Chapter 155 Su Festival
The Japanese are tigers and Zhang Jun is a wolf! The tiger was expelled and the wolf was ushered in!
The weak Zou clan can't stand any decision-making error! A small mistake is the disaster of extermination!
Before he figured out Zhang Jun's details, Merixi did not dare to make any decision.
Therefore, Merry Creek ordered the clan to guard the mouth of the gourd and prevent Zhang Jun from going up the mountain.
Then, she pretended to be a female soldier and mixed in Dancai's team, intending to observe Zhang Jun nearby. She wanted to figure out whether Zhang Jun was an enemy or a friend!
On the top of the cliff, Meilixi saw the Zhangjun special forces outside the mouth of the gourd. She felt deeply frustrated. The number of troops was not large, only more than 200, but the army was disciplined, well-equipped, and moderately advanced and retreated. Merry Creek felt that it was an invincible elite soldier!
Even with the natural danger of Hulukou, the Zou warriors can't stop this army!
However, Zhang Jun did not launch a strong attack. On the contrary, their commander Zhou Charter actually promised to go to Bailu Village with his bare hands to celebrate the Su Festival.
Zhou Charter's move made Merry Creek feel Zhang Jun's friendliness.
However, Merry Creek still dares not be careless. On the way to Bailu Village, Meilixi deliberately walked beside Zhou Charter. She wanted to observe the legendary man closely!
It was beyond the expectation of Merry Creek. Originally, it was thought that the legendary commander Zhang Jun was a rude man with a vulgar appearance. Unexpectedly, Zhou Charter was full of elegance. Between his words and behaviors, he did not look like a general, but like a scholar.
What surprised Meilixi even more was that when the rich children of Kana surrounded Zhou Charter to make mischievous in Bailuzhai, the man who made the Japanese talk about tiger turned into a childlike innocence in his eyes.
Meilixi makes Meilixi puzzled - how can such a man fight to kill the enemy!
However, Zhou Charter saw through her fish scales at a glance, and Merixi was completely convinced!
This man has been fighting for a long time and is an experienced man. No wonder the Japanese will be defeated by him!
However, because of this, Merixi did not dare to take Zhou Charter lightly. From the mouth of the gourd to the White Deer Village, Zhou Charter made her strongly feel that this seemingly weak man was surprisingly hard in her bones!
If he is a friend, you will be the gospel of the Zou people in Alishan. If he is the enemy, it will bring disaster to the Zou people!
After returning to the mansion, Merixi hesitated for a long time to decide whether to accept Zhang Jun or reject Zhang Jun!
This decision will determine the lives of tens of thousands of Zou people! This is a decision as heavy as Mount Tai, and Merry Creek feels that he is about to be crushed!
However, now, when he heard the news of Zhou Charter's death, Merixi suddenly understood that Zhang Jun was a friend, not an enemy!
If Zhou Charter is malicious, he doesn't need to get close to Bailuzhai at all. With his military talent and his wolf-like Zhang Jun, it's easy to take down a Bailuzhai!
Zhou Charter really wants to make friends with Bailuzhai!
However, it's too late!
She missed her last chance to save the Zou people!
This is the most serious mistake she has ever made in her life!
This mistake can only be corrected with her own life!
"Dan Cai, are you ready?" Merry asked.
"Big Chief, it's all ready!" Dan Cai said, his eyes turned red and shed tears: "Chief, do you have to do this? Is there no other way?
Merixi nodded: "When you leave the house, you and your female soldiers, follow Fusheng's sedan chair. Remember, you must send him safely to the millet festival!"
"Great Chief! Let the female soldiers follow Fusheng, and I will be with you! Grand Chief, Dancai, please!" Dan Cai's language is choked.
"No!" Merry Creek shouted decisively, "If you follow me, you will make Heye Longqiao suspicious!"
"But..."
"There is nothing! Dancai, I gave you all the lives of the Zou people!" Merixi said slowly, "Remember, after my death, you and Fusheng handed over my head to Zhang Jun and said that I, Merixi, fought for Zhou Charter!"
"Great Chief, is there no other way?"
"Only in this way can we stop Zhang Jun from washing the white deer village! Only in this way can Fusheng become a great chief!" Merixi said lightly, "Dancai, go outside and wait. I want to change my clothes!"
"Great Chief!" Dan Cai burst into tears.
"Go!" Merry Creek didn't look back and went to his bedroom.
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Three days, the night is thick.
On the valley field of Bailuzhai, there was a raging bonfire. The rich and the morning greetings of the far and near tribes sang and danced around the bonfire. The cheerful songs lingered in the mountains and forests at night. The huge silhouette of Yushan was like a silent old man, silently looking at the foot of the mountain, those cheerful and simple Alishan People.
