Chapter Twenty-Six: Skirmishes
The entire camp was already in chaos, and the Jiuxi tribe had mobilized a total of thousands of people for this attack, and of course these people were not all Jiuxi people, among them there were a large number of affiliated tribesmen. In this primitive age, www.biquge.info such a rabble was inherently unorganized, and the turmoil of the captives in the night made the confusion even worse.
The Wen captives were frightened and fled in all directions, and although they were bare-handed, the Jiuxi people who had just woken up from their sleep were not much stronger. Chaos spreads from the inside out.
The gull pulled the hunter he rescued, looked up and looked around, several hunters of the Ba tribe were gone, and only the fleeing crowd could be seen in front of him. He didn't dare to stay any longer, so he pulled the Wen hunter and rushed out in the crowd.
The rest of the Wen simply fled with the current, gathering into a few larger groups of people, attracting the attention of the surrounding guards. The gull noticed this, and after mixing in the crowd and rushing through the bright part of the campfire, he squeezed out with all his might, pulling the people behind him to flee into the dark place where there were few people.
In this era, there are no tents at all, and everyone sleeps directly on the ground, so although it is chaotic, it can still react relatively quickly. Without organization, the surrounding guards spontaneously rushed towards the crowded place, and the gulls just dodged them.
When they rushed out of the camp and returned to the place where they had gathered, they found that there were two Ba hunters waiting there, and there were more than a dozen Wen people on the side. The gull turned his head to look and found that the person he was pulling was no longer the hunter he had saved, but a Wen person he didn't know. I guess I made a mistake when I squeezed out the crowd, looking back at the camp, the chaos was already beginning to subside, and most of the Wen people had been recaptured, but a few dark shadows could be faintly seen running into the distance when they were outside the camp.
"See anyone else?"
The two hunters shook their heads. They waited for a while, and one after another, two more Ba hunters and four or five Wen people converged. However, until the chaos in the camp had subsided, the remaining two hunters did not show up. Seeing that the Jiuxi tribe began to send out teams of pursuers, they also had to leave.
They now have 5 Ba hunters, with nearly 20 Wen people, including old and weak, and only 7 young people, including 2 women. Their team is already huge, and although it is not too slow to support each other for a while, the physical consumption is still very large. They didn't have time to clean up the traces they left behind, and in the middle of the night, they were left behind by a group of Jiuxi pursuers.
The gull commanded a Ba hunter.
"Go and see how many people there are. ”
The hunter nodded and ran back.
The team continued to run forward without stopping, and it wasn't long before the hunter caught up again.
"There were 25 people chasing after me, not too far apart. ”
Ou looked at the Wen people around him, most of them were already sweating profusely, panting, and couldn't hold on for too long.
"You've got to figure it out. He muttered to himself.
He calculated the distance in his mind, and soon after running away, the ruins of the Wen tribe would be there. "Maybe an ambush?"
"The old and weak Hui Wen tribe hid in the ruins, and the young people followed me, and we caught them off guard. ”
In fact, the meaning of the gull is obvious, that is, to use the old and weak to attract attention, and then create opportunities to sneak attack. However, in this era, when many small tribes were short of food, the old people would leave to fend for themselves so that the young people could survive. This kind of behavior of sacrificing the old and weak and preserving the young and strong is a common practice of all tribes, and the Wen people have no objections.
After a while, the ruins of the Wen clan had already appeared in front of them, and at this time the fire had already been extinguished, and the entire ruins were pitch black, and only a general shadow could be seen.
In order not to reduce the footprints and alert the pursuers, the young men followed them into the ruins, and then went out from the other side, went around in a circle, and hid in a nearby wood.
The Ba hunters all had stone spears and stone daggers, and the Wen young people had to pick up suitable branches nearby and barely make temporary wooden spears. However, whether it is a stone or a wood, the lethality is not much different.
They caught their breath for a moment, and it didn't take long for a flash of fire to appear in the distance. Nine Creek's pursuers appeared, they held torches high, rushed closer, chasing the footprints left in front of them, and they entered the ruins without stopping.
When they passed, the gull followed with the Ba hunters who were in ambush, and the rest of the Wen people, Ou ordered them to block the door and try not to let one go.
As soon as the old and weak of the Wen people entered the ruins, they scattered and hid, so the footprints after entering were very messy. Perhaps the large army of the Nine Creeks had learned from the captives that the commotion was caused by someone rescuing them, but the pursuers were not aware of this. When they saw the footprints entering the ruins, they scattered, assuming that they were just some Wen people trying to return home.
They also scattered and searched everywhere. When the gull quietly followed with the Ba hunters, it was faced with such a good opportunity.
The scattered pursuers, in groups of three or five, holding torches, could not have been more conspicuous. Scattered in the rubble, but there was no way to support each other for a while. The gull fell up with the hunter and killed two squads of pursuers in a row without being found.
These pursuers were not very powerful, and they relaxed their vigilance, so when the first two teams were attacked, they didn't even have time to resist. It was only when we got to the third team that there was some movement. As soon as the group of pursuers noticed that the torches seemed to be decreasing, they were attacked, and 2 people were killed at the first time, and the remaining three people did not stay under the Ba hunters for long in panic, but they finally made a noise, attracting the attention of the remaining pursuers.
"We're being attacked, all leaning in!"
The voice of a leader, presumably the leader, was heard far away, and the surrounding pursuers leaned towards it. As soon as they counted, there were only 11 people left, and the rest did not dare to search anymore, so they ran towards the gate together.
The gull followed, and when the group collided with the Wen people at the door, the gull attacked from behind with the hunters. The pursuers who were flanked from the front and rear did not hold out for long, and the remaining six men died and became their prisoners.
There were no twists and turns in the subsequent journey, and finally Ou returned to the Ba tribe with the Wen and 6 captives he had saved.
When they returned to the tribe, it had been only 10 days since they left. At this time, half of the tribe's earthen wall was reinforced with a layer of fence, and many people could be seen busy reinforcing the other side of the earthen wall, and many people could be seen carrying logs to the tribe in the distance.
The whole army is preparing for war.