Chapter 183 The Raptor Tribe's Expanding Ambitions
Jiang Xuan brought Fengcao back to the Teng tribe and brought her to Chishao's house.
Afterwards, he summoned Uncaria, Shiqiu and Nanxing, but did not summon other leaders.
In the room, Fengcao stood by the fire pit, with his head slightly lowered, looking a little nervous.
Jiang Xuan first told everyone about Fengcao using food to bribe tourists so that they could understand the situation clearly.
Then, he said solemnly: "Intelligence is very important to a tribe. If we can grasp the various situations of the hostile tribes and their movements, then we can take the initiative and seize the opportunity."
"So, I decided to set up a new team called Thorn Vine, which is responsible for gathering intelligence for the tribe."
"The leader of the thorn vines is Wind Grass."
"Because the mission of the thorn vine is quite special, it cannot be announced to the public. No one else can know except the five of us."
"So, Fengcao, I have to let you down."
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Feng Cao with an apologetic look in his eyes.
Being a leader among the tribesmen is originally a very honorable thing, but now it has to be concealed, and she cannot be given the same status as other leaders openly, which is really unfair to her.
Feng Cao shook his head and said, "Chief, I am not wronged."
Jiang Xuan added: "The personnel of Fengcao and Thornvine are selected by you, whether they are ordinary members of the tribe, warriors, or members outside the tribe. As long as you like them and they are willing to join, they can be included in Thornvine."
The work of collecting intelligence has always been shady and will inevitably involve many means, so Jiang Xuan gave Fengcao the power to select his own people.
"Uncaria rhynchophylla, stone loach, and Arisaema confusa."
"As long as it does not harm the interests of the tribe, you can give Thorn Vine some convenience when necessary."
"Yes, Chief."
The three of them agreed.
"Okay, Fengcao, this is all I can give you right now. How the thorn vine develops depends entirely on you. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, or if you need supplies like food, just come to me."
"Thank you, Chief."
After the brief meeting, Gouteng and others left, and Fengcao went to form Thornvine with full confidence.
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao were the only ones left in the room.
Chishao was silent for a moment, then said, "You asked Fengcao to pick anyone from within or outside the tribe. Isn't that a bit too hasty?"
Jiang Xuan looked up and said, "Sister, are you worried about loyalty?"
Chishao nodded.
"The Thorn Vine is different from any of our current teams. It is engaged in the work of collecting intelligence. This work is very important and complicated, and requires the use of all available resources or people."
Jiang Xuan patiently explained: "It's just like Feng Cao bribed those tourists. Those tourists are indeed weak, but they have special advantages in gathering intelligence. The people in our tribe do not have this advantage."
"So, I let Fengcao choose her own people, and even gave her some power so that she could use benefits to induce people from other tribes to work for us."
After Chishao finished listening, she sighed for a while and said, "Xuan, sometimes, I find that I can't understand you any more."
Jiang Xuan said: "Sister, believe me, no matter what I do, it will definitely be for the good of the tribe."
Chishao nodded and put aside the messy thoughts in her mind.
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Southern Wilderness, Mountain Turtle Tribe.
“Ga ga ga…”
A group of birds of prey ran through the forest in the distance. The leader of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, Shanjia, sat on the back of a giant turtle with a worried look on his face.
"Chief, the Raptor Tribe is getting more and more outrageous. Our hunting grounds are almost completely robbed. If this continues, I'm afraid we will all starve to death."
Next to the giant turtle, a warrior complained to the pangolin that they had nowhere to retreat.
The pangolin took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, trying to use this method to relieve the anxiety in his heart.
"Stop talking nonsense and go hunting first."
Although the hunting grounds in the forest were robbed, the Mountain Turtle Tribe was still able to rely on the large number of mountain tortoises to hunt in the swamp and barely hold on.
“Clatter…”
One after another, giant turtles entered the water and swam into the swamp with the warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
The Great Swamp is the last hunting ground of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, and the Raptor Tribe cannot enter.
However, relying on the Great Swamp, the Mountain Turtle Tribe could only barely fill their stomachs, and could forget about living like before.
Moreover, almost all the small tribes nearby were destroyed by the Raptor Tribe. Except for the Vine Tribe, there were no other tribes to trade with them, and their lives were very difficult.
On June 10th, the Raptor Tribe attempted to enter the Mushroom Forest again.
