Chapter 1918 Settling in the Woods

Xia Xianna also frowned, and her eyes fell on Qin An.

There was little contact between the two parties this day and night, and they were always on the road.

He seems to know a lot of things.

Through various subtle things on the road, you can judge what kind of path you should take without taking any detours.

The reason why Xia Xianna felt that he would not take detours was entirely because of the confidence that Qin An occasionally showed on his face. Once he had confidence, Xia Xianna felt that his choice must be the right one. This was also influenced by The influence of subjective consciousness.

The so-called love at first sight may start with trust. When a woman is willing to trust a man unconditionally, that is deep love.

Summerna is not a beauty, not ugly, just an ordinary woman.

In this great era of the Three Kingdoms, she has been trying to control her own destiny. In order to be the leader, she even forgot how to be a woman, but she will still be a woman after all.

Once a woman has something on her mind, she will be very confused.

Summerna used to be a king, but now she becomes a woman and becomes sensitive.

Hong Lian, who has to follow Qin An every day, is not only a woman, but also the best Xiuna has ever seen. She is no worse than Sun Xiaomei, and may be even better than her in terms of style. And the little girl Mi Yue in the team's arms was also so beautiful that she was jealous.

Southland women have good skin, and it's so white that it makes a woman's heart flutter just looking at her, let alone a man?

Because of various emotions, Xia Xianna often drifts away and is often in a daze.

"Chief, what are our plans?"

Tuoba Dan's freedom was not restricted. At this time, he came to Xia Xianna to ask for instructions. He felt that the wise patriarch would never hand over the tribe to a man named Qin An, and there must be a plan.

How did this kid know that the matriarch who had always respected Bingshan was already attracted to her?

"Well... of course I have a plan. Don't be anxious and don't do anything at will. I don't want to cause unnecessary damage."

"But the brothers are very impetuous. We don't know why we are with those natives. Our food..."

"This is my decision, do you have any questions?"

"Yes, patriarch!"

Xiauna's face became serious and her words turned cold. Tuoba Dan was afraid and stopped talking and retreated.

Qin An naturally heard their conversation and was very satisfied with Xia Na's performance.

Weapons and armor can be used as bait, and food is indeed a problem that needs to be solved. I didn't bring much supplies in the mountains, and Tang Yu's supplies should be running out soon. In other words, if I can't solve the food problem, then everything will All plans are empty!

Cao Cao's grain harvesting policy has begun to be implemented. Now if you want to get a large amount of grain, the best place to go is to find some big cities to plunder. The only big city relatively close to this place is Jinyang, which is Taiyuan!

Qin An has arranged for people to go to Taiyuan City to collect intelligence, but the natives have not returned yet. Food must be robbed. Now I don’t know whether to rob Taiyuan or go to the grasslands to rob other tribes. No matter who I rob, it is a stopgap measure. Or I need to quickly go to Heilongjiang and establish my own food production area. A place to stay is really important.

At this moment, some of Qin An's scouts finally came back. Fortunately, they discovered Tang Yu's traces and brought him back.

Qin An was very excited and took Xia Na and Hong Lian to greet them. Five miles away, they met Tang Yu, Pang De and more than 4,000 soldiers led by them.

When Pang De saw Qin An, he almost cried. He jumped off his horse and half-knelt on the ground, crying: "Holy Son! I finally see you again!"

Qin An looked at the skewed look of his armor and knew that everyone was having a hard time these days.

After jumping off the horse and lifting Pang De up, Qin An finally set his sights on Tang Yu.

I saw that the down jacket on this woman was gone, replaced by a black armor, holding a golden hammer in her hand. Although she was still majestic, there were some faint gray stains on her face, her expression was a little tired, and there was a tattoo on her arm. A little scar.

Realizing that Qin An was looking at him, Tang Yu's expression did not change and he said calmly:

"We are always being pursued by soldiers, and we cannot stay here for long."

"So you really captured all of Cao Cao's family?"

"Well, otherwise why do you think they are pursuing me?"

Xia Na, who was gathering a large amount of Tang Yu behind Qin An, was so frightened that she opened her mouth when she heard what she said.

