After a long time, Iron Tooth exhaled a long breath of white mist: "Tell me more carefully, what kind of food?" ”

Fu Guang blinked his eyes slyly: "I want to ask the king to promise one thing." ”

His attitude was very rude, although he was deferential on the surface, there was a hint of threat in his words.

Iron Tooth stared at him with a cold gaze.

Suddenly, I smiled.

This young man is far from being as simple as he first thought.

He has requirements, there is.

That's just reasonable.

"Say, what do you want?" Iron Tooth dispelled most of his vigilance.

"I beg the king not to go on a killing spree after capturing the Rock Village. Of course, you can take some of my people with you, and you can take most of your food and belongings. I beg the king to leave me half of the people...... Or less...... Okay, too. He hesitated and hesitated several times.

Iron Tooth felt that he had seen through the other party's thoughts: "You want to be the leader of the Rock Village?" ”

"That position was mine!" This question had a strong stimulus to Fu Guang, and he screamed almost immediately: "Tianhao killed my father, he took everything that should belong to me!" ”

Iron teeth with slight jaws. This is similar to what he learned, Panshizhai claimed that Fu Song died of illness, but this result can't be concealed from someone with a heart. It's just that, from an outsider's point of view, Iron Tooth is happy to see the Niu people themselves making infighting, and now a son of the former leader Fu Song has run out, and he keeps asking him to help him avenge him...... As for the gift he mentioned earlier, the credibility is multiplied.

Iron Tooth sneered: "It's a little early to put forward the conditions." Young people, you have to understand what is called "equivalent exchange". Let's talk about food first! That's the point. ”

Fuguang, whose face was covered with freckles, obviously had little experience in this area. He thought for a moment, but finally overcame reason and gained the upper hand.

"Tianhao is taking action against the other villages under your rule, the Great King. As far as I know, it even includes a city with a population of more than 10,000. ”

Iron Tooth felt a nerve in his brain twitch suddenly: "Be specific." Which villages? Which city? ”

"This ...... I don't know very well. They've been on the lookout for me, and I've only heard about it by other means. Seeing Iron Fang's face that suddenly showed anger, Fu Guang hurriedly added: "But I know that they have raised a lot of food, and they intend to use it to bribe and lure your subordinates, so that they will lead everyone to betray the king like the black teeth of Gu Shanzhai." ”

Iron Fang slowly suppressed the mania in his heart, and the fierce light in his eyes quickly dimmed. He sat cross-legged in the car, his right middle finger tapping his knee lightly.

That's the point!

Fu Guang should not be lying, his words are extremely credible. The current leader of Panshi Village, Tian Hao...... Hum! He did this before, using food as an excuse to lure the three villages of Gushan, Miquan, and Liankang to betray at the same time, and completely fell to the Niu people.

"Where's the grain you're talking about?" At this moment, Iron Tooth almost completely dispelled his suspicions about Fu Guang.

"When I left the stockade, they were loading the grain on the skids, there were a lot of them, they were heavy, they couldn't go fast, I estimate that it would be about a day's or so away from your army, the king."

"Their destination?" This is another important point of concern for Iron Tooth.

"This ...... I really don't know. I only know the general direction, and it's a secret that I have worked so hard to find out. Fu Guang replied cautiously: "They are on the east road." ”

Iron Tooth's mind suddenly remembered the map he had seen before.

There is only one road from Steel Tooth City to Panshi Village.

But there was a fork on the way. Like a diamond, the two opposite angles each have a straight line extended, whether to the left or to the right, and eventually come to the line that connects with the diagonal.

Which road to the east?

A hint of doubt flashed in the depths of Iron Fang's eyes, and then quickly vanished.

The route of this expedition was chosen to the west because there are large forests on the way, and it is easy to cut wood and burn wood on the spot for heating. As far as the east side goes, it is a wilderness, unsheltered. If Fu Guang is a spy deliberately sent by Panshizhai to deceive himself, then this method is too clumsy.

What good can they do by tricking themselves to the way east?

Ambush?

