The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 279 Catching a turtle in a urn
Lin Jing was very quick at gathering information. Chang Tianchen knew that he had some secrets and skills that were not known to others, so he never asked how he found out. He only listened to the results, as long as they were useful.

Because Chang Tianchen was faster than the other soldiers, he had already broken away from the group and appeared alone in the dense forest at the foot of the mountain.

Before he had even left the dense forest, he heard rustling sounds.

The hissing and rustling sounds rang out irregularly.

It is an ancient and unique way of communication among snakes.

He took the halberd from the spatial container, and after confirming that it was a snake-clan orc, he carried the halberd on his back.

Lin Jing peeked out from the dark bushes ahead. After seeing his face clearly, he hurriedly said, "Chieftain, we've found out."

"The group besieging the city today is led by the Uga tribe, and includes five small and medium-sized tribes that are affiliated with Uga."

"Among them, the warriors of the two small tribes, Raven and Wood Raven, were reprimanded by the Ujah people after their afternoon reconnaissance of the Beast City was thwarted. The Raven tribe only circled over the Beast City for a short while in the afternoon and lost more than fifty people. So these two tribes harbored resentment. Tonight, the Raven tribe followed behind and fished in troubled waters, only shouting slogans and not putting in any effort."

"When the fire broke out, the Raven Tribe fled immediately and had already crossed the Xuemu River."

"When the fire was not under control, the warriors of the Uga tribe wanted the Linya orcs to help them escape. However, after rescuing some of them, the Linya warriors found it too difficult and were constantly being scolded by the people. So they all ran away when they found an opportunity."

"So far, the number of Uja warriors on the north bank of the Xuemu River is about three thousand five hundred."

"The other three tribes that were affiliated with the Uja tribe were the Hapa tribe, the Reka tribe, and the Sangqi tribe."

"The Harpa tribe is mainly composed of Twilight Hound and Greedy Hound orcs, all of whom are small to medium-sized in form. There are about seven hundred warriors left on the north bank to participate in the battle. However, after the fire broke out, some tribesmen did not escape. The number of casualties is currently unknown, but more than half of them should have survived."

"The Reka tribe is mainly composed of half-bears and crab-eating foxes, just like the Hapa tribe."

"The Sangqi tribe is a medium-sized tribe, mainly composed of Xiama people. They have many warriors and belong to the large horse-beast tribe. They are extremely good at running and have excellent physical strength, so they are somewhat troublesome to deal with."

"The Sangqi tribe still has about two thousand warriors on the north bank. However, they are somewhat afraid of fire, so as the fire grew bigger, they were scattered. Some fled blindly to the southeast, while others led warriors from the Uga tribe towards our Snake Mountain."

The Uga tribe is the second largest tribe in the south after Daxing and Kruma. This tribe was founded by wandering orcs and later incorporated some of the nobles from the Southern Plains, so its composition is very mixed and its internal management is also very chaotic. Therefore, the chieftain does not have high prestige in the tribe.

Chang Tianchen mentally estimated the number of enemies and frowned, saying, "So, the number of troops fleeing towards us is about six thousand?"

Lin Jing nodded: "The exact number may not be that many, but it won't be too far off from this figure."

"Also, a group of people from Beast City has come out to chase after us."

“There are quite a few crane warriors.”

Upon hearing this, Chang Tianchen simply switched the lamp from his left hand to his right and calmly said, "What's so strange about that?"

“Shilin and Hanshan have always been close. Although Bai Qingyu has not returned yet, Hanshan has left Baixi behind. That person is very smart and naturally knows what to do and when to do it.”

"Moreover, if the warriors of Stone Forest want to reach Beast City quickly, relying solely on their four legs, they probably won't arrive until tomorrow morning, by which time it will be too late."

Chang Tianchen continued forward, carrying the lantern, the snake's tail swaying on the ground: "Are the troops coming from the direction of Snake Mountain stretched out in a long formation?"

Lin Jing replied, "The warriors of Sangqi and Wujia are leading the way. They are very fast. In about half a beast hour, they will arrive at the Qulingguang Valley area."

“The orcs of Harpa and Reka are slower; it will take at least one beast hour to arrive.”

"Because the fire was spreading southward from the central Mulan Plain, the soldiers initially huddled together when they fled. But when I returned, the fire was almost reaching the riverbank, so they had to stretch out their formation to avoid it."

"However, there are just too many of them. Even if we stretch out our ranks and ambush them in the Qulingguang Valley area, we can probably only take out one or two thousand of them. Any more than that will definitely not be enough."

The Xiama tribe, in particular, is skilled at galloping and can run while carrying heavy loads, making them faster and more enduring than ordinary orcs.

Chang Tianchen thought for a moment: "When they came, did they cross the river? Or did they come from the Tongtian Bridge upstream of Snake Mountain?"

Lin Jingdao said, "I'm afraid it's both."

