Xiao Tianlei turned his head to look and saw a burly man with a big beard, a high nose, and a hooked nose, but he recognized it at a glance, it was not Xiao Tianyou. It's just that at this time, Xiao Tianyou was dressed as a martial artist, completely in the style of Di Ren, with fur on the neckline and cuffs, and a fox fur hat on his head, which was much more pleasing to the eye than the businessman's dress. Xiao Tianyou is not alone, he is still followed by a few Di people behind him, and his clothes and weapons are much more noble and powerful than the last time he saw them.

"It turned out to be a clan brother, and you came here to do business?" Xiao Tianlei asked lightly.

Xiao Tianyou smiled: "Hehe, yes, it's just a small business, why did the clan brother come to Rongzhou and come to do business?" ”

"Come and have a look."

"Where did the clan brother get his mount? It was really extraordinary, and it scared me. Xiao Tianyou was not lying, he heard that the caravan of the Brotherhood was coming, so he came to check, and saw Xiao Tianlei riding a steel mane from a distance, which was so eye-catching, he couldn't help but pay attention to it, and he was really startled when he saw such a vicious beast.

"It's caught in the mountains, and it's quite comfortable to sit on." Xiao Tianlei responded.

Xiao Tianyou was slightly stunned, Xiao Tianlei said lightly, such a strange beast, where it is said to be caught, where it will only be as simple as sitting comfortably, however, Xiao Tianlei can use such a fierce beast as a mount, Xiao Tianyou has to re-examine Xiao Tianlei and examine the strength of the brotherhood.

Xiao Tianyou said again: "This time, I originally wanted to Lingzhou and do some business with the brotherhood, but since I met my brother here, I don't have to go far." ”

"What business?"

"This is not the place to talk, go to my place and talk about it, how about it?"

"Okay." Xiao Tianlei nodded in agreement, anyway, it's okay at this time, he wants to go to Beiliang, just ask about the situation over there.

Subsequently, under the leadership of Xiao Tianyou, Xiao Tianlei and a few brothers arrived at a camp in the north of the market, where some goods were piled up, and at first glance it was also a caravan.

Xiao Tianlei didn't care, entered the camp, jumped off the back of the steel mane, and the steel mane found a comfortable place to rest on his stomach, still scared those Di people to keep their distance.

Entering the largest tent in the camp, as soon as he sat down, someone sent some fruits, dried fruits, mutton, beef, wine, milk tea, etc., Xiao Tianlei was indeed a little hungry, and he was not polite, and he ate and drank with his brothers.

Xiao Tianyou greeted for a moment, and then said: "I heard that the brotherhood can store the pasture, and it will be as fat as it is in winter, what else is there?" ”

"Feed?"

"Yes, it's feed."

Xiao Tianyou mentioned silage technology and feed, Xiao Tianlei is not surprised at all, there are also large grasslands in Beiliang, of course, these technologies are needed. Don't underestimate these two technologies, in addition to keeping livestock from starving to death, they are of great significance to a country like Beiliang. The army of Northern Liang was mainly cavalry, and the battles with soldiers were generally in summer and autumn, when the horses were fat and strong, and the food was abundant, so as to support the violent attrition, otherwise, the mounts were likely to starve to death and die of exhaustion. Therefore, the use of troops in Beiliang is seriously restricted by the season, and with these two technologies, although it is not completely eliminated, at least it reduces the restrictions on the combat power of cavalry in some seasons.

In Xiao Tianyou's eager expectant gaze, Xiao Tianlei thought about it for a while, and then said: "The technology of storing forage is okay, the fodder, the road is too far, the transportation is inconvenient, and it can't be rowed." ”

Xiao Tianyou was secretly relieved when he heard that Xiao Tianlei was willing to sell, and asked, "I don't know if I can sell the production method of feed?" ”

"Yes, if the price is right." These two techniques can be exchanged for some things, Xiao Tianlei is naturally happy, even if he doesn't sell them, sooner or later he may be imitated and stolen, but he knows that Beiliang also has a lot of good products, and there are a lot of Xuanbing Iron and Snow Stone that he wants.

