Chapter 233: Advancing Rattan Armor Soldiers
Shi Lei knew that Zhou Xu would not act rashly. After all, their leader had already told him that the main purpose of this time, in addition to recruiting people and expanding territory, was to train soldiers and let them accumulate more practical experience.
Any training, in the final analysis, is just to lay a good foundation for them. What really hones people is the battlefield.
Just like what their leader said during the mobilization, their territory will only get bigger and bigger in the future, but there is only one leader. It is impossible for them to ask their leader to rush over non-stop every time something happens, right?
At the same time, even if we really do this, there will definitely be a time when it is too late.
This time, their leader did not hesitate to rush from the grassland village to the deserted mountain village. To put it bluntly, wasn't it because he was worried that they were not strong enough to deal with the enemy? When he thought of this, Shi Lei couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
[I have been appointed as the village chief of Huangshan Village by the chief for such a long time, but I still can't handle such a small matter. I need the chief to come here personally. It's really...]
Zhou Xu didn't know what Shi Lei was thinking at the moment. If he knew, he would definitely smile and tell him not to think too much.
In Huangshan Village, whether it was the Manshi tribe or the time traveler who appeared later, he was not confident in letting Shi Lei deal with them alone, so he had to come and take charge in person.
Not to mention that his "training plan" this time was decided as early as the end of summer.
The large group of forty-seven men set out quickly.
Relying on the information provided by Wang Chuan, they had already determined the approximate location of the opposite tribe.
The nearest tribe to them was less than half a day's journey away.
On weekdays, there were many frictions between the two sides in order to collect resources, and in the winter when resources were scarce, conflicts broke out more frequently.
Now is the time to settle the accounts!
Half a day's journey passed in the blink of an eye, and a primitive tribe located in the valley in the distance soon came into their sight.
It is called a tribe, but in fact it is just a bunch of animal skin tents piled together. It looks very shabby and dilapidated. After experiencing the baptism of this winter, it looks even more shabby.
Zhou Chongshan and his friends felt both familiar and unfamiliar with this tribal camp. They used to stay in such a camp, but now it has become a place they could not imagine.
In this season, the vegetation in the mountains was not lush, which made the team of nearly fifty people very conspicuous. As soon as they approached, they attracted the attention of the other party.
The primitive people outside fled into the camp in panic, shouting as they fled...
"Enemy, there are enemies coming!!!"
The camp was not very big to begin with, and the shouting accurately reached the ears of every primitive man on the opposite side.
Hearing the noise, the primitive people in the camp grabbed their weapons and rushed out, all ready to fight.
But the moment they saw the situation on the opposite side, they were all dumbfounded.
Many people in their tribe died this winter. Now the total population of the entire tribe is only 31 people at most. Even if all of them are added together, they are still less than the number of people on the opposite side, and the difference is not just one or two.
This situation made the leader of the opposing tribe feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu shouted with an expressionless face...
"I'll give you a chance. Lay down your weapons and surrender. I won't kill you!"
This shout made the other side slightly shaken. After all, their numerical advantage was too obvious. But they couldn't make up their mind to surrender directly.
Limited food resources mean that this is not an era where you can survive by surrendering.
The act of surrender is equivalent to handing your life into the hands of the other party, and the other party can kill you if they want to.
The leader of the opposite tribe was slow to respond. As the commander-in-chief this time, Shi Lei subconsciously turned his head and glanced at their leader.
Feeling Shi Lei's gaze, Zhou Xu casually said...
"I said, this operation is under your command, just follow your own pace."
Without waiting for a reply from the leader of the opposing tribe, Shi Lei nodded vigorously after receiving Zhou Xu's answer, then waved his hand.
"Archers ready!"
Upon receiving the order, the archers quickly drew their bows and drew their arrows.
"put!"
At the command, a volley of arrows flew towards the opposite side.
The unexpected long-range attack made the opponent scream in pain.
"Advance the formation! Push forward!"
Since we are here to train troops, the main focus will be on melee troops, and the archers will just need to provide cover.
At this moment, standing at the front of the team were the rattan armor soldiers led by Zhou Chongshan. After receiving the order, the rattan armor soldiers raised their round shields in unison to block in front of them, and then took the lead and advanced quickly under the cover of the archers.
Zhou Xu handed the command work to Shi Lei, of course, with the intention of training him, but there was another very important reason, which was that he wanted to observe the situation and be prepared to mobilize the skeleton soldiers to take action at any time.
Based on this premise, it is not suitable for him to be distracted and do other things at this moment.
The two sides were not far apart to begin with, and the large force led by Zhou Chongshan approached step by step and soon reached the enemy.
During this period, the primitive people, who had been shot by the archers' arrows and were fleeing in panic, could only roar to build up courage and launch a counterattack.
“Get started!!”
Amid roars, the primitive people on the opposite side waved their stone axes and rushed towards Zhou Chongshan and his men.
Faced with this situation, the rattan armor soldiers at the front were a little nervous, but the formation they lined up in a row was not disordered at all.
Even from their perspective, after going through such rigorous training, now looking at the enemies rushing towards them, they have unconsciously become more deeply aware of the significance of training.
That scattered charge seemed to pose no threat to them!
At the first encounter, Zhou Chongshan looked at the stone axe swinging at him with a blank expression. He swung his round shield with one hand and quickly knocked the stone axe away. Then, with a cold glow from the sword in his right hand, he directly slashed the opponent's throat! Killed with one blow!
It was the first time for the other rattan armor soldiers to fight head-on with other humans. Although they did not have Zhou Chongshan's precision, they were still very capable.
The high-intensity training in daily life has enabled them to form muscle memory. While using the one-handed round shield to knock away the enemy's weapons, they swung the sword in their right hand, causing the opponent's blood to splatter.
After that, he did not stop for a moment, turned his wrist, and then used his backhand to slash upwards. Then he pulled the sword back, and then thrust it forward, stabbing it directly into the opponent's body! In just one encounter, it didn't take long for several primitive people on the opposite side to be chopped to the ground one after another.
At the same time, a loud shout came from Zhou Zhongshan's mouth...
"Put down your weapons, surrender and you won't be killed!"
(End of this chapter)
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