Chapter 64: Hard and Soft
Except for those large and medium-sized tribes with a population of more than 5,000 people, who are jealous of each other's strength and the alliance tribes are united with the outside world, other small tribes will be squeezed by the surrounding larger clans, and sometimes in order to deter other forces cleanly, they also like to make a fuss about people from small forces.
After all, people from big tribes are easy to make trouble when they are killed, who said that upright mountain men will not bully the soft and fear the hard?
Like what.
The self-proclaimed rangers are brave, but in fact, most of them have been gangs and gangsters for thousands of years, and in the end, it is not the routine of playing more people and deceiving others, bullies oppressing the good, and collecting protection money from powerless and powerless ordinary people. If everyone was as righteous as they were blowing, they really dared to resist justice, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and do the right thing for the people, they would have been hacked to death on the streets by the officials and masters.
However, most of the people in the mountains are fishing, hunting, slash-and-burn, and their personalities and behaviors are naturally fierce and aggressive.
If it is a death fight between clans that have a feud, it is not uncommon to directly kill all the men, women and children of the other party, and cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, but it is relatively rare. Even those women who have exchanged marriages to the other tribe have become accustomed to this, and they still have to live with their father's killer and the children they gave birth to.
On weekdays, the two sides try to refrain as much as possible, and this is only because the death fight between the two clans has caused a decrease in the number of men, which will lead to being taken advantage of by a third party and taking away more hunting grounds, so there will be those old clansmen who have a little friendship to come out to mediate.
Manashini can come to be a messenger lobbyist, naturally he will not be without two brushes, his eyes immediately changed the topic, eased the topic and said: "Hey~ It is not suitable to survive, otherwise who would want to kill the clan brothers of the same ancestor? Five hundred years ago, our two tribes may still be a family~"
Chen Xuyuan naturally selectively ignored these politicians and muddy idioms, and asked straight to the point: "This time, what conditions do you need to withdraw this time~?"
After speaking.
He picked up the black tea brewed by the maid who was waiting on the side, sniffed the sweet tea fragrance in the steaming steam, and waited for the other party's reply.
Now that the two sides have talked about important topics, the atmosphere suddenly became serious.
The cloudy eyes of Manahini, the deputy patriarch of the Mahpo clan, immediately seemed to have a flash of light, and he said with a tough attitude: "No, no, no, this time it is not you who give us anything, but we give you a way to live, and we will let your nobles and the people who are willing to leave this territory and migrate to other noble territories." “
"You don't think we really can't take this town~ It's just that we don't want too many casualties. We didn't attack with all our might before, nor did we drive the local serfs captured by the other farms as cannon fodder, but we only sent less than a third of the warriors to test it first. And this time, it's not just a few of our clans going down the mountain to the north~ But now north of the middle line of the entire Forbidden Spirit Mountain Range, many clans and clans have formed an alliance to move north down the mountain, and hundreds of thousands of clansmen are ready to attack the country of the AIDS people together. “
"And ~ I'm afraid that the support of the border guards of the kingdom that you are looking forward to will not come, and the entire border will be in flames of war in half a month at the latest. It was too late for those people to rush to help defend the great nobles and the king's direct domains. Naturally, no one cares about you in remote rural areas. ”
The deputy patriarch continued to threaten again with half-truths in his words: "As for whether the city can be attacked or not, we have a way to besiege you. This time, we brought the livestock and their families directly, and directly let people occupy the farms and fields that have been sown outside your town, and wait for the autumn harvest to starve you to death. I know that your lords have been burning forests to make land because of the lack of fields, and in previous years, you still need to go to other territories to buy a little food for the winter, and even the late summer and autumn harvest may not be enough. You better hurry up and surrender, or leave along the path to the north, and we can also swear to the ancestral spirits that we will not send people to hunt you down. ”
Due to the asymmetry of information acquisition, although the AIDS people have also received rumors that the Kudugu people are faintly trying to drive other Karui tribes north, no one has suspected that this is a big move arranged by the other party for the time being.
Because all parties are ready to send arrows at the last moment, Monahini no longer needs to hide this fact, and informing the other party of this news can shake the will and confidence of these people to defend.
As soon as Master Chen heard this, a glimmer of inspiration flashed through his mind, and he gathered the bits and pieces of news from Sarn City and the southern countries in recent months into a complete inference.
Based on his speculations about the situation, as well as recent rumours of Karoo migrations, he finally determined that the southern territories of the AIDS people could undergo a major reshuffle. And behind these things, there even seems to be a larger invisible black hand than the Kudugu people who have been pushing it. If he and the others continue to stand in the way, it is difficult to say whether they will be supported by the AIDS army, but they will definitely fall into the quagmire of war and will not be able to get out.
"Then after you occupy the area, do you plan to completely expel the AIDS civilians who do not want to leave, or what are you going to do?" Master Bruno, who had been meditating next to him, suddenly asked.
Seeing that the other party's tone was relaxed, Monasini's eyes narrowed and smiled: "Mr. Bruno is really merciful, and he cares so much about the people in a foreign land. As for those civilians, if they are willing to live with our people, we will treat them equally. Those barbaric acts such as slaughtering and slaughtering cities are all rumors from the outside world, and our tribe and the merchants on both sides of the east-west corridor near the trade route have been trading mountain goods, furs, salt, and iron with each other for hundreds of years, which is completely different from the uncivilized cannibals living in those places on the deep mountains and islands, as well as the cruel and murderous Kudugu barbarians. “
Although they had a general understanding of the bottom line of the negotiation between the two sides, in the end, they still had to make their own decisions by the local Baron Garcia family, and Lao Chen and the "no masturbation" master continued to make peace with the other party.
Afterwards.
In a friendly atmosphere, the two sides discussed some political views and ...... from the bilateral intention of good-neighborliness and friendship, peaceful coexistence between the two ethnic groups in the future, mutual assistance and complementarity, and the joint construction of a homeland and co-prosperity circle for the Karui people and the AIDS people Nonsense.
Manashini learned that the two were only temporarily living here, and that they were both interested in studying spells. He suddenly changed the topic again, took out three brown and black animal skin scrolls that recorded the tadpole text of the Karui people, handed them to Chen Xuyuan, and said, "The two of you and I are both forerunners of the wizard. This is my personal little caution about a few natural spells, please read them together, and if you have time to visit our clan, we can sit down and discuss the spell skills. If...... The two of you can leave as soon as possible, and we can also turn the conflict into a jade silk. If he had asked for something in his possessions, the great prophet of our people, Ubus, would have reciprocated his friendly friend. ”
This is a naked first show your muscles, and then a sugar-coated cannonball bribe to open the way~