"Second Priest, is this the end?" Luo Bai came back. It was really hard to accept the reality that the Xi'an branch was finished. The effort put into developing a region was hard to imagine.
"It's not the first time, you'll get used to it." There was no point for the second priest to worry, this was a natural disaster.
There are still a thousand large livestock in Sun City, and Luo Bai brought back two thousand large livestock. Together, there are six to seven thousand people. What to eat?
The Xi'an branch was freezing cold from the entrance, and it was impossible to get in. There was no chance to get some food out from the Xi'an branch's inventory.
"Luo Bai, this weather... Our Sea Tribe can't just rely on the warm area. You stay here. If you have the chance, you have to explore deeper." The second priest was also frightened by the frequent weather changes.
"I understand. If we could find the Xi'an branch, we would definitely be able to find a territory further west." What else could we do? In order to survive, we had to keep fighting.
"Nankai City has already started organizing the transportation of food here. It seems that the charlatans are not willing to give up this place. Sun City is the bridgehead for the Sea Tribe to explore new territories in the future." The second priest said, "I will take the elderly and weak back to Nankai City to reduce some of the burden here."
They don't produce any grain anymore, so leaving 6,000 troops behind would be too many.
The Sea Tribe brought food and took away the elderly and weak people from Sun City.
The second priest was old but his heart was young. He returned to Nankai City and continued to devote himself to the construction of the Hai tribe. As a human being, you have to struggle while you are alive. How can a primitive person just eat and wait to die?
The Sea Tribe's bad luck wasn't over yet. Firestone's fleet was attacked at sea, and a massive naval battle broke out. I was just whaling in Sea Area 7. Who did I offend?
The miserable Fire Stone gradually gathered the scattered Sea Tribe ships...
Unfortunately, due to insufficient preparation, there were not many rockets and double-ring pottery halyards, and no Marines to help. Facing the enemy navy with a clear numerical advantage, the Flint that escaped back had only six ships left, and they were back to the time before liberation.
"Finally, they took action." Less than half a year after the Xi'an branch was destroyed, the enemy organized a coalition force to attack the Hai tribe.
Nankai City has copper ore. How many people can the Hai Tribe have now? Of course, we will kill you while you are sick.
Boom! Holy crap!
Ma Yue from Nankai City looked out and saw a dark mass of enemies all around. The terrified people of the Sea Tribe fled towards Nankai City. The resistance of the Sea Tribe cavalry outside the city was helpless in the face of such a large number of enemies.
In the city, apart from the copper workshop, there were only children, women and soldiers. The city gates were blocked. After a rough count, there were about 15,000 regular and deputy soldiers.
Isn't this nonsense? There are huge enemies all around outside (the outskirts of Nankai City had been cleared out by the enemy's army long ago). Looking at the dense cavalry showing off their donkeys outside the city, with such skilled riding skills, they are grassland people!
There are so many people on the grassland.
Shuichong was organizing the defense. There were too many enemies, attacking the city from all directions, day and night, taking turns.
"Let's negotiate." Although the number of soldiers killed in Nankai City was only about 3,000, what about the wounded? The number of wounded, both lightly and seriously, was nearly 5,000. It had only been two days, and judging by the frenzied energy of the grassland people...
"Peace talks?" Everyone was stunned and looked at the charlatan in surprise.
"If we keep fighting like this, it won't be many days before all of us defending the city are gone." Ma Yue said this, and Shuichong felt the most deeply.
It wasn't just manpower, what about material resources? The city's defenses, including spears, bows and arrows, and even stones, were trapped inside Nankai City, with no way to replenish them.
"I'll go!" Shang Yin said. Giving up Nankai City, withdrawing from the warm zone, and giving up the copper mines were conditions that the grassland people might be willing to agree to. The most important thing was that the grassland people's spiritual cultivators hadn't yet been dispatched.
"Alright!" Ma Yue was also helpless. The grassland people dared to attack the city so recklessly and continuously. It was impossible for them to have no trump card. This warm area didn't even have winter, which was perfect for the grassland cavalry to gallop. There was no money to deal with the grassland people.
Ideas are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Ma Yue didn't even know the negotiation process, so the grassland people carried Shang Yin's head who went to negotiate and went to the city of Nankai to provoke him.
There is no other way. The grassland people are determined to kill us all.
"Not only do they want our warm areas, they'll probably also take all our copper products, including our copper plowshares."
Perhaps, that's true. Without sufficient copper tools, especially copper plowshares, the steppe people wouldn't be able to organize large-scale farming quickly even if they occupied this warm area, right?
If you just want to graze, why travel thousands of miles to a warmer climate? Wouldn't the vast grasslands further south be more suitable for grazing?
There's absolutely no way out.
"It depends on your own will. Surrender is allowed and we won't force you." As for the many children left, don't worry. Among the spoils of war, the grassland people's favorite are women and children, and they will not be killed.
What a pity, so much pure power of faith in the future is gone.
Why do these people have to fight to the death in Nankai City? In the primitive world, the population is originally small.
"Don't take the copper ingots and copperware in stock. Just leave them to the grassland people. That way, those who stay will have a greater chance of survival." If the people of Nankai City took away all the good things, the grassland people would get angry and might really massacre the city.
"Do you want to break out?" Shuichong asked.
"There's no other way. We have no navy. It would be best if we could escape to Thundergod City." What else could Ma Yue say? If we really tried to break out, there was a high probability that we wouldn't be able to escape. Could you outrun the grassland cavalry who were skilled in archery and horsemanship? "If all else fails, just surrender."
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