Nearly 20,000 people from the east and west sides of the Mao tribe were stationed here to confront each other in a lake and mountain area near the east and west of the Mao tribe.

Of course, in Lin Ru's view, the so-called confrontation is nothing more than 20,000 people here to draw boundaries and live their own fishing and hunting. Although the Mao tribe also began farming, the grain harvested in the autumn was basically used for the winter, and the remaining little was kept in the gathering places to cope with various disasters. Even a leader like Bayang may have to go out hunting by himself for half a year.

The water and grass in this area are fertile, the lake is thousands of miles wide, and the harvest of fishing and hunting is still very good. Just enough for 20,000 people to eat until the autumn harvest.

Lin Ji came here with a thousand people, and only a few hundred people greeted him. The others have not yet returned from the mountains and lakes.

Coming here, Lin Ji finally met the other four leaders. Red Eyebrow hasn't come back yet, because Red Eyebrow has taken Kasumi away.

Qingshi, prismatic clusters, willow cracks, and Dipu have their own appearances, but they are all tall and sturdy types. Although the leaders on both sides confronted each other, they only lived in the stockades on both sides of a two-meter-wide stream.

Before Lin Ji arrived, the news that he was going to talk to the martyr had already arrived.

For the arrival of Lin Ji, even the people on Qingshi's side are not much hostile to him, more of an idiot's banter.

"Is the king really going to enter the tomb of the Yin God?" Qingshi hugged Lin Ji across the stream, but he deliberately held his left fist with his right hand and slapped a few times to attract Lin Ji's attention. Apparently telling Lin Ji that he was worshipping the dead as Huaxia was used to.

Lin Ji took Bayang and the others to the north, and he could basically understand the words of the Mao tribe. These words don't need to be translated to understand the meaning.

"We have the habit of keeping our promises, so since I have already made a decision, there is naturally no reason to go back." Lin Ji responded with a friendly fist, ignoring the other party's taunts.

"Then the king, if you can't get out after you go in, the count you promised them four still counts?" The other leader on the other side asked.

Lin Ji asked rhetorically, "If I can come out smoothly, will you also come to be my earl?" ”

The opposite side was suddenly dumbfounded.

They decided that if the forest trail came out, they might die under the spell. It's not that the forest trails can't come out. Leng Tuan didn't speak very rigorously, and he dug a pit for himself, so naturally he couldn't follow Lin Ji's words.

Lin Ji saw the dumb fire on the other side, and he did not force it, and followed the guidance of the roasted sun into the stockade west of the creek.

Leng Tuan looked at the backs of Lin Ji and the others, and spat in the creek fiercely, scolding a few words incomprehensibly. But when he saw the white spit in the water floating down the river, he hurriedly bent down and scooped it up and sprinkled it on the shore.

Qingshi looked at the clear stream and said, "Don't worry about him for the time being, as long as he dies here tomorrow, Huaxia will not be in trouble." We went first and plundered the five thousand. ”

Rui came up from a single-plank bridge over the creek and answered, "None of you think he will survive?" ”

"What do you think?" Prism glared angrily, "Who can come back from the Netherworld?" ”

Yingluo followed him from the single-plank bridge and explained, "Rui shook hands with him once, and it seemed that he had lost. ”

Qingshi and Prism looked at Rui's gaze and immediately became dissatisfied. But he didn't say anything.

Yingluo looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I'm on duty tonight, and I promise that he won't come out tomorrow." When the time comes......"

Prism looked around, getting closer, as if to discuss something important, and decided on something.

"Listen to the martyrs." Qingshi knew what they were going to say, but he was quite upright.

In the stockade to the west, Lin Ji arranged the residence of his subordinates and asked about the situation of the tomb: "Where is the tomb?" What is the terrain like? ”

Bayang brought the forest trail back to the stream, pointed to the stream downstream, and said, "It's right there." ”

A hundred meters away from the end of the stream, there was a dark cave two or three meters high, swallowing the stream with a large mouth. The cave is located on a hill 100 meters high. And two or three kilometers behind the hill, there is a vast lake.

That is, the so-called tomb is an underground river?

Lin Ji tried to approach the entrance of the cave, but was stopped by the people of the Mao tribe. There is a square at the entrance of the cave, where many people are seated, and there are traces of burning things.

