Chapter 165 Conflict
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Dozens of arrows shot towards the warriors of the Teng tribe like lightning. Although they dodged as quickly as possible, several people were still hit by the arrows and screamed in pain.
"Go, grab their prey!"
In the forest opposite, someone shouted, and then hundreds of tribesmen rushed out "Ula Ula", their target being the bison that the Teng tribe had just captured.
However, the bison is relatively large and heavy. If one wants to take the bison away, one must first defeat the warriors of the Teng tribe, or at least drive them away.
“Puff, puff, puff…”
A group of large emerald green mantises spread their wings and flew over the heads of the tribesmen, rushing ahead of them.
These giant mantises are more than one meter long, and their front limbs are like two serrated sickles, which are very scary.
Although these giant mantises cannot be used as mounts, their fighting power is unquestionable.
“Crack…”
A branch blocked a large mantis's way. Its sickle-like forelimbs flashed past, and the branch broke and fell to the ground.
Soon, these giant mantises rushed to the heads of the warriors of the Teng tribe and launched an attack.
"ah……"
A soldier's shoulder was cut by the giant mantis's forelimbs, leaving a deep wound that could be seen to the bone, and blood gushed out immediately.
If it weren't for the hard animal skin coat on his body, even his arm might have been removed.
Other Teng tribe warriors were also attacked, and many were injured.
The Mantis Tribe is one of the tribes that migrated from the Western Wilderness.
These big mantises migrated here with the mantis tribe.
Their lifespan is actually similar to that of a giant dragonfly. They all die after the snow falls in winter.
But before they die, their fighting power is still very strong.
“Bang!”
Jiang Xuan used the spear as a stick and smashed a large mantis, breaking its bones and tendons and causing it to fall to the ground.
But more giant mantises have flown over. Although Jiang Xuan is very strong, it is impossible for him to kill all of them at once.
What's more, the warriors of the Mantis Tribe have already rushed over, and by then they will have to deal with the attack from both these giant mantises and the warriors of the Mantis Tribe at the same time.
"sweet dumpling!"
Jiang Xuan shouted towards the sky.
"Eer..."
Tang Yuan fell from the sky, and his huge wings stirred up a gust of wind that blew many large mantises to and fro.
Tangyuan rushed over and not only dispersed a group of giant mantises, but also caught a giant mantis in his mouth, shook it a few times, and swallowed it directly.
With the appearance of Tangyuan, it would not be so easy for those big mantises to attack the warriors of the Teng tribe again.
At this time, the warriors of the Vine Tribe in front had already started fighting with the warriors of the Mantis Tribe.
"Chiu..."
Jiang Xuan blew a whistle, and Yueya, who was waiting in the forest, immediately ran towards the place where the sound came from.
“Boom boom boom…”
The thirty adult black rhinos also ran along. Their huge bodies even shook the ground when they stepped on it.
When Yueya ran to Jiang Xuan, he jumped up, landed on Yueya's back, and shouted: "Heavy cavalry soldiers, follow me!"
In the crowd, there were more than thirty heavy cavalry soldiers of two colors, who all ran towards the black wind rhinos and climbed onto their backs.
"kill!"
Jiang Xuan held a bone spear and rode on Crescent Moon, heading straight for the warriors of the Mantis Tribe, killing several giant mantises along the way.
Thirty-one Black Wind Rhinos charged at the same time, making a huge noise. The warriors of the Vine Tribe along the way all avoided the charge in advance, and the warriors of the Mantis Tribe were frightened to death.
"Bang!"
Crescent Moon rushed over, and a Mantis Tribe warrior was unable to avoid it. He was pierced by Crescent Moon's horn and knocked away. It was obvious that he was dead.
"puff!"
A two-color warrior from the Mantis Tribe was pierced by Jiang Xuan's spear and dragged forward a short distance, with blood splattering everywhere.
Many warriors of the Mantis Tribe were either knocked away or trampled by the rhinos or stabbed to death by spears. No one could stop these terrible black wind rhinos.
Screams rang out one after another. Where had the warriors of the Mantis Tribe encountered such powerful heavy cavalry? It didn't take long for them to be overwhelmed.
“Retreat! Retreat!”
The leader of the Mantis Tribe shouted in fear and ran away first.
The leader had already fled, so how could the warriors of the Mantis Tribe still have the will to fight? They all turned around and ran.
Tangyuan ate a lot of the big mantises, and the rest flapped their wings and fled with the warriors of the mantis tribe.
Just as the warriors of the Teng tribe were about to chase, Jiang Xuan stopped them.
"Stop chasing, save people first!"
The warriors of the Teng tribe had no choice but to stop and apply medicine and bandages to the wounded.
