Chapter 1368: The Recognized Boundary (Part 4)

"Since we now know that this tribe is not the same one we fought last year, we must re-examine their tactics. However, should we first engage in negotiations with them?

After all, they are a tribe that does not overstep its boundaries."

Xuanyuan continued to look through the telescope as he spoke: "Negotiations are still necessary. Let's talk to them first and see what kind of mindset they have.

But I think we won't need to make the first move ourselves; they will come on their own."

Lu was greatly startled and picked up the telescope to look again, but only saw that the people on the opposite side had likely discovered them, and the situation was already quite tense.

"Tribal Chief Xuanyuan, how did you figure that out?"

Xuanyuan did not explain, but simply handed the telescope back: "That is something you, as a Leader and commander, must judge for yourself. We are in a cooperative relationship; I am not leading you.

Therefore, as the Leader of your Huaxia, you should demonstrate your own capabilities."

"Lu, if you cannot show the ability you ought to have, I am afraid I cannot trust you, nor can I cooperate with you so closely."

Xuanyuan spoke quite heartlessly, but it did not affect Lu. Everyone was a shrewd person; how could they fall out over just a few words? In Lu's view, Xuanyuan was just acting mysterious and refusing to tell him things in order to protect his own knowledge and secrets. If he explained too much, he himself would lose his advantage.

Thus, Lu stopped overthinking it, picked up the telescope, and began to look carefully. Starting from the details, he examined them bit by bit. Lu was not afraid of the people on the opposite side seeing him; they did not have a telescope, and no matter how good their eyesight was, they could only see that there was a person here, but not what he was doing. However, Lu, who had the telescope, could clearly see what the people on the opposite side were doing. It was just that perhaps because the purity of the Glass was insufficient, there was a purple border around things seen in the distance; he did not know why.

"Tribal Chief, did you really discover something that makes you certain the people on the opposite side will come over to negotiate with us first?" Limu asked, catching up quickly once Xuanyuan was far away from Lu.

In front of his own people, Xuanyuan did not play mysterious and said directly: "Because the opposite side has already discovered us, and they discovered us several days ago."

"They don't have that many people or Tents, yet they lit so many campfires; that was for us to see, to attract our attention."

"Furthermore, we arrived at the top of the slope—such obvious people, so many of us—look at how nervous they are. They aren't very nervous at all; there is almost no change, which shows they knew we were coming long ago."

"Added to their behavior of not crossing the territory we marked out, I think the Leader on the opposite side will definitely come first. I just don't know who it is. This time, our opponent is still quite interesting, though they are likely a bit strange and cannot be treated like ordinary Soldiers."

Lu watched for a long time but did not see any details, so he asked the several commanders standing beside him: "Did you see anything?"

All of them shook their heads, not understanding how Xuanyuan had figured it out. But because of Xuanyuan's previous remarks, it was natural for everyone to believe him; no one felt that Xuanyuan was bragging.

Jiebing had been sitting in a Tent watching. He saw several people who looked like Leaders standing at the highest point looking toward them. If he didn't think the opposite side couldn't see him, he would have waved at them.

The people on the opposite side stared at his position for a long time. Jiebing was smiling the whole time; in his heart, he was imagining what these people on the opposite side thought of him and how they would deduce the current situation.

Jiebing decided that when tomorrow came, he would send a Soldier to discuss things and represent him in negotiations. Of course, it would be to talk about whether to surrender or to continue fighting.

He himself could not go; putting oneself in danger was not something a qualified Leader should do. That would be purely foolish.

Lu did not see the reason, so he stopped dwelling on it and just arranged for everyone to set up camp quickly. He did not know if this group of people on the opposite side would be like those from last year, launching sneak attacks in the middle of the night or setting up ambushes on the hillside.

However, it was not much of a problem now because the Grass had not grown very long yet. The length was too short; never mind during the day, even at night, it could not hide a body.

At this season, there was not that much thick fog either. To encounter fog, one still had to rely on luck, so he was not afraid of them launching a sneak attack this year, but he was afraid of the opposite side charging head-on.

Therefore, while the camp was being built, defensive works also had to be constructed. Since there were no large stones, he had people dig some pits and pile up the dirt to use as protection. Behind them, they set up Strong Crossbows. Two Strong Crossbows, along with the dozen or so Giant Arrows placed to the side, could make people feel much more at ease.

Not only Huaxia, but the Soldiers of the Xuanyuan Tribe could also breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the Huaxia Weaponry set up, because they knew just how powerful Huaxia's Weaponry was. An Arrow shot from such a Strong Crossbow could completely pierce through several people; the power was immense.

An ordinary thrown Spear could only use gravitational potential energy to pierce through one person, but a Crossbow shot straight out and could pierce through several people; that deterrent power was no joke.

Most importantly, these Strong Crossbows could shoot Bombs. As long as the Bombs were brought into play, there was nothing to be afraid of. Bombs could destroy everything, including the enemy's will.

Now they and Huaxia were allies, standing on a unified front, so naturally, they would not fear the Bombs, because they knew the Bombs would not land on them, only on their common enemy. Therefore, there was no need to be afraid, and they even had to help Huaxia transport some things.

Xuanyuan was, of course, very envious of these pieces of equipment from Huaxia. Who wouldn't like such a unit equipped from head to toe?

The people of the Jiang Surname Tribe had completely stopped daring to light fires. They were all hiding themselves in the woods, and even the two Tribal Chiefs, Jiang Ming and Jiang Cheng, could not use fire.

They did not know when this Jiebing would come to attack. Now there was completely no trigger for conflict; the two groups of people just looked at each other, and then there was no follow-up.

If Jiebing continued to delay, dragging it out for a few more days, what would these people do? Although they could eat food without fire, they certainly could not move around too much in order to hide their bodies. Then what would happen to their food? Now these two Tribal Chiefs were very worried, fearing that Jiebing would do something they did not understand and cause them trouble.