Three days later, a path that had just been trodden out stretched into the rare jungle, and a few chipmunks hid in the hollows of the trees, watching curiously the advancing crowd.

The men at the front chopped down some dwarf bushes with stone axes to make way for those behind, and there were also people riding horned deer hundreds of paces on either side of the procession to guard against a possible attack.

The weather was already a little cold, and Chen Jian rode on the white horned deer, wearing a sheepskin, and from time to time put the hand holding the reins to his mouth and breathe hot air.

The older chieftains, sitting on grass plows and covered with thick fur, occasionally pulled the wooden stoppers from the gourds and warmed them with a few sips of wine.

A few scouts bypassed the advancing group and came to Chen's side, where they also rode the few horned deer.

"Jian, there's a tribe in front of you, and the wolf skin is staring at it. Those people didn't notice us, they were catching fish in the river. ”

"Go tell Acorn that he will take his men around the upper reaches of the river, and catch all those who escape."

The scout agreed, and with a leg between his legs, the horned deer ran to the front of the group, passing the order.

Chen Jian jumped down from the horned deer, stopped the team for a while, sat down and rested, smashed a few walnuts or picked a few persimmons still hanging on the tree to eat.

On this march, he deliberately asked the scouts to give orders to see if the selected men could be left alone.

In fact, there was no need to be so troublesome to attack such a tribe, but they were still deliberately tossed around, and the scouts on both sides were also sent out two miles away.

Finally, when Acorn's scout returned, it turned out that Acorn had reached the upper reaches of the river with twenty-five men.

Jian Chen jumped on the horned deer and led the team to the wolfskin's hiding place, which was still about a mile away from those who were fishing.

From a distance, those people fished in the river for a while and then went ashore to roast by the fire, and fishing in the river in such weather would definitely cause cramps. It is estimated that I can't stand eating acorns, so I choose to fish on such a cold day.

"The baggage team stays, and the rest of the people put on wicker armor and march forward with drums!"

With a shout, someone immediately raised the war drums, and the soldiers put down the wicker baskets they were carrying, took out their simple clothes and armor from it, put them on, and stood in line at the urging of several people.

Those who were fishing in the river heard the commotion, stopped what they were doing, and looked into the woods, where several of them clenched the stone spears placed on the shore.

Knock knock knock......

The drums beat and the soldiers shouted at the same time, and they lined up and walked out of the woods, startling those who were by the river.

A clansman stood on the far left of the procession with a black and white flag, Chen Jian rode a horned deer behind the line, and two people played drums.

When the people by the river saw the black and white flag, they threw down the fish in their hands in panic and ran to the cave next to them, shouting something as they ran.

Jian Chen carefully identified them and found that they were still tied with their hair, but he still smiled in his heart.

A moment later, a group of people came out of the cave in a panic, armed with bows and arrows or slings, and looked uneasily at the seemingly unshakable soldiers in the distance, although there were only a few hundred of them, but they also knew that they were far from being able to compare.

Some of them stared at the horned deer in horror, having never seen such a tall animal, let alone a man riding on it.

"What are they doing here?"

One of the clansmen picked up a bow and arrow, but was grabbed by the leader Osprey and shouted, "Do you want to die?" ”

She knew very well that her clan was no match for these people, she just didn't expect the other party to come in this way, and she didn't expect that Jian Chen's clan would be so neat, and what they were wearing on their bodies, and every sound of drumming made her heart skip a beat.

After switching back to the fishing hook, she wasn't ready to let her people go. It's very simple, if Jian Chen and those tribes can't defeat him, his own people will die if they go, and his own tribe will have to migrate. If you have beaten it, it will be the best, Jian is a good person, he taught his tribe many ways to survive, and he didn't ask for anything.

She felt that Jian was like the persimmon tree at the mouth of the cave, which was shady in summer, bears fruit in autumn, and fell branches to make a fire for them in winter, which was very good and good, not even a single thorn, no matter how much she picked it, it would not be pricked in her hand.

