Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 194: Rest in the Mine

It's snowing heavily and covered in silver.

The jade sand from the previous year, which had not melted much to begin with, is now covered with new year white flowers.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, and more and more barbarians poured in from the cold wind mouth.

The seventeen tribes that had temporarily united together in order to break through the Lengfeng Pass had already gone their separate ways.

Some tribes, confident of their strength, headed straight for Anping County or Le'an Earl's Mansion. Other tribes, aware of their lack of strength, went to nearby villages to build strongholds.

These seventeen tribes did not only send the strongest and bravest members, but all the tribesmen, young and old, regardless of gender, came.

We have to come! The severe drought and heavy snow a few years ago caused heavy losses to the livestock of most tribes in the Northern Wilderness, and there was a huge food shortage. In order to survive, those powerful core tribes plundered the food and supplies of the small tribes. That's not all. Because these powerful tribes had limited food reserves, they did not devour the people of the weak tribes as in previous years. After severely attacking and plundering the weak tribes, they drove the weak tribes south to test the details of the Southern Chen Dynasty.

"The rule on our Northern Wilderness Prairie has always been that the strong prey on the weak! Tushi Shengtai, don't blame me for not leaving a way out for your Bald Wolf Tribe! Since your Bald Wolf Tribe can't beat our Cang Wolf Tribe! Then go to the south and rob those Chen people! They have endless food and wine! If you want food and drink, just go and rob them yourself!"

Tu Shi Shengtai stood on the highest beacon tower in Lengfengkou Pass, recalling the arrogant words of a young descendant of the Canglang tribe after the defeat that day, and felt angry and helpless!

Once upon a time, the Bald Wolf Tribe was one of the core tribes on the Northern Wilderness Prairie. But because of the battle in which the Butcher Liu attacked the prairie, the Bald Wolf Tribe suffered a great loss of strength, and was squeezed out of the core tribe, gradually declining and falling to this point.

"Liu the Butcher! Hateful Liu the Butcher! It's all because of you that my Bald Wolf Tribe has come to this point where we are bullied and humiliated by others! It's even more of a life-or-death situation! I have no choice but to fight you head-on, eat your flesh and blood, and let my Bald Wolf Tribe be reborn in Nirvana!"

Tushi Shengtai had made up his mind, and immediately ordered the guards beside him: "Go! Tell the people to move faster, we have to get to Butcher Liu's lair as soon as possible! There is the largest granary in the entire northern part of Yunzhou! As long as we break into the Liu family mansion, our Bald Wolf tribe will have endless food and wine! We can also use the food to recruit warriors from other tribes to serve our tribe! Go!"

"Yes! Chief!" The guards took the order and left.

Liujia Iron Mine.

The entire mine is divided into six major areas: mining area, smelting area, forging area, assembly area, storage area, and living area. It covers a large area, including several small hills and ravines. However, today, the several busy production areas in the past are deserted, with few people in sight, while the storage and living areas are crowded with people.

The chief of the mine led the two leaders of the Tiger Guards and Green Willow Guards stationed at the mine to respectfully meet Liu Feiyun and his three companions who had just arrived.

"Master Pang! How is the mine preparation going now? There are quite a lot of barbarians from the Northern Wilderness coming this time! Can we defend this place?" Liu Feiyun asked as he personally scooped a bowl of steaming shredded pork noodles for He Qingqing.

"My young master! When I saw the light reflected by the beacon fire in the direction of the cold wind outlet, I activated the emergency plan! After the person who reported the news arrived, I issued a war order! Now all the miners have been locked up in cells! All other people who can hold weapons have also been issued weapons! Hundreds of sets of armor stored in the warehouse have also been equipped! Young master, don't worry! This living area and the storage area are self-contained, like a small fortress. Those barbarians in the Northern Wilderness cannot break through without the deployment of tens of thousands of people!"

"But this time the barbarians have sent more than 100,000 people. What if they send tens of thousands of people to attack?" Liu Feiyun continued to ask after filling He Wenjin's bowl with noodles.

"Young Master, you are worrying too much! The barbarians can't possibly send so many people here! First, the terrain here is dangerous, with sufficient weapons and armor, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack; second, there is not much food here, only enough for a thousand people to eat for three to five days. Since the barbarians were able to sneak into Lengfengkou without anyone noticing, they must have an insider, and they should naturally know the situation here! If the barbarians came this time because they were hungry, they would definitely give priority to attacking the granaries! The two largest granaries in the county are in the prefecture and the county town. Those are where the barbarians are eager to break through."

"What do you think?" Liu Feiyun took a few bites from the bowl and suddenly felt much warmer. He asked the two leaders of the Iron Guard and the Escort again.

"That's exactly the truth!" "Master Pang is right!" The two of them also echoed.

Liu Feiyun wolfed down a big bowl of noodles. Because he ate too quickly, the noodles were scalded and then choked. At the end, he even burped a few times that were not burps!

"You are really a reincarnation of a starving ghost! Look at your achievements, you don't have the demeanor of a noble family at all! You really are worthy of being the descendant of Farmer Liu!" He Wenjin's face was full of sarcasm.

After hearing this, Master Pang and the other two couldn't help but feel a little angry, but they couldn't show it in front of their master.

Liu Feiyun didn't care, and filled another big bowl by himself, laughing: "Haha! It is said that people die for money and birds die for food. But if this person has no food, I'm afraid he won't have the energy to think about money! The He family is the royal family of the previous dynasty. They have been rich and powerful for so many years. Naturally, few people can understand the feeling of hunger and cold! Senior He is probably even more so! Let's not talk about this! I have to finish eating quickly so that I can rush home as soon as possible! Miss He! Senior He! Are you willing to go together?"

"No! We have to hurry on our way!"

"It's good to go. Maybe the princess will go too! We can just meet up with her!"

"This... Senior, should Miss He listen to you or herself?"

"Of course I listen to...her own opinion. Humph! Boy! You'd better not have any bad ideas! I've been putting up with you for a long time! Don't think I can't see it! What about skiing faster! What about being afraid of running out of energy! What... In short, you have ulterior motives! Finish eating quickly! Tell them to prepare the horses quickly! I want to go and find out! Is there really such a person in your Liu family? Hurry up!"

He Wenjin's words made Liu Feiyun laugh awkwardly, and Pang Zhushi and the other two were confused. It also made He Qingqing blush slightly. She couldn't help but glare at him a few times, which made him shut up in indignation.

A moment later, the three riders left the mine in a hurry and rushed towards the Earl of Le'an's mansion. Not long after they left, a group of barbarians arrived, and after a short rest, they immediately launched an attack on the mine.