Chapter 151: Winning People with Strength (2)
Because of the Elven Lord's words, the discussion in the tent suddenly changed, and everyone no longer discussed how to deal with the invasion of the Condor Lord, but began to discuss who it would be more reliable to surrender to.
Seeing that the Terran lord and dwarven lord present were more inclined to surrender to the Condor Lord, the other two elven lords couldn't help but glance angrily at their companions who had caused this evil result, and then began to think of ways to save the situation from getting worse.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our immediate priority now should be how to respond to the enemy's invasion, not to consider which side to surrender to.
Didn't we form this alliance in the first place to maintain the independence of our tribes?
If you want to surrender, you probably won't have this alliance, so let's stop talking about surrender, and think about how to deal with the situation in front of us. ”
Seeing that if this continued, the Grassland Alliance would fall apart, an elven lord hurriedly interrupted everyone's discussion.
"Don't you think we can't beat each other and can't escape?
In this case, if you don't want to die in battle, then there is only one way left to surrender, anyway, I can't think of any other way, if you can think of it, you can think, and I will lead my people to surrender to the other party. A dwarven lord said angrily.
"That's it, you can think about it, and if you can't think of it, everyone will scatter and surrender." The other Dwarven Lord then spoke out as well.
Obviously, everyone here thought that the three Elven Lords wanted to surrender to the Storm Tribe, so no matter what they said now, it was difficult for everyone to trust them anymore.
Unless they can come up with a way to turn the tide, the alliance will probably be gone.
The three elven lords glanced at each other helplessly, and then began to think of ways to try to save for the mistakes they had made before.
It turned out that at the end of the steppe was an endless primeval forest, and a powerful elven tribe lived in the forest.
These lords of the Grassland Alliance faced the dual threat of the Condor Leader and the Storm Tribe at the same time, which is why they came together to form the current Grassland Alliance.
Although the Storm Tribe wanted to annex the entire Grassland Alliance, after walking out of the Great Forest, the combat power of the Elves suddenly dropped by several notches, and the leader of the Storm Tribe, Kevin Storm, did not want to see too many casualties among his men.
So he simply played the strategy of curve conquest, and successively subdued the three elven lords in the grassland alliance, and then hoped to pocket the entire grassland alliance through the three elven lords.
Although Kevin Storm's idea was good, it was a pity that he met a formidable opponent, Ning Yuan.
Obviously, except for the three Elven Lords, the other lords had a better impression of Ning Yuan and his Condor Leader, after all, the Condor Leader was a multi-racial mixed tribe, and the Condor Leader could give them a greater sense of security and belonging than the Storm Tribe, which was composed of a single elven race.
In the end, the three elven lords racked their brains and couldn't come up with any good solutions, so the meeting broke up unhappily, and everyone began to make their own little calculations after they went back.
The three elven lords left the tent and did not move separately, they came to the territory of one of the elven lords and began to discuss their next plan.
"What should I do, it seems that this war can't be fought now, should we immediately lead our clansmen to the Storm Forest, or stay here and wait and see?"
"Let's try our best to fight for it, I hope we can move some people to go to the Storm Forest with us, after all, if only our three elven tribes pass, Lord Kevin Storm will be very unhappy."
"Well, let's fight for it again, but I don't think there is any need to lobby for those two dwarf tribes, we will try to persuade a few more human tribes to go to the Storm Forest with us, so that we can also have an explanation for Lord Kevin Stormwind."
"Okay, let's do it then, let's go separately, gather here at this time tomorrow, and then head to the Storm Forest together."
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Ning Yuan was already ready to fight a big battle with the Grassland Alliance, but he never expected that before his army arrived, the messenger of the Grassland Alliance would come to the door first.
After understanding the other party's intentions, Ning Yuan even wondered if he was dreaming for a while, after all, the two sides had not fought each other, and it shouldn't be so quick to surrender.
However, after Ning Yuan understood the specific reasons for this, he understood that these tribes had chosen to surrender now.
The Prairie Alliance is sandwiched between the Condor Leader and the Storm Tribe, and the unfavorable geographical location dooms them to be difficult to develop and grow, unless the Condor Leader and the Storm Tribe ignore them, they will be completely annexed by one of them sooner or later.
Originally, they still had a glimmer of hope to continue to be independent, but unfortunately, Ning Yuan's sudden invasion completely ruined their last hope of independence.
The reason why they chose to surrender directly was actually very simple, that is, whether they could repel Ning Yuan's army or not, they would lose a lot of strength.
And when their strength is greatly reduced, it will be difficult to maintain the independence of the tribe, because the elves of the Storm Tribe will not let go of this rare opportunity.
Therefore, instead of being swallowed up by the enemy after losing their troops, it is better to simply surrender directly, so that they can be regarded as having the merit of supporting and can integrate into the new collective more quickly.
The Prairie Alliance had a total of eight representatives this time, and in addition to the three elven tribes, the other human tribes and dwarf tribes all chose to surrender to Ning Yuan, because compared to the storm tribe composed of pure elves, it was the Condor Leader composed of multiple races that made them feel more at ease.
