Chapter 2588: Caught in the Trap

"How should we show our sincerity?"

The alliance's person in charge was still Elder Lie Du, and he immediately asked Zhou Qiang.

"Of course, eliminate the Foreign Tribe."

The nearest stronghold to us has roughly a one‑million Foreign Tribe army.

Your three million men are also enough to wipe them out.

Their previous ten‑million army has already been repelled by us.

If you can completely eradicate those Foreign Tribe, we will believe in your sincerity."

Zhou Qiang told Lie Du.

Lie Du immediately discussed with the Leader of the three armies, and they both thought that a one‑million Foreign Tribe was nothing to worry about.

So they agreed, changed direction, and rushed toward the nearest Foreign Tribe stronghold.

Zhou Qiang also sent a tribal Elder to follow and observe, actually to facilitate them leaking the army's movements and information to the Foreign Tribe.

On the Foreign Tribe side, based on this army's strength, they began transferring strongmen and soldiers from other strongholds, preparing to annihilate the three‑million allied force before Ye Liuyun arrived.

Ye Liuyun also received their information and thought that three million men eliminating one million Foreign Tribe posed no problem.

So he did not object; after all, they were fighting the Foreign Tribe anyway, and even if the East disagreed with the alliance, they would still keep fighting.

However, he also discussed with Lie Du the specifications and strength of the Zhou clan.

Lie Du told Ye Liuyun, "I'm not exactly sure how many they have.

But from our observations, they have at least seventy to eighty million people, which can be considered a super‑large tribe.

Definitely not the small tribe we previously thought; they're almost the size of a dynasty.

They also have many Zhuanzai Jingjie strongmen, even more than the ones we brought.

Thus, the claim that they defeated a ten‑million Foreign Tribe army is likely true."

"Hmm..." Ye Liuyun mused briefly and retorted to Lie Du, "Since they're so strong, why didn't they eradicate the remaining Foreign Tribe?"

Lie Du had already thought of this question, but Zhou Qiang used the recent merger of two large tribes as an excuse to cover it up.

After hearing this, Ye Liuyun didn't see any major issue and let Lie Du and his men proceed with the plan to attack the Foreign Tribe stronghold.

Moreover, during this period, their attacks on the Foreign Tribe strongholds went too smoothly, so he also thought the Foreign Tribe's various strongholds shouldn't be too strong now.

Even if there were a few Zhuanzai Jingjie Foreign Tribe, Lie Du and his forces could handle them.

Besides, they also brought sixty thousand Feiyan, many war chariots, Puppet Beasts and Energy Cannon equipment, so there should be no major problem.

Lie Du and Liu Kui, leading three million troops, arrived at the Foreign Tribe stronghold and found no abnormalities.

Indeed, only about one million troops were stationed here.

Moreover, the defensive base was protected by multiple layers of Formation defenses.

Even when they landed at this stronghold, the Foreign Tribe did not dispatch troops to intercept, allowing them to establish their own base smoothly.

They also thought the Foreign Tribe here was truly frightened, so they sent half their forces to attempt an attack on the Foreign Tribe.

What they didn't expect was that in the first battle, the Foreign Tribe deployed many Zhuanzai Jingjie strongmen, as well as the entire one‑million army, to clash head‑on with them.

In this battle, the allied forces lost half their soldiers, while the Foreign Tribe was almost completely annihilated, ending with the Foreign Tribe's strongmen being defeated.

Although the alliance's army was considered victorious, it lost six Zhuanzai Jingjie strongmen and over 700,000 troops.

Afterwards, both sides fell into a standoff.

The Foreign Tribe retreated into the base and ceased sending troops.

Lie Du and the others thought that although the losses were large, they had won, so they didn't mind much and continued to send troops to encircle the Foreign Tribe.

They also had the Formation Master set up a Teleportation Array here, and kept sending more strongmen and soldiers as reinforcements.

But unexpectedly, the Foreign Tribe used the same strategy; after a few days, both sides fought again, with similar results—the allied forces lost another over 500,000 soldiers, and six or seven strongmen perished.

Of course, the outcome ended with the Foreign Tribe retreating and the alliance claiming victory.

After this battle, the alliance's reinforcements became hesitant.

Instead, they let the soldiers exploit their equipment advantage, intensify attacks on the Formations, striving to deny the Foreign Tribe any breathing room, lest they send more reinforcements.

But a few days later, the Foreign Tribe launched another attack.

This time the Foreign Tribe left over 200,000 corpses, but in Zhuanzai Jingjie strongmen they held the advantage.

Even Lie Du was almost trapped by the Foreign Tribe.

Thus this time the alliance voluntarily withdrew, counting as a loss.

But the damage wasn't greater than the Foreign Tribe's.

With their equipment advantage, they always eliminated more of the Foreign Tribe; overall, they still had the upper hand.

Immediately after, the alliance launched retaliation, pressing the remaining army together to bombard the Foreign Tribe base.

This time, the Foreign Tribe sent an equal number of Zhuanzai Jingjie strongmen to contest the alliance in a war of attrition.

The soldiers initially deployed 500,000, which seemed insufficient, but as the fight continued they added another 100,000 reinforcements each time, until finally, when the allied forces were reduced to 500,000, they had to retreat to the base.

The Foreign Tribe did not pursue, continuing to focus on defense.

Now the allied forces were bewildered, unsure whether to continue fighting.

If they kept fighting, they would need to keep adding troops.

If they stopped, they would feel reluctant.

Looking at the Foreign Tribe's stance, it seemed they couldn't hold out much longer.

Moreover, their retreat meant the cooperation with the Zhou clan was ruined, and the earlier efforts were all in vain.

Thus they once again conscripted soldiers from everywhere, replenishing their forces to three million.

The Foreign Tribe never initiated attacks on them, so they had ample time to reorganize a new army.

However, what the alliance didn't know was that the Foreign Tribe was fully aware of all their reinforcements and losses.

The Foreign Tribe fights like this in order to pin down this allied force, luring and wearing them down bit by bit.

Because the Foreign Tribe also knows that if these humans are not worn out now, they will later become the force that attacks their stronghold.

Among the allied forces, Liu Kui and other army Leaders did not notice the Foreign Tribe's plot.

Especially Liu Kui, who also wanted to achieve a great victory over the Foreign Tribe without Ye Liuyun's help, so he was the strongest supporter of reinforcing troops.

Moreover, after the new troops were fully organized, Liu Kui immediately urged the various armies to launch a joint strike, preparing to annihilate the Foreign Tribe in one blow.

Thus, the allied forces began a full‑scale offensive again.

Flying Swallows, war chariots, and energy runs kept bombarding the Foreign Tribe's Formation, depleting the resources they had previously obtained almost completely.

They bombarded continuously for nearly two days; the Foreign Tribe's layered Formations were almost erased, and the Foreign Tribe finally emerged again to meet them in battle.

Only this time the Foreign Tribe had more strong ones of the Zhuanzai Jingjie.

It was just that these strong ones, aside from sending an equal number to fight the alliance's Zhuanzai Jingjie strong ones, sent the rest to attack the Flying Swallows; the pressure on the allied strong ones and the main army was not great.