Recaps

Yan and the Fire Tribe’s fleet departed upstream with grain after farewells from Qingsui and the Valley Tribe’s chief and elders. Qingsui treasured Yan’s parting gift and looked forward to visiting the Fire Tribe next spring.

• Yan ate rice balls Daya brought him while the Fire Tribe prepared to leave with two million jin of grain.
• Qingsui gave Yan roasted meat, and Yan returned a gift of fine hemp cloth and a carved bone comb before they said goodbye.
• Daiyue and the Valley Tribe’s seven elders came to see Yan and Dali off, promised the remaining grain, and affirmed their plans to supply grain next year.
• Yan ordered the horn blown, and the Fire Tribe, Fish Tribe, and Valley Tribe boats formed a fleet and sailed upstream.
• Qingsui watched the fleet disappear, then returned home and treasured Yan’s gift as she planned to visit the Fire Tribe next spring.

Xueya’s Wolf Tribe decided to raid west for supplies and revenge against the Fish Tribe, then assembled its forces and began the march. The chapter left Xueya leading the expedition toward the western tribes.

• Xueya and the Wolf Tribe’s leaders discussed their dwindling supplies and whether to raid again.
• Yexiao warned against attacking the Horse Tribe and proposed heading west to target the Fish Tribe and other tribes.
• Xueya ordered nine hundred warriors and a fifteen-hundred-person logistics group to prepare for the expedition, assigning leaders to the forces.
• Xueya recalled the losses at Yellow Leaf Camp and vowed to avenge the fallen, including Tujiu.
• The Wolf Tribe assembled at High Pointed Mountain the next morning, and Xueya led the force west.

The Marsh Tribe learned that a large Wolf Tribe force was advancing west and would pass through their lands. Cangbo chose to evacuate to the Pottery Salt Tribe before the attack, leaving the unharvested rice behind as they hurried toward the promised Fire Tribe reinforcements.

• Little Water Grass told Cangbo that the Wolf Tribe was approaching with about nine hundred people, including six hundred cavalry, and a large supply train.
• Tao Qi warned that the Wolf Tribe was likely headed for the Fish Tribe and would pass through the Marsh Tribe, and urged Cangbo to withdraw to the Pottery Salt Tribe while Fire Tribe reinforcements were summoned.
• Cangbo decided to evacuate rather than risk his people to protect the unharvested rice, and ordered Changgāo, Qiantan, Luwei, Xuanwo, and Chaoxi to prepare the tribe.
• The Marsh Tribe organized its departure, sending the old and young first, followed by the women and belongings, while fighters guarded the rear and moved supplies by boat.
• Cangbo led the tribe west toward the Pottery Salt Tribe as the sun set, leaving their camp and fields behind while the Wolf Tribe advanced from the east.

Tao Liu warned Muye that a large Wolf Tribe force was approaching, prompting the Beast Taming Tribe to abandon its unharvested rice and evacuate to the Pottery Salt Tribe. There, Muye and Cangbo joined Jia Li to prepare their combined forces to hold the camp until the Fire Tribe’s reinforcements arrived.

• Tao Liu reported that about nine hundred Wolf Tribe members, including six hundred cavalry, were approaching the Beast Taming Tribe, and said the Pottery Salt Tribe had urged them to evacuate.
• Muye ordered his people to leave before dark, and Liequan led the warriors as the tribe set out for the Pottery Salt Tribe.
• Muye’s people reached the Pottery Salt Tribe, where Jia Li arranged shelter and food for them and Muye discovered that Cangbo had arrived earlier with the Marsh Tribe.
• Jia Li, Muye, and Cangbo agreed to defend the camp with more than seven hundred warriors until the Fire Tribe’s reinforcements arrived.

After learning that a large Wolf Tribe force was approaching, Wu Xiong and the Hundred Crafts Tribe prepared to defend their camp while evacuating their elderly, children, and women to the Pottery Salt Tribe. The chapter ended with Wu Xiong looking east and waiting for Xueya and the coming battle.

