Chapter 1591: Direct Submission

The moment he saw the Huaxia Soldiers, Tuomao was already prepared to give up resistance, because their numbers looked too great; they could neither win in a fight nor escape, so it was better to simply surrender.

The Huaxia force did not take much time to catch up with the slowly advancing Tuomao Tribe; the main issue was that their livestock were a huge burden, making their progress too slow, and they could not abandon the livestock, as that was their foundation for survival—to abandon them would be equivalent to seeking death.

This time, Tuomao walked before the Huaxia Tribe consciously and proactively, and acted very humbly; mainly, he had no other choice but to be humble, because the closer he got, the more clearly he saw that the weapons and equipment of every single person in Huaxia were incredibly refined, and each one of them was extremely sturdy; he could not count their numbers, but there were certainly far more than the few hundred Soldiers he had here.

"Warriors of Huaxia, can you accept our surrender? We are the Tuomao Tribe, subordinate to the Wulenge Tribe, and we are willing to surrender and become your Slaves."

Zhang walked slowly out from the crowd: "Are you the Leader of this tribe? What is your name?"

"My name is Tuomao, and I am the Tribal Chief of this tribe."

Zhang waved a hand and had people drag Wulian and the others out: "Do you recognize these people?"

When Tuomao saw that Wulian and the others were actually alive and well, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes, and after Wulian saw Tuomao, he could not help but burst into a torrent of abuse.

But before he could curse much, a Huaxia Soldier kicked him in the lower leg, and in his pain, he dared not speak again.

"Tuomao, speak, who are they, and what were they just saying?"

"Leader of Huaxia, these few are Soldiers sent by the Tribal Chief of our Wulenge Tribe to command small tribes like ours and prepare to attack you, Huaxia.

Because I knew we certainly couldn't beat you, I prepared to leave this place and yield the territory to you, but they insisted on coming to attack you; I did not agree and lied to them, which led to only these few people coming to attack you, so he was just cursing me."

"Hahahaha!"

The Huaxia Soldiers all laughed; they really hadn't expected the situation to be like this, but it seemed this Tuomao was quite sensible, and it would be fine to let him be a Slave Leader in the future.

But Zhang thought of another point: "You said they came from the Wulenge Tribe, which is the center of your tribe; where is that? Do you know, and do they know how to get there?"

Tuomao answered truthfully: "The center of our Wulenge Tribe is beside a large lake; they all live there and don't need to leave for nomadism; these few people know how to go, and I also know how to go, but generally, there are very few people in the whole tribe who know the way."

This answer matched the intelligence Zhang already had, so there was no problem; it showed that this Tuomao was honest, and capturing these people who knew the way was even better; in the future, they wouldn't need to run around like headless flies, but could head straight for the Wulenge Tribe's lair, wipe out their lair, and other small tribes like this would pose no trouble at all.

The Slaves captured last year, the main figures who knew the way, had all died, and what remained were people who didn't know much about Shenhu; otherwise, they wouldn't have had to run around like this this year.

Although he heard from the Cavalry that the number of people here was less than half of what they had seen before, Zhang didn't care; this harvest was already big enough, but he still asked one more question: "Where are the rest of your people? Where did they all go?"

"We left separately; we weren't originally one tribe; they were the ones who found us and brought us together, and now everyone has returned to their own territories."

Getting an accurate answer was enough; although this period had been quite tiring, with such a harvest, he could rest easy and return to the Western Development Group to regroup, and then see the situation—whether to go to Shenhu this year or first clear out these surrounding tribes; as long as there were people familiar with the path to lead the way, it would be easier to find, and at least the time wasted wandering around would be less.

"Alright, Tuomao, I see that you are quite honest and obedient, and you know what is the right thing to do.

I will tell you clearly now: I am a general of Huaxia, which is equivalent to what you call a Leader; I have these two thousand-plus people with me, but there are many more generals like me in Huaxia.

Don't even mention a small tribe like yours; we don't even take the entire Wulenge Tribe seriously; wanting to conquer it is very simple, we just didn't know the way; you should not think about escaping or resisting.

Furthermore, we in Huaxia are very wealthy; even you people who will become Slaves after going there will be able to eat steadily every day and will not go hungry; the Slaves captured last year have all grown fatter now, and even if we let them run, they wouldn't run away.

After you people arrive in Huaxia, we will arrange for you to work, mainly herding, because we in Huaxia also herd, and we have more domesticated livestock than you; as long as you work, you will have food to eat and will not starve to death; as long as you are obedient, you will not be beaten, and we will not kill Slaves casually.

Now, gather your tribesmen, have them drive the cattle and sheep, and follow us back to Huaxia."

Tuomao actually didn't quite believe it, because their Wulenge Tribe had this character; when the savages of other tribes were still simple and wouldn't deceive people, the Wulenge Tribe had already started cheating and swindling; sometimes they would even deceive their own people, so he was only half-believing Zhang's words.

So he only voiced his biggest request: "Can you not kill me?"

"Why would I kill you? I said I won't kill Slaves casually, as long as you are obedient; it is not easy to encounter a Wulenge Tribe savage who can speak our language; you manage your tribesmen for us, and when we get to Huaxia, I will still let you be a Leader, you will still live well, and I won't make you do much heavy labor."

Tuomao had absolutely no choice, so he put down all his weapons, knelt on the ground, crawled over, and kissed the surface of Zhang's shoe to show his complete submission.

When the other savages saw that their Tribal Chief had already done this, where else did they have a choice? Although they didn't understand exactly what was being said, the Tribal Chief's actions had already explained everything, so they all knelt on the ground one by one, expressing their submission and willingness to become Slaves of Huaxia.

They only asked for one thing: that Huaxia would not kill people for sacrifices casually; otherwise, Slaves like them actually wouldn't live long, since one sacrifice would kill dozens or even more Slaves.