81: Chapter 81 The Mad Werewolf Slunk Away

"Woo woo..."

Amidst the desolate sound of ox-horn bugles, a command flag slowly rose in the center of the city tower, and flags of various colors and sizes began to surge onto the city wall like a long dragon, accompanied by the crisp sound of footsteps.

The scout cavalry had already retreated into the city, and inside the gatehouse, strong warriors pushed the massive winch, causing the drawbridge to rise with a creaking sound.

The moat surrounding the city wall was still just a concept; for now, the drawbridge could only protect the city gate, which was better than nothing.

Despite the grand appearance, the City Guard had only entered the Profound Realm; among the four levels of Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, it was only the third level.

Many of the city defense weapons remained untouched, as only the Archers and swordsmen were put on alert.

The commanding general was only General Iron Feather, not a General Copper Spear of legion commander rank.

On the cold city wall, countless soldiers silently watched the distance, where dust was rising, indicating a large army was approaching.

This was Birchwood City, which was close to the Mad Wolf Tribe.

Even though Birchwood City was not the capital and its walls were not as monstrous as those of Qin City after its upgrade, they were still fifteen meters high.

The defending soldiers held the high ground, possessing an Innate psychological advantage.

On the city wall, besides the Qin Army, there were also some members of other tribes staying in Birchwood City, who had been specially instructed by Zhao Feng to come up to the wall to display the majesty of the Qin Army.

Far away, Zhao Feng observed the approaching Mad Wolf Tribe through the map and the vision of System soldiers. These Mad Wolf Tribe members only stopped after getting close to the city wall; they did not know that the Qin Army possessed very powerful long-range units and long-range attack methods.

"Awoo!" The Mad Wolf Tribe member charging at the very front howled, and the few Mad Wolf Tribe members beside him also began to howl, after which the entire army stopped.

"Ye Dou, these humans are hiding behind the wall, what should we do?" Several werewolves were discussing loudly. Although they knew the humans had built a city here, they had never thought about what they would actually need to do if they wanted to attack the city.

"It doesn't matter. If the humans only dare to hide behind the wall, then our Mad Wolf Tribe has nothing more to fear." Commander Lang Wei said, narrowing his eyes.

He walked closer and said loudly: "Humans, you dare to collude with those Grey Werewolf traitors; this is a serious provocation against the Mad Wolf Tribe. Open the gates and surrender immediately, or you will definitely regret it."

Wu Jia stood on the city wall, looking down at the large group of Mad Wolf Tribe members. There were about 300 werewolf cavalrymen, and Birchwood City only had over 400 soldiers. If they were to fight in the field outside the city, considering the balance of power, the Qin Army might not necessarily be a match for the werewolves.

However, a war of words was definitely necessary, and Wu Jia had been instructed by Zhao Feng to stand on the city wall and chat with the Mad Wolf Tribe members.

"Warriors of the Mad Wolf Tribe, our Qin Kingdom has never colluded with any Grey Werewolves. Is this a misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstanding? No, we say there is, so there is!" Commander Lang Wei laughed wildly.

"Then, can we consider this a provocation by the Mad Wolf Tribe against the Qin Kingdom?" Wu Jia's voice gradually turned cold. Relying on the city wall, the Qin Kingdom stood in an Innate position of invincibility, so there was no need to be afraid.

"So what? Do you dare to come out?" Commander Lang Wei said mockingly in a loud voice.

Wu Jia waved his hand coldly. Bang, bang, bang! A series of clappers sounded; the Archers on the city wall drew their bows and fired downward in unison.

The distance was too close, so parabolic shooting was completely unnecessary.

The Qin Kingdom had no precedent for not striking first, and Zhao Feng was in need of a large amount of experience to obtain Advanced troop types.

He longed for peaceful unification, but he was not afraid of war either.

Swish, swish, swish!

The Mad Wolf Tribe members, who knew nothing about long-range weapons like bows and arrows, suffered a huge loss and were shot down in droves in an instant.