Captured Cao Cao’s family? This is touching the tiger's butt. No wonder Cao Wei's army has been mobilized so frequently during this period and they often encounter it.

"I have some people here. I think it's better to stay at the Anza camp nearby. We need to rest, integrate, and resources now. We'll talk about the retreat in a few days. There's a large forest here and a big river. As a barrier, it is really a good place to set up camp, and we also need some time to build some weapons and equipment."

This was a helpless move by Qin An. If the team continued to move forward without integrating, there was no telling when something would go wrong.

Tang Yu was so smart. Seeing Qin An's expression, he had already figured out where he was in trouble. He didn't know where he tricked a group of people. It seemed that they hadn't integrated yet.

"Then set up camp in this forest. When I just came here, I discovered a place that should be rich in iron ore. I will send people to mine it and refine it. Fire breaks and various traps should be set up in the forest. , the cavalry is basically useless, and it is not easy for the infantry to enter the woods. They dig trenches outside the forest and set up wooden fences as the first defensive position. Positional warfare is not popular in this era. We can use mines to place them outside. Use bows and arrows for long-range defense. Chopping wood and building ships can enter and exit through the river, and you can also transport ore from the river! Since you need to adjust it, adjust it at once to avoid trouble later, so this will be our first stronghold, here Train an elite soldier who is not afraid of life and death. After the first battle, all those left behind must be elite soldiers and strong generals! I suggest building brick yards, stone quarries, building simple walls, bunkers, watchtowers, defense towers, watchtowers, etc., to form a structure in the forest that can rely on each other. We will build a barrier defense system and make all preparations for the subsequent war.”

Tang Yu was talking and walking, and Qin An nodded frequently.

Tang Yu was indeed Tang Yu. After returning, he helped Qin An sort out many things.

"Where's the food? I sent people to Jinyang to investigate."

"Taiyuan? What we need to do is a defensive posture. It is not easy to go out and rob cities with city walls. I don't think we need to be too impatient. It is far away from many of Cao Cao's big cities. If they want to gather their troops to encircle us, it will take some time. And Of course, food will be transported from the Anza camp outside the forest. Food may be transported from the main city of Bingzhou and Taiyuan. After all, it is not easy for them to break into the forest, and the battle will last for a while. So we only need to advance Just arrange two teams of people to intercept them near Taiyuan and Bingzhou City. After snatching the food, they will transport it into the forest by waterway. They don't have a boat. They can only shoot arrows from the shore to intercept. We will thicken the cabin and lengthen the planks of the boat. They just hide it when they shoot arrows. Nets can be hung in the water on both sides of the hull. Those arrows are not easy to catch when shot on solid wood. After falling into the water, they will be intercepted and accumulated by the net. Didn't Zhuge Liang use the strategy borrowed from thatched boats? Wouldn’t it be nice for us to come to the wooden boat to borrow arrows and also transport food?”

Qin An was really impressed.

It seems that although Zhou Yu's memory has revived in his mind, he is still Qin An. Otherwise, why couldn't he come up with such a good plan? Sure enough, it was different with Tang Yu.

Xia Xianna narrowed her eyes slightly. She had met Tang Yu and knew how powerful this female general was, but she didn't expect to be so smart.

They want to stay here for a while, just to integrate the Huns, natives, slaves and their original soldiers. Then Qin'an will have a team of more than 10,000 people and 8,000 soldiers to cooperate with the woods. This barrier can deal with tens of thousands of troops without defeat.

Wait until everyone merges together to break out from the waterway.

This large river spans dozens of meters, and large ships can pass through it. Xianna is actually a very smart person, but she can't figure out where to get such a big ship? If it was made, who would do it?

Even though the ancient people were smart, they still lacked a lot of knowledge. It was not easy for them to understand things without experience.

Tang Yu saw Xia Xianna and Honglian while walking around.

Tang Yu was also a little surprised when he saw Xia Xianna. He didn't expect that the people Qin An was deceiving would be them. This was a bit difficult. The two armies had fought before, so it was not easy to integrate.

