Chapter 1485: A Duel?

After the slaughter and hunting, the number of those savages has now decreased significantly. The women have already given up on entering the battlefield and have begun watching from afar. As long as they are not of the Cannibal Tribe, they are safe; at most, they will become Slaves, but they will basically not be killed, so they are not overly panicked either.

However, there are also some savages who, with their children, have begun driving their livestock herds toward the distance. The number of livestock is large and very scattered; they have only rounded up some of them for now, but there is not much time left for them. They know this themselves, so they simply abandon the majority and hurry to drive away what they can take, seeing if they can manage to escape.

Those men were finally surrounded in a very small area. All around them were Huaxia Soldiers, as well as those whose clothing rattled with every movement, riding on cattle draped in similarly rattling clothing. There was simply no way to fight, which made them feel exceptionally desperate.

Because of the compression of the encirclement, the savages were temporarily kept a few meters away from the Huaxia Soldiers. The Huaxia Soldiers did not rashly attack at this moment because the encirclement was already complete, and now they were waiting for the officer's order.

Zhang loudly questioned: "Those who can understand what we are saying, stand out!"

The savages looked at each other in dismay. They could not understand, but they could roughly guess where these enemies came from. They must be a tribe like the Jiangshui Tribe, and since they were able to find them here, could they be people from the Jiangshui Tribe?

They had gone to look; the Jiangshui Tribe had already perished. But what they saw was only the place where the Jiangshui Tribe was stationed. More of the Jiangshui Tribe's people had already fled from there and continued to develop elsewhere. Now that they found these people had seized their territory, had they come to take revenge?

If that were the case, wouldn't the Tribal Chief and the others have already failed? Otherwise, how could these people still have the spare forces to come and attack them?

Zhang scanned these people. Could it be that not a single savage here could understand? So Zhang asked again, but still received no answer. Therefore, Zhang said to the Huaxia Soldiers: "None of these savages understand our words; they are of no use. Go call those people from below and have them translate. If these savages don't listen, just kill them all."

As soon as Zhang finished speaking, a savage who looked somewhat elderly hurriedly said: "I can understand, I can speak. Don't kill us yet, let's talk!"

All the savages looked at the old man with anticipation. People of this age who have no status usually do not have a very good life in the tribe, because they are unqualified as labor and have not obtained any privileges. Plus, having lived for decades without making any contributions, they cannot be called a Sage, as they have only accumulated some useless experiential knowledge. Now that he took the initiative to stand out, it still surprised the savages a little.

Zhang also raised his hand to stop the Soldier who was preparing to go call people: "Let's talk to him first."

Although Zhang has his own mount, because he had to lead the infantry today, he was not riding it. He was also standing on the ground now, but his massive physique was not much different from a bull standing there, looking very intimidating. The scrawny old man opposite him looked like he could be torn in two by Zhang with one hand.

Zhang did not waste words and walked straight up to the savage: "Are you from the Wulengebu? I haven't hit the wrong target, have I?"

The old man was frightened by Zhang's aura and took a few steps back. He did not dare to look Zhang in the eye, and his grip on his Weapon was even becoming unsteady: "We are the Wulengebu. I don't know why you want to attack us? Which tribe are you from? Do we have a feud?"

"Then that's right, I didn't hit the wrong target. We are Huaxia! Your Tribal Chief took people to attack one of our territories, and now they have been defeated by us.

Also, the place where you are now is our Huaxia territory. This used to be the territory of the Jiangshui Tribe, but the Jiangshui Tribe has already joined Huaxia, so this is our Huaxia territory. You are encroaching on our territory, attacking our people, and seizing our wealth. So, do you have a problem with us attacking you?"

After the savage heard this, his legs went weak, and the Weapon in his hand dropped. He did not answer Zhang, but instead turned around and cried out loudly to his tribesmen, though no one understood what he was saying.

However, after the savages heard it, the situation became exceptionally dramatic. Some wailed loudly, some slumped to the ground in despair, and some roared at the Huaxia, as if they were dissatisfied with or questioning something.

Based on their performance, Zhang also guessed that this old man had repeated his words to them. Knowing that their Tribal Chief was gone and the main Soldiers had already failed, they were naturally very desperate.

"Hey, old man, hurry up. Tell your tribesmen to throw away their Weapons, then crouch on the ground one by one to surrender. This way, I can spare your lives, and you will have a chance to see your Tribal Chief and those tribesmen of yours who have been captured alive. If you are unwilling, then I can only kill you all. It just depends on whether you think you can beat us."

The old man had completely given up resistance, his Weapon slumped on the ground, and he was telling his tribesmen what Zhang had said with an exceptionally dejected mood. Some were wavering, but this tribe seemed to have many tough bones.

That man who looked like a Leader from the very beginning stepped forward, kicked the old man over, and used his own Weapon to pierce the old man's lung. It was a way to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and he also considered it a way to sever all means of communication with Huaxia, so there would be no way to persuade them to surrender.

Zhang felt a bit angry because this was simply not giving Huaxia any face. Since words didn't work, it seemed he could only fight.

Just as Zhang was preparing to pick up his Weapon and annihilate these savages, that man who looked like a Leader actually pointed at Zhang and said: "You! Fight!"

Zhang thought he had misheard, but the man repeated it again: "You! Me! Fight!"

To make his expression clearer, he even pushed away all the other savages around him, leaving only himself, and then pointed at Zhang again, repeating the simple three words: "You! Me! Fight!"

A Soldier said: "Division Commander, does he mean he wants to challenge you to a duel?"

Zhang thought so too: "I think so. Why don't you all step back a few paces? I'll see what he wants to do."

"No, Division Commander! Although he looks like he can't beat you, we can't let you take this risk!"

Zhang, however, did not care. He could just stand there and let the savage hit him; with his Weapon, he wouldn't be able to pierce Zhang's Armor for a while.

"Step back a few paces. If I beat him to the ground, it should be enough to make all the savages submit. It's good to be able to collect some Slaves; I'll earn more."