Warlord: King of All Clans

Several centurions on the edge stretched out their hands to grasp the hilts of their swords, preparing to stand up and respond, but their companions beside them held down their shoulders.

Those who could become the leaders of grassland tribes were not fools. When they saw that the atmosphere was not right, they all fell silent.

Originally, this palace coup was a joint effort by Dukak and Gabatu, who used various threats and inducements to coerce more than half of the vassal centurions of the Tarhan tribe to act together.

Their plan was to use Dukak's smashing of the cup as a signal, and then humiliate or even kill the envoys from Hewan together, thus forcing the Tarhan tribe into a desperate situation.

There are only two ways to resolve this contradiction.

One is to marry Arina over quickly and eliminate the anger of Hewan through marriage.

In this way, the Tarhan family had no one available to stop Dukak, and within a few years, the position of Beg of the Tarhan tribe would fall into the hands of his son-in-law.

The second is to marry Arina to Dukak. Only by joining forces can the situation be stabilized and the pressure from Hewan bend be withstood.

Whatever the outcome, it will be good for Dukak.

But now that Gabatu had been defeated and no one had found him alive or dead, Dukak was left without a supporting actor.

Strong stood up. In front of his tall and strong physique, the prairie man Dukak was just a child.

Strong looked down at him and jokingly asked, "What are you going to do? Kill me?"

He overturned the table and intensified the conflict just to watch the show.

Seeing no one responding, Dukak became furious and shouted at the captain who had the best relationship with him: "Kuomutai! What's wrong with you? How can we allow people from the North to overturn the table in our Western Territory?"

Unexpectedly, Kuo Mutai lowered his head, drank the wine in the glass, and sighed: "The wine from Hewan is really good."

With the massive dumping of various commodities from the river bay, the nobles of Ulangal no longer liked the kumis from the grassland, but preferred the clear and strong liquor from the river bay.

As soon as Kuomutai finished speaking, another captain also advised: "Dukak, didn't you receive the message? You should rest quickly."

Seeing that everyone had no expression on their faces, Dukak suddenly felt alarmed and shouted in a deep voice, "What news?"

At this time, a messenger from the Kerait tribe hurried in, but was stopped by the guards of the Talhan tribe. He glanced at Dukak anxiously.

Shi Latu sat in the main seat at the top. Seeing this, he looked at Si Zhuang. Seeing that Si Zhuang did not respond, he waved his hand and said, "Come in."

The Kerait messenger walked quickly to Dukak and whispered.

But most of those present were extraordinary people with amazing hearing, so the messenger's words were equivalent to announcing the news on the spot.

"Uncle, the musketeers from the river bend attacked our ranch. My fourth uncle led his troops to fight back, but they were all wiped out. Our horses and cattle all fell into the hands of the river bend people."

Dukak's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is this possible! The fourth brother has a thousand cavalrymen!"

The young messenger was Dukak's cousin. Upon hearing this, his eyes turned red and he shouted angrily: "It's not just the musketeers from the river bend who attacked us, but also the bastards from Kasi!"

Dukak suddenly looked at Kuomutai, who was the leader of the Kasixi tribe.

Kuo Mutai spread his hands and said helplessly: "Don't just stare at me, they also have a share."

Dukak looked in the direction his finger pointed and saw that four or five centurions all lowered their heads.

The territories of these centurions, like those of Kasi, were all located around the Kerait tribe.

In the past, they were vassals of Shilatu in public, but secretly submitted to Dukak.

There was no way around it. Although Shilatu's Tarhan tribe was more powerful, Dukak's Kerait tribe was above them. If they did not choose to surrender, they would be annexed.

On the first day of arriving in Ulangaer, Strong sent people to meet secretly with these centurions to negotiate the terms of trade.

Especially the Kasi tribe, which is the third largest tribe of centurions after the A'er tribe.

There are also open-air burning rocks in western Kashiwa, but because of its remote location deep in the grassland, it has never been able to reap the benefits of the burning rock trade.

They did not have the ability to develop independently, and were obstructed by the Turhan tribe, so they could not sell the products even if they were dug out.

The territory of the western part of Ka was closer to Ulanggar, separated only by the Kereyid tribe.

Strong told them that once the railway from Ulangal to Xingtao City was completed, Kasi would be the most geographically advantageous place for exporting fuel stone in the western border, and the trade volume of fuel stone would be ten times that of Buck Fortress.

Moreover, Strong did not give them time to think and bluntly stated that on his way to Ulangal, countless River Bay Musketeers had already entered the territories of various tribes.

As soon as he gave the order, the attack would begin.

If they refuse to trade, we will destroy their main tents, burn their winter tents, drive all the cattle, sheep and horses into the snowfields, and let their people fend for themselves.

When spring comes, they will join forces with the Talhan tribe to attack and seize the ore mine and run it themselves.

The Tarhan tribe made its fortune by relying on the fuel stone mine. If the fuel stone trade volume in western Kazakhstan increases tenfold, what is the difference between that and owning a gold mine?

Kuomutai realized at the first moment that his tribe of a thousand men could not possibly hold on to such a large business.

Regardless of whether it is Dukak or Slatu, once the development stage is entered, it is the time for the western part of Ka to be annexed.

Instead of doing this, it is better to join Hewan, establish a joint venture company, and own shares in the operation!

The other weaker centurions were even less confident. Under the enviable trade terms and the military intimidation of the Hewan soldiers, they quickly chose to surrender.

This is what the grassland leaders are like. In the face of huge interests, they easily abandon their allies.

Moreover, as messengers from various families arrived in Ulanggar and reported the news that the Hewan soldiers had forcibly entered the grassland, these centurions dared not disobey Strong's orders.

From the perspective of the people of the Western Territory, they actually support Dukak from the bottom of their hearts, and their rebellion comes from the bottom of their hearts.

A wolf pack on the grassland cannot be without a strong leader. Shilatu is old, and Dukak is the most suitable leader.

But now that there are other opportunities to get meat more easily, the little soup that Dukak leaked is not enough.

All we can say is that although both are based on coercion and inducement, Hewan is more powerful than Dukak, and Hewan is more advantageous than Dukak.

All these behind-the-scenes operations took only three days, and the situation that was originally intended to force Shilatu to give up his throne suddenly turned into a siege on Dukak.

Even Shilatu and Arina were kept in the dark by Si Zhuang and only saw the situation clearly at this time.

Arina could not help but get angry, "Strong, the West is ours, don't do anything wrong here!"

She was also afraid of this minotaur. When he arrived in the West, before he even settled down, he solved the problem that had troubled the Talhan family for three years.

But this solution is definitely not what the Talhan family wants to see. It is a blatant intervention and is full of aggression.

Shilatu also said in a deep voice: "Master Sizhuang, this is an internal conflict of our Tarhan tribe. The Hewan envoy does not need to worry about it."

Yue Gechar was more familiar with Si Zhuang. He pulled Si Zhuang's sleeve and whispered to him, "The Kerey tribe is second only to our Tarhan tribe. It has tens of thousands of people and thousands of armored cavalry. If we are not careful, it will cause chaos. Let us solve it ourselves."

Si Zhuang didn't listen at all and shouted: "If you offend me, it's equal to offend Hewan. This is not your Tarhan tribe's business. Capture him!"