The seventh year since the establishment of the Vine Tribe, summer, July 25th.
Southern Wasteland, the temporary residence of the Locust tribe.
"Kachakacha..."
In a forest, countless locusts are eating leaves, branches, and even bark. As long as they are edible, almost everything will be eaten clean by them.
After these locusts gnawed away, only some bare tree trunks and thick branches were left in the forest, and not even a hint of green was visible.
In the open space where the locusts have gnawed, more than 10,000 members of the locust tribe are also eating. They eat various wild animals and food stolen from various tribes.
The Locust tribe has a very strange rule, that is, except in winter, they usually only light fires during the day, and only dig a few pits to stew wood at night to preserve the fire.
Because some locusts are phototactic, if a large-scale bonfire is lit at night, some locusts may fly into the fire like moths and be burned to death.
Therefore, during the day it is the carnival time for the Locust tribe members. At night, they will go to bed early, leaving only some warriors to keep watch.
This habit of the Locust tribe was also noticed by Jingteng, who was in charge of intelligence work, and Fengcao reported it to Jiang Xuan.
"In other words, the Locust tribe is not good at fighting at night. Will our attack at night be more advantageous than during the day?"
In a forest not far from the Locust Tribe, Jiang Xuan looked thoughtfully at the location of the Locust Tribe after listening to Feng Cao's information.
Feng Cao nodded and said: "That should be the case. At night, the warriors of the Locust tribe rarely move, and those locusts will no longer fly around. It should be easier to deal with than during the day."
"Okay, then we'll wait until dark before taking action."
Jiang Xuan led more than two thousand vine tribe cavalry this time. Following his order, all the cavalry got off their mounts to rest, eat some dry food, conserve their strength, and wait for dark.
Feng Cao and the warriors of Thorn Vine continued to watch every move of the Locust tribe, providing Jiang Xuan with more and more accurate intelligence.
As everyone waited patiently, night gradually fell.
When the sun goes down, the locust swarms that have been eating for a day gradually calm down and lie down on the trees or on the ground, leaving only a large area of bare forest.
The people of the Locust tribe also extinguished most of the fires and only kept fires in some houses.
The noisy forest became so quiet that even the chirping of insects was almost inaudible.
Outside the Locust Tribe, the Vine Tribe warriors who had been waiting for most of the day became energetic.
Leaders such as Uncaria, Stone Loach, Nepeta, Xanthium, and Atractylodes all gathered around Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao.
Uncaria looked at the sky and asked in a low voice: "Witch, leader, can we attack now?"
Jiang Xuan looked at the direction of the Locust Tribe and said: "Don't worry, wait a little longer. The people of the Locust Tribe are not asleep yet. Wait until they sleep before attacking to catch them off guard."
"That's right, since it's a sneak attack at night, it would be more beneficial for us to wait until they are asleep."
Chi Shao also agrees with Jiang Xuan’s idea.
"Okay, let's wait a little longer."
The leader and the witch said this, and Uncaria could only restrain his temper, return to where the hunting team was, comfort the soldiers, let them eat something, and continue to wait.
As time passed bit by bit, the moon slowly rose, and the cold moonlight fell on the earth, bringing some light to the ground.
It's late at night, and except for a few members of the Locust tribe who are addicted to primitive sports, most people in the Locust tribe have fallen asleep.
When the moon rose to the sky, Jiang Xuan, who was resting against the black wind rhinoceros, became energetic and immediately climbed up grabbing the bronze war spear.
"Soldiers with night vision abilities follow me. Soldiers without night vision abilities light torches and follow the team to attack!"
Jiang Xuan gave an order, and more than two thousand cavalrymen of the Teng tribe stood up one after another.
The Vine Tribe and the Mountain Turtle Tribe trade a large amount of magical mushrooms every year. Among them, the Night Mushrooms can enhance people's night vision after being eaten.
Among the two thousand cavalry, there were
More than a thousand people have eaten Ye Minggu, and there is some moonlight tonight. Their strength will not be affected much in this environment.
More than a thousand cavalrymen picked up their weapons and sat on the backs of their respective mounts.
The ones closest to Jiang Xuan were the heavy cavalry composed of more than thirty Black Wind Rhinos. They wore thick leather armor, and the Black Wind Rhinos themselves had amazing defense capabilities. They could run rampant on the battlefield and cause damage to the enemy.
Very serious damage.
Next is the light cavalry composed of blue sheep and big-horned deer, which can cooperate with the heavy cavalry on the flanks to charge.
The last ones are the soldiers riding the Mengniao.
Although the fierce birds are not weak in combat and can run extremely fast, they have a big flaw, that is, their night vision is very poor.
If it were a daytime battle, these monstrous birds would be able to display terrifying combat effectiveness, but this time it was a night battle, and these monstrous birds would have no choice but to follow behind and fight by the light of the fire.
"Crack, crackle, crackle..."
Behind, the soldiers had already prepared fire. Piles of bonfires were lit, followed by torches. Countless stars seemed to suddenly appear in the entire forest, twinkling.
