On November 15, 137 New Calendar, a caravan loaded with grain appeared near the stronghold of the Xiaohu army. The www.biquge.info caravan waved the banner of Chao Xinguo, and they unhurriedly passed through the encirclement of the coalition army and came to the stronghold of the Xiaohu army.

Such caravans appear about once every two weeks. Since it was enough for 100,000 horses to feed a month's worth of grain and grass, there were five or six thousand wagons and ox carts for transporting goods, and more than 20,000 men and escorts on board. The amount of grain consumed by so many people every day is also a large amount, and it takes them half a month to rush from their home country to the battlefield, and the cost of transporting grain is not ordinarily high.

The Kingdom of Byron can buy sky-high building materials, and Xiaohu Connection can also buy sky-high building materials. The average selling price of this batch of grain is as high as 500 Wentai Rong Yuan per 30 kilograms, which is more than 10 times the market price. In other words, the Xiaohu army stationed outside has to burn a lot of money every day.

Some people may ask, is it really worth it to do this?

The answer, of course, is yes. What Xiaohu needs most now is time, he needs to delay the pace of the coalition army, and he can earn one more day if he can delay it. He withdrew these 100,000 men to the mainland, which could only strengthen the local garrison, but after that, Maier would be able to develop with peace of mind, digest the results of the battle, and it would not be long before he could form a stronger coalition to continue attacking the Xiaohu family.

Now he has left these 100,000 people alone to cut off the ties between the two countries at great cost. He did this not only to cut off the external supply of the Tajon Kingdom, but also to plant a nail in the heart of Myr's power. Before Maier pulls out this nail, he will not be able to launch the next stage of invasion of the Xiaohu family.

It will take quite some time to defeat these 100,000 people. The coalition forces, with a stroke of luck, were able to pull out one of the strongholds in two months. The second stronghold had already consumed the coalition forces for nearly three months, and if Maier chose to storm it now, he would have to wait at least two months before he could capture it.

In other words, Maier now has to spend at least half a year on these 100,000 people. After pulling out the nails that connect Xiaohu to the hinterland, Maier still has to deal with the problem of disposing of the captives. These Xiaohu troops are all from the Xiaohu family, as long as Meier puts them back, Xiaohu Connect can arm them again and let them resist foreign enemies; If Maier does not let them go, then Maier will have to feed the prisoners of war.

Maier's actions in Yaolin City earned him the title of "Merciful One". At the same time, he also played the slogan of "liberating the Tairong people", if he slaughtered the Tairong prisoners of war, or sold the Tairong prisoners of war to the Kingdom of Egus as slaves, it would be tantamount to slapping himself in the face. When the time comes, if you don't need to do anything with Xiaohu Connection, the Tairong Kingdom will be in chaos by itself.

If Maier had asked the prisoners of war to work for him, Xiaohu Liantong would have taken the opportunity to make a big fuss, saying that Maier was a "slave owner under the banner of a liberator." Even if Maier gave the prisoners the most fair treatment, Xiaohu Connectivity could confuse the public and make the Taerong people, who did not know the truth, think that Maier was lying to them. As long as the majority of Tayjong think so, it will be difficult for Mel to gain the support of Tayjong.

If Maertzer had rebelled against these prisoners of war, there would have been more to be done about the Xiaohu connection. He would spread the word that Maier had been stirring up a wedge between the Tayjon people, and wanted the Tajon to kill each other and exterminate their species. As it stands, the Tayjong are in danger of extinction - at least that's what the Tayon people under the rule of the Tayyong nobility think, and Merr is indeed making the Tayjongs fight a civil war, so it's easy for people who don't know Mer to believe this rumor.

To put it mildly, Mel's race is the biggest problem. When faced with an important decision, people are often willing to trust someone who is closer to them. Relatives, fellow villagers, and fellow clans have a unique advantage in front of so-called "outsiders", and their lies are often more easily believed than the so-called outsiders' truths.

Of course, there are exceptions. Sometimes, elders are more willing to trust their peers than the younger ones in their family. There are complex reasons for this, but the main one is the so-called "dignity of elders".

