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Author: Lao Ben

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Chapter 21: Baboon Brothers

Waiting is the most difficult , especially in such hot and humid weather. After several hours of almost torturous waiting, it finally got dark.

Night color is the best protective color in the grassland. It can not only provide good shelter for herbivores, but also create more opportunities for carnivores to hunt. The most important thing is to see which of the two parties participating in this prairie night talk is relatively stronger.

The positions of the two hard crossbowmen were provided by Zhou Jiping. They were pushed to a small mound only about 150 meters away from the hyena line. Taking advantage of the height difference, the grenades fired by the hard crossbow could completely cover the hyena defense line. Of course, Zhou Jiping has no chance to be the person who releases thunder again.

He selected two cautious warriors from Damon's warriors, and after some rigorous training, he let them take the place of crossbowmen - after all, the two crossbowmen had seen Zhou Jiping release flying thunder with their own eyes. It's more or less basic, and the security is more reassuring. In addition, these four people are armed with guns. If the situation is different, their firepower is enough to give a hyena a drink.

A dozen other people, including Zhou Jiping, also moved forward a little after dark, but the distance they moved was not too large. In order to guard against possible attacks in the mountain pass after dark, the hyenas lit more than a dozen bonfires in front of the camp. And they hide in the shadows that cannot be illuminated by the bonfire. In this case, as long as they launch an attack at the mountain pass, they can inflict maximum damage to the attacker when the enemy passes near the bonfire.

This is a crude method, but it is also a very useful method. Zhou Jiping couldn't blow up dozens of bonfires one by one with flying thunder, not to mention that flying thunder couldn't blow them up so accurately. Even if there are supporting forces behind them that affect the energy of the hyenas, the hyenas can still divide their forces to defeat the enemy. On the premise of not getting rid of these bonfires, if we really have to rush out when we break out, casualties will definitely be inevitable. What's more, the enemy is hiding behind the bonfire, and the shooter's eyes are full of orange light. Where can he see the people and the muzzle flash?

Faced with a possible raid at any time, Zhou Jiping had no confidence at all. "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse." With Wana's manpower and defensive line, as long as the front of the two hundred meters wide in front of him is blocked, the twenty or so people around Zhou Jiping can survive a single assault. It’s hard to say how many. If Eric's side was really feinting, even if everyone on his side died, it would be in vain.

Moreover, the enemy's front line is relatively scattered. Even if you repeat the same trick and sneak close to the enemy's line, and then use grenades to deal with it, you will not be able to cause particularly serious damage to the opponent.

- Varner set up a game and forced Zhou Jiping to fight head-on. This battle is difficult to win! What to do with

? Divide the troops? late! I'm afraid Eric's side has arrived now, and is probably already preparing to implement to pretend to attack . How can we divide our forces in time? Thinking of this, Zhou Jiping felt regretful. Unexpectedly, by being careless and losing Jingzhou, I really made the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

No matter how many times it takes, I didn’t realize that Varner made this regular and unremarkable move, and the result was that he would lose the whole game!

This is war! Real war. Don't think that your defeated opponent

will always surrender to you, and don't think that there are really any victorious generals in the world, and don't think that programmed wars described in video games are all about war - it's up to you. With a little carelessness, you could lose everything. Even the smallest mistake will ruin the victory gained through all previous efforts.

felt empty in his heart, as if he was suspended in mid-air, with self-blame and helplessness hitting Zhou Jiping's heart.

Looking at the Damon warriors beside him who had fought with him, they still seemed completely unaware. Zhou Jiping's heart was bleeding. Tell them? Don't tell them and let them move forward for you? Take a bullet for yourself? Create opportunities for yourself? Will that make you feel at ease? Do you really want to watch them die?

How about waiting another day?

"Anka!" Zhou Jiping really couldn't bear the blame of his conscience, and he planned to cancel tonight's action. He planned to ask Anka to send out several messengers to contact Duka and the others. It is always good to at least make some mistakes in tonight's actions and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

"Compassion does not command troops!" This is a major weakness of Zhou Jiping, but it is also the key to his ability to unintentionally win the respect and love of the Damon tribe.

However, Zhou Jiping's adjustment plan is no longer useful. Just when he called Anka to prepare for rearrangement, chaos broke out further outside the hyena front outside the mountain pass, which attracted the attention of everyone, including the hyenas.

Due to the long distance, Zhou Jiping needed to concentrate to hear clearly the messy sounds over there - when he fully understood the content of the sounds, he couldn't help but be surprised. At some point, the reinforcements had quietly broken through the first line of defense left by the hyenas outside the mountain pass, and were now killing the captured hyenas one by one. And those screams were made by the captured hyenas before they died.

Hey, who did it? Who did it so neatly? Eric? Or Duca?

Not only that, Zhou Jiping was also shocked by the reinforcements' method of executing the hyenas - it was too cruel. You can tell from the sound that the hyenas were stabbed to death with spears, so that the hyenas' shrill screams before they died made the air in the entire Nglo Pass several degrees colder.

Surprise and surprise made Zhou Jiping hesitate for a while. No, he quickly recovered from his admiration for the psychological tactics of the reinforcements.

"Thunder! Creep forward!" If you don't attack at this time, you will miss a good opportunity.

Boom, boom, boom... the grenade was launched to the hyena line. Although it is not as accurate as during the day, it is still hitting several targets that were calibrated during the day. In addition, the thunderbolts fired from this distance are basically air bursts, and the lethality of the prefabricated fragments can still hurt the hyenas.

The hyena is in chaos.

Varner originally had good expectations. He sent nearly twenty men to guard his retreat, and led his own troops to confront the enemy forces in the mountain pass. Both fronts were well arranged. Although you can't attack directly to win, you can still wait until the rainy season.

But who would have thought that his way out would be copied by someone inexplicably. Moreover, those who took the retreat directly stabbed the captured hyenas to death on the spot with spears. The miserable howls of the dying hyenas greatly shook the hyenas' military morale.

At this moment, the Damon soldiers at the mountain pass also began to attack. The grenades exploded in the air above the hyena defense line one by one. The hyenas, who had been defeated one after another, suddenly couldn't support it anymore - who knew in which direction the terrifying Chief Damon was attacking? Run!

was defeated like a mountain! Varner's painstaking defense only lasted less than five minutes before being disintegrated. Watching the enemy forces from the front and rear squeezing in little by little, the psychological pressure of the front and rear attacks quickly defeated the hyenas' fighting spirit. All the tactics and moves they had learned in the past were thrown away. The frightened hyenas jumped out of their hiding positions and fled towards darker places.

The psychologically collapsed hyenas have lost their minds and sense of direction. The direction in which they are escaping is the direction of the Corinne River. After a while, the fastest runner became the fastest "diver". The continuous sound of splashing into the water made the hyenas behind quickly wake up.

Seeing that the road was blocked, the hyenas turned around and fled westward along the bank of the Corinne River.No one could tell them how many people would fall into the swamps and die if they fled along the river like this. These hyenas couldn't care less.

The hyena escaped too quickly. At this time, Zhou Jiping was crawling near the bonfire. For safety reasons, he did not let the Damon soldiers stand up in the light and shadow of the bonfire to launch the pursuit. It was not until the Damon warriors participating in the raid entered the shadows beyond the reach of the campfire that Zhou Jiping found out helplessly that the opportunity to pursue them was gone.

cleaned up the mess, sent people to contact reinforcements, clean up the battlefield, and do a good job in defense... A series of tasks made Zhou Jiping completely give up the idea of ​​chasing hyenas.

