Chapter 407: Unexpected Joy
Chief Hassan took a puff of dry smoke and said slowly, "They are not from the Wata tribe, but they are all from the Ruba tribe, and they ran to the depths of this grassland to escape the massacre of Gorba.
"I saw that they were all from the Ruba tribe, and I wanted to help you save a little more men, so I let them live here, and at our suggestion, the other tribes also took in a lot of refugees. At present, there are about 5,000 young warriors from various tribes, and the total number of refugees is about 20,000. ”
Li Qingcang was overjoyed when he heard this, and took the old chief's hand and said: "Your old man is very far-sighted, this has helped us think of it, there are so many Ruba people, we will definitely be able to eliminate Gorba this time and calm the war." ”
The razor and fuse on the side are also happy, I used to think that in this uninhabited prairie to attract the natives, it would be good to be able to gather a team of thousands of people, but I didn't expect that there was an unexpected joy here, there are so many refugees here to avoid disaster.
God Luoa really prepared a big gift package for Li Qingcang, the messenger! Naturally, there is no need to question the loyalty of these people, as long as they bother to adjust it, they don't need to be superb in marksmanship or excellent in military literacy, as long as they can obey orders and dare to shoot and kill the enemy.
To tell the truth, to fight a tough battle, you still have to rely on all kinds of advanced weapons with iron and blood, that is, you rely on good weapons to bully people.
Like Nijalia, an African country with a turbulent situation, aircraft and artillery are antique weapons that have been eliminated by some developed countries for decades, how to compete with ace mercenary troops with high-precision weapons, not to mention that there is Hellfire behind the iron and blood, and Lao Maozi's missiles are extremely powerful.
It's true that there are many Gorbas, but if you don't have satellite positioning and guidance radar, the old tanks and planes you come from will naturally be invincible to fight the army that is worse than you in your own country.
Fight with iron and blood, there are satellites in the sky staring, and a medium-range missile will kill one of your battalions in the past, and see how many of you are sent to death.
Send the MiG plane, the Avenger system on the Humvee has already shown its fangs, and it will come a few more times if it is not afraid of the plane being destroyed and people will die.
Not to mention the tank, if you are bombing, it is estimated that the range and defense of Iron Will's own are the most advanced main station tanks, in front of the antique-level T55 tank, adults bully children.
What is lacking now is manpower, the strength of logistics and supply, the patrol force after the occupation of the city, and the armed force to keep the normal operation of the town.
What's more, with the iron-blooded victory, more and more Ruba people will come to defect, and as long as they do not oppress the Haosa people, the hearts of the people will definitely go to Prince Henry, and Gorba will only be defeated.
Chief Hassan touched his beard and humbly replied, "I am just following God's will, and these are all arranged by the god of Loa!" ”
Li Qingcang saw that the Watta people in the house were full of war intent in their eyes, and immediately spoke: "Since this is the case, then let's hurry up, old chief, you send a few people to my helicopter to pick up their chiefs and refugee leaders from other tribes to come over to discuss, and I will take His Highness Henry to the refugees outside to meet those refugees now." ”
Chief Hassan did not allow it, and immediately asked Haddou to go outside and call a few young men, and wrote a few lines of Ruba script in thin sheepskin, to the effect that the divine messenger asked Max to take them on a helicopter to pick up the people from other tribes.
As a result, these tribal warriors, who would not turn around and retreat when they saw lions and cheetahs on weekdays, forcibly suppressed the awe of this huge "iron bird" in their hearts, and in the envious eyes of other warriors, their legs and stomachs trembled into the belly of the iron bird.
Max also laughed secretly when he saw these natives with white lips and blue faces, but after thinking about it, these people who lived in the depths of this grassland must have not had much contact with modern civilization. It would be a little scary to see this metal monster flying in the sky.
The helicopter slowly lifted into the air under the awe-inspiring eyes of the natives of the Wata tribe, and flew to other Ruba tribes deep in the steppe with the news of the arrival of the divine messenger.
Chief Hassan and Elder Akuri took Li Qingcang and the others to the refugee gathering place near the tribe.
There are about 3,000 people in the settlement, and the refugees had planned to flee to neighboring Cameroon, but Sheikh Hassan took the initiative to keep them.
Many of the ancestors of these refugees were tribesmen from the depths of the grasslands, from which their ancestors had flourished in Nijalia many years ago.
Like Prince Henry's Azulu family, their clan was also a tribe in the southern steppes, but after the first Azulu king came to power. The entire tribe was migrated to Araja and became nobles.
So these refugees and tribal people share common beliefs and religious practices, and it is very easy to communicate with each other.
