After the autumn harvest, the Vine Tribe obtained a large amount of food, and together with the collected edible plant tubers and a large number of wild fruits, three large granaries were filled.
If coupled with the large number of livestock raised, as well as fishing and hunting, the Vine tribe's food can be said to be very sufficient.
In early October, the Teng tribe held a grand sacrifice. In order to enhance the strength of the tribe, more than two hundred people from the Yanyang tribe participated in the sacrifice. Not only did they become real members of the Teng tribe, but many of them became warriors.
After the sacrifice, the weather gradually turned colder, and it won't be long before winter will come.
It was at this time that Jiang Xuan made a major decision, which was to attack the Crow Tribe!
In more than half a year, the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe fought countless times, and their strength was weakened a lot.
After the autumn, the two sides suddenly ceased fighting.
Because they all need to stock up on food and supplies for the winter. If the fight continues like this, no one will be able to survive the cold winter.
Therefore, the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe made a tacit agreement to make a temporary truce and make every effort to prepare supplies for the winter.
After the truce, the two tribes frantically plundered nearby resources and wiped out several small tribes without the protection of totem gods.
If they are allowed to continue plundering like this, I'm afraid it won't take long for them to regain their strength and even be stronger than before.
Once winter is over, even if the Vine Tribe is protected by the Vine God, it will not be able to defend those hunting grounds, and its living space will be severely compressed.
Therefore, the Vine tribe must fight back, and it must fight back before the two tribes have recovered their strength.
"Why not attack the Jackal tribe that is closer to us?"
In the courtyard of the bamboo forest, Chi Shao asked Jiang Xuan in confusion.
"Because the Crow Tribe has offended more tribes."
Jiang Xuan explained: "If we attack the Jackal Tribe, we can only rely on our own few hundred warriors, but if we attack the Crow Tribe, we can bring the Mountain Turtle Tribe and the Otter Tribe to attack together."
"When the time comes, maybe the Jackal Tribe will also give the Crow Tribe a kick. With so many tribes attacking together, it will be difficult for the Crow Tribe not to be destroyed."
"After destroying the Crow Tribe, it won't be too late for us to slowly deal with the Jackal Tribe."
Jiang Xuan's words made Chi Shao suddenly realize that the Crow Tribe had indeed offended too many tribes.
"After it snows, giant dragonflies will also freeze to death, so we have to hurry up."
In fact, there was one sentence Jiang Xuan didn't say.
That is, after it snows, Shinto's strength may be weakened or even fall into a deep sleep.
Although the divine vine is ridiculously strong, it is still a plant and cannot escape the influence of seasons and weather for the time being.
Jiang Xuandao: "Sister, I'm going to visit the Shangui Tribe and the Otter Tribe. You can organize the warriors in the tribes and make preparations before the war. Weapons, dry food, clothing, and medicines are all indispensable."
Chi Shao nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, I will lead the soldiers to prepare."
"Then I'll feel relieved."
Jiang Xuan hurriedly left Chi Shao's yard and returned to his own yard. After preparing some gifts, he immediately rode Tangyuan and flew to the Shangui Tribe.
Last summer, they wiped out the mosquito tribe. This year, Jiang Xuan hopes to wipe out the crow tribe as well.
After Jiang Xuan left, Chi Shao immediately organized all the people of the Teng tribe to prepare for the war.
Weapons, dry food, clothes, medicines and other things must be prepared.
In addition, in order to prevent sneak attacks after the war, all the supplies of the Teng tribe were quietly moved to the other side of the Feiyu River and hidden in the caves of the mountain.
Including those ordinary tribesmen with weak fighting ability, as well as the old, weak, sick and disabled, they will enter the cave to hide temporarily.
In this way, after the Vine Tribe warriors go on an expedition, even if someone comes to carry out a sneak attack, they will not gain much benefit.
The entire Vine tribe has entered a tense atmosphere, and all warriors are seizing the time to make more tools.
At this time, stone master Heishi became the most popular person.
Because the arrowheads, stone knives, stone spears and other weapons he polished are very easy to use, much better than those polished by the warriors themselves.
Therefore, many warriors send things to Blackstone, hoping that he can build more weapons for themselves.
The most leisurely person is the old witch.
The old man kept saying that he was about to be buried, and even the big animal skin to wrap his body was carefully prepared.
But two years later, he is still in high spirits, his face is glowing, and there is no sign of him being buried.
After Black Stone arrived, the old witch often went to see him and watched him polish various stone and bone tools. Sometimes they would chat and eat meat together.
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Southern Wilderness, Mountain Turtle Tribe.
"Hey..."
Purple glutinous rice balls fell from the sky and landed outside the Shangui tribe.
