The day after the arrival of the second wave of sergeants, noon.

Lin Bei and the sergeants were waiting by the river, at this time Wang Laicai should have sent the sergeants back to report the battle situation, Lin Bei turned around, looked at the person next to him, and said with a smile: "Long Yi, how are you doing in the army?" ”

Long Yi came with the second wave of sergeants, and now they are all in the army, and they are no longer the Dragon God Guards of Linbei for the time being, but their names have not changed.

"My lord, I have a good life in the army, but I often miss my lordship." Long Yi said respectfully.

After coming to Wanghai, Lin Bei took advantage of the excuse that there was no war in Wanghai City to let these ten Dragon God Guards go to the army for exercise, at first they were unwilling, Lin Bei could only know the righteousness, saying that there was no future by his side, saying that with their skills to go to the army to serve for a greater role, Long Yi They could only go to the army in the end, and now they should all be army commanders.

"You can practice well, don't fall into the name of the Dragon God Guard, and when you all become generals and marshals, I will let you go out to fight and lay down that vast territory for this lord." Lin Bei gave Long Yi a big cake.

Long Yi said solemnly: "My lord, we should do our best to live up to the expectations of adults." ”

After talking to Long Yi, a few small boats appeared on the river in the distance, and the sergeant and Lin Bei were in good spirits and came back.

"My lord, the Wabo tribe has been defeated by Commander Wang." The sergeant in the small boat began to yell when he was far away.

Although this was expected, when he really heard the victory, Lin Bei still felt that the big stone in his heart had fallen.

The boat docked, and the second wave quickly boarded the boat and headed for the tribe, but now there were few boats, so it took several times to get the sergeant to go back and forth, leaving only one sergeant to report the battle ahead.

"I waited there yesterday. It was only at noon, and the commander asked me to rest first, and after eating dry food in the evening, it was dark, and the commander gave the order to attack the village. The sergeant said.

Lin Beixin said that Wang Laicai is still very calm, which is very good. It is indeed easy for me to secretly attack the enemy and attack him unprepared.

"When we landed on the bank of the river by boat, we lit the torches and set the wooden houses on fire with rockets, and the lords and the natives were also brave, and many of them came desperately, but most of them were shot by our archers. Some of those who rushed were also surrounded by the infantry, and the battle lasted about two hours, and finally the indigenous tribe was defeated. ”

"What about our casualties?"

"Fifty-one people were killed and one hundred and seventy-four wounded." Sergeant Road.

"What does Wang Laicai eat? How many people can die in this situation? Lin Bei was furious.

With this kind of undefended tribe, it is easy to raid at night, and the soldiers advance in battle formations, first shooting with archers and then repelling the enemy with infantry. So Lin Bei didn't understand how so many people could die.

"My lord, don't blame the elder thousand. Because the weapons of the natives were very strange, they could blow arrows from their mouths, and the arrows were small and silent, and they were quenched with venom, which the outposts did not know, so at first glance. Some sergeants died, and some natives hid behind the house and attacked with arrows. ”

"Arrows? But the kind that blows in a wooden tube? ”

"Exactly."

Lin Bei took a breath, suppressed the fire, and said in his heart that the natives had this kind of weapon, but they couldn't blame the king for making money. This is a blow arrow, the arrows in the barrel are very small, and the original lethality is not large, but as long as a touch of poison is applied, the lethality is doubled, and it is indeed difficult to guard against, and the natives still have some means.

"What about the tribe?"

"The Wabo tribe was killed by our army more than 1,500 people, captured more than 2,300 people alive, and more than 1,500 people fled into the dense forest at night, our army couldn't catch up, last night the sergeant interrogated overnight, it turned out that in addition to the Wabo tribe nearby, there are also Haka tribes, Fengsi tribes, of which the Fengsi tribe and the Wabo tribe are about the same size, the Haka tribe is the largest, about 10,000 people, these people are likely to pass through the Guò dense forest, flee to the two big tribes."

Lin Bei nodded, and remembered those Han people again: "Can you catch those Han people who came by boat?" ”

"Some were caught, others were killed by the sergeants, interrogated last night, they said that they were the servants of the Jin family in Yongchang County, Yizhou, the head of these people was Jin Ba, but they did not come with the boat, and now they are in the Nahaka tribe, and the principal of the Wabo tribe named Jin Shiyi was also arrested, and now there are sergeants in custody."

"What kind of deal are they doing with these natives?"

"These natives have a kind of divine flower, the fruit is called the divine fruit, it is said that people have infinite strength after eating, and they are not afraid of death, the Jin family is here to exchange the divine flower and divine fruit with these natives, in addition to the divine flower and divine fruit, it is said that there is an iron ore vein nearby, the indigenous people have dug a lot of ore, and the Jin family has exchanged food and salt for iron ore and then transported back every time."

"Divine Flower Divine Fruit? What is it? ”

"The villain doesn't know, the villain left the Wabo tribe in the morning and came back to report the news, but there are divine flowers and divine fruits around the Wabo tribe, as long as the adults go, they will definitely know."

Lin Bei nodded, and after asking some more questions, he asked the sergeant to go down to rest.

The boat tossed back and forth, sending the sergeants to the Wabo tribe in an endless stream, and the second time, the sergeants brought back five big ships, but they brought back the Jin family's boat, and now it naturally belongs to Wanghai City, Lin Bei also followed the boat this time, and headed towards the Wabo tribe.

