Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 318 Shuffle

  In the early morning, everything is silent, and the day of nocturnal animals begins.

   A hare quietly left a shallow burrow among the locust bushes and went out for food along a hidden path that had been repeated many times.

   But the hare does not know that its animal trail has long been discovered.

   After dawn, two men in robes walked up the hillside one after the other to check the cover they had taken yesterday.

   The hare pretends to be dead, and its tawny fur makes it look like weeds, but it cannot fool hunters.

   "[Hede] there! Brother!" the teenager walking behind shouted in surprise.

   The young man walking in front also saw the prey. He pursed his lips and took off his short bow, signaling his brother to be quiet.

  It's too late, the hare has been frightened.

   It fluttered desperately, leaping and landing, trying to break free from the restraints of its hind legs.

   The thing that binds the hare's right hind leg is a flexible leather rope, which is not so easy to break.

   The prey that can be stepped on in the trap is also a strong adult male rabbit. Under the desperate struggle, it forcibly pulled out the branch holding the leather rope.

   As soon as he regained his limited freedom, the hare dragged ropes and sticks into the bushes.

   "[Herde] the rabbit is going to run away!" the teenager yelled.

   The young man took a deep breath, drew his short bow, and fired an arrow like lightning.

  Although the bow in his hand was an inferior product made of branches, and even though the arrow he was carrying did not even have tail feathers, the young man still shot his prey.

  The boy happily ran into the bushes and picked up the hare.

  The two brothers found a place to shelter from the wind. The young man collected dead branches and fallen leaves to make a fire. The young man peeled the prey and opened it, and directly roasted the hare.

   There is no doubt that the youth and juveniles are Heards—of course, they themselves do not think so.

  In the cognition of young people and teenagers, there is no concept of "Hed people", they are only the subjects of the leader of "Tai Chi".

  After the Battle of the Pangtuo River, Tiefeng County did not directly imprison the Taichi troops, but only expelled the latter to the south bank of the Pangtuo River, still under the control of Taichi himself.

  At that time, Winters decided that everything would be the first priority to destroy the Teldun Khan Horde, and he could not draw any extra power to deal with Tai Chi.

   So Taichi's descendants were "placed" in Lower Tiefeng County, and Winters gave the two companies stationed in Shishichang only one task: don't let Taichibe enter Middle Tiefeng County again.

   Tai Chi himself is also considered to be cooperative, and did not make any small moves during the battle between the Tiefeng County Army and the Turdun Khan Horde - to be precise, Tai Chi may not know the battle situation in Central Tiefeng County at all.

   In exchange, during this time, the food and drink of the descendants of the Taichi tribe were supplied by Tiefeng County.

  The people of Tiefeng County can only eat black bread, and of course the only thing that can be provided to Tai Chibu is black bread.

   The daily diet of the Kehed tribes is mainly porridge, rice and dairy products, and occasionally they can eat meat if they have a harvest. Eating dry food day after day, the Hurd's stomach couldn't handle it.

   In order to stabilize the surrender, Tiefeng County will provide a certain amount of meat every day.

   It’s just that all the meat went into the belly of the chiefs, and the subordinates and slaves at the bottom had to figure out their own way—such as catching rabbits.

  Hare has almost no fat and cannot be roasted for too long.

   Seeing that the fire was almost over, the young man used a saber to divide the rabbit meat into small pieces, and then took out a small skin bag filled with lake salt, and dipped it for his younger brother to eat.

  The boy tore the rabbit's legs and asked, "[Herde] brother, have you heard?"

  The young man slowly chewed the rabbit's head, as if he wanted to crush every bone and **** out all the marrow: "[Herde] What did you hear?"

   "[Herde] White Feather and Deji... Those people would mutter like sparrows for a long time every night."

   The young man snorted coldly and did not answer.

   "[Hede] You and I should join the team." Seeing his brother's indecision, the teenager was a little anxious: "[Hede] When will this day come to an end? You and I should follow Bai Yu and find a way to run!"

   The youth still did not speak.

The young man threw away the rabbit leg bone with all his might, and said with resentment: "[Hede] don't you want to go home? Brother? That Yan is no longer an eagle, he was taken away by the wolf! Bai Yu said, Tai Chi That Yan wants to dedicate both you and me to the wolf..."

  Youth spat off broken bones: "[Hedde] shut up."

   Seeing that his brother was a little unhappy, the boy obediently kept his voice.

"[Hede] If you can know what Bai Yu is thinking." The young man picked up the rabbit leg bone that his brother lost, wiped it with a blade of grass, put it in his mouth and bit it crunching: "[Hede] that Yan will soon find out."

  The boy widened his eyes and opened his mouth.

