Leopards and tigers are found in this primitive jungle, and with elephants, these large wild animals rarely attack them.
Because the caravans were specially registered, they were allowed to wear the local special armor, rattan armor. It's not that they are reluctant to equip them with iron armor, but in this jungle, rattan armor is more convenient than iron armor.
Not only that, they are also equipped with various weapons, and they are even allowed to equip five sets of crossbows.
However, all the iron parts on the crossbows have special numbers and are not allowed to be exposed. This is also to ensure their safety to the greatest extent.
"Brothers, work harder. We'll be there in a few miles. Let's rest for two days before we return!" Ningshan said loudly. Ningshan was born in a family from Lingnan Road, so he naturally has a good understanding of the surrounding environment. Very knowledgeable.
Seeing that they arrived at the headquarters of Xinbu Township, many people's spirits were lifted. Although there are not many people here now, I heard that Xinbu has contacted several nearby tribes.
Moreover, these tribes all have the idea of settling down the mountain, and they are already very excited. The population here will inevitably increase rapidly in the future.
As soon as Ningshan finished speaking, there was a sudden noise in the forest ahead.
Ningshan was stunned for a moment, and he immediately shouted: "Everyone is on alert!"
The people in the caravan immediately reined in the horses and quickly tied the horses together to prevent them from escaping, and everyone gathered together.
The caravan here was just getting ready when several figures emerged from the forest in front of them.
"Is it Captain Ning?" A voice with an accent sounded.
"Is it Amula?" Ningshan asked immediately.
"It's me, you guys are here." A man in his thirties and two men in their twenties quickly emerged from the mountain. When he saw them, Ningshan was frightened. Jump.
The clothes on these two people were torn a lot, and there were obvious blood stains on them.
"What happened?" Ningshan immediately asked with a serious look.
"We were attacked by people from Mangbu and Wangbu." Amula said quickly.
"Are you sure?" Ningshan raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, our Xinbu Township was looted by them, and there was nothing left in the entire township." Amula said this, her face still full of hatred.
"What's going on?!" Ningshan's face turned serious, because Mangbu and Wangbu were not members of the Tang tribe.
"That's right, isn't our new department still responsible for contacting and persuading many residents of the surrounding mountain tribes to migrate down the mountain and join us in the Tang Dynasty?"
"About twenty-five days ago, about ten days after you left last time, we dispatched a team of five people. They had previously contacted a small tribe called Baishan tribe in front. That tribe was in short supply. Salt, we brought salt to trade with them."
"But they didn't come back after being out for twelve or three days. The journey to Baishan Road is only four days at most. Ten days back and forth is definitely enough. I was afraid that something might happen to them, so I took people to look for them myself."
"Who knows, when we arrived, we saw the Baishan tribe that had been burned into ruins across the distance from the Baishan tribe. Not only that, the five-man team we sent out were all beheaded and killed, and their bodies were still there. Tied to a wooden stake. The entire Baishan tribe was also slaughtered."
"At that time, they even left a message telling Datang's lackeys to go away, saying that it was Mangbu's territory. I originally wanted to check it carefully, but who knew they had left people there and came after us directly."
"A few of us could only retreat quickly. We drove all night to get rid of the pursuers. But after returning to the new unit, we were afraid to go out as envoys. After all, our new militia only has thirty or forty men who can fight. I just evacuated all the villagers."
"Sure enough, on the third day after we evacuated, at least a thousand troops from Wangbu raided our place. After seeing that there was no one in the village, they burned all the houses, took away everything, and retreated."
"But we didn't dare to come out because we were afraid that they would come back. It wasn't until we calculated that the time was almost here that I took three people out to search for them along the way." Amula took a deep breath and told everything about it with hatred on her face. All told.
"Are you sure?" Ningshan asked seriously.
"I confirm." Amula said.
"But aren't Mangbu and Wangbu attached to the Pyu Kingdom (the Indian region in western Myanmar and eastern Bangladesh) and the Queen Kingdom (Thailand and eastern Myanmar) respectively? And there are still frictions between these two countries." Ningshan frowned.
These two tribes are large tribes with a population of more than 30,000 people. They also belong to the alliance of various tribes. The Mang tribe is attached to the Queen Kingdom, while the Wang tribe is attached to the Piao Kingdom.
However, they live in the deep mountains and forests all year round. Even the Piao Kingdom and the Queen Kingdom cannot completely control them, but they are indeed dependent on these two countries. After all, many of their things have to be purchased from these two countries.
"I don't know." Amula shook her head.
"I understand, Wang Er, Li Dao, you two quickly organize people to be on guard, Xiaoba, Bi Mo." Ning Shan said loudly.
"Mubulin, Jinick, you two go together." Amula directly ordered.
The others went, but Ningshan quickly took the pen and ink from a young man and started writing. Amula is the captain of the local militia of the Xinbu. He was originally the captain of the hunter team of the Xinbu before it surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and was responsible for protecting the village.
Although there were strange things going on, they were not under his control. All he had to do was quickly report what Amula said. All the caravans traveling in the border areas had this authority.
Soon, Ningshan finished writing. He wrote two copies and put them in two small bamboo tubes respectively. Then he handed them to the two strong guards in the caravan and said directly: "You two lead the caravan inside." Four of the strongest motor horses were sent to deliver this document to Pu'er County. Tell the local garrison commander that there may be an urgent situation of 800 miles, and deliver it to Shangguan as quickly as possible."
"In addition, tell them that the new ministry needs military support."
"Yes!" The two people took the bamboo tube and quickly put it into their arms, turned around and ran away.
"Captain Ning, this is not necessary." After they left, Amula scratched his head and said. Although he was full of hatred for the enemy who killed his enemy, but at this time he suddenly wanted to contact Datang's army, and he I feel like it's a bit of a fuss.
Conflicts like this had actually happened frequently between their tribes before, and some cottages had feuds with each other.