All the rich people in Bailuzhai came to the valley field and waited for the arrival of the great chief. They all know that they will welcome a new grand chief tonight, but they don't know that there will be a bloody storm with the arrival of the new chief.
The Zou people are too simple. They don't know the outside world and don't know the bwei war that is taking place outside the mountain. In their opinion, the war is between the Han and the Japanese and has nothing to do with their Alishan.
However, the war will not leave anyone out, and the war will soon burn to the paradise of the Zou people. Just tonight, the prologue of the war has begun - Abani, the high priest of the Zou people, has paid the price of his life for this war!
The more the bonfire is, the louder the song is, and the dance of the harvest is getting more and more exciting!
The rich have just ushered in a bumper autumn. They are using their own songs and dances to pray to the God of Valley for a great new chief and lead them to usher in the next harvest.
To the north of the valley, there is a high platform, which is decorated with lanterns and worships the throne of the valley god. According to the rules, the chief of Merry Creek will sacrifice to the Valley God on the high platform on behalf of the Zou people, and then announce the new chief.
At present, Merry Creek has not yet arrived. In addition to the throne of the Valley God, there are two people on the high platform, one is the young master Anan, and the other is the Japanese Kono Longqiao.
The heavily armed escort business group guarded under the high platform. In previous years, it was all Kanafu warriors as high-level guards, and this year, Bailuzhai has a business group, whose weapons are more sophisticated and well-trained. Therefore, the young master Anan asked to replace the warriors with regiments, on the grounds that this is more solemn.
Many people object to this. The regiments are holding firearms, which is disrespectful to the gods! However, Anan was arrogant and domineering and did not listen to others at all. He forced the regiments to surround the high platform. Everyone was unconvinced, but they could only swallow their anger.
What makes the Zou people more dissatisfied is that the high platform is a forbidden place for gods. According to the rules, only the senior leaders of the Zou people can take the stage. Foreigners can't stand on the stage, which is an offense to the gods! And now, the Japanese Kono Longqiao actually sat on the high platform, just like the leader of the Zou people!
When Kawano Longqiao walked on the high platform, it once caused a disturbance. Some old people came to the high platform and asked Kawano Longqiao to come down. But the regiments waved knives and guns and made the old people retreat.
Under the threat of the regiments, the old people retreated. They are not afraid of Tuanding's knives and guns. They are afraid of causing conflict and the blood to offend the Valley God.
For the safety of the people in the coming year, they put up with it.
They believe that when the great chief Merry Creek arrives, he will give them justice!
Anan, sitting on the high platform, got up and bowed to the river dragon bridge beside him and said, "Mr. Kono, can you start?"
The Su Festival is the highest-level ceremony of the Zou people. Anan actually asked a Japanese for instructions! Anan's servility made the Zou people under the stage another time**. The regiments raised their knives and guns and scolded loudly.
"Meri Creek hasn't arrived, and Abani asked you to kill you again. I'm afraid you can't sing this monologue!" Kono Longqiao sat on the chair and said arrogantly.
"It's been three days. I'm worried. Is she playing any tricks? If Fusheng comes, it will be troublesome!"
"Don't worry, Fusheng will never come! My subordinates are all the essence of the army of the Japanese Empire. They have already figured out Fusheng's marching route and will never ruin things!" Kono Longqiao said.
"Mr. Kono, I'm afraid that there will be many dreams at night, and Zhang Jun is outside the mouth of the gourd..."
"Our army is also coming soon!" Kono Longqiao rudely interrupted Anan's words: "What you should do now is to think about how to cooperate with the Japanese army. The war requires food and medicine. From tomorrow on, you must collect 2,000 people's military food for ten days. This is the first major thing since you became the chief. It's done. The Japanese Empire will I'll give you a medal. If you can't do it well, you, the great chief, don't be!"
"Yes, yes, please rest assured, Mr. Kono, I have arranged it. Starting from tomorrow, each family will donate 100 catties of rice, 50 catties of vegetables, and 20 catties of pickled meat..."
"100 catties of rice?" Kono Longqiao shouted, "It's too little! Don't you have a good harvest? In Japan, 400 catties of rice can be produced per mu of land in ordinary years, and 500 catties can be produced in a bumper harvest year!"
"Mr. Kono, the land in Alishan is barren, and one mu of land can only produce 200 catties of rice..."
"That's your laziness!" Kono Ryubashi shouted, "Each family must pay 400 catties of rice, which is the minimum requirement of the Japanese army! Mr. Anan, please don't bargain with me. You and I are not a businessman! Do you understand?"
Paying 400 catties of rice means that the year of hard work of the Zou people has been wiped out. The Zou people will have no food for the winter, and many people will starve to death.
"Yes, yes!" Anan nodded and agreed.
The crowd under the stage suddenly burst into cheers.