"Hey..."
Purple glutinous rice balls fell outside the mountain turtle tribe. The giant mountain turtles looked up, and then slowly continued to crawl forward.
Jiang Xuan got off Tang Yuan's back, told him to wait where he was, and then walked to the gate of Shangui Tribe's gate.
"The leader Xuan of the Teng tribe is here."
"Go and report to the leader quickly."
When the soldier in charge of guarding the gate saw the glutinous rice balls falling to the ground, he immediately sent someone to report it to Shanjia.
When Jiang Xuan walked to the gate, Shanjia also happened to greet him.
"Hahaha, Chief Xuan, I haven't seen him for a whole winter, and he's getting taller and taller."
Shanjia smiled brightly and gave Jiang Xuan a bear hug.
Jiang Xuan's body in this life is only sixteen years old this year. He is still growing taller. His body is not as thin as before and is becoming stronger and stronger.
"The mountain armor leader looks good too." Jiang Xuan responded with a smile.
"To be honest, Chief Xuan said that the food and supplies obtained from the raid on the Crow Tribe last year allowed our Shangui Tribe to survive the entire winter safely. No one in the tribe died of hunger or freezing, hahaha..."
There was a proud look on the mountain beetle's face. Apparently, no one starved to death or froze to death throughout the winter. This was something he was very proud of.
In fact, it's something to be proud of.
Most tribes are in a state of hunger for a long time. There is never enough food to eat and there are never enough animal skins to wear.
Not starving to death is the greatest hope of many tribesmen. It would be even better if they could still have warm animal skin clothes to wear and a draft-tight house to live in.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "The Crow Tribe has indeed gained a lot, but our Vine Tribe has basically eaten up all the food, and we are worried."
"Our Mountain Turtle tribe is similar. However, it is a good thing to survive the winter. We can always get food by digging wild vegetables and hunting more."
"Let's go and talk inside the house."
Shan Jia enthusiastically brought Jiang Xuan into the tribe and into a relatively spacious wooden house.
"The snow has just melted and the mushrooms in the mushroom forest have not grown yet. Otherwise, I can treat you to mushroom barbecue and mushroom stew."
The mountain beetle put some plant tubers and some animal meat into the pottery tripod and said, "This is all I can eat now. I just got them back today."
"At times like this, it's good to have something to eat. Who dares to be picky?"
"That's true."
The Golin became happy again, took out a small jar of salt, carefully sprinkled a little into the pot, and then put it away cherishedly.
After finishing it and waiting for the food to be cooked, the two finally started talking about business.
"Actually, I came here this time to discuss something important with the Shanjia leader."
"Leader Xuan, just say so."
"I wonder if the leader of Shanjia is interested in doing something big and grabbing some more food supplies for the tribe?"
Shan Jia's heart moved, and his sitting posture became straighter, staring directly at Jiang Xuan.
"Who are you robbing?"
"The Jackal Tribe."
"Is it the Jackal tribe that has been fighting with the Crow tribe for a long time?"
"Yes, what does the leader of Shanjia think of this goal?"
Golin didn't reply immediately. His little eyes narrowed slightly, obviously weighing the pros and cons of this matter.
Jiang Xuan used a wooden stick to stir the burning firewood a few times to make the flames burn brighter.
"Chief of the Mountain Armor, the Jackal Tribe and the Crow Tribe have been fighting for so long and have endured another winter. Now they are at their weakest. If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to fight them again in the future."
"What's more, the Jackal Tribe is more ferocious than the Crow Tribe. The tribes near them have been almost wiped out. When they become stronger again, they will definitely attack the tribes further away. Neither our Vine Tribe nor your Mountain Turtle Tribe will be immune. "
"Now is the best time. You know the strength of our Vine Tribe. Together with your Mountain Turtle Tribe, we will definitely be able to take down the Jackal Tribe in one fell swoop and avoid future troubles!"
Golin still didn't speak.
If it were in the past, he would even reject Jiang Xuan directly, because the Shangui tribe doesn't like taking risks, and never has. They prefer to stick to their own territory.
But last year's attack on the Crow Tribe gave them a taste of the sweetness.
In just one day, they obtained a large amount of food and supplies.
Looting is addictive because resources come so quickly.
Shanjia thought for a long time and said: "I need to go to the witch to discuss it. Chief Xuan will wait a moment."
"Okay, I'll wait for you here."
Jiang Xuan knew that as long as Shanjia went to find the witch, half of the success would be achieved.
He believed that as the tribe with the most information and the smartest people, they would definitely know how to choose the most advantageous thing.
The mountain beetle left the house and walked straight to the center of the tribe.
The totem god of the Shangui tribe lives in the center of the tribe, and the shamans of the Shangui tribe naturally live not far from the totem god, guarding the god day and night.
When Shan Jia found Wu and relayed Jiang Xuan's words to him, Wu thought for a moment silently, and then said confidently: "Promise him!"
"Are we really going to attack the Jackal tribe?"
Golin asked cautiously, hoping to get a positive answer.
"Yes, just like what he said, the Vine Tribe plus the Mountain Turtle Tribe will definitely be able to take down the Jackal Tribe. In that case, why don't we go?"
The mountain turtle tribe shaman said with hot eyes: "We, the mountain turtle tribe, have been living here for many years. Although we live a pretty good life relying on the mushroom forest, there has not been much development."
"Now is a great opportunity. I have a hunch that the Vine Tribe will rise, and we can rise with them!"
"If we miss this opportunity, we don't know how long it will take for our Mountain Turtle Tribe to rise again in the future."
