349 Fiery Eyes (1/2)
”Wu Zhiqi is a water demon! It had caused floods in the 9 regions and brought us suffering!”
Xia Qi exclaimed as he signalled to Wei and the rest of the warriors to tie the 3 leaders up. With a menacing glare, he looked at Fa.
”Fa! I believe your father is being misled...”
”That's right!”
The young man had a pure heart and could not bear to do evil. This was why his father did not let him join in the decision-making process.
Uncontrollably, Fa nodded his head as though Xia Qi was willing to spare his father.
”My father must be misled by the water demons!!”
”Mm, very well!”
Xia Qi smiled, ”Therefore... you must prove your loyalty to your people, Fa! Are you willing to lead your warriors to take on the water demon?”
It sounded as though Xia Qi was deluding Fa.
”As long as you can accomplish that, I can not only release your father, I will also ensure that the Xia Tribe will support you in ascending to the appointment of division leader!”
Currently, the leader of the division was nominated by the previous leader and was a cycle by itself.
Of course, in the Xia Tribe, there was already a system where the father would pass down the appointment of leader to his son. Therefore, people already regarded the tribe as Xia Country.
However, among the divisions in Tortoise Mountain, they still chose their leader through nomination by the previous leader.
As soon as the young Fa heard Xia Qi, his eyes glistened.
”Dear noble messenger from Xia, I am willing to assist you in taking down the water demon to prove my loyalty to my people!”
As he knelt down, he gave up the bronze sword in his hands.
”No...”
Zhang wanted to say something, but before he could do so, Fang Yuan quickly went up to them and stuffed a ball of cloth in their mouths, rendering them mute.
”We are willing to follow you, young leader!”
The warriors of Shangzhang Tribe looked at each other. However, seeing that their leader was captured, they followed suit. They knelt down and presented their weapons as a sign of willingness to follow.
”Alright!”
Xia Qi laughed. ”This will be the same for Douli Tribe and Lilou Tribe. Yuan! Lead the warriors together with Fa, and let them know our might! If they are willing to surrender, then allow them to follow us!”
”Yes!”
Fang Yuan agreed, and his mind was clear.
Capturing the leaders was just a method to convince the rest of the warriors to follow them.
They were still too weak to face the water demon. Furthermore, these warriors might suddenly go against them if one of their leaders managed to escape. Therefore, they had to move immediately and take down the other two tribes, while sowing discord between these divisions of Tortoise Mountain in the meantime. Afterwards, they could do anything they wanted!
As long as they quickly accomplished this, even if the leaders of the 3 divisions were to escape, they could no longer turn the tables.
Hearing this, Lu and Kang appeared desolate. They made a few mumbling noises but could not speak.
After all, they had already brought along their elite soldiers with them. Their divisions were now defenceless and if they were ambushed, they would surely lose and experience losses.
'This strategy can only be thought of by a dream master from the outside world. These people here are simple-minded and I'm afraid they will have to suffer!'
Xia Qi remained at Shangzhang Tribe to guard beside the few captured leaders, while Fang Yuan started to allocate the manpower he had to prepare for the attack. He silently sighed to himself, ”In an instant, an army of 10,000 failed to stop us and instead became our helping hand. We are really in control of everything!'
”Yuan, if we manage to take down the other two divisions, remember to share the loots with Yang Tribe!”
Wei carried a huge bow behind her bag as her eyes glistened with excitement, which made Fang Yuan speechless.
Where was the demure girl as written in the books?
...
The sun rose.
The Shangzhang Division was bustling with activity.
Groups of warriors walked on the streets and their knives were still stained with blood. They carried severed heads by their sides which were proofs of their efforts.
Behind them, women were strung up with grass ropes. There were also meat and jars filled with treasures. These were all the valuables that they had looted.
It was a normal thing in this realm to attack other divisions and kidnap their people, to the point where the kidnapped women would be obedient to their kidnappers as though they were used to it.
”Messenger, this time, we have ambushed Douli and Lilou Divisions. It was a resounding victory and we've killed more than 100 of them, kidnapped over a thousand and reduced their houses to ashes!”
In front of others, Fang Yuan acted normal and reported to Xia Qi respectfully.
”Very well, let's split the rewards with our people, namely the women and the staples!”
The enemy's base was rather empty, whereas the attacking force was made up of elites and was even led by a dream master. There was no such thing as a failed mission and therefore, Xia Qi was decisive. ”Also, let those warriors who are submissive join us. Sent messengers out to inform the other divisions in Tortoise Mountain... With this, the smaller divisions would not dare to come! By then, we can activate tens of thousands of people to help out in searching the Hui River and locate Wu Zhiqi!”
”That sounds good!”
Gazing at the satisfied Fa, Fang Yuan felt a little pity for him.