Xu Chen ordered to stop moving forward, and everyone started cutting bamboo.
A group of people were confused, but after hearing Xu Chen's explanation, they all suddenly became as excited as if they had been given a shot of blood.
How fast it is to travel by boat. Although they are all savages, since they have become accustomed to the speed of traveling down the river by boat, they are no longer used to the primitive way of traveling over mountains and ridges.
Especially after experiencing the nightmare-like suffering in Qishulin, no one wanted to do it again.
However, although Xu Chen's idea is good, the reality is quite cruel.
Stone knives and stone axes are barely enough to deal with ordinary small trees, but it is quite troublesome to deal with bamboo. There is a layer of bamboo green on the surface of bamboo, which is very tight, strong and full of toughness. Normally, a blunt iron knife cannot cut in, let alone a blunt one.
stone knife stone axe.
In addition, bamboo is hollow and extremely elastic. When struck with a stone knife or a stone axe, it bounces back like a bone.
Therefore, a group of people chopped hard for a long time with stone knives and axes, and the results were very gratifying. After dozens of people chopped for an hour, they only cut down ten branches. It can be called the most difficult logging project.
If you want to transport all these people at once, you will have to chop down hundreds of them.
And they cut down bamboo on such a large scale, which naturally frightened the birds that lived in the bamboo forest and near the foot of the mountain. They flew up and circled in the sky and sang.
This place is not far from the hillside where the Ming people live, probably less than ten miles away.
The lake was surrounded by water, meadows and swamps as far as the eye could see, so this kind of movement was quickly discovered by the Ming people.
However, they discovered that the Cicha and Ming tribesmen did not dare to act rashly.
Yesterday's lesson was too profound. Today they can only wait patiently for the new instructions from the Grand Wizard.
But even if they couldn't attack, they still wanted to find out what these foreigners were doing with these big, hard bamboos.
Therefore, after discussions between the leaders of the two tribes, a group of bold and careful hunters were sent through the swamp meadow area to closely observe the movements of Xu Chen and others.
If the mountains and forests are the nightmare they fear, then this hundreds of miles of lakes and swamps is their most familiar hunting place.
They walk there all year round and use the swamp to hunt all kinds of wild animals.
Seeing that these bamboos were so difficult to deal with, Xu Chen was a little anxious, but he did not give up. Instead, he kept urging orders to speed up the felling.
At the same time, he was also thinking more about the bronze sword and axe.
If we had a batch of sharp weapons and hundreds of large bamboos, it would only take half an hour, but at the moment, it seems that it will take a day to do it.
Although the progress was difficult, the Cicha clan did not come to harass him, which made Xu Chen relieved and felt much less stressed.
From morning to noon, dozens of thigh-thick bamboos were piled on the lake beach. While Xu Chen arranged for people to continue cutting bamboo, he also had people prepare bark ropes and even cut the animal skins into strips to start tying the bamboo raft.
At this time, in the habitat of the Ming tribe, a large group of Cicha and Ming tribe members inquired and learned about the actions of Xu Chen and others. They were extremely puzzled and at the same time waited even more anxiously for news from the great witch of the Cicha tribe.
Time passed, and soon it was around the time the sun set.
Under Xu Chen's constant urging, a group of hunters all worked hard to chop bamboo in order to walk easily on the waterway. They finally chopped enough bamboo to make a raft before the sun set, but the stone knives and axes they carried with them were almost completely destroyed.
These stone knives and stone axes are made of the best flint, and are much sharper and stronger than ordinary stone knives and stone axes. If they are well protected and used, and they are only used for hunting or repairing and making spears, bows and arrows, they can be used as family heirlooms for generations to come.
, but everything was finally reimbursed today.
However, the price was huge, but the harvest was even greater. Eight huge green bamboo rafts were all tied up.
At this time, in the southeast, a large group of hunters were heading toward the Ming tribe's territory along the lake beach. Among them was a young woman of about 20 years old, wearing simple animal skins, with feathers on her head, and holding a
Holding a thick and long black scepter, he is the great shaman of the Cicha tribe.
The great witch came to the Ming clan in person, which made everyone who was waiting anxiously breathe a sigh of relief, and they all gathered around to ask the great witch how to deal with Xu Chen.
But the great witch did not make an immediate decision. Instead, after observing the injuries of all the wounded, he asked about the battle in detail, and then looked very carefully at the gifts Xu Chen asked the wounded to bring back and the time of the attack.
After scrambling for some items they had picked up, they fell into silence for a long time.
Ever since the hunter team set out yesterday morning, she had had an indescribable feeling, as if something was wrong.
But thinking that the other party only had about fifty people coming, she didn't think too much about it. However, in the middle of the night last night, after the clan members rushed back overnight to send back the news of the tragic defeat of the battle, she immediately became nervous and regretful.
As a great witch, he should not make such a hasty decision to start an unknown war.
Because every witch has the obligation and responsibility to guide the development and reproduction of the tribe, war is the behavior that should be avoided most.
Unless absolutely necessary.
