"So many new recruits." said the second priest.
"They were sent by the northern and southern branches. There are 4,000 cavalrymen who are out roaming. How can we not increase our manpower?" said the third priest.
"Yes, if we just want to defend the city, these militias can also be used."
"Our Hai Tribe is wealthy, so we don't need this little bit of food. People from the surrounding tribes are also willing to serve as militia for our Hai Tribe, and recruiting soldiers is going smoothly."
"That's fine. It won't delay farm work. Since the enemy hasn't arrived yet, we can just do what needs to be done. It won't delay farming and harvesting. As long as we have food, we will have confidence."
"Well, we can't help much in the war, but we can't fall behind in production."
The two priests are still very dedicated and responsible. The militiamen are trained in rotation and of course they have to work most of the time. Only by properly arranging the more than 5,000 militiamen sent here can we avoid wasting labor, right?
The operation of the Sea Tribe has almost been institutionalized and there will be no chaos.
The surrounding tribes don't have that many able-bodied men. It doesn't matter. According to the new policy of the Hai Tribe, the militia also has deputy soldiers. If you join the deputy soldiers of the Hai Tribe, your tribe will also share the rewards.
The Sea Tribe itself had a tradition of having deputy soldiers, and the surrounding tribes didn't find it strange. Deputy soldiers were much weaker, and even within their own tribe, they weren't considered very capable. So, what was wrong with being able to send them to the Sea Tribe as militia and share in the rewards?
What the Sea Tribe needs is enough manpower to defend the city. Are deputy soldiers equally valuable? They can throw spears, smash stones, etc., and look down from a high position. What can't deputy soldiers do?
After all, defending the city is an advantage.
With so many newly recruited militiamen, they all needed food, putting pressure on the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Regardless of the future of the Sea Tribe, food production must be sustained.
Unfortunately, the salt from the outer sea is gone. Currently, we can only rely on the salt produced in Haifan City. If it is not enough, there is nothing we can do. We can only make do with what we have.
Fortunately, primitive people were resistant to stress. In the past, when there was no salt, didn’t they survive?
The Second Priest was really good at making ends meet. Salt production was already very low, and they had to store some every day. There was no other way. If a war broke out, without salt, the soldiers wouldn't have the strength to fight.
The Sea Tribe had many large livestock, but with so many offshore branches lost, the loss of these animals was also enormous. In order not to delay production, the cavalry units that were away had to be rotated back. Without large livestock, how could they farm?
Fortunately, there is no sign of war yet. The cavalry brigade is almost a reconnaissance brigade, and most of the cavalry's large livestock are farming first, so it won't delay anything.
Summer plowing was over, and Ma Yue felt a little relieved. The coalition forces hadn't attacked after all. Perhaps they would attack again in the future, but at least it gave the Hai tribe a chance to catch their breath.
A large amount of grain from the summer harvest has been stored in the warehouse. With grain, there is no need to panic, right?
The latest news from Chunwu: The coalition forces haven't arrived yet. Instead, the Tengu and Guilinwang tribes of Donghai Island are fighting. Why? It's all about the copper mines at Guishan. With everyone having new copper-making technology, copper production is becoming increasingly important.
The fighting on Donghai Island was fierce, and fighting also broke out on Lingguo Island. The various tribes, big and small, that were active on Lingguo Island started a war over the copper mine that originally belonged to the Hongzang tribe.
Nowadays, qualified copper plowshares are the most important farming tools. Whoever has more copper plowshares means more arable land and grain harvest.
After all, war must have a purpose. Without huge benefits, who would fight a war? People will die in war.
Ma Yue felt relieved after receiving this news. "Just take your time and don't dwell on the Sea Tribe."
The Hai tribe has run out of copper materials, and the copper workshop has basically stopped production. Fortunately, there are still many copper plows and shovels in stock, so there is no problem in maintaining production and farming.
The copper-making technology was truly spread, and the Sea Tribe no longer had anything worth the enemy's attention.
The result of Chunwu's collection of information from all over the place was that the Sea Tribe lost its navy, which was what made many tribes feel at ease.
Fine, if we don't have a navy, then we don't have a navy. For now, the Sea Tribe has to stay timid. The previous strategy of expansion won't work for now. I'll just have to wait until I reach the Martial King level.
Of course, the Sea Tribe wasn't completely without a navy; Firestone still had twenty ships under his command. It was just that the larger tribe didn't even take those few ships seriously.
Gradually, Huoshi's ships brought back some leaders and soldiers who had been lost on Lingguo Island. As long as they were alive, it was good. As for Lingyin City, it was gone, so was it.
Yushan, Tianxiong, Zhang Feng, and Liu Ta were all key members. Wu Xiaodong and Huojiandao were already maintaining the cavalry brigade outside the city. Yushan, Tianxiong, Zhang Feng, and Liu Ta, four former instructors and battalion commanders, were a tremendous help to Shuichong.
Guo Sheng from Poseidon City finally came back, but Tie Lin from Sun City is still missing.
"Harumi, it's been almost three months, right?"
"Yeah, I'm not sure whether the enemy alliance has really broken down." After all, there is no overseas branch, and the news is not as reliable as before. I feel unsure, right?
This seashore is surrounded by wolves, and the Sea Tribe has become the target of public criticism. All the major tribes are watching them, and even the various sacred mountains are watching them. Currently, the major tribes are fighting among themselves, and who knows when they will unite and attack the Sea Tribe?
The warm area is suitable for farming, what a big piece of fat meat. What Ma Yue hopes most is to temporarily avoid the sight of the major tribes and the sacred mountain, so he can only move inland to a place where no one cares.
After all, I have to wait until I advance to the level of Martial King to have the capital to truly settle down and support the tribe.
If you are not strong enough, it will not work if you just bluff.
Apart from Ma Yue, only the intelligence chief Chun Wu knew about this matter.
"God charlatan, we can't stay here forever, right?"
"What do you mean? You still want to attack?" Ma Yue's thinking is a bit extreme now. He has lost his fighting spirit after being beaten by the coalition forces, so he wants to keep a low profile.
"Didn't you say the best defense is offense?" Chun Wu said. Not only himself, but the other Sea Tribe commanders were also upset. Why could they only passively take the beating? The Sea Tribe was powerful.
"I see. It's about morale." For a strong tribe, morale is crucial. The Hai Tribe's regular propaganda efforts are primarily focused on morale. A tribe's strength is its most important centripetal force.
Without centripetal force, what cohesion does this tribe have?
"I neglected it, Chunwu, you brought it up very well." Since they had already prepared for the Sea Tribe to be wiped out, why were they still hesitant? Instead of waiting for the enemy to attack, why couldn't the Sea Tribe take the initiative?
A Divine Cultivator? With the large group charging and rising, the Divine Cultivator's threat is actually smaller. You're passively defending in the city, and the Divine Cultivator's attack is actually the most effective.
Again, if a massive army charged forward, no matter how powerful a cultivator was, how many could they kill? Especially against a large number of cavalry charging forward, if one were to use a horse leap, one would have to run away from the incoming cavalry. The cavalry were too fast, and if one wasn't careful, they would be trampled to death by the horses.
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