Chapter 18 The tortuous trip to Daliang Mountain
18 The tortuous trip to Daliang Mountain
Lin Tian returned to the Li village at noon, and riding a horse was naturally much faster than walking. Daliang Mountain is at the junction of the three forces, and it is not too far from the Li people, and it can be reached in the evening.
The patriarch of Wulao chose Daliang Mountain to trade, and he really considered a lot for the Li people, and Daliang Mountain was calculated according to the distance, and Wuheng and the Li people each walked nearly half the way. Therefore, the two families set off at noon during the day and arrived at the evening to trade, which is easy to cover up their whereabouts, especially the premature exposure of the Li nationality will bring a devastating blow, which is also what Wu Heng does not want to see, which is not in the interests of Wu Heng, so Wu Heng will make a lot of considerations for the Li people.
On the way, Lin Tian asked the patriarch if he had sent someone to inquire about the situation of the tribes around Jinghu. The patriarch told Lin Tian that the situation of the tribes around Jinghu Lake was not very good, and the lack of food and clothing was a long-term situation, and many small tribes had to go to the mountains to look for food in the cold winter in order to survive, so many people were killed by forest beasts. There are also tribes that cannot bear the loss of many tribesmen and turn to the larger tribes to borrow food. "Hey, borrowing food from these big tribes, this winter is over, but what about next year, what about the future? These big tribes are vampires, and it's common to borrow one for two. ”
The patriarch shook his head at this, sighing, and couldn't bear to imagine the consequences of these small clans.
"Uncle Patriarch, we need to help these people, the current situation is difficult, and we need to tide over it together."
"Xiaotian, what do you mean is to win them over and resist the exploitation of the ghost party together."
"That means, but for now we just need to give them food, or teach them how to fish, and no more people will starve. Now is not the time to pull them into our camp to fight against the ghost side together, and now the ghost side has not issued a conscription order, so it is also a white pull. ”
"It's true that now everyone doesn't know that there is going to be a war, and they won't believe us if they say it, so just wait."
Walk to the bottom of Daliang Mountain, not far from the agreed trading place, the agreed point is at the foot of the mountain on the other side of the woods, the patriarch knows that it is coming, so he urges the clansmen to speed up the journey, the patriarch can't wait to complete the transaction, each generation of the Li patriarch has the wish of a strong clan, but the strong clan can't, to the Basang patriarch's generation will be realized, I can't help but be a little anxious.
"Stop, how can there be trees blocking the way, Gutai, you take a few people to move away."
When the patriarch said that there were trees blocking the road, Lin Tian felt inexplicably uncomfortable. At the same time, the experienced Badr also felt bad and stopped the tree in time. "Patriarch Basan, you see that this tree cut was just cut, and it is clear that someone deliberately moved here."
"Deliberately moved here, so to speak... Is there someone... It's eyeing us. ”
"Hahaha... Yes, you were targeted, so you pulled three broken cars, and the thirty people watched, what kind of treasure is there? As a big man walked out and said loudly, while the big man was speaking, many people dressed as bandits poured out of the forest and the roadside, surrounding the Li people.
The Li people were a little panicked and looked around, after all, these bandits were all armed with bright knives, and there were more people than their own.
"Don't look at it, I'm twice as many as you, are you going to plow the land with these broken copper and iron? Those few horseback horses are not bad, if you are not afraid of being hacked to death by a knife, come forward! Uncle is kind today, you just need to leave the things on the trailer and roll. ”
"Hey, Badr, this group of people is much more professional than you robbed at the time, look at the other people's outfits, this momentum."
Lin Tian whispered to Badr, Bader gave the other party a roll of the eyes, Badr was very nervous at the moment, the strength of the bandits in front of him was not weak, it was impossible to leave the Li clan behind, and he didn't care that the old patriarch gave him an errand, and he couldn't do it, but he couldn't beat the other side, what should he do?
"What is that stinky boy muttering there, didn't you hear what Uncle Ben said?"
"This uncle, I was telling him to give you their horses as well."
Lin Tian knew in his heart that these bandits were not really well-intentioned, but because there were still a lot of people on his side, as well as several obviously trained warriors in Badr. The bandit leader is very clever and does not want to have too many casualties, and knows how to use the situation to coerce. So he deliberately bluffed and coerced them as soon as he came up, in a vain attempt to take this batch of goods at no cost.
The reason why Lin Tian muttered to Badr, and then attracted the attention of the other party, and then talked to the other party, was to delay time, let Badr and the patriarch think about how to deal with it, and then let the Li people ease the tense atmosphere and come out of the panic, so that the combat power would not be reduced.
"What are you talking nonsense, he only said that he left the goods on the car."
Badr was indignant Lin Tian said, the others were really attracted by Lin Tian's astonishing "betrayal", how could the clansmen not believe that Lin Tian would be this kind of person, the patriarch also cast a questioning look, Lin Tian only gave the other party a confident look, as for Badr ignored it, in Lin Tian's eyes, people like him have always been lazy, and he can't do things with him.
Seeing that Lin Tian was so weak, the leader of the bandits laughed, and his arrogance became even more arrogant, "Horses are also goods, and horses are also left, count you as a kid." Seeing this, Lin Tian verified the conjecture in his heart, knowing that the other party did not do it directly because he was worried that the casualties would be too great, and it was not cost-effective to scare his own side away for the sake of three truckloads of goods.
"Uncle Patriarch, Badr, I guess the other party is actually unwilling to do anything with us, even if they take us, the casualties are not small, for the sake of these three truckloads of goods, they must feel that it is not cost-effective, and they may not necessarily do it, so they will all show a little stronger, showing a look of not retreating, forcing the other party to retreat."
Lin Tian whispered to the two of them what they had guessed in their hearts, and the two also figured out Lin Tian's previous weakness, and when they saw that the other party was reluctant to make a move, they also felt that what Lin Tian said was very reasonable.
"Dream, you want to take my horse too, unless you step on my corpse, or you will go back and eat, right?"
After Badr understood, he arrogantly said to the leader of the bandits on the other side.
"That's right, I don't have a cowardly person in my Li tribe, you bandits have the idea of resting to our goods."
Immediately afterwards, the patriarch of the Li tribe also made a big statement, and when the people of the Li tribe heard the words of the patriarch, they were all aroused and looked at the surrounding bandits.
The leader of the bandits had just been immersed in complacency, thinking that the operation would be carried out without much effort. How could he have thought of the immediate result, the bandit leader angrily scolded, angry to attack the other party, at this time a dogleg walked up to the bandit leader and whispered. I don't know what the dog leg said to the bandit leader, the bandit leader's anger dropped, and then he looked at Lin Tian again, feeling that he had been deceived by the other party, so he looked at Lin Tian with hatred.