Recaps

Xueya led the Wolf Tribe in a series of raids that bloodied its recruits and seized supplies from Great Rock’s smaller subordinate tribes. After the attacks on the Stone Disc, Blue Stone, Pine Needle, and Earth Root Tribes, he chose the Great Black Stone Tribe as their next target.

• Xueya ordered Xueshou and Yexiao to prepare an attack on the Stone Disc Tribe, and two thousand Wolf Tribe warriors set out at dawn.
• Xueshou and Yexiao led veterans into the Stone Disc camp while Xueya made the recruits kill captives, binding them to the Wolf Tribe through bloodshed.
• Xueya planned further raids to train recruits, gather supplies for winter, and weaken Great Rock before confronting its core tribes.
• Xueya led surprise attacks that wiped out the Blue Stone, Pine Needle, and Earth Root Tribes, and the recruits grew accustomed to the Wolf Tribe’s violence.
• At the Earth Root Tribe, Xueya selected the Great Black Stone Tribe, Great Rock’s largest subordinate tribe, as their next target and ordered preparations for the following morning.

Xueya led the Wolf Tribe in a surprise attack that destroyed the Great Black Stone Tribe and captured its supplies. After ordering the captives abused and the remaining goods burned, he planned to attack the Black Wood Tribe the next morning.

• Xueya led nearly two thousand people toward the Great Black Stone Tribe and planned a dawn attack to prevent anyone escaping.
• Xueshou and Yexiao led attacks from both sides while Xueya encircled the camp with the remaining warriors.
• Zhuangshi fought fiercely until Xueshou wounded and captured him, and the Wolf Tribe killed the defenders without letting anyone escape.
• Xueshou presented Zhuangshi's bronze saber to Xueya, who returned it to him, while Yexiao reported the captured weapons, animals, and supplies.
• Xueya ordered the recruits to kill the old and weak, the warriors to abuse the young women, and the goods they could not carry to be burned.
• Xueya planned to keep a few captives, burn the Great Black Stone Tribe's camp, and attack the Black Wood Tribe the next morning.

Xueya led the Wolf Tribe in a dawn attack on the Black Wood Tribe, killing its warriors and seizing supplies, horses, and weapons. After ordering the camp plundered and burned, he planned to rest for a day and withdraw before the Great Boulder Tribe could counterattack.

• Xueya ordered Batou to take supplies and prisoners from the Great Black Stone Tribe camp, burn what they could not carry, and follow the main force toward the Black Wood Tribe.
• Xueya halted his riders outside the Black Wood Tribe at dusk and ordered them to rest in hiding before attacking at dawn.
• Xueshou and Yexiao led the cavalry into the sleeping camp, defeated its defenders, and brought chief Migen before Xueya.
• Migen spat on Xueya and threatened revenge from Great Rock, so Xueya ordered Yexiao to torture him before he was killed by men he had wounded.
• Xueshou reported that the Wolf Tribe had seized bronze weapons and more than three hundred horses, while Xueya ordered rewards for warriors who had earned merit.
• Xueya, Xueshou, and Yexiao assessed the threat of a Great Boulder Tribe counterattack, then Xueya ordered the warriors to rest and prepare to withdraw the next morning.

The Great Boulder Tribe discussed the Wolf Tribe’s suspicious retreat to Stone Ridge Mountain and prepared to defend their affiliated tribes from possible raids. Chief Dashi ordered more scouts and weapons readied, while the elders warned that the Wolf Tribe was a dangerous enemy.

• Shishan reported that the Wolf Tribe had stopped confronting Great Boulder scouts and might be preparing to raid nearby tribes for grain.
• Dashi recounted the Wolf Tribe’s flight from the south and its rapid growth to more than a thousand people.
• Shishan and other leaders called for vigilance and vowed to protect affiliated tribes and avenge those the Wolf Tribe had killed.
• The grand elder and Shi Ji cautioned the tribe not to underestimate the Wolf Tribe, while Shi Feng declared they would fight any attackers.
• Dashi ordered Shishan to send more mounted scouts and directed the others to organize their forces and prepare for battle.

After the Wolf Tribe destroyed several subordinate tribes, Dashi ordered Shishan to lead the Great Boulder Tribe’s warriors in pursuit toward Stone Ridge Mountain. Shishan set out with fifteen hundred men, while Dashi planned to send reinforcements to trap and destroy the Wolf Tribe.

