Recaps

Yan led the Fire Tribe’s fleet to collect more than ten thousand Horse Tribe people and bring them to the Fire Tribe’s main valley, while coordinating plans for the remaining people and livestock. After confirming the newcomers had settled safely, Yan returned to the Little Fish River Mouth administrative center as the Fire Tribe prepared for a possible conflict with the Tiger Tribe.

• Yan and Dazhuang arranged for the Horse Tribe’s people to travel separately from their livestock, with the able-bodied people and animals to be transported later.
• Yan and Dazhuang discussed the Wolf Tribe joining the Tiger Tribe, the Tiger Tribe’s growing forces, and plans to expand Fire Tribe defenses and shipbuilding.
• Yan met Chief Junfeng and oversaw the boarding of more than ten thousand Horse Tribe people onto the fleet.
• At Fire Creek River Mouth, Jianya transferred the newcomers onto small boats bound for the main valley and promised the outposts would prepare ships and supplies.
• Yan sent Bailin back to collect the remaining able-bodied people, then learned the newcomers had settled in new houses before returning to Little Fish River Mouth.

Yan returned from coordinating the Horse Tribe’s migration and reported the Fire Tribe’s growing population, northern settlements, and shipbuilding plans to Jianshi. He then visited the Clothing Tribe, whose chief planned to end its semi-subordinate relationship with the Valley Tribe next year and join the Fire Tribe.

• Yan told Jianshi that the Horse Tribe’s migration had gone smoothly and that Bailin’s fleet was returning to transport the remaining people.
• Jianshi and Yan discussed the Fire Tribe’s expanded population, livestock, cavalry prospects, northern outposts, and plans to build large ships.
• Jianshi asked Yan to visit the Clothing Tribe and learn whether Chief Zhixia was serious about joining the Fire Tribe.
• Yan traveled with Jia Li and Dazhuang to the Clothing Tribe, where Zhixia and its leaders welcomed them.
• Zhixia told Yan that the Clothing Tribe intended to end its semi-subordinate relationship with the Valley Tribe the following year and then join the Fire Tribe.
• Yan promised to report Zhixia’s intentions to Jianshi, and the two sides agreed to expand trade until the Clothing Tribe formally became independent.

Yan reported to Jianshi that the Clothing Tribe planned to leave the Valley Tribe and join the Fire Tribe, and they discussed the strategic and economic benefits of the alliance. Jianshi asked Yan to consider marriage, but Yan chose to wait until the Fire Tribe had dealt with the Tiger Tribe’s expected move next year.

• Yan returned from the Clothing Tribe and told Jianshi that Chief Zhixia and the tribe’s leaders planned to become independent next year before joining the Fire Tribe.
• Yan and Jianshi discussed the Clothing Tribe’s reasons for joining, the benefits of its population and dyeing skills, and the Valley Tribe’s likely response.
• Jianshi said the Fire Tribe’s administrative center would build giant ships next year and noted that livestock from the Horse Tribe would help expand farming and grain stores.
• Jianshi suggested that Yan consider marrying Qingsui, but Yan said he would wait until the tribe was more stable and the Tiger Tribe’s next move was known.
• Jianshi asked Yan to keep the Clothing Tribe’s negotiations moving without rushing them, and Yan left the council hall to rest.

After a winter of military and shipbuilding preparations, Yan received fifteen new ships from Jianya and set out with a vast fleet to collect grain from the Valley Tribe and assess the north. The fleet planned to discuss the Clothing Tribe’s separation and possible union with the Fire Tribe on the return journey.

• Yan watched Yingmu drill the naval and cavalry troops and Shibang train the infantry, then inspected Dabang’s expanded workshops and improved shipbuilding lumber.
• Through winter, the Fire Tribe trained, built ships, and stored grain in preparation for a likely confrontation with the Tiger Tribe.
• At the start of spring, fifteen ships arrived from Jianya, bringing the Fire Tribe’s new fleet of giant ships to twenty.
• Jianshi ordered Yan to lead the fleet to the Valley Tribe for grain and to investigate conditions in the north, and Yan arranged to depart after two days.
• Yan sailed downstream with Jia Li and Bailin, planning to transport twenty million jin of grain and discuss the Clothing Tribe’s independence and possible union with the Fire Tribe on the way back.

