Duoduo spoke very sincerely. After knowing who Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were, he knew the difference between them. They were actually the leaders who started the war against the cannibals.
However, he was also worried. This time, the leader of his tribe helped the cannibals once. He thought that the cannibals would succeed, but who knew that the Great Tang would be so prepared? Not only did the sneak attack plan fail, but the cannibals were also beaten up. The cannibals did not resist at all and ran away without a trace.
Thus, the Great Tang troops ran to the tribe and searched. The leader did not dare to resist, but he also searched his small tribe again.
If the leader knew the identity of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, would he play tricks behind their backs and capture them? The two of them were very important to the Great Tang. At that time, they could exchange for more compensation from the Great Tang.
What should he do then?
Zhang Xiaobao blinked and suddenly said happily, "Does it mean that if we perform a little worse and give your leader a good opportunity, he will make a move? Aiya, this matter can be solved in advance, right, Madam? "
Wang Juan's eyes also brightened. She also looked at Duoduo and asked, "Can we really let your leader make a move?"
"Not necessarily, right?" Duoduo began to lose confidence. He could see that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were looking for an opportunity to make a move on the leader of his tribe.
Looking at the people from the Great Tang, Duoduo began to think. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "If you believe me and can give me enough things, I can trick them out. You can do it directly. This way, I will be responsible for persuading the others and making them listen to you."
"What if you fail?" Zhang Xiaobao asked.
"My life will be taken by them." Duoduo put on an expression as if he was not afraid of death.
Zhang Xiaobao waved his hand. "Forget it. Let's just follow the previous plan and directly use a strategy to kill. Your people will not be convinced. I still need them to follow the team and do things. It is easy to kill people, but it is hard to change their minds. We should pursue benefits and not force them."
"I think so too." Wang Juan agreed. "It's easy to kill people, but difficult to make them work for you. Force has always been used to conquer, but not to rule."
"Then be careful." At this time, Duoduo's recognition of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan deepened. A large group with guns could have killed their way over, but they didn't. Instead, they chose another method. If he followed them in the future, he would definitely have a good life.
How could his current leader use benefits to get what he wanted? He was clearly using benefits to coerce them. If over a hundred of his clansmen didn't give them anything, they wouldn't give him any food either. When it came to an exchange, he would be at a disadvantage.
The team continued to move forward. No matter what, they would be able to reach their destination before dinner tonight. In a situation where they did not plan to come into close contact with the other party, the team could increase their speed a little. They could hunt more wild beasts and store them to replenish the team's daily consumption.
It wasn't that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't know how to protect nature. Right now, they didn't allow Great Tang to cut down trees and hunt animals. It was unlike before, when they didn't have enough strength to stop it. They could only follow Great Tang's national policy of destroying forests and opening up wastelands.
Now that things had changed, they could influence Great Tang's policy. Of course, they couldn't continue to pretend that they didn't see it. Bamboo forests could be cut down, and after cutting them down, they would have to plant new ones. Bamboo had a short growth cycle, and the old bamboo forests couldn't be touched. That was a cultural and precious resource.
In fact, it was fine to cut down trees, but they had to be separated into different types of forests. Take the old red pine forests for example, they couldn't bear to part with them and wanted to leave them for their descendants, let alone others.
As for opening up wastelands, they had to clear up the wastelands first. How many people did Great Tang have? Wasn't there enough land for them to plant? If they felt that the land was too small, they could just expand. If people came over to plant them, they wouldn't have to pay a single copper coin in taxes. They could even give them subsidies.
But this wasn't the Great Tang, and it was impossible to kill all the wild beasts in the area. If twelve thousand people could kill all the wild beasts in the area, it meant that the wild beasts had been on the verge of extinction before. This was impossible.
The group hunted as they walked. When the scout at the front reported that they were only five li away from the other party's settlement, the group stopped to set up camp, cut down trees, dig trenches, set up tents, and start a fire.
Duoduo's tribesmen couldn't help with this kind of thing. They could only watch. They saw that the Great Tang's group was very fast and that the camp was built well.
"You guys seem to be building camp faster than the Great Tang army." After two days of observation, Duoduo finally found this problem. He had seen it once when he was delivering things to the tribe, so he pulled Xiaobei aside and asked.
Xiaobei and the other nine people, including Xu Yilong, were helping to measure the depth and width of the trenches, as well as the sturdiness of the stag trenches. Especially the trenches, the depth and width were not fixed. They had to look at the terrain. If there was a run-up, the trenches had to be widened. If there was something in the surroundings that could be filled in, the trenches had to be deepened.
When Xiaobei was pulled back by Duoduo, he was on a small mound more than 160 meters away from the trenches. He was holding a Luoyang shovel and kicking down hard to see the structure of the soil. He was sweating profusely.
When he heard Duoduo's question, he stopped and said to the people beside him, "Let the artillery calibrate this position. Even I can kick down, let alone you. What if they dig to fill in the trenches? One small cannon and three grenade launchers are enough. Let's see who dares to come over and dig. "
Then he turned around and asked, "What are you doing, Uncle?"
"I mean, compared to the Great Tang army that came before, you guys look more … more …"
"It's faster to follow Yan Jin, right?" Xiao Bei helped Duoduo say.
Duoduo nodded, "Yes, more rigorous. I've heard of this before."
