I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 1211, A Primitive Tribe’s Version of an Aerial Bomber

Translator: Silavin

“Weighing everything together, I think an ambush on the road is the more sensible battle plan.” Sha Hong’s tone was solemn.

In the past she would certainly have felt that a direct confrontation was the proper way for Tribes to make war. But as the Flame Dragon Tribe had grown stronger and stronger, her thinking had begun to change.

Every person here was a living Soul. If casualties could be avoided, then of course that was better.

“With all the weapons our Tribe has, I say we face them head-on.” Cang Shi had been itching for this for a long time. He had been deeply frustrated with that Tribe for ages. The problem was that there had never been a proper opportunity for a direct confrontation.

Now that the opportunity had finally come, he naturally wanted to lead the Warriors forward and settle the score.

“Every one of you has a point, but I’m thinking from everyone’s perspective. Every person here has Family and friends. If we face the Dark Scorpion Tribe head-on, the number of casualties will shoot straight up.” Su Bai stood up. “Our Tribe has worked so hard for this new life. Do we want them to never get the chance to see it? Is that what any of you want?”

He understood the fierce instincts of the Tribe’s people very well. That was just how it was for those from Primitive Tribes. Direct confrontation was the way things had always been settled. Whoever was stronger, that was how they settled things.

Sometimes even when hunting out in the Wilderness, if another Tribe wanted what they had caught they could simply take it by force. But some Tribes did not do that. They would demand a one-on-one fight.

That was how disputes between Hunting Leaders were settled. Whoever lost gave up the game.

That kind of thing happened often enough. It was why everyone’s first instinct was to meet things face to face.

Ambushes were considered beneath them. People from the Primitive Era were even less inclined towards that way of doing things.

“…” The Chieftain and the others said nothing. Every face in the room was very grave.

They agreed with what Su Bai had said. There was nothing they could refute.

They understood that it wasn’t about following rigid rules. Sometimes what mattered more was the human side of things. The safety of the Warriors and the feelings of their Families. Those things were equally vital.

In the old days, if a Totem Warrior died out on a hunt, the body would be carried back if there was enough manpower and strength to do so. If not, there was nothing to be done.

And when they returned to face the Family of the fallen, all that was ever said was that their Warrior had been brave. Nothing more than that.

The people of the Tribe were close-knit. But sometimes, it did lack a certain warmth.

“In that case, we’ll go with the ambush plan.” Su Bai said each word clearly.

He could easily have made this decision on his own. The reason he had asked for everyone’s thoughts was precisely to make this point: sometimes warmth and care truly matters more than so-called pride in a direct confrontation.

“We’ll follow whatever the Shaman decides. When do we set out?” Yan Jiao asked.

He had come around. It made sense, and he was already looking forward to the day the Dark Scorpion Tribe was finished.

“Barring any surprises, they’ll reach our Tribe in just over half a month. We have plenty of time to prepare.” Su Bai said calmly.

The situation was close at hand, but for the Flame Dragon Tribe the time remaining was still very generous.

The Dark Scorpion Tribe needed about ten days just to reach the Flame Dragon Tribe under ordinary circumstances. Now that they were relocating the entire Tribe, the journey would naturally take even longer.

The Flame Dragon Tribe had more than enough time to make their preparations. That was the value of having good intelligence.

If the Flame Dragon Tribe had been slow to gather their intelligence and only learned of the Dark Scorpion Tribe’s approach when they were just a few days out, striking back at that point would have been far too late.

And the Dark Scorpion Tribe’s weakness was precisely this: their intelligence gathering. They would likely never know until their end how quickly the other side had collected information, nor that their every movement had been in someone else’s hands all along.

“Shaman, I think we could dig traps along their route, lay explosive packages in advance, and have our people at a safe distance taking out targets with the rifles. That would deal them a serious blow.” Yan Jiao laid out his thinking.

He felt that a single ambush probably couldn’t finish the Dark Scorpion Tribe in one stroke, but once they’d been thrown into disarray it would be straightforward to cut them down.

“Your thinking is close to mine, but the traps aren’t necessary. That would waste time. We just need to lay the explosive packages.”

Su Bai rubbed his chin with one finger, thinking it through. “The explosive packages placed will be numerous, and the blast radius will certainly affect our own Warriors too. We can’t get too close. Sniping with the rifles isn’t going to work.”

At that point the Dark Scorpion Tribe would be moving as a great mass of people. The number of explosive packages needed, and their yield, would have to be higher than usual.

Within such a large blast radius, any Flame Dragon Tribe Warrior nearby would be caught in it too. If they wanted accurate shots from the rifles, they would not be able to stand too far away.

And if they could not achieve a decisive first strike, all they would do is reveal their position. That would put them on the back foot instead.

“But Shaman, if we’re not using rifles or recurve bows to cut them down afterwards, I’m not sure we can cause enough damage. They’re Warriors after all. They’ll regroup and counter-attack as soon as they get the opportunity to.”

Yan Jiao was genuinely puzzled. “That way we might end up in a passive position, and it won’t be different from a direct confrontation.”

The explosive packages were powerful, but the enemy had numbers. And they had skilled Warriors in considerable quantity. If they truly could not inflict heavy enough losses, then the ambush would not seem to be worth the effort.

“Chieftain is forgetting something very important. Our Tribe has an air force. Why not carry out the bombardment from the sky?” Su Bai smiled slightly.

The Flame Dragon Tribe had nothing like a modern fighter aircraft. But they had plenty of Ferocious Beasts that could fly and were perfectly Tamed.

And the fuses on the explosive packages were not so short. There was enough time to light one in the air and drop it.

“Shaman is planning to use the Ferocious Beasts for the final sweep?” Yan Jiao felt a sudden chill crawl up the back of his neck.

He had never thought of it from that angle. But the moment it was said aloud, he realised it was a brilliant idea.