Zhixia asked Daiyue to let the Clothing Tribe leave the Valley Tribe, become independent, and join the Fire Tribe, offering weapons and armor in return. The Valley Tribe agreed, and Zhixia departed with a fleet carrying the promised goods while leaving Daiyue to consider whether his own tribe should join the Fire Tribe.

• Zhixia told Daiyue that the Clothing Tribe intended to become independent and then join the Fire Tribe to prepare for a possible attack by the Tiger Tribe.
• Zhixia offered the Valley Tribe one thousand bronze weapons and one thousand sets of leather armor as thanks for its protection.
• Daiyue consulted the seven great elders, who agreed that the Valley Tribe should accept the Clothing Tribe's independence.
• Daiyue told Zhixia the Valley Tribe accepted her terms and offered boats to transport the weapons and armor.
• Before leaving, Zhixia asked Daiyue whether the Valley Tribe had considered joining the Fire Tribe, then sailed upstream with the Valley Tribe's fleet following her.

Daiyue considered the Valley Tribe’s precarious position as the Fire Tribe’s grain fleet arrived, then discussed northern defenses, the Clothing Tribe, and a large grain shipment with Yan. The Fire Tribe promised to strengthen its northern outposts, while the Tiger Tribe and its allies appeared to be preparing for conflict.

• After Zhixia proposed that the Valley Tribe join the Fire Tribe, Daiyue chose to begin spring planting and maintain the tribe’s independence.
• Yan arrived at the Valley Tribe headquarters with sixty giant ships and met Daiyue at a banquet attended by the elders and Qingsui.
• Yan told Daiyue that the Fire Tribe would welcome the Clothing Tribe and build an outpost at the mouth of the Clothing River to reinforce northern defenses.
• Daiyue reported that the Bear Tribe, Wolf Tribe, and Tiger Tribe were gathering supplies and training warriors, and said the Valley Tribe had increased its patrols.
• Yan agreed that the Fire Tribe would strengthen its northern outposts and asked to take twenty million jin of grain, which Daiyue approved for loading the next morning.

Yan and Qingsui shared a meal and agreed that he would formally approach her father about marriage after the Tiger Tribe was driven back. As Yan’s fleet headed home, he warned the northern outpost to prepare for an early attack, and Zhixia asked to bring the Clothing Tribe into the Fire Tribe immediately.

• Qingsui met Yan after the grain was loaded, and they cooked and shared dinner with food sent to the other chiefs.
• On a riverside walk, Qingsui discussed the northern defenses and told Yan that her tribe had begun asking when she would marry; Yan promised to speak with her father after the northern situation became clear.
• Qingsui touched Yan’s cheek before returning to her camp, and the Fire Tribe fleet sailed home the next morning.
• At the Big Horse River Mouth Outpost, Yan warned Feiyu that the Tiger Tribe might attack around the summer harvest and ordered him to keep the watchtowers and river patrols active.
• Zhixia told Yan that the Clothing Tribe wanted to join the Fire Tribe immediately because the Tiger Tribe was advancing faster than expected; Yan agreed to return with ships to collect them.

Yan returned to the Fire Tribe with twenty million jin of grain and reported that the Tiger Tribe might attack after the harvest. After the Fire Tribe prepared its defenses, Yan led a fleet to bring the Clothing Tribe’s people to their new home.

• Yan returned to the Fire Tribe, reunited with Jianshi, and reported that the grain shipment had arrived safely.
• Yan told Jianshi that the Tiger Tribe had grown stronger and might attack after the harvest, while Feiyu had kept the northern watchtowers and river patrols staffed.
• Yan reported that Zhixia wanted the Clothing Tribe to join the Fire Tribe, and Jianshi arranged housing and ordered preparations for a possible attack.
• After resting for two days, Yan sailed to the Clothing Tribe and met Zhixia as her people prepared to leave.
• Yan helped the Clothing Tribe board the boats, while Dazhuang crossed the river to take over their fields and camp.
• Yan’s fleet departed upstream toward the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost with the Clothing Tribe’s people aboard.

Yan brought the Clothing Tribe’s people and twenty million jin of grain back to Fire Tribe, then returned with supplies and newly built ships from the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost. He warned Jianya and Jianshi that the Tiger Tribe was preparing to move south, and the chapter ended with Yan reporting the successful resettlement and preparing to rest before the harvest.

