Chapter 569: First Contact
There is still nearly a month left before the arrival of winter, and time waits for no one, and the high-level leaders of the Withered Grass Tribe are not willing to wait until next spring, so they immediately send multiple teams to the area around the Withered Grass Tribe to find other nomadic tribes.
Each party consisted of five adult males, each armed with three horses, each carrying four to five days' worth of food, and had to return after a maximum of two days of travel away from the Withergrass tribe.
Contacting other tribes is a more dangerous task, no one can be sure that the tribe they are in contact with will play cards according to the rules, other teams enter the other tribe, and are directly killed by the other tribe, but for the survival of the tribe, they have to go to fight against the black tribe.
Five teams, starting from the withered grass tribe, one team in the north, south, and west directions, and two teams in the east, the east of the withered grass tribe is the place where the black tribe is ravaging.
The high-ranking members of the Withered Grass Tribe wanted to contact the nomadic tribes in the east of their tribe as much as possible to tell them about the Black Tribe's wantons, hoping that they would stay away from the Black Tribe after getting the news, and even more hoping that they would be able to unite with the Withered Grass Tribe.
Departing early in the morning, and almost halfway through the afternoon, the northern team was the first to spot the traces of another tribe.
The team to the north is led by Jian who was born in the White Horse Tribe, Jian himself is a strong warrior, relying on his own strength, Jian quickly achieved a certain status in the Dry Grass Tribe, and there is no problem in becoming the leader of this team to lead the four same clans, and one of the team is from the White Horse Tribe, one is from the Wind Tribe, and the remaining two are born and raised in the Dry Grass Tribe.
"There's someone over there, let's hurry over, everyone follow my orders, don't show hostility to outsiders, our mission here is to contact other tribes." Ken turned around and shouted to the four of his kind.
"Got it." "Understood." "Okay. "Got it. ”
Jian's four subordinates replied one after another.
The five members of the Withered Grass Tribe discovered a grazing team of the Goshawk Tribe, and this team of the Goshawk Tribe also discovered the team of the Withered Grass Tribe.
"There's someone over there, coming to us." The goshawk tribesmen who were the first to find the five people of the Withered Grass tribe shouted.
Hearing this, the other four people looked in the direction where the five members of the Withered Grass Tribe came from, and in their field of vision, the five people of the Withered Grass Tribe quickly approached them.
"'Captain', are we leaving?" One person asked.
The team leader of the four people of the Goshawk Tribe thought about it and said: "No need to leave, the number of the other party is the same as our number, we don't need to be afraid of them, they may not be enemies, let's see what they want to do first, everyone is ready to fight, even if it is an enemy, we can beat the enemy away." ”
"Okay." The other four replied together.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and they can almost see the faces of the opponent clearly, seeing that the other party has taken out their bows and arrows and is ready to shoot arrows, Ken shouted to the four subordinates, asking everyone to stop, if they go directly like this, it is very likely to cause the other party to shoot arrows.
"We have no ill intentions, and we want to talk to you." From afar, Jian gestured to the five members of the goshawk tribe, several times in a row, so that the other party understood the meaning of the gesture.
The goshawk tribe is a tribe that acts according to the rules, simply put, the goshawk tribe will not kill visitors from other tribes at will, of course, if the goshawk tribe finds a very weak tribe, it will definitely eat this tribe, this has nothing to do with the rules, it is normal to be in the grassland where the weak eat the strong, and acting according to the rules is more like two armies fighting without slashing.
Feeling that the other party did not look like an enemy, the five members of the Goshawk tribe put down their bows and arrows and waved their hands to the five people of the Withered Grass tribe, signaling that they could come over, but the five members of the goshawk tribe were ready to fight, and in the event of an accident, they would pick up their bows and arrows as quickly as possible to counterattack.
Like the five members of the Goshawk Tribe, the five members of the Withered Grass Tribe had no idea of fighting on the surface, but the five of them were always ready to fight, just for fear that the five members of the Goshawk Tribe would suddenly attack them.
The five people of the withered grass tribe rode forward, the distance was getting closer and closer, the bodies of both sides were tense, worried about accidents, fortunately, both sides had no idea of fighting, the distance between the two sides was successfully shortened to one zhang, ten people rode horses in two rows, none of them held weapons in their hands, such a close distance, any movement can be seen clearly.
