Chapter 2657: The Tribes

Seeing the confusion on Si Bai’s face, Master Lu laughed and quickly said, “The Hu Tribe is active because looting is their main method of earning food. Most of their members are strong warriors and they’re used to fight. But even if they’re strong and active, their goals are nothing more than food.”

Nothing more than food?

Hearing his father in law’s tone, Si Bai had the feeling that he looked down on Hu Tribe.

“Aren’t they strong?” Si Bai asked.

“Yes and no.” Master Lu thought for a moment and then said, “They are very active on the battlefield because they didn’t have much brain and always like to fight. Even though they’re strong physically, they’re not much of a threat if they’re properly handled.”

In other words: they’re nothing more than barbarians who knew nothing but to fight. They were fighting with nothing more than their fists instead of their first.

Si Bai: “…”

Now he understood why Master Lu said that.

If the one facing the Hu Tribe were too weak, then they would still be defeated. But if the one facing them had some brains, they would be able to defeat the Hu Tribe without any problem.

It just depends on who they were facing.

“The second one, Yan Tribe…” Master Lu tapped the table. “It’s not exactly a big tribe and didn’t always come to attack. They come every few years and my brother told me that they always come at the precise moment when the army is at the weakest.”

Si Bai was stunned when he heard Master Lu’s words. “So precise?”

“Yes.” Master Lu nodded. “So if the army is not in a good situation, there’s a chance that the Yan Tribe will come and attack. When they did, they will take everything and burned down the rest….”

Thinking about what happened to the cities that was burned down, Master Lu sighed.

People lived from the land and seeing their hard work being burned down to ashes would definitely hurt. Moreover, they had to pay exorbitant taxes over the years, which definitely made things difficult for many of them.

If it was possible, it would be better for the army to win.

But it was impossible to win at all times unless they have the absolute advantage to the point that no one could contend with them.

Si Bai nodded solemnly.

“Alright.” Master Lu smiled and then said, “The last one is Ji Tribe. The main reason why they’re said to be mysterious is because some said that they’re half of our people.”

“Half of our people?” Si Bai was confused.

“Well… you do know that some of the northern tribe might also kidnap women, right? It was recorded that some people who were kidnapped by the Ji Tribe will be used as their wives and bore their children. The characteristic of the people from the Ji Tribe is closer to Fei Yang Kingdom’s people and they’re the best at acting as spies… because the similar characteristic will make it impossible for us to recognize them quickly,” Master Lu explained.

The other northern tribe’s people have wider face and somewhat taller frame, plus some details in their expression that looked different from most people in Fei Yang Kingdom. But the people from the Ji Tribe had stature more similar to Fei Yang Kingdom and many of them could be mistaken as people from Fei Yang Kingdom.

It was suspected because of intermarriage.

Since the two sides have been hostile for a long period of time, it didn’t seem to be possible for the marriage to occur naturally. The most plausible option was that the Ji Tribe kidnapped some people from their side and have children.

After a few generations, it was already hard to differentiate them.

“When do they attack?” Si Bai asked.

“I don’t know. At some times, they will come with the Yan Tribe because they have good relationship but at some other times, they will come on their own. But the Ji Tribe never stayed for long and will always return quickly,” Master Lu replied.

Si Bai nodded.

It seemed that the word mysterious also referred to the fact that they couldn’t get a lot of information from the other party.

But thinking that the Ji Tribe was similar to the people from Fei Yang Kingdom…

It seemed that there should be a lot of spies planted by the Ji Tribe in Fei Yang Kingdom. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to attack Nan Hua.

“Are there only three tribes on the north?”

“No. There are more, but the rest are further to the east and will never reach this area. My brother will not waste his time investigating enemies that will not cross path with us.” Master Lu put away the scroll and sighed. “I sincerely hope that they will never come.”

Si Bai could only smile bitterly.

They have already come and the first person they targeted is someone whom they should never touched.

The two father in law and son in law talked for a while more about the northern tribe but there was no other useful information. Si Bai could only deliver this message to his father as this was the most he could find.

…

<Long distance away, Cheng City, Fei Yang Kingdom’s Former Capital City, Long Family Residence>

It didn’t even take one day for various pieces of news from all over Fei Yang Kingdom to be delivered. After so many years of hiding and working in the dark, the Night Rat Organization had long infiltrate the entire Fei Yang Kingdom.

Even if their fighting power was still a bit… low, but their intelligent gathering was really top notch.

They could know many things and even secret of many big families.

If they wanted to, they could use these secrets to control many families in the entire Fei Yang Kingdom.

But Nan Hua never ordered them to do so.

And right now, Nan Hua was reading the information that she had obtained from these people.

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