"Every day you can only worship in the morning and listen to the admonitions. Other times it's disrespectful to approach. In order to avoid accidental injury, do not let it approach. ”

The forest trail was not entangled, and after obtaining permission, he went up to the hill where the cave was located, crossed the hill and walked to the back, and did not see the exit of the stream for two or three kilometers.

"When I was a child, I also found an exit here, but I didn't find it. At that time, there was a legend that the stream flowed to the netherworld, and no matter how people or animals fell into the stream, almost all of them died. Occasionally, people come out, but they are also blind and die of pain. There are also monsters in the cave from time to time, devouring people and beasts. Become the Great Terror here. Later, when my mother was about to die, she deliberately chose this place as her burial place, willing to fight the monsters inside forever. ”

The two of them went back from the hill, and Red Mei had already arrived here with Izuka and the others. There were only a few hundred people in Izuxia's party, and it was obvious that the Mao tribe was unwilling to let Huaxia's large army enter the hinterland.

Behind Izuxia, Lin Ji saw Broken Teeth, Yellow Leopard Tail, Qian Mian, and the young Black Jackal and others.

When everyone saw the forest traces, they were naturally excited. After each complained about their feelings, everyone crowded into the forest house, and the people of the Mao tribe discussed on their own.

Folding Tooth first took out a simple map and said, "We have arranged two retreat routes, one is from the lake. Stonebeak will approach tonight with ten sailboats from the south side of the Great Lake, and will stop at this position tomorrow morning. It's only 10 kilometers from here. The king could ride a horse from the lake or use a speedboat to get on the boat, and we went down the Silian Lake to Huaishui, and entered the Gou Lake back to Chaolin. The second is the path we are taking today, and I let people go all the way. The king rode his cattle back, and we would fire them all the way to stop the enemy until we met our large army. The yellow leopard will lead the team to greet you. ”

Qian Mian looked around and whispered: "I have prepared forty deer in two places in the north, and a boat by the Yellow River, if it doesn't work, I can run back to the north with the king." At the same time, the people I arranged could kill at least three of their leaders and make them mess up. ”

Izuxia said: "If something goes wrong, Chen Li, Fu Wolf, Black Jackal, and Qian Mian will follow the king no matter what, and after the others are broken, I and Dunmu will be the first to ......."

"Hey, hey." Lin Ji listened and had to interrupt them.

It's a good habit to think about defeat before you win. This means that they have not learned in vain in the past few years after learning from Lin Ji. Lin Ji saw their arrangement, and he was happy to listen to them. But seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more tragic, I couldn't help but interrupt them.

"You're too small. One by one, they knew that let me escape, block the back road, assassinate, and cut off the back. You're like this, and it's like a child who has gotten into trouble. No one even thought about how to contain these 20,000 people? No one has ever thought of subduing the entire Mao tribe under my leadership? Just so unconfident in me? ”

Everyone looked at Lin Ji, and some didn't know what to say. The total number of people here is less than 2,000, and you want to contain 20,000? And there is a steady stream of people coming behind them. Once you are entangled, there is no way back at all, okay?

As for why he was in a hurry to get him back as soon as he saw Lin Ji, it was because his status in everyone's hearts was too heavy. No one wants to see him lose a little.

As for what happened after the successful recovery of the Mao tribe, everyone unanimously felt that that was what Lin Ji should consider.

Lin Ji waved his hand to reject the previous plan, and said to himself: "These plans are standby, listen to me below." First, I'm going to get a few people to put something in the stream and go to the lake to see where they come up. See how deep the water is there and how far from the shore. There is no stream that leads to the netherworld, this should be an underground river, but the exit is not known where. ”

The black jackal said: "I'll just go to this matter, I'll take a few young ones, put some leaves with a horn cut in, and tell them that I want to fish and eat, and they shouldn't stop me." ”

"Second, I need a few of you to get out and ask all about this cave. What was the situation of the other people's survival, what injuries were on their bodies, the specific circumstances when they died, what they saw, what they said, and so on. Be as detailed as possible. I'm going to summarize it for me by tonight. ”

This matter was handed over to Izuxia and Qian Mianfei, two people who often run this way. Both of them have a lot of people who can speak well, so it is naturally not difficult to inquire about the news.

"Third...... Let's think about what to do if their martyrs don't agree to join us. ”

"Aren't you going back to transfer troops?" Broken teeth asked weakly.

