In the six months after leaving Xiaoyao Island, I encountered more than a dozen large and small islands along the way.

However, these islands are too small to have the same conditions as Runaway, with only three islands having fresh water, and the rest of the islands either steaming hot with sulphur or bare rocky mountains.

Just when there were only ten days of fresh water left, the old conch sent a signal from the first ship, saying that there was a new continent ahead.

"I hope it's true this time, otherwise I have to peel off the skin of the old conch" Yu Shengzhi gritted his teeth and said, this is the fifth time that the old conch has said that he has discovered the New World, but the first four times each time is a mirage, and it is empty.

"Forget it, it's better to have hope than no hope, but everyone is used to it, and you see that everyone's speed is not as fast as before this time!"

All the ships followed the old conch's lead ship slowly, and after another day and a night, they could already hear the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, and there was fire in the distance.

"This time it turned out to be true! No, there are people on the island ahead, there is a fire, everyone be careful! ”

"Don't panic, don't dock the ship first, stop anchoring! Sound the gong to make all the boats in front of you retreat, keep a distance from the coast, and be careful of the people on the shore who sneak up on the boat at night! ”

Li Xiaofei did not give an order, but let Yu Shengzhi and Parthias command, Li Xiaofei put his arm around Wang Ruoyun and looked at the sky, "There is still no moon tonight, and the stars have not appeared!" But we've finally reached a populated area! ”

"I believe everything my husband says, and I know that you didn't lie to me!"

Hongrui boiled tea and ginger slices in the cabin, and wrapped the cloak on her body tightly, "Xiaofei, don't let Sister Ruoyun blow the wind outside, now the further south it is, the colder it gets!" ”

"Okay, the eldest lady ordered, how dare Xiaofei and Ruoyun disobey, let's go, go in, go in!"

"People who are almost sixty years old, they are poor, come on, come on, you two sit down and wait for me to boil this ginger tea, drink some ginger tea to prevent the cold!"

"Okay, good, hard work Sister Hong, you have to drink too, you have worked the hardest in the past few years!"

Wang Ruoyun sneered, "Sister Hong, our husband doesn't do anything, just one mouth, if it were me, I wouldn't make him ginger tea!" ”

"That's it, we should let him give us tea and water at both ends, but unfortunately he is clumsy and can't do it! I'm afraid I'll drop our cup and there's nowhere to make it up! ”

"Haha, that's right, this ordinary cup is a rarity as soon as it comes out of the beam!"

The three people in the cabin joked and laughed with each other, and the soldiers outside the cabin patrolled the sea with torches to check for anything unusual under the ship.

Luckily, there's no one here to do the sneak attack.

However, when Li Xiaofei came back a few years ago, when he was passing through the Wet Poison Country, he was attacked by a tribe at night.

Fortunately, this group of agile people boarded the ship to find food, and they were spared after being discovered by Li Xiaofei and Parthias, but from then on, Parthias developed the habit of being vigilant when encountering land at night.

On the vast sea where you can't see your fingers, there are people who can row out of the small boat and climb onto the big boat without lighting torches. It's too scary, if you come to attack and burn the ship and kill people, it's over.

After the night passed, it rained heavily on the second day, and Li Xiaofei decided to take advantage of the daylight after discussing with Yu Shengzhi and Partias.

When they landed, hundreds of men in animal skins came to the shore with sticks and bows and arrows, and shouted.

Yu Katsuzhi was about to order the use of bows and crossbows against these people, Parthias looked at these people and waved his hand, "They can't withstand the blow of General Yu, let's line up the shield array and go down, by the way, throw down the logs on the ship first, these natives may poison the shells,

Some poisonous spikes will also be placed on the beach. Everyone watch their step! ”

The boats on the shore threw logs and some haywood onto the beach, and then the soldiers with long shields changed to small boats to land first.

As soon as the first hundred sword and shield men came ashore, the natives on the shore beckoned them with their clubs and bows and arrows.

The clubs were actually native spears, but the spear heads were made of bone and stone, and there were only a few scratches when they hit the shields made of iron and teak.

By the time the natives threw their spears and arrows intermittently, the soldiers on the ship were already halfway ashore and were ready to attack.

But the natives threw their spears and arrows and ran away, and had no intention of fighting the people who had landed on the shore.

"This battle is too boring, well, don't chase, I'm afraid there are traps, although these natives have simple weapons, they are not stupid at all!" In the past two years, Yu Shengzhi has also learned Li Xiaofei's caution, and sometimes he is even more cautious than Li Xiaofei.

The 1,300 people who landed on the shore walked out of the beach and climbed up the high ground, only to see that the natives had indeed set up an ambush on the high ground, and more natives continued to greet the Liang army with spears and bows and arrows.

However, this kind of ambush was of little significance, as it could neither penetrate the shield nor the armor of the Liang army, and the Liang army continued to advance with its long shield against the spears thrown by the natives.

Li Xiaofei looked at the situation on the mountain from behind, and immediately ordered to wave the blue flag to disperse the soldiers who rushed in front.

"Hide behind a tree! Get out of the way! ”

The blue flag was waved only when it was dangerous, and the soldiers quickly dispersed and retreated into the nearby woods, while many boulders began to roll down from the top of the hill.

Fortunately, Li Xiaofei issued an order in time, otherwise most of the Liang army was in the same position where the boulder hit.

