Chapter 247: Racial Secrets
The xenophobia of the Qingling clan is well-known in the Erathia continent, and it is not a short time for Xiao Yubing to come to this other world, and of course, he has heard a lot about this matter.
But as far as Jian Chen is concerned, he doesn't have much feeling for the disgusting arrogant attitude of the elves, because of various relationships, he has not had much contact with the elves.
He had been to the Tulaone Forest once. Last year he got that from Mark Ham. When the guy got the status of Lord of Hammondal, which made him overjoyed, it was Markham who took him from the Emerald Isle to the harbor of the Turalone Forest by boat, and then let him go to Hammondale alone.
However, at that time, Chen Jian was in a hurry to go, so that he could become a lord as soon as possible and get rid of the sea of suffering, so he didn't pay too much attention to everything in the Tulaone Forest along the way, except for stopping in the middle to replenish some dry food, he didn't stop.
In retrospect, Jian Chen's impression of the forests of Turalone was only the dense canopy of trees that could even be blocked by the sun, the large number of strangely shaped but beautiful wooden buildings built by the elves on the trees, and the handsome elves of men, women, and children along the way.
In fact, in Jian Chen's heart, he still has a good impression of these elves, although he does not have the habit of judging people by their appearance, but for beautiful things, anyone will involuntarily have a good impression.
There was a battle with the elves, and in Jian Chen's opinion, the two sides had to fight for their own interests, and it was impossible to talk about who was right and who was wrong.
It was only now, when Jian Chen finally walked with his army and the army of the emperor ** and the elves, that he clearly felt for the first time how annoying the arrogant and boundless character of the elves was.
There are a large number of centaurs and dwarven soldiers in the army of the elven race, but in Jian Chen's opinion, these two races, in the army of the elven race, are basically the same as coolies and cannon fodder
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The centaurs not only had to charge the front line of the battlefield during the battle, but also made cattle and horses for the elves when they marched, and used their strong backs to carry most of the supplies and supplies of an army at the request of the elves.
The dwarves are treated better than the centaurs, but the good ones are limited, and when camping, the centaurs have to unload the supplies and supplies on their backs and organize them. There was no time for anything else, so most of the dirty work during the camp was done by the dwarves.
The soldiers of the elven clan, as long as they concentrate on marching along the way, have a lot of time to practice daily, take care of their pegasus, maintain their armor and weapons, and have enough time to rest.
Then the next day, after the elves got up. All you have to do is pack your bags and go about your morning exercise, which they also finish after the centaurs and dwarves have packed everything up. Then the march began again.
After all, in the Erathia Empire, the relationship between knights and knights in the empire is also about the same, as long as the knights concentrate on practicing martial arts and focusing on combat, the knights are responsible for assisting the knights in daily affairs.
What made it difficult for Jian Chen to accept was the hierarchy that the elves pursued and their attitude towards these alien soldiers.
In the Elven Kingdom, the Elves are supreme beings, and other races, such as the Centaurs. It is a slave-like existence.
Although he did not call centaurs slaves on the surface, but in terms of their essence, there was no difference, the elves had the power to kill the centaurs, and in the process of marching, Chen Jian saw the elven soldiers shouting at the centaur soldiers more than once, and they would use whips to exercise their authority if they were not satisfied.
Jian Chen was very strange how those soldiers of the elf clan could have whips in their hands, the only cavalry of the elf clan was the silver Pegasus knight, but Chen Jian, who had ridden Pegasus, knew that it was impossible to control the silver Pegasus, a creature full of spirituality, without a whip.
For this reason, Chen Jian specially asked his subordinates about the centaur soldiers and forest dwarf soldiers from the elven kingdom, and the answer he got surprised him.
The centaur warrior, who had now become a heavy archer under Jian Chen, replied to Jian Chen like this: "Lord Lord, that is a whip specially made by the elves to deal with lazy centaurs!" In their eyes, we are no different from the horses that pull the goods! ”
The centaur warrior's tone was filled with helplessness.
The other centaur warrior said indignantly, "When I was still in the Elf King's ** team. Once, I overheard a few elven soldiers laughing, and they said that we centaurs are actually horses that can fight and pull goods! They also discussed how to whip it. In order to make us more obedient! He even said that we should make a special carriage pulled by our centaurs, so that all our efforts would not be wasted! ”
Listening to the centaurs, Jian Chen couldn't help but feel a lot more disgusted with the elves.
Centaurs also have a horse in their name. But they are not horses, but high-level intelligent beings with self-awareness, in Chen Jian's eyes, except for the difference in appearance, they are actually no different from humans.
Such a person, race, is actually treated like a cow or a horse?
