Chapter 53: Another Tiger Tribe (Part I)
After a few more days of fear, seeing that the enemy did not come again, Su Yan, Wu, and Zhi, the three bigwigs of the snake tribe, finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and were able to sleep peacefully.
Time passed, and soon, the cold winter passed, the snow melted, and spring arrived.
The people of the snake tribe have never forgotten the scene when the enemy attacked before, and the appearance of an unknown enemy has always been a threat to the snake tribe.
After some discussion, Su Yan, Wu, and Zhi had breakfast the next morning, and Zhi set off with nine tribesmen, their task was not to go out hunting, but to visit several tribes that were familiar with the snake tribe, to see if they were still there, and to tell them about the appearance of an unknown and vicious tribe in this area.
On the first day, Zhi's target is the Rabbit tribe north of the Snake Tribe.
Although there were only ten people in the snake tribe, the other nine were carefully selected by Zhi, maybe they were not the strongest among the adult males, but they were definitely the fastest in the woods.
Fighting is not the best option when encountering an enemy, and even if it is possible to defeat the enemy, do not fight easily, as you will also suffer casualties.
Running away is the best option.
Zhi led his people to the Rabbit tribe's place of residence, and they had to be vigilant as they walked, and if an enemy appeared, they needed to spot the enemy first and then flee.
The morning was almost over, Zhi and his people finally came to the periphery of the rabbit tribe's residence, and when they heard various voices from the rabbit tribe's residence, Zhi understood that the rabbit tribe was safe and sound.
After that, Zhi led the people to walk straight towards the residence of the Rabbit Tribe, no longer covering his figure, and the person in charge of guarding the Rabbit tribe then also found Zhi and the others.
"Come, come, there are enemies!" The person in charge of the guard of the rabbit tribe shouted loudly in the spoken language of the rabbit tribe, and it didn't take long for more than twenty people to gather, most of them were adult women, and only a few adult men remained, and a few children who were close to adulthood.
There are very few adult males among the people gathered by the rabbit tribe, and there is no leader of the rabbit tribe, which shows that the leader of the rabbit tribe has gone out hunting with the rabbit tribe hunting team.
The people of the rabbit tribe held weapons and pointed them at the Zhi group who walked towards them, and the Zhi group was ten adult men, and most of them were adult women, born with a disadvantage, but relying on the numerical advantage, they were not afraid.
"Stop, this is the rabbit tribe, and outsiders are not allowed to approach." When the distance between the two sides was only more than ten meters, the adult male who led the rabbit tribe shouted loudly to Zhi and his party.
Zhi doesn't know much about the spoken language of the rabbit tribe, but he can also tell from the other party's tone that it is unfriendly, and he should regard his group as enemies.
Zhi opened his hand and asked the clansmen to stop, and only he continued to move forward.
The people of the rabbit tribe saw that only Zhi himself moved forward, and there was no need to be afraid, and he also understood in his heart that the person who came might not be an enemy, so he had no idea of attacking Zhi, and the person who spoke in the rabbit tribe just now felt a little familiar when he saw Zhi's face, and he followed the leader of the rabbit tribe to the snake tribe to participate in the uncovered conference last time, so he naturally saw Zhi.
Gesture is a lingua franca among primitive tribes, and although it is sometimes inaccurate, even a guess can roughly understand the meaning.
Zhi and the adult male who shouted in the rabbit tribe before exchanged gestures, and soon made Fu understand that he was the leader of the snake tribe, and this time he came to the rabbit tribe to tell the other party.
There were quite a few people in the Rabbit tribe who participated in the uncovered conference held by the snake tribe last time, and now there are only two men left in the tribe, but don't forget that there are also women who participate in the uncovered conference.
They took a closer look at Zhi's appearance, and after determining that Zhi was the leader of the Snake Tribe, the people of the Rabbit Tribe, led by Wu, welcomed the guests of the Snake Tribe.
Compared with the snake tribe, the strength of the rabbit tribe is still too weak, if the leader of the rabbit tribe is there, the wisdom will be received by the leader, but now the leader goes out with the hunting team to the leader, the rabbit tribe can be qualified to receive the wisdom of the only witch, if you let ordinary people to receive, it is disrespectful to the wisdom, it is likely to lead to a sudden decline in the relationship between the rabbit tribe and the snake tribe.
The fate of offending a tribe stronger than oneself can be imagined, so the witch can only receive Zhi himself.
Zhi has never communicated with the Rabbit Tribe's witch, but it doesn't matter, just inform the Rabbit tribe of the matter, and see the Rabbit tribe's own decision.
So Zhi told the Wu of the Rabbit tribe about the enemy's attack on the snake tribe and the defeat of the snake tribe in the third month of winter, telling the rabbit tribe to be careful, and at the same time telling Wu the speculation that the enemy might come from the West.
Zhi told the rabbit tribe about this important thing, Wu expressed his gratitude to Zhi, this matter is too important to the rabbit tribe, the snake tribe can defeat the enemy, it does not mean that the rabbit tribe can also defeat the enemy, the rabbit tribe should be careful in the future.
In addition, Tomoya told the Wu of the Rabbit tribe that if the rabbit tribe is in need, he can ask the snake tribe for help at any time, and the snake tribe is a friendly tribe and is willing to help friends tide over difficulties.
The witch of the snake tribe expressed his gratitude again.
After telling everything to the Rabbit Tribe, Zhi also took his leave and left the Rabbit Tribe with nine people, and it was already noon, if he didn't leave early, it was very likely that he wouldn't be able to return to the Snake Tribe after dark.
The next day, Zhi set off with nine tribesmen, this time their target was the mountain tribe to the east of the snake tribe, the distance from the snake tribe to the mountain tribe was a little shorter than the distance from the snake tribe to the rabbit tribe, and Zhi and the tribesmen arrived at the mountain tribe earlier.
Similar to what happened in the Rabbit Tribe, the leader of the Mountain tribe also took his people out hunting, and the Wu of the Mountain Tribe personally received Zhi, and Zhi told the Wu of the Mountain Tribe what he "said" to the Wu of the Rabbit Tribe, and the Wu of the Mountain Tribe also expressed his gratitude to Zhi.
On the third day, Zhi took nine clansmen to set off towards the last target - the deer tribe in the northeast of the snake tribe, only after walking for nearly half a morning, they unexpectedly found a new tribe, you must know that Zhi and the hunting team have traveled around the area around the snake tribe, and the neighbors around the snake tribe know where they live.
Judging from the fact that they lived in a simple dwelling made of branches, leaves, and weeds under large trees, Zhi guessed that the tribe must have just moved in during the winter.
Zhi led the people to observe this newly emerged tribe in the bushes, and felt that this new tribe was not like the enemy who attacked the snake tribe in the third month of winter, so he temporarily gave up the observation and continued to advance towards the deer tribe.
Similarly, Yuan also went out hunting with the hunting team, and the witch of the deer tribe personally received Zhi, and Zhi took his leave after telling the deer tribe about it.
The newly discovered tribe today makes Zhi attach great importance to it, and he doesn't know whether this tribe is friend or foe, so he needs to be cautious, and he also needs to determine whether this tribe is a vicious tribe or a good tribe.