From the dark shadows, reinforcements came. Zhou Jiping looked at Duca and Eric coming from the darkness with appreciation, with a rare smile on his face.

Seeing Zhou Jiping looking at him, Duka took the initiative to walk in front of Zhou Jiping and knelt down in a polite manner. Now Duka is the only one in the entire Damon tribe who insists on kneeling to Zhou Jiping. Zhou Jiping has refused Duka many times and still remains the same. You must know that in the Damon tribe, kneeling is a ceremony only performed by sinners and women. By doing this, Duka undoubtedly placed himself completely in the position of a sinner.

Zhou Jiping hurriedly leaned forward to help Duka up, greeted him and Eric behind him with a smile, and then pulled the two of them to sit in the shadow of a bonfire. This position is across the bonfire in the direction in which the hyenas are escaping. Even if one or two hyenas slip through the fire, it will be difficult to hit themselves. Now Zhou Jiping became cautious. He knew that there was another Pierre who could point a gun at him at any time.

"Tell me, what was the fight just now? How did you capture the hyena's retreat?" Zhou Jiping was particularly amiable now.

"Oh, it was this freak who led someone to do it!" Eric's expression was full of surprise and disbelief.

It turned out that the reinforcements arrived at the outskirts of Ngoro Mountain in the evening and also discovered the iron barrel array set up by the hyena rear team. Originally, Eric's intention was to use the Deshka carried by donkey to hit it and feint it. But who would have thought that Duka refused to give in, and even brought the hunter he brought with him to sneak into the hyena's defense line without anyone noticing. Then they suddenly launched an attack and used cold weapons and melee combat to completely annihilate the defending enemies.

As for the hyenas that were later executed, they were all knocked unconscious by Duka. After the reinforcements occupied the hyena defense line, Duca personally stabbed the hyenas to death with spears one by one. He wanted to use this cruel method to completely break the hyenas' will to resist.

this god of death! Zhou Jiping looked at Duka with complicated eyes. There is both appreciation, admiration and caution. In any case, Duka can be regarded as having made great contributions to the resolution of the siege of Ngolo Mountain this time. Without Duka, it would have been several days before the tribesmen in the Ngoro Mountains came out. What's more, Duka's actions can be regarded as saving Zhou Jiping and the Damon warriors from fearless sacrifice - although most of the Damon warriors are not aware of this credit.

"Duka, why do you always kneel down when you see me?" Zhou Jiping asked Duka in a chatting tone.

After hesitating for a moment, Duka said with a polite attitude, lowering his eyebrows: "According to the rules of the Ancestral Dragon God, I am a sinner, I am guilty, and before the Ancestral Dragon God forgives me, I should Kneel down." When he said this, the tall and fierce Duka looked more like a child who had made a mistake.

Zhou Jiping couldn't bear it anymore. He didn't know whether what Duka did was right or wrong. He only knew that if he didn't show up, Duka would definitely be Damon's chief and Erin's husband. His own appearance was tantamount to depriving Duka of the opportunity to rise to the top, not to mention that his purpose in obtaining these statuses was just to create more opportunities to survive and return home smoothly. Therefore, Zhou Jiping did not think that Duka owed him, on the contrary, he felt that he owed Duka something.

At the beginning, Zhou Jiping even had an idea. He is only temporarily acting as Damon's chief, and when he returns home, he will return everything to Damon's people, including Erin.This is also the reason why Zhou Jiping didn't touch Yilin in the first place and remained with her as a couple in name only. But who would have thought that due to a strange combination of circumstances, he and Yilin would become husband and wife when death was imminent. This made Zhou Jiping always conflicted and confused in his heart.

"Duka!" Zhou Jiping stood up solemnly, with a serious look on his face. Zhou Jiping's actions made Duka and Eric stand up and look at him in confusion. Zhou Jiping said seriously to Duka: "You have made great achievements today. On behalf of the Dragon God, I tell you that your past sins and responsibilities are all known to the Dragon God. As a descendant of the Dragon God, even though you have made mistakes, the ancestors The Dragon God cherishes every one of his descendants. From now on, you don’t have to kneel anymore. Get up!" As he said that, Zhou Jiping reached out to help Duka, who was already kneeling in front of him.

When the tall and strong Duka stood up, his face was already full of tears. Looking at his pious look, Zhou Jiping actually felt a little guilty as if he had deceived a child. However, in order to untie Duka's heart and take this powerful tribal warrior into his own hands, Zhou Jiping decided to continue the trick.

Eric, who was standing aside, saw this scene with a hint of joking and teasing on his face, but he soon realized who Zhou Jiping was in front of him. That was his current master, the person who could guarantee his life safety. Before leaving the Imara grassland, he could only follow Zhou Dashen.

Next, Zhou Jiping temporarily ordered Duka to command the thirty people brought by him and Eric. And the original defense line set up by Damon soldiers at the Ngolo Pass was moved to the outermost defense line of the hyena tribe, which is where Duka slaughtered the hyena prisoners.

It hasn't been dark for long now, and there is still a long time before dawn. Zhou Jiping doesn't want the hyenas to come back and cause trouble to the tribe's migration at dawn. As for the issue of remnant bandits, Zhou Jiping did not want to risk unnecessary casualties in clearing them out.

Calm has returned to the Nglo Pass, and the air is still filled with the smell of smoke and blood, which is difficult to dissipate for a long time. Only when the rainy season arrives in two days can these smells that do not belong to the Imara grassland slowly dissipate.

Zhou Jiping also felt somewhat reassured. Through his observations and the narrations of Duka and others, he fully understood that the main problem why Duka was able to lead the hunters to break through Varner's first line of defense was Varner himself. Varner hid the first line of defense outside the mountain as an ambush position, instead of using campfire tactics like dealing with Zhou Jiping in the mountain pass. After all, Varner still hoped to successfully ambush possible reinforcements.

But who would have thought that the person leading the team to come to the rescue would be Duka, who knew the Engro Valley well. As soon as Duca and his men arrived at Englo, they discovered Varner's ambush through subtle changes in the environment. Next, Duca, who was accustomed to fighting with cold weapons, led his hunting team to sneak into the hyenas' defense line like hunting animals at night, killing the hyenas by surprise.

When Zhou Jiping knew that Duka had taken advantage of Varner's negligence again to win, Zhou Jiping did feel slightly relieved. Having a powerful opponent is scary, and putting an unassuming but powerful person like Duka next to him will naturally make Zhou Jiping feel uncontrollable and uncontrollable. Presumably this is also the case. It’s a problem that has troubled kings throughout history.

It was late at night, and from time to time there was a faint light flashing in the Englo Pass, and from time to time there would be some voices. Zhou Jiping knew that after receiving the news that the siege of the mountain pass had been solved, the tribes had begun preparations for migration. Are you going to ask for an appointment tomorrow?

It was bright and clear, and Zhou Jiping woke up from his deep sleep. For several days, in addition to running around for rescue, firefights, and sneak attacks, I was constantly thinking about where to go next. Although Zhou Jiping's physical strength has recovered fairly well, he has also felt a little exhausted these past few days.

was lying on the ground wrapped in Damon's traditional robe. Hearing some movement gradually coming from the surroundings, Zhou Jiping was still too lazy to move and just silently ran Xiao Zhou Tian to regain his energy. It wasn't until he felt someone coming towards him that he raised his head and looked over. It was Duka.

Seeing that Zhou Jiping hadn't gotten up yet, Duka hesitated obviously, as if he was about to turn around and leave.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Jiping took the initiative to stop Duka.

