Chapter XXVII: Civilization in the Desert Hinterland
Compared with his first visit to "Mo-Ruq-Fa" and his long-distance attack on "Mu-Tua-Yin", this time Hadu can be regarded as a real "uprooter". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info even if his mind is as firm as him, it took several ups and downs to slow down a little. During this time, Anderkukod did not speak out to comfort Hadu - he knew that this kind of feeling needs to be resolved by others, and the reassurance of others will only backfire. When Anderkukod's father, Sidimud, died, the son must have been bitter in his heart and didn't say anything, but he finally had to let go, and he was finally able to come out.
As his mood gradually recovered, Hadu began to ask about the story of the horse's expedition to the south, and he was amazed and envious that the Iger clan was able to walk back and forth smoothly, and at the same time very curious about the other party's experience. Anderkukod did not hide what he had seen on his way south, but he still had some evasive accounts of each actual location, especially when it came to his father, Sitimud, which he would always want to skip in vague terms. Hado understands this reaction: isn't that what he is in right now? The absolute position in his life is his own people, and this long journey, the distance between him and his tribe is no less than 100,000 steps, and his heart is also uncomfortable.
As you follow the meandering riverbed, the runoff of the river gradually decreases, and in some places you can only see the dry riverbed, and after a while, you can see a trickling stream. For this phenomenon, Anderkukod believes that there is an underground river, and of course it is possible that there is an underground water source nearby. After about 30 ascends, the riverbed gradually turns from north to east, and then begins to merge into another, wider river. In the language of the nomads, the river is called "Nio-lo", which means "the source of a clear spring". The upper reaches of the river are rocky and rugged, and in the middle reaches of the river, they are called "clear springs" that nourish both banks, forming a large area of fertile land.
This fertile land is home to nomads - in fact, only the Iger clan can be considered nomadic, after all, there is already extensive riverside farmland in this river valley, and the people here do not need to look for grasslands nearby, and they can get enough food reserves.
Of course, the farming methods here are still very primitive - mainly manual farming, using stone ploughs and stone hoes, and there are no domesticated labor animals to plough the land on their behalf. Generally speaking, the cultivation efficiency is relatively low, but they cannot support the amount of cultivated area and manpower they have stationed, and they can still have a lot of harvest when they grow crops on nutritious land.
When the horse team began to enter the valley of "Nil-lo", a sentry came to pick him up on a camel, and when he heard that it was the "great chief" of the nearby steppe, he immediately went to the clan to inform the higher-ups. Hadu was somewhat mentally prepared to meet the high-level leaders of this land: first, the simplification of the sigil should not be revealed as much as possible - this was proposed by Anderkukod, saying that it was to prevent the high-level of his clan from coveting the scale and sophistication of "Shin'ne-Nu"; the same level of technology can be communicated, but the technical knowledge above the other party must not be leaked out—these people are not as easy to talk as the Iger clan; and secondly, now "Shin'ne-Nu" Even after more than 20 seasons of development, the population has reached a little more than 60,000, which is much smaller than the population of "Nil-lo" - at least 100,000 people can be seen from the tributaries alone, with tents and huts lined with hills behind the farmland. Also, on the premise of not knowing the details and backers of the other party, Hadu is not ready to rashly launch the ability to plunder: he has already felt that he is not the only one who has gained the ability.
As they continued to their guard posts outside the camp, a large group of men and horses rushed towards the horse team of the Iger clan, led by a leader who shouted at Anderkukod. This is where Hadu's ability to translate the "Nil-lo" language comes in handy: it seems that in the long time since the Iger clan left, there have been great changes within the "Nil-lo" tribe, and the "Nongsang" who were originally more friendly to the Iger family have been left after two generations, and now they are in power with bloodthirsty nature, murderous "war-raising people". From the words of the other party, it can be heard that they have just fought a battle with the "original land" recently, but the result is not good, the mood is depressed, and at this time, the "defected" Iger clan came back to "stand trial", which made this group of belligerents happy.
The men and horses of the "war-raising faction" surrounded Hadu and them, and shouted at them and demanded that they be captured. And the other party's shouting made Hadu frown: tribes without writing are like this, and after a long time, their own language inheritance will have problems, no, these people who shouted loudly couldn't even pronounce the words "Egg" and "clan".
And judging from the stone weapons carried by the other party, Hadu is not worried about fighting with the other party - don't look at the number of people on the other side, there are many people who still carry stone hoes and stone plows, and at first glance they are cultivators who have no combat ability and have no other actions except for slashing. This kind of combat power made Hadu can't help but shake his head, and his move was seen by the other party and understood as the meaning of "fighting to the end", but the other party attacked without saying a word.
A bloody battle began.
