Chapter 264 Attitude Change
In this environment, the elders' council of the crocodile tribe was convened again.
"We can't delay this anymore. We must break the current situation. Otherwise, in less than two years, our crocodile tribe will be destroyed. No, in less than two years, more than half of our tribe members will starve to death, let alone go to war."
"To break the current situation, it's light to say. You haven't seen the situation on the front line with your own eyes. The equipment advantages of the Kingsley family are too obvious. The tribesmen want to exchange their lives for their lives, and they must rely on their geographical advantages. If there is no geographical advantage, we don't even have the chance to exchange lives. How can we completely defeat them? Even if we can defeat them? The food crisis will not be alleviated at all."
"As you say, we can only wait for death with our eyes closed, or surrender directly to the Kingsley family?"
"Bah! Coward! Surrender to the Kingsley family, you can think of it. You want to become a mine slave for generations, and live like a rat in that dark miner's cave? Our clan would rather die together than surrender."
"Yes, we will never surrender. We will fight these greedy people to the end."
"Yes, you are tough, you can come up with a solution. Even if you fight bloodyly, you have to take advantage of your strength. If you are so hungry that you can't even lift your weapons. What kind of bloody battle will you use?"
"Did you forget that we are not alone?"
"You mean the Eternal Night Army Leader?"
"That's right, it's the Eternal Night Army Leader. We can't drive away the Kingsley family by our own strength. Many people have seen the strength of the Eternal Night Army Leader with their own eyes. The equipment is not much worse than that of the Kingsley family. The other party does not seem to be short of food. Even if they don't send troops, they can help us with food. We can persist for a longer time and find other ways out."
"You are trying to get a tiger. The leader of the Yongye Army has never been kind to him from beginning to end. Do you really think the other party will help us for free because it was a cliché three hundred years ago? Their ambition to annex our wolfish son has not changed from beginning to end. Now we are waiting for us to deliver it to our door!"
"I don't know that this is a fight with a tiger, but do we have other choices? Compared to the Kingsley family, their eating habits are at least a little more elegant. Even if they are really eaten, I would rather choose the Eternal Night Army Corps than the Kingsley family."
"Did you take advantage of others when you are so hard at praising the Yongye Army? Your ethnic group territory is so close to them, and there are the largest number of merchant ships, so there must be ulterior motives in it."
"You are slandering and saying such words is responsible and you have to tell evidence without any evidence. Why do you say that? I am just giving a reasonable suggestion."
"What's so excited? Are you guilty?"
"I won't mess with you. Anyway, I suggest that I have already said that if you like to listen, just wait for the Kingsley family to be eaten by the Kingsley family and be slaves for generations!"
"Don't be excited, calm, calm down. Everyone is thinking about the crocodile tribe. We must work together to overcome the current difficulties. If there is another conflict within us, there will be no chance. In my opinion, contact the Yongye Army Leader to see what help they can provide us and what requirements they have. If it is reasonable, it may be possible to cooperate. In our current situation, it is impossible to survive without cutting any meat. As long as we survive, we will find a way to get it back."
"I think what Elder Roy said is the correct solution. We will discuss it with the Eternal Night Army Leader to see what conditions the other party has offered. It is not a wise move to veto it without trying it."
"I also agree with Elder Roy's method. Isn't the messenger of the other party still in Losander? It happened to be contacted through him. I wonder what the opinions of the elders were?"
Everyone's eyes turned to the Five-person Presbyterian Church.
In the previous offense and defense with Akmathur, the Five Presbyterians had proved their value. They not only achieved a final result at critical moments.
When the entire situation was in danger, he led the way and charged on the front line, winning the respect of everyone.
They may have one or another flaws, but they are indeed striving for the future of the entire Crocodile tribe.
"I think this method is feasible. You can try it, and there is no loss." Weber first expressed his attitude.
This young leader did not directly express his attitude when he was in the Eternal Night Army Leader, but after returning to the Elders' Council, his attitude was somewhat biased towards the Eternal Night Army Leader.
