Xu Chen's purpose in summoning so many elite hunters was also to accomplish all the results in one battle. Not only to help the Five Ghost Clan gain a firm foothold, it would be best to defeat the opponent completely in one go, and it would be best to capture the opponent's great witch alive.
At present, Feng is in charge of the Ba clan and Long is out with his troops. Therefore, the task of leading troops to assist the Five Ghost clan falls on Lei again.
Xu Chen took out the second dragon-tooth scimitar that had never been used and handed it to Lei, and granted him the position of commander of the expeditionary force, with two officers from the Yu Gong clan and the Yehuo clan as deputy commanders, and the other tribes
The officers are all responsible for controlling the hunter team of their headquarters and uniformly accept Lei's dispatch and arrangements.
In order to increase the momentum of this army, Xu Chen not only awarded the thunder golden horn and a green dragon flag as the military flag, but also awarded two military drums, and also awarded clan flags to all the tribes participating in the expedition.
So on the entire river beach, as the clan flags were handed out, the flags in the neat team were raised high and fluttering in the wind, and the momentum became more and more powerful.
"Everyone, this time we are going to support the Five Ghost Clan. We have only one purpose, which is to defeat the Moteng Clan and help our Five Ghost Clan brothers no longer be bullied by foreign tribes. I hereby declare on the order of the Witch King that as long as we defeat the Moteng Clan,
The Teng tribe distributes the plundered population and wealth according to military merit. If their great shaman is captured alive, the tribe will be rewarded with 500 yuan, a horse, and two war knives. The meritorious warriors will be awarded the title of warrior, and all casualties will be compensated with various monetary compensations. Now
Please ask the three great witches to bless us, so the Mother Goddess will bless us and return with great victory!"
Xu Chen stood in front of the team wearing leather armor and gave a simple speech. Then three witches from the Yu Gong clan, the Five Ghost clan and the Gonghuo clan held a blessing ceremony before setting off.
More than 300 hunters and officers were all squatting on the ground, and the men, women, and children of all races who were watching were also squatting down in groups.
Amidst the fierce sound of war drums, three witches dressed in white witch skirts, holding scepters, sang and danced, sang and danced an ancient witchcraft song, and then went on to rub the heads of all hunters and officers to bless them.
After a simple expedition ceremony ended, Xu Chen ordered the army to set off.
With the sound of horns and drums, groups of warriors wearing leather armor, carrying bows, arrows, shields and holding spears marched towards Devil's Valley in neat rows. There were more than a dozen of them.
A horse with dry food and various supplies strapped on its back in a carrying basket.
The little witch of the Five Ghost Tribe also followed on horseback, and there were several strong young women accompanying him to take care of him.
If the opponent produces a great witch, it is best to produce a witch on your own side.
This was done not only to stabilize the morale of the army, but also because the Five Ghost Tribe and this tribe called the Moteng Tribe had witchcraft-level exchanges.
After all, this is an era where spiritual beliefs are led by witches. Many things are easier to deal with when witches come forward.
Just like once the opponent's big witch is captured, it will be more convenient and easier for the witches to communicate and comfort each other, instead of being intimidated and beaten by a group of rough and wild men with hair on their bodies and pile-drivers on their heads.
Because even if this war is won, this ethnic group will definitely not be wiped out in the future. Instead, their great witch will still need to be sincerely convinced, and then change their beliefs and submit to the Bamong League, becoming a peripheral ally of the Bamong League, and even further in the future.
The exploration and conquest of places still depend on them.
This is actually similar to the enfeoffment of princes, who defend the kingdom in circles. The farther out the ethnic groups are, the more out of reach they are. They can only rely on them to develop and expand the territory.
Just like the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were at most 800 princes, most of whom were enfeoffed in border areas. It was thanks to these princes that China's territory became larger and larger. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was eventually destroyed by the princes it enfeoffed,
But China has entered a more prosperous and powerful civilization stage.
China has a weak concept of country, but a high sense of ethnic identity, and the internal factor that condenses this sense of identity is inheritance and culture.
