Eight days have passed in the blink of an eye.

On the grassland, all was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

But beneath this calm, a torrent is already brewing.

Inside the tent, Qin Ze stood with his hands behind his back, his face extremely cold.

Huo Qubing, standing to the side, said in a deep voice, "My lord, according to the information we have gathered in the past few days, Tu Yuchun's tribe has begun to gather troops and plans to come to Hurong Pass to fight against you."

"However, I learned from the Hu Ma people I interrogated that they are wary of your annihilation of 80,000 Hu Ma soldiers and are worried that you have a large number of troops at your disposal. Therefore, their leader Tu Tianque is negotiating with other tribes to launch a joint attack. It is still unknown whether they have reached an agreement."

"But in any case, I'm afraid they will definitely send troops within a few days!"

“These past few days, Hu cavalry have been scouting this area one after another. I think this is a sign that they are about to launch an attack.”

Qin Ze nodded. "That's right. The annihilation of 80,000 Hu cavalry soldiers earlier has indeed made them wary, otherwise they wouldn't have given us these few days."

"Also... Hmph, I didn't expect Jin Fengluan to send troops here as well, huh."

Qin Ze sneered.

The day before yesterday, Qin Ze received a report from a sentry in Beiliang, saying that the imperial court had sent a large army into Beiliang, and the first stop on their route was Beiyuan City.

Qin Ze understood that Jin Fengluan would be uneasy if he led his troops to the Beiku Grassland to annihilate the Hu horses. She was afraid that he would actually kill the Hu horses, and she was also afraid that once he entered the Beiku Grassland, he would be out of her control.

She'll send a large army here; could it be to help me fight the Hu horses?

This was simply unbelievable; he understood without even thinking why this large army had come.

But now...

Anyone who dares to enter the Beiku Grassland will become a wandering ghost on this grassland!

The massive army he is about to assemble will sweep away everything in its path!

The reason is simple: I've accumulated a huge number of points! It's already reached over nine million!

That's the source of our confidence!

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Ze issued a command to the system!

Unlock the two-star shop!

[Ding! Points used to unlock the two-star shop!]

[Ding! Two-star shop unlocked, "Arms Recycling Function" unlocked!]

[Armware Recycling: One-Star Mall offers half-price recycling for all armaments!]

Looking at the brand-new two-star mall right in front of him, Qin Ze's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Great! With the shop upgrade, old equipment can now be recycled! Our soldiers did suffer some equipment damage in the last battle, so recycling it will give us some points back!

Looking at the two-star military equipment, Qin Ze's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but gasp.

There was a dazzling array of weapons, and the armor was also different. But the most noteworthy item was the vest!

Of course, this is not the same as that kind of alias.

This is armor for warhorses. Only when warhorses are protected by armor can they be called true iron cavalry!

One vest requires 30 points to redeem!

Qin Ze then looked at the weapon bar, and soon his eyes locked onto the [Bow and Arrow], which also cost 30 points each.

Qin Ze did not plan to replace the other weapons immediately, but the bow and arrow were essential!

In the last battle against the Hu Ma, if we had better bows, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry would have been able to shoot even farther, given their individual abilities and physical attributes!

Qin Ze understood a principle well: truth lies only within the range of fire!

With a good bow, one can take advantage of the range and kill them before they even have a chance to get close in battle!

On this vast grassland, there is almost nothing to cover, making the bow and arrow a powerful weapon!

Qin Ze looked at his accumulated points. After deducting the one million points he had just spent, he still had more than eight million points left.

Currently, he still has 5,500 troops left. The sentries sent back to Beiliang to deliver intelligence are the 500 ordinary soldiers that Qin Ze had previously exchanged for with a small number of points. These are not counted among the 5,500 troops.

In addition, after the annihilation of the Hu Ma, the remaining horses captured from the Hu Ma, plus the horses grazing in the Hu Ma camp, amounted to as many as 70,000 to 80,000 warhorses!

Therefore, Qin Ze does not need to use points to exchange for horses this time!

Furthermore, once the Beiku Grassland is conquered and all the Hu horses are annihilated, all the countless grazing horses on the grassland will belong to you. You can imagine that even if you create an army of hundreds of thousands in the future, you will not need to spend points to exchange for horses!

Qin Ze began selecting military equipment in the store. After making a selection, the system's voice sounded repeatedly.

[Ding! 40,000 points have been spent to exchange for 40,000 people!]

[Ding! 1.2 million points have been spent to exchange for 40,000 pieces of armor!]

[Ding! 1.2 million points have been spent to redeem 40,000 helmets!]

[Ding! 600,000 points have been spent to exchange for 20,000 spears!]

[Ding! 600,000 points have been spent to exchange for 20,000 longbows!]

[Ding! 765,000 points have been spent to redeem a new outfit!]

[Exchange for 40,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry templates, consuming 4 million points!]

[Ding! Remaining points: (increasing)] PS: For ease of statistics, points will be counted in whole numbers from now on.

Knowing that the system still had an equipment recycling function, Qin Ze did not hesitate and directly asked the system to recycle all the old equipment of the 5,500 soldiers.

In this way, the points have increased.

Subsequently, Qin Ze purchased another 5,500 sets of two-star equipment for them and also fitted their warhorses with armor.

Of course, these 5,500 soldiers were all armed with two-star weapons, spears, not bows and arrows.

As a result, the system points decreased by 660,000, leaving only 605,000 points.

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