Without military drills, everyone would have been in a state of panic. After two drills, everyone knew what to do. The women immediately found their children and gathered in the open space. Chun and Ye, the newly appointed female army captain, confirmed the group and led them to the breeding cave. Koizumi and Lu, holding onto Shan, also followed the group toward the cave.

The cave used to raise goats led directly outside the tribe, serving as a secret passage within the valley. Qiao Yu had everyone use bone knives to carve a path through the dense vines over the past two days. From that path, they could escape to the western mountains.

Although women and children had participated in the training, the Stone Tribe was composed entirely of men, and their attacks were powerful and far beyond the reach of women and children. Therefore, Qiao Yu arranged for them to retreat from there, striving to avoid delays and reduce unnecessary casualties.

The men quickly assembled into a team and acted quickly and in an orderly manner according to Qiao Yu's arrangements over the past two days.

The first team ran out from the front, removed the wood and fences, set traps, and guarded the front gate; the second and third teams went up from the back mountain, checked the traps, and ambushed at several ambush points.

Qinglang and Yan Ze led six people out of the front door, detoured to the eastern mountain, and ambushed at the location designated by Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu brought his men and started a bonfire in the open space in front of the fire hall.

The saying goes, "See the house, walk till you cry." You can see the house from a distance, but if you want to walk to your destination, you won't even reach it.

The sentry post in the front mountain was far away, and the mountain road was rugged. When the news came from there, after several teams had made their arrangements, Qiao Yu checked the front and back mountains again, and the people from the Giant Stone Tribe appeared not far from the Valley Tribe.

Shuo's voice echoed through the twilight: "Once we take down the Valley Tribe, we'll have plenty of dried meat to eat during the snow season, and plenty of women for everyone to choose from. Everyone, cheer up."

Seeing that morale was boosted, Shuo then said, "Now, split into two teams. Dian, you take ten people to attack the front gate to attract the attention of the valley tribesmen. The rest of you follow me to the back mountain, sneak in from there and kill them by surprise."

Everyone murmured in agreement. Dian led his men to the front, while Shuo led his men up the mountain behind.

"Shuo, you are smart. You know how to coax them into allowing you to come here to see the terrain. Otherwise, we wouldn't know how to get there." Someone flattered Shuo.

"Haha, the people of the Valley Tribe are so stupid."

To get to the valley tribe, one needs to climb up from the foot of the mountain and then go down the mountain. It is still a long distance, so Shuo did not stop everyone from talking.

When we were going down the mountain, everyone fell silent and walked down quietly.

It was already dark, and in the light of the snow, everyone could vaguely see the shadows of trees and grass. Those who were used to mountain trails naturally knew which areas were impassable. Everyone headed towards the area where only short grass grew.

After walking for a while, the person walking in front whispered, "I can't see the road anymore. I don't know if this is the right way to go."

Although the snow provided light, they were unfamiliar with the place and could not immediately identify the direction even though they had been there once.

"Hey, look, there's a fire in the valley ahead." Someone called out softly.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, they saw a faint glow of fire somewhere ahead.

Someone who had been to the Valley Tribe took a look and said, "This is the open space in front of the Valley Tribe's fire hall. They usually barbecue here. We climbed up here before we left last time and saw that it was in this direction. Come on, let's go down."

Everyone's spirits were lifted, and with a clear direction, their steps became lighter.

"Ah." Suddenly there was a scream, and the person walking in front fell down and sank into the thatch covered with thin snow, and his figure quickly disappeared in front of everyone.

The people walking behind were startled and were about to pull the people in front or lean over to see what was going on, but they slipped and two of them also fell into the deep pit.

"Shui, Shui, what's wrong with you?" The person behind didn't dare to move and called the name of the person in front softly.

There was silence all around. After a long while, a faint voice came from the bottom of the pit: "I, we fell into a big pit."

"Where are you? I'll pull you up." The man followed the direction of the voice and took a step forward, wanting to save his companion, but his foot slipped and he slid into the deep pit with a "swish", knocking his companion who had just stood up at the bottom of the pit to the ground, making a "ouch" sound.

"Don't move, everyone, don't move." Shuo quickly stopped the people standing in front.

No one dared to move.

But it was freezing cold, and if they stood still here, they would soon freeze into icicles on the trees. And they didn't come here to be icicles, but to attack the valley tribes, so what was the point of standing here and not moving?

"Shuo, what should we do?" someone asked.

"Shuo, save us." A cry for help came from the deep pit.

Shuo looked at the fire ahead, then at the dark pit. He was silent for a moment and said, "Everyone, don't go forward. Go around and see if there's a road on either side."

Then he asked the people at the bottom of the pit: "Are you injured?"

"No, there's thatch underneath."

"Since you are not injured, you can stay down there first. We will come back to rescue you." Shuo said.

There were fifty-four men in their tribe. Eleven were sent to the front gate to lure the enemy, but four fell, leaving thirty-nine.

Although their number was smaller than that of the men in the Valley Tribe, they could attack them by surprise and kill them in their sleep, so their chances of winning were still very high.

The pit is very deep, and the ice and snow are slippery. I'm afraid that if I don't rescue them, more people will fall in. It's better to attack the valley tribe first, and then rescue them.

Anyway, they were well prepared and wore thick fur coats, so it would be fine if they stayed down there for a while.

Thinking of this, Shuo didn't plan to save anyone now.

The person walking in front looked again and again, and cautiously stretched his feet to the side. When he found that he was stepping on solid ground, he took a step forward.

After walking a few steps and seeing that nothing was wrong, everyone was about to move forward with peace of mind when, with a loud "ah", the person in front disappeared from everyone's sight again.

This time, no one dared to leave. They turned around and asked, "Shuo, what should we do?"

Shuo gritted his teeth.

After spending all day hunting in the mountains, his sense of direction was excellent. He was certain he had walked here that day and there were no large pits. It seemed that these pits had been dug recently by the people of the valley tribe to guard against them.

Could it be that they noticed his intentions and brought him to the tribe on purpose to trick him?