Volume 5 Chapter 36 The Underdog
Walking out of the cave in silence, Ji Fa's heart was heavy, and he squinted his eyes slightly and stared at the vast mountains in the twilight in the distance for a moment.
At this time, Ji Fa regretted a little that no matter what happened at the beginning, he should have found a way to grasp the leadership of the team in his own hands, but now it is too late to say anything.
Although after such a long time of fighting side by side and the influence of various whimsical ideas, Ji Fa also has a great say in the army, but in the face of the blood feud between the clans, it seems that only Chi Guoguo's frontal slashing of the enemy is the only way to vent his hatred.
Alas, these primitive people with well-developed limbs and simple minds!
Ji Fa's heart was full of helplessness. If you give another three or five years, you will have the confidence to lead Dongyi's army to fight Di Xin in a dignified manner, but if it is really that long, the daylily is really cold, and he doesn't want to wait for a moment when he is tormented by missing!
There's a woman waiting for him there!
Or maybe she is looking at the attic at the moment and hoping that she will come down from heaven and bravely rescue her!
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"Phew!"
Forcing himself to suppress the anxiety in his heart, Ji Fa spat on the ground fiercely, turned around and walked towards another cave.
It's not his character to be at a loss, and he needs to find more helpers.
Soon, Ji Fa suddenly remembered that there was actually another person who could help him!
The big leader of the Dongyi tribe, Mi!
The woman with the most power in the tribe.
Also, after the baptism of modern society for a long time, he has seen countless pieces of emperors going down to the south of the Yangtze River, so much so that he almost forgot that in this primitive society, women are the biggest here.
Even if there are legendary generals outside and the monarch's orders are not affected, as long as the team of the largest clan can be successfully gathered around the anti-Shang center with himself as the core, at least the largest living force can be retained for the Dongyi clan.
It's just that at this moment, the Dongyi tribe has marched deep into the territory of the Shang Dynasty, and it will take a lot of time to send people to deliver the news, and I don't know if it will be too late.
Time, the most urgent thing is time!
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After quickly arranging the manpower, Ji Fa did not immerse himself in anxious waiting, but personally led several soldiers who inquired about the enemy's situation to check around the camp, on the one hand, trying to find out the geographical terrain and other important information as soon as possible, on the other hand, it was to take local materials and harvest all kinds of sticks and stone axes to make final preparations for the upcoming battle.
If he does this, it is better to have a clean ear, anyway, he can't do anything else now, so why waste energy arguing with Zhong Chou's guys who obviously don't listen to their opinions every day? There is no result in the quarrel, let alone any military strategy.
Another reason is because of the actions of the merchant army. It may be that after receiving Chaoge's instructions, the garrison troops of the Shang Dynasty who have recently come into contact with them have consciously shrunk back and have not made direct contact with the Dongyi tribal army.
After several days of chasing and catching up but without any results, the Dongyi tribe also collectively realized that something was wrong with the Shang Dynasty troops, and the soldiers were easily fatigued by continuous battles and a little unsuitable.
Therefore, these two days were the last quiet before the war, and everywhere seemed to be filled with a unique atmosphere of relaxation and tension that was rare before the war.
As long as you turn over the vast mountain, cross the Huaishui, the front is the plain of the radius of many miles, if you can ignore the Yellow River, ignore the difficult road, then from here you can almost go straight to the song!
Again, there is no doubt that the Asahaka army will naturally follow this route.
When the two armies met in Huaishui, it was the best place for a decisive battle. Retreat, there is a danger to rely on, advance, close to Chaoge!
That's it, Ji Fa stared at the turbulent river, thinking in his heart.
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After Ji Fa's investigation was over, he took the simple map drawn by the lime animal skin, and planned to persuade Zhong Chou one last time, if it didn't work, he could only come according to his own ideas.
