Chapter 189: Burning the Bird of Prey
Three days later, the Vine Tribe, Mountain Turtle Tribe, Sparrow Tribe, and Unicorn Tribe met in the barren mountain, gathering about 2,600 warriors and four totem gods.
This is a very powerful force!
The four leaders gathered together. Since the Teng tribe was the most powerful, Jiang Xuan naturally had the greatest say.
The leader of the One-Horned Tribe said, "Chief Xuan, everyone is here. Should we attack the Raptor Tribe directly now?"
Jiang Xuan said: "Don't worry, we don't have as many people as the Raptor Tribe, and we will suffer if we attack directly. Besides, the Raptor Tribe should have discovered us and will definitely be prepared."
The four tribes gathered together, making them too big a target, and the Raptor Tribe is not stupid, so they will definitely discover them.
"What does Chief Xuan mean?"
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Lure the people from the Raptor Tribe out, then choose a good location to set up an ambush and kill some of them first."
Shan Jia asked, "How do we set up an ambush?"
Jiang Xuan pulled out his short knife and drew a simple map on the ground, saying, "We are in this place. The Raptor Tribe is to our southeast. There is a valley in the middle. I have been there on Tangyuan before. It is very suitable for an ambush."
"We will first send two hundred warriors to disperse and head to the valley separately, so that we can avoid being tracked by the people of the Raptor Tribe."
"After reaching the valley, the two hundred warriors will gather together, collect all the dry firewood that can be found inside and outside the valley, and pile them on both sides of the valley, leaving only a path in the middle."
"Then, we'll pretend to attack the Raptor Tribe and lure them out, or at least lure some of them into the valley. We'll then block the entrance and exit and burn them to death!"
Fire attack was one of the strategies that Jiang Xuan learned when he was reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life. Zhuge Liang used this strategy to lure Sima Yi into the valley and almost burned Sima Yi's army to death.
The reason why Sima Yi survived was because it suddenly rained heavily. Jiang Xuan didn't believe that the Raptor Tribe had such luck.
After hearing Jiang Xuan's plan, Shanjia, Ye and the leaders of the Unicorn tribe were stunned with shock, and then felt their scalps tingling.
When tribesmen fought, most of the time they would just rush forward in a rush, and at most set some traps to trap people.
They had never used or even thought of a plan as meticulous as Jiang Xuan's.
Moreover, most tribes would not use methods like fire attack because the primeval forests in the Southern Wilderness are too dense. Once they start burning, the flames will not distinguish between friend and foe.
Once the fire spreads on a large scale, all tribes will suffer.
Shan Jia also thought of this problem, so he asked: "Chief Xuan, what should we do if the forests around the valley are also burned?"
The leaders of Ye and the One-Horned Tribe nodded one after another. If the large forest surrounding the Great Swamp was burned down, they would not be able to survive here.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Shanjia, do you remember when we attacked the Crow Tribe?"
"Remember, what's wrong?"
"That big crow could breathe fire, and it was very powerful, but it failed to set the forest on fire. Why?"
Shanjia thought about it carefully, then his eyes lit up and he said, "The turtle god put out the fire with water!"
"Yes, the valley I chose is also next to the Great Swamp. The Turtle God is here. I can burn the people of the Raptor Tribe to death and then put out the fire."
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!"
Shanjia slapped his thigh, and all his worries about the fire attack disappeared.
The leaders of the Ye and Unicorn tribes also breathed a sigh of relief. They no longer had to worry about the vast forest being burned down.
The leader of the One-Horned Tribe said, "Then let's do as Chief Xuan says."
Ye nodded and said, "I agree."
Jiang Xuan asked, "Which tribe will send two hundred warriors to the valley to prepare firewood?"
Shanjia said: "We in the Mountain Turtle tribe are familiar with that valley. We can send two hundred warriors over there!"
Jiang Xuan looked at Ye and the leader of the Unicorn Tribe and said, "Do you agree?"
Ye and the leader of the One-Horned Tribe nodded. They were indeed not as familiar with the valley as the Mountain Turtle Tribe. If they sent their warriors there, they might not be able to find the place.
"Okay, then do as I said just now. Let these warriors disperse and gather again when they arrive. Be careful not to be discovered by the people of the Raptor Tribe."
"Don't worry, Chief Xuan. We can ride on mountain turtles and take the water route. The Raptor Tribe won't be able to find us."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Then let them go."
Shanjia immediately arranged two hundred warriors from the Mountain Turtle Tribe, divided into groups of three or five, riding on giant mountain turtles, and dispersed to the valley to collect firewood.
"Okay, let's set off to the Raptor Tribe!"
Because they were luring people over, there was no need to worry about being exposed. More than two thousand warriors and four totem gods marched towards the Raptor Tribe in a mighty force.
Because they needed time to make arrangements in the valley, Jiang Xuan and the others were not in a hurry at all. They hunted and replenished food along the way, so they walked relatively slowly.
