Chapter 611: The army marches through the dense forest (please vote and subscribe)

Two or three hundred people from the Barbarian tribe soon came out. They slowly gathered together, holding various weapons in their hands. Among them, the leader of the Barbarian tribe, Ju, also ran over with two steel knives seized last time.

When they came to the shore, they immediately saw three sailing boats lowering landing craft, and the crew members of the Han tribe standing on the boats and beating drums. Some of the crew members held wooden boards, steel knives in their hands, and some held spears with cold light. They gathered by the boats and shouted loudly, looking at the shore with fierce eyes, as if ready to attack at any time.

Ju immediately had a bad feeling. The last time he clashed with these people, his tribe had taken advantage of the terrain and numbers, but they were beaten so badly by the other side. This time, seeing that the other side was about to attack in a big way, what should he do?

However, Ju made a decision immediately. He said loudly to his tribesmen.

"These people must be here to attack us. Last time we robbed them and killed their people. They must be here to take revenge.

Their weapons are too powerful. Once they land on our land, we will definitely lose, so we can't let them come up."

When the crowd heard this, some were ready to start defending according to the leader's instructions, but some people were very jealous of the steel knife in Ju's hand, so someone shouted loudly.

"Why are we afraid of them? Last time, many of us died because we were not prepared. This time we have made preparations in advance. What can we do if they come up?

Don't you want the good clothes they wear? Don't you want to have the sharp weapons in their hands? If we don't put these people down, how can we rob them? We don't have tools that can travel on the water to chase them."

When Ju heard that someone dared to incite the tribe to disobey his orders, he immediately became angry and cursed.

"We were not prepared last time, and neither was the other side. However, with so many of us against so many of them, we still suffered more deaths. If it's the same this time, we'll be completely finished as long as they climb onto land.

Their weapons are good, but you have to be alive to take them. Now everyone listen to me. Go find some big rocks and long wooden sticks. We have to break the ice on the river bank and use the long wooden sticks to hold up their boats. We can't let them come ashore."

It has to be said that although everyone is more fond of the things of the Han tribe, they still cherish their lives. Or maybe it's because Ju's prestige is too high, so everyone is more willing to follow Ju's arrangements.

So when Youfu was slowly putting the landing craft into the water, the barbarian tribe called out all the men. More than 700 men were divided into two groups. Half of them held various weapons and stayed on the shore to observe Youfu's movements, while the other half went to collect various things, such as the stones and long wooden sticks that Ju just mentioned. Some people began to move stones to smash the ice on the riverside under Ju's command, trying to destroy the ice and block the landing of the Han tribe, or to use these floating broken ice to affect the progress of the landing craft.

However, Youfu didn't care about what the other party did. He just wanted to attract the other party here firmly.

In this way, after a while, the six landing craft carried by the three sailboats were put into the water. Youfu first sent a boat to test it. The dozen people in front held shields and protected the entire front of the landing craft. The people behind started paddling on both sides.

As a result, just when they arrived 50 meters away from the shore, the barbarian tribe on the shore began to attack by throwing stones.

Fist-sized stones hit the shields, making a thud. The Han tribe's first tentative landing was immediately aborted. They stopped paddling and drifted downstream along the current for a distance. After leaving the attack distance of the barbarian tribe, they turned back to the side of the big ship.

The barbarian tribe on the shore immediately cheered, celebrating that they had repelled the first attack of the Han tribe.

But before they could be happy for long, Youfu's second round of attempts came immediately. Another ship approached the shore in the same way as before to prepare for landing. However, this time Youfu also prepared a second ship. While the enemy was throwing stones to attack the first ship, this ship went around to the downstream and prepared to land by force 500 meters away.

When the barbarian leader Ju found out about this, he immediately sent some people to intercept the second ship. However, when they arrived, dozens of people on the second ship of the Han tribe had already boarded the ice near the shore. When they saw the enemy coming, they immediately jumped back on the ship and rowed back. At the same time, the first ship also heard the sound of the retreat and began to retreat calmly under the farewell of the enemy's flying stones.

In this way, the two sides fought back and forth, but no one was injured or killed.

Ju commanded the tribesmen to stand on the shore to defend everywhere, and they were constantly destroying the ice on the shore to make floating ice. Youfu took advantage of the six landing craft and sent people forward in batches to harass the enemy in turns, just not giving the enemy a chance to breathe. On the contrary, they could make delicious food on their side. Everyone took turns to fight, and when one group was tired, they would be replaced by another group, having a lot of fun.

Under the cover of Youfu, the large army that landed in advance was also sneaking and marching quickly.

Chai Duoduo and Xue Tu remembered Luo Chong's orders and combat strategy. In addition to the main force, they spread the cavalry and scouts very far away. There were five or six people every three or four miles, forming a huge protective barrier outside the large force.

In the late winter and early spring, many tribes around began to suffer from famine. The food stored last autumn had been almost eaten up, so most of the weak tribes were forced to start looking for food in the ice and snow. They either climbed trees to dig squirrel nests or formed hunting groups to try hunting.

But what they never expected was that not only did they not find food this time, but they met many strange people, which made them suffer an unexpected disaster.

Because in Luo Chong's action plan, this march was a top-secret mission. If they wanted to sneak behind the enemy without being noticed, they must not let anyone know of their existence. Therefore, no matter who they met along the way, they had to catch them first to prevent them from leaking the news.

In this way, many people from nearby small tribes who came out to look for food were shoveling snow when they suddenly found a group of people in strange costumes. They wore thick red cotton jackets and black hard animal skins on their upper bodies. The weapons in their hands were even more unheard of. However, one thing in common was that they were definitely good weapons. These people came up and knocked them down without saying a word, and tied them up in a few moves. Their movements were very skillful and their cooperation was very tacit. Some were responsible for attracting attention, and others suddenly took action to knock themselves down. Then another person took a rope and wrapped it around his hands and feet twice, and then he couldn't move.

