It turns out that there was a joker in the deck. This fool made trouble just for the sake of it.
This diplomacy seems more complicated than the game. He attacked a third party just when we had launched a war. Now he is back with a new country and under protection, AARRHHGG!
Now its 2 to 1 clans join up to take out a clan. That makes it either 8 or 9 to 3