Chapter 201 Night Raid (Please vote, subscribe, comment, and like)
The setting sun was like blood, shining on the messy battlefield. The bodies of seventeen giant apes that had been stabbed into a hornet's nest were lying there. The ground was stained red with blood. They will be exposed in the wilderness and become fertilizer for the land.
The warriors have retreated to the camp in the valley, washed in the stream, and then started to cook.
While cooking, the tribesmen discussed the battle just now, but most of them were talking about how powerful the leader's tactics were. It turned out that lime powder could be used in this way. It was a pity that they didn't bring much this time. If they brought more, they would throw a round of lime powder in the next battle. Then they could fight however they wanted.
But there were also people who didn't want this, such as the guide of the Qi tribe who led Luo Chong.
"Chief, the remaining enemies can't be fought like this. Today I saw that there were also captured tribesmen from our tribe in their team. If they still fight like this, my tribesmen will die."
Luo Chong nodded to show his understanding, and then said to him.
"I know what you said. We have used up all the lime we brought this time, and I don't plan to kill those enemies."
"Not killing them?"
The guide of the Qi tribe was stunned after hearing what Luo Chong said, and then asked in confusion.
"Yes, we won't kill them. Our tribe has a lot of work to do. It would be too easy for them to be killed directly. I want to capture them and take them back to work." Luo Chong explained.
"Oh, then why do we have to use them to work? Can't we do it ourselves? Keeping them will waste food." The guide asked as if he understood.
"There is too much work to do. No matter how many people there are, it is not enough. The more people there are, the more work there is. No matter how many people there are, it is not enough. Compared with those laborers, a little food is nothing, and they don't use much food. Do you think I will let them eat every day?" Luo Chong explained and asked a question in the end.
The guide understood a little, but still didn't understand. He heard from the cavalry that there were many people in the Han tribe, and there were hundreds of warriors gathered this time alone. With the women and children, there were quite a lot of people. But with so many people, what kind of work do they have to do? Don't they just collect food every day? Is there anything else?
Thinking of this, the guide continued to ask: "Chief, what kind of work do we have to do in our tribe? Don't we collect food every day and go hunting?"
"No, hunting doesn't require so many people. We have too many people. We need to build strong houses for everyone to live in, so that they can shelter from the rain in summer and the wind in winter. We also need to dig rivers to divert water and plant crops. We also need to go up the mountain to cut trees and collect firewood and wood. There are many things to do."
The guide became more and more confused as he listened, and simply stopped asking. When he went to the Han tribe, he would know that he only cared about his own tribe members who were still alive.
After dinner, the tribe members took a short rest. Luo Chong called Shu Da, Shou Ya, and Xue Tu to a meeting with several senior leaders and told them about his decision to capture prisoners and bring them back to work.
No one objected, and some even agreed. They knew how much the Han tribe had to do. It would be a good thing to capture these enemies, which was better than killing them directly. But how to capture them was a problem. There were not one or two, but more than two hundred. It was not easy to capture them.
But since Luo Chong had made the decision, it meant that he had a solution. All they had to do was follow his orders.
Luo Chong also briefly explained his plan. Those cannibals could not walk fast, and they were carrying captives. They would definitely not be able to reach the valley today. They would definitely find a place to camp for the night. The battle plan this time was to launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night when most of them were asleep.
After the battle plan was agreed upon, the team quickly assembled again. The soldiers had been ambushing here for a day. Except for the short battle in the evening, they basically rested for a whole day. They had just won a victory, and now their morale was high. When the leader said that they would take the initiative to attack and capture the enemies alive and go back to work, everyone's enthusiasm was very high.
However, Luo Chong's first order made the tribesmen a little bit amused and a little funny. They felt that this battle might be more interesting.
Luo Chong asked the tribesmen to dig a pit by the stream, and then led some water into it to make a pool of mud. Then they jumped in one by one, rolled around, and came out again. All the tribesmen were covered with a layer of mud. No trace of their original skin color could be seen on their bodies. Even their weapons were covered with a layer of mud. The tribesmen
were very curious about this practice. One by one, they all turned into mud monkeys and began to line up. According to the leader, this would allow them to blend into the night and not be easily discovered by the enemy, which was the most suitable for a surprise attack in the middle of the night.
It was completely dark, and hundreds of mud warriors from the Han tribe lined up and began to march northward in several echelons.
The first echelon had 30 people, searching northward in a fan-shaped manner, with each person about 10 to 20 meters apart. If they found an enemy in front of them, they would not take the initiative to attack, but would come back to report first, then gather together, and finally listen to the leader's unified arrangements.
The second echelon had 70 people, advancing in seven columns, with ten people in each team, keeping a distance of about 200 meters from the first echelon. If the first echelon encountered an accident, these seven teams could provide quick support.
The third echelon had 100 people, divided into ten columns, keeping a distance of 200 meters from the second echelon.
The remaining 200 soldiers were all at the end of the team, and they were accompanied by cavalry and two ox carts.
There was no way. If everyone walked together, it would not be a sneak attack. The sound of hundreds of people marching was still very loud, and it was estimated that they would be noticed by the enemy's sentinels before they arrived at the place.
Several echelons searched forward quickly, and Luo Chong himself stayed in the first echelon team, taking charge of the search mission in the north.
Two dim moons hung in the night sky. It was not a sunny night tonight, but a little cloudy. There was no star in the sky, only two moons appeared and disappeared behind the clouds.
The team marched quickly for three or four hours until almost dawn, when a soldier in the first echelon suddenly spotted a fire not far ahead, and immediately went back to report to the team behind.
Luo Chong also got the hint, and he also looked towards the place where the fire was, and then he quietly approached to scout, and finally confirmed that this camp was the cannibal they were looking for.
Luo Chong came back and immediately gathered all the soldiers, asked everyone to rest in a place where the enemy could not see, drink some water to replenish their energy, and then he picked a dozen tribesmen who could use bows and arrows, and took the lead in moving towards the enemy's camp.
(End of this chapter)
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