• Shishan reported that the Wolf Tribe had wiped out the Yellow Stone Tribe, and the Great Boulder Tribe’s leaders debated how to respond.
• A scout announced that the Great Black Stone Tribe had also been massacred, prompting Dashi to order warnings sent to the other core subordinate tribes and assemble forces.
• Dashi ordered the five core subordinate tribes to contribute two hundred men each, bringing the planned force against the Wolf Tribe to twenty-five hundred.
• The next day, a scout reported that the Black Wood Tribe had been destroyed and that the Wolf Tribe had retreated toward Stone Ridge Mountain.
• Dashi ordered Shishan to pursue with fifteen hundred warriors while another eight hundred men gathered as reinforcements.
• That evening, Shishan led the fifteen hundred warriors out toward Stone Ridge Mountain to pursue the Wolf Tribe.

Xueya set an ambush at Great Cliff Ridge to delay the Great Boulder Tribe’s pursuers while his supplies and captives traveled toward Stone Ridge Mountain. After the Wolf Tribe devastated Shi Ya’s advance force, both tribes took positions around the ridge and faced a standoff.

• Xueya sent the supplies and captives toward Stone Ridge Mountain and assigned Yexiao’s six hundred men to prepare boulders and rolling logs above Great Cliff Ridge while he and Xueshou waited with twelve hundred cavalry at the exit.
• Shi Ya led five hundred cavalry into the narrow pass despite warnings from Shi Ya and Shizhua, and the Wolf Tribe sounded its ox horn to begin the ambush.
• Yexiao’s men rained stones and logs onto the Great Boulder Tribe riders, while Shishan halted his main force after realizing the pass was trapped.
• Shi Ya led about three hundred survivors toward the exit, where Xueya and Xueshou’s cavalry surrounded and defeated them; Shi Ya was captured and taken away for torture.
• Xueya’s men collected weapons, armor, and horses, and the Wolf Tribe and Great Boulder Tribe then occupied opposing positions at Great Cliff Ridge.

Xueya stalled Shishan’s growing forces at Great Cliff Ridge, then withdrew the Wolf Tribe to Stone Ridge Mountain and prepared its defenses. After failed assaults and dwindling supplies, Shishan led the Great Boulder Tribe away, while Xueya watched from the mountain.

• Xueya provoked the Great Boulder Tribe at Great Cliff Ridge while Shizhua restrained Shishan from charging into a trap.
• Shishan’s reinforcements and vassal tribes arrived, swelling Great Rock’s forces to more than two thousand as the Wolf Tribe secretly withdrew its main force under Yexiao.
• Shishan attacked the clifftop, but Xueya and Xueshou escaped under cover of darkness and retreated toward Stone Ridge Mountain.
• Xueya fortified Stone Ridge Mountain with traps, barriers, and lookouts, while Shishan’s assaults were repelled and his troops failed to find the Wolf Tribe’s escaped vassal tribes.
• Shizhua persuaded Shishan to retreat because supplies were running low, and Shishan led about four thousand men away as Xueya watched from the mountain.

After driving off Shishan’s force, Xueya celebrated the Wolf Tribe’s growing strength but warned that the Great Boulder Tribe could recover before next year’s campaign. He planned to train and expand his forces, then conquer the Great Boulder Tribe’s territory and move subordinate tribes to Stone Ridge Mountain.

• The Wolf Tribe’s warriors cheered after Shishan retreated, and Xueya saw their fear of the Great Boulder Tribe give way to loyalty to the Wolf Tribe.
• Duzhu, Yexiao, and Xueshou reviewed the expedition’s gains: nearly two thousand warriors, more than three thousand horses, abundant supplies, and the destruction of Great Heishi and Black Wood.
• Xueya cautioned that the Great Boulder Tribe remained powerful and would rebuild its forces, so the Wolf Tribe should not assume its victory was assured.
• Xueya and Yexiao agreed that the Wolf Tribe needed to recruit and expand next year, while Xueshou dismissed the Great Boulder Tribe’s warriors as bullies of smaller tribes.
• Xueya ordered the warriors to recover and train, then planned a campaign to destroy the Great Boulder Tribe and occupy its fertile territory by year’s end.
• Xueya instructed the others to gradually move the Wolf Tribe’s subordinate tribes to the foot of Stone Ridge Mountain, and they agreed.

