The name of this tribe is Dai, but it is not clear what it means. In addition, there are no characters, so Xu Chen can only label it with a familiar character.
And half a day's journey to the northwest of the Dai tribe and upstream of the Jicang River, there is a powerful tribe called Pi, with a great shaman. Its number is several times larger than that of the Dai tribe. Through their repeated gestures, Xu Chen estimated this.
There are at least four to five hundred people in the tribe.
Then a group of officers and hunters instantly burst into cheers like ghosts and howls.
They came here to rob people.
There are only about a hundred people in the Dai tribe. There are currently six tribes participating in this conquest. Even if they were all robbed, each tribe would still only have ten or twenty people. And most of them are women, children, old and young, and many of them cannot work at all.
, the only people who are really willing to take it back are a group of young and middle-aged men and women, and according to the previous rules, it is impossible to take them all back. According to the ratio, each tribe can get six or seven people to hold up the sky.
But the Pi tribe is different. Their scale is similar to that of the Wu tribe and the Gonghuo tribe. Not only do they have a large number of people, but they also have powerful witches. All they need to do is conquer them in one go, and at least they can get hundreds of young and strong men and women. In this way, each tribe
They can obtain a lot of strong labor force, which can not only increase the population of the tribe, but also obtain enough captives to help build roads.
Looking at the excited hunters, Xu Chen also felt a little excited.
It seems that the group of barbarians outside that were captured by Long and others just now are Pi tribe hunters.
So while waiting for these people to be escorted over, Xu Chen asked Ju to take out the map, added the Dai tribe to it, and then began to convene a group of officers to discuss the plan to conquer the Pi tribe.
The opponent has a large number of people, a powerful witch, and is very powerful. In addition, many talented people have escaped. These people will soon escape back to the tribe, so if you want to repeat the same trick and use the tower stealing mode, you will definitely not succeed.
In addition, the Dai tribe and the Pi tribe are enemies rather than friends, so the plan to use the Dai tribe to get closer to the Pi tribe is unlikely to succeed. This is completely different from the original situation where the Mao Tun tribe was used as a cover to sneak attack on the Yu Gong tribe due to unequal information.
The most important thing is that all the cavalry he brought this time are very noisy whether they are rushing or attacking. Once the Pi tribe becomes alert, they will be discovered as long as they are within a few miles of their habitat.
So, this is a tough battle.
Of course, he does not rule out the possibility that the entire Pi tribe will surrender as soon as he arrives.
After all, the previous battle had completely frightened the other side. These people would definitely add fuel to the fire when they fled back and spread the horror that Xu Chen and others spread. They may not have a strong desire to resist head-on.
But no matter what the situation is, the opponent will definitely be prepared in advance, and it is no longer suitable for a sneak attack.
So at the end of the discussion, a group of officers with an inflated mentality unanimously agreed to blow the trumpets and drums to threaten them and leave. If the Pi tribe is willing to surrender, then everything can be discussed easily, leaving a decent place for their great witches, forcing them to submit to the Ba tribe, and only grabbing
Some young men and women left. If they were unwilling to surrender, they would defeat them completely in one go, capture their great witches, plunder their women, and rob their men.
A group of officers in helmets and armor surrounded Xu Chen and Map, shouting excitedly and loudly.
Dozens of other hunters were scattered around to monitor.
The men, women, and children of the Dai tribe squatting on the ground were all frightened and helpless, but slowly they felt strange.
In particular, the clan leader and several leaders were squatting in front of the map tremblingly, peeking at the map from time to time and shouting loudly. Although they could not understand, they roughly speculated that these terrifying humans who came riding beasts seemed to be
He doesn't care about his own tribe, but comes for the Pi tribe.
Of course, even though it was just speculation, no one dared to say anything because no one would understand what he said, and it might even lead to death.
However, this speculation also gave them some peace of mind, and their fear subsided a lot.
At least at the moment, although this group of people seemed extremely barbaric and vicious, at least they did not kill anyone, let alone steal property. Even after they captured the cave and captured everyone, they didn't even look at all the leather goods and food piled inside.
They drove everyone down the mountain.
Just when Xu Chen and others had roughly finished their discussion, the mood of a group of Dai clan members had also calmed down slightly. The sound of horse hooves and shouts could be heard outside the valley. Soon, hunters who were on alert from all around came on horseback to report. A group had already escorted
A group of prisoners arrived.
More than ten minutes passed, and another group of heavily armed and terrifying riders on horseback and carrying flags arrived. At the same time, they also drove away captives with bruised noses and swollen faces and scattered fur.
Seeing these dejected prisoners who were even groaning and wailing, all the men, women, and children of the Dai clan squatting all over the place started to scream and commotion.
These people are the Pi tribe who have attacked them several times recently.
But so many powerful skin hunters have been defeated by this group of mysterious enemies riding beasts, and they have also been captured.
A group of Pi tribe prisoners were kicked and beaten together and squatted down next to the Dai tribe members.