"Chief, the tribal chiefs and elders in the Ngolo Mountains have come to see you. They are here to thank you! Also, they have something to discuss with you." When saying this, Duka still maintained the same attitude as before. Evening humility.

"Let them come over!" Zhou Jiping stood up and responded.

Soon, a large group of chiefs and elders from various tribes rushed over. In the distance, at the Nglo Pass, a large group of dark people were waiting. It was obvious that the tribes were ready to leave, and they were in a hurry.

The chiefs and elders of various tribes had prepared half-a-century of flattery, and as soon as they left their mouths, they were stopped by Zhou Jiping with a wave of his hand. Zhou Jiping is most annoyed by these useless plain water words. These words are meaningless to him.

"Let's talk about something! Don't say useless things." Zhou Jiping reminded him.

Seeing that Zhou Jiping did not accept their drama, the chiefs of each tribe looked at each other. Then several chiefs and elders of the Masi tribe stood up. One of them, an older chief who seemed to have a high status, said: "Dear Chief, the rainy season is coming soon. The Masi and other tribes are no longer here." We may have returned to our rainy season camp, and now we are begging the chief to take us in and take us to Soyo. I hope the chief will agree and that Damon’s warriors can protect us."

As soon as the old man said this, The chiefs and elders of other tribes also made pleas together.

turns out to be this! Zhou Jiping was a little surprised. After thinking about it carefully, he understood.

It is impossible to walk on the Imara grassland during the rainy season, and many low-lying places will be flooded. Most of these tribes have to walk for a week or two if they want to return to their traditional rainy season camps. But now that the rainy season is about to begin, their migration this year is destined to be even more difficult. What's more, the hyena tribe was defeated last night, not eliminated. This incident also made the migration journeys of various tribes dangerous and unpredictable. Rather than taking risks and migrating like this, it is better to follow the generous Chief Damon. Although there are some terrifying legends in Soyo Town, what are legends compared to the real death threat?

Looking at these expectant eyes, Zhou Jiping found a way to refuse everyone's "reasonable" requests. What's more, he didn't expect to spend all day running around the Imara grassland, rescuing these tribes all over the world. Integrating these people together will be more conducive to his development plans and his idea of ​​making some moves.

"Okay! On behalf of the Damon tribe, I welcome you." Zhou Jiping finally nodded in agreement, causing the chiefs and elders in front of him to burst into joy. With the direction of

set, follow-up work can begin quickly. The chiefs and elders of each tribe quickly returned to their tribes, reorganized their teams, restrained their troops, and were ready to leave the Nglo Valley at any time.

Zhou Jiping still has a few "little things" to deal with. First, it was dark last night and it was impossible to see clearly what was going on on the battlefield. Now that the sky was bright, Zhou Jiping led his more than fifty men to carefully sort out the battlefield last night. Soon, the latest statistics of the results surprised Zhou Jiping.

In the brief chaotic battle last night, the hyenas lost thirty or forty people in a few minutes, and a dozen of them died after being trapped in the semi-swamp area by the Corinne River. The most horrifying thing is that most of these hyenas did not die of suffocation in the swamp, but died in the mouths of crocodiles, the real natives of the Corinne River.Looking at the mud of the entire river beach, there are all the severed limbs and blood stains of dead hyenas, and the crocodiles who are the instigators are currently enjoying the dry season while opening their big mouths to let the birds clean the human body debris from the gaps between their teeth. Last sunbathing. Some vultures that flew from nowhere were carefully stepping on the soft mud and approaching the crocodile's randomly discarded human body parts.

Looking from a distance, there is no water on the river beach, and there are even some long thatch growing on the river beach. It seems to be no different from ordinary land. Only the corpses trapped inside remind people that this is the real dangerous zone. The weapons and ammunition of these dead hyenas were abandoned on the river beach. This put Zhou Jiping in a dilemma. How could he get those weapons and ammunition?

Tying a wooden board to the soles of your feet can increase the pressure, but what about the crocodiles hiding in the mud? What if they launch a sudden attack while collecting weapons? What should the tribal warriors in the mud do? What's more, now that people only have weapons such as daggers and spears, where can they find wooden boards? But if these firearms cannot be obtained in time, these weapons will be buried in the bottom of the Corinne River in vain when the rainy season floods come.

seemed to understand Zhou Jiping's thoughts. Duka didn't say anything and took the initiative to walk to the muddy land beside the Corinne River with a few people.

Zhou Jiping was stopped by Anka just as he wanted to stop him. Looking at Duka who was cautiously approaching the muddy area, Anka said confidently: "Don't worry, chief, it's no problem, Duka has a way."

Sure enough, after approaching the muddy area, Duka and several hunters They all stood still. Then Duka and others raised their arms high and waved the spears in their hands. At the same time, they kept shaking their scarlet robes and shouted loudly to drive away the crocodiles.

One thing reduces another, it is indeed true. What Duka and others did was really effective. The frightened crocodiles stopped sunbathing and turned around to swim deeper into the Corinne River. Even several crocodiles that had not been discovered before were driven out of their hiding places in the mud by Duca and others and hid in the waters of the Corinne River.

Waiting for the crocodiles to leave, Duca and others bent down one by one, lying on the mud beach, and crawled towards the firearms and ammunition scattered on the mud - no wooden boards were needed, just this stupid method to solve the problem This solved the problem facing Zhou Jiping.

Looking at the scene happening in front of him, Zhou Jiping couldn't help but sigh in his heart: These natives are the real masters of Imara. Problems that seemed troublesome to themselves were easily solved by them. But I am just a passer-by here. It seems that my decision to leave is really necessary and correct.

Watching Duka and others deliver weapons and ammunition one by one, Anka accompanied Zhou Jiping to explain to Zhou Jiping. It turns out that today's scene is perfectly normal to tribal hunters. They often encounter this kind of thing, especially in the season when food is scarce, the hunters occasionally need to snatch food from the crocodile's mouth...

Soon, all the weapons and ammunition scattered on the mud flat were collected. The careful Duka and others also used their spears to hook back and forth in the mud several times. Only after they confirmed that there was nothing left, did they get up from the mud beach and retreat.

Seeing Duka standing in front of him covered in mud and water, Zhou Jiping showed an appreciative smile on his face. To be honest, he was very satisfied with Duka's performance over the past two days, but while he was satisfied, Zhou Jiping was also instinctively wary. As for where this fear comes from, even he himself can't tell clearly, maybe it's just intuition!

will be rewarded for his merit! Zhou Jiping reached out and patted Duka's muddy shoulder, and then said to Duka quietly: "Very good, I will teach you the gun when I return to Soyo!" After saying this, Zhou Jiping said to himself He turned his head away and was busy dealing with other things. Duka was left alone and continued to reflect on Zhou Jiping's words.

This is also a psychological tactic

. When a superior person, such as a leader, wants to show his inscrutability, he will often pat his subordinates on the shoulder and praise them. The key is the speaker's expression and eyes, but not the person being praised. In this way, the person being praised will always have a sense of uneasiness and a vague sense of contradiction that cannot guess the other person's psychology - this is what the superior needs most.

After one matter was settled, Zhou Jiping sent Frank and ten people to retrieve the hidden Deshka, which was an effective protective firepower to protect the tribe's troops.

Time was running out. Not long after Frank and his party left, the vanguard of the tribal migration army also set off. Next, the armies from various tribes moved to Soyo.