"That's right. They are the army of the Imperial Court, and we are the private army. What you saw should be the army led by Zhang Shougui and Army Supervisor Yang Sixun. The two of them are still passable, and they have the help of two third-generation graduates from my family.
Don't compare their fighting strength to ours. If we were to fight the two of them, even if ten of them were tied together, it would be like a game for Big Sis. In other words, our 12,000 people can easily defeat 120,000 of theirs. The individual qualities of soldiers are different. Even if I explained it to you, you probably wouldn't understand. "
Xiaobei took advantage of the time while speaking to take a break. Then, he picked up his Luoyang shovel and kicked elsewhere.
Duoduo stood in place for a while, stunned. Then he muttered, "In other words, your 10,000 people are more terrifying than their 100,000 people. Back then, they chased less than 6,000 people to the tribe. They clearly knew that there wouldn't be a battle, but they still built the camp like this. It's a waste of effort."
"Because this is tradition. You can't wait until you think there's danger. If you die on the battlefield because of this, no one will sympathize with you. They will only praise the victor."
Zhang Xiaobao's voice suddenly rang out in Duoduo's ear.
Duoduo jumped in fright. Turning back to Zhang Xiaobao, he exhaled and said, "You didn't make any noise when you walked. There's no danger here. Who would dare attack you?"
"I changed into rubber shoes and came over to watch others work." Zhang Xiaobao smiled, and then he said to Duoduo, "Many times in history, when the enemy believed it to be safe, a battle won by a small force. The Great Tang can lose, even if it has advanced weapons.
But my wife's and my team cannot lose. Do you want to strike at the confidence of the Great Tang? Defeat our army and capture us. No matter what method you use, whether it's a direct battle or a scheme, as long as you succeed, all the industries of my Great Tang will be in trouble, and the people will be shaken.
My wife and I are the symbol of invincibility. If we are ambushed here, even if ten thousand of our enemies die, it's still a victory for them. So … "
"So you won't give them a chance. You're standing beside me without anyone protecting you. Aren't you afraid that I'll capture you?" Duoduo understood a little, but he still thought of a possibility and clenched his fists.
"Hehe!" Zhang Xiaobao laughed.
"Your chest doesn't hurt anymore? You don't even have a stick on you, and your nutrition isn't balanced. It's just that you don't control yourself when you eat. As for me, this is called a knife. Don't move. The knife is very fast, faster than the knife I gave you. "
As Zhang Xiaobao spoke, a small knife suddenly appeared in his hand. It was light black and had hemp patterns. He gently placed it beside Duoduo's neck, and with a flick of his hand, a 'pu' sound came from a small tree beside them.
Duoduo's pores opened instantly, and he felt much cooler. He turned his head to look at the small tree and walked forward. When he got closer, he shivered again. There was a two-inch-long red worm that was nailed by the knife.
"Zhang Xiaobao, can you really beat your woman?"
"If you want me to beat my wife again, I'll beat you first. Hurry up and rest. I think your leader will come over when it's time to eat. I've already sent people there to trade for food. We've consumed too much food along the way."
Zhang Xiaobao walked over and pulled the knife out of the worm's body. He then took out a white handkerchief and wiped it. The small knife made a light black mark on his hand, and then it suddenly disappeared.
Duoduo looked at Zhang Xiaobao's back as he left. His feet seemed to be glued to the ground, and his expression was blank.
He didn't understand what kind of person this person was. When he looked at his smile, he thought that he was very ordinary. He just looked a little better, and he didn't look that strong when he wore clothes. Why did he have the strength, the throwing knife, and the ability to cook good food, but he was willing to eat the same food as his subordinates?
The most important thing was that he was afraid of women. As long as his woman, Wang Juan, looked at him that way, he would smile.
"If I smile with my women, what will it be like? He's not like a man. He's so powerful, but he's afraid of women. Maybe only his women can understand him. "
Duoduo muttered to himself. He found that he really couldn't evaluate Zhang Xiaobao with what he knew.
"In fact, I don't know him very well. I only know a part of him. Of course, he doesn't know me completely, but he definitely knows me more than I know him. I plan to use my life to understand him. Don't just stand there. Organize your people. Your leader is here. "
Wang Juan's voice was the same as Zhang Xiaobao's. She suddenly sounded behind Duoduo. Then she caught up with Zhang Xiaobao who was holding a stick and said to him, "Brother Simo Domo He Luo Fo Che Ho Mo Wu has come in person. He only brought twenty-five people with no weapons."
"It's really strong." Zhang Xiaobao swung it a few times, but it didn't break. He praised it, and then asked Wang Juan, "Who? What do they do? "
"The local leader." Wang Juan also came over and kicked the side of the deer.
"Aren't they the Mishche tribe? There's no Mishche in their name. "
"Others call them Mishche, just like the Japanese call us Shina. Do you have Shina behind your name?"
"Who dares to call me that? I'll let him know why flowers … How many eyes does Ma Wang Ye have? Japan was originally called Nihon, okay? Later, our Chinese people were magnanimous and thought that their sun rose first, so they called it Nihon. Unfortunately, this Nihon name became derogatory in our time. I feel sad for them. Come, come with me to meet some Mota people. "
Zhang Xiaobao threw down the stick and walked in the direction Wang Juan pointed.
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