Since several older militiamen had vehemently opposed the plan to search for a new homeland, the others found it difficult to choose the second option. Besides, those middle-aged men had been right: if they merely wanted to visit the continent across the sea and broaden their horizons, there was no need to risk their lives searching for some new homeland themselves.
Once they pledged allegiance to the Han Tribe, they could simply take the Han Tribe's sailing ships across the sea. Wouldn't that be far more convenient? They wouldn't need to search for a homeland themselves, and even if they wanted to migrate and settle in one of the Han Tribe's other cities, that might not be impossible.
Thus, after a brief discussion, everyone unanimously decided to choose the first option: find Elder Jin and have him negotiate with the Han Tribe, seeing whether they would accept their terms and allow them to surrender. If they refused, if the terms changed, or if everyone found them unacceptable, they would carry out the second plan.
After all, if the Han Tribe insisted on fighting them and refused to accept their surrender, then no matter how many difficulties they faced in searching for a new homeland across the sea, they would still have to find a way to do it.
"Very well. Since everyone has made their decision, I'll secretly seek out Elder Jin after daybreak and tell him about this in my own name. We'll see what he says. If he agrees, I'll have him negotiate with the Han Tribe. If he wants to kill me, rest assured that I absolutely won't implicate you. All right, that's enough for today. Go to sleep."
After Brother Xun said this, he immediately turned over and lay down on the mat. The people around