Chapter 1246 How to Deal with the Aftermath

With Aryan's lessons learned, Hata no longer dared to hide anything.

Mufeng asked a question next, and Hata could answer three questions.

Obviously, the frightened Hata no longer cares whether he speaks much or whether he offends others, or what he says.

Mufeng couldn't help but think of Tutan's previous words, "All the people in my mountain tribe are bloody men." Later, when he asked someone to draw a knife and make a gesture, Tutan quickly knew all his moves.

Now this Hata was obviously a weakling, and with the addition of Yelao Aryan, Mu Feng had to label several of them as "strong and strong" in his heart, and praised them as "what a bloody man".

Based on what the two said, the situation of the mountain tribes was roughly sorted out:

There are about 180 to 200 tribes in the mountain tribes, and the number of tribes varies.

There are only two or three hundred people in the few, and six or seven hundred in the many.

Mu Feng secretly made a calculation in his mind. Based on this calculation, the "registered population" of the mountain tribe was only 40,000 to 50,000, and the number was probably 100,000 more.

It's really a problem to have so many people hiding in the mountains.

He began to think about how to deal with the aftermath.

The totem these tribes believe in is the beast god.

But they don't have the specific appearance of the beast god, so everyone understands it differently.

Some tribes believe that the beast god is the image of a giant-toothed tiger, some think it is the image of the last poisonous insect after being devoured by my "five poisons", and some think it is the image of a golden-eyed beast...

In the mountains and dense forests, any powerful beast may be their totem.

It is precisely because of this way of totem belief that they have conflicts and commonalities between them.

The conflict is due to differences in beliefs, and the commonality is that everyone wants the other to recognize that the beast god they believe in is suitable to become the totem of the entire mountain tribe.

Therefore, every time there is a competition between the mountain tribes, the Yelao candidates will bring their tamed beasts to fight with others.

Generally speaking, this kind of battle does not aim to kill the enemy, but only determines the winner.

So on the surface there is still harmony.

Whoever hurts the other beast first will win, and the last person will be the Yelao of the entire mountain tribe.

Therefore, the election of Yelao in the mountains does not depend on personal combat prowess, but on the ability of his beast companions.

In this way, it is not surprising that Jelao cannot fight but is extremely confident and domineering.

After hearing the news, Mu Feng felt strange.

If it was really about taming beasts, he could send Sha Laosan, Qiongqi or Black Dragon over, wouldn't he be able to sweep them away?

Of course, this can only be thought of, Yelao must be a native of the mountains.

There are several strange places in the mountains.

One is the Golden Eyed Pool, which produces golden-eyed beasts. It is located on a mountain. On the top of the mountain is a large pool, and there are many golden-eyed beasts around the pool.

One is the Thorny Fish Pond in Shandong District, which produces stickleback fish. The spines on the top of the stickleback fish's head can be removed to make a bone gun. The bone gun used by Chiwei who was killed by Hanshu is the spine of the stickleback fish.

One is the Bear Valley in Shannan District. There are many bears in the Bear Valley, all over the valley.

One is the poisonous miasma forest, located at the border of Shannan and Shanxi districts. Most of the tribes near here are good at driving away poisonous insects.

Of course, due to the size of the poisonous insect, few people here come out of Yelao.

After asking Hata, Mufeng fell into deep despair.

Yuying, Hanshu and others asked Mufeng what to do next.

"Go back to Blue Bird City first!" Mu Feng ordered.

"yes!"

"What about this person?" Yu Xiao pointed at Hata.

"Send him to the Longlong City District to mine, and watch him carefully!"

"What about these prisoners?"

"Bring it back to Bluebird City!"

…

So everyone returned to Jade Bird City and found that the entire Jade Bird City tribe was in high spirits and excited.

Obviously, between more than 400 people injured and thousands of enemies killed, they chose to value the huge number of enemies killed.

Mu Feng frowned. From this aspect, the people of Blue Bird City are really more of a fighting nation than a fighting nation.

There is a reason why their population is decreasing - the enemy's encirclement is on the one hand, and their own "death" is another.

Originally, he wanted to guide them slowly, but now it seems that he has to strike while the iron is hot.

He looked at Chaolu and said, "Go and gather all the clan members in Bluebird City. I have something to say!"

Chaolu did as he was told.

Soon everyone gathered.