• Yan arrived at the Fire Creek River Mouth Outpost and told Jianya that the Clothing Tribe had joined Fire Tribe and that the Valley Tribe had supplied twenty million jin of grain.
• Yan warned Jianya that the Tiger Tribe had absorbed the Great Luwei Tribe, strengthened Tongding’s faction, and might attack the Valley Tribe around the first harvest.
• Jianya arranged for small boats to ferry the Clothing Tribe’s people to the main tribe’s valley and gave Yan stored supplies and several new ships to take to the management center.
• Yan oversaw the transfer of the newcomers and supplies, then sailed downstream with the fleet toward the management center.
• Yan reported to Jianshi that the Clothing Tribe’s people had settled and that the supplies and ships had arrived safely; Jianshi told him to rest before the harvest and preparations for the north.

As the Fire Tribe’s first harvest filled its stores, Jianshi sent Yan to the Valley Tribe to bring back grain and assess the northern threat. Meanwhile, Tong Dachui led a large Tiger Tribe force south to attack the Valley Tribe, while Daiyue watched the harvest under approaching clouds.

• The Fire Tribe received reports of a strong harvest, and Jianshi calculated that its grain stores could feed the tribe for more than a year.
• Jianshi ordered Yan to take five thousand naval troops to the Valley Tribe, collect grain, investigate the north, and prepare to aid their ally if needed.
• Tongding instructed Tong Dachui to follow the southern expedition plan despite opposition, and Tong Dachui departed with five thousand naval troops while Hu Ya led seven thousand land troops south.
• Tong Dachui directed the Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe to send four thousand men each to seize Little Valley Camp Outpost before the Tiger Tribe’s main force arrived.
• Daiyue inspected the Valley Tribe’s harvested grain and watched clouds moving south from the north.

Xueya led four thousand Wolf Tribe warriors to join Xiong Lie’s Bear Tribe forces for an attack on the Valley Tribe’s Little Valley Camp Outpost. After the Wolf Tribe arrived, the allied forces set out immediately while the Tiger Tribe’s army was expected in two days.

• Xueya assigned Duzhu and Xueshou to guard the Wolf Tribe’s camps while he and Yexiao marched against the Valley Tribe’s Little Valley Camp Outpost.
• Xiong Lie left Xiong Pan in charge of the Bear Tribe’s camp and prepared to lead about four thousand troops to war.
• A messenger reported that Xueya’s four thousand Wolf Tribe warriors had reached the Bear Tribe’s camp.
• Xiong Lie and Xiong Pan went to greet Xueya, who reported that the Wolf Tribe had encountered no trouble on the road.
• Xueya and Xiong Lie joined their forces and set out for the Valley Tribe’s Little Valley Camp Outpost.

Xueya and Xiong Lie led a night assault on the Valley Tribe's Little Valley Camp Outpost, catching Daiyan's forces off guard and capturing the camp. By morning, Daiyan was imprisoned while the allied troops secured supplies and guarded the captives.

• Xueya proposed a three-sided night attack on Little Valley Camp Outpost, and Xiong Lie agreed to the plan.
• Xueya's cavalry moved to block the roads while ships approached along the river to seal off the dock.
• Daiyan dismissed his aide's worries about missing scouts as the allied troops surrounded the camp.
• Daiyan ordered his warriors to defend the gates, but Xueya's forces broke through both entrances and overran the outpost.
• Xueya's warriors captured Daiyan and took control of the camp, where they gathered supplies and confined the Valley Tribe captives.
• At daybreak, Daiyan remained locked in a farming-tools hut as Bear Tribe warriors sharpened their blades nearby.

After the Wolf and Bear Tribes captured the Little Valley Camp Outpost, Daiyue ordered the Valley Tribe to defend its main camp and seek allies. At the outpost, Xueya and Xiong Lie confronted their wounded captive Daiyan and revealed that the Tiger Tribe was joining the attack, leaving the Valley Tribe facing imminent defeat.

• Quyong reported that the Wolf and Bear Tribes had overrun the Little Valley Camp Outpost, sunk four boats, and captured its people, while nearly all two thousand Valley Tribe warriors had been killed.
• Daiyue ordered the Valley Tribe to fortify its main camp, urgently contact the Fire Tribe, summon help from the Bean Tribe, and have Quyong watch the enemy fleet.
• Xueya and Yexiao counted the captured supplies and prepared to divide them with the Bear Tribe while Xiong Lie's people buried the fallen.
• Xueya and Xiong Lie had the wounded Daiyan brought into their tent, where he cursed them and warned that the Fire Tribe would send reinforcements.
• Xueya told Daiyan that the Tiger Tribe's main force would arrive within days and that the Valley Tribe's main camp would fall before the Fire Tribe could help.

