【1134】 Command Conquer
The good start of the game that won the cold iron barrier made the coalition happy and the morale greatly boosted.
This city with a neutral civilization is quite famous in Frelljord. In the eyes of most people, even Ash and Sejonni, the battle for the siege of the cold iron barrier should be a difficult battle.
However, with the help of Syndra, the caster, the Cold Iron Barrier Warrior, who was unprepared for the air strike, lost his combat power in just one day.
In this battle, Avarosa's archers and Winter Claws' War Mother Guards cooperated well, and the elite team drawn out truly achieved the first capture of the city. After Cindra disrupted the enemy's command and put him in chaos, he seized the opportunity and successfully seized the city wall.
Everything looked great—if Ash and Sejonni hadn't had the argument after the war.
The reason for the two people quarreled was very simple, that is, when facing prisoners of war, the opinions were completely left.
The warriors with the cold iron barrier were easy to say. Most of them died on the city wall with their own war mothers, and a few were covering the frost guard priests in the tribe to escape. The coalition forces had already divided the elite troops to pursue them.
What caused the differences between Ash and Sejonni were the large number of furnace and herdsmen inside the Han Iron Barrier.
As a medium-sized tribe, although the cold iron barrier is not as amazing as the scale of Avarosa and Winter Claws, it has a city and guards the major traffic arteries. Between the two mountains, there are still a considerable number of furnace households and herdsmen within the tribe, most of which are furnace households.
These "non-combatants" have a status within the tribe as much as civilians - they work for the tribe, collect food, engage in trade, and forge iron, while the fighters are professional soldiers, responsible for all combat matters.
According to Freljord's custom, the roosters belong to the "privileged property of the tribe". They are close to the free people in their awesome position, but in fact they live in a relatively similar way to slaves. Only those roosters with skill can be respected.
After the tribe is finished, most of the battle houses will be finished with the tribe, but the fire in the tribe is often just a change of owners.
However, relatively speaking, the tribes under the control of Lisangzhuo, such as the Han Iron Barrier, were more or less marked as the Frost Witch.
Moreover, unlike other furnace owners, the furnace owners with cold iron barriers are more like a group of primitive merchants. Compared with collecting, planting, and forging, they are better at operating, brewing and bargaining.
For the coalition forces, the furnace here is pure and useless, and it is a pity to throw it away.
So, for these furnace owners, Se Zhuoni means to drive them out of the Han Iron Barrier Fortress and let them die on their own.
In her opinion, this was already a rare kindness.
But Ashe could see clearly that when the spring was about to begin, driving the furnaces out of the Cold Iron Barrier Fortress was to kill people - without the protection of the fortress and without the protection of the warriors, they could not even survive the coming spring.
"They have legs!" Sejonni scoffed at Ashe's opinion, "I didn't stop them from seeking refuge in other tribes. Freljord is so big that he just took this opportunity to spread our reputation."
"Then you may be disappointed." Ashe shook his head, "No one would believe the words of a group of furnace villagers who have lost their tribe, even if they talked about it all - and after leaving the Cold Iron Barrier Fortress, it would be difficult for them to find similar jobs. After all, not every tribe likes trade and likes brewing."
"What does this have to do with us?" Sejonni asked back, "Don't let go, Ashe, we just won a victory, and it should be the time for everyone to celebrate together, rather than being here like two fools, worried about the future of a group of roosters..."
"They are also Freljods and are also part of us!" Ashe interrupted Sejonni's words, "The battle at the Han Iron Barrier Fortress has ended, and now is the time for us to think about this problem!"
"Put your innocence and kindness, Ashe!" Seeing that Ashe was still serious, Sejoni finally looked stern, "We cannot accept them - at least the Claw of Winter has no place, and spring will soon begin. Although Yasuo has found us enough food to support the battle, those furnaces are obviously not worth our waste of this precious food. I allow them to leave, which is the greatest kindness!"
"Se Zhuoni! You are killing them!" Ashe was also a little anxious. "You know they can't hold on and can't find the next tribe willing to accept them, and will starve to death and freeze to death halfway through!"
"What do you think?" Sejonni finally widened her eyes, "To soothe your kindness, share our precious food to them? Then let the warriors fight the witch's minions on hunger?"
"Why do we have to expel them?" Ashe took a deep breath, trying to make himself look calmer. "The industries these people are proficient in are in the Fortress of Cold Iron Barrier. Why not leave them here and let them continue their work and then trade their outputs for the supplies they need?"
"Isn't it still acceptable to them?" Se Zhuoni curled her lips, "It's just that there is no forced migration - have you ever thought about it? They believed in Lisangzhuo before!"
"That's not considered a belief." At this point, Ashe saw it very clearly, "just like the Rouges are not loyal to their war mother."
"But why do we take this risk?" Se Zhuoni was completely unable to understand the brain circuit of her friend. "You also know that the witch's methods are bizarre and elusive. Even the loyal warriors may become suspicious because of her whispers and bewitching. In this case, why should we bear a possible danger because of some irrelevant characters?"
"Because we are all Freljods, we should have been together." Ashe sighed helplessly, "If we want to defeat the witch, we must gather the strength of everyone. The warriors must fight and the furnace must produce. We must let more people stand on our side as much as possible, and showing our kindness and means is the best way..."
Chapter completed!