When Hassan led the team back to the tribe, he felt that he had only been away for less than ten days, but the tribe had changed again.
Before this, their tribe was so small that it could almost be seen at a glance. But now, the tents set up here were spread out and it looked quite spectacular.
In just a few weeks, Yan Liuyuan had annexed six or seven tribes of various sizes and completed a rare rapid expansion.
But before Hassan could enter the tribe's territory, he saw two men running over in a hurry. "Hassan, hurry back. Something's happened at the big tent."
Hassan squeezed the horse's belly with his legs and rushed into the tribe with the men behind him. The so-called big tent was where Yan Liuyuan was.
If someone said something had happened to the big tent, it was probably because Yan Liuyuan was in danger.
The price of expanding too quickly was that it was difficult to guarantee internal stability. Because many of the tribes that had just been merged might not really obey them, and they were not as loyal to Yan Liuyuan as Hassan was.
On the way to the big tent, Hassan was surprised to find many people standing by the side of the road and watching in silence.
"Raise your guns," Hassan said coldly. "Let's leave a deep impression on these people!"
With that, hundreds of men raised their guns at the same time and fired into the sky.
The violent gunshots startled the cattle and sheep of the various tribes and made them flee in all directions. The nomads of those tribes looked fearful.
They did not know where Hassan had gotten such sophisticated weapons from, but they knew that these weapons were enough to intimidate them.
As Hassan and the others fired, all the nomads in the entire tribal camp fell silent except for the gunshots and the neighing of livestock. This was submission in the face of power.
The Grassland was a place that worshipped the strong. If you were strong enough, everyone would submit to you from the bottom of their hearts.
Some children wanted to pick up the shells that Hassan and the others had dropped on the ground, but they were held back by their parents, for fear that Hassan would start a massacre as an example to others.
When Hassan came to the front of the tent, he was shocked to find that the leaders of the various tribes were already standing outside. One of them glanced at Hassan, then continued to shout into the tent: "I am a warrior of a hundred battles, and also the leader of the Horai tribe. Today, I have come to challenge you to see if you are qualified to be our khan. Don't scare me with the guns of the Central Plainsmen, and don't scare me with a pack of wolves. A man should believe in the strength in his own hands instead of external forces! "
This was the difference between the people from the grasslands and the people from the Central Plains. If they were in the Central Plains, Yan Liuyuan would have thousands of wolves under his command, and he also had excellent weapons that no one else had, and no one would dare to challenge him.
In the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, that was foolishness.
But on the grasslands, in the eyes of everyone, this leader of the Helai tribe was courageous.
And if this leader of the Helai tribe won, they would look down on Yan Liuyuan from the bottom of their hearts.
Even Hassan didn't know what to do when faced with this. Logically speaking, Yan Liuyuan had to accept the challenge, but out of loyalty to Yan Liuyuan, Hassan couldn't stand others provoking Yan Liuyuan like this. "Helai tribe, if you want to challenge, I, Hassan, can spar with you."
The leader of the Helai tribe sneered: "I'm not challenging you."
At this moment, Yan Liuyuan's voice came from the tent. He said curiously: "What I don't understand is, even if you can defeat me, the guns are still in my hands, and the wolves won't leave me. What are you planning? You can't take power away from me, so isn't this challenge meaningless? "
The leader of the Helai tribe said fiercely: "You colluded with the people from the Central Plains to break the rules of the grasslands, I, Helai Batu, can't stand it!"
"When did I collude with the people from the Central Plains?" Yan Liuyuan said calmly.
"Where did you get those guns from? And why did those Central Plains people want to capture our khan?! "Helai Batu asked loudly.
Yan Liuyuan said melancholically, "I don't know why the Pyro Company wanted to capture your khan either …."
When the Pyro Company's people came to their tribe, Yan Liuyuan was already prepared to attack them. But in the end, he realized they were only asking for directions. Their target was the largest tribe in the grasslands.
At first, Yan Liuyuan did not know what the Pyro Company's people were up to. But later, he heard those ruthless people from the Pyro Company had actually captured the khan of that large tribe.
This left Yan Liuyuan dumbfounded for two days. He just couldn't figure out what the Pyro Company was up to.
He knew the Pyro Company liked to capture supernatural beings to extract their DNA samples, but why did they bring them to the grasslands?
Moreover, the Pyro Company had unknowingly done Yan Liuyuan a great favor.
Yan Liuyuan was already in a standoff with this large tribe, and it was said that their khan was a supernatural being. If not for the Pyro Company's appearance, this large tribe would have been the biggest stumbling block in Yan Liuyuan's way of unifying the grasslands.
Of course, Yan Liuyuan was not afraid of this either. It was just that it would make things very troublesome for him to unify the grasslands.
Now that the stumbling block was gone, the Pyro Company had captured it.
Actually, even Yan Liuyuan himself felt the Pyro Company was like he had hired them.
For some reason, ever since he had the idea of unifying the grasslands, it was as though the Heavens were helping him.
He got Hassan to trade with Su Lei, but in the end, he brought back firearms on the second trade.
He wanted to eradicate that big tribe, but the result was that the big tribe quickly fell apart.
Right now, that large tribe was divided into three factions. The faction that had been incorporated by Yan Liuyuan was ostracized by the other two factions. After losing several battles, they could only come over to Yan Liuyuan dejectedly.
But after arriving here, Alai Batu, who had gained a firm foothold, refused to accept Yan Liuyuan. That was why he challenged them today.
They had not seen any wolves in the past few days, and they were even starting to wonder if the wolves were real.
But at this moment, cries of alarm came from outside the tribe. A large number of tribesmen started running into the camp. When Alai Batu turned around, he saw the entire tribe's camp had been surrounded by countless wolves.
The Wolf King, who was covered in shiny fur, walked into the tribe alone. It did not hurt anyone, but the invisible might it exuded made everyone retreat.
In the end, the Wolf King lay down in front of the tent and started resting as though nothing had happened.
Yan Liuyuan walked out of the tent and stroked the Wolf King's neck with a smile. The Wolf King closed its eyes and rested comfortably.
This was the first time the tribes had seen the wolves and the Wolf King since they submitted to Yan Liuyuan. For a moment, they were so shocked that they could not speak.
Yan Liuyuan looked at Alai Batu and said with a smile, "You just think I look weak, so you want to use a challenge to discredit me. But you've miscalculated. I'll accept your challenge, but I'll ask you again. Have you thought through the consequences?"
Alai Batu's face flushed with anger. After more than ten seconds of silence, he said, "I've thought it through!"
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