Volume 9: Home Chapter 310: Far East Strategy
Ted, who was listening in, said: "..."
It's just... a feeling that is both unexpected and reasonable...
There were several officers from the Black Bear and Moon Bear groups imprisoned together with General Wood, the White Bear. When they heard White Bear Hal say such "treasonous" words, the officers from both groups opened their mouths in amazement.
"You shameless and despicable man! It's not enough that you betrayed the Far East yourself, you also want to drag the White Bear Clan into rebellion?!" A Black Bear officer jumped up and pointed at Hal and cursed, then said to General Wood, "You can't agree to this despicable man, Wood! Unless you want to destroy the honor of the White Bear Clan with your own hands!"
Ted Zhongzhang has always refrained from interfering with the exchanges between these prisoners, but... the word "honor" really irritated the tiger general, and he couldn't help but sneer when he heard it.
"What are you laughing at!" the black bear officer roared, "Look at the tiger tribe, which is surviving with its tail between its legs under the protection of the snow wolf and cat tribe. Wood, what will happen to a race that has lost its honor? This is a living example! They handed over their own nest to others and even crouched under others!"
Ted Zhongzhang was annoyed and sneered: "You keep talking about honor, but whose honor are you talking about? Should all the orcs in the Far East sacrifice everything to protect the honor of your Black Bear Clan? The supreme honor that belongs only to the Bear King and your Black Bear Clan?"
Wood was originally very dissatisfied with Hal's "weak" plea, but his face suddenly changed when he heard what Ted said.
"Are you trying to stir up trouble, you villain?!" Officer Black Bear shouted with a red face.
"Stop using those high-sounding words to fool people!" Hal said, glaring at the black bear officer. "What has the white bear clan done for the bear king? And what has the bear king done for the white bear clan? In the great war with the tiger clan and the snow wolf clan more than two hundred years ago, we white bears bled dry on the plateau west of Helsinki! You have forgotten, but we still remember!"
"Twenty years ago, during the expedition to the Snow King City, the Beast King ordered the white bears to charge as the vanguard to protect the Snow Wolf Tribe. All the Snow Wolf Tribe warriors died, and so did our warriors!"
"Moon Bear's Bear Roaring Army will be your rear guard during your retreat. Not a single soldier of the Bear Roaring Army will return to the Far East alive!"
"The Black Bear Army's victory was built on the bones of our foreign warriors! Tell me, is our honor to pave the way for your victory with our lives?! Take this honor if you like!"
After Hal's roar, the dozen people present were speechless and could not make a sound for a long time.
"——Hal!" Wood's face changed several times and he growled through gritted teeth.
"General." Hal turned to look at Wood, and said seriously, "I work with ordinary soldiers of Black Bear and Moon Bear, eat from the same pot, and chat on the same kang. I find that we are actually the same. We, the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, don't want honors that sound good. What we want is a life with enough food and warm clothes. You... you are one of the twelve generals of White Bear. I have listened to adults telling your legendary stories since I was a child. I want to know, you who are admired and admired by many tribesmen, do you value the so-called honor more, or us tribesmen more? Can the tribesmen eat one more bowl of vermicelli every day, can they wear one more warm clothes? In your opinion, are these important enough?"
As Hal finished speaking, his voice gradually trembled and his tone became almost begging.
The young soldier's pleading eyes filled with strong desire made Wood feel uneasy. The breath he had been holding in his chest began to slip away unconsciously, and he was actually a little afraid to look the soldier in the eye.
Wood slowly turned his head and looked out the window.
The cold wind howled, blowing snowflakes against the window, but the window frame, which was firmly stuck in the middle of the two mud brick walls, did not move at all.
Wood suddenly looked dazed... The winter on the grassland was very similar to the polar regions, the home of the polar bears, with the same heavy snow, the same thousands of miles of ice and no green.
But not that similar.
The houses in the polar regions are built with stones chiseled into long strips, and the gaps are filled with yellow mud mixed with water. The windows and door panels are never fastened firmly and make clanging sounds when the wind blows.
The houses in the polar regions are not warm enough to cause ice to form on the outside of the window glass and mist to form on the inside.
Wood couldn't help but move his hands on his knees to the kang. Even through the blanket, he could still feel the warmth from the smoke transmitted to the kang.
Bazel was deeply saddened by the death of the young Moon Bear warrior, so how could Wood not care about his people?
During the two years he was trapped on the grassland, every winter, Wood wanted to bring back the grassland's techniques of making bricks, building houses, and building kangs to teach his tribesmen, so that they would know that they could build warm houses that could withstand the cold winter winds without having to work so hard every summer to dig mountains and chisel stones.
Burning the same amount of coal and firewood, the kang is much warmer than a fireplace or a floor stove, and it also saves more fuel.
He also wanted his tribesmen to build vegetable greenhouses with central heating so that the cubs wouldn't have blisters in their mouths due to lack of vegetables during the long winter every year, making it difficult for them to defecate.
General Wood's hands gradually clenched into fists.
"The White Bear Clan...will never betray Far East." Wood closed his eyes, his shoulders slumped, and the anger he had been holding back disappeared without a trace. He instantly aged several years, and said word by word, "The one who betrayed...is only me, Wood."
Xiao Yun, who had spent several days arranging all the arrangements for the four tribes, had not even had time to catch his breath before he received the news that General White Bear was willing to "surrender".
Xiao Yun’s reaction at that time was: “What the hell?!”
Then he immediately put away Chief Arthur's report and caught the cat who delivered the letter to ask if the matter had spread.
Chief Arthur was relatively cautious in her actions. After Wood lowered his head, she immediately transferred him out of the detention center and ordered Ted to isolate all the detainees present at the time. She only said a few words to the Snow Wolf warriors in charge of the guard and hurriedly typed up the report.
Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief... He couldn't help but feel nervous, the white bear's "meat" was too big, and Huoyan City couldn't eat it!
After telling the cat tribe that was delivering the letter not to stay in Huoyan City and to return to the farm quickly, Xiao Yun turned around and immediately summoned the Grassroots Clan Leader, Dahe, Clan Leader Ali, Mr. Sean and other high-level think tanks to hold a secret meeting away from Selina and Evelyn.
"The White Bear Tribe has a population of more than two million!" In Balk's room, the grassroots chieftain gasped when he heard this...he did not hide his surprise on his face.
"Wait, it's inconvenient for the white bears to travel between here and their hometown, the polar regions. It's so far away, how can they send their manpower over?" Chief Ali said, touching his chin.
Mr. Sean was not in a hurry to be happy, but frowned: "White Bear...Is this 'ally' too big for us?"
"Yes." Xiao Yun said to the think tanks with a serious face, "If we form an alliance with the white bear, no, if we only have the intention to form an alliance with the white bear, then the attitude of the elves towards us grassland people will change, and the Beast King will no longer regard us as hard bones to chew, but as enemies that threaten his foundation. Don't ignore this issue."
The grassroots patriarch opened his mouth wide.
Chief Ali rolled his eyes and closed his mouth.
"It's better not to form this alliance." Primo said, "Among the tribes in the Far East, the white bears are below the black bears and moon bears. In terms of the number of troops and combat power, the white bears are one level higher than the elephant tribe that has caused great trouble to the Bear King. The Bear King can still deal with the threat of the elephant tribe with ease, but once the white bears show that they no longer support him or even oppose him..."
Primo paused deliberately and glanced at the think tanks of Fire City: "Then we must be prepared to welcome the demigod to come and 'behead' us personally... The last time the snow elves stepped on the bottom line of the Beast King and reached out to the internal affairs of the Far East Empire, the Beast King personally led his troops to the city of Ice and Snow."
The grassroots chief took a deep breath - she was just so happy that she didn't think about this at all!
"In that case...why not help connect the white bear and the snow elf?" Dahe made a suggestion.
"Hmm? This idea is feasible." Mr. Sean gave a thumbs up.
"What good will it do for us to help the snow elves set foot in the Far East?" Xiao Yun spread his hands. "Besides, can the snow elves give the white bear what he wants? Will they give it to him? Can the white bear and the snow elves get along?"
Mr. Sean: “Uh…” He really wanted to tell Ayun to use more elegant words, but after thinking about it he decided not to.
"Then Ayun, what do you think we should do?" said the grassroots patriarch.
"Support White Bear's independence." Xiao Yun calmly threw out a mine.
Everyone: “???”
"Neither we nor the Snow Elves will form an alliance with the White Bear." Xiao Yun smiled slightly. "We will create an opportunity for the White Bear to declare independence. Before the Beast King reacts, the Snow Elves, Forest Elves, Dwarf Kingdom and other forces will announce the establishment of diplomatic relations with the White Bear. At this time, we will blend in. Although it will be a bit troublesome and time-consuming to pave the way, this is the safest way. When the Beast King wants to tear it apart, he will tear apart the Elves and Dark Iron Dwarves first."
Dahe, Mr. Sean, Primo and Hodgson, who was sitting in the corner without saying a word, all widened their eyes and stared at Xiao Yun.
"Elves and Dark Iron Dwarves will do this kind of thing to cause trouble for the Beast King with only dry food, and we don't need to pay for it." Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes, "What we really need to focus on is how to smoothly get the White Bear Clan to leave the Orc Empire... Why can the Far East continue to grow, and why the voices of the Beast Kings of all generations are louder than those of the Elf King and Dwarf King, who are also demigods?"
"This Elf King is so powerful that he even took away the Forest Elf Queen's position as co-leader. But he can only engage in verbal battles with the Beast King and engage in minor fights."
"In the final analysis, it is the Beast King who has a base of tens of millions of people. No matter how strong his rule is, all the Far Eastern orcs respect him as their leader. When necessary, he can mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers. These are not the ragtag soldiers of the human race who can just be made up by capturing farmers and giving them weapons. The worst Winged Tribe are the best scouts."
"If the Far East is torn apart, or if it is divided into three groups like the elves, each speaking for their own interests, will the voice of the Beast King still be so loud?"
Da He thought about it and said strangely: "What's the difference between this and the Far East strategy we are implementing now?"
"There is a difference." Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Before, we didn't have a suitable target to support, so we could only use the snow elves to encourage the elephant tribe, a tribe with ideas, to form an anti-hegemony alliance in the Far East. For the Beast King, this is just a family affair within the empire and can be handled behind closed doors. But if a tribe like the white bear, which is second only to the moon bear, jumps out and calls for independence and separation, then it can no longer be framed as a 'family affair'!"
"Of course, this is a long-term strategy. We must be prepared to spend at least five years on it. We can't be impatient to see the results." Xiao Yun took a sip of water and squinted his eyes with a smile. "What we can do now... is to help Wood contact his tribe members and persuade the White Bear tribe leader to take the initiative to ask the Beast King to send troops to attack us next year. It will also be easy to explain to the Snow Elves and weaken the White Bear tribe's military strength that supports the Beast King. We can still use their intelligence channels for free."
The Grassroots Chief exhaled lightly and smiled again: "You made me nervous for a long time, but I still have people to use!"
Mr. Sean, Primo, and Hodgson all looked at the Grassroots Chief, and then silently looked at Xiao Yun.
I always feel like... even the most honest grassroots clan leader has been gradually led astray by this guy...
