The Gonghuo Clan is directly south of the Ji Clan, and the river in the valley flows to the southwest. It draws a big arc in the lower reaches and then flows south into the southeast-flowing river.
The normal road to the Gonghuo tribe should go down the river, pass by the Cang tribe, then pass by the Qia tribe, and finally reach the area where the Gonghuo tribe lives. This journey takes about four days, and the distance to the Wu tribe is five days.
According to the average walking speed of four kilometers, the distance along the river from the Ji tribe to the Gonghuo tribe is about 120 kilometers, and the shortcut is about 40 kilometers. If the road conditions are not bad, you should be able to travel in one day, but
In fact, the shortcut requires climbing over mountains and ridges, which is much more difficult than walking along the gentle river beach. Otherwise, the men of the Ji clan would not have said that it would take four days. In fact, the time spent on the far and near roads is about the same.
But Xu Chen felt that he could still take the risk and give it a try.
There is definitely a difference between being prepared and being unprepared. Besides, it is winter now, and the mountains and forests are much easier to walk than in spring and summer. There are no insects or snakes to disturb you. The most you can do is to be wary of wild beasts. A huge team of sixty hunters can face almost any wild beast, including tigers.
Everything has come and gone.
Therefore, there should be no problem with safety on the road. The biggest question is whether this guy from the Ji clan can accurately find the original road, and how steep are the two inaccessible steep slopes he mentioned?
It was just getting dark when the two groups of people separated on the river beach in the valley where the Ji tribe lived.
Long led more than fifty volunteers from the Wu tribe down the river, and led by hunters from the Ji tribe to join the Cang tribe.
Xu Chen, on the other hand, led a group of sixty trained hunters including Feng, carrying dry food and more than ten bundles of ropes, and walked towards the forest not far away.
This shortcut requires climbing over five mountains and three canyons.
According to Xu Chen's plan, it is best to reach the Gonghuo Clan in two days. If the road conditions are too bad or the correct road cannot be found, then the next best thing is to implement the second plan and destroy the Qia Clan's lair on the way.
, and then return to the army and the Cang people to attack the enemy from front to back, not seeking total annihilation, but only seeking to defeat them, and fight as hard as they can. In an effort to reduce casualties, use as many bows and arrows as possible to attack the opponent.
Even if most of the Gonghuo tribe could escape back, they would definitely be extremely frightened and would not dare to invade the Cang tribe again for many years.
Both courses of action have a chance of success, but the first one will win more completely and solve the problem once and for all.
As long as the Gonghuo tribe is taken care of and some small and medium-sized tribes that are attached to them will either surrender or flee, the living space of the Six Tribes Alliance will suddenly be much larger, and the population and strength will nearly double.
A group of people ceased their flags and whistles, and headed south over the mountains and ridges. Soon after half a day passed, Xu Chen and others also climbed over two mountains and entered a valley.
Here, they encountered the first difficulty, which was the steep slope area mentioned by the Ji tribe man who was the guide.
The mountain forest is very steep, and many places are covered with bare rocks. There are not even vines, so there is no way to borrow strength. But fortunately, there are enough ropes ready for some people with flexible hands and feet who are good at climbing to climb up first, and then find a place to tie down.
If a good rope is put down, people behind can simply use the force to climb up.
Therefore, it only took less than two hours for a group of people to successfully pass through this seemingly insurmountable canyon and climb up the third mountain ridge.
Continuing to move south along the ridge of this mountain range, before the sun set, they successfully climbed over the third mountain range and entered the second steep valley.
This valley is relatively large. Although it is winter, the stream inside is still roaring. The clear stream flows between the huge rocks filled with deep valleys, making a thunderous sound. The white mist is constantly evaporating and filling the entire valley.
Half of the mountain range was shrouded in diffuse water vapor.
Various green plants are luxuriant in this canyon, which is more humid and warm than the Wild Wolf Valley of the Ba tribe. A large number of dripping Guanyin-like plants grow four to five meters high, and their wide leaves cover the sky and the sun. Walking in it, Xu Chen felt for the first time
Once I had the illusion of traveling to a prehistoric tropical rain forest, and I was afraid that a dinosaur would suddenly burst out of it.
"Ang~~"
Just when Xu Chen was observing his surroundings and marveling at the magical environment, suddenly a deafening and terrifying sound came from deep in the valley.
"Longga!"
Someone in the team screamed in terror.
In an instant, the entire team was in chaos.
The shadow of the famous human tree, the dragon is almost the most ferocious and ferocious beast in this era, bar none.
Compared with dragons, tigers, leopards and bears are simply docile and obedient babies.
It is said that dragons are animals with very low IQs, but are extremely lethal and ferocious, and have a strong sense of territory. Once they live in a certain place, they will treat dozens of miles around as their own territory. A pair of sharp claws has a split tiger and leopard
abilities, and the most terrifying thing is their fangs, which are extremely sharp and have extremely amazing bite force. They can bite a person in two in one bite, and large beasts like bison can easily tear them into pieces.
These are things Xu Chen knew before.
