Chapter 664: The Movement of the Cannibals (Seeking Tickets and Subscriptions)
The first year of Jianyuan of the Han tribe was a special year, not only because of Jianyuan, but also because of the great geographical discoveries of the Han tribe.
Perhaps it is a bit exaggerated to say that the great geographical discoveries were made, but the Han tribe really opened up a lot of worldviews in this year. First, You Fu went south and discovered the waterway leading to the grassland lake, and made friends with many tribes on the way, and found a large number of valuable mineral veins for the Han tribe, and then continued to go south to open up the sea route. At present, the development in the south is also good.
You Ye, who is also a member of the You family, was not willing to be lonely. After spending a year to figure out the swamp lake, he accidentally discovered the waterway to the north, so he immediately took a boat upstream without saying hello. This journey took several months, and now there is finally news. I don’t know what they have discovered after being out for so long.
After receiving the notification from the maid, Luo Chong quickly got dressed and got up. He didn’t even tie his hair up, and came out with his black hair loose. The weather in the morning was still cool. Luo Chong went directly to a loofah rack in the yard to summon Yun Zhi.
Yun Zhi came over very quickly, but what surprised Luo Chong was that there was no You Ye beside him. Instead, he came with a bamboo tube sealed with mud. As soon as Luo Chong saw it, he knew that it must be the message sent by the flying eagle, which meant that You Ye had not returned yet.
"Chief, this is You Ye's letter. I received it early in the morning. I haven't opened it yet. I sent it to you as soon as I got here." Yun Zhi presented the bamboo tube respectfully.
Luo Chong didn't say anything. He took it and looked at the mud seal on it. It was also stamped with You Ye's private seal. After confirming that it was intact, he knocked off the mud seal and twisted the lid to pour out the letter inside.
Inside was a stack of letter paper in a snakeskin bag. It felt quite thick, and it felt like a homework book. But there was no way. The Han tribe used a brush for formal writing. There was a limit to how small the small characters could be written with a brush, so it took up a lot of space, and a piece of paper could not write many words. It was normal to have a stack of letters.
Opening it and looking at the contents inside immediately made Luo Chong more energetic.
Youye said in the letter that he had found a seasonal waterway in the northeast of the lake, and he set out with a boat without thinking too much. There were only 23 people on the boat, and he didn't bring any supplies. However, since he had been responsible for dealing with strange tribes along the lake, the tools and weapons on the boat were complete. Relying on these things, they went fishing and hunting to replenish supplies, which was considered an adventure for the Han tribe at their own expense.
Luo Chong couldn't help but admire that Youfu and Youye were crazy brothers who dared to do anything. However, there was a reason why they could join him, because he was even crazier than them at the beginning, and he dared to go out alone. Now thinking about it, it was really unbearable to look back.
After introducing the situation of his departure, the next thing was the subsequent experience of Youye and his party. They didn't encounter many tribes along the way. It stands to reason that Youye and his party have been taking the waterway, and the human tribe must not be too far away from the water source, so they should encounter many tribes on the way, but the actual situation is not the case.
Youye said in the letter that they did find a lot of human settlements along the way, but most of them were abandoned ruins. Many human bones were found among them, and there were obvious signs of burning on them. They even found some crude pottery, which actually contained human bones. In addition, the ruins of those tribal settlements had many signs of disorder and destruction. It can be seen that these tribes must have been attacked, and then the tribesmen evacuated in a hurry, or were directly captured.
All these signs combined can only prove one thing, that these tribes were attacked by cannibals without exception.
"It's been a long time since I heard about the cannibals!" Luo Chong thought secretly.
It seems that after several consecutive defeats at the hands of the Han tribe, the cannibals still did not stop and continued to wreak havoc in all directions. However, after losing to the Han tribe one after another, they also realized a fact, that is, the Han tribe is not easy to bully, and it is not an existence that they can provoke at present, so they retracted their offensive in the direction of the Han tribe, but they became more rampant in other places.
In fact, they can't be blamed for this. If you think about it carefully, the reason why the cannibals are so crazy now may be the fault of the Han tribe.
