Chapter 9: The Killing of Prisoners
Yingya's face was crimson, and her beautiful eyes were looking forward to it, but it was difficult to hide her very nervous expression.
She was the head of the clan, and ordinary things would not make her so flustered. The gentle, virtuous, beautiful and generous Yingya deliberately concealed her gaffe, and these slight changes in expression were accurately captured by Yu Songyuan and Zheng Shuwen.
Thinking of the dozens of wounded soldiers in the welcome team, Yu Songyuan and Zheng Shuwen exchanged glances. They all realized that something earth-shattering must have happened!
At this time, Yingya was reporting, "Eldest sister, these jungle tribes live a very hard life, slash and burn, and when I see them, I think of our tribe's past. The leader of Long Biao was ready for war, and when Guodong and Zhumin came, they also knew the truth, so the original alliance collapsed. Although the battle cannot be fought, we consider that the strings are always tight, and it is not a long-term solution. Longji and I put together a group and divided these tribes into three categories, divide and rule. ”
"What are the three categories, how to divide and conquer, tell me?" Xu Tianyi looked at Yingya happily and said encouragingly.
Yingya glanced at Yu Songyuan and the rest of the team, and then said cautiously, "Completely defeat the diehards who stubbornly rob our forest farm resources." The centrists who are coerced or follow the trend take the initiative to fight for it. For those who are friendly with our Babanbahang Forest Farm, strive to form an alliance. The night before yesterday, Long Ji personally led people to raid the black liao village and captured the bandit leader Sun Hu and his twelve large cabinets. When the tribes saw that the situation was not good, they sent back the guilty and hardcore elements and the women who had been taken from our tribes. ”
"Great! The last time I organized a night attack with the Zhumin, it was so thorough that Sun Hu still heard the wind and fled in advance. Sun Hu, nicknamed Black Tiger, once served as a battalion commander in Wang Bao's army, is nine feet tall, and is very capable of fighting. Brother Long is doing this beautifully! Liu Guodong happily gave Long Ji a punch and said approvingly.
"Where am I powerful, Long Biao and his warriors were all trained by you and Zhumin, and they have fought a few battles with you, so they have experience. Long Biao had already sent people to break into the black liao village, and when you arrived in Sangnu, the black tiger got the news and wanted to lead the team to escape, so we had to take the risk of fighting in advance. Long Biao's sneak attack on Heiliao Village was successful, and we ...... Seventeen were killed, more than 20 were seriously wounded, and more than 40 were slightly wounded......"
Long Biao is Long Ji's own uncle and elder brother, and is the tribal armed leader of the Ba Bahang Forest Farm, who has been carefully guided by Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin.
Long Ji was explaining the battle, but his expression was very painful. Long Ji, like Yingya, are real people, and neither of them can lie. Anyone could tell that he seemed to be trying to hide something.
"Where are the Black Tiger and those captives now?"
Yu Songyuan was a little dissatisfied with Long Biao's unauthorized battle and such a big sacrifice. At this point, he was already sure what was happening. Therefore, he blurted out, and the language was a little harsh!
"The more than 100 minions that were caught, and those who were not guilty, were all released back to the tribes. Sun Hu...... and ......" Longji couldn't go on.
"You're not going to kill another prisoner?!"
Yu Songyuan originally asked casually, but Long Ji's words made everyone in the team stunned. Lin Tao threw the wine bowl in his hand on the table with a "bang", glared at Long Ji and asked.
"You are confused! Thou shalt not kill a prisoner, it is a clan rule that you have set personally. If you go back on your word, it will be a big deal! Do you want the mountain tribe Iron Heart to be the enemy of the Dragon Dai tribe? ”
"Little brother, you blame your eldest brother wrongly......"
Lin Tao's questioning made Long Ji embarrassed. Yingya knew that Long Biao had caused a big disaster, and Long Ji was taking responsibility for Long Biao, so he quickly stood up and explained the reason when he saw this.
It turned out that the gangs of the black liao village often came to rob the villages of various tribes in the border mountainous areas. The living conditions of the Long Dai tribe are good, the women are all cleaned up, and the Black Tiger and his subordinates like to rob and play with the robbed women of the Long Dai tribe the most. In the past few years, none of the dozens of women who were robbed by the black liao village have been released, and half of them have been tortured to death.
Long Biao and Black Tiger are old rivals, and they have a hatred for killing his wife and son. When his first wife was four months pregnant, she was robbed by the black liao village, humiliated, and finally hanged herself, killing both mother and child.
After these bandits were caught, Long Biao knew that killing prisoners was not tolerated by the tribe, but he still personally stabbed the bandit leader Black Tiger in public. He knew the fire of hatred in the hearts of the warriors, so he connived at his subordinates to kill Black Tiger and his men, sixty-seven men, all with guillotine knives.
By the time Long Ji arrived, the execution ground in the mountain stream was already full of blood, and it was unbearable to see, and all the bandits were in different places. Long Ji whipped Long Biao a few times, and ordered the tribal warriors to tie him up and wait for him to fall.
The Longdai tribe has made a rule since the founding ancestor of the mountain, Long Zihao, that the leader of the tribe's armed strength must be served by the Great Elder himself, or by the Great Elder designated by the closest direct blood relative, assisted by a number of descendant cadres.
According to this tradition, the great leader of the tribal armed forces can only come from the Dragon Elder. But Elder Long gave birth to two daughters and a son, at that time Mei Lin was still young and could not be used, and his son-in-law Long Ji had earlier become the leader of the tribal armed forces, and Long Biao and Long Lin were promoted to deputy leaders. After Long Ji became the chief of the tribe (i.e., the chief), Long Biao became the head of the tribe's armed forces, responsible for guarding the birthplace of the tribe, Sangnu, and maintaining the peace of the ancestral industry and the tribe's territory.
