The warriors of the Vine Tribe rushed very fast, especially the blue sheep. The cliffs were as if they were walking on flat ground, let alone such an ordinary hillside.
However, when they reached the mountainside, they didn't even catch a member of the Giant Claw tribe. They only saw some empty houses and countless deep caves.
"Chief, they all got into the hole, what should I do?" Uncaria held the spear and looked at Jiang Xuan in great distress.
Drilling holes is not something that Vine Tribe warriors are good at. If you rush in, you may be ambushed by Giant Claw Tribe warriors.
Jiang Xuan is also staring at those deep caves.
As early as when he was in the Rabbit Tribe, he discovered that this kind of tribe that is good at drilling holes is very difficult to deal with, because the place where they live is crisscrossed with underground caves. People from other tribes can't find a way in, let alone arrest people.
It's a problem.
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Bring that Giant Claw tribe member here." Two Vine tribe warriors immediately brought the stone shovel over.
The shovel is still tightly tied with a rope, but the stuff in his mouth has been taken out, allowing him to speak.
Jiang Xuan said to the soldier next to him: "Help him untie the rope."
The soldier worriedly said: "Chief, what if he runs away after untying the rope?"
There are caves everywhere here. If the shovel finds a cave and goes into it, it will be difficult to catch him out.
Jiang Xuan said calmly: "He won't run away, because the Giant Claw tribe has abandoned him, and he can't go back."
Shi Shovel did have the idea of escape at first, but after hearing Jiang Xuan's words, he trembled all over, and his heart was filled with despair.
Yes, he has been abandoned by the tribe. Even if he escapes, where can he go? Is he like those tourists, wandering in the forest, and then one day being eaten by wild beasts or dying silently?
At this moment, Shovel was very desperate. He was standing on the territory of the Giant Claw tribe, but there was no room for him in this place.
The Vine tribe warrior slowly untied the rope from the stone shovel and stared at him vigilantly to prevent him from escaping.
However, Shi Shovel did not make any move to escape. He just stood there blankly, as if he had lost his soul.
Jiang Xuan stood in front of the stone shovel and said, "Do you want to return to the Giant Claw Tribe?"
Shi Tu raised his head and looked at Jiang Xuan, but did not speak. His despair made him not want to speak.
"I know it's hard for you. It would be hard for anyone who is abandoned by the tribe, but are you willing to be abandoned?"
Jiang Xuan said seductively: "Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely not give in. I will work hard to prove that it was a wrong choice for the tribe to abandon me."
Shi Tu finally said: "What can I do if I don't give in?"
Jiang Xuandao: "Your leader is dead. If you are willing to help us drive the people of the Giant Claw tribe out of the ground, I can support you to become the leader and control the Giant Claw tribe!"
"As long as you become the leader of the Giant Claw tribe, who will dare to push you out to take the blame?"
"As long as you can become the leader of the Giant Claw tribe, you will have the final say in everything in the tribe from now on, and you will have whatever you want."
Under Jiang Xuan's inducement, Shi Tu was finally moved.
This time, the leader pushed him out without hesitation to take the blame, which broke Shi Shou's heart. He also realized that as a small person, he was helpless. He couldn't even control his own destiny.
But if he can become the leader, all this will change. He can not only control his own destiny, but also the destiny of the Giant Claw tribe!
Shi Tuo swallowed, and there was light in his eyes again. "What do you want me to do?"
Shi Shovel is not stupid. He knows that if you want to get such an important position as leader, you must pay some price.
Jiang Xuandao: "Find a way to drive the people out of the cave."
Stone Shovel thought for a moment and said: "If I drive the people out and you kill them, the Giant Claw tribe will be gone."
Shi Shovel didn't say a word: The Giant Claw tribe is gone, and the position of leader is naturally gone, so why does he want to do this?
Jiang Xuandao: "Don't worry, we are not here to destroy the Giant Claw Tribe, but to use the Giant Claw Tribe to obtain more things buried underground."
Between tribes, interests are the most important thing, and all grudges are caused by interests.
Jiang Xuan's straightforward words made Shi Tu believe it.
"Then how do I know that you will really let me be your leader in the future? I am a man of my word..."
Shi Shou interrupted Jiang Xuan ruthlessly: "You lied to me last time."
Jiang Xuan smiled awkwardly, and then said: "I will definitely not lie to you this time. I swear in the name of the leader of the Vine Tribe."
"Besides, you have no other choice but to believe me."
Shi Tu didn't care whether he swore or not, but Jiang Xuan's last words made him realize the reality. Yes, he had nothing now and had no choice but to believe in Jiang Xuan.
Shi Tu was silent for a moment, then said: "Okay, I'll help you, and I hope you keep your promise."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "That's right, don't worry, I said I would let you be the leader, I will definitely let you be the leader."
The stone shovel nodded, then walked to the entrance of a cave and said: "The underground caves of the Giant Claw tribe are almost all over the entire mountain, and they are very deep. It is very difficult to force people out."