Xiao Tianyou said happily: "As long as the clan brother nods, the price is easy to say, and the clan brother will never suffer a loss, and we will talk about it in detail when we are free." Come on, come on, eat, eat! ”

After that, everyone chatted about some of the customs and production of Beiliang, Lingzhou, and Rongzhou, and after talking for a while, there was a commotion outside, and something seemed to have happened in the market. Not long after, Xiao Tianyou's subordinates came to report, saying that some tribal leaders had come to the bazaar, and they faced each other with swords and arrows when they met.

A bazaar like this is also a place for the leaders of the Rongzhou tribe to resolve disputes, the so-called disputes, mainly the division of pastures, everyone went out to look, only to see a group of tribal leaders dressed more luxuriously, wah-wow-wol-w-wr

This kind of thing, outsiders are not easy to mix, just look, everyone returned to the tent, Xiao Tianyou suddenly lamented: "The Great Xia court is also ruthless, at the beginning, when the various departments of Rongzhou were divided into grasslands, there were some disputed areas with unclear divisions, that is, the tribes of Rongzhou were to attack separately, and for many years, the Rong people did not know how many people died for this. ”

Xiao Tianlei is noncommittal, between nations and nations, you kill me, I kill you, I cheat, there is nothing right and wrong, who is strong and who is weak. It is not surprising that Great Xia resorted to such a strategy, although Rongzhou is a state, but the area is very vast and there are many tribes, if these tribes are made strong, or even unified, and become a regime that competes with Great Xia, it is definitely what Great Xia does not want to see. What Xiao Tianyou said, maybe those tribal leaders also know, but for their own immediate interests, who cares too much.

Therefore, it makes sense for the Great Xia court to implement the use of literature to control the military, although the warriors and generals are brave, but if the warriors are too strong, it will be a disaster. The scribe is much easier to control, and some of the strategies of the scribe can often play a great role, a general, at most, is a 10,000 enemies, that is to say, it is not really able to defeat tens of thousands of people. And a good strategist, a good strategy is comparable to an army of 100,000 or million.

Generally speaking, the wisdom of a scribe is generally stronger than that of a warrior or a general, and a small strategy may be able to kill a warrior. The reason for this is, on the one hand, the monopoly of knowledge, on the other hand, a person's energy is limited, if you want to achieve achievements, it is best to specialize in one subject, it is good to be both civil and military, most people can only end up in two, and those who concentrate on practicing martial arts will always have to suffer some losses in wisdom.

It's just that the scribes also have problems in managing the country, people have selfish intentions, and the scribes can't use force, but they also like to fight, fighting back and forth with various strategies, which is very complicated, and now it is said that the Great Xia court is very happy.

Xiao Tianlei has no interest in such things as intrigue, so he doesn't like those scribes to do things for themselves, they have too much thought, and a simple thing can play a lot of tricks. Therefore, Xiao Tianlei spent a lot of effort to formulate some detailed rules and regulations, although it was a little rigid, but generally there would be no big accidents, and he didn't answer Xiao Tianyou's words.

Xiao Tianyou saw Xiao Tianlei's lack of interest, so he didn't continue.

After eating and drinking, Xiao Tianlei and a few brothers returned to their camp.

Xiao Tianlei also has something to do, that is, to feed the steel mane, as a foreign beast, the steel mane also eats a lot, omnivores, and eats everything. However, Xiao Tianlei did not treat his mount badly, and brought some fresh meat, several large pots of milk and goat's milk, mixed with some sugar, and ate it with a steel mane.

In the next two days, the caravan of the Brotherhood was to sell goods, also buy some goods, and negotiate business with some tribal leaders, which basically did not need him to worry about, he could ride around on a steel mane, but Xiao Tianyou was quite busy, and some tribal leaders in his camp went in and out, so that there was no time to talk about silage technology and fodder.

