Riding and Slashing

Chapter 423 Do You Want To Come A Little?

"Yeah, I really can fly..."

A heavily armored cavalryman wearing a full-face helmet replied in a low voice.

While answering, he took off the tightly covered helmet.

"Your Majesty?! Why are you here?!"

Raphael was shocked when he saw Li Ang who suddenly appeared.

"I just wanted to see with my own eyes what the Jatu people who migrated here are like, but I never expected to meet His Excellency Zakar..."

Li Ang wiped off the sweat covered by the helmet: "Zakar, where is your camp? Do you mind treating me to dinner?"

Zakar was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your Majesty Li Ang? You are really brave... You invited me to dinner, but you actually plan to eat at my camp?"

While talking, he wiped the oil paint on his face, pulled off the grass bundles used for camouflage on his body, and tidied up his equipment, apparently trying to make himself look tidy—this Jatu warlord seems to be very respectable .

"Why, you don't like it? Then you can go back to Changhe City with me, I will definitely feed you with delicious food and drink every day..."

Li Ang threw the helmet in his hand to Sigismund, spread his hands and walked forward: "I like to eat roasted whole lamb, can your cook know how to cook it?"

Zakar had already cleaned up the grass blades on his body. He took off the mud-covered camouflage cloak and threw it to the soldiers behind him. He also greeted him with open arms: "Everyone on the grassland can cook roast sheep. You are welcome. As a guest at my house, His Majesty Li Ang, you can eat as much roasted lamb as you want... But, do you really dare to come to my house for dinner?"

Li Ang looked at the burly man in front of him with a smile, rubbed his hands and nodded vigorously: "Since there is roast lamb to eat, why not dare... let's go, let's go quickly."

A look of can't wait.

Zakar was stunned again, and a little smile appeared on his sturdy face: "According to the customs on the grassland, guests should be entertained with good food and drink when they come, and the hospitality is considered good if the guests can't go home...you just Aren't you afraid you won't be able to go back when you get to my house?"

"Oh? Is there such a good thing? Do you eat roasted lamb every day?"

Li Ang was overjoyed: "Then is there any beauties warming the bed? If there are everything, then it doesn't matter if I go back..."

"Hahaha... Your Majesty Li Ang..."

Zakar laughed, and looked at Li Ang with deep appreciation: "You are really different from the king of Ravencrows, I admire your courage... If it were me, I would definitely not dare to go to your house For dinner."

"You are ready to occupy my house, and you still say you dare not eat my food? Zakar, you are dishonest..."

Li Ang shook his head and sighed.

"Occupying your home? You may have misunderstood, His Majesty Li Ang..."

Zakar frowned insignificantly.

"If you didn't intend to occupy my house, then why did you send so many people to my territory?"

Li Ang pouted and asked, "Besides, if Sigismund hadn't found your whereabouts, what were you planning to do here in ambush?"

"Of course it's a robbery... If I don't snatch a large convoy of yours coming to your door, wouldn't it be a big loss?"

Zakar said confidently.

really interesting……

Sending [-] troops to the territory of the New Pendor Kingdom, but hiding all the time, not looting for half a month;
But he himself led more than 100 people to do road robbery in this wilderness?

This level of lying is really not good.

"I've never seen a robber with makeup like this."

Li Ang looked at the Jatu rider behind Zakar and curled his lips: "You obviously want to attack Lion Lake City... Zakar, let me say that you are dishonest, every sentence is a lie. Could it be, your record And fame are all obtained by lying?"

Zakar and the guards around him used camouflage to camouflage. Of course, this was not for robbery. Most likely, like Li Ang, they came out to investigate the military situation in person.

While sending a large number of cavalry into the country, he moved the tribe to the east of Lion Lake City, and personally investigated the military situation—mostly for plotting Lion Lake City, or even all the towns in Beibu Gulf.

Although there was a smile on his face all the time, Li Ang's heart was a little heavy now.

Because Zakar's behavior does not conform to the logic of looters-Zakar is not for robbery of money and food, he is for occupation and rule!

He wants to carry out a real conquest to the countries around the Jiatu Grassland, not just grab a vote and leave as usual!
If nothing else, someone in New Pendor Kingdom is making a deal with Zakar...

