When the team marched to the center in front of a row of flags, following the officer's order, the long team stopped instantly.
"Dismount and line up!"
Xu Chen turned over and dismounted, and Gu Jufeng and others followed suit. Three different teams of spearmen, archers and captives quickly formed a formation.
At this time, the hunting teams of all the tribes participating in the meeting had already lined up neatly, and they all looked at Xu Chen and the twin little witches with warm eyes.
Xu Chen walked to the front of the hunter team, crossing his legs and holding his hands behind his back.
"stand at attention!"
"Snapped!"
All the hunter teams stood at attention in unison, holding spears, bows and arrows and other weapons, raising their heads and looking forward. Even the hunter teams from the tribes of the Gonghuo Alliance who had not officially participated in military training also lined up together.
stand at attention.
The scene was completely silent and extremely quiet.
"This year's shaman chief sacrifice will be held in the Ba tribe. As the host, on behalf of the Ba tribe, I welcome everyone to attend this grand event. I believe everyone has heard about the hunting competition and the upcoming gathering arrangements, so I will not explain it anymore.
In order to make the hunting competition fair and just, each tribe selects ten people to participate in the competition. The teams that have been selected by each tribe please come to the front of the flag. Everyone, listen to the order and come out!"
"Follow the order!"
Following Xu Chen's order, there was a burst of majestic responses from each tribe, and then young and strong hunters came out one after another, and soon lined up in front of the flags of each tribe.
Including the Ba tribe, ten people also came out and lined up in front of the tribe flag behind Xu Chen.
There are fifteen teams in the two alliances, with a total of 150 people. Except for the Gonghuo tribe, the other tribes in the Gonghuo Alliance have no clan flags, but this does not affect the seriousness of the queue at all. More than a hundred people lined up,
With a distance of tens of meters, everyone stood tall and raised their heads, and the atmosphere became even more lively.
"Everyone, because this year's hunting ground is on the other side of the river, where the terrain is unfamiliar, the situation is complicated, and crossing the river is full of dangers. If you don't want to participate now, you can withdraw and replace it with others. After the horn sounds three times, everyone will start.
You must abide by the rules of the competition. If you are afraid of quitting midway, you will not receive the blessing of the great witch, and you will also lose the protection of the gods in the future. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
More than a hundred people roared in unison, and the sound echoed throughout the valley.
The first horn sounded soon, but no hunter from any tribe quit, and everyone looked eager to try.
After Xu Chen's game arrangements were discussed and issued last night, the military leaders of each tribe returned to their tribes and conducted a round of careful selection and arrangements.
Almost all the tribes that came this year brought enough people and wanted to compete hard in the hunting competition.
After all, starting from last year, three winning teams will be selected for the annual hunting competition, and three tribal warriors will be elected to receive the blessing of the great witch. With more opportunities, the interest in participating will naturally be greater and more enthusiastic.
What's more, this is the first year that a hunting competition is held in the Ba tribe, so the face of Dawu and Xu Chen will be greatly sacrificed.
Even the Hu tribe, whose number is similar to that of the Ba tribe, almost all the adult men came this year, adding up to nearly 20 people. In the past, they only sent about ten people, and like the Ba tribe, they were at the bottom every year.
Although the Gonghuo Alliance is far apart, each tribe also wants to come and see the world, and at the same time express their respect for the Ba people, and they also bring many people.
Naturally, with more people, the selection will be very smooth, not to mention that the rewards provided by the Ba tribe are also very generous, so all the hunters participating are very enthusiastic. After three horns were sounded, no one from any team dropped out halfway.
"Very good. It seems that you are all the bravest hunters carefully selected by each tribe. I look forward to you bringing an unparalleled and exciting game to everyone. Now I would like to ask two great wizards to pray for you and ask the gods to grant you bravery.
And strength, Wu Ga!”
"Wuga~~"
The whole audience cheered in unison.
The twin little witches, surrounded by a group of young women in white dresses, slowly walked to the central open space, held their staffs high, and began to sing and dance ancient witchcraft songs.
The two sisters are almost identical except for their clothes. They grew up together and studied with the great shaman since they were young. Their voices are the same clear and melodious, and their dance moves are exactly the same. Therefore, they not only look pleasing to the eye, but also make people feel a feeling that has never been seen before.
His youthfulness and liveliness are unforgettable.
Xu Chen stood nearby, his eyes flickering and shining brightly.
I never thought that the twin sisters would dance so beautifully. Although their figures have not yet grown, the childishness and tenderness of this girl show a completely different charm.
For the first time, he discovered that the little female savage actually had such a youthful and lovely side.
So his belief in being single was once again shaken shamelessly.
