"What a tall wall."
In the territory of the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan rode Yue Ya and Chi Shao rode a big-antlered deer, walking side by side beside the vine wall more than ten meters high, looking at the extremely thick and intertwined vines.
These vines are not branches of the divine vine, but ordinary vines controlled by the divine vine and catalyzed to grow.
There are thorn vines and various vines common in the jungle.
After being catalyzed by divine power, they seem to be different from ordinary plants, and more agile.
Chi Shao said: "With these walls, it will not be so easy for people from other tribes to enter our Teng tribe in the future."
Jiang Xuan nodded. If you rely on artificial construction to build a wall, you don't know how much manpower, material resources, and how many years it will take to build such a tall and long wall.
If the wall is damaged in the future, repairing it will be extremely troublesome.
And this vine wall not only does not require the help of the people of the vine tribe, but they are alive and can continue to grow.
If nothing unexpected happens, this wall will protect the vine tribe for many years. After all, plants have a very long lifespan.
"What are you going to do with those captives? Including the captives captured from the Jackal tribe, our tribe now has more than two thousand captives." Chi Shao asked as he walked.
More than two thousand prisoners, this number is already too huge. After all, the real members of the Teng tribe, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, are only more than five hundred.
Regardless of the other tribes, I am afraid that they will either kill all these captives or exile them. They will not consider staying in the tribe at all, and they cannot afford to support them at all.
Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, the situation is not that bad."
"More than half of the captives from the Jackal Tribe have no objection to joining the Vine Tribe. If they perform better in the future, we can admit these 500 people."
"Over at the second residence, a large number of fields have been opened up, a large number of crops have been planted, and breeding has been carried out. In terms of food, things are a little tight now. I believe things will be better after the crops are harvested."
"What's more, now that this wall protects the tribe's territory, the pressure we face from other tribes is not that great."
"As long as we survive this period of time, these prisoners will become the main productive force of the Vine Tribe in the future, and we will no longer have to worry about shortage of manpower!"
If all these captives are transformed into members of the Vine Tribe, plus the subsequent newborns, it will only take one year for the population of the Vine Tribe to exceed 3,000!
This is an opportunity for the Vine Tribe to take off quickly.
Jiang Xuan didn't want to give up such an opportunity.
Chi Shao said: "You are the leader. Since you have decided, let's keep these prisoners."
All along, Chi Shao will support Jiang Xuan no matter what decision he makes.
What's more, most of the decisions Jiang Xuan made over such a long period of time later proved to be beneficial to the Teng tribe.
Even if some decisions are not so correct, it doesn't hurt.
After all, who can avoid making mistakes?
"Where do you plan to place these prisoners? Or send them to the other side of the river?"
"No, there are too many prisoners. If they are sent to the other side of the river, we need to send a large number of soldiers to guard them."
"Let them stay here. With the vine wall here, they can't escape. What's more, with the vine god here, they can't do anything big."
"I plan to let them open up the forest near their residence and plant fast-growing wild vegetables. This will alleviate the problem of food shortage as soon as possible."
Chi Shao nodded and said: "Then let's decide like this."
The two of them rode their mounts and patrolled along the vine wall.
The vine walls are semicircular in shape. They are not completely closed. There is a doorway for entry and exit on the west, north and south sides.
The soldiers of the Vine Tribe Guards do not need to squat in the pits as secret sentries like before, they only need to guard these three doorways.
Jiang Xuan also plans to build several tall sentry towers against the vine walls. The warriors of the Vine Tribe only need to sit in the sentry towers to have a panoramic view of the surrounding situation, which is very convenient.
In addition, Jiang Xuan is also thinking about asking Shen Teng to extend the vine wall eastward, across the Feiyu River, and surround the second residence.
In this way, the Vine Tribe can develop safely within the high walls without having to worry about being attacked by others.
Of course, the vine wall is not omnipotent. If the enemy tribe is far stronger than the vine tribe, any wall will be useless.
A totem god who is strong enough can easily destroy the vine wall, and then the warriors of the hostile tribe can march straight in.