They started from the outside and used arrows, spears, stone knives and other tools to destroy the giant mushrooms one by one, making those aggressive mushrooms unable to attack them anymore.
“Ga ga ga…”
A large group of birds of prey were running around the outskirts of the mushroom forest. When they found a non-aggressive giant mushroom, they would swarm over it and peck the giant mushroom to pieces.
"Kill those useless poisonous mushrooms and pick all the other mushrooms for me!"
The witch of the Bird of Prey tribe is a man in his thirties. He has various feathers on his head and wears clothes made of feathers. He rides a bird of prey and is in charge of giving orders outside.
This spring, they discovered this mushroom forest and planned to make it their own.
However, the mushroom forest is not so easy to enter. After the warriors of the Raptor Tribe entered, they were attacked by various mushrooms and soon died.
But the Raptor Tribe did not give up, especially when they learned that there were a large number of magic mushrooms inside, they became even more crazy.
Now, they plan to use the most stupid method, cleaning it up little by little from the outside.
As for whether this action would bring disaster to the mushroom forest, they didn't care at all.
In a forest not far from the Mushroom Forest, dozens of people from the Mountain Turtle Tribe happened to see this scene. They were so angry that they wanted to rush out and fight with the people from the Raptor Tribe.
"Let's go back and tell Wu and the leader!"
The hunting captain was relatively calm. He suppressed his anger, quietly left with the warriors, and quickly headed back to the tribe.
After returning to the tribe, they immediately found the witch and the leader and told them about how the Raptor Tribe had destroyed the mushroom forest.
"Damn the Raptor Tribe, they will destroy the Mushroom Forest!"
When the pangolin heard the news, he roared in anger.
Afterwards, he immediately went to find the witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe to discuss countermeasures with the witch.
"Wu, we can't stand this any longer. The hunting grounds have been robbed, the mushroom forest has been destroyed by them, and we can't do business anymore. It won't be long before we can't survive even if they don't attack us."
The witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe sat by the fire with a very ugly expression on his face, but he did not speak immediately, as if he was weighing the pros and cons.
"witch!"
The pangolin cried out again. He urgently needed the witch to make a decision, or even just to express an attitude.
After a long time, the witch raised his head. Although his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were bright and his gaze was still captivating.
"Chief, we only have two options now."
"Which two?"
"The first is to migrate to other places like the Otter Tribe did and avoid the Raptor Tribe."
"No, no, then won't our mushroom forest be handed over to the Raptor Tribe?"
The pangolin shook his head. The Mountain Turtle Tribe could live a good life only because of the Mushroom Forest and those magical mushrooms. If they lost the Mushroom Forest and migrated to other places, they would have a very hard time.
Wu seemed to have guessed what Shanjia would say, and his expression remained very calm.
"The second way is to unite with the Vine Tribe and other tribes in the surrounding area that have not been destroyed, and attack the Raptor Tribe together to destroy them!"
When Wu said this, his expression finally changed, and his eyes suddenly became extremely sharp.
"Destroy... destroy the Raptor Tribe?"
The witch's words made Shanjia dumbfounded. You know, the Raptor Tribe is a powerful medium-sized tribe. Can several small tribes unite to destroy a medium-sized tribe? To be honest, Shanjia had no confidence at all.
His most daring idea was just to drive away the Raptor Tribe.
Shanjia hesitated for a long time and asked, "Witch, will this really work?"
The witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe said slowly: "The Turtle God said that the guardian god of the Vine Tribe is no weaker than the raptor of the Raptor Tribe."
"Wha…what?"
Shanjia was completely shocked. He guessed that the Teng Tribe was stronger, but he never thought that the Teng Tribe was so strong.
If their totem god is really that powerful, doesn't that mean they are equivalent to a relatively weak medium-sized tribe? But judging from the two previous battles, the warriors of the Teng tribe are not that many, and their fighting power is not particularly strong. What is going on? "Wu, did the Turtle God really say that?"
The Mountain Turtle Tribe witch looked up at the Mountain Tortoise and said, "Of course."
After getting a positive answer, the pangolin still had an incredible feeling.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe witch continued, "Although the guardian god of the Vine Tribe is very powerful, we don't know what the situation of the Vine Tribe is."
"How about this, you take a few dozen warriors to the Teng Tribe right away, find out the situation of the Teng Tribe, and then consider whether to join forces with them to attack the Raptor Tribe."