On the third day, Xiao Tianyou arrived at the camp of the Brotherhood to discuss the terms of the sale of the two technologies, and Xiao Tianlei did not talk nonsense, and proposed that he needed some cold iron, Xuanbing iron and snow stone.

"Clan brother, what do you want so much cold iron, Xuanbing iron and snow stone for?" Xiao Tianyou asked.

"What else can you do to build weapons?"

"Uh...... Also, I heard that the Brotherhood is now a tyrant in Lingzhou, and the Great Xia Imperial Court specially sent Xuanwuwei to uproot the Brotherhood, and the clan brother used Qijin to build weapons, wouldn't it be because he wanted to rebel? Xiao Tianyou asked tentatively.

Xiao Tianlei knew for the first time that those martial guards in Lingzhou were Xuanwuwei, and he didn't care where Xiao Tianyou got the information, but it seemed that it was better not to answer this question.

Xiao Tianyou hurriedly said: "I lost my words for my brother, I lost my words, haha." ”

Xiao Tianlei didn't talk nonsense with Xiao Tianyou, and asked directly: "How about the price?" ”

"Okay, deal! I'll give you another 20%! ”

Xiao Tianyou was very arrogant, Xiao Tianlei also reciprocated, originally silage and feed two technologies, to send someone to guide, to Xiao Tianyou to send some more manpower, in addition to the lawn mower, all happy.

After the business was discussed, Xiao Tianyou asked, "Brother clan, are you going to return to Lingzhou?" ”

"I also plan to go to Mozhou, and maybe go to Beiliang to have a look."

"That's right, let's stop by and go together."

"It's fine." Xiao Tianlei didn't refuse, although the Brotherhood in Beiliang had some business, but there were no acquaintances and relationships, Xiao Tianyou's identity was not low, and it was naturally best to have him to guide the way.

The caravan of the Brotherhood also acquired enough goods, set out for camp, most of them returned to Lingzhou with goods and livestock, and half followed Xiao Tianlei and a group of brothers to Mozhou with Xiao Tianyou's caravan.

Continuing to the north, due to the decrease in precipitation in the inland area, the grassland gradually became invisible, and when you saw a yellow desert next door, even if you arrived at Mozhou, the gateway to the western frontier of Great Xia.

Mozhou is called Mozhou, naturally because there are many desert areas, but there are also many areas suitable for human habitation, but the living customs, customs and customs are very different. If you go west from Mozhou, it is the Western Regions, where there are many small countries, basically all of them are subject to Great Xia, pay tribute every year, and then go west through the vast desert, it is said that there are some countries in the extreme west, and occasionally there will be some caravans from the extreme west countries to trade. Therefore, although Mozhou has many deserts, some towns are very prosperous, and the merchants of the Western Regions and the Far West meet here.

If you want to talk about the famous things in Mozhou, there are many things, swordsmen, grape wine, mutton, beauties, exotic food, utensils...... Wait, of course, there are good and bad ones, there are many business travelers, and there are many robbers, although Great Xia has the Western Regions Protectorate in Mozhou, which is dedicated to maintaining the security of Mozhou and the Western Regions, but in the vast desert, the robbers ride fast horses like the wind, and it is difficult to pursue.

Not long after Xiao Tianlei and his entourage entered Mozhou, they encountered a group of horse thieves, and saw the dusty and rumbling horses' hooves from a distance.

"It's a horse thief!" Xiao Tianbao shouted, faintly excited.

"Brother Lei? What is the number of plans? Several brothers and others all stared at Xiao Tianlei, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Three." Xiao Tianlei said that everyone in the caravan of the Brotherhood has undergone a series of training and training, and they will not be as afraid as ordinary people, and can deal with it calmly. There are several ways to deal with bandits, and caravans also carry some weapons and equipment, such as caravans, which are specially manufactured, which can be split and combined to form shields, reject horses, etc. Plan No. 1, that is, defense, is all gathered together to form a defensive formation, so that the opponent has nowhere to start; The second plan is to disperse, take the initiative to attack, and meet the head-on attack; Plan No. 3 is to encircle and annihilate, trying to lure the enemy, encircle and annihilate it.

