Chapter 1610: Releasing Pressure

Because the war had just ended and they couldn't be allowed to run too wild yet, they still took turns; those who were to rest could bring a woman to rest with, and as for the tents being too small with no room to maneuver, well, heaven and earth were naturally vast — just spread your clothes on the ground, and as long as it didn't chafe your ass it was fine.

As for other people being right next to them, that didn't matter either; the soldiers by this point were like starving wolves, and it wasn't just a simple matter of lust — as long as they were animals, the drive to reproduce was strong, especially after experiencing life and death, the brain would judge that this body had a high probability of dying, so in order to pass on their genes, the desire to mate and reproduce naturally increased extremely, and it was no longer just a simple matter of satisfying desire.

Anyway, in broad daylight, the commotion on the grassland was considerable, after all the numbers were quite large; those still on duty who hadn't gotten to rest yet were frantic with impatience, every tent was pitched, but military orders were like a mountain — they had to finish their own tasks first, even if they were clawing at their hearts and scratching their livers with anxiety; if anyone dared slack off now, not only would it not be their business anymore, they'd also be punished.

Those women didn't care at all; their days were all much the same anyway, whether with Huaxia men, Xuanyuan Tribe men, or Xingtian Tribe men, there wasn't much difference — they'd seen more men than they could count.

The woman Baifeng had picked was washed clean, right by the Boshui, so water was impossible to lack; washed clean, then air-dried in this nature, put on a clean set of Huaxia clothes — though they were men's, they were still better than her filthy rags.

The other women all envied her, never expecting she'd have such good luck.

She was brought before Baifeng; Baifeng looked her up and down and was quite satisfied, so he had her sit beside him, but didn't say to start doing anything right away — Baifeng wasn't that rushed; he had to arrange some current affairs first, otherwise if a subordinate came to report or request orders at a critical moment, should Baifeng stop or continue?

Xuanyuan and the rest were naturally no exception; even Zhishou didn't refuse — Baifeng didn't ask why, only asked if his body could take it.

Zhishou was completely calm: "Mating and reproduction is the task the Great Dao gives to all things; this is also something humans must do. As long as I have the ability, I naturally won't give up on this matter. As for my body, it's still fine — you don't need to worry about that."

Alright, Baifeng had still been wondering if Zhishou had some extraordinary method to be able to bed women at such an advanced age; turns out saving it up works too.

Spending nearly a whole day, the soldiers cleaned up their brothers' corpses, then dug deep pits and buried them; each person got a separate pit, because they had already accepted a concept — that people still have souls after death, and can occasionally return to the place they were buried, so they can also receive offerings, and they also didn't want their sleeping place to be too crowded, squeezed together with others.

So, even though the workload increased and they were more tired, they all still thought to dig a bigger spot for their brothers, dig a deeper spot, to prevent the corpses from being dug up by wild beasts.

The more thoughtful ones planted a grave marker in front of the tombs of their friends, brothers, acquaintances — that is, stuck wood into the ground and carved characters on it, or used another stone to knock out a name on a stone, likewise placed before the grave, to ensure they'd know later where their brothers were buried.

The Xuanyuan Tribe wasn't that particular, but naturally better than the Xingtian Tribe; although the camp's soldiers were all elites, all excellent soldiers, they were enemies after all, so they just dug one super-large pit, threw all the corpses in uniformly, then hastily buried them; as for whether they'd suffer wild beast attacks and get dug out, that wasn't certain.

For the rest of that whole day they recuperated; Baifeng also properly released some pressure, and that woman was quite sensible too — didn't ask a single question she shouldn't.

Afterwards, Baifeng didn't prepare to give this woman any great reward or any status either; once she reached Huaxia her days would naturally improve, there was no need to say that just because he slept with her once he had to take responsibility for her or whatever.

It was just that this era didn't yet have so many strange infectious diseases; otherwise Baifeng would've held it in and wouldn't have done this sort of thing — otherwise once he caught something, treating it wouldn't be a simple trouble at all, whether it could be cured was two different matters, still had to keep his lower half in check.

By the time the next day arrived, the soldiers' emotions had stabilized a lot; women indeed could play a very large positive role, but they also couldn't be kept in the military camp — after all they'd enormously drain the soldiers' stamina, and in terms of food consumed, it was also a considerable expense; the number of women and children here both exceeded the total number of soldiers in the entire Huaxia Xuanyuan Tribe Alliance, how could they feed so many mouths? Could they also have them go dig wild vegetables every day?

Regarding the handling of these women, children, and slaves, Baifeng and Xuanyuan reached consensus: they would stay here until the next supply delivery arrived, then depart immediately; calculating the time, it should be just three or four more days — if they set out rashly, logistics would likely fail to keep up, causing food shortages.

Although setting out now would let them chase Xingtian at the fastest speed and reach Changyang Mountain before they could contact surrounding tribes and organize resistance, all things considered, they still had to prioritize waiting for supplies — that was the primary problem.

Furthermore, the Xingtian Tribe, this Shennong Clan's last main force, had already been crippled by them; the remaining last bit of Shennong Clan strength they'd face next was nothing to fear, and relatively easy to take down.

Then there was weapon replenishment — the bombs had to wait; the bombs they'd brought had already been more than half consumed, and some were certainly lost, gone missing; in the coming war to breach Changyang Mountain, bombs were indispensable — they could let Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe reduce casualties enormously.

Once supplies were in hand, they'd continue advancing; these women had already told them how far it was from here to the Shennong Clan, how great the enemy strength they faced still was, and so on.

The wounded, women, child slaves and such would just return together with the convoy escorting supplies; eating sparingly along the way and foraging a bit for food on their own, they'd still be able to hold out until they got back — after all the supply convoy also had to prepare enough food for its own return trip.