After Xiyun's explanation, Liao Ji nodded, almost having an overview of the situation in the southern border.
To put it simply, although there are many clans in the Forest of Tribes, they are all scattered. However, the Ancient Wolf Clan in the Orc Plains has become the "Imperial Alliance Army", so it is able to dominate the family and relies on harvesting the Forest of Tribes every year. The source continuously meets the needs of northern humans for demi-human slaves.
It seems that if he wants to unify the southern territory, this ancient wolf clan may be a hurdle that he cannot overcome.
After hearing so much bad news, maybe this next one is the good news among the bad news, right?
"However, in the past ten years, the entire southern border has been getting worse and worse. In addition to the human factors in the north, the real root cause is that the swamps have begun to expand faster and faster, which has led to our survival. Space is also being continuously compressed.”
"Wild swamp. Expansion?"
This time it was not Xiyun who answered Liao Ji. Hu Jiu next to him took the initiative to take over.
Obviously, this tiger tribe sister has a much more open personality than the fox lady. She directly pulled Liao Ji to the edge of the southern map that was on the table before.
The entire map is divided into three obvious parts. The Orc Plains and the Forest of Tribes are located in the northern part of the southern border, occupying almost one-third of the land.
And below them, that is, in the south of the Southern Territory, occupying two-thirds of the remaining Southern Territory, is a large dangerous area without any clan marks, which is indicated in tan on the map.
"The Wild Swamp is a remnant of the Wasteland Era five hundred years ago. It is filled with many terrifying monsters from ancient times, which we also call evil demons. Although many historical records are now gone, because of my The "Tiger Claw" clan once served as a watchman and resisted the invasion of evil spirits from the wilderness, so I am very sure that the area of the wilderness swamp hundreds of years ago was not so large, and the swamp was just a simple swamp, but it seems to be From a certain point in time"
"The swamp there turned into a mud filled with filth. It began to swallow up the land in the south and expanded outward. The evil monsters inside became more and more powerful. Many watcher clans were destroyed because of this. In addition, that A female emperor revised the constitution, and the demihuman race, which had already lost its relic users, was labeled as a slave. The largest ancient wolf clan even defected to the northern humans, and together they persecuted the southern region. All combined, there was no more new ones. Later generations of watchmen went to stop the evil spirits, and finally evolved into the virtue they have now, and more than half of the southern land has fallen."
Hu Jiu, who had arrived here, snorted coldly, not sure whether he should be gloating about his misfortune or what.
"The current Ancient Wolf Clan has finally tasted the bad consequences, because they are the largest clan and occupy the most fertile land. Therefore, they are also the ones who have suffered the most from the expansion of swamps and the invasion of evil spirits. Judging from the past ten years, they have only I am so busy dealing with evil spirits, and my control over the Forest of Tribes is no longer what it used to be."
"so."
Hu Jiu's eyes were bright and she looked directly at Liao Ji with a fiery gaze. She puffed up her chest and said eagerly:
"Lord Liao Ji, I think you are right. Now is the best time for us to integrate our forces! As long as we can take advantage of the opportunity that the Ancient Wolf Clan has not yet made available, we can unite all the clans in the Forest of Tribes. .Once the power is really gathered, let alone the Ancient Wolf Clan, even if the Dragon Gate Army of the Northern Empress comes, we will not be afraid!"
Before Hu Jiu finished speaking his excited words, Dashan, the last person present and the one who had been silent, couldn't help but speak.
"Hu Jiu, you think things are too simple. Even if the Ancient Wolf clan is distracted by the invasion of evil spirits and has no time to care about the forest of the tribe, I believe that the vast majority of clans will still not accept us, let alone Possible union.”
"Small clans cannot protect themselves. Large clans only think about how to survive. This is the current situation of the forest of tribes. To unite so impulsively will only harm us. I think we should make ourselves stronger first, and then gradually Absorbing and annexing other clans is our correct approach."
"Da Shan! If you act like this, we'll have to wait until the Year of the Monkey! The day lilies will be cold by then! Why are you so timid when you're so big!"
"This is not cowardice. What's the use of forming an alliance that looks good on the outside, but is still fragmented inside and has its own agenda? It's just a bluff. If a fight really comes, it will break into pieces at the first touch, and it won't even attack. Self-destruction.”
"you"
Just when Hu Jiu was about to continue arguing with Dashan, Xiyun next to him coughed and suppressed the two of them with frowning eyes, telling them to shut up and stop being so noisy in front of Liao Ji.
The last three people all set their sights on Liao Ji. After all, Liao Ji is their leader now. It is Liao Ji who has the final say on what the revolutionary army should do next.
"Xiyun, you should be in the forest of tribes, there should be some clans you are familiar with that you still keep in touch with, right?"
"Well, the nearest one is the "Terror Lizard" clan more than ten kilometers away from us. I have friends with the tribal chiefs there. They also helped our revolutionary army a lot back then."
"Okay, mark the location on the map for me later, and I'll go over and negotiate with them in person."
Upon hearing this, Hu Jiu suddenly looked at Dashan with a proud look, as if saying, "Look!" The leader must still take the road of rapid unity.
But soon.
"In addition, what Dashan said is right. Quick alliance is just a trick and a means of self-deception. What's more, the major clans have been suppressed by the Ancient Wolf clan for so many years. We will definitely not be able to make them overcome their opposition to the Ancient Wolf just by talking about it. The clan’s fear, we have to really come up with something, so it’s up to me to deal with foreign affairs, and it’s up to you.”
Liao Ji pointed his finger at the table. The biggest problem before him now is cohesion. The revolutionary army of several hundred people is fine now, but what if it becomes thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands?
Since he wants to speed up the unification of the southern territory, he has to reduce the dimensionality and strike. At this time, he has to mention the gold content of a classic line, the orcs will never be slaves...unless they have food and shelter!
Just as he was about to redistribute the training policy for the Revolutionary Army among the three senior officials, there was suddenly a noise from outside the wooden shed.
"Hey! Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"Stop! This is where only the leaders can enter, you are not allowed to come any closer!"
"Stop her quickly!"
Listening to the shouts of the guards, Liao Ji quickly put down the meeting and walked out. Outside the wooden shed, he saw three revolutionary army guards. One was barefoot, wearing a linen shirt, with sesame paste in the corners of his eyes. The demi-humans who looked like they had just woken up were surrounded, and they were on guard to intercept and prevent the demi-humans from moving forward any further.
Fortunately, this demi-human looked pitiful and not threatening, otherwise he might have taken action directly.
Liao Ji took a quick look and saw that it was not Jiu You or someone else.
As for Jiuyou, he is also very straightforward.
After seeing Master Ashes who came out.
"Lord Gray Liao Ji."
"I'm hungry."
Just at this time, a strong aroma of porridge came from not far away, attracting everyone. Turning around, it was Axue who had prepared breakfast for everyone.
The current cat lady was walking towards them with a porridge pot, and beside the cat lady, there was another girl who was also up now and had a haircut.
After Yilin took a deep breath at the porridge pot in Cat Lady's hand, she was a little surprised when she smelled the familiar smell.
"Axue, is your porridge the antique kind?"
"Well, everyone in the revolutionary army now should be like me back then, so I tried to imitate the nourishing porridge that Mr. Liao Ji made for me, but I just don't know how it tastes."
"Don't worry, don't worry, I know just by smelling it, it's absolutely authentic! It's amazing, Ashue!"
Erin gave the cat lady an admiring thumbs up.
(End of chapter)
