Qu Bing and the others captured around nine thousand Cannibal Tribesmen alive in one sweep. That night, they rested in the Temporary Camp. It was not until after three in the morning that the prisoners gradually woke up, but by then they had all been shackled. Even awake, they were of no use anymore.
The Han Tribe did nothing but wait until dawn the next day. You Ye had people prepare Meat Broth and Corn Cakes for the prisoners. After watching them finish eating, they used the previous method to bind them all into a single line. With around nine thousand people, even strung together, they formed a dense, endless mass. Adding the six thousand or so people from the Han Tribe around them, the scene was truly spectacular. As the saying went, once a crowd surpassed ten thousand, it stretched beyond sight.
Qu Bing had the prisoners driven together and photographed from multiple angles. Then he ordered the force to set out and began escorting the prisoners back.
From this moment onward, the first stage of Qu Bing's strategic plan had officially been achieved. All the goals that needed to be completed during the first three months of the northern winter had been accomplished. The herds in the hunting grounds had all fled south, and they would not return until the following spring or summer. With no herds left in the hunting grounds, the Cannibal Tribe would not come here to hunt again.
Because of the Han Tribe's disruption, the Cannibal Tribe had now not only suffered heavy population losses but had also failed to complete its food reserves for the first three months of winter. Thus, it was easy to foresee that during the latter three months of the northern winter, the Cannibal Tribe would surely organize groups