In the previous and subsequent battles with the Han tribe, they did not gain any advantage. Instead, they were completely wiped out every time, with dozens or hundreds of people at least, and one or two thousand at most. After several times, the population loss alone was no less than 5,000 people.
What is the concept of 5,000 young and strong laborers? This is almost the sum of all the young and strong in a tribe with a population base of 40,000. However, judging from the posture of the cannibals who can keep causing trouble, it is obviously impossible that this is not all their young and strong. This shows how huge the power of the cannibals is, and how serious the losses caused by the Han tribe to the cannibals are. This is equivalent to directly killing all the men in their base of more than 40,000.
Such losses are fatal, and even the current Han tribe cannot afford it, so the other party must find a way to recover the losses. Since they can't afford to provoke the Han tribe, they can always attack other tribes, so there is the following madness.
From this perspective, it was the continuous attacks of the Han tribe on the cannibals that caused the current situation where other small tribes were attacked. In other words, the Han tribe was really to blame.
The purpose of Youye's intelligence was actually to remind Luo Chong that the Han tribe should not be arrogant because of the victory of three or four battles, but should always be vigilant to the north. The enemy's activities are still rampant and they may come back at any time.
However, he did not write this point directly, and there was no need to do so, because Luo Chong knew what it meant at a glance.
But then again, looking at this matter from another perspective, the crisis caused by the cannibals can also be regarded as an opportunity for the Han tribe. Crisis is crisis, and opportunities are accompanied by danger. This may be the case now. Some questions suddenly appeared in Luo Chong's mind.
Where did those tribes that were attacked go? Were they captured by the enemy or did they run away on their own? If they ran away, would they spontaneously form an anti-enemy alliance like those people that the Han tribe encountered before and hold each other together for warmth?
Is there any opportunity for the Han tribe to take advantage of this, such as continuing to look for the remaining tribes like the two alliances before, playing the kinship card to directly recruit them, and continuing to expand the total population of the Han tribe? If we look at the previous situation, this is indeed feasible.
However, it is still difficult to implement this plan, because the cannibals basically attack along the river every time they go south. Obviously, they also understand that the closer to the water source, the more human tribes there are. In this way, those tribes attacked by them, even if they are lucky enough to escape, will probably not choose to live near the river now. Although the enemy can't find them, it is also difficult for the Han tribe to find them.
"It seems that we have to think of other ways." Luo Chong muttered, and continued to read the letter in his hand.
Regarding the river, Youye also made a lot of records. The seasonal waterway he found in the northeast of the lake was actually a tributary of another river, and it was an unstable tributary that was sometimes open and sometimes not. After entering the main road from this waterway, it took about a month to go north to reach a relatively large three-way estuary.
This place was not unfamiliar to Youye, because he passed by here when he led people to the north for reconnaissance last time. In other words, one of the forks of this three-way estuary was the upper reaches of the Ruyang River, and from here to the south, it could directly reach Hanyang County and Ruyang County.
The water network on the mainland was crisscrossed, and Luo Chong had made relevant guesses about this, so he was not very surprised. Moreover, from the current point of view, the newly discovered waterway by Youye was not very useful to the Han tribe.
Luo Chong doesn't want any minerals or special resources now. For now, the resources owned by the Han tribe are enough. What he wants most now is population, the more the better. With the current population base of the Han tribe, it is easy to swallow up 20,000 at a time. It's a pity that Youye didn't find anything this time.
So, he basically went out for a few months, and apart from exploring a useless waterway, he didn't get any other benefits. Luo Chong didn't dislike him, it just showed that the situation in the north of the Han tribe was not very good.
Youye also knew this truth, so he was not willing to come back like this, because he felt that he would lose face. Luo Chong actually knew that Youye had always wanted to make some achievements to surpass his elder brother Youfu, but it was a pity that this guy was a little unreliable or not stable enough in the past few years, so Luo Chong assigned the important tasks of going south to Youfu, and tied him up at home instead, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Why did he run away without saying anything after discovering the waterway this time? He didn't report to the tribe until he left. He didn't tell Luo Chong directly, but told Yun Zhi, who then told Luo Chong. It was obvious that he was afraid that Luo Chong would not agree to his going, so he simply killed first and reported later.