"What's the matter with you?" The goshawk tribe squad leader asked with a gesture.
"Hello, we are from the Withered Grass Tribe, and the leader of our tribe sent us out to find the other tribes and tell them a terrible thing." Ken also gestured.
"What's the scary thing?" The goshawk tribe leader's face became serious.
"There is a powerful tribe in the east, our tribe calls it the black tribe, in the past two years or so, just what our withered grass tribe knows, there are four tribes that have been wiped out by the black tribe, and the strength of three of the four tribes is not weaker than our withered grass tribe, there may be more tribes that have been wiped out by the black tribe, and our withered grass tribe does not know."
The meaning that Jian wanted to express was relatively long, and it took some time for the five members of the Goshawk tribe to figure it out, and after understanding what Jian wanted to express, the faces of the five members of the Goshawk tribe were not good-looking.
Although I don't know how many people the withered grass tribe has, the five people of the goshawk tribe clearly know the population of their tribe, only about 1,700 people, it is a medium-sized tribe, in the steppe, more than the upper than the bottom, among the nomadic tribes that were destroyed by the black tribe, there are definitely nomadic tribes that are stronger than the goshawk tribe.
If the goshawk tribe also encounters this powerful black tribe, will the goshawk tribe be able to resist the black tribe? Or will the goshawk tribe be able to escape?
The five members of the Goshawk tribe didn't dare to continue thinking about it.
"We should hurry up and tell the leader about this, and then our goshawk tribe will move far away, away from that powerful black tribe." The leader of the Goshawk Tribe thought in his heart, and then he gestured to express his gratitude to Jian, thanks to the Withered Grass Tribe, and also to Jian.
"There are actually two missions on our trip, one is to tell you about the Black Tribe, and the other is also very important to our Dry Grass Tribe and your tribe." Ken continued to gesticulate.
"What's the matter?"
"In fact, our withered grass tribe knows more about the situation of the black tribe, the black tribe should not be a tribe that grazes cattle, horses and sheep for a living, but a tribe that makes a living by farming, but the black tribe has cavalry, or a very powerful cavalry.
I was not originally from the Withered Grass Tribe, I only joined the Withered Grass Tribe last year, I came from another White Horse tribe with a population of more than 1,500, the White Horse Tribe and the Black Tribe encountered, many tribesmen died in battle, only me and more than 30 of my fellow tribes escaped, and the rest of the same tribe were captured by the Black Tribe.
The Black Tribe's bows and arrows are very powerful, with a longer range than those of the White Horse Tribe and the Withered Grass Tribe, and the strange 'animal skins' on their bodies can still block the arrows we shoot.
At the beginning, our Dry Grass Tribe was originally only three or four days away from the Black Tribe's residence, because of the existence of the Black Tribe, our Dry Grass Tribe had to move farther away, and now it is eight or nine days away from the Black Tribe's residence, but this year, the Black Tribe's range of activities is once again close to our Dry Grass Tribe.
It can't go on like this, but our tribe can't continue to move farther away, where there may be more powerful nomadic tribes than our withered grass tribe, and we are worried that after we move, the black tribe will catch up again.
Therefore, the top of our tribe thought of a way to unite with other tribes to resist the black tribe, or even destroy the black tribe.
Our Withered Grass Tribe sent a total of five teams to find the surrounding tribes to contact, and my team is one of them. ”
Goshawk Tribe Squad Leader: "Join forces? I'm not a chieftain and am not qualified to make a decision, I need to bring the news back to the tribe and it will be up to the leader of our tribe to decide. ”
Jian: "Please tell the leader of your tribe about these two things, we will wait here for the night, whether your tribe is willing to join forces with our tribe against the black tribe or not, please tell us your tribe's decision tomorrow morning." ”
Goshawk Tribe Leader: "Okay. ”
After finishing the conversation, Ken and his four subordinates stayed some distance away from the area where the five goshawk tribes were grazing, showing that they would not observe the five members of the goshawk tribe and would not take the initiative to explore the direction where the goshawk tribe lived.
Seeing that the five people of the withered grass tribe were some distance away, and the five people of the goshawk tribe were also preparing to drive the cattle, horses and sheep back to the tribe, there was something in their hearts, and the team leader was a little irritable, so he ordered the four of them to continue to drive the cattle, horses and sheep to the tribe's residence, and they rode back to the tribe first, and reported the matter to the leader.