I've eaten more salt than you've ever eaten rice – maybe not everyone has heard the elders say something like that, but a significant number of people think so when dealing with juniors. In the eyes of these people, the ideas of the younger generations are always naïve than themselves, and the thoughts of the younger generations are never as mature as their own, and it is precisely because of this idea that "he must be inferior to me" that they will be more willing to believe the words of outsiders. Even if they find out that they have been deceived, they will not regret that they did not follow the advice of their juniors, but will put all the blame on outsiders.

I trusted you so much, and you lied to me! Is this what people do?!

While they have similar thoughts, they will quietly erase their mistakes. For this kind of person, no matter what happens, the fault is on someone else. Because in their eyes, they can never be wrong.

All in all, no matter whether Maier wins or loses, or what choice he makes, he will suffer. At first glance, this looks like an action to send 100,000 troops to the mouth of the coalition army, but in fact, there is a knife hidden in the flesh, and if you bite it, you will have to be injured and let out some blood. Xiaohu Liantong dared to do this because Maier was a foreigner. If the opponent is Tengyuan, he will definitely withdraw his troops to the mainland, and at most leave some stragglers behind the enemy's lines, so that they can disguise themselves as lawbreakers to disturb the law and order in the enemy-occupied area and create some trouble for Tengyuan.

There are more ways to connect Xiaohu than that. He contacted Chao Xinguo to buy grain, but Chao Xinguo did not have enough surplus grain to sell to him. So Xiaohu Liantong encouraged Chao Xin to go to the Kingdom of Byron or the countries surrounding the Kingdom of Byron to buy grain, and the high price he offered could allow the Kingdom of Chao Xin to have enough capital to buy grain, so that he could raise the price of food in the Kingdom of Byron and the surrounding countries, making the Kingdom of Byrons, which was already very short of food, even worse.

Before the hybrid crops were put into production, the kingdom of Byron did suffer a big loss in this regard. Don't look at the current grain price in the Kingdom of Byron is very stable, the urban selling price of every 30 kilograms of wheat can be stable at about 45 Wentai Rong, and the floating difference is no more than 2 Wentai Rong. When hybrid crops were not put into production, the urban selling price of wheat per 30 kilograms was always higher than 60 Wentairong yuan, which was the result of the Kingdom of Byron collecting grain at a high price and selling it at a loss.

If you want to crack this game, you must pull out the nail inserted in the hinterland of Xiaohu Connection, which happens to fall into another trap of Xiaohu Connection. Before the hybrid crops were put into production, the Kingdom of Byron and the Allies would face great logistical pressure if they wanted to send troops, because food prices remained high, and war weariness would slowly grow in the country. Even if Maier pulls out the nail, he will not be able to attack the Xiaohu family in the short term.

However, the production of hybrid crops has completely invalidated the economic suppression of Xiaohu Connectivity. The food prices of the Kingdom of Byron and the surrounding countries are gradually stabilizing, and the only thing that makes the Kingdom of Byron feel unhappy is that the Xiaohu Army stationed on the border is now eating the grain produced by the Kingdom of Byrons. The Mingji people collected grain from the Kingdom of Byron at a fair price, and then went north to sell the grain to the Xiaohu Army at a high price, and then used the money earned to buy other materials from the Kingdom of Byron and transport them back to China, making a lot of war money.

However, for the Mingji people who lack private life, they simply don't need so many materials. The huge commercial profits made the people of Chaoxin Kingdom more and more unwilling to work, since the caravan operated by the state only needs to run a business, and can earn materials for the use of the whole country for two or three months, why should they work hard?

Since at this stage, the native people really do not need to work, so the great prophet of the Chaoxin kingdom acquiesced in the laziness of the people. Supplies were rationed as needed, and people were not only eating and drinking, but also studying, listening to the prophet's lectures, or singing hymns, and such days were as boring as they were.

The idle people of the five ridges and six beasts of the day and night want to do things sooner and more. They were inspired by a few of their neighbors who were fighting a mess, and they felt that fighting should be a good way to pass the time. From the beginning of the 137th year of the new calendar, some people began to ask the local prophets to find out if there were any neighbors around the border that the living gods found to be an eyesore.

