Chapter 196: Handan toddler
Seemingly inspired by the snake piling up straw outside, Black Feather also began to run to the rice field to carry the straw.
Of course, the dark clouds were not only inspired by Song Xuan, when he saw the snake man spreading straw outside, he remembered what the prisoners who had exchanged back had said.
According to them, they had walked into a forest, and before they could rest, they were lit from the periphery by the serpent men with dry wood and torches.
Although the current situation is different, Teng Snake is in a similar situation to the people of the Black Feather tribe at that time, at least they are all in the encirclement.
Since the people of Teng Snake want to set fire to hinder their attack, the dark cloud has also come to a plan, you might as well directly increase the fire, although the outside of the wall of the Teng Snake tribe is pasted with a layer of grass and mud, but the wood used to make the wall is still temporarily added, and there is no grass and mud.
And as long as the firepower is strong enough, even if there is something wrapped around the periphery, it is not impossible to burn it down.
Now Teng Snake's biggest advantage is this circle of walls, if there is no wall, these hundred or so people are completely impossible to be the opponents of the Black Feather Tribe, which is also something that both tribes know.
When he saw the snake throw the straw out, the dark clouds recognized it, which was the unknown grass that the snake had piled up in the clearing on the other side.
Even the dark clouds vaguely guessed that this was what the Teng Snake had planted on the ground carved out on the other side of the river, and although it was not known what it did, it was the perfect time to use it to set fire.
Not only is the grass easy to ignite, but the fire is also very large when ignited.
Anyway, it is unlikely that the people who are flying the snake will dare to rush out, and if they attack rashly, there is still a risk of losing a large number of manpower.
Watching the people of the Wuyu tribe running around from the bridge with straw, Song Xuan also regretted a little, why didn't he destroy the bridge ruthlessly.
If you had been ruthless at that time, at least such a large-scale transportation of the Black Feather tribe would not have been so easy, and now a few dozen people can basically remove most of the haystacks with one trip.
At that time, I also thought that the bridge might not have much effect, and it would not be easy to build a new one, after all, Teng Snake did not prepare suitable wood alone this year, and even if the wood was temporarily cut down, it would have to be dried to come in handy.
Whoever thought about it, it was really used by the black feather, but at this time, Song Xuan had no choice, he could only watch them move, and the people of Teng Snake were also very careful when they walked, basically they were all close to the river, and they were completely outside the attack range of Teng Snake.
The big bow in the tribe has not been exposed yet, and it can shoot to such a long distance, but Wu Yu is dozens of people in one trip, and it will not have any effect at all if he hits a handful of people, not to mention that the accuracy of the big bow is very average, and in the face of laterally moving targets, it can basically only rely on luck.
The most important thing is that although there are three bows, there are not many matching arrows, even if Shi Ban and a few people step up their production, they will finally get twenty arrows.
In the past, when there were a large number of enemies on all sides, there were only seven arrows on the south and east sides, and only six on the north side.
After Wu Yu changed his strategy, Song Xuan also divided the arrows from the east to the two northern sides, leaving one here, just in case, at least the bow was not so easy to move, and it was not convenient to temporarily open a shooting hole in the wall, so he simply left it there, anyway, there were enemies to keep an eye on.
Now Song Xuan had ten arrows on his side, and Shi Meng also had nine arrows on his side.
Song Xuan is still quite conservative in the use of the big bow, which is also the farthest weapon that can be involved in the tribe, and it is also the most powerful.
If it was only to solve one or two enemies, it didn't seem to play its greatest role, Song Xuan still wanted to leave it to the leader of the Wuyu tribe, of course, the most perfect object among them was naturally the dark cloud.
However, it should be known that Teng Snake has a bow and arrow, Wuyun and several other leaders are quite cautious, not only one or two people in front of him, always blocking for him, and Teng Snake has always maintained a considerable distance, although the big bow can barely shoot, but if it is blocked, there is no way to pose a threat to the people behind.
Song Xuan has also been asking several women in charge of archery to look for opportunities, but they have never been able to find too good, the distance is too far, not only will the power be greatly reduced, but also there is no confidence in the quasi-head everyone, the previous exercises were all one meter wide handles, and at this time they were suddenly replaced by half of the smaller people, and at such a long distance, it is not easy to shoot.
Originally, there were not many bows and arrows, and if they couldn't play the greatest role, Song Xuan would rather not use them when it was an emergency.
So even at this moment, not a single arrow of twenty arrows could be fired.
