Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 22
The Badger tribe was extremely noisy at this time, and there were two subsidiary camps outside the main camp, which were responsible for taking care of the barbarian cavalry and male non-monsters from several small tribes around them.

Every day, the cavalry in the tribe will patrol the surrounding area and invite the men of the tribe who have just arrived to visit the badger tribe, where food, water and slaves will be provided.

The 6 neighboring tribes have all brought demon possessors and males over.

Badger's main camp is very large, larger than any Lante has ever seen before. It is not so much a tent camp as it is a noble camp.

The most central part of the main camp is separated by a circle of fences, and a special foundation is made of earth and rocks under the main tent.The configuration of the tent was also different from what Rand had seen before.

There are two kinds of ordinary barbarian tents. One is a relatively small pointed tent. Although the highest point of this kind of tent is higher than the height of the possessor, the overall space is small, the cross section is circular, and the vertical section is triangular.

A demon possessor can barely stand up in the middle of a tent.

But the good thing is that this tent is easy to retract and take away quickly.

The second type is the Bedouin tent in Rand's hometown. The barbarian camp that Rand brought with him when he came out of the territory and the barbarian camp that Rand attacked for the first time were all this kind of tents.

This kind of tent is supported by multiple brackets, the interior is very spacious, can accommodate barbarians about 2.3 meters, and the area is also very large.

The tribes with this kind of tents are basically small and medium-sized tribes, and there will be magic sealing boxes and other equipment among them.

There is also a kind of tent rand that was only seen in the medium-sized camps attacked last time. It is a round tent similar to a round bag. It has a lot of space, but it requires a lot of timber frames and animal skins, and only a small and medium-sized tribe can afford it.

But now in this tribe, the most important tent not only has a foundation underground, but also the part above the ground must be 8 or 9 meters high. A huge spire, from a distance, this tent can accommodate at least 30 barbarians, it can be said that it is the most luxurious tent that Rand has ever seen.

In addition to the main tent, there are 5 round tents around the main tent, and the outside is the fence of the core area.Outside the fence are 7 or 8 Bedouin tents and more than 10 tents in the camp.This is the tent of the other barbarians in the camp.

These tents, as well as a large number of horses, pack animals, sheep, and poultry, were surrounded by a second layer of fence and became the main body of the badger camp.

There is a flat land outside this camp, and on both sides are the subsidiary camps where the demon possessors and men of various small tribes live.

At this moment, the leader of You Badger, Heitong You Badger, is inside the main tent, looking towards the huge mound of soil in the south.

Although Rand didn't know what it was, the leader of Heitong Youbai knew that it was the ruins of Yeqi City, the center of the Benma Plain, and a huge urban ruins that was rebuilt by the Emperor of the Human Empire himself. .

The mother of the leader of the badger is a human race, and the father is the tribal leader of the previous generation.

A few years ago, Hei Tong saw a human demon possessor, an ascetic monk on the Galloping Horse Plain. Ascetic monks are a kind of priests, but they are willing to spread their faith in the most difficult places, and they also Able to live in poverty and heal others from place to place.

The ascetic was revered by the barbarians for his willingness to heal everyone, including barbarians, demonless, and human slaves.

Hei Tong once met an ascetic monk in the tribe, and he told Hei Tong that this land used to be a human kingdom, and the ruins in the distance are the ruins of the capital.

From then on, Hei Tong liked to use the opportunity of the tribe to station nearby to explore the ruins, and several times of independent explorations were fruitless.

It wasn't until Heitong You Badger came across the ruins by chance with another warrior in the tribe that Heitong was fascinated by the ruins.

She is too big and beautiful. On the highest mound, there are huge architectural relics. The interior floor is still covered with floor tiles that I don’t know how to make, and there are faintly glowing patterns on the huge colonnade.

From then on, Hei Tong knew that his destiny was to lead the tribe here.

Eight years ago, several members of the tribe followed Gray Goose to the south. Except for his father, everyone else came back.

Heitong·You Badger knew that his time had come. The taller Heitong successfully defeated all his opponents and became the leader of the tribe.