  The youth continued: "[Hede] wants to go home, you must first have a horse. Without a horse, even if you and I are exhausted, you can't walk across the vast grassland. And the horses are all in the hands of the leaders."

On the day of   's surrender, Winters ordered the soldiers to take away the soldiers' horses and weapons, leaving only the swords for the soldiers.

   Therefore, the bows and arrows used by young rabbit hunters are made of branches temporarily, which are very unsuitable.

   But Winters deliberately left some horses and knives for Taichi himself - to suppress the Teltown people.

   "[Herde] Then... what should I do?" The boy froze all of a sudden.

  The young man glanced at his younger brother: "[Hede] shut his mouth and open his eyes. I'll find a way, don't mess with it."

  The boy came back to life again, pestering his brother to ask what happened.

   But the young man knew that his younger brother could not hide things, so he refused to disclose it.

   was too worn out, so he just mentioned a little: "[Herde] is not only Tai Chi Nayan, there are other leaders in the south... There are also leaders of weapons and war horses..."

   The two brothers were about to put out the campfire when a group of riders suddenly turned from the hillside to the north.

  The team of riders saw the fire and went straight to the two brothers.

   The young man knew that the other party was not from his own clan when he saw the high-headed horse, tight-fitting attire and riding posture of the visitor.

   "[Hede] escape!" The young man dragged his younger brother and ran away.

   But how could two legs run faster than four legs, the two brothers were quickly overtaken and surrounded by riders.

The riders led by    took off the triangle scarf and asked in confusion, "What are you running for?"

   The young man clearly felt his younger brother's weight suddenly pressing on him, and in fact his legs couldn't help softening.

   Because what he saw was a face that was almost carved into the bone marrow.

   It was the owner of this face who took away Tai Chi Nayan's soul; it was also in front of this face horse that the young man handed over his weapons and warhorses - the "wolf" in his brother's mouth came.

   Winters glanced at the still dazed translator.

The    translator hurried forward and translated the tribune's words to the two Hurds.

  The young Hurd didn't react, but it seemed that the young Hurd suddenly "thumped" and knelt on the ground, talking a lot.

   "What's this for?" Winters laughed dumbly and looked at the translator.

The translator listened to it for a long time, and then answered rather embarrassedly: "Your Excellency, he said that he wanted to be a slave for you, open the door for you, lead a horse, carry a knife, and serve wine... I didn't hear very clearly, and it was probably similar. chores."

   Winters wanted to give the little Hurd a whip.

   This mentality of being willing to be a slave to power made him indescribably disgusted, but thinking of the state of Heder society, he couldn't ask for anything.

   Winters shook his head.

   The interpreter immediately relayed the tribune's attitude to the other party, and added thoughtfully: "[Herde] The tribe of the blood wolf chief does not want slaves, nor does it have slaves."

  The little Hurd was confused at first, but quickly recovered and asked a few questions eagerly.

   "Your Excellency." The translation was even more embarrassing: "He asked you, if you don't want slaves, do you want guards? Grooms?"

   "What the **** did you say to him?" Winters slapped the translator's back lightly with a whip.

   "I didn't say anything." The translator scratched his head: "I just translated your words truthfully."

   When most clerks first met the Montagne tribune, they unconsciously carried a trace of awe and fear.

   But the translator who came to Lower Iron Peak with Winters was a "senior" clerk. Walking beside Winters for a long time, the fear gradually subsided, replaced by a sense of ease and closeness.

Winters put away his smile, looked at the two Hurds, one big and one small, and said solemnly: "Go home, if you can't survive, come back to me, but don't come with a sword... Chief Tai Chi is now Where? Please take me to see him."

   After the translator repeated this sentence in Hedde, the young Hedite stroked his chest, bowed, and stretched out his hand to indicate the direction.

   "He said just follow him." The translator said: "He will take you to the camp."

   The two Hurds walked in front, and Winters and his group of riders followed.

"Your Excellency, I really don't understand what the barbarians are thinking." As one of the entourage, Mr. Jacob Green witnessed the scene just now: "Isn't they the ones who wanted to kill us all before? Slaves? Incomprehensible!"

   Winters thought for a while, he had a lot to say, and finally answered simply: "To survive."

  Mr. Jacob Green wanted to continue the conversation, but seeing that the Tribunal was not interested, he did not continue the topic.

   The group soon arrived at Tai Chibu's camp.

   The sight before him was very different from the chilling, dark barbarian lair that Green had expected.

  Because there is no need to fight anymore, Taichi's followers are trying to find ways to get food.

  The furs of various animals hang on the branches indiscriminately, and the down feathers of birds and birds are blown everywhere by the wind. Some Heards were grinding bone arrows, and some Heards were walking out with fishing rods.

   A stone's throw from the camp, Heinrich played the blood wolf's personal banner.

