Chapter Ninety-One: Internal Obstruction
The sun had already risen over the horizon, and the soldiers in the ranks that had set out at midnight were getting tired.
A few of the slaves were almost unable to hold on, and it was only because of the fear of death that they could barely follow the group.
For a soldier, falling behind meant a kick from the squad leader's boots, and for a slave, falling behind meant death.
At dawn, Wu Xin led a team of nearly two hundred people and entered Godafi's tribe again.
The small tribe suddenly had more than twenty percent more inhabitants, and immediately seemed a little overcrowded.
However, Wu Xin didn't plan to let the soldiers sleep on the ground, and Goda Fei wouldn't agree, so he allocated some tents in the tribe to Wu Xin and the soldiers to use, and then found a tent to sleep in.
His eldest son, the elder Knight Deverich, led dozens of tribesmen to escort the slaves to the construction of the guard tower, which had been completed by Godafi's grandfather fifty years earlier.
Old Devellisch looked at it, although it was not particularly perfect, but it was acceptable, the old Devellisch did not have a good enough exploration engineer, and he did not have a lot of time, so he directly used this address.
"I have to admire that your great-grandfather was indeed a man who was born as a slave and eventually founded his own tribe, but he did not achieve anything more because the stage was too small." The compliment of Deverrich the Elder was very useful to Godalfi's eldest son, Saadi.
He also complimented: "This time, we are going to pursue a bigger stage, and it is the right thing to do with the Knights Hospitaller." ”
"Exactly. We in the Knights Hospitaller are united internally, backed by the world's largest kingdoms of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, and we couldn't be better to work with. "Fooling inexperienced young people. It was old Deverich's specialty, "One day, you too will have your own city." ”
The young man was quite excited: "Oh, Knight Deverich, please tell me about the Kingdom of Spain, they say that the great ships of the Kingdom of Spain can load our entire tribe with just one ship. Is this true?
"Well, that kind of ship is called Galen. It can carry hundreds of tons of cargo across thousands of miles, and of course there is no problem with carrying a thousand people. ”
"And it is said that on the other side of the sea, the holy city of Rome in the dark sun is the largest city in the world? The Dark Sun is also a powerful god second only to the Lord of the Stars and Moon? But his message is apparently a bit late, a hundred years before the fall of the Roman Empire. The city has gradually lost its glory as the Eternal City, and is now economically a second- or third-rate city in Europa.
"Well, this, I'll have a chance to tell you slowly in the future............ "However, as the holy city of the Dark Sun Church, the political importance of Rome is still unquestionable, and Old Deverrich needs to think carefully about how to promote the Dark Sun Church." Let's put the wood up first, you can't help but keep an eye on these slaves. ”
"Yes, whoever is lazy will be pumped hard." The Godafi tribe also had some slaves. Most of them belonged to Godafe and several powerful families, and this time they were all requisitioned by Godalfi together, plus some labor from the tribe. Handed over to old D'Evorichy to build the guard tower. "And some people in our tribe, if they don't want to work hard, you can smoke too."
Old Devrichi was not modest, but nodded his head in earnest.
The young chieftain's heir saw only the urgency of the watchtower, not realizing that he had given the elder Devrich excessive power.
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Wu Xin stayed in the tribe of Godafy for a day, and then after the sun had set. Embarked on the journey again.
They did not exterminate the more hostile Star-Moon tribes in the south, as old Deverich had expected.
Instead, it turned slightly to the northwest and headed in the direction of Tunisia.
The back end of the team. The old priest of the Godafi tribe was pleading with his chief, and he was so anxious that tears were about to fall: "Chief, chief, you can't go crazy with that little white face, there are only more than two hundred of us together. The enemy is four or five hundred ogres, and we are not good in quantity and quality. Raiding the camp of Armin the Brain Drinker like this is simply sending him to death! ”
Godafy didn't want to pay attention to him at all, but no matter how fast he accelerated, the old priest kept urging the camel to follow him, and kept whispering all kinds of words in his ear that affected his morale.
Seeing that his voice was getting louder and louder, many of the nomads who had attacked together were also shaken, and Godafy finally couldn't bear to pull him aside.
"Old priest, don't dwell on it anymore, the matter has already been decided." Godafy tried to restrain his emotions and tried to speak as calmly as possible to the old man who had followed his grandfather's entrepreneurship. "We have to take the initiative and wait until the brain drinkers finish what they did in Tunisia and come back against us, and we're done."
Although he was hesitant at first, the old priest's words made Godafi rebel.
The old priest did not give up, his throat was still very loud: "But Amin's troops are not smaller than us, and they are all elites who have held out in the upper reaches of the Nile for many years, how can the militia of a small tribe like ours compare with these veterans?" What's more, we still have to take the initiative to attack?! ”
The old priest's words were not unreasonable, and at first Godafy also told Wu Xin about these worries, but Wu Xin persuaded him.
And Godafy also said it to the old priest, but he can only say it again now: "I have already told you that Amin the Brain Drinker is going to participate in the internal strife of the Sultanate of Tunisia, and will never tolerate us behind his back and threatening his forward base, and he will definitely give priority to pulling us out." The Knights Hospitaller has the protection of the Citadel of Tripoli, maybe the Citadel is ravaged, but the Citadel itself is absolutely safe, no matter how bad it is, the Spanish fleet is also in the port, they have a big deal to escape back to the island of Malta, and we are the first to bear the brunt, where can we run? ”
Wu Xin's powerful analysis is completely based on reality, of course, in fact, it is only the oasis outside the castle that is ravaged, which is also a fatal blow to Wu Xin, he does not want to go back to the cramped island of Malta and continue to carry out brutal infighting for that little water and food.
The old priest was dumbfounded by this passage at the time, but after meditating in the tent for a long time, he now found a response: "Amin is a believer in the Lord of the Stars and Moon, just like us, I can't assume that they will definitely take revenge on us based on the words of these Europeans, and I am skeptical that they have ogre blood, which is probably a lie woven by those people." ”
"That little ogre is going to sleep with my daughter in front of me! And eat our brains and eyes! Godafi was annoyed by the old priest's words, "Will my own ears and eyes deceive me?" Or is your old fellow's daughter too old to be wanted by ogres, so you don't care, do you?! ”
"If you lose your faith in the Lord of the Stars and Moon, what's the use of your eyes and ears being alert?!" The old priest's words made Godalfi grit his teeth, and he was indeed considering whether to give up his original faith.
If you want to rely on each other with the Knights Hospitaller, you must give up your faith in the Lord of the Star and Moon, but like dozens of surrounding tribes, this nomadic tribe has been believing in the Lord of the Star and Moon for nearly a thousand years, and it is not easy to change this tradition.
The old priest saw his hesitation and pressed him further: "In front of all the tribesmen, do you dare to say out loud that you still believe in the great Lord of the Stars and Moon, and will never betray Him!" ”
Just when Godafe was in a dilemma, Wu Xin arrived in time with Cassano: "Chief Godalfe, is there something wrong?" ”
Although it was Godafi who asked, Wu Xin and Cassano only stared at the old priest, Cassano rarely did not cough, his hand was tightly gripping the sword, and it would be unsheathed at any moment.
The old priest felt that the other party was already full of murderous intentions, and he was about to be killed by these false god believers immediately.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm talking to the priest about distributing some potions and scrolls to my men." However, at this critical time, Godafei, who was reluctant to give up this precious priest, finally helped him out of the siege. (To be continued)