Ezo Island in the north of the Wa Kingdom, that is, Hokkaido in later generations, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, Ezo Island was still a terra nullius and did not belong to the Wa Kingdom, and there were natives living on the island, and these natives were the Ainu people of later generations, but because of the dense body hair of these Ainu people, most people prefer to call them Mao people.

At the beginning, in order to have enough troops to attack the Wa State, Li Su followed Wang An's suggestion, moved a group of Hu people from the northern grasslands of the Tang Dynasty to Si Xian, and promised them that if they conquered the Wa State, he would give them a piece of land to live on for grazing, and this land was chosen by him on Ezo Island.

In the war against the Japanese state, the steppe people's troops did not make a small contribution, killing and wounding tens of thousands of people, and among the several troops that organized the attack on the Japanese state, they suffered the largest casualties. And after the war, Li Su also kept his promise and sent all the 170,000 Hu people to Ezo Island, but this caused dissatisfaction among the local Mao people, and then went to war with the Hu people. So in a short period of time, the hairy people on Ezo Island were driven into the jungle in the middle of the island, and they usually didn't dare to come out at all.

The shape of Ezo Island looks like a crab without legs, and the center is high and low on all sides, and most of the surrounding areas of the island are flat, which is very suitable for agricultural and animal husbandry land, and it is precisely because of this that after the grassland Hu people moved here, they cut down the trees around the island and sold them to the Han merchants who came by boat, and the Han merchants brought oil, salt, cloth and other necessities of life to exchange with the Hu people on the island.

The flat land around Ezo Island was cleared of forests and soon turned into fertile pastures. Li Su divided Ezo Island into a separate Ezo state. Daddy Dür's Luoyun tribe was supported by Li Yu and became the largest tribe in Ezo Prefecture. At the same time, Sochel, the head of the Luoyun Division, became the first assassin of Ezo Prefecture.

On a large plain southeast of Ezo Island, a large river flows out of the forest in the middle of the island. Crossing the plains into the sea, on one of the relatively flat beaches, two brown bears were drinking water and catching fish, and occasionally some other animals came to the river, but they did not dare to get too close to the brown bears.

"Bah~Bah~" With a few crisp gunshots, the two fat brown bears let out two terrible screams, and several blood holes appeared in their chests. One of them was presumably hit in the heart, so he immediately collapsed in response to the sound, and after a few convulsions, he did not move. The other one was also seriously injured. But instead of dying immediately, he rushed to the place where the shot had been fired, apparently trying to tear the wounded to shreds.

But before the brown bear rushed in front of him, more than a dozen people turned out from behind the woods where the gun was fired, and I saw that these people were all wearing the military uniforms of the Qi Wangfu and carrying muskets behind them, but now they were holding bows and arrows, and the tips of the arrows were all aimed at the brown bears that rushed over, and the leaders were two extremely burly men. The appearance is very vicious, and even looks like two brown bears in clothes.

Seeing the brown bear rushing towards them, the soldiers just wanted to shoot each other with arrows. However, he was stopped by the older burly man at the front and said, "This bear is handed over to me, you all stand back!" ”

Hearing this person's order, the young burly man next to him said hurriedly: "Father." Didn't you already promise Uncle Zhou that you would never take any more risks when you came? ”

"Hey, hey. I promised not to risk it again, but the brown bear was already hurt. There's no threat at all, do you think I can't beat a stupid bear, Daddy? This older burly man is the first fierce general under Li Su, Hu Li, and the young man next to him who looks very similar to him is his eldest son Hu Qiang.

Speaking of Huli, they are really thin, Aunt Hu and Lu Hong have been married for many years, but they have never been pregnant, and Lu Hong is unwilling to take a concubine, as a result, the two still have no children, and now they are considering passing over one of Lu Qing's sons to inherit the incense of their lineage.

As for Hu Li, it was not until he was in his thirties that he had a son Hu Qiang, and now he is only eighteen years old, and he looks like he was carved out of a mold with Hu Li, and Hu Qiang also has a few younger sisters, most of whom are also five big and three thick, Li Su has seen it once, and admires the strength of their tiger family genes in his heart, and he is also worried, I don't know if Hu Li's daughters can still marry?

As soon as Hu Li's words fell, the injured brown bear had already crossed a distance of 100 paces and pounced on Hu Li like a locomotive. However, Hu Li sneered twice, also ran a few steps, and then collided with the brown bear fiercely.

Hu Li is the first fierce general under Li Su, and he is also a famous strong man in the Tang Dynasty, with a height of two meters away, and the muscles of the whole body are coiled, just from the appearance, it is not inferior to the brown bear, and in the tiger power and is well versed in the way of fighting, when colliding with the brown bear, he has used skill, so not only was he not injured, but he also knocked the brown bear back two steps.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hu Li lifted a fist the size of a casserole and smashed an uppercut into the brown bear's jaw. If it were a person, it was estimated that this punch would be enough to shatter the bones of the opponent's jaw, but the brown bear's skin was rough and thick, and this punch could not help it at all, but instead aroused its ferocity even more, and the person stood up and pounced on Hu Li.

