Zhang Fei had no regrets about cutting off the heads of the three men, especially when he thought of Guan Yu's words, he couldn't help but frown.
Inside the bamboo house, Zhang Fei took the cloak handed over by the woman, shook his head and said, "You can keep it."
Naturally, the woman couldn't understand what he meant. After all, there was a language barrier.
But she understood Zhang Fei's movements. Seeing this, she knelt down to Zhang Fei gratefully and kept kowtowing to thank him.
Zhang Fei didn't know why, but when he saw this woman's grateful look, he suddenly felt a little confused.
After all, he is still a young man in his early twenties, and he is far from being hard-hearted.
"Is it really right to go south? What's the difference between doing this and barbarians?"
Zhang Fei murmured, frowned and walked out of the bamboo building. Several captains of the Longshan Army were standing outside. When they saw him, they gathered around him.
Zhang Fei waved his hands to them, indicating that nothing was wrong, and said in a deep voice: "Send a small team to be responsible for public security inspections. If such a situation is discovered, no matter who it is, they will be dealt with according to military law."
Several squad leaders clasped their fists in salute and responded solemnly.
After giving orders to a few people.
Zhang Fei walked to a pond and stared blankly at the duckweeds floating in the pond.
There were footsteps behind me.
Zhang Fei frowned slightly, thinking it was Guan Yu, but when he turned around, he saw a little girl approaching him cautiously, holding a green fruit in her hand, about to hand it to him.
Zhang Fei was stunned.
The little girl mustered up the courage to run over, put the fruit on the grass in front of Zhang Fei, and then said thank you to Zhang Fei in indigenous language.
Seeing the little girl running away, Zhang Fei picked up the fruit on the ground with a thoughtful look on his face.
The next day.
Captain Gao found Zhang Fei with a middle-aged native behind him.
Lao Gao said excitedly: "Yide, this guy said that there is a tribe to the west that is more numerous than others, and he can take us there."
Zhang Fei was doing morning exercises in front of the bamboo house, and several children nearby imitated him in jumping with long sticks.
Hearing what Lao Gao said, Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Can you understand what they say?"
Lao Gao laughed and said, "How is that possible? I don't understand, but I can figure it out."
As he spoke, he made gestures with the middle-aged native and babbling a few words.
Seeing this, the middle-aged native hurriedly knelt down to Zhang Fei, kowtowed repeatedly, and then patted his chest, as if to show his loyalty.
Zhang Fei is a little confused, what is going on?
At this time, the old woman and the girl who were responsible for cooking for Zhang Fei came out and bowed respectfully to the middle-aged man.
When the middle-aged man saw the two of them, he pointed at Zhang Fei with a fierce look, as if he was telling them something.
The old woman and the girl nodded in silence, looking at Zhang Fei with even more fear.
Zhang Fei frowned slightly.
Lao Gao said: "Yide, what's wrong with you? Why do you feel like you're not in a good mood?"
Zhang Fei laughed hard, shook his head and said, "Nothing, I was just thinking about that tribe you mentioned."
When Lao Gao heard this, he said happily: "Yes, this guy said that it is not far from their place, it takes about two days to walk there, and there are more people and more paddy fields there than here.
Hahaha."
Lao Gao's laughter attracted the attention of many people, who came over to ask what happened.
Knowing that the middle-aged native was going to lead them to attack another native tribe, the officers and soldiers of the Longshan Army were all excited.
They came all the way here just to fight. They had rested for three days and it was time to take action.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and sighed secretly.
"Okay then, after lunch, leave two hundred people behind and the rest will go with me."
Everyone jumped for joy.
Lao Gao suddenly asked: "Yide, why don't you inform your second brother?"
Zhang Fei frowned slightly when he heard this.
After yesterday's incident, he had not met Guan Yu. It would be somewhat embarrassing to go to him now.
As if he could see what Zhang Fei was thinking, Lao Gao took the initiative to ask for help and said, "How about I go and inform them."
Zhang Fei nodded slightly and agreed.
At this time, the middle-aged native also screamed excitedly, and kept gesticulating towards Lao Gao, pointing at himself and the natives who were building bamboo buildings not far away.
Lao Gao didn't know if he really understood, so he said to Zhang Fei after a while: "Yide, he seems to want to go with us, and he also said that he would bring the strong men of the tribe with him, because their tribe is following
That tribe has a grudge."
The officers and soldiers of the Longshan Army next to them looked confused and asked in disbelief: "Can you tell if this is true or not?"
