The caravan staggered through the wind and snow, and although it was already four days later than scheduled, they still chose to take another relatively distant road.

Suddenly, a group of cavalry seemed to appear in front of him, and the pair of cavalry seemed to have spotted the caravan and galloped towards it, but at this moment the caravan was not in a hurry, he just began to command the caravan to stop advancing and let the convoy gradually get closer.

The cavalry came to them, led by a young man dressed in steppe clothes, who was not heavily dressed and whose lips were a little bruised from the cold, and who pointed to the caravan and began to ask questions in the language of the steppe.

At this time, Taipan found a guy who was proficient in the language, and the two sides began to communicate.

"Taipan, they told us to hand over the goods, or they would kill us all."

"You told him that these goods are life-saving materials from the Jin Kingdom, and there is no way to explain them if they give them them."

The man translated this, and the young man, when he heard that it was the goods of the Kingdom of Jin, did not act rashly but ordered the men behind him to return to the tribe to report the situation, while he kept an eye on the caravan.

The Taipan was also a good man, and he asked his men to bring leather clothes to the dozen or so cavalrymen to protect them from the cold, and also brought hot water for them to resist the cold.

Because of the kind gesture, the men of the steppe relaxed their guard against these people a little, and the Taipan was a carefully selected communication genius, and the two parties had a conversation through the translator to know that the tribe of these cavalry belonged to a small tribe on the steppe, and because the relationship with the Great Khan was not too good, they were sent to this place to garrison.

This year, the weather was really bad, and there was a shortage of clothing and food in the tribes, and if they did not get any more supplies, the tribes might starve to death, but the Great Khan did not allow them to plunder the Jin country.

"This clearly wants to destroy your tribe." Taipan looked up at the man on the horse: "Can't you see this?" ”

After the translation of these words, the man was also silent, where are so many fools in the world, how can they not know that there must be something strange here, but what can they do, if the rash action is known by the Great Khan, they will definitely be expelled and become a wandering tribe, and then the other tribes of the steppe can wage war against them at will, even if they can survive this winter, when spring comes, their tribe will be disintegrated, and the women will be taken and the children will become slaves.

If there is really no way, who in the world wants to be the fish under the sword?

Loyal? No kidding, they are a people who chase pasture without a fight, and their only loyalty is to Mother Earth.

After a while, the steppe cavalry who had just reported the news came back and whispered a few words in the man's ear, and the man understood, raised his head and said a bunch of words to the caravan boss.

These words translate to their Nayan wanting them to be guests in the tribe, hoping that they will not be disgusted.

Taipan had expected this, and there was no way to escape from the current situation, and the only way was to go with him.

When they arrived at their tribal settlement, the Taipan found that the place was so miserable that the women were hiding in tents with good wind, and the men were working outside in thin clothes, and in order to make ends meet, they even mixed the little grain they had with the pasture and baked it into unpalatable grass cakes to satisfy their hunger.

All the leather garments of the tribe were worn on the children's bodies, and even their faces were only dressed in thin clothes.

"Unloading."

Taipan didn't talk nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, a large number of goods were unloaded into their tribe, including food, medicine, clothing, and other necessities for winter, and the size of the caravan was so large that this group of goods was enough to make this small tribe live like heaven this winter.

While the caravan was unloading, the Taipan stepped forward and chatted with the tribe Nayan.

It probably means that the goods can be left to them, and they will tell Jin Guo that their tribe intercepted the goods, and these goods are enough for their tribe to survive this winter.

After hearing this, the tribal Nayan did not reply for a long time, his eyes circled back and forth on the goods outside and the children of the tribe in the distance, because he knew that they would not be able to survive this winter without this goods, but if they swallowed this goods without permission, they might be punished by the Great Khan.

This is a very difficult choice, because in the grasslands, the price of treachery is life, usually the life of the patriarch Nayan, but if this is not the case, the blood of the tribe may not be able to continue.

After weighing it again, he asked his son to follow him to the tent at the back, but when he came out, his son was the only one, but the young man was carrying a head in his hand, which was the head of Nayan just now.

At this moment, even the senior class was shocked, he looked at the young man with red eyes and forced tears down, but he could only see boundless hatred.

"The young man said that his father said that you are the benefactor of the tribe, and our men of the grassland never owe favors, and he asked you to take his head to explain to the Jin Kingdom, and said that he exchanged his head for those goods."

