The people of the Hai Tribe observed Ma Yue and basically judged that he had no interest in joining the war. Having a general understanding of Ma Yue's thoughts, no one in the Hai Tribe's senior figures spoke to persuade Ma Yue.
Even many surrounding tribes, large and small, were observing the movements of the Sea Tribe. Except for the occasional ten days or eight months when Haifan City harvested one or two whales, the Sea Tribe really had no intention of sending troops.
While the major tribes in the surrounding areas were thinking about how to take advantage, the first tribe to send out large-scale troops unexpectedly appeared.
The grassland coalition forces in the south crossed the sea and began to land and attack... The unfortunate Xishuiwan Ghost Tribe coalition forces, which were in a stalemate with the Taki tribe under the city of Taki, were attacked by thousands of grassland cavalry and were defeated and disorganized.
How could the people from the southern grasslands, who traveled so far, arrive just in time? It takes two or three months to get here by boat from the southern seaport. Could it be that the Taki tribe had already planned this and were colluding with the grassland people?
You know, transporting five or six thousand cavalrymen by sea would require a huge amount of shipping capacity. The fleet of the Red Tibetan Tribe in the southern grasslands that had traded with Haifan City in the past was probably not of such a large scale.
Of course, that being said, didn't the grassland people once ship thousands of cavalry to the warm zone to attack the sea tribe? Therefore, the grassland people in the south had a large seaport and sea vessels, so there must be more than one Red Tibetan tribe.
In short, the Southern Grasslanders' coalition must have been prepared and planned in advance.
The question is, the Taki tribe actually allied with the grassland people. Aren't you afraid that they will be eaten by them later? The grassland people are extremely aggressive. The Sun City area is still occupied by grassland people. We should learn from this experience.
The Xishuiwan Ghost Tribe coalition forces fled, and the grassland people did not chase them. They chased them to Longlin City in Xishuiwan, but the grassland people's cavalry could not break into the city, so it was not of much significance.
With the intimidation of these five or six thousand grassland cavalry, many interested large tribes began to wait and see. Is it worth it to bite off so many grassland cavalry? Besides, there is no guarantee of victory.
Such an attractive saltwater lake, I’m so jealous.
"So many people, no food supplies, they're ready to eat shit, haha!" Ma Yue laughed as he read the battle report. The Taki tribe didn't have much food production to begin with, and now there were five or six thousand cavalrymen.
"Perhaps, the Taki tribe caught enough fish?" said the third priest. After all, the big whales of the Sea Tribe were exchanged for a lot of dried salted fish of the Taki tribe.
"No, large-scale fishing along the coast of the Taki tribe is also seasonal, and there are not many large-scale fishing seasons a year." Shuichong said.
"You charlatan, if the Taki tribe really joins forces with the grassland people, they will be a huge force. To be able to transport so many cavalry here, they must have a lot of ships. We should be wary of the Taki tribe and the grassland people threatening us from the sea." Wu Qi's reminder made sense.
Although the Taki tribe lost a large number of ships in the naval battle with the Xishuiwan coalition forces, the grassland people transported so many troops and probably also brought a lot of ships, and their combat effectiveness might be stronger than that of the sea tribe's navy.
"Well, if they really have no food, they will probably rob us again. But we will have plenty of food after the autumn harvest." The third priest said. He originally planned to trade salt with the Taki tribe, but now the situation is very different.
"Our navy isn't weak either," said Mizuchong. "We've been practicing the double-ringed pottery jar throwing line tactic. We'll see how it performs in actual combat. After all, attacking the shore from a coastal location is a fixed target. At sea, the enemy's warships are moving, making it more difficult."
There had never been any actual combat with the double-ringed pottery sling. In the past two years, there hadn't been any large-scale conflict between the navies of any major tribe and the Sea Tribe, had there? Naval training, at most, consisted of finding a relatively secluded outlet and practicing against targets on shore. The difference between fixed and moving targets was quite significant.
"Don't worry. Just because we're not fighting doesn't mean we're afraid of it. The Navy should have confidence in itself. There's no need for special preparations. We should continue whaling. The whales the Navy hunts have played a huge role in relieving Haifan City's food pressure. Even though we've sold some fish oil to the Taki Tribe, we still have plenty of reserves."
"We've been building our navy for many years. We're no worse than the enemy in any way. What are we afraid of?"
Ma Yue gave an inspirational speech, saying that as the head of a large tribe, one must first have confidence in himself.
Besides, even if the grassland people allied with the Taki tribe, would their target definitely be the Hai tribe?
"Chun Wu, I'm worried about the land, understand?" Ma Yue looked at the intelligence chief Chun Wu.
"I understand. During the autumn harvest, our team is the most scattered and most vulnerable to sneak attacks. I'll explain Hai Dao and Pike from the scout team later." Chun Wu said.
"If that's the case, the scout team doesn't have to participate in the autumn harvest." The third priest was certainly aware of the importance of the autumn harvest. All the grain harvests were concentrated in autumn, which was really too stressful... Since it has come to this, we just need to be prepared for defense.
Logically speaking, there weren't any major enemies on the land around Haifan City. Even the grassland people from the Sun City area were too far away. But hadn't the grassland cavalry from the south suddenly appeared on the East Sea Island? It's better to be prepared for the worst.
The food production of the Sea Tribe is too large, especially in the warm areas. As to whether any big tribe really dares to raid the Sea Tribe, it is still uncertain.
Do what you should do, and the rest depends on how the situation develops further.
In reality, attacking Haifan City on land is difficult. The grassland people dared to send thousands of seaborne cavalry to the warm zone because the Thunder God Tribe was still nearby. Without a large force nearby to support them, even if you raided the northern and southern branches, you wouldn't be able to inflict fatal damage on the Sea Tribe.
Of course, the current North and South divisions were no small matter; the smaller South division had a population of over 8,000. They also had plenty of livestock and, armed with large numbers of cavalry, possessed formidable offensive capabilities.
Therefore, the Hai tribe is not afraid of enemies landing from some secret sea outlet. The force transported by sea has its limit. It is impossible to send out 10,000 cavalrymen as the last time the three major tribes of Ghost City attacked Qiuhai City.
As the Sea Tribe prepared for the great autumn harvest, terrible news arrived from Poseidon City. The grassland people of the Sun City region dispatched a large number of cavalrymen to seize the vast quantities of radishes planted west of Poseidon City.
The Seagod City's military strength was limited, and faced with an army of seven or eight thousand grassland people, they had no choice but to retreat to the Seagod City and defend it. The grassland people in the Sun City area had no intention of attacking the Seagod City at all, they just went to the west of the Seagod City to steal carrots.
In other words, this year, only the 500 acres of radishes in the east of Poseidon City can be harvested.
The grassland people of Sun City were mad. Their food crops were even more pitiful, and they had no choice but to rob them. In fact, the efficiency of farming in the Sun City area was not high at the beginning, and the yield was also very low.
Now what? Without a copper plowshare, even if you modified it with a chest harness, it wouldn't make much sense. Why? Stone plowshares are fragile, and if the plowing animals run too fast, more stone plowshares will be broken, and more plowshares will be needed. How efficient is farming like this?
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