"Warrior, you seem, a little bit taken for granted. The witch hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

Ji Thief: "What do you mean by ????"

The witch said: "Warrior, you don't know the situation, if the Montenegrin tribe conquers other tribes, do you think there will be any tribe that will agree to join us in rebelling against the Montenegrin tribe?"

"Why not?" asked the thief.

The old patriarch raised his hand: "I also agree with the wizard's words, the Black Mountain tribe is already strong, if they really conquer other tribes, then the end will only be all the tribes in danger, and they don't dare to have the slightest thought of resisting, let alone cooperate with us." ”

The words of the old patriarch and the witch made the thief couldn't help but be silent, and after half a sound, he said, "What if, explain the stakes to them?"

"No, after all, not every tribe believes in you so much. The witch blushed and said a little shyly.

The thief didn't notice that something was wrong with the witch, and pinched his chin and thought to himself: "In this way, it seems that things are not so easy." ”

The old patriarch and the witch looked at each other, and tried to speak, but they couldn't help it.

For a long time, the thief came back from his contemplation, raised his head and said, "Forget it, it's still early, it's useless to think so much, let's let everyone eat something first." ”

The witch smurmured and beckoned to the people to deal with the antelope.

A crowd of people ate and drank around the crockpot.

That night, Ji Thief lay down next to the snow to rest, just closed his eyes, but he didn't feel sleepy, all that came to his mind was the idea of how to defeat the Black Mountain tribe.

After all, the Black Mountain Tribe is like a big mountain pressing on top of its head, and if this mountain is not overturned, the Frost Valley Tribe will never have time and space for development.

But, as the witch said, the Black Mountain tribe is so powerful, can it really defeat them with its own catapults?

As a self-protection weapon, the catapult must be powerful, although it is said that it is okay to attack it, but this thing is too big to ship.

Eh, it looks like you have to plan well.

After all, if you're not careful, there's no second chance.

Having made up his mind, the thief clenched his fists and gradually fell asleep amid the snoring of the clansmen.

When dawn came the next day, some of the tribesmen regained their mobility, and the total number of people in the tribe who could be used at present was about twenty.

This time, the Ji thief was sent out to lead ten clansmen out to hunt, Ah Liang led five clansmen out to collect clay, and the remaining five clansmen, including the Ji thief, stayed in the tribe and were busy with their own affairs.

Originally, the thief wanted to go out with him for another day, but Usma assured the thief that he and Ah Niu would definitely catch more prey, so he let the thief stay in the tribe and continue the research of the trebuchet.

For this reason, the thief had no choice but to agree, there was Usma on the left and right, and nothing would happen to Ah Niu if he wanted to.

So, on a new day, the Frost Valley tribe began to be busy again.

In the valley, the thief first returned to the corral that had been restored by the witch and the people, and put the four live antelopes that had been caught yesterday and eaten by the tribesmen in the enclosure in captivity, and then the thief persuaded the witch and the old patriarch to put down the work of refining the saline-alkali soil, collect trees in the valley, and set up a new gate.

After all, the last door was snatched away by the Montenegrin tribe.

"This time, we will use clay and stone to strengthen the front of the valley gate, and the door will be thickened twice. ”

Before the thief's words fell, the witch was surprised and asked, "Wouldn't it be very laborious to do this?"

Ji Thief nodded: "But now the clan needs a door to provide them with a sense of security, I don't know if you found out last night, there are already wild beasts entering our valley, if it weren't for the blade-toothed tiger, we might all be taken away as food." ”

"We'll have to build a gate quickly. The witch said at the same time as the old patriarch.

"Hmm. ”

The few tribesmen who remained in the tribe did what they said, and they all spent the morning cutting down trees on the peaks of the mountains around the valley.

After picking and choosing, after deducting the wood needed for the wooden door, the thief thinned the remaining trees little by little with a circlip knife to make them look like wooden boards.

Of course, this so-called wooden board is not the boxy, one-finger-thick high-quality wooden board that everyone remembers.

After all, he can't do it without tools.

What he called a plank was nothing more than a square piece of wood made from round wood with edges and corners cut off.

When she had made the first square log with great effort, the witch looked at the strange wood and asked the thief, "Warrior, do you plan to make a gate out of this kind of wood?"

When the thief heard this, he was busy with his work, and he didn't raise his head and said, "How is it possible, this is what I use to make a trebuchet." ”

"Trebuchet?"

"Well, unlike other weapons, the trebuchet has to be extremely precise in its parts, otherwise it's easy to make mistakes. ”

The witch looked at the thief with a self-righteous expression: "How hard you work, that warrior." ”

At first, the thief didn't understand why the witch said this, but after a few days, the thief understood what the witch meant.

For five days, for five whole days, Ji Thief didn't care about anything else, so he worked full-time on square wood.

As a result, countless wounds came out of his palms, and new calluses covered old calluses, layer after layer.

Rao was like this, and he only processed seven square logs, which was still more than thirty short of the two trebuchets he predicted.

"Warrior, you've been busy for so many days before you come out with such a little bit of wood, and if you go on like this, when will the trebuchet be made?" asked the witch during a break.

This is a question that not only witches want to know, but even the old patriarch and other clansmen have wanted to ask for a long time.

Ji Thief was still busy with his business, between the swing of the circlip knife, sawdust flew up, Ji Thief puffed out his mouth to blow the sawdust away, and then did not raise his head, as if comforting the clansmen, and as if he was comforting himself: "What's the hurry, haven't you heard that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it?"

As he spoke, Ji Thief also rubbed his newly injured palm that had been snapped out of the knife.

"Warriors, let's come. Seeing the appearance of the thief, the witch was a little reluctant, so she offered to help.

It was a good intention, but the thief didn't agree at all: "No, this trebuchet is no better than others, you don't know the size of the structure, I'll do it myself, you just need to be busy with your own affairs." ”

Hearing this, the witch didn't know what to say.

"By the way, is the wooden door erected?" asked the thief suddenly.

The witch nodded, "It has been erected, and according to what you said the warrior, we have made a gentle slope out of stone and clay in front of the wooden door." ”

"That's good, remember this time, on the bridge, to ensure that there are constantly people standing guard, I don't want to be the same as last time, the Black Mountain tribe is in front of me, we don't know yet. ”

"Well, got it. ”

As he spoke, Usma led the men over.

The current Usma can be said to have a rapid rise in status.

Every time Ah Niu led the team out to hunt, Usma was his deputy, and with him, Ah Niu could always bring back a lot of prey.

It's not that Ah Niu is a waste, he has no ability and can only rely on Usma or something.

The main thing is that when the thief took them to hunt, only Usma understood and carried it out.

When there are too many prey targets, they will be surrounded by three and one of them, and the advantages of each clan will be used to unite and hunt.

When there is little prey, the big guys rush up and win by numbers.

It is precisely because of this that every day, the hunting team brings back at least six or more prey, of course, this is only alive, not counted in the hunting process, killed.

It can be said that with Usma, the hunting team can return with full loads again and again, which has also led to the rise of Usma's status.

In addition, the thief always named him to do things, intentionally or unintentionally, which made the clansmen even more impressed by Usma.

At this time, Usma came over again, and the thief, who was busy with his life, heard the voice and raised his head: "What's wrong?"

Usma said honestly: "It's such a warrior, those people from the Bear and Tiger tribe have woken up. ”

Ji Thief was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly put down the circlip knife: "Quick, take me over to have a look." ”

The witch gave Usma a blank look, a little unhappy.

Usma lowered his head in response, he didn't dare to mess with the witch.