Time passed quickly, and after Aishshara and Fangs alternated between walking and staying, the expeditionary force returned with the loot and the remains of the war dead.

In the square under the giant tree, the tribe held a solemn funeral for the victims;

On the monument in the center of the square, there is also an inscription describing the list of victims of the 'Great Northern Campaign', which adds another layer to its overall height;

In addition, the number of steles has also increased by one, and there is a "detailed" introduction to the battle monuments from the beginning and end of the war.

The reason why it is said to be 'detailed' is that it only records the evil deeds of the tribe and the horned hoof, and characterizes the battle as a just punishment war launched by the headquarters because of the strong liquor that hurt the people.

The more detailed records of the tribe itself, which did not omit the shadowy records of the tribe, were preserved in a newly built file room atop the giant tree.

Playing Weiguang is a good thing, it can make the future development of the tribe more smooth, so that the rest of the foreign tribe can be somewhat less repulsed.

However, we must not fool ourselves, especially those juniors who have the opportunity to stand on a high place and hold power in the future, because of this;

No matter what becomes of the tribe, they must remember how they made their fortunes.

Therefore, this file room, which will not be open to outsiders in the future, will record everything truthfully;

In this battle, the greed of the ruling government, the bloody brutality of the expeditionary force, the insidious cunning of the witch doctors accompanying the army, the disregard for the lives of the foreign race by the Rune Council, and so on...

and the bright and dark cunning methods used by the tribes in dealing with the inner troll tribes of the Black Forest, the outer wolf packs, and other adversaries in the development so far;

will be kept in detail for future generations to understand.

If.... If this is a colorful and civilized world in the future, if the things that have been preserved in the stalls are lost, it will undoubtedly be of great concern to the tribes... or any other form of alternative regime in the future, a prestige injury;

But in the foreseeable future, this giant tree, which has been named the 'Mother Tree', will be one of the core assets of the tribe, and it must have the tightest security measures in the entire tribe.

If in this case, there is a leak of information and something like that, then this 'prestige' will be lost...

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Getting back to the martyrdom itself.

The ritual activities of the tribe are hardly excessively mystified, the concept of 'gods' does not appear in the prayers, and the rituals are generally carried out on two points: solemnity and solemnity, and the emphasis is on 'prayer';

The fearless spirit and bravery of the victims can become the spiritual guidance of the people, injecting more hope and blessings into the development of the tribe.

During the ceremony, the sound of the big drum made of the monster's skin and steel and wood resounded in the sky;

The dance troupe, dressed in wolf skin dresses, danced a gladiatorial dance in the center of the square, bringing the festival to an end.

The same scene unfolded at the same time in various large and small settlements outside the east and west, due north, and northeast gaps of the Heihe River, and the total number of tooth trolls with a total number of more than 33,000 was all participating in this sacrifice in different regions.

After the martyrdom ended, it was the reward and punishment of the battle.....

Due to the solitary movement of the Far Traveler troops, Cui Wenli and Zhuo Erling, two senior officers, were stripped of their clothes and hung up in full view of everyone, especially under the 'observation' of the Far Travelers, and were heavily whipped with thorns and vines;

Rao is that they have a spirit as tough as steel and wood, and they have a pain tolerance, and they also let out an uncontrollable howl under the stimulation of the special toxin attached to the thorn vine.

By the end of the execution, the two commanders' dorsal crests had become flesh and blood, and the traces left by the beating and healing over and over again seemed to be engraved in the hearts of the trolls of the Far Traveler, making them involuntarily begin to reflect on their actions at that time.

After that, there was the Chengbei Officer Corps headed by Daba;

Although they made outstanding achievements in the battle in the north of the city, their merits and demerits could not be compensated, and they still had to bear the corresponding responsibility for the rampage of the conscripts under their command and the excess casualties arising from them.

Among them, Daba was fined 100 lashes for 'failing in command';

He went up dejectedly and came down grinning, not much worse than the first two Far Wanderer commanders.

The rest of the middle and lower rank officers were given 50 to 30 lashes for 'dereliction of duty';

When they came down from the torture table one by one, they were also in pain and could barely walk.

The toxin on the whip is undoubtedly the masterpiece of the plant-based witch doctors, which is equivalent to a punishment for these trolls who have nothing to do with death.

The injuries caused by the whip do not consume much vitality, and the energy replenished by daily diet is enough to offset most of the expenditure during recovery;

But the neurostimulant toxin, which penetrates deep into the bone marrow and amplifies pain, brings painful memories that may last a lifetime for the punished trolls.

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is still the same sentence 'merit and demerit cannot be offset', after the mistake is completed, it is naturally the turn of the merit to be awarded....

