Therefore, the distance between the two strongholds may not be far in normal times, but now is a special time, and the distance between the two places cannot be said to be far enough for rapid support.
After gathering all the people who came with Qingshan City, the tribes and organizations that gathered also sent a number of orc warriors to follow Qingshan City to attack the No. 2 occupation and construction stronghold, and take over the tribes and organizations near the No. 2 stronghold.
Only defensive forces were left at Point No. 1, but almost all the rebels in the entire Area No. 1 had gathered at Point No. 1. Therefore, even if only half of the defensive forces were left, the number of people would still be considerable.
Anyway, if they stay apart, it will only give the God Tribe a chance to fight back, so it would be better for them to stay together and get through this difficult time.
After Qingshan City and the orcs from the south leave, the supplies sent here by the Sea Tribe will be greatly reduced, but they don’t care. They have survived such difficult days before, and now that so many of them are temporarily gathered together, how can they starve to death?
All of this was within Meng Yuqing's expectations. Yang, Ji, and Fu had also negotiated with them. It was not surprising that some of the slaves from the original tribe in Stronghold No. 1 would move to Stronghold No. 2. They might not want to go to Stronghold No. 2, but simply want to follow the southern orcs, mainly from Qingshan City.
What surprised Meng Yuqing was that some of the prisoners of war actually asked to follow Qingshan City and the southern orcs to the No. 2 stronghold, even if it meant asking their orcs to help attack the target tribe of the No. 2 stronghold.
When they received this news, Meng Yuqing and Qiu Ye were packing their things. After all, they had lived in Base No. 1 for nearly a month, and there were still quite a lot of scattered things.
Qiu Ye raised his eyebrows but said nothing. He was not as surprised as Meng Yuqing.
Meng Yuqing put down the things in his hand and walked towards the house where Yang and his men often held meetings. At this moment, in addition to the people in charge of Qingshan City, there were nearly ten representatives of prisoners of war in this house.
Meng Yuqing's eyes swept over them one by one, but unfortunately, except for the prisoners of war from the original tribe in the No. 1 stronghold, he had no impression of the other people who were captured later.
"You are quite a number of us. If you cause trouble for us, it will be very troublesome." Yang did not ask why they wanted to follow him. He just looked at the prisoners with a cold gaze and said slowly, "Give me a reason to believe that you will not cause trouble."
Lian also added, "Don't tell us that we treat you better than others treat slaves, so you are persuaded to fight for us, or that you hate the God Tribe too much, but you were too weak to resist before, and now you finally have the chance. We won't listen to such empty talk."
The prisoner representatives seemed to have not expected Yang Helian to say that. They opened their mouths for a long time but could not say anything.
Lie also held up five fingers and said, "You only have five minutes to consider. Convince us within five minutes."
These prisoners of war didn't know how long five minutes was, but from Lie's tone they could tell that five minutes shouldn't be a very long time.
For a moment, beads of sweat were clearly visible on the foreheads of these prisoner representatives.
Finally, the representative of the prisoners of war from the tribe at Stronghold No. 1 stepped forward. He seemed to have made an extremely difficult decision. He spoke haltingly, "Our tribe... along with the sub-beasts and cubs... all of them are in your hands... If our tribe causes trouble... they will all be killed... We will help you fight the war... Please take them all with you and leave them alone."
Although his words were fragmented, it did not prevent Meng Yuqing from understanding what he meant. The sub-beasts and cubs of their tribe were handed over to Qingshan City as hostages.
This shocked Meng Yuqing. These prisoners of war were not only willing to help them attack the No. 2 stronghold, but were also willing to use all the sub-beasts and cubs of the tribe as hostages in order to gain their trust.
Several prisoners from other tribes were also shocked after hearing his words, but a few of them reacted quickly, a trace of struggle flashed across their faces, and they said the same words to Yang.
"Okay, I understand." Yang nodded, without directly saying whether he agreed or not, and let these prisoner representatives leave.
Meng Yuqing watched all this in amazement. Only after the prisoners walked away did he ask, "Why are they doing this?"
"They're probably worried that after we all leave, this place will be temporarily managed by someone else, and they might face retaliation if they stay here," Ya explained. "After all, the treatment of prisoners of war and slaves in the north isn't as good as ours."
Meng Yuqing silently pushed his chin back, nodded and said, "I understand now."
To put it bluntly, as prisoners of war, they trust the southern orcs led by Qingshan City more than the natives in the north. People who have lived in the north for many years, especially those in the affiliated God Tribe, are accustomed to how the God Tribe and its affiliated tribes treat prisoners of war and slaves.
Although the moral sense of other people in the north is higher than that of the God Tribe and its subordinate tribes, they dare not gamble.
Rather than taking a gamble on an uncertain possibility, they had firsthand experience of the attitude of Qingshan City and the southern orcs towards prisoners of war and slaves, and it was a level they could accept, so they chose to follow Qingshan City. However, there were not many prisoner tribes that were so clear-headed.
Meng Yuqing felt that their concerns were normal, but not as bad as they thought, because Yang, Ji and Fu had already negotiated many things with the tribes and organizations here.
After everyone in Qingshan City leaves, the situation of the prisoners of war here will definitely be worse than it is now, but it will not be as bad as the way they treated slaves before. After all, the construction of the No. 1 stronghold now mainly relies on the labor of prisoners of war, and others only need to concentrate on preparing for war, hunting and replenishing food.
Moreover, the orcs among the prisoners of war were restricted. Since they were all in human form, their food consumption was not large, and they did not need to eat very well. They could just be fed with some leftovers and stewed in a pot.
It’s less stressful than raising livestock in Qingshan City. Sometimes you have to worry about them eating the wrong things and getting sick and dying.
Orcs have strong physiques. As long as you don't feed them anything poisonous, they will basically just have diarrhea for a few days. As for sub-beasts, there is no need to worry. They eat less than humanoid orcs and can survive by eating only plants.
During the time Qingshan City was in power, these prisoners of war were trained. Both the orcs and the sub-beasts were quite good at their work. If all these prisoners of war were killed, they would have to provide their own manpower for the construction of the entire No. 1 stronghold. There would be more trivial matters and less combat readiness.
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