Chapter 468: Lobbying (2)

"Does that mean Huaxia might come to attack our tribe at any moment?" the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe asked with some panic, for he did not believe his small tribe had the ability to resist Huaxia; if a place that even the thirty thousand people of the Suiren Clan could not conquer could be taken, how could his few people possibly do it?

Chenshui nodded: "Yes, but you also know that my ears are very sharp. I have been listening while on the road, but I did not hear any Huaxia people coming. I guess they might be held up at the Second Tribe and won't be able to come for a while."

The Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe asked tentatively: "Then how many people does Huaxia have? Have you counted them clearly?"

Chenshui had wanted to tell the truth, but when the words reached his lips, he held them back. He was afraid that telling him the truth directly would make the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe also think of fleeing, or have other ideas, which would cause his own plans to fall through.

So Chenshui paused and said: "At the beginning, there were nearly five thousand people, anyway much more than our Soldiers. But when they fought us, they didn't gain much of an advantage either; I estimate nearly a thousand of them died. Now that they are fighting the Second Tribe, I'm afraid their Soldiers will be even fewer. The main thing is that their Weapons are simply too good; we cannot gain the upper hand. If only we had weapons like theirs, then the situation would be, sigh..."

The Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe had already sensed that there was falsehood in Chenshui's words, but he was not sure what Chenshui's purpose was in saying this. So, wanting to fish for information, he said: "Then what do you think we should do now? You couldn't have run all the way to my tribe just to tell me this news, right?"

Chenshui believed that the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe had taken the bait, so he sighed and stated his own thoughts: "I, actually, have nowhere to go now. My tribe is gone, and you know about the Suiren Clan; it is impossible for me to go back now. Going back means death, and the same goes for you. But Huaxia will attack at any moment, and I don't want to go wandering."

"Therefore, I am thinking of joining your tribe, even if it is just as an ordinary Soldier, as long as there is a chance to survive. As for how to resist Huaxia, I think we can unite with the Fourth Tribe. In this way, with the two tribes together, at least it would make Huaxia not dare to attack easily. Even if Huaxia really does attack, our chances of victory will be higher."

But what Chenshui was thinking was that if one tribe faced Huaxia, his own hidden agenda would not be as deep, but if two tribes united, he could thoroughly become a nameless little Soldier. Anyway, even if the two tribes united, they still could not beat Huaxia, so it would be better to plan for defeat early.

The Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe heard this and thought it made sense at first, but upon closer reflection, things would not be that simple, so he had to say: "However, we are still some distance away from the Fourth Tribe now, and I'm afraid it is too late to go find them."

Chenshui then said: "If we set off now, there should still be a chance. The Second Tribe is two days away from here. They, Huaxia, are being held up by the Second Tribe. Even if they win now, they still have to clean up the battlefield, right? That also takes time. Even if Huaxia reaches the edge of your tribe, it will still take time to prepare for an attack. This means that Huaxia will not come to attack you in these two days."

But when Chenshui said this, he did not take his own tribe's situation into account, which led to a loophole in his words. The Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe also grasped this point and deduced that what Chenshui said was a lie, because Chenshui said that when Huaxia was attacking his tribe, he fled, fleeing without stopping for a moment, and just as he arrived at the Second Tribe, Huaxia arrived. Then, during this period, wouldn't there be a need to clean up after the war and make preparations for a siege?

Either Chenshui had defected to Huaxia and going to the Fourth Tribe was a Trap he had prepared for himself, or Huaxia's Soldiers were already so numerous that they could instantly defeat the Chenshui Tribe. The Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe leaned more toward the latter, because these tribes of theirs seemed to have no opportunity to contact Huaxia, nor did they have that intention; after all, who would want to go back to another completely strange tribe to be an ordinary person just after becoming a Tribal Chief?

At this moment, the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe already had his own plans in mind, but in order to maximize his interests, he needed to unite with the Fourth Tribe. For the sake of his own future, he decided to make a trip to the Fourth Tribe.

"Then let's set off now and go to the Fourth Tribe to see what his thoughts are."

Chenshui did not want to go. He knew he could not avoid it, but he still wanted to try to argue: "I have been traveling for several days in a row and am very tired now. There is no need for me to go, right? I am no longer a Tribal Chief now, just a small Soldier in your tribe."

Once Chenshui said this, the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe knew what he was thinking. A Tribal Chief must die; who didn't know that? He had seen no shortage of small tribal chiefs die under his command. He had not expected Chenshui to want to play this trick, and he had already changed his own status.

He had no intention of going along with Chenshui's words and hurriedly comforted him: "Hey, what are you saying? A warrior like you, how could you be a small Soldier in our tribe? I believe that after we drive back Huaxia, you can still rebuild the Chenshui Tribe. At that time, we will form an alliance."

Chenshui was left speechless. He did not know if the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe was intentional or unintentional, but now he could only follow him.

The distance between these two tribes was relatively close, and their relationship was also relatively good, but now both were unable to look after themselves, otherwise they would have formed an alliance long ago.

They took over a hundred Soldiers with them and even traveled through the night for a while before arriving at the Fourth Tribe. The people of the Fourth Tribe saw that it was an old acquaintance coming, and he only brought a few Soldiers, posing no threat and not looking like they were there to cause trouble, so they did not stop them and let them see their Tribal Chief very smoothly.

The Tribal Chief of the Fourth Tribe saw the Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe coming over at night, and even bringing a Chenshui with him, so he guessed that something big might have happened. His sleepiness vanished instantly, and he hurriedly asked what had happened.

The Tribal Chief of the Third Tribe told him the sequence of events, Chenshui echoed from the side, and finally, he asked if the Fourth Tribe had any missing Soldiers. The answer was affirmative; they also had Soldiers who had gone missing.