"Also," Ren Ning looked up at Dongfang with a smile, "by the way, I will help you eliminate the horse bandits in the stone forest."
From now on, the grasslands near the Desert of No Return will completely belong to their Kailun family.
"Haha! The war is finally about to begin."
When he heard that there was going to be a war, Lei Er cheered up and immediately turned around and marched back to prepare.
After a while, various energetic sounds came from the training ground behind the tribe.
"Let's go! Brothers, hurry up and pack up your weapons and equipment and get ready to fight the horse thieves."
"My uncle said that Stone Forest will be our permanent base from now on. Remember to work harder when you do it, and don't be polite."
snort!
Many people remembered that the three patriarchs died because of "horse thieves", and couldn't help but sneer, "I will never be polite."
Now that the decision has been made, Youmeng and Matthew's deputy business chief and other team leaders will stop talking nonsense.
The bright business flags were raised, and the long camel caravan, driven by the slaves, headed east loaded with goods.
The Mabandi Stone Forest and the Kailun Tribe are not close to each other.
The camel team walked for ten days before reaching the vicinity of Ma Bandi Stone Forest.
quack!
I don't know when a half-sized eagle appeared in the sky, and it has been hovering over the stone forest.
"Eagle!" Hu Tingtuochi stood up suddenly, "What's going on? Is there someone grazing nearby? Or..."
Or did the Prairie King send someone to search for him?
He roared: "Go and check!"
Not long after,
Report!
The spies from the periphery rushed in excitedly, "Big boss, good news."
"A caravan loaded with goods came from the west. Judging by its size, it is definitely a large caravan, and it doesn't seem like there are many guards."
Hu Tingtuochi was relieved when he heard that they were not from the royal court.
Caravan?
This word is indeed a bit sensitive.
He raised his head and looked thoughtfully at the eagles circling in the sky.
More than three months ago, a lost Yunchui caravan came to the No Return Desert in the north, and a cloud-piercing arrow was fired, and then everything became chaotic in the stone forest.
Not only was Ge Li, Hu Ting Tuo Chi's most valued staff member, killed, but the horse thieves in the stone forest were also vaguely divided into two factions, the old and the new, who disliked each other and criticized each other...
For this reason, Hutingtuo Chi was having a headache.
"Are they from Yunchui?" he asked.
The spy was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No, they should be from Beixiong. There are horses in the caravan, but most of them are camels."
"Impossible!" Hutingtuochi shouted flatly, "How could the Beixiong caravan come to us?"
"Big boss," the spy shrank his neck, "the younger ones can see clearly that they look similar to us. They are definitely not Yunchui people with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin."
"Big Chief, maybe they took the road to Yunchui." The staff next to him reminded, "Go east along the edge of the No Return Desert, and you can bypass the war-torn Dingxi County and Luoxia Mountains and enter the hinterland of Yunchui."
Um!
Hu Tingtuo reacted late and was overwhelmed with emotion.
"It turned out that I wanted to take this road...these Beixiong people really want money rather than their lives."
It has been more than two years since the last caravan took this route, but the Ling family caravan wanted to go home and had no choice but to do so.
"What do they call the caravan?" Hutingtuochi asked again.
"Go back to the big boss." The spy hesitated, "The other party's trade flag mark is very new..."
"I'm sorry for the poor eyesight of the younger ones, but they couldn't recognize it for a while."
"Big boss," the staff next to him said with a smile on his face.
He wasn't surprised at all.
"It is said that all the principalities in Beixiong are at war now. They are fighting to the death. Their caravans usually have close relations with the principalities where they are located, and they may have annexed each other."
As for the eagles in the sky, if you have money, are you afraid of not having it?
Snapped!
Hu Tingtuochi hesitated no longer and slapped his thigh heavily.
"The plan for the year begins in spring. Pass on the message. After resting for so long, it's time for the brothers to get out to work."
"Now that this caravan has arrived, we will operate on it and try to get a good start in the new year."
"Big boss," the staff member's voice was a little lower, "Since they passed by our door, they should pay some protection fees. But you must first carefully think about the bottom line of our asking price."
The escort force of a large caravan cannot be underestimated.
If there is no need to do anything, and the caravan can pay the "tolls" by itself, then it is naturally the best.
Only large caravans have the dignity of large caravans, and no one's money falls from the sky. It is usually just an illusion to expect them to obediently pay tolls.
"Yeah." Hutingtuo nodded.
He slowly touched his chin, "How much toll did the Ling family caravan pay last time?"
The staff member gave him a strange look and did not answer directly.
"Big Chief, the Yunchui Caravan is relatively wealthy and has always valued peace. The tolls can be more expensive."
"But Beixiong is different."
"Their caravans are usually relatively poor and the caravan guards are extremely rough. Moreover, in this chaotic world, they still dare to come out to do business. The caravans must have a lot of force. So..."
Hu Ting Tuo Chi understood, nodded and said, "We'll see what happens then."
Not long after, except for the dozens of horse bandits who stayed behind to garrison the stone forest, more than 600 people all left the horse bandit stone forest and set up a mighty attack formation in the south, blocking the east-west path.
Ren Ning was overwhelmed with emotion when he received the news.
When he first entered the stone forest, he wanted to find out what was going on inside, and he also wanted to scare the horse thieves out of the stone forest.
As a result, everything backfired. Hu Ting Tuo Chi not only did not move out in fear, but also recruited all the horse thieves back.
Now that the caravan was passing by, he didn't even have to make any move, and all the horse thieves just slipped out obediently.
Tap tap tap!
Horse thieves, big and small, rushed to the front of the caravan.
One by one, they stood outside the range of the bow and arrow, making strange noises and dancing around the caravan with their weapons in hand.
Whoosh!
There were even a few arrows that flew over recklessly and landed in front of the camels, causing a large cloud of smoke and dust.
Hum hum hum.
After all, he was not a war horse. The camel in front was attacked and immediately stopped at a loss.
As soon as they stopped in front, the entire caravan soon stopped as well.
Ha ha!
The horse thieves were even more arrogant and continued to raise their weapons and scream.
"Where did this shabby caravan come from? It passed by my precious stone forest and didn't know how to come to my door in advance to pay respects. Can your merchant chief know how to do something?"
"Where's Shang Shou? Why don't you come out? Don't you have eggs?"
Someone laughed and said, "Maybe their businessman's first name is Gu!"
"The Gu family caravan is not as short-sighted as these people..."
Amid the turmoil,
Wow!
The caravan guards quickly gathered into a group and aimed at the horse thieves scurrying back and forth in front of them.
"The response is very quick." Hu Tingtuochi from the rear was sitting on his mount talking and laughing.
"Big Chief," the staff next to him said very proudly, "after all, our Shi Lin Erlang is also very famous in Xiliang. Moreover, there are even eagles of the other party flying in the sky."
Hu Tingtuo nodded belatedly and turned to look at a young horse thief next to him.
"Tuoshan, take a few people up and spar with them. Remember, your strikes must be quick and ruthless."
It's best to scare the other person down in one go.
"Yes!" Tuoshan, who was tall and full of flesh, cupped his hands towards Huting Tuochi.
He casually ordered a hundred-man troop and rushed towards the caravan guard in front.