Chapter 258: Zhangxiong Kingdom
So, they imitated the locals and built caves in the middle and lower parts of the hills.
After the settlement of the settlement problem, they spent most of their energy on hunting because of the limited number of livestock brought by the long-distance migration.
After the initial frustration of the hunt for some ferocious animals, they began to master and apply in practice a "divide and conquer" method.
After observing and mastering the movement route of some animal groups, they organized manpower to ambush in a certain place, and when the main force of the animal group passed, they shot some of the animals in the tail group as fast as lightning and then quickly evacuated.
Because they are more adept at using their wisdom to fight with nature than the natives, the indigenous tribes have begun to revere them.
They continued to hunt, domesticating the wild asses they hunted in the process, and through careful observation and understanding, they slowly realized that some animal meat is not suitable for human consumption in large quantities, but small consumption can cure some human diseases.
They also observed that some injured animals healed quickly after eating certain weeds, so they took the grass home and chewed on the herbs to heal their wounds if they had bumps or the like.
In the process of continuous adaptation and conquest, the livestock and population of the Mu people gradually increased, and they became particularly vigorous.
At first they avoided conflict with some of the indigenous tribes, but as time passed and their power regained and grew, they no longer feared the indigenous tribes.
They began to thwart the harassment of the other side, and then gradually switched from defensive to counter-offensive, defeating the small tribes in the vicinity again and again, and finally marching straight in, occupying their territory, dividing up their modest possessions and livestock.
Of course, these actions immediately caused unease and anger among some of the larger tribes around them, who pounced on the Mu clan of the Dome Silver with their outnumbered numbers.
Such wars lasted for a long time, and in those dark years for both sides, frequent fighting constantly tempered their lives and wills.
The valiant Muslims rose up to the fray, and in the inevitable ordeal of casualties, they continued to achieve some victories and expel each other further afield.
In the years that followed, the alert and swift Mu completely overthrew the indigenous tribes around the Dome and took possession of their women.
In addition to satisfying their desires~, it also expanded the population of the Mu people for their inheritance, and inadvertently played a role in the integration and development of the Mu people and the local tribal bloodline.
With the massive increase in the population of the Muslims, their power has increased greatly.
At that time, there were dozens of small tribes far away from the Dome Silver, and later because of each other's fighting, annexation, and division, they had become 39 tribes by one winter.
Before this winter, they had also heard of the emergence of a very powerful tribe in the Vault Silver, but because of the distance, they had not yet had any contact with each other.
Just this winter, the people of these 39 tribes were hit by an unprecedented snowfall, which was as high as a rock sheep.
The wild animals may have foreseen that the heavy snow would be unfavorable to them, and they had already moved along a river valley in the direction of Qionglongyin, and they were nowhere to be found in the vast wilderness.
At first, the people of these tribes were unaware of the dangers posed by the heavy snow, and even found it curious and amused.
After many days, the snow did not change. Due to the cold weather, the sky was overcast, and the snow did not melt, the tribe's raw materials for fire began to become scarce, food became scarce, livestock and people began to die, and the hearts of the people began to become restless and panicked, and the atmosphere in the whole tribe became increasingly gloomy.
Eventually, the tribal leaders decided to evacuate the area and take refuge in the Gangdis Mountains along the relatively warm valley in the direction of the Dome Silver.
Just as the 39 tribes were about to migrate, the Mu people in Qionglongyin noticed that herds of wild yaks, wild horses, wild asses, antelopes, and even lions, tigers, and many other animals suddenly appeared near Qionglongyin along the river valley and moved to distant places.
They didn't know what was going on, but they realized that something big must have happened in the direction the animals were coming from, because they sensed some kind of ominous message from the animals' panic.
But they did not panic, but remained vigilant, and took the opportunity to hunt some weary wild donkeys and wild horses on the go, and enjoyed themselves and stored a lot of meat.
After a month, people from 39 tribes began to appear in the field of vision of the Mu people.
After more than a month of travel, they were extremely tired, hungry, and some were even dying.
But when they saw Mount Gangdis and saw living people, their hearts were filled with hope and sorrow.
They looked back at the snow-capped fields they had walked out of, and then at the majestic, majestic, and serene Gangdis in front of them, and their bodies and minds overflowed with extreme joy and an inexplicable sense of gratitude.
They involuntarily fell to their knees and wept bitterly as they faced Gangdis.
When the Mu people saw that they were not the natives who had come to invade, they sent people over to ask the reason, and the Mu people were moved by their heroic hearts, and they immediately took those people and arranged them in their caves, so that the fire was prosperous, and the hot food was served to these hungry people.