Before the Kingsley family's army arrived and before the Great Elders' Council was established, he suggested that the Elders' Council adopt a gentle approach to the Eternal Night Army.
It was not because he had a sense of identity with them after wandering around the Yongye Army, but because he was simply not optimistic about the situation of the Crocodile tribe, believing that they had no experience in large-scale wars and it was difficult for them to withstand the large-scale invasion of the Kingsley family with their own strength.
If they offend the Yongye Army leader completely, they will really have no chance and will not be able to withstand the pressure of the two lines.
On the contrary, the Yongye Army leader showed other plans to their crocodile people from the beginning, but instead they could exploit weaknesses.
It is worth using this to seek benefits and support for yourself as much as possible and paying a certain price for it. Only by surviving can there be other possibilities. If the clan is destroyed, they will have no hope.
He also proposed to open trade deals with Yongye Junzhen.
The Crocodile tribe is in the center of a storm that has not been seen in a century. It can no longer stick to the rules and treat it in the same way as the old ways of dealing with things. It should adopt a positive attitude, and the trade exchange with the Yongye Army Leader is a good start.
As an example, he was the first to open the Castle of Lausand in his tribe.
However, his view, in the conservative Elders' Council, was the more radical at the beginning and did not receive much support.
It was just because of the embarrassment of the crocodile tribe, and allowed to try it out in part.
Unexpectedly, after opening the opening, I couldn't stop the car. After all, the Yongye Army Leader had many commodities that they could not refuse, such as food and weapons.
Using these two to enlighten the way is really a disadvantage. Those elders who are opposed cannot stop them, because the result of their reckless actions will only lose people's hearts and let their tribesmen turn themselves off, and they can only turn a blind eye.
However, the Yongye Army leader was very clear about what the crocodile tribe needed and always kept them in a state of hunger. The food transported there could only barely keep them from falling into a large-scale food shortage, but never let them really eat.
If you want to fill your stomach thoroughly, you have to pay a price.
Some small tribes that could not be maintained have secretly extended an olive branch to the Eternal Night Army leader.
This is an open secret in the Elders' Council, but there is no way to stop it. They can't eradicate those tribes as traitors, right?
And if they don’t find a way to solve the food problem, this situation will only increase.
After failing to fight the Kingsley family head-on and a pessimistic mood arises within the Crocodile tribe, Elder Weber's original extreme idea became the norm and was sought after by many people.
Especially those who suffered heavy losses in the war and those small tribes, not only did they have the ability to bear disasters, but they also had to be wary of their fellow tribes and not be annexed. Once they fell into their mouths, they would be completely part of other tribes.
At least what the Eternal Night Army leader showed in front of them was a relatively gentle attitude.
"We have no other choice. Even if we have to endure their exploitation, it will be better than extermination of the clan and the race. I hope the other party will not do too much." Another great elder, Stephenney, echoed.
This female champion knight has never been to the Yongye Army Leader. Her understanding of them is only heard of, and she has no feelings of likes or dislikes. She just starts from the perspective that is most beneficial to the crocodile people.
"I object that our situation is not so bad yet. Once they are dragged in, the situation will become even more chaotic." Klein spoke out.
This great elder who had visited the Eternal Night Army leader showed unconcealed hostility towards him from the very beginning.
Of course, this hostility is not unreasonable. The other elders saw strict discipline from the Eternal Night Army leader, but in his eyes, they were an unyielding military government. Their current kindness was disguised. Once the annexation was launched, the degree of cruelty would probably exceed their imagination.
But he was not as good at thinking and speaking as Weber, and he had no way to organize this deep worry into words and pass it on to others. The only thing he could do was to resist with his own tough attitude.
As the atmosphere within the elders' council changed, his resistance from beginning to end gradually became synonymous with stubbornness and his popularity became worse and worse. If it weren't for him on the battlefield, he and the tribes he led would be extremely brave and always led by the forefront, for fear that he would have been squeezed out of the five-man elders' council.
