Looking at the mountain is not a mountain. Running up the mountain is exhausting.
Although the sound of gunfire sounded close to us, it was really troublesome to pursue it.
Coupled with the fact that they could not distinguish between friends and foes, Gu Dahu and others did not dare to relax and kept alert all the way, which made them even slower.
After walking and walking, they climbed three mountain ridges in succession. Wang Dashan, who was walking at the front, suddenly waved his hand.
The rest of the people immediately knelt down and raised their muskets.
Although they are not soldiers, they have long been fighting against various beasts and poisons in the deep mountains and forests, and have long developed their own fighting habits.
Two people climbed up the tree trunk neatly, holding powerful crossbows and looking down.
In such a dark and complicated place, crossbows are actually more useful than muskets.
Seeing that the others were ready, Wang Dashan took two people out from behind the bunker and stepped forward step by step.
In this process, you must not go in a straight line, and the speed must change all the time.
This is what the National Defense Forces taught them, and they can effectively avoid musket fire.
The three of them carefully touched the side of the stream and finally saw clearly what was happening.
Wang Dashan gestured to the back, and Gu Dahu quickly brought people up. At the same time, others spread out in all directions, forming a warning.
Behind the rocks by the stream, a skinny and embarrassed woman was hiding.
The woman was holding a stone knife in her hand. Looking at the group of big men surrounding her, her whole body was shaking, and at the same time she was roaring something in a low voice.
"Xiucai, what are you talking about?"
The scholar is not a real scholar, but Hao Wei, a top student at the School of Geography at Central University.
The reason why he appeared in the expedition team was to survey the features of this far north land and use it as graduation material.
But since he is a top student, he naturally learns things quickly. Within a year of arriving here, I had mastered the local indigenous language.
Howie distinguished it carefully.
"It sounds like it's Mongolian, but it's a little different."
He calmed down, raised his hands and gestured to the woman, indicating that they meant no harm. Then he started asking questions in Mongolian.
Their languages are somewhat different, but they have a lot in common. After a lot of effort, I finally figured out the situation.
"She said her name was Munda and she was from a nearby tribe. This morning a group of devils broke into their tribe and killed many people, including her husband and father, and also captured all the women. She Those devils ran out while they were not paying attention, and ended up meeting us."
Gu Dahu and others heard the gunfire, so they naturally knew it was not some devil or beast.
"Ask her where the tribe is? We can help her rescue her people."
After hearing these words, the woman immediately became excited and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Then she jumped up, dancing and pointing in one direction.
Gu Dahu had already made up his mind.
"Give her something to eat and let her lead the way. Also, prepare to fight."
He was already very sure that the person who shot just now was definitely not one of his own.
Although the various expedition teams of the empire here are not good people, the empire has strict orders and must not massacre primitive tribes at will.
Although the expedition team encountered some vicious tribes and took action, since they also robbed women and wealth, it was definitely not the style of the expedition team.
If this kind of thing is found out, people will die.
Howe took a sausage out of his bag and handed it to Munda.
Munda had been running for so long, so he was obviously hungry. At this time, I smelled the aroma of the food and immediately started to devour it. I no longer felt that these people were scary.
She was obviously very worried about her tribe, and was leading the way while eating.
More than a hundred people moved quickly through the primeval forest. They were all as strong as tigers, but they didn't disturb anything.
When they came to Munda's tribe, it had been razed to the ground.
The tents, wooden houses, and huts were all burned to the ground, and the pits next to them were filled with corpses. But there are only men's, not women's.
Apparently the women had been taken away as trophies.
Munda saw the corpses of her father and husband, and cried and looked away, obviously unable to help.
However, the expedition team are all the most powerful hunters in the mountains and forests, and it's time to show off.
"Gebulshan, can you catch up?"
One man in the team was full of confidence.
"This group of people is so arrogant that they have no hidden traces at all. We will definitely catch them by tomorrow morning at the latest."
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, ordinary Manchus had to live.
Especially the former warriors and hunters couldn't adapt to ordinary life at all, so the expedition team became their best place to go.
And after they arrived here, they really felt like a fish in water. Not only did he have a place to use, but he also earned a lot of wealth and improved the lives of himself and his family.
Gu Dahu made a quick decision.
"Old Thirteen, take two people back and inform the National Defense Forces of the situation. The rest will wait and continue the pursuit."
Autumn nights are even colder in the mountains and forests of the far north. But the pursuing expedition was unafraid and marched forward in the darkness.
Fortunately, the clothes I wore were very effective in keeping out the cold, and I had a variety of foods to replenish my energy. As a result, after chasing him all night, the big guy didn't suffer any damage except being a little tired.
In the morning mist, Wang Dashan and Ge Bulshan ran back in a hurry.
"Brother, we found that group of people. They are indeed Rakshasa ghosts."
Finally catching up with the enemy, everyone was very excited, but Gu Dahu was calmer.
He took out the map and made some gestures, frowning.
"Why did the Rakshasa ghost come here?"
He looked at Munda.
"What's ahead?"
Unexpectedly, Munda just shook his head.
She is a young woman from a primitive tribe. The farthest place she has traveled in her life is no more than a hundred miles, and she knows nothing else.
Gu Dahu didn't get the answer, so he didn't care. Instead, he marked it on the map with a pen.
This is one of the tasks assigned by the empire.
Every time the expedition team goes to a strange area, they must mark it on the map.
In this way, when the National Defense Forces follow up, they can quickly improve the map based on these marks, which really saves a lot of effort.
"How many people are there on the other side?"
"About seventy of them, with about forty muskets, and the rest are bows, arrows and cold weapons."
Once he heard about this equipment, Gu Dahu no longer had any worries.
"Let's go, kill them, it's best to capture a few prisoners."
The discovery of Rakshasa people in such a place was beyond the expectations of the expedition team.
Because according to the estimates of the National Defense Force, the Rakshasa people are still far away. They must figure out what happened to the Rakshasa people who appeared here.
The sun has not yet emerged from the top of the mountain in the east, and the earth is dark and unclear. The expedition team formed a fighting formation, like a pride of hunting lions, and moved forward.
In the clearing beside the woods in the distance, a few simple tents are very conspicuous.
Women like Munda were tortured all night and were forced to boil water and cook, like slaves.
A group of blond guys with blue eyes and thick beards started drinking and having fun early in the morning. They looked crazy like ghosts.
They let their guard down so completely that their muskets were piled aside, unaware of the approaching danger.
This scene made Gu Dahu extremely happy.
He raised his hands and the others raised their guns.
As soon as his palm fell, a hail of bullets hit these Rakshasa ghosts.
At this time, Gu Dahu had no idea what the next battle meant.
A new historical curtain is slowly opening because of them!