However, although the people of the Wuyu tribe took all the straw back, they did not rush to the vicinity of the Teng Snake to pile up the straw, Song Xuan guessed that it should be because there were too few shields, and the pottery shards around the Teng Snake could still be barely used, but it was not so easy to safely send the person holding the straw to the edge of the Teng Snake.
This risk is not easier than rushing straight over, so the people of the Black Feather tribe tossed around in the forest while carrying straw.
The people who teng the snake watched the people of the black feather run back and forth like this, but there was nothing they could do, and they were still a little aggrieved in their hearts.
It's not too early for the Wuyu tribe to toss this time, and Song Xuan estimates that they don't have the idea of continuing to attack today, after all, they got up early in the morning, and they haven't reaped any benefits after catching up with the late gathering, even if they exchange prisoners with Teng Snake, it is a big loss.
Not to mention the battles that followed, the cost of a single charge was enough to sweep through the other tribes.
In addition, the animal skin shield used to build a large shield to reinforce the main animal skin shield, and the pottery shards around the Teng snake were removed, and now it took a long time to move the straw, which is obviously not an easy thing.
And from time to time, he had to send someone to scare the snake, although there was no real attack, but his physical strength was really consumed, looking at the bonfire rising opposite, Song Xuan also knew that he was about to stop and cook, but looking at their pots and bowls, they were very familiar, and it was estimated that they were snatched from the Kite Tribe and the Bear Tribe.
When dozens of captives were displayed in front of Teng Snake, Shi Yong and Kite Yu recognized several of them, and the last few people from the Kite Tribe who came back also said that after the Black Feather Tribe attacked the Kite Tribe, the next one to attack was the Bear Tribe.
Even the bear tribe is not as lucky as the kite tribe, and dozens of people can escape, even if they are fully prepared, they are broken by a charge of the black feather tribe.
So they don't have much confidence in Teng Snake on the way to Teng Snake, although they also know Teng Snake's record, but the strength of the enemy is still different, the bravery of the Black Feather tribe, they have experienced it personally, and the bear tribe that was about the same as Teng Snake on the surface was also defeated at the touch of a button.
Even when they exchanged prisoners, they knew that Kite Rain and they had successfully escaped, but they didn't have too much confidence, and they also had the idea of dying together with the Black Feather Tribe.
But after entering the Teng Snake, I found that there were so many people in the tribe, and there were more than forty people on their side alone. There are only a lot of people in other directions, although the confidence is still not very sufficient, but finally there is a lot of possibility.
As for now, I don't want to exchange my life with the enemy, and since I have a chance to survive, I naturally want to pass on the tribe.
After all, the Black Feather Tribe seems to be like that, and as long as the current manpower of the Eteng Snake Tribe is prepared not to be attacked like them, there is still a very great hope.
With time to rest, they also briefly recounted their experiences along the way.
Everyone was very sad about the destruction of the Bear Tribe and the sacrifice of Xiong Mountain, Xiong Shan still made a very deep impression on Song Xuan, and his body was also very strong.
To be honest, Xiong Mountain is very suitable for becoming a tribal leader, especially in a tribe like Tengshun, the development prospects of the Bear Tribe are still too small, the terrain is relatively complicated, and it is not close to other tribes, and there are several enemies, although the strength is not as good as him, but the Bear Tribe cannot completely eliminate it.
If Xiong Shan can be in a large tribe, he will definitely be a good leader to lead the charge, but unfortunately he fell under the siege of the enemy, and the most hateful thing is that this time it was the wolf blazing who did the ghost again.
Even everyone knew that Wolf Chi even led people to kill more than a dozen children hiding in the cave in the back, and now there are only a dozen people alive in the bear tribe, but Teng Snake has no way to rescue them now, after all, there is no bargaining chip in his hand.
Even now, most of the logging in the woods is done by these dozen captives, and looking at the appearance of these dozen people who have been replaced, you know that they have been tortured a lot, although they have only been separated for ten days, but each of them has lost a lot of weight.
Song Xuan also tried to get more information, after all, they were the ones who had been with the group of enemies on the other side for the longest time, although there were still a few children, but after all, they were too young, and it was already quite good to be able to keep up with the pace of Wu Yu along the way.
However, the dark clouds were obviously quite wary of them, and even if they reached the bear tribe, they sent people to guard them in place, and did not touch the whole process of the battle, and the rest of the things were heard from the enemy's conversation on the way.
The next thing is to hurry, all the way from the bear tribe to the Teng snake, but in the middle is to return to the kite tribe, and take out their boat docked by the river, but although they did not get on it, it can be regarded as a little lightened by the burden.
Moreover, Song Xuan now knew that most of the enemies in front of him were landlubbers who could swim, not many, at least they did not have the ability to cross the main stream downstream.
