Chapter 1611: Sub-unit Departure

Because there is now a relatively accurate calendar, the scheduling of the journey is no longer as chaotic and confusing as before, where everything had to be estimated and guessed; everything now has a relatively fixed time.

The grain transport team of the Xuanyuan Tribe also arrived two days ahead of the scheduled time, which meant that Baifeng and his group had to set off two days early.

After spending a day completing the handover of grain, wounded, women, and so on, they parted ways, and the number of Soldiers from Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Alliance decreased by one-third at this moment.

The logistics brought this time exceeded the quantity required for their headcount and schedule; this was for redundancy and to have more room for avoidance, while also considering that they might capture some Slaves or people along the way, and if they were to be migrated back, they would need to prepare a portion for them as well.

At this time, that grain came in handy; a portion of the food that should have been given to Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Alliance was reduced so they could take it back, which was for the wounded and those women to eat.

The food supply for the wounded would certainly remain the same for a month; it could only be good, never poor.

As for the women, children, Slaves, and such, they would eat one meal a day, just enough to ensure they wouldn't starve to death and could survive until they returned to the Xuanyuan Tribe; once they reached the Xuanyuan Tribe, food would not be scarce, and then according to the notes given to them, those women and Slaves would be distributed proportionally—those who should stay at the Xuanyuan Tribe would stay, and those who should be sent to Huaxia would be sent back.

If they felt food was a bit tight along the way, they could let those women demonstrate their own capabilities; they could serve as the logistics for the Xingtian Tribe during battles, not only not consuming the existing grain but also being able to collect extra food, so, believe that they would not starve to death.

Baifeng and Xuanyuan, leading the remaining Soldiers who still had combat capability, set off in the direction of the Xingtian Tribe; their goal was to take down the Shennong Clan this year and then complete the division early.

For Xuanyuan, taking down the Shennong Clan early and planting grain on this plain early would make the development speed of his Xuanyuan Tribe even faster.

Baifeng, meanwhile, would use this to obtain more population while completing the balance of power in the entire world; once the grand trend of a tripod-like balance was formed, it could at least buy Baifeng nearly a hundred years of development time, and even if Xuanyuan were clever, he would not be able to surpass the development speed of Huaxia, which was bolstered by wisdom that transcended the era.

At the same time, Baifeng had basically thought through his future path; once the Shennong Clan was taken down and the territory began to be truly divided, Baifeng would reveal the secret that he had already taken down the Suiren Clan, letting Xuanyuan understand that it was not only he who was expanding, but Huaxia had also completed its expansion.

At the same time, if they could reach a consensus with Xuanyuan on the territory issue and carry out a territorial exchange and division, swapping those territories that were currently uninhabited, it would allow it to become a shape that was easier for both sides to control, which would be beneficial for everyone.

Finally, it was to facilitate a three-party peace talk; the world needed a chance for peace, a long enough time to develop a force capable of crushing the remaining two tribes, though currently, the three forces could only be said to be roughly equal.

Baifeng believed that his Weapon quality was currently number one, but he was lacking in population and had poor control over territory; after all, his foundation for development was shallow.

The Jiuli should be number one at present; although they might have problems with grain, they had the largest population, and their Weapons were also the best, and perhaps the quantity of their Ironware and Bronze ware was no lower than Huaxia's, because they also knew how to smelt Iron, and their history of smelting was long-standing.

The Xuanyuan Tribe occupied the two major advantages of grain and population, with Weapons being their shortcoming, but their advantage was not obvious enough; they were superior to the Jiuli in grain and superior to Huaxia in population, so looking at it comprehensively, the three families were truly evenly matched.

If, like in historical development, the Xuanyuan Tribe went to fight the Jiuli, Xuanyuan could win, but he would definitely be severely damaged and need a long time to recover, but Xuanyuan could not let Huaxia have this opportunity, as Xuanyuan had also been guarding against Huaxia all along.

Everyone was afraid of two tribes uniting to attack one, so it would be better to sit down and talk properly; everyone was about the same and feared each other, so it would be better to complement each other's strengths and develop together, with the three families intermarrying, having each other within themselves, and giving each other decades of peaceful development time; wait until one of them became the most powerful and the most ambitious before talking about war.

This was one of Baifeng's visions, because Huaxia was indeed not strong enough yet, and he did not want to waste too much population and time on war, but should instead race against time to develop, and finally take down the entire world without any effort.

Qin Shi Huang unified the six states, but that also required the accumulated strength of six generations; how many years had he been developing? It took the Americans a hundred years from seizing colonies to squeezing into the ranks of world hegemons, so nothing could be achieved overnight.

Now Xuanyuan would occasionally talk to Baifeng about future planning, and in his words, he was always asking whether Baifeng wanted to fight or make peace in the future, and whether they should continue to ally to take the world; Baifeng could only express a signal of peace, regardless of whether Xuanyuan believed it or not.

Before the division of the Shennong Clan was completed, they were all good brothers and good allies who could trust each other.

Baifeng rewarded many Soldiers of the Xuanyuan Tribe; those who fought bravely and saved Huaxia Soldiers were all given a note written by his own hand, allowing them to redeem it whenever they returned; if they couldn't find him, they could find the Embassy, which could be fully handled.

Even if they accidentally died later, as long as the note was brought back and handed to their women and children, the reward could still be redeemed.

Xuanyuan was also generous and likewise gave rewards to some of Huaxia's Soldiers, especially the Military Doctors. He was quite grateful to those Military Doctors, as they had saved many Soldiers of his Xuanyuan Tribe, and they were treated equally without ignoring their Soldiers to focus on Huaxia's Soldiers; the rewards given had already made those Military Doctors into small, wealthy families.

Xuanyuan felt that he would forget verbal rewards, so like Baifeng, he wrote notes, signed his own name, and left the same promise as Baifeng; as long as the note wasn't lost, the reward would always be valid, and even if it were gone, finding him would be a matter of one sentence.

Baifeng and Xuanyuan could be said to have reached a very high level of unity on this matter, mainly for the sake of morale and unity; only by letting the Soldiers of both sides integrate and believe that they were brothers could they fight better in the future.

For someone like Yinglong who was prone to not listening to commands, Xuanyuan would sternly criticize him and say that if there were a next time, he would not be soft-handed.