Therefore, the most important thing is to continuously improve the overall strength of the tribe.
After inspecting the vine wall, Jiang Xuan was quite satisfied with the defense status, so he went back with Chi Shao.
The first thing is to resettle the prisoners.
The resettlement of more than 1,500 prisoners was not an easy task.
Jiang Xuan thought about it and finally decided to place them in the forest on the south side of the Vine Tribe. The location of the giant eagle's nest could be seen at a glance.
The giant eagle, coupled with the divine vine, should be able to create enough deterrence for them to prevent them from messing around.
As for the old witch's safety, Jiang Xuan was not worried at all.
Although this mysterious old man always said that he was not going to die soon, his strength was unfathomable. Even Jiang Xuan himself did not dare to say that he could beat him.
For ordinary warriors, the older they get, the weaker they become.
For example, Old Man Blackstone used to be a powerful warrior, but now he can't even defeat the more powerful Isshiki warriors. Fortunately, in addition to being a warrior, he is also a skilled stone tool master. With this skill, he can live without worries.
Witches and warriors are different.
Except for those with extraordinary talents, the witches in most tribes become more powerful as they get older.
The same goes for the old witch. His strength is unfathomable, otherwise he would not be able to fly across the continent on a giant eagle and still be safe and sound.
Jiang Xuan asked the tribal soldiers to take all the prisoners into the forest, but he did not untie the ropes on them immediately.
"From now on, you are no longer members of the Monitor Lizard Tribe, but prisoners of our Vine Tribe."
"This forest will be your home from now on. You need to build houses here, reclaim wasteland, and work hard to have a house to live in and food to eat."
"The Vine Tribe is tolerant. As long as you are willing to put aside your hatred, believe in our Vine God, and work wholeheartedly for the Vine Tribe, you can join the Vine Tribe and become a member of the Vine Tribe."
"If anyone escapes, causes trouble, or does other things that harm the interests of the Vine Tribe, there is only one outcome, and that is death!"
Having said this, Jiang Xuan's sharp eyes swept across the swarms of prisoners, who all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.
"Now, your ropes will be untied, and you need to build houses as soon as possible to protect yourself from the wind and rain."
"I'd like to reiterate, you build your houses to protect yourself from the wind and rain, so don't cheat or slip up, otherwise you will still be the ones who get caught in the rain."
"Also, the Vine Tribe is surrounded by vine walls, and the Vine God is also watching you on the stone mountain. Don't try to escape, otherwise you will definitely die!"
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he motioned to the Vine Tribe warriors on the side to help them untie the rope.
Uncaria, Stone Loach and others immediately took action.
While they were untying the ropes, they were watching the prisoners warily, fearing that after the ropes were untied, they would violently injure others.
Soon, the ropes on dozens of prisoners were first untied.
Most of the captives are relatively honest, but with more than 1,500 captives here, it is inevitable that there will be some who do not believe in evil or are unwilling to become prisoners.
After being untied, two prisoners behaved honestly at first, and then suddenly ran away.
The warriors of the Teng tribe were about to chase after them, but Jiang Xuan stopped them.
"Don't chase, let them run!"
The soldiers looked at each other and had to stop.
After a while, the two prisoners broke away from the crowd and ran into the forest.
However, a moment later, two frightened shouts suddenly came from the other side, and soon there was another scream.
It turned out that the forest was covered with cage vines, and the two prisoners who were escaping in a hurry stepped on the cage vines one after another and were trapped.
The prisoners who stayed behind did not understand the situation over there. After hearing the screams of the escapees, they imagined countless horrific scenes and felt very scared in their hearts.
Jiang Xuan said expressionlessly: "I said that as long as you run away, you will definitely die. Don't take my words as a deaf ear."
"Keep untying the rope!"
Under Jiang Xuan's order, the soldiers of the Teng tribe continued to untie the captives.
During this period, six more stubborn prisoners fled in various directions, but they all ended up dead.
This forest not only contains various magical plants, but also a large number of traps that the Vine Tribe has laid out for defense.
Even if these prisoners escaped those magical plants, it would be difficult not to step into the trap.
To be continued...