In the half year after leaving Xiaoyao Island, we encountered more than a dozen islands, large and small, along the way.

However, these islands are too small and do not have the same conditions as Xiaoyao Island. Only three islands have fresh water, and the rest of the islands are either steaming with sulfur or are bare rocky mountains.

When there were only ten days of fresh water left, Lao Conch sent a signal from the lead ship, saying that there was a new continent ahead.

"I hope it is true this time, otherwise I will have to peel off the skin of the old conch." Yu Shengzhi said through gritted teeth. This is the fifth time that the old conch has said that he has discovered a new world, but the previous four times were all mirages.

Empty.

"Forget it, it's better to have hope than no hope, but everyone is used to it. You see, everyone's speed this time is not as fast as before!"

All the ships slowly followed Old Conch's lead ship forward, and after walking for another day and night, they could already hear the sound of waves lapping at the coast, and there were lights of fire in the distance.

"This time it turns out to be real! No, there are people on the island in front of us, there are fires, everyone, be careful!"

"Don't panic. The ships are not docked yet. They are anchored! Sound the gong to make all the ships in front retreat. Keep a distance from the coast. Be careful of people on the shore boarding the ship at night to attack!"

Li Xiaofei did not give the order, but asked Yu Shengzhi and Partias to take command. Li Xiaofei hugged Wang Ruoyun and looked at the sky, "There is still no moon tonight, and the stars have not appeared! But we have finally arrived at a populated place!"

"I believe whatever your husband says. I know you didn't lie to me!"

Hong Rui was brewing tea and ginger slices in the cabin, and wrapped her cloak tightly around her body. "Xiao Fei, don't let Sister Ruoyun blow the wind outside. It's getting colder as we go south!"

"Okay, Madam has ordered, how dare Xiaofei and Ruoyun disobey, go, go, go in, go in!"

"I'm almost sixty years old. Even though I'm poor in speech, come on, come on, you two sit down and wait for me to make this ginger tea. Drink some ginger tea to prevent the cold!"

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, Sister Hong. You have to drink too. You have worked the hardest in the past few years!"

Wang Ruoyun chuckled, "Sister Hong, our husband doesn't do anything but open his mouth. If it were me, I wouldn't make ginger tea for him!"

"That's right, we should let him pass the tea and water to our two cups, but it's a pity that he is clumsy and can't do it! I'm afraid he will drop our cup and there will be no place to replace it!"

"Haha, that's right. Once this ordinary cup comes out of the beam, it will become a rarity!"

The three people in the cabin were joking and laughing with each other, and the soldiers outside the cabin were patrolling the sea with torches to check for any abnormalities under the ship.

Fortunately, no one is here to conduct a sneak attack.

However, when Li Xiaofei came back a few years ago, he was attacked by a tribe at night while passing through Shidu Country.

Fortunately, this group of agile people boarded the ship to find food. They were discovered by Li Xiaofei and Partias and spared them. However, from that time on, Partias developed the habit of being vigilant when encountering land at night.

Habit.

On the vast sea where you can't even see your fingers, there are people who can paddle out in a small boat in the dark without lighting a torch and climb onto a large ship. This is too scary. If they come to attack, burn the boat and kill people, it will be over.

After the night passed, it rained heavily the next day. After discussing with Yu Shengzhi and Partias, Li Xiaofei decided to dock during the day.

When they reached the shore, hundreds of men wearing animal skins came running to the shore shouting with sticks and bows and arrows.

Yu Shengzhi was about to order to use bows and crossbows to deal with these people. Partias looked at these people and waved his hand, "They can't withstand General Yu's attack. Let's just set up a shield formation and go down. By the way, first put the boats on the ship."

Throwing down the logs, the natives might have poisoned the shells.

Some poisonous spikes will also be placed on the beach. Everyone should be careful where you step!"

The ships that docked threw logs and some hay and firewood onto the beach, and then the soldiers holding long shields transferred to small boats and landed first.

As soon as the first hundred swordsmen and shieldmen who landed on the shore came ashore, the natives on the shore greeted them with clubs, bows and arrows.

Those sticks were actually native spears, but the spearheads were made of bones and stones, and there were only a few scratches on the iron and teak shields.

By the time the natives were throwing spears and arrows intermittently, the soldiers on the boat were already halfway ashore and were ready to attack.

However, the natives ran away after throwing their spears and shooting arrows, with no intention of fighting the people who landed.

"This battle is too boring. Well, don't chase. I'm afraid there will be a trap. Although these natives have crude weapons, they are not stupid at all!" Yu Shengzhi has also learned Li Xiaofei's caution in the past two years.

Sometimes he is even more cautious than Li Xiaofei.

The 1,300 people who landed formed an array and walked out of the beach and climbed to the high ground. They saw that the natives had indeed set up an ambush on the high ground. More natives continued to greet Liang Jun with spears and bows and arrows.

However, this kind of ambush was of little significance. It could neither penetrate Liang Jun's shield nor penetrate Liang Jun's armor. Liang Jun continued to advance with his long shield against the spears thrown by the natives.

Li Xiaofei looked at the situation on the mountain from behind and immediately ordered the soldiers rushing in front to wave the blue flag to disperse.

"Hide behind the big tree! Get out of the way!"

The blue flag would only be waved in times of danger. The soldiers quickly dispersed and retreated to the nearby woods. At the same time, many boulders began to roll down from the top of the mountain.

Fortunately, Li Xiaofei issued the order in time, otherwise most of Liang Jun's previous positions would have been exactly where the boulder hit them.

