Chapter 360 Lingcao's Confidence (Please vote and subscribe)
"Who are those people? Go and have a look at the soldiers of a small flag. Don't kill them first. It's better to catch them alive. If they don't resist, bring them here." Dashu looked at the five people who wanted to go ashore and said to the soldiers around him.
"Yes, sir." The soldiers also responded quickly, and then assembled a team of spearmen and ran to the river, and several archers followed behind.
The several Ling tribe members in the middle of the river were also very scared at this time. After all, daring to come ashore is one thing, and whether they will be scared when they really see soldiers coming with weapons is another.
"What should we do? Should we go over? They have already reached the shore. If we go up, we will definitely be caught. I am not afraid of death, but the key is that if we die directly, our mission will not be completed." A man on the bamboo raft said to his companion.
"Of course we have to go, but you're right, we can't just die like that, so I'll swim over first, you guys wait here, if they don't kill me, you guys come over." One of the adult women who had had direct communication with Luo Chong said.
"Lingcao, let me go, you're the first person in the tribe who can make a raft, you stay, I'll go." Another boy who looked thinner but very strong patted his chest and said.
"No, I'll go, it's because I was the first to learn how to make a raft, so the 'God' knows me, if I go, I'll have a better chance of surviving than you, now the tribe is no longer short of raft builders, it doesn't matter if I die." Lingcao said firmly.
"Let me go, Lingcao, be careful, run quickly if you can't." The boy just wanted to argue again, but before he could finish his words, Lingcao had already jumped from the bamboo raft into the water, and then swam quickly to the shore, and the boy also stopped arguing and turned into a few caring instructions.
On the river bank, a dozen soldiers who had just put on black armor had come to the river. As long as those people dared to go ashore, they would be able to catch them in the first place.
On the bamboo raft in the middle of the river, the remaining four people had already inserted the long bamboo poles in their hands into the river sand at the bottom of the water, controlling the bamboo raft to stop at the original point. Lingcao also swam quickly to the shore in the water in front of the bamboo raft.
A distance of thirty or forty meters, for the Ling tribe members who were very good at swimming, was just a few dozen seconds. Lingcao quickly swam to the shore. As a result, she had just stood up from the water when she was pointed at by more than a dozen large guns around.
"I have no ill intentions. I want to see your leader. Please give this to him."
Lingcao, who was standing in the water, did not move around, but made gestures to communicate with the soldiers. Although she could not understand it very well, she had a secret weapon. While she was talking, she took out a large water chestnut that she carried with her. The water chestnut was black and shiny, shaped like a bull's head, and was as big as an egg. It looked exactly the same as the one she gave to Luo Chong.
This is why Lingcao believed that she could survive. As long as the soldiers did not kill her immediately, and as long as the leader of the tribe was really Luo Chong, Luo Chong would definitely recognize the water chestnut and know that she was from the Ling tribe. In this way, Luo Chong might spare her life because they knew each other.
The soldiers did not understand Lingcao's words, but they understood her meaning. She wanted to give the black thing to them and then to the leader. Because Lingcao handed over the water chestnut while pointing in the direction of the earthen city behind them, and gestured on her head as if she was inserting a hairpin. Well, if I understood correctly, it should mean to give this thing to the leader.
The soldiers nodded to Lingcao, and then stepped back a few steps to let her stand on the shore. Then two people put away their guns and went over to grab her two arms. The others put away their guns, and then the flag officer who led the team also took the water chestnut from her hand and gestured to her, indicating that Lingcao should follow them to the city.
Lingcao did not resist. Seeing that the soldier was willing to take her to the city and had no intention of killing her directly, she followed him obediently.
The flag chief led two people and the water chestnut back to the direction of Tucheng, while the remaining dozen soldiers were still guarding the shore, always on guard against the four people left on the bamboo raft in the middle of the river.
The four people soon arrived at the city gate. Dashu was still waiting here. Seeing the soldiers bringing people over, he nodded secretly.
"Lord City Lord, this woman seems to want us to hand this thing over to the leader. We don't know what it is. Do you think we should take it to the leader?" The flag chief handed the water chestnut to Dashu and asked.
Dashu did not answer immediately, but picked up the water chestnut and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that it looked like a bull's head. But if he looked closely, it was indeed another plant. Such a strange plant might have some special function. Does
this woman know the leader? Or did the leader ask her to help find this plant, or did she want to use this thing to trade with the Han tribe? Dashu guessed so.
However, although he did not know the specific purpose of this woman, Dashu decided to show it to Luo Chong. What if it really has any use? Don't make a mistake in judgment and ruin the leader's plan.
"Wait here, I'll take it to the leader. Don't embarrass this person first, and don't catch her. Find her some water to drink and watch her not run around." Dashu told a few soldiers and turned to go into the city to find Luo Chong.
At the city gate, Lingcao's arms were also released, and a soldier brought a stool for her to sit on, and brought her a bowl of water in a white porcelain bowl.
Seeing the attitude of these soldiers towards her, Lingcao also felt relieved and began to look at everything around her curiously. A stool that seemed to be made of wood, was it specially used for sitting? There was also a white clean container, which was used to hold water? ! And there were strange symbols and beautiful patterns on the outside of this container, which was really exquisite! They actually used such a beautiful container to entertain themselves!
After looking at these two things, Lingcao began to observe the surrounding soldiers, the tall city walls next to him, and the appearance of the inner city seen from the doorway, and sighed from time to time. At this time, Dashu also came to Luo Chong's papermaking yard with a water chestnut.
"Chief, a few people came over from the other side of the river just now. They had a flat board that could float on the water, but now only a woman came over. The woman brought a strange plant fruit and asked me to give it to you." Dashu came to the room where Luo Chong was sleeping and said.
Luo Chong was sitting cross-legged on the mat, looking at the black water chestnut, and almost blurted out.
"Water chestnut! You said those people came over from the other side of the river sitting on a board that floated on the water? And they brought this thing and asked you to give it to me?" Luo Chong looked at the water chestnut and suddenly he was no longer sleepy, and said with some surprise.
"Yes, chief, do you know this thing? Why does this fruit look so much like a bull's head? Does it have any special function? Is it very important to us?" Dashu also asked doubtfully.
~~~~~No more for today, continue tomorrow
(end of this chapter)
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