Chapter 202: The Cattle Roaring Barbarians by the Tuojiang River
When the Li Dynasty was heavily guarded on the main road to Thang Long City, Li Nan led a large army to quickly capture the state capitals in the southwest of Jiaozhi, all the way to the bank of the Tuojiang River.
Since they have arrived here, there is one ethnic group that has to be mentioned, that is, the bull roaring barbarians who have repeatedly rebelled against the rulers of the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi over the years.
Indochina Peninsula is full of countries and races, and compared with other ethnic groups in the region, Na Niu Roar Man definitely belongs to an alternative.
Located in the southern zone of Cochin, Champong, Chenla, Bagan and other countries, most of the people are dark and short, later generations called Cochin people monkeys also originated from this, but the ancestors of the bull roar man do not know where to migrate, all the tribes are tall and strong.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the uniqueness of the Bull Roar Barbarian that the short and thin Cochin people feel a little inferior, so since the founding of the Cochin State, they have never interrupted the conquest of the Bull Roar Barbarian.
Although the population of Niu Roar Barbarian does not exceed 10,000, Jiaozhi has sent large armies to quell the rebellion several times, and basically has more defeats and fewer wins, this is indeed a brave and indomitable nation.
The army led by Li Nan had just arrived at the realm of the bull's roar, and dozens of swarthy wooden spears flew through the air with a strong wind.
Whew......
These wooden spears were so powerful that they were neatly nailed half a meter in front of the forward troops of Li Nanjun's army, and they sank deep into the ground.
Li Nan motioned for the crossbowmen who were about to return fire to stop, and Spartacus shouted at the place where the spear was thrown: "Li Nan, the champion general of the Great Song Dynasty, come to conquer Jiaozhi, and the bull roars the barbarians, please come out and answer!" ”
There was no sound in the mountains and forests opposite, and Li Nan smiled at Spartacus: "It seems that people look down on us." ”
"Humph!"
Spartacus took one of the steel spears he was carrying, and without looking at it, threw it into the distant forest.
The lethality of wooden spears is completely different from that of pure steel spears, and Spartacus from the Roman world is more than twice as physically strong as people from this world.
After the spear flew out, it swept a distance of fifty meters, pierced through three green trees in the forest, and pinned the hair of a strong man hiding behind the roar of the bull to the tree.
To deal with literati, it takes beautiful rhetorical articles to convince them, and to deal with uncivilized people like Niu Roarman, showing greater strength is the best way.
An unusually burly man walked out of the mountains and forests in the distance with more than a dozen people who were also tall and sturdy.
The bull roar barbarian at the head was almost two meters tall, looked to be in his fifties, and his gray-white thick beard and hair were tied into dirty braids similar to those of later black people.
These bull-roaring barbarians, male and female, were dressed in leather robes made of animal skins, and large swaths of knotted muscles were exposed.
More than a dozen bull-roaring barbarians, armed with sturdy wooden spears, walked towards Li Nan's army, and they stopped more than ten meters away.
The strong man at the head said in a loud voice: "I am Wei Tuozhi, the patriarch of the bull roaring barbarians!" I know that you are Song people, but we will not participate in the affairs of Song people and Jiaozhi people, and I hope you will not provoke the brave bull roaring barbarians, otherwise you will pay a huge price! ”
Li Nan looked at these bull roaring barbarians with interest, and asked with a smile: "Since you bull roaring barbarians are so brave, why have you been bullied by the Jiaozhi people for generations?" ”
"We don't have as many people as Jiaozhi, and we can't get good weapons!" Wei Tuozhi said angrily.
Li Nan, who lacks talents, really admires these bull roaring barbarians with straightforward personalities, strong combat effectiveness, and incompatible with the Jiaozhi people.
"As long as you are willing to serve me, I will give you the best land and the best weapons, and I will take you to Thang Long City to take revenge with your own hands, what do you think?"
"Don't do it!"
Hearing the bull roaring barbarian answer without thinking and neatly, Li Nan was really stunned, and asked suspiciously, "Why?" ”
The bull roar barbarian unabashedly showed a dark color of contempt, and Wei Tuozhi said disdainfully: "You Song people can't even beat the weak Jiaozhi, we bull roar barbarians will definitely not take refuge in a group of waste!" ”
"What did you say?"
The map cannon of the bull roaring barbarian was not small, and the anger of all the Song people present was detonated, and Lu Zhi was so angry that he was about to step forward and make a move.
Stopping Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong, who wanted to step forward, Li Nan said to Wei Tuozhi: "You say that my Great Song people are waste, so do you dare to gamble with us?" ”
"How to gamble?"
Li Nan looked at them and said with a smile: "Let's fight three times, and the topic is up to you." If you lose, then the whole family will be surrendered to me, and I will give you the land and the house as promised. What do you think if we lose and leave you with ten carts of food and weapons? ”
No matter what, the barbarians will not suffer a loss under this condition, so after discussing it with the clansmen, Wei Tuozhi said loudly: "Okay, we bet!" ”
Li Nan ordered the army to be stationed in place, and took a hundred guards and Lu Zhishen and others to the gathering place of the bull roaring barbarians.
These bull-roaring barbarians lived in a valley, and Li Nan looked up, and there were caves of different sizes carved out of the high mountain wall, and many heads poked out of the hole at this time.
Wei Tuozhi stood on the flat ground in the middle of the valley and loudly told his people about the gambling and fighting agreed with Li Nan.
"Fight! War! War! When the bull roared and the barbarian heard this, he immediately shouted excitedly, and the frenzied aura infected the entire valley.
Many of the bull-roaring barbarians slid down the vines to the bottom, but most of them watched from the edge of the cave.
After Li Nan raised his head and looked around the entire valley, he estimated that there were about 10,000 bull roaring barbarians here, whether it was a child with a young face or a woman, they were all strong, and it was estimated that they all had not weak combat effectiveness.
Taizu Yelu Abaoji once said that the Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and 10,000 are invincible!
In Li Nan's eyes, these powerful bull roar barbarians are not weaker than the Jurchen clan at all, otherwise they would not be able to let the Jiaozhi people suffer repeatedly.
Looking at this barbarian roaring barbarian all over the mountains and valleys, Li Nan's heart was secretly happy, soon these people would become his subordinates.
Three battles are decided and lost, and all of them are solved by the bull roaring barbarians.
After the two sides were ready, a stout young man about two meters tall came to the middle of the two groups.
Wei Tuozhi introduced: "This is my second son Wei Hu, this time he will test his strength with you Song people!" ”
"Test your strength?" After hearing this proposal, Li Nan couldn't help but smile, patted Lu Zhishen's shoulder and said, "Big brother, you collect some strength, don't make other people's children miserable, we will all be our own people in the future." ”
Lu Zhishen laughed and said: "Hahaha, don't worry, third brother, I will keep my hand!" ”
The conversation between the two was not small, and coupled with the valley's own sound effect, everyone could really hear it.
The young and vigorous Wei Hu said angrily: "The Song people are powerful, I will let you know in a while!" ”
Although Li Nan didn't know how strong this Wei Hu was, Lu Zhishen uprooted the willow tree with his bare hands, which was comparable to the terrifying existence of an excavator, and he was very confident in this competition.