If you go from the Ba people to the Gonghuo people and go around the Jicang River by land, the distance between the two places is about 150 kilometers, and the straight-line distance should be less than 100 kilometers.
Going down the Wulong River, it is roughly more curved than a straight line, but the difference is very limited, only about a hundred kilometers.
Of course, these are Xu Chen's speculations based on years of field investigation experience. There may be some differences, but they are indistinguishable.
Because judging from the direction of the mountain, there are no large-scale address structural faults nearby. They belong to the same mountain system. The Wulong River flows southeast along the mountain valley and will not cause much change.
After setting off from Wuzu the day before yesterday, we walked about 70 to 80 kilometers in most of the day. It should be about 30 kilometers to reach the mouth of Ji Cang River. In other words, in two hours at most, the raft team of Mo and others should be there.
You will find the entrance to Jicang River.
Xu Chen's only worry was that these gangsters ignored him and ran away.
But obviously his worries were unnecessary. Mo and others followed his words as if they were edicts. Although they were riding very fast and had a great time, they did not relax at all and observed along the way. Before the eleventh hour of the day, a large area slowly appeared in front of the left
After hitting the river beach, on the right front, I saw a huge and steep rock wall.
These two are the reference points Xu Chen gave them when they were about to arrive at the entrance of Jicang River.
It was here that they encountered obstruction and had to return. At the same time, they also saw a strange tribe hunting on the other side.
At this time, thousands of birds gathered near the vast river beach, and wild animals of all sizes were galloping and playing, which was not much different from anywhere else.
But as we get closer and closer to the entrance of the tributary of the river beach, we can vaguely hear the sounds of hunters from strange tribes shouting hello to each other while hunting on the south bank.
“嘢嚯嚯嚯…”
The Ba hunters on the raft also issued a warm call.
Then the savages hunting on the river beach turned their heads one after another, and were horrified to find a row of strange things floating down the river in the wide river, and people could be vaguely seen on them.
So a group of hunters got frightened again, dropped their sticks, weapons and even their prey, and fled back, crawling around and crying like wolves.
Last time I was frightened by the strange tribe on the other side. This time it was even more frightening. These people were running on the water. The world was becoming increasingly unclear. Did the gods really appear?
It must be like this, they are a group of gods who can control the river water, sitting with terrifying water beasts.
There are some things that you shouldn't think too much about, as the more you think about them, the more you will be afraid of them.
Faced with such unexplainable and unreasonable things, they all had no choice but to run back and report to the witch, hoping to find out what these terrifying gods wanted to do when they appeared.
It seems that this is the Yu Gong clan that is about to attack.
The Mowai group of Ba hunters on the raft were in a great mood, shouting loudly and slowly approaching the north bank of the river.
After passing here, more than ten miles downstream, you will reach the entrance of Jicang River. The time will arrive soon.
Sure enough, the eight rafts were slowly deviating from the center of the river and approaching the north bank. In just one meal, they saw another wide river beach in front of them. Thousands of birds gathered at the mouth of the river. On the river beach, animals were running and wolves were howling. A group of people were slowly walking on the river beach.
When I was maneuvering the raft into the river mouth, I suddenly heard a few shouts from the river beach in the distance, and not far from the river bank, I saw a simple dock made of wood and stones and a few simple rafts.
Floating in the water.
"Yo ho ho ho..."
The hunters shouted loudly, and Mo also blew the bark horn hanging on the mast.
"Woo~wu~wu~~~~"
A group of hunters who were originally hunting on the river beach heard a call coming from the direction of the river mouth, and thought it was a greeting from their companions. But then they heard the sound of a horn calling for a gathering, and they were stunned for a moment.
They just followed Xu Chen's orders and came to the river mouth every once in a while to check the hydrological conditions. No other hunter teams came, and they didn't bring horns. However, the sound of the horn was so familiar that it was almost the same as during daily training.
They were exactly the same, and they seemed to be a team of hunters belonging to the same alliance. Therefore, they all abandoned the beasts they were chasing and roared straight to the mouth of the river. Then they saw a scene that they would never forget.
A long row of wide rafts, with a tall wooden pole erected in the middle, was sailing from the river into the bend at the intersection of the two rivers. The rafts were full of people, and the sound of the horn came from there.
Came from the lead raft.
"嘢嚯~"
"Quack this way!"
A group of Gonghuo hunters stood by the river near the dock, jumping and shouting with weapons raised.
The people on the rafts also burst into enthusiastic cheers at the same time, and then they struggled to hold up their poles and row, and shouted loudly to ask the Maotun hunters to paddle hard. Soon, eight rafts entered the river mouth and arrived near the dock.
"Balaiga!!"
Some of the hunters on the shore were Gonghuo tribesmen who had been prisoners of the Ba tribe. They were very familiar with the Ba tribe. After recognizing Mo, they were pleasantly surprised. They couldn't wait for the raft to reach the shore and jumped into the water to help drag the raft to the shore.
