Chapter 970: Unfriendly Convergence

Kuafu immediately and generously agreed: "No problem. No matter how many people come, they are all friends and brothers of my Kuafu Tribe, and they are all people of our Jiuli. I will certainly treat them well."

Feilian also expressed his thanks very sincerely.

As for Baoxi's side, they were like poor relatives visiting a wealthy family, eating and taking everything; now, everyone was completely different from when they first arrived in Huaxia, from their attire and appearance to their mental outlook, they were entirely changed from before.

But just as previously arranged, because of the road conditions, the things they could take away were very few; everything would have to wait until Baoxi returned and sent people to retrieve them.

A long time had passed, and Xiong's army finally saw traces of human activity. With someone leading the way in front, they had not gone the wrong way; ahead of them was the encampment of the Tribal Alliance and Xuanyuan's people, and now the two sides were about to converge.

Shaoyin felt a bit nervous and expectant every day; this was his first time truly on a battlefield after so many years in the military, and what he was about to face were enemies, humans, not wild beasts that could be eaten as meat.

This was also the place where he would establish Military Merit. Before going to the battlefield, he had been promoted to become someone who led Soldiers, which could make his merits easier and more relaxed to obtain, but this did not mean he could do nothing, just sitting in the Battalion tent and waiting for merit to be delivered to his door.

The army was orderly and appeared very shocking; at least to these tribes that did not yet have other professional armies, such a force was still very terrifying.

Of course, the meeting between Huaxia and the Tribal Alliance was not that friendly; the members of the Tribal Alliance were still scattered in various places, hunting and gathering to maintain the tribe's survival.

Therefore, Huaxia naturally did not encounter the main force of the Tribal Alliance first, but rather a very small tribe of only a few hundred people.

When they saw Huaxia, they did not know who they were, so they treated them as enemies without exception; if it were not for the military dogs giving an early warning, they truly would not have discovered that there were humans ambushing on the Wasteland before them.

The people of that small tribe knew they had no way to resist such a powerful force in front of them, so they could only let the women and children escape first, abandoning everything to go to other tribes to report the news and simultaneously seek help from the Tribal Alliance.

No, seeking help or anything like that was no longer expected; they only hoped to let the people of the Tribal Alliance prepare in advance to resist this army, so a few dozen Soldiers intended to ambush on the Wasteland to conduct a blocking action, slowing down the enemy's speed of advance; they had not thought about leaving alive and had already prepared for death.

The army advanced, a few Ox Cavalry clearing the path in front, driving away snakes hidden in the Grass, and the army followed behind.

The military dogs wandered around in the ranks; of course, their endurance was not that good, and when they were tired from walking, they would be carried onto the ox backs to rest, or some Soldiers would place them in specially prepared bags on their backs; in short, the treatment of the military dogs was still extremely good.

A military dog suddenly began to bark and jumped down from an ox back; the other military dogs also began to bark and faced multiple directions, and Xiong immediately ordered the army to stop advancing.

There was no movement in the Grass or the woods, which meant it was not wild beasts, because no matter how large a herd of beasts was, upon seeing a force of so many people, they would choose to avoid them, and the dogs' barking also indicated they had been discovered, so they naturally would not go to ambush again.

And for them to be able to remain motionless like this now, it could only mean that humans were hiding, because only humans had such patience, and looking at their state, they should have no intention of retreating; if the people ambushing were to show their heads now, they would definitely be discovered on the spot and then hunted down.

But if they continued to ambush like this, no matter what tribe they were from, they would certainly have some misgivings and not dare to advance easily, because invisible danger is always more terrifying than visible danger.

Xiong was afraid that the people opposite would fire cold Arrows, so he had the Shield Soldiers line up in front, preparing to block cold Arrows or thrown Spears from unknown locations.

Previously, Xiong thought the bow was exclusive to Huaxia, but later he learned that everyone had bows, only they did not have as much power as Huaxia's; to compensate for the resilience and strength of the bow body, they would choose to make the bows larger, even as tall as a person, to ensure power, only their Arrowheads were just sharpened wood, and they had no tail feathers, with the basic use being to shoot small wild beasts.

The Shield Soldiers had already formed a perimeter in front, but the barking of the military dogs had not stopped; according to the words of the Xuanyuan Tribe people, he still firmly believed that he had not taken the wrong road, that this was the territory of the Tribal Alliance, and the traces along the way also showed they had not gone the wrong way.

To avoid misunderstandings and accidental injuries, Xiong rode on an ox and shouted toward the front: "People hiding in front, we are the Huaxia army, going to meet with the Tribal Alliance and the Xuanyuan Tribe; who are you?"

"If you are people of the Xuanyuan Tribe or the Tribal Alliance, come out, do not attack, do not cause accidental injury!"

But who knew this tribe was such a peripheral small tribe; this Leader had only heard that the Xuanyuan Tribe had come, but did not know what Huaxia was, so he did not believe Xiong's words at all, but he was already certain that he had been discovered, otherwise how could these people opposite suddenly stop?

So he decided to attack first, and immediately stood up suddenly, throwing the Spear in his hand; the Shield Soldier at the very front raised his tall Shield, and the thrown Spear, which already lacked much power, only made a muffled sound after hitting the Shield that had been reinforced with a layer of thin Iron, and then fell directly to the ground.

And the Shield Soldier who was hit did not feel much of anything.

Xiong was also very strange; he hurriedly turned his head and asked the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe: "Are you sure we haven't gone the wrong way? Is this still your territory? Why did I say that, and they still came to attack me? Could they be people of the Shennong Clan?"

Those few people from the Xuanyuan Tribe were also extremely surprised; they hurriedly stepped forward a bit, hid behind the Shield Soldiers, and shouted: "Are you people of the Shennong Clan? I am from the Xuanyuan Tribe; this is our Xuanyuan Tribe's ally, Huaxia. If you are not people of the Shennong Clan, do not attack, stand up; if you are people of the Shennong Clan, then you had better run now, otherwise we are going to start attacking!"

The people hiding opposite heard this, and their hearts were also pounding; does the Xuanyuan Tribe really have such an ally? This Leader was actually very miserable; he could not come into contact with anything, could only hunt in such a peripheral place to maintain his life, and also had to hand over some food, and only at those times could he know a little about current events.