"Langya, let your brothers find a few people who can speak and bring them to my tent. The rest will be buried. On this hot day, it will be sunburned in a while. Don't waste camel meat. Find the tenderest place on your body and cut it into slices, and roast it for lunch. Starting from lunch, the grain and fresh water will be rationed. Maybe we have to guard for a few more days." Hearing that three tribes were united to attack him, Hong Tao raised the danger level again and planned to fight for a long time.

With the little knife from Lang Cliff, and Hong Tao's laissez-faire, there were no religion or customs. Soon the three Bedouin people who could speak all of them were tricked, and Said, who was on the side, grinned. Alin had no reaction. He was not surprised that Hong Tao had even more ruthless methods to deal with the enemy in Kalamba Port.

This group of sneak attackers is not three tribes, but five! Each tribe produced more than 100 most elite camel cavalry, targeting Hong Tao's camel cavalry. In addition, they also shouldered a special task, which was to capture Hong Tao alive and then take him back to one of the tribes. They didn't know why they wanted to capture Hong Tao, and the tribe's Sheikh did not say it. They received an order two days ago to start gathering around here. If you want to know the reason, you can only ask Sheikh and his confidants in the tribe.

"It is also possible that the Bedouin people regard robbery as part of their lives, but it is not very common to rob such a large camel caravan." Said gave his own judgment according to the Arab customs he knew.

"I think it's not that simple. First of all, time! As they said, these five tribes do not live on the same land. Two are in the north and there are other tribes in the middle. If no one informed them in advance, how could they gather so many cavalry in just two days? I calculated the distance. The farthest tribe will take at least three days to get here, and they have to travel day and night. Their journey here is about twice as far away as ours."

"Secondly, I listened to your translation carefully just now. There are two pairs in these five tribes who are not in good relationships. If there is no external force coordination, how did they reach a consensus in just three days? And they sent troops here and led by the two leaders. This is not very difficult."

"In the end, the same thing is said. Keep these three people first, and don't rush to draw conclusions. When the friends of the Alin family come, they will probably provide us with more information. The one who knows the Bedouin people the most is the Bedouin people."

In Hong Tao's eyes, there are many possibilities. In things that he doesn't care much about, these possibilities will be deliberately ignored, but when encountering major events, especially major events related to life and death, the nature of his bones who would rather kill by mistake than let go takes over will occupy a dominant position. The calmer he is at this time, the less emotional he is, the more serious the consequences will be. The destructive power of reason will always be higher than emotions.

"The weapons His Majesty used in the morning are like the thunder in the sky. What are their names?" Hong Tao analyzed so comprehensively that Sayed had nothing to add. As soon as the danger passed, his curiosity emerged and he began to ask about the musket.

"Call the hand cannons! Like the cannons on the ship, they are all the secrets of the empire. Don't discuss these things. The empire has laws, and even the emperor cannot violate them. I'll go see the soldiers." Hong Tao answered very rudely this time. Before the Arab territory was attacked by the Arabs, Alin and Said, who were both Arabs, were all suspects. Before he could figure out the whole picture, Hong Tao would not give them too much trust.

The sneak attack in the early morning caused the enemy to lose about 300 people, and less than 100 people were actually killed. Most of them were injured or injured by camels. Those camels became even more unlucky. Nearly four hundred camels were thrown down on the scene, and half of the lead bullets were blocked by them. When cleaning the battlefield, whether it was a human or a camel, whether it was a living or a dead one, they were stabbed by the Marines with a short knife, and then piled into several piles, poured with mixed oil and burned.

This does not violate Hong Tao's order. As long as these corpses are not allowed to rot, Hong Tao will not be involved in how to deal with them. As for the funeral customs of the Arabs, the Marines no longer care about them, and they no longer believe that the entourages of the Alin family. The weapons, ammunition, food and freshwater are all managed by the Marines themselves, and no one is allowed to approach, including Alin and Said himself.

Hong Tao turned a blind eye to this situation. This is the most reasonable way at present. Lang Ya did it very well. After a battle between the Marines, eight people were killed, two were seriously injured, and all were secret whistles from the periphery. This was the heaviest loss since the establishment of the Marines. Hong Tao could not ask everyone to think like himself. He could only express his attitude with practical actions. Alin and Said could still go in and out of his tent and have dinner together.

Three days later, another camel caravan came from the south, with a population of about 200. This time it was not an enemy, but a Bedouin friend of the Alin family, the Fatim tribe came to pick him up, and the two sons of the tribe Sheikh came here personally with the elite tribe.