Under normal circumstances, the caravan encountering horse thieves is the No. 1 plan, after all, horse thieves ride horses, the best defense, it can be regarded as these horse thieves are unlucky, there are Xiao Tianlei and several of his brothers in the caravan, especially Xiao Tianlei and Steel Mane, but Xiao Tianlei and Steel Mane are surrounded in the middle, and they can't be seen from a distance.

It is also the caravan of the Brotherhood that has just set foot in Mozhou, and the robbers in Lingzhou, Rongzhou and other places know that the caravans of the Brotherhood cannot be provoked, and they are all very insidious and cunning, and they are not afraid of death. Xiao Tianlei instilled in his brothers the concept that many times the battle fails because of their own fear, fear, cowardice, retreat, hesitation, others take the opportunity to hack you to death, so, when you fight, you have to be ruthless, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, take out a desperate momentum, until you kill the other party, affected by this, the masked thieves, the Sea Shark Gang, and the people of the Brotherhood are very fierce. Especially for people like robbers, it is more ferocious and vicious than robbers, which can be regarded as a kind of corporate culture.

"Hey, hey!" The brothers all sneered excitedly, staring at the horse thief who was getting closer and closer, eager to try. In order to earn gold coins and upgrade equipment, Xiao Tianlei and his brothers are generally a little thirsty for killing, however, under the influence of Xiao Tianlei, there are still some bottom lines in the end, and they will not kill indiscriminately, of course, when needed, they will definitely not be soft.

Speaking of using the No. 3 plan, there is no need for Xiao Tianlei to say anything else, the personnel of the caravan began to act, and they all made a little flustered, and the formation was a little chaotic, as if they were about to escape, but they secretly prepared swords, bows and crossbows. Originally, the horse thieves also relied on a momentum, riding a horse to attack quickly, as long as the caravan was disrupted, more than half of it was successful. Seeing the situation on the caravan's side from afar, they shouted excitedly and quickened their charge.

"Brother clan, put your people together, the horse thieves are fierce......"

Xiao Tianyou came to find Xiao Tianlei and brought a long-handled broadsword with a cold light, I am afraid that there are hundreds of catties, Xiao Tianyou's team is also preparing to meet the horse thieves, one by one Di Ren knights drew their weapons, and the horses were arranged in a neat row, showing that they were well-trained. However, the people of the Brotherhood caravan rushed them into a bit of a mess, and they could not form a formation in a short time.

"No, you don't." Xiao Tianlei said, took the ice bow, and pulled out an arrow, the front end of the arrow was a black ball, and the saddle on the back of the steel mane hung two large brown leather bags, which contained Xiao Tianlei's weapons and other items.

"Not really?"

Xiao Tianyou was puzzled, Xiao Tianlei took out a match from Wild Boar Ridge, rubbed it on the metal piece of the saddle, and a cluster of flames ignited, igniting the fuse of the ball at the front of the arrow, and shot at the approaching horse thief. At the same time, some of the same arrows were also shot from other directions, and the arrows did not hit the horse thief, but fell in front of it, Xiao Tianyou was puzzled, only to hear a crackling sound, but it was the arrows that fell under the feet of the horse thief and the horse, Xiao Tianyou listened to it from a distance, it was crackling, but it was a loud noise for those horse thieves and horses, and he was suddenly startled, the horses were frightened, and the pace was disordered, and the speed slowed down, some horses were frightened, and it also affected the others behind them, and the charging horse thieves almost stopped, One by one, they tried to control the horses, and at this moment, some arrows came around, and some horse thieves found that they had fallen into an encirclement, and what made them even more horrified was that they saw a huge wild boar with a whistling wind, and it was already in front of them in the blink of an eye. (To be continued.) )