Looking at the red lotus over there, Tang Yu raised his eyebrows. Qin An was really attracted to women. He went out for a walk, and there were a few more women around him!

The large group of people followed Tang Yu forward, and they all seemed to have little strength.

However, after seeing Qin An, they still worked hard to straighten their backs. This was the result of training. They still had to behave well when meeting their commander.

Qin An also felt emotional when he looked at these soldiers. As he said before, kindness does not control the soldiers.

There were 10,000 people when he came out. Now that he had been away for a while, more than half of them were dead. Qin An felt a little uncomfortable, but more of an apology.

The large group of people entered the forest together with Qin An, Tang Yu and others, and met the natives and Huns who were resting in the forest.

The soldiers who came out of Hanzhong felt a lot more at ease when they saw that there were so many people here, and they seemed to be in the same group. This period of time was really not easy.

Qin An asked Pang De and Langtou to arrange the soldiers they brought back, and then took Tang Yu, Xianna, Guo Jia, Zuo Ci, and Fang Ziji to a meeting.

Guo Jia and Zuo Ci also looked a little haggard. They were kidnapped by Tang Yu along the way. Unlike Mi Yue, Mi Yue liked the excitement and was willing to stay with Qin An.

When Guo Jia heard that Qin An had brought Liu Xie to this place, he was shocked and stunned. Then he shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said:

"You two are really the only strong men I have seen in my life. I am afraid that Lu Fengxian will not be your opponent if he comes back. However, I am a Han citizen and I was an official under the Duke of Wei before. I really cannot live and progress with you. If you insist on If you want to keep me here, I will ask for a job and be willing to serve Wei Gong's family. I just want to take good care of them!"

Zuo Ci Lao Dao hurriedly said:

"Sir, I would like to go with Fengxiao. Playing chess every day is a pleasure!"

Qin An knew the character of the ancients. Guo Jia had served Cao Cao for many years. He would never use it to defeat Cao Cao. But after arriving in Heilongjiang, he wanted to establish a foundation and settle down. Talents like Guo Jia Zuo Ci were available. Therefore, we did not embarrass them and let them go down to accompany Cao Cao's family.

After they left, there were still three people left, Tang Yu, Xiana, and Fang Ziji, who also represented the three forces.

Qin An explained his plan in front of the three of them.

Fang Ziji felt bitter. He was a businessman and his family was in Bingzhou. Now he was absolutely unwilling to go deep into the bitter cold of Northeast China.

So he also resigned, unwilling to get involved in Qin An's affairs, and was willing to give those slaves to Qin An for free.

Qin An did not refuse, smiled and said to Fang Ziji:

"Ziji, give me your slaves first, and I can give you an IOU. When I arrive in Heilongjiang in the future, I will definitely ask someone to send you food. Our business can continue, and I will often buy from you in the future. Slaves, we’re going to be a long-term supply and demand relationship.”

Fang Ziji didn't know what Heilongjiang was that Qin An was talking about. He didn't care about it and nodded repeatedly as long as Qin An was willing to let him go at this time.

Qin An felt that leaving Fang Ziji was useless, so he asked someone to escort him out of the woods, and asked someone to follow him to see where his home was. After entering the grassland, he went to find out the distribution of the various forces in the grassland. Lay the foundation for entering the grassland and going to Heilongjiang in the future.

After Fang Ziji left, there were only three people left.

Tang Yu and Xia Na were silent and looked at each other. Only then did Qin An realize that they were comparing their auras.

After coughing slightly, Qin An told Tang Yu about the process of meeting the Xiana tribe.

After hearing this, Tang Yu smiled coldly and said, "It turns out he is a prisoner, and you are nothing more than that."

"Humph, don't say such harsh words to a bereaved dog!" Xia Xianna actually responded tit for tat.

Qin An was a little confused. How could Tang Yu still quarrel with Xianna with his temper? This is not what a queen should do.

There is such hostility between the two people, and Sun Xiaomei has entanglements with them. Let alone integrating the army, it is troublesome to integrate these three women. Qin An feels that his future has a long way to go!

