Twenty minutes later, as several fast horses rushed into the valley entrance and galloped along the road, there were also excited roars: "Lei Guiga, the Moteng tribe is defeated, capture the great witch alive!"
"Yeh~~"
The whole audience burst into cheers.
Not only did Xu Chen's slightly nervous heart relax, but the faces of the little witch and others also showed relieved smiles, and then they huddled together and began to chatter and discuss.
Lei set off at the end of January, and now it's mid-March, less than fifty days apart.
According to what the Five Ghosts said at the time, it was about a month from Devil's Valley to where the Five Ghosts moved. In fact, Xu Chen asked carefully when the Five Ghosts came for help later. This time was not entirely accurate. If you were familiar with the road conditions,
If the walking speed is relatively fast, it can be reached in about ten days on a single trip. According to Xu Chen's calculation, the distance should be between 300 and 500 miles.
A strong adult hunter can travel about sixty miles in a flat area in a day, and he can also travel eighty miles in a hurry. When Xu Chen came to help the Cang people, the distance between the two places was about eighty miles. Although he rushed
It was already very late when we arrived, but Xu Chen's departure time that day was also relatively late, almost ten o'clock in the morning, and the road was not smooth, it could only be said to be relatively familiar.
In the more complicated mountains, if you are familiar with the road conditions, you can still travel thirty miles a day.
The last time Lei led his troops on a trip, they were led by guides from the Five Ghost Clan, and they took a familiar road. Therefore, as long as the route was good, they could arrive in about ten days, because those who went were the main hunters from each tribe, and they were all very strong.
Moreover, more than ten horses are equipped to help transport dry food and supplies, so the speed will not be too slow.
Therefore, the time spent traveling there and back should be about twenty days.
Calculated in this way, there is a buffer period of nearly one month for the war with the Moten tribe after Lei arrives.
After such a long time, as long as Lei makes no mistakes, there is no problem in completely defeating the Moten tribe.
After all, the comparison of strength, equipment and weapons between the two sides is huge.
The more than 300 well-trained main hunters drawn from various tribes alone are equivalent to the entire population of a large or medium-sized tribe. No large tribe can gather so many adult men.
What's more, the Ba League army also has equipment bonuses. Whether it is war horses, flags, trumpets and drums, they are all extremely intimidating. Once these things appear on the battlefield, they will cause great panic to the enemy.
Xu Chen's favorite thing is to subdue others without fighting. Ever since these things were made, they have scared many tribes.
Of course, if you first break the enemy's courage and then use the strategy of stealing the tower, you will naturally win more easily.
Lei once traveled with Xu Chen to the Cicha tribe and the more distant Mengma River Basin, and learned a lot of hunting experience and military knowledge along the way. Moreover, Lei's personality is calm and decisive, and he is more suitable to serve as an army commander than Long.
Before leaving, Xu Chen reminded him that it was not necessary to completely conquer the Moteng tribe, just defeat them. The other thing was to find out the local situation and help the Five Ghost tribe gain a foothold in the local area.
Xu Chen believed that as long as the Five Ghosts showed their strong backing, the Moteng would retreat and would not dare to continue attacking and driving away the Five Ghosts.
In addition, Xu Chen's request to Lei was that the battle must be completed before mid-March and return home in late March, so as to avoid the heavy rain in the rainy season.
Regarding Xu Chen's instructions, Lei said that he would definitely keep them in mind and implement them seriously.
It has just arrived in mid-March, and Lei has already returned with his troops. From this, it seems that this trip should be relatively smooth.
After all, hundreds of people are going on an expedition alone, and food is the biggest problem. Without logistics and supplies, everyone can only carry dry food for up to half a month, and the rest is obtained by hunting and fishing. For so many
It is a very big problem for the human army.
Therefore, after the Lei Dai people arrived, they had to solve the problem of eating first, and then they could help the Five Ghosts deal with the Moten Clan.
Xu Chen had expected the defeat of the Moteng clan, and he had some predictions about the capture of the great witch. However, Xu Chen had to wait until Lei himself explained the situation of the battle to know clearly.
Soon, as several hunters galloped back to report the news, they saw more than a dozen war horses escorting several carriages coming in from the mouth of the valley. Several clan flags were fluttering in the wind, and the low and melodious horns sounded continuously.
He went straight to the venue.
"Wuga~~"
The cheers on the river beach were even more enthusiastic, but no one rushed to greet them because His Majesty the Witch King had not announced the disbandment. Therefore, everyone was still arranged in neat teams according to their respective tribes, staring enthusiastically at the people coming along the road on the river beach.
A procession of chariots and horses.
The team was getting closer and closer, and the first few horses were running faster and faster. Finally, the people riding on their backs were clearly seen. In front of them was a burly hunter wearing double-layer leather armor, carrying a huge bow as thick as an arm.
, it is Lei.
Soon several horses galloped to the center of the venue.
