Hu Lie was talking to the leader of the raiding merchant convoy from last night at the military encampment outside the market, when suddenly a soldier came to report, "General, Ba Tu says he's come to see General Hu Lie, claiming he was invited by General Hu Lie."
Hu Lie was taken aback, "He just said he wasn't in the mood."
The leader lowered his voice to ask, "What are you inviting him for?"
They were a tribe directly under Great Khan Tie Muer, with ideas different from other families. At a time when various Alliance Armies were marching south, Tie Muer wasn't inclined to start complications by swallowing the War Lion Tribe, but by all accounts, he should be mediating. Instead, he let the infighting within the War Lion Tribe go on without his interference, naturally harboring his own ulterior motives.
