The efficiency of the Dayue tribe was still very high. Yan Liqiang had said this in the morning. By noon, a total of 107 warriors from the Dayue tribe lined up in front of Yan Liqiang.
Among these 107 people, there were 100 carefully selected archers from the Dayue tribe, and the remaining seven were from the Dayue tribe who were proficient in the Shatu language. According to Yan Liqiang's request, when these people stood in front of Yan Liqiang, the ground in front of them was filled with prepared Shatu clothes.
The clothes of the Shatu people were stripped from those Shatu people who were wiped out yesterday, a complete set from head to toe. These clothes were not new, and some even had some blood stains, but such clothes looked more real when worn.
All the warriors of the Dayue tribe looked at Yan Liqiang, and none of them knew what Yan Liqiang was going to do.
The place where everyone gathered was not in the Dayue tribe's mountain village, but in a forest outside the village. The action seemed very secretive. Until this moment, they didn't know what mission they were going to perform.
Yan Liqiang's eyes swept over the warriors of the Dayue tribe.
Although the Dayue tribe was weak and had a small population, there were also brave warriors even in such a weak tribe. The people in front of him were all vigorous and full of the spirit of being ready to die, which made Yan Liqiang nod secretly.
"You may already know who I am. Even if you don't know, it doesn't matter. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Long Aotian, and I am the guardian elder of the Dayue tribe. This time I will take you to perform a confidential mission. I have only one requirement for you. All actions must be under my command. In simple terms, you must do whatever I tell you to do. Once I give an order, even if there is a fire pit or a cliff in front of you, you must jump in. Without my order, you are dumb, deaf, and wooden. Even if the enemy's knife cuts you, you are not allowed to scream. Anyone who disobeys my command and order, there is no need to wait for the Shatu people to kill you. I will execute military law myself and take his life. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" All the warriors of the Dayue tribe shouted. The unified shout startled the birds in the forest and made them fly away.
"Okay, my first order is to take off all your clothes!" Yan Liqiang pointed at the clothes of the Shatu people on the ground, "Then change into these clothes on the ground!"
As Yan Liqiang spoke, he began to take off his clothes first, then picked up the clothes of the Shatu people on the ground in front of him and put them on.
Seeing Yan Liqiang like this, the warriors of the Dayue tribe did not hesitate at all. They quickly took off their clothes and started to change.
In just ten minutes, everyone, including Yan Liqiang, put on the clothes of the Shatu people. If you didn't look carefully, it would feel like a group of Shatu people standing here.
"Here is something made of soot from the bottom of a pot, mosquito repellent and mud. Everyone, smear it on your face like I did, so that others can't recognize you..." Yan Liqiang demonstrated by painting his own face with black camouflage. When the warriors of the Dayue tribe saw this, they followed suit. In the blink of an eye, they had painted their faces with camouflage. After this makeup, when everyone's facial features were faded, out of a hundred people, probably ninety-nine would think they were Shatu people.
Although a group of warriors from the Dayue tribe did not know the significance of Yan Liqiang's actions, they all felt it was somewhat novel.
"Very good!" Yan Liqiang nodded, "People who are proficient in Shatu language, please step forward..."
The seven people in the team came out. Yan Liqiang pointed at them and said to everyone with a serious face, "From now on, except for these few people, all of you must become mute. You are not allowed to talk to the people around you unless there are special circumstances. Even if there are special circumstances, you must talk to the people around you as quietly as possible so that the people around you cannot hear. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"And you guys..." Yan Liqiang said to the people who were proficient in Shatu, "From now on, you can only communicate in Shatu. Is that clear?"
"I understand!" Those who were fluent in Shatu language also nodded quickly.
"Okay, I'll give everyone 30 seconds to organize and check their equipment, weapons and dry food. If there's no problem, we'll set off..." Yan Liqiang said, and he also took the lead to check the things he brought with him, including a water bottle, beef jerky, the captured Shatu people's horn python bow, and a full pot of arrows.