Lin Ji waved his hand and said: "Once you come and go, at least ten days, then you will really pull the entire Mao tribe into the big war." Therefore, if it can be resolved tomorrow, try to control the battle to 20,000 people. ”

"These 20,000 people are the elite ...... of the Mao tribe," Broken Teeth lamented in his heart. After more than a year of hard work, many of the 20,000 people have deer, even if the 2,000 on the forest trail side are all cavalry, there is no advantage. Moreover, as elites, many of these people also have metal tools. Some of them may have been sent to Lin later. This will greatly increase the difficulty of combat.

"It's not about 20,000 people. There may be less than 10,000 people who are beaten, maybe even less than 5,000. It's also possible that we don't have to do it. Lin Ji looked at his group of subordinates who only had muscles in their brains, and they also had a headache.

Lin Ji said: "Bayang has already surrendered to us, and the people of his three branches will not fight us." Tomorrow we just need to appease them. For the remaining four divisions, we will focus on the fall of the eagle, and the remaining three divisions can only be guarded against. ”

"But ......" Broken Tooth always relied on himself to be close to Lin Ji, and asked what he thought for others.

Lin Ji interrupted him and said, "Listen to me." If I don't convince the martyrs, we'll be like this...... It's ...... like this."

After listening to Lin Ji's words, everyone suddenly realized that even if they didn't have full confidence, they were no longer afraid.

And when the deliberations were finished, they went out to each his own thing.

The forest trails let people stay outside, hiding in the small town to find equipment for exploring the caves.

In order to avoid poisoning, disinfectant masks should be present. This one is easy to find. The town's fire brigade and neighborhoods are equipped.

For fear of poisonous snakes, poisonous insects or other injuries in the cave, you also need to prepare stab-proof clothing, insect repellent medicine, etc. These forest traces have already been found for backup, so there is no need to bother to find them.

The most troublesome thing is that Lin Xi wants to find a set of diving equipment, but the town is not near the sea, and this is a little difficult to find. He searched for some places such as the fire brigade, the water conservancy bureau, the bridge team, etc., but found nothing, and almost wasted four or five hours of his time. Just when he had no clue, he ran to the fishing tackle shop to try his luck. As a result, I found a set of diving equipment in the storeroom of the fishing tackle shop. It turned out that the owner of the fishing tackle shop was a diving enthusiast who had dived in a nearby reservoir, and there were pictures of him diving in the house.

After finding the equipment, Lin Ji checked and found that there was gas in the gas cylinder, and there was no problem with the pipe mouthpiece. I took out the instruction manual from the fishing tackle shop owner's house, looked at the instruction manual, and studied it for a while. It was placed in the central plaza and put together with other supplies for later use.

Although this thing will die if it is not used well, it will definitely die without it when you use it. It's still feasible to take a risk.

Lin Ji returned to the house, and the people who had gone out also came back one by one.

The jackal came back later than expected, and he told Lin Ji that he had found an outlet about a kilometer into the lake, more than ten meters deep. He dived down to see, but he didn't see the cave. It could also be that he didn't dive underwater.

"I also found a few caves near the lake, but they weren't big, and they said that water would only come out if it rained." The jackal added.

The information collected by Izuka and the others when they came back was also reported. After the information was summarized, in the ten years that Bayang's mother was buried in, there were four people who came out alive from it, and all of them died without exception. In addition, there were twelve or thirteen people and some animals that were washed into it by the water, and there is no trace of them until now. The martyrs inside also said they had not seen them.

Izuxia carefully told Lin Ji: "I asked Hongmei, and she said that as far as she knows, the people who came out did not only bleed to death from their eyes. There was a seven-hole bleed. There was a visible scar on his body that had been attacked. But legend has it that they were attacked by the Yin God. ”

Fu Wolf said: "I have never seen the Yin God, this must be those martyrs inside who are hurting people." I'll go in with you tomorrow. ”

"No, I don't. I'm afraid that the Mao tribe will not agree to anyone to go in with us. I know what's going on. Don't worry about me tomorrow. I'll be in for an hour or two and come out. Three or four hours at most. That's a formality. Lin Ji comforted everyone.

In fact, no matter who it is, what they care about is not whether Lin Ji can convince the martyr, but whether Lin Ji can come out of it and live at the same time.

"And no one can hurt me." In order to make everyone feel at ease, Lin Ji took out a micro-flush holding plastic, stab-proof clothing, heart goggles, diving equipment, disinfection masks and so on. He can go in and out freely alone.