From Chief to Ball

Although those people have always believed in the judgment of Priest Shujiu, they were a little disbelieving at this time, and muttered: "How many people are there in Xiacheng? It is three or four hundred miles away, and the long journey is tiring. Could it be that Ji Xia can really rely on those hundreds of people?" People break the siege of the Acropolis?"

Shujiu said helplessly: "The last time the grassland tribes attacked, we thought that even if Xiacheng was going to win, it would be a miserable victory at most. Those grassland people who have horses can always escape back. The result? Xiacheng not only won a big victory, but also captured Is it possible to use common sense to deduce the matter of Xia City?"

She went on to say: "We only have 20 days to send troops this time, and it will take a few days to reach Xiacheng. How many people can we gather in a short period of time? Once we win, fewer people will go to Xiacheng, and more people will go to Xiacheng." Well, Weihe wants to thank him, and he also wants to thank Jixia, and then we are. The war is either for the slaves or for the land, how will we divide it after the war? It’s not about who is more powerful?"

After these words, E Yue also took it seriously, and sighed: "I thought Ji Xia would not send troops, but I didn't expect that he would suddenly decide to go, and he didn't make preparations early. This time, 800 people is the limit. Shujiu said That's right. When I knew that Jixia was going to send troops, I knew that this battle would definitely be won, and the Acropolis would definitely give the two cities plenty of food for the slaves. You must be brave and courageous when you follow me. It's best to go to Xiacheng, if you can't beat it, it can't be too bad."

The people around had already understood and responded in unison.

Maybe it's because there are too many weird places in Xiacheng, or maybe it's because of the shock of the last battle of Yangguan, which was [-] to [-], but everyone in Echeng has some inexplicable trust. I always feel that if Chen Jian wants to send troops, he must Will be a big win.

The battle of Yangguan and the rise of Xia City were not only known to E City, but also to the besieged Acropolis. That's why when the city was besieged, people rushed out of the city to ask for help with hope.

It's just that more than a month has passed, and there is no news at all. The Xirong people continued to station outside the city. They did not destroy the crops in the fields, and they were not in a hurry to attack the city. They seemed to want to completely trap the Acropolis and wait for the autumn harvest. .

The civil turmoil in the Acropolis had subsided two months ago, and the lies of the rebels caused some waves: kill Weihe and change to a leader, and make an alliance with the Xirong people to withdraw their troops...

Most of the people who spread these words are dead. Most people don't think about the truth behind it, and many people don't even think about it, they just listen to what others say.If many people say it, it must be the truth.

The injured Weihe tried all means to stabilize the situation, but the Acropolis was still unstable.The contradictions accumulated over the years between people with surnames in the old Acropolis and people without surnames in the new Acropolis. When the Acropolis won successive victories, these contradictions were overshadowed by the benefits brought by the rising period. Now the city is besieged, and finally Some dissatisfaction and resentment arise.

Since the Acropolis belongs to everyone and we need to guard it together, why should we differentiate between those with surnames and those without surnames when we fight to distribute land slaves in the future?

In addition to these contradictions, the large number of Xirong slaves is also an unstable factor. The military system of the Acropolis led to the vast majority of the city's production being done by slaves, and these Xirong slaves were also besieged in the city.

When Weihe was seriously injured, some people from Weicheng looked at the Xirong people outside and thought of a good way: to issue weapons to these slaves and let them go out of the city to fight the Xirong people.

After Weihe heard the news, his wound burst open with anger, and he called the people in the city together bleeding.

"This method is absolutely impossible, and no one is allowed to think of such a method in the future. You give them weapons, and whose blood is stained on the weapons is up to you? Once the weapons are distributed, these slaves may fight with the outsiders. The people of Xirong stood together and took the Acropolis."

The person pointed at said a little unconvinced: "We can promise land and freedom to the slaves, and they will fight for these things."

Wei He sighed, thinking of Yuan Yuan who had said a few things to him when he sent someone out to rescue that day. He was just a cowherd with no surname, and he only talked a few words, but his knowledge was better than that of his relatives. be tall.

"Father left the Acropolis, and also the law of the Acropolis. A tree must have roots before it can flourish. What is the root of the Acropolis? It is the relatives of the Acropolis, and these people in the Acropolis live every day. Training and fighting, relying on slaves to cultivate the land, this is the root of the Acropolis."

"You let the slaves own the land, let the slaves fight, and calculate that they can't attack us with the Xirong people. Ten years later, the slaves have land, and the slaves can join the army to fight, so why are the tribesmen willing to train and endure hardship? Anyway, fighting If there are slaves, then let the slaves go to war. Wouldn’t it be better for us to sleep and drink at home? Even if there are still laws, how many people will be able to abide by them? On that day, the walls of the Acropolis will still be , but the people in Acropolis are gone.”

The man was still not convinced, and said: "Xiacheng and Echeng are not like this. I heard that some people in Echeng are also former slaves."

