The battle in Ningguanzhai was much simpler than expected.

Broken Tooth is the leader of Ningguanzhai, he is very familiar with Curved Tooth, but the relationship is complicated, and the rival of his father's ex-girlfriend, husband's sister-in-law's ex-boyfriend, son's ex-girlfriend.

They used to like the same woman, but in this love war there was no winner, and the woman was unlucky, she was caught by a maned bear when she went up the mountain to chop wood, and when the people in the stockade heard the news, her whole stomach was torn open, her heart and liver were gone, and her intestines were half eaten.

The beast also has a unique understanding of deliciousness. They like to eat offal the most, which is soft and smooth, and full of fishy smell.

Because of this relationship, Twist Tooth, who led the army, did not order an attack at the first time, and he sent an envoy to ask Foldtooth to meet with him.

Folded his teeth readily agreed, and the specific location was arranged in the open space more than 100 meters outside the gate of Ningguanzhai, which was considered to give both parties psychological protection, and they could accept each other.

There was a tree there, and it was thick and shady.

According to the aesthetic point of view of the northern barbarians, the broken teeth are very handsome. He is more than three and a half meters tall, with a burly physique as tall as a mountain and strong muscles, as if he had an angular rock. The brownish-yellow skin was pale and pale, and the beautiful long black hair dragged down to the waist and was tied with a strip of orange-red cloth, thick enough to make all bald people of civilization grit their teeth with hatred.

"I heard you've taken refuge with the Ox people?" Broken Tooth sat down opposite Crooked Tooth, and behind him stood five strong, muscular guards on alert at all times.

Crooked Tooth didn't deny it, he nodded, and raised his hand to chase away the small bugs flying around the fangs on his lips: "This was last year. The food in Gushanzhai has not been enough to eat, and we must find a way to live for ourselves. ”

Broken Tooth smiled disdainfully and easily, revealing a mouthful of white teeth that glittered in the sun: "I told you a long time ago not to follow Iron Tooth, it's better to go to our Crazy Fang." It's not that I'm speaking ill of the King of Steel Teeth behind my back, he's selfish and never thinks about other people's feelings. ”

Crooked Tooth was silent for a few seconds: "Iron Tooth is dead. ”

Broken Tooth looked at the crooked tooth with a wary gaze, and found no sign of potential danger.

"You're wearing a nice outfit." Ridicule and ridicule are the habit of breaking teeth, and such a tone of speech does not represent malice, and there is a faint envy: "Cotton cloth is expensive...... And your armor is also beautiful. The Ox people are really good at their craft, and they have a talent for it...... Aqu, you look like a real big guy right now. ”

Crooked Tooth smiled in a friendly manner: "As long as you want, you can be like me, or even better than me." ”

Folding Teeth also used his same friendly tone, but mixed with a hint of helplessness: "There are many people in Ningguanzhai, and the consumption is also large. I ordered it the year before last, and the difference between 200 was enough for 5,000 people. But the year is not good, God doesn't rain, and a batch of them starved to death in winter, and sold hundreds of people out in bits and pieces, and now there are still a little more than 4,000 left. ”

Qu Tooth looked at him sympathetically: "The situation in Gushanzhai is similar to yours, my eldest brother is also forced to have no choice, he is really hungry in winter, and he wants to sell a group of people out and exchange food from the lion people." Fortunately, Panshizhai hired us to help with the work, and the price was high, so we survived the winter. ”

"You're in luck." Broken Tooth didn't hide her envious expression this time. He then sighed: "Ah Qu, tell me something from the heart...... I'm so tired. ”

"There is not enough food to eat, and this is the case in all the pig villages. It's just a good year, mixed with wild vegetables and wild fruits, usually catch more insects, go to the mountains to hunt, except for the part handed over to the clan, the rest can also be eaten seventy percent full. It's not that I don't want to expand my farmland and grow more food, but I really can't help it. There are so few people in the village, Ningguan Village is surrounded by mountains, and if you don't go on the water, it is a waste to plant wheat. Sometimes I think about it, it's better than the lion-people! I've heard that corn and potatoes can be grown in the mountains, and they don't use much water, so if we can get them, none of us need to be afraid. ”

"Speaking of wild things, from the time I took charge of Ningguanzhai to the present, the pheasants have long been caught without a shadow, and the same goes for hares, I haven't seen a rabbit since the year before last. The bear's den and the wolf's den are far from here, and it is not easy to make a trip, and it is impossible to say how much prey can be brought back. ”

