MTL - Be a Leader In a Primitive Tribe-Chapter 135
A narrow and long passage between mountains and hills, an army of 20,000 people is moving forward.
In the middle of the team, ten huge war elephants stood in a row, their huge feet stepped on the ground, leaving deep footprints one after another.
On top of the war elephant, there was a platform for three people, standing three people, namely the mahout trainer, the archer and the spearman, and they were looking around vigilantly.
At this moment, someone in front shouted: "Stop - there is a ravine ahead."
Soon someone went to report to Chu Da: "My lord, there is a ravine ahead, and the war elephants can't get through it."
"Can't get around it?"
"Back to the eldest son, this ravine is just on the road we must pass through, and we can't get around it, unless we go back two mountains and go around the west, which will take an extra half a day."
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and dig the soil and carry stones to fill the ditch, or else cut down trees and build a bridge to let the war elephants pass."
"My lord, this ditch was dug by someone. The soil is still new. It must have been dug for less than a day."
"Hmph, it must be the people of the Phoenix tribe who did it. Pass the order down and be on guard. There may be enemy ambushing around. Also, arrange people to deal with the gully quickly."
"Yes, my lord."
After the team stopped, the people behind looked around. It wasn't until after waiting for a long time that the gully was filled.
Chu Da ordered the team to move on.
Unexpectedly, not long after walking, another report came from the front, saying that there was another gully ahead, and it was deeper and wider than the one just now.
Chu Da couldn't help but not get angry, and immediately ordered several soldiers to crawl over to see how many ravines were left in front of him.
After learning that there was only one in front of him, he ordered the large troops to stop and rest, and wait for the ditch to be filled before going over.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a small group of people appeared in front of them, holding up their shields and shooting at them, as if they didn't pay attention to the 20,000 large group of people.
Chu Da never expected to be ignored so far, his veins burst out of anger, and he immediately drew a thousand troops to catch up.
These ravines are actually not wide enough for horses to jump over, but the elephants are heavy and their huge bones cannot withstand the shock of landing.
So just a small ditch can block their way.
But these ten war elephants are one of the main battle strengths that the God Tribe relies on, and they are the core of their battle power. Over the years, they have relied on these few war elephants to be invincible. So staying with the elephant herd is the key to their survival and victory.
Where the elephant herd is, there is the main force of the army.
A thousand men took the lead, and after crossing the ravine, they chased after the small team of a hundred men.
What's annoying is that this small team retreated while fighting, but they didn't dare to fight head-on.
Just when they were not going to chase, the small team in front also stopped, provoking non-stop, and the bows and arrows in their hands were not idle, stabbing them from time to time, and there were screams from the chasing soldiers one after another.
When did the people of the three major tribes suffer from such uselessness, and some even yelled: "Boss, catch up, it's so annoying, I must chop off some people's heads and kick them as balls, and treat us like monkeys!" Just playing around."
"I can't bear this tone, it's really as if we are afraid of them."
"Boss, go up."
Hearing everyone cursing, the leader was not angry. But he was also afraid that he would be too far away from the main force if he chased him, and he would be caught in an ambush by the other party.
"Boss, their **** alliance only has three or four thousand people, can they be willing to put everyone in front to ambush us, even if they ambush, there are no more than five hundred people at most, and more than a thousand of us can't beat them?"
"These small tribes can't even eat enough to eat. They don't have the strength to fight us. They can only harass them with such small tricks. When we force them into the valley, they can't escape even if they want to."
Hearing the instigation of his subordinates, the leader was very moved.
At this moment, the group of stragglers in front saw them stop, so they stopped too, and a few more arrows came from the ground.
Following a few screams from Ah, the leader couldn't sit still any longer, he felt angry on his forehead, raised his spear and said with a wave: "Little ones, come with me, if you don't kill these monkeys today If you are killed, you will never withdraw your troops."
The subordinates couldn't hold back for a long time. Now that they heard the order to attack, the riders in front directly patted their horses and chased after them.
The infantry quickly followed with their bamboo spears on their shoulders.