But now she realized that she was wrong, this person was not what she thought he was at all, and he didn't look like a child who had just come of age at all. He's a wolf, and now he's baring his teeth!

The drumming in the distance continued, and the men drew closer and closer, and some archers began to advance to the front of the group, apparently preparing to shoot arrows.

Feeling a little dry in his mouth, the osprey turned around and shouted, "Put down your bow and arrows and slings!" Put it down! ”

"But ......"

"Put it down!"

The clansmen had never heard the patriarch speak in such a stern tone, and they threw down their bows and arrows, and the osprey sighed, reached out and pulled his hair, and walked forward alone.

The drums stopped, Chen Jian jumped off the horned deer, and the fourteen leaders behind the team also stood up together, and the ospreys were stunned, completely unexpectedly they also came.

Chen Jian walked to the front of the line, the clansman with the banner followed, and the remaining leaders also moved forward.

"Osprey, last time I swore that your tribe should be released, why didn't I see your people? I gave you the hooks, and you swore that you would come, and tell me, where are your people? ”

The osprey took a deep breath, a little afraid to face the child in her eyes, especially after seeing the leaders, her face finally turned red.

Chen Jian turned around and asked the soldiers behind him loudly, "Tell the Osprey leader about the results of our last battle!" ”

Hundreds of voices shouted in unison: "On the 22nd day of the fruit month, kill eighty-three people and capture a hundred people!" Thirty-two since death, a great victory! ”

After the shouting, the drums sounded, as if to let the heavens know the outcome of that great victory.

Osprey panicked inexplicably, and in her opinion this was a completely unbelievable result, capturing a hundred people and killing eighty-three...... Thirty-two of them died? How was this battle fought?

At the same time, he was also a little lucky in his heart, fortunately because of his decision just now, if he hadn't asked his clan to put down their bows and arrows and throw stones, these people might have killed all their clansmen in an instant.

At that moment, the drumming stopped, and the wolfskin rushed to the osprey on a horned deer, holding a stone spear in his hand.

A dry, purple-black, lime-stained head was strung on the stone spear, and it circled in front of the trembling clansmen, holding the stone spear high and shouting, "This is their leader!" Now, he's dead! Whoever dares to make us enemies will die. ”

Hearing this, Osprey's legs were a little weak, could it be that Jian Chen was going to kill himself?

Jian Chen raised his head and shouted loudly: "When the apricots were yellow, you didn't have bows and arrows, and the ancestors guided me to make bows and arrows in order to make us live better, and I gave them to you, how many prey did you hit with bows and arrows?" ”

The osprey's head hung lower, and the sound of flags hula-la-la was in his ears, and his heart was even more uneasy.

Jian Chen's words also reached the ears of those clansmen, who knew the importance of the bow and arrow to their tribe, and also knew how much prey the bow and arrow had allowed them to harvest.

Chen Jian then shouted: "You don't have clay pots and bowls, I asked you to exchange stones, you tell me, what is the use of stones for us?" You don't know how to fish, I tell you how to fish, you tell me, how much do you eat? You don't have wicker baskets, I tell you how to weave, you tell me, how many more acorns can you pick? ”

After saying this, these people knew very well that they were in the wrong, lowered their heads and remained silent, and even envied those groundhogs who could dig a hole and get into it.

They felt that the leaders of the fourteen tribes were looking at them and laughing at themselves, and the two eyes of the black and white banner seemed to be staring at themselves, staring at their own children and grandchildren who had betrayed their oath.