The boulder hit the ground and bounced off and rolled down, the big trees that several people were hugging were crushed and broken, and many of the soldiers hiding behind were injured or even died on the spot.

Next, Li Xiaofei played the flute, which represented the defense and the enemy was coming.

The dense crowd of natives rushed down the hill after the boulder stopped, and continued to throw the stones in their hands at the Liang army.

"Drums! Sortie! After observing the lineup of the natives, Li Xiaofei gave the order

The Liang army rushed from the woods to kill the natives, waving their shields against the stones that split their heads and covered their faces, and rushed to the front of the natives.

The iron sword was against the wooden stick, and the natives were defeated miserably, and in less than half an hour, thousands of natives were either beheaded or captured alive.

The captive natives spoke words that no one understood, and their eyes were full of hostility.

Everyone asked Li Xiaofei how to deal with these nearly 1,000 prisoners of war, Li Xiaofei touched his beard, "Take them over the mountain in front of them!" You can kill as little as you can! ”

After crossing the mountain, there was an endless field in front of everyone, and some fleeing natives were running into some round earthen houses, the outside of which were wooden fences and watchtowers.

"Find a water source, test the poison with a silver needle, and purify the water with alum! According to the water source, the cavalry team went to investigate! ”

As soon as the only 100 cavalry appeared, the captured natives knelt down and cried out with their faces on the ground, their eyes turning to horror and pleading.

Parthias saw the strangeness of the captives and suggested that Li Xiaofei let the cavalry walk around the captives.

The cavalry team circled, and all the captives knelt on the ground silently, and Li Xiaofei motioned for ten of them to be loosened to see their reactions.

The untied natives continued to kneel, and Parthias smiled, "I see, they don't have horses, they regard the riders as gods!"

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The crowd didn't believe it, "Mr. Parthias, be careful, these natives can hang boulders on wooden poles to the top of the mountain, which shows that we are not lost in intelligence, but we are defeated without iron weapons!" ”

"If you don't believe me, let the cavalry go around the stockade in front and see the reaction there!"

Li Xiaofei looked at the nearest stockade under the mountain, which was about ten miles away from this mountain, and the cavalry could rush to it in an instant.

"Go to thirty people, send another thirty people to respond, and the infantry will attack three hundred to prevent the enemy from counterattacking!"

Before the infantry had reached the three-mile road, someone from the cavalry in front came back and reported that "all the natives have surrendered!" It wasn't a deception, it was a real surrender, and when they heard the neighing of the war horses, they howled in fright! ”

When the 300 infantry came to the stockade, the natives were still kneeling in front of the horses of the Liang cavalry and did not dare to get up.

Thousands of people were captured at once, as well as old and weak women and children, and the soldiers did not dare to deal with them without permission, so they sent people back to report to Li Xiaofei and Yu Sheng.

Li Xiaofei and Yu Shengzhi felt that they could let go of the people who had already been captured, but several of the commanders advocated killing them.

"My lord, there may be millions of natives on this continent, if you don't take this opportunity to kill some of them, they will come to besiege us in the future, I'm afraid we won't be able to parry!"

"I still think that the natives are deceitful, after all, it is still very cost-effective to sacrifice thousands of people to catch a big fish like us!"

Li Xiaofei pointed to the captives who were still kneeling on the ground, "Look at their appearance, how difficult is it for thousands of people to pretend to be so afraid?" Moreover, it is difficult for their canoe to find us in the open sea, and fishing does not make sense. They're just trying to keep us from usurping on their land! ”

"It's a pity that we don't understand the language with them, in fact, these people are the same as us, they are all yellow-skinned, black-haired and black-eyed, maybe they are the descendants of Yan and Huang who fell here in ancient times!"

"It's ominous to kill them, put them back, let them tell others about our awesomeness, it also has a deterrent effect!"

When Li Xiaofei ordered the release of the captives, the ropes on the captives' hands and feet were untied, but the captives still did not leave and continued to kneel.

"Remove all the cavalry!"

After the remaining dozens of cavalry rushed down the mountain, the natives bowed down to Li Xiaofei and the others and said a bunch of words.

Li Xiaofei waved his hand and pointed to the bottom of the mountain, and the natives ran down the mountain together.

When Li Xiaofei entered the stockade occupied by dozens of cavalrymen, and saw the men, women, and children kneeling together in front of him, he couldn't help but think of what happened to him in his childhood.

"The cavalry withdraws, and the others don't come into the village to harass!"

The Liang army continued to return to the mountain and settle down, digging a trench on the mountainside to prevent the natives from attacking at night.

The night was uneventful, but the next day a large number of natives came to kill the stockade where the cavalry had arrived the day before.

At first, the Liang army thought that the natives were going to continue to fight back, but the natives surrounded the stockade of the same natives, some set fires, and some threw stones and arrows.

"It's not good, go and save people!" Li Xiaofei knew what was going to happen, and hurriedly ordered the cavalry team to come to the rescue.

When the cavalry arrived, the stockade had been breached, and the natives were killing their own people.

As soon as they heard the roar of the war horses, the natives who were still beating with sticks and the natives who were beaten all knelt down.

The cavalry escorted all the natives who had come to kill them back to the mountain, and sent five cavalry to continue to reconnoiter fifty miles ahead.

After the five cavalrymen walked thirty miles, they found a large pile of corpses, which were none other than the prisoners released by Li Xiaofei.