Chapter IV: Co-optation
"The King of the Gnolls?"
"Have you ever thought that the ruler of all the gnolls in the Deserted Plains?" Yang Xiu said slowly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"This ......" Jamere thought about it for a moment, but nodded and said, "I have thought about it"
"That's it, follow me, I will let you have countless gnolls in the future, you don't have to go to find prey yourself, naturally someone will personally bring food to your mouth"
Seeing that Jamrry's mouth was drooling, Yang Xiu said, "Do you want to consider joining my Black Iron Tribe now?"
Jemurray looked at Yang Xiu, and suddenly there was a fluctuation in front of him, a tall kobold phantom appeared behind the other party, and a huge pressure came from this phantom, Jemurry's frightened body shook, and the phantom in his eyes suddenly dissipated like ripples.
Looking at this human strangely, Jemrey was not quite sure what he had just seen, but feeling the inexplicable intimidation, Jemrey shouted, "How can I believe the promise you made to me, human?"
"Simple" Under Jamry's gaze, Yang Xiu smiled and said: "As long as I want, I can increase the number of your subordinates several times than now, how about it, do you want to make a bet with me, I can find you a group of gnolls who have lost their leader and no one to lead, you can easily get a group of novice subordinates, but at the same time, you must also agree to join my Black Iron Tribe"
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If there is no light at night on the deserted plain, there will be darkness in front of you that you can't even see the road, Yang Xiu and the others found a hillside full of boulders before sunset, the stones in this place are huge, just enough to block the wind and light, and there is only one way up the hillside, which can be used as the future residence of the Black Iron Tribe.
"Duronda, if you win against an orc tribe, can you take people into our tribe like Jamuri and them?" Yang Xiu asked as he sat by the fire.
"Yes, as long as we can convince the chieftain of that tribe, we can merge with the other tribe, there have been some tribes who have come to merge with our Black Iron before, but in the end they were all rejected by Chief Gus," Duronda replied, wiping the tomahawk from his hand.
"Convincing? How can you convince the chiefs of other tribes?"
Duronda glanced at Yang Xiu: "You must make the other party feel that following you can contribute to the freedom of the orcs, although the orcs on the deserted plain have been divided into many tribes by human conspiracy, but the chiefs of each tribe are eager for the orcs to one day escape from the encirclement of the steel fortress"
"That's right...... The freedom of the orcs ......" Yang Xiu slurped his lips, judging from the equipment on the group of humans who killed Gus, the technology tree of the humans in this world has reached the stage of muskets, but these orc inhabitants on the desolate plain all seem to be using leather armor and bone weapons, which are completely in the state of primitive people, and the level of the technology trees of the two parties is not at the same level at all.
It's like when Africa was first discovered on Earth, the British, who were technologically powerful, could easily defeat the natives of Africa who used cold weapons with muskets and cannons.
"It seems that it is not so easy to bring the Black Iron Tribe out of the Desolate Plains, the strength of the two parties is not at the same level at all," Yang Xiu thought in his heart.
At the foot of the hill, the jackals who went out hunting brought a rich dinner, a strong horned ox.
"Your race's unique night vision eyes are so useful that orcs can't catch such delicious prey at night," Duronda praised Jamurray for the first time.
"The chief's dinner must be of this high class," Jamurey snorted disdainfully, slicing the horned ox with a sharpened stone knife in a fluent manner.
Yang Xiu saw that the stone knife was cutting the meat of the horned cow with some effort, and asked out loud: "Aren't there any minerals in the Deserted Plains? I see that your weapons are very backward."
"Chief, making metal weapons is a technology that only humans can use, and only some large tribes of orcs can use the technology to build iron weapons, otherwise why do you think weak humans can force us into the Deserted Plains," Duronda laughed.
"Fool, don't use weapons, those magicians in the human race can't still fight, you orcs have suffered heavy casualties," Jamurry said disdainfully.
"Magician!" Yang Xiu's heart suddenly beat violently, before he had been thinking about what kind of world he was traversing, whether it was the setting of Western swords and magic, or the world view of knights and muskets in the European Middle Ages, and now from Jamry's mouth, he heard the magical profession of magician, Yang Xiu could judge that this world was the first situation.
"Duronda, what's the matter with a magician?" Yang Xiu asked.