"Do you think they won't come in if we don't pull it? Don't be too naive. They are just sitting and watching now. I guess their army has been ready. Even if we don't contact them, when the time is right, we will go downstream. In our current situation, what can we do to resist their fleet? At that time, we were completely passive. Instead of doing this, it's better to take advantage of the initiative in our hands."
Weber responded without hesitation. It was obvious that he had been patient with Klein for a long time. He had no doubt about the other party's feelings for the Crocodile tribe.
But this kind of persistence also depends on the situation. What is the situation of the crocodile tribe now?
If you are not careful in handling it, you will be doomed and the race will be destroyed.
He is still here to hold on. If he continues like this, he will become a stumbling block for the survival of the crocodile tribe.
"Then let's fight back. Even if the environment is difficult, we still have countless soldiers full of blood. Even if the last drop of blood is shed, we will never abandon one tribe and lose a piece of land." Klein said this with a serious expression and passionate expression.
It can be seen that he was not simply shouting slogans, but was really planning to do this. I don’t know whether others were infected or not, so he moved himself first.
"Brainless and reckless man!" Weber couldn't help but curse. He looked down on the person who was the one who ran to death because of his persistent thoughts.
What qualifications do you have to do such irrational behavior on behalf of your own tribe members?
How do you determine your tribe and what you hold is an idea?
Is your noble thoughts really so noble?
It may not be, it is more like a complete selfishness.
"Both, calm down, calm down, everyone is for the survival of the crocodile tribe, and there is no selfishness, why bother fighting?" Bishop said with a smile.
These are the five great elders, the other one who has never been to the Eternal Night Army leader.
He was able to be selected not because of his strong personal strength or because of his strong ethnic power, but because of his super good popularity.
To put it bluntly, it’s just a good man. I don’t know if he is born like this, but because he has been laughing for too long, laughing has become his only expression.
Whether you see from the front or the side, you will always see the smiling face of a kind-eyed elder, which is difficult for people to feel bad.
Any force needs such people, especially the elder council system of the Crocodile tribe, and even more, people with good popularity need to mediate and talk about peace in the middle, otherwise it would be no good for anyone to argue here like Weber and Klein.
So, to a certain extent, when Bishop comes forward to start smoothing out the situation, it is a war stop talisman.
Weber and Klein snorted angrily at the same time, and turned aside. Although no settlement was reached, they did not continue to quarrel.
Bishop continued his efforts and said to Nitya, who had never expressed his opinion in the Five Elders Council, said: "Great-grandmother, what do you think about this matter?"
Judging from his appearance, Bishop is a few years older than Nitya.
However, in terms of age, the two are indeed a perfect relationship between great-grandmother and grandson, and the blood relationship between the two is still relatively close.
Having said that, in the Elders' Council, there are not a few people who have a blood relationship with Natea.
When a person lives long enough, her age will be her greatest capital.
"One more friend, one more road." Natea said gently with kind-eyed eyes, "I think people have some vision. The little guy named Sean, although he is a little ambitious, his heart is not bad, and everything is left on the line. He has not done anything. Even if we crocodile people have no way out, and throw them under his banner, the situation will not be so bad. After you live for a long time, you will know that some things are not as important as you think. For example, the name of crocodile people is not a title, but a spirit and a concept. It is to cure our bodies and will not change with where we are. If you simply think that living in a swamp of despair and taming war crocodiles can be called crocodiles, that is the real narrow prejudice."
"What my ancestors taught is that we are too paranoid."
"What great-grandmother said is reasonable."
Whether you are convinced or disregarded, when Natea speaks, she always has to agree on the surface.
Whether it is the Great Elders Council or the Elders Council, compared with the beginning, the attitude towards the Eternal Night Army leader has undergone a huge change.
Now the voices of secondary communication with him have the upper hand, and the opposition forces led by Klein are completely submerged under the rules of the minority obeying the majority.
Chapter completed!