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The team leader, who hurried back on horseback, found the leader and said breathlessly: "Leader, leader, something is wrong. ”
"What's wrong?" The leader hurriedly turned around and asked.
"Chief, our team of five people is grazing over there, and we met five people from the Dry Grass Tribe, and they told us a terrible thing, a very powerful tribe has appeared in the east, called the Black Tribe, which has destroyed many nomadic tribes, many of which are stronger than our tribe."
"A powerful black tribe? Is this the only thing? The leader asked, if there was only one thing, the goshawk tribe could choose to move to a distant place to solve the problem.
"There is one more thing, the Withered Grass Tribe was originally ...... The Withergrass tribe wants to unite with other nomadic tribes to fight against the Black Tribe, or even destroy the Black Tribe, and they also send an invitation to our tribe, and they are still resting not far from our grazing area today, waiting for tomorrow to inform them of our tribe's decision. The team leader carefully reported what Ken had expressed to the leader.
"United?" The leader was silent, if there was just a powerful black tribe and nothing else, the leader would be able to make a quick decision, but the experience of the Withered Grass Tribe made it impossible for the leader to make an immediate decision, if the situation of the Withered Grass Tribe was true, then the Goshawk Tribe needed to make a careful choice.
After dinner in the evening, the goshawk leader convened a meeting of the high-ranking tribesmen, and the team leader was made an exception to participate in the meeting and told the high-ranking members of the goshawk tribe in detail about what happened during the day.
After the team leader finished speaking, the leader asked the others to think for a while, and then asked, "Everyone said, how should our tribe choose?" ”
After more than a dozen breaths of silence, the oldest person in the upper echelons spoke: "Chief, it is better for our tribe to choose to move directly, no one can be sure whether the situation of the Withered Grass Tribe is true or false, not to mention that the grazing area of our tribe has been discovered by the Withered Grass Tribe, and it may be attacked by the Withered Grass Tribe." ”
"I'm afraid that the matter of the Withered Grass Tribe is true, if there is really a powerful black tribe that is still developing rapidly to our tribe's side, then our tribe is dangerous, even if it moves to a distance, the black tribe may chase after it, and the Withered Grass Tribe does not dare to move farther away, will our tribe dare?"
"I chose to move directly......"
"I think our tribe is getting ready to move, and at the same time trying to get in touch with the Dry Grass Tribe......"
One person took the lead, and the other high-level officials expressed their thoughts, more than half of them chose to move, and the rest of the people did not directly decide to unite the Goshawk Tribe and the Withered Grass Tribe together, and they had to determine the situation before making a decision.
The leader himself is also very hesitant, winter is coming, even if he moves, he will have to wait until the winter passes, maybe he can try to contact the withered grass tribe before the winter, and then make a choice.
The leader spoke his mind and was approved by all the higher-ups.
"Tomorrow I'll go and meet the five people of the Withered Grass tribe in person." It is not a dangerous thing for the chief to make the final decision, and no one opposes it.
The next morning, the leader of the Goshawk tribe took four people, including the team leader, to meet with the five people including the Dry Grass Tribe, and Ken once again expressed the content of yesterday to the goshawk leader, and also told many situations of the White Horse tribe and the black tribe fighting.
The strength of the black tribe made the goshawk leader feel frightened, the white horse tribe was only a little weaker than the black tribe, the white horse tribe had little resistance and was destroyed by the black tribe, if the goshawk tribe encountered the black tribe, it would also end up with the white horse tribe.
"How many tribes are ready to unite with yours?" The goshawk leader asked.
"I don't know, it's the first time our tribe has sent a team, and we can't be sure how many tribes are going to unite with our tribe." Ken didn't lie.
"I can't make a decision for the time being, when a tribe wants to unite with your tribe, your tribe will send someone to tell our tribe that our tribe will not move this year, and before winter, there will be people in our tribe grazing here." The goshawk leader said with a frown.
Ken was not disappointed with the meaning expressed by the goshawk leader, and even felt that the goshawk tribe was something to fight for, and it was lucky enough not to meet the kind of tribe that couldn't even communicate, and it was almost impossible to persuade the other party to unite with the withered grass tribe when they met for the first time.