Chapter 1138 Since we can't beat them, then...
Thinking that his people might have been captured by man-eating monsters, the little leader was immediately scared. He hurriedly "invited" a piece of animal skin left by the witch in the tribe. It was painted with a special totem and was said to be able to drive away monsters.
In fact, it was just a piece of animal skin of a giant tapir .
Giant tapirs grow near grasslands and lakes and are good at swimming. Logically, the most common place to appear should be the west bank of Honghu Lake. I don't know what's wrong with this giant tapir. It actually ran to the east bank of Honghu Lake alone. Because it looks weird, it was slaughtered by the locals as a mythical beast that they had never seen before, and even as a tribal totem. It was a tragedy.
The little leader picked up the giant tapir skin with a bamboo pole, like a soul-calling banner. He came to the door of his house and gave instructions to his wife and children.
"You stay home to look after the children. Our tribesmen have been captured by the monsters from the water. I am their leader and must rescue them. You stay home to prepare food. I will be back soon!"
The chief's wife was stunned when she heard this. She asked nervously and fearfully, "Monsters? Are they the group of people who floated over from the water before? How can they be monsters? They look just like us!"
"You don't understand. Monsters can turn into human forms. Otherwise, how can monsters deceive people?" the chief explained stubbornly.
"But there are so many of them. Aren't you afraid that you will be captured if you go alone? What if you don't come back and there are only me and the children left in this tribe? What should we do?" the chief's wife asked nervously again.
"Don't worry, I will take this animal skin. This is the skin of a sacred beast. The witch of the tribe used to bless this sacred beast. It can protect me from being harmed by monsters. I will definitely bring my people back."
The little chief was mysteriously confident that the skin of the sacred beast could compete with monsters. He took the skin and the bamboo spear and ran to the lake occupied by Shiquan and his men. He
originally thought that the monsters from the water had captured people and escaped, but what he didn't expect was that the two boats of the Han tribe were still parked on the lake not far away.
The little chief was immediately furious. These monsters didn't take them seriously. They captured people and refused to leave. Did they really think they couldn't do anything to them?
Well, he really couldn't do anything.
"Hey, you monsters, quickly release our tribesmen!!!"
He stood on the shore, waving the animal skin flag in his hand and shouting at the sailboat.
Shi Quan, who was standing in the stern, couldn't help laughing. He looked at the little chief standing by the lake, jumping up and down and cursing, and then said to the people around him.
"Go, send a small boat to pick him up on the boat, and tell him that his tribesmen are on the boat, and if you want to take them away, come and get them yourself."
"Ah, Shi Xiaoqi, are you serious?" Shi Quan's soldiers immediately asked in confusion.
"Serious as hell, trick him onto the boat first, and as soon as he's on the boat, take him down immediately, tie him up, and lock him up with the new members, and his tribesmen will persuade him to join.
"Also, send another team of people, pick two women from the new members, and as soon as the little chief gets on the boat, take the two women back to their tribe on the shore, and take the chief's wife and children over, and tell them that their chief has also joined our tribe.
"By the way, don't forget to bring back the 10 to 20 kilograms of salt and pots and bowls that we didn't find yesterday."
Several soldiers were stunned and gave thumbs up in admiration, "Shi Xiaoqi's move is great! He easily caught them all!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, we have been delayed for three days, we have to catch up with the main force quickly."
"Yes!" Several soldiers clasped their fists together and accepted the order, and quickly divided into two teams to prepare.
Four of them immediately rowed a small boat to the shore, and did not go ashore. They stood at the bow and gestured to the little leader, "Your people are all on the boat. They all came by themselves, not by us. If you don't believe me, you can go on board and see for yourself. If you can take them away, it's up to you."
The little leader was confused by what he said. Go on board? Go or not? But all his people are on that boat? Are they all bewitched by the monster? No, he must rescue them.
"Go, I don't believe they are willing to leave the tribe, take me there quickly." He said as he held the animal skin flag tightly in his hand, as if it could give him a lot of security.
Several soldiers were waiting for this sentence, and immediately let him get on the boat, and then sent him to the big ship. As a result, as soon as he got on the ship, he was pressed on the deck and his hands were tied.
The young leader was shocked and angry, and then he realized that he had been deceived. He immediately yelled, "Let me
go, let me go, you monsters, where are my people, let us go!" Shi Quan came down from the stern calmly at this time, smiled and said to him, "Your people are in the cabin, if you want to leave, it depends on whether you can take them away."
He waved his hand and said, "Take the people down and let him see his people first."
At the same time, another team of people also rowed a small boat back to the shore, taking two more talkative women from their tribe back to the tribal residence on the shore.
When the wife of the young leader saw that the women from her tribe came to pick her up, and heard them admit that they had joined the Han tribe, she did not hesitate, and sighed and followed them.
Now there is only one woman and two children left in the tribe, and even her men have left. If she does not join, will she stay here as a savage?
A group of people packed up and took everything they could take, and came to the cabin half an hour later.
At this time, the little leader looked dejected. It was not until he got to the cabin that he realized that his people had defected and joined the Han tribe because they were greedy for the food of the Han tribe, and he himself had now become a prisoner of the Han tribe.
At this time, the little leader was still a little unconvinced. It was understandable that the people of the tribe pursued a better life, but he did not join on his own initiative. Why did he also get tricked into the pirate ship?
For this reason, when a sailor came to deliver breakfast to everyone, this guy was so stubborn that he refused to eat a bite.
As a result, within half an hour, when he saw that the Han tribe had also brought his wife and children, he immediately softened and did not make a fuss to go back. It seemed that he had given up.
Since he couldn't beat them, he might as well join them. Anyway, the life in the Han tribe was not bad, right? At least he, the leader, would no longer have to worry about the food problem of the people in the future.
The only thing that made people entangled was that they didn't know where the Han tribe was going to take them and what they were going to do.
But this problem was soon solved.
When all the people in this small tribe were brought to the boat, the small team consisting of two boats led by Shi Quan immediately set off to the south to pursue the traces of the large army.
During this period of rushing, Shi Quan also personally led people to explain a lot of things to these newcomers.
For example, what kind of tribe is the Han tribe, how big the territory is, how many people there are, how the people of the Han tribe live, how to farm, how to raise livestock, and the various high-tech of the Han tribe.
When Shi Quan explained, he sometimes took out photos to show them so that they could have a clear understanding of the Han tribe.
Finally, he talked about the arrangements for these people. After joining the Han tribe, they will be assigned to various parts of the Han tribe, and they will be given household registration, houses and fields, and neighbors will teach them various techniques.
As long as they learn to farm and raise with the people of the Han tribe, they will have the rice they eat now, and they will have it every day in the future. Not only can they eat rice, but also meat and vegetables.
At that time, the excess food that they can't finish eating can also be sold for money to buy cloth and cotton to make clothes, and they will no longer have to worry about food and clothing.
After listening to Shiquan's lectures for a few days, a group of people were very moved and felt very lucky to have joined the Han tribe. The young leader was now full of curiosity about the Han tribe.
Although he knew that the Han tribe must be a very powerful tribe, he did not expect it to be so powerful.
While Shiquan was trying his best to win the hearts of these newcomers, to their south, the large army led by Ye Ying, under the guidance of Qiao Yan and the elders, found a small village on the shore of Honghu Lake where the Qiao clan was located.
(End of this chapter)
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