Just like how the Cicha tribe expelled the Hacha tribe.
This war should have been avoided in the first place, but because the hunters of the Ming tribe were afraid of curses and plagues, they launched an attack on the tribe brought by the Five Ghost tribe, causing misunderstandings between the two tribes.
However, although the opponent was powerful in force, it seemed that he was trying his best to avoid this battle, so he not only released the prisoners in his hands, but also gave him a magical gift.
But unfortunately, she didn't get the news.
Because it was already after the reporting team left the Ming tribe that several injured hunters returned to the tribe.
The asymmetry of information finally caused a second, larger-scale conflict. The huge teams of more than 200 people from the Cicha and Ming tribes were still defeated, while the other side was almost unscathed.
Although many hunters snatched back a lot of various rattan baskets, salt crystals, pottery, animal skins and other items abandoned by their opponents when they escaped, this loss of wealth was almost negligible compared to the death and injury of more than 30 people from the Cicha tribe.
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She was convinced that these mysterious and magical things in the eyes of the Cicha people were just like ordinary items in the eyes of the other people.
And this battle also caused greater hatred and misunderstanding between both sides.
After the other party knew that the Cicha tribe was unwilling to communicate, the communication channel was basically blocked. Even if she wanted to meet and communicate with the leader of the other party, the other party would not accept it easily because they did not dare to take risks.
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It seems that I am still too young and should not be so impulsive.
The great witch was very remorseful, and sat blankly by the campfire with his scepter. On the animal skins in front of him were several rattan baskets, a roll of linen, seven or eight pottery bowls, pottery spoons, and some salt crystals and feathers.
Animal teeth and other items.
She would touch and look at every item over and over again.
Especially pottery and linen made her heart skip a beat.
I have no idea how such a mysterious and exquisite item was made, but I can tell that it is artificially made.
When did such a mysterious and powerful tribe appear in the north, capable of commanding at least three or more ethnic groups? If so, how wise and profound their great shaman must be. According to the analysis of the situation, the Five Ghost Tribe may have already
Join the tribe.
And when they came this time, they probably didn't ask to move back to the Great Lakes, but came with goodwill and communication.
It's a pity that this matter was messed up by myself.
“#￥%@……”
A group of chiefs from the Cicha and Ming tribes gathered around cautiously, and some finally couldn't help but ask about their next plans.
Because according to the information I inquired today, Xu Chen and others have been busy at the edge of the bamboo forest about ten miles away, cutting down a lot of bamboo, but I don't know what they want to do.
If you want to attack, night may be a good opportunity for hunters who are familiar with the environment.
But it was obvious that their young witch no longer wanted to let this meaningless war continue, so he shook his head and explained a few words, and asked people to take care of the wounded, and wait until daybreak to make arrangements.
There was nothing to say all night, and in a blink of an eye it was dawn again.
Xu Chen and others did not spend the night in the bamboo forest that night. Instead, they changed places. After setting some simple traps around the camp, they lit a bonfire and slept in their clothes, ready for a good night's sleep.
As soon as it got light, a group of people took action immediately. After having some random breakfast, a group of people carried six huge bamboo rafts and headed straight for a nearby river that had been well explored.
Around this big lake, it is estimated that there are no less than a hundred rivers and streams of various sizes that flow into the lake. However, most of them dry up in winter, and you only need to follow some rivers with abundant water to enter the big lake quickly.
The river is densely covered with weeds, a large number of reeds and tall aquatic plants. There may also be large and small swamps, mire pools and puddles in between. These places are the favorite areas for waterbirds and wild animals to gather.
After Xu Chen and others tied up all the gifts by the river, they pushed the bamboo raft into the river. Because the water was too shallow, they could not all sit on it and paddle, so most of them took off their clothes and waded through the muddy water to push the raft forward.
Okay, half an hour later, the river gradually became deeper. A group of people climbed onto the bamboo raft, then used the split bamboo as a paddle, holding the bamboo pennant all the way down the river to the big lake a few miles away.
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At this time, a large group of hunters were surrounding the great shaman of the Cicha tribe and heading along the edge of the lake beach to the place where Xu Chen and others cut bamboo yesterday.
These people shouted loudly along the way and held up spears and clubs. It was unclear whether they were demonstrating or venting their anger.
Large flocks of wild birds were disturbed and flew into the sky, croaking and flying all over the sky under the rising sun.
A few miles away from them, as the raft was going down the river, the huge noise frightened the birds along the way. They fluttered and circled. From a distance, it looked like some huge monster was coming from behind.
The river beach near the foot of the mountain rushes straight into the big lake.
The unusual movements of the two flocks of birds naturally attracted each other's attention.
Moreover, the two sides are walking towards each other. Although there is a small angle, they are getting closer and closer.
Just when the Cicha tribesmen were guarding their great shaman in shock and panic, they saw a green bamboo raft like a huge prehistoric monster, carrying a group of people and rushing out of the dense reeds along the river, as if out of thin air.
The same thing appeared, plowing open the blue lake water and rushing into the vast misty lake.