When the sun was about to go down, the entire beach next to the stream became empty and silent.
The savages have left the plains and are retreating to the mountains in the distance. The wild-haired weirdo who was chasing Li Yun just now is also walking in the queue of savages. From time to time he gestures with his hands and talks to several leader-looking savages.
What are you wearing?
Some seriously injured and dying people were abandoned on the spot, and their moans could be heard in the camp. Mixed with the sound of the waves in the distance, they seemed drifting and desolate, like ghosts crying. Accompanying these injured people, there were at least
Hundreds of corpses.
In this battle that occurred due to a misunderstanding, the ferocious Jurchens who dared to die put tremendous pressure on Li Yun's troops. However, their number of casualties was far greater than that of Li Yun's troops.
In addition to the hundreds of lives lost on the beach, Li Yun and others also died a lot when they raided in the dense forest. King Guang's scoundrel killed no less than ten people one after another. Counting the results of other people's battles, at least two
Thirty lives are available.
In this way, the wild Jurchen was full of awe when he retreated, while Li Yun and his party only watched.
Everyone was simmering with fire and full of anger, and they all felt that the deaths of those on our side were a pity and meaningless death.
But these savages have no brains to begin with, and their ideas are very simple. Their minds run wild, how can they predict it in advance? Since the other party's losses are greater, this matter can only be solved.
Li Yun stared at their figures submerged in the forest and said calmly: "Have you seen these savages? Many of their faces are frozen, and some have their ears and noses frozen off, so they look particularly scary. Also,
, almost all of them have missing fingers, and judging from their walking posture, many of them also have missing toes.”
He looked at Wang Bao'er and asked, "Is this supposed to be the result of frostbite?"
Wang Baoer nodded.
The winter in the Northeast is naturally bone-chilling. Many people here know how difficult life is when the snow is deeper than the knees and the urine can freeze into ice lines.
But generally speaking, ordinary people living in Liaodong can at least build a shack to protect themselves from the wind and light a fire. If the whole tribe works together, no matter how difficult it is, everyone will not have frostbite marks on their bodies.
It can be seen that most of these savages cannot build a house, and they may not even be able to light a fire. There is almost no influence of civilization on them, and they are indeed close to wild beasts.
Generally speaking, the farther away from the influence of the Central Plains, the more barbaric the barbarians live, just like the Khitan and Jurchen in the past, and the Jurchen and Mongolia now.
However, this kind of barbarism does not necessarily translate into powerful fighting power. Just like in the Northeast, if we do not consider the Jurchens, Khitans, Bohai people and Xi people who have accepted Chineseization, those tribes living in the cold and miserable lands of the north
In fact, most of them are weak. These small tribes are often targeted for plunder by powerful tribes, and their tribesmen are often captured and used as cannon fodder.
The Yellow-headed Jurchens, or other tribes of wild Jurchens and Huli Gai people living here are probably the savage tribes that were kidnapped near Hesihan Pass in the early years.
For the Jurchens of the Wanyan clan who have taken over the Central Plains, the value of these tribes lies in their barbarism. Their tribesmen are no different from ferocious dogs waiting to be tamed in the mountains and forests. Therefore, the local officials of the imperial court should indulge them as they should.
Maintaining a lifestyle similar to that of a beast.
Li Yun didn't know what they did for a living, and he hadn't found their gathering point before the accident. But just looking at the state of the fight, it was true that what these savages relied on was pure ferocity and savagery. They didn't have the method of forming an array, so they couldn't
They can produce metal weapons, but they don't have armor. The badly damaged weapons they take out during the fight are probably their magic weapons.
Not to mention, they acted without command or golden drums and flags, relying entirely on the shouts of the leader. They clearly had a large number of people, but they did not know how to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses. Instead, they only relied on brute force and ferocity to charge forward with all their strength.
Such savages, with a scale of thirty to fifty people, might cause trouble to Ding Haijun with the same strength; but with a scale of three to five hundred people, they would become targets of massacre. No wonder Heshi Liehuanduan was already weak.
His subordinates could also charge into the mountains, destroy villages, and plunder as much as they wanted.
This kind of looting should be the norm for the Jin army here in Fuzhou. The hatred between the two families is obviously as deep as the sea.
"These savages are nothing to be afraid of, but to guard against them, we must build a military fort with at least two hundred people stationed there. In the future, we will also have to maintain cavalry patrols of dozens of people in our pasture. That would be too troublesome."
Zheng Rui frowned and said: "In addition, if we want to buy horses and set up a ranch, He Shi Liehuanduan's help is indispensable. If these savages frequently get into trouble with He Shi Liehuanduan, trouble will arise and the operation of the trade routes will be affected."
"There are many fleeing Han people in this mountain, and they seem to have formed a small tribe of their own. Since Old Man Hu can persuade the savages to retreat, he must have some prestige. With him as a middleman, we can always talk to the savages.
And the conditions we can offer will definitely be more generous than they imagined."
"That's true." Everyone nodded: "As long as Han'er is here, everything will be much easier to handle."
Wang Bao'er asked: "Is that weirdo's original surname Hu?"
Li Yun nodded: "I asked. The old man's surname is Hu, and his ancestors are from Zhongdu. In his early years, he was kidnapped by the Jurchens and sent to Liaodong to serve as slaves. Later, he could not bear the humiliation and rebelled in the mountains. This is
South of Hesihan Pass, there are about two to three hundred Han people who have fled over the years. There are two settlements and some land has been reclaimed. However, they also herd and hunt in daily life, which is not much different from the customs of wild Jurchens."
When he said this, the child who had unleashed the dog to bite Li Yun looked up at him and suddenly spoke, speaking eloquently: "Customs and other things are nothing compared to life and death. My grandfather said,
I would rather die as a savage in the mountains than be treated as a slave by the imperial court."
Everyone's expressions were stagnant at the same time.
Li Yun touched the child's head and said with a smile: "Being a savage is too hard, and not all Han children are slaves."
When the Liao Dynasty was strong and powerful, the capital of the present day Jin Dynasty was used as the headquarters of Nanjing, and an official office was set up to command millions of Han people. After the Jurchens raised their troops to fight, they only killed people in the process of attacking the fifty-four states under the control of Liaoyang on the Bohai Sea.
There are hundreds of thousands of Han people.
Later, when the Jurchens founded the country, in order to replenish the northeastern hinterland that they themselves had slaughtered, hundreds of thousands of Han people were forcibly moved from Nanjing to the Northeast, and all of them were used as slaves of the Jurchen nobles, and even in the camps where the Jurchen nobles lived.
, dedicated to envoys, and half of the people in the south live there.
These Han people in the northeastern hinterland have always lived a life of no dignity and extreme hardship, so they have fled in large numbers every year for decades.
How harsh is the environment in the interior of Northeast China? The cold and snow in winter can kill people easily! The fleeing Han'er constantly died of hunger and cold, but the latecomers continued to flee, one after another.
So here at Hesihan Pass, Li Yun met an old man named Hu and his grandson.
Li Yun suddenly felt that since he had arrived in Liaodong, besides purchasing horses according to the military government's plan, there were still many articles to write and many things to do.