are too excessive. There is no way we can agree to it. Do they think the Kelun people only know how to herd? The worst they can do is fight to the death with them."
Ren Ning listened quietly without making a sound.
He glanced at Allen's injured leg.
If the opponent is well-trained and even a professional scout like him, then the Kailun tribe is really just a pure herdsman.
Add to this the disparity in mounts.
You can't beat it again and again, and you can't catch it if you chase it.
Even though Kai Lun is a behemoth, he has a big tail and is really helpless against his opponent.
Because the combat power of the two sides is not at the same level at all.
After listening to their clueless discussion for a long time, Ren Ning couldn't help but say, "Horse thieves all come here at night? From which direction do they attack so many?"
There was silence in the tent.
The three clan leaders looked at him deeply and spread out a small map.
"This is our topographic map of Kelun and nearby areas."
Ren Ning twitched the corner of his mouth.
This is worthy of being called a map. There are no details at all. It is clearly the graffiti of a child.
But he didn't say anything. After taking a few glances, he quickly found his current location in the east.
cough.
The heads of the three clans coughed.
"Horse thieves are very cunning and can attack from any direction. They are very fast. After shooting a few arrows, they turn around and run when they find that there are more of us. If there are not many of us, they will continue to attack."
Ren Ning nodded and motioned for him to continue.
The three tribes thought for a while and pointed to their livestock pens in the east.
"The night before yesterday, too many of our livestock were grazing outside and were not in the pen, so there were not many guards on the east side. They came with dozens of people and burned my livestock pen to pieces."
"The night before last, we arranged for manpower to guard the east, south and west sides. There were many animal enclosures here. Unexpectedly, they didn't show up at all in these areas, and they went directly to the north. That's where you came in, and dozens of them were burned.
A tent.”
"Last night, they sneaked to the east and attacked us. They almost broke into here. It was at that time that Allen rushed out and was injured."
Ren Ning nodded and continued to stare at the simple map without saying a word.
There are 30,000 tribesmen in Kailun, which seems like a lot. However, the tents and yurts where people live and the numerous livestock pens outside make the entire tribe occupy a huge area, and the tribesmen alone are basically unable to defend against it.
After a while, he suddenly said: "Where is your water source? It's not shown on the map. Have horse thieves attacked?"
Water source?
The three patriarchs and Allen looked at each other and shuddered.
Allen didn't care about his leg injury and quickly jumped over with a charcoal stick and drew on the map.
"There are a total of fifteen large and small water sources in the tribe, located in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Ten of them are for livestock to drink, and many of them are on the periphery. The water sources for our tribe's drinking water are relatively inside, here, here, here, here
And there’s one for each here.”
Ren Ning nodded and tapped the map gently.
"Kailun is too big, there are obviously not enough manpower, and the opponent is very fast. Blindly defending is not an option."
The three tribesmen nodded, "We understand. So as soon as the horse thief is discovered, everyone will swarm from all directions and kill him quickly."
"What's the result?" Ren Ning chuckled, "The opponent's mount is faster than yours, their bow and arrows are stronger than yours, and their archery skills are better than yours. Did you meet them?"
The three patriarchs fell silent.
They had tried these days, but there was really nothing they could do against each other. So they had to summon 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 attack them and continued talking.
"No matter how many people you recruit from the surrounding tribes, you still won't be able to guard every corner. Besides, it's enough to guard for a day or two, but it's only ten days and a half. Do you want to continue guarding?"
"As the saying goes, you can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief in a thousand days."
"As long as the horse thief wants to make a sneak attack, he will definitely find the time to attack and then escape easily."
"In the end, it will put other small tribes who come to help into a dangerous situation. They don't have as many people as you in Kailun. They are more likely to be targeted by the angry horse thieves every minute, and then kill them with blood."
Ahem.
Youmeng patted his chest and said without hesitation: "Lan Mang doesn't care, anyway, our lives are given by the three clan leaders. Take it if you want..."
Ren Ning glanced at him lightly, ignored him, and continued talking.
"To solve a problem, you must first understand the other party's purpose."
"If the purpose of the horse thief is just to steal some money, then it will be easy to handle."
"Because there are only a few of them, they can at most burn down some of your houses and not hurt Kailun's bones at all. After showing strength and exerting pressure in the past few days, they will probably negotiate with you soon."
Everyone cheered up and were about to speak, but Ren Ning had already continued.
"If their purpose is to completely destroy the entire Kailun tribe, then all kinds of people must carefully monitor the water sources."
He knocked on the northernmost 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 people. Although not many people will be poisoned by drinking water, but as long as the poisonous seeds in the water are planted in the hearts of the people, you will either flee in panic and find a new habitat.
; Or you can only do what they ask."
That is to say, hundreds of young women from the clan were given to the horse thieves.
boom!
The three clan leaders were furious and punched the table hard, "If this is the case, it is too sinister."
As long as a few clan leaders have the idea of sending their women out in exchange for peace, there will be no need to attack Kailun, and the whole clan will be dispersed.