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer, the group of people in front looked panic-stricken, and never dared to stop halfway, and kept racing forward. At the fork in the road, a few people panicked and rushed towards the main road.
The large army turned to a corner nearby.
The more panicked they looked, the more energetic the people chasing them became.
"Boss, where are you going to chase?"
"Chasing around the corner, no accident, there is a valley near the corner, the valley is narrow, there may not be a road ahead, just intercept and kill them in the valley, those few will run away, nothing will happen."
As soon as everyone heard it, they hula and chased towards the corner.
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
More than a thousand soldiers, led by the little leader and other cavalry, approached the valley together, and the momentum was quite scary.
"Drive..."
Inside the valley, the entrance is relatively narrow. However, the inside suddenly opened up, and it was in the state of a bottle mouth, and the big belly in the middle could accommodate thousands of people without any problem.
These valleys seemed never to have been trodden before, except by the footsteps of these men before them.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of dry grass and dead branches of various shrubs.
After a winter of heavy snow cover, the bottom layer of dry grass and dead branches have been rotted and half-rotted, and the upper layer is still yellow and dry leaves that have just fallen. It has not rained for the past few days. The weather in February and March, The north wind is still blowing, and the upper layer of leaves also looks fluffy and dry.
"Hahaha—there is no way ahead. This group of people ran into a dead end. Let's catch up and kill them directly."
"Come on, get the first victory in this battle, the first victory is our team, everyone go on."
The soldiers of this team chased all the way with frustration, and now they finally had a chance to fight, and all of them rushed inside like chicken blood.
More than a thousand horses rushed into the valley in just two blinks.
Unexpectedly, the valley became more and more strange as it went further in. I don't know when it was filled with all kinds of weeds and branches, blocking people's way in all directions.
But the thieves in front seemed to be very familiar with the road conditions here, and after a few detours, they ran away without a trace.
The leader suddenly felt that something was wrong, he stopped suddenly, he pulled the rein, and looked up to both sides of the valley.
At this moment, rustling sounds came from my ears, followed by the sound of rocks rolling down, and mountains and seas poured into my ears from all directions.
"Stop-stop-turn back-out the valley-"
The leader knew he had been tricked, and hurriedly shouted.
The others didn't react for a while, they stopped and looked around blankly.
I saw huge stones vying to be the first to roll down the mountain, like a landslide and a crack in the ground.
Everyone's faces were panic-stricken, and they didn't know where to run for a while.
Boom—boom—
The huge rocks followed one after another, and they came to the front in a blink of an eye.
"ah-"
"Run away—"
"Help—"
"The landslide—"
All of a sudden, there were screams one after another, and the horse didn't have time to run, and was directly smashed into meatloaf by the huge stone.
"Quick—run back—"
"Turn back—"
Just when everyone came to their senses and wanted to turn around and rush back, they found that there was a huge fire burning at the entrance of the valley, and they couldn't get out at all.
"No, I can't go out. The Taniguchi fire is on fire, and I can only be a barbecue when I go out."
The little leader saw the fire all over the sky and the corpses smashed by huge boulders all over the ground, and his mind went "hum".
be cheated!
The people in the Eastern League are too cunning, and this is how they were led into the ambush circle.
mean!
Shameless!
Regret came overwhelmingly, if he hadn't used his temper just now and hadn't chased him in, maybe it wouldn't have happened.
"It's over..."
But it was useless for him to regret it. Seeing the fire spreading towards the dry grass under his feet, his eyes went dark and he fell directly to the ground.
"Boss, boss..."
"God, what are we going to do?"
"Are we really going to die here?"
"It's all the fault of the God Tribe, if they hadn't provoke the Alliance, we wouldn't have died here—"
The warriors of the three major tribes were about to cry as they watched the intensified fire on both sides.
"How could this be, how could... such..."
"Hoo hoo hoo..."
"Crackling crackling..."
In the valley, the fire was burning more and more fiercely. People could hide in the middle at the beginning, but gradually found that there was nowhere to hide.
"Go that way, there is no fire over there."
The remaining small group of people quickly moved towards a gap.
But before he had walked a few steps, several soldiers in the front row suddenly fell down one by one.