"Don't listen to this gnolls' nonsense, what kind of magician, being approached by orcs is the end of one by one, but if they are given a chance to cast their magic, it will be quite troublesome," Duronda replied cheekily.
"Hehe......" Jamury stopped talking, and concentrated on cutting the horned beef.
"Magician, magician...... I have the opportunity to see and see, and I won't lose this crossing," Yang Xiu thought in his heart.
Ban Er is the chief of the bull tribe, as a tribe with thirty tribesmen, Ban Er has been thinking about how to make the tribe more powerful, the problem of sparse population has become something he has been considering, without the reproduction of female orcs, if you want to increase the number of people, you can only annex those small tribes, but unfortunately the orcs are all admitted, even if you beat him down, as long as the other party's chief does not agree to surrender, this tribe will never betray an orc.
There is also a tribe with thirty tribesmen near the Bull Tribe, called the Rock Tribe, and the two tribes have been hostile to each other for many years, but neither side has the strength to eat the other, so they have to coexist peacefully for many years.
"Hey, hey, hey, you have to set up this tent tightly, otherwise the chief will live if it leaks," Jamurray commanded a group of orcs in a serious manner.
Under Yang Xiu's decision, the small hill full of boulders where everyone was located officially became the station of the Black Iron Tribe, because there was only one way up the hill, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the slopes on all sides were sharp rocks, and the enemy would suffer heavy losses if they did not wait to climb to the top of the mountain, so it was not too suitable for a small tribe with a small number of people to be used as a place to live.
For this reason, Duronda also relied on the horned bull horn that he hunted last night to go to the nearby tribe and exchange it for a half-new tent for Yang Xiu to live in.
"Chief, the sentinels have picked up information about the vicinity, and there are two tribes of about thirty people to the east of our tribe, called Bull and Rock, and the number of them is not what we can deal with now," Duronda told the orc sentinels what they had observed.
"Thirty people, that's a lot...... Is there a situation of the gnolls in the vicinity?" Yang Xiu asked.
"Three hundred paces to the west there is a cave of gnolls, estimated at fifty according to the sentry's speculation."
"Fifty people!" Yang Xiu was a little surprised, there were only six gnolls when Jemurray was caught, and the number of gnolls found this time was as high as fifty.
"It's okay chief, all fifteen of our Black Iron Tribe are dispatched enough to subdue the gnolls," Duronda said confidently, patting his chest.
"Are you sure?I don't want to be dead, there aren't many warriors in our Black Iron Tribe," Yang Xiu looked at Duronda suspiciously.
"When does the chief plan to set out to recover that group of gnolls" Yang Xiu's idea of increasing his strength by recruiting foreigners, the old chief of Gus never thought about it when he was in power, and the orcs never liked to use the help of outsiders, which also led to their own strength to launch four unsuccessful resistance wars, and finally they were trapped in this barren land. Duronda is very optimistic about Yang Xiu, just because if he thinks about it carefully, it seems that he can really increase the strength of the Black Iron Tribe, although not all of them rely on orcs.
"Don't worry, let's talk about the things to pay attention to first, this time we can't use the excuse of the king of jackals to deceive people, Jemrey will not approve of us using this condition for the second gnoll, this operation, you must take the leader of this gnoll cave away, and then let Jamurray personally take it in" Yang Xiu said slowly.
"What do you mean, Chief?"
"Play a show, and then we can wait for a large number of gnolls to join our Black Iron Tribe," Yang Xiu said with a smile.
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Outside the Gnoll Cave, I watched Duronda rush into the Gnoll Cave with fourteen orcs like a hooligan, and in the midst of a fierce fight, Duronda ran out of the cave with a thin gray-haired gnoll on his shoulder.
Yang Xiu nodded and said to Jamrey on the side: "You can go, can you control the amount inside?"
"Don't worry, Chief, I'm going to be the Gnoll of the King of the Gnolls!" Jamurray gave a thumbs up and ran into the Gnoll Cave with his men.
Seeing that Jemrey had disappeared into the cave, the orcs on the side asked with some concern, "Chief, what if this Jemrey rebelled with those gnolls?"
"Why, can't you deal with so many gnolls?" Yang Xiu asked strangely.
"No, the gnolls are no match for the orcs at all," the orc said proudly.
"That's fine, if Jamurey dares to rebel, you'll arrest him for me, and by the way, beat him so much that he won't even recognize his mother," a sinister smile appeared on someone's face