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This made perfect sense, so the Xiliang Army was accepting tribute from Yongzhou Thieves while waiting for them to come buy horses with money or grain, and then they planned to double-cross them. Frankly, the Xiliang Army had intended to betray them from the start. They weren't worried about getting into trouble—their boss was about to ascend the throne, what was there to worry about?
On one hand, the Xiliang Soldiers bragged and shot the breeze with the bandits serving them, while on the other, they prepared to wipe them out. After all, it was only natural for official troops to exterminate bandits!
The Yongzhou Thieves boasted to the horse-selling Xiliang Soldiers to kill morale, all the while plotting to eliminate these inhuman creatures. As for grain and money, they didn't have enough to go around, let alone give to the Xiliang Soldiers—what a joke! And if it weren't for the Xiliang Soldiers' looting everywhere, would they have been forced to become outlaws?