Previously, this tribe was no different from other medium-sized tribes. There was a round tent, and there were 4 or 5 human demon-owner slaves in the camp. There were 2 small tribes around the tribe as vassals.

In the second year after Hei Tong became the leader, the Gray Goose Tribe invited him to join the alliance. The place was just outside Yeqi City, where there was only a large area of ​​flat land.

At that meeting, the gray goose leader told several medium-sized tribe leaders that he could trade with the human race.

From then on, Hei Tong knew the idea of ​​the gray goose leader planning to buy the black scaled horse.

After that, You Badger led his tribe to collect black-scaled horses from east to west in the Benma Plain every year.

In the year when the alliance just ended, the small tribes didn't breed black scaled horses very much, so in the first year he would help the small tribes breed, guide the small tribes how to raise horses, and even find human demon possessors to shoe the horses of the small tribes .

It seems that Hei Tong's first year was a bitter and fruitless exchange with different tribes, but it was all worth it, because all Hei Tong's efforts were just investments.

In the following three years, Badger, who established good relations with many small tribes and was able to purchase a large number of black scaled horses, became Gray Goose's largest supplier of black scaled horses.

The active supply of You Badger has greatly reduced the acquisition cost of the Gray Goose Tribe. For this reason, Gray Goose reciprocated and gave You Badger a huge discount on rune boards, wood and other human products. Iron ingot from the Brown Bear Tribe.

The Gray Goose Tribe got the iron ingots, and used the human demon possessor knights in the salt mine to forge them into iron armor.

Part of Gray Goose's iron armor was sold to Viscount Root, and the other part was sold to You Badger at a discount.

In just a few years, Gray Goose, the main controller of the southern part of the Benma, and sub-suppliers like You Badger have formed a stable business division of labor and industrial upgrading, and the strength of the tribe has also increased year after year.

Gray Goose and Badger became the biggest beneficiaries of the export of the Benma Plain to the Dragon Kingdom, and Gray Goose had a decisive influence on the entire south of the Benma River.

However, the population of You Badger has tripled within 7 years, and the excess population has become an affiliated tribe according to tradition. The main camp has luxurious tents and more than ten human demon possessors.

During the meeting this fall, the Gray Goose leader told Hei Tong that he was going south in winter and invited Hei Tong to send troops together.Heitong felt that the opportunity was coming, and he used various means to send the main barbarians of the surrounding small tribes to Gray Goose.

He was supposed to go together, but "accidentally" fell into the Benma River and caught a cold.

The black pupil is very similar to the leader of the gray goose. They are very ambitious people. There are many demon possessors of the human race in the salt mine of the leader of the gray goose. These human slaves make the leader of the gray goose often think that he can also become the great lord of the human race ;

Hei Tong's ambition is different from that of the leader of Gray Goose. He believes that excavating the ruins of Yeqi City is the most important thing. In addition to serving Gray Goose and accumulating strength over the years, he is also paying attention to Gray Goose's actions.

Hearing that the gray geese were going south, Heitong's heart blossomed with joy.Now he believes that in the face of a strong human race, the Gray Goose Tribe will only be crushed.

Once the gray goose is gone, it's time for him to swim the badger.Now, taking advantage of the gray geese taking away a large number of new troops from the small tribe, what he has to do is to quickly increase his strength, and then lead the small tribe to take down the salt mine. city ​​ruins.

The strength of gray geese near the salt mine has long been seen by Heitong, and he has already calculated how many barbarian cavalry he needs to be sure.

For this reason, he prepared food and long-wool sheep in advance. The first step in the rise of You Badger is to annex the surrounding small tribes. Whether they are divided or passing by, all of them will be tied around the camp, Hei Tong thought. Well, use strong means to merge these tribes with your own tribe.

Once he has a cavalry team of more than 40 people, You Badger can easily annex all medium-sized tribes and go straight to the salt mine.

All the details of the plan have been repeated many times in Hei Tong's mind, and today is the first day of You Badger's rise.

