Chapter 519
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Chapter 519: Siqin’s Decision
With thoughts racing, Luo Ji immediately had a guard relay an order, telling Guo Jia to speed up preparations.
Those grasslanders, if not severely suppressed this time, might really think they could do anything!
At the same time, the case of the stolen military equipment finally had a conclusion.
The military supplies that had already fallen into the hands of the grasslanders were clearly irrecoverable.
This incident represented a substantial loss for his Myriad World Civilization.
Luo Ji had no interest in being lenient with evildoers.
Zhang Lin and all the other criminals would be publicly executed by beheading, as a warning to others!
Stealing military equipment and colluding with the enemy to betray the nation!
The severity of their crimes made even death seem too light a punishment!
Furthermore, Liu Shu, the head of the Armament Department; Zhou Tao, the City Lord of Iron Wall City; General Zhao Pan; and his deputy Liu Tao, were all held responsible for “poor judgment in discerning character and improper use of personnel.”
However, considering their significant contributions and their active cooperation with the Dark Division in investigating the case and apprehending the criminals to atone for their mistakes, they were all fined half a year’s salary as a disciplinary measure.
At the same time, Luo Ji also ordered the city lords, garrison commanders, and even the heads of all important departments to thoroughly reform their subordinates.
If such an incident were to happen again, there would be no leniency!
With such a major event occurring within Myriad World Civilization, the city lords, generals, and department heads immediately adopted a diligent and conscientious demeanor, daring not to show the slightest slack.
Meanwhile, on the grasslands, several days passed.
The forces sent to receive the military equipment had still not returned.
Sitting in his chief’s tent, Siqin couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.
At this moment, he knew clearly that the people he had sent out were likely not coming back.
Turning to look at Bazar and the one-eyed Buhe, who stood on either side, Siqin slowly spoke.
“Gather the troops, equip them with the weapons and equipment we got from the Central Plains people, and we will move to swallow the Shuote Tribe!”
According to the current strengths of the major tribes, the Khanar Tribe and the Sunite Tribe were now at the bottom.
However, Siqin was not in a hurry to eliminate these two tribes.
On one hand, these two tribes had been fiercely fighting each other for so long that their internal resources were nearly depleted.
Wasting manpower to eliminate them now would yield few resources, making it pointless.
On the other hand, these two tribes were no longer a threat.
He would let them continue their bitter struggle, and it would have little impact on him.
Compared to them, the Shuote Tribe, which had been among the stronger of the five major tribes, should still have considerable resources even after being swept by a blizzard.
Eliminating them would also allow him to replenish his resources.
Such a tribe was worth his effort.
Sharp bronze spears, keen bronze swords.
Although these were weapons that the Central Plains army had rotated out to be sharpened and reforged, they were a significant upgrade for the grasslanders, whose weaponry was relatively backward.
The Charhan Tribe’s forces, now re-equipped, launched a surprise attack on the Shuote Tribe’s encampment, catching them completely off guard.
The clatter of iron hooves, the rampaging grassland cavalry.
Relying on their new weapons and equipment, the Charhan Tribe established a clear advantage from the very first clash.
After several rounds of fighting between the two forces, the severely weakened Shuote Tribe quickly succumbed.
This time, Siqin did not choose to completely exterminate them.
Previously, he had annihilated the Knanar Tribe to ignite war between Batel and Sunite Tribes.
But now, facing the severely weakened Shuote Tribe, he clearly had no such need.
With a look of disbelief on the Shuote Tribe leader’s face, Siqin cut off his head with a single stroke.
With their leader dead and their brave warriors suffering heavy casualties, the Shuote Tribe clearly lost all will to resist.
The remaining people knelt and surrendered.
Such events were quite common among the major grassland tribes.
Decades ago, the Shuote Tribe itself was established by the current leader’s grandfather through similar acts of burning, killing, and looting.
All told, it was only three generations, with little history to speak of.
In fact, most grassland tribes were like this.
The oldest historically was Siqin’s Charhan Tribe, which he was the fifth leader of.
It was both easy and difficult for these large tribes on the grasslands to establish themselves.
If there was a sufficiently powerful warrior leading a force, they could easily snowball by annexing several tribes.
But conversely, they could also easily be annihilated.
One or two devastating defeats could cause a tribe to fall apart.
If Luo Ji knew about this, he would immediately see where the problem lay.
Clearly, these grasslanders only knew how to fight and plunder.
Burning, killing, and looting were certainly easy.
But if a large tribe, once established, didn’t know how to govern and develop properly, relying solely on military might, then that tribe would easily collapse.
Most of the grassland tribes suffered from this flaw.
It was precisely for this reason that Luo Ji, after successfully establishing his cavalry force, had never really taken the grasslanders seriously.
In his view, a grassland tribe that didn’t understand governance and development was simply not worth fearing.
However, looking at the current situation, it seemed that among those grasslanders who only knew how to burn, kill, and fight, there was now a shrewd individual.
In just a few days, Siqin, having successively annexed the Shuote Tribe and the Turuit Tribe, wisely stopped.
He temporarily abandoned his plans to move against the Sunite and Khanar Tribes.
This decision proved his intelligence.
Annexing two major tribes consecutively was already his limit.
If he were to greedily try to annex the Sunite and Khanar Tribes as well, he risked being overwhelmed.
Upon returning to the Charhan Tribe’s encampment, Siqin dismounted and immediately issued an order without hesitation.
“Clear the encampment. We’re preparing to withdraw deeper into the grasslands!”
From the moment he decided to move against the other four tribes, he had no intention of fighting Myriad World Civilization.
With the one-eyed Buhe as his informant, constantly gathering intelligence on Myriad World Civilization from the outer reaches of the vast grasslands, Siqin probably had the deepest understanding of Myriad World Civilization among all five tribes.
Therefore, he clearly understood what a colossal entity his opponent was!
Five tribes, each with their own ulterior motives, even if united, could not defeat the Central Plains people.
Rather than uniting with the other four tribes to attack Myriad World Civilization, it was better to seize this opportunity to annex other tribes and strengthen himself!
After consolidating his power, at worst, he would simply retreat deeper into the grasslands and slowly develop.
How vast were the grasslands? If he withdrew, what could Myriad World Civilization do to him?
