A day later, the Naman Tribe's servants and slave soldiers arrived as well, and at that moment, the Naman Tribe army before Lord Zheng exceeded twenty thousand.

The difference in numbers between the enemy and us already exceeded twice, almost three times.

You ask if Lord Zheng is nervous?

A bit, but he cannot show it.

Lord Zheng has a commendable trait: he seldom does things he's not confident in. If he does it, he'll do it professionally.

For instance,

"How to be a good mascot and maximize the mascot effect,"

In this matter,

Lord Zheng is absolutely confident, it's been practiced!

Not just sleeping outside after killing the Third Prince,

In the following days,

Lord Zheng either sat on a chair or simply made a small bed with a pile of hay, and slept openly at the camp's entrance.

This behavior indeed stabilized the morale of the troops.

Plus, the Barbarians naturally looked down on the wild people, and the Barbarians respected the strength of the Yan people, seeing this Yan Lord, who is also their new master, being so calm, everyone's heart settled down.

No choice,

Who told this Barbarian army to be deployed for battle without prior reorganization?

If it was his direct subordinates, Lord Zheng wouldn't need such theatrics at all.

Even though it's hard for the physique of a Sixth Rank Martial Cultivator to get a cold, blowing in the snowfield's cold winds for several nights made Lord Zheng's head feel somewhat swollen.

During this period,

A messenger from the Naman Tribe expressed willingness for peace talks, with a very humble approach.

The Naman Tribe was willing to compensate with slaves and livestock to calm Lord Pingye's anger.

Clearly holding the advantage, yet still having to bow to pressure, Zheng Fan understood that all this intimidation came from him waving the great Yan's Black Dragon flag.

Lord Zheng was also reasonable and warmly received the Naman Tribe's messenger, expressing great anticipation and desire for peace talks, and conveyed Yan's basic attitude of hoping for peaceful coexistence and good-neighborly friendship with the tribes of the Snowfield.

Just as the Naman Tribe's messenger was delighted to complete the mission, the jaw-dropping conditions came.

Lord Zheng demanded,

First, hand over the Naman Tribe's First Prince because he is the chief culprit in the massacre of Jin people outside Snow Sea Pass. Such a person must be brought back to Snow Sea Pass and submitted to the Yan Emperor for judgment.

Moreover, the Naman King has failed in ruling his subjects and betrayed the Yan Emperor's investiture. However, as the Naman King is still a royal title, he must personally set off, enter Snow Sea Pass, pass through Jin land, enter Yanjing, and personally apologize to the Yan Emperor.

Finally,

Lord Zheng patted his chest and again expressed his yearning for peace and looking forward to a beautiful future.

The messenger left the Yan Army's camp in a daze like he had seen a ghost.

Wasn't it like seeing a ghost?

Hand over the First Prince?

This condition is very strict, but the messenger felt there was still hope, as his own leader's sons were quite numerous.

Even if they lost the third one, losing the eldest would still leave a whole bunch.

Plus, the First Prince's power and ambition had increasingly aroused the Naman King's suspicion.

But handing over the Naman King, what kind of nonsense is that?

Is this still a peace talk?

Even with a simple thought, one could understand,

If peace requires sacrificing his own leader, then his own leader was not hit on the head by a star; otherwise, how could he ever agree to such peace terms?

Stalemate, confrontation,

continued for about four days.

During these four days, the Yan Army stayed within the camp, avoiding confrontation.

Although the camp wasn't very sturdy, it depended on who they were dealing with. Using a bull knife to kill a chicken, for the wildlings, isn't enough; the camp built by Barbarians not adept at siege warfare was already enough to give them a headache.

After the negotiations failed,

The Naman Tribe's First Prince led troops to challenge near the camp twice, but the Yan Army still showed no intent to fight. If you wish to fight, go ahead. We've even got enough food and livestock from previous loot, no rush.

Another reason that led the Naman Tribe to gradually become reckless and actively provoke for a fight was their discovery that this Yan Army differed from their expectations.

This Yan Army,

strangely enough, had armor and weapons,

as worn out as their own!

The wild people didn't realize the Barbarians had already placed them at the bottom of the contempt chain,

Now,

they began to despise the Barbarians.

During this time, Lord Zheng remained immovable like a mountain.

He was counting the days, Liang Cheng's maneuver should be successful.

The strategy devised by the wildlings' king and its timing was crucial.

Only by seizing this timing can they crush the Naman Tribe at its weakest with minimal cost while also finishing before reinforcements from other tribes arrive.

Once the Naman Tribe is defeated or crushed, other tribes won't understand the saying "if the lips are gone, the teeth will feel cold." They only know Yan people do not come to graze on the snowfields; with one less Naman Tribe, they can divide the Naman Tribe's empty pasture and dispersed population.

This is reality,

due to the wildlings' king's rise and failure,

This process consumed not just over a hundred thousand wild people's army, 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

but also exhausted tribes with insight and foresight.

The essence has been wiped out; those remaining are short-sighted tribes and leaders.

On the fifth day of confrontation,