Chapter 44: Coveted
Of the more than 30,000 warriors, less than 20,000 were able to return to the Tulum Wasteland alive. And most of the soldiers who lost were the elders' men. Except for the last battle, when he slightly lost some soldiers, the overall strength of the barbarian king Xiang Ba Rencuo was still well preserved. This made the balance of strength of the barbarian royal court begin to be one-sided, and the power of the barbarian king finally overwhelmed the forces of the elders who had united to contend with him.
This time against the beast clan, everyone knows the conspiracy of the barbarian king to Ba Rencuo, and it can't even be said to be a conspiracy, but Chiguoguo's conspiracy. It is a pity that no one dared to raise objections. After all, the recapture of the southern steppes is the ancestral precept passed down from generation to generation by the barbarians. Whoever dares to be cowardly and fearful of war will be spurned by everyone. ———— ordinary herdsmen didn't care about the power struggle between the barbarian king and the elders, they only knew that Xiang Ba Rencuo, who had just succeeded to the throne for a few years, showed his martial courage to everyone, and even if he returned in vain, his prestige spread throughout the wasteland.
The elders whose strength has been damaged are not without their own methods. After returning to the royal court, they all set their eyes on those small and medium-sized tribes. According to the practice of previous years, if you want to replenish the weakened strength, you can only attack those small tribes and annex them to strengthen your own body.
It was at this time that Lobsang Gran hurried back to the Wolf Valley from the Barbarian Royal Court, bringing back news that I didn't know if it was good or bad.
"Uncle Lobsang Brother, do you mean that Elder Tuden Gejie has taken a fancy to our Maoniu tribe? Hehe, I thought that after the army came back, it would be Dorang Sanjie who would attack us first!" Zhangxiong Gyatso asked Lobsang Gran, who had just returned not long ago, with a smile.
"Haha, yes, when I learned the news, I was also stunned, and later learned through the listening of the few people I bought. Originally, Dolang Sanjie also wanted to attack us and annex our Maoniu tribe to strengthen his Dolang tribe. But he was dissuaded by his henchman Tsering Gongmu, a warrior, so he set his sights on other small tribes. It is said that for this incident, Dolang Sangyal's son Dolang Quga was so angry that he even found Tsering Gongmu and beat him with a leather whip. If it weren't for someone hurriedly telling Dolang Sanjie that Dolang Sanjie beat his son severely, I was afraid that Tsering Gongmu would be half smoked to death. Even so, Tsering Gongmu and the future leader of the Duolang tribe had a complete falling out. ”
Lausanne Gran sighed, even deeply touched. After all, he also has an incompetent son. Fortunately, Zhangxiong Gyatso forgave Lobsang Namtuo and asked him to assist Solang Dondrup in the management of affairs in the clan, and he has been very obedient and obedient recently. If you can change it, it will really be thanks to the blessing of the Immortal Heaven.
Zhangxiong Gyatso was pondering, he knew that Tsering Gongmu dissuaded Dolang Sangyal from attacking the Maoniu tribe, not to help Zhangxiong Gyatso, who was sympathetic, but to really think about the Duolang tribe. After all, Tsering Gongmu led troops to fight with the Maoniu tribe, and knew that they were not easy to mess with. In particular, it completely annexed the Yixi tribe and the Silang tribe, merged with the gray sheep tribe, and went through several months of integration training. Their combat effectiveness has definitely reached a higher level, and the Duolang tribe has just returned from the battlefield with the orcs, dragging their tired bodies and not yet recovering.
Dorang Sanjay was a wise man, and he trusted his henchmen very much, so after some consideration, he gave up attacking the Mao Niu tribe. But his son Duolang Quga is a useless gentleman, who can't see this, and only thinks about his own face. Seeing that his father was not ready to attack Maoniu's subordinates, the charming woman he was thinking about naturally couldn't get it, and he suddenly vented his anger to Tsering Gongmu, which was also reasonable.
It's a pity that Tsering Gongmu, a man, will have to work under the hand of Duolang Quga in the future, and there is no doubt that he will be extremely aggrieved.
For the time being, Zhangxiong Gyatso can't help this warrior he admires very much, so he can only pay attention to it.
"Uncle Lobsang what have you heard about this Elder Tuden Gejie?"
Out of nowhere, a Tuden Gejie appeared and fell in love with his own tribe, and Zhangxiong Gyatso was flattered, but also very curious about him, hoping to get some useful information, so that his eyes would not be black.
"Haha, one of the people I bought happens to have something to do with Elder Tuden Gejie's family. I poured a pass of mare's milk wine, and told me everything, even the theft of Tuden Gejie's little wife, I didn't hide it. ”
Lobsang Grant laughed, he went to the royal court this time, and it was indeed very smooth. He heard a lot of useful information, and although it had the effect of buying hundreds of catties of salt, it was undeniable that Lobsang Gran's ability was excellent.
It turned out that this Elder Tudeng Gejie was the leader of the Tudeng tribe. Among the many elders of the royal court, he was a little stronger than Dorang Sanjie. He is very arrogant and cruel to the herdsmen of his own tribe. Even among the thousands of people in the tribe, a third were his herdsmen.
This time he followed the barbarian king on the expedition, and his soldiers suffered the most serious losses, 1,500 soldiers, and only more than 500 returned alive. That is, two-thirds of them died at the hands of the orcs. Therefore, there was an urgent need to expand the clan to maintain his position.
By the time Lobsang Gran returned to the Valley of the Wolves, Thubten Gejie had already selected strong young men from among his herdsmen, plus the five hundred warriors who had survived the deaths, and had once again gathered fifteen hundred, and without putting them in order, he was ready to march to the southwest of the moor. Because of the loss of too many soldiers, including the wildebeest on which the soldiers were riding, his tribe was severely short of mounts. Fifteen hundred, most of them could only walk, very slowly.
Calculating the time, it would take them three or four days to reach the Wild Wolf Valley.
Zhangxiong Gyatso shook his head with a smile and gathered all his generals to discuss the matter.
As soon as they heard that someone was preparing to annex the Mao Niu tribe, those men who were full of energy and had nowhere to vent looked at each other one by one, and suddenly they all laughed wildly.
"Great, someone finally came to send him to death, we have trained long enough, we should have dragged the men of the tribe out to fight. Someone sent it to the door, I can't ask for it!" Ragjian Shen grinned and was the first to speak, although he was the captain of Zhangxiong Gyatso's guard, but when he encountered this kind of fighting, he always rushed to the front. After all...... Zhangxiong Gyatso's martial arts are well known, but he protects him?
"This battle is to be fought, but don't kill too hard. Fifteen hundred people, if we can capture them, won't our strength be doubled all of a sudden?" This was appreciated by Zhangxiong Gyatso, who felt that he was becoming more and more of a general.