Commander Lang Wei was quick-eyed and fast-handed, swatting away a few arrows. Seeing his subordinates suffer mass casualties all at once, he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!"

The Qin Army did not intend to wipe them out completely, but rather let them retreat. It was not yet time to start a major war; let the Grey Werewolves do it.

Running to a position he deemed safe, Commander Lang Wei stopped, looked back at the distant city wall, and couldn't help but bare his teeth and roar, "Humans, we will definitely be back."

Having said that, he turned and left, ignoring the wounded soldiers still wailing under the city wall.

The Mad Wolf Tribe members came quickly and left quickly, disappearing without a trace after a short while.

Wu Jia had not expected this battle to proceed so quickly; just one round of arrows had driven away the arrogant Mad Wolf Tribe members.

Actually, it was normal. The Mad Wolf Tribe had not been prepared for a major war in the first place, and the Third Taiji still needed to keep his troops to compete for the position of Wolf Emperor and suppress rebellions, so naturally, he did not want to conflict with the Qin Kingdom.

Commander Lang Wei's arrival this time was only to test the strength and determination of the Qin Kingdom. They could not think of a way to deal with the city wall for the time being, so naturally, they did not dare to let a conflict erupt.

A squad of County Soldiers walked into the barracks. These were troops that Zhao Feng had urgently recruited; in the future, County Soldiers would be recruited in large numbers to become garrison troops.

Seeing that the conflict at Birchwood City had ended, Zhao Feng closed the long-range vision and began to plan the city's construction.

The School of Philosophers was the first to be arranged into the construction queue.

The School of Philosophers could improve the city's educational capacity and accelerate the assimilation of alien tribes.

As the Qin Kingdom grew stronger and more tribes were incorporated, some conflicts began to appear, and the education and management of non-System personnel became urgent.

According to his previous understanding of the game, a building like the School of Philosophers could increase the city's happiness level and would definitely alleviate the increasingly sharp conflicts.

At the same time, apart from the Shaman, the Qin Kingdom did not have a single Advanced management personnel. At this time, Zhao Feng's ruling group would find it increasingly difficult to cope with the increasingly complex construction and management.

Zhao Feng himself was just an ordinary teacher and had never studied Advanced management knowledge or anything of the sort. He didn't have many talented people under him either, so it was truly difficult to manage five cities and over a hundred thousand people.

Of course, because a large amount of resources was being used to upgrade the era, one also had to consider the resource production speed while building, which was the reason why Zhao Feng had no intention of fighting a battle with the Mad Wolf Tribe.

Furthermore, the current Zhao Feng had more important things to attend to.

Actually, this matter was not very big, but its significance was very profound, relating to the future policy direction of the Qin Kingdom.

Because on this day, a small squad leader under Zhao Feng was getting married.

And the object of his marriage was not a human, but a rabbit-girl.

The time from the Qin Tribe being a primitive tribe to the establishment of the kingdom was very short.

The original way the Qin Kingdom people treated marriage was to get to know each other through large-scale matchmaking events, and then at the matchmaking event, if young men and women found each other agreeable, they would agree to live together, and then marry and have children.

Of course, the process of marriage did not exist before.

In the past, young men and women would meet for outings when spring blossomed; such days were called the Grass-Covering Festival, and the other primitive tribes were much the same.

Although the current Qin Kingdom had entered the feudal era, its ideological concepts had not changed all at once and were still in the mode of a primitive tribe, and this squad leader was a beneficiary of this kind of primitive marriage.

And because of the era upgrade, whether it was the common people or the soldiers of the Qin Kingdom, they were all instilled with new era concepts at the same time; some primitive bad habits were discarded, and civilized things were introduced.

But real people were not game characters, so after some hesitation, the squad leader decided to use the new regulations to complete his wedding.

And Zhao Feng was a researcher; he was very curious whether reproductive isolation would occur between the two.

Of course, while curious, he also went to learn about the story of this squad leader, and this matter had to start from the day before.