Chapter 11: Where the Sun Sets

The distance between "Mo-Ruq-Fa" and "Ka-Sin-Ki" is not short, and it is impossible to reach it by trekking on both feet for several days, so you have to ride a horse to reach it quickly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info This leads to the necessity of riding horses with Hadu - and the riders controlled by Hadu are completely unable to hunt when Hadu is not in the tribe, so it is more useful to take them with them.

Having made up his mind, Hadu withdrew from the space of consciousness, and he was still stuck on a high cliff. The hunters below were shouting upwards to ask Hadu how he was doing, and after answering loudly, he began to work on the matter of descending the mountain. Instead of immediately descending the mountain, he jumped over the crack in the stone to find the calf of the Stone-billed Eagle. The little ones were still chirping in the eagle's nest, looking like they were waiting to be fed, when they suddenly found a huge black shadow around them, and it turned out that Hadu had come to the eagle's nest. The little ones fluttered their weak little wings in horror and screamed to their mother—they must have thought that Hadu was their natural predator, and had come to eat them. Of course, Hadu didn't have the idea of eating these little eagle cubs, he simply thought that these little ones might come in handy in the future, so he picked up the whole eagle nest and began to descend the mountain.

I saw him jump towards the mountain wall when he came, lightly clasped the hole in the mountain wall with his fingers, and held the eagle's nest with his other hand, swinging flexibly and freely on the mountain wall, so that the hunters below were frightened, and the eagle cubs in the eagle's nest were also frightened and screamed.

When Hadu was about to descend to the flat ground, he found that on the stone platform not far away was the unlucky stone-billed eagle that had been plundered of its constitution - it fell headlong from the sky and fell to its death. Hadu knew that bringing the Stone-billed Eagle back to the tribe would bring him greater honor and more criticism, but on the whole, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages - the news of his hunting of the Stone-billed Eagle would always get out, and the leaders of such a major event would also hype it up, even if they didn't pick up the Stone-billed Eagle's body today, the tribe would still send hunters to collect the spoils in a few days. It would be unwise to keep a low profile at this time, and he still has a stone-billed eagle nest and a nest of eagle cubs - "stealing the young of the sacred bird" and "hunting the divine bird and harvesting its young" are two very different results.

Hadu stabilized the eagle's nest in his hand, squatted down, jumped onto the stone platform with a "whew", picked up the body of the stone-billed eagle, and then slid down on the mountain wall with only his feet.

Seeing Hadu return to his side smoothly, the hunters cheered for his return. Hado's face was filled with pride and contentment—he was proud of that right. The hunters all gathered around to look at the eagle's nest in Hado's hand, and the little ones inside were too frightened to scream, so they could only stay in the eagle's nest with their heads down. Hadu handed the other Stone-billed Eagle to an older hunter and led the group back in the direction of the tribe.

The scene of returning to the tribe can be imagined by everyone, and it is nothing more than that the tribesmen have seen and heard Hado's "yet another feat", and they continue to bow down and thank God there. The chieftain, on the other hand, paid more attention to the eagle cubs brought back by Hadu: there were old hunters in the tribe who could train falconsants, and these eagle cubs would later become an important hunting and reconnaissance tool in the tribe.

Hadu did not stop for too long in the onlookers of the clan, but rushed to the "clan village" as soon as possible, and put forward his needs to the old patriarch head-on: the "gods" gave him a new task, asking him to go to the "place where the sun sets" to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The old patriarch was overjoyed when he heard this: Hadu is willing to die, how can he not say it. He immediately approved Hado's actions and told him what the two tribes had seen, as Hadu had requested.

The top of the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" tribe includes a leader, two deputy leaders, six rider leaders, and other hunter leaders as many as forty or fifty people, while in the "Mu-Tua-Yin" tribe, in addition to the leader and deputy leader, there are ten main assassination leaders, five main logistics leaders, and the number of other leaders is also about fifty. If Hadu wants to assassinate, at least the leader and deputy leader of the enemy must be eliminated, and the remaining leaders must also control, kill, and expel a group. In addition, if possible, Hado would need to destroy the enemy's food reserves so that he could inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy camp.

In the end, the old patriarch also said that this was the information he knew when he was young, and he did not know whether the enemy's tribal structure had changed over the years, but since the "gods" asked Hadu to go to "investigate", it was also to obtain the latest information. After the old patriarch finished speaking, a hint of sinister flashed in his eyes, and this look was captured by the sharp-eyed Hado.

The old patriarch did not tell Hadu about the ritual system of the two tribes, speaking of which, if Hadu officially visited these two tribes, it was naturally the other party and the high priest of the same level who came to greet him directly, but with the scale of the "Ka-Sin-Ki" tribe, the other party may not recognize Hadu's identity at all - it is really a joke for them, so the small tribe also has a high priest, it is really a big eye and a big heart. !

