Chapter 242 God's Arrow Drives the Wolf
Walking on the way to the Qiang people's gathering place, Han Tao kept asking Labazi about the situation of the Qiang tribe, so that he could understand more and avoid making mistakes.
Han Tao learned that the Qiang people are actually a general term for the many nomads in the Western Regions by the Chinese nation in the Central Plains.
In fact, the ancient Qiang was not a nation, but was composed of many different ethnic groups, divided into more than a hundred branches such as Jiang's Rong, Xianling Qiang, Shaodang Qiang, Zhong Qiang (Zhong Cun Qiang).
They have different languages, clothing, customs, etc., and the only common point may be the migratory lifestyle of "living by water and grass".
Xianling Qiang was one of the most powerful races in the Western Qiang in the Han Dynasty. The rebellions of the Qiang people in the Han Dynasty were initiated by Xianling Qiang.
The part of Xianling Qiang is composed of four tribes, namely the Ma family, the Yang family, the Bai family and the Qiu family. The Qiu family is the troops where the Rabazi family is located, and is the relatively weakest among the four tribes.
Rabazi's father was named Danaki. He was a warrior who rose up in the Western Qiang rebellion more than ten years ago and became the tribe leader.
The entire Xianling Qiang clan leader was named Changming, and he was the great-grandson of Dian Ling, the founder of the Xianling Dynasty.
Han Tao seriously asked Rabazi about the customs and habits of Xianling Qiang, especially the etiquette content, to prevent him from seeing Rabazi's father from violating taboos.
Yan Zhong and Lu Bu both had contact with the Qiang people. While Rabazi was explaining, they also made supplements. Han Tao remembered it carefully.
The group was walking forward when suddenly they heard shrill screams and calls for help from behind a slope in front of them.
And among these voices, there was a shrill howling wolf howl.
"It's a wolf, someone has encountered a pack of wolves!" After all, Rabazi grew up on the grassland and immediately judged what was happening ahead.
Han Tao was stunned. Unexpectedly, he encountered a pack of wolves as soon as he entered Qiang land. Fortunately, all he brought were elite soldiers of the Black Armored Army, and he was wearing anti-sting suits and deer-cutting swords. He was not afraid of the pack.
When Rabazi heard the screams and the call for help, he quickly made a judgment: "It's a Qiang person!"
Han Tao issued an order without hesitation: "Stop moving forward and go and save people first!"
Accompanied by Han Tao's orders, the soldiers quickly stopped the carriage and took out their weapons.
Lu Bu took the lead and rushed to the back of the grass slope.
Han Tao was afraid that he would be in danger when he went alone, so he immediately followed Wen Su and others behind him.
Everyone climbed the grass slope, and what they saw was a jaw-dropping tragic situation:
About a dozen wolves were attacking a small group of Qiang people, and the bodies of several Qiang people had already been killed on the ground.
There were less than thirty Qiang people left, including only seven or eight men, and the rest were women and children.
The men were holding sabers, and they were basically injured on their bodies. They were still fighting hard with the pack of wolves that were constantly attacking, but they were obviously unable to resist it.
As the two men were knocked down by the pack of wolves that rushed up, the leading man realized that if he persisted, everyone would be eaten by the pack.
He swung his sword hard, forced a hungry wolf to retreat, and then roared at the women and children behind him, "Run!"
After a brief hesitation from the women and children, they reacted and ran wildly towards the distance regardless of everything.
"Ao Woo!" A high wolf howl came from outside the attacking wolf pack.
It was a wolf covered in gray and long hair, much larger than other wolf sizes. It was staring at the women and children running away in the distance with green eyes. It was obvious that it was the wolf leader of this pack.
Then, the head wolf roared another wolf. When he heard its roar, several wolves immediately gave up their attack on the Qiang man and chased the fleeing women and children.
Han Tao was shocked when he saw this scene. If he didn't help him quickly, these women and children who were unable to resist could not resist the impact of hungry wolves.
But at this time their distance was too far, and it would be too late to rush forward.
Just when Han Tao was anxious, he heard a "collapse" sound coming from the front, which was the movement of the bow strings of the strong bow firing the arrows.
A sharp arrow broke through the air with a whistling sound, rushed in front of the ground, and was about to pounce on the head of a child's hungry wolf.
The hungry wolf let out a shrill scream and fell to the ground and died.
The person who fired the arrow was naturally the flying general Lu Bu. He drew his bow again on the horse's back, and the arrows were chasing the women in the distance, and the children's wolves shot.
In the blink of an eye, two more wolves were killed by arrows.
He is worthy of being the flying general Lu Bu. His riding and shooting skills are much better than Huang Zhong, and he is worthy of being the number one general in the late Han Dynasty.
Han Tao looked at Lu Bu showing his might and admired him sincerely.
"Kill!" Han Tao shouted, and the soldiers behind him also followed him and shouted.
Han Tao wanted to create momentum to scare the wolves and prevent them from hurting the Qiang people anymore.
The head wolf turned his head and looked at Lu Bu, Han Tao and others. It seemed to feel the strength of the other party. It immediately roared to the sky, then turned around and ran quickly towards the distance.
When the wolves heard his order, they quickly gave up their attack on the Qiang people and quickly fled with the head wolf.
Watching the wolves go away, the Qiang women and children cheered, knowing that they are saved.
Han Tao and others quickly dismounted and walked towards the injured Qiang men.
Han Tao asked with concern: "How are you? Are you injured?"
Unexpectedly, the Qiang men became nervous when they saw Han Tao and others' Han costumes, and raised the saber in their hands again.
Han Tao realized that the Qiang people were rebelling now, and their first reaction when they saw the Han people was hostility, so he quickly waved his hands to signal the people around him to stop, so as not to cause misunderstandings from the other party.
Then, Han Tao tried to use the language of the Qianling Qiang tribe whom Rabazi taught him and shouted: "Don't be nervous, we are friends, we are here to save you!"
After hearing Han Tao's words, the Qiang people saw the bow and arrow in Lu Bu's hand, and realized that they had saved their women and children just now, their hostility was reduced, and they put down the weapons in their hands.
When the women and children saw the danger was lifted, they ran back and rushed towards their men.
"Sister Rabazi!" A Qiang girl suddenly discovered Rabazi in Han Tao's team, recognized her, and immediately shouted happily.
When the other Qiang people heard her shouts, they turned their heads and looked at them, and they all saw Rabazi in the crowd, all showing a look of surprise.
Labazi loudly agreed to run to the Qiang girl, and excitedly communicated with her in the language of the Qiang people.
Han Tao saw the warm and cordial communication between Rabazi and the Qiang people, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and finally found Rabazi's tribe members.
This accidental dispersal of the wolves and rescue the Qiang people may be able to make a good start for his peace talks with the Qiang people...
Chapter completed!