Volume 2: The Loose World Chapter 116: Re-examination (18) Old and New Leaders
The fire tribe retreated, and of the five hundred warriors who attacked, more than 100 died, and only more than 300 people were left to retreat, most of them were wounded, and the fire leader was dying, and his injuries were seriously life-threatening, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment.
The wood tribe was victorious, and more than four hundred warriors on the defensive, more than fifty were killed, including five flesh and blood warriors, and the wood leader desperately inflicted heavy losses on the fire chief, but lost his own life, and his body turned into char.
He has led the leader of the Mu tribe for nearly 60 years, witnessed the decline and glory of the tribe, accompanied the tribe from weak to strong, and shed blood many times to protect the tribe, and finally fell in front of the tribe.
The hearts of the tribesmen were very heavy, and they had won the victory with difficulty, but there was not much joy, and there were not many people who spoke to clear the battlefield, dredge the rivers, and recover their weapons, and with silent silence, they remembered the deceased leader.
The funeral was held three days later, the funeral of the wood tribe had already existed, and after the stone mine in the back mountain was finished, it became the cemetery of the tribe, used to bury the deceased of the tribe, and such a formal ceremony was the first time in the tribe.
Mu Wu often thinks that when a person dies, there is nothing, and no matter how beautiful the funeral is, what is the use? The dead can't feel anything, what's the point? But today, he subverted his own thinking.
Leader Mu Ju is not only his elder, but also his best friend, he has been in the Mu tribe for forty years, he has accompanied him, supported him, and helped him, a dignified and grand funeral is the only explanation he has left for him.
On the sacrificial square, there were nearly sixty corpses quietly, which were collected and placed by the clansmen, the blood stains on the bodies were wiped clean, the broken bodies were also stitched together with twine, and the charred bodies of the wooden leader were also collected piece by piece.
Someone struck a low bamboo stick, someone played a whimpering wooden flute, and on the four sides of the city wall, there were loud drums at the same time, and there were shrine maidens dancing prayer dances, and the wooden witch appeared and offered blessings to the deceased.
The tribesmen sent their own treasured gifts, expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased, and there were ornaments, plants, and meat, and they lit the memorial service with yellow paper made of tree bark, all of which were left in a short but deep mourning.
The bodies of the deceased were devoured by the fire of the fire, the ashes were sealed in delicate clay pots, and the gifts given by the contract clansmen, some personal relics, were buried in the cemetery in the back mountain, and a monument was erected and the names were engraved.
And the leader's ashes clay pot was buried under the totem tree, and the burial was accompanied by the pure bronze halberd, and there were not many bronze weapons in the tribe, and the weapons of several flesh and blood warriors were also passed on to the younger generations.
The leader's bronze halberd has more than thirty catties, but it has become his own burial item, which he deserves, not a waste, no one will object, under the tree, Mu Wu set up a tablet for him, and engraved the inscription with his own hands.
"The Wood Tribe, the first chief, was born in an unknown year, died in the tribe for thirty years, at the age of ninety-eight...... He has fought against strange warriors in the depths of the jungle, he has fought against ferocious alien plants in the grassland, he has severely injured the fire leader, and he has protected the tribe ......"
After the funeral, it comes to the most important thing, the tribe can have no witch, but it can't be without a leader, it's not the reason who is more important than whom, without the witch at most to return to barbarism, without a leader it can't be called a tribe.
It is natural to guide the development of the tribe is Wu, the leader of the Wu cannot but listen, but it is the leader who leads the tribe, the leader is the strongest guardian of the tribe, the old leader falls, the new leader comes to power, and the replacement of the old and the new is common sense.
When there is no witch, the big fist is the leader, and the wood tribe has a witch, so naturally you need to listen to the advice of the witch, the witch recognizes that you are you, the witch does not admit it, unless you are a strange warrior, otherwise no matter how strong it is.
The five peak flesh and blood warriors of the tribe stood up, the aura of the three was weak, and there was still room for improvement, and the other two were strong enough in qi and blood, and when they reached the limit of the flesh and bone warriors, they could no longer be improved.
One is the son of the chief, who was the one who stayed in the cave at the beginning of the tribe, and the wood witch bribed him with a piece of meat to take him to the edge of the bamboo forest, and the other was the captain of the witch's guard, and the leader must be chosen from among the two.
But Mu Wu did not immediately express his position, but only called the cavalry and archers, and left the tribe with the five people, came out of the west gate, and rode into the jungle for dozens of miles, and came to a canyon and stopped.
There is a small tree in the canyon, under the tree there is a giant python, not seen for more than 20 years, the scenery is still the same, the giant python is still a fierce beast, the body of the thickness of the water tank, but it has grown to more than six zhang long, and the fruit on the tree is almost red.
Seeing the small tree in the valley and the Titan python under the tree, the clansmen's faces were shocked, and they walked out with their heads held high, bowing to the wood witch: "I am willing to kill this fierce beast for the witch!"
"I would also like to be a witch and slay this beast!" he said, too.
Mu Wu shook his head, let the cavalry surround the back of the canyon, let the archers in front of the valley, replaced with bronze arrows, and launched an attack on the Titan python in the valley, the python was injured and rushed out of the canyon in anger.