Among the thirty people brought by Duca, twenty were armed with guns, and the remaining ten were hunters under his own command. In other words, excluding the ten people Frank took with him when he left, there were only thirty people who actually knew how to use a gun and had used a gun. Thirty people protect thousands of people, and they need to deal with sneak attacks by hyena tribes that can happen at any time. You can imagine how difficult it is.

Zhou Jiping placed ten top soldiers at the front of the brigade. These people were exploring the road while occupying the commanding heights to observe the situation at any time. Zhou Jiping, on the other hand, led 20 people and two donkeys carrying Deshka, and carefully advanced on the flanks of the tribal brigade - they could no longer divide their troops, otherwise an accident would occur and they would not be able to assemble at all.

In addition, Zhou Jiping also has a force that is temporarily under his command - a "militia" team temporarily drawn from various tribes led by Masi hunter Itumba. The task of these people is to spread out, observe any suspicious situations along the way, and issue early warning to Zhou Jiping and the tribal brigade in time.

The departure of such a large team attracted the attention of many pairs of eyes on the grassland.

Groups of vultures soared high in the sky, observing the direction of the tribe's large group of people and horses, hoping that someone or livestock would fall down among them, so that they could feast. Behind the soil slope, the dexterous mongoose supported its body on its hind legs and watched with vigilance what was happening on the grassland. Far away on the edge of the trees, a family of African lions were lazily enjoying the blessings of the sun on the last day of this year's dry season.

Suddenly, the mongoose seemed to be frightened by something, and suddenly it got into the underground nest and disappeared. After a while, a group of baboons appeared on a hillside not far away. They looked with interest at the tribal army passing under their feet at close range, as if they were not afraid. Then, a huge baboon with gray-white hair slowly walked towards the tribal group.

The gray-white-haired baboon slowly walked to a mound only a dozen meters away from the tribal group and sat down calmly. Then he looked seriously at the migrating tribal army that was just around the corner. He showed no fear at all, but seemed to be here to say goodbye to his relatives. Zhou Jiping watched this scene from a distance and couldn't help but be surprised - it is not afraid of people?

Zhou Jiping looked at Duka and Anka with questioning eyes, but found that the expressions on their faces were a little strange. Especially Duka, his face seemed to be covered with frost - what's going on?

Seeing Zhou Jiping pay attention to him, Duka turned his head and pretended not to see it, but Anka slowly came over and said to Zhou Jiping in a low voice: "That's Duka's brother!"

heard this, Zhou Jiping couldn't help but be stunned. I thought, did I hear it wrong? How could the baboon be Duka's brother?

Seeing that Zhou Jiping didn't understand, Anka put his mouth to Zhou Jiping's ear and lowered his voice and said: "Duka is an orphan, raised by baboons, and was adopted by his adoptive father when he was two years old. And this matter Strange to say, it was a female baboon who took the initiative to give Duka to his adoptive father. That white-haired baboon is considered to be Duka’s brother."

How can such a thing happen? Zhou Jiping didn't believe his ears.

Author: Lao Ben

[Book friends, please pay attention and like. Some chapters are strictly controlled and are only recommended to fans. Some of them are deleted directly, so you have no choice]

Chapter 21: Baboon Brothers

Waiting is the most difficult , especially in such hot and humid weather. After several hours of almost torturous waiting, it finally got dark.

Night color is the best protective color in the grassland. It can not only provide good shelter for herbivores, but also create more opportunities for carnivores to hunt. The most important thing is to see which of the two parties participating in this prairie night talk is relatively stronger.

The positions of the two hard crossbowmen were provided by Zhou Jiping. They were pushed to a small mound only about 150 meters away from the hyena line. Taking advantage of the height difference, the grenades fired by the hard crossbow could completely cover the hyena defense line. Of course, Zhou Jiping has no chance to be the person who releases thunder again.

He selected two cautious warriors from Damon's warriors, and after some rigorous training, he let them take the place of crossbowmen - after all, the two crossbowmen had seen Zhou Jiping release flying thunder with their own eyes. It's more or less basic, and the security is more reassuring. In addition, these four people are armed with guns. If the situation is different, their firepower is enough to give a hyena a drink.

A dozen other people, including Zhou Jiping, also moved forward a little after dark, but the distance they moved was not too large. In order to guard against possible attacks in the mountain pass after dark, the hyenas lit more than a dozen bonfires in front of the camp. And they hide in the shadows that cannot be illuminated by the bonfire. In this case, as long as they launch an attack at the mountain pass, they can inflict maximum damage to the attacker when the enemy passes near the bonfire.

This is a crude method, but it is also a very useful method. Zhou Jiping couldn't blow up dozens of bonfires one by one with flying thunder, not to mention that flying thunder couldn't blow them up so accurately. Even if there are supporting forces behind them that affect the energy of the hyenas, the hyenas can still divide their forces to defeat the enemy. On the premise of not getting rid of these bonfires, if we really have to rush out when we break out, casualties will definitely be inevitable. What's more, the enemy is hiding behind the bonfire, and the shooter's eyes are full of orange light. Where can he see the people and the muzzle flash?

Faced with a possible raid at any time, Zhou Jiping had no confidence at all. "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse." With Wana's manpower and defensive line, as long as the front of the two hundred meters wide in front of him is blocked, the twenty or so people around Zhou Jiping can survive a single assault. It’s hard to say how many. If Eric's side was really feinting, even if everyone on his side died, it would be in vain.

Moreover, the enemy's front line is relatively scattered. Even if you repeat the same trick and sneak close to the enemy's line, and then use grenades to deal with it, you will not be able to cause particularly serious damage to the opponent.

- Varner set up a game and forced Zhou Jiping to fight head-on. This battle is difficult to win! What to do with

? Divide the troops? late! I'm afraid Eric's side has arrived now, and is probably already preparing to implement to pretend to attack . How can we divide our forces in time? Thinking of this, Zhou Jiping felt regretful. Unexpectedly, by being careless and losing Jingzhou, I really made the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

No matter how many times it takes, I didn’t realize that Varner made this regular and unremarkable move, and the result was that he would lose the whole game!

This is war! Real war. Don't think that your defeated opponent

will always surrender to you, and don't think that there are really any victorious generals in the world, and don't think that programmed wars described in video games are all about war - it's up to you. With a little carelessness, you could lose everything. Even the smallest mistake will ruin the victory gained through all previous efforts.

felt empty in his heart, as if he was suspended in mid-air, with self-blame and helplessness hitting Zhou Jiping's heart.

Looking at the Damon warriors beside him who had fought with him, they still seemed completely unaware. Zhou Jiping's heart was bleeding. Tell them? Don't tell them and let them move forward for you? Take a bullet for yourself? Create opportunities for yourself? Will that make you feel at ease? Do you really want to watch them die?

How about waiting another day?

"Anka!" Zhou Jiping really couldn't bear the blame of his conscience, and he planned to cancel tonight's action. He planned to ask Anka to send out several messengers to contact Duka and the others. It is always good to at least make some mistakes in tonight's actions and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

"Compassion does not command troops!" This is a major weakness of Zhou Jiping, but it is also the key to his ability to unintentionally win the respect and love of the Damon tribe.

However, Zhou Jiping's adjustment plan is no longer useful. Just when he called Anka to prepare for rearrangement, chaos broke out further outside the hyena front outside the mountain pass, which attracted the attention of everyone, including the hyenas.

Due to the long distance, Zhou Jiping needed to concentrate to hear clearly the messy sounds over there - when he fully understood the content of the sounds, he couldn't help but be surprised. At some point, the reinforcements had quietly broken through the first line of defense left by the hyenas outside the mountain pass, and were now killing the captured hyenas one by one. And those screams were made by the captured hyenas before they died.