"Tang Yu, Xiuna has a good temper and communicates well with others. As I said just now, she went to fight our team because she took money from others. Confrontations between the two armies have always been like this, but there is no relationship between us. Hatred, why can't we cooperate? So don't ask too much."

Qin An believes that Tang Yu should be an open-minded person, and he should not need to comfort himself for such things.

"Cooperation? I don't want to cooperate, I just want to hire! Xianna, after ten days I will give you a piece of armor as a reward. This armor is not an ordinary armor. It is not only light but also easy to use. Ordinary archers want to shoot with arrows." Wearing armor is a matter of enlightenment. I can also equip the flattery with the same armor. When I arrive in Heilongjiang, I can also equip you with sharp weapons and provide you with a large amount of food! But you have to understand that I just want to hire you. , not cooperation.”

"What does it have to do with you? I was found by Qin An. He told me to cooperate, that is cooperation! If you have the kind of armor you mentioned, Qin An will naturally not be stingy with us who have a cooperative relationship! Why do you need us? Is this unnecessary?"

ah? The style of painting is wrong? Xia Xianna was originally his prisoner, so why did she feel like she was actively willing to interact with him when she spoke now?

Looking at Tang Yu, Tang Yu happened to glance at Qin An.

Qin An saw the meaning in Tang Yu's eyes, and his face immediately turned red, feeling a little embarrassed.

Tang Yu was clearly complaining that he was attracting bees and butterflies.

Conscience of heaven and earth, he has been very honest in recent times. Although he has met many beauties, he has never had any thoughts about them.

However, women have very accurate feelings in this regard. Could it be that Xia Xianna has taken a fancy to herself?

This is not surprising. The grassland people have a tough temperament, and they look like little fresh meat, so it is normal for others to take notice of them.

Qin An was a little proud, but also a little embarrassed.

After the court was quiet for a while, Qin An quickly figured out that it would be a good thing for Xiana to be kind to him. It would only be a matter of time before she defected and merged with a group of people from the Xiongnu tribe. She brought out the modern intensive training that was prohibited in parallel and practiced it. , even if the hearts of the people are not yet integrated, at least the unity of the team will come out.

"Okay, whether it's employment or cooperation, in short, the teams on both sides can be integrated now. I plan to let Pang De and Mi Yue each lead a team of people out of the city to intercept the grain, and then Tang Yu will be responsible for the defense. , Xia Xianna and I are responsible for training the troops, and let Honglian make weapons. She is from the Big Dipper and seems to be a natural craftsman from the Sword Spirit Star. She should have some skills in refining."

The memories continued like this in a somewhat strange atmosphere. Tang Yu was still unwilling to talk to Qin An, but Xiana suddenly became eager for Qin An and took the initiative to pay attention to Qin An. How should the two teams be combined? The fusion made Qin An feel flattered, but a cold breeze ran down his spine. He always felt that Tang Yu was secretly glaring at him.

At this time, soldiers came in from outside and said that they had discovered a hidden town in the center of the forest, named Jinshan, with a population of more than 400 households.

Qin An didn't pay much attention. He ordered people to watch them but not to disturb their lives. He was just a passerby. He wanted to kidnap the grassland tribes because their lives were difficult. It was better to fight with him as a soldier, but he didn't want to. Ups and downs some secluded civilians.

After letting the soldier who delivered the message go down and convey the order, he discussed the details of the operation with Tang Yu and Xianna. After that, the meeting ended. Everyone got moving and started building a base in the woods to train troops and prepare for war!

This forest is really very large. There are thick and thin trees, and the wood resources are very rich. During this period, there were many thick vines. These plants have long been extinct in modern times, but they are very common today.

Tang Yu didn't have time to pay attention to Qin An's affairs, so he called a few people to start making plans.

With Jinshan Town as the center, Tang Yu asked the sword slave to go to Qin An and ask for the Zhen'e Sword. Then he personally took the Zhen'e Sword and cut down almost more than two hundred trees in front of him in ten minutes. The Zhen'e Sword It's so sharp that cutting down a tree is like cutting wood.