Chapter 36: Before the War
By modern standards, the Ba tribe can only be said to be a slightly larger earthen enclosure, and even if it is strengthened by the Zheng army, it can only be regarded as a more suitable earthen enclosure for defense, and in short, it cannot be classified as a strong military fortress. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But Europe at this time did not even have primitive agriculture. So by the standards of this era, the defense of the Ba tribe is already super strong.
In this era when there are no siege weapons, it is simply impossible to imagine attacking a tribe like the Ba people without more than ten times the number of troops, and in terms of the productive forces of this era, it is also difficult to organize and supply a huge army more than ten times that of the Ba people.
And the reason why the Jiuxi clan dared to come with less than twice the strength was all because of the 20 minotaurs, these monsters with a height of nearly three meters, fighting with giant trees, not only invincible in the field, but also acting as a physical engineering hammer when attacking fortifications. It is also by relying on them that the Jiuxi tribe has the confidence of the Baba tribe.
In addition to the attack power, the transmission of information in this era is also very problematic, and the three major clans can only know the population of their own subordinate tribes, let alone other tribes.
The Ba tribe's previous understanding of Jiuxi was limited to the fact that the other party was strong very quickly, and even the death of Qi's daughter, who was the wife of the leader of the other party, was only known to the Ba people two years later. Of course, there is a reason why the Jiuxi tribe deliberately deceives, but the reason why the deception can be successful is also because communication is very difficult.
This communication difficulty is shared by both sides, and the Jiuxi people have very little information about the Ba people, but their attack plan for the Ba people has been prepared for two generations and decades. In terms of intelligence, it is slightly better than the Ba people, but there is still little knowledge about the recent changes of the Ba people.
They probably know that the young and middle-aged combat force mobilized by the Ba tribe is about 3,000 people, and they also know that the Ba tribe has an earthen wall defense, but they don't know about the recent behavior of the Ba tribe to strengthen the defense and the bow and arrow technology has been pointed out.
The leader of the Jiuxi tribe is called Khan, this is not the meaning of the Great Khan of later generations, it is just a simple name, he actually does not hate the Ba people, and he is not an ambitious figure, although it is very strange to say this, how can it be said that a character who takes the initiative to start a war does not have much ambition.
It's also funny to say that it all started with a deer 25 years ago, and now everything can be said to be a tragedy caused by a deer.
25 years ago, Khan was taken by his leader father to the Ba tribe to ask for relatives, and on the way back, he happened to meet the son of Qi who went out to study with Wu, and the two shot a deer at the same time very coincidentally, although they did not know each other, but at this time they can also be said to be relatives, if they report each other's identities, and then divide a deer equally, maybe they can also form a deep friendship, and there will not be so many things later.
At that time, the situation went in the other direction, and the two men were both young and vigorous, and they did not give in to each other, and finally fought for the belonging of the deer. Khan accidentally killed the other party during the fight. The sound of their fight drew people from both sides.
At that time, the Jiuxi tribe was not as strong as it is now, and Khan's father was worried about the relationship with the Ba tribe, so he simply killed all the other party's party, and there was no proof of death. Later, I heard that there were Ba witches and Qi's sons, and then the Ba hunters who went to look for them also disappeared inexplicably, and Khan didn't dare to admit it anymore.
Now, although the idea is indeed strange, Khan really intends to exterminate the Ba tribe because he is afraid that the Ba people will find out about his crimes.
Originally, he had not been discovered for more than 20 years, and the Jiuxi tribe was gradually becoming stronger, and he was no longer afraid of the Ba tribe, but this incident was always a thorn in his heart.
But due to his lack of strength, he has never been able to pull out this thorn. However, after meeting a minotaur two years ago, he finally had hope again, and this winter, with the help of 20 minotaurs, he sent his younger brother to the Wushan clan.
Although the news has not yet returned, the fire like that before happened in the direction of the Wushan clan, even if they were not burned to death, there was no way not to remain neutral.
He stood up and looked around, 6,000 Jiuxi people followed him, they won all the way, plundered a lot of food and livestock, and now their morale was high, and they vowed to defeat the Ba tribe and make Jiuxi the most powerful name.
They were only two days away from the Ba people.
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At the same time, the thirteenth was walking out of the mansion of the leader of the Wushan clan. The fires around it had been extinguished, and there were scorch marks everywhere on the entire mountain.
The great witches of the Wushan clan have promised to send troops as agreed, but Wushan has not gathered everyone before, and it will take some time to prepare. However, the three thousand Wushan hunters will assemble after three sunsets and immediately go to the Ba tribe.
If Jiuxi and the Ba have already started a war, this army will go to support, and if the war has not started, this army will also go to converge to show its attitude and reach a new balance with the Ba tribe with the Jiuxi tribe.
Thirteen breathed a sigh of relief and looked in the direction of home from a distance.
"How's it going?"
At this time, Zheng Jun was leading his students to seize every minute of time to collect herbs, and at the same time, he had to give them more detailed instructions. Doctors can't be trained in a while, at least train the medics first.
The fortifications of the city walls were almost complete, and the hunters were led by Lo. For the time being, Zheng Jun's position as a city defense adviser has little work to do, and he takes this opportunity to fulfill his responsibilities as the leader of the medical team. There are also special people in the tribe who are making needlework and steamed clean animal skins, which are all medical supplies requested by Zheng Jun.
The Ba tribe is just a 200-meter radius of the earthen enclosure, and now that 3,000 meters of young people and various supplies have been squeezed out of it, Zheng Jun must not only prepare for the fierce battle in the future, but also prevent the emergence of plague.
Not only did he try to prevent the plague, but he also wanted to reduce the rate of death from injuries as much as possible. He knows very well that in the wars of the past and present, it is always a small number of people who die directly, and the rate of wound infection after being injured is not treated in time, or the rate of wound infection is the real majority.
Without antibiotics, herbs and careful care are the only way to get the job done.
Now all kinds of materials are being collected at an accelerated pace, this is not only to increase their own reserves, but also to reduce the number that the Jiuxi clan may obtain, and increase the difficulty of the other party's supply, although I don't know if it will be effective, but the war is like this, and every small part must be done well.