Hey, who did it? Who did it so neatly? Eric? Or Duca?

Not only that, Zhou Jiping was also shocked by the reinforcements' method of executing the hyenas - it was too cruel. You can tell from the sound that the hyenas were stabbed to death with spears, so that the hyenas' shrill screams before they died made the air in the entire Nglo Pass several degrees colder.

Surprise and surprise made Zhou Jiping hesitate for a while. No, he quickly recovered from his admiration for the psychological tactics of the reinforcements.

"Thunder! Creep forward!" If you don't attack at this time, you will miss a good opportunity.

Boom, boom, boom... the grenade was launched to the hyena line. Although it is not as accurate as during the day, it is still hitting several targets that were calibrated during the day. In addition, the thunderbolts fired from this distance are basically air bursts, and the lethality of the prefabricated fragments can still hurt the hyenas.

The hyena is in chaos.

Varner originally had good expectations. He sent nearly twenty men to guard his retreat, and led his own troops to confront the enemy forces in the mountain pass. Both fronts were well arranged. Although you can't attack directly to win, you can still wait until the rainy season.

But who would have thought that his way out would be copied by someone inexplicably. Moreover, those who took the retreat directly stabbed the captured hyenas to death on the spot with spears. The miserable howls of the dying hyenas greatly shook the hyenas' military morale.

At this moment, the Damon soldiers at the mountain pass also began to attack. The grenades exploded in the air above the hyena defense line one by one. The hyenas, who had been defeated one after another, suddenly couldn't support it anymore - who knew in which direction the terrifying Chief Damon was attacking? Run!

was defeated like a mountain! Varner's painstaking defense only lasted less than five minutes before being disintegrated. Watching the enemy forces from the front and rear squeezing in little by little, the psychological pressure of the front and rear attacks quickly defeated the hyenas' fighting spirit. All the tactics and moves they had learned in the past were thrown away. The frightened hyenas jumped out of their hiding positions and fled towards darker places.

The psychologically collapsed hyenas have lost their minds and sense of direction. The direction in which they are escaping is the direction of the Corinne River. After a while, the fastest runner became the fastest "diver". The continuous sound of splashing into the water made the hyenas behind quickly wake up.

Seeing that the road was blocked, the hyenas turned around and fled westward along the bank of the Corinne River.No one could tell them how many people would fall into the swamps and die if they fled along the river like this. These hyenas couldn't care less.

The hyena escaped too quickly. At this time, Zhou Jiping was crawling near the bonfire. For safety reasons, he did not let the Damon soldiers stand up in the light and shadow of the bonfire to launch the pursuit. It was not until the Damon warriors participating in the raid entered the shadows beyond the reach of the campfire that Zhou Jiping found out helplessly that the opportunity to pursue them was gone.

cleaned up the mess, sent people to contact reinforcements, clean up the battlefield, and do a good job in defense... A series of tasks made Zhou Jiping completely give up the idea of ​​chasing hyenas.

From the dark shadows, reinforcements came. Zhou Jiping looked at Duca and Eric coming from the darkness with appreciation, with a rare smile on his face.

Seeing Zhou Jiping looking at him, Duka took the initiative to walk in front of Zhou Jiping and knelt down in a polite manner. Now Duka is the only one in the entire Damon tribe who insists on kneeling to Zhou Jiping. Zhou Jiping has refused Duka many times and still remains the same. You must know that in the Damon tribe, kneeling is a ceremony only performed by sinners and women. By doing this, Duka undoubtedly placed himself completely in the position of a sinner.

Zhou Jiping hurriedly leaned forward to help Duka up, greeted him and Eric behind him with a smile, and then pulled the two of them to sit in the shadow of a bonfire. This position is across the bonfire in the direction in which the hyenas are escaping. Even if one or two hyenas slip through the fire, it will be difficult to hit themselves. Now Zhou Jiping became cautious. He knew that there was another Pierre who could point a gun at him at any time.

"Tell me, what was the fight just now? How did you capture the hyena's retreat?" Zhou Jiping was particularly amiable now.

"Oh, it was this freak who led someone to do it!" Eric's expression was full of surprise and disbelief.

It turned out that the reinforcements arrived at the outskirts of Ngoro Mountain in the evening and also discovered the iron barrel array set up by the hyena rear team. Originally, Eric's intention was to use the Deshka carried by donkey to hit it and feint it. But who would have thought that Duka refused to give in, and even brought the hunter he brought with him to sneak into the hyena's defense line without anyone noticing. Then they suddenly launched an attack and used cold weapons and melee combat to completely annihilate the defending enemies.

As for the hyenas that were later executed, they were all knocked unconscious by Duka. After the reinforcements occupied the hyena defense line, Duca personally stabbed the hyenas to death with spears one by one. He wanted to use this cruel method to completely break the hyenas' will to resist.

this god of death! Zhou Jiping looked at Duka with complicated eyes. There is both appreciation, admiration and caution. In any case, Duka can be regarded as having made great contributions to the resolution of the siege of Ngolo Mountain this time. Without Duka, it would have been several days before the tribesmen in the Ngoro Mountains came out. What's more, Duka's actions can be regarded as saving Zhou Jiping and the Damon warriors from fearless sacrifice - although most of the Damon warriors are not aware of this credit.

"Duka, why do you always kneel down when you see me?" Zhou Jiping asked Duka in a chatting tone.

After hesitating for a moment, Duka said with a polite attitude, lowering his eyebrows: "According to the rules of the Ancestral Dragon God, I am a sinner, I am guilty, and before the Ancestral Dragon God forgives me, I should Kneel down." When he said this, the tall and fierce Duka looked more like a child who had made a mistake.

Zhou Jiping couldn't bear it anymore. He didn't know whether what Duka did was right or wrong. He only knew that if he didn't show up, Duka would definitely be Damon's chief and Erin's husband. His own appearance was tantamount to depriving Duka of the opportunity to rise to the top, not to mention that his purpose in obtaining these statuses was just to create more opportunities to survive and return home smoothly. Therefore, Zhou Jiping did not think that Duka owed him, on the contrary, he felt that he owed Duka something.

At the beginning, Zhou Jiping even had an idea. He is only temporarily acting as Damon's chief, and when he returns home, he will return everything to Damon's people, including Erin.This is also the reason why Zhou Jiping didn't touch Yilin in the first place and remained with her as a couple in name only. But who would have thought that due to a strange combination of circumstances, he and Yilin would become husband and wife when death was imminent. This made Zhou Jiping always conflicted and confused in his heart.

"Duka!" Zhou Jiping stood up solemnly, with a serious look on his face. Zhou Jiping's actions made Duka and Eric stand up and look at him in confusion. Zhou Jiping said seriously to Duka: "You have made great achievements today. On behalf of the Dragon God, I tell you that your past sins and responsibilities are all known to the Dragon God. As a descendant of the Dragon God, even though you have made mistakes, the ancestors The Dragon God cherishes every one of his descendants. From now on, you don’t have to kneel anymore. Get up!" As he said that, Zhou Jiping reached out to help Duka, who was already kneeling in front of him.

When the tall and strong Duka stood up, his face was already full of tears. Looking at his pious look, Zhou Jiping actually felt a little guilty as if he had deceived a child. However, in order to untie Duka's heart and take this powerful tribal warrior into his own hands, Zhou Jiping decided to continue the trick.

Eric, who was standing aside, saw this scene with a hint of joking and teasing on his face, but he soon realized who Zhou Jiping was in front of him. That was his current master, the person who could guarantee his life safety. Before leaving the Imara grassland, he could only follow Zhou Dashen.

