Chapter 185 Joining forces to fight the enemy

In Jiang Xuan's yard, Shan Jia saw the huge Tang Yuan and Yue Ya and felt very pressured.

These two are truly ferocious beasts.

In terms of combat power alone, even if two pangolins were tied together, they would definitely not be able to defeat them.

"Pantoine leader, come in!"

In the room, Jiang Xuan placed the burning firewood under two ceramic tripods, stewing meat and vegetables in one and cooking shelled red crystal rice in the other.

Then he took out a lot of dried fruits and dried meat and placed them on the table, making it a very rich meal.

“Here I come.”

Shanjia withdrew his gaze from Jiang Xuan's yard, walked into the house, and sat on a large stool made of a tree stump.

Jiang Xuan greeted, "You must be hungry. Come on, eat some dried meat first. I'll show you the delicacies of our Teng tribe later."

Jiang Xuan stuffed two pieces of dried meat into the pangolin's mouth. The pangolin didn't hesitate and put a piece directly into his mouth, bit off a piece and chewed it slowly.

The dried meat in Jiang Xuan's house was marinated with salt and spices for a day, then hung above the fire pit, wrapped in a kind of broad leaves, and slowly smoked dry.

It is not only salty and delicious, but also clean in appearance. Unlike other tribes, the food not only has no salt, but also has a black appearance and needs to be washed before eating.

The pangolin chewed for a few times before his eyes lit up. He praised incoherently while chewing, "Delicious!"

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "If it tastes good, eat more. It's enough."

The tribesmen had very good teeth, and it didn't take long for Shanjia to eat most of a piece of dried meat. He then took the pottery bowl handed to him by Jiang Xuan and took a big sip of tea.

There are several bags of "tea" in Jiang Xuan's room, but they are not filled with tea leaves, but leaves of a kind of herb.

After the leaves of this herb are dried and then soaked in hot water, they will emit a very fragrant smell, and after drinking it, they will also have a sweet taste.

After Jiang Xuan discovered this characteristic, he asked Chi Shao again and confirmed that water soaked with the leaves was good for people, so he used it as tea.

After drinking this tea, the pangolin was full of praise for it.

After eating a whole piece of jerky and drinking a large bowl of tea, the pangolin finally relieved his hunger.

It's time to get down to business.

Shan Jia said seriously: "Chief Xuan, I came to your Teng tribe this time because I have a very important matter to discuss with you."

"Please speak, Chief Panther."

Shanjia organized his words in his mind, and then asked: "Chief Xuan, do you know the Raptor Tribe?"

Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "I know. You told me before that the Otter Tribe was driven away by the Raptor Tribe."

Shanjia nodded and said, "Yes, the Raptor Tribe is a medium-sized tribe. When they arrived, the Otter Tribe quickly migrated to another place."

"But now it's not just the Otter Tribe. There are several small tribes near the Great Swamp. They have all been wiped out by the Raptor Tribe."

"Even our Mountain Turtle tribe's hunting grounds have been robbed by them. If we could not go into the Great Swamp to hunt, I'm afraid all the members of our Mountain Turtle tribe would have starved to death."

Jiang Xuan's expression became solemn. If the Mountain Turtle Tribe really could not survive, they would most likely migrate like the Otter Tribe, or be destroyed by the Raptor Tribe.

This is a situation that the Teng Tribe absolutely does not want to see.

Because the Mountain Turtle Tribe is only about three days away from the Vine Tribe, once the Mountain Turtle Tribe is gone, with the speed at which the Raptor Tribe is expanding, they will soon target the Vine Tribe.

A medium-sized tribe with a population of more than 5,000 people requires a very vast territory to support its people given its extremely backward planting and breeding techniques.

What's more, the territory currently occupied by the Raptor Tribe is mostly steep mountains and hills, and the environment is relatively harsh.

Unlike the Mountain Turtle Tribe, they could not enter the Great Swamp to hunt, so they could only continuously expand their territory to feed their large number of people.

Jiang Xuan had no doubt that once the Teng Tribe was targeted, the Raptor Tribe would definitely pounce on such a fat piece of meat, take a bite, or even swallow it whole.

In fact, Jiang Xuan had already noticed the Raptor Tribe.

Because there are many tourists around the Teng tribe, their previous tribe was destroyed by the Raptor tribe.

After the establishment of the intelligence organization Thorn Vine, Fengcao bribed many tourists and obtained a lot of intelligence about the Raptor Tribe from these tourists.

Even if the pangolin hadn't come today, Jiang Xuan had already become more vigilant against the raptor tribe.

"You just said that almost all of your hunting grounds were taken away by the Raptor Tribe. What about the Mushroom Forest?"

When the mushroom forest was mentioned, the pangolin's expression suddenly became even uglier.