Even the Wuyu tribe doesn't even have people who can row, which is not to blame them, after all, according to Shi Meng's description, there are no big rivers around the Wuyu tribe, and they have not been exposed to water since they were children, so they naturally can't learn to swim.
If it weren't for the fact that there was a small stream around the Teng Snake tribe and a narrow lake not far away, it was estimated that there were not many people who could swim in Teng Snake.
After all, Teng Snake relied on fishing to survive the original food crisis at the beginning, and if it is not mastered well, it will not be able to play in the river.
But even if you know it, it doesn't help, after all, the people of Black Feather will not fight with Teng Snake in the water, and such a large open space around Teng Snake seems to be prepared for them at this time.
In addition to these things, what made Song Xuan a little interested was that the Black Feather tribe seemed to already have horses, at least judging from the descriptions of several people, the dark clouds and several leaders of the Black Feather should be riding similar creatures.
It's normal to think about it carefully, after all, the Black Feather Tribe, not far to the north, is the vast grassland, there are no animals like horses, but something is wrong.
However, it is true that there are not many of them, and looking at the appearance of the Black Feather Tribe, it is obvious that they have not learned how to really use it, and it is a bit of a waste to only use it to carry people and goods, even if it is not used in the wall of the Teng Snake, but in the face of other tribes, it is even possible to jump directly into the low wall on horseback.
But after all, Wu Yu didn't really show it, this is just Song Xuan's speculation, but the possibility is still relatively large, after all, Wu Yu didn't seem to have so many horses before, at least two years ago he didn't show it in front of Teng Snake, Teng Snake often sent people to participate in the battle of the Black Feather tribe, although there were not many people who came back, but the news could still be understood a little more.
I hadn't seen a cloud riding a horse at least two years ago, and similar animals were uncommon.
Song Xuan still wants horses very much, as a serious southerner, he yearns for the kind of life of riding a horse and galloping on the grassland.
The most important thing is that if you can have a group of horses, then you can organize a group of cavalry, at least in terms of power, the strength of cavalry is much stronger than that of infantry.
Before the advent of firearms, cavalry always occupied an absolutely strong position in the era of cold weapons.
And even if there is no idea of invading the enemy, it is very suitable to use it as animal power, Teng Snake can foresee the future, the demand for animal power is not small, whether it is to cultivate rice fields or transport grain, straw, the pressure is very great just by people, and the existing livestock in the tribe are obviously not able to keep up with the development of Teng Snake.
This year, these 100 acres of rice fields have been tossed enough by the Teng Snake people, not to mention, Song Xuan wants to expand it again next year.
Although the distance between the rice fields is relatively close now, and the conditions are not bad, there is not much left that can be developed, and according to the current population of Teng Snake, it is estimated that it is not enough, and it is also a troublesome matter to reclaim the rice fields at that time.
Song Xuan learned from the news that the northern tribe that the Wuyu tribe has been fighting against is likely to be such a group of nomads, whose strength is quite strong, and they have been fighting against the Wuyu tribe of more than a thousand people for decades, and the Wuyu tribe has not even taken much advantage all along, otherwise they would not have exploited the surrounding small tribes.
For decades, the small tribes around the Black Feather tribe were either directly annexed or fled after being attacked by the Black Feather, and the Teng Snake and the Black Water and the Sheep Tribe are the most typical examples of this, when the Teng Snake chose to resist, there were only seven or eight small tribes left under the Black Feather Tribe.
There are still a few things to see from this, but the Black Feather tribe has now been able to free up manpower to deal with Teng Snake and several tribes downstream, and it is obvious that they have gained a considerable advantage in the confrontation with the northern tribes as the captives captured before.
"Damn, all the good things are taken by the animals!"
Song Xuan was even a little envious of the conditions of the Wuyu tribe, whether it was the size of the tribe, the environment or the resources, they were all top-notch existences.
Although it has not entered the agricultural era, it has basically brought the level of fishing and hunting to the top, and it is still very strong to be able to feed so many people by relying on hunting and gathering alone.
Now not only horses are available, but metal deposits have also been discovered.
Although the Black Feather Tribe did not have many weapons that could use metal ore, only the seven or eight arrows that were thrown into the Teng Snake at this time were the seven or eight arrows.
But Song Xuan took a closer look, it should be that the metal has not run away, fortunately, it has not been fully developed and utilized, and it is only used for arrows and weapons of a small number of people, such as javelins, which are used a lot and are not easy to recover, and even use conventional bones and stones to polish.
