Chapter 575: Reaching the Tribe
Something is wrong, come and see. ”
After Li De finished speaking, he casually showed them the map on the desktop, which marked the area where the tribe was found, the approximate number of people, as well as the general clothing style, living habits, and the estimated number of cattle, sheep and horses.
"Governor, we have encountered at least one tribe, so many tribes, and the number is not less than 100,000."
Shi Huaiyi understood that if he made a rash move, it might lead to a bigger battle.
"I'm sending some people to find out what they do." Shi Huaiyi said.
"It's okay, but you can't sneak around, send a caravan to explore in the form of trade, and I'll lead the team myself." Li Dedao.
"If the Metropolitan Governor is in danger, how can we explain it to the honored ladies." In fact, they didn't explicitly say that Li De's wives are many, but if they want to explain more, the ones who really rank first are Pei Qingxuan and Princess Lanling.
One is a married couple, that is, the eldest lady, and the other is naturally a princess with a transcendent status.
"When did you people do things twisting, and besides, I was so weak, I was worried that I would have to protect you when the time came." Li Dedao.
No matter what Li De says, they can only agree, the current Li De is not what it used to be, he used to be just a governor with troops, but now he is a person in charge of one side.
If there is a fork, it is not what they want to see, no one is a fool, according to the development of the Youzhou forces, if they can take the Liaobei forces in their hands, then the benefits to the development of the vanguard are not a little bit.
The caravan was dressed up in Qiao Zhuang, and the soldiers selected were all foreign-looking and somewhat foreign-looking, and there were many such people, and many were Hu people.
There is nothing unusual, even the Li family of Tang Guogong has Hu blood.
Some of the soldiers of the Sui State who looked a little special were too normal, most of them were descendants, and they had an advantage in language at such a time.
As early as the formation of the vanguard, it was known that they would have to face Turkic and other tribes, so they were mentioned in previous meetings, and several night raids played a very important role in the lingua franca of the foreigners.
Scouts need to know a lot of languages in order to be in need of them.
The composition of the caravan was dominated by these soldiers, and many scouts were dispatched, Shi Huaiyi and Luo Song personally guarded them, and the observation outpost was carried out by He Bida and Li Jing, one was responsible for specific affairs, and the other was a staff general to manage internal affairs.
The wagons of the convoy were all modified, and these were mostly special convoys from the vanguard baggage soldiers, and many things were hidden in the wagons.
People who don't understand the mechanism of wood can't solve it at all, these smart building blocks can be easily done if they are replaced in modern children, but here even if they are masters of arithmetic, building block masters may not be able to unravel, if there is still some hope for the ingenious craftsmen.
It's not far.
The caravans were dressed in a variety of ways, and they did this deliberately, because most of the merchants who mingled the Sui border were like this.
If you encounter the Turkic horse team, you can also maneuver, if you see a caravan full of Sui State, then maybe what happens next will be very bad, either rob it, or directly solve all the people to grab the goods.
Therefore, dressing up and dressing up as a Hu Shang can at least be able to maneuver in times of danger.
The weapons of the vanguard guards were all replaced with weapons from the Western Regions, all varied, mostly with scimitars, and the Hu people dressed up directly as merchants in the Western Regions.
Li Dedu followed with makeup, not to mention his own makeup, but also instructed others, and the whole caravan looked like a pirate of the Caribbean, all with smoky makeup.
It looks very unusual, at least it can hide the faces of their Sui people.
"How far is it?" Li De asked.
"Less than three miles." The scout replied.
Shi Huaiyi asked the convoy to speed up, reminding everyone to relax and not show their feet, and let people who know nonsense negotiate. Li De sat in the carriage like a pampered rich and noble son.
Such a character setting is to be able to make him not speak easily, and even disdain or even dislike the poor tribe, so that he will not be exposed because of the language barrier.
Li De was not idle, when he was in the car, he compiled a script of common languages in foreign languages, and now his identity is Hu Shang, so he took advantage of the time he was in a hurry to memorize more common sentences, so that when he was communicating, he could confuse the truth with the false.
It is believed that the languages of northern Liaobei and the Western Regions should be incomprehensible.
Li De's recording method is very simple, using the method of pinyin annotation, all the sentences are basically recited like this, even if you remember to take out a small notebook and read it the same.
"Boss, someone's coming." The man who followed the carriage reminded.
In his carriage, without pulling the curtain, he can see through the specially designed refractive window, through the viewing hole in the carriage.
As soon as the convoy stepped into the edge of the tribe, a small group of cavalry came over without even seeing the tribe, and looking at the weapons on their waists, they knew that it was not a very formal system.
Seeing that the leather clothes on their bodies had no armor, the vanguard guards were not nervous when they saw the comers, they were all good hands who could top ten in terms of combat effectiveness, and they were also wearing chain mail, which was hidden under the clothes and no one could find out.
It's not as hard as plate armor, but it's enough to provide some defense.
Ordinary swords don't do much damage to them, and the outside of the chain mail is leather armor, and the inside is a thick cloth coat, all of which have defensive power.
"Who are you, outsiders are not welcome in our tribe." The people who came said a lot of things, not to mention Li De, even many people who knew Hu were a little confused.
But this just avoids embarrassment, if you don't understand nonsense, then even if you make a mistake or say something casually, the other party will not find out.
Among the scouts of the vanguards, there are really people who know some foreign languages, and they are very messy, but they can just communicate with each other, and even speak in the comparison.
Li De saw that they were communicating quite well, but he didn't know what the scout said, and the person who came actually invited the convoy to the tribe.
After walking for a while, I saw the tribe, and the tribe gave people a very peaceful feeling, and the number of people could not be counted for a while depending on the wooden house where they lived.
Seeing that the size of the population is at least 5,000 or more, it is strange that it is different from the tribe found by the scouts, maybe it is a mistake or they have gone wrong.
Li De found that there must be something wrong in this, and now is not the time to think about these things.
The scout explained the details of his communication with the other party on the side of the carriage, and the scout didn't actually know the other party's language very well, but he could communicate with each other by gesture.
They said they were trading caravans, and they were let in.
It just so happened that since they were merchants, they couldn't let the other party be suspicious, so they just entered the tribe and found a clearing not far from them and stopped the convoy.