Chapter 359: Cooperation and Exchange 2/2
The clansmen of the Aoki tribe on the bank of the river stopped working one by one, a few clansmen picked up the weapons placed next to them, and a few clansmen turned around and ran directly towards the tribal residence not far away.
And this sudden change was caused by the ships of the Dragon Tribe, because this time the ships of the Dragon Tribes were uncharacteristically getting closer to the riverbank.
"They're coming! They're coming! The tribesmen shouted and ran into the residence.
"Who's coming?" A stout clansman stopped the man who had run back and asked.
"Whew... Call! It's a big ship, and a big ship is coming. The clansman who ran back gasped for breath as he spoke.
The Aoki tribe also has boats, not canoes, but wooden rafts formed by tying wood with straw ropes, which is not comparable to the large wooden rafts once made by the Blood Tiger tribe, and the Aoki tribe cannot use the wooden rafts made by their own tribe to cross the Yellow River to the north bank of the Yellow River.
"Big ship? What happened to the big ship? The strong man asked.
"I don't know."
At this time, the leader of Aoki came out.
"Bring your weapons and come with me!"
The Aoki tribe is not a weak tribe, and it is not sure what the situation is, but the Aoki tribe will not retreat directly.
The leader of Aoki ran to the bank of the river with some of the adults in his residence, and a large group of adults and people close to adults ran out of the residence.
Just when the leader of Aoki was still more than ten zhang away from the river bank, the five Type A boats of the Dragon Tribe's fleet were lined up and anchored more than two zhang away from the river bank, and the distance between the head boat where Lu Yuan and Yuerong were located and the nearest Aoki tribesmen on the river bank was only less than six zhang.
The ship stopped, and the dragon tribe warriors who had been staying in the cabin came to the deck one after another, looking towards the Aoki tribesmen, the warriors with shields stood at the front, and those without shields stood at the back to prevent the target tribe from attacking.
"Yuan, what should I do next?" Yuerong asked.
Lu Yuan looked at the crowd in the distance and kept rushing to the river bank before replying: "Don't worry, wait for their people to gather." ”
Lu Yuan was not worried that the people of the target tribe would gather, after all, the ship was still some distance away from the river bank, and the possibility of them being able to hit the boat was very small, and the nearly 100 archers and spearmen on the ship would bring them great damage.
After the ship stopped and the people gathered on the deck, the Aoki tribesmen sensed some danger and hurriedly retreated backwards, so close that they could easily be covered by bows and arrows.
After a dozen breaths, the leader led a small group of clansmen to converge with the clansmen fishing on the riverbank, and the leader held the rattan shield to his chest and looked at the boats on the riverbank.
After dozens of breaths, hundreds of clansmen of the Aoki tribe gathered here, and the clansmen holding rattan shields consciously stood at the forefront, and the clansmen holding bows and arrows were ready to shoot arrows.
Although his own number is larger, the leader of Aoki does not act rashly, and is still observing the situation on the ship in front of him, and the leader can feel that the strength of the other party is also very strong, and in the event of a battle, his own tribe will suffer heavy losses.
The Aoki tribe will fight against the weak tribes, but it will never fight hard against strong opponents, and the strength of the Aoki tribe will also be greatly damaged, putting the Aoki tribe in danger.
The Aoki tribe has been inherited for hundreds of years and has its own way of survival.
Feeling that it was almost over, Lu Yuan turned back to the two people in his team and said, "(Zhao) Lin, (Ying) Xi, this time the task will be handed over to the two of you, whether it is successful or not, I will give you both a credit." ”
"My lord, we will make it." Zhao Lin and Yingxi said together.
Eighteen-year-old Zhao Lin is from the original Blood Tiger Tribe, and nineteen-year-old Eagle Breath was born in the Eagle Tribe, and now both of them are dressed as rattan armor soldiers, wearing rattan armor and holding rattan shields, only equipped with defensive rattan shields, not offensive weapons.
A small boat only seven feet long was lowered from the head boat, and only two people could sit in front of the boat and one behind the other.
"If something is wrong, just turn around and run away." Before Zhao Lin and Yingxi got off the boat, Lu Yuan admonished.
Zhao Lin and Yingxi nodded solemnly, this kind of task is undoubtedly dangerous, but in the case of the target, the degree of danger should be greatly reduced, and in the end, it depends on how the two of them communicate with the target tribe, once the two of them make a mistake and offend the target tribe, it is very likely that the two of them will not be able to come back.
Under the gaze of dozens of clansmen on the head boat, Zhao Lin and Yingxi came from the big boat to the small boat, the two of them were not empty-handed, they also carried a gift wrapped in linen cloth for the leader of the target tribe.
Sliding the oars, the boat slowly drove towards the river bank, and soon, the boat touched the river bank, and the two got off the boat and walked to the river bank, the two did not look back, but the two could feel that hundreds of eyes were focused on the two of them, which made the pressure in their hearts increase sharply.
The gift to the leader of the target tribe was carried by Eagle Breath, and the two of them strode forward, and after walking a distance of about six zhang, the two of them had already arrived in front of the target tribe crowd.
Because there were only two people coming, the people of the Aoki tribe were not worried about what harm these two people would cause to them, so they didn't make any other moves, and quietly waited for the two to come over.
Unable to confirm who the leader of the target tribe was, Zhao Lin and Ying Xi could only bend slightly in front of them, the understanding of this bending often represents the meaning of respect, even if other tribes do not have similar etiquette, they can feel the meaning of bending down to some extent.
"Who are you? Why should you come here? ”
Zhao Lin and Yingxi looked at the middle-aged man in front of them who was surrounded by the people around them, and they guessed that the person who spoke was the leader of the target tribe.
Zhao Lin put the rattan shield in his left hand at his feet, and then gestured with both hands to the person suspected of being the leader: "Respected leader, we are a powerful tribe from afar, and we have come here to establish a cooperative relationship with your tribe. ”
The leader of Aoki also replied with a gesture, "Your tribe and our tribe are allied? ”
Zhao Lin waved his hand and said, "No, our two tribes are too far away to be able to unite, just cooperate, and exchange our tribe's things for your tribe's things." ”
The leader of Aoki said that he understood, and he could still understand the word "exchange", and that the tribe sometimes exchanged things with each other.
Zhao Lin: "Then can our tribe and your tribe cooperate?" ”
Aoki Chief: "No, why should our tribe cooperate with your tribe for an exchange?" ”
Zhao Lin: "The exchange is to exchange what your tribe has for what our tribe doesn't." ”
These words are complicated, and it is difficult for Aoki to understand.
Zhao Lin has a headache, this task is really difficult, it's time to use the second plan.