Chapter 1536: Xingtian Goes to War

After a long, exhausting siege, this group of elephants was finally all brought down, though two Soldiers of the Xuanyuan Tribe were also brought down—the kind that fell into the dirt. After all, when an elephant goes mad, it is not something one can easily dodge; as long as one's reaction is even slightly slow, one is going to suffer.

The small elephant did not fall during the attack as Xuanyuan had hoped, failing to add another elephant for Xuanyuan. Instead, because of the wailing of the elephant herd, the elephant under Xuanyuan's crotch became exceptionally manic.

Several Soldiers nearby used thick hemp ropes to pull tightly on the elephant's limbs and its two small tusks, only then managing to control it. Xuanyuan sat on top, steady as a rock, but was likely terrified inside.

Afterward, the elephants were naturally butchered and their meat taken. The bloody scent drifted very, very far. This small elephant also understood what had happened to its kin; it must have been confused about its own future. Perhaps it had already suffered a great deal when it was being domesticated.

By comparison, the Huaxia warhorses were very calm and did not show any abnormal reactions to the elephants' wailing or the smell of blood.

The Huaxia warhorses all wore muzzles made of copper, which glittered; this was the Golden Bridle. Only when they reached a camp to rest would it be taken off, and then the horses could naturally graze on green Grass and the concentrated feed provided by Huaxia.

Because of this group of elephants, the entire Large Team stayed in place for a day, but they also obtained a great deal of meat. The Logistics Team naturally did not get a share; they were not qualified. Only the Soldiers of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe could get a share, but even then, there was not much for each person, though it was meat nonetheless.

When fighting abroad, the treatment of Huaxia Soldiers was relatively high. Besides rice and flour to eat their fill, there was also dried meat and cured meat. Every so often, they would give the Soldiers a little to ensure their standard of dining, which also ensured that the Soldiers could possess sufficiently strong combat power.

And now, according to the calendar, the time had passed the Beginning of Summer; summer had completely arrived. Summer in the Shennong Clan arrived a bit earlier and the temperature was higher, a scene full of vitality.

In Changyang Mountain, just as spring began, Shennong had sent out Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke again, ordering them to take back all the lost territory. Moreover, it was very likely that this year, that Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe would strike again, so Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke, having had successful experience, accepted the orders once more.

Unlike the tension and helplessness of last year, this time they were very decisive. Because they already knew that the Shennong Clan was about to collapse, their plan had to be implemented. Thus, after leaving Changyang Mountain and reaching their own territory, the two arranged for all their clansmen to take all the food and Weapons of the tribe, and then the entire tribe fled.

At the same time, they also killed all the envoys and spies that Shennong had left in the tribes. These were used by Shennong to monitor and control their tribes; if they had any thoughts of defecting, these envoys would immediately report to Shennong, and then Shennong would send troops to resolve it.

Many tribes had met their end this way, or because of their existence, they did not dare to run recklessly. Once the envoys were killed, if the envoys were not seen on the fixed reporting days, Shennong would naturally become suspicious.

Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke knew this situation well; they only had a dozen days left. They had to get as far away from Changyang Mountain as possible in those dozen days, then go to the place they had selected last year to quickly set up camp, or flee to even further places.

If the Xuanyuan Tribe and Huaxia could act according to their plan from last year, their two tribes should be able to block the pursuers from the Shennong Clan for them. They had provided convenience to the Huaxia and Xuanyuan Tribe, so utilizing them this year was not out of the question.

However, if there were pursuers this year, it could only be those led by Xingtian, because the Shennong Clan definitely did not have many people or tribes left to use. Having failed year after year in the eastern direction, Shennong must be anxious and afraid; he had to send out his strongest general to resolve this heart-trouble once and for all.

Furthermore, this year Xingtian had no conquest missions for the tribes in the west and south; they had basically all been cleared out by him and were all beaten into submission, so Xingtian remained in his own tribe, enjoying life.

The benefit of this was that once Changyang Mountain was attacked, he could support it in the fastest and shortest time. In the past, he would have thought this was completely impossible, but now it was different. Now there was still a bit of risk in the east; after all, there were two seemingly powerful enemies attacking them year after year.

Xingtian also vaguely felt that Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke were a bit strange. In any case, from their words and from the spoils of war, he felt something was wrong, but he just could not say it exactly. Coupled with the anomalies that appeared during the sacrifices, he had great doubts about the battles of the Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke tribes this year.

His doubts did not last long, because when Shennong discovered that the envoys of the Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke tribes had not returned at the appointed time, he became suspicious and sent people to check again. The news returned a few days later was that the Jiang Ke and Jiang Yuwang tribes did not have a single person left, nothing remained, and the envoys were not seen—neither the living nor the dead.

Having already gained experience with betrayal, how could Shennong not guess that these two tribes had already defected and abandoned the Shennong Clan? Moreover, they had deceived him; perhaps they had been deceiving him last year as well.

So, after flying into a rage, he immediately ordered someone to fetch Xingtian, wanting Xingtian to lead men to hunt down the Jiang Ke and Jiang Yuwang tribes and counterattack the Xuanyuan and Huaxia tribes.

Xingtian confidently accepted the order and led his most powerful Soldiers to pursue them. However, he also began to feel a bit bewildered now: why did all the tribes want to flee the Shennong Clan? Even the Jiang Surname tribes wanted to flee; they even had the right to inherit the Shennong Clan. Why abandon everything of the Shennong Clan to go make a living elsewhere?

He also did not know if the Huaxia and Xuanyuan tribes that were always being talked about were truly that powerful, if they could end the Shennong Clan, or if they would release Heavenly Thunder.

He did not know; he only knew that he had to resist them, drive them out of the Shennong Clan, and then capture all the traitors of the Shennong Clan.