The next morning, the flotilla came to a halt under a large willow tree three people thick, and there was a tributary nearby.

The guide said that if you go up the tributary, you will be able to reach the village of the Meteorite tribe in half a day.

Chen Jian jumped off the boat and dragged the boat ashore with the people on board, and it took a long time to gather all the people in fits and starts.

The vast majority of people are visiting such a far place for the first time, and some are staring at the banks of the river and imagining where the river is going.

After the drums sounded, the team was put in order, and thirty men were sent to explore the road in front, and the rest followed behind, there was no formation, and there were no enemies around anyway.

No one in the village of the Meteorite tribe knew that danger was coming, and the women and children who were sent to the village hoped that their people would return as soon as possible, and that they would be able to destroy the tribe that believed in the sun and the moon, and not let the end come.

The end is terrible, but before the end comes, you still have to eat, most of the stored food is taken away by the men, usually this time is spent by hunting, now there is no one to hunt, and the women can only look at the leaves that have just grown.

The Meteorite Tribe has promised that once that clan is defeated, the Clans will never have to pay for food again.

They felt that these leaves, which used to be bitter, were not so unpalatable, and they ate the leaves now so that they would not eat them later.

The women scattered around the village, climbing the tall trees and plucking the tender leaves from them. Wait until the young leaves are finished eating those old leaves, elm bark is also a good thing, although it has a strange smell, but it is very slippery, and it is easy to swallow when mixed with acorns.

Earthworms, maggots, and grubs dug up under the trees are all excellent food, and the Meteorite tribe is like a free-range pig and sheep, allowing the women of the rest of the tribe to scatter around to find food for themselves.

Under a large tree far from the village, several women excitedly climbed up to the elm tree, they had just dug a nest of ants in the ground, and found the elm tree whose shoots had not yet been plucked, thinking that the children would be able to eat some of the buds in the evening.

When a woman climbed to the top and was about to pick it, she rubbed her eyes, screamed, and almost fell off the tree.

Climbed down from under the tree, clutched a pile of young branches in both hands and shouted, "Run! Someone's coming! That's a lot of people! ”

The women fled in panic, grabbing a handful of leaves for the children to eat, and screaming as they ran, and returned to the village.

The shouting immediately caused panic, and several people from the Meteorite tribe scolded a few words, and the woman pointed out breathlessly and said, "There are so many people, so many men!" ”

Luoxing's mother tilted her head, and was supported by several clansmen to the woman's side and asked, "You saw it?" ”

"I saw it, I saw it in the trees. A lot. ”

Luoxing's mother panicked, most of the men in the tribe were not there at this time, what the hell were these people doing?

She didn't expect it to be Jian Chen's clan, because it couldn't be so fast, and she guessed that it might be another tribe.

There are still dozens of men in the village, and with the wooden fence that has been repaired early, it is entirely possible to hold on.

After steasing himself, he walked to a large tree, where a piece of iron was tied to a wooden vine, and struck it a few times, and the humming sound echoed in the valley, it was the sound of warning.

The women near the village ran back one after another, and they were in a mess.

"Don't panic, close the wooden fence first, quick!"

The wooden fence of the whole village is divided into two layers, the outer one is very large, and the inside is some small shacks built diagonally from wood, which is a normal residential area.

There is also a fence inside, and at the bottom of the hill of the stargazing platform, the mountain is very steep and there are many stones on it.

The men closed the first wooden fence, picked up their few weapons, and stared into the distance.

Soon, a procession slowly emerged from the woods with the melodious and cheerful sound of bone flutes, and the number of people was so dense that it was impossible to count, and there were as many men from several tribes as the previous days.

At the front was a black and white flag, which in the eyes of these people meant the coming of the end of the world.

The priestess felt a little dizzy, how did these people suddenly appear here? Relying on these women can't hold it at all.

She glanced at the wide first wooden fence, looked at the shacks that the tribesmen had laboriously built, and said bitterly: "Retreat to the mountain, quickly, take all the food to the mountain, you can't hold it here." ”

Hundreds of paces away, Jian Chen stopped the team, observed the distance, and marveled slightly.

The village of the Meteorite tribe is well chosen, and there is a stone mountain behind it, which is very similar to the location of the village I chose.

The rocky mountain behind it is extremely steep, there is only one path to go up, and a small waterfall falls from the rocky mountain, the flow is not large, but it is enough for hundreds of people to quote.

On the side of the stone mountain is a large platform, and there is a stone crack on the platform that stretches to the top of the mountain, and there seems to be a wooden tower on the top of the mountain, I don't know what it is for.

A few people were sent to go around the mountain, and behind the mountain was a cliff, and people couldn't go up at all.

