Chapter 367 Who said the half-beasts are heartless?
Chapter 367 Who says half-beasts are short-sighted?
After hearing what Lorraine said, all the orcs couldn't help but look at each other.
Before they could finish exchanging glances, Delino stood up impatiently and said loudly: "I, Delino, the first warrior of the Aquitan tribe, the most trusted brother of our clan leader. Listen to us.
Our compatriots in the north say that you humans are willing to live in peace with us orcs. Therefore, I have been entrusted by our clan leader to conclude an alliance and friendship treaty with you."
Lorraine looked at his thick and hairy figure, said lightly "Yeah", and said: "You said we should form an alliance? Why should we form an alliance with you? Give us a reason first."
"I know that you have always been afraid of our people. They come to rob you every year." Delino said beside him, then paused and meaningfully observed Lorraine's and their faces. However, he found that Lorraine was still expressionless.
He just looked at himself with cold eyes.
He couldn't help but feel guilty, and couldn't help but avoid Lorraine's eyes. Then he continued: "I heard that you have to prepare for a whole year every year to resist them.
There are continuous fortresses to your south, and the men stay there all year round. They can neither go hunting nor let their wives have more children.
As long as you humans form an alliance with us and promise not to attack us, the six thousand warriors of our Aquitan tribe are willing to defend you humans against our fellow humans and keep them away from your fortress."
Someone from the Nai'an government immediately exclaimed: "Six thousand people~!"
Angus immediately turned his head and glared at the man fiercely.
Next to Delino, however, he was very satisfied with the effect. He smiled proudly with his yellow teeth still stained with green leafy vegetables, and then sat down.
Lorraine looked at Delino and said with a smile: "Six thousand people? What a joke~! If you can really pull out six thousand men to kill people, why do you have to go north to our border? You can't go there on the grassland?"
Delino lowered his eyes, let out a long sigh, and then said: "The Dulchi people who ate scorpions raw insulted the holy Shankna. They destroyed the temple of the ancestor and built their own evil god.
The sun god was angry and punished us, the people of the gods. There was not a drop of rain on the prairie all summer, and big fish lived in the deepest part of Xingxing Lake. Lions and antelopes drank the turbid water side by side.
Our livestock starved to death in droves, our women had no milk, and our newborn children had to be thrown away. In order not to drag us down, the old people walked alone into the depths of the dry grassland.
In order to survive and find aquatic plants, we can only go all the way north until you reach the border."
After hearing his description, Lorraine immediately constructed a tragic picture in his mind of people dying of hunger everywhere.
His face sank and he said, "There's a drought on the prairie?"
If this is true, then the border situation this year in autumn is definitely not optimistic.
Once there is a drought on the grassland, the number of orc tribes heading north to plunder will increase in number. Those half-orcs who are going crazy with hunger will rush in like mad dogs, and the pressure on the border will also rise suddenly.
If we continue to deal with it as we did in previous years, we will definitely be in a hurry, especially the fortress that serves as an outpost, all of which have manpower deployed according to the scale of the orc invasion in recent years.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Angus.
Angus obviously thought of this situation, and nodded solemnly, indicating that he understood.
Delino sighed again, then nodded bitterly, and said: "In order to fight for a well and a river, the greatest warriors are killing each other. We Aquitan people are just trying to survive. We don't want our warriors to just
Sacrifice for the rivers that flood during the rainy season.
As long as you humans allow us to graze in the south and do not attack us or plunder us, we, the warriors of Aquitaine, are willing to stop the tribes that go north to hunt for you."
Lorraine looked at his twinkling eyes and couldn't help but laugh, thinking to herself: What these guys said is quite beautiful.
He said sarcastically: "What you mean is that as long as we leave you a place outside the border for you to graze, you will drive all your fellow villagers who went north back home. In this way, it seems that we have made a profit.
"
Delino said loudly: "Of course, the proverb of our half-orcs is that if you give your friend the most beautiful wife, you will get the friend's most beautiful daughter. We Aquitan never think that humans are our enemies, we just want to survive.
That’s all.”
Who said that half-beasts are heartless? These grandsons are so cunning~! Lorraine curled her lips and thought to herself: Use a second-hand product in exchange for an original one. Such shameless words can be said with a shy face.
Come out. This deal is really worthwhile. These orcs are also talented people~!
A light flashed in his eyes, he stared at Delino and said: "Our southern border of Nai'an is 620 miles long. There are more than 30,000 regular troops, militiamen and other troops deployed along the border. Just relying on your legendary
You have six thousand people who want to take on the role of thirty thousand of us. Do you think I will believe your big words?"
Delino laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, this is not a big talk by us Aquitan people. We Aquitan people have advantages that you humans don't have."
Delino paused for a moment when he said this, then slapped his chest, and continued: "We are half-orcs, and we understand the behavior of our kind. You humans can only hide behind high walls and wait for them to find you.
