Shu was explaining loudly to everyone, "Yu said the Liuren Tribe is targeting us because we have too few people. If we include the people from the Boulder Tribe, and make them our own, our number will suddenly increase from a little over a hundred to over two hundred. Then the Shanyin Tribe and the Shen Tribe won't dare to attack us easily."
"But the Stone Tribe has the same number of people as us. If they are captured, will they try to kill us and take our tribe and women? This is too dangerous. I don't agree."
"That's right. Besides, their tribe attacked us because they had no food and were almost starving to death. Even if we locked them up and carefully guarded them to prevent them from escaping, we still have to give them food, right? We only have enough food for ourselves, so how can we have any extra for them?"
As soon as these words were spoken, those who had been hesitant because they thought Qiao Yu had other intentions and that he had given the order also joined the ranks of those who objected: "Yes, we don't agree either."
Man and Shu were no match for them, and Liushui had no right to interrupt because of his low status. The three of them were left speechless. When they saw Shan coming, they rushed towards him as if they had seen a savior, and supported him on the left and right.
When Shan first heard Man Heshu tell Qiao Yu about this idea, he was also skeptical. But he knew Qiao Yu was a decisive person. She must have her own reasons and solutions for doing this. She certainly had considered the food shortage.
At that time, he wanted to wait for her to come back before asking her. He also told Man Heshu not to tell anyone about this news yet.
Who knew that because of setting the trap, this contradiction was exposed in advance.
He also had a headache at this time.
In order to convince everyone, the food problem had to be solved. However, Qiao Yu did not tell Shu and Man about this, and Shan knew nothing about it.
He could only resort to high-pressure tactics and shouted, "Everyone, don't question this question first. Let me ask you first, is Yu Cong smart?"
Everyone knew what he meant by this, but they still answered without hesitation: "Smart."
"Since everyone admits that Yu is smart, then what she asks you to do must have her reasons. She must also have a way to solve the food problem. You should do as she tells you for now. As for why we have to capture the people of the Stone Tribe alive and how to solve the food problem, she will explain to everyone when she comes back." Shan Dao.
"When will Yu come back?" someone asked.
"Yeah. Shu, did Yu tell you when she'll be back?"
Shu glanced at Shan, and after getting a hint from his brother, he said, "It's almost there, probably in the next two days."
Qiao Yu is not in the tribe, and everyone is feeling uneasy. There is a vague sense of unease in the tribe. Last night, when he and Man went to ask Shan for advice, Shan told him that if anyone asked when Yu would be back, just say it would only be in the next two days and she would be back soon.
Let’s calm everyone down first.
After hearing this, everyone felt much more at ease and no longer questioned the inappropriateness of Qiao Yu's arrangement. Although there were some discussions in private, they still honestly did as Man Heshu asked and stopped inserting branches at the bottom of the pit and instead laid a layer of thatch.
Shu and Man looked at each other, both feeling uneasy.
Today everyone did what they asked, but what about tomorrow?
The two said hello to Shan and returned to their respective teams.
Just as they had set the trap and placed three large trees across it, they heard someone shouting in the distance. Looking up, they saw that the person running towards them and shouting was actually the guard on the nearby sentry post.
Everyone panicked: "What happened?"
"Are the people from the Stone Tribe attacking us?"
Seeing this, Shan quickly said, "Don't panic, ask what's going on first."
The tree has already come forward.
Soon the two came back, and the tree shouted to everyone, "The message tree over there has been knocked down."
"ah?"
The tribesmen became increasingly panicked.
"What should we do? We haven't dug the trap on the mountain behind us yet."
"What should I do?"
"If you ask me, they shouldn't have brought the people of the Stone Tribe back. If they hadn't brought them back, they wouldn't have been able to find where we live, and we would have been safe." Someone else said.
This person is from Cang's team.
Hearing this, Cang glanced at the man, remembered him, and then ignored him and looked at the mountain.
"Don't panic, everyone. Follow my instructions." Shan said loudly.
Everyone quieted down.
"Everyone, come into the tribe, move the three trees at the gate inside, and close the tribe gate." Shandao said.
Everyone immediately took action. Soon, no one was at the entrance of the tribe, and the three large trees that had just been put up were also moved into the tribe.
After entering the tribe, Shan commanded three teams to head to the back mountain, preparing for an ambush. At that moment, not only him but everyone in the tribe was incredibly grateful that they had taken the time to set a trap at the front gate. Qiao Yu had also pointed out the weaknesses on the back mountain, and he had also set up two sentries, allowing them to receive advance warning and prepare for deployment, rather than being caught off guard.
Only Man kept frowning, looking confused.
"What's wrong?" Liu Shui asked him.
"Something's not right. The people of the Stone Tribe have only been gone for three days, right? Even if Shuo and Shan lied, their tribe is not four days away from us, but even shorter. It can't be as short as a day's journey." Man said.
They would go hunting in the mountains, going in all four directions. If the Stone Tribe was only a day's journey away, then the hunting grounds of the two tribes would certainly overlap, and the two sides would occasionally meet in the mountains.
We have never met people from other tribes in the mountains in all these years, which shows that the Stone Tribe is more than a day's distance away from them.
With this calculation, even if Shuo and his group did not rest after returning, they would not have enough time to return to the tribe and bring people here.
So Mr. Man felt that the information conveyed by the sentry was wrong.
He thought about it and went to look for rocks.
Shanshi was both strong and intelligent, so he was chosen to guard the sentry post. He was the one who had just come back with the news. The enemy was about to attack, and it would be too dangerous to go out and encounter them, so Shanshi stayed in the tribe after reporting the news.
"How do you know that people from the Stone Tribe are coming?" Man asked.
Shanshi said, "Didn't they say that the arrival of the Stone Tribe would knock down the tree on the mountain ahead? We were going to check on the tree a little later, but in the blink of an eye, we found that the tree, which had always been standing, was gone. I thought I was seeing things, so I asked Hei to check, and Hei also said that the tree was gone. I panicked and came back to report it."
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