If he rashly attacked and was guarded on the dirt mountain, his tribe would surely suffer heavy casualties, and he would have to retreat if he was short of food and lasted less than ten days.

But even the steepest peaks need to be guarded, and the screams of women and the cries of children heard from afar prove that they have panicked, and if there is a man, they will never panic like this.

Wolfskin ran over and asked, "Shall you rush over now?" Anyway, they didn't have many men around, so they didn't have to move slowly in line. ”

"Don't worry, surround it, don't fight first."

The wooden fence of the stone mountain has been closed, and the only men who are left stand guard in front of the fence with few weapons or holding a stone.

Chen Jian slowly moved to the vicinity of the first fence with his soldiers and more than a hundred auxiliary soldiers with bows and arrows, looked at the shacks inside, and said, "Let the rest of the people tear down the fences and shacks, and set up camp two hundred steps back." ”

The auxiliaries approached the wooden fence, which was sharpened and cut down from the trees, which was just right.

In order to prevent the men from rushing out, and to impress them a little, the auxiliaries and the archers of the soldiers stepped forward to the front of the line and raised their bows and arrows together.

The opponent immediately launched a counterattack, throwing stones downward with a sling, or throwing small stones down with their hands.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Although I don't know how high to lift or the angle of the projectile, more than 100 people can still be hit by firing arrows together.

Six or seven people were hit by arrows, screaming a few times, all of them were slightly injured but did not die, but it caused a chain reaction, several people threw down the stones and ran down the mountain, and were stabbed to death by the people behind them with stone spears, and then returned to the wooden fence.

Jian Chen shook his head, and said in his heart that this was not even a rabble, if it wasn't for being bait, he would be able to rush in before night.

After scaring for a while, the team did not continue to advance, but blocked the bottom of the mountain, telling the auxiliaries behind them to hurry up and set up camp.

The camp is divided into three, and it is about 400 paces away from the dirt mountain. The three camps were in an inverted zigzag, about three hundred paces apart, and no matter which camp the mountain people attacked, there would always be a camp to support before rushing at the other side.

Ready-made timber is built quickly, and it is impossible to wait here for days, it is impossible to stand outside all the time, and it is impossible to bring everyone together.

The confrontation lasted until dark, but Jian Chen never let his clansmen take a step forward, and shot a total of two rounds of arrows to let them know that they were afraid.

"What about your leaders? Come out and talk to me. ”

The priestess was helped by her people to the wooden fence and screamed, "You will bring the end times!" Two suns will dry up the river, and you will die too, go back. ”

There were some words that Jian Chen didn't understand, but he could feel the hysteria in his words.

He was reluctant to talk to the psychopath, but he had to listen patiently at this time.

When the woman finished screaming, Jian Chen shouted, "You open the fence and all go down the mountain, I can not kill you." Otherwise we will attack. My people may be stoned to death by dozens, but you will surely be all killed. ”

In response to Jian Chen, there were two stones, and some sturdy women also stood in front with throwing spears, shouting.

Jian Chen stopped talking nonsense and returned to the camps with his team, each camp had nearly two hundred people stationed.

More than 20 bonfires were lit in the open space between the camp and the rocky mountain, and at night some people took turns licking firewood inside, illuminating the open space as if it were day.

The people on the mountain looked at the bonfire below, uneasy, no one dared to sleep peacefully, and the constant crying sounded particularly terrifying.

The priestess summoned a few tribesmen, sighed, and said, "Did you see that?" They will kill all of us, but they are afraid of being stoned to death, so they don't dare to rush up directly, our food can last for a few days, and we must have someone to notify Luoxing and let him come back and kill all these people. ”

Several people looked at the fire at the bottom of the mountain, shook their heads, and said, "If you can't get out, they will kill the informant." ”

"Of course a person will be killed, and a woman will not be able to find the falling star in the mountains and forests. If you want to prevent the end from coming, someone must be a sacrifice. Pick a few people to rush down, let the messengers mix behind, and while those people kill the sacrifices, the messengers can flee to the mountains and forests. ”

"But who will be the sacrifice? Rushing down the hill will definitely die. ”

The priestess stood up and said, "A woman who can't have children, a man who is disabled and senile. They are useless and still have to eat. ”

"How does this work?" Several people screamed in horror.

"Nothing, don't you want to die? Do you have any other options? Can you eat stones? Can you tell Falling Star to get him back? Do you want the end to come? ”

The men bowed their heads, and the priestess said, "Twenty from each tribe and tell them...... They were sacrificed to the stars. They die so that their children can survive. ”

When the men bowed their heads and left, another word came from behind them.

"You don't have to share dinner with them, let's share it with the children."