Jian Chen knew that the centaurs were in a very bad situation in the Elven Kingdom, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
Later, Chen Jian also learned that it was compulsory for centaurs to serve in the army of the elven clan, that is, it was free, even if they died heroically for the elven kingdom on the battlefield, their families would not get the slightest sympathy.
Hearing this ,..., "Lamb is Dan, he really doesn't understand that the centaur race is obviously cowardly, but it will be cowardly to such an extent, he feels that if he was in such a situation, he would have learned from Sparta or Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to lift the rod.
"My lord, what you said has actually happened in history, but it's a pity. The elves are so powerful, they have silver Pegasus knights soaring through the sky, they have unguardable archery skills, and they have magical magic that we centaurs don't have, and they are far more agile than us centaurs in the forest! So every rebellion of our clan ended in failure! After hearing Jian Chen's words, the leading centaur warrior's face was very gloomy.
"Then why don't you leave the Elven Kingdom with your clan? Like a hill dwarf? Jian Chen was very puzzled, if he couldn't beat him, couldn't he run away?
The centaur warrior smiled bitterly and said, "That's impossible, my lord, because we centaurs can only have offspring in the dense forests of Turalone!" Don't you know this? ”
Jian Chen asked strangely, "What's going on?" ”
"It's common sense, isn't it?" The sorceress, who had been listening quietly from the sidelines, sighed. Interjected: "Didn't you discover that centaurs are a strange race without gender?" ”
Hearing the female magician say this, Jian Chen thought about it for a while, and then realized that it seemed that all the centaurs he had seen were male, and there were no females.
And the sorceress said that they were a genderless race, did they say,
Jian Chen was a little dumbfounded, but still asked, "Is there any connection here?" ”
"Of course there is a connection!" The sorceress nodded, and said, "As a genderless race, the centaur race has a very unique way of giving birth to offspring! They don't produce offspring by mating with males and females like we humans and most races! ”
When it came to mating, the sorceress's face was visibly red, so she lowered her head: "When they reach adulthood, if they want to have offspring, they can only go to their people's holy place somewhere in the forest of Tulaone, drink a magical spring, and then they will get pregnant and give birth to small centaurs after a certain time!" And this spring water along with their holy places. Many years ago, it was already controlled by the elves! If the centaurs dare to disobey. They will face the catastrophe of extinction in a few years! ”
Chen Jian was stunned when he heard this.
He never imagined that the centaurs were mistaken for such a strange creature, and he never imagined that the elves would use such vicious means to control the centaurs.
And the dozens of centaurs around who had already joined Jian Chen's camp also showed a look of grief and helplessness after the female magician's words.
Unlike the numbness of the elven realm, Hammondal's life has changed the centaurs' minds a lot, and the environment has changed dramatically so much that they are no longer as indifferent to their own people's situation as they used to be.
For so many years, the centaurs had to be born and die for the elves because of their fertility. Centaurs who died on the battlefield, I don't know how many.
In order to be able to continue this peculiar race in this world, they gave up their dignity and obeyed the elves.
Compared to centaurs, the situation of the Yilin dwarves in the elven kingdom is better, but the good is limited, because the elves also have the means to control them.
In fact, centaurs and forest dwarves are natives of the forests of Turalea, while elves are outsiders. Once upon a time, there were no elves in this forest and in the dense forests of Eli, who had crossed the sea from overseas, and who had conquered many of the natives by force and political means, driving them out of the forest or making them serve themselves.
At that time, these dwarves who lived in the forest and made holes were favored by the elves for their superior prospecting and mining ability and good combat effectiveness, and the dwarves were not very wary of these beautiful elves who came from across the sea. Even with a considerable affection, the appearance of the elves is indeed very deceptive, so under the operation of the elves, the dwarves and the elves signed a covenant.
Then the two tribes joined hands and began the war of conquest of Eli and Tulaleone, which was a very difficult battle for the conquest of many powerful races in the forests of Tulaleone. But in the end, the elves and dwarves still emerged victorious.
However, under the clever arrangement of the elves, the dwarves were greatly damaged after this battle, and gradually became vassals in the cooperation between the two sides, and the elves lost no time in revealing their true colors. Forced the dwarves to sign an unequal treaty with themselves, so that the dwarves would serve the elves from now on.
Under the threat of war from the elves, the dwarves who had been controlled at that time had no choice, and the current dwarven king was forced to sign this treaty, and promised never to do so with the oath that the dwarves valued most
Rebel.
After a long time, under the brainwashing attack of the elves from generation to generation, the alliance under the city has been slowly forgotten by the newborn dwarves, but the treaty and the oath of the ancestors have been handed down.
If it weren't for the elves' attitude towards the dwarves getting worse and worse, and an accident happened. Today's dwarves might still think. His relationship with the elves has been like this since ancient times.
And this incident eventually led to the collective exodus of the hill dwarves.
(To be continued)