When the vulture swooped down to a certain height, although no one could spot it in time, the two reconnaissance vultures flying above Soyo had already discovered the flying "comrades" three vultures entangled in the sky in time.
, whirling, and the weird flying posture quickly attracted the attention of people on the ground. Soon, Zhou Jiping also discovered this unusual scene.
Zubei, go and ask what's going on? Where did that vulture come from? Did you come to report something? Zhou Jiping turned to Zubei who was accompanying him and said, Zubei responded, "Quickly"
Walking towards the Free Army camp, there is a special vulture unit, which is composed entirely of Cardosans who know how to tame falcons. Old man Gule is their leader.
As soon as Zubei ran out, one of the three vultures entangled in the sky suddenly left its other two buddies and fell to the ground. Apparently, it saw the mark sent by the falconer on the ground.
The fact that it has descended also shows that this is indeed a trained vulture flying from somewhere else. It must be here to send a message, and there must be something special going on.
Now Cardossa's falconers have been distributed. Each settlement of the grassland tribe usually has a Cardossa with a vulture. This way, if something happens, especially an emergency, each settlement and Soyo
Communication is much faster
However, in order to prevent false alarms and misreporting of military information, Zhou Jiping stipulated that each tribe would only send vultures to fly back to Soyo at a fixed time and wait until they saw the vultures flying back as scheduled, with wooden talons engraved with specific symbols tied to their claws.
Stick, ask for this
After knowing that all the tribes are safe and sound, they will put the vulture back. Like in the rainy season, a time when vultures are not easy to take off, the vultures take off two days after the rain stops. Obviously, this vulture came with some time.
abnormal
Seeing this situation, Zhou Jiping couldn't stay any longer. Zubei ran not far away, and Zhou Jiping rushed over soon after.
Not far away, several people rushed towards them from the direction of the Free Army camp. The leader was none other than the oldest Kadosa man - the old man from Gule. Zubei, who had just been sent out, was following these people. It was obvious that he
I also met Gu Lei and the others on the road, and then they got together and rushed over.
In just one year, old man Gulei has already aged out of shape. When Zhou Jiping met him a year ago, old man Gulei could still walk on his own. Now, he needs help from others.
Seeing Gu Lei being held up by the juniors around him with his feet barely touching the ground, Zhou Jiping knew that something big must have happened, otherwise Gu Lei wouldn't be so anxious.
Sure enough, the panting Gulei came to Zhou Jiping and didn't even bother to say hello. He directly handed him an animal skin tube with three bright bird feathers tied on it - a sign of emergency! Look!
Seeing this sign, Zhou Jiping's heart sank suddenly, he hurriedly took it and opened it.
There are two pieces of paper wrapped in the leather tube. To be precise, they are two pieces of paper with drawings on them. When Zhou Jiping wrote to Huang Pihu in the past, Zhou Jiping said that "there is no paper for asking". In fact, it is wrong. The correct term should be "asking for money".
There was a shortage of paper, because what little paper there was was distributed by Zhou Jiping to the managers of each settlement.
No, now this paper comes in handy. However, the Damon people only have language, but no mature writing of their own. Cardossa is also like this, so when encountering unexpected situations, there is no other way but to draw pictures. Fortunately, the indigenous people have some
With the talent of painting, even not too complicated meanings can be clearly expressed through painting, but it is a bit troublesome to understand.
Zhou Jiping frowned and unfolded one of the pictures, only to see a group of humanoid figures drawn with thick strokes on it. He roughly counted sixteen - what does this mean? Looking at the other picture, he saw that there were drawings on it.
There is a topographic map, and below it is the outline of a gun.
The meaning of the topographic map was that the writers were Elder Ajia and his military assistant Yimu who were mining diamond mines in Singida. The shape of the gun below surprised Zhou Jiping. Although the indigenous people
The gun in the painting is a bit unclear, but the straight magazine indicates that it should be an M-made firearm.
What does this mean? Did Elder Ega say that they were in trouble? Were there intruders? Were they using M-type weapons?
After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Jiping became more and more sure of his judgment: sixteen uninvited guests with guns came, and they were probably using American-made firearms. When they passed by Singida, they were discovered by Elder Ajia and others. Then Elder Ajia
The others then sent the warning message through the vulture.
But who are these sixteen people? Who on this grassland can use M-made weapons? Were they the first people to transport goods to Soyo by waterway? And then they were stranded because the water level was not high enough? The results are these
People came ashore?
After thinking about it, Zhou Jiping felt that something was wrong. Handney and the others had said well in advance that only one and a half months after the rainy season began, the ship could sail directly into the Soyo River. At this time, it was obviously not the case for General Makunda.
people over there
Could these people be heading for the diamond? An idea suddenly popped into Zhou Jiping's mind. As he continued to think about it, he felt more and more that his judgment made sense, and the outsider who knew the news about the diamond was Welf.
Now, didn't Welf sever himself from Rose E just because of his fierce fight with Country M?
Just when he felt that his idea made sense, Zhou Jiping felt that something was wrong. Welf knew that the traded items were diamonds, but Welf didn't know that the valley that produced diamonds was Singida. Now, Welf's
The suspicion has indeed been reduced a lot. However, will the sudden appearance of these people in Singida affect the personal safety of Ega and the others?
Counting the days, it would take at most two days for the vultures to fly from Xingida to Soyo. Moreover, the area of Xingida is large enough. As long as there are not enough enemies coming, Elder Ajia and the others can definitely avoid the opponent's attacks. Now Zhou Jiping's only worry is
The question is, who are these people and what are they here for?
"What happened?" Beside Zhou Jiping, Elder Jiwayo and Lais suddenly asked in two different languages at the same time.
"Nothing, it seems I have to go out for a while to conduct a camping training for the people of the field company." Zhou Jiping did not make the situation he analyzed to the public. At this time, Soyo needed a stable environment.
"By the way, go call Zhong Wei and Xiang Hui." Zhou Jiping suddenly remembered that the two soldiers who were waiting to call people had just ran out not far away. Zhou Jiping added, "Let them wait for me at the temple.