If you only get rid of the other party's leader and deputy leader, if the other party's ritual system is complete, the other party can still quickly resume the production and life of the tribe, which means that this will not hurt the fundamentals. But just as Hadu will live in a cave in the future, the high-ranking priests of the other tribe will not live in the tribe, and will only return when the tribe needs ritual activities. This undoubtedly brought additional variables and difficulties to Hado's assassination operation, which were all unpredictable factors in it, and it was a great challenge to Hado's abilities in all aspects.

It was early afternoon, and after lunch with a few hunter leaders, Hadu was ready to head for the enemy tribe - he needed to reach the enemy camp before the sun went down, or he would "fall" and die. Before setting out, Hadu told the leader of his strategy and asked to bring a few riders under his control. The chief was very appreciative of Hado's bold plan and agreed to his request.

In this way, Hadu took the riders, selected Luo who was close to him from the horse ring, and a few other war horses, took some dried meat and set off.

Hado's strategy is simple: it is very dangerous to rush to the outer patrol circle of "Mo-Ruq-Fa", but it will be much safer if these "former Mo-Ruq-Fa" members go to the door, and then tell the other party that there is a high priest visiting, even if the other party is contemptuous and disdainful, the uniform ritual regulations on the grassland also require them to treat each other with courtesy, in this case, you can lead to a certain level of leadership of the other party, as long as Hado is within 10 steps of the other party, then things will not be too easy.

With several riders riding together for an unknown amount of time, it was strange that the sun did not look like it was about to set, Hadu covered the dazzling sunlight with his hand, and carefully looked at the position of the sun in the sky, which was almost unchanged from when they set off.

It's weird.

Hadu shook his head, not thinking much about this strange phenomenon, except that he knew that if he didn't reach the human camp before the sun set, he would "fall" into darkness without light. This is also one of the primitive cults: the end of the earth is the place where the sun rises and sets, after which it "falls into the house of the god of the netherworld."

Heading forward, the group came to a hill near which the riders said was a foothold for the attackers, and that there was a cave not far from the hill to escape the scorching sun. Hadu also agreed to order everyone to stop and rest for a while, but before everyone got off the horse, suddenly dark clouds covered the sky, and hail began to fall. !

A few people and a few horses rushed to take out the cave, and after entering, they looked at the fist-sized hail outside the cave in a daze, and then looked at the sky in the distance, and found that it was actually a clear sky. !

It was such a strange weather again, and some riders were afraid to ask Hadu: Is this a sign that this "reconnaissance mission" will be very dangerous. As soon as these words were asked, several other people also turned their heads to stare at Hadu. Hadu, however, calmly replied that this was the test of the "gods" for him, and several of them were people who had gone through the test together, and they would be rewarded by the "gods" when the task was completed. What may seem like a bluff now, was very useful in those days—especially the high priest's explanation. Several riders began to calm down, and while waiting for the hail to end, they began to search for the cave ** - of course, there was nothing here, and after the last unsuccessful raid, the logistics of the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" tribe were all withdrawn.

The riders said that they had to walk twice as far as the hill to their original tribe, but before that they could pass through a tight outer patrol circle after a double and a half distances, and then through several scattered outposts, before reaching the tribe's camp. At this time, I only hope that Hado's tactics of luring the enemy can be effective.

When the hail stopped, Hadu and his horses went to a nearby creek to drink water and graze to make corrections, and then continued on the road. After walking and stopping, we finally arrived at the location of the outer patrol circle of "Mo-Ruq-Fa" as the sun approached sunset, and not far away a group of 12 people rode horses and jogged towards this side. The Luo that Hadu was riding was very conspicuous, which made the other party's rider come from to see, and one of the other party's leaders accelerated his horse and rushed over. The leading rider shouted loudly and asked Hadu about the intentions of the others, and when he heard that it was a high priest who was visiting, his face first showed disbelief, and then when he saw the patterns and totems on Hadu's body, which were not allowed on ordinary warriors, he immediately believed a little. The other 11 riders of the opposing cavalry team also gradually approached, and they all looked at Hadu and the others in surprise.

Hadu didn't look like those respected and old high priests at all, but felt like a little kid who hadn't grown up yet. But the patterns on Hadu's body can't be fake: these riders have also seen similar patterns in their own tribe's rituals, and these patterns that are commonly used in the rituals of the steppe tribes are impossible to use indiscriminately, because these patterns themselves are very complicated, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to draw them, not to mention them, just to imagine it.

The rider leader didn't know what to do with this kind of thing, so he could only surround Hado and make their way to the nearest outpost, which was bad for Hado's side - he immediately activated his plundering ability. And this time, instead of plundering their killing consciousness - it is too cumbersome to control, Hadu tried to directly plunder their "psychology of allegiance to 'Mo-Ruq-Fa'". The humans of the steppes were born with a strong following of the high priest, and after their allegiance to the original tribe was erased, the riders naturally followed Hado—no less strange than the "hail under the clear sky" situation just now. After being robbed of their allegiance to the original tribe, even if Hado's assassination failed, there was no way for the riders to rejoin "Mo-Ruq-Fa", which meant that they would either follow Hadu or fight to the death, or they would have to flee in all directions.

