Chapter 559: Ju and Youfu's Decision (Subscribe and vote)

The leader of the Barbarian Tribe is called 'Ju', and he is also a very capable person. After all, he can support a huge tribe of more than 2,000 people. It is impossible without some ability.

Ju first comforted the families of the dead and wounded, and distributed the seized cloth, brown sugar, and white salt to their direct relatives, mainly their descendants. Their women, if they are still of childbearing age, will soon have new spouses and will not be single and raise children all the time.

Getting these looted good things will always give those families some comfort in their hearts, which is better than nothing.

The most unfortunate are the wounded who did not die immediately. They endured the pain and could not get immediate relief. Most people said that they were not afraid of death, but when it really came to death, how many people would not be afraid.

The wounded wailed and soon went into shock due to excessive blood loss, and then they were buried directly as dead people. Well, even if they didn't die, they were dead. This is good, at least they don't have to wake up and continue to suffer.

The rest of the people were angry and wanted revenge. They were beaten on their own territory and suffered such heavy losses. Even when they hunted tigers and giant bears before, they had never suffered such heavy casualties. More than 20 people died.

Some people realized the special weapons used by the other side and surrounded the leader with envy, staring at the weapons captured by the leader. Some reckless men shouted that they could defeat the enemy with their spears. He killed one with his own spear. The enemy was not invincible. They just had better weapons. If they had good protection, they could reduce casualties.

But the leader was still calm. The two steel knives were in his hands. He knew very well the power of such weapons. Besides, the number of the other side was not small. He stood on the shore and observed from a distance. The "rafts" floating on the water carried at least two or three hundred people, and most of them were adult men.

"These are definitely not all the people from the other tribe. The things they brought are not made on the 'raft', so they must have their own tribe, maybe in the upper reaches of the river, because they came from there.

They can make such powerful weapons and such a large wooden raft. There must be more people in their tribe than us. If all the people in their tribe are holding such weapons, we will definitely not be able to beat them."

Ju analyzed in his mind, but at this time, someone else made a different voice.

"Even if we can beat them, they are now staying on the other side of the river and can't come over. How can you beat them?"

Hearing this, everyone immediately turned their heads to look at the people on the other side of the river, as well as the three large sailboats and six landing boats floating on the river, and started to think about how to get across.

The barbarian tribe had rafts. They had mastered the technology of making rafts. It was a kind of raft made of a frame made of branches and sticks, and then tied with leather bags underneath. But it was not very reliable. It was not a problem to float to the other side of the river. The key was that there were big crocodiles in this section of the river. For the crocodiles, the rafts would basically be overturned with a flick of their tails. At that time, the people on the rafts would be buried in the belly of the fish. Therefore, although they built rafts, they rarely went into the water. Therefore, their navigation technology has not developed much over the years.

Looking at the river surface less than 300 meters wide, many people felt a sense of despair. Even if you can beat it, it is useless if you can't get through.

The leader Ju stood up from the ground. He was wearing linen boots on his feet and linen pants on his legs. His naked upper body revealed his strong muscles. He had a captured goose feather knife hanging on his waist. The other one had no scabbard and could only be wrapped in animal skin and carried on his back. He did not take the two iron spears used for the bed crossbows for himself.

He stood up, facing everyone, and said in a serious and calm tone.

"Don't think about it. We can't beat them, not because we can't beat them, but because we can't beat them. They have at least two hundred men with this kind of weapons. Then we have to mobilize the whole tribe to defeat them, but we don't have so many rafts to take us over."

After saying this, he glanced at his tribesmen and saw that some people wanted to refute, so he continued.

"Even if we have so many rafts, our rafts are not as fast as their rafts, nor can they carry as many people. By the time we get there, they will have already run away.

Moreover, even if we can get there and win, by the time we win, there will probably not be many men left in our tribe. What's the point of winning like this?"