After 30 breaths, everyone had no problem, so Yan Liqiang gave the order to set off, and then he led these people and disappeared into the woods.
It was not until Yan Liqiang and the others left that Sharanqi and Serena, mother and daughter, appeared in the woods.
"Mom, do you know what Brother Long is taking them to do?" Salina asked worriedly, looking at the direction where Yan Liqiang disappeared.
Sharanqi's eyes were also fixed on the place where Yan Liqiang and the others disappeared. Although she had a vague guess in her heart, she was also not clear about what Yan Liqiang was going to do specifically. Facing Serena's question, she could only shake her head.
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Yan Liqiang led the team across the Yulong Mountain.
Yan Liqiang was not familiar with the terrain and roads of Yulong Mountain. He did not need to be familiar with them before contacting the Dayue tribe. However, these more than one hundred Dayue tribe warriors grew up in the mountains since childhood. Almost all of them were very familiar with the roads and terrain that everyone could walk on in the mountains. Almost everyone could be a tour guide in the mountains. Yan Liqiang only had to tell them where to go, and these warriors would naturally find the place without Yan Liqiang having to worry about it. Yan Liqiang was nominally the team leader, but in fact he followed these warriors in Yulong Mountain for three days and three nights.
After walking in Yulong Mountain in person, Yan Liqiang felt how determined the Wumu tribe of the Shatu people were for this operation. The roads in the mountains were rugged and difficult to travel, and there were almost no roads that were truly repaired by humans. There were rocks, rivers, cliffs, woods, and canyons everywhere. Yan Liqiang and more than a hundred warriors of the Dayue tribe felt it was not easy to march together. Even if the Wumu tribe had the cooperation of a traitor in the Dayue tribe, it was definitely a huge investment to get more than 2,000 warriors to the Dayue tribe's settlement this time.
Unfortunately, the Ebony Tribe was unlucky and encountered Yan Liqiang. If it weren't for Yan Liqiang, the situation of the Dayue Tribe at this moment might be different.
On the evening of the fourth day, Yan Liqiang and more than a hundred warriors from the Dayue tribe finally arrived at Broken Scale Valley...
Outside the Broken Scale Valley is the Gulang Grassland, which is the territory currently occupied by the seven Shatu tribes.
Just under the setting sun in the evening, Yan Liqiang and more than a hundred warriors of the Dayue tribe stood on the mountain of Broken Scale Valley, looking at the long and narrow Broken Scale Valley below the mountain and the endless sea in the distance. In the breeze, the grass on the grassland rolled, and the cattle and sheep hidden in the grass appeared.
Even Yan Liqiang was shocked by the vast and magnificent scenery. After staring blankly for five minutes, Yan Liqiang turned around and said four words to the warriors of the Dayue tribe who followed him, "Let's go down!"
Yan Liqiang led more than one hundred warriors of the Dayue tribe and found a place in the Broken Scale Valley to hide. Afterwards, Yan Liqiang called the warriors of the Dayue tribe who were proficient in the Shatu language and seven or eight of the more clever ones among the one hundred warriors to his side and began "training".
Out of awe and trust in Yan Liqiang, the other warriors of the Dayue tribe did not ask any questions and just did whatever Yan Liqiang told them to do. Yan Liqiang told them to hide in the Broken Scale Valley, so they did so.
At noon two days later, a team of about 300 Shatu soldiers appeared on the grassland outside the Broken Scale Valley, and then rushed directly into the Broken Scale Valley!
"Give the order to let those Shatu people in through the gap below us before we take action. Later, you can only take action after you see me shoot the first arrow. Whoever dares to alert the enemy will be killed. From now on, no one is allowed to speak except those few who speak Shatu language!" Watching the team of Shatu people enter the Broken Scale Valley, Yan Liqiang asked the people around him to pass on his order.
(End of this chapter)