No kidding, that kind of open terrain is simply impossible to ambush. If it is an angled path formed by a valley, Iron Tooth will definitely be wary. But it was a plain, and occasionally a few hills were gently sloping, and if there was really to be a war in such a place, Iron Tooth would not be able to ask for it.

"Enough for my people for a week?" After thinking for a long time, Iron Tooth asked seriously: "Is there really so much food?" ”

He was truly intrigued.

Fu Guang took a step forward, his face full of ruthlessness and decisiveness: "I won't run, you can send someone to keep an eye on me at any time, the king." If I have half a lie, cut off my head, divide my body, and leave it at your disposal, my king. ”

The iron-toothed man stared at him for half a minute, and then suddenly smiled.

He put his right hand on his knee and stroked it gently, as if there was a small animal there that was irritable because it had been abandoned by its master, and his gentle tone was not even used to Iron Tooth himself: "Then it is a word, you lead the way in front, if everything is true, there is really so much grain as you said, this king promised to leave you five hundred cattle people after breaking through the rock village." Hehe...... The pig and cattle tribes should have been friendly in the times, and with an excellent young man like you as the leader of the village, I believe there will be more opportunities for cooperation between us. ”

……

With the new order given, the Great Army began to turn.

Iron Tooth deliberately selected the most trusted general, and led 2,000 elites, including personal guards, to set off in advance and play forward according to the route Fu Guang said.

The main force is behind, and the speed is definitely slower. Iron Tooth is a cautious person, and if there is an accident, the strength of two thousand elites is enough to deal with it. The distance between the two teams is not too far apart, and they are in contact at all times, and either side can support each other.

Three times as many people were arranged to monitor Fu Guang, all of whom were tall and strong guards. Compared to them, Fu Guang is simply a toy: short and thin, let alone leaving the surveillance and suddenly attacking, even wanting to leave that circle and escape is a luxury.

Iron Tooth smiled in satisfaction.

This trip is somewhat interesting, not as boring as imagined.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, news came from the front.

A herald in light leather armor ran quickly to the carriage, fell to one knee with a face full of ecstasy, and panted: "King Qiqi, the striker has won a great victory, we ...... We got a lot of food. ”

Iron Tooth suddenly lifted the curtain in front of the carriage, poked his head out of the car, suppressed his nervousness and expectation, and asked, "How many?" ”

"A lot." The pig soldier apparently had no idea about numbers, and as he regained his breathing rhythm, he tried to describe things clearly: "There are dozens of wooden carts loaded with food. ”

Iron Tooth subconsciously raised his head, and his eyes fell on Fu Guang, who was surrounded by the guards. He rubbed his hands together in satisfaction, and gave the order in excitement and joy: "Speed up, and this king will see with his own eyes how many there are...... Also, pass on my order, no one is allowed to eat it without permission, otherwise it will be killed. ”

News of the victory in the first battle soon spread throughout the army.

The word "grain" is mentioned repeatedly with great frequency, coming out of countless mouths and burrowing into the ears of many more people.

"I heard that the cattle people won the battle in front and seized a lot of grain."

"I know the man who ran back to deliver the order, and he said that the Niu people suffered a big loss this time, and the grain we got was at least as high as a mountain."

"So we can have a good meal for the night?"

"That's for sure, only when you are full can you have the strength to fight! Hahahaha......"

There was a lot of talking, and the voices were getting louder and louder, and Iron Tooth could hear it while sitting in the carriage, and the anticipation was much more inflated than before.

This is the case in wars, high morale needs to be maintained by victory, and adequate logistics are also important. The god is above, the gods are really blessing us, the most worrying problem seems to have been solved, the stupid Niu people themselves are making infighting, and God has sent himself Fu Guang, a spy, to make up for the last shortcoming.

At dusk, the main force of the Pig army converged with the forward, and Iron Tooth finally saw the batch of grain that Fu Guang had said.

Dozens of sleds, each large and piled with a hill of supplies, were surrounded by armed guards.

Frozen fish, chunks of venison, sacks of flour, cheese in clay jars, and twenty jars of wine.