Because in the final analysis, no matter how the dynasties change, the person who will eventually become the king will be the descendants of the eight hundred princes. They have the same identity, the same inheritance, and no difference in cultural identity. The most is to see who has the biggest fist. Once he sits down,
If Longting is stable, the people will recognize its legitimacy.
And every time foreigners enter the Central Plains, this inheritance and cultural identity will inevitably be destroyed, and the resistance among the people will inevitably be very violent, especially in the ideological field. Therefore, the rulers can only continue to suppress and try to maintain it from the source of thought.
own legitimacy, but failed to succeed,
Non-my family, its heart must be different.
Therefore, if he wants the kingdom to be long-term and stable, Xu Chen must first sort out and unify the thoughts of these foreign races, and integrate them from the spiritual and belief levels.
In this way, the sense of identity between ethnic groups will become higher and higher. Even if the kingdom he created collapses in the future, all ethnic groups and tribes will have been integrated to form a unified race with a unified inheritance and ideological level.
No matter what chaos occurs, they will eventually be united to form a strong country.
The general trend of the world must be divided for a long time and must be reunited for a long time.
This is the principle of the cycle of heaven, and no force can compete with it.
Xu Chen did not expect his country to last forever.
But just like China has been inherited from the Yanhuang lineage for thousands of years, no matter how the world changes, this sense of identity gives China a soul, which can always be governed from chaos, continue to develop, and will never fall apart.
Watching the huge team of people flying away with flags and horns amid the sound of drums and trumpets, the men, women and children seeing off on the river beach continued to cheer fiercely.
Especially the people from the Five Ghost Clan, they were even more excited with tears in their eyes and kept chasing and shouting,
With the help of such a mighty and powerful hunter, the Five Ghost Clan, which suffered heavy casualties, will surely win a complete victory this time.
As for capturing the other party's great witch, that's for sure.
By the time the army arrives, the opponent will inevitably be defeated.
Perhaps not long after, the Ba League will add another huge ethnic group, and the Witch King will also have one more great witch to discuss matters.
And looking at the little witch of the Five Ghost Clan who was riding away on horseback as if surrounded by stars, the big witch of the Yu Gong Clan was full of envy and sadness.
It can be seen from these two incidents that His Majesty the Witch King takes special care of the Five Ghosts.
This little witch who just took over three years ago has been on missions to the Cicha tribe and to the Moteng tribe. She will definitely have a higher reputation when she comes back this time, and maybe she will become the great witch in blue in a few years.
The Yugong clan is alone on the other side of the Wulong River. It is not convenient to come and go, and there are few opportunities to contact other tribes. It is difficult to make meritorious deeds.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, actually, I, I can go too!" The great witch of the Yu Gong clan stood next to Xu Chen and said softly, a little sadly.
Xu Chen shook his head with a smile and said: "It's enough for a man to come forward for things like war. The purpose of her going there is just to appease the Five Ghosts. In addition, your mission is also very important. The development of the Yugong clan is a bit slow, so you need to take command!"
The witch of the Yu Gong clan was a little ashamed, blushed and lowered her head and said, "Yes, I understand!"
"Well, actually I still have an important task for you to do. If you accomplish it, I will discuss with the great witch to evaluate your qualifications as a great witch in blue!" Xu Chen nodded and thought for a moment.
"Please give me your orders, Your Majesty the Witch King!" The witch from the Yugong clan said with excitement and surprise on her face.
"Now there are more and more alliance tribes and the population is increasing, but the production of salt is too low and it is increasingly unable to keep up with the supply. There should be other salt mines in the south, so I hope you can arrange for people to explore more
, if you can find a salt mine, this credit will be enough for you to change into a blue witch skirt and a new scepter."
"Okay, don't worry, Your Majesty the Witch King, I will definitely work hard to find the salt mine!" The Yugong clan was overjoyed, and their eyes instantly became extremely fiery.
"But you have to be careful. There are many wild beasts in the southern forest, the environment is complicated, and there must be many barbarians. You must arrange carefully and don't act too hastily. In addition, you can discuss with the barbarians in the salt mines of the Mongolian people and give them more wealth.