Get one’s dander up...... It really makes people's scalps tingle, and it can force a patriarch to this point. This is unimaginable in the Great Song Dynasty, what kind of terrible nation has been created in this harsh environment......

Taipan didn't speak, just put Na Yan's head in a delicate wooden box, carefully placed it, and then continued on the road with the basic materials needed all the way.

And when they went out, they looked back and found that the whole tribe was singing an eagle-like song at the door to bid farewell to these benefactors from afar.

"People are really complicated sometimes." While resting in the sheltered place, Taipan said to the apprentices beside him, "But just as the leader is willing to sacrifice his head for his own clan, why aren't we walking the blade for the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Master, the people of the grassland are really brave."

"Well, it's really brave. Master, I, I have been on the battlefield, but I have never seen such a brave hero, and I dare not imagine how badly we would lose if we met such a warrior on the battlefield. The head of the class sighed: "So don't blame the master's tricks for being ruthless, I'm a big Song...... It's not easy, either. ”

This head was placed on the desk of the Emperor of the Golden State within a few days, and he was so angry that after asking about the caravan class, he was even more angry, and even directly summoned the envoys of the Golden Horde, and personally wrote a letter of questioning for them to hand over to the Great Khan of the Golden Horde.

Then the more the irascible emperor of the Jin Kingdom thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and he simply sent troops out to grab the supplies regardless of the friendship of his allies.

But...... The replenished grassland eagles were magnificent, and in just a few days, the 400 men actually defeated the cavalry of the Jin border army, and even chased them for a full 200 miles before returning to the tribe.

This incident made the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom angry, and the Great Khan of the Steppe who got the news was also very displeased, because he already knew that Nayan of that tribe had given his head to the Jin Emperor in exchange for those materials for survival.

This is the rule of the steppe! Even if he doesn't like that tribe, but now they use the rules of the grassland but are still being pursued by the Jin country, this is the Jin country's wrong.

So the Great Khan, who had just been caught off guard by the Liao State and even exterminated several tribes, was also furious, and 30,000 iron cavalry were on the border between the two countries, and for a while, the two allies suddenly became tense.

And it just so happened that at this point in time, a caravan leader of the Song Kingdom came to the door, and he summoned him out of curiosity to ask, but he found that the people of the Song Kingdom actually wanted to do business?

Song Guo, who had just posted a rebellious article, now actually wanted to do business with them? They also sold food, warm clothing, salt, and medicines, which were scarce for them.

The big man immediately looked down on the so-called Great Song Dynasty a few times, but although he was arrogant, he would not show it easily on his face, the two sides had some negotiations, and the caravan said that it could continuously deliver supplies to the grassland, but because of the limited conditions, the scale would not be too large, but it could effectively alleviate the crisis of the grassland.

After the list of these materials was placed on the table of the steppe khan, he also calculated a little, these things...... Say too much, say less, say less, just enough to keep the people under your hands from starving, that's all.

But this is already very good, really good, because the sons of the grassland are all treasures, if there is a choice, who is willing to let their good sons die in vain.

After asking the Great Song Dynasty to start the transportation immediately, the Great Khan of the Grassland suddenly swelled his ambitions, but this time his anger was directed at the Jin country that was too deceitful!

Although the two sides have always been allies, but since the Jin State drove the Liao State to the Central Plains, it has become more and more unpopular, and the aggressive letter of the Jin Emperor made the Great Khan of the Grassland feel extremely humiliated, plus he sent troops to attack his tribe without warning, this is clearly to give himself a dismount, it doesn't matter if you lose the battle on the battlefield, the eagle of the grassland can afford to lose, but such humiliation is not good, whether it is an ally or not, and if it is an ally, it should not be so! If not, how can the newly established Golden Horde be powerful? What should his tribes think of him, the Great Khan?

Is it tolerable or unbearable! This justice must be repaid!

When there was a border friction between the Jin Kingdom and the grassland, the Great Song Dynasty was already planning to celebrate the New Year happily.

This year's New Year is particularly lively, first the wedding of the two princesses of Song Liao, and then Enke, who was suspended due to civil strife a few days ago, was finally released, and dozens of people became the pillars of the country.

And at this moment, there were seven caravan leaders sitting in front of Xiao Song, all of whom had returned to the Great Song Dynasty from the ends of the earth a year ago, and the information of people from all walks of life had also gathered in Jinling City.

It's a feast for intelligence agencies......