Chapter 12: The Battle of Retreat
When retreating, everyone ran desperately for a distance of twenty or thirty meters according to what Yang Tian said, and then changed direction slightly in the process of running, and finally alternately covered the retreat. Finally, when the strong enemies who had come to the island were about to chase them to a dangerous distance, they entered the range of the children in the camp with slingshots.
Although the slingshot posed a fundamental threat to the pursuing strong enemies, it eased the speed of those strong enemies in pursuit. The whole process may have been due to the fact that four more people were wounded in the final round of seven volleys, and the pursuers seemed to feel a little afraid.
When the leader of the people on the island saw this difficult group of opponents fleeing to what seemed to be an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, they also knew that the opportunity to settle the battle during the day should have been lost.
"Take turns resting and get ready! When it gets dark, it should be time to be able to take those people ... "The "ape" who is responsible for leading the people on the island is not without participating in conflicts at the tribal group level, and can be regarded as a well-informed person. Therefore, the defects of this stronghold can be seen at a glance.
"When night falls, and you can't see the tracks of the falling stones, it should be the time for these people to fall. Especially these people who seem to be good at projection, and hand-to-hand combat courage seems to be low. ”
In this way, the "ape" had a very experienced way to divide his men into three groups, one group led by himself, and the other two groups were led by his two cronies, and in a triangular state, they planted their shields on the ground dozens of meters away and began to prepare to block them.
As for the person who was injured by the arrow before, it seems that because the strength of the arrow shot by the other party was a little insufficient, and there was no poison, it was originally some skin trauma.
Moreover, "ape" has another meaning: it hopes to induce people in the earthen wall camp to risk the battle in advance because of their "division of troops". If that kind of Hua seems to have a glimmer of life, in fact, he will be besieged by himself.
"Deer, come with me to the mountain and look down from above to see the situation inside the earthen wall!"
When the "ape" and the "deer" looked into the camp from a hillside more than 200 meters away, they suddenly seemed to have some doubts: the camp seemed to be empty.
"Not good! They ran away from digging holes! The deer seemed to suddenly realize something.
The "ape" was also a little regretful at first, but when he saw that the earthen wall, which was only six or seven people long, seemed to have something like a wooden shed that was sunken inward, and there were people looking around, he understood a lot.
The "ape", who seemed to have thought of something, just thought for a moment, and then smiled: "Don't be nervous, those people have already started to make shrinking turtles, let's prepare to burn the turtles with fire javelins!" Hehe! ”
It was getting dark, and it was approaching evening. The wounds of the eight people who had gone to the island, which had not seemed to be serious from the arrows that had not been poisoned, began to show signs of festering, and the eight wounded were a little frightened.
In order to save the eight wounded, the people around him had to use a very primitive method, using a wooden stick to extinguish the fire and then burning it directly on the wound, many people passed out in the terrible screams, and they didn't know if they could wake up.
At this moment, the others did not panic because of this, but because many of them were a little angry. It is clear that there are simply no weaklings among the warriors selected from these tribes.
"Light the torch spear!" With the order of the "ape", the heavy task of preparing artificial fires began to light the special clay javelins coated with animal oil one by one, and successively approached the vicinity of the earthen camp and threw them from all directions.
During the long conflict, these tribal warriors also mastered many skills, including how to deal with opponents armed with large wooden shields. This "torch javelin" can undoubtedly work wonders.
In addition to torches and javelins, many of the igniters that had been prepared during the day were thrown into the small earthen enclosure. All of a sudden, the entire small earthen enclosure was covered in fire and smoke. At the same time, it was almost accompanied by the coughing and seemingly incomprehensible shouts of the people inside the small breakout.
"Hehe, those people shouldn't have dug the tunnel outside, and would rather die than come out for a decisive battle!" Many people laughed in the firelight.
To be sure, this fire was carried out more than once throughout the night, until it seemed to be still smoky within the walls as it began to lighten.
When the smoke seemed to fade slightly, and the watchers from above signaled safety, the four bravest warriors were selected to climb the earthen wall at least two people high from all four directions at the same time, using oars as a simple means of climbing the city.
Shortly after the four men had climbed over the wall, a lot of ground outside the enclosure sank into the ground with what seemed to be a strange movement underground. It was a large stone falling from the deep pit in the earth enclosure and the vines involved in it, breaking a lot of the "mechanism" switches that were originally quite strong.
Under such circumstances, at least five close and strong enemies fell into the ditch in front of the exposed trap trench, along with a foot of thick earth.
Almost at the same time, in the simple fortifications built with wooden rafts coated with fireproof mud in the earthen enclosure, the hidden shooting holes were also exposed, and more than 20 people simultaneously launched arrows from all directions, and in just a dozen seconds, more than 60 arrows were shot with the preparation that had been prepared for a long time.
Although everyone's bows and arrows are only three or four buckets, in the case of using arrows as heavy as light javelins, even stone clusters can be quite lethal to unprotected exposed people. The four strong opponents, who had generally been hit by three or four heavy arrows, also quickly fell to the ground.
At this point, when the cumulative attrition is more than half, even some people around the "ape" have to be cautious and quickly flee from the dangerous place.
This time, there was a lot of preparation, and it took a lot of effort to achieve the "defensive victory", which did not make Yang Tian feel much easier. This fierce battle with these people on the island made Yang Tian see clearly that these people who went to the island were far from being comparable to other clans on the island.
At this moment, Yang Tian was also faced with a difficult choice, either to continue to defend in this earthen fortress, or to choose to organize a counterattack immediately. Twenty-two men and women were to deal with fifteen men who were almost all young men.
Originally, at the beginning, Yang Tian thought of first shrinking in the earthen fortress to exercise, using the reserve of fresh water and then exercising for nearly a month, increasing the odds of winning a few percent, and then going out. However, it is clear that these people do not exist alone, and if there is other backup, the failure is out of control.
"Everyone put on wooden armor and get ready for battle!" Yang Tian ordered.
The only thing that can make Yang Tian happy is that at least the warriors of the infant clan are still simple and dare to fight, and at this moment, neither men nor women show much fear of war.