"The Mushroom Forest was also taken away by the Raptor Tribe, but they won't be able to pick the useful mushrooms in it for the time being."

"But... when I came, those damn birds of prey were already wreaking havoc on the mushroom forest. If we let them continue to destroy it, it won't be long before the mushroom forest is destroyed."

Having said that, the pangolin clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

The mushroom forest is the most important resource of the Mountain Turtle Tribe.

With the mushroom forest, the Mountain Turtle Tribe can trade various magical mushrooms with other tribes in exchange for large quantities of supplies.

But if they lose the Mushroom Forest, the Mountain Turtle Tribe’s advantages will be gone, and they will have to survive by hunting and gathering like other tribes.

Jiang Xuan asked: "So what are you going to do?"

Shan Jia looked at Jiang Xuan and said seriously, "When we came here, our witch said that the Mountain Turtle Tribe can join forces with the Vine Tribe to destroy this damn Raptor Tribe!"

"Destroy the Raptor Tribe?" Jiang Xuan looked at the pangolin with some surprise.

"Yes, just like when we joined forces to destroy the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe."

"But the Raptor Tribe is a medium-sized tribe, much stronger than the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe."

Shanjia asked tentatively: "Chief Xuan, isn't your Teng tribe also a medium-sized tribe?"

"No, no, no, Panther Chief, you think too highly of us."

Jiang Xuan waved his hands hastily and said, "Our Teng tribe is just a small tribe, far from being a medium-sized tribe."

"Chief Xuan, please don't hide it from me. The Turtle God said that your Vine God is no weaker than that raptor. In my opinion, even the raptor tribe is not as strong as you."

Shanjia had an expression that said, "I've seen through you a long time ago," and obviously felt that he was too humble when meeting Jiang Xuan.

"Chief Shanjia, our Teng Shen may indeed be stronger, but our Teng tribe has only been established for a few years, and there are not many warriors in the tribe. The gap with the medium-sized tribe is too big."

Since Jiang Xuan had said so, Shanjia couldn't force the title of "medium-sized tribe" on the Teng tribe.

He said helplessly: "Chief Xuan, regardless of whether your Teng tribe is a medium-sized tribe or not, I hope you can think carefully about attacking the Raptor Tribe. The sooner you get rid of this scourge, the better."

At this time, the food in the two pottery tripods in the fire pit was almost cooked, and waves of food aroma wafted in the air.

Jiang Xuan said, "Come on, Panther Chief, let's fill our stomachs first. I specially cooked red crystal rice today. You can't get this kind of good stuff anywhere else!"

Although Shanjia was very anxious, since Jiang Xuan had said so, he could only be patient and eat with Jiang Xuan first.

Jiang Xuan first removed the firewood under the pottery tripod, then took out a pottery basin and filled it with two pots of meat and vegetables, and then took out two large pottery bowls and filled a bowl of red crystal rice for himself and Shanjia respectively.

After being cooked, the red crystal rice, which is as big as red dates, becomes plump and exudes an enticing aroma.

Jiang Xuan was considerate and gave Shanjia a pair of chopsticks and a spoon, while he himself only took a pair of chopsticks.

"Panoramic leader, you're welcome. Eat."

After saying that, Jiang Xuan picked up the chopsticks, picked up a few pieces of meat, placed them on the red crystal rice, and ate them together with the red crystal rice. It was extremely delicious.

Although Shanjia was not in a good mood, the food cooked by Jiang Xuan was indeed tempting. He also imitated Jiang Xuan and picked up the chopsticks, but after several attempts, he couldn't pick up a piece of meat.

"Panoramic leader, use a spoon. A spoon is easier to scoop."

At Jiang Xuan's reminder, Shanjia gave up chopsticks and used a spoon to scoop meat and rice, which indeed made it much easier.

After the pangolin took a few bites of rice and meat, he felt that apart from the barbecued mushrooms, he had never eaten such delicious food.

“It’s delicious.”

The pangolin exclaimed in praise, then temporarily put aside his worries and started eating attentively.

Both were powerful warriors, with great strength and appetite.

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They ate bowl after bowl, and soon finished all the food in the two pottery tripods, not even leaving any soup.

"belch……"

After putting down the pottery bowl, Shanjia burped and looked at Jiang Xuan embarrassedly.

Jiang Xuan also touched his stomach and said, "Chief Shanjia, is the red crystal rice from our Teng tribe delicious?"

“It’s delicious. It’s really delicious.”

Shanjia gave a thumbs up and praised the red crystal rice of the Teng tribe.

"Hahaha, if Chief Panther likes it, I'll give you a bag when I go back."

"Thank you so much, Chief Xuan."

Shanjia hesitated for a while and said, "Chief Xuan, now that we have eaten our fill, the matter of our two tribes joining forces..."

Jiang Xuan said: "I need to discuss this matter with the people in the tribe. Don't worry, Chief Shanjia, I will definitely give you an answer."