After all, no one has been able to find such a large army—thousands of horses. If there is no ghost to help them hide and provide horse feed, how could they not find their whereabouts at all?

So Li Ang will take the initiative to expose himself here, and he wants Zakar to focus on himself.

"Well, I admit, I originally planned to go and see the military situation of Lion Lake City... I am indeed planning to attack Lion Lake City. But, Your Majesty Li Ang, why are you here dressed like this?"

Zakar also pointed at Li Ang with his lips curled up.

Li Ang is currently dressed as an ordinary cavalry soldier, and even the weapons are standard equipment. Even Raphael didn't recognize him after wearing the helmet.

Li Ang sighed and pointed to the carriage behind him: "I'm here to see the situation of your tribe with my own eyes, and to give you some gifts in person. Zakar, I'm different from you, I'm an honest person..."

"Send me a gift?"

Zakar looked at the carriages, and then at Li Ang, his face full of disbelief.

"Of course! I've never liked wars, I only like to make friends... All the gifts I bring are the most scarce and precious commodities on the grassland!"

Li Ang waved his hand, and Sigismund next to him cooperatively lifted the tarpaulin on a carriage.

This carriage is loaded with exquisite lead utensils and spices - this cart comes from Bacchus. Emperor Marius set a super high commodity tax on lead pots. Due to the low cost performance, this thing is only available to nobles in Bacchus. Will buy, so most of them have become slow-moving inventory.

All kinds of lead jugs and lead wine cups shone with dazzling silver light in the sun, and the rich fragrance permeated as the tarpaulin was lifted. All the Jatu people behind Zakar subconsciously took a breath.

"hiss……"

Zakar's eyes widened, and he took a deep breath obviously: "These are all precious and good things...are they really for me?"

"Of course, otherwise, what would I do with them in this wilderness?"

Li Ang stretched out his hand and gestured for the carriage behind: "Zakar, these dozens of carts of good things are all for you."

"why?"

Zakar frowned, his face full of doubts.

"As I said, I don't like to fight, I just like to make friends... I will go to your house with a gift and talk to you about our friendship. I hope you can entertain your friends with food and drink Entertain me."

Li Ang turned around and picked up a small glass from another carriage, and threw it to Zakar: "Friendship is as hard-won as glass, and as easy to break as glass, you have to catch it..."

Zakar took the glass with both hands, took a look in his hand, carefully put the glass into his arms, and took a deep breath.

Then, he spread his hands and bowed: "Your Majesty Li Ang, thank you for your generosity, and sincerely invite you to my camp as a guest."

……

At night, a big bonfire as high as a person was set up in the Jatu camp.

Hundreds of people gathered around the bonfire, dancing the Jatu tribe's horse step dance.

There are dozens of large grills on the periphery, and many hanging pots on the periphery. The delicious fragrance of mutton soup and the smell of roasted mutton permeate the entire camp at the same time.

Many Jatu girls shuttled among the crowd, serving delicious broth to Li Ang's soldiers.

Those Jatu warriors who were originally vicious had also removed their armor at this time, and they went around looking for someone to drink with their shirts on and carrying their wine bags.

If the Jatu were not enemies, they were warm and forthright in entertaining their friends.

Despite the language barrier, they would still hold wooden cups and wrestle with the soldiers to drink with a smile. When they got drunk, they would pull people out to wrestle. They would not be angry if they were thrown all over their heads, but would laugh and pat their opponents. shoulder gesture thumbs up.

Li Ang didn't participate in these activities, he didn't even drink alcohol, although the wound on his body has basically healed, but he didn't want to drink the wine poured from the lead pot...

"Your Majesty Li Ang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Zakar didn't drink, and he didn't persuade Li Ang to drink - he knew that both of them needed to stay sober.

Like Li Ang, he each held a small knife to cut the mutton, and Zakar also gave Li Ang the head of the mutton—this is a respectful etiquette, and it is indeed a way to entertain distinguished guests.

"When it comes to business, you should know that I am a businessman."

Li Ang gestured to the carriages parked outside: "You need salt, you need metal utensils, you need cloth and silk, and you also need medicine and spices - meat with spices tastes good, right?"

Of course, the mutton that covered the fishy smell was much more delicious.

"We really need these... but how do we negotiate a deal? These things are very expensive, and we don't have much money..."

