These hunters should be the tribes that were neighbors to the Five Ghost Tribe.
Wearing clothes made of fur or plant leaves, with black patterns and patterns painted on the body, holding spears, clubs or stone knives and axes, they ran through the swamp meadows with very flexible movements.
Facing the sudden appearance of Xu Chen and others, these hunters were not only very panicked and angry, but also very frightened. Especially when they saw several ugly-looking Five Ghost tribesmen in the team who were covered in color, they were even more reluctant.
Any communication between the two parties directly broke out into a conflict.
However, in the face of heavily armed Ba hunters and super warriors like Lei, the conflict ended quickly. After the opponent killed and injured several people, the rest fled in all directions, most of them deep into the meadows and swamps.
Xu Chen was worried that something might happen while chasing, so he ordered the chase to stop and captured several injured hunters for interrogation.
These people speak the same language as the Five Ghosts. Although there has been no contact for more than a hundred years, many languages have undergone considerable changes, but after all, they have the same roots and the same origin, and there is not much problem in communication even through comparison.
Therefore, through this interrogation, Xu Chen still roughly figured out the situation of several tribes living near this big lake.
The largest tribe here is called the Cicha tribe. It has a population of five to six hundred people, which is similar to the Wu tribe of the Gonghuo tribe. It is guarded by a big witch. There are also six small and medium-sized tribes that are attached to the Cicha tribe, with a population ranging from dozens to two to three hundred.
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The tribe we met today is called the Ming tribe. There are more than a hundred people. They are considered a lower-middle-class tribe among the Cicha tribe. They live in the mountains and forests not far away.
However, when Xu Chen and others asked to lead the way to the tribe, these injured hunters were unwilling to live or die. Two of them even broke away and ran away. The hunters from the captive army chased after them and tried to catch them back, but these guys tried their best to escape deep into the meadow.
The chasing hunters almost fell into the mud, and most of them had to be killed with bows and arrows.
After further interrogation, Xu Chen learned that these tribes were worried that the Five Ghosts would come back and spread the curse to their own tribes, so they would rather die than lead the way.
After thinking about it, Xu Chen decided to give up searching for the Ming tribe for the time being. Instead, he left this meadow and swamp and found a safe place to stay first.
The environment here and the Gonghuo Basin are completely different from the areas where the Yugong clan and others live, and are very unfamiliar to a team like them who are accustomed to fighting in mountains, forests and canyons.
In particular, this Cicha tribe is quite powerful, and it is not easy to act rashly before knowing its location.
He brought only fifty people with him on this long journey, thirty of whom he brought from the Ba tribe, and twenty who were brought by Lei.
Moreover, due to the constant fighting and hunting along the way, the weapons were severely damaged and could not be replenished in time, resulting in large gaps in the arrows. Many wooden bows also began to have problems due to frequent use, and their power was greatly weakened.
Therefore, it is no longer suitable for large-scale battles.
In addition, this place is far away from the Gonghuo Basin and the Five Ghost Clan, and there is no help nearby. Facing a powerful tribe of five to six hundred people, the already familiar strategy of stealing the tower is basically impossible to carry out.
Even after conquering the Ming tribe, Xu Chen had no confidence that he could continue to conquer the Cicha tribe. On the contrary, it would stimulate the vigilance of nearby tribes and cause even more serious hostility.
Therefore, Xu Chen asked people to leave the area with a few injured prisoners, and temporarily stationed at a place far away from the tidal flats and swamps to repair.
It took eight days to get here from the Five Ghost Clan, and most of the time was spent on the road, especially the area in the lacquered forest, which was as scary as a nightmare. Now a group of people were exhausted and needed a good rest.
Drill wood to make a fire, hunt, and cook.
After a period of wild exploration, a group of hunters all have rich experience, and each group performs its own duties. Lei leads a group of hunters who are skilled in bow and arrow to be responsible for hunting, while Mo leads a group of people to guard the station and support the Fire Tribe captive army.
Mainly responsible for making fire and cooking.
Several injured prisoners of the Ming tribe were simply bandaged and their hands and feet were tied up and thrown on the ground. They watched this group of strange and unfamiliar people brought by the five ghost tribes be busy together.
And the more I looked at it, the more frightened and frightened I became.
The clothes and weapons and equipment of these people have never been seen before, and they are all well-trained and have a reasonable division of labor. Some people direct others to work, and they are busy but not chaotic. Especially when I saw two teenagers pointing a wooden stick at a person.
After a few manipulations of a piece of wood, it actually lit up a fire, and everyone screamed in fright.
In addition, the things these people brought were all unseen items, such as rattan baskets, pottery, flags, horns, and maps, which were even more unheard of and unseen.
Not only could these people make fires out of thin air, they could also hunt very quickly. Not long after the bonfire was lit, the hunting teams returned one after another, bringing back seven or eight beasts of all sizes. Then some people disemboweled them and some chopped down some wood.
The sticks set up a grill on the bonfire, put a few beasts on the wooden frame and started grilling.
