Chapter 342: Chasing the Barbarians
"Damn it!" Hua Xiong cursed. Along with the curse, Hua Xiong's whole body was filled with aura, and he swung out his sword. Amidst the roar and noise, a man hugged a big tree and broke.
The rebellious people in Panyu were subdued, so Liu Cang did not stay in Panyu for long and led his troops westward to Hepu, intending to station in Jiaozhi.
The so-called quelling the chaos was just a matter of convenience. After all, Liu Cang came here for the elephant here.
Jiaozhi can be said to be south of the Five Ridges, which includes parts of later Laos and Vietnam. Elephants thrive there, and even rhinoceroses live and breed. The rhinoceros skin armor of the Han region is barely considered a specialty there.
Liu Cang has asked Shiwu to inform Shixie to help him build a military camp there, and plans to use it as a training base, and will regularly send troops here for training in the future.
As for whether Shi Xie cooperates or not? Liu Cang can drive away animals and control them, or he can drive away beasts like locusts. I think Shi Xie will also make a reasonable choice.
Most of the people in Jiaozhou are organized into tribes. These tribes are not a broad concept of ethnic groups, but are similar to villages in the Central Plains of the North. Thirteen tribes in Panyu started turmoil, nine of them surrendered, and four ran away.
In the early years, it was a routine operation for the central government to send people to Jiaozhou to quell the chaos. The four tribes who fled probably thought that Liu Cang would also stay in Jiaozhou for a short time. In order to avoid others following his example in the future, Liu Cang led his troops into Hepu and planned to track them down.
these four tribes.
Fighting in the mountains, tracking in the forest, and actually pursuing and suppressing here was much more troublesome than Liu Cang originally thought.
These barbarians obviously have familiar running routes and strongholds. In the mountains and dense forests, it is difficult for the eagles to do their best, and the traps scattered everywhere greatly delay the pursuit of the ferocious beasts.
There are many kinds of traps, such as pitfalls, nooses, animal traps, poison arrows, and log rushes. When traveling on the mountainside road, beware of the dangers of rolling rocks.
Because there were a large number of wolverines exploring the route, although there was some initial fright and discomfort, fortunately there were no casualties among Liu Cang's troops.
But the four tribes of Yi people gathered together and led Liu Cang in circles around the mountains. Liu Cang was a little dumbfounded, let alone Hua Xiong, who was used to running in the wilderness.
After chasing the enemy for several days, Hua Xiong was so violent that he was like a powder keg ready to explode.
"Bastard! Bastard! Let me catch him and massacre his clan~~!" After one blow, the two missiles were deflected by Hua Xiong's arm armor. Hua Xiong's roar echoed in the forest. Ou Mao watched from the side.
Hua Xiong smiled bitterly at the tree he chopped down.
Ou Mao was a subordinate of Shi Yi, the prefect of Hepu. Liu Cang wanted to suppress the rebels, so he was sent to lead his army to cooperate with Liu Cang and guide Liu Cang.
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Originally, Ou Mao wanted to make Liu Cang retreat due to the actual situation, but after a few days, he had confirmed that Liu Cang probably just didn't want his beasts to be harmed, otherwise this group of people would have been killed by tigers and bears.
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"General, calm down, why bother arguing with a group of unruly people. These unruly people have already become frightened by the thought. If the general tries to persuade him to surrender, he will definitely surrender with his whole family." Ou Mao consoled him at the side.
The power of Hua Xiong's sword also shocked Ou Mao. It was clear that King Dongping was not the only one with ferocious beasts.
Ou Mao is a local. He has long been accustomed to the urinary behavior of the local tribes. He usually hates them when he has conflicts with them. It doesn't matter if he kills some of them, but in the end he still doesn't want them to be slaughtered.
"Persuading you to surrender? Let's wait until the Lord gathers the beasts. Humph, they are worthy of being persuaded to surrender by our army!?" Hua Xiong shouted angrily. The flying bear soldiers in the forest looked a little embarrassed, but they were also very ferocious.
Ou Mao sighed helplessly. He knew that Hua Xiong was not showing off. The Yi people led Liu Cang around the mountains. At first, they even yelled and cursed in the mountains. The scolding was not very pleasant, which obviously made Liu Cang unhappy.
Liu Cang was not idle while chasing the barbarians. Over the next few days, he captured hundreds of tigers, bears and hundreds of pythons along the way.
This beast-taming ability has only been seen by Chu Mao in his life, but Liu Cang is preparing to use these newly collected beasts as cannon fodder to explore the way. Once these ferocious beasts escape the trap, there is no need for soldiers to rush to kill them. The war beasts in the Flying Bear Camp are enough
It's hard for these tribes to escape.
"Lord." Hua Xiong's voice interrupted Ou Mao's random thoughts, and Liu Cang saw the accompanying herd of beasts coming forward behind him.
