Chapter 360: The Importance of Having Enemies
The autumn wind is getting colder, and the sails are frosty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info The naughty horse king has also become less active, huddled with baby elephants all day long, plus three tigers who are afraid of water and are a little seasick, and several beast pets are as well-behaved as cats and dogs raised by later generations, and the scene is quite rare.
The ship was fully loaded, and the wind was not favorable, so they could only walk slowly in zigzags, which was several times greater than when the ship and crew came. The blackback and the bull fan stared nervously every day, lest something was wrong. Wang Chuan occasionally helped to keep an eye on the ship for a while, and by the way, he saw what could be improved on the ship.
This trip to sea has a good effect on the inspection of the ship and the crew. The blackback and the bull sail suggested that many ships and crew training should be improved. For example, the side of the carp-class ship is too low, and the dragon king and herring-class ships are too swaying in the wind and waves, and it is difficult to turn around, etc. In this regard, Wang Chuan took the opportunity to propose the "invention" of pretending to be an oriental plate on the bottom of the ship and using a special rudder.
With such a modification, the next batch of ships may be able to go north directly to Huaiyabu when they go to sea.
The boat walked for a few days and returned to the Taijiang waterway. On this day, when the zigzag walked to the north shore, the eaglet drew a circle in the sky to indicate that there were people on the shore. When everyone looked closely, they found that a group of uprooted savages appeared on the shore, all of them were scrawny and full of scars, occasionally covered with animal skins, and they were also full of tooth marks.
Wang Chuan said to Winter Bear: "If these people are left alone, I am afraid that they will starve to death in the wild or join the Yan clan this winter." Do you have a way to get them back into slavery? Tell them that if you help me build the city for three years, they will be able to obtain the land they cultivate and become my people. ā
Winter Bear said: "It's not difficult, just give me a few pieces of meat." ā
Winter Bear had the carp come forward, and the men watched from afar, waiting until the ship got closer. Winter Bear had a few pieces of smoked whale meat thrown at them, and the people came back in a swarm. A piece of meat was thrown into the water, and some people jumped in to catch it, despite the coldness, and almost got washed away by the water.
Not long after the winter bear passed, he quickly beckoned the boat to pull people over. Not long after, Winter Bear came back and replied: "There are more than forty people, and there are no children. They all came from the east. Their homes were taken and they had to flee west. On the way, he fought with many people, and the old and young died almost dead. I asked them to do things for the king with one meal a day, and they agreed. ā
Wang Chuan said: "The slaves of the River tribe are all eaten twice a day, so you don't feel sorry for doing this." ā
Winter Bear said: "King, now they don't know anything, it's better to cherish some food." When they can do something, it's not too late to add to them. Judging from the scars on their bodies, there are many people like them here. It seems that the king's inference is correct, and the people who enter the salt should be the ones who have absorbed the more people here. I think that if the king does not object, after the beginning of spring next year, we will send people here to collect these people. Whether these people get it back to help the king build a city or sell it to other families as slaves, they shouldn't lose anything. ā
Wang Chuan said: "This can also cut off the back road for the increase in the population of the Yan clan." Just do as you say. But you have to be safe. ā
Winter Bear, the first proposal of the Minister of Commerce, was passed, and he became enthusiastic, and every day when he walked to the riverside, he stared at the shore, so that he really found several waves of people going west. The ship just can't fit it. He was reluctant to lose whale meat and whale oil, so he had to propose a drill with Wang Chuan and kill these people on the shore. Prevent them from joining the Irishi clan and becoming enemies.
The people were worried that there were no ships, and when the fleet reached the waters of Daze, the people who had entered the salt sent the ships over. The largest vessel used by the salt collectors was the carp class, and their boats had no sails and were powered only by oars and oars. When they found Wang Chuan's fleet on the water, they were startled at first, and soon instinctively ran away.
Seeing these familiar ships, the warriors of the River Tribe went crazy with excitement one by one. Now their ships are invincible on the water, and they have practiced several times just to kill these ships on the water. It's hard to come across, where can they run away?
