"Do you still attack Fan Yi Kingdom in the next year?" Bu Hui asked.
"No." San Han Yao shook his head. "We preserved the food, especially the grains, so that it could last for a long time. There are animals that we have raised for meat as you know but we can't really farm on our own."
The northern tribe always move their camps from one place to another. Even though they were more or less still at the central north of Fei Yang Kingdom's border, but their actual location had changed many times.
And for them to reach Fei Yang Kingdom's border, it would take some time even with horse.
"I know." Bu Hui nodded.
He had asked his teacher about helping the northern tribe using other ways, but his teacher told him that it's impossible.
Teacher Mi's knowledge for other things than war related items were basically a blank and if he was asked to do it, he couldn't. The main reasons for the poverty of the northern tribe was because they relied more on hunting and taking care of their herds to live.
But the resources were scarce.
If they wanted to live better, they could only rob the nearby kingdom.
Just imagine it.
They were all living in a difficult situation all year long, working hard for a small yield and still had to suffer because their living situation was very harsh. Every single year, there will be people who died out of cold because they didn't have enough warm clothing to protect themselves.
And then beside them was a very rich neighbor who had a lot of food. They didn't have to worry about lacking in food and clothing. Every single day, they were living very well and didn't have to worry about anything.
Is it fair?
People were not afraid of hardship.
What they were afraid of was comparison.
So when they saw that the other party was living well while they were struggling on the verge of death, a solution came to their head.
Rob them.
If they were to rob the people from Fan Yi kingdom (Now Fei Yang Kingdom), they would be able to get a lot of resources. In that way, they didn't have to work so hard and worry that they would lack food in the winter.
It was very tempting.
What followed was a long lasting war, fighting for the sake of resources and their own lives. Because only in this way would it be possible for them to live better and didn't have to worry about whether they could eat enough or not.
And the price they had to pay was the lives of the people who fought in the war.
Because it was impossible to win the war without sacrificing any soldier.
Through the long lasting war, the relationship between the northern tribe and the other people turned for the worst. Neither side was willing to compromise and they kept on trying to beat the other party.
In most of those battles, it would be the northern tribe rushing over to the kingdoms' land and try to rob the cities. It was rare for the kingdoms to rush over to the north because there was not much resources there.


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