The hard scale armor on the Titan Python's body, under the sharp bronze arrows, did not play much of a defensive role, and after three rounds of arrow rain, its body was full of arrows, panicked, and fled back to the canyon.
"The one who kills this python is for the leader!" Mu Wu only spoke at this time, looked at the five people, carrying a copper spear and holding a copper axe, and rushed out in an instant, and the other three hesitated for a moment, and also rushed forward with weapons.
Half a day later, the heavily injured Titan Python fell under You's bronze spear, neither a sword nor a bird, but You, a young man who was less than fifty years old and had only reached the peak of the flesh and blood warrior, a junior.
"Me?" You's face was full of surprise and joy, looking at Mu Wu in disbelief, and the other two were also dumbfounded, unable to believe it, and the two of them had been fighting for each other for a long time, showing a look of disappointment.
"From today on, you are the leader!" Mu Wu nodded, and after his confirmation, he was extremely excited, and the other four were also full of envy, but they were not jealous, their skills were not as good as others, and they were willing to gamble and lose.
After being excited, You pulled out the head of the gun on the Titan Python, the head of the gun went deep into the flesh, and the barrel of the gun was broken, which made him regret it for a long time, and the voice of Wu came to his ears: "Go back and make you an all-copper one." ”
You showed a look of surprise, and when he saw Wu looking at Fan and Yu, he said, "You two too." When the two heard this, they immediately became happy.
While the people gathered their prey and collected their arrows, the Wood Witch took a bronze shovel and carefully dug up the strange little tree with roots and soil, and wrapped it in sackcloth, and the warriors salivated but did not ask rashly.
Back to the tribe, the Wood Witch announced the identity of the leader of You, although the clansmen were a little confused, they also did not ask too much, the war was over, the cultivation of cultivation, the labor of labor, and the training of training.
He planted the small tree under the totem tree, began to take out the few remaining treasured copper pieces, and built an all-bronze weapon for the trio, and at the succession ceremony of the leader, the weapon was awarded to the trio, and the hunting captain was appointed.
After all the clansmen dispersed and left, Wu took You to the mountaintop medicine garden, and before Mu Wu could speak, You took the lead in speaking, breaking the silence, and asked in a deep voice: "Wu, why did you help me at that time?"
Yes, the Wood Witch did help him, the shot he stabbed should not have hit the body, but a vine appeared, blocking the moving python, and the vine was fleeting, and no one noticed it except for him who was nearby.
Mu Wu didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically, "Why did you make a move to compete at that time?"
"I do want to be a leader. This sentence came from the heart, and You continued to add: "I am also worried that they will be injured, that Titan python is not easy to deal with, if they are injured, it will inevitably affect the tribe." ”
"I'm also worried about the tribe getting hurt. Wood Witch sighed, "What I need is a leader who protects the tribe, not a competitive warrior." ”
"I understand!" Yu suddenly realized, a little ashamed: "But my strength is too weak, and I may not be able to protect the tribe." ”
"That's your problem. Wu replied to him, and asked, "Do you hate the Fire Tribe?"
"Hate!" you gritted her teeth.
"I hate it too! The clansmen hate it too!" Wu accentuated his tone and said helplessly: "But they have a special warrior, we don't have a special warrior, we definitely can't beat him, we also need a special warrior!"
"Can you do it?" Speaking of this, Wu looked at him, nodded fiercely, and patted his chest: "Do not disgrace your mission!"
"I'll give you ten years. Wu patted him on the shoulder, leaving him alone......
The tribe resumed its intense and busy development, and no one mentioned the matter of the Fire Tribe again, as if it had never happened, but the tribesmen knew in their hearts that things would not end like this, and hatred should be buried deep in their hearts.
Now it is just a lack of strength, and when the time is ripe, it will inevitably make the Fire Tribe pay the price, and since that war, the warrior team of the Fire Tribe has never appeared in the jungle near the tribe.
But the Wood Tribe did not dare to take it lightly, fearing that the other party would set up an ambush in the jungle, who knew if the Fire Leader was really seriously injured, or if the Fire Tribe had other calculations, only cutting wood and carrying limestone around the jungle.
As for hunting, it was still carried out in the steppes, raised, planted, built, and methodical, and the phantom fruit provided the most effective aid for domestication, and the number of animals raised gradually increased, and the herds of cattle and horses also expanded.
The wasteland below the mountain has been reclaimed, and the remaining large gentle slopes at the foot of the mountain are reserved for the construction of houses, and there is no intention of starting construction, and the harvest of planting is far higher than the current needs of the tribe, so there is no need for reclamation.
After repairing the city wall, the earth department did not have the task for the time being, so he built houses in the vacant places on the mountain, and the eight platforms on the mountain, the first row was the council hall and the education school, and the second to fifth rows were private houses.
The sixth row is the departmental hall, the eighth row is the five warehouses, the animal pen has been moved down the mountain, and the seventh row is free, ready to build three houses in the middle along the two stone paths, and make the witch hall, the chief hall and the elder hall.
The Witch Hall is dedicated to the residence and office of the Witch, the Chief's Hall is for the Chief's office and his family, and the Elder's Hall is for the high-level family members to live.
The high-level officials expressed their extreme agreement and appreciation for the idea of the Turkish department, and the wood witch knew about it and did not object, and sometimes, it was more beneficial to the management of the tribe to keep a distance from the ruler.