Long Biao has a heavy army in his hands, and he is used to flying and domineering. But he was different from Long Lin, although he was a rough man, he was loyal to Elder Long, his uncle and younger brother Long Ji, and the entire clan. At this time, the great revenge was avenged, and he was willing to be punished. Long Ji whipped him a few times, but he was not jealous at all, and was willing to accept the punishment.
"Click" and "click" sounded, Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin were furious. The two of them threw the bowls in their hands to the ground, and the two black bowls were shattered in response, and the fragments were scattered everywhere!
Looking at the furious Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin, and several male and female tribal warriors who were in charge of serving food and pouring wine, they were all trembling with fright, their legs were also weak, and they involuntarily bowed their heads and knelt down.
As early as the Battle of the Mekong River, Yu Songyuan discovered that the Longdai tribe, like the mountainous tribes of the Lancang, had a tradition of killing prisoners. These mountain tribes, after capturing prisoners in tribal wars, can sacrifice their fallen soldiers in blood and kill them at will. The Long Dai tribe was still good, and male captives would become coolies, and female captives would be given to meritorious warriors as wives or slaves. Killing disobedient captives is not a matter at all.
But Yu Songyuan and Lin Tao couldn't tolerate it, so they explained in detail to Long Ji the dangers of killing prisoners. The reason is very simple, in order to be strong, the Longdai tribe must move from barbarism to civilization and become an advanced tribe that integrates into the national governance system and moves towards modern society. So, they helped Long Ji set up a rule, "It is strictly forbidden to kill prisoners, and those who violate the order will not be killed!" ”
Following Xu Tianyi for so long, Long Ji is a person who understands, and he thinks so, so he uses carrier pigeons to inform the entire tribe of this rule, which becomes a family rule!
In fact, when Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin were in Banbahang last year, they helped Long Biao establish this rule. The two bases in the Bambahang area, plus the villages along the border, have seven or eight hundred armed tribal fighters. Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin ordered Long Biao to use carrier pigeons to inform each village one by one.
There was a deathly silence in the restaurant, and everyone was stunned. The simultaneous death of dozens of habitual bandits was nothing for an uncivilized mountain tribe, especially during the war years when there were many wars and strife. But for the Longdai tribe who have integrated into modern society, it is really a horrific tragedy, which makes people feel palpitations.
"Big sister, look ......"
The gentle and virtuous Yingya, seeing that Long Ji had become the target of everyone, and it was already difficult to end, he looked at Xu Tianyi like a helper. Mei Xue, Su Ji, Su Gong, and Mei had never seen this meeting, and they were all confused, and they all looked at Xu Tianyi together as if they were asking for help.
"Extremely stupid, Long Biao should be killed!"
Before Xu Tianyi could speak, Zheng Shuwen had already brushed his sleeves up, put down a cruel word, and walked out of the restaurant.
"Long Biao is not strict in restraining his subordinates, arson and prisoners, it shouldn't be the matter of the big leader, I have come to confess......"
At this moment, a person shouted outside, strutted into the hall, and collided with Zheng Shuwen. The witch was annoyed, so she turned around and walked back, sat down angrily, and watched the situation develop.
Long Biao, with his hands tied behind his back, shirtless and a few thorns tied to his back, entered the hall under the escort of four tribal warriors.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the people in the hall, but walked straight to Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin's table and knelt down solemnly. Liu Guodong was more serious, but just glared at him angrily. Lin Zhumin flew up with a kick, kicked the tall and strong Long Biao into the air, flipped a big heel in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground. Long Biao fell and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he struggled to get up, and he knelt down honestly.
Lin Zhumin touched the handle of the pistol on his leg, and when Mei saw it, he cried "wow", rushed over, and held his hand deadly, preventing him from taking out the gun.
Long Ji and Yingya, as the leader and master mother of the clan, were also stunned, and exclaimed in unison, "Little brother, you can't ......"
Although Long Biao was deeply guilty, he had no evil intentions for the tribe. He's the core of the tribal forces, and it's really impossible to leave him now. Longji and Yingya had to manage the affairs of the clan and run the clan business, and it was impossible for them to personally serve as the armed leaders of the clan. Kill Long Biao, and only Merlin is qualified to take over as the leader of the armed forces. But Merlin is still young and needs help. It's easy to say that the brother team is here, but the brother team will have to return to China sooner or later.
Yu Songyuan, Zheng Shuwen, Lin Tao, and Liu Guodong were all speechless, Xu Tian was easy to speak, she glanced at Long Biao, and shouted, "Long Biao, you have outstanding military achievements, and your credit lies in the clan." But in order to vent your personal anger, you actually set up arson and kill prisoners, which is a serious crime. Do you think that if you take your sins, you will be pardoned for your capital crimes?! ”
Long Biao turned to Xu Tianyi and knelt, his head knocked on the floor, "Long Biao knowingly committed a crime, please punish him to death, no complaints!" ”
"Whether it is to kill you or not, it is the internal affairs of your clan, and the big leader and the master mother will handle it impartially, and we will not interfere. But at the moment of the great enemy, I suggest that the great leader and the master mother be extrajudicial and forgive you the death penalty, but the living sin is unforgivable! ”
Xu Tianyi is worthy of being the spiritual "Emperor Taishang" of the Long Dai tribe, although he made it clear that he would not interfere in the affairs of the clan, it seemed that he had kicked the ball back to Long Ji and Yingya. But he still set the tone, so that Long Ji and Ying Ya knew what to do.
At the same time, she also warned Liu Guodong and Lin Zhumin from the side, after all, this is someone's "family matter", and your "power" has stopped. The development of the Long Dai tribe is already on the right track, do you still think that it was the time when the border was killed last year? Don't really treat yourself as an outsider!