• Tao Wu warned Wu Xiong that about nine hundred Wolf Tribe fighters, including six hundred cavalry, were heading toward the Fish Tribe and could threaten the Hundred Crafts Tribe.
• Kaishan, Shifu, and Lieying opposed a full withdrawal, while Ruimu proposed evacuating the vulnerable and keeping able-bodied people to defend the camp.
• Wu Xiong approved Ruimu’s plan after Tao Wu explained that Fire Tribe reinforcements could arrive within two or three days.
• Wu Xiong assigned Kaishan to organize fighters, Shifu to lead the evacuation, Lieying to scout, and Ruimu to strengthen the camp’s defenses.
• The first evacuees set out for the Pottery Salt Tribe as the remaining people prepared for battle, and Wu Xiong challenged Xueya to come.

Canglan learned that a large Wolf Tribe force was advancing on the Fish Tribe and ordered preparations to defend the camp, harvest the grain, and seek help. The chapter ended with him alone in the council hall, uncertain whether the Fish Tribe could withstand the attack.

• Canglan warned the Fish Tribe leaders that their growing population, limited warriors, and nearby Wolf Tribe scouts made the tribe vulnerable.
• Shentan explained that the Fish Tribe had only a little over eight hundred warriors, while the Wolf Tribe had grown stronger and still possessed more than six hundred cavalry.
• Tao Si reported that around nine hundred Wolf Tribe warriors, including six hundred cavalry, were heading toward the Fish Tribe with more than a thousand support personnel.
• Canglan ordered Shentan to track the Wolf Tribe, Laoduo to harvest the nearly ripe rice, Xieqian to request Fire Tribe reinforcements, Langhua to ready the small boats, and Julang to strengthen the camp.
• Canglan thanked Tao Si and sent him back with four pieces of pottery and a message for Chief Jia Li about uniting against the Wolf Tribe.
• After Tao Si left, Canglan returned to the empty council hall and wondered whether the Fish Tribe could hold off the advancing force.

Xueya found the Marsh Tribe’s camp abandoned and learned that the Pottery Salt Tribe had likely warned nearby tribes of the Wolf Tribe’s advance. He ordered Duyan to harvest the Marsh Tribe’s rice, sent Yexiao to scout the surrounding tribes, and led the main force toward the Fish Tribe.

• Xueya and his leaders entered the deserted Marsh Tribe camp and found that its people had evacuated with their supplies at least two days earlier.
• Yexiao concluded that the Pottery Salt Tribe had probably spotted the Wolf Tribe’s forces and warned the Marsh Tribe and other nearby tribes.
• Xueya stopped Shichui from burning the camp and decided to harvest the ripe rice instead.
• After considering an attack on the fortified Pottery Salt Tribe, Xueya chose to target the Fish Tribe first for its grain, people, and livestock.
• Xueya left Duyan with troops and support personnel to harvest the rice, sent Yexiao and forty cavalrymen to scout four tribes, and led the remaining force west toward the Fish Tribe.

Xueya rushed four hundred Wolf Tribe cavalry to the Fish Tribe, but Canglan kept the defenders inside their camp rather than risk a battle against the exhausted cavalry. The two sides ended the day trading insults as the Fish Tribe waited anxiously for reinforcements from the Pottery Salt Tribe and the Fire Tribe.

• Xueya split off with four hundred cavalry and hurried toward the Fish Tribe while Shichui followed with the remaining troops and logistics personnel.
• Xueya learned that the Fish Tribe was harvesting rice and led a charge, but Julang and Shentan joined more than five hundred infantry to block the cavalry, forcing Xueya to retreat to high ground.
• Xueya tried to provoke Julang and Canglan into fighting outside the camp, but Canglan refused and warned that the Pottery Salt Tribe and Fire Tribe might send reinforcements.
• Xueya threatened to destroy the Fish Tribe, and Canglan ordered the defenders to trade insults with the Wolf Tribe to maintain morale.
• At night, Canglan and Shentan waited to learn whether the Pottery Salt Tribe would arrive soon and whether the Fish Tribe could hold out until the Fire Tribe came.

Xueya’s Wolf Tribe lured the Fish Tribe into a disastrous battle while harvesting their rice and destroying their crops. The Fish Tribe lost more than three hundred people, and the Wolf Tribe resumed harvesting as the defeated defenders fell silent.