"Don't be impatient. The mountains and fields here are quite interesting. Using this as a reference, I went to Jiaozhi and added cross-country enemy suppression projects to my training," Liu Cang said to Hua Xiong.
"Here." Hua Xiong muttered.
"The unscrupulous people in the mountains do not know the heights of the sky and have offended His Majesty the Tiger. Why should Your Majesty argue with them? It is not easy to tame war beasts, and it is a pity to be injured. I think they are extremely frightened. Why not try to persuade them to surrender?" Ou Mao once again advised Liu Cang.
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Although the exchanges continued, the soldiers' march did not stop. As they talked, everyone walked out of the dense forest.
Facing a mountain stream and a small river, there are overgrown shrubs and weeds behind it.
Weeds half as tall as a person end in a mountainous area, with a slope of about 30 degrees extending for thousands of meters. A large number of people can be seen from a distance.
"A battalion of flying bears all eat tigers and bears. It's easy to catch these beasts. Even if there are no injuries, they will be slaughtered sooner or later. You don't need to worry about it." Liu Cangran replied, approaching the mountain king Orichalcum to make Ou Mao taboo.
dodge.
"Lord, they are running away again. After several days of pursuit, I guess they don't have much time to set up too many traps. Why don't we let someone lead the troops to kill them?" Someone shouted in the distance, but Hua Xiong couldn't see the details clearly.
, but the crowd moved significantly, Hua Xiong became anxious and angry.
"Send the order, let the beasts go." Observing the nearby terrain, Liu Cang patted the mountain king, orichalcum, and Hua Xiong's eyes lit up. The order to release the beasts was accompanied by the roar of the tigers and bears of the mountain king orichalcum.
The herd of beasts gathered, and the first hundred tigers and bears took the lead in roaring out. Five tigers and bears rushed into the sea of grass side by side. After a while, hundreds of tigers and bears wearing armor and stomach followed them out, and then followed the herd of beasts.
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Five breaths, after five breaths, the wild beasts gathered together to breathe heavily, a fishy wind blew in the mountains, and everything that came into sight was fierce.
"Ouch! Ouch~" the sounds of beasts were heard one after another, and tigers and bears fell down from time to time in the front. Those were probably those who had stepped on animal traps.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Boom~!" The ground collapsed, and the beast that fell into the pit let out an even more ferocious roar.
"Luo Zhi, lead the Buying to follow." Liu Cang ordered, and Luo Zhi, who had been serving as the deputy general of Feixiong Camp, responded.
Feixiongying has a very high constitution and has been eating crocodile meat for a long time. His body is extremely resistant to impact. Even if he falls into a spike trap, as long as he protects his head and face, he will usually suffer some embarrassing skin injuries.
However, some special animal traps are very dangerous and may cause injuries if stepped on. When the Flying Bear Battalion rushed out, the soldiers still had wolverines running in front of them to prevent the tigers and bears from missing the animal traps.
After Luo Zhi, Liu Cang and his party also formed a formation to follow. The war horses had already led them to Hepu City, and they were drilling all over the mountains. They all turned into foot soldiers.
The roar of the hillside echoed in the wilderness, and the vanguard of the herd rushed towards the crowd, facing a wave of arrows.
The beasts screamed and roared. When the mountain king, Orichalcum, and the armored war beast ignored the hunting bow and showed their ferocity, there were already faint calls for surrender and begging for mercy from the barbarians.
"Roar!" A tiger that escaped the trap and arrow attack was carried several meters high. Looking up from the hillside, there was obviously blood dripping from the bottom of the tiger.
"Tsk~" Liu Cang clicked his tongue.
Although they were sparse, four or five knights riding rhinoceroses actually rushed out of the mountain. The rhinos charged into the herd and surrounded all enemies. With the help of the momentum of the downhill, the arrogant rhino temporarily caused chaos in the herd.
The rhinoceros whined strangely, the mountain king and the red tiger knocked down a rhinoceros one after another, the orichalcum stood tall, the bear's paw slapped the rhino's head and face, but was knocked over and staggered by the rhino's huge horn.
Fortunately, the chest and abdomen of the bear armor were protected by thick iron armor. The orichalcum was provoked and became furious again. The rhinoceros, which was already dazed by the bear's paw, failed to make any more resistance and was knocked over by the orichalcum.
The knight on the back of the rhinoceros had already lost his human form in the mad swipe of orichalcum's claws.
Several tigers and bears pounced on a rhinoceros, and the knight was snatched away by the war tiger early on. The remaining beasts rushed into the barbarians. In a close-quarters fight in the mountains, the resistance organized by the barbarians was instantly torn to pieces.
Luo Zhi led his troops to kill the rhinoceros, which was difficult for the tiger and bear to kill for a while. The soldiers shouted, and the tiger and bear gave way to follow him.
The mountain python raised its ferocious head in the grass.
Alas~~, as the attacking party, Titanoboa's lateness is considered a norm, speed is a flaw, and Titanoboa's arrival often represents the end of the battle.
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