"Is this tribe your enemy?" After Fatim's two sons passed away again, the information of the three prisoners explained was clearer. The five tribes participating in the sneak attack, two little Fatims, knew that one of them was their mortal enemy. The territory of the two families was bordering, and there had been conflicts. Since Fatim's father's generation began to kill revenge, but no one could gain the upper hand. After all, the Fatim tribe is not a big tribe. If it were not for the business of trading Arab horses with merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty over the years, their strength would be even weaker.

"Enemy! Enemy!" Little Fatim nodded vigorously.

"That's right, you won't be unhappy when I go to kill them, right? Can you help lead the way?" Hong Tao pointed to the map near Port Masca that he had drawn with the descriptions of the people in the past few days and made a request to the two little Fatims.

He no longer wants to visit the Bedouin tribe. It is the first priority to figure out who wants to steal himself. Such things must be severely punished. If you kill me, I will kill your entire village; if you steal my cart of goods, I will destroy your entire city. We must not be lenient.

If you want to fight, you can beat you at once, otherwise you won’t fight. This is not for yourself, but for the sake of future merchant ships. As Said said, robbery is a factor in the blood of the Bedouin people. If they don’t make them a little afraid, then when the Song Dynasty merchants come, wouldn’t it be like giving meat? If you want to grab it, rob it and kill it. How many troops can protect it?

The two little Fatims did not refuse foreigners to avenge their tribes like the picture, nor did they have the stinky Indians' scepticism. It would be a good thing to be able to lie down the tribe of the old enemy. Hong Tao could not live here, nor would he steal their pastures and animals. The more reinforcements, the better. They were even more active than Hong Tao. They not only agreed to lead the way, but also sent troops to fight with the Marines. This was not their righteousness, but purposefulness.

According to the tradition of the Bedouin people, only by making efforts can one be qualified to distribute spoils. The more efforts can be made, the more share it should be. In their eyes, there are thousands of people in the other tribe, including sheep, camels, horses, blankets, tents, all are property, and even women and children are property. If you don’t contribute, you can’t share these spoils. How many camels can you get by just leading the way?

"I command, your cavalry will listen to me! The sheep, camels, and all the captives belong to you. I only need their Sheikh. Ask who is behind the scenes to instruct them to attack my camel caravan. I want to take revenge." After Hong Tao understood what the two little Fatims meant, he proposed a new allocation plan.

"Trade!" The two guys looked at the two piles of burnt bones outside the camp and the brown marks all over the ground. After a little discussion, they reached an agreement with Hong Tao. They didn't know what method Hong Tao's men used to defeat the sneak attackers, but they both thought that the combat effectiveness of Hong Tao's camel team was obvious and it was not for nothing.

So the camel cavalry of the Fatim tribe and Hong Tao's marines merged into one, changed their direction of travel in the desert, and walked towards the southwest. Fatim's cavalry opened the way in front, and Hong Tao's camel cavalry followed a few hundred meters behind.

If only Japanese soldiers were not traitors, the progress of the Japanese invasion of China would not be so smooth. This situation was not only in China, but also in all countries around the world. With the leading party of Fatim brothers, the Marines and cavalry took five days to go directly to the southwest of the other party's camp and launched an attack on the village built on a small oasis. The main force of the attack was the Marines, and the Camel Cavalry was responsible for covering the left and right wings of the Marines.

Hong Tao rejected the Fatim brothers' suggestions and did not attack at night while the other party was sleeping. Instead, he chose to approach the village on a camel from the front after breakfast in the morning.

Night battles are beneficial to camel cavalry who are familiar with this area, but not to the Marines. Hong Tao does not need suddenness. The other party should have discovered his camel caravan last night. The herdsmen who wandered on the dunes were just watch-offs. However, they only have one night, and such a large village cannot be relocated as a whole. If the other party wants to escape, it will be even better. Taking the elderly, children, women, and herds will disperse a lot of troops and energy from the other party.

As Hong Tao thought, this tribe did not escape, and they had many cavalry. In order to defend their homes, as long as they could ride on a hunchback, the men who picked up the scimitar would be cavalry. From this point of view, the Bedouin people were Mongolians on the Arabian Peninsula, and the whole nation was soldiers. A tribe with more than a thousand people could gather half or even more troops during the war, including old white beards and children who were not as tall as camels.
Chapter completed!