Chapter 209: Rebellion
Wang Chuan did not participate in the ambush battle. www.biquge.info At this stage, it is not Wang Chuan's forte. So he took Zhuangniu, Niu Fan and Yu Zhu to drive the small sailboat down the river first, and went to the Zhouren tribe to visit Niu Fan's old friend.
It is not realistic to annihilate a tribe with more than 50 people. But if it's just a conquest, Wang Chuan thinks he can give it a try. The method is just to divide and pull together, and break them one by one. This kind of application was not uncommon in later generations, and Wang Chuan also wanted to give it a try.
The management methods of this era were primitive and crude, and even small tribes like the Wairen clan were divided into inside and outside, and a large tribe like the Zhouren could not be monolithic. Wang Chuan felt that as long as he had a heart, he would definitely be able to find a place to use it.
Niu Fan is a person who is a boat man, and he has an excellent understanding of the internal situation of the boat man. After chatting with Niu Fan, he quickly found an entry point. Elder Lu is not a member of the Zhouren's headquarters.
The boat people, like other large tribes, numbered seven or eight hundred, and there were more than three hundred adult men. But these people do not live in the same place of residence. They are divided into three main branches, scattered along the north bank of the Taijiang River, and live in a range of about five kilometers.
Elder Lu is located in this branch to the west, and he is the largest leader of this branch, which has about 200 people. The boat is located in the middle of the headquarters. This group is the largest group of nearly 400 people. There was also a branch to the east, with about a hundred men.
According to what Niu Fan saw, among the more than 30 people that Elder Lu brought to Guyu first, there were people from the three branches. But most of the people he brought with him were from his headquarters.
There are always times when food is lacking, so the distribution among the three divisions is not entirely fair. Internal distribution is unfair, and conflicts with each other also occur from time to time. And in this kind of thing, the leader and the witch will often take care of their own people first. This also made the people in the other two branches dare not speak out. The team preparing for the robbery mainly brought the men and horses of the headquarters, and it was also the plan to reduce the materials allocated to the two branches.
This gave Wang Chuan an opportunity.
Wang Chuan's plan was to ambush the group of men in the boat first, weakening the strength of the people in the boatman's headquarters. Then on the grounds of Lu's death, he plotted against Lu's son Abi. If both parts go well, attack the main headquarters of the boatmen and eliminate the main forces of the headquarters. If neither side is going well, evacuate immediately.
Wang Chuan estimates that the plan has only a 30% chance of success. But he still wanted to try. After a year of training, the River tribe can pull out a little bit of people. It shouldn't be a big problem to get these people out to rule a tribe.
Originally, Bihu didn't agree with Wang Chuan and the others to go to the Zhouren tribe, but they really couldn't tell the difference. And the reason given by Wang Chuan is that he is a child who goes home with Niu Fan, and no one pays attention to it when there are few people, if something happens, he and Zhuangniu can run faster. Before leaving, Wang Chuan asked Yuzhu to change into a wide vest, and several people wore sackcloth to cover the vest breastplate. Wang Chuan made himself mud again, and he looked no different from other children. Bihu saw that Wang Chuan was well prepared and knew that he was clever, so he let him go.
Soon after the sun passed noon, Niu Fan took Wang Chuan to the branch where their Lu tribe gathered. From a small river where the Taijiang River meets, there are many boats and rafts along the way, and these rowers are dilapidated and old, which are much inferior to the one that the boatman took out to race.
The two small sailboats quickly attracted the attention of many people. Niu Fan boldly greeted everyone. The boat people recognized Niu Fan and Yu Zhu, and they were curious to see it, and greeted Niu Fan without warning.
"Ushio is back?"
"Didn't you exchange to the River Tribe? How did you get back? ”
"This is the beastskin ship you fiddled with yourself? Don't you really need to scratch? ”
Niu Fan was still a little nervous before, but when he heard these familiar voices, he slowly relaxed, and replied to these people one by one: "I'm back...... Can the River Tribe get me back...... I came back to marry Yuzhu and came back to report the good news...... Where's Abi? ”
Niu Fan went ashore, stuffed a few sticks of jerky to the familiar children, asked them to help watch the boat, and took Wang Chuan and others to find Abi.