Originally, Nesta planned to use the 'Black Forest Coins' to reward the most successful in battle, but when it came to the end, he had other ideas....

The sacrificial can be commemorated by sacrifice, but what about the living? In addition to money, can some visible glory be given?

Thus, the 'medal' system of the previous life entered his mind ....

In his previous life, on the occasion of the founding celebration of the country, the meritorious medals on the chests of those veterans always made his blood boil;

And in this regard, can you also refer to it accordingly?

So, after having such an idea, he urgently convened a military meeting to have a preliminary discussion on the 'medal system'.

Naturally, the 'Military Council' would not veto such a thing, and after the discussion of the Rune Council, the charter was decided.

It was determined that with this service as the starting point, the tribe officially implemented the 'meritorious system';

On the basis of Nesta's proposal, some improvements have been made, and "meritorious service" will not only be limited to military merits, but will also be further extended to scientific research, and "martial honors" will be divided into two categories: "Medal of Honor" and "Commemorative Medal".

Among them, the 'Medal of Honor' is not divided into families, and can be divided into several according to the degree of importance and the source of honor.

First of all, the sources of honor are divided into four categories:

Category 1: 'The success or failure of major strategic decisions' related to the life and death of ethnic groups, and 'major scientific research achievements that set a precedent for the times';

Category 2: 'Success or failure of important strategic decisions', 'important scientific research achievements';

Three categories: 'key strategic success or failure', 'key scientific research achievements';

Four categories: 'usual strategic success or failure', 'usual scientific research results'.

Secondly, the level of participation is divided into five levels:

Level 1: plays a decisive role;

Level 2: Plays a significant role;

Level 3: Plays a key role;

Level 4: plays an important role;

Level 5: Outstanding contributions.

The "Medal Grade" that can be awarded to the recipient is determined by combining the "source of honor" and the "degree of participation".

For example, those who play a decisive role in important strategic decisions related to the survival of a race, or those who play a decisive role in major scientific research projects that set a precedent for the era, will be awarded the Order of the Sun of the First Class.

The emblem of the medal is the 'First Fire Initiation Rune' after being transformed according to the sun diagram, symbolizing the survival and stability of the race.

The Order of the Black Forest, 2nd Class, as defined by a stick figure on a map of the Black Forest, symbolizes the stability of the community, as in the case of a 2nd Class 1 or 1st Class who plays a decisive role in a decisive strategic decision.

After that, there will be the 'Order of the Mother Tree of the Third Class', which will be awarded to the 'First Class Third Class', 'Second Class Second Class', and 'Third Class First Class', which is symbolized by a stick figure of a giant tree to symbolize the development of the ethnic group;

There is also the 'Order of the Great River' of the Fourth Class, which will be awarded to the 'First Class Fourth Class', 'Second Class Third Class', 'Third Class Second Class', and 'Fourth Class First Class', which is marked by a stick figure of the Black River and the White River, symbolizing the growth of the ethnic group;

In addition, the 'Fifth Class Steel and Wood Medal', which will be awarded to the 'Class 1 5 Class', 'Class 2 Class 4', 'Class 3 Class 3', and 'Class 4 Class 2 Class', is marked by steel and wood leaves, symbolizing the progress of the ethnic group;

The 'Order of the Dragonbone Wood of the 6th Class', which will be awarded to the '5th Class', the 4th Class, and the 4th Class, 3rd Class, is symbolized by a stick figure of the Keel Wood Bridge, symbolizing the conquest of the clan.

The 'Order of the Seventh Class', which will be awarded to the 'Seventh Class Crown Wheat Medal' and the 'Fourth Class and Fourth Class', is marked by a stick figure of the crown wheat ear, symbolizing the abundance of the ethnic group.

The 'Order of Consecration of the Eighth Class', which will be awarded to the 'Medal of Consecration of the Eighth Class', is marked by the crossing of a spear and a quill on a microscope piece, symbolizing the cornerstone of the race.

In this battle, Giant Fang was calm and well-organized, and made an excellent balance between casualties and victory, both in the course of the war and in the subsequent negotiations, there was a commendable performance.

Since this campaign is classified by the Council as 'a key strategy related to the suzerainty and intellectual power of the Great North' (Category 3), the command of the Great Tooth is defined as 'playing a key role' (Category 3);

Therefore, the overall assessment is three categories and three grades, and the Great Fang will be awarded the 'Order of Steel and Wood of the Fifth Class' in recognition of his contribution to the progress of the tribe.

The rest of the commanders, although they were also discussed whether or not to issue the 'fifth class' of command separately, were ultimately rejected by the parliament because of the problems that more or less arose in the course of their command.

Furthermore....

