After the three leaders had eaten, the rest of the people began to gather around the dead Meng Er, and there was even a shoveling among them in order to eat the hot meat earlier.

Cannibalism is not considered shocking in the Tengshe tribe.

In their tribe, after a person dies, they are not buried but the body is shared and eaten by everyone, just like eating prey.

When food was severely scarce and what they gained from looting other tribes was not much, the weak in the tribe would be killed and eaten.

Generally at this time, the first to be killed are the elderly, followed by those who are injured and unable to move, then women, from the weak to the strong, and so on.

This is also an important reason why they would kill the men and abduct the women and children in the tribe when attacking and plundering other tribes.

These people can not only be used to develop and expand the tribe, but can also be eaten as food when necessary.

After everyone had eaten, Meng Er, who had come to deliver the meat, was no longer able to look at the sight.

The second leader of the Tengshe tribe ordered people to remove the meatless bones from Meng Er's body and discard his internal organs, and then had two people carry him and set off on their journey.

This is their reserve food, so they can continue to eat when they are hungry again...

After experiencing a great defeat, they did not leave directly but went to the tribe's base camp.

So many people died and nothing was brought back. If he returned under such circumstances, the second leader of the Tengshe tribe could not imagine what fate he would face.

One of the two people who had gone to track the Pig Tribe died in the war, and the other was still alive.

After returning to the place where they had met the Blue Bird Tribe and the Pig Tribe in autumn, the remaining people of the Teng Snake Tribe, under the order of the second leader, followed the person who had previously explored the way to the Pig Tribe and walked on the snow...

The leader of the Pig Tribe led his men on a difficult trek through the snow. The lack of food and the long journey through the ice and snow made them all look miserable.

Even the strongest leader was extremely weak and had to rely on a single breath to hold on.

The wind cut tiny cracks into their exposed skin, with blood clotted out of the cracks.

Hunger and bone-chilling cold made their movements stiff and slow, so slow that they could even walk with difficulty.

“%@%&”

The leader of the Pig Tribe used the spear in his hand as a walking stick. He panted and turned his head to cheer up the other people in the tribe.

Then he led people to continue walking forward.

Now, this nearby friendly tribe that is about to arrive has become all their hope.

Under the current circumstances, the leader of the Pig Tribe didn't even have to worry too much about whether this friendly neighbor would lend them food.

Reaching this friendly tribe has become their obsession.

Getting closer!

Closer!

A familiar yet unfamiliar river and stone bridge appeared before me.

However.

What the leader of the Pig Tribe saw next completely stunned him.

In his memory, there was a woodland beside the stream. After passing through the woods, he reached his destination, the friendly neighboring tribe.

But now, where is the forest? There is only a vast expanse of snow and a vast expanse of flat land.

At the end of this silvery-white plain, stands a not-too-high yellow-brown mountain wall.

The leader of the Pig Tribe was stunned, with confusion in his eyes.

He looked down at the frozen river, then at the stone bridge not far away. These were no different from what he remembered, but how could the other side of the river be like this? It was completely different from what he remembered.

He was full of doubts and felt that he might have come to the wrong place.

He carefully thought about the route he took when he came here, and it was the same as before, with no mistakes.

The leader of the Pig Tribe stood here for a while, then led his people to this land that was completely different from what he remembered.

Regardless of whether they had found the wrong place or not, the leader of the Pig Tribe would lead his men to find out what was going on. After all, this was where their hope lay.

Tietou, wrapped in animal skins, wearing gloves and a leather hat, stood on the low wall, watching the movements outside the courtyard wall meticulously.

Yesterday's battle taught everyone in the Qingque tribe a good lesson.

They couldn't imagine what the scene would be like in their tribe if the group of brutal enemies had not been discovered in advance, but were discovered only after they had quietly crossed the wall!

No one dared to disregard the duty of standing guard any more. When it was their turn to stand guard, they were extremely alert and kept a close eye on any disturbance outside.

"Um?"

Tietou, who was guarding behind the wall due south, focused his searching gaze and stared at the small river in the distance.

He immediately confirmed that he was not seeing things, but that there was indeed someone approaching his tribe from that side!

These people were walking on the uncovered snow-covered ground, approaching slowly. There were quite a few of them. Tietou took a rough look and saw that there were at least ten of them!

That damn tribe really won’t give up. They were defeated by their own tribe yesterday, but they come again today!

"Enemy! There is an enemy!"

Tietou turned around and shouted loudly towards the inside of the tribe. At the same time, he tore off the gloves on his hands, grabbed the "bangzi" made of two pieces of hard wood placed on the wall in front of him, and started knocking on it.

He knocked so hard that both of his hands were numb from the shock.

This clapper is used for warning and communication.

In an era without gongs, Han Cheng could only invent the bangzi and use it as a makeshift instrument.

Tietou's shout was like a huge rock hitting the lake, instantly breaking the peace of the Qingque tribe and creating ripples.

The guards behind the other two walls, upon hearing Tietou's warning, immediately looked carefully in the direction they were responsible for. After confirming that there were no enemies, they immediately raised one of the two 'animal skin flags' placed beside them, and at the same time turned their heads and shouted loudly towards the noisy courtyard: "No enemies!"

The purpose of raising the 'animal skin flag' is to prevent the voices of others from drowning out the message they are conveying in the chaos. With the animal skin flag, there is no need to worry about this problem.

One animal-skin flag means there are no enemies, and two animal-skin flags mean there are enemies on this side. This simple meaning is easy to remember.

Having just experienced a great battle yesterday, the people of the Qingque tribe were still nervous. When they heard Tietou's warning, they immediately took action.

After experiencing the great battle yesterday, they were much calmer and more orderly when they heard the news of the enemy's attack again.

This time they did not make the mistake of ignoring the other two walls. While running towards the south wall, they did not forget to turn their heads back and forth to see what was happening on the walls on the left and right. After seeing that both the east and west walls had raised an animal skin flag, they boldly ran towards the south wall.