"It should have been the Water Beast Clan who helped them cross the river, but the fire broke out suddenly tonight. The Water Beast Clan received the news and crossed the river, but they had already missed the best time for rescue. The Xuemu River is close to the Qulingguang Valley and Snake Mountain area. The current is rapid and there are rocks everywhere in the middle of the river. It is quite dangerous for the Water Beast Clan to cross the river on their own, let alone to take people across the river."

"The only way for them to escape right now is through the antenna bridge."

Chang Tianchen raised his eyes and said, "Go to the back and tell those dawdling bastards to speed up and get to Qulingguang Valley as quickly as possible. Remember to distribute the hemp ropes you traded with the Stone Forest Hunting Team and have them laid in ambush in the valley beforehand."

Lin Jing took the spatial container handed to him and asked, "How are we going to use those ropes to set up an ambush?"

"How else can we ambush them?" Chang Tianchen looked at Lin Jing speechlessly. This guy was excellent at gathering information, but his combat skills were really terrible. "What else can we use the rope for?"

"Pull him up, trip him!"

"Aren't you supposed to be a fast runner? Without the Xiama tribe leading those things, running away won't be so easy for you."

"If we don't have enough ropes, we'll get some vines."

"Clan leader, we only have two thousand people, and there are high-level warriors among them. Their strength may be above yours." Lin Jing knew that their clan leader was a madman and very arrogant, but two thousand against six thousand, how could they possibly win?
Chang Tianchen tilted his head and looked down at him: "We only have two thousand people, but aren't there people from Shilin and Hanshan chasing after them?"

"Ling Chengen must have come out."

“Once she comes out, how could that unfathomable witch doctor from Nanyuan sit still and let her venture into danger alone? Of course, he will go with her. So no matter how many high-ranking warriors Uga brings this time, they will all lose their lives here.”

"Do you really think our central region is some place where even cats and dogs can just step on it?"

Lin Jing said with a heavy heart, "The number of troops that Shi Lin chased out is probably less than a thousand."

Three thousand against six thousand, Clan Chief Qiuqiu, you should learn some arithmetic!

Chang Tianchen ignored his stammering and pulled his wide hood over his head, coldly saying, "Go to the back immediately to make arrangements. After the arrangements are completed, pick a few fire and metal warriors from the clan to cut off the road to the Tianxian Bridge."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing's eyes widened in shock, and he exclaimed in fear, "Clan Chief!"

"Do as I say."

Lin Jing: "If the Tongtian Line Bridge is broken, it will be very troublesome for us to go to the south bank of the Xuemu River in the future. Moreover, this line bridge was built with great effort by several tribes. It will be difficult to explain to them if it is broken..."

Chang Tianchen suddenly stopped, turned around and stared at him indifferently, asking slowly.

"What do we need to explain to them?"

The hairs on Lin Jing's back stood on end; the feeling of being enveloped by death instantly brought him to his senses.

He almost forgot.

The family patriarch was not a kind person who was friendly to his neighbors.

"If their tribe encounters any danger and needs to cut the connecting bridge, do you think they would consult with Snake Mountain first?"

Are you kidding me?!
"If any of them are dissatisfied afterward, let them come and talk to me."

Lin Jing immediately lowered his head, daring not to have any further objections, and ran away.

Oh my god, I almost died at the hands of the clan chief...

……

With Chang Tianchen, this god of death, looming over them, the snake warriors behind them dared not relax their guard in the slightest.

The team arrived at Qulingguang Valley ahead of time and had already set up traps.

Some warriors, skilled at digging traps, dug numerous pits of varying sizes along the escape route, some with sharpened pillars or pointed metal rods at the bottom.

Chang Tianchen stood on the east side of Qulingguang Mountain, watching the fire on the grassland burn ever more fiercely, and sighed deeply.

This fire won't be easy to extinguish. After dealing with these fleeing southern orcs, we still need to find a way to control its spread, otherwise Snake Mountain might also suffer.

There are dozens of tribes of varying sizes on the Mulan Plain. These tribes are likely forced to relocate to the west or northwest overnight due to the fire tonight.

While Ling Chengen's fire attack could severely weaken the enemy's forces, it would also anger the surrounding small tribes.

There will likely be a lot of trouble ahead.

However, let's talk about it after we finish tonight's business.

Suddenly, the clear chirping of birds rang out in the quiet valley.

The next second, the valley, which had been somewhat agitated, fell completely silent.

Even the chirping of insects became faint.

The leader of the group fleeing west was Zeiss, a level 15 water-type warrior from the Uja tribe.

He was a Fear Cat orc. Although his race was called Fear Cat, their physical size was the same as that of a regular leopard.

Moreover, their animal appearance is almost identical to that of the leopard clan, with black spots covering their yellow fur.

Therefore, the Northern Plains generally do not classify the Fear Cat Clan as cat-like beastmen, but rather consider them to be a branch of the Leopard Clan.

However, the stamina of the tigress is relatively weak, and its running speed is not as fast as that of the leopards, but its flexibility and nerve reflexes are extremely strong.

They are very agile orcs.

