It had been more than half a month since Lan Ling had left the Flame Demon tribe.
Previously, Lan Ling had asserted that no one would join the human race in this half a month. However, he was wrong. After the news of the Silver Alliance gathering a large army to exterminate the Flame Demon tribe spread, there was still a steady stream of people joining.
There were more than 500 people every day!
Therefore, after Lan Ling had left the tribe for half a month, the entire tribe's population had exceeded 50,000 people, and it had become a medium-sized tribe in the southern wilderness.
Currently, apart from a large amount of manpower used to calcine and build giant catapults and giant crossbows, the rest of the manpower was used on the seven-kilometer city wall.
More than 30,000 people were building the city wall every day.
Both Lan Ling and Suo Mo felt that it was absolutely impossible to finish the city wall in a month. After all, the city wall had only been hammered out a month ago, and the stone strips on the outside hadn't even been laid yet.
According to normal estimates, it would take at least three months to complete the entire city wall.
However, they hadn't expected the city wall to progress so quickly!
Thirty thousand people were building the seven-kilometer city wall. A third of them were in charge of digging and repairing the stones, a third of them were in charge of transporting the stones, and a third of them were in charge of laying the bricks.
More than 10,000 people were on the construction site of the seven-kilometer city wall every day.
There was no concept of work and rest time at all. They ate and slept at the side of the city wall.
When the rice arrived, his hands were full of dirt. He picked up a wooden spoon and wolfed down the food, even the dirt and sand were eaten into his stomach. When they couldn't stand it anymore, they would sleep on the ground and continue working hard after waking up.
They worked like crazy, day and night.
10,000 people were divided into 100 groups, and each group was in charge of the 35-meter city wall.
This was a huge project. After all, the city wall was more than 10 meters tall and six to seven meters wide!
The original mud wall was more than four meters thick and nine meters tall. In other words, the original wall had to be more than two meters thick and one meter tall.
Although no one took the initiative to say it, everyone had a goal in their hearts. They had to complete the task before the war.
In other words, 100 people had to complete the goal of 1.2 meters every day.
Now, half a month had passed.
Among these 100 groups, the group with the lowest progress had already completed 20 meters, and the group with the highest progress had already completed 25 meters!
All of them had exceeded the quota!
At this rate, the seven li long wall would definitely be completed before the great battle!
The speed of construction was astonishing, even faster than Lan Ling's construction of the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line in Tianshui City. The defensive line of the Wind Thunder Fortress was only four to five miles long, but it took a hundred thousand people to build. It took them a few months to build, costing Lan Ling more than a hundred thousand gold coins.
It took less than three or four months to build this seven-kilometer-long city wall of the Flame Demon Tribe, and not a single gold coin was spent. They only provided food and clothing.
This was the result of fighting for one's home.
In the human kingdom, Lan Ling had always used money to pave the way! In the end, he did not gain much loyalty. Even the people of Tianshui City had a mixture of love and hate for him.
In the southern wilderness, Lan Ling didn't spend a single gold coin on his own people, but he received countless support and loyalty.
…
To prepare for the upcoming war!
Besides the city walls, the Flame Demon Tribe also had a few secret weapons.
One was a large catapult!
More than eight thousand people had participated in the construction of the catapult and the giant crossbow, and they had almost cleared the surrounding forest.
It had already been more than three or four months since the construction of the catapult had started, but it had only been half a month since seven or eight thousand people had participated in the construction.
Now, the entire Flame Demon Tribe had already built more than fifty catapults of various sizes.
There were more than a hundred giant crossbows!
There were all kinds of crossbow bolts, more than a few hundred thousand.
What weapons did the catapult throw?
First, fish oil!
The Flame Demon Tribe didn't have much else, but they had as much fish as they wanted. Every day, more than three thousand women participated in boiling the fish oil.
Moreover, although the fish meat wasn't as fragrant after the fish oil was used up, it could still fill one's stomach.
In this half a month, they had already made fifty thousand kilograms of fish oil, using more than a million kilograms of fish. In this half a month, the brothers of the Flame Demon Tribe didn't need to eat anything. They only ate fish, each of them eating two to three kilograms a day.
When the war started, the entire Flame Demon Tribe would have more than 250,000 kilograms of fish oil, enough to make more than 10,000 fish oil bombs.
The second weapon was quicklime!
Lan Ling had discovered more than one limestone mine around the tribe, and he had started calcining lime very early on.
Lime had many uses. It could be used to disinfect, build walls, and pour roads.