1. In the early stages of the siege, the vanguard of three hundred trolls risked uncertainty and tested the army.

2. In the middle of the siege, the first group of 600 trolls attacked the city wall, and while inflicting casualties with their own hands, they successfully dragged a large number of horned hoof elites into the battle, providing the prerequisites for the enemy's huge casualties when the city wall collapsed later.

3. The cavalry corps of the expeditionary force led by Daba used the caves created by the witch doctors to attack the city, killing and injuring and intimidating a large number of enemy troops, which was an indispensable part of the victory of this battle.

Fourth, the Far Traveler troops, with their own strength, confined the enemy's forces to the city, creating powerful marching conditions for the large army.

5. The giant counterweight catapult is undoubtedly one of the most important factors in breaking the city, and the exploits of all the members of the 'First Mechanical Research Institute' and the trolls who participated in the construction of the front line cannot be ignored.

6. Whether it is the construction of the forward base, or the containment of the shaman's power in the north of the city, or the excavation of the burrow, or the creation of chaos after the war, the seven representatives of the Rune Council Witch Doctor have made outstanding achievements.

As a result, the most outstanding performers in the above-mentioned groups in this battle will be rated by the council as 'three categories and five classes', and will be awarded the 'Order of the Wheat of the Seventh Class';

The rest of the trolls who participate in the above battles or related research projects will be awarded the 'Eighth Class'.

In addition, all participants in this campaign will also receive the 'Great Northern Battle Medal' and the 'Special Battle Medal' for their respective battles, but they will not count towards the 'Medal of Honor'.

In addition to honors, material rewards are also essential.

In terms of money, the Fifth Class awarded 'Black Forest Coins' for two years, the Sixth Class for one year, the Seventh Class for half a year, and the Eighth Class for one month.

In terms of the way out, first of all, those officers who are already on active duty will be able to enter the 'Higher Military Academy' which is under construction for further study;

The school lacked teaching materials, lacked teachers, in short, it was 'poor and white', and there was almost nothing but classrooms;

As the first batch of students, they are both teachers and students, and they will sum up their experience in the collective discussion and find a set of materials that can be taught and learned, shouldering a very important mission.

Those who are not on active duty are offered places to enter active duty and become part of the Horde's elite standing forces.

In addition to these rewards of way out and wealth, the Rune Council has made a more controversial decision.

In the follow-up related plans, if the 'tree embryo' goes well, it will replace 'natural conception' as the main way for the tribe to increase the population.

In addition to the starting point of 'population sublimation', there are two other considerations that play an important role in this.

On the one hand, it is to ensure the birth rate.

In the part of pregnancy that is not pregnant, there is a considerable probability that the early fertilized egg will be 'self-protected digestion' by the mother, and the pregnancy detection in this department is quite troublesome;

Therefore, in order to allow new life in gestation to have more opportunities to be born, in vitro pregnancy has become the best choice at this stage.

On the other hand, it is also to liberate the female productive forces.

In the previous policy, once a pregnant person is discovered, she must be protected by the Ministry of Unified Protection, which is not only to protect the mother, but also to protect the normal development of the fetus.

During pregnancy, females will not be able to participate in combat or perform intensive labor for several years;

After giving birth, females can only move around their young for a long time in order to nurse, even if they adopt a group feeding system;

And once the elvenization is completed in the future, the corresponding pregnancy and growth period are also very likely to increase;

At that time, the policy of centralized waiting for childbirth and the various inconveniences during and after pregnancy will not only occupy a large number of valuable labor resources of the tribe, but also very likely to become an important hidden danger for the social status differentiation of males and females in the future.

At this stage, the targeted solution also has the most potential for 'tree embryos'.

It is envisaged that the elven cubs will spend the 'embryonic stage' and 'lactation period' in the tree eggs, and will directly enter the preschool stage as soon as they are born;

The female only needs to provide eggs regularly during this process, and does not need to conceive or breastfeed.

And what does all this have to do with 'awarding honors'?

It is related to a law found in the study of Warcraft, that is, 'the strong get pregnant with the strong, and the weak get pregnant with the weak', and the intensity of life is greatly related to the strength of its germ cell provider;

In addition, Nesta has said it intentionally or unintentionally, and the witch doctors have basically tacitly acquiesced to the 'genetic factor theory', which makes the tribe, especially the witch doctors, somewhat 'utilitarian' when looking at the birth of new life.

'Since, compared to ordinary trolls, the offspring of a strong person has a greater probability of becoming a strong person.... So why not just use their germ cells to train better next generation? ’

This thought became the dominant thought among the witch doctors, but it made Nesta feel deeply uncomfortable;

Moreover, even if he does not take into account his feelings, it is very likely that such an act will become a 'reactionary' in the hearts of the people in the future.