After the commotion calmed down for a while, Xu Chen made gestures and communicated with the clan leader and several leaders. After a few minutes, he figured out that these prisoners were indeed hunters of the Pi clan.
Xu Chen was not interested in why the two tribes were fighting, and he couldn't ask because he didn't understand the language.
In addition, it is not uncommon for barbarian tribes to fight among themselves. Some even within the same alliance will fight with each other.
Fight for territory, fight for prey, and fight for food.
After all, they are all uncivilized barbarians. They have a strong sense of territory and are still in the state of beasts. Once they find traces of other tribes in the territory, they will definitely be very careful. If they encounter a foreigner who breaks into the territory alone,
Basically just call and eat.
Therefore, in this barbaric era, hunters who go out to hunt under unknown circumstances must not only be wary of ferocious beasts, but also be wary of similar species. Even similar species are often more ferocious than wild beasts, because in the face of ferocious beasts, if you are lucky, you can escape, but in the face of
For humans, once injured, death is inevitable.
In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. At this time, the sun has turned to the west, the cold wind is gradually rising around, and the hazy sky seems to be a sign of rain.
Xu Chen arranged for people to release the women, children, old and weak of the Dai tribe and let them go back to the cave to escape the cold. He also summoned the Dai tribe chief and a group of leaders to start planning and discussing again, hoping that they would calm down and not do any dangerous actions. As long as they were obedient, men and women
can all be free.
Although communication is difficult, as a group of older people, they generally understand that Xu Chen and others are not very hostile to their tribe, so they all make gestures in excitement and will not resist.
Although he didn't understand much, Xu Chen finally decided to let all the Dai clan members go and let two teams of cavalry escort these people to the cave to prepare campfires, food and water, so most of the people at the foot of the mountain quickly dispersed, not far from the foot of the mountain.
Near a cave, thick smoke soon rose and several bonfires were lit.
All that's left is to deal with a group of Pi tribe prisoners.
Although these people were terrified at the moment and looked like quails, they were actually young and strong people with ferocious and savage habits. Therefore, Xu Chen did not dare to give up supervision easily. In the end, he could only let Heng lead two teams.
The cavalry drove all these people to the cave and temporarily tied up their hands and feet with the ropes they carried.
Although the Dai tribe and the Pi tribe have never seen hemp rope, Xu Chen and others came here riding beasts with full-body leather armor and weapons. Every hair on their bodies is full of mystery, so they are not interested in small things like ropes.
Surprised, everyone obeyed the arrangement obediently and did not dare to make any unnecessary moves. They did not even dare to say a word to each other.
Xu Chen and others came here on horseback with light equipment this time. They prepared only dry food such as pancakes and barbecue. Therefore, they did not bring any clay pots or pots for cooking. Each hunter only brought a clay cup that he usually carries with him.
Drink water.
However, when Xu Chen and others came out from the Ba tribe, they not only brought pottery cups, but also a copper hanging pot with a mouth diameter of about one foot. However, this pot was never used once and was always placed on the saddle of the saddle.
middle.
There was no clay pot at the moment, so Xu Chen asked Gu to fetch a copper pot, and asked a few hunters to cut some wood and make a simple wooden frame to hang on it to boil some hot water.
Xu Chen and others were sitting around the campfire, busy as if no one else was around. Although the Dai and Pi tribesmen did not dare to speak, they were still secretly observing. When they saw the Ba tribe hunter pulling out a sharp golden waist knife, he easily cut off several arms as thick as his own.
When the small tree was cut into several sections with a few clicks, these savages suddenly let out a burst of exclamations and commotion.
The knife was so sharp that it was completely beyond their understanding.
However, when Gu took out a golden copper pot from the bag, filled it with water and hung it on the wooden stand, both groups of people were completely stunned.
What kind of magical thing is this?
Not only is it so beautifully made and luxurious, it can also be filled with water and placed directly on the fire.
A group of hunters paid no attention to these unseen country bumpkin savages. After shouting loudly not to make any noise, they sat around the campfire and began to chat lively. Some of them took out some dried meat pancakes from their bags and slowly ate them.
"Is there any meat?"
Being accustomed to eating hot and fragrant hot porridge, meat soup or bone soup cooked in earthenware pots and pots every day, these dry and cold foods naturally feel difficult to swallow. A hunter turned his head fiercely and asked the few stone slabs around him that were moving toward the campfire.
Woman serving baked cereal cakes or roots.
Several women were so frightened that they squatted on the ground and did not dare to speak because they could not understand.
A hunter next to him grabbed his companion and said with a smile: "Mohouga, they don't understand!"
The hunter who spoke had a dejected look on his face and could only continue to eat the dry multi-grain biscuits.
Xu Chen thought for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry to eat. When the water boils, you can put the grain cakes and dried meat in a pottery cup and soak them in boiling water for a while. I think the taste will be much better."
So some hunters who started eating happily stopped and waited.
Xu Chen asked Ji to get some salt and put it into the copper pot, then turned up the heat and continued to cook.