"ah-"
There was another scream.
"There are archers ambushing around, we can't get out—"
Soon, the fire spread, and people had nowhere to hide. One after another, they were burnt to pieces, rolled around in the sea of flames, and screamed terribly.
Those who were not burned were no better off. Because there was already thick smoke billowing in the valley, all the smoke was inhaled, and it was very uncomfortable to hold back in the lungs.
"Cough cough cough..."
The leader woke up from a coma, he was so choked that he couldn't open his eyes, he was breathing rapidly, thick smoke poured into his closed nose, and the screams of his own people could only be heard in his ears.
It's over, it's over!
In the past, only their three major tribes chased others and shouted and shouted.
Now they finally tasted what it was like to be cornered.
The leader finally gave up struggling and collapsed in the fire that filled the sky.
…
On the side of the three major tribes, they sent two teams to deal with these annoying harassers, but they didn't expect that one after another, when the gully at both ends was filled, neither of these two teams came back.
In connection with the loud noise and the sound of fighting just heard from a distance, Chu Da's expression became very bad.
For these two teams, I'm afraid it's more than auspicious.
He quickly ordered: "Everyone, follow the main force, and it is forbidden to leave the team."
Their current advantage is that they have a large number of people, and they can specialize in one area, so they will definitely be able to break through the bamboo. Once they are separated by the opponent's tricks, in this kind of place, I'm afraid they can't get around these small tribes like hungry wolves.
However, with more than 2,000 people in the two teams, they disappeared so quietly, and there was inevitably a lot of private discussions in the army.
Chu Da's people were naturally aware of this, and cut off a few people directly, prohibiting discussion, which prevented negative speech from spreading in the army.
The large troop continued to move until night, when Chu Da ordered the troop to stop and rest.
As the mainstay of the team, these ten war elephants also received special treatment.
A small team was assigned to find food for these war elephants.
War elephants mainly feed on young branches and leaves, wild fruits, wild grasses, young bamboos, wild vegetables and other plants. An adult elephant needs to drink hundreds of liters of water every day and eat hundreds of kilograms of grass.
The war elephants are huge, and they have to walk with heavy loads all the way, which consumes a lot of energy, and the amount of food they eat is more than double that of ordinary elephants.
The soldiers who took care of him complained while carrying rattan baskets to the nearby mountains to mow grass.
The other half of the people have to carry clay pots to carry water to feed the group of war elephants.
It's a pity that the water source is still some distance away from the camp. Carrying dozens of catties of water over and over again caused the soldiers who took care of them to complain endlessly.
On the west side, more than a dozen warriors carrying water poured water into the jars and murmured, "This beast eats and drinks a lot. When it encounters a pit, it can't get through it. It's afraid of fire and easily frightened. Knowing whether pulling to the battlefield is helping or dishelping."
"It doesn't matter if you eat a lot and drink a lot. You have to accept your fate as a slave. Even if they are animals, you are slaves that are not even as good as animals."
The leading little boss couldn't help but reprimanded him.
After being scolded a few times, the slaves didn't dare to speak anymore, so they had to bear the burden of hard work and carried the water away.
It's just that they didn't take two steps, and following the sound of swooshing in the air, followed by a few sounds of ah-, these people who were carrying the water fell into a pool of blood in the next instant.
In the tent, Chu Daheyan and others were discussing the plan to fight against the enemy tomorrow.
The one who talked dryly but didn't see anyone bring water for a long time, and cursed at the guards around him, ordering them to get water quickly.
Within a short while, someone came to report in a hurry, saying that all the slaves and soldiers who fetched water by the water source were shot and killed one by one.
Chu Da suddenly flew into a rage.
"The Eastern League is really a group of low-level young people who do things that can't be on the stage."
But Xiao Bing continued: "The soldiers who went out to find food for the elephants haven't come back yet, I'm afraid it's—"
"Then why don't you send someone to look for it? Do you want me to mow the grass and feed the elephants myself?"
Chu Da was almost out of breath.
Xiaobing knelt for a long time in a dilemma, after all, the big master hadn't made up his mind yet.
