Chapter 41
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Chapter 41: Dirty Tactics
Today had just begun, how could it end like this?
After drinking two bowls of hot water and resting for a while at the temporary camp.
Luo Ji estimated the time and sent a few wolf warriors to patrol the outskirts of the opposing tribe in shifts.
He even deliberately maintained a distance where they could just barely be seen, but the enemy couldn’t do anything about them, thoroughly annoying the barbarians in that tribe.
“Those few monsters are still outside?”
Inside the camp, the young man sitting by the fire had a somber expression, his tone filled with obvious gritted teeth, and he suddenly slammed his fist on the ground.
“What in the world do they want?!”
After two consecutive battles, although they couldn’t exactly say they were defeated, the reality was even more frustrating than defeat!
Most of the injured were their people.
This kind of thing had never happened before.
Even the women and children in the tribe had clear signs of panic on their faces.
Needless to say, the men were all bruised and wounded.
The oppressive atmosphere in the entire tribe at this moment was imaginable.
In contrast, Luo Ji, still sitting in the temporary camp, was like an old monk in meditation.
His composed and self-assured demeanor further boosted the already high morale of the wolf warriors.
As an old hand who had played various strategy and development games and gone through the baptism of countless multiplayer modes, what kind of dirty tricks hadn’t he seen?
Methods like sending troops to the outskirts of enemy territory were just one of the most basic tactics.
The purpose was to attract the enemy’s attention.
On one hand, it forces you to pay attention to this area, thereby distracting your energy.
On the other hand, it can, to a certain extent, constrain the development speed of your own territory and disrupt your original plans.
It’s very basic, but it’s very effective!
Moreover, based on this tactic, various different linked tactics and playstyles could be derived later.
Of course, with Luo Ji’s current conditions and the present situation, they clearly couldn’t be used.
He took a sip of hot water.
He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but it felt like it had been getting colder and colder in the past few days.
He moved a little closer to the fire.
Luo Yong and the others’ harassment operation basically didn’t require his worry.
At this moment, Luo Ji planned to calm down and seriously think about the issues of weapons and equipment.
His stone axes and stone spears had clearly been learned by the people of the opposing tribe.
This meant that their Mirror tribe’s weapon advantage was no longer as great as it was at the beginning, and it would continue to decrease over time, eventually disappearing completely.
As the chief, Luo Ji felt it was necessary to make further considerations.
Fortunately, as a modern person, what he lacked least were various ideas.
He also had a general understanding of the entire history of human weapon development.
To put it broadly, it was the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Firearms Age, and he was currently clearly at the bottom tier.
As for bronze or iron tools, to be honest, Luo Ji didn’t think he could produce such epoch-making things yet.
The reason was simple, setting aside the fact that he currently had no copper or iron, even if a piece of iron fell from the sky right now, he wouldn’t know how to deal with it.
Did they think he could forge iron by burning a few pieces of wood and starting a bonfire?
He wasn’t that stupid.
Thus, he decided to think about something practical first, for example, bows and arrows!
This was a good choice.
They were ranged weapons with obvious advantages.
Most importantly, bows and arrows could be made of wood!
And the structure wasn’t that complex.
Subconsciously, he spread out an animal hide, mixed some pigment for himself, and Luo Ji began to think seriously.
From nothing to something, he clearly realized that he greatly enjoyed this process and was even more intoxicated by the strong sense of satisfaction after success.
Of course, he couldn’t rule out that there were times when it would be extremely frustrating…
“First is the bow body, which definitely needs to be made of tough wood.”
“For the bowstring, animal sinew should work, right?”
“Then there are the arrows. For the arrowheads, um, I don’t think I can make them.”
“For now, I’ll just sharpen one end of the arrow shaft a bit and make do.”
“Later, I’ll need to add a feather, I think it’s to increase the range and improve balance…”
The structure of a bow and arrow wasn’t complicated, and Luo Ji quickly finished drawing the design blueprint.
But he knew very well that the difficulty wasn’t here, it was in the selection of materials, especially the part of the bow body.
Whether a bow was easy to use or not was absolutely determined by the material of the bow body.
However, Luo Ji clearly hadn’t researched wood.
The most frustrating thing was that asking Gao Su about this was useless.
What was the point of Gao Su telling him which tree material was suitable for the bow body?
In his eyes, every tree basically looked the same!
No!
Just thinking about this made his head start to hurt.
He felt that this was a major project.
While he was struggling with this, the scouting team member responsible for bringing food supplies today had already arrived at the camp carrying a tree vine basket.
As a member of an important department within the Mirror tribe, there were only three people in the scouting team.
Luo Ji naturally remembered their names.
The one who came this time was named Liu Chuan.
Luo Ji glanced into the basket.
Perhaps because he, the chief, was here, the ingredients brought over were quite generous.
In addition to a plump carp, there was also a substantial roe deer leg.
They could feast tonight.
He motioned for Liu Chuan to sit by the fire, then casually scooped him a bowl of hot water.
After all, it wasn’t an easy task to carry ingredients here in this icy, snowy weather.
Taking the bowl of hot water Luo Ji handed him, Liu Chuan was filled with flattery and gratitude.
In this era, a chief who could provide everyone with hot meals and hot soup would always be loved and respected by his tribal people.
Not to mention, Luo Ji had developed a small tribe of just over 30 people into one with nearly 100 people in such a short time, which was simply incredible.
It was no exaggeration to say that many people in the tribe already regarded Luo Ji as a god.
Even if Luo Ji were to run over now and tell them that the sun rose from the west, they would all solemnly nod and believe him.
While drinking water and resting, Luo Ji first confirmed the situation of the Mirror tribe with Liu Chuan.
Upon learning that everything was well at the tribe, and that the progress of defensive structures and farming hadn’t fallen behind because of the situation here, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Only then did he unhurriedly bring up the matter of materials for bows and arrows.
The basic situation was that he would explain, and Liu Chuan would listen.
After finishing, Luo Ji directly instructed Liu Chuan to take the finished design blueprint back and hand it over to the armament department in the tribe, asking them to try and research it first.
He himself obviously didn’t have the research conditions here at the moment.
He didn’t know how many more days that tribe could keep up this standoff with him.
Time was precious, and the research and development of bows and arrows were urgent.
The sooner, the better!
