Chapter 1115: Forgotten

Fan felt that Liuhuangdi truly seemed as if it had been forgotten. Just this small group of them had been here the whole time, and even their supplies were only delivered once a year, with a full year's worth provided at once. This was because, for the sake of the safety and secrecy of Liuhuangdi, Huaxia could not have Large Ships sailing back and forth in front of the Xuanyuan Tribe too often; they had already had the experience of being tracked by the Xuanyuan Tribe, and if they continued as they had before, they would be exposed sooner or later.

They did not know what was happening in Huaxia, and for now, they continued to repeat their boring and dull daily lives. Because they were far away from the place where the sulfur was mined, the dry sulfur was relatively stable in nature and almost did not volatilize, so it did not have much of an impact on these Soldiers.

The Slaves now knew that this would affect their bodies and make them sick, but they could not resist Fan's persuasion. Fan told them that even if their health deteriorated here, they could still live for forty or fifty years in Huaxia, longer than they would in other tribes, and here, they did not have to worry about having no food to eat.

When winter came, they could return to Huaxia and enjoy themselves however they wanted. While other Slaves still had to work, they could do nothing but play happily. Those who already had families and children could have their children shed their Slave status faster than the children of other Slaves, because the work they were doing now was a contribution to Huaxia, and Huaxia would provide rewards.

Coupled with the fact that they managed themselves, under the promotion of various models, the sulfur mining work had never had any problems, and the sulfur had gradually piled up quite a bit. The King said that the sulfur mined in one year was enough for Huaxia to use in large quantities for several years; as long as he worked hard here, Huaxia would not lack sulfur in the future.

The main reason Fan could stay here with such peace of mind was because of merit. He needed merit, he needed promotion, and he wanted a title of Nobility and a surname of his own; only then could he truly establish himself in Huaxia.

For such a dangerous task, the treatment he received was very high. Last year alone, the grain reward he received was enough to hire people to cultivate more farmland. If he persisted like this for a few more years, even if he gained nothing else, he could make his family wealthy enough that no matter how large the family was, they would not fear having no food to eat.

Of course, grain subsidies alone were not enough to make him risk danger and the misery of year-by-year calculations to come to work in this place that was, in the true sense of the word, a place where birds don't lay eggs. It was still for the sake of merit; persisting here for one year was a Second Class Merit, and persisting for three years was a First Class Merit. For his path to promotion, this was completely smooth sailing.

Because Huaxia had no other channels to obtain merit, Fan had not expected that in this short year, there could be such a big change. Huaxia and the Shennong Clan had gone to war, and with war, the opportunity to obtain merit was much easier to come by than him dying here guarding Liuhuangdi.

As for the degree of danger, it seemed the battlefield was still more dangerous.

Finally, the Jiang Surname Tribe arrived. From the initial questioning of the vanguard, it was known that those who had come were the Jiang Cheng Tribe and the Jiang Ming Tribe of the Jiang Surname Tribe. The two tribes did not bring many people, because they were currently here to pursue the Yushi Tribe, and then they had to take these people, stabilize their position, and finally defeat the Tribal Alliance before they could return.

Their home was still at Changyang Mountain. Compared to the Yushi Tribe and the Fengbo Tribe, they were the true direct descendants of Shennong; even Xingtian was just a capable young man and could not compare to them.

Upon learning that Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe had already let the Yushi Tribe go and were now going to intercept them here, the two Tribal Chiefs also made a prompt decision and prepared to go to war without any hesitation. They did not have the idea that the Yushi had of wanting to rely on negotiations to achieve their goals; for them, driving away these two people who had come to fish in troubled waters was also very important.

On the first day, there was no fighting during the day because the Jiang Surname Tribe first stabilized themselves and set up camp directly opposite the Xuanyuan group. In the evening, they used Spears and Slings to launch a sneak attack on the Xuanyuan group's team, because the campfires were too obvious, making them the best targets.

Fortunately, the distance was relatively far, and the accuracy was not that good, so the Spears, which had greater lethality, were unable to cause any harm to the Xuanyuan group. However, when the Slings were swung over, they hit a Xuanyuan Tribe Soldier's thigh, causing it to swell; the power was still quite great, and that Soldier was immediately unable to walk.

After the Huaxia doctor went to look at it, he could only say it was a bruise and had no good way to treat it, so they could only wait for it to slowly recover.

With a first time, there could be a second. The Xuanyuan group's Soldiers had poor night vision, while the Huaxia ones were a bit better, but Xiong was also afraid of another sneak attack, so he quickly had people stick wooden sticks into the ground to make a temporary barrier. Tomorrow, they could look for stones and large logs to build more solid defenses. For now, it seemed that the Shennong Clan's long-range attacks were roughly like this.

Perhaps it was a probe, but in the middle of the night, they launched a second attack. The Slings flung out dense stones, attacking like rain toward the direction of the campfires. Fortunately, after listening to Limu's suggestion, they had set up many fake campfires to confuse the enemy, and by sticking a few branches or the like next to them and draping clothes over them, they could lure the enemy into attacking.

The simple barrier device also had an effect; at least in such an open place, there was a place to hide.

Because of the terrain, Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe, who occupied the high ground, could not take the initiative to attack at such a time, because if they rushed down, they would abandon their advantage. Fighting hand-to-hand with them was not cost-effective, and when it came time to retreat, they would have to climb the slope, which was even more of a disadvantage. For the enemy, although it was difficult when charging, it was very easy when retreating because it was downhill.

After the second wave of attacks, the sound of stones stopped for a moment. Xiong, who had already prepared, immediately had people light Fire Arrows soaked in oil and shoot them downward. Because they were unclear about the enemy's position, they could only shoot blindly.

Although they did not hit any enemies, after the Fire Arrows landed, they still ignited an area, illuminating the surroundings. Huaxia saw that the ones who had just come to attack were actually a group of children; at least looking at their builds, they were not very tall.

Perhaps Jiang Cheng and Jiang Ming felt that children could hide their figures in the Grass and could better move closer to them. It was indeed very effective; during the first and second attacks, not a single person from Huaxia or the Xuanyuan Tribe had seen them, and they only discovered them after feeling the attack.