Now, the entire Flame Demon Tribe's roads were all made with lime mixed with sand and stones. Although it wasn't as smooth as cement, it was much better than dirt roads.
Lime also had a huge use, and that was to destroy the enemy's eyes. Quicklime would react when it came in contact with water, and the temperature would almost boil the water. Once quicklime powder entered one's eyes, it would be impossible to recover without washing it with oil. Moreover, the burning pain was unbearable, and there was even the possibility of being burned blind.
In order to prepare for the upcoming war, the Flame Demon Tribe had already prepared more than ten thousand lime bombs.
The third weapon was the most ordinary boulder, which was nothing to write home about.
Whether it was the catapult or the giant crossbow, they were all personally designed by Lan Ling.
There were also fish oil bombs and lime bombs, which were also personally designed by Lan Ling.
Once the war started, what would the effects be like? No one knew, but Suo Mo had already experimented with the effects of the attack more than once. It was very shocking, especially the fish oil bombs!
Originally, no one had any confidence in the upcoming war, and they were all holding onto the thought of dying at the worst.
But with the construction of the seven-kilometer city wall, the construction of the catapult, the giant crossbow, and all sorts of secret weapons, everyone felt their confidence grow!
…
According to Lan Ling and Suo Mo's estimates, there should be more than 200 griffin riders among the Silver Alliance's army of more than a hundred thousand.
An aerial attack by 200 griffin riders would bring about great trouble, especially a huge blow to morale.
Back in Tianshui City, Lan Ling had used the griffin aerial attack tactic to destroy the morale of Ma Wei's army.
Of course, the Flame Demon Tribe also had 20 griffins, but if Lan Ling was there, they wouldn't have to worry even if they had to face 200 griffin riders. But if Lan Ling wasn't there, then these 20 precious griffins wouldn't be sacrificed in vain.
Because of this, Lan Ling's plan was to build a high platform!
There was a limit to the height of the griffin riders' attacks. Once they exceeded 400 meters, their attacks wouldn't have any accuracy to speak of.
The Flame Demon Tribe was built on a mountain, so they could use the original height of the mountain to build a high platform and place giant crossbows on it.
Therefore, according to Lan Ling and Suo Mo's design, the entire Flame Demon Tribe had built more than 20 high platforms, and each platform was equipped with three giant crossbows.
Every giant crossbow could move freely and could shoot more than 10 arrows at once.
If they caught the enemy off guard, they should be able to cause great damage to the enemy's aerial army. At the very least, they would be able to stop their aerial attacks.
…
Time continued to pass!
It had already been more than 20 days since Lan Ling had left the Flame Demon Tribe.
More than 25 days.
On this day, the seven-kilometer city wall had been completely built!
Without a doubt, this was a great day and a great miracle!
However, there was no time to celebrate. The 30,000 people only heaved a sigh of relief before continuing to strengthen the city wall and improve its defenses.
Furthermore, the giant catapults didn't need to be moved to the city wall, as they had a parabolic trajectory. However, the giant crossbows attacked in a straight line. It was necessary to move all of them to the city wall and shoot from above!
Twenty-six days.
Twenty-seven days!
On this day!
A young Gryphon Rider flew above the Flame Demon Tribe, hovering a hundred meters above the city gate.
Looking at the dusty Flame Demon Tribe and the ant-like crowd, each of them covered in dust, the young griffin rider's face was full of arrogance and disdain.
"Lowly Flame Demon Tribe, the final deadline is here. Give me your answer!" The young griffin rider said, "Hand over Lan Ling's head. Otherwise, the entire Flame Demon Tribe will be exterminated three days later!"
The more than 50,000 people in the Flame Demon Tribe were all working with all their might. After hearing the young rider's words, they only raised their heads and took a glance before continuing to work hard to strengthen the defenses.
"Hand over Lan Ling's head. Otherwise, the entire Flame Demon Tribe will be exterminated three days later!"
The young Gryphon Knight shouted again.
"Du Yan, kill him!" Suo Mo said.
"Yes!" Du Yan said.
Then, he suddenly drew his bow and nocked an arrow!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh … Ten consecutive arrows!
Although Du Yan's archery skills were far inferior to Lan Ling's, it wasn't a problem for him to grit his teeth and shoot ten consecutive arrows.
And at such a close distance.
This young rider's fate could be imagined.
He dodged and cursed with all his might.
"Lowly humans, you dare …"
Then, before he could finish his words...
Poof, poof, poof, poof … Five arrows hit his chest and throat!
With a scream, this young Silver Alliance griffin rider fell from the sky and died tragically!
