Roger and others who were "Gift II" adapted and pulled it away.

Then he stood beside the camel whistled again to summon it.

This time, "Gift II" ran over quickly.

Roger was very satisfied with the performance of "Gift II".

The horse used its actions to wake Roger up.

Roger realized that in his original plan, he did not consider that the war horses would be afraid of camels, and he did not know about this before.

He thought, fortunately, if the fight really starts and the war horses retreat in front of the opponent's camel cavalry, then they will be done.

Odin came to report: "Sir, that man is awake."

Roger looked back and saw that it was the Bedouin who was kicked out of his way.

He told Odin: "Our horses seem to be afraid of camels. Pull them in batches and let them adapt to this camel."

Odin took the order and left.

Roger walked to the captured Bedouin.

He carefully observed the captive that his headscarf had been pulled away, under his fat long gown, wearing ankle-long bloomers.

Below the messy hair is a pair of unruly eyes, and the person's contempt for authority and his desire for freedom can be clearly seen through his eyes.

Roger tried to ask the other party in Arabic: "How did you find us?"

The captor did not refuse to speak, he replied in Arabic:

"You can smell the smell of your horses from a distance. I thought that other clans were approaching the pastoral area assigned to us, so the patriarch took us over to grab the "blood money".

“When I got closer, I saw someone standing and peeing, I knew you were Christians, not us Bedouin people.

"I didn't want to fight you, but I just wanted to secretly go away your horse, but when your sentry discovered it, I could only fight."

Roger frowned and asked, "How many people have you come?"

The captor had no sense of confidentiality at all, and he said proudly: "30 people."

Roger was a little surprised. He thought that the number of people participating in the night attack would be much larger than this.

He thought of what he had heard before that Renault of Fort Carac sacrificed 40 people and killed 600 people on the other side. He blushed a little when compared with his current casualties.

But he was also grateful. He thought that if the entire enemy army attacked, he might have explained everything tonight.

Then he asked with confusion: "Don't you have more than 3,400 people, why are you 30 people here?"

The captain glared at his eyes and said in a tone of course: "Why should other clans take advantage of the horses we found?"

Roger said in surprise: "For such a major matter, your patriarch will make your own decision and not report it to your superiors?"

The captive asked in confusion: "What is superior?"

Roger saw that the other party looked like he was pretending to be stupid. He thought the other party didn't understand his words, so he explained:

"Just like here, ordinary soldiers obey the squad leader, the squad leader obeys the squad leader, and the squad leader obeys the squad leader, and they have clear levels of each other.

"Orders are conveyed from top to bottom. People at the next level will be punished if they do not obey the orders of the superiors.

"Similarly, people at the next level conceal important information and do not report to their superiors will also be punished."

The Bedouin captive shook his head and said, "No, no matter what, who dares to punish our patriarch? He is the biggest. Several of our blood-related families listen to him."

Roger didn't understand, and he asked, "How many families? How old are your clans?"

The captive said proudly: "Our clan is quite small. We have 100 camels."

Roger asked: "I didn't ask you Camel, how many of you are?"

The captive said: "Including women and children, we have 45 people."

Roger couldn't understand that the organizational form of these people seemed to be different from the ones he had in his life and his previous life.

He asked: "Only 45 people? Don't you have more than 3,000 people? Who else can I listen to?"

The captive said: "Others are others, what does other clans have to do with us?"

Roger asked: "Then how did you get together?"

The captive said: "I heard from the patriarch that he combined with more than a dozen other clans into a tribe and chose one person to be the chief.

"I heard that this time, the migration with cattle, sheep, and camels requires greater power, so dozens of tribes united to form a tribal alliance, and it seems that there is a leader.

"But I don't listen to the leader. I don't even know who the chief is. I only listen to our patriarch."

He was not like explaining, but rather like talking about a truth that has existed since the birth of heaven and earth:

"What are you talking about? It's nothing, we won't admit it.

"If we want to convince us, we have to follow the ancient habits. As long as we agree with things, I will do it. It is not accepted by the public, and no one can order me.

"No one in this world is more noble than anyone else, just like there is no grain of sand in the desert, it is more precious than another grain of sand.

“When sand forms a dune, some sand is on top and some sand is on the bottom.

"But the one above may not always be above, and the one below may not always be below.

"If the person above wants to order me by his own will, but by his own will, I will not accept it.

"If he wants to punish me for this, I will fight him."

Roger understood a little that these Bedouin people were obviously extremely fond of freedom, disobeyed any regime, did not recognize any political system, had no concept of discipline, order and authority, and were not subject to any constraints.

Anarchists who have heard of but never seen in their previous lives may be somewhat similar to these people.

But this brought another question. Roger thought, since these people were so casual, why did they form such a large tribal alliance and act in concert?

He asked bluntly: "Where are you living in this way?"

“Why did such a large tribal alliance be formed this time?

"Where do you want to go?"

The captive answered the first question in detail, and he said:

"Our clan is a camel nomad, and it is very prestigious in the Arab desert area and owns a large area of ​​land.

"I heard that in the alliance there are goats and sheep nomads living in Jordan and Iraq.

“There are also cattle nomads living in the Southern Arab region, we call them the Bakara.”

He briefly answered the third question, saying:

"I heard from the patriarch that we are going to the grassland near Damascus to grazing."

But for the second question, he shook his head and said:

“I don’t know why I have to form such a big alliance.

"According to me, it is extremely inconvenient to gather so many cattle, sheep, and camels to migrate together. We must take a route with lush aquatic plants along the way.

"If it were just one of our clans, we could take shortcuts, wouldn't that be more convenient?

"But the patriarch said that this migration seems to have great benefits.

"But he didn't say what the specific benefits were, and I didn't ask."

Roger talked with the other party for a long time next time, but he was no longer sleepy anyway.

The other party seemed to like chatting very much, and did not dare to speak because of his captive status and faced with a nobleman.

Roger thus learned about the unwritten regulations among many nomadic peoples.

Although these regulations do not have means of compulsory enforcement, the nomadic peoples cherish their reputations enough to make them follow them carefully.

For example, as long as the two of them come together and have eaten bread and salt together, they can no longer hurt each other, otherwise they will bear a very disgraceful notorious reputation;

Moreover, a life-and-death alliance is automatically formed between the two. Whether one person is attacked or two people are facing an enemy at the same time, they must fight side by side to the end.

The Bedouin who betrays the guest or companion will be expelled from the clan tribe for life, and in that world where the clan tribe is everything, this punishment is more ruthless than death.

And Roger also knew a lot of their habits.

For example, the Bedouin people like to launch camel raids at other tribes.

This is a tradition passed down from ancient times by their ancestors.

One attack will attract the opponent's counterattack, and you will go back and forth for multiple rounds until the two tribes decide to negotiate peace.

In the end, a compromise was reached with the "blood money" converted into camels.

Camels are extremely important to the Bedouin people, so the Bedouin people like to call themselves camel people.

Without camels, you cannot imagine where the desert can live.

Nomads rely on camels for nutrition, transportation and trade.

The bride's dowry, the murderer's atonement, the gambler's bets, and the patriarch's wealth are all calculated by camels.

In addition, Roger also learned some details of their lives.

For example: a tent is recognized as the territory of a married woman. An unmarried man does not have his own tent and can only sleep on the sky and the earth.
To be continued...