Chapter 1019 Canyon Battle (Part 2)
Bang bang bang bang————
The Shen Ce Guards on both sides of the canyon all stood behind the shield wall and fired at the middle, but they didn't hit the cannibal warriors, but shot at their sides or their feet, causing ice and stones to splash on the ground. The fragments hit their legs, which also scared them.
"It's Han people!"
A small cannibal leader saw the equipment and dress of the people in front of him and recognized the identities of these people at once.
Youye has been developing its power here for several years. Of course, they know that the Han tribe has a settlement nearby, and the people of the Han tribe are also very easy to identify. First, because the men of the Han tribe all have their hair tied up, and second, the people of the Han tribe all wear clothes made of cloth. The Han tribe generally doesn't wear animal skins, which can be seen at a glance.
In addition, the large solid wood shield in front of them, which is like a wall, can only be processed by the Han tribe, a tribe that is good at woodworking. Other tribes cannot make such a "delicate" solid wood shield.
"Hurry up and take your weapons. Everyone, retreat carefully. Stand in position and prepare to throw stone axes and javelins."
On the side of the cannibal warriors, several leaders were also shouting in their unique language, and they were waving their bone spears to give orders from time to time.
"Kill their leaders, shoot, and hit those who are shouting." Qubing also shouted to his soldiers behind the shield wall.
According to the plan, they should have forced all the cannibals to gather together, but now because of the command of the other leader, they actually began to spread out their formation and wanted to fight back. How could this be tolerated?
When the warriors of the Shen Ce Guard heard Qubing's order, they immediately began to search and aim at the other leader. This was actually easy to identify. The one who shouted the most happily, the one who raised the bone spear the highest, and the one who had the most bone ornaments on his body, especially those with large skull necklaces hanging on their chests, were basically the cannibal leaders.
This was still winter, so they wore more animal skins. In summer, when they were all naked, it would be easier to identify them, because if you look carefully, the white totem patterns painted on these totem warriors are also different, and the totems on the leaders are very conspicuous.
The warriors of the Han tribe locked onto the cannibal leader in front of them at once. There were hundreds of people at both ends of the canyon, and they all raised their rifles and shotguns. They were only 70 to 80 meters away from the cannibal in front of them, which was just within the effective range of the shotgun, and it was also very close for the rifle. According to the training intensity of the Han tribe and the marksmanship of the Shen Ce Wei warriors, there was no possibility of missing at this distance.
The cannibal warriors in the middle were following the command of more than a dozen leaders, and began to prepare their weapons and retreat, looking for their own positions while retreating. In order to prepare to throw the short spears, their positions were also pulled apart, which provided a good shooting range for the Shen Ce Wei warriors.
As a result, there was a burst of violent gunfire from both sides at the same time. The gunshots were like popping beans. Countless bullets were fired from both sides. More than 2,000 bullets and shotgun shells were fired at the dozen cannibal leaders at the same time. The next moment, the dozen cannibal leaders were beaten into pieces in front of everyone.
The broken bodies fell to the ground like sandbags, with big holes and small eyes all over the body. There was not a single piece of good meat on the body, and the head was incomplete. Warm blood instantly flowed all over the ground. The overheated bullets made the flesh and the animal skin wrapped on the body hot. In such a world of ice and snow, the corpses actually emitted white smoke, as if they were roasted instantly, which looked extremely weird and terrifying.
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... But at this time, the distance between the two sides was as far as 80 to 90 meters. The average person could only throw a stone axe 30 to 40 meters away, and the strong ones could throw it 50 to 60 meters. Technical weapons such as javelins were not as good as stone axes. Under normal circumstances, they could throw it 50 to 60 meters. However, some people got nervous and threw it at the wrong angle, throwing the javelin less than 10 meters away, and some even stabbed it directly into the ground in front of them. It was precisely because of the enemy's blind throwing that most of the few weapons were consumed at once. You know, each of them could not bring more than a few stone axes or javelins. Qubing saw that the time was ripe and immediately issued another order. "Shield formation, advance slowly and drive them to the center." "Shen Ce Guards, shoot at the enemy's feet and force them to retreat!" "Hah!" "Hah!" "Hah!" The soldiers in front heard the order and immediately began to move forward. The shield soldiers in the front drew out their short wooden sticks, and everyone took a step forward, then stomped their right feet on the ground in unison. At the same time, the short sticks in their right hands were stretched forward and hit the big shields in their hands fiercely. They shouted in unison, making a shocking roar. The triple sound, vision, and psychological oppression scared the enemy to retreat step by step. The Shen Ce Guards following closely behind the shield wall also aimed at the enemy's feet and pulled the trigger. Bang, bang, bang, bang———— A dense burst of bullets hit the feet of the cannibal warriors, scaring them to retreat again and again. The Han tribe soldiers on the front and back sides of the valley approached at the same time, and soon forced the cannibal warriors in the canyon together. "Cast the nets!" Seeing the enemies huddled together, Qubing immediately looked up and shouted from behind. His voice kept echoing in the canyon. The Shen Ce Wei soldiers on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon also heard the order and instantly threw more than a dozen huge rope nets towards the cannibal team in the middle.
A dozen huge rope nets fell from the sky and covered the cannibal warriors gathered in the middle. The layers of nets were stacked together, and the enemies covered by the big nets were instantly panicked. Thousands of people screamed and struggled in panic, but they were already crowded together, and now they were covered by the nets. No matter how hard they struggled, they could not break free from the shackles of the rope nets.
Seeing that the enemy had been successfully controlled, the Han tribe soldiers on both sides were excited, and at the same time, they heard Qubing's roar again.
"Militia charge, capture them alive!"
Toot toot toot toot toot toot toot---
"Charge!"
