As soon as the shout of arrows was released, Shang released the fully drawn bow in his hand. With the trembling sound of the bowstring, the arrows flew toward those who were heading towards his tribe, howling and screaming.
The guys flew over.
Within the Qingque tribe, bow and arrow have become the most basic weapon, and everyone must learn it.
Except for older people like Wu, those very young children, and slaves who were not allowed to touch weapons on weekdays, there was no one who couldn't shoot a bow.
For example, Shang, who often used Chang Ge, now picked up a bow and arrow.
Of course, there is still a very big difference between being able to use a bow and arrow and being very accurate in shooting, but this difference is not that big now.
Because there were so many people coming over, there was no need to take aim at all.
The rest of the people who were ready, after Shang gave the order, also let go and let go of their arrows. In an instant, sixty or seventy feather arrows poured down.
The slaves of the Qingque tribe who did not know how to use feather arrows took stones and threw them at the rushing crowd.
There are also some people who throw wooden sticks with sharpened heads, like javelins.
As soon as a round of attacks fell, more than a dozen people rolled to the ground and let out painful wails. In such a chaotic situation, it seemed quite harsh.
It wasn't until they fell to the ground and were trampled by countless people's feet that some people had some understanding - this tribe was much more difficult to deal with than they imagined!
Some people feel very unwilling because they have gone to the edge of this tribe and can no longer live such a beautiful life.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Kill them!"
Shang roared loudly and loosened the bowstring again.
The rest of the Qingque tribe either let out arrows and roared loudly like Shang, or they pursed their lips tightly and said nothing, just set up their arrows and pulled the bowstring.
"Death or death! Death or death!"
There were also some people muttering hatefully in low voices, and the movements in their hands were extremely clean and neat.
As everyone continued to move, attacks on the wall poured down like raindrops.
"thump!"
A guy who raised his arms while running and was about to throw the stone in his hand at the Qingque Tribe people on the wall was stabbed in the stomach by a flying javelin.
The javelin with great inertia penetrated his abdomen directly!
Severe pain suddenly swept through her body, causing her whole body to twitch. The stone she was about to throw fell down and hit her foot.
It was at this time that she discovered that it was not easy to live such a life. It was not that their numbers were large enough to avoid death and achieve an overwhelming victory.
Feeling the severe pain and passing power coming from her abdomen, the intense fear almost overwhelmed her whole body.
She felt very regretful about her behavior this time.
The life I had before was actually very good. I could collect fruits with the people in the tribe, and when I met other tribes, I could also dig into the grass with them...
She turned around with difficulty, wanting to leave here and return to her original place of life.
As a result, before she could turn around, she was knocked down by someone else.
There are people howling loudly, rushing forward desperately, wanting to live a life that sounds more beautiful than dreams.
She wanted to shout to these people and tell them to stop running forward and go back quickly, but before she could open her mouth, a big foot stepped on her face, crushing her mouth that she finally opened.
Closing it again, her eyes gradually lost color.
During this process, screams continued to sound, and people continued to be hit by sharp attacks, screaming and falling to the ground...
"#4w!"
Listening to the constant screams and watching those people falling to the ground, under the threat of death, some people finally became conscious.
A tribal leader who had followed the Blackstone Tribe to attack the Bark Tribe shouted loudly, meaning that the people in his tribe should stop quickly and not run forward so fast.
While shouting like this, he was still retreating.
Some people want to retreat, but some people have red eyes.
"%#45!"
A man who looked very thin, with frostbite on his face that had not yet healed, waved the wooden stick in his hand, roared loudly, and rushed forward with all his strength.
While running, people around him kept screaming and falling to the ground, but he acted as if he didn't see them and just kept shouting, asking the people in the tribe to rush forward with him.
Last winter, the cold that fell early caused a catastrophe to their tribe.
More than half of the people in their tribe died, and the living people relied on those who died to survive.
Every day, people die of cold and hunger, and the rest rely on people from their own tribes to satisfy their hunger...
He really didn't want to live this kind of life.