Shan Jia was startled and said: "Witch, is the Vine Tribe really that powerful?"
Wu looked at the mountain armor and said: "Their warriors are nothing, but do you know how powerful their totem gods are? Even the turtle gods feel scary!"
"That's a totem god that only medium-sized tribes can have!"
At this moment, Shanjia was completely shocked. He never expected that the Vine Tribe had such a powerful totem god.
"So, we will win this battle?"
The shaman of the Mountain Turtle Tribe nodded and said: "That's right, that crow can't beat that vine, and the jackal can't beat that vine either. Plus our powerful turtle god, what can the jackal tribe do to resist?"
"Okay, if that's the case, then go and reply to him right away."
Shanjia walked out of Wu's house with excitement on his face. What Wu just said kept echoing in his heart, putting him in a state of excitement.
The shaman of the Mountain Turtle Tribe walked outside the house, looked at the huge Turtle God, and whispered: "The opportunity for our Mountain Turtle Tribe to rise for many years is about to come!"
The sleeping turtle god suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the jackal tribe.
On the other side, Shanjia returned to the house, looked at Jiang Xuan with stern eyes, and said: "Leader Xuan, our Mountain Turtle Tribe is willing to work with the Teng Tribe to attack those jackals!"
Jiang Xuan stood up: "I knew that the leader of Shanjia would definitely make the right choice."
"After defeating the Jackal tribe, we still have the old rules. Food and supplies will be divided in half between our two tribes."
"good!"
Shanjia nodded heavily, because he knew that the totem god of the Vine Tribe was very strong, and at this moment he even felt like he was taking advantage.
"Gurgling..."
The food in the pot is constantly rolling and exuding aroma.
Shan Jia greeted Jiang Xuan warmly: "Chief Xuan, come on, come on, sit down and eat. Nothing is more important than eating."
"Haha, yes, eating is the most important thing."
The two sat by the fire pit, chatting happily, and scooped out food from the pottery tripod and ate together.
After eating and drinking, the two agreed on the date of the attack on the Jackal tribe, the place where the two sides would meet, and some specific combat details.
After everything was finalized, Jiang Xuan left without much delay and rode back to the Teng tribe on glutinous rice balls.
As for the Otter tribe, because they refused to attack the Crow tribe last time, Jiang Xuanwen didn't even bother to ask them this time.
After Jiang Xuan left, the Shangui tribe immediately began to prepare for the battle. Food, weapons and other things on the road were all necessary, and tribesmen who were incapable of fighting also needed to be settled.
On the other side of the swamp, the otter tribe is currently working hard to repair some of the houses that were collapsed due to snow and to search for food in the swamp.
…
South of the Vine Tribe, Thunder Mountain.
Three spies from the jackal tribe approached Thunder Mountain cautiously. They rode on the backs of jackals, and the jackals made little sound when their padded paws landed on the ground.
One of the spies glanced at the totem pattern of the Vine Tribe on the boulder ahead.
"The Vine Tribe is ahead. Let's spread out first. Be careful and don't get discovered."
The other two people nodded, and then spread out to hide themselves.
Soon, they entered the forest of Thunder Mountain.
This place is already relatively close to the Vine Tribe, and they are very careful to guard against the possible appearance of Vine Tribe warriors.
However, the strange thing is that they walked into the forest smoothly, and not a single Vine tribe warrior appeared.
They thought that the Vine Tribe paid too little attention to defense, and they were quite happy about this, thinking that they could successfully complete the task of investigating the Vine Tribe.
However, they didn't know that there were two pairs of eyes in the dark, which had been watching their every move since they entered the forest.
Maidong was hiding in a secret pit, which was connected to a tunnel. There was a warrior from the Vine tribe beside him.
Maidong did not speak, but made a gesture to the soldier and asked him to report the news to the tribe through the tunnel.
The warrior nodded, then immediately got into the tunnel and quickly returned to the Vine Tribe.
Maidong continued to stare at the three Jackal tribe warriors.
The pit where he was was covered with thorns and branches. It would be difficult to spot him unless he knew someone was there.
Gradually, a Jackal tribe warrior approached the area where the cage vine grew.
Dangerous plants such as cage vine, whip tree, biting flower, and thunder tree form the first line of defense of the vine tribe.
Among them, the Thunder Tree and Whip Tree need time to grow and are not yet powerful.
There are not many biting flower flowers currently breeding, and they are planted in the wild boar mountain in the north.
Currently, only the fast-growing cage vine can play a defensive role.
And this jackal tribe warrior, so lucky that he just happened to enter the area where the cage vine grows.
On the surface, there is nothing special about this area except for the many vines on the ground, and there are no traps in sight.
This jackal tribe warrior was observing the surroundings while riding a jackal and walking slowly, and stepped on the vines on the ground.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Suddenly, the cage vines on the ground rose quickly, like a big net, immediately trapping the warrior and the jackal inside.
"What is this……"
The soldier panicked and took out a bone knife, and then kept slashing at the cage vine.
"Ouch..."
The jackal was also biting the cage vine crazily, hoping to bite off this weird vine.
However, all this is in vain, the cage vine is extremely hard, the bone knife cannot cut it, and the jackal's teeth will naturally stop biting it for a while.
Not only that, thorny vines wrapped around them.
"ah……"
The warrior screamed, and the thorns on the vines pricked his arm. He soon felt that the strength in his body was draining away quickly.
The jackal was about the same after being stabbed.
Not long after, one person and one wolf collapsed in the cage vine, desperately calling for help, but could no longer move.