From this point of view, the reason why he didn't come back was not only because he didn't find anything and made his trip in vain, but also because he was afraid that he would be punished by Luo Chong after returning home if he didn't get any credit. Leaving the tribe without permission was basically equivalent to defecting, not to mention that he took more than 20 people and kidnapped a sailboat from the Han tribe.
This matter can be big or small. If you get credit, you will be said to have gone on an expedition for the tribe and found the resources needed by the tribe. If you don't get credit, you will be said to have left your post without permission and defected from the tribe. A big hat can be put on him and his head will be taken away.
So he was afraid and he didn't dare to come back. In the last paragraph of the letter, Youye said that he was going to continue to go north. He wanted to go to the headquarters of the cannibals to scout and see if there was a chance to get some people back. His analysis was also written below.
Youye felt that the cannibals had suffered heavy losses and were now eager to replenish their population. However, it was obviously impossible for these people to be integrated so quickly after being captured, at least not in a short period of time. This gave the Han tribe room to operate. If he could contact these people who had just been captured, there was a great chance that he could plan a rescue operation to rescue all these people and bring them back to the Han tribe.
At the end of the letter, he asked Luo Chong if this plan was feasible.
Luo Chong was amused and embarrassed. This Youye was so cute that he actually tried to test his attitude with this little trick.
If he asked Luo Chong if this plan was feasible, how would Luo Chong answer? If Luo Chong said "yes, yes", it would mean that he agreed to Youye's plan. In this way, Youye would be like following Luo Chong's orders to go to the north, and he could escape the punishment for running away without permission.
If Luo Chong said that it was not feasible and asked you to come back quickly, then this matter would be a big deal. With Youye's timid personality, he might be scared to defect directly. In Chen Sheng's words, "If I make a big plan now, I will die. If I die, I will die. Why not rebel against Qin?" Anyway, he would be punished by the leader if he went home, so
he might as well run away. It is impossible to rebel against the Han Dynasty. He does not have the courage and has no hatred with the Han tribe, so he has no motivation to deal with Luo Chong. If he runs away, it will be considered as fleeing at most.
So what Luo Chong needs to do most now is to stabilize him. In fact, it is also Youye's own fault for thinking too much. This matter is not a big deal. Although he did not tell Luo Chong in advance when he went out, if Luo Chong had not acquiesced, Youye would have been caught by him long ago. When Youye just left, Luo Chong had the opportunity to send someone else to catch him. The reason why he did not do so was because Luo Chong was also curious about the outside world, so it would be better to let Youye go out and see for himself.
After making the decision, Luo Chong immediately asked the maid to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for him, and then he wrote a letter himself, which began with "I agree with your plan to continue to go north, but you must do it within your ability. If it is impossible, don't rush to do it. You can focus on reconnaissance and intelligence, and think of a way to deal with the rest when you come back.
" Then he severely reprimanded You Ye and warned him not to do it again. He also said that he was not unreasonable. Next time there was such a thing, you can tell me directly. If I don't agree to expand outward, do you think your eldest brother can go out and hang around? '
There was nothing else to say. He just told them to be careful when they go out. Since You Ye was going by boat this time, he should bring back some crystals. If he gets more, he can make some special optical glass when he comes back. Other high-tech equipment is not mentioned first, but telescopes are really needed. If telescopes can be made of crystal glass with higher transparency, it would be great.
After finishing the letter, Luo Chong immediately asked Yun Zhi to send it out. When he returned to the bedroom, he saw that little Luo Cheng had woken up and was eating breakfast in his mother's arms. He was still holding the rattle that Luo Chong had made and shaking it back and forth. His eyes were rolling around and he kicked his legs when he saw Luo Chong coming in.
Luo Chong immediately went over and slapped his little butt, "Come on, son. Daddy will take you on a big boat ride today."
... Sorry
, the streets have just been unsealed these two days, and there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with. I will try to update earlier next time. (End of this chapter)
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