He never wanted to experience something like that again.
If winter came so early this year, he felt that everyone in his tribe would die, including himself.
He didn't want something like this to happen again.
If he doesn't want that to happen, he needs to run faster at this time.
The tribe in front of them has all the wonderful things. As long as they can rush to this tribe, their tribe will never have to experience such terrible things again!
"puff!"
On the wall, someone noticed this guy running forward quickly and started shooting arrows at him.
An arrow pierced his arm, and he staggered due to the excruciating pain, and the stick he was waving in his hand fell to the ground.
He did not retreat or bend down to pick up the stick that fell on the ground, but continued to rush towards the wall of the Qingque tribe not far away.
Almost there!
You'll be there soon!
He thought so in his heart.
"thump!"
A stone the size of a fist hit his leg hard, causing him to fall to the ground uncontrollably.
He did not scream, gritted his teeth, stared with red eyes, tried his best to stand up from the ground, and continued to stumble towards the wall not far away.
After a moment, his blood-stained palms pressed against the wall, with a relieved smile on his face.
It was as if after he came here, he had obtained those excellent things, and the entire tribe was living a dream-like and beautiful life.
However, this was just taken for granted after all. His relief only lasted for a short moment before he was pulled back to the cold reality.
He found that if he wanted to get those beautiful things, it was not enough just to come to the edge of the cave like a mountain wall. He also needed to climb over the weird cave like a mountain wall.
Looking at this strange cave that went straight up and down, standing here like a mountain wall, his eyes were filled with despair.
Just running to the edge of this weird cave had already consumed all his strength. How could he climb up such a cave?
A stone falling from the sky quickly magnified in front of his eyes. The man leaned against the edge of the wall and slipped to the ground without saying a word.
A bloodstain was wiped out on the stone wall.
A man from the Qingque tribe who was standing on the wall spat hard at this guy, then picked up a stone weighing dozens of kilograms and threw it at another person who was close to the wall.
This kind of large stone is specially used to hit those who are close to the wall.
After someone approaches the wall, the power of such a large stone falling from the sky is greater than that of a bow and arrow...
The ideal is full and the reality is skinny. This applies not only to future generations, but also to this prehistoric era.
When arrows, stones, and javelins rained down like raindrops from the high stone wall, they fell into the crowd, harvesting the lives of many people and teaching many people a bloody lesson.
Only then did the hot-headed people finally become sober.
The casualties of their companions, the pungent and dazzling blood, and the pitiful wails made them realize that not everything will change according to their wishes.
At the same time, it also allows them to understand the difference between ideal and reality.
The leader of the Black Stone Tribe who followed at the end and acted as the commander-in-chief of this battle did not give any orders. These people who had just seen the fattest prey rushed towards the Qingque Tribe in a chaotic manner for fear that they would not get any benefits if they fell behind.
They all stopped rushing forward and ran towards the back.
It was already dark at this time, and the wall of the Tongshan residential area was located there. It seemed that it was integrated with the peak behind it and turned into a big mountain.
Under the reflection of the sky, only an outline of the Tongshan residential area remained, becoming taller and majestic and insurmountable.
It stands here, pressing on this land, and it seems to be pressing on everyone's hearts.
Everyone's hearts were heavy. Looking at the weird cave with only its outline remaining, and the figure standing on top of the weird cave, they all felt like they were short of breath.
The people from the Tongshan residential area of the Qingque Tribe gave these people a rather heavy blow. They were beaten to the point where their heads were bleeding, and they were all stunned.
The people of the Grass Tribe, looking at the miserable scene, felt happy and afraid at the same time. If their leader hadn't stopped them all and held them firmly behind, they would not have been allowed to run so fast.
, I am afraid that some of them will no longer be able to live now.
Looking at the miserable scene, the appearance of the tribesmen who had suffered heavy losses, and then looking at their leader, the people of the Grass Tribe respected their leader even more.
Although their leader is a woman, their leader is more able to fight than men. Not only that, he is also very attentive and wiser than many men.
Their tribe, led by their leader, lived better than a tribe with many men as leaders.