• Xueya’s cavalry lured Julang and the Fish Tribe horsemen away from their camp, then escaped without pursuing them.
• Yexiao reported that the Beast Taming Tribe and Marsh Tribe had gathered at the Pottery Salt Tribe, while many from the Hundred Crafts Tribe remained behind.
• Xueya sent Shichui and two hundred infantry to guard logistics workers harvesting the Fish Tribe’s early rice.
• Canglan ordered Shentan, Laoduo, and Xieqian to harass the Wolf Tribe, but Shichui’s attack on the vegetable plots provoked the Fish Tribe infantry into a full charge.
• Xueya’s cavalry and Shichui’s forces overwhelmed the Fish Tribe fighters; Laoduo died, Xieqian was gravely wounded, and more than three hundred Fish Tribe people were lost.
• The Wolf Tribe taunted the silent Fish Tribe survivors and continued harvesting the rice without further interference.

Dazhuang and the Fire Tribe cavalry arrived at the Pottery Salt Tribe camp, where Jia Li briefed them on the Wolf Tribe’s invasion and the allied tribes’ forces. After Fish Tribe messengers pleaded for help, Dazhuang organized a cavalry force to ride to their aid the next morning.

• Dazhuang arrived with six hundred Fire Tribe cavalry and met Jia Li and the other tribal leaders at the camp.
• Jia Li reported that the Wolf Tribe had nine hundred warriors, including six hundred cavalry, and that the allied tribes could muster more than eleven hundred warriors, though many Hundred Crafts Tribe fighters remained behind to guard their grain.
• Dazhuang explained that the Fire Tribe could send further reinforcements by boat after receiving the beacon signal.
• Two Fish Tribe messengers arrived and said Xueya had attacked with four hundred Wolf Tribe cavalry, pleading for help.
• Dazhuang decided to support the Fish Tribe, and Jia Li, Cangbo, and Muye assigned one hundred cavalry to join his six hundred.
• Dazhuang prepared to lead the seven hundred cavalry to the Fish Tribe at dawn.

After beacon fires warned that the Wolf Tribe was attacking the Fish Tribe and neighboring tribes, Jianshi ordered the Fire Tribe to send reinforcements while protecting its autumn harvest and trade. Jianya’s thousand warriors sailed downstream to support the threatened tribes as the headquarters mobilized for war.

• A lookout spotted beacon fires from the Stone Creek River Mouth Outpost, and Jianshi called the Fire Tribe’s leaders to an emergency council.
• Dabang described the tribe’s boats and forces, while Jianya and the other leaders urged sending support without disrupting the autumn harvest.
• Jianshi ordered Dabang to reinforce the outposts and send troops to Stone Creek River Mouth, while Jianya led a thousand elite warriors by boat to support the Fish Tribe and Pottery Salt Tribe.
• Jianshi worried that Yan and Dali might encounter the Wolf Tribe while transporting grain, and Qingye comforted him.
• Dabang mobilized troops and strengthened defenses as Jianya’s fleet departed downstream toward the threatened tribes.

The Wolf Tribe harvested the Fish Tribe’s rice while Xueya weighed the risks of attacking their defended camp and worried about the Fire Tribe. When scouts reported at least seven hundred Fire Tribe cavalry approaching, Xueya ordered his warriors to assemble and prepare for battle, abandoning most of the grain.

• Canglan told Shentan that only a little over four hundred Fish Tribe warriors could still fight, and they had received no reply from the Pottery Salt Tribe.
• Xueya rejected a costly frontal assault after two probing attacks failed to break the Fish Tribe’s defenses, while Wolf Tribe workers continued harvesting rice.
• Yexiao reported that scouts sent to the Fire Tribe’s Stone Creek River Mouth Outpost had not returned, so Xueya ordered more scouts south and planned to withdraw with the grain.
• A scout arrived and reported that at least seven hundred elite Fire Tribe cavalry were half a shichen away.
• Xueya ordered the Wolf Tribe to assemble and meet the approaching cavalry, telling Shichui to take only the grain they could carry.

Dazhuang’s seven hundred Fire Tribe cavalry confronted Xueya’s Wolf Tribe over the grain they had seized. After the Fire Tribe won three duels, Xueya withdrew east with his forces while Dazhuang rode toward the Fish Tribe’s camp to wait for reinforcements.

