Recaps

Yan secured a secret military alliance and bronze trade with the Valley Tribe, then returned to oversee the Fire Tribe’s preparations for relocation and possible conflict with the Tiger Tribe. Meanwhile, Xueya led the Wolf Tribe remnants through a violent campaign that swelled their ranks to two thousand before turning toward Great Rock’s vassals.

• Yan brought the Fire Tribe’s giant ship and fleet to the Valley Tribe, where he negotiated grain transport and revealed the Fire Tribe’s growing strength.
• Yan and Daiyue agreed to a secret military alliance and bronze trade, with next year’s grain exchanged for bronze implements and coarse salt.
• Yan returned with more than four million jin of grain and reported the alliance and Wolf Tribe raids to Jianshi, who chose to let the Valley Tribe monitor the Wolf Tribe for now.
• Yan argued that the Fire Tribe should move its administrative center to the Little Fish River Mouth, and Jianshi scheduled a gradual relocation to finish before next autumn’s harvest.
• Yan inspected the Fire Tribe’s training and workshops as the tribe increased production and prepared its ships for the coming year.
• Xueya led a thousand Wolf Tribe cavalry from Stone Ridge Mountain, raided the Green Bamboo Tribe, and forced the Abundant Grain Tribe and several others to submit.
• Xueya’s forces attacked the Yellow Stone Tribe and forced newly submitted chiefs and recruits to take part in killing captives, binding them to the Wolf Tribe through their crimes.
• Xueya expanded his force to two thousand and gathered it at the Abundant Grain Tribe to prepare attacks on Great Rock’s vassal tribes.

Xueya’s Wolf Tribe raided Great Rock’s subordinate tribes and fought the Great Boulder Tribe, while the Fire Tribe expanded its population, shipping, and trade with the Valley Tribe. The arc ends with Jianya arriving at the Valley Tribe with the fleet for another grain exchange.

• Xueya led the Wolf Tribe through surprise attacks that destroyed several Great Rock tribes, then crushed the Great Boulder Tribe’s pursuit in an ambush at Great Cliff Ridge before withdrawing to Stone Ridge Mountain.
• Shishan returned to Great Rock with heavy losses, and Shizhua urged Dashi to strengthen the tribe and coordinate with the Great Luwei Tribe against the Wolf Tribe.
• Lusheng agreed to join Great Boulder in a campaign against Xueya, while Xiong Lie ordered the Bear Tribe to monitor the Wolf Tribe and investigate the Fire Tribe.
• Yan led the Fire Tribe’s fleet to the Valley Tribe, exchanged salt and bronze weapons for grain, and warned Daiyue that the Wolf and Bear Tribes threatened her people.
• Yan returned with five million jin of grain, and the Fire Tribe later brought nearly ten thousand newcomers from its river-mouth outposts, raising its population to 120,000.
• Jianya led a fleet downstream to collect more grain, leaving a large ship with Dali at Red Flower River Mouth and another with Dazhuang at Little Fish River Mouth.
• Jianya reached Little Valley Camp Outpost with more than twenty large ships, and Daiyan directed the fleet to Daiyue’s docks for the grain exchange.

The Fire Tribe expanded its fleet, grain stores, population, and network of outposts while honoring its trade alliance with the Valley Tribe and preparing for rising regional threats. The arc ended with Jianshi moving the administrative center to Little Fish River Mouth and setting ambitious plans for settlement and shipbuilding.

• Jianya secured the Valley Tribe’s grain trade and agreed to discuss its request for an early delivery of bronze weapons as the Bear Tribe’s strength grew.
• Jianshi launched the Fire Tribe’s first hundred-thousand-jin ship, and Yan visited the Horse Tribe and arranged to trade for cattle and horses.
• Yan led a fleet to collect thousands of newcomers from the river-mouth outposts, while Jianshi sent him to retrieve the Valley Tribe’s remaining grain.
• Yan brought the flagship and forty fifty-thousand-jin ships to the Valley Tribe, where he agreed to reserve twenty million jin of grain for next year and provide bronze weapons early.
• The Fire Tribe completed the grain handover, and Yan and Qingsui discussed regional threats before Yan sailed home with the grain.
• Jianshi agreed to honor the bronze-weapon promise as Yan reported that the Wolf Tribe had grown stronger and brought news of its attacks on the Great Boulder Tribe.
• The Fire Tribe harvested more than thirty million jin of grain, welcomed over ten thousand newcomers, and Jianya returned from the Horse Tribe with cattle and horses.
• Jianshi and Yan relocated the administrative center to Little Fish River Mouth, where Jianshi set a goal of accommodating fifty thousand people and Dabang planned a much larger fleet.

The Fire Tribe expanded its river-mouth settlements and fleet while the Wolf Tribe weakened the Great Boulder Tribe and rival powers prepared for war. When the Tiger and Bear Tribes attacked the Valley Tribe, Yan’s fleet helped break their blockade and relieve Little Valley Camp.

• Jianshi sent Dazhuang north to establish new outposts, then set goals for expanding the Fire Tribe’s fields, ships, and population.
• Xueya led the Wolf Tribe in raids that destroyed the Great Boulder Tribe’s last two core subordinate tribes, prompting Dashi to seek allies and prepare for war.
• The Bear Tribe and Tiger Tribe assessed the Fire Tribe’s growing support for the Valley Tribe, while Hu Zheng resolved to take control of the Tiger Tribe’s decisions.
• Yan inspected the Fire Tribe’s outposts and brought thousands of newcomers into the tribe as the leaders prepared more ships and grain transport.
• Tong Dachui and Xiong Lie joined forces and attacked Little Valley Camp, sinking Valley Tribe ships while Daiyan and Daiyue organized their defenses.
• Yan arrived with the Fire Tribe fleet, coordinated with Quyong and the Valley Tribe, and sent allied forces toward the enemy fleets as Bear cavalry surrounded Little Valley Camp.
• Yan attacked the Tiger Tribe fleet with armored ships and catapults, forcing Tong Dachui to retreat, while Shi Lei arrived with Valley Tribe cavalry and Xiong Lie withdrew from the outpost.