In the northern grasslands, Yan Liuyuan was sitting calmly next to the fire pit in his tent. The light from the fire made his face look red, and his shadow flickered.
The tribe's chief, Hassan, was beside him. He placed some mutton into the iron pot on top of the fire pit. The mutton had already been cooked and was only being reheated after being placed into the pot.
He said respectfully to Yan Liuyuan, "Master, that large tribe wants to go to the Central Plains to plunder. It's time for them to establish their dominance. If you let the eagle in the sky peck the eyes of their messenger blind, he'll definitely not let it go."
Yan Liuyuan laughed. "Hassan, you don't have to worry about this. I was just worried that he wouldn't dare to come."
"Understood." Hassan did not say anything else. After a while, he scooped out the mutton from the pot and took out his knife to cut it into slices.
His master did not like to eat meat that was too big, so he had to cut it more carefully.
If he had yielded to Yan Liuyuan at the beginning because he was afraid of him, then he was now truly worshiping Yan Liuyuan as a god.
The nomads believed in gods, and it had been like this since ancient times. The various abilities that Yan Liuyuan displayed made him seem like a real god.
Even if he wasn't, he was almost there.
Hassan thought that the gods would protect the tribe. Some of the cattle and sheep had been lost due to the snowstorm, but the owner said that the cattle and sheep would return on their own. In the end, there was another strong wind that afternoon, and the wind brought the cattle and sheep back.
All of this made Hassan feel awe and admiration from the bottom of his heart.
Yan Liuyuan picked up a piece of mutton and put it into his mouth. After swallowing it with difficulty, he said to Hassan, "Aren't there any vegetables in the grasslands?"
Back at Stronghold 88, Yan Liuyuan would often listen to Ren Xiaosu talk about things that Ren Xiaosu had read in books.
Ren Xiaosu told him that before The Cataclysm, the northerners were not only nomads. Most of the residents also lived in the cities, and their diet was similar to that of the southerners. They also ate vegetables and fruits.
However, most of them were planted or transported in a planned manner.
Now that the northern plains no longer had the supplies from the Central Plains, they had to rely on luck if they wanted to eat some fruits. Basically, they could only eat wild fruits from the plains.
Hassan replied, "Master, it's winter now. It's not easy to find those things. When spring comes, I can take my people to find other food."
"Looks like we really need to go to the Central Plains," Yan Liuyuan said with a sigh.
"Master, did you come from the Central Plains?" Hassan asked curiously.
"No." Yan Liuyuan shook his head. "But the place I used to live was similar to the Central Plains. We ate rice, wore cotton-padded clothes, and there weren't many herdsmen. Most of the people there were farmed."
"Master, are you going to build a magnificent city wall on the grassland?" Hassan stretched out his hand and gestured. "It's the kind that's especially majestic. I've seen it from afar. They must not be afraid of wild beasts living in it. They can even drive wild beasts to our northern grasslands."
Yan Liuyuan walked out of the tent and took a handful of snow from outside to rub his cheeks. "Hassan, we can't build strongholds in the north. Besides, I don't like those things either."
Hassan was puzzled. "Master, you don't like strongholds?"
"Of course not." Yan Liuyuan said, "Those Central Plains people have lost their sensitivity to the outside world by hiding in the strongholds. The entire world is changing, but they're the only ones who haven't moved forward. Moreover, they've even divided the entire race into different classes. "
Hassan understood that his master did not like strongholds.
Yan Liuyuan continued, "Besides, if the nomads want to become enemies with the Central Plains, they can't just stay in one place. When the Central Plains people start paying attention to us and want to conquer the grasslands, their artillery will easily destroy the strongholds. And the nomads' advantage is the terrain of the grasslands. When they arrive, they can only advance along the rivers and build their forward operating bases. But we can go anywhere. Only if they go deep enough will we have a chance to fight back. "
Hassan smiled and said, "Master, you really know a lot."
"I was just spouting nonsense." Yan Liuyuan smiled and said, "I just don't like the people from the strongholds."
At this moment, Sister Xiaoyu walked out of the tent wearing a leather robe similar to a herdsman's. She was holding a bowl of goat's milk in her hand. "Liuyuan, drink some goat's milk. You can't always eat so little."
But just as she finished speaking, the howling of wolves rang out in the distance. Yan Liuyuan laughed. "They're finally here. Let's go, Hassan. I'll take you to watch a good show."
With that, Hassan got his tribesmen to bring a horse over. He half-knelt on the ground and used his thigh as a stool for Yan Liuyuan.
The group of several dozen people headed in the direction of the howling wolves. Even now, the people in the tribe were still afraid of the wolves. However, Yan Liuyuan had told them many times that the wolves would not harm their own people or eat livestock indiscriminately.
After walking for a short distance, Hassan stared blankly at the grasslands in front of him. It looked like it had been stained with blood.
He recognized a man who was surrounded by the wolves. He was the Commandant of the Right of a large tribe, and he was good at fighting.
From the looks of it, this was the troops sent by the large tribe to encircle and annihilate them. However, the several thousand troops were ambushed by the wolves on the grasslands before they could even see Yan Liuyuan's shadow.
These people thought they could scare off the wolves with their firearms, but the wolves were much more ferocious than they had ever seen before.
In just half an hour, the several thousand troops were wiped out. Only the Commandant of the Right, Golmu, and his entourage, were left fighting the wolves like trapped beasts.
But he did not survive because he was good at fighting. It was because Yan Liuyuan had already instructed the Wolf King to keep the person in charge here.
When the Wolf King saw that Yan Liuyuan had arrived, it stopped attacking. It just led the wolves to surround the enemy and let them shout angrily.
The Commandant of the Right, Golmu, was panting violently. He looked at Yan Liuyuan through the wolves and said fiercely, "Are you the new leader of this tribe?"
Yan Liuyuan sat on a tall and strong horse and looked at him with interest. "Did your Khan receive the message I asked the messenger to bring back?"
"You're just a kid who's still wet behind the ears." Golmu sneered and said, "You want to take over the entire grasslands? You can't do it yet. "
"Looks like this is your Khan's attitude." Yan Liuyuan said nonchalantly, "In that case, I'll have to use a more radical method."
With that, the wolves no longer surrounded them. Instead, they pounced on the remaining enemies and bit them to death. Then they got ready to start eating the corpses.
This scene was exceptionally bloody and tyrannical. It was like a tyrant was punishing his enemies.
But Sister Xiaoyu suddenly looked at Yan Liuyuan and said, "Liuyuan, you can let the wolves kill them, but you can't let them eat them. If your brother were here, he wouldn't let you do that either."
Yan Liuyuan sat on the horse in silence for a long time. Then he waved his hand to disperse the wolves. "Go look for your food in the grasslands. You can't eat these people."
The Wolf King did not disobey and obediently left.
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