We Aquitaine can take the initiative."
Lorraine hummed, looked at Delino and said with a smile: "By doing this, it seems that we Naian people have taken all the advantages. It can't be that simple, right?"
Delino bared his teeth, smiled honestly, slapped his forehead, and said: "Look at my memory, of course, we fight for you humans, so a few small requests are not too much, right?"
"Please tell me."
Delino said aside: "We hope that you humans can provide us with some help just like you did with the Remi people."
The Remi tribe is a tribe that has lived on the border of Nai'an for a long time. Because it was the first to take refuge with humans, and it is also extremely civilized, it receives the best treatment.
"We hope that you humans can provide us with 10,000 bags of food every year. Once our soldiers go out to fight, no one will come to graze. We need this food to feed our women and children.
Also, two thousand sets of weapons and armor per year."
Some of Nai'an's officials couldn't help but laugh out loud, mockingly saying: "Weapons for two thousand people? Are you kidding me?"
Delino said dissatisfiedly: "Are you kidding? We are following the rules you gave to the Remi people. The Remi tribe only has 600 people. You give them 100 sets of weapons every year. We have 10,000 people and we need 2,000 sets.
It’s not too much.”
The Nai'an official here sneered: "How do we know whether you will use these things to hit us?"
Delino glared at him and shouted loudly: "We half-orcs value our oaths above our lives, and those who violate our oaths are worse than cowards."
Lorraine waved his hand and said to the officials: "Negotiate? Ask for a high price and pay back on the spot. Let's listen to what Drino has to say first, and then we can bargain later."
He turned his head and said: "Delino, right? Go on, you won't just have a few conditions, right?"
"Of course, considering that we have sacrificed so much, I hope we have a small, insignificant request, that is, we hope that you humans can open the market and trade freely with us in the south."
Delino deliberately emphasized the word "freedom", raised his eyes at Lorraine, and then said: "And, only trade with us."
Angus suddenly stood up and said loudly and decisively: "This is impossible~!"
"How is it impossible? Don't you trade with the Remi people every year?" Delino said loudly.
Angus said with a straight face: "That's different. Overseas trade must abide by imperial laws. There is no 'free' trade, and it is impossible for you to monopolize the southern overseas trade."
Lorraine shook his head and thought to himself: These guys have gotten to this point and are still thinking about annexing others. They are so incompetent that they deserve your misfortune.
Let them control all the trade rights with the orcs, and the lives of the small tribes on the border will be in the hands of the Aquitan people. They can only rely on the Aquitan people. How long it takes will be annexed by these people.
Lorraine held her chin and thought for a while, then turned to Angus and the others and said, "Tell them what we think."
Angus nodded, faced Delino and asked: "How many available troops do you have? Please tell the truth and don't use an imaginary number of six thousand to deal with us."
Delino rolled his eyes, hesitated for a moment, scratched his forehead and said: "Six thousand people are indeed the people of our tribe who can fight. It is easy for our Aquitan tribe to support four thousand dedicated warriors."
"That's four thousand people." Angus said.
Delino grinned and nodded.
Angus said: "Our conditions, first, we can supply you with food, but we have the final say on how much we give you every year.
If you want our weapons and armor, that's fine, but..."
The eyes of Delino and others immediately became intense. Orcs cannot mine or smelt iron. Human weapons are in hot demand on the prairie. A good sword can be exchanged for ten young women.
In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, human soldiers are not as good as these orcs who have been fighting since childhood. However, as long as human soldiers are equipped with armor and hold sharp blades, they can easily defeat orcs in frontal combat.
After all, orcs are humans too. They bleed when cut with a knife and die when pierced. Their weapons cannot cut through human armor, but human weapons can easily chop into pieces their leather shields.
"But..." Angus sneered and said: "Your people must be incorporated into our army, become our soldiers, obey our orders, and issue weapons to our soldiers. Of course we will not be stingy.
"
This time it was Delino's turn to jump up and shout: "That's impossible. Why haven't we, Aquitan, become slaves to your humans?"
Angus glanced at Delino and said to himself: "Third, your Aquitan tribe must hand over the hostages."
Delino shouted: "This is even more impossible."
Angus shrugged and leaned back in his chair.
Delino continued to yell there, saying: "I see that you humans have no sincerity at all. Let's stop talking. Let's go back to the tribe."
As he spoke, Delino turned to face the tribesmen sitting behind him, waving his arms and said: "It's not that I don't want to talk, it's that they humans don't want to talk to us. I've said it before, this is a waste of time, we are being
Haven’t they played enough?”
Lorraine sneered and said: "So be it, since you are not sincere, we don't need to waste time."
After speaking, Lorraine pushed away the chair and sat up, turned around and walked out the door.
"Hahahaha..." A harsh laughter came from the conference room.
Delino stood in the room next to him, with his hands on his hips and his head raised in laughter. He pointed at Lorraine and shouted: "It's ridiculous that humans are so arrogant that they don't know that disaster is already around the corner. We Aquitaine people should leave now."
