Chapter 1426: Subduing the Enemy Without Fighting (Part 3)

"You! You are actually still alive!" Jiang Ke could not suppress his excitement and could not help but shout.

"Yes, still alive. I almost died. I was also afraid that you all might die, which is why I came over."

Upon hearing these words from Jiang Cheng, the two were stunned for a moment, then roughly guessed something, but they were not as enthusiastic anymore, because these words had a very obvious flavor of belittling their two tribes; people still care about their pride, after all.

"Alright, stop talking about us. It is a good thing that you are alive. These two beside you, are they your Soldiers? How come they don't look like... at all..." Jiang Yuwang looked at the people beside Jiang Cheng; no matter how he looked at them, they did not seem like people who would appear in the Shennong Clan.

Jiang Cheng did not give them a chance to introduce themselves and stated directly: "These two, one is a Soldier of the Xuanyuan Tribe, and one is a Soldier of Huaxia. They are envoys who came with me."

"I see. Then come over. It just so happens that some Soldiers just caught some meat, let's eat a little together. This period of time must have been hard, right? Are you able to eat your fill?" Jiang Ke guided Jiang Cheng to sit down and also arranged a spot on the edge for the two envoys, though he did not make them stand.

"Eating until full is possible. I never thought there would be a place where one wouldn't have to go hungry. This time, I finally saw it."

Jiang Yuwang's movement of taking chicken meat paused for a moment: "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Oh, as for me, because I lost the battle, I have nowhere to go. If I return to the Shennong Clan, not only will I die, but my tribesmen will also die. Jiang Ming is also dead, and many of the tribesmen under him have died, while many others have left. You should know about these things, right?"

Jiang Yuwang answered straightforwardly: "We know. People from the Jiebing Tribe came back and said so. Shennong has already killed many Soldiers of the Jiebing Tribe, and that is why we two tribes were sent over to attack the Xuanyuan Tribe."

"We also met many people from the Jiebing Tribe on the way. They said a lot, and now we have a rough idea. We thought you were already dead; I didn't expect you to still be alive."

"So, your meaning is, you have already joined them?"

Jiang Yuwang pointed his finger at the two sitting on the edge, but Jiang Cheng pointed at the Second Battalion Commander of Huaxia: "What I joined is Huaxia. You should be able to understand me. I cannot go back to the Shennong Clan. If I took my tribesmen and left, then this time, I am afraid you would have to come and kill me too, so I simply joined them."

"Fortunately, they are not bad. One can eat until full, and they don't need my tribesmen to be Slaves. That is enough."

Jiang Ke stared into Jiang Cheng's eyes: "You were afraid we would come to hunt you down, so you joined them, and then you prepared to fight us, is that it?"

Before the air could turn stagnant, Jiang Cheng patted Jiang Ke's arm and said with a smile: "No, no, no. I have another condition for joining them, which is that I and my tribesmen will not participate in the war against the Shennong Clan."

"Now those tribesmen of mine are all stationed in other places, finding food for themselves and living for now. Their intention is to wait until the fighting is over and then take us back together. Not only this year, but in the future, they will not let us participate in the war against the Shennong Clan either, so you can rest assured."

"I came here also because I know you. You are my brothers, which is why I came. Otherwise, I wouldn't need to do anything at all."

The Second Battalion Commander felt a tightness in his heart, because Jiang Cheng had just revealed some matters that needed to be kept secret. This suddenly exposed his own arrangements for the Jiang Cheng Tribe. If he hadn't said it, the other side would have thought that Huaxia still had the addition of the Jiang Cheng Tribe and was even more powerful. But since it was already said, this deterrent had vanished. He now only prayed that Jiang Cheng would not expose any other information about Huaxia; otherwise, even if he didn't have a Weapon, he would have to rush over and strangle Jiang Cheng to death.

"It's actually like this?" Jiang Yuwang was greatly shocked: "Which one of you is from Huaxia?"

The Second Battalion Commander spoke up: "I am."

Jiang Yuwang and Jiang Ke looked the Second Battalion Commander up and down and discovered that this Second Battalion Commander had a sturdy build and also possessed an indescribable temperament; at a glance, he was a very important Leader.

To avoid the Second Battalion Commander dying in the enemy camp, which would lead to his equipment falling into enemy hands, he was not even wearing Iron Armor, only wearing a thin set of clothes. If Jiang Yuwang and the other saw the Second Battalion Commander's Iron Armor, they might really develop the intention to seize it.

"Which tribe is Huaxia? How come we have never heard of it before? Are you really able to release Heavenly Thunder?" Jiang Yuwang's tone still carried some skepticism.

But Jiang Cheng spoke first: "Yes, they can release Heavenly Thunder. Otherwise, how do you think our three tribes were defeated?"

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath: "To fight them, our three tribes even put the women at the very front to exhaust them. And the result? We still lost. The dead tribesmen piled up the hillsides; that blood-mud made one's feet slip."

"We were not afraid, we were not unable to fight, it's just that they were too terrifying. That night, they didn't even have many people die. Jiang Ke, Yuwang, it's not that I am trying to scare you, it's that I am truly afraid of seeing my tribesmen, my brothers, all die. It was truly too terrifying."

Jiang Ke and Jiang Yuwang, listening to Jiang Cheng's slightly trembling voice, were also somewhat moved. Even though they were people who had always been killing, it was hard for them to imagine what kind of situation it was for three large tribes to be almost completely wiped out. The enemy must be very powerful, yet Jiang Cheng said the other side didn't have many people die. This was truly hard for people to believe.

"How could it be that they didn't have many people die? Even if you just threw stones, you could have smashed a large group to death."

Jiang Cheng gave a bitter smile: "The main thing is that you have to walk to a place where you can throw the stones first."

Jiang Ke was greatly shocked: "Did you all die before you could even walk over?"

"Anyway, that night, almost no one rushed over. Before we even got close, we were blown up by Heavenly Thunder and stones—too many, too many. And it was from very, very far away that they could blow us up, so I am very afraid."

"After I learned that it was Huaxia that released the Heavenly Thunder, I asked them many things and learned that they are a large tribe no smaller than the Xuanyuan Tribe, and they do not lack food. It was only after receiving their promise and them swearing an oath to the gods that I joined them."

"Wait? They don't lack food?" Jiang Ke's mouth curled: "How could you believe this? How could there be a tribe that doesn't lack food?"

"Even a tribe as large as our Shennong Clan lacks food, so how could they possibly not lack it?"

Jiang Cheng pressed his hand on Jiang Ke to tell him not to be agitated: "At first, of course I didn't believe it, but I had no choice at that time; I had to let my tribesmen survive first. But later, I discovered that what they said was true. Their entire team is all Soldiers, not a single woman. They don't go out to hunt, and they still don't lack food. Every once in a while, someone brings food over."