Chapter 897: Chapter 871: _2
"Big brother, I know I was wrong. Give me another chance, I promise to take back Leisure City for you!" The Second Leader hung his head, his face flushed, and his bearded face swelling.
"No chance!" The Great Leader gritted his teeth as he looked at his younger brother, then angrily said, "Our Wa State Tribe has always been short on numbers, and now you went ahead and dispersed that over a thousand-strong force, leaving us with the dead and injured, and you only brought back two hundred or so. Together with our own three hundred stationed men, we barely have six hundred people. Do you want to wipe out our Wa State Tribe entirely?"
"Big brother, I..."
"No more words!" The Great Leader glared at him, saying, "From now on, you’re in charge of recruiting new soldiers. You have no authority to do anything else anymore!"
"Big brother!" The Second Leader was anxious, quickly grabbing his brother who was about to leave, and said, "Big brother, give me a chance. Let me do something for the tribe!"
"Lao Er, I have confidence in your abilities, but your flaws are as great as your abilities." The Great Leader gave him a helpless glance and said, "Lao Er, reflect deeply. If you understand, you’ll still be our Second Leader!"
"Big brother, since you put it that way, I have nothing more to say. I’ve made a mistake, and I’ll take full responsibility. Alright, I’ll go down and reflect!" Saying that, the Second Leader strode out of the hall. The remaining team leaders stood trembling in fear, worried that the Great Leader would punish them. Regardless of what the Second Leader did wrong, he was still the Second Leader; the guilty are not powerful. But they were just small team leaders, doing the hardest and most tiring work, taking full responsibility for the biggest risks.
"Alright, you can all go now, so I don’t get more annoyed looking at you!" The Great Leader glared at them in impatience.
"Yes!" The bunch of team leaders retreated one by one, each hunched over, not daring to raise their heads.
Though the Wa State Tribe had suffered a setback, they couldn’t just let it go. The Great Leader had not participated in the recent battle because he had gone to secretly meet with other small tribes. He was confident that as long as Lao Er didn’t drink, he could take down Luoyang Prefecture, but instead, they were utterly defeated by Luoyang Prefecture.
The Wa State Tribe’s Great Leader quickly got in contact with the leaders of those small tribes in the Golden Triangle, attempting to rally them to resist Luoyang Prefecture. That night, five leaders of armed forces arrived en masse at the Wa State Tribe. In the Wa State Tribe’s small conference room, six men sat around the meeting table, with smoke swirling around them, and everyone holding a cigarette, eyes looking up at the ceiling.
The Wa State Tribe’s Great Leader sat in the foremost seat, glancing at everyone. He understood that these guys were all big mouths, and to get their help, he’d have to bleed a lot. With this in mind, he felt somewhat depressed but couldn’t help but put on a thick-faced smile and said, "Gentlemen, I, Mr. Ma, have asked you here today because there is really something I need your help with!"
"Oh? What matter does the Great Leader require our assistance with?" A man with a handlebar mustache asked curiously.
"Ah, you may not know that our Wa State Tribe has suffered greatly in our recent battle with Luoyang Prefecture!" The Great Leader swept his eyes over the group. Although these guys were staring at the ceiling, their ears were all perked up. The Great Leader sighed and said, "Although our Wa State Tribe has the support of the Americans, and our weaponry is the finest in the Golden Triangle, our lack of manpower is indeed our Achilles’ heel. I hope you can lend a helping hand, what do you say?"
"Haha, so that’s it!" A cross-eyed man laughed, "No problem, I’ll send a hundred brothers to support Wa State’s brothers tomorrow!"
The others remained silent. The Great Leader glanced at the crowd. Apart from the cross-eyed guy, no one else openly expressed support for the Wa State Tribe, making the Great Leader a bit overwhelmed, and the scene quickly fell into silence, making the cross-eyed guy feel embarrassed as well.
"Hehe, Leader Qiu, thank you so much for your loyalty. With your hundred brothers, I assure you they’ll be equipped with the most advanced American arsenal, and there’s no need to return them after, they’re all yours!" The Great Leader threw out a huge bait.
In front of this enticing offer, those guys couldn’t sit still anymore. They all jumped up, with the man with the handlebar mustache speaking first, almost leaping up as he said, "Leader Ma, I haven’t spoken yet, but I’m willing to support you with 360 brothers, this is all we’ve got!"
"I’ll send five hundred!"
"I’ll send four hundred!"
In an instant, the combined forces of the five groups reached over two thousand people. The Wa State Tribe’s Great Leader showed a cunning smile, feeling quite smug as he tricked them with just a bait. However, those guys were really foolish, thinking they’d actually be handed equipment, not realizing that once the battle started, it would be a life-or-death situation. With the Great Leader’s cunning schemes, there was no way he’d let those guys return alive.
In truth, the Great Leader had already planned it: once the battle began, he’d have those guys serve as cannon fodder, while keeping his several hundred soldiers as backup. When Luoyang Prefecture and those gang soldiers were nearly exhausted from fighting, he’d send his soldiers in.
But those five gang leaders, blinded by immediate gains, never considered that once their soldiers were in someone else’s hands, how could they be protected? Trading their elite soldiers just for a batch of American equipment was foolish if not insane.
Soon, the five armed forces’ leaders promised to send their soldiers the next day, while the Great Leader promised to arm every soldier to the teeth and give their equipment to them afterwards.
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Luoyang Prefecture.
Ye Chen was holding Yao Yue for a stroll in the courtyard, living a life akin to immortals, a godly couple living in bliss. As the two strolled leisurely, a soldier rushed in urgently, then respectfully said, "Chief, bad news!"
"What is it?" Yao Yue was startled.
"Well..." The soldier stammered, glancing at Ye Chen.
"Speak, he’s one of us. You can report anything directly to him!" Yao Yue held Ye Chen’s hand.
"Yes!" The soldier nodded immediately and then said, "The Wa State Tribe is uniting with other forces in the Golden Triangle, gathering over two thousand people, probably planning to attack our Luoyang Prefecture!"
"Hmph, if they dare come this time, I’ll make sure they don’t return alive!" Yao Yue was furious.
"Little Yueyue, you’re being naughty again. We’ve agreed to let me handle it this time!" Ye Chen smiled at Yao Yue. Yao Yue blushed, then leaned into Ye Chen’s arms, softly saying, "Mm! You be careful!"
"Don’t worry, with me here, everything will be smooth sailing!" Ye Chen laughed heartily.