After receiving the call for help from the Xigu Tribe, Yi Hubai waited two days in a leisurely manner before giving a reply.
It is possible to send troops to help them, but it is not free. The valley tribe needs to be responsible for the food of the soldiers during the dispatch. Not only must they be full, but they must also be eaten well. If there are casualties on the battlefield, they have to pay three times the pension standard of Changhe City. In the end, they send troops to help deal with the Moye tribe, which is bound to destroy the friendship between the Moye tribe and them. The Moye tribe is their big business. The resulting transaction loss has to be attributed to the Valley Tribe.
Adding up all kinds of things, the envoys sent by the Xigu Tribe are not good at counting. After hearing this long list of requests, they know that they simply cannot afford to pay so much money.
To put it bluntly, the Changhe tribe just didn't want to go into this muddy water.
The fighters of the Moye tribe are fierce, but the valley tribe is superior in that they have more people. In addition to the soldiers several times that of Moye, a large number of slaves have become cannon fodder on the battlefield, so as to temporarily block the offensive of Moye. There was a short period of stalemate, but everyone knew that the slaves were not in a steady stream. Once the cannon fodder was emptied, the valley tribe would not be far from failure.
Long River City is the only chance for the valley tribe to come back.
Now even this slim chance is about to be shattered. Just when the envoys of the Xigu tribe were about to leave in disgrace, the Moye tribe actually sent someone to lobby Yihubai.
Is this worth it? !
When the enemies met, the Xigu tribe's eyes were red with hatred, and they wished they could pounce on them and devour the Moye tribe alive in minutes.
Fortunately, Yihubai was very 'just' and did not favor the Moye tribe, and proposed the same conditions for sending troops. Although the Moye envoys did not immediately agree, they did not continue to argue with Yihubai, and returned to Moye on the same day Returned.
Anyone with eyes can see that the Moye tribe is likely to agree to the conditions of Changhe City.
If Changhe City helps Moye to send troops, the Xigu tribe will be attacked...
There are only two words in the minds of the Xigu envoys: it's over.
You must tell the leader about this as soon as possible!
The envoys of the valley walked forward, and Wing Tiger Bai began to deploy troops on the back, recalling all the soldiers stationed in the surrounding towns to Changhe City, and then personally led these soldiers to Changhe City in the name of protecting the border town. Stationed at the edge of the black forest bordering the valley tribe, the atmosphere on the front line suddenly became more tense.
When fighting against the Moye tribe, the Xigu tribe still had a numerical advantage, but compared with the Changhe tribe's army, the slight advantage of the Xigu tribe disappeared.
Wolves in front and tigers in the back, Changhe City's Pterosaur Legion would fly over the valley tribes at low altitude from time to time, and do a few laps on the battlefield.
The morale of the Xigu tribe, which had already been slackened, lost even the last fighting spirit.
In the rear, a large number of residents in the tribe who didn't know the truth saw the terrifying pterodactyl army, and they were in panic all day long, and their hearts were scattered.
The leader of the valley tribe has never been so clearly aware: he has lost, lost completely.
However, if Yi Hubai is willing to send troops to help them, they still have a glimmer of hope.
Gritting his teeth, the leader of the valley ordered someone to take stock of his private treasury, and asked someone to carry boxes full of coins, and brought the most beautiful female in the tribe, ready to have a good talk with Maverick Bai.
In the king's tent in Changhe City.
Yi Hubai looked at the woman kneeling below with a pale face but hidden joy in her eyes, and sneered from the bottom of her heart.
Just this kind of thing, even his little magician can't match a finger, and he still wants to send it to confuse him.
This Black Fang really deserved to be a fool carefully selected by him for the valley tribe.
If Wu Xiaonuo was told about this, he would be so angry that his face would swell.
Thinking of Wu Xiaonuo being bored and angry and pretending to be indifferent, a smile flashed in Bai's eyes, and his face softened a little.
There is a door!
Hei Liao was overjoyed, and began to think about how to negotiate terms with Yihu, but before he could think about opening his mouth, he heard a cold voice in his ear: "Just now, the leader of Moye has agreed to the conditions I gave them. , you... are late."
Hei Liao's heart fell into a hole in the ice all of a sudden, his heart sank continuously, his feet softened, and he almost fell over, so that his companions grabbed him, and he So as not to make a fool of himself in front of Yihubai.
His pure man, Lan Xi, had studied in Changhe City for a few years. His fighting ability was not very good, and he was short and thin, and his appearance was not outstanding, but he had a lot of evil ideas. At least half of the credit for Hei Liao's success in the position was due to him. Therefore, Lan Xi is quite popular with Hei Liao. At this moment, he whispered in Hei Liao's ear: "Leader, don't panic, Mr. Bai just said that we are late, and he didn't refuse us. If we propose The conditions are better than Mo Ye, and things may turn around."
Probably because of studying in Changhe City for a few years, what Lan Xi said sounded polite to other people in the valley, and he looked very knowledgeable and self-willed. Like Hei Liao, he could also listen to what he said.
Hei Liao finally calmed down after hearing Lan Xi's words, "Master Bai, we also agreed to the conditions you raised, but we were just a little late, you can't just agree to Mo Yeren like this. Over the years, our valley has never I didn't feel sorry for you Changhe City, how many things we buy from your Changhe City every year, and we didn't help Muyuan when you fought against Muyuan, and you can't...you can't..."