Next, Zhou Jiping temporarily ordered Duka to command the thirty people brought by him and Eric. And the original defense line set up by Damon soldiers at the Ngolo Pass was moved to the outermost defense line of the hyena tribe, which is where Duka slaughtered the hyena prisoners.

It hasn't been dark for long now, and there is still a long time before dawn. Zhou Jiping doesn't want the hyenas to come back and cause trouble to the tribe's migration at dawn. As for the issue of remnant bandits, Zhou Jiping did not want to risk unnecessary casualties in clearing them out.

Calm has returned to the Nglo Pass, and the air is still filled with the smell of smoke and blood, which is difficult to dissipate for a long time. Only when the rainy season arrives in two days can these smells that do not belong to the Imara grassland slowly dissipate.

Zhou Jiping also felt somewhat reassured. Through his observations and the narrations of Duka and others, he fully understood that the main problem why Duka was able to lead the hunters to break through Varner's first line of defense was Varner himself. Varner hid the first line of defense outside the mountain as an ambush position, instead of using campfire tactics like dealing with Zhou Jiping in the mountain pass. After all, Varner still hoped to successfully ambush possible reinforcements.

But who would have thought that the person leading the team to come to the rescue would be Duka, who knew the Engro Valley well. As soon as Duca and his men arrived at Englo, they discovered Varner's ambush through subtle changes in the environment. Next, Duca, who was accustomed to fighting with cold weapons, led his hunting team to sneak into the hyenas' defense line like hunting animals at night, killing the hyenas by surprise.

When Zhou Jiping knew that Duka had taken advantage of Varner's negligence again to win, Zhou Jiping did feel slightly relieved. Having a powerful opponent is scary, and putting an unassuming but powerful person like Duka next to him will naturally make Zhou Jiping feel uncontrollable and uncontrollable. Presumably this is also the case. It’s a problem that has troubled kings throughout history.

It was late at night, and from time to time there was a faint light flashing in the Englo Pass, and from time to time there would be some voices. Zhou Jiping knew that after receiving the news that the siege of the mountain pass had been solved, the tribes had begun preparations for migration. Are you going to ask for an appointment tomorrow?

It was bright and clear, and Zhou Jiping woke up from his deep sleep. For several days, in addition to running around for rescue, firefights, and sneak attacks, I was constantly thinking about where to go next. Although Zhou Jiping's physical strength has recovered fairly well, he has also felt a little exhausted these past few days.

was lying on the ground wrapped in Damon's traditional robe. Hearing some movement gradually coming from the surroundings, Zhou Jiping was still too lazy to move and just silently ran Xiao Zhou Tian to regain his energy. It wasn't until he felt someone coming towards him that he raised his head and looked over. It was Duka.

Seeing that Zhou Jiping hadn't gotten up yet, Duka hesitated obviously, as if he was about to turn around and leave.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Jiping took the initiative to stop Duka.

"Chief, the tribal chiefs and elders in the Ngolo Mountains have come to see you. They are here to thank you! Also, they have something to discuss with you." When saying this, Duka still maintained the same attitude as before. Evening humility.

"Let them come over!" Zhou Jiping stood up and responded.

Soon, a large group of chiefs and elders from various tribes rushed over. In the distance, at the Nglo Pass, a large group of dark people were waiting. It was obvious that the tribes were ready to leave, and they were in a hurry.

The chiefs and elders of various tribes had prepared half-a-century of flattery, and as soon as they left their mouths, they were stopped by Zhou Jiping with a wave of his hand. Zhou Jiping is most annoyed by these useless plain water words. These words are meaningless to him.

"Let's talk about something! Don't say useless things." Zhou Jiping reminded him.

Seeing that Zhou Jiping did not accept their drama, the chiefs of each tribe looked at each other. Then several chiefs and elders of the Masi tribe stood up. One of them, an older chief who seemed to have a high status, said: "Dear Chief, the rainy season is coming soon. The Masi and other tribes are no longer here." We may have returned to our rainy season camp, and now we are begging the chief to take us in and take us to Soyo. I hope the chief will agree and that Damon’s warriors can protect us."

As soon as the old man said this, The chiefs and elders of other tribes also made pleas together.

turns out to be this! Zhou Jiping was a little surprised. After thinking about it carefully, he understood.

It is impossible to walk on the Imara grassland during the rainy season, and many low-lying places will be flooded. Most of these tribes have to walk for a week or two if they want to return to their traditional rainy season camps. But now that the rainy season is about to begin, their migration this year is destined to be even more difficult. What's more, the hyena tribe was defeated last night, not eliminated. This incident also made the migration journeys of various tribes dangerous and unpredictable. Rather than taking risks and migrating like this, it is better to follow the generous Chief Damon. Although there are some terrifying legends in Soyo Town, what are legends compared to the real death threat?

Looking at these expectant eyes, Zhou Jiping found a way to refuse everyone's "reasonable" requests. What's more, he didn't expect to spend all day running around the Imara grassland, rescuing these tribes all over the world. Integrating these people together will be more conducive to his development plans and his idea of ​​making some moves.

"Okay! On behalf of the Damon tribe, I welcome you." Zhou Jiping finally nodded in agreement, causing the chiefs and elders in front of him to burst into joy. With the direction of

set, follow-up work can begin quickly. The chiefs and elders of each tribe quickly returned to their tribes, reorganized their teams, restrained their troops, and were ready to leave the Nglo Valley at any time.

Zhou Jiping still has a few "little things" to deal with. First, it was dark last night and it was impossible to see clearly what was going on on the battlefield. Now that the sky was bright, Zhou Jiping led his more than fifty men to carefully sort out the battlefield last night. Soon, the latest statistics of the results surprised Zhou Jiping.

In the brief chaotic battle last night, the hyenas lost thirty or forty people in a few minutes, and a dozen of them died after being trapped in the semi-swamp area by the Corinne River. The most horrifying thing is that most of these hyenas did not die of suffocation in the swamp, but died in the mouths of crocodiles, the real natives of the Corinne River.Looking at the mud of the entire river beach, there are all the severed limbs and blood stains of dead hyenas, and the crocodiles who are the instigators are currently enjoying the dry season while opening their big mouths to let the birds clean the human body debris from the gaps between their teeth. Last sunbathing. Some vultures that flew from nowhere were carefully stepping on the soft mud and approaching the crocodile's randomly discarded human body parts.

Looking from a distance, there is no water on the river beach, and there are even some long thatch growing on the river beach. It seems to be no different from ordinary land. Only the corpses trapped inside remind people that this is the real dangerous zone. The weapons and ammunition of these dead hyenas were abandoned on the river beach. This put Zhou Jiping in a dilemma. How could he get those weapons and ammunition?

Tying a wooden board to the soles of your feet can increase the pressure, but what about the crocodiles hiding in the mud? What if they launch a sudden attack while collecting weapons? What should the tribal warriors in the mud do? What's more, now that people only have weapons such as daggers and spears, where can they find wooden boards? But if these firearms cannot be obtained in time, these weapons will be buried in the bottom of the Corinne River in vain when the rainy season floods come.

seemed to understand Zhou Jiping's thoughts. Duka didn't say anything and took the initiative to walk to the muddy land beside the Corinne River with a few people.

Zhou Jiping was stopped by Anka just as he wanted to stop him. Looking at Duka who was cautiously approaching the muddy area, Anka said confidently: "Don't worry, chief, it's no problem, Duka has a way."