Seeing the expressions of these originally hostile riders looking at him from suspicion to respect, Hado knew that he had succeeded in plundering, and he would definitely have to continue to unleash several plundering abilities in the future, and he was ready to go through these outposts and slowly check the changes in the value of good and evil.

Arriving at the nearest outpost, Hadu motioned for the rider to lead the team to deliver the message. The outpost is actually a relatively large stockade, which stores a certain amount of grain and weapons, and can sleep up to two patrol cavalry teams at the same time.

I saw that after the rider led the team to pass the word, another leader came out of the village, needless to say, he was also surprised by Hadu's identity. Then the rest of the matter went according to plan: Hadu plundered all the horsemen of the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth outposts in succession for the allegiance of the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" tribe, and marched in the direction of the enemy camp with this large group of hundred and ten cavalry.

It is also quite normal to say that "Mo-Ruq-Fa" looks down on "Ka-Sin-Ki": the total population of the latter is only two hundred, which is less than one-tenth of the former. This leads to the fact that the other party will definitely have a very light psychological condition after seeing Hado, and it is inevitable that he will be controlled by Hado.

The enemy camp was built on a small hill, and the towering village was their "clan village", which was a much grander building than the humble "clan village" of Hadu: a four-story tower structure dominated by logs, making this "clan village" the tallest man-made building in the entire grassland, and also had an underground part to defend against the enemy, and for the main weapons of this era, stone knives, stone axes and stone spears, this "clan village" was a semi-underground permanent fortification. And the highest part of this "clan" is also used as a reconnaissance lookout, that is, Hadu and his party of 100 centaurs have been discovered by the enemy's high-level.

The sand rolled up in the enemy's camp and a group of cavalry covered with glittering golden discs came out of the village to meet the enemy amid the roar of the leaders of each team. It was getting late, the sun was about to set, the enemy soldiers lit torches, and the horses slowly stamped around Hado's ranks. A high-level man with a stone-billed eagle's tail feathers on his head and a brown leopard's belly skin on his neck rode out of the camp with his head held high. Among the tribes that worship the god of war, "Ki-Sjuo'ol", the deputy leader is considered to be the "Sjon'ne-far'ra-Lek'ka", who is the deputy leader of the tribe with equestrianism, cavalry formation tactics and logistics management. The deputy leader looked at Hadu with a flat gaze: he could see that this young man was the leader of the hundred and ten centaurs, and although he did not know how he had made his patrols follow him, judging from the patterns on his body, he should be a priest of great status.

Hadu gently pinched Luo's belly, and Luo slowly walked out of the team and walked towards the deputy leader. The two were about a hundred paces apart, and their eyes separated after a moment of eye contact, and the first fierce eye fight took place in mid-air. Hadu's eyes were confident and noble, while the leader's eyes burst with contempt and war. Hadu knew that at this time, with his one hundred and fifty men and horses, he could only fight against the enemy's more than four hundred cavalry - and then he was annihilated, so Hadu immediately shouted loudly to the other party: "Ye-Dun_Ji_Mo, Vo-Hij'ja_Mi_Tua'al-Qin'ne_Ki-Sjuo'ol." Meaning: "The god of dreams has spoken through me to the high priest chosen by the god of war of your tribe." ”

The deputy leader was stunned: Hadu's words were a rare "standard sacrificial language", and its order was different from the usual communication language, which was to first indicate the requirements of one's own "gods", then talk about the other party's sacrificial position, and finally say the "gods" that the other party believes. And this is the use of a noble honorific title, "Vo-Hij'ja", which means "dialogue between the gods", that is, "mortals are exempt from contemplation". This sentence is to tell the other party that Hadu came this time to communicate with the other party's sacrificial personnel of the same level, and a mortal leader like the "deputy leader" should go wherever it is cool.

There was a wave of shame and anger on the leader's face: he was ashamed that he was appreciated by the dream god "Ye-Dun" when he was still a child, and he was angry that the other party did not take him as an important person in his eyes. However, the child's ritual language was not bad at all, and it was impossible for ordinary people to grasp such runes as "divine honorifics", so he desperately gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger in his heart. The deputy leader raised his hand, signaling that the golden-armored cavalry surrounded on both sides should not come forward to disturb Hadu and his party, and then "please" them wait outside the camp for a while, he needs to go back to the "clan village" first to ask for instructions.

Hadu would not let the other party leave him out of the camp, and immediately motioned for the riders behind him to wait in place, but he drove his horse forward, gradually approaching the leader, and reprimanded the other party for being disrespectful to "Ye-Dun".

In this way, little by little, Hadu came within 10 steps of the deputy leader.