"To add insult to injury." Blue Brook Gang he added.
"That's right, you can't add insult to injury."
Bai sneered and said, "You didn't help Mu Yuan back then, but you didn't help us either. You did buy a lot of things in our Changhe City, but recently...you have sent a lot of people Go to the Black Forest to inquire about the news of Blood Salt? In our Changhe, caravans going north have been robbed one after another in the past few years, and you should have contributed a lot in this, right?"
In an instant, Hei Liao's back was drenched in cold sweat.
Hei Liao opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a while, but Lan Xi was much more astute than him. He yelled his injustice loudly, his face full of tears, It seems that he has been wronged so much.
Bai waved his hands, and said in a cold voice: "Stop arguing, you know what you have done. Since I have promised to help Mo Ye, I will not go back on my word unless..."
Slow as a black dog, I can hear it now After understanding Bai's overtones, he hurriedly said: "Unless what? As long as you are willing to help us in the valley, we will agree to any conditions."
Lan Xi froze, and pulled Hei Liao's clothes: "Boss..."
Hei Liao He knew that he had said something wrong again, but what else could he do now? As long as he can keep the valley tribe and his position as the leader, what's the point of agreeing to a few conditions? The big deal is to increase this year's tax by one or two times, and I'm not afraid that I won't be able to pay Changhe City!
The development model of the Valley Tribe is basically copied from Changhe City. Since a few years ago, they have also promoted land privatization and started to collect taxes. Although the Xigu Tribe does not have such a lucrative trade item as salt, their resident planting conditions are very good. Changhe City can grow two seasons of white sweet potatoes a year, and they can grow three seasons. Changhecheng can only grow rice, corn, and guli once a year. They can plant two seasons, and with the snake slough unique to their tribe, and some precious witchcraft that are only found in valleys, their annual income is quite high.
It can't compare with Changhe City, but it is much better than other surrounding tribes. In this way, in just ten years, Xigu has jumped from an ordinary big tribe to today's super tribe.
After Hei Liao came to power, in order to gather strength to compete with the Changhe tribe, he gradually increased the taxation. In the past two years, the valley tribe's farming tax alone has surpassed the Changhe tribe by a large margin.
You must know that the towns and tribes occupied by Changhe City are much more than the valleys. In order to encourage the residents to reclaim wasteland in large quantities, the tax has always been collected only on the basis of the head. The farming tax is not high, but the tribe has a transaction tax, blood salt mines, and Snow Salt Lake has a large number of durable and practical farm tools, and a complete set of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Changhe City encourages business activities, and the caravans to and from Changhe City can bring it a lot of wealth.
Although the farming tax is low, in fact, the wasteland is flattened into cultivated land, and the initial output will not be too high. Like the valley tribe, heavy taxes are levied according to the field. Many people are unwilling to reclaim a slightly barren place, because doing so will Make ends meet. Then, everyone fought for the land with good farming conditions.
The method of Changhe City undoubtedly gave the farmers time to recuperate. Those who have spare energy and foresight will rent a large number of slaves to reclaim more unowned wasteland.
In the long run, Changhe City's approach may do more harm than good, but in the short term, not only can more residents get rid of hunger quickly, but also use various preferential conditions to attract surrounding tribes to join Changhe City.
Let's not talk about the distance, at least the ordinary residents of the Xigu Tribe envy the people of Changhe City. They obviously plant the same amount of land, and they can still eat meat from time to time after a full meal. With the extra money, they can hire more A slave does the work for himself, opens up a lot of wasteland, and it is his own, and there is no need to pay extra taxes when it is over. There are a few well-developed people who have become big landlords now. They don't have to work on their own for a long time. They go to the fields to watch the harvest every year, and they live in Changhe City to open a small shop and take care of them at other times. Business, life is not to mention how comfortable it is.
On the other hand, most of the food that they have worked so hard to grow has to be handed over. Few people can save their savings. If they secretly open up some wasteland and are caught, they will be punished heavily. Life is hard.
I don't know what the upper echelons of the Xigu tribe think, but many ordinary residents are very envious of Changhe City. In private, many people hope that Xigu will belong to the Changhe tribe like Muyuan. You know, the people from Muyuan joined Changhe in just two or three years, and their lives are already much better than theirs.
After several years of planning, Bai finally revealed his purpose: "I said that I have already agreed to Mo Ye's conditions, and I will not go back on my word. However, if your valley is willing to belong to Changhe and become a small town tribe in our Changhe City, Mo Ye If they attack our territory in Changhe City, we will naturally fight back."
Wang Zhang was so quiet that a needle could be heard.
After a while, after a battle between heaven and man, Hei Liao finally said in a hoarse voice, "...OK." His
face was ashen.
After the Xigu tribe agreed to join Changhe, before Changhe City had time to send troops, Moye stopped fighting. Not only did they stop fighting, they also offered to join Changhe City.
The war broke out suddenly and ended in a mess.
Changhe City integrated the Xigu Tribe, Moye Tribe, and a group of small and medium-sized tribes attached to these two tribes without spending a single soldier, and its strength skyrocketed again.