Chapter 94 Attack!
The time taken along the way was basically in line with Zhou Xu's expectations.
From the time they left the Salt Lake Camp until now, before dark on the fifth day, they successfully reunited with Li Ce and his team.
In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, Li Ce and his men deliberately moved away from the hill for almost half a day, and then found a desert that could serve as a cover to hide in.
This desert will also become their frontline camp for the next few days.
After all, it is impossible for them to take everything with them to fight the enemies on the mountain, and they cannot unilaterally believe that they will win.
There are always contingencies. What if they fail? Or what if the enemy is not so easy to deal with and the battle between the two sides reaches a stalemate? Then they must have a camp where they can rest, right?
In this era, it is perfect for them to be able to walk half a day's distance and be able to attack or defend.
As a temporary camp, apart from the tents for sleeping and resting, there is a stone stove for making fire and cooking. There is nothing else. It is basically like this.
The large army was carrying supplies and equipment, and the fatigue accumulated from five days of marching could not be completely recovered in just one night's sleep.
But if you ask them to rest here for two or three days, they will definitely not be able to handle it.
You have to take into account the time it may take for the two sides to engage in battle.
The resources they brought were limited. Once the resources were exhausted and the supply from the rear could not keep up in time, they would have no choice but to retreat.
We can't let a large group of them starve to death on the front line, right? After weighing these issues in his mind, Zhou Xu decided to limit the rest time to one day.
For the entire day that followed, in addition to making fires to cook and keeping on guard to prevent the enemy from discovering them, everyone's main task was to get enough rest.
The only difference from usual is that their action will start after nightfall! This undoubtedly requires great courage.
Because in this primitive era, after nightfall, those nocturnal carnivores will become the most deadly killers in the dark night.
Humans cannot compete with nocturnal carnivores relying solely on torches, as their vision is greatly restricted.
Zhou Xu did not make this decision on impulse, but rather it was the result of a careful analysis of the current situation based on limited information.
This stretch of barren desert is so desolate that there are stones and gravel everywhere you look.
The only things that live here are some reptiles like lizards and various insects.
The scarcity of resources will not only make primitive people lose interest in this place, but will also cause large carnivores with higher food demands to leave here in search of habitats with richer food.
As long as there are no ferocious carnivores, the threat that the night poses to them will be greatly reduced.
This naturally created acceptable conditions for their late-night march.
"Chief, would you like a torch?"
At night in this era, the wilderness was pitch black. It was no exaggeration to say that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
Without a torch, you can't see the road and there is a risk of injury.
But if you light a torch, you will be too conspicuous, and your presence can be spotted at a glance even from a long distance.
Faced with Li Ce's question, Zhou Xu didn't even think about it and directly said...
"Light the torches and hurry on. We need to hurry up and get there before daybreak!"
They were half a day's walk away from their destination. After nightfall, their travel efficiency decreased. Without lighting torches, it would be unrealistic to arrive before dawn.
At this moment, Zhou Xu no longer cared whether the other party would discover them.
In fact, even if they found out, what would happen? This dark night couldn't be illuminated by just lighting a torch.
As long as the night remains, his advantage will be guaranteed! So it is very important for him to arrive before dawn.
For Li Ce and others, this was the first time for them to march late at night, and they were all very nervous.
However, this mood quickly dissipated in the next hour.
Nothing happened along the way, and under the lighting of the torches, the entire night vision was much better than they expected.
This situation was within Zhou Xu's expectations.
Thanks to his talent of 'Evolutionary Leader', the eyesight of his tribe members is generally better than that of ordinary people, even if the eyesight of some individual members is only slightly better.
Of course, even with improved vision, they do not inherently have the ability to see at night.
Not to mention them, even for Zhou Xu himself, activating the 'Eye of Insight' would have no effect in a pitch-black environment.
Under this premise, the key item that enables them to obtain night vision is the torch in their hands.
In the dead of night in this era, the lighting of torches was completely insufficient for ordinary people, but for those of them whose eyesight was better than that of ordinary people, a simple superposition could achieve quite good results.
The ensured vision gave the tribal members more confidence, and invisibly improved their mobility efficiency.
In the early morning, the mountains were shrouded in thick fog. At the foot of the mountain, two tribal members who were on duty were leaning against the trunk of a large tree, yawning.
"No, I need to take a nap, you keep an eye on it for me..."
While speaking, the tribe member's eyes narrowed unconsciously.
However, just when his eyes were about to narrow into slits, sparks suddenly flashed in his eyes.
This situation stunned the tribal member, and he immediately perked up and looked intently into the distance.
As soon as he saw it, his expression changed completely! "Is that...fire? Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack!!!"
The shouting, which was obviously filled with panic, completely broke the tranquility of the forest.
Just like Zhou Xu and his team needed to rely on the lighting of torches to carry out operations under the cover of night, the same was true for the other side.
The screams woke up the tribesmen who were sleeping in the camp, and then torches were lit one after another.
Everyone was in place before they reached the foot of the mountain.
Under normal circumstances, it is unrealistic to catch them off guard.
However, Zhou Xu did not expect this at the beginning. He marched late at night for another purpose!
As night fell, the torches lit on the mountain allowed Zhou Xu to lock onto the opponent's position at a glance.
"This saves me a lot of trouble."
Under the same conditions, the enemy is defending and we are attacking. The other side is on the mountain and has a geographical advantage. If we fight, they will definitely suffer a loss.
But Zhou Xu was not panicked at all. He had already sorted out the entire attack plan in his mind.
"Are you all ready?"
“Ready!”
"very good!"
After saying that, ancient tones continued to come out of Zhou Xu's mouth. Now, he was very skilled in performing mantras.
[Controlled by Skeleton Soldiers! ]
In an instant, balls of green ghostly fire lit up, and against the backdrop of the night, the gate of hell seemed to open in Zhou Xu's hands!
"attack!"
(End of this chapter)
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