"Crack, crackle, crackle..."
The fire burned for a whole day and night, and there was still no sign of going out. The terrible high temperature baked the ground red, and even the stones were cracked.
Jiang Xuandao: "After burning for so long, these locusts and eggs should have been burned to death. There is no point in continuing to burn. Teng Shen, put out the fire."
"Pattering..."
Shen Teng quickly pumped out the groundwater, and then spread it with branches. It seemed like a heavy rain fell in the sky.
"Chi chi chi..."
When the rain fell on the raging fire, a large amount of white smoke suddenly appeared, and the rain evaporated in a short period of time.
However, as the rain continued to fall, the flames were gradually suppressed until they were extinguished.
On the other two sides, the Turtle God and the Frog God saw this and began to transfer water to put out the fire.
The three great gods were like giant water pumps, continuously pumping water from the underground and swamps to extinguish the blazing sea of fire.
"Gaba——"
After the fire was extinguished, Jiang Xuan walked into the forest, picked up a piece of blackened charcoal, and broke it gently, and the charcoal immediately broke into two pieces.
"Not bad, good charcoal."
Although the charcoal is not made by simmering and is relatively expensive, there is so much wood that cannot hold up the forest. After the fire is extinguished, there is also a lot of charcoal left.
Jiang Xuan said to Uncaria next to him: "After you are done with the work here, go back and get more bark bags and put all the charcoal back into the tribe."
"yes!"
Uncaria responded and thought about using all the sacks he had brought so far and bringing back as much charcoal as possible when he went back.
Other tribes burn dry firewood and rarely use charcoal, but the Vine tribe is different.
In the Vine tribe, this charcoal can be used to smelt metals, filter water, heat, etc. It has many functions and consumes a lot of money.
Jiang Xuan pulled out another bronze knife and dug into the soil a few times.
Because the fire burned for a day and a night, the surface layer of soil had been burned to earthy red, but the soil underneath was still black.
Moreover, because too many trees were burned, a very thick layer of plant ash accumulated on the ground. These plant ash is an excellent fertilizer!
Jiang Xuandao: "Inform the planting team and ask them to open up this forest and use it as cultivated land before tomorrow's spring."
"The bugs have been burned away, and the weeds and vines have also been burned away. The difficulty of land reclamation will be greatly reduced. Coupled with such a thick vegetation ash, we can get a good harvest next year."
"yes!"
A soldier in charge of delivering the order took note of Jiang Xuan's words and would convey the order to the planting team after returning.
If it is an urgent order, he must find another person and set out immediately to deliver the order.
The reason why two people are needed is because the journey is far and there are many variables on the road, so it is safer for two people to convey orders.
"Kacha kacha..."
Not long after, the leaders of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, Frog Tribe and Stinging Fly Tribe all ran over, crushing countless charcoal along the way.
When the warriors of the Vine Tribe saw this, they all frowned slightly, which made the leaders of the three tribes puzzled. They thought that something was not done well enough to make the people of the Vine Tribe dissatisfied.
Shan Jia came close to Jiang Xuan and asked in a low voice: "Didn't the locusts have been burned? Why don't everyone look unhappy?"
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "It's nothing. Just be careful not to crush those big pieces of charcoal later."
"Charcoal? Do you want this too?"
Shanjia found it a bit incredible, because the tribesmen kept making firewood every day, and charcoal was so common that it was not unusual.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Moving back will be useful."
"If you want it, then I'll have someone collect it for you."
Shanjia immediately sent an order to the soldiers of the Shangui tribe to help pick up the large pieces of charcoal and pile them together.
Seeing this, the warriors of the Vine Tribe finally showed smiles on their faces, and under Jiang Xuan's instructions, they stepped forward to pick up charcoal together.
Seeing this, the Frog Tribe and Stinging Fly Tribe also went to help.
They are a subordinate tribe of the Vine Tribe, and they must be active in their work, otherwise their loyalty will easily be suspected.
The warriors of the four tribes gathered charcoal together very quickly. Piles of charcoal like hills soon appeared on the ground, which was very spectacular.
Just when Jiang Xuan thought that the locust plague was coming to an end and he could go about other things, something unexpected happened!
"Chief, leader..."
In the forest not far away, there was a sound of hooves hitting the ground, and a familiar woman's cry.
Not long after, Feng Cao ran out of the dense forest riding a big-antlered deer and hurried to Jiang Xuan's side.
"What happened?"
When Jiang Xuan saw the big-horned deer panting heavily and Feng Cao's face looking anxious, his heart suddenly thumped, and he knew something must have happened, and it was not a big deal.