In this battle, eight warriors from the Teng tribe died, more than a dozen were seriously injured, and countless others were wounded.
Of course, the Mantis Tribe suffered more deaths, but they had already escaped.
When the warriors of the Teng tribe go out hunting, they always carry some healing medicine with them, which comes in handy at this time.
Under Jiang Xuan's command, the seriously injured were treated first and then carried back on simple stretchers made of ropes and sticks.
All prey was tied to the back of the black rhinoceros and carried by the powerful black rhinoceros.
The bodies of the dead Teng tribe warriors were not abandoned and were all carried back to the tribe.
Led by Jiang Xuan, they began to walk back.
Although a lot of prey were captured this time, so many people were killed or injured. Everyone felt bad and the atmosphere on the road was very depressing.
The primitive world was like this. In order to survive, people had to fight against the sky, against beasts, and against humans. Casualties were common.
Only those who have both strength and luck can live longer than others.
After returning to the tribe, all the seriously injured were carried to Chishao for treatment. When the old witch heard the news, he also came to help.
"Chief, what happened?"
Nan Xing saw a row of corpses in front of the altar and the silent soldiers, and asked Jiang Xuan anxiously.
Jiang Xuan said in a low voice: "We encountered a strange tribe who wanted to steal our prey, so we fought a battle."
Nanxing clenched his fists and wanted to say something, but felt powerless.
He is the leader of the guard team and must stay in the tribe at all times to guard the tribe unless a tribal war breaks out.
Jiang Xuan patted Nan Xing on the back and said, "Don't worry, we will take revenge."
Jiang Xuan looked at the row of corpses and stood up: "If you want the tribe to be stable and the people to be safe, you can't be afraid of fighting!"
"We must repay blood with blood, tooth for tooth, and make ourselves famous so that others will be scared when they see the totem pattern of our Teng tribe!"
"Before winter comes, before the vine god falls asleep, and before the big dragonfly is still around, we should destroy the tribe that dared to attack us and avenge our people!"
Jiang Xuan's words made Nan Xing's blood boil. He said excitedly: "Chief, if you want to go to war, you must take me with you!"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay!"
At this time, a warrior brought eight large animal skins, wrapped the corpse on the ground according to the customs of the tribe, and then sent it to the hillside north of the tribe for burial.
There are no less than a hundred graves of various sizes on this hillside, all of which are the dead members of the Teng tribe.
When the filling began, there was a deafening cry on the hillside, and the relatives of the dead were heartbroken.
Jiang Xuan comforted the relatives of the dead and promised to avenge these soldiers.
After the funeral, Jiang Xuan went to Chishao's yard again.
Thanks to the efforts of Chishao and Lao Wu, the lives of those seriously injured were saved, but several of them would suffer lifelong disabilities.
Jiang Xuan comforted them, "Don't be afraid. You shed blood for the tribe. The tribe will take care of you for the rest of your life and will never abandon you."
"leader……"
The seriously injured were choking with sobs; what they worried most was becoming disabled, useless, and abandoned by the tribe.
"Take good care of your injuries. The tribe will need you in the future."
"Chief, we must take good care of our injuries and continue to work for the tribe in the future."
The fighting spirit of those seriously injured was rekindled.
"Okay, I'll wait for you!"
After Jiang Xuan comforted the seriously injured, he found Chishao.
Chishao was washing her hands with a green medicinal juice. This was what she had to do before and after treating the wounded, and it was also part of her experience as a witch doctor.
Jiang Xuan guessed that this medicine should have a bactericidal effect and could prevent the wound from being infected again.
"Sister, I plan to seek revenge on that tribe."
Jiang Xuan told Chishao his thoughts. The purpose of going to war was to reduce unnecessary wars in the future.
After listening to this, Chishao nodded and said, "Since it has been decided, let's fight. Our Teng tribe can't always fight back after being bullied."
"I will go find this tribe right away, find out the situation, and try to destroy them before the snow starts to fall!"
After Jiang Xuan finished discussing with Chishao, he immediately hurried out.
That tribe has giant flying mantises. It would be best to kill them in one fell swoop while the giant dragonflies are still able to fight.
Time is quite tight because the weather is getting colder.
Jiang Xuan returned to the yard, packed up his things, and prepared to ride Tangyuan to find the tribe that raised the giant mantis.
"Chief, Chief..."
Just then, an unexpected person came running over in a hurry.
"Feng Cao, do you have something to ask me?"
Jiang Xuan stood next to Tangyuan and looked at Fengcao in confusion.
Fengcao panted and said, "I...I can find that tribe. Take me there."