However, there are very few beasts like dragons. Generally, there is only one in a place. They do not seem to have the habit of living in groups, and their method of mating and reproduction is also very mysterious. No one dares to understand or inquire about it. Many information about dragons are actually obtained by ancestors.
of rumors.
In addition, dragon beasts generally live near swamps or deep streams, and are rarely seen on weekdays. The dragon entrenched in the swamp area of the river beach outside the mouth of the Uzu tribe has always been a worry for the Uzu tribe. Last year, it finally cost a huge amount of money.
Killed it at a price.
But now, I encountered another one in the canyon of this barren mountain.
The Uzbek people are relatively familiar with this thing, but Xu Chen and people from other tribes are relatively unfamiliar with it.
"Moxy Gaga?"
Feng's face turned pale with nervousness, and he eagerly asked Xu Chen's opinion.
Xu Chen was also panicking inside, but he knew that he couldn't show panic, so he pretended to be calm and squeezed out a smile and said:
"Don't be afraid. There are so many of us. We not only have bows and arrows, but also horns. If we happen to kill someone for meat when we come here, the hairy male Gaga was not full yesterday. It will be satisfying to eat another dragon!"
"Sigh!"
Xu Chen's words immediately calmed down the panicked group of hunters.
Many people even started to salivate with their eyes shining.
I was so tired last night that I almost collapsed. After having a feast of tiger meat in the evening, I feel energetic today.
Right now, when I am tired and hungry and need a full meal of flesh and blood, it is indeed the right time to eat a dragon.
Dragon meat is much more tender than tiger meat. Although this thing is ferocious and domineering, because it lives in an environment with abundant water all year round, the flesh and blood is far less smelly than tiger and leopard.
"Let's go, kill Longga!" Feng raised his bow and arrow and shouted.
"Quack, quack, dragon meat quack!"
The remaining large group of hunters all raised their weapons and followed the noise of howling ghosts and wolves. In an instant, they threw away their fear of dragons.
Xu Chen's face turned black.
A group of dogs and a few people are going to steal the tower, and they must not cause any problems.
What's more, rounding up a beast more ferocious than a tiger in such a complicated place is not only asking for trouble, it's almost like asking for short-term success.
Although the sun has not set at this time, the valley is covered with tall broad-leaved plants, as well as deep boulders and rushing streams. Coupled with the thick rolling fog, those with weak vision cannot see the surrounding distance.
to twenty meters.
Under such harsh conditions, it is impossible to launch a hunting formation, and the losses will be extremely heavy if attacked.
He never thought that he was just talking big words to embolden these cowards, but he didn't expect that he had gone too far. In an instant, he didn't know how much he weighed, and he wanted to go to Rilong together.
Thinking of the miserable appearance of the Uzbek people when they hunted the dragon last year, Xu Chen quickly stopped a group of people and persuaded them that it was too late today and they had to recharge their batteries to attack the Gonghuo tribe's lair tomorrow. It was best to wait until success.
Come back and fight this dragon later.
Xu Chen kept drawing for a long time, and finally got over the decision of a group of savages to go on a rampage against the dragon. They all nodded with saliva on their faces, saying that they could let the evil dragon live for a few more days, and then attack it again when they came back.
"Huh~"
Xu Chen couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and shook off the sweat on his forehead. However, before he could finish breathing out, suddenly there was another roar like a muffled thunder coming from the depths of the canyon, and a rumble could also be heard.
The sound of rumbling against the rocks seemed like something terrifying was rushing out.
"Huga~"
The wind roared loudly, and a group of hunters who had just relaxed suddenly became nervous. They raised their bows, arrows and spears again and looked nervously into the depths of the valley.
"Boom~Boom~"
The sound of the impact was getting closer and closer, and it seemed to be tens of meters away in the blink of an eye. One could almost see plants shaking violently in the rolling thick fog.
"Ang~~~"
Another terrifying sound came from the thick fog, and then a huge green monster flew past a large-leaf plant several meters high. Under the abdomen, a layer of skin could be clearly seen hunting.
Trembling.
Dragons can fly, this is information that Xu Chen has known for a long time.
It's just that this kind of flying is not really capable of flying, but its jumping ability is amazing. In addition, its skin is very strange and very smooth. When it jumps, the skin on its abdomen will show a kind of water ripple-like folds and constantly tremble.
Just like water rafting, it relies on the lift of the air to glide short distances.
Xu Chen had studied the dragon skin he brought back before, and there had always been great doubts about dragons being able to fly.
But after seeing it with his own eyes, he had to believe it.
There are many wonders in the world, and the way this thing glides is probably very similar to that of a flying snake.
With a roar, the dragon flew over the heads of a large group of hunters such as Xu Chen, and then hit the steep cliff with a bang. It grabbed a large number of stone chips with a sharp pop, and then lay firmly on the rock wall.
superior.
It has a dog head with sharp horns, fangs and claws, a long neck, a snake body, a tail with long red and green hair, and a green leopard pattern all over its body. It looks like a hyena, crocodile, eagle, snake and other seven or eight kinds of animals stitched together.
A giant lizard monster.
This dragon was much larger than the one the Wu tribe had killed earlier, with its head and tail combined to be at least three meters long.