• Xueya arranged his cavalry and infantry to face Dazhuang’s approaching Fire Tribe forces and refused Dazhuang’s demand to surrender the grain and apologize to the Fish Tribe.
• Dazhuang sent Yingmu to challenge the Wolf Tribe, and Yingmu defeated Shichui, who fled after more than fifty exchanges.
• Mangu challenged the Wolf Tribe next, and Yexiao fought him for thirty rounds before retreating.
• Shinian challenged Xueya and defeated him after sixty rounds, leaving the Wolf Tribe’s morale broken.
• Xueya ordered the Wolf Tribe to withdraw east with the harvested grain, while Dazhuang held back from attacking and led the Fire Tribe cavalry toward the Fish Tribe’s camp.

After the Wolf Tribe’s humiliating defeat, Xueya planned to retreat while the Fish Tribe welcomed Fire Tribe reinforcements and agreed to join them. At the council, Yan devised a plan to circle behind the Wolf Tribe at night and attack from both sides at dawn.

• Xueya decided to retreat toward the Marsh Tribe the next morning, fearing reinforcements from the Fire Tribe would arrive soon.
• Dazhuang arrived at the Fish Tribe camp, where Canglan recounted the losses caused by the Wolf Tribe and offered to have the Fish Tribe join the Fire Tribe after the Wolf Tribe was defeated.
• Jianya and Yan arrived with more Fire Tribe forces, and Canglan confirmed to Yan that the Fish Tribe would formally join the Fire Tribe.
• Jianya reported that the Fire Tribe and Fish Tribe forces outnumbered the Wolf Tribe, but the leaders worried Xueya would flee if they attacked directly.
• Canglan showed the leaders a mountain trail leading behind the Wolf Tribe, and Yan volunteered to take cavalry along it while Jianya attacked from the front at dawn.

Yan and Jianya led a two-pronged assault on the Wolf Tribe, routing its forces and capturing its camp and supplies. Xueya escaped the encirclement with fewer than a hundred followers, while Yan vowed to pursue him after the battlefield was cleared.

• Yan led four hundred cavalry through the night and set an ambush behind the Wolf Tribe’s camp, while Baitou guided them there.
• At dawn, Jianya attacked the camp with a large force, and his bronze-armed cavalry overwhelmed Xueya’s warriors as they tried to fight back.
• Xueya fled with his cavalry, abandoning the camp’s trapped warriors and supplies; Dali and the Fish Tribe’s people seized the camp and sought vengeance.
• Jianya pursued Xueya as Yan’s ambush blocked the escape route and unleashed a volley from two hundred horsebows.
• Yan killed Shichui in the clash, and his cavalry pursued the fleeing Wolf Tribe until Xueya escaped at a crossroads with fewer than a hundred followers.

After defeating most of the Wolf Tribe force, Yan pursued the fleeing Xueya while Jianya organized reinforcements, supplies, and prisoners. Xueya reached the Marsh Tribe camp and prepared to flee before dawn as the Fire Tribe gathered forces to destroy the Wolf Tribe.

• Yan told Jianya that Xueya had escaped toward the Marsh Tribe, then took three hundred elite cavalry to pursue him.
• Jianya arranged for Dali to gather supplies and follow with reinforcements, ordered allied tribes to send troops, and assigned prisoners to three years of hard labor.
• Jianya sailed with the grain fleet toward the Fire Tribe's main camp and planned to collect the remaining grain from the Valley Tribe.
• Dali prepared to march with five hundred cavalry, with more than twelve hundred cavalry expected to join the campaign.
• Xueya reached the Marsh Tribe camp with fewer than a hundred survivors, warned Duyan that the Fire Tribe was pursuing them, and ordered everyone to pack and leave before dawn.

After the Fire Tribe defeated the Wolf Tribe, Xueya fled with the survivors and split them into two groups to escape pursuit. Yan’s cavalry crushed Duyan’s group, while Xueya escaped; Yan and his warriors regrouped at the Marsh Tribe’s camp and prepared to pursue the Wolf Tribe later.

• Xueya told Duyan that the Fire Tribe had overwhelmed the Wolf Tribe, killing Shichui and leaving only two hundred warriors and five hundred logistics personnel, and ordered the survivors to flee.
• Xueya and Duyan split the Wolf Tribe’s survivors onto separate roads, with Duyan taking the southeastern route and Xueya heading northeast.
• Yan divided his cavalry to pursue both groups, then caught Duyan’s column and routed it, killing Duyan and the remaining Wolf Tribe cavalry.
• Yingmu and Shinian reported that Xueya escaped after sacrificing his infantry to delay them, and Yan reassured them before agreeing they could lead the attack on High Pointed Mountain.