Lei and a group of officers dismounted, then knelt on one knee in front of Xu Chen, clasping his fists and saying with excitement: "Your Majesty, the Witch King, the Moteng clan has been defeated, the witches have been captured, and Lei will return to you!"
After Lei finished speaking, he took off the dragon-tooth scimitar from his waist and offered it to him respectfully with both hands.
Xu Chen grabbed the dragon tooth scimitar, looked at Lei and several officers who were tired and dusty, patted his shoulders with a smile on his face and said: "Thank you for your hard work, just come back safely, don't talk about anything else.
Settle down and take a rest, we will report back later!"
Lei stood up and clasped his fists and said, "It's not hard, but the Five Ghost Witches were afraid of missing Mother's Day, so they were in a hurry on the way!"
"She's here too!?"
Xu Chen looked up in surprise and saw a group of knights behind a carriage that had arrived at the river beach. In the carriage, a girl wearing a white skirt and cloak could be seen sitting on it, looking around excitedly.
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Soon, a group of hunters and four carriages drove into the venue, and then they all stopped in front of Xu Chen and others. The little witch jumped out of the carriage first, staggered and fell down in front of Xu Chen, squatting down in front of Xu Chen, her voice choked with excitement and said:
"The witch pays homage to His Majesty the Witch King!"
"Get up, thank you for your hard work!"
Xu Chen helped the little witch of the Five Ghost Clan up with both hands and looked up and down.
I haven't seen him for more than a month, and he seems to have lost a lot of weight. His clothes and cloak are also stained with dirt and dust, his hair is a little dirty, and his face is also full of tiredness.
But it can be seen that the little witch has matured a lot.
The childish and timid appearance before is almost no longer visible, replaced by a kind of uncontrollable joy and calmness.
One mission and one expedition.
This little witch of the tribe, who had suffered so much, quickly grew into a qualified spiritual leader.
At this time, from the three carriages behind, a group of men and women wearing furs, with all kinds of messy feathers on their heads, and various strange patterns tattooed on their faces, came down one after another.
After these people came down, they all stood in the middle of the venue fearfully, not daring to make any move.
Everyone's eyes fell on this group of people.
Among them, a woman holding a wooden staff in her hand, with messy feathers on her head and tattoos on her face is the most eye-catching.
You can't tell her age from her appearance because she has too many tattoos, but judging from her slightly gray hair, she can't be older than forty.
"This is their great witch!"
The little witch of the Five Ghost Tribe stood up and pointed at the middle-aged woman holding a wooden stick in the middle.
Xu Chen nodded slightly and said with a smile: "It seems that you have gained a lot this time. You even captured their great witch. This is the best. If they surrender, we in Bameng will have ten witches."
The little witch of the Five Ghost Tribe was surprised: "Isn't it eight? How did it become ten?"
Xu Chen turned his head and pointed at the row of witches wearing witch skirts behind the little witch and said: "You count, there are more Tage tribe, Cicha tribe and Youqing tribe this year, plus the Moten tribe, there are exactly ten
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The little witch of the Five Ghost Tribe turned around and saw clearly that there was indeed an unfamiliar face, that was the oldest Tage witch with gray hair. In addition, the great witch of the poor tribe also officially put on a white hood, joining all the witches.
Standing in a row, they look no different from other witches in Bameng.
Because of Lei's return, this Mother's Day gathering has gained a different kind of excitement.
But because of this incident, Xu Chen had to suspend the Mother's Day marriage ceremony and receive the captured shamans and clan chiefs from distant tribes first.
Therefore, after a simple meeting and exchange, Xu Chen ordered the team to disband first, leaving the wedding ceremony until the afternoon, and then took the little witch of the Five Ghosts, Lei and the big witch of the Moteng tribe back to the compound to settle down.
The Moteng Tribe is hundreds of miles away from the Gonghuo Basin, even further away than the Cicha Tribe. There are no tribes from the same origin like the Five Ghost Tribe and the Cicha Tribe, which have blood connections, so language communication is almost impossible.
We can only know the name of their tribe through some extremely simple tones and gestures. It is roughly the word Moten, or it can be translated as Morgan, because their accent is very strange, and their speech is like insects eating wood.
A scalp-numbing tone that cannot be heard clearly.
As the spiritual leader, the little witch of the Five Ghost Tribe went to take charge of the communication, but the effect was barely effective. At most, some non-linguistic communication could be carried out through inherited ancient songs, but this kind of communication could not obtain much effective information, or even obtain it normally.
desired result.
But the meaning of the existence of this special group of witches is leadership.
After being beaten hard by a group of troops armed to the teeth led by Lei, the Moteng clan was frightened to the point where their souls lost control.
Because this terrifying army suddenly fell from the sky, it was completely different from humans in the same world. It was completely unable to resist, so it collapsed and couldn't be dealt with, and then had to surrender.