Chapter 1637: A New Theory on the Three-Legged Stance

"Baifeng, although the Suiren Clan is much weaker in strength now, it is still a large tribe. Why ignore them?"

Baifeng was very serious: "Because last year, the Suiren Clan already merged into our Huaxia on their own, and we Huaxia did not use force against the Suiren Clan."

"Now the Suiren Clan is already a part of our Huaxia. It was only to put your Xuanyuan Tribe at ease, so you wouldn't worry that we Huaxia would pose a threat to your Xuanyuan Tribe, and so that we could focus our strength on the Shennong Clan together, that this news was not told to you."

"Now you know, even though we Huaxia have already integrated the Suiren Clan, we have no intention of attacking your Xuanyuan Tribe. We are very willing to become the best of allies with the Xuanyuan Tribe."

As soon as Baifeng finished speaking, the expressions of everyone in the entire Xuanyuan Tribe changed drastically. Xuanyuan was even more shocked and uneasy; he truly had not expected the Suiren Clan to end up with such an outcome.

He had originally thought that since they had already joined forces with Huaxia to conquer the Shennong Clan, they might as well take this opportunity to work together again and take down the Suiren Clan. He would have been fine with Huaxia taking the lion's share, but who would have thought that the Suiren Clan had already merged into Huaxia.

And looking at it this way, the Xuanyuan Tribe, having just merged with the Shennong Clan, could no longer be considered the largest tribe in the world, because the strength of Huaxia seemed to have actually surpassed that of their Xuanyuan Tribe. The Suiren Clan had quite a large population and quite a bit of land, though not as good as that of the Shennong Clan.

Now that Baifeng had jumped out at this moment to demand long-term peace, was it sincere or fake? Should he go and form an alliance with the Jiuli?

Baifeng knew they were still thinking about the impact of the Suiren Clan joining Huaxia, so he gave them a few minutes to digest the news. Only after they had calmed down did Baifeng state his own thoughts.

"Xuanyuan, the world is like this now: we Huaxia, your Xuanyuan Tribe, and our common neighbor, the Jiuli, occupy the largest lands in the world, possess the largest populations, and lack neither food nor sufficiently good weapons."

"All the small tribes in the surrounding areas will not be our opponents, but if we were to move against each other, we might have to stake the entire nation to do so."

"We are three tribes, or one could say three nations. We are like the three legs of a Sacrificial Tripod; if even one is missing, the tripod will topple."

"Our three tribes keep each other in check, yet we can also rely on one another. The situation makes it so that none of our three tribes dares to attack any other alone, because you know, you have the ambition to occupy the entire world, and Chiyou has the same. Chiyou is still harassing the borders of my Suiren Clan, intending to continue expanding their territory."

"If there were no Huaxia in this world, and only your two tribes existed, you would certainly want to conquer the Jiuli and become the greatest king in this world."

"But now, the strength of our three tribes is almost equal, with no obvious disparity. Once a war starts, it will surely end with the exhaustion of the entire tribe, leaving behind empty land with no one to farm it. In the end, wouldn't everything just be given to the beasts?"

"Furthermore, a third party that hasn't moved would surely take advantage of the winner before they have recovered, striking in one blow to conquer and ruling the entire world without any effort. Therefore, Xuanyuan, in my view, there is no necessity for our three tribes to wage war against each other."

Xuanyuan was unwilling to listen to Baifeng's persuasion: "Baifeng, since you say our two tribes are the best of allies, why don't we continue to cooperate and conquer the Jiuli in one fell swoop? Wouldn't it be better to divide the Jiuli up?"

Baifeng shook his head: "No, no. Not to mention that the Jiuli are also our friends now, we are still trading normally, and his daughter has married my son. If I were to move against the Jiuli, my son and daughter-in-law would certainly stop me."

"Besides, I gain little benefit from taking the Jiuli. That place is too far from me, and such a large territory would be impossible to manage. Wouldn't it just go to waste in the end? Therefore, there is no need to attack them; it would only be a waste of our Soldiers and cause unnecessary death and injury to our clansmen."

"Of course, the most important point, Xuanyuan, is that once the two of us join forces to conquer the Jiuli, we will no longer be able to be allies in the future; we will only be enemies."

Limu asked first: "Why say that? Our two tribes have already joined forces to conquer the Shennong Clan and the Jiuli, two great tribes. This just shows that our relationship is good, our alliance is tight enough, and we trust each other. The alliance should be even better; how could we become enemies?"

"Limu, if there were two nations in this world, and you discovered that this world was not just your own nation, but that there was another person like your king right next door, wouldn't you want to conquer them too? To make it so there is only one nation in the world?"

"You have already conquered half the world; wouldn't it be bad if you didn't conquer the remaining half?"

"If it were me, I might also attack. Even if I didn't, I would be afraid, because my only neighbor is a tribe that thinks about conquering others and occupying their territory every day. How would I know they wouldn't set their sights on me?"

"Therefore, maintaining the current state is best. If we could gather the Jiuli's Chiyou together and have our three tribes sign a non-aggression pact, and then another pact for mutual trade, wouldn't that be the best?"

"There would be no need to worry about one's tribe being attacked, and we could also exchange what we have for what we lack and develop together. Why must we fight back and forth?"

After a moment of silence, Xuanyuan asked: "Baifeng, are you not afraid that I will go to Chiyou, form an alliance with them, and come to attack you?"

Baifeng smiled and shook his head: "I am not afraid, but I do not think you will be able to successfully form an alliance with Chiyou."

"Why? Do you think Chiyou won't attack you just because his daughter is in your Huaxia? He certainly knows how to choose between one daughter and half of Huaxia."

Baifeng explained it clearly to Xuanyuan: "Xuanyuan, you have never allied with the Jiuli to attack other tribes before. You only had mutual trade; you cannot say the relationship was very good."

"However, Chiyou knows that our two tribes are allies. Now you go to Chiyou and say you want to attack your former ally, an ally you just worked with to conquer the Shennong Clan. Do you think Chiyou will believe you? Will he be willing to form an alliance with you?"

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