"If that's all it takes, forget it, the big guy tightens his belt, and one person eats less and endures. But salt is a big problem, and a lot of grain has to be taken out every year to go outside to change salt. Other tribes rely on this to get stuck on our necks. Take the year before last as an example, the Eagle Clan sent someone to deliver a message, saying that I would send a thousand people to help them fight the Tiger Clan. Do you know the mysterious price they give? Two taels per person...... It's only two taels of salt! ”

Speaking of this, Broken Tooth's eyes turned red, and his words became a little choked: "I went out with a thousand people, and only more than six hundred came back alive. We are infantry, and we can't catch up with the cavalry of the Tiger people at all, so we have no choice, we still use the old method, put on heavy armor and put on a shield to push it, and the Eagle people are sneaking and playing tricks, and they have been hiding behind us. Anyway, we were hired, and if we died, we would die in vain, at most we would be given a little more salt. ”

"When there was a snowstorm last winter, I sent someone to ask the king for help, hoping to get some salt and grain to be eaten by everyone and survive until spring. But the man who came back from Tooth City said that he had not even seen the face of the king, and was sent back by one of the stewards below. They insisted that there was no food, and threatened that this was a crime, and if they did this, they would report it to the king, saying that we were plotting against us. ”

Crooked Tooth listened quietly.

He was very patient, and waited until he finished babbling like a talkative mother-in-law, and then he sighed and shook his head sympathetically: "It's all over, you have to look forward." ”

Broken Tooth blinked his eyes a few times, opened his mouth, and moved his facial muscles, forcing back the tears that were about to flow out of his eyes. His voice became hoarse: "Don't you want me to surrender?" To be honest, I don't want to live this kind of half-dead life for a long time. I'm looking for a backer. In fact, even if you didn't come this time, I was thinking about sending someone to the lion clan to see if I could bring the people of the village with me, as long as I could eat enough and An Ansheng would be happy for a few years, I would be content. ”

Crooked Tooth didn't answer immediately, he looked at his old friend with a scrutinizing gaze, and asked cautiously, "Do you really think so?" ”

Broken Tooth nodded vigorously: "Say, what conditions can Rock City open to me?" ”

Curved Tooth kept staring at the changing expression on his face: "What conditions do you want?" ”

"I want food." Broken Tooth raised his head, his gaze fell on Qu Tooth, and he spoke in a tone of envy and jealousy, as well as a little sour: "Look at you, you are tall and strong, and your face is full of red light." You should have eaten well in Rock City, I guess there should be no shortage of oil, salt, and meat? ”

"These can be satisfied." The curved teeth are slightly bowed, and the amplitude is very small, which seems too cautious against the background of his huge size.

"I still need clothes." A fiery gaze released from Folded Tooth's eyes: "Clothes like the one you're wearing now." ”

"No problem." The smile of the crooked tooth was very gentle, exactly the same as Tianhao: "As long as you are loyal to the city lord, you will have everything, and you will not lack anything." ”

"Great!" Broken Tooth suddenly let out a rough laugh: "Then I have nothing to worry about, let's just settle it?" ”

"You have to swear to the lord first." Curved teeth reminded again.

"When we get to Rock City, I'll swear allegiance to him in person." Broken Tooth stood up and urged impatiently: "Since it's all agreed, let's leave now." ”

Qu Tooth thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! Ask the people in your stockade to get ready, and you'll be off in two hours. ”

Broken Tooth said casually with great interest: "That's too slow, the old man and the child are very slow." In this way, I will take a thousand people to follow you as the front team, and leave now, while the others will stay behind and slowly pack up their things, and you will divide half of the people to accompany them. ”

Curved Tooth frowned: "Why?" ”

"There's almost nothing to eat in the stockade." Folded Tooth put away the smile on his face: "We took the strongest men first, and when we arrived at Rock City, we came back with food to meet them. In fact, according to my thoughts, it is better for the elderly, children and women to stay here. The crops in the field have just been planted, and they are gone, and there is no one to manage them in normal times, and no one to harvest them in the autumn, which is really a waste! ”

Curved Tooth nodded thoughtfully: "You have a point...... However, it is better to swear to the gods first. ”