The ships of the Jin family are all cargo ships, the hull is very large, about five zhang long, and there are places to live under the bottom of the ship, such a boat can transport about 30 people at a time, which is higher than the performance of the middle wing ship.

Starting from the small river, along the river, Lin Bei found that there are really a lot of rivers in this forest, crossing and crossing, like a net, I am not familiar with it I am afraid that I will get lost, with the boat going up, and then enter a wide river, this river is nearly 100 zhang, more than three times larger than the Han River, Lin Beixin said that this is the Mekong River? On the other side of the river is the Navapo tribe, which has now been broken by the sergeants.

Wang Laicai and the sergeant were already equal to the shore, Lin Bei went ashore, Wang Laicai knelt on the ground: "My lord, the villain in this battle was negligent for a while, causing a lot of casualties to the sergeants of our army, and I beg the adults to punish them." ”

Lin Bei let him get up and said gently: "You have a meritorious service in this battle, how can you punish a word, we didn't expect that the natives still have such a sharp weapon as blowing arrows, but wait until the next time you fight with the natives, you have to be careful." ”

"Master Xie." Wang Laicai said gratefully.

"It's hot here. Fearing that the corpse would rot, he quickly sent a ship to transport the dead sergeant back to Wanghai City, and ordered An Zhongzhi to bury him and carve it into the Valhalla. ”

"No."

Lin Bei looked at this Wabo tribe, and last night in a battle, he used a fire again. Therefore, the Wabo tribe is almost all in ruins, only some large logs have not been burned, the corpses have been collected by the soldiers, the blood stains have not been cleaned up, and the scene looks miserable.

Wang came to tell Sù Linbei that there was an iron ore vein behind the Wabo tribe, but it was said that it had been almost mined. However, there is a large iron ore mine on the side of the Haka tribe, which is very abundant, and every time the Jin family comes to trade, they will bring back several large ships of iron ore.

"What about the Divine Flower and Divine Fruit? Did you notice? ”

Wang Laicai nodded: "The villain went to see it in the morning, although the flowers are very beautiful, but they don't think there is anything strange, they have interrogated these natives, and the natives say that the juice after waiting for the divine flower to bear fruit is a divine object." Do you want to go and see it? ”

Lin Bei nodded, and then instructed Wang Laicai to send someone back to Haicheng. Let some craftsmen who know how to know the ore come quickly, although the natives say that the iron ore veins have been mined, but these natives may not know much, maybe there are ore veins under the ore veins.

After instructing this, Lin Bei asked Wang Laicai to take him to see the indigenous god flower.

"What's good about this Wabo tribe?" Lin Bei asked as he walked.

Wang Laicai smiled bitterly: "These natives are very poor, only some grain and some bits and pieces of jade. On the contrary, each of these natives has some dried fish in stock, apparently feeding on fish. ”

Lin Bei was speechless, if he couldn't find the iron mine, it would be a loss, but fortunately, Lin Bei thought that he had arrested more than 2,000 people. These people can be used as slaves, and if the population is treated as a resource, it is not too much of a loss.

"Where does the jade come from?" Lin Bei asked.

"According to the natives, some were fished out of the river, and some were dug out of the ore veins, the amount is very small, the villain has seen those jades, and the value is not high, oh yes, my lord, those Han women who were transported by the Jin family yesterday are now also imprisoned, and these people have also been asked, they said that they are all Yizhou refugees, do you want to let these women return?"

"Did those servants of the Jin family commit atrocities against those women?" Lin Bei stopped.

Wang Laicai's face showed indignation, and he said in a low voice: "Most of them have been, and some of them are quite beautiful more than a few times, according to those women, there were originally more than 70 people when they came, but more than 20 people died on the way, and the corpses were thrown into the river. ”

Lin Bei sighed: "Even if they are allowed to go back, how can they survive as women?" Send another sergeant to inquire about it, tell them about the situation of Haicheng, and if they wish, stay there, and if they don't want to, wait a few days, and send them to Jiaozhi County by boat, and give them some coils, so that they can return home on their own. Lin Bei can only do this first, it depends on what these people's choices are.

"No."

Bypassing the tribe's stockade, Lin Bei happened to pass by the natives who were arrested and locked up, these natives were lifeless, not angry at all, seeing Lin Bei's appearance, they suddenly became frightened, some of the natives also screamed, were scolded by the sergeant loudly, and beat them with wooden sticks, so as to suppress the riot, Lin Bei's body did not stop, and soon disappeared in front of these natives.

After Lin Bei left, many natives knelt down one after another, kowtowed again and again in the direction of Lin Bei's departure, and shouted words that the sergeants did not understand, and the sergeants said in their hearts that adults are adults, and even these natives can be convinced.

The rear of the Wabo tribe was reclaimed some paddy fields, which were supposed to be planted with rice, but it is clear that there was a big gap between the planting technology of these indigenous people and the farmers of the Han Dynasty, and the rice grew scattered, and there were many weeds, and there was almost no rice to be seen.

After crossing the paddy field, there is a plain area, on which there is only one kind of plant, seeing the dazzling swaying red flowers blooming on it, Lin Bei asked Wang Laicai in astonishment: "This is the divine flower in the indigenous population?" ”

"Exactly, my lord."

Lin Bei took a breath, he didn't expect to see this kind of plant in this era, this plant is not a divine flower and a divine fruit, but a plant that makes many people in later generations smell and change, they have a name: poppy.

In addition, when he saw these poppies, a strange feeling came from Lin Bei's body. (To be continued......)

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