Chapter 986: Mysterious Ritual!
The second company, which had fallen asleep on guard, was all dead on the southwest side, including the commander of the second company; The rest of the brethren died more than eighty, counting those who were taken captive; After clearing the number of people, the brothers of the 85th regiment suddenly lost more than 150 brothers.
"Shame, shame!"
Feng Ye gathered the brothers of the guard company around him, and he was going to go to the jungle to bring people back.
"We're all veterans, and on the battlefield, give each other's backs to the brothers next to them, but what about you? These brothers are ...... because of you."
"Hey! Luckily, it's a wild man, if the devil comes in, I'm afraid all of us will die! ”
Feng Ye didn't know what to say, these brothers were very tired, he didn't expect that these brothers did not die at the hands of devils, but at the hands of savages.
"We're going to save the brethren and get enough bullets."
Feng Ye instructed the brothers of the guard company to check Thomson in his hands.
"Where will the wildlings take them? Surely there is a place for them to live nearby? Where is it? ”
After cleaning up, Feng Yi stared at the guides in front of him, and he felt that they must know.
"Sir, we don't know! On the way here, more than 20 of our people were also arrested by them. ”
"Sir, this primeval jungle was originally the home of the savages, and here, they walked on the ground, and they could rest everywhere."
"Sir, stop chasing, this thing is very vindictive, if we continue to entangle, they will always follow us......"
……
The guides shook their heads, they did not support Feng Yi's idea; To put it bluntly, they really don't know where the wildling's lair is.
"The savages with our brethren will certainly not be able to go high and high, follow their footprints, and chase!"
Feng Yi gritted his teeth, even if he only got the body of the brothers, he would not give up the brothers.
"Commander, I'll go with you."
A guide from the Lisu tribe raised his hand, holding a hunting knife in his hand, and walked among the brothers of the guard company.
"This way!"
"Rope!"
……
"Whoa......
The Burmese knives flew around the forest, Feng Yi led the people to keep advancing, and the brothers chopped down the bushes next to them, chasing the traces between the bushes.
"Stop!"
The guide made a sudden gesture, a gesture belonging to the hunter.
"What's wrong?"
With a puzzled look in his eyes, Feng Yi looked at the guide.
"There's a lot of traces here, it's almost there."
The guide looked worried, and there seemed to be some kind of fear on his face.
"Ready!"
"Class 1, left; Class 2, right; Above! ”
A platoon of long waving hands, carrying a platoon, holding a gun, kept moving forward.
"Babble, babble......"
The screams rang out, similar to those of the group a few hours ago.
"Up, up, up......"
Feng Ye shouted, quickly moving in the direction where the voice came from.
"Gross!"
In front of them, a sculpture stood on a meadow, and the field was already covered with blood, and the people tied to the stake could no longer see human form.
"Commander, they all ran away, we searched the ...... inside"
A long line ran out of the hole, and the brothers behind them supported several unconscious brothers.
"What's going on?"
Feng Ye shouted, grabbed the guide, and pointed to the forest, he had a familiar feeling, and felt that those who died were his brothers.
"Cannibals, cannibals......"
The guide murmured, pointing to the bloody scene.
"Speak!"
Feng Yi shook the guide and shouted, but unfortunately there were only these three words in the guide's mouth.
"Get water!"
"Wake them up and ask where the others have gone?"
Feng Ye shouted.
"Whoa!"
"Whoa!"
In the water tank inside the cave, the wooden scoop was waved back and forth, and finally the guide came to his senses.
"What's going on?"
Feng Yi stared at the guide in front of him, and he felt as if this person knew something.
"Hundreds of years ago, this was completely primeval jungle, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered Yunnan, many people here were unwilling to shave their hair, and they came here with their ancestors; The current Gengma and Rolling Alleys are all people who took refuge at that time; The ancestors and the aborigines here have been fighting hard for hundreds of years! ”
In the guide's narration, Feng gradually understood that the ethnic groups who are now walking in Gengma, Rolling Lane and other places are the refuge people from the pre-Qing Dynasty, who have taken root here, and after hundreds of years of evolution, they have merged with some local aborigines and gradually turned this place into a homeland.
In addition to the local aborigines who have been integrated by various ethnic groups, there are also some people who have not been integrated, they have retained their original primitive life, they are used to living in caves, and even simple houses, they still use bark, leaves and stones to build with the terrain.
In the process of integration, all the indigenous people learned various techniques from China, such as farming and construction, even those who retained their original primitive habits, and the dense primeval forests did not allow enough food for their people to grow.
"In their food chain, men are the first in the chain, followed by all kinds of prey, and finally women; They would take their enemies as prey and eat them, and eating the flesh of prisoners of war, in addition to gaining the abilities of the dead, was also to "capture the souls" to compensate for the lost warriors. ”
"As a reward, the captor was given the human skin of the prisoner of war and the skull of the deceased as a trophy."
"Look at that detective, that's their ritual."
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The guide's words were staccato and reminiscent of the words of the elders of the clan.
"This road through the primeval forest has always been there; But the elders of the clan did not allow us to enter, except during the rite of passage. ”
Whether it is Gengma or Roll, this road is a passage for people on both sides to escape disasters, Myanmar and China, they rely on this road to escape disasters; At the annual rite of passage, both parties have agreed that they will not attack when the rite of passage passes through the jungle; This is the result of decades of fighting.
"The coming-of-age ceremony usually takes place before the Spring Festival, when the rainy season has passed, and after the rainy season and a few months of drought, the danger in the jungle will be much less......
The guide was still talking, but Feng Ye didn't want to hear it, he finally knew how there were so many so-called wild people along the way, they were simply Burmese people who had lived near the jungle for generations.
It's just that Feng Ye doesn't understand how there is hatred between them, in his memory, except for borrowing a little boat from the Burmese and not paying it back, he doesn't have any hatred with them.
"The head of the regiment, and a dozen brothers, were taken away by them, and they didn't stay here at all, they went directly to the west, and the rest are all here."
Liang Hao walked to Feng Yi's side and reported that this was said by the few surviving brothers, who were now a little frightened.
"Burn them all and take them back."
Feng Yi raised his head, now it is impossible for them to chase west, that is the direction they came from, for a few hours, according to the speed of these people, they can't catch up at all.