After they had eaten a full meal and regained some strength, the leaders of the 39 tribes decided to submit to the Mu and live with them in the land.
In the years that followed, the people of the tribe jointly established four castles with caves as the main body in the vicinity of the Dome Silver, namely the Dome Silver Castle, the Pulan Tiger Castle, the Menxiang Mouse Castle, and the Dubang Dumo Castle.
The 39 tribes and the Mu people blended with each other and slowly faded the wounds left by the snowstorm. They are also unusually united because of their similar experiences.
Since then, the Mu people have gradually grown and grown at the foot of the Gangdis Mountain, based on four castles, giving birth to and eventually forming the powerful Zhangzhung Kingdom.
During those years, they fought in the east and west, extending Zhangxiong's territory along the Himalayas, as far west as the Kunlun Mountains, and in the east as close to the territory of the Oni Dynasty.
Everyone moved forward in shock, and in front of them was a valley bottom, and under the vast white snow and ice front, there were protruding bamboo shoots, which made them miserable.
Zhuo Lei still decided to retreat and camp for the time being, several people are now sleepy and tired, if they continue to advance, there may be some danger.
Legend has it that there were 180,000 Zhangzhung households at that time, and there were 5,225 people in Mila who practiced the Dharma on Rinpo Mountain, and the chief was Phuntsok Gyatso, according to the Zhangzhung Nian, Zhangzhung had an army of 990,000 people.
According to the article "A Brief History of the Tibetan Population", according to the proportion of the army, the population of Zhangzhung should not be less than 10 million, which is enough to prove how prosperous Zhangzhung was at that time.
Although it is unknown whether there is anyone inside, the continuous weather difficulties and dangers have worn down many of the will they had when they first arrived, and Zore understands that sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter.
Muge was lighting a fire, putting one of the legs retrieved from the Crystal Palace on it with one hand to barbecue, but the rest was left, after all, there was still a lot of way to go, even if it was frozen for a hundred years, it could still make a crackling grease sound, Master Ula heard that the Buddha beads in his hand were plucked, and there were words in his mouth from time to time.
But he didn't say anything to stop it.
Sun Miaozheng and Chu Jiu showed a trace of warmth on their faces, but they both knew that it was impossible to stop the behavior of Mu Ge and the others with their strength, so they had to turn their faces to one place, and out of sight was pure.
It's just that the sound of grease from time to time in the flames makes the hearts of the two of them never be able to remain calm.
Zhuo Lei didn't care, and looked into the distance with a telescope.
The mountain wall that stretched in front of him was actually one side of a mountain, dividing the valley in two. The valley winds in both directions, with no end in sight.
And the direction of the valley, he didn't care, just looked at the mountain wall in front of him in horror, and was speechless in shock.
The main body of the mountain wall is granite, nearly a thousand meters high, and the mountain is so steep that it is almost vertical and smooth.
Standing in front of the mountain, he felt a sense of insignificance in his heart. However, this feeling of self-insignificance is far less than the shock in front of me.
Because on this vertical and smooth mountain wall, I don't know who has carved out many caves.
The caves are densely packed all over the mountain walls, and I am afraid that there are no less than a thousand. The entrance to the cave is about a few meters long, and when you look at it from the bottom, you can't see how deep it is. Looking up from the bottom, I found that the closest cave to the ground was also about twenty meters high!
He couldn't help but smile bitterly, in his impression, the ancient tribes that once existed on the plateau did not have the strength to build these caves at all.
Don't look at these caves, they don't look inconspicuous. But in reality, digging so many caves into the cliffs is no less difficult than the ancient Egyptians who built the pyramid of Khufu thousands of years ago.
After half a sound, frowning and pondering, Mu Ge had already cut off a piece of roasted leg meat and put it in front of him, so that Zhuo Lei temporarily gave up his imagination, handed the telescope to Mu Ge, and ate the meat.
Under the sharp Tibetan knife, one leg and one hand were quickly divided into pieces, and when they were handed to Master Ulla and Yushan, they were instantly retreated a few meters by a cold look from the little girl.
The man couldn't help but gasp and retreated to the side, but his heart was full of fear for this little girl, but he didn't expect that a young age would make him lose his resistance with just one look, which shows how strong his strength is.
Sun Miaozheng's two masters and servants naturally did not have the desire to eat this meat~ Wang, although it smelled with a fragrance, but only felt a tumbling stomach and couldn't stop pouring up.
Zhuo Lei glanced at it, and then went with them, there is still some food, it is really a situation where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and then we will talk about it.