Chapter Twenty-Nine: Preparations for War
After discussion among the people of the tribe, it was confirmed that salt should be collected even in battle. For Li Ming www.biquge.info since this battle is going to be fought, he has to prepare well. Early the next morning, Li Ming called Yega over and asked him to release the captives, and everyone didn't understand what Li Jing wanted to do; Now that there is going to be a war, why do you still put back the enemy's fresh forces, isn't this to increase the strength of the other side? What everyone didn't expect was that Li Ming also gave a few captives a small half of the bamboo tube salt, and now the tribe itself is short of salt, but Li Ming gave the small half of the bamboo tube salt to the opponent, what is Li Ming thinking.
Li Ming knew that he couldn't explain it clearly to everyone, and he hoped that after the result, everyone would be able to understand his thoughts through the whole thing. Although everyone has some doubts about Li Ming's approach, out of absolute worship of Li Ming, there is always a reason for what Li Ming does, and everyone will not have doubts. Without the heart to delve into these things, the tribe got busy with the arrangement, and everyone joined in the preliminary preparations for the battle.
Since the pasture could provide enough prey, the hunters were free to prepare for battle, while the women slaughtered the prey and made jerky, because Li Ming told everyone that the previous way of marching and hunting was not conducive to the hunters' marching and fighting. Now it is necessary to make enough jerky to serve as a ration for the hunters' marches, and the children learn to write under the leadership of Namu, and under the guidance of several older children, learn to fight against each other, hunt, etc.
Li Ming took the hunters into the woods where the tribes under the mountain must pass through the Baiyun tribe, and after more than ten days, the hunters came out of the woods, and the hunters were very satisfied with the pre-war preparations in the past few days, they never knew that the battle could be fought like this, only they knew that no matter which of them was, if they wanted to pass through this forest without knowing the road, they had to shed a layer of skin if they didn't know the way. In the past, they had been worried about being attacked by the tribes under the mountain, but now, they all expected the tribes under the mountains to take the initiative to attack, and they were even afraid that others would not come. It seems that everyone understands Li Ming's intention to put a few captives back.
Since there is going to be a battle, the preparation of weapons also needs to be adequate, the preparation of bone spears for bone spears, the preparation of wooden shields for wooden shields, and each hunter has his own weapon ready. Adult hunters each prepared a wooden shield and four or five bone spears, because their bone spears could be thrown out if necessary, so they needed to prepare a few more bone spears; The soldiers of the Tigers, on the other hand, are equipped with a wooden shield, a bone spear, a bow, and two bamboo arrows.
The Baiyun tribe is making pre-war preparations, preparing to compete with the tribes under the mountain, and the tribes under the mountains are also mobilizing before the war, they are bound to wipe out the Baiyun tribe, an outsider, and this outsider is still involved in their holy lake, which is intolerable.
The six captives of the Panshan tribe returned to the tribe and reported what they had encountered to the Panshan tribe chief Sula, who felt that the matter was more serious, and listened to a few people who came back to talk about it, the other party's strength was not weak, so the three tribes had to find a way together. Sulla, the leader of the Panshan tribe, called the chief of the lakeside tribe and the long teeth of the Boulder tribe, and asked several captured tribesmen to report their experiences in the Baiyun tribe again; The lakeside tribal chief remembered that some time ago, the tribal hunters found traces of human beings by the holy lake, and the testimonies of several people now. Even if they are good, not only touching their holy lake, but also kidnapping their hunters, this revenge will be avenged, and this tribe must be destroyed. In fact, the three tribal chiefs also have a common selfishness, that is, the salt brought back by the captives has deeply conquered the three tribal chiefs, and they want to get their hands on this secret recipe for salt, so that they can have salt to eat every day in the future
Considering that there are not many hunters in the Baiyun tribe and their strength is not strong, under the leadership of the elite hunters of the lakeside tribe, the hunters of the three tribes, totaling about a hundred people, are about to catch up with the total population of the Baiyun tribe. marched towards the Baiyun tribe, but they didn't expect that they would be greeted by a terrifying war; Before the battle began, they had a large attrition.
The memoirs written by the surviving hunters contain this sentence: "If you have a choice, you must not provoke this demon-like Baiyun tribe; I won't provoke Li Ming, who has the identity of a god but holds a demon's scythe. ”