In the dark sky, looking at the courtyard standing there like a hill, the expression on the tree bark was full of shock.
He didn't know whether the strange tribe in front of him was the Qingque Tribe, but its combat power was stronger than the Qingque Tribe in his memory.
According to his memory, even the Qingque tribe would be in a panic when so many people suddenly launched such a violent attack.
Otherwise, he would not have been worried about whether these people would break the Qingque Tribe, and then have thoughts about what to do if the Qingque Tribe was broken.
At this time, Shupi felt both happy and uncomfortable, and was very torn.
Fortunately, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe met a very strong opponent. Otherwise, he might be killed by these people. He was finally able to fulfill his wish. The trouble was that this powerful tribe was not what he wanted.
Thinking about the Qingque Tribe, this would make all his previous plans come to nothing...
“#￥@3!”
The leader of the Blackstone Tribe looked very ugly and spoke, meaning to let people go back first and find a relatively safe place to rest, and then think about attacking the tribe in front of them.
Regarding the tribe in front of them, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe finally became serious and no longer thought that it would be easy to defeat it.
It seems that what I thought before was indeed right. A tribe with so many good things is really difficult to deal with.
Everyone who was hit head-on by Tongshan Residential Area was a little stunned. At this time, no one said anything about sleeping in the tribe in front of them tonight.
After hearing what the leader of the Blackstone Tribe said, everyone followed the leader of the Blackstone Tribe and walked back.
Many people even walked very quickly, fearing that the people living in this strange cave would take this opportunity to rush out and kill them.
A battle that ended in a short time left a deep enough impression on these people that all their previous arrogance was wiped out...
On the wall, with the last light of the sky, I watched those who had retreated within the range of bows and arrows and slings moving towards the rear. Shang and the other people on the wall all felt a little regretful.
At this time, they were all worried about whether they had struck too hard before. It would be a big loss if these people ran away.
Of course, it was a pity that Shang did not issue an order for the tribesmen to go out and pursue these people.
On the one hand, it was because it was already dark and it was not suitable to go out to fight. On the other hand, there was a big difference in the number of people between the enemy and ourselves.
With the development of copper and tin smelting in Tongshan Residential Area, the continuous reclamation of surrounding land, and the addition of Feng Tribe and Linfeng Tribe, the number of people in Tongshan Residential Area has also increased.
Including slaves and citizens, the number of adults now totals 124, and including minors, there are a total of 211 people living here, accounting for almost one-fifth of the total population of the Qingque tribe.
One hundred and twenty-four adults, which is already considered a very large tribe when the total population of many tribes today does not exceed one hundred.
However, compared with the people who came today, there are still too few adults in the Tongshan residential area.
Even though the battle not long ago killed and injured many people on the other side, the number of people on the other side was far greater than the people in the Tongshan residential area.
According to Shang's rough estimate, there must be almost four hundred people!
Except for a very small number of minors, the rest are adults.
And these minors are all about to become adults.
Shang felt that the difference in numbers between the two sides was too big, so he was not worried about not being able to defeat the other side.
In addition to the fifty slaves, the remaining seventy or so citizens of the Qingque tribe are all those who regularly participate in training, and there are enough soldiers and armor in the residential area. Shang doesn't think there is a need for these slaves.
If we take action, we can defeat these people just by relying on these more than 70 fully armed citizens of the Qingque tribe.
But he would not do such a thing, because if he did so, the people of his tribe would definitely be injured or killed, and if it didn't happen, there would be many more.
In order to defend their homeland and the things they had built together, the people of the Qingque tribe were not afraid of death, but they could not just rush up and beat them up without hesitation, causing many people to die who might not have died.
This truth was told to them by the Son of God, who also said that he would not be willing to exchange the life of one person from their tribe for the lives of a hundred people from the enemy tribe.
Because the life of every person in their tribe is precious and should not be sacrificed easily unless it is absolutely necessary.
Shang deeply believed in what the Son of God said.
It's obviously not the time of last resort that Shenzi mentioned, and Shang certainly won't choose to be so tough.