Zakar nodded and asked.

These things are indeed lacking on the grassland, and these things are the necessities of life.

"But you have sheep—I need sheep, especially this kind of delicious goat. Zakar, I can open a mutual trade zone in Fletcher. What you need can be exchanged for sheep. We can work together Negotiate a fair price."

Li Ang looked at Zakar very seriously and said, "In this way, you don't have to let the few soldiers out to rob with their lives, and you can concentrate on dealing with Zhu Da or other warlords who don't accept you. And I can also reduce the pressure on the border." Defense expenditure, put more energy into the construction of the interior - we all have interests, and we can all reduce losses, there is no need to fight to the death all day long, you can really slowly build your country in the grassland .”

"Your Majesty Li Ang, do you really mind if I establish a country in the grassland?"

Zakar also sat upright and asked very seriously.

"Why should I care? I don't plan to live in the grassland for a long time. I'm not interested in this place. I'm not a conqueror—as I said, I'm a businessman. I only do what is good for me and my people. A matter of interest. It is not in my interest to fight you, because I have to pay countless sacrifices, but I don't get much benefit."

Li Ang said very seriously: "No matter what you do, you always have to measure the input and output, right?"

"You're right...but I've already invested a lot. If I retreat at this time, all my previous investment will be gone..."

Zakar nodded and sighed.

"Aren't the gifts I brought enough to make up for the cost of sending troops before? How many people did you send to my territory? Two thousand?"

As Li Ang said, he took out a paper bag from his arms, cut a handful of dark brown paste from inside, and spread it on the freshly cut leg of lamb.

"2000 people, [-] horses...the value of these precious gifts, of course, far exceeds their consumption during this period of time. But, Your Majesty Li Ang, what they can bring me is far from what these gifts can compare of."

Zakar kept staring at Li Ang's movements, and finally couldn't help asking: "What are you putting on this? Seasoning?"

"Oh, this is Fushou ointment... It is made from a rare and precious medicinal material. It can not only relieve pain and cough, but also cleanse the stomach and treat constipation and diarrhea. It's a very good thing—do you want some?"

Li Ang handed the paper bag to Zakar: "I have suffered a lot of injuries before, and it hurts at night. And if I eat too much meat, I will suffer from constipation or diarrhea. This can solve it...I brought you a whole car .”

Zakar took the paper bag and sniffed it: "Fushou cream? It's really a good medicine..."

He also followed Li Ang's example, cutting a little bit and putting it on the mutton.

"So, do you still feel that what your army can bring you will far exceed the gift I brought you?"

Li Ang looked at Zakar and smiled: "You can't take down Long River City, and don't even count on Lion Lake City—since I've appeared here, you should understand that you can't capture any important town. As for other Villages and towns—so what if you take them down? Can you hold them? To put it bluntly, without the grasslands and horses and archers, the Jiatu people who guard the city are no different from ordinary people in my opinion..."

Zakar ate the piece of meat silently, frowning and thinking for a while.

Later, he asked Li Ang with some doubts: "How do you know that I want to capture Changhe City? Where did you get the news? You planted spies by my side?"

"Ha... Zakar, you told me yourself."

Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "You said this afternoon that you are going to attack Lion Lake City. I know it is true. A large-scale attack on Lion Lake City means that I have to pull out the troops from Changhe City to rescue them. Then you hide in Kewen Village Those [-] cavalrymen have a chance to steal the Great River City——am I right?"

"How do you know they are in Kewen Village?!"

Zakar was really surprised now.

"Hahaha, I guessed it casually, but I didn't expect it to be right..."

Li Ang laughed out loud.

In fact, he was not sure about Zakar's tactics, and he didn't know where Zakar hid the two thousand cavalrymen. He was really guessing.

Of course, this guess is not blind. After all, Zakar’s goal is probably a certain important town, and Changhe City is closer to the grassland, and it is currently undergoing heavy construction. Attacking before the completion of the city wall of Changhe City is of course a success. Zakar's first choice.

As for Kewen Village, it is also guessed based on the destination of Changhe City - only Kewen and the uninhabited area near it can hide a large army without being discovered.

Now that he has guessed these things correctly, Li Ang can also guess who Zakar's insider should be.

(End of this chapter)