Chapter 359: Bargaining
"Take us to see the grain first, and I'll tell you where Elvis is. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The leader of the bandits said without concessions.
"Okay, come with us. ”
Alan understood that the purpose of the horse bandits was food, and that it was impossible for them to give in without food, and that they were more cautious than themselves in this matter, so he turned his horse's head and walked towards the valley, and the horse bandits behind followed from a distance, still on guard.
"It's all here. ”
Alan kept bringing the bandits to the convoy and showing them.
"We need to confirm that. ”
The horse bandit was still vigilant, he sent a few of his men to the vicinity of the grain cart, selected a few carts at random, and pierced the grain bag with the long sword in his hand to check the authenticity of the grain in it.
"Don't worry, Elvis is living well with us, as soon as we get food here, we will release them immediately. ”
It wasn't until several of his subordinates told him that the cart was indeed a fake grain that the bandit leader smiled and said that in fact, he was fooling Alan at all, and the actual situation was that Elvis was still imprisoned in the bandits' lair at the moment, and the Bols bandits had no intention of releasing him.
The Bols Horse Bandits took advantage of the complex terrain in the Great Dragon Rift Valley and were invincible in their constant battle with the regular Higg army. But since this spring, the Higg Empire has taken immigration measures, moving all the inhabitants of the two-hundred-mile radius of the Great Dragon Rift Valley to the west, away from the Bols horse bandits, so that the horse bandits who make a living by robbing have no one to rob, and thus lose the most important source of food supplies. It was also based on this situation that some of the Bolsma bandits had to cross several hills and extend their clutches into the territory of Yuz, and Elvis was unlucky. When his horse bandits brought Elvis back, Bols learned that Elvis's father was a famous grain lord in the Yuss Empire, and immediately felt that he had caught a treasure, although Elvis told him that his status in the family could not let the earl's father do anything to save him, but Bols didn't believe it at all, so this time the horse bandits came to the appointment, on the one hand, to receive food, on the other hand, to further extort, and did not think about releasing Elvis at all.
"In that case, then please tell the Grand Commander to release him as soon as possible, and we can go back and report to the Earl. ”
Alan urged.
"It's only 100,000 pounds, which is half what we're asking for. ”
After checking the authenticity of the grain, several horse bandits counted the amount of grain again, and finally they returned to their team and said to the small leader who led the team.
"What's going on?"
The leader of the horse bandits was suddenly angry, he "choked" and pulled out the saber at his waist, followed by a sound of armor rubbing, the horse bandits picked up their knives and guns, and the short bows that had been put down were also raised again.
"Lord Earl said that we will never hand over all the grain without seeing Master Elvis. So we only brought half of the grain today, and the other half was placed somewhere outside the valley, and only if you put Master Elvis in good condition into our hands, the other half of the grain can be served without a penny. ”
Alan stopped the mercenaries below from preparing to resist and said unhurriedly.
"Haha!"
The little leader of the horse bandits raised his head and laughed, then his face sank, and he said coldly:
"Our Grand Commander also said, your young master is not only worth such a little food, his tongue alone is worth 200,000 pounds, if you don't hand over the food, we will cut off your young master's tongue and send it back, your young master is a promising magician, if you lose your tongue, wouldn't it be more painful than death?"
Alan didn't expect the horse bandits to be so greedy, they obviously wanted to use Elvis as a bargaining chip for greater blackmail, fortunately they had the foresight, this time they brought 500,000 pounds of grain, and there was still room for turnover, but the horse bandits were still too optimistic, if it wasn't for their own sideways, they might not even be able to get a grain from the Count of Lorraine.
However, the current situation is what Alan is happy to see, the more important Elvis is the weight, the safer he is, and the more likely he can use him to penetrate into the bandits' lair.
"If you want us to hand over all the food, it's not impossible, but at least let us see that Master Elvis is safe and sound, otherwise how do we know if you're lying?"
Alan pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth, and pretended to be compelled.
Hearing Allen's words, there was a whisper among the horse bandits, obviously the horse bandits themselves thought that Allen's request was reasonable, if they couldn't prove that Elvis was still alive, they were afraid that Allen and the others would not be able to take the initiative to hand over the grain, and if they took a hard shot, although they could also get the food, but the plan of the Grand Commander of Pols to continue the extortion could not be implemented.
"Yes, but you have to deliver half of the food first, and Elvis is currently locked up in the Great Rift Valley, so you can only send one person with us to meet him. ”
After some deliberation, the leader of the horse bandits finally got rid of a compromise plan, but when he heard the horse bandits' plan, Allen's side immediately talked about it.
Handing over half of the food is not a problem, the key is that only one person can enter the horse bandits' lair, which is contrary to the original plan, the plan at that time was to send as many people as possible into the horse bandits' lair, and then use the other part of the food to lure the other horse bandits out, and the mercenary group led by Bloom quietly touched the Great Rift Valley, and the people who infiltrated it in advance acted together to end the horse bandits' lair, and the horse bandits who lost their command would inevitably be scattered, so that Alan could complete the task of suppressing the bandits at the least cost.
However, if only one person is sent in now, it may not be possible to cooperate with the outside at all, and maybe at that time, under the strict guard of the horse bandits, it will not be possible to get in touch with the brothers outside at all, even if it is lucky to be able to escape from the horse bandits' lair, there is no need to think about rescuing Elvis and destroying the horse bandits' lair.
Alan was not afraid to enter the bandits' lair, but he was worried that he would lose his best chance, and he knew that he didn't have many opportunities like this, and he had to work in one blow, so he was a little hesitant.
"Haha, a bunch of soft eggs, are you scared? If you don't have the guts, the leader will take the grain first, and then go to us in the rift valley when you think about it." ”
The leader of the bandits waited for a while, and when he saw that Eren and they could not pay attention, he said with a sneer, and immediately ordered his bandits to prepare to take over the wagon loaded with grain.