The battles between Haru and the Mira tribe can be said to have never resulted in a true victory; they suffered repeated defeats but never gave up.
Haru had fought against these members of the Mira tribe before.
The people of the Mira tribe were almost wiped out by their own forces. If they hadn't fled to their enemies and formed an alliance to resist them, they wouldn't have been able to survive for so long.
Haru thought that by deploying all his forces, taking down the small Mira tribe would be a sure thing.
But the reality was far beyond Haru's expectations; what should have been a blitzkrieg turned into a completely different story.
Tang Yi's preemptive measures dragged the conflict into a protracted war of attrition, guerrilla warfare, and offensive and defensive battles. In each battle, the enemy had not suffered much damage, while their own side had suffered heavy losses.
This tribe, which was once harmless, was armed to the teeth because of the arrival of one person.
The Mira tribe is now like a porcupine covered in sharp quills; anyone who wants to bite it must first be prepared to be injured by those barbed quills.
Especially the ridiculously powerful weapons in the Mira tribe. Haru had never encountered anything so outrageous, even when he was dealing with the powerful Aseda tribe.
Now, Chief Haru realized that the seemingly small number of Mira people were actually more difficult to deal with than the Asedar warriors.
If we had focused our efforts on dealing with the Asaida tribe, we might not have suffered such heavy losses.
But there are no "what ifs," and nothing can be undone. The battlefield is fair to everyone, and the situation will never change because of your personal wishes.
A large number of Haru were felled by poisoned arrows.
Even without Chief Haru's orders, the encirclement continues to expand. To be more specific, Haru's army is currently only looking for suitable cover to avoid the incoming crossbow bolts.
Their arrows may have reached their limit with a range of about 30 meters, but the crossbows in the opponent's hands are still not far enough to be considered at the limit of their performance, even at a distance of 100 meters.
If it weren't for obstacles like trees and rocks, a distance of 200 meters would still be easily within the crossbow's firing range.
Haru is brave, not stupid. They know that in this situation, besides keeping a safe distance, their only option is to find suitable cover to hide, just like the people of the Mira tribe.
Otherwise, you'll become a sitting duck and die for nothing.
These Haru were only here to fight; they didn't know how to deal with this tricky situation. The best course of action now was to preserve their strength and wait for the higher-ups to make an appropriate decision.
In fact, Haru had never even encountered this tricky bunker attack and defense battle before, let alone had any suitable countermeasures.
Now, not only are the lower-level Haru helpless, but even the higher-ups within Haru are currently overwhelmed by this matter.
They came up with several plans on the spot, but none of them could be effectively implemented on the battlefield.
The proposed solutions were varied and numerous, including some bizarre suggestions. Some suggested that they could maintain a stalemate by cutting off the other side's food and water supplies, which would eventually lead to their collapse within a few days.
Upon hearing this suggestion, Chief Haru gave the other party a big slap on the nose without hesitation. What the hell is going on? You still have the mind to slowly stall and wear the other party down?
Were all the preparations people made for hunting just for show? They probably haven't even starved to death yet, but a large number of us are going to starve to death first.
Besides, the Asada tribe members are also heading this way. Do they really think those guys are invisible?
During the Western War, the Yasaida tribe's dragon riders cast a significant shadow over Haru's army.
These two-legged velociraptors, when enraged, are impossible to defend against; they are too fast and agile. Their nimble middle finger claws and sharp teeth can easily send a person flying.
That wasn't all; those velociraptors were covered in bone armor, making arrows completely ineffective against them.
They were accompanied by an Asidar warrior, also clad in armor, whose spears, under the swift charge of the velociraptors, possessed maximum penetrating power.
Who dares to take that oncoming blow? Who can withstand that blow?
The dragon riders of the Asaida tribe are their strongest fighting force. These killing machines, which are like harvesters and were born to hunt large dinosaurs, will only be more efficient at killing the easier Haru.
Haru now feels like he's being attacked from both sides. If he doesn't make a decision soon, today's decisive battle could very well turn out the same as it did more than a decade ago, or even worse.
The distance between us is very delicate right now; you can't escape, and I can't break through for the time being.
However, Haru's side was clearly more anxious at this moment. The Mira tribe was not short of food. The dried meat had already been roasted, and if there were only a few dozen people, it would probably last for a month with some left over.
The situation was urgent, and Haru naturally couldn't go in and fight the enemy himself. Chief Haru came up with a plan: to use fire to deal with the Mira tribe.
However, fire was certainly a good method, but when they arrived at the Mira tribe's area, the ground was covered with grass that was no taller than their calves, and they didn't find even a single blade of grass.
In such an environment, it would be very difficult to start a fire, and it would be even more difficult to get the fire to spread all the way to the flesh wall of the Mila tribe.
There was only one solution: have Haru collect the dry weeds and branches, bundle them up, pour sap from the sap tree on them, set them on fire, and throw them towards the Mira tribe.
The firewood thrown out certainly wouldn't land inside the enemy's position, but it could still be thrown more than ten meters away with force.
The rest is left to the half-grown branches inside to produce a lot of smoke. This dried fuel is mixed with fresh eucalyptus leaves, and when burned, it produces a lot of irritating smoke that makes people's eyes water and feel uncomfortable.
The effect is somewhat similar to modern tear gas; as long as it's in a certain space, people exposed to the smoke will soon be unable to breathe and will have to escape.
Seeing that the Haru in the distance had temporarily abandoned their forced attack on the wall of flesh, they instead began to package things that looked like torches, as if they were on an assembly line.
My heart sank once again when I saw this; Chief Haru was indeed not someone to be trifled with.
They're making something like torches now, and they look much bigger than regular torches. Since it's broad daylight, they're definitely not for lighting. That leaves one last possibility: these torches are specifically designed to counter our formation.
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