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"Moga Moga, the Witch King wants to fight and wants people. We are going to Leiga!"
Mo quickly stopped him loudly and explained his purpose in the simplest words.
"Your Majesty the Witch King?"
"Fighting quack!"
A group of hunters were stunned for a moment and became even more excited. They all jumped on their rafts and untied the cables to follow them to fight.
Mo was not in the mood to explain too much, and loudly ordered to put down the animal skin sail, adjust the direction, and prepare to go up the Cang River against the season.
None of the Gonghuo tribe's hunters had ever seen this new type of raft, and the sails were quickly hoisted and unfurled amidst the noise.
The northwest wind is prevailing at the moment. Although the river wind is not facing the direction of the Jicang River, after adjustment, the sails were fully inflated after receiving the wind force, which still exerted a considerable thrust on the raft. They will be fixed after the direction adjustment is completed.
After the sail rope was removed, the raft began to sway violently driven by the wind and headed upstream of the Jicang River.
"Wow, so fast..."
In just over ten minutes, eight new rafts with sails left a group of Gonghuo hunters hundreds of meters behind.
The water volume of the Jicang River is quite large, especially in the area near the entrance of the Wulong River. The water is gentle and the river is wide. The river surface, which is hundreds of meters wide, looks like a vast and empty feeling with blue waves.
The eight rafts swayed upstream, driven by the sails, and soon entered the valley between the two mountains.
A group of La women, children, and children squatting on the raft have gradually calmed down after a few hours of getting familiar with each other, and they can even start to look at the surrounding environment curiously.
The more than ten Maotun men who were coerced to come to help as engines saw that the Ba people and the savages here actually knew each other, and they felt even more frightened and frightened. They could only row harder and harder, hoping that these strange tribesmen would
People regard themselves as little transparent.
Although there were animal skin sails, the speed of going upstream was obviously much slower. It was still morning when we reached the mouth of the river, but it was not until the sun turned west that we finally reached the river beach near the Gonghuo Tribe Mountain Col. It was only a short distance of thirty miles, and it took a long time.
It actually took twice as long as coming down from upriver.
At this time, not only the Ba people who were holding poles and rowing were sweating profusely from exhaustion, but a group of Maotun people paddling were even too tired and weak, lying on the raft not wanting to move.
At this time, the few simple rafts of the Gonghuo tribe hunters who followed behind them had already disappeared. By the time they came back, the sun would probably be setting.
A group of Ba hunters admired Xu Chen's seemingly strange animal skin sail even more.
They docked, blew their trumpets, and shouted loudly, and soon the hunters from the Gonghuo Tribe and the Thunder Tribe who were hunting near the river beach came after hearing the news.
When they saw the Ba people who suddenly descended from the sky, they were both surprised and excited. When they heard Mo explained his intention, the men of both tribes immediately screamed in excitement. They stopped hunting and stopped wandering outside. They cheered and surrounded Mo Waiting.
A group of people headed straight for the Gonghuo Tribe Valley.
A group of La women, children, and children were carrying some of the broken belongings that had not been thrown away and had already been wet by the river on their backs, and mixed with a group of Mao Tun engines. Their legs and feet were weak, their eyes were blurred, and they were frightened.
of moving forward.
You can see a super big tribe here.
You can tell just by looking at the number of hunters here.
After blowing the horn for a moment, more than ten people came. As the horn continued to sound, it seemed that the shouts of hunters were heard from all directions on the river bank, and hunters continued to run over.
"Woo~~"
In the distance, near the foot of the mountain, a horn sounded, and there were loud noises and running sounds.
And where the horn came from, there was a huge strange thing standing tall. In the primitive scenery full of wild grass and trees, it looked particularly eye-catching, like standing out from a flock of chickens.
That's the ThunderClan's stilt house.
After this house was built, it became the most luxurious building within hundreds of miles of Gonghuo Basin, and also became a landmark building near the Gonghuo Tribe. Every day, many people drooled over this building.
A kind of envy.
In a large area near the foot of the mountain, there are several other places where major construction projects are underway, and many men and women are busy.
But at this time, everyone had been alarmed by the sound of horns and noises. They dropped their things and stood on tiptoe to look around. Some people even ran to the river beach, because standing at a high place, they could clearly see a large number of strange rafts approaching.
On the shore, a large group of people were helping the old and young toward the mountain col where the Gonghuo tribe lived.
Something big must have happened.
In this era where the flow of information is as slow as a snail, traffic is extremely congested and entertainment is almost zero, no one is willing to give up any excitement.
"Tap tap tap tap..."
There was the sound of horse hooves galloping towards me.
Soon, I saw a burly man in leather armor, carrying a bow and arrows and riding a strong hunter riding straight towards him. From a distance, he seemed to recognize the identities of Mo and others, and shouted in surprise.
Came over.
"Moga!"
"Lega!"
Lei turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and held Mo in a bear hug, and the two of them beat each other hard on the back.