Sure enough, after approaching the muddy area, Duka and several hunters They all stood still. Then Duka and others raised their arms high and waved the spears in their hands. At the same time, they kept shaking their scarlet robes and shouted loudly to drive away the crocodiles.

One thing reduces another, it is indeed true. What Duka and others did was really effective. The frightened crocodiles stopped sunbathing and turned around to swim deeper into the Corinne River. Even several crocodiles that had not been discovered before were driven out of their hiding places in the mud by Duca and others and hid in the waters of the Corinne River.

Waiting for the crocodiles to leave, Duca and others bent down one by one, lying on the mud beach, and crawled towards the firearms and ammunition scattered on the mud - no wooden boards were needed, just this stupid method to solve the problem This solved the problem facing Zhou Jiping.

Looking at the scene happening in front of him, Zhou Jiping couldn't help but sigh in his heart: These natives are the real masters of Imara. Problems that seemed troublesome to themselves were easily solved by them. But I am just a passer-by here. It seems that my decision to leave is really necessary and correct.

Watching Duka and others deliver weapons and ammunition one by one, Anka accompanied Zhou Jiping to explain to Zhou Jiping. It turns out that today's scene is perfectly normal to tribal hunters. They often encounter this kind of thing, especially in the season when food is scarce, the hunters occasionally need to snatch food from the crocodile's mouth...

Soon, all the weapons and ammunition scattered on the mud flat were collected. The careful Duka and others also used their spears to hook back and forth in the mud several times. Only after they confirmed that there was nothing left, did they get up from the mud beach and retreat.

Seeing Duka standing in front of him covered in mud and water, Zhou Jiping showed an appreciative smile on his face. To be honest, he was very satisfied with Duka's performance over the past two days, but while he was satisfied, Zhou Jiping was also instinctively wary. As for where this fear comes from, even he himself can't tell clearly, maybe it's just intuition!

will be rewarded for his merit! Zhou Jiping reached out and patted Duka's muddy shoulder, and then said to Duka quietly: "Very good, I will teach you the gun when I return to Soyo!" After saying this, Zhou Jiping said to himself He turned his head away and was busy dealing with other things. Duka was left alone and continued to reflect on Zhou Jiping's words.

This is also a psychological tactic

. When a superior person, such as a leader, wants to show his inscrutability, he will often pat his subordinates on the shoulder and praise them. The key is the speaker's expression and eyes, but not the person being praised. In this way, the person being praised will always have a sense of uneasiness and a vague sense of contradiction that cannot guess the other person's psychology - this is what the superior needs most.

After one matter was settled, Zhou Jiping sent Frank and ten people to retrieve the hidden Deshka, which was an effective protective firepower to protect the tribe's troops.

Time was running out. Not long after Frank and his party left, the vanguard of the tribal migration army also set off. Next, the armies from various tribes moved to Soyo.

Among the thirty people brought by Duca, twenty were armed with guns, and the remaining ten were hunters under his own command. In other words, excluding the ten people Frank took with him when he left, there were only thirty people who actually knew how to use a gun and had used a gun. Thirty people protect thousands of people, and they need to deal with sneak attacks by hyena tribes that can happen at any time. You can imagine how difficult it is.

Zhou Jiping placed ten top soldiers at the front of the brigade. These people were exploring the road while occupying the commanding heights to observe the situation at any time. Zhou Jiping, on the other hand, led 20 people and two donkeys carrying Deshka, and carefully advanced on the flanks of the tribal brigade - they could no longer divide their troops, otherwise an accident would occur and they would not be able to assemble at all.

In addition, Zhou Jiping also has a force that is temporarily under his command - a "militia" team temporarily drawn from various tribes led by Masi hunter Itumba. The task of these people is to spread out, observe any suspicious situations along the way, and issue early warning to Zhou Jiping and the tribal brigade in time.

The departure of such a large team attracted the attention of many pairs of eyes on the grassland.

Groups of vultures soared high in the sky, observing the direction of the tribe's large group of people and horses, hoping that someone or livestock would fall down among them, so that they could feast. Behind the soil slope, the dexterous mongoose supported its body on its hind legs and watched with vigilance what was happening on the grassland. Far away on the edge of the trees, a family of African lions were lazily enjoying the blessings of the sun on the last day of this year's dry season.

Suddenly, the mongoose seemed to be frightened by something, and suddenly it got into the underground nest and disappeared. After a while, a group of baboons appeared on a hillside not far away. They looked with interest at the tribal army passing under their feet at close range, as if they were not afraid. Then, a huge baboon with gray-white hair slowly walked towards the tribal group.

The gray-white-haired baboon slowly walked to a mound only a dozen meters away from the tribal group and sat down calmly. Then he looked seriously at the migrating tribal army that was just around the corner. He showed no fear at all, but seemed to be here to say goodbye to his relatives. Zhou Jiping watched this scene from a distance and couldn't help but be surprised - it is not afraid of people?

Zhou Jiping looked at Duka and Anka with questioning eyes, but found that the expressions on their faces were a little strange. Especially Duka, his face seemed to be covered with frost - what's going on?

Seeing Zhou Jiping pay attention to him, Duka turned his head and pretended not to see it, but Anka slowly came over and said to Zhou Jiping in a low voice: "That's Duka's brother!"

heard this, Zhou Jiping couldn't help but be stunned. I thought, did I hear it wrong? How could the baboon be Duka's brother?

Seeing that Zhou Jiping didn't understand, Anka put his mouth to Zhou Jiping's ear and lowered his voice and said: "Duka is an orphan, raised by baboons, and was adopted by his adoptive father when he was two years old. And this matter Strange to say, it was a female baboon who took the initiative to give Duka to his adoptive father. That white-haired baboon is considered to be Duka’s brother."

How can such a thing happen? Zhou Jiping didn't believe his ears.

"However, Duka was very taboo about others saying this. He thought it was his shame. When he was a child, someone used this to ridicule him, and Duka got hurt. Later, when Duka grew up, he didn't know where to start. After learning the ruthless spear technique, no one dared to mention it anymore. But every year when the tribe came to Ngoro, the white-headed baboon would come to see Duka, although Duka never avoided it. But it still comes every year. Every time it comes, Chief Jiwayo asks someone to give it some food, and then it stays in the forest near the tribe for a few days before it wants to leave. The baboon is already very old and may not live for more than a few years." Anka continued to explain in Zhou Jiping's ear.

looked at it carefully, and sure enough! Zhou Jiping saw that the baboon was indeed old. A gentle breeze blew, blowing the long gray hair on the forehead of the white-headed baboon. Looking at the way it is waiting persistently on the mound, it really looks like an old man waiting for the return of his relatives.

Family... relatives... waiting... These words and the scene in front of him immediately touched Zhou Jiping's heart.

Don’t you always want to go home? Don’t you also miss your relatives on the other side of the earth? What about your own family? Are you also waiting for news about yourself? This series of thoughts instantly touched Zhou Jiping's heart. This made his heart, which had begun to harden after these days of life and death, soften in an instant.

"Give me some food!" Zhou Jiping said to the people around him.

Duka suddenly turned around, with suspicion in his eyes, a hint of disappointment, and even a little bit of anger, but he did not dare to be disrespectful or angry in front of Zhou Jiping. Although Zhou Jiping saw this, he didn't care at all. In his heart, there is only the deep and holy love between heaven and earth, the true love that transcends the boundaries between nations, races and even creatures.

