Chapter 344: Stirring up a fight
Maori boats are all canoes, so the larger their boat is the larger the tree used, so among Maori, the size of the boat often represents high or low status. Seeing that it was obviously a big fish in front of him, Liu Wei discussed a few words with several fighters in a low voice. The oarsman quickened his pace, while the rowing warrior slowly adjusted the direction of the bow and quickly aimed the bow at the waist of the large ship.
Liu Wei and the others pretended to chase the fish, rowing the boat quickly, and when the people on the big boat found that a boat was hitting them, it was too late to turn.
There was a muffled sound of 'bang', Liu Wei's boat hit the waist of the big boat, the boat was not fast, although it hit it, there was no damage, but the width of the canoe was small, not very stable, even such a small impact, it still made the big boat on the opposite side shake violently, and several people on it were almost thrown into the water.
The Maori people all had oil paint on their faces and bird feathers on their heads, and one of them, who had a lot of bird feathers, shouted a string of Maori language.
Liu Wei hid in the stern of the boat and whispered: "What does this grandson say about a big set of babbling things?" β
The warrior who was rocking understood Maori, and he explained in a low voice: "He's scolding us for not having long eyes." β
Liu Wei was amazed: "He Rory said so much, just two sentences? This MΔori is really verbose. β
The warrior smiled: "His scolding is ugly, I just explained it to you briefly, naturally there are few words, and it is very verbose to say Maori." The two were chatting in a whisper, but the warrior in front of them deliberately opened his throat and scolded in Maori.
Hearing the soldier's scolding, the Maori man was obviously a little stunned, but he quickly reacted, as if he was very angry, and spoke a large series of Maori words, like a machine gun. What was he talking about? So wordy. Liu Wei asked.
The soldier who shook the oars said: "Staff Officer Liu, we have got a big fish now, he said that he is the eldest son of Chief Cabrades, and he wants us to apologize." β
When Liu Wei heard this, his eyes lit up: "Great, I'm looking for such a big fish." Then he stood up, took a harpoon from his feet, and crept forward.
The chief's son was still scolding, and the warriors on Liu Wei's side were also yelling at each other. It seemed that the chief's son and several of his guards dared to provoke themselves very annoyed by a civilian like Liu Wei's side, and several of the guards all looked indignant, and they all picked up the bone harpoon and stone planing knife and brandished it, and scolded loudly.
The more the soldiers on Liu Wei's side scolded, the more they scolded, the chief's son's face gradually darkened, and he trembled with anger, obviously the warrior scolded quite ugly. The enraged chieftain's son couldn't help but wave his harpoon and struck at the angry warrior.
Liu Wei watched coldly and found that the Maori were still more restrained among themselves, and the chief's son did not swing with the bony spike of the harpoon, but with the end of the wooden pole. The scolding warrior was prepared, and with a swing of the harpoon in his hand, the harpoon shaft was blocked.
"Good opportunity." Liu Wei thought silently in his heart, and saw the moment when the chief's son's harpoon was blocked by the warriors, and the empty door was exposed. Liu Wei hid his body behind the scolding warrior, and at the same time exerted force on his waist, using his arm as the axis to penetrate his whole body, Liu Wei concentrated the strength of his whole body, and threw the harpoon in his hand that was already ready to be launched.
In the astonishment of the crowd, the harpoon's sharp bony spikes cut a white line through the air and stabbed into the chief's son's chest, reaching into the handle. The chief's son screamed, and was pushed backwards with a strong harpoon, and fell out of the canoe.
When the chief's son's bodyguards saw his master fall into the water, they all looked into the water and prepared to fish him up. Seeing that the other party was only concerned about saving people, Liu Wei shouted in a low voice: "Do it." β
The fighters grabbed the harpoons from the canoes and threw them over. Liu Wei led all the special forces, each of these people has unique skills, and any weapon can exert the greatest power in their hands, even the bone harpoon. After a series of screams, several of the chief's son's bodyguards fell into the water.
"Retreat." Liu Wei ordered in a low voice, and the soldiers quickly picked up the oars and quickly retreated towards the way they came. The Maori fishing nearby did not react until this time, some fishing boats from the South Island hurriedly rowed over to save people, and others chased after Liu Wei and others' canoes, but Liu Wei's fishing boats had already gone far away, and those Maori tried their best to catch up.
The killing of Chief Cabrades' only son was a major event among the Maori, and the grumpy chieftain had lost his heir, and the enraged chieftain did not seek evidence at all, but only heard reports from nearby fishermen that it was a man rowing a North Island canoe who had killed his son.
The Maori had oil paint on their faces, and it was impossible to tell if they were Maori, but they were fluent in Maori, and he didn't even wonder if anyone was stirring up trouble.
In fact, this is also very easy to figure out, in Chief Cabrades's opinion, the two sides have been fighting for more than a day or two because of the fishing grounds, but there have been no major casualties, this time it must have been a dispute between the two sides and started to move, and the two sides did not restrain themselves from hurting people.
Chief Rabroly of the North Island was taken aback when he received the news, but soon realised the seriousness of the problem.
The North Island is weak, and once the two sides clash, their own tribes will definitely suffer. The panicked Chief Rabroli immediately sent an envoy to the South Island in the hope that the matter would be put to rest. But the revenge of killing the son is too big, and there are already many contradictions between the two sides, and this time it can be regarded as a comprehensive detonation.
Enraged, Chief Cabrades did not give the North Island envoy the slightest chance to explain, but directly killed the envoy, sending his head and a stone knife back to the North Island.
The actions of the Kabrades chieftain are in the Maori tradition one of the most fierce forms of challenge to the other side, and it heralds undying undying. Receiving the skulls and stone knives sent back from the South Island, Chief Labroli had no choice but to deal with it aggressively.
Due to his strength and large population, Chief Cabrades recruited 120,000 hardcover men from all over the island and launched an active attack on the North Island in a large number of canoes, while the Maori of the North Island, led by Chief Labrolly, fought stubbornly on the beach.