Wang Chuan noticed that these children were thinner and weaker than the children Gu Yu had seen, and as a result, Niu Fan's jerky was eaten sweetly after being coaxed for a while.
Abi was a tall man, not very old, and he was tanned. Seeing Niu Fan coming back with people, he was very vigilant on Zhuang Niu for a while. But he didn't care much about Wang Chuan.
Hearing that his father had been killed, Abi first looked suspicious. Yuzhu testified: "I saw it too. They first tied him, cut his neck, and then left the river. ”
Wang Chuan saw that Abi was a character, and when he heard the bad news about his father, he did not lose his mind, but asked, "Why?" What is the charge he gave my father? ”
Neither Niu Fan nor Yu Zhu could answer this question, so Wang Chuan had no choice but to say: "I heard my leader say that he killed him because he exchanged Niu Fan." Moreover, Niu Fan also went to our river tribe to build a sailboat, so that you boat people lost the bet. ”
Abi watched the bull sail come in on the sailboat, and he could tell at a glance how fast or slow the ship was. Niu Fan is not a person who can lie, he quickly believed Niu Fan's words, secretly clenched his fists but was silent. The other party is the leader, even if he kills his father, he can't do anything.
Wang Chuan pushed Niu Fan, Niu Fan thought for a while and said, "I want to kill the guy." ”
Abi was slightly startled, and his gaze at Niu Fan became different.
Niu Fan nodded and said, "I want to avenge Elder Lu." If you're willing to help me, we'll defeat the people of our headquarters and make them choose you as their leader. Why should the people in the headquarters divide the meat first? Why do they have the best water and want us to give them our catch? Why do we have to be in front and they are behind every time we fight? Since it is a tribe, it is necessary to be fair. We shouldn't be squeezed like this anymore. ”
These words were all said by Wang Chuan to teach Niu Fan. Revenge and the attraction of the leader made Abi very excited. But he didn't lose his mind: "Just a few of us, how is it possible? ”
Wang Chuan saw that Abi's attitude was relaxed, and said, "On the way out of the Guyu tribe, the people of the River tribe have already started a war with them. If you're willing to take the opportunity to unify the people in this division. It is not difficult to overthrow the forces of the Gun. If you don't want to go out fishing every day with a broken boat and a rotten raft; You don't want your child to be hungry and fight for a little meat; I don't want your women to be the ones they pick up forever. This is your only chance. ”
Abi looked at Wang Chuan, his eyes full of questions and guardedness. These words were more direct, which made him a little ashamed.
Niu Fan introduced: "This is our Elder Chuan. ”
Abi had obviously heard of Wang Chuan's deeds: "Elder Chuan who found the remnants of the fish-men, repelled the tiger-driving people, and saved the warriors of the nest people?" ”
Wang Chuan nodded and said, "It's me." ”
Abi said: "Since your river tribe and my boat people are at war, why should I believe you? ”
Now, knowing that if he can't convince Abi, he will be in danger, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "We can't make him feel better if he killed Elder Lu in front of us." He also makes your life more difficult. And he killed your father. In other words, he is actually our common enemy. Moreover, the bull sail made the sail. This type of sailboat can go faster and go farther to fish. We've built a big ship that can carry thirty people. It will definitely replace the boat of the boat people, so that the glory of the boat people is about to be gone. The bull sail went out from you, and it was you who led the development of the sail. Only you can lead the sails to conquer the old boats. If you are willing to cooperate with us, you can be the first to get our sails in the future, and turn the boatman department into the sail department. Together, we crisscrossed the Taijiang River, protected our women, and fed our children. ”
The boat of the boat people is their pride and totem. Wang Chuan's words really hit Abi's heart. The sails that don't need to be rowed have appeared with us, so why should we follow the original order?