Chapter 1452: Returning Early

It was through the Telescope that the men of the Western Development Group discovered a Large Team of people approaching from afar. According to the schedule, at this time and from that direction, no one should have been coming. However, it was precisely because they had the Telescope that they were able to see clearly. One look was enough to know they were people of Huaxia, though some naked people were mixed in among them.

After Ce received the news, he immediately made arrangements and led men down to meet them to see what the situation was. Coming over at this time was definitely not right.

The Regimental Commander also happened to see Ce approaching. He accelerated to meet him and conduct the handover. Because Ce's position had been elevated on the spot at the last assembly, he already held the status of a Regimental Commander. Therefore, this Regimental Commander did not dare to show any contempt for Ce, even though Ce had less seniority and was younger; the two of them were of equal rank.

"Regimental Commander Ce, we meet again!"

"Regimental Commander Hun, why have you returned so quickly? According to the schedule, something is not quite right." Ce reached out and shook hands with Hun.

"Sigh, this matter is a long story. In any case, we were unlucky on the road and encountered people from the Wulengge Tribe. It was an entire large tribe that surrounded us and nearly wiped us out.

Fortunately, we were lucky and had good equipment, which is why we survived and returned."

Hun pointed at the naked savages behind him: "Look, those are some prisoners of war we captured. The rest were all killed, leaving only these and those who could survive. And the most troublesome part is that we cannot understand their language."

A young man following beside Ce, who was also an official who had obtained a position after passing the assessment, looked a bit excited after hearing the name Wulengge: "Regimental Commander Hun, is it really the Wulengge Tribe?"

When Hun looked at that young man, he saw he was not from Huaxia City and must have been from one of the original savage tribes. At this moment, he suddenly remembered what his Soldiers had mentioned: there must be people in the Western Development Group who could understand the Wulengge Tribe's language.

"Yes! It is the Wulengge Tribe. We captured one of their Leaders who can understand our speech and can also speak our language. We forced a little bit out of him, but the others cannot understand a word."

"By the way, you all had a lot of contact with the Wulengge Tribe in the past, right? Are there people here who can understand their language?"

Still ignoring Ce, the young man said excitedly: "Yes! Many of us here can speak it. After all, we had to communicate and trade with them. My father could speak it too. The people of the Wulengge Tribe do not speak the truth; do not believe anything they say. We never liked trading with them; they are deceitful."

Hun smiled at Ce: "Oh, Regimental Commander Ce, then the next part will have to rely on you. You have many people here who understand their language. There must be a lot of information we need on these savages that must be squeezed out of them. We have no way to do it; their Leader is very stubborn, and we cannot ask much out of them."

Ce naturally agreed immediately, as it was all for the sake of Huaxia, but he was also puzzled: "Then what about your mission? Are you not going to the Golden Autumn Gathering?"

Hun shook his head: "No, we cannot go. It seems the territory over there has already been occupied by the Wulengge Tribe. We were not managing it, and they thought the Jiangshui Tribe had all died out, so they occupied it themselves. They likely still have a large tribe there. The entire team they sent out has been wiped out by us, and they might send more people to pursue us."

"I don't see any obvious losses on your side. If you fought hard, you would be able to defeat them, right?"

"No, Regimental Commander Ce, we also paid a price. In the end, we are a merchant caravan with trade as our primary purpose, not for fighting wars. We didn't bring Heavy Armor, and our numbers are small. These people were a team of about six or seven hundred, and they chased us until we had to run."

"If we hadn't ambushed them at night and used Bombs, it would have been impossible to fight so easily. If we really had to take on an entire large tribe with just this many people, that would be impossible. If it were really that easy, wouldn't our Huaxia have already taken down the Suiren Clan and Xuanyuan Capital?"

Ce was slightly embarrassed; he had thought of the matter too simply. So he hurriedly said: "Alright, since you are back, hurry up and rest first. Have you sent word to Huaxia City?"

"Two messages have already been sent in succession. If the King decides to handle it, he might send people here within ten days. So, we will wait for now. In any case, we cannot go to this year's Golden Autumn Gathering. If our few people went, we might not even make it back alive; it would be purely delivering supplies to the Wulengge Tribe."

Ce greeted everyone to head up the mountain, then pointed at the naked savages: "How will you dispose of them? Why are they not wearing any clothes? No matter how savage they are, they should have clothes, otherwise how could they endure this weather?"

Hun fanned his nose: "Because they are simply too dirty. Those clothes and skins were so filthy they were almost like Armor, and they were covered in bugs. It was just too dirty, so we made them take them off and burned them. We were thinking that once they arrived here, we would prepare a large water pool, add some Lime, and let them soak and wash until they are reasonably clean, otherwise it is truly unbearable."

Ce also smelled the faint odor drifting over at this moment. Even the herdsmen who dealt with cattle and sheep every day did not have such a heavy stench, so Ce was also a bit unable to stand it: "Understood, I will go arrange for people to give them a thorough cleaning and get them washed clean, lest they contaminate our place."

Although lice were still present on everyone in the Western Development Group because they could not be avoided in the current environment, they were trying their best to improve their living environment and working hard to clean out these bugs. They really did not want these savages to come and let their efforts go to waste.

As for these Soldiers, they must have been covered in a large number of bugs during this time and were also very dirty. However, their living quarters were in a different location, in separately erected Tents; they would not live in the wooden houses of the Western Development Group, and there were no houses for them to live in anyway.

As a leader, Hun could naturally take a good bath in the bathhouse first, wash clean, and then change into his spare clothes before going to discuss matters with Ce. His current clothes were still stained with dried blood.

The Western Development Group did not lack water, which was a good thing; otherwise, it would have been too troublesome. Just the drinking water for so many people was a big problem, not to mention raising so much livestock.