Tong Dachui received confirmation that the Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe had captured the Little Valley Camp Outpost and ordered the allied forces to attack the Valley Tribe headquarters. As the armies crossed the river, Daiyue prepared the headquarters for a desperate defense.

• Tong Dachui learned that the Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe had captured the Little Valley Camp Outpost in a night raid, sinking four Valley Tribe ships with few casualties.
• Tong Dachui rejected a second night raid and planned a frontal assault, using the Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe to wear down the defenders while his forces arrived.
• Tong Dachui ordered the Tiger Tribe fleet to hurry to the Valley Tribe and told Hu Ya to bring the land army behind it for a final attack.
• Tong Dachui met Xueya and Xiong Lie at the outpost, praised their capture, and offered them its supplies before ordering them to help attack the headquarters.
• The Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe armies began crossing the river aboard the Tiger Tribe fleet and assembling on the far bank.
• Daiyue ordered the Valley Tribe to reinforce its camp wall, organize three guard shifts, gather arrows, and prepare to fight to the death.

The Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe besieged the Valley Tribe’s main camp while the Tiger Tribe blockaded its eastern dock, and Daiyue’s forces fought to hold the walls. After three days of attacks and heavy losses on both sides, Daiyue urged Fengren to keep the defenders steady and wait for the Fire Tribe’s reinforcements.

• The Wolf Tribe surrounded the north gate, the Bear Tribe surrounded the south gate, and the Tiger Tribe blockaded the eastern dock while cavalry watched the west gate.
• Daiyue and Fengren discussed the camp’s defenses, the two thousand warriors sent by the Bean Tribe, the safety of Quyong’s fleet, and the need to hold out for the Fire Tribe.
• The Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe launched a probing attack, then began larger assaults with scaling ladders and a battering ram, but the Valley Tribe held the walls.
• After three days of fighting, the Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe had suffered more than two thousand casualties, while the Valley Tribe had lost a thousand people and many more were wounded.
• Fengren warned Daiyue that the siege was disrupting planting and threatening the autumn harvest, and Daiyue told him to reassure the people and keep resisting until reinforcements arrived.

On the fifth day of the siege, Xueya grew wary of the costly assault and the approaching Fire Tribe, while Xiong Lie struggled to keep the Bear Tribe committed despite its heavy losses. Daiyue and Qingsui prepared the Valley Tribe’s women to fight, and the chapter ended with Bear Tribe troops and wounded secretly changing places across the river as Xueya watched the boats.

• Yexiao reported that the Valley Tribe’s defenses remained strong, and Xueya ordered the Wolf Tribe to conserve its strength and prepare for the Fire Tribe’s arrival.
• Xiong Chi told Xiong Lie that the Bear Tribe had lost half its warriors and could no longer take the camp alone; Xiong Lie insisted they continue, expecting Tiger Tribe reinforcements.
• Daiyue heard that Qingsui had organized three thousand women into a fighting force and asked how long the camp could hold; Qingsui said they could still resist.
• After nightfall, Bear Tribe wounded were ferried to Little Valley Camp while about a thousand warriors crossed back to join the siege.
• Xueya watched the boats shuttle across the river before returning to his tent.

The Tiger Tribe took over the Wolf Tribe’s position and joined the Bear Tribe in intensifying the assault on the Valley Tribe’s main camp. As the defenders weakened, Tong Dachui demanded Daiyue surrender and claimed Qingsui as his concubine; Daiyue refused, and Tong Dachui prepared an all-out attack for the next day.

• Xueya asked Tong Dachui to let the Wolf Tribe withdraw to rest, and Tong Dachui agreed after requiring them to fight one more battle.
• The Wolf Tribe attacked, then crossed the river, while the Tiger Tribe took over its camp and Tong Dachui ordered an afternoon assault.
• The Tiger Tribe and Bear Tribe attacked the Valley Tribe’s camp, damaging its gate and defenses and leaving fewer than three thousand warriors able to fight.
• Qingsui and the women soldiers took positions along the wall as the Valley Tribe prepared to defend the weakened camp.
• Tong Dachui demanded that Daiyue surrender and join the Tiger Tribe, then said Qingsui would become his concubine; Daiyue angrily refused.
• Tong Dachui ordered Hu Wei to feed and rest the warriors before launching an all-out attack the next day.