After everything was ready, Jiang Xuan rode on the back of the Black Wind Rhino Crescent Moon and said to Shen Teng, who was floating in the air and shrunk to half a meter tall: "Teng Shen, you can attack."
"Okay!"
Shen Teng responded, and then, its size began to grow rapidly, and all the vines stretched out.
"Huhuhu..."
After becoming bigger, Shen Teng immediately flew towards the locust tribe in front. Because the speed was too fast, a strong wind blew up over the forest.
"Buzz!"
After the divine vine floated over the locust tribe, its whole body erupted with dazzling green light, and all the vines continued to grow larger and longer.
A giant vine hundreds of meters long hit the Locust tribe members on the ground.
"Kachakacha..."
"Boom!"
The big trees with only their trunks and thick branches left exploded under the attack of the vines. Later, all the shacks built by the locust tribe on the ground also exploded, and the people and the locusts who were hit were killed instantly. p>
When the vines lifted up again, a long ravine appeared on the ground, which was very scary.
"Ah..."
"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."
The locust tribe instantly went into chaos, with screams, calls, the sound of houses collapsing, and the sound of the awakened locusts flapping their wings.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The divine vine continued to thrust into the ground, and deep ravines appeared one after another, killing countless locust tribe warriors and locusts.
However, the Locust tribe has a totem god after all, and it is impossible to let Shen Teng kill the entire tribe.
"Hiss!"
The locust god in the center of the tribe was frightened and angry. It neighed, then flapped its wings and flew into the sky, rushing towards the vine god.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
In the sky, the two totem gods collided crazily, and the terrifying fluctuations in divine power were like a surging tsunami, making all the creatures below tremble with fear.
After all, the Locust God is not a real great god. Its strength is weaker than that of the Vine God.
But it is a locust and naturally restrains plants. It is not that easy for the Vine God to kill it.
On the ground, after Jiang Xuan waited for the Vine God to take action, he immediately raised his bronze war spear and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill..."
More than two thousand cavalrymen shouted at the same time, with a terrifying momentum.
"Dongdongdong..."
More than two thousand cavalrymen ran at the same time, the sound was like thunder, and even the ground shook.
"Yier..."
In the sky, Tangyuan followed Jiang Xuan and dived towards the locust tribe. Under the moonlight, its feathers reflected purple light, and its huge body cast a large shadow.
"Bang bang bang!"
Jiang Xuan took the lead and rushed into the Locust Tribe. Several members of the Locust Tribe who were still in chaos in front were immediately knocked away by Yue Ya.
"Poof!"
Jiang Xuan's bronze war spear can kill a Locust tribe warrior with one poke. He doesn't even have to pull back, because the running Crescent Moon will bring the bronze war spear forward, leaving only the fallen enemy behind.
More than two thousand cavalry rushed into the Locust Tribe, slaughtering those Locust Tribe people who were still in panic.
The Locust tribe never thought that after they massacred many tribes and became so powerful, they would one day be killed in the tribe.
"Don't make a mess, don't make a mess, follow me..."
The leader of the Locust tribe held a weapon, shouted hoarsely, and relied on his strong strength to kill several light cavalry of the Vine tribe.
After all, the Locust Tribe is a tribe that has experienced hundreds of battles. Soon, more and more people gathered around the leader of the Locust Tribe and began to organize a counterattack against the Vine Tribe cavalry.
Not only that, all the mutated locusts also woke up, and they rushed toward the torches frantically, causing a lot of trouble to the Vine Tribe cavalry holding the torches.
However, Jiang Xuan had no intention of fighting to the death with the Locust tribe in this place.
When the soldiers of the Locust Tribe gathered and started to fight back, Jiang Xuan immediately blew the bone whistle and rushed out of the Locust Tribe.
"Dongdongdong..."
The advantage of the cavalry lies in their speed and ability to break formations. When they want to leave, even if the Locust tribe has more people, it is impossible to keep them.
Soon, more than two thousand Teng tribe cavalry rushed out of the Locust tribe and ran away without looking back.
The Locust tribe is determined to pursue them, but their ability to move at night is poor, and due to habit, there are not many fires in the tribe, so it is very difficult to light a large number of torches in a short period of time.
In desperation, the leader of the Locust tribe had to grit his teeth and give up the pursuit.
In the sky, the battle between the two totem gods continues.
Moreover, the Vine God did not exert its full strength. It even deliberately showed weakness to the Locust God and lured the Locust God towards the ambush circle little by little.
The Locust God had fought against the Vine God a long time ago and thought that the opponent was nothing more than that. Now that the Locust tribe had suffered a huge loss, it made it even more angry.
The Locust God pursued the Vine God without hesitation and vowed to kill the Vine God before he stopped.
"Buzz buzz..."
Countless mutated locusts are like dark clouds, moving with the Locust God. Their night vision is very poor, but with the Locust God around, they only need to follow.
Gradually, the Locust Tribe, which was far away from the Locust God and the large number of locusts, approached the ambush circle little by little under the temptation of the Vine God.