Those giant mountain turtles had seen glutinous rice balls before, so they just looked up and then slowly crawled on the ground or basked in the sun.
When nothing happens, these giant mountain turtles always appear slow, but when they encounter danger or fight, they can run very fast.
Jiang Xuan got off Tangyuan's back and asked him to wait outside, then entered the Shangui tribe alone.
When he came to the gate of Zhaqiang, Jiang Xuan said to the soldier guarding the gate: "I want to see your leader."
The soldiers guarding the gate knew Jiang Xuan, and one of them immediately went in and reported to Shan Jia.
After a while, a mountain goat wearing an animal skin suit came out and greeted Jiang Xuan warmly from a distance.
"Chief Xuan, welcome to the Mountain Turtle Tribe."
Jiang Xuan looked at the mountain armor and said with a smile: "Chief of the mountain armor, why don't you wear tortoise shell today?"
The previous few times we met, the mountain beetles were all wearing thick tortoise shells and looked like a giant human-shaped tortoise, which was quite funny.
But today he only wore animal skin clothes.
"Turtle shell is very heavy. When not going out, it is more comfortable to wear animal skin clothing."
"That's true."
The two entered the Shanjia tribe talking and laughing, and came to the big house where Shanjia lived.
"Chief Xuan, the weather has gotten colder and the mushrooms have stopped growing. We won't be able to eat bone-grinding meat skewers today, but it doesn't matter. We can eat dried mushroom stew."
Shanjia cleaned a pottery tripod, which was traded from the Teng tribe.
Then, he put animal meat and dried mushrooms into the pottery cauldron, added water, covered the cauldron and let it stew slowly.
After finishing all this, Shanjia asked: "Why is Chief Xuan free to come to our Shangui tribe today?"
Jiang Xuan came here alone, and he didn't bring any goods. He obviously didn't come here to do business.
Jiang Xuan leisurely took out a small bag of salt from the animal skin bag, handed it to the mountain goat, and said: "I'll give it to you to try the new salt."
Golin opened the bag and saw that it was filled with salt. He was surprised and said: "This... this is too precious."
"It doesn't matter, we are friends, just accept it."
Shanjia wanted to refuse, but Jiang Xuan gave too much salt, so he subconsciously took it away, unable to refuse at all.
"Then...thank you very much, Chief Xuan."
The Golin accepted the salt, and the smile on his face became more sincere.
After giving away the gifts, Jiang Xuan finally entered the topic.
"Actually, I came here this time because I have something very important to discuss with the Shanjia leader."
"Leader Xuan, just tell me, if I can help, I will definitely help."
The gorilla was not stupid and did not agree just because he accepted the gift.
Jiang Xuan did not give in and said directly: "I wonder if the Shanjia leader is interested in attacking the Crow tribe?"
"What? Attack the Crow Tribe?"
The mountain turtle was startled and even thought he had heard wrongly.
"That's right, the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe have been fighting for so long. Now is the time when they are weak. The Vine Tribe, the Mountain Turtle Tribe, and perhaps the Otter Tribe, together with our joint attack, we will definitely be able to defeat the Crow Tribe!"
However, Gojia did not speak immediately. He was cautious by nature, so he had to think carefully about such an important matter.
Jiang Xuan continued: "If we don't fight now, after winter, the Crow Tribe will become stronger again, even stronger than before. By then, whether it is the Vine Tribe or the tribes around the Great Swamp, they may be attacked by them.
Attack again."
Shanjia was silent for a moment and said: "Leader Xuan, this matter is too big. I need to discuss it with the witch."
"It should be." Jiang Xuan expressed understanding.
Shanjia asked Jiang Xuan to sit down for a while, while he hurriedly went to find the shaman of the Shangui tribe and asked the shaman to ask the totem god for his opinion.
After a long time, Shanjia returned to Jiang Xuan again.
He said solemnly: "Chief Xuan, we can jointly attack the Crow Tribe, but our Mountain Turtle Tribe is only responsible for assisting and will not lead the charge."
Shanjia added: "This is what the Turtle God means."
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said: "Okay, but after the battle starts, you can't just watch the battle from the side. You must attack together."
"That's natural. We, the Mountain Turtle Tribe, will not sit back and watch the warriors of the Vine Tribe fight tooth and nail."
"Okay, then it's settled. In three days, we will join forces to attack the Crow Tribe!"
The two settled the matter and made a verbal contract.
Jiang Xuan added: "By the way, I remember that there is a lot of hatred between the Otter tribe and the Crow tribe. I would like to go there and invite them to attack the Crow tribe together. Can the Shanjia leader take me there?"