These people didn't talk when they acted, and they didn't ask you who you are or what they do. After dealing with these people, the scout team would leave one person to watch them, and then send one to report to the back, and the rest would continue to move forward.

Several tied people kept struggling. At that time, all the tribes were short of food. They didn't know who had captured them, but it was very likely that they were the legendary cannibals, who might kill and eat them in a short while. Therefore, these captured people were very frightened.

One of the scouts was in charge of guarding the five captured savages, one of whom was a young girl. Their mouths were all tied with hemp ropes, so they couldn't speak loudly and could only make indistinct humming sounds.

The soldier took out the shovel hanging from his waist, swept a fallen tree trunk, sat on it, took out a palm-sized bread from his arms, cut it open with a dagger, and then put two slices of pickled sausage in it and chewed it.

These scouts were different from the large troops. They were very active, so they had the most supplies. At least they were treated preferentially in terms of food rations, and they all carried dry food with them.

The little scout was smacking his lips and chewing the bread, and the captured people were drooling. So he hesitated for a moment, handed the remaining half of his bread to the front, and said to the few people.

"Do you want to eat?"

Several people did not respond, but the girl nodded. She was really hungry. The food in the tribe had been scarce for a long time. As a woman, she was naturally not as important as the men who could hunt and protect the tribe. Therefore, the food she was given was very little. That's why she had to follow them out to find something to eat. Even if they found it in the end, they would not share it with themselves. When

the little scout saw her nod, he went around to the back and untied the rope on her mouth, but still did not let her go. Instead, he took the bread and let her eat it.

The girl did not speak, and immediately bit into the bread. The cold bread was very chewy and full, especially good for resisting hunger. The two slices of sausage in the middle were salty, greasy, and a little spicy, but it was very delicious to eat with the bread, which could effectively replenish energy and salt for the soldiers.

The girl choked a little after eating a few bites. She had never eaten such delicious food before. She really didn't understand where these people came from and why they wanted to capture them, but now that she could eat such delicious food, she felt that it was worth dying immediately.

"Eat slowly, there's only so much anyway, and no one is trying to snatch it from you. Although I still have some, it's all my own food, so I really can't give it to you." The little scout said as he took out his bamboo water bottle to feed the girl water.

After the girl finished the cake, she also became obedient. Although her mouth was not tied, she was very quiet and didn't make any noise.

The scout took out another half cake from his arms and continued to eat while talking.

"When I was a child, I was about the same as you are now. Our tribe was very poor back then, and we had to live frugally in the winter. The later it got, the less food we

had to eat. But now, since I joined the Han tribe, we have built our own houses with kangs, we grow our own crops and harvest our own food, and we raise our own livestock and kill them for meat. We have never lacked food. I also found a woman from another clan in the tribe, and now our child is two years old."

At this point, he suddenly paused, then sighed, "Alas, it's a pity that many people in our tribe can't enjoy such a life. They are like you, and they all starved to death in the end. If they could be as lucky as you and could eat such delicious bread, perhaps they wouldn't die."

The little scout seemed to be in a low mood because these people had touched upon the sad past, and he finally spoke.

"Don't worry, we are not bad people, but we have important things to do now, and we must not let others know, so we arrested you. When we are done, we will release you."

He didn't care whether the other party could understand or not. He stood up and moved around, and then put some clean snow into the kettle, so that the snow would turn into water in a short time.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a huge noise suddenly came from the forest. The sound was not very loud, but it was very mixed, like the sound of thousands of legs trampling on the snow, which sounded like a large-scale migrating herd of beasts in winter, but the roar of the beasts could not be heard.

After a while, the sound was getting closer and closer, and gradually the friction sound could be heard. The little scout knew that it was his own people coming, and he was already standing on the side of the road ready to greet them and guide the direction for the large army.

Sure enough, the next second, the tied people stared with their eyes wide open, and saw a team of people suddenly appearing in the forest in the distance. It was not a group of beasts, but what was more terrifying was that these people were just like they were cut from the same mold, all wearing the same thick clothes, holding weapons of the same shape in their hands, and marching forward in a line without saying a word. The one

walking in front was a man riding a four-legged beast and wearing a red cloak. When he saw the scout who captured him, he immediately rode the monster forward a few steps.

The young scout immediately bowed and said, "Commander, we have captured several people from the surrounding tribes who came out to look for food. Also, which direction should we go next?"

Chai Duoduo nodded and said, "Okay, I see. You continue to scout ahead. You don't have to worry about this place."

The young scout hesitated for a moment, and finally said tentatively, "Commander, these people are not bad people, nor are they our targets. They just came out to look for food because they are too hungry. If our army has enough food, can you give them some porridge? This may win some goodwill, and maybe we can take these people to our Han tribe. Then the leader will definitely be very happy."

Chai Duoduo frowned and looked at him, but did not refuse. The army had just come out, so naturally there would be no shortage of food. It's just that we can't be kind-hearted about this matter. They came out to fight, so she listened to him.

"I will consider what you said. Don't worry about the things here. We are an army. We should focus on military affairs. Mission comes first, and other things come second. Only when the mission is completed first will the leader be happy. Otherwise, even if you bring back more people, the leader will be angry.

Okay, that's it. Go to the front to scout quickly and don't delay the army's march."

The little scout immediately took the order and shouted yes, then he could only sigh helplessly and hurriedly chased in the direction his companions left.

(End of this chapter)