The leader of the army was the commander of the Iron Tooth Guard, who accompanied the Iron Tooth, lifted the cover cloth on the nearest sled, and said respectfully: "King Qiqi, all the cars are full of grain. I have sent someone to count it, and the variety and quantity are abundant, and we can maintain it for a long time. ”

"Good, that's exactly what I wanted." Iron Fang had no doubts about the words of the Commander-in-Chief.

He's actually a very cautious person.

The difference between truth and hypocrisy is so obvious that it can often be judged from appearances.

If it was just a few grain carts, Iron Tooth would still have doubts in his heart. Some aspects of war are actually no different from fishing, in order to achieve the goal of annihilating the other side, you have to pay some price and set up bait.

If the grain in front of them was a decoy deliberately thrown by the cattle people, then they would be too stupid. Iron Tooth has calculated that the amount is so large that if you save a little food, it will be enough for all the soldiers under your command to consume one-way on the march.

And these grains are carefully selected and of high quality. He looked closely: cured meat cut into fist-sized pieces, not window goods marinated with bones; The frozen fish is carefully cleaned, the internal organs are specially emptied, and they are also cut into small pieces, which can be preserved for a long time; Although the pocket is a common coarse noodle, it is not the "multi-substance adulteration" that the pig people usually eat, there is no sawdust and grass seeds, and there are no grass roots and bark that are dried and ground into powder. Such flour is delicious when made into food, nutritious, and easy to digest.

There is a lot of cheese, and it is estimated that no one will give away so much cheese for nothing. This thing is expensive and can be sold for a very high price.

Finally, there is the wine in the jar.

They became the last evidence to dispel Iron Tooth's suspicions.

The only thing he didn't understand was why he hadn't captured any of the Ox Clan captives, and not even a single corpse of the other party had been left at the scene of the battle.

"They're running too fast." In this regard, the commander of the personal guard was also helpless: "We don't know when they will arrive, and the other party is also very careful." There were not many cattle people escorting the grain, and in addition to the people who pulled the sleds, they also carried dozens of horses. The terrain is open and there are no obstacles, and when they found them, they saw us too. As soon as I gave the order to charge, they immediately turned and fled. As far as I can guess, the Niu people have already received the news of our departure, but they don't know which direction we are coming from, and at the same time they want to rush this batch of grain out before us, but they didn't expect to meet them on the way. ”

Iron Tooth thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

This is the most logical explanation.

In fact, there is no need to think so much about it, the loot that has been handed is the best proof of this. He smiled and instructed the commander of the guards: "It's getting dark, let's camp here at night!" Order the people below to give out food according to the usual double standard, so that everyone can eat well. ”

Iron Tooth needs more morale.

In fact, he faintly regretted it: if he hadn't been so cautious, blocked the news in advance, and sent his personal guards as the striker alone, he would have a great chance to monopolize this batch of loot.

It's too late to do anything now.

Everyone knew that large quantities of grain had been seized, and everyone saw animal meat and flour. Especially the lords and chieftains who accompanied them in battle, they developed a keen interest in cheese and wine...... If it is not distributed to them, there will be a lot of opposition from below, very big.

Since you can't hide it, let's just divide it!

Let everyone be fed, from soldiers to officers, so that you can show your fairness and justice as a patriarch.

Take a long-term view.

The Niu people in Panshi Village are really rich. Since they can take out so much grain to buy off other pig villages and rebel, the amount of materials stored in the rock village must be even more.

In this battle, the harvest will be rich.

Fu Guang did not lie.

If he wins this battle, he should be left with a few more Niu people. Having such an obedient guy as the leader is equivalent to opening the door to the interior of the Niu Clan's territory.

As long as there are ambitious rulers, they like to lead the way.

……

The strong aroma of food fills the night with a strong sense of food.

Setting up camp is as simple as putting your baggage outside in a circle. The people of the pig tribe are hard-working, and they can sleep peacefully even in the ice and earth, not to mention that there are still a large number of bonfires, fragrant barbecue, and delicious soup.

The fish and venison were chopped and the soup was not cooked for long, and the soldiers took off their helmets, kneaded the flour they had been distributed, and baked it over a hot fire to make a piece of bread.