Mu Feng said in a deep voice: "I have said since I joined the Blue Bird Division, D Jiang, that I, D Jiang, will take over the Blue Bird people's clan, and I, D Jiang, will also take over the Blue Bird people's hatred.

So today when the mountain tribes invaded, I, the great Jiang, naturally sent troops from all sides to fight back the enemy together.

We killed more than 6,000 enemies..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone in Jade Bird City was so excited that they couldn't contain themselves.

Mu Feng frowned and said in a deep voice: "But I, Da Jiang, also lost more than five hundred people!"

The people of Jade Bird City looked at each other, and I looked at you, not knowing why.

Mu Feng continued: "More than 400 of the more than 500 warriors are members of the clan who were born and grew up in Blue Bird City. Many of you are their family members.

Your family members are warriors, and as warriors, it is your duty to fight for your people and protect your tribe.

But they went to the battlefield and fought to the death, even risking their lives. Aren't you sad when they die? "

Many of the Blue Bird people bow their heads

Silent.

Mu Feng added: "I know that the Blue Bird people teach their children all for the sake of the tribe, no matter what.

It is precisely because of teaching children in this way that the unprecedented unity in Jade Bird City was achieved, and it also enabled the original Jade Bird Department to survive despite being surrounded by powerful forces.

These are all your contributions. Your efforts will be remembered by Jade Bird City and even more so by Dajiang!

But whether it is the former Blue Bird Division or the current Da Jiang, there is actually no need for soldiers to fight for their lives all the time.

You all have to know one thing, that is, our soldiers fight against others not to die, but to live a better life!

The situation of trading lives is that if we don’t fight hard, we will die without saying anything, and our tribe will also suffer misfortune...

And Da Jiang’s current strength doesn’t require you to risk your lives again and again!

Just like this time, with the arrangements of leaders such as Yuying, Hanshu and Thunder Dragon, I, Dajiang, can completely wait for work and severely damage the opponent without paying much price. However, some warriors go deep into the enemy group and seek death!

I can understand your desire for revenge, but I can't understand your act of committing suicide like this!

More than 400 people disobeyed orders and rushed into the enemy army, causing their own tribe to die trying to save them. Your fight to the death not only cost you your life, but also caused the death of your tribe! "

The Blue Bird warriors were all trembling.

Some of them sensed something was wrong.

Especially when they saw their comrades risking their lives in order to save their comrades, it made them feel even more guilty.

"Ah, brother!" Chaolu whispered, "If you don't go deep into the enemy's army and kill the enemy yourself, you won't be able to forgive your hatred!"

Mu Feng frowned and snorted coldly: "What would you think if you took the risk and killed the enemy, causing the clan members to die?"

Chao Lu shook his head: "I didn't want to hurt my clan members!"

Mu Feng shouted: "But if you do this, you will harm the clan!"

After a pause, he yelled angrily: "At least that's how Chief Koyelao died!"

Chaolu suddenly opened her mouth wide and remained silent.

Mu Feng became angry and raised his voice again: "When it comes time to go all out, you don't need to think about it. None of me or the other leaders and commanders of Dajiang are cowards or cowards. They will all rush to the front!"

Just as the other party has powerful warriors like Tutan, Red Tail, and Takedown Bear appearing, I, Hanshu, and Thunder Dragon will all shoulder our responsibilities and rush in front of you to kill them!

But even if we could kill their strongest warrior, we would not rush into their crowd and die! "

The Bluebird people looked ashamed.

Chaolu was even more ashamed - he thought that Koyelao's death was precisely because of his father's greed for success.

Hanshu noticed something strange about Chaolu and reminded him in a low voice: "Great Chief, Chaolu is still young..."

Mu Feng interrupted him and shouted in a low voice: "Why is it so small? He is already the lord of a city. If he continues to govern Blue Bird City with this idea, sooner or later the clansmen here will finish it for him!"

Hanshu sighed and said nothing.

Chao Lu naturally heard it, opened her mouth, and looked pale: "Ah, brother..."

Mu Feng's tone softened slightly: "You are the lord of a city, and the lives of tens of thousands of people inside and outside the city will be in your hands in the future.

If you sacrifice the lives of soldiers in exchange for victory every time there is a war, will one day you want all the soldiers here to die, leaving you alone to fight off the enemy with a gun? "

"I, I..." Chaolu stammered.

Mufeng waved his hand: "Think about it carefully. After dealing with this battle, spend some time with me in this world!"

After all, Mu Feng couldn't bear to blame Chao Lu harshly.