Beneath him was actually a Golden Griffin. It was clear that his identity wasn't simple.
Seeing that its master had been shot dead, this Golden Griffin turned to flee.
Du Yan shot another five arrows in a row!
With a scream, this Golden Griffin's wing was injured, and it stumbled and fell.
Then, dozens of people from the Flame Devil Tribe rushed over like crazy, wishing they could catch this Golden-furred Griffon, fearing that it was too heavily injured.
Every griffin was a treasure, not to mention a Golden-furred Griffin!
Just like that, the Griffin Rider sent by the Silver Alliance was shot dead, and a Golden-furred Griffin was captured by the Fire Demon Tribe.
…
On the 28th day!
"Kill, kill, kill …"
The leader of the Silver Alliance, the chief of the Silver Tribe, flew into a rage. He waved his huge sword and smashed everything around him.
He was furious!
Because the one who had been shot dead by the Flame Demon Tribe was his son, his most beloved youngest son.
Yesterday, Devil King's son-in-law, Naishu, had asked who was willing to go to the Flame Demon Tribe to ask for Lan Ling's head. Everyone felt that this was a good opportunity to show off.
Everyone felt that the Flame Demon Tribe had long since pissed their pants, wishing they could squat on the ground and cry every day. They were completely powerless to resist.
Hence, the youngest son of the Silver Alliance's Alliance Master volunteered. After getting Nai Shu's approval, he rode his beloved Golden-furred Gryphon towards the Flame Demon Tribe, even leaving the cavalry protecting him far behind.
However, no one expected the Flame Demon Tribe to react so fiercely.
Not only did they refuse to hand over Lan Ling's head, but they even killed the envoy! This envoy was the son of the Silver Alliance's leader.
This was his most beloved youngest son!
The Silver Alliance's leader felt his heart wrench. He had three sons and five daughters.
Now, all five of his daughters had been slept with by Naishu. Three married daughters and two unmarried virgins, all of them were slept with without exception.
Among his three sons, his youngest was the most precious. He was the apple of his eye.
Now, he had actually been killed by the goddamn Flame Demon Tribe!
When two countries fought, envoys were not killed.
By doing this, the Flame Demon Tribe was cutting off their path of retreat.
That's right, that was what Suo Mo meant. Even though the Flame Demon Tribe showed no signs of surrendering, they had to nip this possibility in the bud.
This Griffin rider who had come to show off was the son of the Silver Alliance's leader. Suo Mo knew him.
Killing him would directly cut off any path of retreat for the Flame Demon Tribe. No one would think of surrendering then!
Of course, this was also an unprecedented provocation to the entire Silver Alliance and the Rakshasa race!
The Silver Alliance's leader roared, "Kill, kill! Kill the entire Flame Demon Tribe! Leave no one alive!"
Constantine had been waiting for this day for a long time. He also raised his arms and shouted, "Kill the entire Flame Demon Tribe! Leave no one alive!"
Alfonsol and the rest of the chiefs all shouted!
Their voices spread outside!
On the plains outside the Silver Tribe's city walls, a huge army of 120,000 had gathered!
120,000 barbarians!
The entire Silver Alliance had turned out in full force!
30,000 cavalry, 90,000 infantry, and 300 Griffin riders!
The 12 tribes of the Silver Alliance did not hold back. They had used up almost all their soldiers.
Naishu warned the surrounding tribes that if anyone dared to invade while the Silver Alliance was empty, he would definitely kill them all!
The heir of the Black Demon Flag Master, Rakshasa King Naishu, flew out of the Silver Alliance's mountaintop castle on a royal griffin.
He circled above the 120,000 barbarian army.
The 120,000 barbarian army covered the sky. Even birds would find it hard to cross!
"Kill the entire Flame Demon Tribe! Leave no one alive!" Naishu shouted coldly.
The 120,000 barbarian army shouted in unison, "Kill the entire Flame Demon Tribe! Leave no one alive!"
"Kill the entire Flame Demon Tribe! Burn it down, rob it down, rape it down!"
The 120,000 barbarian army's blood boiled as they roared loudly.
"Kill the entire Flame Demon Tribe! Burn it down, rob it down, rape it down!"
Naishu could not help but feel a little excited. Although he had a noble status, this was the first time he was commanding an army of 100,000!
"Let's go!"
The order was given!
The 120,000 barbarian army of the Silver Alliance marched towards the Flame Demon Tribe!
The 300 Griffin riders in the sky lined up neatly!
The battle that would decide the survival of the Flame Demon Tribe had officially begun!
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