"Okay, I'll go gather some people right away."
"Wait a moment!"
Shanjia turned around and asked in confusion: "Wu, do you have any other instructions?"
The Mountain Turtle Tribe witch slowly took out an ancient tortoise shell and said, "I'll help you divine whether this trip will be successful."
Shanjia sat down again and looked at Wu with a little nervousness.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe witch grabbed the tortoise shell with his bare hands, held it over the fire, then closed his eyes and began to chant the ancient divination spell.
"Sanza ah li..."
“Huff, huff, huff…”
As the divination spell sounded, the flames in the fire pit suddenly shot up and wrapped around the tortoise shell.
A layer of light green light appeared on the hands of the witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, protecting his hands from being burned by the flames.
“Crack…”
Under the burning flames, many cracks soon appeared on the ancient tortoise shell.
When the witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe finished chanting the divination spell, the flames that had risen high fell again. He opened his eyes and took back the tortoise shell to examine it carefully.
After a while, the witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Good luck!"
Shanjia was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, witch. I will take people to the Teng tribe right away."
At noon, Shanjia gathered more than thirty warriors from the Mountain Turtle Tribe, rode fifteen giant turtles, and headed towards the direction of the Teng Tribe.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe and the Teng Tribe have done many transactions. They know where the Teng Tribe is. Jiang Xuan also told them the route to the Teng Tribe and the scenery they would encounter along the way.
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Southern Wilderness, Frog Tribe.
Since becoming a subordinate tribe of the Vine Tribe, the Frog Tribe no longer has to worry about being exterminated. In addition, there is more prey and food here, so life has gradually become better.
They followed the example of the Teng tribe and dug a pond next to the tribe.
Huo Meng stood by the pond, looking at the giant tadpoles swimming in the water, a long-lost smile appeared on his face.
"When these tadpoles grow up, there will be more giant frogs in our frog tribe."
Then, Huo Meng looked towards other places in the Frog Tribe.
Not far away on the left side of the Frog Tribe is a tall vine wall, and the area inside the wall belongs to the territory of the Vine Tribe.
To the right of the Frog Tribe is a vast forest. Huo Meng is a smart man. When he saw the large-scale planting of the Vine Tribe, he also learned from the Vine Tribe, reclaimed a piece of wasteland, and asked the Vine Tribe for advice on planting.
Since they are a subordinate tribe, it is only right that we give them some benefits.
Jiang Xuan sent two members of the planting team to teach the people of the Frog Tribe how to farm. Now, wild vegetables and edible root plants have been planted on that piece of wasteland.
In front of the Frog Tribe is the rushing Flying Fish River. The Frog Tribe warriors can catch some fish and shrimps by the river with the help of giant swimming frogs.
Behind the Frog Tribe is also a vast forest. They can hunt in this forest. If they have a good harvest, they can also take some animal skins, tusks and other things to the trading area of the Vine Tribe for trading.
In the middle of the Frog Tribe, Huo Meng imitated the Vine Tribe and built several neat rows of wooden houses, dug some drainage ditches, and simply built two relatively flat roads.
Huo Meng stood by the pond, looking at everything that existed in the Frog Tribe, and felt very happy.
He once again confirmed that migrating from the Western Wilderness to the Southern Wilderness was a very correct choice.
"Chief, those rats are here to steal our vegetables again!"
In the distance, a frog tribe warrior shouted angrily.
Huo Meng became furious instantly and strode towards that direction with his spear in hand.
"Damn rats, you come here to steal vegetables every day, I'll kill you!"
Since they started growing vegetables, the same situation that the Vine Tribe encountered has also occurred in the Frog Tribe’s vegetable fields, that is, various animals come to steal food.
There is nothing wrong with large animals. When they really come, the warriors of the Frog Tribe will be more excited because they can catch them and eat their meat.
But the small animals are a real headache.
For example, various smaller birds would fly over to eat the vegetables if you weren't paying attention. Then when people ran over, they would quickly fly away, which was very annoying.
For example, mice are very numerous and small in size. They often sneak over and easily dig a hole to eat the tubers or root plants that the frog tribe has worked so hard to grow.
In order to deal with these rats, Huo Meng thought of many ways, such as making traps, digging rat holes, etc., but the rats reproduced too quickly and were very smart, which gave Huo Meng a headache.
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(End of this chapter)
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