One is because he is not yet an adult, the other is that he is Chang Ning's younger brother after all, and the third is that he is the lord of the city after all, so he must save face.

The most important thing is that the bloody nature of the Blue Bird people is not entirely useless. At least he can trust them safely in the face of big and tough battles.

He looked at the Blue Bird people again and said in a deep voice: "Since you have joined Da Jiang, I will be responsible for the lives of all your people.

Clan members are human beings, and warriors are human beings too!

No one must die!

Understand? "

As soon as the words "No one must die" came out, all the Blue Bird people were trembling.

Mu Feng added: "When you need to fight for your life, I will naturally give orders. Anyone who dares to retreat will be regarded as a traitor!

But when you don't need to risk your life, you just need to follow the orders, you know? "

The Blue Bird people all responded: "Yes!"

Mu Feng then waved his hand and asked Chao Lu to arrange for the clan members to go about their business.

Then he gathered together Yuying, Hanshu, Aguli and others to discuss the aftermath.

No need for Mu Feng to say much, everyone knows how to deal with the mountain tribes.

Yuzhao said: "Most of their warriors have been destroyed, and the remaining tribesmen are not strong in combat. It is better to send people directly deep into the mountains and annex them one by one."

Thunder Dragon nodded: "Yes, move all their tribesmen out, or gather them in a certain area, so that it can be convenient for me, Da Jiang, to manage them!"

Aguli thought for a while and said: "They have a grudge against me, Da Jiang, and we have killed so many of their tribesmen. It is difficult to annex them. We might as well capture them all as slaves!"

Hanshu shook his head: "Slaves to me, Dajiang, are just transitional, and they can eventually become clan members."

Chaolu remained silent.

Mufeng looked at him: "Chaolu, what do you think?"

Chaolu doesn’t hide her thoughts either

, said straight: "Although I know it's impossible, I still want to kill them all."

Mu Feng shook his head.

This is obviously an unrealistic idea.

He said: "The reason why I let you kill so many mountain warriors in this battle instead of capturing them is to scare them so that they will be in awe of me, Da Jiang, and not dare to do it again!

Since the goal has been achieved, there is no need to kill anymore! "

"Then annex it?" Chaolu asked tentatively.

The others also nodded.

Mu Feng shook his head: "Dajian is no longer suitable for annexation now."

"Why?" Everyone asked in unison.

Mufeng explained slowly: "The population of Dajiang is now very large, about 150,000. This is what Lihu told me before I came here.

It seems that I, Da Jiang, have become a super big tribe.

But in fact, such a large population does not live in one place, but is scattered throughout various cities.

The largest population is in Dragon City, with only 30,000 to 40,000 people, while the other main cities have a few thousand or 10,000 people.

Do you think that if we annex the territory of the mountain tribes, should we send people to manage it? "

Everyone was silent.

Hanshu thought for a while and said: "You can follow what Uncle Thunder Dragon said and move them all out and gather them in one area, or simply break them up and live with our existing tribesmen!"

Mufeng shook his head: "If we gather together, we still need to send people to manage it, and it is extremely easy to cause unrest.

But if it is dispersed to various cities and places, it will inevitably increase the burden on our existing cities.

Although the autumn harvest is complete, the food reserves are already very tight to cope with our current population.

If we annex these mountain tribesmen again, our food will not be enough! "

Hanshu said unexpectedly: "This year's autumn harvest is very good. There is enough food in the Dragon City to last until next year!"

Mu Feng said helplessly: "You only saw the Dragon City, but you didn't see the newly built Goshawk City, Wangxi City and Blue Bird City!"

Hanshu suddenly reacted.

Now Da Jiangxin has absorbed nearly 100,000 people from the three major tribes of Qingniao, Dali, and Shaoli, and has annexed tens of thousands of tribes of various sizes in Changli. He is already Alexander.

At this time, it would be too much for Da Jiang to annex the people of the mountain tribes.

"Then what should we do?" Hanshu asked, "Do you want the Department of Immortality?"

Mu Feng did not answer and asked: "What good will it do to us to destroy the remaining barbarians who have little fighting power?"

Hanshu was stunned.

Others also frowned.

Yeah, it doesn't seem to be of any benefit.

Mufeng smiled and said: "What have we done that has no benefit? It's thankless!"

"Then what should we do?" Yu Xiao scratched his head, "Just keep these prisoners and ignore them?"