But Shanjia shook his head and said: "I advise Chief Xuan not to go. The Otter tribe is very timid and will not attack the Crow tribe with us."
Jiang Xuan was stunned and said: "Why? The existence of the Crow Tribe is also a great threat to them."
Shanjia smiled bitterly and said: "The Otter tribe is different from other tribes. They are used to hiding underground and never take the initiative to attack."
"Is there such a thing?"
"If Chief Xuan doesn't believe it, I'll just take you to the Otter tribe."
Now that he has come, Jiang Xuan is naturally unwilling to give up the aid of the Otter tribe, and he plans to go over and lobby for help.
After eating, the mountain turtle put on thick tortoise shells, led a dozen warriors, rode the mountain turtle into the water, passed the waterway, and headed for the Otter tribe with Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan and Shan Jia sit on the same giant turtle, with glutinous rice balls following them in the sky, serving as sentinels part-time.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe was not too far away from the Otter Tribe. A few hours later, Jiang Xuan saw a building by the water.
What is different from the buildings of other tribes is that half of the houses of the Otter tribe are actually under the water, making them look like they are floating on the water.
Moreover, their house is no ordinary house. From a distance, it looks more like a giant nest built with a large number of intertwined trees and reeds.
Mountain Jia looked at Jiang Xuan's surprised expression and said with a smile: "It's strange. When I first saw the houses of the otter tribe, I also thought it was strange. These houses were built by the big otters for them."
Jiang Xuan suddenly remembered that he had seen beavers build dams with tree branches in his previous life. They were very spectacular, and some of them could even block a small river.
These houses may have been built on the foundation of the dam.
The mountain beetle approached Jiang Xuan mysteriously and whispered: "Where the otter tribe lives, they have dug many caves, and the entrances to these caves are underwater. Once they encounter danger, they will sneak in with the big otters."
In the water, go into caves to take shelter.”
Jiang Xuan looked at the buildings of the Latter tribe and sighed in his heart: It is such a vast world, full of wonders.
When they approached the strange houses of the Otter tribe, some members of the Otter tribe had already seen the mountain turtle and came to greet them on a big otter.
Lu Zhu, the leader of the Latter tribe, was also among them. When he saw Shanjia and Jiang Xuan, he was surprised and wondered why they came together.
"Chief Shanjia, Chief Xuan, welcome to the Otter tribe."
Lu Zhu asked Shan Jia, Jiang Xuan, and the warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe to enter the peculiar house of the Otter Tribe. The big mountain turtles would bypass the building and go to the shore to rest.
The oval roof, passages extending in all directions, and thick walls made of a large number of trees and reeds made Jiang Xuan feel like he was in a giant nest. This was a very strange experience.
Lu Zhu led them along the winding passage inside. Along the way, Jiang Xuan saw many big otters.
When they reached a very spacious house, Lu Zhu stopped and asked everyone to sit wherever they liked.
Although there are no stools, there are several layers of reeds on the ground, making it quite comfortable to sit on.
"Come on, Chief Shanjia and Chief Xuan, let's try the ice lotus roots we just dug up a few days ago."
A soldier brought some washed ice lotus roots, and Lu Zhu invited everyone to taste them.
Jiang Xuan also got a piece of ice lotus root as thick as his arm. After taking a bite, he felt a slight cooling sensation in his mouth, and a refreshing sweet taste.
Compared to the ice lotus roots he grew in his yard, the ice lotus roots produced by the Otter tribe were many times better in taste.
Maybe this is the charm of the place of origin.
After eating the ice lotus roots, Lu Zhu invited them to eat some fish and animal meat, as well as various wild fruits.
After eating and drinking, the three of them started talking about business.
Jiang Xuan told the story of the joint attack on the Crow Tribe, and emphasized the threat the Crow Tribe posed to the Otter Tribe.
However, after listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Lu Zhu shook his head.
"Our Otter tribe is too weak and has few warriors. Even if we attack together, we won't be able to help much..."
Lu Zhu said a lot of things, but in short, the Otter tribe did not want to get involved in the attack on the Crow tribe.
Sure enough, as Shanjia said, the Otter tribe is accustomed to hiding in its own territory, and even if it knows that the Crow tribe is a threat, it is unwilling to go out to attack.
Jiang Xuan felt a little disappointed. He originally thought he could persuade the Otter tribe to join the war, but since the Otter tribe was unwilling to join the war, they had no choice but to go on their own.
After the conversation, Jiang Xuan did not continue to stay at the Otter tribe, but left on the giant mountain turtle with the mountain turtle.
Perhaps out of apology, Lu Zhu gave Jiang Xuan and Shan Jia some precious ice lotus roots before leaving, so that they didn't have to travel in vain.