"Your Majesty the Witch King, what will we do tomorrow?"
Although he won a big victory today, Lei was still a little worried. In other words, he was not worried about the battle with the Cicha clan, but he wanted to learn more of these elusive fighting skills.
The traps were some simple hunting techniques that Xu Chen taught them on the way here.
But I didn't expect that Xu Chen would achieve miraculous results when using it in war.
This surprised and delighted him, and at the same time he greatly admired Xu Chen's unconstrained creativity.
As long as he was with Xu Chen, he felt that he would always have endless knowledge to learn.
Compared to his strong physique and rich combat and hunting experience, although Xu Chen's combat skills may not seem brave and domineering enough, they are more magical and effective.
If this is a head-on battle, even if our own side is equipped with sophisticated equipment and strict discipline, it is impossible to escape unscathed.
He has always been the leader of hunters and has seen many accidental casualties among his companions during hunting.
Therefore, it is very sensitive to death and injury.
As the leader of a hunter team, although hunting success is the ultimate goal, the cost of casualties is the criterion for checking whether a leader is qualified.
The lower the casualty cost of the team and the larger the hunt, the higher the natural prestige will be, the greater the reputation in the tribe, and the more hunters will be willing to follow. Victory with a large number of casualties is more important to the powerful hunter leader.
Say, it's absolutely a shame.
Every time he hunts, he takes the lead, using his strong body to resist the most ferocious beasts, rushing into the most dangerous positions, and creating the safest hunting opportunities for his companions.
The leader of every tribal hunter team has earned his position through his own experience and abilities.
In order to surpass him, Long chose to hunt the dragon beast that had long been entrenched in the swamp forest outside the river valley in the hunting competition two years ago. In that competition, Long almost attracted and carried the dragon by himself.
The beast's attack finally gave his companions the opportunity to severely injure the dragon beast. Although the victory was tragic, no one died, which also earned him a great reputation.
Therefore, an excellent hunter leader must not only be brave himself, but also take care of all his companions, because every adult hunter is a guardian of the tribe, and even a tribe as large as the Wu tribe cannot afford to lose.
And all hunters are willing to follow the bravest and wisest leader.
Lei is a veteran warrior and hunter leader of the Wu tribe. He has always considered himself a qualified leader, but until he met Xu Chen, he felt increasingly humble.
Compared to Xu Chen's leadership ability and endless creativity and strategies, he felt completely like a young man who had just started learning to hunt, ignorant and ignorant.
"We have been out for a long time this time. We have lost too much equipment and cannot continue our journey. The Cicha tribe is unwilling to communicate. Giving them a small lesson this time is enough for them to reflect. We will stay another day tomorrow to see the situation.
If the other side’s great witch is still unwilling to come forward, let’s go home!”
Xu Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. Although they won today, the Cicha tribe was still strong and did not go out in force. There were six or seven tribes that did not participate at all. If their great witch became angry and mobilized hunters from all tribes to encircle and suppress them, we would not be able to do so.
Avoid serious casualties.
So leaving is the best option.
In fact, he had gained enough from this trip, and it no longer made much sense to continue to struggle with the Cicha clan.
In addition, the entire team is also very tired and not suitable for further travel.
Because the further you go to the southeast, the environment becomes more unfamiliar and complex, language communication becomes more difficult, and the danger becomes greater.
After dark, the hunters of the Cicha tribe who suffered heavy casualties also supported their wailing companions all the way back to the Ming tribe in low spirits.
Stealing chickens but losing rice. Faced with a highly intelligent strategist like Xu Chen, a group of savages from the Cicha tribe did not take any advantage at all. Although they picked up a small amount of rattan basket pottery and animal skins that Xu Chen and others had discarded,
goods, but they also paid an unbearable huge price.
The casualties of more than 30 people severely damaged the two tribes.
This is a tragic casualty unprecedented in decades.
These casualties were almost all the bravest and strongest hunters of the two tribes. Those who died were left alone. If the injured were left with serious disabilities, they would completely lose their hunting ability in the future and become a burden to the tribe.
Especially in this cold winter when there is a lack of food and clothing, it will make the two tribes even worse.
Facing the hunters of the two tribes who took advantage of the excitement and returned tragically, the entire Ming tribe was also in chaos.
The outcome of more than 30 casualties frightened the clan leader and a group of leaders of the Ming clan into panic and completely lost their sense of proportion.
After a heated discussion and quarrel, they decided to notify the Great Witch again overnight and let her decide whether to continue fighting.
The tribe attracted by the Five Ghost Tribe was too powerful, and its mysterious attack methods were hard to guard against. Even the initially ambitious hunter leader of the Cicha Tribe felt extremely frightened and humiliated.
Although he was not reconciled to this failure.
But he understood that he could not lead the team to victory.
Such huge casualties have called into question his leadership ability.
He continued to attack without the slightest certainty, because the opponent's attack method was completely beyond the scope of his understanding.
Bows and arrows were weapons he had never seen before. Silent long-distance attacks in the woods were almost completely unprepared. In addition, he had seen several traps and was frightened and frightened by the opponent's intelligence.
