Chapter 188 What can’t wait?
Unlike the previous small-scale friction and conflict, this time they did fight after all. The soldiers were holding swords, breathing heavily, and they all looked quite excited.
"Village chief, we have captured three prisoners. What should we do with them?"
For people like Shi Lei, who now sits alone and manages a village, Zhou Xu directly gives them the position of "village chief".
Now, hearing the report from his subordinates, Shi Lei's eyelids fluttered.
"Kill him."
Shi Lei, who issued this order, did not hesitate for even a moment.
The soldier who received the order was not surprised at all. After responding, he turned around to carry out the order.
Soon, amid wailing, three more corpses appeared on the snow outside their village.
There was no need for Shi Lei to say anything afterwards, as the soldiers dealt with the bodies themselves.
In primitive times, this kind of thing was really normal.
Although they have stored grain in Huangshan Village and currently have sufficient food, it is not even halfway through winter yet, and Shi Lei has no intention of adding three more mouths to feed in their village.
Not to mention that these three mouths are captives.
Leaving these three guys here would not only increase their internal food consumption, but he would also have to send someone to keep an eye on them. It was not a wise decision no matter how you looked at it.
This is also the core reason why their leader chose to mobilize troops after the spring, rather than before winter or directly in winter.
To mobilize troops and annex a large population at this time would only increase their burden and bring trouble to themselves.
After sorting out his thoughts, Shi Lei's attention was undoubtedly focused on the armed conflict that had just occurred in front of him.
Although their Huangshan Village easily won this armed conflict, it also revealed a very important piece of information to him.
Those tribes in the mountains can no longer withstand the predation and have come out to plunder.
If it happens once, there will be a second time and a third time.
It has nothing to do with whether they can win or not. For the primitive people in the tribe, since they will die anyway, they would rather fight.
The opponent's train of thought was not difficult to guess, and Shi Lei naturally thought clearly. In response to this situation, his way of dealing with it was to continue to defend Huangshan Village and fight a defensive battle with the advantage of home court.
This was the result after he weighed the pros and cons.
The potential risks of marching in the snow were too great. In addition, their understanding of the situation deep in the mountains was very limited. From Shi Lei's perspective, it was not a wise decision to rush deep into the mountains under such circumstances and take risks.
According to his personality, the best strategy would be to hold on to the deserted mountain village and wait for their leader to mobilize troops in the spring.
In the following days, the opposing tribes, forced to survive, would harass their border every now and then.
But every time they attacked, the other side immediately turned around and fled, which made them very annoyed. At the same time, the faces of the soldiers from Huangshan Village began to reveal an unconcealable annoyance.
"Village chief, those guys on the other side are too annoying. Why don't we just attack them and kill them right away!"
"Yes, yes! Village chief, just give the order and we will beat them so hard that they will run away with their heads in their hands!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers from Huangshan Village who had gathered together responded one after another, and one by one, they all expressed their willingness to rush out and kill the enemy.
In response to this situation, Shi Lei, who had moved here to personally guard the border because of frequent enemy harassment recently, shook his head.
“There is a problem.”
"ah?"
Hearing this, the soldier, whose brain was obviously not keeping up, couldn't help but scratch the back of his head.
"What's the problem?"
"The tribes on the other side frequently harass us because they don't have enough food for the winter and want to plunder our food, right?"
"right!"
"But logically speaking, since you are forced to plunder food for survival, you should launch an offensive without sparing your life. How can they retreat immediately after we move out?"
"It seems to be true."
"So do you think they can be okay?"
“…”
After this simple explanation, the soldiers, who were originally very excited, calmed down a lot.
"So what should we do now? Just let the other side do what they want?"
"Let them do it."
Shi Lei replied indifferently, and did not forget to drink some hot water after he finished speaking.
"It's freezing and snowy here, but we have food and drink inside, and we have a house to shelter us from the wind and rain. They are outside starving and exposed to the cold wind, but they have the energy to run and hide. Why can't we wait?"
What their village chief said made sense. They even stopped talking and looked at the primitive people from the opposite tribe who were making trouble outside. They actually felt like watching the fun.
Invisibly, his mood also improved. Where was the anger on his face? "Village Chief, they are here again!"
"Just like before, have the slingers prepare to attack."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the slingshots in Huangshan Village started to spin, making a whirring sound, which looked quite powerful.
As soon as he saw the opponent enter the attack range, he immediately launched an attack, and a piece of stone bullets flew directly towards the opponent.
At this moment, the opponent had no intention of escaping.
The enemy's formation was scattered, and the threat posed by the slingshots to them was very limited, but one of them slipped and fell.
After the enemy rushed in, the slingers retreated quickly, while the soldiers who had been waiting behind them directly raised their swords and rushed forward!
After one round of confrontation, it was found that the opponent was no match for them at all.
Perhaps due to some psychological or purpose reasons, the other side managed to hold on and fight with them for two more rounds before turning around and running away.
“Kill him!!”
Seeing this, the warriors from Huangshan Village chased after them with their swords in hand, their momentum was fierce. Their idea at the moment was clearly to "kill as many as possible."
After chasing them all the way to the edge of the territory of their deserted mountain village, the soldiers stopped and stopped chasing.
This action made the tribal leader hiding in the dark very angry.
At this moment, another primitive man ran over and looked at the young man squatting there with suspicion.
"Can you do it? You said it was good before, but now it seems to be completely different from what you said."
Hearing this, Zhang Peng's acne-covered cheeks twitched violently, and then he forced a smile and said...
"Okay! Of course, but it won't happen so quickly. Chief Redstone, you have to give me some more time!"
After sending away the primitive man called 'Redstone Chief' with a forced smile, Zhang Peng's face quickly turned gloomy.
[Damn, what’s going on? Why didn’t he take the bait? Have primitive people become so smart these days?! ]
(End of this chapter)
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