In addition, some people smashed some minced meat and bones and put them into clay pots, added water to cook them, and also added some strange things.
Soon, a strong aroma of barbecued meat and cooked meat filled the air in the slightly open woods.
This flavor is full of unparalleled temptation.
Even the terrified prisoners were seduced by this smell and forgot about pain and fear, and began to stare at the barbecue and earthen pots and swallow their saliva.
While the meat was being cooked and barbecued, most of the hunters were not idle either. They were still busy going back and forth. Some were building tents with sticks, branches and animal skins, some were polishing stone spears and axes, and some were organizing
With rattan baskets and baskets on their backs, some are repairing bow and arrow weapons, while others are looking for materials to make arrows.
The scene seemed chaotic but was orderly. They all performed their duties. Occasionally, someone would fight or burst into laughter.
What puzzled the captives the most was that these hunters looked like they were not from the same tribe, either from their looks or their accents.
It consists of at least three or four different ethnic groups.
And they are not the same family alliance tribe.
In other words, this group of powerful and unfamiliar hunters should be composed of several different alliance tribes.
Where are they from?
What is the relationship with the cursed Five Ghost Tribe?
Why have I never heard of such a powerful tribal alliance?
They seem to be coming from the northwest.
Although I have heard of some tribes in the northwest, I have never heard of them being so powerful.
Amid various fears and suspicions, as the aroma of the food became stronger and stronger, the hunters who were working, chatting and laughing, gathered around the campfire and started eating.
Some of them cut off pieces of meat from the grill with stone knives and bone knives and took big bites of it, leaving their mouths full of oil. Others took out earthenware bowls and spoons from the rattan baskets and scooped out the meat from the earthenware pots.
I started to swallow the fragrant minced meat and bone soup.
At Xu Chen's signal, several hunters cut off a few pieces of barbecue and threw them in front of a few prisoners, who immediately grabbed them and started to bite them.
When the aroma of barbecue entered their mouths, they all felt as if they had discovered a new world.
This piece of meat is not only full of salty taste, but also has an incomparable spicy aroma, which makes people salivate and whet their appetite.
Soon the few beasts on the grill that were not too big were eaten up, and the minced meat and bone broth were all eaten and drank. Some of the group of people began to pack away the pots, bowls, and spoons, while others continued to chat and laugh and started polishing, repairing, and building weapons.
tent.
After Xu Chen had eaten and drank enough, he had several injured prisoners who were still licking their fingers vigorously captured and continued interrogation.
At this time, the sun is already in the west, and it will be dark in more than an hour at most.
Xu Chen didn't want to continue to have conflicts with the local tribes, so he decided to use normal courtesy exchanges to see if he could have some friendly contact with the Ming Tribe and the Cicha Clan.
Xu Chen did not ask about the specific location of the Ming tribe this time. He just explained to them his origin and purpose, hoping to live in peace and have friendly exchanges with the local tribes.
Therefore, he planned to give some gifts to a few injured hunters to take back and let them convey his wishes back to the tribe.
After the Five Ghosts turned over the words, several captives were surprised and happy after understanding, and finally left with each other supporting each other with a rattan basket on their backs.
Inside the backpack were a small bag of salt crystals and several pottery bowls given by Xu Chen, as well as a piece of cloth and several animal skins from today's hunt.
Animal skins in winter are good things for all tribes, and exquisite and magical pottery and linen are mysterious items that have never been seen before. As for salt crystals, for the Ming tribe, they are definitely things blessed by the gods.
I have also found some salty saline-alkali soil, but I have never seen such crystal clear salty ore.
Therefore, even though they were full of fear and hatred towards Xu Chen and others, Xu Chen's actions still made several Ming tribe members very excited. They almost forgot about the pain on their bodies and the dangers in the wild. After leaving the forest, they stumbled and rolled.
Then he went straight to his tribe.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, will letting go cause trouble? Do you want to arrange for someone to follow?"
Lei sat next to Xu Chen, scraping a few arrow shafts with a bone knife and asked slightly worriedly.
Xu Chen thought for a while and shook his head and said: "No, the terrain here is complicated and dangerous. If you go with us, you may not be able to come back. If you go back, it may bring some dangers. But this time we have gone too far. We are short of weapons and equipment, and the environment is unfamiliar."
, the food is not enough, we must not take the initiative to provoke a war, and contact them if they are willing to communicate. This can enhance mutual understanding, but if they are hostile, we should not have a violent conflict with them. Remember, you must use your brain to fight a war, not
Reckless, our goal right now is not to conquer, but to communicate!"
"Yes, I remember it!" Lei nodded very seriously.
Lei has always been very convinced by Xu Chen's words.
If he were still the hunter leader of the Wu tribe, he would definitely be very strong if he encountered this kind of war before.
But since Xu Chen conquered the Gonghuo Clan, the Yu Gong Clan and the Five Ghost Clan along the way, showing more and more courage and resourcefulness and the concept of conquest of careful killing, little killing and peace as the most important, the mentality of a group of hunter leaders has also changed very much.