In the Divine Tribe, Elder Zhi told Chief Beifeng what Lame had said and said, "Gao has always wanted to return to the tribe. I don't think he has the guts to play tricks on us. What he said must be true."
Lame's original name in the God Tribe was Gao. After his leg was broken and he was sent to the Exile Tribe, he was reluctant to mention his old name. Because of his lameness, everyone called him Lame, and his original name gradually became obsolete.
"A new tribe? Fifty or sixty people?"
"right."
"Were all the people from the Liuren tribe killed?"
Zhidao said, "Gao didn't say they were killed. He just said they wanted to steal the dried meat and salt and couldn't defeat those people." He added, "The Liuren tribe only has 30 or 40 people, some of them are women, and they are unfamiliar with the place. It makes sense that they couldn't defeat the locals."
He was eager to gain merit in front of the leader, so he tried his best to persuade Beifeng, "In the past, we wouldn't have needed to attack these small tribes. Didn't we just let the Valley Tribe and the Stone Tribe go their own way? But things are different now. We've fallen out with the Sun Tribe, and we can't exchange salt for it. There's no chance of winning against them. Since that tribe has existed for so long without being discovered, and they haven't come to the trade fair here, they must have other ways to get salt. Maybe they have their own salt mines."
"They are so few in number. If we send some people to attack them, wouldn't that be easy and risk-free? If they really have salt mines, it would solve our tribe's current predicament."
After he said that, Beifeng was also moved.
However, he still had concerns: "The so-called new tribe you mentioned, could it be a new tribe composed of the Valley Tribe, the Stone Tribe, and the tribe led by Ming? If that's the case, there would be more than fifty or sixty people."
Zhidao said, "We don't know exactly where the Valley Tribe and the Stone Tribe are located. They didn't attend the trade fair this year, perhaps something happened to them. They've lived their own lives for years, so how could they easily merge together? As for the people led by Ming, they might have found a hiding place. You know Ming is a man without a strong opinion. Even if he took that person with him, he wouldn't be able to manage a tribe properly."
Seeing Beifeng remained silent, he continued, "Let's take a step back and say that even if the people from the three tribes were combined, there would only be three or four hundred people. To be on the safe side, we could send all the men in the tribe. Wouldn't it be possible for us to capture them?"
After thinking for a moment, Beifeng shook his head. "Once we leave, the tribe will be empty. If the Sun Tribe takes advantage of this opportunity to attack and take over our lair, we'll be finished."
This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. Elder Zhi felt a little tired.
He knew that Beifeng was not unmoved by what he said, but was just worried about something happening in the rear.
He could continue to persuade Beifeng, but subordinates should have the awareness of subordinates. If you consider everything, how can you show your wisdom as a leader? Moreover, if he is trying so hard to encourage and persuade them, if anything goes wrong during the attack, he will bear full responsibility.
So he didn't bother trying to persuade them. He was the one who brought the news, and his analysis showed his wisdom. No one could take away the credit. The decision to attack was Beifeng's own, so the failure wasn't his fault.
He said, "What you said makes sense, but I didn't think it through. Then I'll go and tell Di to send his brother away?"
Low is the brother of High (lame).
Elder Zhi did not persuade him, but Beifeng hesitated.
He said, "Don't worry, I'll discuss this with the other elders and see what to do."
"OK."
The God Tribe held a meeting, where everyone argued fiercely, but ultimately decided to send troops to attack the new tribe. However, they couldn't agree on how many troops to send and when to send them.
"Although traveling such a long distance during the snowy season is dangerous and arduous, it's the only way to keep the Sun Tribe unaware of our actions. If we leave in the spring, word will surely leak out. Even if we only send a hundred or two hundred men, the rest won't be able to withstand an attack from the Sun Tribe. If they attack, we're doomed."
"During the snowy season, the Sun Tribe never leaves their tribe. As long as no one tips them off, they won't even know we're out and back, and there's no danger of our lair being destroyed."
"I agree with Elder Zhi."
"If we're going during the snow season, it's best to bring all the men from the larger tribe. That way, no matter how many people there are, we can easily defeat them, minimizing casualties. We can also go and come back quickly without having to worry about whether our tribe will be attacked by the Sun Tribe."
"That makes sense."
"That's settled then."
Lame, who had been in the cave for a few days, was overjoyed when he heard the news: "Really?"
"Really, brother. The chief said that as long as we win this time, the tribe won't have to worry about salt anymore, and you can come back to the tribe." He said in a low voice.
"Okay, when you are going, let me know. I will take you there." Lame was very excited.
He dreamed of returning to the tribe of gods.
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The God Tribe was ready to go, and in the Dragon Tribe, Qiao Yu had been busy setting traps outside the tribe since the people from the Migrant Tribe left.
In the past, without iron tools and with the land frozen, digging a large pit to set up a trap would have been extremely difficult. But things are different now.
First, they placed a pile of thatch and dead wood where they planned to set the trap. They burned it for half a day to melt the soil. Then, dozens of men began digging with shovels. In less than an hour, they had a large pit. To prevent the enemy from climbing up, they dug a deep pit. Once the pit was dug, they placed a frame made of thin branches on top. They then covered it with thatch, and then a layer of soil on top of that. After the next snow, the spot looked like any other road.
They had set up several traps like this, all at relatively close distances.
Qiao Yu led the team leaders to set up an ambush: "...The first team will ambush here. If we see them trying to retreat, we will shoot arrows. In the panic and crowds of fleeing, some of them will fall into the trap. The second team will ambush here. If we see them within range, we will start shooting arrows..."
The people of the Valley Tribe are very familiar with the operation of luring the enemy into a trap.
Hearing that they were going to shoot arrows at the enemy, Cang couldn't help but ask, "Didn't we say we wanted to capture them alive to increase the population of the tribe? If we shoot arrows at them and kill them, wouldn't that be a waste of effort?"
"Everyone, try to shoot their legs," Qiao Yu said. "Then I'll coat your arrows with a kind of medicine."
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