Riding and Slashing

Chapter 174 Cat's Claw's Revenge

In the 198th year of the Pendor calendar, a bloody plague completely destroyed the Pendor Kingdom, and countless people abandoned the land to escape. During those years, the operation of the entire Pendor Continent came to a standstill.

Only those tribes north of the Misty Mountains were not affected by the Red Death, so in 199 the Northern Misty Mountains invaded Pendor amid rumors that the south was full of food and rich land.

Due to famine and plague, Pendor was paralyzed and in turmoil, and the kingdom of Pendor did not have enough troops and financial resources to respond to the invasion.

But the Misty Mountain people who first came to the south had regarded Ravencrow as their homeland, and of course they didn't want to return to the uncivilized barbarian tribes north of the Misty Mountains.

So they spontaneously launched an all-out struggle—the descendants of the Misty Mountain people became the biggest force to stop the invasion of the Northern Misty Mountain people.

Without the support from the south, Count Gregory of Ravencrow in the north formed a coalition army, defeated the northern Misty Mountains with the help of the Misty Mountain Highlanders who fell into the Bay, drove them back to the north of the Misty Mountains, and then established Rin Crow Kingdom.

Today, the term 'Mist Mountain People' is practically no longer applicable to this people, only to those barbarians who still live north of the Misty Mountains.

The Northern Misty Mountain People have actually changed very little, and its population is still limited by its barren land.

In order to maintain the peace of the tribes in the Northern Misty Mountains, the leaders and shamans of the major tribes in the Misty Mountains have now changed their routine, changing the original internal war to external plunder.

They began to systematically send young people from various tribes to the south of the Misty Mountains every year to plunder the richer land of Pendor Continent.
Moreover, this practice was also described by the shamans as the will of the mountain god "Vijovis", and gradually formed a rule-this is the coming-of-age ceremony of the Misty Mountain people.

Except for the first heirs of each tribe, everyone else must form or join a plundering team to Ravencrowland when they are just adults.

In other words, the members of the plundering team are all young adults who have just grown up, and the team leader is usually the second heir of a certain tribe who has just grown up.

Those who can return with a lot of spoils will have the opportunity to marry a large tribe.

And if the leader's level of plunder is high enough and he can return with good food seeds, then he can get the common approval of all tribes and allow him to form a new tribe—no matter which nationality he is, in the final analysis, he cares about eating.

Objectively speaking, from the perspective of the Northern Misty Mountain people, there is nothing wrong with this approach.The desolate and barren permafrost cannot support so many people, so sending people to the south to rob is better than killing each other among the tribes.

Therefore, the Misty Mountain plundering team that came to Ravencrows would basically be led by the son or daughter of a tribal leader, and the team members would be a joint force composed of young people from various tribes.

Since the team members come from various tribes, the team leader must be responsible for the lives of the members of the plundering team. If a member of the team dies, the team leader will owe a large "blood debt" to the family of the deceased when he returns.

So forming a plundering team is actually not a good job, it's like being forced to take a risk by borrowing usury, and borrowing the lives of other ethnic groups-this means a lot of risk.

Limited by the Misty Mountain people's own technical level and resources, the equipment of the plundering team is relatively poor, and the 'blood debt' of these team leaders often accumulates more and more.

As a result, many Misty Hills raid leaders may end up having no choice but to settle down in Ravensdale, surviving alongside a few raiders.

The existence of this 'blood debt' system seems to be to avoid excessive losses caused by the leader's blind command, but in fact, it is a trap designed by the big tribe.

Because the team leader and members of the Misty Mountain Raiders are all young adults who have never seen the world, have no experience in the world, and the quality of equipment and organization cannot compete with the army in Ravencrow Realm, so most of the team leaders are Couldn't come back alive.

For a small number of those who came back, their trophies could not offset the blood debt, which often caused the tribe where the team leader belonged to to be forced to join the big tribe due to too much debt.

The big tribes of the Misty Mountains have realized their strategy of killing two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, they have a stable source of spoils; on the other hand, they can use this method to deprive small tribes of most of their combat power and resources in order to annex them.

