Chapter 16 Tribal Migration

The battle lasted for a very short time and ended in the failure of the Koch tribe.

"Warriors, guard this cottage in all directions and take all the prisoners here!" Mu shouted angrily and issued his first order after the battle.

All the warriors of the Mu tribe immediately obeyed the command of the patriarch and escorted the defeated warriors, as well as the old and weak women and children who were about to escape and had not yet escaped, came to the front of the patriarch in the shortest time.

"Mr. Xing, you should be the first to attack the Ko's tribe this time. Please choose 30 prisoners as your slaves, so that after you get married Yunyaner, you won't even have a person to use it." After everyone stood there, Mu turned his head and said to Gu Xinghe in a respectful tone.

But Gu Xinghe's heart at this time is greeting Mu Zu's 18 generations of female members fiercely. As long as no one says, who can know the relationship between him and this war? When Mu said this, I'm afraid that the surviving members of the Ke tribe will curse themselves day and night!

Isn't it equivalent to insulting yourself when you think of marrying Yunyan? Gu Xinghe despised himself fiercely in his heart, and then said, "Everything is at the command of the patriarch, but I don't know much about choosing slaves. Please ask the patriarch to choose a person who is good at this to help me with this small favor."

Mu looked up and smiled and said, "That's good, Yiqiu, you will be the housekeeper of Mr. Xing's family in the future!"

A warrior in his thirties came out with a spear in his hand. First, he put his right hand on his chest and saluted Mu: "Thank you for your grace!" Then he walked to Gu Xinghe, handed the spear to others, and knelt down on his knees and worshipped three times: "From now on, the little man will follow his master's advice."

Gu Xinghe leaned over to help him up and said with a smile, "In that case, you can find 20 or 30 good slaves for me!"

Yiqiu immediately bent down again and saluted: "Master, please wait a moment!" After saying that, in the eyes of Gu Xinghe, he turned to go to the prisoner. In an instant, he found 30 tall and strong slaves, tied them with a thick rope and brought them to Gu Xinghe. He knelt down with all the slaves and said respectfully, "Master, I will give you the slave you want. You brought it!"

Gu Xinghe smiled and said, "Yiqiu, you did a good job. Get up!" In the future, everything in my family will be left to you!"

Although he does not have a decent house yet, judging from Mu's respect and obedient words, no one can stop his wealth in the clan in the future!

Yiqiu bowed again: "Thank you, master!" Then they dared to get up and stand up, and the slaves were still kneeling on the ground, but the evil and anger attached to them showed that they were not sincere slaves.

Who is willing to be someone else's slave?

Gu Xinghe ordered Yiqiu to take those slaves back, and then continued to watch Mu deal with what happened after the war with great interest.

What happened after the war was just the collection of wealth and trophies. While Mu commanded the warriors to escort more prisoners to the gate, he sent several teams of warriors to various houses and warehouses to collect money, food and other things.

A war has consumed the blood and lives of countless people, but it has gained enough, but because of one war after another, there are endless people who have lost their freedom and even their lives.

At dawn the next day, the war was finally completely extinguished, and the people patrolling outside also returned to the cottage, and the Ke tribe was forever removed from the world. Except for a few old and weak women and children who could escape, most of the Ke's people died in the war, and the other part lost their freedom and became him. Human slaves, the most pitiful are the old, weak, infants and children who failed to escape, waiting for them, either dying or banished, and then becoming food for many beasts in the Great Plains.

For the remaining cottage houses, according to past practice, they were to be burned and removed. However, at the request of the Ancient Star River, Mu restrained the warriors under his hand, so these houses and warehouses were completely preserved without causing much damage.

When dealing with everything after the war, Mu roared, "Warriors, children, this time we have won a great victory. Now we will take our trophies and then return to the location of our tribe. After returning to our hometown, we will reward each other again. You said it's good. Not good?"

"Good!!!" All the warriors raised their spears and responded loudly to Mu's call.

Mu raised his spear again, stepped over the fierce mount above it, and howled angrily: "Then let's set out and go back!"

But listening to Gu Xinghe beside him, he suddenly said, "The patriarch, can you listen to me?"

Mu immediately stopped the whip in his hand and asked respectfully, "I don't know what you have to teach?"

Gu Xinghe smiled and said, "I dare not teach, but I just have some suggestions!"

"Sir, please tell me, I will obey you." At this time, Mu was already a heartfelt admiration for the ancient Xinghe.