The huge boulder hit the ground and bounced up and rolled down in all directions. The big trees that were hugged by several people were crushed and broken. Many of the soldiers hiding behind were injured or even died on the spot.

Next, Li Xiaofei played the flute. The sound of the flute represented the defense and the imminent arrival of the enemy.

The dense crowd of natives rushed down from the mountain after the boulder stopped and continued to throw stones at Liang Jun.

"Bang the drum! Attack!" After observing the natives' lineup, Li Xiaofei ordered

Liang Jun ran towards the natives from the woods and killed them. He rushed towards the natives with his shield and waved his shield while facing the rocks.

When iron swords met wooden sticks, the natives were defeated miserably. In less than half an hour, thousands of natives were either beheaded or captured alive.

The captured natives spoke words that no one understood, and it was clear from their eyes that they were full of hostility.

Everyone asked Li Xiaofei for instructions on how to deal with these nearly a thousand prisoners of war. Li Xiaofei touched his beard and said, "Let's take them over the mountain in front of us! Kill as few people as possible!"

After climbing over the mountain, everyone saw an endless wilderness. Under the wilderness, some escaped natives were running into some round earthen houses. Outside the earthen houses were fences and watchtowers made of wood.

"Look for the water source, test the poison with a silver needle, and use alum to purify the water! Go to the village according to the water source, and the cavalry team will go and investigate!"

As soon as only a hundred cavalry appeared, the captured natives knelt down and put their faces to the ground and shouted, their eyes turning into horror and prayer.

Parthias noticed the strangeness of the prisoners and suggested to Li Xiaofei that the cavalry should walk around the prisoners.

The cavalry team came around and all the prisoners knelt on the ground in silence. Li Xiaofei motioned to loosen the bonds of ten of them to see their reactions.

After being untied, the natives continued to kneel down, and Parthias smiled, "I know, they don't have horses, and they regard the rider as a god!"

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Everyone didn't quite believe it. "Mr. Partias, be careful, there is a trick. These natives can lift the huge stone to the top of the mountain with wooden poles. It shows that their intelligence is not inferior to ours. They are defeated only because they don't have iron tools!"

"If you don't believe it, let the cavalry go around the stronghold in front and see the reaction there!"

Li Xiaofei looked at the nearest village at the bottom of the mountain. It was about ten miles away from the mountain, and the cavalry could rush there in an instant.

"Thirty men will go, and another thirty will be sent to support, and three hundred infantry will be sent out to prevent the enemy from counterattacking!"

Before the infantry had reached three miles, someone from the cavalry in front came back to report, "All the natives have surrendered! It's not a false surrender, it's a real surrender. When they heard the roar of the war horses, they were so frightened that they howled loudly!"

When the three hundred infantrymen reached the village, the natives were still kneeling in front of Liang Jun's cavalry and did not dare to get up.

Over a thousand people were captured at once, including old, weak, women and children. The soldiers did not dare to deal with them without permission, so they sent people back to report to Li Xiaofei and Yu Shengzhi.

Li Xiaofei and Yu Shengzhi thought they could release the prisoners, but several commanders advocated killing them.

"Sir, there may be millions of natives on this continent. If we don't take this opportunity to kill some to scare them, they will come to besiege us in the future and we may not be able to resist them!"

"I still think the natives are pretending to surrender. After all, it's a good deal to sacrifice thousands of people to catch big fish like us!"

Li Xiaofei pointed at the prisoners who were still kneeling on the ground. "Look at them. How difficult is it for thousands of people to pretend to be so fearful? Moreover, it is difficult for their canoes to find us in the open sea. The theory of fishing also says

It doesn’t make sense. They are just trying to prevent us from encroaching on their land!”

"It's a pity that we don't understand the language with them. In fact, these people are just like us, with yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes. Maybe they are descendants of the Yan and Huang people who lived here in ancient times!"

"It's ominous to kill them. Let's put them back and let them tell others about our power. It will also have a deterrent effect!"

When Li Xiaofei ordered the prisoners to be released, the ropes on their hands and feet were untied, but the prisoners still refused to leave and continued to kneel.

"Remove all the cavalry!"

After the remaining dozens of cavalrymen rushed down the mountain, the natives knelt down and said a lot of words to Li Xiaofei and others.

Li Xiaofei waved his hand and pointed down the mountain, and the natives ran down the mountain together.

When Li Xiaofei entered the village occupied by dozens of cavalry, he saw the men, women, and children kneeling together in front of him, and he couldn't help but think of what happened to him in his childhood.

"The cavalry withdraws, and others should not enter the stronghold to harass us!"

Liang Jun continued to settle down on the mountain and dug a trench on the mountainside to guard against night attacks by natives.

That night was uneventful, but the next day a large number of natives came to kill the village where the cavalry had visited the day before.

At first, Liang Jun thought that the natives were going to continue to fight back, but the natives surrounded the village that was also composed of natives. Some set fire to it, while others threw stones and shot arrows.

"No, go and save people!" Li Xiaofei knew what was going to happen and quickly ordered the cavalry to go to the rescue.

When the cavalry arrived, the stockade had been breached and the natives were killing their own people.

Upon hearing the roar of the war horses, the natives who were still beating with sticks and the natives who were being beaten all knelt down.

The cavalry team escorted all the natives who came to kill them back to the mountain, and sent five more cavalrymen to continue their investigation fifty miles ahead.
Chapter completed!