"Go to the people of the Xuangui tribe and ask them to arrange people to mow the grass and carry water for the war elephants, and tell them. If the war elephants are not fed enough, they will go to the battlefield tomorrow, and they will not have good fruit to eat."
Watching Xiaobing leave in a hurry, Yan's eyes were full of haze.
"This Xuangui tribe, just like their name, is a turtle with a shrunken head. It's time to do things and not do things. It's like coming out to fight. Whenever there is something new, they go to join in the fun, and when they encounter danger, they hide back. Bah. "
"After all, it wasn't their younger brothers and sons who died, who would work as hard as we did."
While talking, they suddenly heard a noise coming from a distance, Chu Da and Yan looked at each other, and walked out of the camp one after the other, ignoring the matter at hand.
"what happened?"
Chu Da shouted.
I thought I would take care of these small tribes. It's just something that can be easily grasped, but I didn't expect it to be so simple.
Before reaching the place, more than 2,000 people were lost, which made him feel heartbroken and very embarrassing.
"Back to the eldest son, someone came to rob our food and grass."
"What?" Chu Da was startled.
These Eastern League people are like annoying mosquitoes, they can't kill people if they bite. But it keeps buzzing and flying around my ears, which is very annoying.
It was said that they were settling down to rest, but the group of soldiers guarding food looked more exhausted than traveling.
"Move the food and grass to the middle of the team."
"It's the eldest son."
After the grain and grass were moved over, it was safe now, but the harassment from behind did not stop.
This group of people rode horses, about two to three hundred people, appeared at random times, shot arrows at random, and when the three major tribes were about to form an army, they disappeared unknowingly. In the night.
In order to ensure the next day's combat power, Chu Da had to order the people of the Fire Tribe to come back and deal with these harassing people's tails.
Yan had no choice but to order his subordinates to form a team to confront the group of people.
Unexpectedly, after learning that they are from the Fire Tribe, those members of the Alliance laughed and said, "I heard that your Fire Tribe sent 7,000 troops this time, and the rest of the tribe are old, weak, women and children—"
"The closest thing to here is the Fire Tribe. What's the point of harassing people here? It's not worth the effort, so it's better to go for the soft ones."
"Walking around, I heard that the Fire Tribe is very rich. In the past, their eldest son sent things to the Phoenix Tribe twice every three days."
This group of Fire Tribe fighters couldn't understand what they were saying, they just wanted to take advantage of the fact that their main force was outside, and take the opportunity to lead troops to copy their old background.
How can these fighters sit still, after all, those left behind in the tribe also have their family members.
So report to Yan as soon as possible.
After a whole day, Yan's eyelids kept twitching from side to side, and in the middle of the night, when he heard the news that the alliance was going to send people to encircle and suppress their tribe, he was so frightened that he lost sleepiness.
The soldiers under him even took the opportunity to say: "Boss, although Master Yao is gone, we still have Master Qi, the third son, the fourth son and five or six sons. We can't just ignore the living because of the dead."
"Presumptuous—" Yan was furious when he heard this.
The soldier didn't dare to say another word, knelt there trembling.
The elder beside him said: "Boss, what they said is absolutely right. Today we quietly lost a thousand people. Who knows if we will quietly lose another thousand people tomorrow. Although we did not send the most troops this time, we only sent 7,000 troops with 10,000 people, 9,000 troops with 30,000 people from the God Tribe, and 4,000 troops with more than 10,000 people from the Xuangui, and Xuangui only sent a small leader. To deal with it, none of my family is out. If something really happens, we will suffer the most."
Yan was so angry that he threw the pottery cup in his hand on the ground, and cursed: "You all talk about frustration before the war starts, what is this, this is running away!"
"The leader's words are serious. We are just returning to the tribe to protect the tribe. This is no escape. You see, if the people from the Eastern Alliance want to attack Xuangui, I'm afraid they will withdraw all of them immediately. .”
Yan thought for a long time, and then said to the elder beside him: "You take 3,000 people back, go back now, and I will explain to the people of the God Tribe later."
The Great Elder was overjoyed and hurriedly accepted his orders.