As expected, Zhong Chou extremely resolutely rejected Ji Fa's "guerrilla warfare" strategy, and the successive battles of the last few days have completely made him lose his patience to fight in a roundabout way, and the new hatred and old hatred have blinded him even more to his remaining reason!
Therefore, Ji Fa did not persuade him more, and returned to his place with the animal skin map, while secretly meeting with those generals and generals who respected and convinced him in these days, in order not to cause unnecessary suspicion and trouble, nominally to intensify the preparation of combat tools. On the other hand, he patiently waited for the great leader of Dongyi, Mi, to be able to bring good news to himself.
Coincidentally, the team originally only planned to rest for two days, but because they had to cross the Huaishui, even if Zhong Chou was so anxious to jump to his feet, he still had no choice but to delay for a few more days, which was of course good news for Ji Fa.
It's just that there is constant news from the front that the vanguard army led by Fei Lian is getting closer and closer! On the other hand, the large team led by Di Xin seemed to be getting a little longer and longer from the original distance from Fei Lian a day away, and no details could be heard after that.
This matter is strange, Ji Fa pondered in his heart.
What made him laugh and cry was that even the result of being good at exploring the road became one of the reasons for Zhong Chou to attack Ji Fa, and he, the titular "Dongyi Military Division", suddenly became a little precarious because of the attack of high-end generals.
At the beginning, the most powerful good walk of the Dongyi tribe was the father of the evil come, and the evil son inherited the father's will, not only perfectly inherited the fine tradition of the father's good walk, but also came out of the blue, the martial arts were strong, and the strength was infinite.
It's a pity that he was defeated by Ji Fa during the previous competition, and he took his father to business in a fit of anger, and now he has become a traitor and enemy of Dongyi, and it seems to make some sense to say that this result is related to Ji Fa.
Compared to the conflict between Dongyi and Shang Zhou, the evil thing is a trivial matter that is not worth paying attention to at all, but the movement of the Shang army makes him a little headache, before he can understand the follow-up intentions of the Shang army, compared with the confident Zhong Chou, Ji Fa is deeply aware of the gap between the Dongyi tribe and the Shang and Zhou armies.
Purely in terms of force, perhaps the Dongyi people are still superior, and every Dongyi people are in good health, fierce in behavior, and good at shooting and running.
However, fighting an army is completely different from fighting a single soldier, and according to his few memory fragments, the regular troops of the Shang Dynasty were originally very powerful, at least in terms of equipment, they had an absolute advantage!
After years of conquest and taxation, the merchant army raised a strong army early, and each soldier wore at least armor, most of which were modified from the fur of some rough and thick beasts, which had excellent protection, and even some high-ranking generals had bronze accessories as self-defense equipment.
Secondly, although the regular troops of the Shang army are also axes and axes and the like, they also have bows and arrows, although they may not be as clever as those developed by Ji Fa in the past six months, but don't forget that it is the most prosperous place in the Shang Dynasty, even the drinking otaru can be cast and engraved with fine patterns, and no one can guarantee that they will not make bronze arrows for the team to use.
In addition to equipment, that is combat effectiveness, the merchant army is a team that has a history of conquest for many years, not only with Dongyi, but also with the surrounding countries to fight whichever country is not satisfied, every year, never stopped, therefore, it is definitely not the "pheasant" troop combination that these Dongyi tribes are gathering together in a hurry today, even if there is more Ji Fa such a "lubricant" through a variety of means to glue together, but the cooperation between each other is certainly not as tacit as the merchant army with many years of combat experience.
What's more, the same is true at the general level, major decisions have to be wrestled between the tribes, and those who suffer and die do not want to stand forward between the tribes, and when they capture the spoils of war, everyone wants to rush forward, so when assigning tasks, the generals of the tribes are often red-faced and almost fight with each other.
And the vanguard of the merchant army has only one general, and that is Fei Lian.
The Son of Heaven of the Shang Dynasty was the absolute center, and that was Di Xin.