"That's too much trouble!" A trace of anger flashed on Broken Tooth's face, and he shouted impatiently: "Swearing is not just a casual talk, you have to prepare sacrifices, and you have to have a head to worship, and the priest presiding over the ceremony must bathe and cleanse his body at least three days in advance, do you calculate how much effort it will take to calculate for yourself?" ”

Curved Tooth's expression became solemn: "It's just a blood oath, it's not as complicated as you think." ”

An imperceptible ferocity flashed in the depths of his teethed eyes, and he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "I am now taking the people of the village to take refuge in Rock City. There are more than 3,000 people in Ningguanzhai, and it is difficult to guarantee that some of them will not have the same heart as me, and I swear that they will definitely be seen, if someone takes the opportunity to escape and report to the king, what should I do? ”

Qu Tooth smiled calmly: "Let's go farther, I'll send more people to surround you." Rest assured, the people in the stockade can't see that far. ”

"If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if." Broken teeth trembled for no reason, he quickly adjusted his mood, and his tone of voice became softer: "Let's go now!" As I said, take a thousand people to Rock City first, with the old man and the children behind. When I get to Rock City, I will swear to the city lord without you urging me. ”

The deep gaze of the curved teeth seems to be able to see through the heart of the broken teeth.

After a long time, he asked lightly, "Are you sure?" ”

"I'm sure!" I didn't hesitate to fold my teeth for a second.

……

The 1,000 people who followed Broken Tooth to Rock City were very strong. It can be seen that they have all been selected, all of them are tall and muscular.

According to the opinion of the Pig people, they are very well equipped. Each person had a set of leather armor, covered with a steel bust, and the waist guard was rougher, which was modeled after the cattle people, and the chain mail formed by many small metal rings was knotted with each other, and hung down along the edge of the steel armor from the chest. It's just that the technology of the pig clan in forging can only be said to be average, the specifications of the metal rings are different, and the density of the interconnection is not enough, which can barely block the sword and axe, but cannot block the bow and arrow.

More than 700 men, and more than 200 women. It would be a big mistake to look at the pig people in the same way that they look at other tribes. The women of the pig tribe are actually very strong, and they are equally fierce on the battlefield, extremely powerful, and extremely violent.

Out of prudence, Quya left most of the army behind to oversee and escort the rest of the inhabitants of Ningguanzhai to Rock City. There were only a hundred guards around him, which was not at all proportional to the thousands of pig warriors under the command of Broken Tooth.

The crooked teeth didn't care about that. He openly declared: Broken Tooth is my friend, and he is willing to surrender to the city lord. From now on, he is our man.

The carefully selected team moved extremely fast, and it took two days to get out of the normal three-day journey.

On the afternoon of the second day after departure, Broken Tooth found Qu Tooth walking in front of the team, and asked worriedly: "Ah Qu, we didn't have much food with us, and we had eaten about the same at noon, and now we ...... What to do? ”

Hitting the road without a baggage is the idea of bending teeth. When he set off from Ningguanzhai, he told Broken Tooth: Don't worry about supplies, he will arrange everything, as long as he takes people to hurry as soon as possible.

He said it so firmly that one couldn't help but believe it.

So everyone brought only two days' worth of food, including the broken teeth. However, the people of the pig tribe have a great appetite, and it is impossible to distribute the food distributed to each person so accurately as each meal, some people ate more yesterday, and today there is less, and some people have even eaten up all the food and have nothing left.

Qu Tooth smiled and raised his hand to the mountain col in the distance: "I set up a supply point there, and on the way from Rock City, I arranged for people to transport grain from the city. Rest assured, you won't go hungry. ”

When the sun was about to set, the people rushed to the col that the curved teeth said.

The supply camp was located at the foot of the leeward hill, surrounded on three sides by mountains, and the exit to the outside was fortified with masonry and marl. There were a hundred people left behind, and they made the most of the terrain, connecting several nearby hills with ropes and wooden ladders, and in case of emergencies, they were able to quickly leave the camp and go to higher places. Each guard point is equipped with bows and arrows, and the intersection that climbs up is sealed from top to bottom, and it can be held for a long time.

The food is coarse: large pieces of hard bread with a lot of gluten in it; Dried fish is hard and salty. The only good thing is that the amount is large and the tube is full.

In the eyes of the pig people in Ningguanzhai, these foods are already rare and delicious. The people, who had been worried since noon, burst into cheers, and they surrounded the cattle people who were in charge of distributing the rations, crowded and scrambled to get their share, and gnawed with infinite satisfaction and pleasure.