Chapter 1366: The Recognized Boundary (Part 2)

"I can't tell what the situation is. Limu, you come take a look and see what exactly is going on over there."

Xuanyuan carefully handed the Telescope to Limu. Limu picked up the Telescope and also stared at the high slope; at a time like this, it was naturally necessary to seek stability upon stability.

Fenghou also stroked his beard, staring at that patch of thick smoke. As he watched, his expression relaxed a little.

"Tribal Chief, I can't see any problem. It truly doesn't look like there are any traces of people."

Limu handed the Telescope back. Yinglong was watching from behind; he was curious about what they could see using that strange object they held to their eyes, but he couldn't ask for it. After all, he was just an ordinary Soldier, and being given extra food to build up his body was already a generous treatment that surpassed other Soldiers. Before he could demonstrate his own ability, he could not receive better or more favorable treatment than the other Soldiers.

Even Fenghou, at the beginning, did not have much prestige in front of all the Soldiers. It was only after he successfully demonstrated his own skills that everyone, including Limu, truly began to respect him.

"Tribal Chief, I see that this cloud of smoke is actually favorable to us. I believe the enemy has not crossed the high slope, and we only need to send some Soldiers over to investigate now."

Lu looked at Fenghou: "Fenghou, how did you reach this conclusion? War must be rigorous and based on evidence."

Fenghou still smiled: "This naturally relies on the skills left behind by my ancestor, the Fuxi Clan. I would certainly not speak nonsense."

Once Lu heard Fuxi mentioned again, he found it hard to say anything. Nowadays, everyone was very superstitious about Heaven, divination, and sacrificial rites. It was only because Huaxia had Baifeng, a person who was almost like a god from Heaven, that sacrificial and divination matters were relatively rare, and naturally, there was less trust in divining war.

Fortunately, at this moment, the two from the Fourth Platoon began to slide down. After getting off the tree, they began to run rapidly.

"Our people are coming back. Let's wait a moment and see the results of their reconnaissance."

Xuanyuan and the others nodded; they could afford to wait for this bit of time.

"General!"

"Mm, Platoon Leader of the Fourth, tell us the situation."

"Yes!" The Platoon Leader of the Fourth stood at attention: "General, according to our observations and calculations, that smoke is coming from at least one kilometer beyond the top of the slope. This is the result after considering wind speed and wind direction."

We were also on the slope and did not observe any traces of activity, so we can basically determine that there is no one on the top of the slope."

Lu clapped his hands: "Tribal Chief Xuanyuan, now that our opinions are unified, shall we send people over to investigate?"

Xuanyuan nodded: "Good. Since the intelligence was provided by your Soldiers, then this time let our Soldiers go."

Lu naturally had no objections; this was also very fair.

Very quickly, the Xuanyuan Tribe dispatched two Soldiers, who rushed toward the top of the slope at an extremely fast speed. With fewer people, the movement was small and difficult to be discovered. Even if they were discovered, with only two people, the loss would be smaller—if they died, they died.

The Xuanyuan Tribe did not have such good policies to allow dead Soldiers to receive glory and subsidies, but they knew that while they were alive, they should fight for the tribe. To risk their lives for the tribe—even if they weren't fighting a war, when going out to hunt, didn't they have to take a Weapon and fight with wild beasts? It was all the same.

Their hearts were naturally focused and without fear. After all, if they said they were afraid now, they would only be bullied forever in the future. It was estimated that if they caught a mouse, they would be made to eat the mouse's tail to shame the cowardly.

Xuanyuan and Lu were both a little nervous. They both picked up their Telescopes at the same time, staring at the moving figures of the two Soldiers. The two Soldiers were also relying on the terrain, those rocks or whatever pits and bumps there were, to cover their bodies as much as possible.

When they were about to reach the top, their speed slowed down. The people watching below all had nervous expressions. The two first listened to see if there was any sound, but they could indeed hear many human voices, only they were in a very distant place.

Finally, the two exchanged a look, each gripped their Weapon firmly, and prepared to peek over. Even if it was full of people up there, they could still put up a fight.

The two of them made a desperate dash and discovered that the slope top, which was gradually becoming flat, had no one at all, and there were even some things they had discarded last year.

But within their line of sight, there was a very large tribe camping right there. The number of campfires was very high; no wonder they could still see so much smoke from so far away.

The distance was also not the one kilometer that the Platoon Leader of the Fourth and the others had estimated. Standing on the top of the slope, saying the distance of the smoke flying over was over a kilometer was about right, but the distance to the enemy was still relatively far. It was the same location where the Jiang Surname Tribe was stationed last year; it might be them again this year.

For the sake of safety, the two checked the surroundings again. After confirming there were no problems, they waved their hands and gave the safety signal.

Xuanyuan and Lu had been watching the whole time. Confirming that there was nothing unusual about the two's behavior and that this was not a Trap, Xuanyuan also trusted his Soldiers, so with a wave of his hand, he led everyone toward the top of the slope.

Going back and forth like this had already delayed them for a long time. In any case, they would have to camp in this vicinity today. Since there was smoke in the distance, there must be enemies. Camping on the top of the slope was the best choice, and they were relatively familiar with the surroundings and knew everything there was to know.

After the group reached the top of the slope and looked toward the distance, they could clearly see the tribe opposite them at once. Lu was a little surprised: "Why don't they come up this slope? Looking at them now, they should have been here for several days; the camp is already set up. Why didn't they come up here?"

"They should have been able to discover that there was no one here. Could it be that they are so honest and willing to follow the rules and not cross the boundary we set?"

Xuanyuan kept looking through the Telescope, and after a while, he said: "Lu, look at this tribe of theirs. What is different?"

Lu picked up the Telescope again: "Different? Isn't it just an ordinary tribe? What is different about it?"

Xuanyuan suddenly realized: "Oh, right, it wasn't you who came last year, so you don't know. Looking at it now, I feel like they are a whole tribe, not the two Jiang Surname Tribes from last year. It's some other tribe, an enemy different from last year. Now I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing."

"Then, compared to last year, do you think their strength is greater or smaller?"