Lord Moyu was forced to open

The next day.

Early in the morning, except for a thousand people left to guard the warships, the other more than 20,000 people headed towards the depths of the jungle under the command of Zheng He.

Their first target was the Xige tribe, where the chief, the high priest and all the fighting forces of the tribe had been captured.

At this time, the Xige tribe had fallen into chaos. First, the high priest disappeared for no reason, and then the chief and 500 warriors of the tribe also disappeared and never returned. For a whole day and night, the entire Xige tribe was in chaos.

At this time, the Xige tribe.

"We must organize more people to rescue the high priest and the chief!"

"How can we save them? The five hundred strongest warriors in the tribe followed the chief and never came back. Now there are only the old, weak and sick left in the tribe. How can we save them? Who will save them?

Besides, who among you knows who the enemy is? Who should we go to to save the chief?"

In the tribe, the sacrificial team and other respected elders in the tribe were discussing a response plan. As soon as a priest from the sacrificial team proposed to rescue the high priest and the chief, he was immediately opposed by an elder with a high IQ.

The five hundred most elite warriors of the tribe have gone and never returned, and you actually let us, the old, weak and sick, go to rescue them?
What's the matter? Do you think the enemy doesn't know us, so you let yourself be captured by the enemy?
Going to deliver food?

This is not the way to commit suicide, right?
"Then should we just ignore the high priest and his men?"

There were also people in the sacrificial group.

At this time, the tribesmen who gathered around also spoke up: "Elder Feibao, we can't just leave them alone! My husband and son followed the chief to the war, and now there is no news. If something happens to them, what will we do!"

"Elder, I have lost contact with both of my sons. I cannot give up on them!"

"Elders, we can't give up on them!"

"Elder, my father is gone too. Please, elder, save my father! Wuuuuuu..."

Listening to the crying of the tribesmen around him, Feibao rubbed his brows with a headache, and his old face was full of helplessness. Didn’t he want to save people?

But their entire Xige tribe has only two thousand people, about six hundred of them are young and strong, and the rest are the elderly, the weak, women and children who have no fighting power at all.

Yesterday the chief took away almost all the young and strong men. Is there anyone there to rescue the chief and others?

Not to mention rescuing the chief, the survival of their Xige tribe is a problem. The Yangni tribe on the other side has been eyeing their Xige tribe for a long time, but they have not taken any action because they are not sure they can defeat the more than 600 young and strong men in the tribe. If they knew that all the young and strong men in the Xige tribe had disappeared, I am afraid that the Yangni tribe would attack as soon as they got the news.

Now, as the most respected elder in the tribe, the most important thing he should do is to ensure the safe survival of the tribe instead of continuing to send his people to death!
But these young and strong families...

Ugh……

Feibao had a terrible headache, and just when he was about to lose his temper because of these young and strong family members!

suddenly!

Someone shouted, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"It's bad! It's bad! There are countless! Countless foreigners coming towards the tribe, they are holding weapons! And they are suppressing the chief and his men!"

What? Countless foreigners? The chieftains were captured by them?
Feibao was shocked. It was obvious that this person came with bad intentions!

But some family members showed joy on their faces. Since the young and strong people in the tribe were captured, they were still alive. They only thought about this and did not realize the seriousness of the matter. Feibao reacted and responded immediately: "Tell everyone to leave the tribe immediately and hide outside! The other party is not friendly. Wait until they leave before we come back!"

Since the person who reported the news said that the other side had so many people that they couldn't be counted, it was obvious that a head-on confrontation was impossible.

Since they couldn't deal with it head-on, all they could do was hide. Since they were outsiders, they were definitely not as familiar with the forest as they were. They relied on the geographical advantage and thought that if the tribesmen dispersed, they would have the best chance of survival.

It has to be said that his idea was indeed correct. Zheng He and his men were not familiar with this jungle. If the people of Xige's tribe scattered and hid, they would not be able to find them for a while. At that time, Zheng He would definitely not waste time continuing to search, but would directly take his men to the next tribe.

Unfortunately, Feibao underestimated the value that the captured families placed on their loved ones.

After the order from the Feibao elder was passed on, only a small number of people were willing to obey. Most of the young and strong family members immediately went home to retrieve their weapons, preparing to fight a big battle with Zheng He and his men.

Soon, Zheng He and others, led by the guide, arrived at the Xige tribe.

However, as they got closer, they saw people holding all kinds of strange weapons, some of which looked clearly like farm tools, blocking the army.

The commanding general couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene. These people are really brave.

But what he didn't know was that at this moment, the young and strong family members sitting opposite him were dumbfounded when they saw the foreigners appearing in large numbers!
They knew that the other side had more people, but they didn't expect there would be so many!
A look of despair spread among the crowd.

At this time, the commander of the Song army on the opposite side admired their courage very much, so he decided to respect their courage and face them with the most solemn attitude! Go and fight them!

Immediately, the commander gave the order: "Everyone!"

Swipe!

The Song army, which had surrounded the entire Xige tribe’s base, immediately raised their crossbows and aimed at the hundreds of family members below.

A murderous atmosphere suddenly spread in the scene.

Gudong!

A sound of swallowing saliva was heard. The Xige people, who were originally full of confidence, now just wanted to shout out loudly: misunderstanding! misunderstanding! misunderstanding!

However, the Song army generals on the opposite side did not give them this opportunity at all.

"All troops ready! One salvo!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Tens of thousands of arrows flew out from the crossbows, and in the blink of an eye, a rain of arrows covered the sky!

The next moment, a rain of arrows fell in front of the horrified eyes of those who came to resist from Xige Tribe!
puff!puff!puff!

The sound of metal entering flesh continued to be heard, and wailing continued to be heard in the field.

After a round of volleys ended, the original seven or eight hundred people were lying on the ground in the blink of an eye. Less than a hundred people were still alive, most of them were still injured, and more corpses were full of arrows, just like a hedgehog!
Just one volley! This was considered as mercy from the general, but it still caused huge casualties to the Xige tribe. Many of them were the families of the young and strong captured. Seeing this scene, they were originally honest and went crazy in an instant. They struggled to resist, but they were all killed by a bayonet without exception. The others were so scared that they dared not say a word.

The reddish-brown horse couldn't bear to see so many of its people die here, so it closed its eyes and dared not look forward anymore.

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(End of this chapter)