Encourage them to help find the goods to avoid serious casualties!"
"Yes, I will definitely be careful. Please ask His Majesty the Witch King to take care of the matters here. I will go back and make arrangements right away!" The witch of the Yugong clan nodded quickly.
Salt is the most important living material in agricultural society, but salt is produced in very special places. It is either in the sea or in remote and cold places. The more prosperous and wealthy the place, the less likely it is.
Therefore, in the history of the civilizational development of different human races, salt has always been an important resource that was fought over in wars.
In the past, when there were only three ethnic groups in Bameng: Ba, Gonghuo, and Yu Gong, the demand for salt was not large, especially when food crops were not yet the staple food. Meat contained a lot of salt, and people did not need it.
A large amount of extra is added, so the demand for salt is not large.
However, with the development of agriculture and the intensification of human activities, animals are gradually escaping from areas where humans live, the food structure has also undergone tremendous changes, and hunting has become more difficult, so the demand for salt is also increasing.
Three years ago, when the Ba people first conquered the Yu Gong clan, they could roughly meet their needs with two hundred kilograms of salt a month.
But right now, 500 kilograms of salt per month is still in short supply.
However, the small salt mine of the Mongolian people has been developed to the extreme and can no longer expand its scale and output. Moreover, with the continuous in-depth mining, the difficulty is becoming more and more difficult. If new salt mines are not found, there will inevitably be huge resistance to the development of farming.
Salt is not only used for eating and cooking, but tribes have become accustomed to using large amounts of salt to store food and make various pickles.
The Ba people alone consume hundreds of kilograms of salt every year to make pickled vegetables, salted duck eggs, salted fish, and bacon, and their daily dietary consumption is also very large.
The Ba tribe is just a small tribe among dozens of alliance tribes.
And with the addition of the Qiong Tribe, the Pi Tribe, the Cicha Tribe, the Toge Tribe, and even the Moten Tribe from the lower reaches soon, the population of the Alliance Tribes will exceed 10,000.
According to the minimum daily consumption, at least one ton is needed every month. If it is also used to make various pickles and other uses, doubling the quantity will not be enough.
Therefore, it is urgent to find new salt mines.
Although Xu Chen has been urging the Mongols to find new mineral sources since the first discovery of salt mines, there has been no news at all in the past three years.
It’s not that the Mongolian people don’t work hard, it’s mainly because the Mongolian people are too weak. A small tribe with dozens of people has to farm, hunt and eat, while also managing the development of salt mines. They don’t have the extra energy and manpower to expand the salt mines.
exploration.
Xu Chen's main energy in recent years has been on agricultural promotion and tribal integration construction, and he has no extra time to deal with this matter. What's more, the south bank of Wulong River is inconvenient, and the development in recent years cannot keep up with the Ba people.
He Gonghuo Clan, so Xu Chen didn’t bring it up.
But now the great witch of the Yugong clan is very eager to make meritorious deeds, and has always wanted to be the first to be promoted to the great witch in blue after the old witch passes away. Xu Chen thinks that he can give her some motivation.
Naturally, everyone will be happy if it succeeds. If it doesn't, he can only find another way. Anyway, he won't lose money.
In order to reward the great witch of the Yugong clan for her enthusiasm in searching for salt mines, Xu Chen rewarded her in advance with the medium-sized wooden boat that could carry fifteen people.
The great shaman of the Yugong clan was overjoyed. After excitedly singing a shamanistic song that Xu Chen could not understand, he happily led a group of clan members and ran away in a wooden boat under the envious eyes of countless tribesmen.
With this ship, it will be faster and more convenient for the Yugong clan to travel to Gonghuo Basin in the future.
More importantly, the Yugong clan is the second tribe in Bameng to own wooden boats. Other witches must be envious of her.
And this also shows that His Majesty the Witch King values her very much.
As the integration of various ethnic groups takes longer and longer, the mentality of a group of shamans and tribes becomes simpler and simpler, and they are slowly developing in the direction of licking dogs, becoming more and more proud of Xu Chen's attention. This chapter has been completed!