Shishan returned to the Great Boulder Tribe after a costly defeat, and Dashi rebuked him for losing nearly five hundred warriors. Shizhua proposed rebuilding and expanding the tribe, forging alliances, and harassing the Wolf Tribe’s supporters as Dashi prepared for next year’s conflict with Xueya.

• Shishan returned to camp with about a thousand people and reported that the Great Boulder Tribe had lost nearly five hundred warriors and failed to defeat the Wolf Tribe.
• Dashi angrily blamed Shishan for ignoring orders and rushing into battle, while Shishan argued that the Wolf Tribe had won through ambush and terrain.
• Shizhua explained how the Wolf Tribe had escaped and avoided battle, then warned that it would raid again once its supplies ran out.
• Shizhua urged the Great Boulder Tribe to recruit people, expand its forces, ally with the Great Luwei Tribe, buy bronze weapons, and coordinate more closely with its affiliated tribes.
• Shizhua proposed harassing tribes that had submitted to the Wolf Tribe to exhaust its food supplies, and Dashi said he would consider putting the plans into action.
• Dashi ordered Shishan to serve as Shi Ya’s deputy in the next campaign and redeem himself, and Shishan agreed.

After the Great Boulder Tribe’s messenger reported the Wolf Tribe’s rapid growth and devastating attacks, Lusheng agreed to join forces against them next year. He left the council hall with plans to expand the Great Luwei Tribe, strengthen its defenses, train its warriors, and buy bronze weapons.

• The Great Boulder Tribe’s messenger told Lusheng that the Wolf Tribe had grown to two thousand cavalry and destroyed two affiliated tribes, while inflicting heavy losses on Great Boulder.
• The messenger warned that the Wolf Tribe was sheltering at Stone Ridge Mountain and asked the Great Luwei Tribe to join a campaign next year.
• Lusheng promised to send troops with Great Boulder if the Wolf Tribe raided again, then summoned Lujian, the elders, and the leaders to discuss the threat.
• Lusheng and the council agreed the Wolf Tribe could threaten them next and approved a joint campaign with Great Boulder.
• Lujian volunteered to lead the troops against Xueya, and Lusheng ordered the Great Luwei Tribe to recruit more people, improve its watch and patrols, train warriors, and buy bronze weapons.

After learning that the Wolf Tribe had devastated Great Rock, Xiong Lie planned to exploit the northern turmoil to expand the Bear Tribe while preparing to attack the Valley Tribe’s Little Valley Camp Outpost. He ordered Xiong Zhang to investigate the Fire Tribe more thoroughly for the Tiger Tribe, whose demands for intelligence were growing urgent.

• A scout reported that the Wolf Tribe had grown to around two thousand cavalry and wiped out Great Heishi, the Black Wood Tribe, and nearly five hundred Great Rock pursuers, including Leader Shi Ya.
• Xiong Zhua urged Xiong Lie to absorb displaced tribes, and Xiong Lie outlined plans to grow the Bear Tribe’s population while taking advantage of the Wolf Tribe’s attacks and the Valley Tribe’s weakened market.
• Xiong Pan worried that the Wolf Tribe might expand toward Bear Tribe territory, but Xiong Lie and Xiong Zhua dismissed the threat and asserted that the Bear Tribe could defeat it.
• Xiong Lie ordered the Bear Tribe to monitor the Wolf Tribe and identified Little Valley Camp Outpost as the Bear Tribe’s target for expansion.
• Xiong Zhang admitted that the Bear Tribe’s investigation of the Fire Tribe had yielded only vague information, so Xiong Lie ordered him to lead a new mission and gather detailed intelligence for the Tiger Tribe.

Qingsui and Daiyue discussed the Wolf Tribe’s growing threat and the Valley Tribe’s plans to strengthen itself while avoiding war with the Tiger Tribe. Daiyue entrusted Qingsui with secretly overseeing the Fire Tribe’s next bronze delivery, and she left to cook for him.

• Qingsui reminded Daiyue that her warnings and the Valley Tribe’s swift response had helped drive the Wolf Tribe from the Big Horse River basin before it could settle there.
• Daiyue warned that the Wolf Tribe might be working with the Bear Tribe and ordered increased surveillance of both tribes.
• Qingsui and Daiyue discussed the Valley Tribe’s growth, its plans to take in five thousand more people, and the need to avoid a conflict with the stronger Tiger Tribe.
• Daiyue told Qingsui that Young Chief Yan had chosen her to oversee the Fire Tribe’s next bronze delivery and instructed her to keep it secret.
• Qingsui promised to be discreet, then left the council hall to prepare a meal for Daiyue.