Through these plundering squads, there have been no large-scale wars among the tribes in the Northern Misty Mountains for more than 100 years, but the annexation of small tribes is happening all the time.

The 'Cat's Claw' tribe led by An Dongjia's father is a small tribe with only 300 members.

But the Misty Mountain people who died in the Noldo Forest were not the plundering team led by An Dongjia. The North is already a big power.

As the daughter of the leader of a small tribe, An Dongjia brought a plundering team of more than [-] people to Ravencrow Realm, and the team members came from various tribes.

This is a custom and an errand that cannot be refused.

Originally, the marauding team was going well.

An Dongjia is not the kind of idiot with a brain full of muscles. She never provokes the patrols and high lords of the Ravencrow Realm. Instead, she led the team to successfully rob several noble farms in relatively remote locations, and got a lot of money. loot.

But then, she ran into this Bearpaw team near Oldenburg, and the Bearpaw shaman offered to join forces with her.

At first, she thought it was a good thing—they were both Misty Mountain tribes, and it was indeed safer to be able to support each other in Ravencrow.

The shaman of the Bear Claw tribe suggested that they could work together to attack Earl Stephen's Belbookk village, which has a lot of food.

There are more than 500 people on both sides, more than enough to conquer a village, and there is no need to attack the city. This seems to be a reasonable plan.

But after An Dongjia attacked the village, the people of the Xiongpao tribe retreated directly.

Then, a large number of Earl Stephen's troops appeared outside the village and surrounded An Dongjia's raiding team...

Under the rain of arrows from the Ravencrow Rangers, An Dongjia experienced a disastrous defeat, and the entire army was wiped out.

She managed to escape from the battlefield - in fact, she was able to escape, entirely because she was wearing a leather robe and carrying a Ravencrow sword, she looked more like a Ravencrow than a Misty Hills savage.

After losing all her troops, she returned to the tribe, but she owed a blood debt, which was never repaid.

And not long after that, the Bearpaw Tribe came to collect the debt.

All the blood debts An Dongjia owed to other tribes were transferred to the Bear Claw tribe!
Obviously, An Dongjia's ambush was deliberately created by the Bear Claw tribe, just to make her bear a large blood debt that could not be repaid.

So her father excommunicated him from the clan, lest the huge debt be assumed by the Cat's Claw - which would lead to the Cat's Claw being absorbed.

An Dongjia did not expect that the people of the Bear Claw Tribe, who were also members of the Misty Mountain Tribe, would be so sinister.

But she could only accept this fate. She shouldered a large amount of debt alone, and returned to the south of the Misty Mountain alone.

However, from now on, she is no longer the innocent young man she was before. Of course, people who have been trapped by such a conspiracy will grow rapidly.

She began to look for people from the Bear Claw Tribe in the Raven Crow Realm. She knew that the Bear Claw Tribe would use the same method to entrap other small tribes. If the shaman's troops hadn't returned, they must still be in the Raven Crow Realm.

An Dongjia didn't hate Earl Stephen, who led to the annihilation of her army. In her opinion, it was only natural for the owner of the village to kill the looters to protect his own property—in fact, no matter for anything, as long as he was upright Anyone who kills an opponent is not considered an enemy to the people of Miwu Mountain.

But she hated the Bearpaw tribe.

She wants revenge.

It wasn't long before she did find it, still near Oldenburg.

This time, An Dongjia painted a mark on her face and told the shaman of the Bear Claw Tribe that she was about to marry the leader of the Bear Claw Tribe as a concubine, and that the Cat Claw Tribe had also merged into the Bear Claw Tribe.

This statement is actually very credible, because the shaman knows that the leader of the Bear Claw Tribe originally planned to do this.

The paw print on An Dongjia's face is indeed a sign of engagement - the people of Beimiwu Mountain are relatively barbaric and have always practiced the marriage snatching system. Girls without marks on their faces are likely to be robbed.

Of course, many shrews will also rob the young man.