When Chu Da woke up and found out about this, the 3,000 people from the Fire Tribe had already left for most of the night.
Chu Da was so angry that he scolded Yan.
After all, Yan is the leader of a tribe, and his status is equal to that of the leaders of the other three tribes. Now being scolded so mercilessly by such a hairy young man, his temper has also come up.
"Xuangui has four thousand people here, and I have four thousand people. Now the number is the same. What's the point? Besides, the Eastern League has only four to five thousand people, and we still have more than fourteen thousand people. What's the matter?" fear."
That's what I said, but more than 3,000 people were withdrawn in the middle of the night, and people's hearts fluttered for a while. It is impossible to say that there is no impact.
But the matter has come to this point, Chu Da had no choice but to suppress the raging anger in his chest.
…
On the side of the Eastern Alliance, the Mountain Tribe and the Ant Tribe took the lead in completing the task. They almost wiped out more than 2,000 people from each other without a single soldier. The excitement has not calmed down all day, and they have been describing the The story of how to lure the enemy into the circle and set fire to the valley today is full of talk.
There are only three hundred people in the area, and killing more than three times the number of people is something they have never dared to think about in their life, how can they not be excited.
"I'm really convinced by Captain Yu's strategy. If we didn't arrange it in advance, we wouldn't be able to do this."
"It's the same with us, it's really dead."
"When we came out this time, we didn't intend to go back alive. I didn't expect that not only came back with our lives, but also defeated the opponent. I really dare not even think about it."
"I heard that the Fire Tribe has sent 3,000 people back to the tribe in the dark."
"Yes, the eldest son of the God Tribe is probably going to be very angry."
"Hey, let him be angry. All these years, they are only allowed to drink our blood, and we are not allowed to resist."
"The 3,000 people will depend on the Shrimp Tribe and Canglin."
"Don't worry, as long as the layout is the same as ours, the problem will not be big."
In the tent of the Black Mountain Tribe, several tung oil lamps emitted thick smoke, Yuzheng and others were gesturing on the sand table, and Ya, who had just harassed the enemy camp, also came back on a fast horse.
"Sure enough, as you expected, the old ghost Yana sent 3,000 people back. The people from the Canglin tribe are fighting with them. I will come back when my time is up. The Black Mountain tribe and the others are full of sleep. Let them go. Harassing people."
The military book says: The enemy is stationed and we are harassed, and the enemy is tired and we fight.
When harassing the other party, you must also pay attention to the method, otherwise it will be meaningless if the enemy is tired and we are tired.
Now that the enemy is in the dark, a small group of guerrillas can destroy the opponent, with a small cost and great results.
"With more than 5,000 people gone, the three tribes must be vigilant. It will be more difficult for us to separate them later," Yu said.
"If you don't separate, you won't separate. I can beat ten of them by myself. This little guy is nothing!"
Zhuang said carelessly, he hadn't enjoyed killing last time, and it wasn't his turn to go to the battlefield this time, the big knife was already hungry and thirsty.
Yu glared at him, and the guy immediately fell silent.
Before going out, his mother, daughter-in-law, and leader had told him that he must obey Yu's command in everything and must not make his own decisions.
He muttered, but he didn't dare to poke Lou Zi.
"But the Xuangui tribe doesn't look so gregarious." Ya said with a smile.
When the others heard this, they all turned to look at her.
"It seems that I have to come because of face, and I don't want to rush ahead if I have something to do. I'm afraid their ten war elephants won't be able to eat enough tonight."
As Ya spoke, she recounted what had disturbed them hunting elephant grass and water in the evening.
Everyone listened, and couldn't help laughing.
"Elephants are afraid of fire and noise. When the time comes, we will choose to fight at night. Once these war elephants are frightened, they will run rampant without distinguishing between enemies and friends. I am afraid that many people will be trampled to death."
Everyone nodded, indicating that this strategy is very good.
"Once the war elephants are settled, our phalanx will be useful. At that time, the cavalry will raid the formation and harass them. Even if they have 23,000 soldiers and horses, they are nothing to be afraid of."
"Okay, just listen to Captain Yu."