At the Fire Tribe’s spring meeting, Jianshi organized grain procurement, shipbuilding, outpost management, and spring planting as the tribe prepared to feed its growing population. The meeting ended with plans to welcome thousands of new members and move the management center after the autumn harvest.

• Jianshi said the Fire Tribe would expand farming and trade for twenty million jin of grain from the Valley Tribe, while relying on its own ships for transport.
• Dabang announced plans to build forty-nine ships with fifty-thousand-jin capacities and fifty with twenty-thousand-jin capacities, with a hundred-thousand-jin ship planned by year’s end.
• Jianshi assigned Yan to lead the first grain delivery and promised Dali a large ship for the Red Flower River Mouth Outpost after the first trip.
• Dali and Dazhuang reported that their outposts were doing well, described the workload at Dazhuang’s outposts, and told Jianshi that thousands of people wanted to join the Fire Tribe.
• Jianshi agreed to accept the newcomers, planned to settle them at headquarters, and said the management center could move to the Little Fish River Mouth Outpost after the autumn harvest.
• Jianshi assigned planting responsibilities and schedules for spring plowing, and the leaders discussed and resolved further questions.

Yan led the Fire Tribe’s huge fleet downstream toward the Valley Tribe to trade coarse salt and bronze wares for grain, while keeping the secret of their bronze weapons and their growing strength in mind. After meeting Dali at the Red Flower River Mouth Outpost and learning that thousands of people might join the Fire Tribe, Yan resumed the journey.

• The Fire Tribe prepared its ships and loaded them with coarse salt and bronze wares, while Jianshi warned Yan to keep the bronze weapons trade discreet.
• Yan departed with the fleet after promising Jianshi and Qingye he would be careful, and he reminded his companions that the Valley Tribe was an ally, not an enemy.
• Several days later, Yan stopped at the Red Flower River Mouth Outpost, where Dali rode one of the large ships and praised its comfort.
• Dali told Yan that more than five thousand people from independent tribes in the Green Leaf River basin were preparing to join the Fire Tribe, while the Long Leaf and Short Leaf Tribes were still undecided.
• The fleet set off again before dawn, and Dali watched the ten fifty-thousand-jin ships sail away.

Yan led the Fire Tribe’s fleet downstream to collect grain from the Valley Tribe, while discussing the tribe’s growing population and future expansion. When Daiyan saw the fleet’s ten new 50,000-jin boats and learned of the Fire Tribe’s bronze weapons, he was impressed and worried about the Tiger Tribe’s response.

• Yan declined to stop at the Little Fish River Mouth Outpost, saying the fleet needed to reach the Valley Tribe quickly to transport grain.
• Yan discussed how the Fire Tribe’s population and territory were growing, and how it could later take in small tribes near the Horse Tribe, Clothing Tribe, and Big Horse River basin.
• The fleet traveled downstream for more than ten days, passing the Little Horse River basin and Big Horse River basin before approaching the Valley Tribe’s Little Valley Camp Outpost.
• After hearing that the Fire Tribe had ten boats capable of carrying 50,000 jin each, Daiyan sailed out to confirm the news and saw the enormous fleet for himself.
• Daiyan greeted Yan and directed the fleet to the main camp’s dock, then watched it depart while worrying about the Fire Tribe’s rise and the Tiger Tribe’s likely hostility toward its bronze-making capabilities.

Yan led the Fire Tribe’s enormous fleet to the Valley Tribe headquarters to deliver grain and trade goods, astonishing the Valley Tribe with its growth. After arranging the fleet’s arrival and setting up camp, Yan accepted Qingsui and Fengren’s invitation to a banquet and headed to the council hall with gifts and trusted attendants.

• The Fire Tribe’s fleet of more than six hundred boats, including ten fifty-thousand-jin vessels, arrived at the Valley Tribe dock and stunned Quyong and the onlookers.
• Quyong ordered his men to clear the largest berths and help moor the fleet, then welcomed Yan and heard about the Fire Tribe’s transport plans and shipbuilding progress.
• Yan, Jia Li, Yingmu, and Shibang began setting up the temporary camp while Feiyu and Bailin supervised docking and the next day’s deliveries.
• Qingsui and Fengren invited Yan to a banquet, and Yan gathered trusted attendants and gifts before following them to the Valley Tribe council hall.
• Valley Tribe members watched Yan’s group pass and whispered about the Fire Tribe’s size and generosity.