"Locust...the locust tribe is coming towards this direction."
After Feng Cao finished speaking, she swallowed hard. She ran too fast and her mouth was already dry.
"Locust tribe? How far away?"
"They are moving very fast. They will be here in about a day's journey."
"One day comes so quickly..."
Jiang Xuan frowned, because among the warriors of the Vine Tribe, only the hunting team was more capable, and there were not many people from the breeding team, and their combat effectiveness was relatively low.
"Chief Xuan, what kind of locust tribe?"
Shanjia stood nearby, listening to the conversation between him and Fengcao, feeling completely confused, because the Shanjia tribe had relatively little information, and did not know the existence of the Locust tribe at all.
The leader of the frog tribe, Huo Meng, and the leader of the stinging fly tribe also came over. They also wanted to know what was going on with the locust tribe.
Jiang Xuandao: "Feng Cao, please briefly tell everyone about the situation of the Locust Tribe."
Feng Cao immediately briefly told the situation about the locust tribe, including the fact that there were more locusts in the distance.
The most terrible thing is that through continuous annexation, the locust tribe has become larger and larger like a snowball. The locusts are also continuing to mutate, and their combat effectiveness continues to increase.
If this continues, no one knows what the Locust tribe will become.
Jiang Xuandao: "The reason why the locust tribe rushed here to kill must be related to the fact that we burned those locusts to death. Everyone, let's talk about what we should do."
He thought for a while and added: "The key is that the time is too short. It will be difficult for our Vine Tribe warriors to come over."
Huo Meng said: "Although we don't have many people, the guardian gods of the four tribes are here. Even if we can't defeat the Locust tribe, we can still hold them back. As long as we wait until the warriors from each tribe come over, there will be no problem. "
Shan Jia nodded and said: "Chief Huo Meng is right. There is only one Locust tribe. We have four tribes here. Are we still afraid of them?"
The leader of the Stinging Fly tribe also echoed: "Yes, so many locusts have been burned to death, the worst is to burn them again!"
"Okay, since everyone says so, let's fight!"
No one else is afraid, and Jiang Xuan has no reason to be afraid.
He first sent a few messenger warriors back to the tribe to call for people, while other warriors relied on the favorable terrain to set up various traps. When the people from the Locust tribe came over, they would give them a hard trick to weaken their combat effectiveness.
The other three tribes also each chose a place and set up traps in the same way. They also used the poisonous frogs of the frog tribe to quench the poison on the blade of the weapon, which can effectively kill the enemy.
After everything was ready, it was completely dark. Each of the four tribes occupied a place and surrounded them, waiting for the people from the Locust tribe to come.
That night, no one from the locust tribe showed up. This was something Jiang Xuan expected, because locusts were not used to moving at night.
The next morning, when the sun just rose, several mutated locusts arrived first where Jiang Xuan and others were, and flew around the burned forest.
Immediately afterwards, more locusts pressed over here like dark clouds, and the buzzing of their wings could be heard clearly from a long distance away.
After waiting for a while, Jiang Xuan, who was hiding in the dense forest, saw two warriors with locust totem patterns on their faces running towards this side quickly, observing the surrounding situation while running.
"coming!"
Jiang Xuan picked up an animal horn bow, drew the bow and nocked an arrow, took a deep breath, then slowly pulled out the bowstring and aimed at one of the Locust tribe warriors.
"call out!"
After Jiang Xuan drew his bow to full length, he immediately shot out an arrow decisively.
The arrows with tail feathers rotated at high speed, shooting at the Locust tribe warrior with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
"ah!"
There was a scream, and the Locust tribe warrior was accurately shot through the chest by Jiang Xuan. He fell to the ground and kept rolling, looking like he would not survive.
When another Locust tribe soldier heard the noise, his expression changed drastically, he stopped and ran back.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
He had barely taken two steps when more than a dozen arrows were fired at him, killing him on the spot.
"Rush over and kill them!"
This scene happened to be seen by the Locust tribe warriors at the rear. They were furious and, relying on the strength of their numbers, they rushed forward with weapons raised.
Soon, they broke into the trap area set up by the Vine Tribe, and another scream was heard.
However, there are too many people in the Locust tribe, and those traps cannot stop them at all.
"Archery!"
"Throw a spear!"
Jiang Xuan calmly commanded the warriors of the Vine Tribe to first consume the enemy from a distance, and then wait for the enemy to rush closer before starting close combat.
Soon, a big battle begins!
(End of chapter)