Such a large battle naturally attracted the attention of the Raptor Tribe. They sent a large number of warriors to monitor the movements of the Vine Tribe coalition forces along the way and prepare for battle.
The Raptor Tribe was afraid that a war would destroy the tribe they had worked so hard to build, so before the Vine Tribe coalition forces even reached the gate of their tribe, they summoned all their warriors and prepared to attack the coalition forces.
"Eeyore!"
In a forest outside the Raptor Tribe, the coalition forces of the Vine Tribe were slowly moving forward. Suddenly, the glutinous rice balls in the sky cried sharply.
Jiang Xuan in the forest immediately shouted loudly: "Stop moving forward and prepare for battle!"
More than two thousand soldiers stopped, gripped their weapons, and prepared to fight.
Behind a big tree in front, the leader of the Raptor tribe looked up at the sky and cursed: "Damn big blue bird, we've been discovered."
Originally, the Raptor Tribe planned to ambush in the woods and wait for the Vine Tribe coalition forces to come in and then catch them off guard.
But they didn't expect that Tangyuan was scouting in the air and discovered them in time.
"Chief, what should we do now?" asked a warrior from the Raptor tribe.
"What else can we do? Charge!"
The leader of the Bird of Prey tribe squeezed his legs together and pointed his spear forward. The tall and strong bird of prey under his crotch immediately spread its long legs and rushed forward.
“Go!”
“Kill!”
More than 4,000 warriors of the Raptor Tribe rode on their raptors and followed their leader, making a very frightening sound.
"quack……"
The totem god of the Raptor Tribe also appeared.
Birds of prey cannot fly originally, but the Bird of Prey God is a medium-sized tribal totem god. Like the Vine God, it can rely on divine power to fly into the sky.
What's more, it has a pair of small wings that can help it get some wind help.
After the raptor god appeared, it immediately set its sights on the divine vine that posed the greatest threat to it, and flew towards the divine vine.
At this time, the divine vine was still lying on the back of the Turtle God. When the Bird of Prey flew over, its vines suddenly burst out with green divine light and grew rapidly.
The terrible vines were like a green lightning, lashing towards the raptor god fiercely.
The Bird of Prey God usually bullied the weaker totem gods of small tribes. When the Vine God suddenly attacked, it felt the terrifying fluctuations of divine power and realized that something was wrong.
But at this time, it was too late to dodge.
“Bang!”
The thick green vines hit the raptor god and blew him away as he was flying forward.
“Crack, crack…”
The bird of prey slammed diagonally into the woods, breaking a large number of trees.
“Whoosh!”
Seeing an opportunity, the Sparrow God nearby rushed over like lightning and grabbed the Raptor God's back with his sharp claws, leaving several deep scars on him.
The Turtle God also rushed forward. When it ran at full speed, its speed was so fast that dozens of warriors from the Raptor Tribe were knocked away or crushed along the way.
“Crack, crack!”
The Bird God, who had just been ambushed by the Sparrow God, had no time to get up before he was hit hard by the Turtle God, breaking seven or eight large trees behind him.
The Rhinoceros Beetle God did not launch a sneak attack, because it had already rushed towards the raptor cavalry to help relieve the pressure on the coalition soldiers on the ground.
The bird of prey, which had been wounded repeatedly, climbed up angrily and flapped its wings to fly back into the sky.
Since coming to the Southern Wilderness, it has never suffered such a great loss.
It had always been the one that beat up the totem gods of the small tribes. When had it ever been beaten up like this? "Gah..."
The bird of prey flapped its wings, several feathers fell off its body, and it had many scars.
“Buzz…”
The raptor god was furious, and terrifying divine power burst out of his body, spreading in all directions like a tsunami, one wave higher than the other.
"call out!"
It swooped towards the sacred vine again, but this time, it was not as careless as before.
“Pah pah pah…”
The vine god also floated into the air, and its body became extremely large. Countless vines shone with green light, and they whipped towards the raptor god one by one.
The bird of prey kept dodging the vines. When it couldn't avoid them, it would use its claws to pull hard, and the vines would be torn apart directly.
In the sky, the raptor god and the vine god started a fierce battle, and the bird god was also helping.
On the ground, the coalition forces of the Vine Tribe also fought a fierce battle with the Raptor Tribe.
“Boom…”
The Turtle God led the warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe and rampaged through the forest. Many warriors of the Raptor Tribe were either hit to death, bitten to death, and some were directly crushed to death.
The rhinoceros beetle gods also brought their warriors and a large number of rhinoceros beetles, and killed many warriors of the raptor tribe.
Jiang Xuan led the Teng tribe's heavy cavalry consisting of more than 30 rhinos and charged across the battlefield, and even those ferocious birds of prey could not stop them.
The warriors of the Que tribe are slightly weaker, but they are very good at sneak attacks, often hiding behind trees and launching surprise attacks.