Yan presented gifts and negotiated secret bronze-weapon and boat trades with Daiyue, while warning him about the Wolf Tribe and possible danger from the Bear Tribe. As Yan left, Qingsui went with him to arrange the details of the secret handover.

• Yan arrived at the Valley Tribe’s council hall, where Daiyue and the seven great elders welcomed him and hosted a private meal.
• Yan presented pottery, coarse salt, hemp cloth, and bronze weapons from the Fire Tribe, impressing Daiyue and the elders.
• Yan and Daiyue agreed to trade bronze weapons secretly at night and discussed selling smaller boats to the Valley Tribe.
• Yan warned Daiyue that the Wolf Tribe might threaten the Great Boulder Tribe and later join the Bear Tribe against the Valley Tribe’s Little Valley Camp Outpost.
• After the gathering, Qingsui offered to escort Yan and discuss the time, place, and manpower for the bronze handover.

Yan and Qingsui discussed the Fire Tribe’s trade, bronze production, and plans while preparing for another handover between the tribes. After sharing a meal and completing the nighttime transfer of bronze weapons, Qingsui left to report to her father and planned to visit Yan again the next afternoon.

• Yan told Qingsui that the Fire Tribe would exchange coarse salt and bronze wares for grain over two days, and that its bronze production could supply far more than the Valley Tribe needed.
• Yan gave Qingsui a large bag of spices, and they agreed she would visit the next evening to eat his cooking and oversee the nighttime handover of bronze weapons.
• Hefeng and Fengren arrived early, and the Fire Tribe and Valley Tribe completed the coarse-salt handover and loaded more than two million jin of grain onto the boats.
• Qingsui arrived at Yan’s camp for dinner, then summoned Daiyue’s trusted aides to count, crate, and transport the bronze weapons.
• Yan and Qingsui signed copies of the handover record, and Qingsui left to report to her father before arranging to see Yan the next afternoon.

Yan finished loading the Valley Tribe's grain and spent a moonlit evening with Qingsui before the Fire Tribe's fleet departed for home. He warned her about threats to the Valley Tribe, promised the Fire Tribe would keep buying its grain, and left with the tribes' friendship intact but the couple facing another separation.

• Yan divided his people into five groups, and they counted and loaded more than two million jin of grain onto the boats.
• Yan and Qingsui walked beside the Fish River, discussed the Fire Tribe's growth and their hopes of seeing each other more often, and Yan warned her about the Wolf and Bear Tribes threatening the Valley Tribe.
• The next morning, Daiyue and the seven great elders saw Yan off, and Yan promised the Fire Tribe would buy the Valley Tribe's surplus grain again next year.
• Yan boarded the largest boat, and the fleet of more than six hundred boats sailed upstream as Qingsui watched until it disappeared.

Yan arrived at Little Fish River Mouth Outpost with a fleet carrying five million jin of grain, met with Dazhuang, and discussed the outposts and the Fire Tribe’s expansion. After learning that over four thousand people from small tribes were ready to join, Yan planned to return with ships to collect them before sailing on toward the main camp.

• Yan brought ten large grain ships to Little Fish River Mouth Outpost, where Dazhuang guided them to the expanded dock.
• Yan and Dazhuang discussed preparations for the Fire Tribe’s administrative center to move to the outpost and plans to assign it a large ship.
• Yan asked about the small tribes near the Little Horse River, and Dazhuang said over four thousand people from more than ten tribes were ready to join the Fire Tribe.
• Yan planned to return within twenty days to collect the newcomers and discussed the Fire Tribe’s growing border with the Horse Tribe.
• After resting overnight, Yan led the grain fleet away from Little Fish River Mouth Outpost and upstream toward the Fire Tribe’s main camp.

Yan returned to the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost with a fleet carrying five million jin of grain, and Jianshi welcomed him home before hearing his report. The leaders discussed the Valley Tribe’s growing conflict with the Bear Tribe and the Wolf Tribe’s expansion, then resolved to strengthen the Fire Tribe while keeping watch.

