Chapter 128: Maya intends to use a trick
Chapter 126 – Maya intends to use a trick
While Owen was in seclusion remodeling the golem, the two northern barbarian tribes were busy crossing the river.
Northland barbarians are not good at water, in fact, they even bathe only a few times in their life, so they need to pick a shallow place to wade in the river, and at the same time, they also have to move the livestock and tents across the river, which is not an easy job, especially in the water, even if the Northland barbarians have all the brute strength can not make it work, so crossing the river took most of the day.
The problem is that the entire Bison Territory has long been demolished, the happy barbarians did not get any of the things they wanted, not even a pot of iron, suddenly angry, after all, they did not come all the way here to look at the scenery, and therefore immediately put a woman surrounded.
She is the daughter of the Bison Baron, can persuade the two Northland barbarians tribes to the south, certainly promised many benefits, but now the benefits did not see, but instead, wet and cold, and do not know how to spend this year, can give her a good face on the strange.
“I can take you to Howard’s territory, it’s the richest place in the entire Northland, with tons of food and iron!” The yellow, thin and dirty looking Mia was like a savage, at this time she nearly lost her temper and roared loudly, her voice was broken, so it could be seen that she was close to the edge of collapse.
In fact, this was her own fault.
At first, Baron Bison was able to get involved with the Northland barbarians because he was selling metals to the Northland barbarians that were strictly prohibited by the empire.
Even so, the two sides can’t be said to be allies, not even friends, because these metals need to be exchanged for a large number of high-quality hides and skins by the Northland barbarians, and the exchange ratio is quite exaggerated, completely deserving of the word “black heart”.
After obtaining the cheap fur, the Bison Baron then sold it to the Hai Rui Chamber of Commerce, and could easily obtain a large amount of profit.
The problem is that the Northland barbarians are not Mr. Nice Guy, filled with savagery and violence, can rob absolutely not exchange, so there will certainly be dissatisfaction, because you have but do not give, to the Northland barbarians you are the enemy.
But the existence of the North Boundary River is another kind of city wall, the Northland barbarians are very difficult to come hard, not to mention that the Bison Baron also hired some wandering Northland barbarians as fighters.
For the Northland barbarians, the tribe is their own people, everything else can be killed, there is no mercy, so those Northland barbarians hired by the Bison Baron in the face of the compatriots crossing the river to rob things can not be merciful, so even if dissatisfied, the Northland barbarians tribes had to pinch their noses and admit, and even had to pretend to be a friendly look.
This creates an illusion to Mia, the bison family and the Northland barbarians relationship tacit understanding, is a reliable ally, so after learning that her father died in battle, she did not hesitate to paddle the territorial canoe across the river, to look for the Northland barbarians tribes, trying to take advantage of the power of the Northland barbarians to avenge her father.
Obviously this idea was too naive, and it wasn’t until she stepped into the Northland barbarian tribe that Mia regretted her naivety, but it was already too late, and what was supposed to happen that day happened.
Suffered so much, the child are two Mia now no longer think of revenge, she just want to get rid of all this, so she did not hesitate to lead the northland barbarians to Hydra family, the best let them both lose, the only way she can both revenge and find a chance to escape.
Mia’s purpose wasn’t hard to guess, but anyone with a bit of brains probably wouldn’t easily believe her words.
But for the Northland barbarians, power is everything, basically no concept of conspiracy and trickery, because it is not necessary.
It is not that the barbarians are strong enough to be able to ignore the degree of conspiracy, but because they usually encountered are the same kind of barbarians, barbarians and barbarians in addition to waving their fists, basically there is no other way to communicate.
Using plots or playing tricks, even if they won, they would be laughed at by everyone, which was harder to accept than death for the barbarians. Even if they had been ambushed by the Imperial Border Army a few times before, the barbarians didn’t think there was anything wrong with it.
Regardless of when the enemy appeared, whether from the front or the back, whether with a lance or a wolf-tooth stick, a lost fight was a lost fight, and there was no need to make any excuses.
Therefore, after learning that the Hydra family was the richest lord in the neighborhood, the two Northland barbarian tribes did not hesitate and immediately gathered all the adult men and headed towards Hydra’s territory just like the horse thieves at the beginning.
Although the Northland barbarians were all infantrymen and didn’t even have decent weapons and armor, their overall strength was undisputedly higher than the same number of horse thieves.
Each adult barbarian male is about two meters tall, thick bones, developed muscles, although not as exaggerated as the dwarves, but in humans are all Hercules level, only the weapons are too poor.
Armor is the body wrapped in animal skin, weapons are hard wooden sticks and stone hammers, metal weapons are mostly bronze, a small amount of iron, and only the most courageous barbarian warriors can use.
Equipment is poor, but hundreds of barbarian warriors need at least three or five times the Empire’s border troops to eliminate, on this also do not guarantee that the casualties are how heavy, otherwise the Empire ate enough to maintain such an elite army at the border.
Northland barbarians big action, wandering in the vicinity of the first time found Bella, and the Northland barbarians at the same time also found them.
Northland barbarians are half-hunting and half-nomadic people, vigilance and observation are not weak, how could hundreds of nomadic cavalry not notice, just the vibration of the horse’s hooves will be able to cause them to be alert.
Knowing Owen’s intention of Bella after being found did not mean to start the war in advance, but took the nomadic cavalry away from the Northland barbarians who were just on the alert soon relaxed, because these Northland barbarians mistakenly thought that Bella was coincidentally in the vicinity of the nomadic herdsmen, after all, both sides of the distance is too far away, can only see that it is the cavalry, as for the equipment and other things can not be seen, or else the Northland barbarians, even if they are stupid will also be Find out what is wrong.
Soon the territory will know the news of the Northland barbarians to attack, but Maya and Howard headache, because Owen closed.
Recently, Howard, who has been in the second spring of his life, did not say anything, without the order of the lord, he could not do anything, even if he mobilized his troops to win the battle, he would not end up in a good place, but Maya was able to mobilize her troops.
Maya is able to mobilize troops, Owen gave her permission, as long as it does not exceed the upper limit, troops can be mobilized at will.
The problem is that this battle is not so good, because Owen wants to subdue the two Northland barbarian tribes, rather than eliminating.
That alone cut off the way of conventional battles.
There was no way, the Northland barbarians could easily get carried away when fighting, and often fought to the death, otherwise, even if the local area was ambushed by the imperial border troops, the casualties would not be so heavy, so it was too difficult to subdue them.
In the end, in order to try to ensure the survival of the Northland barbarians, while reducing the losses of the territory, Maya intends to use a trick.
(End of chapter)