Holding the food collected by the soldiers in his hands, Zhou Jiping walked towards the mound. When he was still five or six meters away from the mound, he slowed down very slowly and became cautious in his movements, for fear of scaring away the bald baboon. For him, if the white-headed baboon was frightened and left suddenly, it would be tantamount to taking away the opportunity for him to vent and release his emotions, which would be the most painful for him.

The white-headed baboon turned his head and looked at Zhou Jiping seriously and in surprise. His yellow eyes were full of flaws and confusion. It looked seriously at Zhou Jiping, who was approaching it step by step, but showed no trace of worry or hostility.

This was Zhou Jiping’s first time getting close to a baboon. It was impossible to say that he didn’t have any worries and vigilance. , but the feeling given to Zhou Jiping by the white-headed baboon is that it is an animal with human emotions and brains, and its intelligence is no worse than that of any primate.

"Here!" Zhou Jiping raised his hands and signaled to the baboon.

The white-headed baboon is a little curious. It looked at Zhou Jiping curiously, looked at Zhou Jiping's skin, and then looked at the food in Zhou Jiping's hand, hesitating... Obviously, it didn't expect that a human would take the initiative to contact it, and it would be such a strange-looking person. But it can also judge from Zhou Jiping's behavior that the other party has no ill intentions towards it.

Zhou Jiping’s hand has reached in front of the white-headed baboon, and the distance between him and the baboon is less than one meter. If the baboon launched an attack from this distance, even Zhou Jiping was not sure whether he would be able to avoid the baboon's sharp canine teeth.

The white-headed baboon raised its paws - or hands to be more precise, black fingers covered with fine hairs. Then, the baboon held a piece of sweet potato in Zhou Jiping's hand. However, the white-headed baboon did not quickly take away the sweet potato from Zhou Jiping's hand. On the contrary. But it raised its head and looked at Zhou Jiping's eyes, looking at Zhou Jiping as if asking for confirmation; when it saw Zhou Jiping's expression as usual, it confirmed that the other person was going to give the food in his hand to it. At this time, the white-headed baboon gave the sweet potato Get it in your hand.

After a piece of food was taken away, Zhou Jiping relaxed like a baboon, and what happened next was interesting.Giving food is relaxing, and baboons are also feeling at ease when taking food. The white-headed baboon took away the food from Zhou Jiping's hand one by one. If he couldn't hold it in his hand, he would hold it in his mouth. After a while, his two front paws and mouth were filled with food.

After Zhou Jiping finished taking the food from his hand, the white-headed baboon turned around and walked towards the group of baboons on the hillside. It walked very slowly, stopping twice in the middle, and turned its head to look at Zhou Jiping, who was still standing where he was.

Seeing the white-headed baboon climbing up the hillside, the group of baboons made squeaking sounds one after another, as if to welcome its return. Especially the first few little baboons were jumping up and down excitedly, extremely excited. But at this moment, several sturdy baboons approached first, which made Zhou Jiping's heart twitch - baboons are hierarchical animals, Zhou Jiping knew this, and he once thought that these baboons This guy is here to rob me hard.

Nothing unexpected happened! Several strong baboons were actually surrounding the white-headed baboons like the little baboons, waiting for the white-headed baboons to distribute the food they brought to them, behaved like a few precocious children.

Soon, the white-headed baboons ran out of food. The strongest baboon came over and patted the white-headed baboon affectionately on the shoulder. It looks very much like a white-headed baboon, but it is obviously younger and stronger than the white-headed baboon. It seems that it is the leader of this baboon group. Another possibility is that it may be a descendant of the white-headed baboon - Zhou Jiping thought.

After giving out the food, the white-headed baboon came down the hillside again and walked straight towards the small mound where it had just landed. At this time, Zhou Jiping, who was standing next to the mound, had nothing in his hands. Now it was Zhou Jiping's turn. Somewhat overwhelmed.

The white-headed baboon looked at Zhou Jiping as he walked. Its eyes were cloudy but harmless, and it could be seen that it must be very old, which made Zhou Jiping sigh.

Climbing up the mound, the white-headed baboon stared at Zhou Jiping. After a while, it actually raised a "hand" to Zhou Jiping. Zhou Jiping was shocked by the situation in front of him, but the baboon's "hand" remained motionless in the air.

After reacting, Zhou Jiping also stretched out his hand, and the hands of one person and one animal were held together in the air...

It was incredible, even if it was just a brief squeeze, Zhou Jiping had already realized a lot from it: No wonder the baboon can After raising Duka, it’s no wonder that the Damon people generally only drive away baboons but don’t kill them. It turns out that baboons are so smart and humane.

shook hands with Zhou Jiping, and the bald baboon still sat down and waited on the small hill as before. Looking at the tribes passing by, there was no sign of the nervousness that an animal should show when seeing so many aliens. And those tribal teams rolling by also hurried past as if they were not surprised, without stopping for a moment.

Zhou Jiping walked back alone, leaving the bald baboon alone on the mound.

Giving food is relaxing, and baboons are also feeling at ease when taking food. The white-headed baboon took away the food from Zhou Jiping's hand one by one. If he couldn't hold it in his hand, he would hold it in his mouth. After a while, his two front paws and mouth were filled with food.

After Zhou Jiping finished taking the food from his hand, the white-headed baboon turned around and walked towards the group of baboons on the hillside. It walked very slowly, stopping twice in the middle, and turned its head to look at Zhou Jiping, who was still standing where he was.

Seeing the white-headed baboon climbing up the hillside, the group of baboons made squeaking sounds one after another, as if to welcome its return. Especially the first few little baboons were jumping up and down excitedly, extremely excited. But at this moment, several sturdy baboons approached first, which made Zhou Jiping's heart twitch - baboons are hierarchical animals, Zhou Jiping knew this, and he once thought that these baboons This guy is here to rob me hard.

Nothing unexpected happened! Several strong baboons were actually surrounding the white-headed baboons like the little baboons, waiting for the white-headed baboons to distribute the food they brought to them, behaved like a few precocious children.

Soon, the white-headed baboons ran out of food. The strongest baboon came over and patted the white-headed baboon affectionately on the shoulder. It looks very much like a white-headed baboon, but it is obviously younger and stronger than the white-headed baboon. It seems that it is the leader of this baboon group. Another possibility is that it may be a descendant of the white-headed baboon - Zhou Jiping thought.

After giving out the food, the white-headed baboon came down the hillside again and walked straight towards the small mound where it had just landed. At this time, Zhou Jiping, who was standing next to the mound, had nothing in his hands. Now it was Zhou Jiping's turn. Somewhat overwhelmed.

The white-headed baboon looked at Zhou Jiping as he walked. Its eyes were cloudy but harmless, and it could be seen that it must be very old, which made Zhou Jiping sigh.

Climbing up the mound, the white-headed baboon stared at Zhou Jiping. After a while, it actually raised a "hand" to Zhou Jiping. Zhou Jiping was shocked by the situation in front of him, but the baboon's "hand" remained motionless in the air.

After reacting, Zhou Jiping also stretched out his hand, and the hands of one person and one animal were held together in the air...

It was incredible, even if it was just a brief squeeze, Zhou Jiping had already realized a lot from it: No wonder the baboon can After raising Duka, it’s no wonder that the Damon people generally only drive away baboons but don’t kill them. It turns out that baboons are so smart and humane.

shook hands with Zhou Jiping, and the bald baboon still sat down and waited on the small hill as before. Looking at the tribes passing by, there was no sign of the nervousness that an animal should show when seeing so many aliens. And those tribal teams rolling by also hurried past as if they were not surprised, without stopping for a moment.

Zhou Jiping walked back alone, leaving the bald baboon alone on the mound.