Things were quite unexpected. The year on Donghai Island passed very peacefully, except for the occasional disputes between the Tengu Tribe and the Guilin King Tribe in the distant black oil producing area, which were not large in scale.
According to the news from Chunwu, the result of this dispute was that the Tengu Tribe and the Guilinwang Tribe took turns to obtain some black oil replenishment.
It seemed like there was some kind of tacit understanding between the Tengu Tribe and the Ghost Forest King Tribe. Whatever, since the Sea Tribe had arrived, they were mentally prepared for a life-or-death crisis. At worst, they could just face another joint attack from all the tribes.
With the autumn harvest over, the Hai Tribe also had a bumper harvest on Donghai Island. With such a solid food base, the Hai Tribe felt more confident. There was also plenty of sandy land suitable for growing peanuts, and the Hai Tribe's peanut production had greatly increased.
It didn't matter that the flat land on Donghai Island wasn't vast. The Hai Tribe had long since adapted to the village-based farming model, and their cooperative farming model with neighboring tribes was well established. The neighboring tribes also benefited from the cooperative farming, naturally fostering closer ties with the Hai Tribe.
Five thousand militiamen were a lot, and the Hai Tribe had no intention of increasing their numbers. After all, the surrounding tribes only had a limited number of young and strong men.
With the Xi'an branch sending more troops, the Sea Tribe's strength, combined with the militia, would bring Dragon Scale City to 20,000. With over 10,000 large livestock and a vast expanse of arable land, of course, more than 10,000 Sea Tribe cavalry would also be present when needed.
Ma Yue actually doesn't like fighting at all. Isn't this kind of peaceful situation pretty good?
The winters here aren't very cold, making them more suitable for large livestock to survive the winter than in the Xi'an branch. The bumper peanut harvest brought in a large amount of salt from the Tengu Tribe. The Hai Tribe on Donghai Island no longer needed salt supplies from Sun City and was largely self-sufficient.
What was coming finally came. Less than a month after the autumn harvest on Donghai Island ended, a major battle on the sea began.
The coalition forces of Guiluowang Tribe and Hongzang Tribe attacked the navy of Tengu Tribe. Perhaps the Tengu Tribe was not good at naval battles. In this battle, the Tengu Tribe lost hundreds of ships.
The offensive of the Guiluowang tribe and the Hongzang tribe was aggressive. They defeated the main naval force of the Tengu tribe and had begun to land in Oak Bay.
After the naval battle, a major land battle was inevitable.
It seemed that the script was moving in the planned direction. The Ghost Forest King Tribe also appeared, forming a situation in which the three major tribes jointly attacked the Tengu Tribe.
Although the Tengu tribe is powerful, it cannot remember the coalition forces of so many large tribes.
The request for help finally arrived.
"You charlatan, this is not a trick, is it?" Luo Bai felt something was amiss.
"They are all bad people!" Chunwu curled her lips.
"You all think there is a problem? Then let's just ignore it." Ma Yue said.
"Charlatan, didn't you say you wanted to protect the Tengu tribe?" Luo Bai asked.
"That was my previous thought. The black oil producing area, the Tengu tribe and the Guilinwang tribe obviously have a tacit understanding. Maybe, these two tribes have joined forces to covet the copper mine on Donghai Island." Ma Yue said.
"It's really possible. The weather in Ghost Mountain is too cold, and copper cannot be mined there. The Tengu Tribe and the Ghost Forest King Tribe have lost their source of copper ore, and they will either target Lingguo Island or our Hai Tribe." The Hai Tribe has a large copper mine in Xingxing City.
"Could it be that the Tengu tribe lured us here just to destroy our main force first, and then attack our Star City copper mining area?" Xia Wu also began to associate it, there are all kinds of possibilities.
"Since nothing is certain, just let them call."
"That's right!" Luo Bai nodded. "If we talk about demand, the Guiluowang Tribe and the Hongzang Tribe on Donghai Island have their own copper mines, so they are least likely to become our enemies."
"Then let's wait and see. I'll find more spies and get more timely information." Chunwu has his own responsibilities.
The Tengu tribe did not see Ma Yue and left disappointed.
The battle of Oak Bay has finally begun.
Following the instructions of the charlatan, the Hai Tribe's navy assigned half of its fleet to Fang La. What was he doing there? He was going to visit the black oil producing area. The Tengu Tribe and the Ghost Forest King Tribe were both fighting in Oak Bay. This was a good opportunity to get some black oil.
The navy of the Sea Tribe was still too weak. The remaining navy had no intention of joining the war. They were led by Huoshi to continue whaling and fishing.
You guys fight, but we in the Sea Tribe still have to make a living. The meat production of the Sea Tribe is too low, and we can only rely on fishing and whaling. Can you add some fish meat to enrich the tables of the Sea Tribe members?
As for Ma Yue, he was very easy to feed. He would devour crabs and other seafood that others disliked. Seafood didn't need any seasoning, just salt, a little onion, and cooked thoroughly, and it would be delicious and fragrant.
Unfortunately, there was no wine.
To avoid being annihilated by the navy of a larger tribe, the Firestone navy, including whalers and fishermen, sailed separately. Seven or eight ships at most were considered a lot, so there was no need to gather together. If we can't defeat you, we'll just run away when the situation gets bad.
Even if you destroy a few of my ships, the rest can just hide far away. How can they be so easy to find?
Fortunately, for some time, no navy of any large tribe has caused trouble for the navy of the Sea Tribe.
The battle in Oak Bay was in full swing, and it seemed that the fighting was really intense. The Tengu tribe had a large number of people, and the coalition forces also had a lot of people. There were often collisions of tens of thousands of troops, and it was very lively.
"Hai Rui? You old fellow, you're so elusive, are you back again?"
"You charlatan, I found a good outlet to the sea. The salinity of the sea water is also good, not worse than that of Poseidon City." Hai Rui is back. This guy didn't even know that the warm area of the Sea Tribe was destroyed. It can be seen that he has been gone for many years.
"Really? Far?"
"It's not far. A ship can arrive in half a month. Let's go there. It's suitable for farming. It's much better than this Dragon Scale City." After finally finding a good place, Hai Rui came back in a hurry.
"It's suitable for making salt, that's good." Ma Yue didn't want to exchange the peanuts he had worked so hard to grow for salt, but he really couldn't do without salt. Since Hai Rui said it was suitable for making salt, it seemed that the salt content was good.
"Or this East Sea Island?"
"yes!"
"trouble!"
"Trouble? What do you mean?" Hai Rui didn't understand the current situation on Donghai Island, so Chun Wu explained it to Hai Rui.
No matter where you go on the East Sea Island, you will face threats from other large tribes. It's only a half-month sea voyage, what kind of secret can it be? Sooner or later, it will be discovered by other tribes.
By then, whether it was the Tengu Tribe, the Guilin King Tribe, the Guiluo King Tribe, or the Hongzang Tribe, they would all fight sooner or later. If the dispute was not thoroughly resolved, the Hai Tribe would have no peace on the East Sea Island.
For now, the Sea Tribe could stay out of this for the time being. That wouldn't last long. No major tribe would allow the Sea Tribe to dominate alone, right? Whether it was the intermediate spirit stone mine in Otter City, the saltwater lake in Taki City, or even the distant black oil production area, the temptation was too great.
You say your Sea Tribe doesn't want to take it for themselves? Who would believe that? As long as these huge temptations remain, Donghai Island will not be quiet.
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