Thinking of the scene on the beach last night, I said to everyone: "Whale meat!"
At that time, this archipelago was still in the Yayoi period. The landforms here destined the residents here to have no chance to practice agriculture on a large scale in China. They didn’t even have the conditions to face the sea, and they couldn’t even migrate.
possible
The vast loess plateau on the Chinese mainland has semi-dry soil, with only a sparse layer of grass growing on it. Plants can be cultivated even with only wooden sticks dug in ancient times.
Therefore, a huge empire has been established over there, but this island is still in the tribal era. The so-called "Warring States" in their history, if it can be called the Warring States, will have to wait for more than a thousand years.
Will appear later
The women here can only collect nuts and grains, dig root plants, and catch insects on the flat land scattered in the mountains, while the men catch small animals and fish.
As for the whale, maybe they have only seen its dorsal fin on the sea surface, but where can whale meat be eaten?
Thinking back to yesterday, it was not surprising that they were so surprised when they saw the whale skeleton.
So I suggested to King Tian that the brigade should quickly return to the seaside, meet up with General Su, and then send out a small team to insert into the enemy's lair, wait for the opportunity, and catch him off guard at the critical moment.
There were only two people in the team. After General Ji and I separated from King Tian and others, they rushed to support the headquarters, and we quietly approached the stone village.
This stone village is not made of stones, but a natural stone ridge, which is more than ten feet high. On the outside, it looks like an abyss with an axe, and a wooden bridge is hung on it.
And this stone ridge, adjacent to the abyss-like ravine, has been winding around the stronghold, enclosing the huts built according to the mountain inside. It is really an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place.
In order not to alert others, we lurked forward on the outside of the stone ridge. The mountains outside were getting higher and higher. As we walked, we observed the situation in the village. We could clearly see what was going on there, but we couldn't go in because of the depth outside the ridge.
The narrowest part of the ditch is two feet long, and the bottom is bottomless. The only faint sound of the galloping water can be heard.
The stone village is full of white rock surfaces with very little soil. All the huts are built with red pine trunks lined up side by side as walls and covered with thatch. There is a stone platform on the open ground in the center of the village.
It is two feet wide and two feet long, and more than three feet high. There are steps paved with several bluestone slabs to reach the top of the stone platform. It seems that this is where they gather for meetings.
The entire village is divided into two areas: the front and the back. The front area is mainly for public activities, and the back area looks like separate houses for each family. The stone village is backed by a cliff, and the winding stone ridge is behind the village.
The cliff blends into one
The place where General Ji and I are is right next to this cliff, and we can see the entire village from here.
There is no way to get in. There is a tall pine tree on our side of this deep ditch. After falling down, not only can we cross the abyss in front of us, but we may also be able to build a tree directly on the stone ridge.
The roots of this pine tree are as thick as a washbasin, but we don’t have an axe. Only the sword that King Tian gave me
It is not difficult to cut down the pine trees, but it will alarm the people in the village.
So, General Ji hid in a high place and monitored the inside of the village, while I held a sword in my hand and went down to chop down the tree. I didn't dare to make a loud noise, so I first penetrated the tip of the sword into the bark of the tree, and then turned my wrist to chop down the tree.
Cut off the bark and then peel the trunk inside.
At this time, I heard a noise inside, and I could hear the sounds of the Eastern Barbarians. General Ji whispered, "Come and see."
When I returned to the high place where he was hiding, I only saw the suspension bridge of Shizhai lowered, a group of people carrying their backs on their shoulders, crowding across the bridge. A white-haired old woman was trotting along with two pieces of whale meat in her arms.
Rushed into a thatched hut to the south
Could it be that this group of thieves finally succeeded? What shocked me even more was what was behind!
I found the painting among the group of people who finally entered the suspension bridge! There were also Xiaoyue, Jiang Wanqing, my father, and two other people wearing our clothes.
They were pushed around by others, and when they entered the stone village, the suspension bridge was pulled up again.
Immediately, more than a dozen people armed with spears and wooden clubs stood on the stone ridge, strictly guarding the outside world, while our people were pushed to the stone platform in the middle of the village.
The village soon became lively, and hundreds of people gathered around the stone platform. Many of them were injured. A strong man came out of the crowd. He was the leader last night. He stood on the platform and raised his arms and shouted.
, we were far away, and what we could only hear vaguely was:
“I want to eat dried shrimps—I want to eat dried shrimps—(sound)” The crowd in the audience was also furious.
I saw the leader finished shouting and walked towards our people, looking at every woman greedily. Finally, he stretched out his hand to touch Hua’s face. This guy is not stupid, but my father Tian Enyi pushed his chest out.
, blocked the front, and almost touched the old man’s face with his hand.
General Ji raised his bow and then put it down feebly. It was too far and he was afraid of hurting our people.
Our hearts were in our throats. At this moment, two of our sergeants who had been controlled on the stage struggled violently. Regardless of someone behind them grabbing them, they suddenly rushed over and kicked the leader repeatedly.
!
They were protecting them, but immediately, a wooden stick fell on them. While struggling, they cursed and greeted the ancestors of these thieves.
I wished I had wings, so I hurried to my painting, Xiaoyue and the others. At this time, a burst of shouting and killing came from outside the stone village. The crowd gathered in the center of the village was like startled tadpoles, and there was a moment of chaos.
The leader jumped down from the platform, kept calling some names, and asked them to go to various parts of the stone village to organize defenses. He also ordered a few people to escort the people on the platform and hurried to the back village.
My father was kicked badly by the thief just now. Now, Hua and Xiaoyue are supporting him, his steps are a little staggering.
They were pushed into a wooden house under the cliff close to our side, but immediately, the two thieves who followed into the house were kicked out and fell on their backs in the courtyard.
Our people defended the house and resisted. For the time being, Hua and Xiaoyue were not in danger, but there were six people in the house, three women, an old man, and two sergeants who were injured, and they had no weapons. At most, there was a canopy for the door.
Gangzi, the situation is still very critical.
In front of Shizhai, the battle was also very fierce. General Ji said to me, "Why are you still stunned? Why don't you go chop down the tree! I'm here to support you." As he said that, he took out an arrow from the arrow pot and placed it on it.
on the string
I just woke up like a dream, what's the use of just being anxious here, now I'm taking advantage of the chaos, don't worry about the movement, I jumped down, swung the sword, cut deeply into the tree trunk, shook it for a long time before pulling it out again, this sword can cut iron
Runi, but he is not a good guy who chops down trees.
General Ji fired an arrow with a bang, and my heart tightened. I heard a scream from the village. My heart went out to the people in the village, so I jumped up and looked inside. I saw a man lying outside the door where my father and the others were hiding.
, painful twitching, there was an arrow stuck in the back of the linen clothes, and blood kept oozing out.
I took one look and jumped down to chop down the tree.