The enemy fights in a way far beyond their imagination.
In addition, the opponent also had a weapon in his hand that could make a terrifying sound. According to the explanations of several wounded prisoners who were released by Xu Chen, it was a golden magical item called a horn. When blown with the mouth, it could make a sound that was more terrifying than a tiger or a bear.
Roaring, they personally saw each other blowing, the sound could break the ears.
Facing this mysterious and powerful enemy, all the hunters participating in this war are almost scared to death.
Of course, the opponent has few people and dare not confront them head-on. If they can be driven to the beach and swamp at the foot of the mountain, they can still be killed, but the opponent does not seem stupid and will not give in easily.
Even if it were to succeed, it would still require at least double the manpower, mobilize more tribes of hunters, completely surround the hill where they were hiding, and continuously attack and drive them away.
But according to the opponent's elusive fighting style, the Cicha clan will definitely pay a higher price. Even if they win, it will be a tragic victory in the end.
Therefore, the hunter leader of the Cicha tribe finally had to suppress the anger and helplessness in his heart to clean up the mess and wait for the new instructions from the great witch.
The night passed by suddenly.
Woke up to another cold morning.
Xu Chen still arranged for some hunters to go near the lake beach at the foot of the mountain to inquire about the movements of the Jicha and Ming tribes, while others worked hard to pack up items, repair and prepare weapons and food.
The dry food he carried has long been eaten up, and now he relies on hunting every day to survive.
Fortunately, he was accompanied by a team of the most powerful hunters from each tribe, coupled with the blessing of bows and arrows, as well as traps set up with leftover meat bones and some flesh and animal skins as bait last night, Xu Chen started from a simple animal
When they came out of the leather tent, Lei had already led a group of hunters to bring back five or six wild beasts of various sizes. They disemboweled them and chopped them into minced meat with a stone axe, and then started cooking them.
There is no need to think about wheat, beans and multi-grain porridge. Right now, I can only survive on meat every day.
Xu Chen would have vomited if he had used the broth that was bland and had the fishy smell of wild animals every day, but fortunately with salt and pepper, it tasted quite delicious when cooked casually.
After a simple breakfast of ten thousand hot meat soup, the team extinguished the campfire and abandoned the camp, leaving the valley and heading southwest along the woods at the edge of the lake beach at the foot of the mountain.
Two small teams were left along the way to conduct research and alert, and left enough marks and traces.
And this transition gave him an unexpected surprise and gain.
I actually found a large bamboo forest under the hillside.
Moreover, these bamboos grow very big, each one is as thick as a thigh, and they grow densely all over the hillside. Looking southward along the bamboo forest, it seems that the bamboo forest is all lush and green as far as the eye can see.
What a good thing!
Xu Chen's mouth immediately started to water.
He has been looking for bamboo for a long time after traveling through time, but he has not seen it either near the Ba tribe or in the Gonghuo Basin. According to the climate, bamboo is still suitable for survival near the Ba tribe, but the local rocky geology does not seem to be suitable for bamboo growth, but
The low hillsides and deep soil here create a unique living environment for bamboo.
Especially around this big lake, there is abundant water and a milder climate, which is very suitable for bamboo growth.
Such a large-scale bamboo forest can be found here, indicating that there will be more in the south.
The role of bamboo is much more useful than the messy trees, trees and vines.
It's easy to build houses and make bows and arrows. Even bamboo rafts are far better than wood.
Because the hollow bamboo sections can produce greater buoyancy, skilled and brave people can freely move around rivers and lakes with just one big bamboo.
He is currently worried about how to go back.
If we return the same way, we will have to go through the vast lacquer forest again, and we will definitely suffer again. Just thinking about it makes my scalp numb.
Of course, if you are careful not to touch or stain the lacquer trees, there may not be much of a problem, but in an area that takes three days to pass through, who can guarantee that you will not stain them? Those large and ancient lacquer trees are always going down.
The dripping sap spreads the toxins like poisonous mist throughout the forest, making it completely impossible to prevent.
The Five Ghosts back then did not even live within the range of the lacquer trees, but they were still allergic to the lacquer trees. This meant that the surrounding air, water and soil had been polluted by the lacquer trees and contained an allergic toxin.
Now that there are such big bamboos, if we build a few bamboo rafts, we can follow the big lake to the southeast to find the mouth of the river.
According to the nearby terrain characteristics, this large lake is most likely to be classified as a lagoon, and it should not be far from the Wulong River. Maybe it can lead directly to the Wulong River from here. As long as you enter the river, you can follow it.
If you go upstream on the river bank, you can reach the Jia tribe area. Although the river will go backward very slowly, you can just explore the situation on both sides of the Wulong River for hundreds of miles, and at the same time find out some waterways, so as to prepare for further exploration and voyages in the future.
be prepared.
The most important thing is that if you succeed this time, if you want to conquer the Cicha Clan next time, you don't have to take the land route of the Five Ghost Clan. Instead, you can directly go down the river from the Ba Clan, Wu Clan, and Gonghuo Basin. It is estimated that it will take up to three times.