For Hado, he wanted to be able to communicate with the other side peacefully, because in terms of combat experience and combat ability, the other party did not even have the power to strike a single blow. Hado observed that the totem-related ornaments on the other party's body only had the fangs and fur of the wild wolf except for the bird feathers, but did not see any other body parts of the beast, which showed that the other party's living environment was relatively safe; at the same time, the other party's main food source was rice, which meant that the other party had no risk of going out hunting, and such an environment would inevitably lead to the other party's low melee ability; The main combat effectiveness is still recovering, and the level of combat is greatly reduced compared with normal circumstances.
The opponent's combat power is so bad, not to mention that they are still up against the most powerful hunter in the "Shin'ne-Nu" - and that body has a physique and physical strength that is several times greater than usual.
Alas, the melee capabilities of these so-called fighters of "Nil-lo" are not generally bad. They raised their stone knives in the air with both hands, but completely exposed a large area of weakness in the chest and abdomen, and with a kick from Hadu, he kicked the other party back into the tight crowd of his own people, but the force of the impact was not yet discharged, so he hit a large number of people. The warriors who use the stone spear are also funny: instead of stabbing people with the stone spear, they swing it in a large circle, using inertia and impact to inflict damage, but this also makes it difficult for them to control their arms - Hadu nimbly dodges the opponent's swing, grabs the opponent's wrist as soon as he reaches out, and snatches the stone spear from the opponent's hand with a little force.
Seeing that Hadu had snatched all the weapons held by his warriors, the leaders of the "Raising the War Faction" were very embarrassed and hurriedly shouted for the other fighters around him to rush forward and attack. But the melee space around Hadu is only so large, if the opponent is holding a long weapon in a circle to attack Hadu, then there can be more people standing, and the situation of the opponent's current use of long and short weapons will not only not be able to cause effective damage to Hadu, but will also bring accidental injury to the "own people" around him. These "warriors" who have not tried to fight, they don't know how to withdraw their weapons when swinging the stone knife, and after being dodged by Hado, they stick to their companions. The companion let go of the weapon in his hand in pain, and was grabbed by Hadu, and struck the opponent on the neck with the handle of the knife, which directly beat the opponent so that he couldn't breathe, and retreated straight to the back of the team. As soon as the vacant seat in the crowd came out, Hadu entered the vacant seat in person, and the enemy soldiers behind him were blocked by their own people and couldn't keep up, and the enemy soldiers next to the vacant seats were stuck by their own people and couldn't turn around, and the enemy in front of him was blocked by the enemy soldier who pushed back, so it became a pot of porridge, but Hadu rushed left and right like no one. It didn't last long for such a chaotic scene, and Hadu knocked out all the enemy soldiers under a "restricted" fight - most of them were dazed and lying on the ground, not daring to move.
Hadu turned his head to look at Anderkukod's side: Good fellow, I saw that this guy was trained in the south, and he fought with this gang of scumbags for a while, and he used all his strength to fight the fierce beasts, and beat the other party to the ground. The pro-soldiers of the Egger clan are not good at stubble, and their melee offensive and defensive abilities are not weak, and they beat a group of "war-raising factions" in a few moments.
The current chief of "Nil-lo" was so angry that he was angry when he saw that he had been taught a lesson by the "traitors", but the situation is stronger than the people - they have been defeated, so it is time to lay down their arms and wait for the fate of the Iger clan. Obviously, the other party didn't expect them to lose so quickly, and the chief looked arrogant and refused to put down the stone spear in his hand, but Hadu rushed up and slapped him twice, causing the chief to cover his face and freeze in place.
At this time, almost all of the more than 10,000 people brought by the chief were defeated by the clansmen of the Egger clan, and the enemy soldiers broke down psychologically and fled in all directions, even if they were told that the encounter was over, they could not be called back.
Anderkukod walked up to Hadu and whispered to him that when he was done with the affairs of the clan, if there was anything he could like, take it. This shows how good the Egger clan is: Hadu came with them to make a friendly visit, not to help out as a thug - but since he has already been a thug, he must always take something to cover the "employment fee".
In this regard, Hadu said that he could afford to wait.
The way to deal with the "war-raising faction" is very simple, just like Hadu ruled the grassland: you only need to kill the big talker, and the minions below will naturally fall apart. When dealing with it, Hadu also went with Andkukod to visit the soldiers who were injured in the war with the "native land", and said that he had "extremely strong ability to heal wounds", but Andkukod said that "the scars of the soldiers will give them a better idea of how to protect themselves in future battles", and politely declined Hadu's "request for healing".
