Chapter XIX Negotiations

Red is no stranger to this kind of scene, two years ago, the Wolf tribe and the Panser tribe fought a tribal battle of equal numbers for a hunting ground by a large river, and it was Red who led the tribe to win at that time.

As a result of the victory, the Wolf clan won the hunting ground and negotiated compensation for six Panser women, as three Wolf warriors died in the battle.

"Respected Elder, you are right, since the battle is over and the victory has been decided, then according to the ancient rules, let's have a good talk. ”

"Then let's talk about it first, our Bell tribe was only invited by the Panser tribe to help, so the victory or defeat has nothing to do with us. An elder of the Bell tribe stepped forward and said calmly.

"We just need to pay enough to redeem our people and our war pets, do you agree with that, Patriarch Rhett?"

"If you want to redeem your clansmen and war pets, of course, you need to pay a price, but how can you help the Panther tribe and become our enemy, how can it have nothing to do with victory or defeat?" Red said coldly.

"Now we are lucky to win, what if we lose? We will have to pay a heavy price for your intervention, so you also need to give us extra compensation for your failure!"

"You want our Bell tribe to give you extra compensation? You're daydreaming!" the elder of the Bell tribe looked like a brown bear, but his hair was gray, and he roared angrily.

"I don't mind fighting, and I don't mind taking these captives back to our camp, and then have your patriarch come to our Wolf tribe's camp to pick them up!" Red replied coldly and calmly.

The other, thinner and more shrewd-looking elder of the Bell tribe, grabbed his companion and whispered in his ear, apparently enlightening him.

What are you kidding, most of the prisoners and war pets of the Bell tribe are wounded, and many of them are not lightly injured, if the Wolf tribe is allowed to bring them back to their camp, won't they all have to die halfway through?

The companions who appeased him were all elders, and the stakes could not be seen through?

"Respected Patriarch Red, we accept your terms, and our Bell clan is willing to compensate the Wolf clan for their losses. “

"In addition to the part of the redemption of the captives and war pets, we are also willing to compensate part of the losses of the Wolf tribe, and we are willing to use women and animal skins as bargaining chips in exchange for prisoners and compensation for losses, in this way, are you satisfied?"

Rhett received the answer he wanted, nodded with satisfaction, and showed a hint of a smile, "Your terms, I accept, please swear in the name of the god of the forest, and you will send your compensation to our clan in the shortest possible time." ”

"As for the amount of compensation, the captives will be carried out according to the traditions of our tribes, and for the additional compensation, you will bear the loss of the ten of our warriors killed. ”

The elders of the Bell tribe also nodded with satisfaction, "This condition is very reasonable, we accept it!" Then the two elders of the Bell tribe bit their fingers and wrote on a white sheepskin the compensation conditions they had promised.

Then the two elders swore an oath in the name of the god of the forest, promising to send the woman and the hides to the camp of the Wolf tribe in the shortest possible time.

Red extorted some extra oak branches from them, as the Bell tribe lived at the edge of the forest, and they had stored a lot of oak branches.

Red took their oath scroll and ordered his men to release the Bell captives and war pets, and the Bell tribe returned to camp regardless of the outcome of the Panser tribe's negotiations.

Seeing off the elders of the Bell Clan, Red still had the same cold expression, looking at the remaining two elders of the Panser Clan.

It was the same whitebeard elder who had spoken at the beginning, he had seen Red's toughness, and he had not flinched even from the elders of the powerful Bell Clan, and he knew what he should do.

"Patriarch Red, let's talk about our conditions, we are willing to pay enough to redeem our captives and war pets, and we are also willing to bear the losses of the fallen warriors of your Wolf tribe. ”

Speaking of which, he paused and looked at Red, "In addition, we are willing to pay the price of ten more women in exchange for a promise from the Wolf clan!"

Rhett was a little surprised, he was not surprised by the attitude of the Panther tribe in promising compensation, but he did not expect that they would be willing to pay an additional price in exchange for a promise.

"What promise?" Rhett didn't say yes out of caution.

"According to tradition, the winner of a tribal war of this level is not allowed to wage war against the loser's tribe for three years, and it is not allowed to kill them all!"

Red nodded, there is indeed such a traditional rule, and all tribes also abide by this rule.

"At the extra cost, we only hope that the Wolf clan will commit to extending this truce from three to six years, we at Panser have suffered so much over the years that we need to recuperate. ”

"And while we're recuperating, we'll also narrow down the scope of our hunting, and I think it's only good for you!"

Red thought about it, being able to get ten more women is to increase the chances of ten more fighters, and this account is still cost-effective.

Red nodded, "Okay, I agree to your terms, let's trade now, this is your camp, you don't need to go back and prepare like the Bell tribe, we'll wait outside." ”

"If you send the women and hides out, we will return the captives to you, and of course, the bodies of your fallen warriors, and we can also bring them back with you. ”

The elders of the Panser clan nodded in agreement, and then they counted the number of captives and war pets, and then carried the body of the patriarch Sean back first.

Each captive needs a woman in exchange, each pet requires a large amount of animal skins in exchange, and each opposing warrior who dies needs to compensate the other two women.

So it was a long time before the gate of the camp of the Panser tribe was opened again, and the gap was much larger than the one before, and a large group of women were driven out of the camp crying, and there was nothing superfluous except for the leather jackets on their bodies.

Green led the men forward and counted the number of people, fifty prisoners for fifty women, thirty women to compensate the fallen soldiers, and finally ten women to extend the armistice, a total of ninety women.

It was a huge harvest, an unprecedented one, and the ninety women plus the large number of hides were already a record, not counting the losses that the Bell tribe had promised to compensate.

Red and all the warriors of the Wolf clan smiled with satisfaction, except for the twenty-five brothers who died, the ending was really perfect, and death is the consciousness that every tribal warrior should have, as long as they die well.