And the tribal mark painted on the face means that this is the wife and concubine of the tribal leader, and if he dares to rob it, he will face the pursuit of a tribe.

The marks on An Dongjia's face can be called cat's claws or bear's claws, anyway, it looks like this when applied on the face...

So the shaman had no doubts. In his opinion, An Dongjia could only face this fate.

And An Dongjia said very cleverly that she has not forgotten the fact that this shaman caused her to fall. If you don't want to be troubled by her blowing pillow wind when you go back, you'd better do yourself a favor, or you will make him look good sooner or later. .

The shaman really believed it - An Dongjia's lies and threats were all in line with the shaman's expectations.

Although the shaman has a high status in the tribe, the leader of the Bear Claw tribe is quite powerful, and with An Dongjia's status, it is indeed very likely that he will become a concubine... At that time, the shaman will definitely not have a good life.

An Dongjia told the shaman that the Cat's Claw Tribe had hidden a lot of property and leather in the Eastern Misty Mountains, and she wanted to get back these properties so that her father and brother could redeem their freedom.

Her father and brother are tribal leaders, and it is really inappropriate to bow down as servants after being annexed. She wants to get back property to help them redeem themselves. This seems to be a normal way of thinking, and it also fits the concept of redeeming blood debts.

The Eastern Misty Mountain is the Great Snow Mountain to the east of the Jiatu Grassland and the Noldo Forest, but this snow mountain is different from the Northern Misty Mountain. Due to the influence of the warm air, the side of the snow mountain that is close to the grassland and the forest has become an insurmountable iceberg. It cannot be crossed.

But the Cat's Claw Tribe did originally grow from the other side of the Eastern Misty Mountains.

It is indeed possible for a tribal leader who developed from here to hide something in an iceberg that no one can climb over. The environment on the iceberg is generally relatively fixed, and there are no birds and beasts. Great place to hide treasure.

Even if it's fake, it's nothing more than a waste of time... Anyway, the shaman of the Bear Claw Tribe recently robbed a lot of villages in Ravencrow Realm, and originally planned to avoid the limelight.

So the shaman asked An Dongjia for the specific location, and then decided to take her to find the property.

Of course, this shaman definitely didn't have any good intentions—but it just so happened that An Dongjia didn't have any good intentions either...

She led the Bearclaw tribe to the south of the Jatu Grassland, where it borders the Noldor Forest—this place is extremely dangerous, but it fits her lie well, because the East Misty Mountains can already be seen to the east.

This place has Jatu in the north, Noldor in the south, Fort Yongshield in the west, and the tallest iceberg in the entire continent to the east.

An Dongjia, who lived in the Eastern Misty Mountains, brought the Bear Claw Tribe here on purpose.

An Dongjia just wanted to lure the people of the Bear Claw tribe to the place of death in the same way that the shaman entrapped her, retaliate with an eye.

She was carrying countless blood debts and was kicked out of the house. She didn't want to live at all.

But An Dongjia's revenge plan was only half successful here.

The Jatu people were the first to be encountered by the Bearclaw tribe, and they were also Judah's troops.

But just when the Bearclaw tribe and the Jatu people had just met each other, a group of Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet came out of the Noldor Forest...

A hundred or so ebony hammermen.

These ebony warhammers originally wanted to lure Aldalian to the Jatu Grassland. In fact, they also sent people from the mercenary regiment to attract the Jatu troops, which is why Juda's team appeared here.

But seeing the people of the Bearpaw Tribe, the Ebony Warhammers were a little bit mistaken—they thought that these Misty Hillmen were sent to lure Juda's 'friendly troops'...

These people from the Bear Claw Tribe had indeed snatched a lot of equipment before, and their clothes were cobbled together. From a distance, they really looked like a mercenary group with poor equipment.

It turns out that the Ebony Warhammers intend to join the 'friendly forces'...

The shaman of Misty Mountain misunderstood this approach. He thought that the Warhammer troops were going to attack them——then the two sides fought together in a muddle.

At this time, Ardalian also rushed out with hundreds of Noldor warriors—the Jatus and Noldor had a blood feud, and the warlord Juda had a special hatred for the Noldor elves. Many elves launched an attack immediately.