Gathering there to talk about facts and reasoning, as soon as these words were spoken, everyone was silent. The leader was right. They had no reason to fight at all. A group of people fought against six people, and more than 20 people were killed and injured. If they wanted to eat all the other side, how many people would they need? Even if they made sufficient preparations to reduce some casualties, it was estimated that the number was very limited. Moreover, the other side had large rafts that could carry many people. They could run away at any time, and our tribe could not catch up.

In other words, the initiative of the war was not on our side at all.

And this is what Ju said, he didn't want to hurt the confidence of the tribesmen. In fact, he knew in his heart that although their tribe temporarily had the advantage in numbers, they actually had no chance of winning. If the other side had a steel knife in hand, how could they win? If this thing hit, even if the person didn't die at the time, he wouldn't live for more than three days.

"So are we just going to let it go? More than 20 of our tribesmen died." A sturdy hunter shouted unwillingly.

Ju knew that the tribesmen were emotional. If he didn't let them find something to do and didn't avenge his tribesmen, many people would definitely not obey him, so he said.

"Of course we can't just let it go like this. We can't get through, but we can lure them over to fight. We'll send someone to keep an eye on them these days, and the others will think about how to block their weapons. We'll take good protection, and then scold them on the shore, humiliate them severely, they will definitely get angry, and then come over.

And I found that their big raft can't dock, they can only go ashore on the smaller raft, so even if they come over, they definitely can't send all of them up at once. At that time, we will take advantage of their small number and rush over, and we will definitely be able to defeat them."

Everyone heard it, eh? It's still the leader who has an idea. This method is good. As long as we lure them ashore, it's not certain who will win or lose. So everyone started to discuss excitedly, and studied what kind of protection to use to block the opponent's sharp weapons.

Their leader Ju smiled bitterly secretly, you all go and prepare, it's good to scold for two days to vent your anger, maybe the group of people will leave tomorrow, do you really think they will come to your door to let you fight?

The others were very excited. Being able to take revenge was one thing, but the key was the weapons of the Han tribe, which made them very envious. Now there were only two knives, and both were occupied by the leader. He was the leader and should have the best things. No one said anything, but if he could grab some more, the leader couldn't just occupy them all. He would definitely have to share some of them. If he grabbed more, wouldn't the chance of getting a share be greater? So everyone began to prepare actively.

However, just as Ju said, Youfu and his men were not going to land again.

"Captain, looking at their posture, they want to wait until we go ashore next time to rob us again. What should we do? Just leave like this? What about our dead brothers?" The captain of the No. 2 sailboat asked Youfu.

"How is this possible? We are from the Han tribe. The leader often says that those who offend the powerful Han will be punished no matter how far away they are. It means that if they bully our Han tribe, they will go and kill them no matter how far away they are. What's more, this time they killed three of our tribesmen and robbed our things." Youfu also said hatefully.

"What should we do now? They are on guard now, waiting for us to come over." Another captain also asked.

"Of course we can't go now."

You Fu had just said half of his words when the others looked at him in disbelief, as if they couldn't believe what he said. In the first sentence, he said that he would kill the enemy even if he was far away, and in the next sentence, he wanted to run away. What did this mean?

You Fu broke off a dry branch and threw it into the fire, saying calmly.

"Don't forget what our mission is. The leader asked us to scout the hydrology and the terrain on both sides of the downstream, not to kill people. The leader gave us a lot of weapons, but there were only 30 or 40 knives, a crossbow, and no spears. We don't even have shields. Look at what happened to those three people who were hit by stones. How can we block their stones without shields?

Also, even if we use all these knives together and send 40 people ashore, I guarantee that we can kill 100 or 200 of them, but can our dozens of people come back? They must have been surrounded and beaten by them. They have a lot of people."

You Fu explained his reasons, but others cursed him in their hearts, thinking that he was cowardly and making excuses for himself, but You Fu was not such a person. His confidants who were familiar with him knew that when he was doing business on the grassland last year, You Fu was not ambiguous when he ordered people to be killed. He was indeed a ruthless person. He snatched back the corn and many seeds of new crops.