Shan Jia said helplessly: "Okay, then please go and discuss it as soon as possible, Chief Xuan, the Mushroom Forest can't wait..."

"Okay, Chief Panther, please wait here for a moment. I will go and discuss this with someone now."

Jiang Xuan simply packed up the pottery basin and bowl, then turned and walked outside, intending to call a warrior to come and accompany Shanjia.

"Chief Xuan."

Just then, the pangolin called him.

Jiang Xuan turned around and said, "Leader Shanjia, is there anything else?"

"Chief Xuan, in addition to our Mountain Turtle Tribe and the Vine Tribe, we can also unite with three other oppressed small tribes to attack the Raptor Tribe together."

"Okay, I understand, Chief Panther, please be patient and wait for a moment."

Jiang Xuan continued to turn around and leave. Shanjia looked at his back and felt very uneasy, because he didn't know what kind of result the Teng tribe would come up with.

Moreover, the Mountain Turtle Tribe really couldn't wait any longer. When the pangolin thought about the mushroom forest being destroyed and the danger of being attacked by the Raptor Tribe at any time, he became extremely anxious.

On the other side, after Jiang Xuan walked out of the yard, he called two warriors in to accompany Shanjia, and then immediately summoned all the leaders of the Teng tribe to Chishao's yard to discuss whether to attack the Raptor tribe.

In Chishao's bamboo house, all the leaders were present. They sat around the fire pit, their eyes focused on Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan said: "The reason why I called everyone here today is to discuss a very important matter."

"The leader of the Mountain Turtle Tribe just found me. He said that all of the Mountain Turtle Tribe's hunting grounds, including the Mushroom Forest, have been occupied by the Raptor Tribe."

"Now, the Mountain Turtle Tribe has two choices. Either they move to a place where the Raptor Tribe cannot attack, just like the Otter Tribe did."

"Or... join forces with our Vine Tribe and several small tribes near the Great Swamp to wipe out the Raptor Tribe!"

At this point, Jiang Xuan looked at Chi Shao and the other leaders and said, "The Mountain Turtle Tribe chose the second path, so they found the Teng Tribe."

When they heard that they were going to attack the Raptor Tribe, all the leaders could no longer sit still and began to discuss among themselves.

Some people were very excited, some looked worried, and some remained calm, ready to listen to what others had to say.

"Be quiet for a moment!"

Jiang Xuan stood up, and the leaders who were talking suddenly shut up.

"Let me first introduce you to the situation of the Raptor Tribe."

Jiang Xuan took out a piece of animal skin scroll, which recorded the information that Thorn Vine had collected in the past few days.

"The Raptor Tribe is a medium-sized tribe that migrated from the Western Wasteland. They currently live in a forest near where the Otter Tribe used to live."

"Since the Raptor Tribe migrated to the Southern Wilds, it has successively wiped out three small tribes, and two other small tribes were forced to migrate. Now the Mountain Turtle Tribe can no longer hold on."

"The population of the Raptor Tribe is estimated to be more than three times that of our Vine Tribe. Moreover, they have domesticated many Raptors as mounts, so their combat effectiveness is very strong."

"Let's put it this way. In terms of numbers, we are at a disadvantage, and the disadvantage is huge, even if we add the warriors from the Mountain Turtle Tribe and several small tribes."

Uncaria next to him whispered, "But we have the God of Vine."

Jiang Xuan said: "The Raptor Tribe is not the small tribes we encountered before. The totem god of the Raptor Tribe is equally powerful. Once the war starts, the vine god may not be able to take care of us."

After hearing this, all the leaders fell silent.

In the past, they regarded the divine vine as their greatest support and were not afraid at all when fighting against other tribes because they knew that the divine vine would help them.

But now, Jiang Xuan told them that they needed to rely on themselves in this war, which made them very uncomfortable and even a little panicked.

Jiang Xuan took in all the changes in expression on everyone's faces.

He knew very well that the reason why the Vine Tribe could grow so quickly was inseparable from the power of the divine vine, but this would lead to a problem.

That is, the tribesmen will rely heavily on the sacred vine.

But the divine vine cannot protect the vine tribe forever.

If the divine vine falls into a state of sleep or something else happens like before, and the vine tribe happens to encounter a crisis, what should we do?

Therefore, Jiang Xuan regarded this as an opportunity. He hoped that without relying on the divine vine, the warriors of the Vine tribe would be able to demonstrate strong combat effectiveness.

"I also want to remind everyone that if the Mountain Turtle Tribe is destroyed, the Raptor Tribe will become even stronger and will soon target our Vine Tribe."

"That is to say, no matter whether we agree to the Mountain Turtle Tribe's request this time or not, we will have to deal with the Raptor Tribe sooner or later."

After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, everyone became even more silent. This was obviously a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)