In addition, another reason is that the opponent has too many people. After defeating them, many people will definitely flee for their lives.
Under such circumstances, they could only capture some of the people, and the rest would run away.
Shang is not willing to see such a thing, not only Shang, but other citizens are also unwilling to see it. As for the slaves of the Qingque tribe, they do not want to see such a situation even more.
At the beginning, everyone in the tribe would not think like this. When a hostile tribe came to invade, they would be very happy if they could beat the invading enemy away.
But later on, they were all led astray by their unscrupulous son of God.
They have all come to attack their own tribe, and they still want to run away? Where can such a cheap thing happen?
How can you not be a slave to your own tribe and work more to atone for your sins?
The slaves of the Qingque tribe don't want these people to leave even more. You have all run away. So how can we get rid of our status as slaves and become citizens of the tribe as soon as possible?
"You go cook and eat first when it's ready. Then take our food to the wall and we'll eat on it."
Shang spoke to the women in the tribe and asked them to continue cooking.
Only when you are full can you have the strength to fight with these guys and defend their tribe.
After standing here and thinking for a while, Shang asked some people to go down and use the dry millet poles stored in the courtyard for feeding livestock to make things similar to grass balls.
After finishing, these grass balls are transported to the fence.
The Tongshan residential area, like the Qingque main tribe, has planted an iron fence around the house. Only the area about six or seven meters outside the gate of the fence is not planted, which is a gap.
These iron fence houses have been planted for several years and stand here like a wall, covering more than half of the stone wall.
This greatly reduces the areas that require focused defense.
After these straw balls were transported up, Shang sat on the wall, took out a simple fire stick, blew it up and lit one of the straw balls on fire. After the fire burned relatively loudly, he reached out and threw it outside.
go out.
Because the grass ball is wrapped with stones, it can be thrown farther.
The burning fireball drew a bright arc in the night sky, landed on the ground, rolled several times and stopped, followed by dark red sparks falling.
The flame on the grass ball was almost extinguished because of this, but after waiting for a while, it slowly started to burn again.
The moment the burning grass ball streaked through the air, it illuminated the outside relatively brightly, allowing people to see in the darkness whether there was anyone in the area outside the tribal courtyard gate who took advantage of the darkness to quietly touch it.
After seeing that this method was effective, Shang smiled on his face and was happy that he could think of such a good method.
It seems that after waiting for a while, you can tell the Son of God, Wu and others about this method, so that the main tribe can also learn this method.
While waiting like this, a little fire light rose in the distance. Looking from a distance, I could see some figures shaking.
Shang knew that these were people who came from nowhere and lit a fire there.
"These damn people!"
Shang cursed there.
He had identified that the place where these people lit the fire was a field belonging to their tribe.
The millet there has sprouted. These damn guys lit a fire there and rested there, and they didn't know how much grain they would waste.
Not only Shang was scolding, but the other people on the wall who saw this situation were also scolding him.
Shang listened to the people yelling and scolding, and looked at them from a distance for a while. His expression suddenly changed, because he suddenly remembered a terrible thing.
If these people come here not in the spring when the millet has just sprouted, but in the autumn when the millet is ripe and light a fire, then...
Shang didn't dare to think about it anymore. If such a thing really happened, Shang felt that he would go crazy.
He can definitely kill all these people and use them as food!
After thinking about it for a while, someone started delivering food to the wall.
These women and children did not follow Shang's instructions to eat down below and then bring the food up. Instead, they served the food up as soon as it was ready.
The men in the tribe have been working in the fields all day, and now they are guarding the tribe on the wall to defend themselves against enemies. They should eat food first.
Shang looked at the meal brought to him by a half-year-old child with a smile on his face. He did not refuse and took it from the child's hand. He first brought it to his mouth and took a sip of the soup. He felt that it was particularly special.
tasty.
After Shang took two sips, he started to pick up the thick soup with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. While eating, he stared at the fire in the fields in the distance, thinking about how to keep as many of these people as possible...
