Chapter 13: The Expedition

The original plan was for Elder Thor to make some oak bows himself, but he couldn't find a suitable animal tendon for the bowstring.

With so many strong bows this time, Elder Thor thought that he could sharpen some arrows with these oaks, and only oak arrows could withstand the pull of these strong bows.

Elder Thor and his apprentices painstakingly sharpened the oak arrows with stone knives, stone axes, and grinding wheels, especially if the arrows were sharp enough to make blood grooves in them.

It was a serendipitous discovery by their ancestors, who discovered that the grooves in the arrows made the blood of the enemy flow faster.

Each person was to be given a spear, which was made of more weighty ironwood, half the length of a spear, but close to its weight.

These spears can be thrown up to 20 meters away, piercing the torso of an enemy or prey and pinning the opponent to the ground.

Unlike bows and arrows, throwing spears also requires a lot of specialized training, and every warrior will hunt with a throwing gun when hunting.

And the spear that everyone has to learn to use is only used in hand-to-hand combat.

The craftsmen of the Wolf tribe are very skilled in their craft, which is why the tribe is willing to spend a lot of food to feed them.

After all, Thor and several of his apprentices were not required to hunt and go on foreign expeditions, and their job was to craft weapons and other necessary things for the tribe, such as walls, gates, and towering arrow towers.

So each of them is a priceless treasure of the tribe, and is revered by all of them, and their status is second only to that of the witch doctor.

Every male of the tribe is required to hunt his own war pet when he reaches adulthood.

Before setting out, the elders of the tribe would give each person a spear, a throwing spear, and a stone dagger.

And from now on, if a warrior wants to change his weapon, he must rely on his own efforts.

Whether it's hunting animals or killing enemies, the loot can be exchanged.

As long as you can afford it, Elder Thor and his apprentices will also help you tailor your weapons, but half of this harvest must be handed over to the tribe, and the other half can be kept for themselves, which is the rule.

One hundred and eighty nights, which passed quickly, dozens of mothers-in-law in the tribe bulged their bellies and saw the fruits of their hard work.

Little Blue has also been able to toddle on his own, maybe because of breast milk, maybe because he has eaten meat since he was a child, Blue is far more robust than children of the same age.

Not only can he stagger, but he can even call out Daddy, Mom and Bass, and even call Bass more clearly than Daddy and Mom.

The most depressed of all was Green, no matter what he tried, the little guy never called him godfather, just called him "Ahh

I really don't know if he did it on purpose, or if the godfather's pronunciation is really so difficult.

In any case, after a dark half-year of training, Red felt that the warriors of his tribe had grown a lot, and he was full of fighting spirit and confidence in the coming war.

The day of alternating darkness and light soon came, and from midnight onwards, all the people of the tribe gathered in the square again for one last revelry before the light arrived.

Only this time, every man who is about to go on the expedition will control his drinking, and they will have to stay awake enough before going out.

Even with an advantage in strength, the Wolf clan never despised their opponents, this is also an iron law left by their ancestors, keep a clear head, keep sanity, these are the basis for victory.

Finally the moon disappeared, the stars were no longer visible, and the long-lost sun reappeared in the eastern sky.

As the sky dawned, the revelry ended, and all the warriors gathered for a grand departure ceremony.

The witch doctor would personally paint the face of each warrior on the face of the Wolf tribe, the paint of which was a mixture of the blood of various beasts, with a pungent smell of blood and a dark red color.

The pattern of the war paint is three straight lines that point up in the middle and extend to the sides, a bit like the lines on the forehead of a saber-toothed tiger.

The witch doctor paints a war paint to represent the blessing of the god of the forest, bless you to go forward bravely in battle without being harmed, and even if you die in battle, your soul will return to the arms of the god of the forest and will not be lost.

Once everyone has drawn the battle paint, Red will lead all the warriors out to bring the punishment of the forest god to the enemies of the tribe.

Of course, fifty warriors would remain in the tribe to avoid being attacked, and after the group had left, they would keep the gates closed until the day they returned.

This time, the Wolf clan had a total of three hundred and fifty strong warriors following Red, including thirty archers and thirty powerful war pets.

Everyone took up their weapons and said goodbye to their families, and Red waved goodbye to Mary and Blue, and Buzz would go with him, blind in one eye, but still the most powerful of all the tribe's war pets.

Red carried the Meteorite Knife that Mary had given him behind his back, and asked Elder Thor to make him a scabbard made of tough crocodile skin, and the black scabbard matched the Meteorite Knife perfectly.

The women of the tribe shed tears of reluctance, wives did not give up their husbands, mothers did not give up their sons, and children did not give up their fathers.

Red assures the people that they will soon be victorious, so don't worry too much.

With three hundred and fifty warriors, this is already the largest number of warriors in the history of the Wolf tribe's foreign conquests, and Red is the first patriarch to lead more than three hundred warriors into battle.

This time, Rhett deliberately brought more than 20 rookies, the purpose is to use this kind of war that is not difficult to win to make them mature as soon as possible.

Everyone is an adult, and it would be nice to see blood, this is the original words of the elders.

Three hundred and fifty warriors plus thirty war pets formed a long line and headed east.

The Panser tribe is also the closest other tribe to the Wolf tribe, and their camp is east of the Wolf tribe camp.

After two days to the east, you will see a large river, a real big river, the water is so deep that it is difficult to swim through, only by canoeing.

However, you don't need to cross the river to get to the Panser tribe, and when you see the big river, you can walk downstream along the river and walk a day's distance to the camp of the Panser tribe.

Their camp was located high on the banks of the river, and they were in a very advantageous position, and fishing from the river alone brought a lot of food, which was the main reason why the Panser tribe was once stronger than the Wolf tribe.

You don't have to go to the grasslands and forests to fight with the beasts, and you can have a regular source of food, which is definitely a godsend.

However, such a worry-free environment also led to the lack of experience of the Panser clan warriors, low combat effectiveness, and soft fighting style, and they were repeatedly defeated in battles with other tribes, and gradually declined.