During the most intense first month, despite the crude digging tools and the paucity of bone shovels, the slope was finally sealed on both sides and the cliff was closed. With these two timber walls and an outer defensive ditch, the attacks of the Thunder God Tribe could be somewhat resisted.
As for the need for a defensive ditch in the middle of a timber wall, forget it. We'll talk about it later. The high priest of the former Red Deer Tribe said that the temperature was now suitable for potato cultivation.
Then let's do it. Farming can only be done outside the timber fence. If the Thunder God Tribe really attacks, Ma Yue will be helpless. If we don't farm, what will we eat? Eating only fish is nonsense, isn't it?
Potatoes are a staple food after all.
Just cultivate as much as you can. There aren't many red deer to begin with, and plows are pitifully few. If they hadn't made a few more plows this month... Ma Yue wondered how the red deer tribe could have survived by farming with so few plows.
The old man, now the high priest of the Red Deer branch of the Sea Tribe, explained that many people in the original Red Deer Tribe starved to death every year. So, how could there still be a population of over a thousand left?
The high priest explained that the Thunder God Tribe would send a new batch of slaves every year. This meant that more than half of the current population of the Red Deer Tribe, numbering over a thousand, were foreign slaves of extremely complex origins acquired by the Thunder God Tribe.
The Thunder God Tribe simply wants the Red Deer Tribe to grow as many potatoes as possible, a form of colonial plunder. They're not afraid of people starving to death. If they do, we, the Thunder God Tribe, will steal slaves for the Red Deer Tribe to farm.
Yes, it's actually a slave tribe. Who cares if you live or die? The people of the Red Deer Tribe seem to have become accustomed to accepting everything.
This won't work. What if the enemy really attacks? Just relying on the hundred or so people from the original Sea Tribe to resist is nonsense. Now that the Sea Tribe Red Deer Branch has been established, shouldn't we all work together?
We are busy boiling salt and farming, but we still have to find time for military training.
For the time being, Ma Yue didn't count on making salt for trade; he just needed enough to eat. With farming almost complete, Ma Yue began to emphasize military training. At the very least, it needed to be able to organize defense, right? If life wasn't guaranteed, what good was farming?
No matter how much salt and potatoes he harvested, they would eventually be snatched away. Ma Yue didn't want to be a slave.
Rotational training! The Red Deer Branch of the Sea Tribe had to undergo rotational training, so it began a large-scale, vigorous military training. They trained in squads, with squadrons and battalions training together... The original soldiers of the Sea Tribe were very experienced in military training, and with Chair and White Eagle in charge of the rotational training, Ma Yue felt relieved.
People need inertia. Once military training has created the inertia of these people from the Red Deer Tribe, their integrity will gradually emerge.
The Red Deer Tribe had 270 able-bodied men, and the Sea Tribe had a little over 100, so they could barely muster 400 regular soldiers. Half-grown children, men and women with weak constitutions, formed 200 deputy soldiers. Was that how the Sea Tribe used to do it?
Anyway, Ma Yue believed that anyone who could throw rocks and spears was a soldier, or at least a secondary soldier. He longed to see everyone become soldiers. The future enemy of the Red Deer branch of the Sea Tribe was the Thunder God Tribe, with a population of 5,000 and over a thousand able-bodied men.
Of course, Ma Yue also estimated that the 5,000 people of the Thunder God Tribe included the main tribe and several sub-tribes (or vassal tribes). Some super-large tribes were similarly organized. The Sun Tribe of Sun City was also similar. If they were all gathered together? How big a city would it take to accommodate them?
A wooden framed rattan shield doesn't need to be polished; a stick about five or six centimeters thick will do. If you don't have rattan, thin branches woven into the shield will suffice. Keep it simple; it should provide some protection from flying rocks and spears.
In a defensive battle, at least there was a timber wall to protect them, and the main method was to throw rocks and lances, which was much easier than an active attack. Ma Yue had seen a lot of things, and had fought against thousands of grassland cavalrymen. What was there to be afraid of?
The able-bodied men and deputy soldiers of the original Red Deer Tribe were timid, which was just right. If they started with defense and did not have direct combat, they would gradually adapt and become more and more courageous.
The potatoes have been planted. In addition to making salt, more and more regular soldiers and deputy soldiers are taking turns for training, and military training is becoming more and more frequent.
The living conditions here were far worse than those in Poseidon City. There was no salt, no onions, no garlic, no vegetables, and if they couldn't hunt any wild animals, they didn't even have basic meat. Ma Yue, who was still in the White Mist branch, couldn't even get shredded or sliced meat. He was miserable.
Let’s survive first.
Chun Wu and Xia Wu took turns to take scouts to the Thunder God Tribe to gather information. Thunder God City seemed a bit far away, but they had to go. It would be much faster if they rode on a stag. News and intelligence were very important.
Military training alone is not enough, they have to take turns to participate in hunting from time to time. If they don’t even have the courage to face wild beasts, how can they be considered as lousy soldiers?
Of course, Ma Yue also wanted to use this to establish his authority. He said, "Brother, you are also a warrior and a good hunter. Are you convinced?"
In fact, the horse leaps were quite effective in establishing prestige. The men of the former Red Deer Tribe grew increasingly courageous thanks to the mighty horse leaps. This was perfectly normal. When the Sea Tribe was weak, hunting yielded little, and the more fearful they became, the less courageous they became.
With a strong and powerful leader, everyone will become braver and more actively participate in hunting, and their abilities will gradually improve.
The hunting team gained confidence with their harvest, and it also improved the food and nutrition of the red deer branch of the Hai tribe to a certain extent.
Ma Yue had never worked so hard before. There was no other way. If he didn't train all the weak men from the original Malu tribe as soon as possible, how could he save his life?
War is not an individual game, it is a battle between hundreds or thousands of people.
"Build a ship? Sure!" He had to go home eventually, and Ma Yue had no plans to live here for a long time.
The team's training was taking shape, and the practice of flying guns and stones had become a conscious practice and a common practice. When Yizi wanted to build a boat, Ma Yue naturally agreed.
The boats these days are very simple. They are made of local materials and can be called a boat. There is no need to wrap them with large pieces of fish skin.
It is not enough to go out to sea with only one or two boats. In the ocean, there must be at least a dozen boats going together so that everyone can feel at ease, right?
There is no need to rush, just take your time.
The storm pushed us far away from the original route. Who knows when we can find the original route?
Chunwu returned, and this time, her mission wasn't just reconnaissance. She'd acquired some homemade pottery and taken some people to Thundergod City to trade. Without entering Thundergod City, how could she get accurate information?
It was similar to Ma Yue's estimate. A super-large tribe like the Thunder God Tribe must be the core area of the surrounding tribes, and there must be a trading place in the city. Wasn't Sun City like that back then?
Ma Yue didn't have much salt at the moment, and he didn't want to expose the salt-boiling business of the Red Deer branch of the Sea Tribe too quickly. Pottery shouldn't be a problem; let Chunwu bring some to Thunder God City for trade. More contact with the outside world, getting to know more people from other tribes, would help him gain more information.
No matter what, pottery is valuable, and theoretically, it is worth quite a lot.
As for the rougher ones, what's the big deal? As long as they work, that's fine.
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