Chapter 982: Reasonable Allocation

Xiong's troop finally arrived at the encampment of the Tribal Alliance. When they arrived, many people came to welcome them, including some Soldiers from the Xuanyuan Tribe, but Xiong did not see anyone he recognized.

After a brief conversation, it was learned that Xuanyuan and his main force had already moved forward, expanding a little bit every day. Mainly, they felt that waiting every day for the Shennong Clan to take the initiative to attack was a waste of time, and the Huaxia troop had not arrived yet, which made Xuanyuan somewhat anxious.

Therefore, they could only expand forward little by little while avoiding large-scale battles. However, they had already advanced seven days' journey, needing only a very small troop, which was already considered to be among the wandering savages within the Shennong Clan.

The territory here was large enough and the food plentiful enough to allow these hundred-plus people to move through and survive at will, but they dared not occupy any permanent encampment.

They were unwilling to continue to submit to the Shennong Clan because they had been oppressed too severely, but they were also unwilling to join the Tribal Alliance because they believed the Tribal Alliance could not defeat the Shennong Clan and would lose sooner or later; for these people, being in the Tribal Alliance would only mean certain death.

Instead, wandering around and hunting like this was relatively more carefree, but their luck was a bit poor; they happened to run into the main force of the Xuanyuan Tribe and could not even escape.

Xuanyuan considered them to be cowardly opportunists who were unwilling to stay with the Shennong Clan and unwilling to resist, making them very incompetent, so naturally, he would not give them a good look, and thus they naturally became the first batch of spoils of war for the Xuanyuan Tribe here.

They were taken along with the army by Xuanyuan to serve as Slaves to do miscellaneous chores. Once enough such Slaves were gathered, they would be sent back to the tribe with his Logistics Team. Although there was no participation from Huaxia now, they were already eating Huaxia's grain, so after a little thought, Xuanyuan had someone count the numbers and then divided half for Huaxia, not keeping it all for himself.

Fenghou expressed his approval of his Tribal Chief's approach, saying, "Since we have already cooperated with Huaxia, from the moment Huaxia's grain was sent to our Xuanyuan Tribe, this cooperation had already begun. So even if the Huaxia people have not arrived, we should still share these spoils of war with them. We cannot say that we haven't eaten a single grain of Huaxia's food."

Limu, who originally had some objections, also agreed with this approach because of Fenghou's explanation. He was eating the Soybean Oil sent by Huaxia every day, and it would indeed be unreasonable to say that Huaxia had not contributed to this battle, small as it was.

Xiong only chose to stay for one night at the place where the Tribal Alliance was stationed, which could be considered a good rest. At the same time, he carefully understood the current status of the Shennong Clan and got to know these people of the Tribal Alliance, as they would still have to spend a long time together and cooperate in the future.

The next day, Xiong led the main force and set off toward the direction of the Xuanyuan Tribe. His main goal was to unite with Xuanyuan; he had not taken these people of the Tribal Alliance to heart at all, because he had also looked at the situation of these people.

The entire tribe was in a state of half-starvation, and even being half-full was not a common occurrence. Everyone's complexion was not very good, and their so-called Soldiers, in Xiong's view, were physically frail and had no combat effectiveness to speak of.

Their Weapons were the same; one could not even find many pieces of Bronze ware. Xiong felt that the people he brought could completely annihilate these tribes; the Tribal Alliance had no advantages to speak of other than having many people.

Therefore, Xiong did not think highly of this ally; it would be good enough as long as they did not hold them back. He did not let them see the Weapons he brought, and even after the previous lessons learned from those savage tribes, he would not let these people get close to their War Oxen. If these people slaughtered their War Oxen as food, it would be a huge loss.

Although the probability of this was not high, one could not say it was completely non-existent. Even pigeons had people stealing them; with oxen being so big, how could they not have any attraction? Ever since he entered this place, he had noticed many people casting their gazes at their oxen.

Whether it was curiosity, surprise, or gluttony, they were all carrying some greed. Xiong did not know if the Shennong Clan had the practice of raising livestock; perhaps they did, after all, it was such an ancient and massive tribe, but these people here clearly did not, so Xiong had to avoid them as much as possible.

Including their pigeons and Weapons, he tried his best not to let these savages see them. Xiong was just doing things for show; he was not truly sincere toward these savages.

Not until they had completely left the Tribal Alliance did Xiong breathe a sigh of relief. In a few more days, they would be able to rendezvous with the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe. In Xiong's view, the Xuanyuan Tribe was still very civilized; at least their oxen and pigeons would not be threatened.

Moreover, the matter of the carrier pigeons also had to be discussed with Xuanyuan immediately. On the battlefield, carrier pigeons did not distinguish between each other and could be used by anyone who wanted to, but if Xuanyuan wanted to introduce them to his tribe, naturally, it would require trading and paying a sufficient price.

At the Suiren Clan, as soon as the day broke, they began to get busy. The news of the Suiren Clan joining Huaxia had already begun to spread and ferment, but most people were uncomprehending and unhappy, and the Leaders that Chengqie had won over already had the idea of finding Chengqie to resist Baoxi.

However, before they could start taking action, they were warned by people sent by Baoxi, and then they were all brought directly before Baoxi.

Without the help of their tribesmen or Weapons, what kind of momentum could these Leaders have? And looking at Chengqie's appearance, it seemed he no longer had any thoughts of resistance.

Baoxi sat on a large tree stump covered with tiger skin, while those Leaders all knelt in the dust, waiting for the verdict. They had already thought of their own endings; perhaps the warning was just a pretext, and their final ending would still be death, and the new Tribal Chief they had chosen, Chengqie, would also become the one to judge them.

Baoxi tilted his head and asked Chengqie, "Chengqie, take a look, has everyone arrived?"

Chengqie lowered his head and clasped his hands, "They have all arrived, Father."

"Hmph, you all, being willing to follow my son, on this point, I will not be angry, because I am preparing to pass my position to Chengqie, but you should not have been so impatient.

But now, I will spare your lives. However, Chengqie is about to go to Huaxia to study. You few, I want you to go to Huaxia with Chengqie. Since you are willing to trust Chengqie and help Chengqie, then be Chengqie's guards and protect him.

After arriving in Huaxia, Huaxia will give you better clothes and Weapons. You only need to protect Chengqie so that he does not get hurt, and then recognize your own position in Huaxia. If you make a mistake, no one will be able to save you, and I will not help you either."