  The atmosphere of Tai Chibu camp changed suddenly. The Hurd people who went out ran back desperately, and the Hurd people in the camp wanted to watch the fun but did not dare to approach.

   Winters, with a small group of riders, politely waited at the camp entrance.

  The surrounding Heards gathered more and more, and Jacob Green realized that the soldiers were still half the enemy, and he subconsciously put on the hilt of the sword.

   "Your Excellency, why don't we go in directly?" Green asked in a low voice.

   "Don't worry." Winters reassured the accompanying clerk: "Can't go in directly - we need to maintain Taichi's authority as much as possible."

   Soon, horns sounded in the camp, and Tai Chi led a group of Kota and Nayan out of the camp.

   Winters also turned over and dismounted. In the eyes of his followers, Tai Chi welcomed the champion of Palato into the camp in a reciprocal manner.

   For the victor, this may be a little unfair; if Andrei was there, he would have lost his temper.

   Fortunately, Winters never cared about these things. He has already won, and there is no need to continue to humiliate Tai Chi.

   Not to mention the last thing Winters wants to see right now is the complete collapse of the Teltown Department.

As soon as    entered the inner tent, the guest of honor completely removed the mask.

  The two sides were originally enemies, and they still are. Instead of maintaining false etiquette, get straight to the point.

  Tai Chi raised his hand to drive away the leader of his subordinates, and Winters also nodded his head to signal his subordinates to be at ease. Only Winters, Tai Chi and their interpreters were left in the tent.

   "[Hedde] You can walk in here with a big swagger." Tai Chi sat down on the soft couch with difficulty: "[Hedde] means that the Teltown department is over."

  Winters sat across the desk from Tai Chi and stated calmly: "The fire roaster is indeed dead."

  Tai Chi sighed heavily.

   Winters observed the other party—although Tai Chi was also partly responsible for the downfall of the Fireboilers, the other party's grief at the moment didn't seem to be fake.

  Tai Chi's demeanor, figure and loud voice make it easy for people to ignore his real age, but now he seems to have white hair and wrinkles in an instant, turning into a dying old man.

  The old Hurd asked: "[The Hurd] the fire roaster is dead, what are your plans for my people? Kill them all?"

   "There was a plan," Winters answered honestly.

   The interpreter's expression was stiff, and he didn't know if he should translate this sentence, but Tai Chi's interpreter had already told Tai Chi.

   "[Hede] Your ambush has gone outside?" Tai Chi sneered: "[Hede] why didn't you do it?"

"After thinking it over and over, I think it's more in my interest to keep you and the Terden Division." Winters paused for a moment, then spoke slowly: "So I will not only let you go, but also return yours. War horses and weapons, and another 100 cartloads of food. In addition, I will provide you with the remains of the fire roaster."

Although the customs of   Hard's tribes are different, the act of [returning the remains of the war dead to their families] can be heavily rewarded regardless of the clan.

  In individual clans, those who return the remains can even inherit the deceased's property, wife and children.

   Obtaining the remains of the fire roaster means that he has the right to treat the fire roaster's funeral, which is equivalent to the power to distribute the fire roaster's inheritance to a certain extent.

  Winters looked directly at Tai Chi: "I have only one request for you and your followers - return to the Great Wasteland immediately, or I will kill you all."

  …

While   Winters and Tai Chi sincerely exchanged opinions, [Tsing Ma] and [Stone Arrow] returned to the wintering pasture of the Teltown Department.

The losses caused by the    fire to the Teltown people are incalculable, because the Teltown people have no ability to put out the fire at all and can only flee.

  Man can escape on horseback, but what about livestock? What about the tent?

   The livestock that were too late to be driven were choked to death, the property that was too late to be taken away was burned, and the Teltown people had to move again with their only remaining property.

  Compared to natural disasters - the vast majority of Teldun people still believe that fire is the wrath of the gods, and the other tribes are more dangerous.

   The Teltown Department urgently needs a large army at this moment, and only in this way can it scare off the coveted eyes of the various departments.

   However, the army has been taken away by the fire-boilers, and I don't know when they will be able to return. The leaders who stayed behind the stove had to hold a "general meeting" to discuss.

   Some of the chiefs guarding the stove were determined to wait for the fire-boiler to return, and some of the chiefs guarding the stove implicitly expressed that maybe they could temporarily defect to the eastern part of the sea, the Suz... or simply go their separate ways.

  When the big leaders were arguing endlessly at the conference, Qing Ma and Shijian tried their best to find all the small leaders and small leaders they could find.

  Tsing Ma and Stone Arrow brought good news: there is a large tribe willing to provide pasture and shelter for the small tribes of the Teltown tribe - that tribe is called "Red River".

   ‖…I’m late.

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