Chapter 1019: Threat?

"Understood, understood. Now we have no choice; we can only go to Huaxia."

After the group of Leaders looked at each other, they reached a consensus: "If Chengqie wants to fight, we won't move. Regardless of how he treats us after he arrives in Huaxia, even if he has the Tribal Chief punish us, we don't need to care about that anymore. Our priority is that we must let our own tribespeople survive. If we go to war with Huaxia, our tribespeople will absolutely have no possibility of surviving.

If you ask me, we should force Chengqie, along with those two tribes of theirs, to go to Huaxia together. We have more people than they do!"

"Yes, yes, I agree. Let's do just that."

Just as they were discussing it enthusiastically, Shi turned his head and suddenly discovered the tall and short Leaders who had come over. He asked with great displeasure: "What are you two coming over here for?"

The other Leaders were also startled and turned their heads. After discovering who had arrived, they all stood up quickly and gradually surrounded the two of them.

The two Leaders knew at this moment that they had no way out, so they hurriedly stated their intentions: "The two of us were just trying to persuade Leader Chengqie, but he can no longer be persuaded at all. He is determined to attack Huaxia. We feel he is doing this just for the sake of his own face; he must get the upper hand over that Huaxia company commander.

We don't want to let our tribespeople go to their deaths because of this matter, and we didn't tell Chengqie to attack Huaxia. We truly don't have that intention, so we have come over now to ask you all what would be the best thing to do."

The crowd surrounded the two of them, and Shi Si also walked over: "Are you two telling the truth? Didn't you two discuss last night that you must make Chengqie leave and not go to Huaxia?"

"No, no, that's really not true. Didn't we just come over?"

Shi Si grabbed the short Leader's hand. The sharp pain coming from his hand made him cry out involuntarily. Shi Si said without any mercy: "We didn't sleep at all yesterday and heard it very clearly. Letting your hand get burned is to make you remember the lesson: don't do things you shouldn't do. The Tribal Chief is the greatest; you must listen to the Tribal Chief's orders, not Chengqie's, understand?"

The short Leader felt the blisters on his hand were about to burst. The burning pain was truly unbearable. Being threatened like this by someone who wasn't even a Leader, he felt very aggrieved but was helpless. Only after he begged for mercy and conceded again did Shi Si let go of his hand, and the crowd also saw the short Leader's hand, which was still red and covered in many blisters.

"Really, really, the two of us were indeed just persuading Chengqie not to fight. He wouldn't listen, and we truly couldn't persuade him anymore, so we came to ask you all what your intentions are."

Now that the disparity in strength between the two sides was clear, the representative of the Leaders who had reached a consensus said: "We have decided not to listen to Chengqie. If he is willing to concede and go to Huaxia, that would be best, but if he still wants to fight, in any case, we people will absolutely not listen to his orders. We will not let our tribespeople go to their deaths.

We must go to Huaxia; we have no way back. According to what Shi Si said, it is very likely that Chengqie will be abandoned by the Tribal Chief. Those younger sons of the Tribal Chief are likely the main focus of who the Tribal Chief is sending to Huaxia, so we cannot escape and cannot go back; we can only go to Huaxia.

If Chengqie is unwilling to go, we will force him to go. At worst, we people might die, but our tribespeople can still survive."

Hearing this, the tall and short Leaders also made up their minds: "Good, let's do as you say. We absolutely cannot fight. I will go and persuade Chengqie now. If he still won't have it, then we will just tie him up and send him to Huaxia."

"Good, no problem!"

Shi Si had some questions: "The bridge is broken; how are we going to get across?"

The group of Leaders looked back, and one of them said: "The river isn't wide, and the water isn't very deep. The people of Huaxia must be very angry right now. This bridge was built by them, too. I just looked at it; the tree stumps are still very fresh, so it was likely just put together. But now that Chengqie has done this, it must have made them angry, so they blew it up directly.

Now, even if we say we want to go to Huaxia, they won't possibly build us another bridge.

So, we can only swim across. When the time comes, let the Soldiers swim across first, then hold hands and send the children over. As for the food, I think we don't need it; leave it here. It's not much anyway, and Huaxia has grain.

Once we go over like this, Huaxia will also believe we won't attack them. As long as their anger subsides, it'll be fine. After we get over there, we can build a bridge together, that works too."

The others nodded one after another: "Hmm, I think that works, that's fine, that's fine.

But who will go and speak to the people of Huaxia? Chengqie probably won't do."

The tall and short Leaders then said: "The two of us will go and persuade him again, but it probably won't work. We'd better get the ropes ready and tie him up to take him over."

Wine asked them both very bluntly: "You are tying up Chengqie; aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid, but we are more afraid of dying. Fighting a war with Huaxia will definitely lead to death, and our tribespeople will also die. When the time comes, Chengqie can punish us however he wants, but it mainly depends on whether the Tribal Chief will punish us."

Shi Si spoke up: "Fine, then let's do that. You two go and persuade Chengqie. If you can't persuade him, I will just swim over first and explain it to Huaxia."

Everyone nodded. The tall and short Leaders also looked at each other before walking toward Chengqie again.

Chengqie was still in a fit of rage, mainly because he felt extremely aggrieved. His power seemed to have vanished in an instant. What made him feel even more wrong at this moment was that there was actually no one by his side.

Just as he was about to get up, the two Leaders sat down beside him and pressed him back down: "Leader Chengqie, we few have just discussed it. We all feel that this battle cannot be fought. We cannot fight Huaxia; we cannot win.

And even if we really won, we would have no way out. It is impossible to return to Huaxia. The Tribal Chief would never abandon joining Huaxia for our sake. So now it depends on you. As long as you nod, we will immediately go to Huaxia and say that this matter is settled, and we will go directly to Huaxia. Will that work?"

"You discussed it? Did I agree? Are you the Leaders, or am I the Leader?"

The two held down Chengqie, who wanted to explode: "Leader Chengqie, you are our Leader, but above you, there is still the Tribal Chief. It's not just us; you also have to listen to the Tribal Chief, don't you? By going to war with Huaxia now, aren't you disobeying the Tribal Chief's orders?

We must obey the Tribal Chief's orders, so we will not listen to your order to attack Huaxia. It just depends on whether you walk to Huaxia yourself or if we take you to Huaxia."

Chengqie's eyes widened, feeling it was unbelievable: "You are threatening me?"