Chapter 1080: The Hawk Department
Chapter 1080: The Hawk Department
"Please come and take a seat here, my two benefactors!"
The patriarch of the raccoon tribe was very polite. After seeing Lin Yu and Qian Huan, he personally stood up and welcomed them to the seat of honor.
"You two, we are discussing how to respond to the Xia Jin army's surprise attack... We have received the intelligence you two sent back earlier. Our entire clan is deeply grateful to you for your selfless act of delaying the attack. But could you please tell us when the Xia Jin army will arrive?"
Hearing the polite question from the raccoon tribe leader, Qian Huan responded.
"It's not like we sacrificed our lives to delay... We retreated just when we were about to be exposed."
"However, the Xia Jin army should still be trapped—it will take them at least half a day to arrive."
"But, no later than one day."
Hearing Qian Huan's words, the raccoon tribe leader nodded.
"Even if it's only half a day, it's already a long delay. Thank you both."
"However, the fastest reinforcements are estimated to arrive in three days. It seems we have to hold out for two days," the raccoon tribe leader looked at the elders and warriors around him. "Although facing Xia Jin's elite troops may be difficult with our current manpower, we can only hold on and do our best!"
"This is the sacred place where our ancestors lived. We must never give it to anyone else."
As the raccoon tribe leader said this, the other raccoon tribe elders and warriors naturally had no objections.
"Of course, Clan Leader—if Xia Jin attacks, even if they are the elite of the Tianzi Tribe, I will let them see how powerful we are!"
"This is our home ground after all."
"That's right—we're not vegetarians either."
From their detailed tactical discussion before they came, Lin Yu and Qian Huan realized that these raccoon people actually understood that the situation was not optimistic.
But at this moment, they are still prepared to fight to the end and hold on to the end.
"These guys still have morale, that's a good thing!"
Qian Huan said in a low voice.
Lin Yu nodded: "After all, it is the Black Swamp Realm... This is one of the few benefits of this world."
In the Black Swamp Realm, most of the young and middle-aged guys who can be called "warriors", regardless of their race, are by no means cowards!
Although things like being beaten at their doorstep may make them feel confused and frightened, these emotions will never shake them or make them back down.
Even those in power will not choose to "compromise".
In Black Swamp, there is absolutely no surrender without a fight - in fact, there are far more cases of fighting to the last man than surrender.
The unique traditions of this world have created an atmosphere that is extremely conducive to the creation of epics and heroes.
The patriarch looked at Lin Yu again.
"Then, may I ask you two, what is the exact strength of the Xia Jin army? Do you have more accurate information? Also, is there anything special about this army? How did it appear near our holy land?"
"At least a thousand people. I don't know how they got here," Lin Yu said without hesitation, "but they are dragging a giant tower with them, so their marching speed is slow. The members of the raccoon tribe villages and other demon tribe villages they looted along the way are all imprisoned in that giant tower... I don't know its purpose for the time being."
After hearing Lin Yu's words, the raccoon tribe leader and a group of elders also showed a thoughtful expression.
Qian Huan asked, "Chief, do you have any guesses about that tower?"
"We don't know. Perhaps it's some kind of sacrificial vessel from the Xiajin people," the raccoon tribe leader shook his head. "Xiajin wizards are always mysterious. Perhaps they've invented something new."
"However, since we've confirmed that many of our people and other demon compatriots are imprisoned there, doesn't that mean that if we win, we still have a chance to rescue them?"
The raccoon tribe leader said this with a somewhat excited tone.
Qian Huan nodded. "Yes, there is such a chance. Furthermore, they probably aren't from the Tianzi tribe. According to the intelligence we've gathered, the leader of these people is a shaman named Chun Cang, who is from the Xiajin Lizi tribe... So, this should be led by the Lugu lineage."
"There's also a guest shaman involved—I don't think you know him, but he's a formidable character, even surpassing the average shaman in strength."
The raccoon tribe leader frowned. "The elite of the Li tribe... the Qiang tribe, plus two senior witches?"
"Then these thousand people may be more troublesome than imagined."
Listening to the raccoon tribe leader's embarrassed words, Lin Yu whispered, "Although we have seen two of the three senior witches, they at least have a witch master in charge - and their leader is a guy called 'Young Master' by the Chun Cang witch master, so he should be no weakling."
As Lin Yu spoke, the leader of the raccoon tribe fell silent.
"Can you be called Young Master by a Senior Shaman?"
"Although Chun Cang is from the Li clan, you two, this army probably doesn't belong to the Li clan. This is because the senior witches of the same clan don't have to use honorific titles for the heirs of their clan leader," he whispered, his voice becoming heavy and even hesitant. "Plus, you two mentioned the Lugu lineage... This is probably the elite force of the Ying clan, one of the top five clans in Xia Jin."
The raccoon tribe leader analyzed and said.
This is definitely not good news.
After the raccoon tribe leader finished speaking, the meeting hall, which had originally been full of confidence and morale, suddenly fell into freezing silence.
Apparently...
Although the tradition of Black Swamp makes them ready to fight in any situation, as the most knowledgeable group of guys in the entire raccoon tribe, they are very clear about the gap that lies before them at the moment.
This cannot be made up for by morale.
After a long silence, someone finally raised two very realistic questions.
first question.
"Chief, can we really hold out for three days against the fierce attack of the elite soldiers of the Eagle Tribe?"
The raccoon tribe leader gritted his teeth and said, "We have to hold on even if we can't. Do we think that abandoning the holy land and leaving will lead to any good outcome?"
"Besides, it won't take three days, it will only take two and a half days!"
The raccoon tribe leader said this in a decisive tone—but Lin Yu knew that the leader himself was also wavering.
The reason why he spoke so firmly was to convince himself.
So……
There is also a second question.
"If the Eagle Tribe's thousand elite soldiers arrive, will our request for assistance really be enough? What if they also have follow-up reinforcements? What should we do?"
Although there is a huge gap in strength between the Li and Ying tribes, this is not the main reason why the high-level officials of the Li tribe holy land remain silent.
The one with the biggest difference between the two characters is "strategic significance".
If it is the Li tribe, this may just be a test. Maybe they will retreat on their own after holding on.
But if it's the hawk tribe...
This place, the heart of Sanqiu, the sacred land of the raccoon tribe near Fengze, will undoubtedly become the first main battlefield of the upcoming all-out war between Xia Jin and Sanqiu.
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