So the cat-like beastman Zeus didn't run on his own, but instead rode on the back of a Shama beastman.

When the group was still some distance from Qulingguang Valley, Chang Tianchen noticed the male orc at the head of the group.

It was also noted that the Xiama people, who used to be very common in the central part of the North Plains, later migrated to the south for unknown reasons.

The Xiama tribe is the largest horse tribe in the northern plains.

The beast is extremely tall, looking robust and strong, with beautifully muscular physiques and long, black and maroon fur. Its limbs have long, flowing white fur, making it a typical native horse tribe of the Northern Plains.

The Xiama tribe is generally not very strong in battle, but their fighting power increases exponentially when someone is on their back and attacks in combination with their running speed.

Therefore, to weaken the fighting power of this group, it is necessary to separate the Shama tribe and the orcs of the Uga tribe.

Otherwise, we would definitely lose the battle at Snake Mountain.

……

As the Xiama tribe led the Uga orcs into the gourd-shaped opening of the valley, Chang Tianchen's figure had long since disappeared from the highest point of the mountain.

Forced to flee for their lives by the fire, the Xiama tribe and the Uga orcs never expected to be caught off guard by the fire on the grassland. Just as they reached the vicinity of Qulingguang Valley, which had not yet been affected by the fire, they were ambushed.

The terrain of Qulingguang Valley is very typical, resembling a gourd. The entrance to the valley is very narrow, allowing only seven or eight people to pass side by side, but the interior of the valley is quite spacious.

There are rivers on both sides inside the valley. The water level is not deep. The shallowest part may be only two meters deep, and the deepest part is only six or seven meters deep.

Two small rivers that branch off from the tributary of the Xuemu River flow slowly through the riverbed.

Chang Tianchen had stayed here for a while before and knew that these two rivers were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.

Because the water flow is relatively slow, the riverbed is full of aquatic plants.

There are many giant anacondas and giant freshwater fish under the aquatic plants.

This place poses little danger to the orcs of Snake Mountain.

But it's hard to say about other orc races.

The Xiama tribe orcs, who were running at the front with Zeiss, slowed down after entering the valley.

Zeiss asked, "What's wrong?"

"This is Qulingguang Valley."

"Is there a problem?" Zeiss asked, puzzled.

He was from the south and hadn't been to the central region many times before, so he wasn't familiar with the terrain here.

The Xiama tribe beastman who led him on his escape was named Sang Ting, a young man in his twenties.

The Xiama tribe originally lived in the Mulan Plain area, but due to annual epidemics, they moved to the south as a whole seven or eight years ago.

But when he moved south, he was already fifteen or sixteen years old, so he was quite familiar with several famous places in the central region.

He warned, "Qulingguang Valley is teeming with giant pythons."

Upon hearing this, Zeiss immediately sat up straight and gripped the knife in his hand tightly: "A lot?"

"Before the Xiama tribe moved to the south, there were quite a few giant pythons here."

"Therefore, the orcs in the central region will avoid this valley unless it is an emergency and there are few people around."

"Take a detour and travel a long distance."

Zeiss looked back at the gradually slowing-down team: "With so many of us, these are just a few big snakes. We can cut them down."

Sang Ting stared at the dark valley ahead, and for some reason, he still felt a strong sense of unease.

Seeing that he hesitated, Zeiss waved his hand behind him, signaling the people behind him to go ahead and scout the way.

Chang Tianchen sat on a rock, pinching a green anaconda that was over eight meters long with one hand, making the blind anaconda that had ambushed them completely quiet down.

The tribesman squatting beside him looked at the water anaconda, which was as quiet as if it were dead, and couldn't help but lower his head and whisper, "Chief, shall we fight it?"

"No rush." ​​Chang Tianchen reached out and pried open the water python's mouth, touched the snake's teeth, and scoffed, "It doesn't even have poison in its teeth, yet it dares to launch a sneak attack."

"Let them into the valley. After the orcs of the Uga tribe are let in, cut off their retreat route at the mouth of the gourd."

Chang Tianchen looked at the small snake slithering out from the dense vegetation and asked, "Have people been sent to guard the exit ahead?"

“There are guards.” The little snake raised its triangular head and whispered, “We’re afraid the Xiama tribe will lead them out, so we’ve blocked the exit with some boulders.”

Chang Tianchen nodded, watching as another small, dark green snake swam over.

"what's up?"

"Lin Jing said that when he led his men to the line bridge, they encountered a white bear clan beastman who was coming this way to investigate the situation."

"The White Bear Clan orcs learned from us that the Uga tribe was attacking the city of Stone Forest. They offered to help us block the enemy who did not come from the Qulingguang Valley. They said that if we did not have enough manpower, they could send people to help us."

Chang Tianchen scoffed and said with a smile, "The chief of the White Bear tribe looks honest and simple, but he's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve."

Everyone had similar ideas, so no one was much more noble than anyone else.

Tell them that we don't need this part of the valley.

"If he's willing to help, he can just clean up those lone people outside."

(End of this chapter)