Unexpectedly, Mu Feng still shook his head: "There are so many good things in such a big place, so what a pity it would be to give up like this?"

Now everyone didn't understand.

Without annexing, destroying, or robbing the population, is there any other way?

Seeing everyone's confusion, Mu Feng smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that Truffle has already reached an agreement with that Shandong woman?"

"Huh?" Everyone's eyes lit up, and then they became confused, "Do you really want to exchange salt with them?"

Mu Feng smiled and said, "Of course it's true!"

It's hard to understand how many people look at me and me at you.

"Whatever there is in the mountains, we, the gingers, are not necessarily short of it!"

Mu Feng shook his head: "We may not be short of their things, but they are definitely short of our salt!

As long as we are willing to exchange salt with them, they will be willing to trade with us honestly without taking revenge or causing trouble. "

"Why?" Everyone was puzzled.

Mu Feng smiled and said: "Salt is a necessity for them, they must have it to survive. We have opened an opportunity for them to exchange salt, so they will not be so cruel as to fall out with us!"

Everyone frowned and thought.

Mufeng smiled and said nothing.

He determined that opening the salt exchange was equivalent to controlling the lifeblood of these tribes, just like the Yufu tribe was controlled.

Of course, the Yufu tribe's own sharp eyesight also made Mufeng willing to give them more benefits.

As for the Mountain Tribe, it depends on their subsequent performance.

"Let Truffle bring that Hei Duo. I, Da Jiang, can know about this battle in advance and can't do without her!" Mu Feng ordered.

"Isn't the Dragon City closer?" Han Shu wondered.

"No, let her come to Jade Bird City and know which city of my Dajiang her people are attacking."

"yes!"

"Thunder Dragon and Han Shu can switch defenses with each other. Han Shu goes to the west and Thunder Dragon goes to the east!"

The two nodded.

…

Half a month later, Truffle brought Heiduo, Nuogao and a group of hundreds of people to Jade Bird City.

What followed was the great chief of the Yufu tribe and the war leader Yuehuang!

Mufeng rushed to greet them at the city gate.

Hei Duo, Nuo Gao and others were obviously very nervous after seeing Mu Feng.

Because Truffle had told them about the defeat of the mountain tribes on the way here.

These people were initially skeptical.

But looking back on the fact that it had been so long since they had seen Yelaw return with anyone, they understood that Truffle was not lying.

When they thought that the mountain tribes had lost most of their combat power in an instant, these people were inexplicably frightened, fearing that the other party would attack the mountains fiercely.

At that time, I don’t know how many people will leave their ancestral land and go deep into the more remote barren mountains.

Mu Feng glanced at the people at the front, Hei Duo, Nuo Gao and others, and finally returned his gaze to Hei Duo, with a strange look on his face.

"woman?"

Mufeng coughed twice and looked at Truffle with a questioning look on his face.

Truffle nodded.

It was definitely confirmed to be a woman.

"The atmosphere in the mountains is really... open!" Mu Feng thought to himself, but he couldn't see what his face looked like.

Forget it, looking at the size, it’s not my type.

He said seriously: "I am Jiang Mufeng, the great chief of Dajiang. Welcome to Dajiang Blue Bird City!"

Everyone hurriedly bowed and responded: "I've seen the upper part!"

Then Mu Feng took them into the city.

Everyone along the way looked at them carefully with different expressions.

Almost without exception, everyone was shocked.

Because they have never seen people living on the ground and looking so solid and indestructible.

Thinking back to the fact that the two armies of Qun Shan and Dali were defeated here, they became more and more certain that it would be difficult to conquer here.

Especially Hei Duo, Nuo Gao and others from the mountain tribes looked shocked.

They thought that it was here that the Gunshan people suffered heavy losses.

After Mufeng led them into an earthen building, he said with a smile: "You guys rest here for the night. When you feel better, we will discuss important matters tomorrow!"

Except for the people from the Yufu tribe who were excited, the other people from the Gunshan tribe were all frightened and looked uneasy.

Mu Feng smiled and said: "Don't worry, I invited you here just to discuss things with you, no matter what the outcome of the discussion is. Even if it means fighting to the death afterwards, I won't fight with you here, don't worry!"

As soon as these words came out, these people felt relieved.

They nodded in agreement and followed the people arranged by Mu Feng to rest.

Mufeng secretly gave Truffle a few words, asking him to bring people over alone later to discuss matters separately...