The sound of camel bells was remembered on the snowfield, and the crisp sound of jingling bells was heard far away. Yan Kuohai said: "The main lord is here, from the big reindeer tribe in the north. ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long to see a large herd of reindeer driving over the snowfield to the north, at least more than 200 tall reindeer. There were also many warriors in the tribe, all of them holding scimitars and wearing thick roe deer skins, all wrapped like bears.

When they came, they first drove the reindeer to the cattle market, and then a few of the leaders took out the deerskin wine sacs and drank two sips of the spirits, and then walked around the market in a square step, first changing some of the grain, and then seeing the mountains of frozen fish here, they came to ask.

"How many good frozen fish are there?" The leader asked.

Yan Kuohai said: "There are still 25,000 catties. If you take a closer look, each one weighs more than a dozen pounds. ”

"We're all going to ask for it, how about giving you four reindeer." The man made a lower bid, even lower than expected.

Yan Kuohai was not in a hurry, and said: "This is a good fish, it is big, the flesh is more spiny and less, and you can't find such a good fish for hundreds of miles nearby." ”

"Five-headed, no more. Go back and try it, if it's delicious we will buy it. "It's humane.

Yan Kuohai said: "Five heads are five, but we have to choose from ourselves." ”

"Okay, okay. The young man is very shrewd. "Let people rush over thirty or fifty reindeer, Yan Kuohai is not an expert, but he just looked at the strong outside and selected five to come out.

This person suddenly saw the big iron pot next to him, picked it up and took a look, it was very strong, knocked with his hands, tinkling, the workmanship was very fine, and it was the best iron pot in the Central Plains at a glance.

"Good pot, how do you change this." The man asked Yan Kuohai.

Yan Kuohai said: "This is an iron pot transported from the Central Plains thousands of miles away, and the stewed meat and stew are very easy to use, and it has worked for 50 years. ”

The man said: "Our tribe urgently needs an iron pot, you can set a price." ”

"A pot and a reindeer." Yan Kuo Kaido.

The man was surprised and said, "It's too expensive, it's too expensive." He shook his head and walked away.

Lu Fang said: "Will he not buy it?" ”

Yan Kuohai said: "Our family has such a good iron pot at the whole exchange meeting, they will come to us to buy it as long as they need it, not to mention that this winter exchange meeting has just begun, don't worry." ”

The frozen fish has been sold out, but there is still a small amount of salted fish, due to the high price of salt, so the price of salted fish is also expensive, what Lu Fang didn't expect is that a hundred catties of salted fish were exchanged for seven ginseng, of course, they are all low-grade goods, not up to grade, but the price is also very worthwhile.

Sure enough, the reindeer tribesman came back after a long walk, and the man said, "We sincerely want to buy it, and the price should be better." ”

Yan Kuohai insisted on not giving in, and the two sides did not talk about it, it was best for Yan Kuohai to take a big spoon, that is, ironware, which was generally matched by a cauldron.

"A big iron pot, plus a big horse spoon together, and a reindeer that can pull a sled, this is always fine." Yan Kuohai said.

The few of them deliberated for a while, and said, "Okay, we want fifty iron pots and fifty horse spoons." The reindeer are yours to choose. ”

This is a big deal, the other party inspects the goods and chooses the pot, and he starts to choose the reindeer. However, reindeer control is also a problem, it requires skills, Yan Kuohai hired an old man from the other party at the price of a small pot and asked him to guide for half a month. The deal was successfully completed, and fifty reindeer were in hand.

Reindeer sledding is still very good, pulling one end at a time. Just swapped out the cavalry's horses.

Lu Fang saw that the change was almost over, and immediately decided to go back.

Yan Kuohai said: "The exchange meeting has just begun, and my uncle and they haven't arrived yet, so why don't we go back." ”

"Let's go back, and tomorrow you will come with your uncle with Zhuang Ding, I always feel that the earth crossbow people have been too quiet recently, and I have to guard against it." Lu Fang said.

Lu Fang led the cavalry, followed by reindeer pulling a sleigh, on which were roe de roe deer skins, pheasants, venison, and so on, which were exchanged for frozen fish today. The speed of the reindeer is not slow, it is okay to run on the snowfield, at least there is the speed of a mule, the team sang a cheerful song and soon entered the sphere of influence of Lu Fang, not far in front of the territory of the roe deer tribe, and the military flag of the Yuncheng regiment training can be seen in the distance.

The cavalry at the outpost came back and reported: "There are more than 200 people in front of you who are fighting against the roe deer tribe. ”

"Do you see who it is?" Lu Fang asked.

"They don't have a banner, I can't tell the difference."

Lu Fang asked Yan Kuohai to look at it, and Yan Kuohai looked at it and said: "Old acquaintances, Tunu people, there are not many of them today, there are only about 200 people, how about we destroy their prestige in the past." ”

Lu Fang said: "That's exactly what I mean. ”

Immediately ordered to let fifty strong men and sleighs pulling supplies stand by, and Lu Fang took Yan Kuohai and fifty cavalry to pass.

The horn of the bull horn sounded in the distance, and the military flag of the regimental training was raised, although the three big-character roe deer tribesmen above the regimental training Chao did not know each other, but they knew that the reinforcements were coming, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they kept shouting with all kinds of weapons.

