Chapter 196 Take the initiative (please vote, subscribe and comment)

First, find someone to move the woolen cloth that has been stored for these days. Luo Chong

cut a small piece with scissors and began to make a trial cloth bag. A bag contains about one and a half pounds of lime powder, tied with a thin hemp rope, and then tied with a loose buckle so that it can be automatically pulled apart after swinging. Finally, leave a section of the rope for easy hand-held swinging.

After making the first experimental product, he took the lime bag himself and ran to an empty space where no one was to experiment.

Luo Chong held the rope in one hand, swung it quickly around his side for a few circles and then threw it out. As a result, the cloth bag did not fall apart in the air until it fell to the ground. The white lime was scattered all over the ground, and a cloud of white smoke rose, but the height was very low. With the height of the cannibal ape, it would not be blinding at all.

There was no way. This thing could only be tried many times. After trying several times, Luo Chong finally found the most suitable tying method and the tightness of the rope buckle.

During the last experiment, the bag disintegrated in the air when it flew more than 50 meters. The lime powder instantly spread into a cloud of white dust and smoke. From a distance, it looked like an exploding smoke bomb, but it did not last long, because it was not smoke but dust after all, so it only lasted for more than 20 seconds before falling to the ground. But this was almost enough. At worst, he could throw a few more at that time.

After the experiment was completed, Luo Chong called a dozen women to start making lime bags. A total of 300 were made, and they would be distributed according to specific circumstances.

The remaining woolen cloth was cut into headscarves, but this kind of headscarf was not directly covered on the face, but wrapped around the bamboo hat.

Those bamboo hats were bought at the spring meeting. The woolen cloth was sewn into a cylinder, and then the thread was wrapped around the edge of the bamboo hat to make a cover, so that the whole head could be covered inside. A thin hemp rope was put through the bottom edge of the woolen cloth, and the bottom edge could be tightened and tied around the neck. It looked like the kind of bee-proof hat for beekeepers.

Due to the limited number of bamboo hats, only the warriors who were ready for close combat, the meteor hammer team and the net-casting team were finally issued with 140 people in total. They were the ones who were likely to come into contact with lime powder.

It was very simple to make these things. They were done by the afternoon. The Han tribe was not short of people. Pregnant women and the disabled could do this simple work.

The three cavalrymen who went out to report the news also returned one after another. The first to return were the people who guarded the wooden boat in the Dark Forest. They did not return with an empty boat this time. They also pulled a full boat of limestone and a dozen wild rabbits.

The second to return were the people who went to the tribe to form a tribe. They rode two horses. He rode a horned deer and the other deer carried 30 large nets. The tribe did not lack these things. They even took them out to sell during the spring meeting.

The third group of cavalrymen who went to Babaoshan would not come back today. Luo Chong did not plan to wait any longer. The battle supplies had been prepared. The Han tribe had to take the initiative to attack and could not wait for the enemy to hit their doorsteps and then passively defend.

That would probably let the enemy know the exact location of the Han tribe. If they didn't wipe out all of them during the battle, and one or two of them escaped, the enemy might really come to their doorstep next time.

In addition, if a battle broke out in the settlement, there would probably be serious losses. The newly built houses of the Han tribe and hundreds of young children would disappear. Luo Chong absolutely didn't want to see that. Every member of the Han tribe didn't want to see such a scene.

During dinner that night, Luo Chong explained the matters of the expedition to the senior leaders. He would personally lead the team to find the location of the enemy and then eliminate them. The enemy must not be allowed to attack the tribe.

"Don't worry, leader. We will definitely keep an eye on the tribe. The women can fight with spears. Don't worry. Don't worry about your family." The elder assured Luo Chong.

The Rat Witch also nodded. The Black Rat Tribe was originally forced to join the Han tribe for protection because of the threat of the cannibals. For this enemy, the Rat Witch said he had nothing to say. No fuss, just fight. It's either you or me.

At night, Xiaodie was still in front of the campfire, sewing a cape for Luo Chong with a bone needle. It was made of woolen cloth with a large hood on it, like a cape.

"Luo Chong, are those enemies strong?" Xiaodie asked worriedly.

"Strong? How strong can they be? Didn't you see the last battle when the Fire Tribe came to fight us? We have bows and arrows, so we're fine. Besides, they don't have many people." Luo Chong comforted.

"But I heard from Qubing today that the enemy has rattan shields, which can block weapons. What are rattan shields? Are they very powerful?"

"Well, it's a board made of rattan. In fact, the enemy learned that from me. Don't worry, their broken board can't stop our bronze arrows at all. Don't forget that our bronze axes can even cut down tree trunks. What's the use of a rattan board?"

"Oh, then when can you come back?"

"Well, I estimate that it will take five or six days at the fastest, and seven or eight days at the slowest. The enemy won't be too far away from us. Don't worry, I will be fine." Luo Chong rubbed Xiaodie's head and comforted her.

"Well, then you have to be careful, I'll wait for you to come back." Xiaodie nodded obediently.

The next morning, just after dawn, the "army" of the Han tribe was ready to go. In fact, there was no equipment. The Han tribe had no armor or shields, only weapons, and the warriors wore only simple straw sandals and a fur skirt, that's all.

120 archers, each carrying 50 arrows, basically it is impossible to use them all up, at most they can just shoot a few rounds of arrow rain.

The 90-man meteor hammer squad, 18 five-man teams, in addition to a meteor hammer, each person also has an axe, both long and short, which is the equipment of the logging team. By the way, they also have a bamboo hat to cover their heads.

The 80-man prisoner capture team, four people in a group, each group has a large net made of hemp rope, and each person is also equipped with an axe, which is all their equipment.

In addition, there is a 100-man spear squad, each person has four copper spears, three for throwing and one for close combat, and can also share their spears with other warriors, so that all warriors can have one.

The rest are 10 deer cavalry, acting as front-line scouts, they can quickly maneuver in front to explore the enemy situation, or they can launch sneak attacks around the enemy. Anyway, they run fast and are not easy to be caught.

Finally, there were Huishan and Rourou, who were riding on Luo Chong, and ten refugees who had fled. They would act as guides, after all, Luo Chong was not familiar with the terrain north of the Han tribe.

But these ten people were not only responsible for leading the way, they also had to pull two ox carts loaded with stored food and water to provide logistical support for the team.

In this way, the team of 411 people set off under the eyes of the tribesmen. They headed straight for the back mountain north of the Han tribe, bypassed the huge thorny man-eating tree, and drove all the way north.

(End of this chapter)