Lao Gao smiled proudly, patted his chest and said, "I didn't raise those monkeys in vain."
The corners of Zhang Fei's mouth twitched, okay, he looked at people as monkeys.
Looking back at the middle-aged aboriginal, and then at the aboriginal child next to him, Zhang Fei pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "You can take them with you. Listen carefully. If they dare to play any tricks, they will be killed on the spot.
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The officers and soldiers of the Longshan Army were not stupid. They all looked at the middle-aged native with ill intentions after hearing this.
The middle-aged native tightened his butt unconsciously and looked at Zhang Fei's face full of flattery.
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Two days later.
The middle-aged natives did not lie. About two days' journey west of their tribe, a large tribe appeared.
This tribe not only owns a large number of paddy fields, but also houses built of rammed earth, as well as oxcarts and rakes.
In the distant tree canopy.
Zhang Fei held the telescope without locking it and said in a deep voice: "This tribe is not simple. They have already begun to use iron tools."
Lao Gao stood on the tree trunk below him, nodded and replied: "There are probably thousands of wisps of smoke. According to the situation of the previous tribe, there were about ten people per stove, so there are at least ten thousand people here."
Zhang Fei put down the telescope, took out a green fruit, took a bite, and said: "Ten thousand is not much. Excluding the old, weak, women and children, the fighting strength is only one or two thousand, which is only a few hundred people larger than the many over there."
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lao Gao nodded, lowered his head and shouted to his companions under the tree: "Notify down, check the equipment, and be ready to attack at any time."
The two climbed down from the tree.
Just at this moment, Guan Yu rushed over with two deputies.
Seeing Zhang Fei, Guan Yu wanted to come forward and speak, but Zhang Fei ignored him. After giving Lao Gao a few words, he turned around and walked towards the Longshan troops in front.
When Guan Yu saw this, he stood there awkwardly.
Lao Gao didn't know what happened between the two brothers.
He walked up to Guan Yu, clasped his fists and said, "General Guan, we have found out the situation and can attack at any time. I wonder if you are ready?"
Guan Yu cupped his fists and returned the salute, nodded and said: "Captain Gao, don't worry, the two thousand people brought by Guan are at your disposal at any time."
"Don't dare. Since this is the case, just listen to the sound of the cannons and act accordingly. Just like before, the cannons will fire three times and we will immediately surround them and move forward. Anyone who surrenders will not be killed."
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Boom boom boom!
The sudden explosion echoed through the forest.
The joyful laughter that was originally there was instantly replaced by panic and fear.
The tribal leader reacted quickly, took off the horn from his waist, and blew the horn for counterattack.
From the dense forest on the edge of the paddy field, hundreds of ragged indigenous people suddenly rushed out, and the leader was clearly the enemy of their tribe.
When the tribal leader saw this, he shouted angrily: "Chapon, you are such a coward!?"
The middle-aged native, Chapon, was extremely excited at this time. Although he was seized of power by a more powerful force, he also found an opportunity for revenge.
"Songpa, today is your death.
Period, I want to avenge my children, hahaha."
The leader of the tribe, Songpa, was not angry but happy. He thought he was some kind of powerful enemy, but it turned out to be Chapong, his defeated general.
He immediately shouted: "Everyone, pick up your weapons and join me in killing these cowards who only know how to sneak attack."
This tribe is indeed a tribe of ten thousand people. After a roar, three or two strong men can run out from each house.
In particular, their weapons include bows and arrows made of metal, which are very lethal.
Tribal leader Sompa also took out an iron scimitar from home, looked at the women and children in the house, and shouted: "Go and hide with the big witch. You can come back after we deal with these guys."
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The women and children didn't seem to be afraid, they nodded and ran towards a hill to the north of the tribe.
Not only them, but the old, weak, sick and disabled of the tribe seemed to be running towards that place. This scene happened to be seen by the Longshan Army scouts who were hiding in the trees, and they immediately asked people to go around and investigate.
Here, people from the two tribes went to work directly.
At first, the fighting was back and forth, and the thousands of acres of paddy fields were stained with blood.
As the numerical disadvantage became more apparent, Chapon's side began to retreat steadily, and he looked back anxiously towards the dense forest.
Aren't those people going to take action?
Just when they were in deep despair.
call out!
An arrow flew past Chapon's ear and hit a native who ran over to chop him.
Immediately afterwards, more and more arrows were shot out from the dense forest, almost none of them missed, and the arrows took people's lives.
