As the sun sets, the entire beach next to the stream becomes empty and silent.
The savages have left the plains and are retreating to the mountains in the distance. The wild-haired weirdo who was chasing Li Yun just now is also walking in the queue of savages. From time to time he gestures with his hands and talks to several leader-looking savages. What are you wearing?
Some seriously injured and dying people were abandoned on the spot, and their moans could be heard in the camp. Mixed with the sound of the waves in the distance, they seemed floating and desolate, like ghosts crying. Accompanying these injured were at least hundreds of corpses.
In this battle that occurred due to a misunderstanding, the ferocious Jurchens who dared to die put tremendous pressure on Li Yun's troops. But their number of casualties was far greater than that of Li Yun's troops.
In addition to the hundreds of lives lost on the beach, Li Yun and others also died a lot when they raided in the dense forest. King Guang's villain alone killed no less than ten people. Counting the results of other people, at least two Thirty lives are available.
In this way, the wild Jurchen was full of awe when he retreated, while Li Yun and his party just watched.
Everyone was simmering with fire and full of anger, and they all felt that the deaths of those on our side were a pity and meaningless death.
But these savages have no brains and their ideas are very simple. Their minds are in a state of chaos. Could they have predicted it beforehand? Since the other party's losses were greater, the matter could only be brought to light.
Li Yun stared at their figures submerged in the forest and said calmly: "Have you seen these savages? Many of their faces are frozen, and some have their ears and noses frozen off, so they look particularly scary. Also , almost all of them have missing fingers, and judging from their walking posture, many of them also have missing toes.”
He looked at Wang Bao'er and asked, "Is this supposed to be the result of frostbite?"
Wang Bao'er nodded.
Winter in the Northeast is naturally bone-chillingly cold. Many people here know how difficult it is to live in a place where the snow is deeper than your knees and your urine can freeze into ice.
But generally speaking, ordinary people living in Liaodong can at least build a shack to protect themselves from the wind and make a fire. As a whole tribe worked together, no matter how difficult it was, everyone would not have frostbite marks on their bodies.
It can be seen that most of these savages cannot build a house, and they may not even be able to light a fire. There is almost no influence of civilization on them, and they are indeed close to beasts.
Generally speaking, the farther away from the influence of the Central Plains, the more barbaric the barbarians live, just like the Khitan and Jurchen in the past, and the Jurchen and Mongolia now.
However, this kind of brutality does not necessarily translate into powerful fighting power. Just like in the Northeast, if you don't consider the Jurchens, Khitans, Bohai people and Xi people who have accepted Chinese culture, most of the tribes living in the cold and harsh places in the north are actually weak. These small tribes are often targeted for plunder by powerful tribes, and their tribesmen are often captured and used as cannon fodder.
The Yellow-headed Jurchens, or other tribes of wild Jurchens and Huli Gai people living here are probably the savage tribes that were kidnapped near Hesihan Pass in the early years.
For the Jurchens of the Wanyan clan who have taken over the Central Plains, the value of these tribes lies in their savagery, and their tribesmen are no different from the ferocious dogs waiting to be tamed in the deep mountains and forests. Therefore, the local officials of the imperial court naturally indulged them in maintaining a lifestyle similar to that of beasts.
Li Yun didn't know what they did for a living, and he hadn't found their gathering point before the accident. But just looking at the state of the fight, these savages relied on pure ferocity and savagery. They have no array method, cannot produce metal weapons, and have no armor stomach. The badly damaged weapons they take out during the fight are probably their magic weapons.
Not to mention, they acted without command or golden drums and flags, relying entirely on the shouts of the leader. They clearly had a large number of people, but they did not know how to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses. Instead, they only relied on brute force and ferocity to charge forward with all their strength.
"First Evolution"
Such savages, with a scale of thirty or fifty people, might cause trouble to Ding Haijun with the same strength; but with a scale of three to five hundred people, they would become targets of massacre. No wonder Heshi Liehuanduan was already weak, but his men were still able to charge into the mountains, break down villages and plunder as much as they wanted.
Such looting should be the norm for the Jin army here in Fuzhou. There is obviously deep hatred between the two families.
"These savages are nothing to be afraid of, but to guard against them, we must build a military fort with at least two hundred people stationed there. In the future, we will also have to maintain cavalry patrols of dozens of people in our pasture. That would be too troublesome."
Zheng Rui frowned and said, "In addition, we want to buy horses and set up a ranch, and He Shi Liehuanduan's help is indispensable. If these savages frequently get into trouble with He Shi Liehuanduan, trouble will arise and the operation of the trade routes will be affected."
"There are many fleeing men in the mountains, and they seem to have formed a small tribe of their own. Since Old Man Hu can persuade the savages to retreat, he must have some prestige. With him as a middleman, we can always talk to the savages. And the conditions we can offer will definitely be more generous than they imagined."
"That's true." Everyone nodded: "As long as Han'er is here, everything will be much easier to handle."
Wang Bao'er asked: "Is that weirdo's original surname Hu?"
Li Yun nodded: "I asked. The old man's surname is Hu, and his ancestors are from Zhongdu. In his early years, he was kidnapped by the Jurchens and sent to Liaodong to serve as slaves. Later, he could not bear the humiliation and rebelled in the mountains. This South of Hesihan Pass, there are about two to three hundred Han people who have fled over the years. There are two settlements and some land has been reclaimed. But they also herd and hunt, which is not much different from the customs of wild Jurchens. "
When he said this, the child who had unleashed the dog to bite Li Yun looked up at him, and suddenly spoke, speaking eloquently: "Customs and other things are nothing compared to life and death. My grandfather said, I would rather die as a savage in the mountains than be treated as a slave by the imperial court."
Everyone's expressions froze at the same time.
Li Yun touched the child's head and said with a smile: "Being a savage is too hard, and not all Han children are slaves."
When the Liao Dynasty was strong and prosperous, the central capital of Dajin was now called Nanjing Jinfu, and an official office was set up to command millions of Han people. After the Jurchens launched their army to fight, they killed millions of Han people in the process of attacking the fifty-four states under Liaoyang's jurisdiction on the Bohai Sea.
Later, when the Jurchens founded the country, in order to replenish the northeastern hinterland that they had slaughtered, they forcibly moved hundreds of thousands of Han people from Nanjing to the Northeast, and made them all slaves of the Jurchen nobles, even in the camps where the Jurchen nobles lived. , enshrining the messengers, half of the people living in the south.
These Han people in the northeastern hinterland have always lived a life of no dignity and extreme hardship, so they have fled in large numbers every year for decades.
How harsh is the environment in the northeastern hinterland? The cold and snow in winter can kill people easily! The Han who fled continued to die of hunger and cold, but those who came after them continued to flee, one after another.
So here at Hesihan Pass, Li Yun met an old man named Hu and his grandson.
Li Yun suddenly felt that since he arrived in Liaodong, besides purchasing horses according to the military government's plan, there were still many articles to write and many things to do.