"you?"
Jiang Xuan couldn't believe it. Although Fengcao's strength reached that of a two-color warrior after the high sacrifice, there were too many two-color warriors in the tribe, unless she had special abilities.
Feng Cao knew Jiang Xuan didn't believe it, so he explained: "After autumn, many tourists gathered outside the vine wall of our tribe. They came from many tribes."
"When I came back from hunting, I heard that you were attacked by a tribe with giant mantises. So I found those tourists, gave them some benefits, and got news about the tribe from one of them."
Every autumn is the time when tribal wars are most frequent. In order to obtain more food for the winter, they must fight.
Especially this year, a large number of tribes from the Western Wilderness migrated here, and the fighting became more intense.
The tribe that wins the war will get more food and survive the winter.
The tribe that lost the war was either destroyed or, when winter came, large numbers of its members starved to death due to lack of food.
At this time, there are often a large number of tourists.
These tourists also knew that they might die when winter came, so they gathered around the more powerful tribes.
Even if you can't join, you can still get a relatively safe living environment.
Because of the powerful tribe, threatening wild beasts, ferocious animals, and dangerous plants would basically be cleared out.
These tourists are often disliked and hated because they eat the food near the tribe.
However, Fengcao thought of using these tourists to obtain information, and this idea surprised Jiang Xuan.
"Where is that tourist?" Jiang Xuan asked.
"Still outside the tribe. I asked him to wait there."
Fengcao knew that Jiang Xuan would definitely meet the tourist, so he asked him to wait there in advance and asked the guards to watch him.
"Take me to see it."
"good."
Jiang Xuan asked Tangyuan to wait for a while, and then followed Fengcao to the north gate of the tribe.
They passed through the door in the vine wall and came to the forest outside the wall.
Far away from the gate, a group of tourists built a simple wooden house, preparing to spend the winter here.
Among the tourists, there was a tourist who stood under a big tree, glancing towards the gate from time to time, looking a little helpless.
Next to the tourists, there was a soldier from the Teng tribe guard standing guard.
When the wind grass appeared, the tourists' eyes lit up, but when they saw Jiang Xuan next to the wind grass, they were obviously a little afraid.
Feng Cao walked up to You Ren and said, "The leader is here, tell us everything you know."
The tourist nodded and began to introduce the situation of the Mantis Tribe to Jiang Xuan.
The Mantis Tribe is one of the small tribes that migrated from the Western Wilds and currently lives in the forest north of the Vine Tribe.
The Mantis Tribe has about a thousand people and they raise many giant mantises with strong combat effectiveness.
The tribe this tourist belonged to also migrated from the Western Wilderness to the Southern Wilderness, but not long ago, it was destroyed by the Mantis Tribe.
Because of this, he had some understanding of the Mantis Tribe.
"So, you can find the Mantis Tribe directly?"
"Can...can find..."
This tourist was obviously nervous in front of Jiang Xuan and spoke incoherently.
"Then are you willing to take us to the Mantis Tribe?"
“This…this…”
The tourist hesitated. After the tribe was destroyed, those terrible giant mantises left an indelible shadow in his heart. He was afraid to see those giant mantises again.
Jiang Xuan knew what he was thinking, so he added: "Don't worry, I won't let you get into danger. After the matter is accomplished, I can even let you join the Teng Tribe."
"real?"
The visitors' eyes lit up. If they could join the Vine Tribe, their chances of surviving the winter would greatly increase.
"certainly."
Jiang Xuan gave him an affirmative answer.
"Okay, I'll go."
In order to survive, the tourists decided to give it a try.
"That's right."
Jiang Xuan took out a bone whistle and blew it a few times.
"Eer..."
Soon, Tangyuan flew out of the tribe and landed on an open space.
Tourists nearby hid because they were afraid that such a big bird might eat people.
"Let's go."
Jiang Xuan climbed onto Tangyuan's back with Fengcao and the trembling tourists.
“Huff, huff, huff…”
Tangyuan suddenly kicked out his claws, then flapped his wings and flew up.
“Oh my god…”
The tourist had never been to the sky before, and he was so scared that he lay down on Tangyuan's back, holding on to the feathers tightly, and trembling all over.
"Don't be afraid, you won't fall."
Jiang Xuan smiled, but the tourist still didn't dare to look up. Occasionally he opened his eyes and looked down, and his legs became weak with fear.
Fengcao was also riding a flying bird for the first time, but her performance was much better than that tourist.
Even though she was afraid, she still sat there stubbornly like Jiang Xuan, and looked down from time to time, forcing herself to adapt to this feeling.
Tangyuan flew quickly to the north.
(End of this chapter)
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