His little female savage cousin had already made him break the precepts. In fact, after he accepted one savage, his resistance to other female savages became less and less.
Especially girls with unique identities and charms like the twin little witches, who looked at her with a temptation that far exceeded that of a uniform, which made him suddenly have some wild thoughts and couldn't control it.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, your blessing is complete!"
The voice of the little witch sister woke him up from the temptation of the uniform, only to realize that the blessing ceremony was over.
"okay!"
Xu Chen quickly looked away from the two sisters, got on his horse and pointed in the direction of the mouth of the valley and shouted: "Blow the horn, let's go!"
"Woo~wu~wu~~~"
Ancient blew the golden horn in his hand.
"Woo~~"
All participating tribes also raised their flags and sounded their trumpets.
The Ba tribe hunters were still arranged in a formation to open the way, heading towards the entrance of the valley with the twin little witches, Xu Chen and others at the head. The rest of the tribal team followed them one after another, forming a long queue like a long snake.
Just like that, we set off along the river beach.
The distance from the valley station to the dock at the mouth of the river is nearly ten miles, and it takes more than an hour to walk.
Therefore, after setting off, Xu Chen arranged for the naval commander Ju to take a few hunters on horseback and set off first to prepare rafts and tools. The others walked slowly and set off from the sunrise. By the time they arrived at the dock, it was already close to nine in the morning.
point.
The six rafts have been re-tied two by two side by side into three large rafts. These three rafts have been connected front to back to form an extended raft. After the assembly is completed, it is like a flat piece of land floating in the river bend.
This is a way Xu Chen thought of to cross the river as quickly as possible after arranging the hunting grounds last night.
If the previous training methods for crossing the river were followed, almost every raft would be filled with sailors and hunters.
But most of the people participating in hunting now don’t know how to row a boat, and it’s definitely too late for temporary training, so we can only change our thinking.
During the Three Kingdoms period, in order to defeat Cao Cao's 800,000-strong army, the allied forces of Sun and Liu asked people to offer a plan for Prime Minister Cao. Both sides were very happy. Cao's army solved the situation where the northern soldiers were not used to water warfare, and Soochow got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is needed, and then the most exciting plot in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be borrowed from the east wind.
Therefore, for landlubbers, it is not impossible to take a boat. To solve this problem, just make the boat bigger.
In the final analysis, simple and crude methods can work wonders.
This huge raft can carry far more than thirty-six people.
The only disadvantage is that it moves slowly when it gets bigger, and the resistance increases countless times in the water, requiring more thrust to cross the river.
But at this point, we can only take one step at a time.
As long as there are enough paddlers and a team of swimmers are arranged to help push the boat, I believe there won't be much of a problem crossing the river, but it may drift further downstream and take more time.
All the tribes that followed were stunned when they saw this huge super raft.
However, Xu Chen did not explain much, but directly ordered a group of hunters who were familiar with paddling and boating to get ready. Some of them got on the boat to paddle and shake the oar poles, and some of them went directly into the water to push the raft.
After they were ready, Xu Chen ordered all the teams crossing the river to line up and get on the raft in order.
After fifty people got on board, they saw that the raft could no longer bear the pressure and was mostly sinking into the water, so he ordered the first raft to start crossing the river.
With the sound of the horn and the waving of the flag, under the nervous and excited gaze of thousands of people, the huge raft slowly left the dock amid the shouts of the boatmen and sailors, slowly floated out of the river bend, and then was rowed by a group of people.
The paddle pushed the boat into the rapids area.
The hunters from the five participating tribes all squatted neatly on the raft as required, holding tightly on the gaps in the wood or the ropes fixed on it. As the raft bumped, it was inevitable to cry and howl, but more of it was excitement.
The strange screams of "yo ho ho ho ho" came and went, which made a lot of people excited.
The process of crossing the river was no different from what Xu Chen had imagined.
The speed was very slow and it took a full 20 minutes and nearly 200 meters to drift downstream before slowly reaching the shore.
But the advantage is also obvious, that is, there were no twists and turns along the way, and it floated over as if it were on flat ground. Even the hunters who helped push in the water did not appear in any danger. They grabbed the edges around the raft and made it through without any danger.
Passed through the rapids area.
"嘢嚯~~"
Seeing the raft docking on the opposite side, the men, women, and children surrounding the Hebend Pier let out a burst of warm cheers.
The same was true for a group of hunters who came ashore on the opposite side. After taking off their weapons from the raft, some people went ashore to guard, and some helped push the raft upstream. Twenty minutes later, the raft began to row back, but this time there was no movement.
After carrying dozens of people, the raft crossed the river much faster, and it took more than ten minutes to successfully cross the river.
It took nearly an hour to come and go.
Next, the second group of fifty people boarded the boat to cross the river.