Jian Chen cleared his throat and continued to roar, "Why did I tell you? Because we are the same ancestor. You put your hair in a bun, you have eaten enough, you have clay pots, but where were you when our relatives were slaughtered by other tribes? ”

"You have betrayed your ancestors, you stand under this banner, think about your life after the yellow apricot, and then think about your previous life, if you die in the future and see your ancestors, what should you say? Tell your ancestors that you fled when other tribes slaughtered your relatives? Ancestors don't need such descendants! ”

"You may scatter your hair and never recognize your ancestors again, until your blood is changed. And here, the land protected by the ancestors, you can leave, but return the protection of the ancestors to us, smash the clay pots, and burn the wicker baskets! Break the bow and arrow! Destroy the stuck fishhook...... Leave here and never come back, or we'll drive you away with spears and axes!" ”

The soldiers behind him shouted at the same time, and the osprey, imagining life without all this, hurriedly shouted: "No! No! Our blood is the same as yours, and we have always kept our hair in a bun. We were like a roe deer, frightened and ran away. But we will always remember the protection of our ancestors. Healthy! If another tribe kills our relatives, we will definitely go, not five, but all of them! ”

Jian Chen did not answer immediately, but kept swallowing saliva to moisten his dry throat, since ancient times, it has been said that the teacher is famous and justifiable, and without saying a word, he can only fight foreigners.

These people also tie their hair no matter what they say, but they are cunning and feel that the tribe can't beat them, or they may think that they are good people, and they may only have respect and fear for their ancestors, because only rain and dew are moisturized and there is no thunder.

The osprey didn't wait for Jian Chen's answer, and was even more frightened in his heart, turning his gaze to the fourteen leaders, looking for people she was familiar with, but their faces were full of disdain, which finally made her desperate.

The people behind them also wept, they didn't want to migrate, they left here, where could they go? What if you really met your ancestors after death?

In the quiet field, the autumn wind accompanied by the crying was extremely cold, and just when the osprey's heart sank to the bottom, Chen Jian finally spoke.

"It's the same ancestor after all, I have discussed it with the leaders of the fourteen tribes, since you still admit that you are the same ancestor, you can still stay here, and you can continue to use those clay pot bows and arrows."

Osprey couldn't believe all this, and just about to thank a few words, Jian Chen continued: "However, you can't stay here. You will move to the banks of the Grass River, and use time to prove your loyalty to your ancestors and wash away your timidity. With our eyes watching, see if the next time you fight with a foreigner, whether you will continue to be cowardly roe deer or a pack of wolves with bared teeth, we no longer trust your promises, nor your oaths. ”

"You can discuss it with your people, either you leave or you move away, there is no third choice. Tell us the results of our discussions before dark. ”

Jian Chen didn't look at her again, turned to return to the group, and just as he took the third step, a chaotic and almost identical voice sounded behind him.

"Let's go to the Grass River!"

They don't know how to live in Caohe, but at least they are protected by their ancestors, who believe that they will not watch their children and grandchildren perish.

But if you leave here and spread your hair and migrate elsewhere, your own tribe will have no choice but to die. The osprey remembers what her mother told her about the misery of the tribal migration a long time ago.

She had learned cunning from her mother, that she had learned to protect the lives of her people as much as possible, and today she had paid the price for that cunning, and the old experience was no longer applicable......

Jian Chen turned around and asked the clansmen to plant the flag on the ground, and the osprey and the clansmen gathered around, kneeling down to worship the banner of the ancestors, begging the ancestors to forgive them for their betrayal, and begging the ancestors to continue to protect them.

The fourteen chiefs re-admitted the osprey, but the status was different, and there was no place for the osprey or the clan in the council.

Baskets of acorns, dried fish, and clay pots were carried out of the cave, and frightened children sat on the grass and ploughs, and the tribesmen took up all this and looked back at the place where they were born and raised, which had been surrounded by flames, including the persimmon tree at the entrance of the cave, which had also been reduced to ashes.

These people have embarked on a path that does not know the future, and their hearts are full of apprehension. The only thing to be thankful for is that I am still the descendant of my ancestors, and perhaps when I have atoned for my sins, my ancestors will re-protect themselves......

"Definitely."

The osprey thought secretly, glanced at the flag, carried a basket of acorns, moved his heavy legs, and embarked on this road of atonement that he did not know how long it would take.