Yan and Dazhuang organized a Fire Tribe relief force after spotting the Valley Tribe’s beacon and sent it downstream toward the Valley Tribe. As Tong Dachui’s final assault faltered under news of approaching warships, he ordered his forces to withdraw and prepare for battle.

• Yan saw the Valley Tribe’s beacon smoke and told Dazhuang that the Wolf Tribe and Bear Tribe were likely attacking the Little Valley Camp.
• Yan and Dazhuang assembled a relief force of around fifteen thousand warriors, with cavalry traveling by land and Yan’s fleet traveling by river.
• Yan’s fleet sailed downstream along the Fish River toward the Valley Tribe.
• On the eighth day of the attack, Tong Dachui ordered a final assault on the Valley Tribe’s main camp, where only around two thousand defenders remained.
• Daiyue searched the river for Fire Tribe boats while Qingsui helped organize the camp’s defenses.
• After a scout reported dozens of warships approaching upstream, Tong Dachui stopped the assault and ordered his forces to withdraw into the camp and prepare the fleet for battle.

Fire Tribe reinforcements arrived by river and land, and Yan’s fleet shattered the Tiger Tribe navy while Daiyue prepared the Valley Tribe’s cavalry to strike the Bear Tribe. The Tiger Tribe ships escaped downstream, while the Fire Tribe recaptured the Little Valley Camp Outpost and secured its remaining Bear Tribe soldiers.

• The Fire Tribe fleet reached the Valley Tribe’s main camp, and Daiyue ordered most of his cavalry to ride out and attack the Bear Tribe alongside Fire Tribe cavalry.
• Yan coordinated with Quyong, then led the Fire Tribe navy into the Tiger Tribe fleet and sank or disabled many ships.
• Tong Dachui ordered the surviving Tiger Tribe ships to break out downstream, and Yan chose to secure the captured vessels rather than pursue them.
• As the Tiger Tribe navy collapsed, Xueya ordered the Wolf Tribe to take valuables and supplies from the Little Valley Camp Outpost and kill Daiyan before fleeing.
• Shibang arrived at the outpost with two thousand cavalry, disarmed and detained the remaining wounded Bear Tribe soldiers, and secured the camp.

Yingmu and Fengren routed the Bear Tribe force outside the Valley Tribe’s main camp, killed Xiong Lie, and pursued the retreating Tiger Tribe troops. After learning how badly the Valley Tribe had been weakened, Daiyue decided that joining the Fire Tribe was its best chance of survival and called for the seven great elders to discuss the decision.

• Yingmu and Fengren defeated the Bear Tribe force at the south gate, killed Xiong Lie, and pursued the fleeing Tiger Tribe troops, killing more than a thousand.
• Yan asked Shibang about the Fire Tribe’s casualties and learned that fewer than two hundred cavalry had fallen and Little Valley Camp Outpost was under guard.
• Fengren and Quyong told Daiyue that fewer than three thousand Valley Tribe warriors remained, with fewer than two thousand ready to fight, and that Little Valley Camp’s defenses had been destroyed.
• Daiyue proposed that the Valley Tribe join the Fire Tribe, and Fengren and Quyong supported the plan as the best way to protect their people.
• Daiyue ordered Fengren to summon all seven great elders so they could discuss the major decision together.

Daiyue and the Valley Tribe’s elders assessed the damage from the battle and agreed that the weakened tribe should join the Fire Tribe. Daiyue laid out a phased relocation and defense plan, then arranged to discuss the details with Young Chief Yan.

• Daiyue told the council that the Valley Tribe had suffered heavy losses and had fewer than three thousand warriors available after the battle.
• Yaoshan, Hefeng, Jin Ye, and the other elders raised concerns about the Tiger Tribe, dwindling supplies, damaged defenses, and the Valley Tribe’s losses.
• Daiyue proposed that the Valley Tribe join the Fire Tribe to escape the front line and recover under its protection, and the elders agreed.
• Daiyue planned to request Fire Tribe warriors to remain temporarily, plant what they could, pursue the Bear Tribe and Wolf Tribe, relocate the Valley Tribe in stages, and approach the Greater Qing Tribe and Willow Vine Tribe.
• Daiyue asked Fengren to invite Young Chief Yan to discuss the Valley Tribe joining the Fire Tribe the next morning, and Fengren agreed.

