"Let me think about it." Xia stopped and sat down.
The black-beaked bird can only be considered a small beast, but it is a small carnivorous beast that lives in groups. Because it is a flying beast, it is not afraid of orcs on land, so it is not uncommon for them to attack tribes.
For them, stealing food from land orcs and beasts is a common thing. They are not afraid of encountering some solitary medium or large flying beasts. There are also flocks of small black-beaked birds of hundreds or even thousands.
Xia was a little hesitant. There were not many people in the Xiaoxi tribe. All of them together were just over a hundred, and there were only more than sixty adult orcs. If they didn't rescue them, the Xiaoxi tribe would disappear this time.
There are twenty flying orcs in the Xiaoxi tribe, who are the people Xia wants very much. The Qingshan tribe has only two flying orcs, which is much more convenient than the other two tribes when it comes to gathering news and transmitting information. If these flying orcs can be added, it will definitely be a great help to the Qingshan tribe.
They didn't bring many orcs this time. If they had a hundred orcs, Xia would definitely rush over to rescue them without hesitation.
But now, even if we include Bo and the others, there are only forty orcs, and they have five sub-beasts with them. Flying beasts are simply a nightmare for sub-beasts.
Seeing Xia's dilemma, Meng Yuqing became a little anxious. He could see that Xia wanted to save people, but he was very hesitant considering the safety of his own people.
Although they had bows and arrows, it was still a dream to think that they could repel more than 200 small wild beasts with only five bows and arrows.
He closed his eyes and quickly looked up information about black-beaked birds, trying to see if there was any way to drive them away.
Xuan also shook his tail anxiously. Meng Yuqing had told him that they needed someone to join the tribe. Although he didn't know why, he understood that Meng Yuqing was definitely not the kind of person who would make requests without reason.
Xia also revealed his idea of integrating the Xiaoxi tribe, which is integration, not unification.
After a long while, Meng Yuqing opened his eyes and said, "Chief, I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work."
Hearing Meng Yuqing's voice, everyone immediately focused their attention on him.
"Tell me about it." Xia looked at Meng Yuqing.
"Black-beaked birds are not very smart and are very vicious. In their flocks, there are often situations where more than a dozen birds fight over a piece of meat. In the end, the meat is torn into pieces and each of the dozen birds eats a little bit.
We can smear the meat with blackthorn grass, then hang it on an arrow and shoot it into the middle of the flock, causing them to fight over it. A piece of meat can poison more than a dozen birds, and if we shoot all our arrows at them, we can poison a whole bunch of them."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard his plan. This way, they wouldn't have to fight the black-beaked birds directly, they could just poison them.
"It's a good way to deal with them, but what about our safety? If we show up, they will attack us soon." Xia tilted his head and thought about it. Meng Yuqing's method was very good.
But they are few in number after all, and if they are attacked by the black-beaked birds before the drug takes effect, the five sub-beasts will be in great danger.
"This is easy to solve." Hearing Xia agree with this idea, Meng Yuqing smiled and continued, "We can also find a cave to hide in, and then lure the black-beaked bird over. Even if we get blocked, we don't have to worry about not being able to get out."
He pointed at the orcs that Bo had brought out and said, "They can dig a hole. Let them dig a tunnel. Then we can leave from underground and dig directly into the cave of the Creek Tribe and take them away with us. But it would be best if the Creek Tribe could see us and drive away the black-beaked bird."
Bo turned to look at his people after hearing his words, "Can we dig?"
His tribesmen tilted their heads and thought for a moment, "If we can dig it out, everyone can leave."
"Okay, then we have a way to ensure safety. Let's go and rescue the Xiaoxi tribe." After receiving a positive response from the Bo people, Xia no longer hesitated, "Lian, you lead the way."
"good."
Everyone quickened their pace again and headed towards the creek tribe.
Meng Yuqing and Qiu Ye both took out their bows and arrows. Lan temporarily left the team and caught a small wild beast. Everyone hung the prepared animal meat on the arrows and tried to shoot them. However, due to the influence of the animal meat, their accuracy was completely off.
But you don't need to be accurate, as long as you can shoot it into the sky and let the black-beaked bird grab it, just shoot it at will.
Because this time they mainly rely on archery, Qiu Ye and the three sub-beasts are very excited and keep pulling Meng Yuqing to discuss what to do next.
"Can we shoot several arrows at once? We don't need to hit them anyway." Qiu Ye said excitedly.
His voice caused Xia to turn around and look at him. Meng Yuqing clearly felt that there was some helplessness in Xia's eyes, but he didn't say anything.
Meng Yuqing looked at Xia and then at Qiu Ye, who had learned everything by himself. He touched his nose, as if he had led Qiu Ye astray.
I hope Xia doesn't hold a grudge. After all, when we see how Xia tricks the Shijiao tribe, we can tell that Xia is extremely sinister.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head and looked at Xuan who was carrying him on his back. Xuan was the son taught by Xia personally. Will he inherit Xia's true teachings?
When the other three sub-beasts heard what Qiu Ye said, they also spoke with great interest.
"We'll shoot at the places where there are a lot of black-beaked birds and let them fight."
"Yes, the more birds fighting for the same piece of meat, the better."
"Does the black-beaked bird we killed with animal meat medicine count as one we caught?"
Hearing their discussion, Meng Yuqing took a deep breath, as if it wasn't just Qiu Ye who was being led astray.
"It's not far ahead." The voice of the chain sounded.
Meng Yuqing withdrew his thoughts, and Qiu Ye and the other three sub-beasts also quieted down. They leaned against the orc's back with very serious expressions.
They are the main force in this operation and must perform well.
"Lian, look for a cave nearby." After saying that, Xia jumped onto a tree next to him and climbed to the top of the tree and looked forward.
About a kilometer away from them, a large group of black-beaked birds circled in front of a mountain wall, diving down from time to time.
Occasionally, there would be a few different figures in the flock of black-beaked birds trying to break out of the encirclement. They were much larger than the black-beaked birds, and the black-beaked birds were no match for them. However, there were too many black-beaked birds, and they simply could not break through the flock.
In the end, the bird could only fly back to the ground, leaving behind a pile of feathers.
Soon Lian came back, "Chief, there is a cave ahead, which is quite close to where the Creek Tribe is hiding. We have to be careful when we go there."
"Well, everyone, calm down and be careful. We'll sneak over and put the things in the cave before we move on. Chain, you have to transform back into human form and follow us."
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