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The Youbai tribe is hospitable and hospitable, slaughtering sheep every day for the surrounding tribes.This is one of Hei Tong's means. After breakfast today, all the demon possessors of the tribe will gather in the open space in front of the camp.Heitong·You Badger wants to propose a merger plan to all tribes.

Facing dozens of barbarian demon possessors, Heitong You Badger preached loudly, "Everyone, I received a letter from the leader of Gray Goose, he asked me to take everyone south to spend the winter on the territory of the human race."

A group of barbarians, you look at me, I look at you, and there are cavalry going to the alliance in every tribe.

But after I left, I didn’t say that I would go to the human territory. Everyone was very puzzled. Now that the most important combat force in my tribe is not there, and I am trapped here, even if I take care of food, drink and entertainment, the time is too long Everyone can't stand it anymore.

"Master You Badger, we have already dispatched our troops to the south, and now those of us left behind are older and younger than those boys before, and we can't hold a knife anymore.

Let's not mix it up. "

"Yes"

"We are not too young to move anymore"

"Yeah, we can't go"

Of course, Heitong knew the little Jiujiu in the hearts of these barbarians, and asked loudly on purpose, "How could it be? Aren't you all the elites of your respective tribes? How can you not stop?"

"Master You Badger, you don't know that although we haven't had any major wars in the past few years, our population has increased, and the consumption of others eating horse chews has also increased! We old people usually don't dare to eat enough, so we have to give up our food to others. those boys"

"That's right"

"We usually don't dare to eat too much"

"Really, if it wasn't for the Zanyou badger tribe's treat, how dare we let go of the meal?"

All the barbarians chirped and echoed, no one wanted to go to the human territory.They hope to live a stable life of grazing on the Benma Plain.

"It seems that everyone in the tribe is very difficult." Heitong said hypocritically, "Or else, let me help everyone?"

"Okay, Master You Badger plans to lend us food?" Several elders in the tribe began to think about it.

"Hey, what kind of help is that? Let me tell you, everyone moved the camps here, and we all have a caretaker."

"Ah?" Everyone roared, everyone knew what Heitong meant, he wanted to swallow other tribes.

"If you want me to say that's how it should be," a trustee who was looking for, stiffly agreed with You Badger's proposal. "We are all small tribes, so naturally we can't compare with gray geese. If we want to fight against winter, we need to unite!"

No one wants to take over at all, but support always has to show support.

"Everyone, if we really get together, there must be a leader. How about I propose to ask the leader of the Youbai tribe to be the leader of everyone?"

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The strong should receive extra respect, which is Alivia's general rule. For the barbarians, strength is everything.

If two barbarians disagree, they are willing to use a duel to determine the conclusion.For example, now, the elders of two different and merged barbarian tribes have been lying on the ground.

Although Hei Tong was now wearing rune armor and the two elders were only wearing civilian clothes, no one would doubt the result of this duel.Since no one raised a new challenge, it means that the merger is agreed by everyone.

Just as Hei Tong looked around, he found that his patrol had brought back a team of troops.

It was a group of people Hei Tong had never seen before. This group of people wore the same clothes, hats, and horses as him.

However, they looked very strange, Hei Tong had never seen these people in many alliances, and these strangers could not stop his plan.

"Welcome everyone to the Badger Camp. All of us have just decided to form a new alliance. The Badger tribe will provide food for everyone. Please move your camps here now."

"New alliance? Move camp?" The visitor was obviously also very surprised.

"Yes, new members, you have also entered the alliance site, and you should abide by the alliance's decision," Heitong said proudly.

"Who's the chief?" said another man who had come.

"Everyone has decided, let me be the leader!"

"Are you so immodest?"

"If the new members have objections, they can propose a duel, just like the two of them." As he said, he spread his hands and looked at the two corpses in the field.

"Okay," the visitor said, and galloped forward.

"You" Although Hei Tong used armor to attack the elders without armor in the duel just now.But now he faces his opponent on horseback on foot, and still has to protest.

However, the visitor didn't give any response, he just rushed over on horseback, raised his knife and dropped it.

(End of this chapter)