"However, it is not completely impossible."
"As long as you block most of the cave entrances, leaving only two cave entrances on the mountain and down the mountain, and then light a fire in the cave at the bottom of the mountain, thick smoke will drift inward along the connected cave entrances."
"If you add some branches or grass with a pungent smell to the fire, the people inside will definitely not be able to withstand it."
Jiang Xuan nodded slightly. He had tried the smoke method before when digging bamboo rats, but the effect was very poor.
Because when a fire is lit at the entrance of the cave, most of the smoke will not drift into the cave, but to the outside, and the bamboo rats inside cannot be smoked out at all.
But Stone Shovel asked Jiang Xuan to block all the cave entrances on the mountainside, leaving only the upper and lower cave entrances, and light a fire at the cave entrance at the bottom of the mountain.
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In this way, the caves on the Giant Claw tribe's mountain are equivalent to becoming a large chimney. The thick smoke will be sucked into the intricate caves and then discharged from the cave entrance near the top of the mountain.
Of course, even if you know the method, finding the wrong entrance will be in vain, so Jiang Xuan wants to win over Shi Shou, a person who is familiar with the situation.
Jiang Xuan immediately asked Stone Shovel to lead the warriors of the Vine Tribe to block the entrance of the cave.
Stone Shovel is originally a member of the Giant Claw tribe. He has grown up in this place since he was a child, and is naturally very familiar with the entrances of various caves.
He led the Vine tribe warriors to block all the obvious and hidden cave entrances, leaving only the two largest cave entrances, one near the top of the mountain and one at the bottom of the mountain.
Among them, the cave entrance at the bottom of the mountain is right next to the huge rock.
The stone shovel asked the Vine Tribe warriors to dig the hole wide, then picked up a large amount of dry firewood, fresh branches, grass with a pungent smell, etc., and jumped into the hole with the Vine Tribe warriors.
He took the Vine Tribe warriors a short distance into the cave, and then started lighting a fire in a relatively spacious location.
"Crack, crackle, crackle..."
The flames burned brightly, and the temperature in the cave rose sharply.
The expanding rising air flows along the cave to drill higher and deeper into the cave, looking for an exit.
Stone Shovel felt a little intolerable, but thinking of his previous experience of being pushed out to take the blame, and thinking of his position as leader, he gritted his teeth and began to add a large amount of pungent-smelling grass and fresh branches to the fire.
For a moment, billowing smoke with a pungent smell appeared on the fire, and drifted into the cave.
"Cough cough cough..."
As soon as the thick smoke came out, the warriors of the Stone Shovel and Vine Tribe could no longer stand it. They quickly added some dry and wet firewood to the fire, and then exited the cave.
After walking outside, everyone was already in tears.
Shi Shi walked up to Jiang Xuan with his red eyes open and said: "As long as the fire continues to be lit, the people inside will not be able to hold on for long, and they will definitely find a place to come out."
"When the time comes, I hope the warriors of the Vine Tribe will not kill them."
Jiang Xuan patted Shi Shovel on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, living people are more useful to me than dead bodies. I won't kill them."
Shi Shovel nodded, and then looked at the mountain silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
Soon, the billowing smoke spread to the caves throughout the mountain. On the mountainside, some places where the sealing was not so good or there were rock crevices were already starting to smoke.
At this time, the Giant Claw tribesmen hiding in the cave had already exploded. "Cough cough cough... I'm choking to death... Drill deeper..."
The tribesmen of the Giant Claw tribe dug deeper. However, because the place where the fire was burned was at the cave entrance at the foot of the mountain, and the cave entrances on the mountainside were blocked, the entire mountain turned into a large chimney. Can you hide?
The Giant Claw tribe members who drilled deeper found that they could not escape the thick smoke and pungent smell. As time went on, many people were smoked to the point of unconsciousness.
Not just humans, the Giant Claw tribe also has a large number of Giant Claw beasts.
These giant-clawed beasts are not as smart as anyone. After they were smoked and had nowhere to hide, they immediately began to crawl towards the nearest hole, and quickly opened the blocked hole with their claws.
When the first giant-clawed beast appeared, the Vine tribe warriors were overjoyed. They rushed forward, pushed the giant-clawed beast to the ground, and then tied it tightly.
Then came the second and third one...
Even the giant clawed beast couldn't withstand it, and the people inside just held on for a while with willpower, and then were driven out by the instinct of survival.
"Someone is coming out! Quick, quick, catch him!"
The warriors of the Vine Tribe were in high spirits, guarding the entrances of the caves, coming out and tying them up one by one, as if they were hunting.
Jiang Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't collected the stone shovel, even if he used the same smoke method, he probably wouldn't be able to force these giant claw beasts and the tribe members out.
This also proves the saying: Fortresses often disintegrate from within.
Soon, the members of the Giant Claw tribe were captured one after another, and a lot of the Giant Claw beasts were tied up. Only a small number of the Giant Claw beasts and people were lucky enough to find ventilated caves, or were fainted. Still in the cave.