Yan and Daiyue agreed that the weakened Valley Tribe would join the Fire Tribe in stages while receiving help with farming and defense. Yan then ordered preparations to destroy the Bear Tribe the next morning and assigned others to support the Valley Tribe.

• Daiyue told Yan that the Valley Tribe had suffered severe losses and decided its people would join the Fire Tribe in stages after the autumn harvest and the following spring.
• Yan agreed to welcome the Valley Tribe, promised to help its people settle, and pledged to destroy the Bear Tribe before it could recover.
• Yan told Jia Li, Bailin, Feiyu, Shibang, and Yingmu about the Valley Tribe's decision and ordered Feiyu and Yingmu to prepare ships and five thousand people for a dawn attack on the Bear Tribe.
• Yan assigned Jia Li, Bailin, and Shibang to remain with the Valley Tribe's warriors and help them plant grain.

After a crushing defeat by the Fire Tribe, Tong Dachui led the Tiger Tribe remnants toward home while Xueya’s Wolf Tribe withdrew with captured supplies. Xueya decided to exploit the Bear Tribe’s losses by attacking its vulnerable home, leaving his warriors preparing for the strike.

• Hu Wei reported that the Tiger Tribe had lost most of its ships and warriors, and Tong Dachui worried that his faction would face blame and lose influence at home.
• Tong Dachui ordered the land forces to retreat along the east bank and the naval forces to sail back to the Tiger Tribe.
• Xueya told Yexiao that the Wolf Tribe had gained supplies despite losing warriors and that the Fire Tribe’s growing strength made preparation essential.
• Xueya concluded that the Bear Tribe’s home was vulnerable after its heavy losses and proposed seizing its remaining supplies.
• Xueya ordered the Wolf Tribe to prepare for a single-strike attack on the Bear Tribe.

Xueya tricked Xiong Pan into leaving the Bear Tribe camp, then seized it with the Wolf Tribe and killed the returning Bear Tribe cavalry. The next morning, Xueya ordered his warriors to take the camp’s valuables and most of its grain while leaving the people to tend the fields for a later harvest.

• Xiong Pan worried about his father Xiong Lie after the Tiger Tribe’s defeated forces passed the Bear Tribe camp, and Xueya arrived with five hundred Wolf Tribe survivors.
• Xueya falsely told Xiong Pan that Xiong Lie was surrounded by the Fire Tribe and persuaded him to ride out with twelve hundred cavalry, while Yexiao guided them away from camp.
• After Xiong Pan left, Xueya signaled the Wolf Tribe warriors to seize the Bear Tribe camp, overwhelm its eight hundred guards, and prepare traps at the gates.
• Xiong Pan returned after failing to find his father, charged into the trapped camp, and was killed with all twelve hundred cavalry as Xueya’s archers and troops attacked.
• The Wolf Tribe celebrated its victory through the night, and Xueya ordered the warriors to take valuable supplies, most of the grain, and young women while leaving the remaining people to tend the fields.

The Fire Tribe reached the Bear Tribe’s camp after the Wolf Tribe fled with Xueya and its forces, leaving supplies and more than twenty thousand people behind. Yan decided to secure the camp, settle the people at northern outposts, and leave Yingmu in charge until the autumn harvest while he led a fleet upstream.

• Yexiao ordered the Fire Tribe’s ships to cast off immediately, abandoning supplies at the dock as the pursuit fleet approached.
• After learning that the Fire Tribe was nearby, Xueya ordered the Wolf Tribe to leave most supplies behind and flee north with its people, cattle, and horses.
• Yan landed two thousand naval troops and entered the abandoned Bear Tribe camp without pursuing Xueya’s retreating force.
• Feiyu reported that more than twenty thousand low-status Bear Tribe members remained, and he proposed resettling them at the Fire Tribe’s northern outposts.
• Yingmu reported that most grain and bulky supplies remained, while Yan assigned him four thousand people to defend the camp until the autumn harvest.
• Yan planned to take ten thousand people upstream the next morning, while Feiyu returned to the Big Horse River Mouth Outpost and later assisted Yingmu.