According to Anderkukod, "Nil-lo" is located in a special geographical location, with few mountains nearby, empty skies, and a large amount of runoff from the river, which shows a certain regularity in the changes of the river in two seasons. This makes the "Nil-lo" more in-depth in astronomy, hydrology and meteorology, and they also need to take these "professionals" with them when they travel in order to ensure that the environment is less restrictive to them in the wild. Anderkukode said that he saw Hadu as a "man who could not be idle", and since he had chosen to go hiking, he had to obtain as much knowledge as possible before returning to his tribe, so that he could bring more useful things to his tribe on this trip, and his opinion made Hadu look up to him even more. As for the "employment fee", the Egger clan also paid in a special way: several "professionals" who were still loyal to the newly beheaded chieftain were pushed before Hado, and then announced that they had been "permanently expelled from 'Nil-lo' and no longer belonged to any of the clans of 'Nil-lo'", and then quietly left these poor people with Hadu.
Hadu could see what was going on at this time: it should be Anderkukod's father, Sitimud had the ability to plunder, and when he first came into contact with Hadu, he plundered Hadu and had the idea of "plundering 'Nil-lo'", and when the Egger clan set off to the south, it was still "Nil-lo", so it is no wonder that Hadu never had the idea of plundering the Iger clan at that time - or could not move such thoughts at all. This "advanced use" of the predatory ability also surprised Hado, but he had never discussed the use of this ability with anyone. Unfortunately, Siddud has passed away, and his heir doesn't seem to have this ability—or maybe the other party is deliberately hiding the ability he has acquired.
The "mysterious documents" that Hado observed in his youth were the codex he left to future generations of the Egger clan on the ability to deal with the "plundering of wealth". Hado himself knows that the ability to predate is both rare and terrifying for the human population of this era. Since he is not the only one who has obtained the ability to "plunder wealth", how to guard against other ability recipients has become a primary problem. And Sitimud has obviously met the ability acquirer before, so there is such a prophetic approach, leaving a way for future generations, this prophetic prescience really made Hadu a little embarrassed - he thought that after obtaining this special ability, he would be invincible in the world. !
Hadu shook his head a little, and he already had some calculations in his mind about how to resist others who had gained the same ability. And now what he needs to solve is these "diehards" who have been pushed out by Anderkukod in front of him. The so-called astronomy, Hadu probably understands, should have something to do with the stars - the "Ka-Sin-Ki" tradition says that by observing the changes in the position of the stars to calculate the time passage of a large span, hydrology, must be related to the temperament of the river, Hado has seen "Nil-lo" on the river There are a few boats floating on the water, which may be related to the boat, The way to cross the river is concerned, and meteorology may be the knowledge that Hado needs most now: he needs to verify whether the strange weather that follows him around can be predicted, and whether he can react in advance after the prediction.
Seeing the few people who had been sentenced to be expelled trembling in front of him, Hadu no longer had any pity—he only had his own tribe in his heart, and the wasted people who would take care of other tribes. The plundering was captured, and after the plunder, regardless of the sluggish appearance of these people, Hadu took care of himself and walked out of the tent where he was. The tent was built right next to the river, with a water-sheltering fence made of palm wood to keep the clay from the river bank and prevent the tent from getting wet.
Having acquired knowledge of hydrological surveys, Hadu was able to tell where the water would be more turbulent and where the water would be gentle, and where the reef would be the reflection of the surface of the water when he looked at the bottom of the river with his piercing eyes.
The experience of weather forecasting has made him more sensitive to changes in air currents, air temperature, and air pressure, and he can even predict the characteristics of the nearby environment through the difference in humidity and wind direction in a short period of time. As he stood by the river, he could clearly feel the slight difference in the future weather on the other side of the river and on his side. As for the "high" technology of astronomical observation, it can only be tested at night - the sun is about to set, and he will not have to wait too long to know the actual effect of this knowledge.
Seeing that Hadu should have done his own thing, Andkukod came over and told him something that he was a little dissatisfied with: Sidmud had been entertained by Hadu after going around in circles in the desert and nearly half of his people had been killed and wounded, and he had always remembered that he would one day find an opportunity to repay the favor that led to the selective exile of his people, and now that the retribution was complete and Hadu had gained technical knowledge that had not been acquired in the "Shin'ne-Nu" tribe, it was time for him to leave "Nil-lo". As for where to go, this is not something that the Egger clan can choose for him.
At Anderkukode's decision, Hadu was not only dissatisfied, but also somewhat angry. But this is the wise choice of a clan leader: the disadvantages of Hadu's stay in "Nil-lo" are bound to be many and good. Besides, now Hadu has no way to plunder the other party's other clansmen, and the combat ability of Anderkukod and his own soldiers is not under Hadu, so if he doesn't leave at this time, he can only be invited away by the other party.
Hado understood the current situation, so instead of showing the anger in his face, Hadu asked for enough dry food and asked the other party to send him back to "Shin'ne-Nu".
Just before leaving, Hadu made an extra request to Anderkucod.