Wang Chuan also took out his bow and arrows and commanded: "Beat the drum and seize the upper hand!" Don't let one of them go! ā
The flotilla was a little chaotic, but it was still orderly, and there was no hurry to chase after the scattered ships and rafts, and followed Wang Chuan's Dragon King to seize the upper hand, and then crushed the fleet of the Yan clan.
Both the Dragon King and the herring-class ships are much higher than the carp-class ships. In addition to carp-class boats, the people who entered the salt clan were accompanied by rafts. In front of the Dragon King and the herring-class ships, these boats are basically live targets.
After a round of impact, the people who entered the salt clan resisted and were quickly suppressed. There are still people on the River Tribe's side who are ready to jump over and slash and slash. As a result, after jumping onto the other party's boat, he found that the men had already jumped into the water and fled.
Wang Chuan said not to let anyone go, so everyone swam in the surrounding waters for nearly an hour to search for those who went into the water, and all the prisoners who could be captured and those who could not be captured were shot to death. At this time, the weather is cold and the water is cold, as long as people are not allowed to go ashore, after an hour, the iron man will also freeze to death in the water.
In the end, they seized two carp-class boats, smashed all the other rafts, and captured a dozen or so people and tied them to the boat, waiting for the winter bear to go and interrogate.
Winter Bear went on a trip and came back, and there were no captives left alive. He told Wang Chuan, "They have moved to the south. As you said, their number is still increasing, and many more have been added in the autumn, and now there are probably 7,000 people. ā
Wang Chuan looked at the south bank and said, "They have no food reserves, and it is estimated that 2,000 people will die in one winter." After the beginning of spring, these people are afraid that they will go out in all directions...... You can't start construction in the winter, which is really troublesome. ā
Winter Bear said, "King, we can send troops to attack them in winter. ā
Winter Bear's clan was wiped out by the people who entered the Yan clan, and they were eager for revenge, so they naturally wanted to rush over and kill all these people immediately.
Wang Chuan said: "The casualties of the troops in winter are too large, can you send five hundred people to help the Yan Clan?" ā
When Winter Bear heard that he was going to ransom the Yan Clan, he immediately wilted, and said, "King, the soldiers of the River tribe are invincible......
Wang Chuan said: "It's good that the soldiers of the River tribe are invincible, but if my relatives and friends are too killed and injured, the other tribes should shirk the matter of going back and establishing a dynasty." I don't care if you're stealing my techniques now, it's because I treat you as a people. If you steal my technology and turn around and don't recognize me as a king, what will happen to me? ā
Winter Bear said: "I'm afraid this won't be, right?" ā
Winter Bear said in his heart that he wouldn't, but in fact, he was still not sure in his heart. Except for the fact that he is more sure of the human heart, he actually doesn't know much about it at other times. Once the River Tribe weakened, he really didn't dare to guarantee that the other tribes would still be respected as much as they were now.
Wang Chuan said: "Just think about the old things. Therefore, things should not only be sent by the River Tribe. Now once the salt is in chaos, none of us can have a good time, so we have to send people out, train a dynasty army that is made up of everyone, and then collectively deal with this Iriyan clan and the surrounding enemies. That's why I built a dynasty. ā
Wang Chuan's words are actually a bit exaggerated. The River tribe sent troops, as long as they organized a thousand people, and when the weapons and armor were complete, they could wipe out this attack of the Yan clan. But on the other hand, there is no need to do this. The existence of the Iriyan clan can accelerate the integration of the surrounding tribes and the construction of the dynasty. It can also train soldiers and avoid blind optimism and lack of progress from within.
As long as you guard against the sudden strength of this enemy, it is much more advantageous to basically keep an enemy than to kill them.
For example, at the moment, you can't build a city in winter, so it's good to recruit people from the tribes first and form a dynastic army.
It was also between Wang Chuan's thoughts that the people who joined the Yan clan lived for so many more years.