But does the witch doctor have any truth in what he thinks? It seems that there is again ....

So, after many rounds of deliberation, the Rune Council, or the advanced witch doctors at the top, made a compromise decision;

In other words, the 'giving priority to the offspring of the strong', which occupies the mainstream trend of thought at this stage, will be changed to 'giving priority to the offspring of the meritorious ones'.

From then on, the germ cells of the awardee will be transferred to the sperm bank and egg bank, and become the priority contributor of genetic information in the subsequent 'tree embryo plan' of the tribe.

In other words, trolls who have made significant contributions to the tribe will have a better chance of passing on a large amount of their genetic information to future generations, both male and female.

Not only that, but in order to care for the victims, it is possible that their genetic information will also be passed on to future generations;

Before cremating this batch of victims, it was decided to keep a portion of their somatic cells as samples.

In addition, for the part of the trolls that were sacrificed earlier, the tomb of the Heroic Spirit was opened, and a part of the bones that had not been burned by the flames were cut off for preservation.

The somatic and skeletal cell samples of these war dead will 'sleep' in the cell dormancy bank, and their genetic information will be extracted for re-breeding in the future when the technology is mature.

There may be all kinds of difficulties, especially for those martyrs who have been cremated, and the process of extracting genetic information and reconceiving them may be hindered, but it should be a problem worth overcoming.

And such a plan may be more able to win the approval of the people in the future.

In addition to the part of the awardees who appeared in this battle, the Rune Council also proposed posthumous awards to the previous meritorious ones;

The first to be nominated were Nesta, Rough Fangs, Fangs, the deceased Old Witch Doctor, and later the Witch Doctors who contributed to the construction of the Refrigerator Tree, the improvement of the crown wheat, the development of the Dragonbone Wood, and so on.

Among them, Nesta was nominated for at least three 'Great Sun Medals' and four 'Black Forest Medals of the Second Degree' for his research or war merits such as 'Witch Doctor's Path', 'Runes', 'Refrigerator Tree', 'Cave Wolves', etc.......

The two witch doctors, Fangs and Coarse Fangs, were also nominated for a 'Burning Sun Order' and a number of 'Black Forest Orders' for their major pioneering achievements in the 'Plant Department' and 'Warcraft Department', as well as the many projects they participated in.

Because he felt a little twisted, and there was always a sense of shame that he had bestowed himself with honors, so Nesta and the three witch doctors with Fangs and Rough Teeth originally wanted to refuse;

But it wasn't just the three of them who were nominated, and if they refused for the sake of face, then the rest of the witch doctors seemed embarrassed to be awarded.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Nesta decided to accept a 'Order of the Scorching Sun of the First Class', two of Thick Fang and Fang, in order to show the difference between himself and Nesta, so he chose to accept a 'Order of the Black Forest of the Second Class', so that the rest of the witch doctors could also be posthumously awarded.

In this case, the absent Eshara and the Ship Fangs and other witch doctors with key scientific research achievements or key combat performance were awarded the Order of the Third and Fourth Degrees respectively;

Other witch doctors who have participated in important projects and battles, and have contributed considerable results, have also received corresponding awards.

Although it can be called a great joy for everyone, the tribe fell into a carnival for a while, but the choice of the three witch doctors such as Nesta caused a result that they did not expect...

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[I have always adhered to such a philosophy.....

That is, when conducting historical research, we should not deliberately imitate the greed and sins of our ancestors because of our own origins;

Historians should uphold a realistic heart and faithfully record and analyze everything that happened in the past and present.

But now, there are many historians who can't do this....

The most obvious example of this is our study of the Great Northern Campaign, an important part of early history.

The 'Great Northern Campaign', fought in the early days of the Rune Calendar, is defined by modern historiography as the 'Judgment of Justice';

and defined the authorities' treatment of the indigenous races of the north at that time as a 'grant of peace'.

This is undoubtedly absurd, and the documents found since then, as well as the historical context, prove the sinister intentions of the ancestors in making decisions.

The cause of the war was not justice, but the greed of the authorities for the land, which is shown in many documents;

The resulting suzerainty system and treaty customization template became the first cry of the tragic fate of many civilized races in this world and beyond.

Countless races that should be unified and have almost the same face have been divided by the language and culture imposed by the 'suzerain';

The never-ending heavy debt and the malicious distribution law have made unwarranted hatred and never-ending wars an eternal theme among the clansmen.

But even so, even if the blood and souls resounded throughout the world, the historiography still had to clothe it with holy brilliance....

His disregard for literature and disregard for facts can be seen from this. —"The Call of Historical Justice," Bert Lamstad