So he heard You Fu continue to grit his teeth.

"Are you satisfied with killing two or three hundred of them? How can I let them off so easily after offending our Han tribe? Will our leader agree? Will the women and children of those dead brothers agree?

Remember our mission, this is not the way to seek revenge. Let's first scout the hydrological conditions and mark them here. When we come back, we will go to their north, that is, upstream, to find a suitable landing point. When

we return to the tribe and tell the leader about this, then ask the leader to send a few more large ships with enough soldiers and weapons. We will attack from three directions at the same time, upstream, downstream, and on the water, and surround them and fight them. No one will be able to escape.

I don't want their lives either, so I will just cut off their toes and demote them to slaves, and let them dig a They have been mining for our whole lives, planting our fields for our whole lives, and moving bricks for our whole lives. Aren't they powerful? Aren't they strong? See if I can tire them to death. They want to die directly after killing our people. That's too easy for them. "

Everyone couldn't help shuddering when they heard this. Sure enough, they were too naive, or the captain was awesome. He was very ruthless when he got angry. But it was indeed as the captain said. It didn't seem to be very satisfying to let them die directly. When the time came, they would be turned into slaves, and they could be bullied every day to vent their anger. Humph, in fact,

You Fu also wanted to kill these bastards directly. One of his trusted subordinates was also his nephew from the same clan, and he also had the surname You. But in such an unclear situation, he died in the hands of the other party. It made him angry no matter how he thought about it.

But he also knew that this was not the time to act on impulse. Compared to killing these people, the Han tribe needed labor more. The leader had so many construction projects, so he didn't need people. If these people could be captured and demoted to slaves who worked for free without being paid, the leader would definitely be very happy to see it. And only with this reason could he convince the leader to send troops.

You know, as long as the army is dispatched, it will cost money. If you consume a lot of resources but don't get any return, who would be willing to send troops?

Sending so many young and strong people to fight, there is time to use these young and strong people to produce food and build the tribe. I don't know how many houses can be built and how many crops can be harvested. Sending troops not only means consumption, but also reduces production. There are only so many people in total. If you send them out to fight, you can't engage in production. It's that simple.

After listening to You Fu's words, everyone nodded, thinking that the leader's plan was more feasible and the benefits could be maximized. Whether it was for themselves or the tribe, they could get the best results, so they no longer mentioned revenge now.

You Fu organized people to collect firewood and some tung oil. It took a day to cremate the bodies of the three dead. Finally, they collected the charred bones and put them in empty jars. They would give them to their families after returning. The bodies could not be brought back intact. It was summer now. If they brought back a few bodies, it was estimated that everyone on the boat would be finished. No one said anything about it. After all, the conditions were limited, so they had to do it.

After dealing with the bodies of the dead, on the morning of the third day, You Fu and his men listened to the abuse of the barbarian tribe on the opposite side, and began to set sail and continue to move downstream. As for what the other side was saying, the people of the Han tribe said, "What are these idiots yelling? I can't understand it at all."

The people of the barbarian tribe were so angry that they jumped on the spot. They had been preparing for two days and had been staring at them. They scolded them every day but they didn't come. They just left like that. How could they take revenge and grab more weapons?

Their leader Ju was secretly relieved. It would be best if there was no fighting. Even if they could win, their tribe would suffer heavy losses, and it might take at least 10 to 20 years to recover.

So they might as well just let it go. What leader Ju didn't know was that at least three parties were plotting against them. Luo Chong was planning where to transfer people to dig the coal mine. The Feather Exploration Team in the Deer Tribe was also calculating how many people were needed to dig the coal mine, how many people were needed to transport it, and how much could be produced every day. All of these had to be reported so that the leader could make arrangements for the future. As for Youfu, they were simply thinking about how to capture them alive.

(End of this chapter)