The two sides did not fight, they were fighting each other.

It turned out that the Tunu people were afraid of the power of Lu Fang and others some time ago, and they didn't dare to come out and collect taxes indiscriminately. There are 9,000 Tunu people, the tribe is big, the consumption of people is also large, the Tunu people are not developed in farming, although they can farm, but they can't plant some wheat or sorghum and the like, although the land of Heilong Island is fertile, but the Tunu people have no technology, and they don't know how to fertilize, and they don't know how to cultivate and weed. One acre of land will collect more than 200 catties of grain. As for hunting, that's nonsense, a large tribe of more than 9,000 people gathered together to hunt how much prey was needed, so hunting was just a tooth sacrifice. Their main source of livelihood is to graze sheep and pigs, and in winter it is difficult for these animals to eat anything outside, and they have to eat stored forage, so they are very distressed. The tribe is not having a good time, of course, it has to find another way, that is, to bully the weaker tribes and make them pay taxes.

At the beginning, they were afraid of Lu Fang's regular army, but later after an investigation, they found that Lu Fang was only 200, and the earth crossbow people had a total of 2,000 strong men in our tribe, so are you afraid of them so 200 people? As long as the two hundred people of Lu Fang were defeated, the other dozen tribes would naturally not dare to resist, and would only obediently pay taxes.

Lu Fang and the other fifty cavalry roared and rushed over, stopping at a stone's throw away from the Tunu people.

Yan Kuohai pointed to the leader of the people: "It's the big guy who came today, do you see the one wearing a tiger skin, that guy is called Tunuhu, he is the leader of their tribe, if you can kill it, the Tunu tribe will be torn apart." ”

Lu Fang said: "How brave is this guy. ”

Yan Kuohai said: "This guy went to the mountains to hunt three years ago, met a tiger, and finally killed the tiger with an iron fork, and the tiger skin on his body was what he had beaten at the beginning. ”

Lu Fang also has a big head, and there are few soft characters who can kill the tiger, but as a general, if he retreats, he can still ask for it, and he can surrender directly. immediately brought Yan Kuohai to the formation and asked Yan Kuohai to call the formation.

"Tunuhu, do you have the courage to come over?" Yan Kuo Kaido.

Tunu Tiger is a violent temper, a belt of war horses came over, Tunu people do not have many war horses, even fewer good horses, but Tunu Tiger is an absolutely good horse, muscular, at a glance you know that it is a war horse with good explosive power.

Lu Fang spoke, and Yan Kuohai translated.

Lu Fang said: "You are the Tunu Tiger Chief." ”

"Yes, I am, you are the officer of the Lu Fang, tell you the Great Song people, this is the territory of our Tunu people, you are not welcome." Tunu Tiger very.

Lu Fangdao: "Black Dragon Island has the rules of Black Dragon Island, whoever has the biggest fist has to listen to whomever it is." To tell you the truth, I have already organized an army of 20,000 in the regimental training, and we will only be here at the beginning of spring next year, do you think you are our opponent. ”

Tunuhu was startled when he heard this, as a tribal leader, he was not stunned, the Liao people were powerful, so they had to listen to the Liao people, bow their heads and pay tribute, what Yuncheng group training is now, if there are really 20,000 troops, it will be troublesome.

Tunuhu said: "There are 20,000 troops, and that will be next year, and now you only have more than 100 people, and the reindeer in the back just happened to me to take a fancy to." ”

"Haha, you're dreaming. Can you eat my 100 men with your 300 men, not to mention that the strong men in this tribe are also at my disposal. Lu Fang waved his hand at them, and the strong men of the tribe echoed with their weapons.

Tunuhu really doesn't understand military affairs, three hundred strong men can't even beat fifty cavalry, Lu Fang has the intention to kill him, but after thinking about it, forget it, Tunu has a lot of people, and it will be productive forces in the future.

Lu Fang said: "I heard that you are strong in martial arts, can you dare to fight." ”

Tunuhu's weapon was a hardwood mace, the head of the mace was very scary, as soon as he heard that Lu Fang was going to take on a horse alone, he rushed over, and the hooves of the big bowl stepped on the snow.

"Drive." Lu Fang rushed over with his horse, and Fang Tian's halberd stabbed straight over, although he had already prepared, Lu Fang was still numb from the strong shock of Tunu Tiger.

The two war horses staggered and fought in one place. Lu Fang was surprised to find that this Tunu Tiger was actually not good at horse fighting, at least very rarely horse fighting, and would not use the power of war horses at all. If Tunu Tiger gave up his war horse and fought against Lu Fang on foot, Lu Fang was likely to lose, after all, Tunu Hu's strength was a little greater than Lu Fang. But Tunu Tiger insisted on horse fighting, more than a dozen rounds passed, Lu Fang pumped Leng Zi on Tunu Tiger's back with the pole of the halberd, wearing thick in winter, like a bear, but Lu Fang's strength is not small, this pole will pull Tunu Tiger from the horse's back to the snow, Lu Fang's Fang Tian painting halberd swooped next to Tunu Hu's neck, and the frightened Tunu Tiger was in a cold sweat.

Lu Fang drew the halberd and said, "I know you're not convinced, why don't we fight with our fists, how about it?" ”

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