The bugler immediately blew the charge horn after hearing the order, and the soldiers on both sides heard the horn and immediately rushed up.
There were more than a thousand soldiers holding shields and short sticks on each side. They charged forward like a riot police suppressing thugs. They held shields in their left hands and short sticks in their right hands, and rushed into the enemy group. They bumped into and smashed anyone they saw, and kept waving their short sticks, beating the cannibal soldiers in the middle and making them cry for their parents.
After the first batch of shield soldiers rushed forward, the second batch of militiamen holding ropes and handcuffs also rushed forward immediately. They followed closely behind the shield soldiers, and wanted to handcuff the enemies who were beaten to the ground as soon as possible.
The Shen Ce Guard soldiers behind them did not move. They all held their guns and stared at the battlefield vigilantly. If they saw a crisis, they could immediately shoot to eliminate the danger for the militiamen.
There were 2,000 people in front and back to capture the prisoners, and the Shen Ce Wei soldiers were behind them with guns. The cannibal warriors in the whole canyon were quickly subdued, but some were handcuffed directly to the rope net. Now they had to be taken out one by one and tied up, just like taking fish out of a fishing net, which took a lot of time.
It took more than two hours to completely tie up all the cannibal warriors in groups. Qu Bing asked people to find some coarse hemp ropes, and made a noose every 1.5 meters, and then put it around the necks of the prisoners, and then handcuffed their hands to the ropes in front of them, tying them up in groups of 50, and then letting the Shen Ce Wei soldiers guard them.
After the prisoners were taken, the militia began to clean up the corpses of the beasts on the ground, including bighorn deer, wild donkeys, yaks, alpacas, bighorn sheep, and some other herbivores, totaling about 3,700 heads, all of which have now become the spoils of the Han tribe.
The militiamen put together wooden shields to make a makeshift sled, then neatly stacked the prey in different categories, put them all on the sled, and tied them up with rope nets. Finally, they used the yaks, wild donkeys and some horses prepared in advance to drag them.
While the Han tribe was doing these things, the cannibal prisoners who were tied up kept watching them. They were especially surprised when they saw that the Han tribe had brought a large number of live animals, which were domesticated, to help them transport the prey. They
didn't expect that the Han tribe could transport all the prey that needed to be transported back and forth several times at once, and there was no need for people to pull them. How could they not be surprised and envious? At the same time, some people were inspired and just now knew that wild animals could be domesticated to help humans work.
It's just that those people knew it too late now. Now they have fallen into the hands of the Han tribe. Who knows how the Han tribe will deal with them.
But they were also very confused. They didn't understand why the Han tribe didn't just kill them. Wouldn't it be more normal to kill them and take their prey? Why did they capture them alive? Wouldn't they have to keep them alive? Wouldn't that be a waste of food?
They couldn't figure it out. And looking at the shiny handcuffs on their wrists, the exquisite workmanship, the solid materials, the expensive metals, they were actually used by the Han tribe to make binding tools for tying people. They really didn't know what the Han tribe was thinking.
Some people even looked at the handcuffs on their wrists and couldn't help but guess, could this be some precious sacrificial ritual vessel of the Han tribe? Are they going to take all of them to sacrifice, and do some horrible ritual?
When they thought of this possibility, their scalps tingled.
After all, sacrificing living people was a very common thing in tribes of this era.
But there was nothing they could do if they were caught. They could only hope that they would not be abused and live one more day.
After resting in the valley for a night, the team set out at dawn the next day, taking the main road to the hunting camp controlled by the Han tribe. They had to quickly send all the captives and prey back to the camp, and then set out again to ambush the cannibal transport team that was about to return.
The team marched for a whole week before finally arriving at the camp set up by the Han tribe in the hunting area. During these days, the cannibal prisoners of war were also confused by the people of the Han tribe, because the people of the Han tribe not only did not kill them, but treated them well! ! !
In fact, the Han tribe only provided them with drinking water and two meals of food.
The Shen Ce Guards and the militia had three meals a day, especially in the wild with ice and snow. Not only did they eat three meals a day, but they also ate a lot at each meal. It was hard to say how much they ate, but it had to be hot food, otherwise the human body would definitely not be able to bear it.
And Qubing took into account that the prisoners of war also had to march, and they had finally captured these people alive, so they must not freeze them to death because of a little food, otherwise they would suffer.
So Qubing arranged for them to have one meal in the morning and one in the evening, with each person having a palm-sized, finger-thick corn tortilla for each meal, and a bowl of salted broth in the morning and evening. There was no food at noon, but they were given hot water once, and they could drink as much as they wanted.
One corn tortilla in the morning was to give them strength to travel, and one corn tortilla in the evening was to prevent them from freezing to death while sleeping at night. The salted broth was also to replenish their physical strength.
This standard of food was given to the prisoners to keep marching, but when they arrived at the concentration camp, the food would definitely be reduced, and they had to be starved all the time to save them from having the strength to resist and cause trouble. This was definitely done.
At present, these two meals a day actually satisfied the prisoners, especially the sweet corn tortillas, which were foods they had never eaten before. They couldn't understand why the Han tribe gave them such good food, as they couldn't even eat such a standard of food in their own tribe.
Of course, in the eyes of the Han tribe, corn tortillas were not a very good thing, but it was different in the eyes of the cannibal prisoners.
You should know that among the substances that provide energy to the human body, sugar ranks first, followed by fat, and finally protein. Corn itself contains sugar and a large amount of starch. The salivary enzymes in the mouth will convert the starch into the sugar needed by the human body, so corn tastes very sweet.
There are not many sweet foods in nature. When the brain takes in sugar, it releases chemicals that make people excited. So now these guys can eat corn tortillas every day, and they all look very happy.
(End of this chapter)
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