Although those who surrender are not killed, too many strong men are obviously not conducive to management. It is enough to open up farmland with old, weak, women and children.
In just a few dozen breaths, nearly half of the three thousand strong men of the Songpa tribe were killed or injured.
At this time, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu led the people out of the dense forest and shouted to surrender without killing.
Regardless of whether the natives understood it or not, they were very good at controlling the momentum. After a while, Songpa and others were so frightened that they did not have the courage to resist.
It's not that they didn't fight back, but that their bows and arrows clearly hit those people's bodies.
But the arrows that were supposed to be indestructible actually bounced off the black clothes of those people. What a fart.
Just when Songpa and others were kneeling down and disarming themselves.
Chapeng suddenly raised his bamboo spear, aimed at Sompa's chest and stabbed it in.
"Hahaha, my children, have you seen that I finally avenged you."
When Chapon looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, an arrow shot quickly and pierced the back of his heart.
This scene caused an uproar among the people of both tribes, but due to the strength of the men in black, they could only watch their leader die like this.
Zhang Fei frowned slightly and looked at the man shooting arrows.
"Well, the captain said that those who surrender will not be killed, he, he violated the military order, I, I..."
Zhang Fei did not blame him, but patted him on the shoulder and praised: "Well done."
Although the death of the middle-aged native was a bit unjust, he did disobey the military order and should be executed according to the law. Now he just died earlier.
"Clean up the battlefield and count the number of people." Zhang Fei said loudly.
At this time, Guan Yu's men arrived belatedly, passed through the paddy fields full of the smell of blood, and took the surrendered indigenous people into custody.
"Third brother." Guan Yu walked up to Zhang Fei and called out.
Zhang Fei paused, finally sighed, and turned around and said: "Second brother, no matter what, you must restrain your men this time. If something like that happens again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Seeing that he was finally willing to talk to him, Guan Yu stepped forward with a smile, "Third brother, don't worry, I have already told you when we got to the road. If you dare to mess around again this time, I will chop them down myself without you taking action."
Zhang Fei's expression softened slightly, and he and Guan Yu walked towards the tribe.
As soon as the two of them reached the tribe, a scout from the Longshan Army ran over.
"I have met General Zhang and General Guan.
"
Zhang Fei said "hmm" and asked, "Have all those who escaped been captured?"
The scout clasped his fists in salute and said with a smile: "They didn't run too far. They are hiding in a valley to the north. There is a pool in the valley with a waterfall flowing above it. We also found a Han man."
"Han?" Zhang Fei and Guan Yu looked at each other.
The scout said: "Yes, he must be Han. Although his accent is a little different, I can probably understand what he said. According to him, he was originally from Zongke County, Yizhou. Emperor Huan went to the mountains to hunt in the eighth year of Yanxi's reign.
I got lost with the villagers and ended up here accidentally."
"The eighth year of Yanxi's reign, wasn't that twenty-five years ago?"
Guan Yu exclaimed, and at the same time he was overjoyed, "So, he understands what these natives are saying?"
The scout clasped his fists and replied, "Yes, not only can he understand, he has taught some of the languages here to the indigenous people. Moreover, the indigenous people here respect him very much and call him the omniscient wizard."
When Zhang Fei heard this, he couldn't help but look at the plows and iron tools used by the indigenous people beside the house.
If my guess is correct, it all has something to do with this Han Chinese.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for only this tribe to be so "advanced". You must know that the tribe before was still living rough and drinking blood.
"Quickly, bring this person over. I want to ask him personally." Zhang Fei said.
Guan Yu rarely smiled and sighed: "Now, with the help of such a person, it will be much easier to control these natives."
Zhang Fei also nodded in agreement, glanced at Guan Yu, and the two laughed in unison.
After all, they are brothers. Although they are a bit contradictory, men, how can they be so petty.
"Let's go, second brother, I still have the last bottle of wine. We two brothers will drink it together tonight."
Guan Yu's eyes lit up, he stepped forward and stopped Zhang Fei's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Since it's the last bottle of wine, how about you and I compete to see who wins and who drinks?"
Zhang Fei chuckled, patted the Dragon Mountain Armor on his body, and teased: "Second brother, are you sure you want to spar with me?"
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment and then said nonchalantly: "Let's compete in wrestling."
Zhang Fei: If I’m a man, come and chop me down. If I’m stupid, I’ll wrestle with you.