When they began to hear Chief Hassan vow that they would stay here and wait for an envoy who would quell the fighting, they all looked at each other. But when I think about it, people who are in a foreign country like themselves in neighboring countries may not have a good life, and it is also unknown whether they can cross the border.
Many Ruba fled Nijaliya in other directions when they were blocked from crossing the border and were caught up and killed alive by Gorba's army.
The troops of the neighboring countries watched the dehumanizing massacre from the other side of the barbed wire with cold eyes and indifference. So the flight to Cameroon is just a unilateral idea of these Ruba. In troubled times, it would be nice to have a place to stay.
So these people stayed after a short period of consideration, and Gorba was busy consolidating power and hunting down Prince Arthur during this time.
Of course, if there are more refugees in this place, after he stabilizes the regime, he may come to the depths of this grassland to "hunt" on a whim.
But now he has no hands to clean up others, and has been hiding in unknown places, frantically urging the newly promoted officers at all levels to hurry up and come up with an offensive plan for him every day.
In the past, there were one or two small primitive tribes of the Haosa tribe in this place, and when they saw a large number of Ruba people settling here, the chiefs of the two Haosa tribes consulted and sent someone to report the garrison of the nearest city of Aigunu.
Fortunately, the commander of the garrison at that time was still the Russian special forces under Vasily, Colonel Pete, nicknamed "Fist", although he killed people without blinking an eye in the battle, he did not have any hatred for the Ruba, and if you wanted him to take people to the depths of the steppe to hunt down some unarmed civilians, he was not that interested.
As a professional soldier, there is an order from above to kill him, but there is no way, if he is in charge, he is not willing to shoot at the civilians, not to mention some refugees who have lost everything and some natives who have no quarrel with the world.
Therefore, he sternly rejected the suggestion of the Hausa native, and warned him, the uncivilized native, not to think of using these professional soldiers as swords. If it weren't for the fact that he was from the Hoosa tribe, he would have been shot today with his vicious advice.
The native of the Haosa tribe was half frightened to death, and when he returned, he told the chiefs that the two chiefs saw that the military did not support them, and their minds, which had never seen the world, could not think of any other way, and when they saw that the number of the Watta tribe was increasing, they had to secretly rise up and settle down in other places.
The inexplicable "fist" who died naturally didn't expect that the little justice and conscience of being a soldier in his heart that day left Li Qingcang with a large wave of loyal human resources.
With the help of the Wata people, the refugees who had escaped the disaster set up rudimentary thatched houses and cleared the land nearby. I've been living here for almost a year now.
Their arrival gave the slash-and-burn tribesmen some initial knowledge of the outside world, and many of the clever young tribesmen had learned English and how to use more advanced tools for hunting and farming.
This is the benefit of modern civilization, but the disadvantage is that the wildlife in the vicinity has been wiped out in large numbers, the vegetation has been destroyed, and large areas of fertile grassland have been reclaimed for farmland.
In this way, the refugees survived tenaciously in the depths of the grassland with their own hard work and the help of the tribesmen.
When Li Qingcang and his entourage arrived at the place where the refugees lived, the leaders of the refugees were already ready to receive them.
The helicopter landing on the Watta tribe panicked the people at first, but after waiting for a long time, they didn't see gunshots and cries from the tribe, but heard loud cheers from inside from time to time.
Reminiscent of the widespread rumors of "divine messengers" among the natives here, the refugee leader quietly visited the tribe with people.
Unexpectedly, the gate of the tribe, which can enter and exit at will on weekdays, is already standing guard at this time, preventing people from entering and leaving.
When asked the reason, the soldier standing guard said happily: "The divine envoy is here, he is going to take us to kill the demon, and he brought the 'iron bird', I told you that I didn't lie to you!" ”
The refugees suddenly realized that the leader was also a nimble head, and when they heard this, they immediately turned back, changed into the best clothes, and then asked everyone to bring out their best food and clean utensils, and make the welcome as rich as possible, to receive the long-known "Divine Envoy." ”
Li Qingcang arrived in a patched tent, where the refugees usually meet.
Seeing several neatly dressed refugee leaders greeting him in fluent English, Li Qingcang also greeted them with a smile.
Then the guest and the host sat down, Li Qingcang didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Everyone, I heard Chief Hassan talk about you, and you must have heard them talk about me, yes!" I'm what they call an oracle, and now I'm bringing the 'Iron Blood' army to destroy Gorba, the bastard.
"This kid next to me is your old King Martin. Henry, Azulu's grandson. Azulu, we need to help him get back what he lost. That's why I'm here to enlist you into our Legion of Restoration! ”