Gu Xinghe said with a smile, "My words may be a little long. Please comfort the warriors and then go to a quiet place with me, so that I dare to say nothing."

Mu Gongjing said, "So good!" After saying that, he raised his voice and said, "Warriors, I have something to say to Mr. Xing. Please be patient." After saying that, he rode a horse and walked to the cottage with the ancient Xinghe, leaving a group of warriors to stand in place respectfully.

When it was some distance away from the warriors, Gu Xinghe stopped the mount and said with a smile, "That's it!"

Mu also stopped and asked respectfully, "I don't know what you have to teach me. Please let me know."

Gu Xinghe slowly said, "With the size of the tribe's plain, the Mu tribe lives closely to the west. Although the mountains and rivers are good, they are not a place to live for a long time. If you want to dominate one side, or plan to plot the central area of the Great Plain, you must move the tribe to the central area at any time. If you have been living on the edge of the Great Plain for a long time. Although it can be called king and hegemony for a while, it has developed slowly and has not been recognized by the central tribes, and there is another disadvantage. The edge of the tribal plain is sparsely populated. Whether it is agriculture or animal husbandry, they are harassed by wild animals in the plain. Although wealth and slaves can be obtained by fighting against the tetrabutary tribes, if there are One day, the tribes in all directions were far away, or had disappeared by the expedition, and asked where should the Mu tribe go at that time?

After listening to this, Mu's eyes were dull and thought for a long time. Fang said, "I have never thought about such a situation before. Now that I think about it carefully, how is it really? How can I ask you to teach me?"

Gu Xinghe said with a smile, "In fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem. I have two strategies that can be easily solved. First, migrate tribes to more marginal areas and develop independently. Only through agriculture and animal husbandry can support the daily use of the tribe. In this way, they can isolate them from many tribes in the Great Plains without feuding or attract foreign aggression.

Mu said with a disappointed face, "I don't think this method will be recognized by the clan, but I don't know what your other strategy is?"

Gu Xinghe sighed secretly and said, "Another strategy is actually very simple, that is, you, the patriarch, leave some warriors here to guard this camp from being disturbed by foreigners, and then you lead other warriors to sneak back to our tribe, and then take all the clans. People, wealth, livestock, and slaves escorted here together, and then notified other tribes that the Mu tribe had migrated here. From then on, it took the camp of the Ke tribe as the base, and encroached on the surrounding tribes. When our tribe became more powerful, it would continue to move towards the central plain of the tribe. Approaching, in this way, one day you will become the hegemon of the Great Plains. It can't be said that in a hundred years, there will be a possibility of unifying the Great Plains.

Unify the Great Plains? I never dare to think about this, but Mr. Sir's method is excellent. Let me think about it carefully before making a decision. Mu Gong said respectfully.

Gu Xinghe stood aside with the mount, stopped talking, and only smiled slightly. He believed that Mu must not resist this**, and as long as Mu acted according to his own method, it would be of great benefit to his future affairs.

After a few breaths, Mu has made a decision and said, "Now I know why I prevented the warriors from destroying the houses and warehouses yesterday. It turned out that I had already had a plan in my mind. In this way, I followed my husband's teachings, leaving 5,000 warriors, and asked you to personally dispatch them to protect this. The camp was not disturbed by other people, and the remaining warriors returned to the cottage with me and escorted everyone, wealth, livestock and slaves together.

Gu Xinghe intended to slow down the cottage together to escort Yunyan to come here, but Mu actually asked him to lead the troops to guard here. He couldn't help but hesitate and said, "The clan leader, this is not possible. You clearly know that I'm not in good health. If you have experience in marching and fighting, how can you lead the bravery? Taxi?"

But Mu said, "Sir is a talent from heaven, and he will definitely lead the warriors to guard here. I believe in you!"

Gu Xinghe smiled helplessly, but found that he could no longer find any reason, so he had no choice but to agree and stay to lead the army to guard the already dilapidated camp.

After the two discussed, Mu left 5,000 warriors to be dispatched by Gu Xinghe, while the rest of the warriors followed him out of the cottage gate and headed for their Mu tribe.

Because he was worried about what would happen on the way, Gu Xinghe made an appointment with Mu for a ten-day period. If there was any change, or finally decided not to migrate here, Gu Xinghe led the remaining 5,000 warriors to return to Mu's tribe after the tenth day.