, the land under the sun is endless, we can always find our pasture.”
Lorraine stopped the script, turned to look at Delino and said, "How do you say this?"
Delino glanced at Lorraine with contempt and said: "To tell you the truth, the Dulci people have gathered the two hundred largest tribes on the grassland. They are not here to steal your food and women, but to come here."
Steal your land.
We, Aquitan, are the only ones on the grassland who dare to resist the Durci. We come north not to ask for your mercy, but to save you.
But you humans actually treat us like beggars. I have said before that you humans cannot be trusted. We Aquitan people can only rely on ourselves. Warriors, let's go. Let me see how you humans can resist three hundred thousand orcs and them.
Evil Shaman."
Angus and the others chuckled softly, while Lorraine squinted her eyes and stared at Delino.
Angus snorted and said: "Do you think you can make up big words to boost your own self-esteem? Orcs can unite, it's a big joke."
"Bah," Delino spat heavily on the floor, raised his hands and shouted: "I swear by the sun god and the souls of my ancestors, if what I tell is a lie, I will be killed by the Dulci people.
The black shaman drained his soul and turned into a living corpse."
The conference room instantly became cold, and Angus and the others seriously considered the authenticity of Delino's remarks.
Lorraine looked at Delino carefully for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Are you negotiating? It's real or fake. Guests don't need to take it seriously. Let's continue."
Lorraine sat back on the chair and said: "You bid and we will counter-offer. If you are not satisfied, you can continue to bid."
Delino didn't say anything, just looked at Lorraine and the others and sneered.
Lorraine looked at his arrogant look and thought to herself: With a little cleverness but no great wisdom, it’s no wonder you are so miserable."
Lorraine smiled and said: "It's getting late, so there's no need to continue talking. The banquet I've prepared for you will start soon. Please come."
Lorraine left the office building and quickly summoned Beren and Goblin Shajin into the study room of the backyard residence. He relayed to them what Delino had just said verbatim.
Lorraine stared at Goblin Shajin and asked, "How is it? Is it possible that it is true?"
After hearing what Lorraine said, goblin Shajin scratched his head and tried to think back. After Lorraine and Beren waited quietly for a while, goblin Shajin raised his head and said: "Report to your lord, I have indeed heard of the Dulci people. They
The clan leaders are named Vechin and Torek, and they have always claimed to be the largest tribe on the grassland. In fact, they live in the southernmost part of the grassland and are a large and marginal tribe. I have never heard of any deeds they have done."
"So, you're not sure whether it's true or not?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I really don't know," Goblin Sha Jin lowered his head and said, "But, sir, I understand the orcs. Even the two hundred most powerful tribes on the grassland cannot muster an army of 300,000 people.
If all the men of a tribe go out to fight, the tribe will be annexed immediately. Unless they migrate as a whole tribe, they will be able to exclude at most 60,000 to 70,000 people, which is their limit."
Lorraine frowned and said: "Sixty to seventy thousand people are terrible. Even if we do general mobilization in Nai'an, we can only gather 40,000 soldiers."
Goblin Sha Jin shook his head and said: "Sir, the contradictions between those orcs are too deep, and nothing can unite them. Even if they really come to Nai'an, they will not be gathered together.
They must have dispersed in tribes."
Lorraine shook his head and said: "If there are too many ants, they can kill an elephant. What's more, if it is true, even if each of their tribes fights independently, our people will not be able to cope with it."
Belen, your East Factory must send more manpower, pay attention to all abnormalities on the southern front, and don't let go of any unusual traces. Sha Jin, you follow me to the banquet, you don't need to appear, just carefully observe those orcs.
"
"As you command, my lord."
The banquet hall is filled with laughter and laughter at the moment. No matter whether you are slapping the table and scolding your mother on the conference table, or sharpening your knives under the conference table to eat the other party alive, as long as it comes to such an occasion where you do not spend your own money and take advantage of it, everyone will
All of them are full of laughter and drinking happily.
After all, what we are talking about is the public interest, not just the gold coins in our pockets to make ends meet. There is no need to pretend to be dedicated to the public from morning to night.
There are several round tables in the hall. Orcs and Naian people each sit in their own seats, looking at the dancing girls in the venue, chatting with each other to the lively music.
The orcs were the most lethargic, holding extra-large wine glasses and making loud noises over large plates of beef.
Delino sat next to Lorraine, holding a glass of wine and pouring it into his mouth since the table was served. He muttered: "Your human food is good, no wonder those people have nothing to eat.
I hope to run towards your group."
"You know, one of your knives can be exchanged for ten of the most prolific women with big ass in our place."
"One of your clothes can be exchanged for seven of the most fertile women."
"One barrel of your wine can be exchanged for twelve women."
Lorraine thought to herself: Co-authored women are the currency in your place~!