Water Margin people

Chapter 1348 Qi’s arrogance

The shaman, wearing a hood full of feathers and draped in various rope knots, began to dance in front of the rising sun, and a group of accompanying priests also danced.

The Jin army was fascinated, and everyone was staring at the shaman's prayer.

The shamans jumped and suddenly roared, and the bonfire in front of the formation was lit directly. The raging fire was like the scorching sun behind them, and the warm firelight illuminated Jin Jun's body.

"Hoohoo!"

A group of priests shouted, each picked up a lit dry wood from the fire, and then dispersed and ran into the army formation.

The fire was evenly distributed in the military formation, and the shaman began to chant again, and grabbed a handful of unknown powder from his pocket and sprinkled it directly into the fire. The flames ignited and rose three feet high as if being stimulated.

The scattered priests also began to wave torches and chant, and the soldiers knelt down with pious expressions upon seeing such a scene.

The most primitive sect in the north is Shamanism. Shamanism is not only a religious belief, but also a collection of northern culture. The northern people believe that everything in the world has spirits, including the sky, earth, mountains and rivers, sun, moon, stars, wind, thunder, rain, snow, rivers, lakes, tigers, wolves, bears and eagles. Shamans are messengers who communicate with these spirits.

"Why haven't Zong Han and Lou Shi come back yet?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai was not in the mood to watch the sacrifices. The higher he was, the less he believed in them. He just needed these things to appease people and boost morale.

"I sent someone yesterday, they should be here soon!"

Wanyan Gao looked at the sun and said, but when he looked outside the military camp, there was no movement at all, which made him feel confused.

"If you send more people out, they will be surrounded by enemy scouts. Maybe they will run into trouble!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai said.

"Well, I'll send someone right away!"

Wanyan Gao nodded.

"I don't know why, but something feels wrong!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai whispered. He felt his eyelids twitching early in the morning and his mind was a little restless. It seemed that something bad was going to happen.

"Your Majesty, before the war..."

Wanyan Gao quickly reminded that they had gone to great lengths to invite several respected shamans to hold sacrifices before the war just to boost morale. If word spread about Wanyan Wu's begging for money, I'm afraid all this would be in vain.

"I know, I just don't feel right! Sun Lei is too calm over there. This is not like Sun Lei's style. He has always been overbearing!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai said that Sun Lei's Chinese army did not advance during this period. After the Battle of Haozhou, Sun Lei's Chinese army just waited in place and did not advance further. It seemed that they wanted to capture Xianzhou and then advance in vain.

"There are some abnormalities, but maybe he doesn't dare to advance. After all, his army is somewhat out of touch, so it's normal that he doesn't dare to advance!"

Wanyan Gao comforted him and said that although he couldn't figure out the matter, he could only think of such a reasonable explanation.

The sacrifice soon reached a critical moment. Several shamans climbed onto the high platform, each holding a magic weapon and began to cast spells.

The soldiers below kowtowed devoutly, and the priests holding torches waved their torches faster.

Sparks fell on the surrounding soldiers. The soldiers did not avoid it but became more pious, as if they were bathed in the blessing of the God of Fire.

"Please Wolf God!"

A shaman wearing a wolf skin hood suddenly roared, holding a wolf head staff in his hand.

A huge cage was pushed out, and inside was a huge gray wolf.

"Wolf God!"

When the soldiers saw the huge gray wolf, they immediately worshiped him.

"Ouch!"

The gray wolf seemed to be stimulated and roared to the sky. The howl spread throughout the army.

The cage was opened, and the gray wolf ran straight towards the crowd and rushed out of the army.

"Condor!"

Another shaman wearing an eagle feather hood roared.

A snow-white seaweed. This seaweed is very large, twice the size of an ordinary one.

The cage was opened, Hai Dongqing let out a roar, waved his wings and flew into the sky. "Must win!"

"Must win!"

The soldiers roared crazily, as if they had really received blessings from the gods.

"set off!"

Wanyan Wu went to the high platform and ordered.

"kill!"

The army shouted and headed east.

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At the same time, the grassland.

"Welcome the envoy of Qi!"

Hebul Khan looked at the visitor with a smile.

"According to His Majesty's decree, the Tatar Tribe teamed up with the Jin Kingdom to start a war with the Qi Kingdom. The crime will not be pardoned. All tribes in the Mongolian grasslands must go and destroy them immediately and remove the Tatar Tribe from the grasslands!"

The visitor took out a letter and read the imperial edict.

"Let us destroy the Tatar tribe?"

A group of Mongolian grassland leaders frowned and said, although their Mongolian tribes and the Tatar tribe have a deep hatred, it is also an internal matter within the grassland. If they listen to Qi State, then they must not become public enemies of the grassland?

"I wonder what position you hold in Qi State?"

Hebule asked as he looked at the person who read out the edict.

"I'm just a soldier of Qi State!"

The soldier replied.

"Soldier? Not a general or an official?"

Balidan, the second son of Hebulehan, suddenly turned bad. They were already quite polite and showed enough sincerity in the face of Qi State, but what about Qi State? They were aggressive every time, and this time they went too far. They only sent one soldier as an envoy, without even pretending to be granted an official position.

The atmosphere in the entire camp suddenly became cold, and all the Mongolian leaders looked at the young soldier with gloomy expressions.

"I'm just here to convey an order, why do we need officers and generals!"

The soldier said nonchalantly.

"Ha ha!"

I thought of the sinister smiles in the camp, each one like a hungry wolf staring cruelly at a lamb.

"Accept the order!"

The soldier was not afraid at all, he closed the imperial edict, raised one hand above his head, and spoke loudly.

Hebule was silent. He looked at the Qi soldiers in front of him with complicated eyes and the imperial edict in his hand.

If the minister of Qi came this time, he could find an excuse to appease his leader, but it happened to be a soldier.

The grassland is a place with strict hierarchies. The nobles and leaders are very proud of themselves, but Qi State slapped them hard in the face this time.

When he didn't get the surrender of the grassland tribe, he came to issue an order, and even asked a small soldier to come.

No one spoke, everyone just stared at the soldier, trying to put pressure on him and make him collapse, so that the grassland's face could be restored.

"What? You dare to resist the decree!"

The soldier's voice also rose a little higher.

"How brave. I can crush a little soldier to death with one finger. How dare you act so arrogantly in front of us? Tell me how you plan to die!"

One by one, the bearded man pulled out the dagger he wanted to see and stabbed it hard on the table in front of him, looking at the soldier with a murderous look on his face.

The dagger was gleaming with cold light, and the handle was golden. It was made of gold and was inlaid with gems. From this dagger, it could be seen that the person who spoke had a high status. The strength of the grassland tribe was directly related to its financial resources.

(End of this chapter)