The more than 300 people from the Bear Claw Tribe were fighting with the Ebony Warhammers, so Zhu Da naturally ignored them.

And it just so happens that Aldalian is also a Noldor lord who is extremely hostile to the Jatus. He thought it was the Jatus who were ambushing him...

As a result, Noldor and the Jatus fought together.

And the Ebony Hammerman originally planned to run away in time after he found out that something was wrong, but An Dongjia incited him: "These people seem to be very rich, and their equipment is also very valuable! And there are only so few of them..."

As a result, the people of the Bear Claw Tribe chased the Ebony Hammerman and beat him up, and chased him several miles away.

The ebony warhammers were small in number and had no fighting spirit. In addition, the Misty Mountain people were really good at hand-to-hand combat, and they were killed more than half of them in a short time, leaving only a few alive.

Then, the shaman of the Bearclaw tribe learned from the mouth of the Ebony Warhammer that thousands of mercenary armies were attacking the Noldor Forest.

This is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters. The Misty Mountain people who have been looting for a long time like to take advantage of the chaos...

Everyone knows that the Noldor forest is full of valuable things, whether it is weapons and equipment, horses, or the Noldor elves themselves, getting anything is much more rewarding than robbing the village!

So the greedy shaman was moved. In addition, he got a lot of equipment from the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet. The morale of the Misty Mountain people increased greatly. Ambushed Ardalion from behind.

Speaking of which, this shaman is actually very intelligent, he knows that this way can make the Jatu people fight side by side with him - the Jatu people also make a living by plundering, and they should also fish in troubled waters!
In this way, the chances are much greater!

Aldalian did not expect that the Misty Mountain Man would go back and return. He had the upper hand, but was rushed into the archers by the Misty Mountain Man who suddenly appeared behind him.

Encountered on both sides and fought hand-to-hand combat, Aldalian had no choice but to retreat with his entire army.

And this withdrawal, got a lot of loot of Noldo equipment, and the Misty Mountain Man who felt that he could take advantage of it followed suit.

Zhu Da's troops got help from the Miwu Mountain people for no apparent reason, so they didn't attack the Miwu Mountain people, but chased them in. If the Miwu Mountain people dared to chase into the forest, Zhu Da's Jatu people would also have to attack them. chase in

Because Zhu Da is an extremely cruel warlord, if anyone in his troops dares to show cowardice, he will shoot the timid and cowardly people directly from behind.

So this Jatu army can only advance but not retreat on the battlefield!

But after entering the forest, it is actually very difficult to retreat. After chasing and chasing, the large army dispersed in the forest, and Zhu Da could not give them orders.

In such a large area of ​​primeval forest, it is inevitable to get lost, even with modern equipment, it may not be guaranteed to go out...

These Misty Mountain people couldn't find their way in the forest, and lost many people, but after wandering around for two days, they found this horse farm.

Three or four hundred Jatu people who got separated from the main force also came here with them.

In fact, until Li Ang arrived, there was no effective communication between the Jiatu people and the Misty Mountain people - they did not understand the language.

But these two days they have been in a very weird situation of emboldening each other...

The Jatu people believed that since the people of the Misty Mountains dared to attack Noldo, they were certainly right.

The people of the Misty Mountains felt that since the Jatus dared to invade the Noldor Forest, it meant that what the Ebony Warhammer said must be true. Thousands of troops from the south must have already invaded the Noldor Forest—if everyone dared to invade, then Of course, they can fish in troubled waters and gain some benefits.

Moreover, they helped the Jatu people, and these Jatu people did not attack them at all, which 'shows' that everyone's goal is to rob the Noldor Forest...

Then they found that the Noldor were transferring the property here—a great herd of Elven horses and great supplies.

Of course those Jatu people got excited...they dreamed of getting the Noldor horses!

The shaman of the Bearclaw tribe was also excited. He found that the number of Noldor elves here was very small, and the property they were transferring seemed to be very large!

(End of this chapter)