Step by step, step by step... tens of thousands of rebellious southern barbarians were within reach. The witch Ruonan's body was tense, and she was too nervous to complain about Zhu Pingan. While she was vigilantly observing her surroundings, she suddenly saw Zhu Pingan standing aside, and then the witch Ruonan couldn't help rolling her eyes!
Everyone was extremely nervous, but he was leisurely strolling in the garden, just like he was enjoying the mountains and rivers.
Please!
There are many dangers ahead, this trip is almost like sending yourself to death, okay? ! Can you be serious
What a nerd!
Do you think this is a drama? Who do you think you are? As soon as you appear on the stage, the southern barbarians suddenly wake up and bow down?! Stop dreaming about your Spring and Autumn period, okay? This is reality, please!
It's over! It's over!
The best outcome of this trip is probably becoming a captive of the southern barbarians and a bargaining chip for them to bargain with the government; the worst outcome is being killed as a sacrifice, and still being a good woman eighteen years later! However, I really don't want to die with this nerd... ...
For a moment, the demon woman Ruonan was very depressed...
"Sir, the Miao and Man sentry post is behind that mound in front. I have already found out last night that there are a total of ten Miao and Man people at this sentry post." Liu Dadao pointed to the mound in front and said to Zhu Ping'an.
"Okay! Then let's go and pay our respects to the mountain!" Zhu Ping'an nodded and walked straight towards the Miao Man sentry post.
Liu Dadao and the others naturally had no objections to Zhu Ping'an, but the evil girl Ruonan... it was useless to have any objections, since everyone was going, so she could only follow them while muttering "nerd".
"Stop! Who are you?! Are you here to die?!"
When they were still twenty steps away from the mound, ten southern barbarian Miao people poked their heads out from behind the mound like groundhogs, and a leader stood on the mound and shouted in a timid voice.
"I'm the assistant judge of Zhejiang and the magistrate of Jingnan County... I want to see your chieftain. Take me to your camp." Zhu Ping stepped forward and said to Liu Dadao and others who were assigned to protect him in front.
"What? Chief Justice and County Magistrate? What is this?" The Miao Man leader was confused and didn't understand what kind of official Zhu Ping'an held.
"To put it simply, I am a fifth-rank official of the imperial court, serving as the magistrate of Jingnan County. I am your parent official." Zhu Ping'an briefly explained, and then said, "Please take me to your camp. I want to see your chieftain."
"Hiss... A fifth-rank official... A parent official..." The Miao chieftain understood what was said and was shocked in his heart, but he still shouted fiercely, "I don't care who you are! You can't see our chieftain! Our chieftain is so noble, you can't just meet him whenever you want!"
"The Wuxi Miao Tusi is the chief official, and is of the sixth rank. I am a fifth rank official, and the superior of your Tusi!"
Zhu Pingan said lightly.
The Miao chieftain was speechless, but still stiffened his neck and said, "I don't care how high your rank is, if you want to see our chieftain, there's no way!"
"You're not talking to me now..." Zhu Ping'an looked at him with burning eyes and said slowly.
The Miao Man leader was stunned and said, "I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to you. Are you sick?"
"You are talking to 50,000 soldiers..." Zhu Ping'an looked at the Miao chieftain with a serious face, pointed at the hilltops with "Zhu" military flags on all sides, and spoke word by word.
At this time, countless "Zhu" military flags were fluttering in the wind on the hilltops in all directions, cowhide drums were beating loudly, countless shouts of killing were getting louder and louder, and people were gathering on the hilltops... ...
Cold sweat appeared on the forehead of the Miao man.
"I want to see your chieftain. This concerns the lives of your entire clan. If I am delayed, can you afford it?"
Zhu Pingan added leisurely.
Bang!
The Miao Man's psychological defenses were knocked down! He snorted and said stubbornly, "Since you are not afraid of death, then follow me." After that, he turned to a Miao Man and ordered, "Ke Erba, you quickly go up the mountain to report to the Lord, and tell him that the fifth-rank official and county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty wants to see the Lord. I will take him up the mountain behind you."
Ke Erba was a thin Miao barbarian. He responded and trotted up the mountain to report the news. His movements were very agile, like a monkey. The Miao barbarian leader led eight men and Zhu Ping'an and his party up the mountain.
Zhu Ping'an and his party followed the Miao and Man chieftain up the mountain, passing through several sentry posts. Several chieftains from the sentry posts joined the first chieftain's team. About a hundred Miao and Man people escorted Zhu Ping'an and his party up the mountain.
This time I am completely at the mercy of others... When the leader of the fifth sentry post joined the escorting army, the evil girl Ruonan had completely given up the idea of breaking out. She glanced at Zhu Ping'an and found that Zhu Ping'an was surrounded by many Miao barbarians, but he was still strolling in the garden, as if he was enjoying the mountains and rivers... The self-righteous nerd made the evil girl Ruonan even more depressed.
Zhu Ping'an and his party followed the Miao chieftain through twists and turns in the mountains for about twenty minutes before finally arriving at the Miao camp. This place was not as formal as their own camp at the foot of the mountain. It was built casually, like a large refugee camp, with no planning and no defensive fortifications such as fences and antlers.
However, there are a lot of people! Zhu Ping'an roughly estimated that there are about 30,000 Miao people gathered here.
They all wore standard Miao costumes. Both men and women had their hair in a bun and wore animal skins and green cloth. The men wore green headscarves and the women wore pleated Miao skirts. Their heads were adorned with animal bone, gold, silver, copper, iron, etc. hairpins.
The weapons in their hands were also varied, but with obvious Miao and barbarian characteristics, including rattan armor and rattan shields woven from mountain rattan, blowpipes and Miao crossbows for hunting, and Miao hoes and axes for farming.
Regardless of whether they were fat or thin, they all looked pale and malnourished, as if they had not eaten a full meal for a long time.
At this moment, they had already learned the news of Zhu Ping'an and his party's arrival in advance. When Zhu Ping'an and his party arrived, these Miao barbarians all looked at Zhu Ping'an sideways, and many of them shouted excitedly, waving a variety of weapons in their hands at Zhu Ping'an and his party. Blowpipes, Miao crossbows, etc. were all aimed at Zhu Ping'an and others.
Zhu Pingan ignored the shouting and provocation of the Miao Man, and silently observed along the way. Seeing the pale and thin appearance of the Miao Man, his previous guess became more certain. The Nanman Miao descendants must have been affected by the flood. The food in the tribe was unsustainable and they could not afford to eat. In order to survive, they had no choice but to take risks, go down the mountain to make trouble, break through the southeast flood shelter, and rob the food and grass in the flood shelter to survive.