Whether it was metal or horses, they were very able to arouse Song Xuan's desire, and he became more and more determined, and the idea that the Wuyu tribe must be solved as soon as possible was not only due to the hatred accumulated by the two tribes, but also because he wanted to develop it well.
With the sword of the Black Feather Tribe hanging over his head, it is almost impossible for Teng Snake to develop safely, maybe he will come over and invade at any time, at least in the more than two years since Song Xuan arrived, it has been once a year.
Moreover, Song Xuan also discovered a very wonderful thing, that is, the manpower used by the Wuyu tribe to attack Teng Snake has almost doubled, from sixty or seventy people at that time to more than one hundred people in the second time and more than three hundred people now.
But fortunately, the snake is also developing rapidly, not only the population is growing rapidly, but all kinds of weapons have also been greatly enhanced, so that except for the first time when they were forced to flee their homes, these two times, at least for now, do not look too bad.
Although the people of the Wuyu tribe began to rest, they also kept an eye on the Teng Snake all the time, it seemed that they didn't want to let the Teng Snake escape one by one, but fortunately, Song Xuan didn't have this idea, just look at it, it is much better in the tribe than in the wild.
Although it was not yet late, and even the sun had not yet set, both sides were very tacitly silent, and except for a few people who were staring at each other, everyone else was resting.
Wuyun also sent people to pretend to attack Teng Snake, and it is estimated that it does not have much effect, even if there are fewer people, even if there is a chance to rush to the vicinity of Teng Snake's wall, it is impossible to rush in.
The vigilance of the Teng Snake will be increased accordingly if there are more people, but it is a great drain on his physical strength, but no matter what, the dark clouds are obviously looking for the next opportunity to attack the Teng Snake.
The rest now is also for the next better attack.
However, compared with the well-prepared Teng Snake, the conditions of the Black Feather Tribe are not so good, and it is estimated that they did not expect to be in a stalemate in Teng Snake.
Even if the number of cooking pots is obviously not enough, the first batch of people put in the ingredients again after eating and started cooking, on the other hand, Teng Snake wants to eat, and there is always enough cooked meat in the pot.
These seven cauldrons can basically be satisfied even if the tribe eats at the same time, not to mention that they are still eating in rotation.
But it's a pity that all this is inconvenient to show to Wu Yu's people, otherwise Song Xuan really wants to stimulate them.
It's a pity that the Black Feather Tribe is not short of food now, after attacking the Bear Tribe, it has been effectively supplemented, and now everyone thinks that if the Kite Tribe can react in advance, or can delay a little longer on the Bear Tribe's side, it is estimated that the Black Feather Tribe will not be too happy, at least the news brought back by a few people The Black Feather Tribe did not get much food after attacking the Kite Tribe.
This is also a good fire set by the wolf, hearing that their own tribe, except for a dozen people who were captured, did not leave anything useful for the enemy, and they were at least more or less happy in their hearts.
But according to a few estimates, the existing food of the Wuyu coalition army can also be eaten for a month, although it has been effectively replenished in the bear tribe, but the population of the bear tribe is relatively small after all, and it has also consumed a lot along the way.
The consumption of a long journey is estimated to be more than what they have paid to attack a tribe, and the consumption of more than three hundred strong men along the way is very staggering.
Although they have the idea of fighting a protracted war with the enemy in their hearts, the Black Feather Tribe obviously will not do such a stupid thing, even if they can't capture the Teng Snake, it is estimated that they will turn their heads and attack other tribes at that time.
It is not realistic to want to consume the enemy from food, except for the initial battle, the rest of the time is a state of confrontation, and even at this time, there are fewer people on both sides who are responsible for watching each other, and most of the Black Feather tribe has now begun to retreat into the forest.
There were only more than twenty people left to look at the Teng Snake, and of course Song Xuan would not be naïve to think that Wu Yu had retreated like this, after all, it had been clanging in the forest in the afternoon.
If you really want to retreat, you don't have to do such a thing to confuse the snake, after all, there is still an advantage of more than a hundred people, and you can't stop the snake if you really want to.
It is obviously better to retreat into the forest now, although the traps in the clearing have been eliminated, there are still a lot of tree stumps and other things on it, which cannot be used to rest, but can still lean against the trees after entering the forest.
Even if it is lying on the open ground, it is better than outside, anyway, dozens of people have been arranged to keep an eye on the Teng Snake from all directions, once there is any movement, it is obviously impossible not to find out.
Song Xuan was even more happy that the enemy hid far away, the farther away they were, the more time they could react, at least Teng Snake had always been on the defensive side, in case Wu Yu attacked while everyone was resting, the farther away they were, the more time it would naturally take, and it would be easier for everyone to wake up.