Such questions were very embarrassing to the prophets, and their inquiries often did not come to fruition, so they could only reassure the people that the living God is pleasing to everyone now, so you better be honest. However, this answer did not stop the people from continuing to inquire about the matter, and by now the prophets had developed a habit. Every day, they had to pretend to go to the inner courtyard to go through the motions, and then tell the people that everyone should disperse! Today, the living God is pleasing to everyone!

Such an answer would not satisfy the people. The tempers of the men and the levies who traveled with the caravan became more and more irritable, and they looked at every foreigner unpleasantly, and while thinking about how to find their faults, they hoped that they would come to find their own faults. In fact, from the very beginning, what they wanted was not the instructions of the living God, but a reason to go to war with the foreigners.

Whether it is the coalition army or the Xiaohu army, they have long been accustomed to the anger exuded by the Mingji people. The coalition forces would always be wise to avoid the caravans of the Asahi kingdom and not make any action on the day the caravan arrived. Xiaohu Jun also tried not to communicate with the Mingji people, the unloading of the unloaded, the payment of the money, after the end of the transaction, the two sides broke up, and there was nothing to do.

That's how it should be.

When the Xiaohu Army was unloading, a sloppy young man dressed as a civilian man suddenly said a word. As soon as the unloading Xiaohu army heard that the other party was an Iraan accent, they immediately shouted, and the nearby Xiaohu army immediately put down the goods, took up arms, and surrounded this people's group.

The behavior of the Xiaohu army angered the Mingji people, and they immediately surrounded them to protect their comrades. The Xiaohu army explained that the caravan of the Mingji people was mixed with the spies of the Ira people, but the Mingji people did not believe the words of the Xiaohu army at all. The leading Mingji person said that this sloppy young man was a mute, how could a mute person speak?

Xiaohujun said to the Mingji people, since the other party is mute, how can you be sure that he is the Mingji people? The leader of the Mingji people immediately asked the young man to write an essay in the Mingji script, in which he expounded his theological views, praising the greatness of the living God and the yearning of the Mingji people for eternal life and Elysium.

For Mingji people, only Mingji people can write such articles. None of the Tairong people present knew Ming Jiwen, and whatever people said was what they said. But the Xiaohu army was very unwilling, they reasoned with the Mingji people, and wanted them to hand over this folk husband to them for interrogation, but the Mingji people naturally refused.

At this time, the man suddenly stood up, gestured towards the leader of the Mingji people, and asked him for paper and pen. The Mingji people immediately gave him paper and a pen, and he wrote to the Mingji people. The young man said that in order to prove that his fellow people were not lying, he was willing to be interrogated by the Xiaohu army.

His initiative to make concessions moved the people of Mingji very much, and the Xiaohu Army also dispelled their suspicions about him. However, since they had already taken the initiative to make a request, Xiaohujun was not easy to refuse, so he was ready to go through the motions and then let him go.

After the young man entered the camp tent of the Xiaohu Army, he immediately let out a burst of screams, hitting his body with his fists, and after just a few breaths, he was bleeding all over his face. When the Mingji people heard the screams, they immediately rushed into the camp tent of the Xiaohu Army, and when they rushed into the camp, they happened to see several soldiers of the Xiaohu Army pulling the body of the young man, and the young man was already dying.

Even for a real spy, you can't beat people like this right away. The Mingji people immediately snatched the people from the hands of the Xiaohu army for treatment, and as soon as the young man was rescued, he hugged the Mingji people who were closest to him and cried, the cry was heartbreaking, and the Mingji people who listened to it were angry.

The leader of the Mingji people questioned the Xiaohu army and asked them why they were so ruthless. The Xiaohu army was very wronged, they repeatedly explained that they didn't do it at all, and the young man beat himself like this. Mingji people know that the young man is mute, but not being able to speak does not mean that there will be mental or intellectual problems, although the young man has only recently come to Chaoxin Kingdom, but he is very good, and everyone likes him very much, so no one believes Xiaohu Jun's words.

As time went on, more and more people knew about it. By the time the matter reached the ears of the commander of the Xiaohu Army, there had been a fierce physical confrontation between the two sides. Just as the commander of the Xiaohu Army was rushing to the scene with people to solve the incident, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the stronghold.

This sound shocked the commander of the Xiaohu Army, and before he could make the next reaction, the Mingji people in the stronghold fought with the Xiaohu Army and fought together.