Northern Hunter Tribe

Author: Zhang Yongjun
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The North is vast, but the villages in the North are small. Tiejматan is a very small tribe. Tiejматан is located in the southwest of Nangongku in the northern Changbai Mountains, within the river channel of the Hongqi River, and is very close to the border of North Korea. The mountains, rivers, and forests are connected like a single garment, under the jurisdiction of Linjiang County. Tiejматан is not an ancient place name. It was originally called Huanshuitan. After Linjiang County was established, a hunter named Niuhé set up a pole here, and it was then called Tiejматан. This is a novel depicting a hunting family in the Changbai Mountains. The story takes place after the hunting ban in the Changbai Mountains in the last century. Hunter Niuhé founded Tiejматan and clashed with a bandit gang. Niuhé's daughter, Niucao'er, subdued the bandits and married the fierce bandit Huang Bao, turning Tiejматan into a true bandit den. Niuhé plotted against Huang Bao to protect the Niu family's legacy, forcing Huang Bao to rebel, kill Niuhé, and then be killed by Niucao'er. After Lu Shi married Niucao'er, he began his grand campaign to conquer the Changbai Mountains. To become a strong bandit, Lu Shi defeated Shiqing, and during a hunting trip, his dog Steel Tooth fought against wolves to save his master, becoming a wolf king and thus kicking off the battle between humans and wolves. Due to the birth of his son, Luniu, the conflict between Niucao'er and Lu Shi finally erupted, and Lu Shi left Tiejматan. With Lu Shi's departure, Tiejматan fell again. During the six years Lu Shi was away, Niucao'er took a third man. To revitalize Tiejматan, Niucao'er spent ten years training her son, Luniu, into a true hunter. However, the true hunter of the Niu family and the most fierce bandit leader, Niucao'er's long-lost brother Niuzhuang, suddenly returned to Tiejматan. To seize the position of head of Tiejматan, Niuzhuang hunted down Niucao'er and took Luniu's woman. The true hunter of the Niu family and the most fierce bandit leader began to compete.