However, the Raptor Tribe is not to be trifled with.
The leader of the raptor tribe is the five-color warrior. He is very powerful. He rides on a raptor and charges left and right, killing many people.
Soon, he set his sights on Jiang Xuan because the heavy cavalry led by Jiang Xuan had too much destructive power.
“Gah…”
He brought a group of tricolor warriors from the Raptor Tribe, rode on raptors, and rushed towards Jiang Xuan quickly.
Although raptors are not as large as black rhinos, they are faster and more flexible than black rhinos.
The raptor ridden by the leader of the raptor tribe, when it ran to Jiang Xuan, simply spread its wings, kicked its legs, and jumped more than three meters high.
Seeing the sharp claws of the bird of prey coming towards him, Jiang Xuan was shocked. It was too late to fight back. He could only roll over and fall off the back of Yueya.
The bird of prey didn't catch Jiang Xuan, but grabbed Yueya's back.
However, the skin of the black rhino is thick and hard, and is covered with a layer of long black hair, and the claws of the bird of prey only left a few shallow scratches on it.
"roar!"
Crescent Moon was not one to be trifled with. It stood up straight away, and the bird of prey was forced to jump aside.
Jiang Xuan also climbed up. He rode on Crescent Moon's back again and stared coldly at the bird of prey and the leader of the bird of prey tribe on its back.
In fact, Tangyuan is more powerful against birds of prey.
However, this forest is quite dense, and Tangyuan is too large to fly freely in it, so Jiang Xuan can only continue to fight on Yueya.
Jiang Xuan quickly glanced at the battlefield and the situation was not good.
The heavy cavalry composed of black wind rhinos has been divided by a group of tricolor warriors riding birds of prey.
Relying on their own strong strength and the fast speed of the raptor, they circled around the Black Wind Rhinoceros, looking for opportunities to attack from time to time. The Black Wind Rhinoceros was not so flexible in turning and could only passively take the beating.
Although the Turtle God and the Rhinoceros Beetle God were very powerful and killed many people at the beginning, after the warriors of the Raptor Tribe reacted, they all ran to places where there were more trees and did not engage in head-on conflict with them.
In this way, the advantages of the Turtle God and the Rhinoceros Beetle God were also weakened.
Moreover, the Raptor Tribe had a huge numerical advantage. It was no problem for them to send some of their people to surround the Turtle God and the Rhinoceros Beetle God, and for the others to attack the soldiers of the Vine Tribe coalition.
The leader of the Raptor Tribe is a Five-Color Warrior, who is stronger than Jiang Xuan, and it is difficult for Jiang Xuan to kill him.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan did not hesitate at all. He rode on Yueya and shouted loudly: "Retreat!"
After hearing Jiang Xuan's order, the warriors of the Teng tribe near him began to fight and retreat.
The leader of the Raptor Tribe wanted to chase Jiang Xuan, but at this moment, a sharp arrow shot towards his chest with a "swoosh". When the leader of the Raptor Tribe felt the danger, it was too late to avoid it and he could only try to dodge sideways.
"puff!"
The arrow hit the left arm of the leader of the Bird of Prey tribe, and he let out a scream.
He looked in the direction where the arrow came from, and saw only the back of a man carrying a strange beast horn bow.
At this time, the coalition forces of the Vine Tribe had all begun to retreat. The Turtle God and the Rhinoceros Beetle God rushed to the front to block the pursuit of the warriors of the Raptor Tribe and cover their retreat.
"Oh no, the arrowhead is poisonous!"
The leader of the Raptor tribe saw that the wound was swelling rapidly, the area around the wound was turning dark blue, and the blood flowing out was turning black. His face changed drastically.
"ah!"
The leader of the Bird of Prey tribe pulled the arrow out of his left arm and threw it to the ground. Then he took out a small packet of antidote powder from the animal skin bag he carried with him, poured half of it on the wound and the other half into his mouth.
The Five-Color Warrior's strong physique, coupled with the timely intake of a very powerful antidote, allowed him to move freely after being poisoned.
Then, holding the spear in one hand, he roared, "Chase them, don't let them get away!"
The warriors of the Raptor Tribe chased forward, but because of the Turtle God and Rhinoceros Beetle God blocking them on the left and right, their pursuit speed was greatly affected.
In this way, the coalition forces of the Vine Tribe ran in front, and the warriors of the Raptor Tribe chased behind. From time to time, they were blocked by the Turtle God and the Rhinoceros Beetle God, and occasionally they were even suddenly attacked by the dumplings above their heads, making the chase very frustrating.
In the sky, the Raptor God and the Vine God were still fighting, both sides were really angry, even the Sparrow God was frightened and had to be very careful when looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
When the Vine God saw that the warriors of the Vine Tribe below had almost retreated, it did not retreat. Instead, it and the Sparrow God intentionally led the Bird of Prey God to other places.
This is also part of the plan.
(End of this chapter)
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