Yan gathered Dali and allied forces at the Marsh Tribe camp to prepare for a coordinated attack on Xueya’s remaining Wolf Tribe fighters at High Pointed Mountain. After Yan’s cavalry departed to blockade the mountain, Dazhuang arrived with the infantry and organized the transport of supplies and captives before setting out in pursuit.

• Yan reviewed the seized Wolf Tribe supplies and planned to wait for reinforcements before attacking High Pointed Mountain, where Xueya had escaped with about fifty cavalrymen.
• Dali arrived with seven hundred cavalrymen, heard Yan’s account of the pursuit, and agreed that the forces should surround and starve out the Wolf Tribe’s stronghold.
• Kaishan and Biaotou arrived with cavalry from the Hundred Crafts and Pottery Salt Tribes and promised further infantry reinforcements.
• Yan ordered the allied cavalry to rest and set out for High Pointed Mountain the next morning to blockade it.
• Two days later, Dazhuang arrived with fifteen hundred infantrymen and learned that Yan had already taken the cavalry ahead.
• Dazhuang left two hundred Fire Tribe infantrymen to guard the supplies and captives, ordered the supplies sent to the Pottery Salt Tribe, and led the remaining troops toward High Pointed Mountain.

After the Fire Tribe destroyed most of his force, Xueya decided the Wolf Tribe could no longer remain at High Pointed Mountain. He secretly fled north with a hundred elite warriors, leaving the lair and its people behind as a decoy.

• Xueya returned to the Wolf Tribe’s lair with a few dozen survivors and ordered them to keep their arrival secret.
• Yexiao told Xueshou and Duzhu that the Fire Tribe had crushed their army, killing more than four hundred warriors and capturing a thousand support personnel.
• Xueya decided to abandon High Pointed Mountain and migrate north with a hundred veteran warriors, leaving the subordinate tribes and most of the Wolf Tribe behind.
• Xueya ordered Xueshou to select the warriors, Yexiao to prepare supplies, and Duzhu to reinforce the lair and mislead those left behind about the defeat.
• Before daybreak, Xueya left for the north with the elite warriors and supplies, leaving High Pointed Mountain behind.

Yan and Dazhuang prepared to attack the Wolf Tribe’s stronghold on High Pointed Mountain after capturing more than eight thousand people from its subordinate tribes. The Wolf Tribe remained inexplicably silent, and Yan led five hundred infantry toward the mountain at dawn to probe its defenses.

• Yan and Dali captured more than eight thousand members of the Wolf Tribe’s subordinate tribes, while the Wolf Tribe made no move from its mountain stronghold.
• Yingmu and Yan wondered whether the Wolf Tribe had fled, but Yan considered it unlikely because High Pointed Mountain had been its stronghold for years.
• Dazhuang arrived with more than thirteen hundred infantry and about a hundred cavalry, then discussed the Wolf Tribe’s silence and the planned attack with Yan and Dali.
• Yan described the mountain’s narrow path and wooden checkpoints, and proposed using strong bows and fire to break through them before advancing on the stronghold.
• At dawn, Yan led five hundred infantry toward High Pointed Mountain while Dazhuang guarded the captives and Dali deployed cavalry around the area.

Yan found the Wolf Tribe stronghold abandoned in chaos, learned that Xueya had fled north with about a hundred followers, and arranged a pursuit and the occupation of the camp. He then set out with leaders from several tribes to bring them to the Fire Tribe and discuss their submission.

• Yan entered the Wolf Tribe stronghold and learned from survivors that Tulang’s men had fought among themselves after Xueya abandoned them, then fled east.
• Yan ordered Yingmu to secure the camp and Shinian to search for fugitives; the survivors reported that Xueya had gone north with at most a hundred people.
• Yan left Shinian to garrison the stronghold and assigned Yingmu two hundred cavalry to pursue Xueya north.
• Yan agreed with Dali and Dazhuang to send the prisoners to Stone Creek River Mouth and arrange the migration of the Fish, Pottery Salt, Marsh, Beast Taming, and Hundred Crafts Tribes in stages.
• Yan led the leaders and troops of those tribes west toward the Fire Tribe’s main settlement as Dali and Dazhuang prepared to escort the prisoners and supplies.