• Jianshi and the chiefs welcomed Yan’s fleet at the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost, where the largest ships unloaded while smaller boats continued upstream.
• Yan reported that the voyage and trade with the Valley Tribe had gone smoothly and that the fleet had brought back five million jin of grain.
• Yan told the leaders that the Valley Tribe and Bear Tribe were preparing for conflict, while Dabang and Jijiao said supporting the Valley Tribe helped protect the Fire Tribe.
• Yan estimated the Valley Tribe could hold out for a year or two without Tiger Tribe support, and Jianshi urged the Fire Tribe to build ships, open fields, recruit people, and forge weapons.
• Yan reported that the Wolf Tribe had grown to more than two thousand cavalry and was defeating the Great Boulder Tribe, so Jianshi ordered people to watch them.

Yan prepared to sail to the Red Flower River Mouth and Little Fish River Mouth Outposts to bring about ten thousand people back to the Fire Tribe. He led a fleet of seventy ships and hundreds of small boats downstream, leaving the outposts behind as the fleet headed toward its destination.

• Jianshi told Yan that the Fire Tribe had twenty ships with a capacity of fifty thousand jin and asked him to bring back the people waiting at the two river-mouth outposts.
• Yan agreed to collect everyone in one trip and chose the ships and crew he needed for the journey.
• Two days later, Yan said farewell to Jianshi and Qingye at the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost and departed with the fleet.
• Shibang and Yingmu praised the fleet’s capacity, and Yan said the Fire Tribe would build even larger ships in the future.
• The fleet sailed downstream past the Fire Tribe’s growing outposts.

Yan brought nearly ten thousand newcomers from the Red Flower River Mouth and Little Fish River Mouth outposts back to the Fire Tribe headquarters, where they settled in and saw the tribe’s abundant supplies. At a council meeting, Yan reported the tribe’s growth and expansion, while Jianshi planned further recruitment and the recovery of grain from the Valley Tribe.

• Yan met Dali at Red Flower River Mouth, where Dali admired the fleet’s twenty giant ships and took one out for a trial voyage.
• Shibang and Feiyu sailed to Little Fish River Mouth to collect its newcomers while Yan loaded people and belongings at Red Flower River Mouth.
• The fleet returned with nearly ten thousand newcomers, and Yan accompanied them upstream to the Fire Tribe headquarters.
• Jianshi’s leaders welcomed the newcomers, arranged their supplies and accommodations, and showed the small-tribe chiefs the tribe’s well-stocked warehouse.
• Yan reported that the Fire Tribe’s population had reached 120,000 and described its expanded territory and potential areas for further recruitment.
• Jianshi approved plans to absorb more people, noted that the tribe now had twenty-five large ships, and said Jianya would soon lead a fleet to retrieve grain from the Valley Tribe.

Jianya led the Fire Tribe’s grain fleet downstream to bring back supplies before the conflict between the Valley Tribe and Bear Tribe worsened. At the Red Flower River Mouth Outpost, he gave Dali a new 50,000-jin ship before continuing toward the Little Fish River Mouth Outpost.

• Jianshi entrusted Jianya with bringing the grain back safely and warned him to watch the situation near the lower Fish River and the Wolf Tribe.
• Jianya ordered more than seven hundred vessels to depart the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost and sail downstream along the Fish River.
• Jianya arrived at the Red Flower River Mouth Outpost, where Dali eagerly welcomed him and admired the fleet’s large ships.
• Jianya gave Dali a new 50,000-jin ship to help him guard and develop the outpost, and Dali accepted it.
• Jianya declined Dali’s offer of a meal and continued with the fleet toward the Little Fish River Mouth Outpost, where Dazhuang was waiting.

Jianya brought the Fire Tribe’s grain fleet to Little Fish River Mouth Outpost, left a large ship there, and continued downriver toward the Valley Tribe. After ten days, he reached Little Valley Camp, where Daiyan saw the Fire Tribe’s growing fleet and guided it toward the headquarters docks to begin the grain exchange.

• Jianya arrived at Little Fish River Mouth Outpost, where Dazhuang welcomed him and learned that the Fire Tribe had twenty-five fifty-thousand-jin ships.
• Jianya left a fifty-thousand-jin ship with Dazhuang and ordered him to guard and develop the outpost, then refused a meal and resumed the journey.
• Jianya sailed downstream for ten days and arrived at Little Valley Camp Outpost with more than twenty large ships.
• Daiyan counted twenty-three fifty-thousand-jin ships in Jianya’s fleet and reflected on the Valley Tribe’s need for the Fire Tribe’s weapons and support.
• Daiyan directed Jianya’s fleet toward the Valley Tribe headquarters docks, where Chief Daiyue awaited the grain exchange.