Chapter 971: Watch Out for Sprained Ankles

While the Leader of the small tribe was thinking, Xiong and the others were already growing impatient. The people of the Xuanyuan Tribe also saw their impatience, so they issued an ultimatum: "Who exactly are you? If you are people of the Shennong Clan, then you had better run away right now."

"If you are people of the Tribal Alliance and recognize our Xuanyuan Tribe, then stop hiding. Stand up! We are here to join the battle and fight against the Shennong Clan!"

Among the dozens of people in ambush, someone was finally too anxious to hide any longer, so they spoke up to ask the Leader: "Leader, what should we do? Should we trust them?"

The Leader was still thinking, but the sound of their voices had already been heard by the war dogs, so the war dogs began to bark even louder, and even the oxen began to stomp their hooves restlessly.

Unable to wait for the Leader's order, a few people stood up directly, because they knew their Leader had courage and ability, but simply lacked a brain. If he were sent to kill enemies or hunt, even if it were to hunt a tiger, he would not be afraid. But once it came time to use his brain, he would be like this, never knowing what to do.

Seeing people stand up, the people of Huaxia immediately began to prepare for battle. However, seeing that only a few people had stood up on the other side, the number was definitely wrong. It was impossible for only these few people to be in ambush, and to dare to attack such a large troop as theirs, there should have been at least a hundred people.

Seeing their own tribesmen stand up without being attacked, the others stood up one after another. One Soldier ignored his Leader and shouted loudly at the people opposite: "We are not people of the Shennong Clan; we are people of the Black Tooth Tribe, and we are people of the Tribal Alliance. We know the Xuanyuan Tribe."

"But we did not know that a Huaxia was coming. Is there anyone from the Xuanyuan Tribe who can tell us what is going on?"

Since they requested that people from the Xuanyuan Tribe come forward, they let the people from the Xuanyuan Tribe go out to speak. Xiong had the Shield Soldiers clear a path, allowing a few people from the Xuanyuan Tribe to appear in the field of vision of those opposite.

"We are people of the Xuanyuan Tribe. We are responsible for leading the way for the people of Huaxia. Huaxia is an ally of our Xuanyuan Tribe. We had long ago agreed to attack the Shennong Clan together, but because Huaxia is too far away, they only just arrived. Our Tribal Chief is still waiting for us."

"As for you, why didn't you know about this?"

Seeing that the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe spoke with such conviction, the people of the Tribal Alliance had no choice but to believe them; mainly, they did not have the capital to disbelieve. The Leader also began to speak now. He was not dissatisfied that his tribesmen had defied his authority; after all, nothing had happened yet, and besides, he really did not like doing things that required using his brain.

"We are a fringe tribe here and cannot get accurate news. We only know of a Xuanyuan Tribe; we don't know anything else. If you are truly our allies and our brothers, then put away your Weapon, and we will clear the road for you so you can pass."

Seeing that the people opposite had already put away their Weapon, Xiong ordered everyone to also put away their Knife. The Shield Soldiers put their Shield back on their backs and retreated to the rear of the troop. Only now could the tribesmen standing straight see a corner of the Huaxia army, but they also felt the power of Huaxia.

Xiong asked with some confusion: "Why do you have so few people?"

The Leader spread his hands and pointed to his Soldiers who were not strong: "I already said, I am a fringe tribe here, very weak. We can barely manage to feed ourselves; how could we possibly support more people?"

"Even if you were not our allies but our enemies, the worst that could happen is we would have a fight with you and all die. What else could we do? We cannot stop you from advancing."

"However, I have already sent tribesmen to notify others. It doesn't matter if you kill us all; our mission has already been completed."

The few people from the Xuanyuan Tribe looked helplessly at Xiong. Xiong waved his hand to let them go back, then said to the few people from the tribe: "It's fine, we are indeed your allies. I am the Leader who brought the Huaxia Soldiers here this time to attack the Shennong Clan. Just now, I only discovered that people were in ambush here."

"We were only afraid of accidentally hurting you, not afraid of you. Now that we know who you are, that is enough. Now clear the road, and then go do whatever you were going to do. Our troop will not stay in your territory for too long; we need to rendezvous with the Xuanyuan Tribe as soon as possible."

The people opposite just said "okay," then gathered together one by one and stood to the side, clearing the path that Xiong and the others had to take. At this time, the war dogs stopped barking, which meant the danger was confirmed to have been cleared.

So, after Xiong gave the order, the army continued forward, no longer paying attention to this small tribe of dozens of people. There was no need to waste time on them.

However, they had only walked ten-plus meters when one of the tribesmen hurriedly rushed over, waving his hands. The Ox Cavalry at the very front immediately pulled on their reins to turn and drew their Knife, pointing them at the savage: "What are you doing?"

The savage took a step back in fear; who wouldn't be afraid of the tall oxen? And those shining Weapon, too. However, he really had no malicious intent.

He threw his Weapon on the ground and pointed forward, saying: "There are a few Trap we dug ahead. You shouldn't walk there yet!"

The cavalryman was skeptical and said to the savage: "Trap? You go and dismantle the Trap!"

The savage nodded hurriedly. Without even taking his Weapon, he followed their previous activity tracks and soon found the first Trap covered by Grass.

Because of time constraints and having no handy tools, they could only dig a small pit in relatively soft ground and throw some thorny branches inside. The depth only reached the ankle.

Although it was very crude and laughable, if one were not careful and stepped into it, landing solidly on the thorns, even the thickest calluses on one's feet could be pierced. Although this would not be fatal, it could effectively limit the enemy's speed of advance.

Added to the fact that they did not know how many there were, they would certainly be very careful when advancing, and their mission of delaying time would be accomplished. However, the Huaxia people basically wore Boot made of wood soles and animal hide, which had very hard soles, so ordinary thorns really could not do anything. Like the Boot Xiong wore, they had thick soles made of several layers of leather, which even a Stone Knife could not pierce.

But since the Trap had appeared, it was best to let them dismantle them. Even if those thorns could not be fatal or even draw blood, there was still the possibility of a sprained ankle.