Because Ning Yuan himself was a human race, the leaders of the six human tribes had a more intimate feeling for Ning Yuan, who was also a human race, and they believed that Ning Yuan would definitely treat them well.
As for the two dwarves, when they learned that there were a large number of dwarven cavalry in the Condor Lord's army, they had already decided to join the Condor Lord, because they had been coveting the white horses of the steppe for a long time.
It's a pity that the size of the Prairie White Horse is too tall for them to ride, and the Condor Leader's horse seems to be tailor-made for them, and they believe that after joining the Condor Leader, they will soon have the opportunity to have their own mount.
Although the course of this grassland battle was different from what Ning Yuan expected, Ning Yuan was still very happy to be able to win most of the grassland alliance without a single soldier.
After all, as long as there is a war, there will be casualties, and the army's battle losses will have an impact on the next strategic deployment, so being able to peacefully subdue the Grassland Alliance is the best result for Ning Yuan and the Condor Leader.
Sun Tzu's art of war has a cloud: the first army is to attack and strategize, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city.
A battle of soldiers suddenly turned into a soldier who surrendered without a fight, which made Ning Yuan, who was not good at strategy, feel the importance of the situation for the first time.
It is no wonder that the ancients wanted to occupy the general trend in everything, and it turned out that after occupying the general trend, many things would become easier to solve.
In this grassland battle, the first situation occupied by Ning Yuan was to embrace all rivers.
His Condor Territory can accept any race and allow them to coexist peacefully, which will make many people's first impression of the Condor Territory very good, and when they see their fellow people living in the Condor Territory, they will have an inexplicable affection for the Condor Territory.
Of course, no matter how good the impression is, it is not the main reason why the Grassland Alliance surrendered directly to Ning Yuan, the main reason why they are willing to surrender to Ning Yuan is the strength of the Condor Leader.
Strong strength is the second momentum occupied by Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan's army made the leaders of the Grassland Alliance cowardly before fighting, so that they could not see the hope of victory, there were fierce tigers in the front, hungry wolves in the back, the Grassland Alliance chose to surrender in a dilemma, and then because of the Condor Leader's sea of rivers, they finally chose to surrender to Ning Yuan.
Although they chose to surrender to Ning Yuan, the leaders of these grassland tribes did not come in person, and they were still more or less worried about Ning Yuan's attitude, so they just sent envoys to test Ning Yuan's attitude first.
In order to be able to reassure the other party, Ning Yuan warmly entertained the eight envoys, and after introducing them in detail to some of the customs of the Condor Leader, Ning Yuan promised the envoys:
As long as they are willing to join the Condor Territory, as long as they have real skills, then they will be reused by Ning Yuan, and they will enjoy the same treatment as everyone else.
Ning Yuan did not promise heavy benefits to the other party, because the other party was not a fool.
They must know that they have a few catties and taels, in fact, what they really want is Ning Yuan's recognition and acceptance, as long as they can give them the same treatment as the others in the Condor Leader, they will be satisfied.
So Ning Yuan didn't play any false games with the other party, but directly gave the other party what he wanted the most.
The envoys brought Ning Yuan's attitude back to their respective tribes, and after learning of Ning Yuan's attitude, the eight leaders led their own people to meet Ning Yuan's army, and they were ready to formally pledge allegiance to Ning Yuan.
There are more than 45,000 people in six Terran tribes, two dwarf tribes, and eight tribes, including 11,500 Terran warriors, 23,500 civilians, 3,500 dwarven warriors, and 6,500 civilians.
The eight leaders of the eight tribes are also very good generals.
Zhou Chen, Wu Yi, Wu Gang, Zheng Fei, Wang Qiang, and Zhao Meng all reached five stars in their strength, and the two dwarf leaders of Fili Boulder and Mark Flame reached six stars.
In addition to the demographic gains, the resource side is not ideal.
In terms of food, although these tribes have their own herds, they are not very numerous, and they can only meet their own daily minimum needs, and in order to fill their stomachs, they have to go out to hunt and fish every day, and live a precarious fishing and hunting life.
In terms of weapons, it is even more cold, due to the small number of open-pit iron mines in the grasslands, many of them are armed with short spears, axes and hammers with wooden handles, and only a few such as the leader have weapons made of pure iron.
After seeing their weapons, Ning Yuan finally knew why they felt that they couldn't defeat their own army.
As far as the rudimentary weapons in their hands are concerned, let alone fighting head-on, Ning Yuan even suspects that their weapons will be scrapped after a few collisions, and it is absolutely irresponsible to use such weapons to fight.
After Ning Yuan gave the eight leaders a reassuring pill, he sent them back to pacify their respective tribes.
These guys are really good, and they came to surrender to Dula's family with a big bag and a small bag.
Although I don't know how they lived before, now that they have joined the Condor Territory, then Ning Yuan must be responsible for these people.
However, these tasks of the Condor Leader have always been done by Bai Shihai and others, and Ning Yuan is good at these, so he can only let their respective leaders temporarily manage their respective tribes, and then hand over these people to Lu Mingyang to manage.
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