Yan met with the chiefs of the Pottery Salt, Hundred Crafts, Marsh, and Beast Taming Tribes after the defeat of the Wolf Tribe, and confirmed that the Fire Tribe equipped its warriors with bronze weapons. The four tribes prepared to migrate south to join the Fire Tribe while Yan set out to negotiate with the Fish Tribe.

• Yan arrived at the Pottery Salt Tribe’s camp, where Jia Li, Wu Xiong, Cangbo, and Muye welcomed him and thanked the Fire Tribe for defeating the Wolf Tribe.
• At dinner, Yan confirmed that the Fire Tribe’s warriors carried bronze weapons and promised that the joining tribes would have opportunities to obtain them as supplies increased.
• Yan told the chiefs that their combined population would soon bring the Fire Tribe to sixty thousand people, with eighty to a hundred thousand possible within two years.
• The chiefs reported that their people, harvests, and supplies had gathered at the Pottery Salt Tribe, and Yan ordered them to begin migrating to the Fire Tribe the following morning.
• More than five thousand people set out south along the Fish River, while Yan rode north toward the Fish Tribe to discuss its joining the Fire Tribe.

Canglan and the Fish Tribe’s leaders agreed to join the Fire Tribe after the Wolf Tribe’s defeat. Yan arranged for Fish Tribe representatives to study at the Fire Tribe’s main camp first, with the full migration planned for the beginning of spring next year.

• Canglan proposed joining the Fire Tribe, and Julang, Shentan, Feiyu, Bailin, Langhua, and the elders agreed.
• Canglan assigned Julang to inventory supplies and boats, Shentan to count the population, and Feiyu and Bailin to help welcome Yan.
• Yan arrived at the Fish Tribe’s camp, where Canglan hosted him and formally discussed joining the Fire Tribe.
• Yan explained that the Fire Tribe would first settle nearly six thousand migrants from other tribes, then provide the Fish Tribe with supplies and a thousand warriors to help prepare for its migration.
• Canglan and the leaders agreed to send representatives to study at the Fire Tribe’s main camp before moving everyone at the beginning of spring next year.
• Yan left to meet the migrating tribes at the Stone Creek River Mouth, while Canglan and Julang affirmed that joining the Fire Tribe was the right choice.

Yan returned from the Fish Tribe after securing its agreement to join the Fire Tribe and helped arrange the settlement of four tribes and thousands of laborers. He reunited with Jianshi and the Youth Team at the main settlement, where he left the newcomers being settled and the youths eager for future battles.

• Yan reached Stone Creek River Mouth, where Dali and Dazhuang briefed him on the arriving migrants and captured laborers.
• Yan, Dali, and Dazhuang arranged for Dazhuang to guard and develop the outpost, Dali to lead able-bodied migrants overland, and Yan to transport their families and supplies by boat.
• Yan brought the elderly, infirm, women, and children to the main settlement, where Jianshi welcomed him and arranged for the newcomers to be housed.
• Yan reassured Jianshi that Xueya's escape with about a hundred followers was no great threat, and explained that Yingmu had taken two hundred cavalry to pursue him.
• Yan visited the Youth Team, told Gubang, Daya, and Zhuangchai about the campaign, and urged them to keep training before seeking battlefield experience.

Yan inspected the Fire Tribe’s Youth Team, horses, and workshops as the tribe continued to grow. Dali returned with the young and strong members of four allied tribes, whose chiefs joined the Fire Tribe’s council and pledged their people’s service.

• Yan visited the Youth Team camp, praised Gubang, Daya, and Zhuangchai for training the newcomers, and learned about promising youths Xiaosheng, Xiaotou, and Xiaogen.
• Yan checked the stables and workshops, learned that the Fire Tribe had around fifteen hundred horses, and heard that a large ship was planned for launch early next spring.
• Dali returned with the young and strong people of the Pottery Salt Tribe, Marsh Tribe, Hundred Crafts Tribe, and Beast Taming Tribe, bringing the total number of arrivals from the four tribes to nearly six thousand.
• Jianshi welcomed Dali and the four chiefs, Jia Li, Cangbo, Wu Xiong, and Muye, and hosted them at the council hall.
• Jianshi assigned the newcomers roles suited to their skills and made the four chiefs council leaders; the chiefs pledged their tribes’ service and joined the Fire Tribe.