If it were someone else, it was estimated that he could only dodge, but Hu Li relied on his own strength, turned sideways and hit the brown bear's chest with his shoulder, and as a result, the brown bear who was standing unsteadily knocked over, and at the same time, the gunshot wound in its chest was also bleeding outward, and Hu Li's body and face were also splashed with a lot of bear blood, and his back was also scratched by the bear crawling out of a few cuts, not only his clothes were torn, but also suffered some skin trauma, which looked a little more tragic and bloody.

Seeing the brown bear fall to the ground again, Tiger Power would not give it another chance, ran a few steps in front of the brown bear, "Hey ~" held down the head of the brown bear with one hand, and then clenched the fist with the other hand, and hit it with all the strength of the body, each time hitting the vital point behind the brown bear's ears, as a result, no matter how much the brown bear struggled, but it couldn't break away from the iron fist of the tiger force, plus the vital point on the head kept being attacked, and soon the bear lost the ability to resist, and finally stopped moving after a few roars.

"Hahaha~, happy, this bear is really strong, if you hadn't injured it with a musket beforehand, it is estimated that you would have to pay a lot of money to clean it up!" Seeing that the brown bear finally didn't move, Hu Li stood up with a big laugh, and then took the kettle from the guard behind him and drank a few sips, looking very excited.

However, Hu Qiang next to him was a little helpless to take a medicine bottle from the guard, and then walked over and said, "Dad, take off your shirt, I'll detoxify your wound!" ”

Hu Li's back was scratched, although it was only a skin injury, but if it was inflamed, it could also kill people, so after hearing his son's words, he didn't refuse, took off his clothes to reveal his strong back, and Hu Qiang poured the disinfectant alcohol in the medicine bottle into the wound, and then smeared it evenly with a cotton swab, but his face was full of helplessness.

After the Wa State was occupied by Li Su, it was also divided into a separate state, and the name was Wazhou, although the Wazhou had the two great Japanese traitor families of the Shishang clan and the Su I clan to guard it, but it was still unable to control the situation, and it was precisely because of this that Hu Li and Zhou Long and others had been stationed in the Wa State with troops, and Hu Qiang had also reached the age when it was time to train, so he was called by Hu Li from Taiwan to the Wa State, and now serves as his own personal guard, and also follows him and Zhou Long to learn the art of war.

Hu Qiang is different from his father Hu Li, although Hu Qiang is five big and three thick, but he is actually a thoughtful person, and he likes to read since he was a child, and he is very interested in the art of war. For this, Hu Li also felt that his son was not like himself, if it weren't for Hu Qiang, he was carved out of the same mold as him, and he doubted whether the other party was his own seed.

Now Hu Qiang follows Hu Li and Zhou Long, mainly to learn their experience in leading and training soldiers, which is very much in line with Zhou Long's appetite, and he has made it clear that he wants to accept Hu Qiang as an apprentice, and intends to teach him everything he has learned. This time, Huli received Li Su's order to leave the Japanese country and come to Ezo Island to do business, and Huqiang naturally wanted to open his eyes.

Originally, Zhou Long was going to come with Huli and his son, and the people had already come to Ezo Island, but the day before yesterday, because of the temporary news, there was another force in the north of the Wa Kingdom that was about to move, which made Zhou Long very uneasy, so he handed over the task to Huli, and he took people back to the Wa Kingdom to sit down.

However, before Zhou Long left, he forced Hu Li to make an oath that he would never take any more risks in the future! This is mainly because when Hu Li saw the brown bears on Ezo Island, he felt itchy for a while, and he even competed with the brown bear, and as a result, he quickly liked this dangerous sport, which made Zhou Long worry that Hu Li would have an accident, so he made an oath, but now it seems that this oath is not very binding on Hu Li.

After Hu Qiang gave his father good medicine, several guards worked together to lift a brown bear, and Hu Qiang carried the other one himself, and then followed Hu Li back to the camp. Speaking of which, these two bears have five or six hundred catties, even if a few guards work together, they will have to be replaced after a while, but this is obviously very easy for Hu Qiang, after all, his family heirloom muscles are not ornaments, even if they are not comparable to his father's tiger power now, but they are not comparable to ordinary people.

They followed the riverbank, through this small plain overgrown with weeds and shrubs, and soon came to the mouth of the river, where a strong concrete fortress towered. Next to the cement fort, there is a small dock, which is one of the strongholds set up by Li Su on Ezo Island, the purpose is to guard the grassland people on the island, prohibiting them from going abroad, and now this is also the temporary residence of Huli, but when Huli and they returned, the people he was waiting for him were already waiting for him here. (To be continued.) )