Wei He said anxiously: "Some fruits are bitter, and some herbs need to be added to cover up the bitterness when brewing wine; some fruits are sweet, and when brewing wine, we should pay attention not to make sour; they are all fruits, and the method of brewing wine should be based on the bitter taste. Sweet but different, can the governance of the city be the same? No one is allowed to mention these words in the future, and whoever mentions them will shake the foundation of the Acropolis!"

"But... there are too many people in Xirong..."

"So what? Today, the slaves are given weapons and land, and after defeating the Xirong people, the guard city will still become the defense city of the Xirong people in ten years. Will those slaves forget the blood in their bodies? Warriors will die, and they will die too." Come on, is there any warrior who is willing to lose his eyes and hands and feet, just to live another ten years? Besides, Wei Xi has already gone out to ask for help, and Ji Xia and E Yue will send troops!"

The never-before-severe words prevented those people from saying more, but Wei He didn't know what he said last. Would Ji Xia and E Yue really send troops?

A few days later, Wei He appeared on the city wall dragging his wounded body, and called all the Weicheng people together, except for the slaves, no matter those with or without surnames, all had gathered.

The Xirong people outside the city are far away, but there are a large number of them. After the civil strife in the city, the instability of the slaves and the disastrous defeat of the ambush in the valley, it is difficult to mobilize troops to go out of the city and fight the Xirong people. The slaves in the city cannot be killed. , so a large number of people have to be assigned to take care of those slaves.

The people in the city are not desperate, but they are a little panicked. Even if there is enough food, how long will they be besieged?The land of those Xirong villages will be harvested in a few months, and their own private land and the public land of the city are also outside the city, and they will all be taken away by the Xirong people.

The people who went out to ask for help did not come back for a long time. Although no one said anything, many people knew in their hearts that those people might be dead, and no one would come to rescue them.

The people with no surname standing on the city wall are listless. Few of the relatives with the surname Wei believe in the lies that have been spread before, or they believe it for the benefit of their own group, but many of these people with no surname believe it .

Since when the slaves were divided during wars, your relatives with the surname Wei could share more, and we could only drink soup and work on weekdays, then this Acropolis belongs to you, not us.

To the south of the Acropolis is a fork of the big river. There are some blown sheepskins in the Acropolis that can be crossed, but most of these sheepskin rafts belong to relatives with the surname Wei. If the city is really captured, those people may leave. Let it go.

When the Acropolis attacked the Xirong people before, the strong force and the soup left over from the meat of the relatives surnamed Wei could satisfy these city residents without surnames, but now amidst all kinds of speculation and anxiety, the city is besieged There was no news for a long time, which finally made these people a little bit uninterested.

Chapter 87 If the ark can only accommodate a few people

"Will changing the leader have any effect on those of us who are not relatives of the Wei family? Could it be that changing the leader will allow the relatives of the Wei family to give us slaves and land? Of course not, the leader is still Wei. They are elected by people with the surname of relatives, will they choose a person who cut their flesh to be the leader?"

I don't know where such strange words came from, but when they first heard it, these people without surnames thought it made sense, as if the people who said these words were supporting Weihe.

But on second thought, since there is no difference, what does it matter to us who is the leader?Isn't it the same as going to war?After the same battle, there are few things to share?Then you relatives with the surname Wei can do whatever you like, we don't care, just change the leader.If the leader can be changed and the Xirong people will not fight, maybe it will be better if it is changed.

These rumors are also the reason why Weihe came out to patrol with his injured body. At first, he thought that these words were to quell those rumors, but when he figured it out, these words were actually separating the relatives with the surname Wei and the city residents without surnames. When he contacted, he knew that this person lurking in the dark was trying to kill him.

He can be sure that this person is his relative, but it is difficult for him to find out who.

The people in Acropolis still don't have enough respect for this young leader. Weihe felt that if his father was still there, his prestige would be enough to prevent these people from having all kinds of ideas.

I thought that if I exchanged and killed my uncle from Xiacheng, my leader's position was already secure, but I realized that the bloodline was only a continuation of my father's prestige when I became the leader. This continuation will gradually fade, and I need to do enough things Only then can everyone in the city be convinced.

Facing the people in these cities at this time, and looking at the besieged Xirong people outside, Weihe realized that at this time it still depends on everyone.

For the time being, he did not dare to touch the interests of relatives with the surname Wei. He had also thought that in the Weiwei City, there would no longer be a distinction between those with a surname and those without a surname, and no longer divide the old Acropolis into the new Acropolis. Instead, slaves would be divided according to meritorious service. And the land, there is no longer any matter of points or points.

But he knew that once he uttered these words, he would die at the hands of his relatives soon, given that he had just become the leader for more than a year.

They dare not touch their core interests, but they can use other methods to deceive these people and ease the dissatisfaction released by these rumors.

Standing on the city wall and waving his hands, some of his loyal guards carried out all the sheepskin rafts in the warehouse.

"Behind the Acropolis is a big river, and rafts can cross the river and survive. But this city was built by my father and everyone, and this land was reclaimed by us bit by bit. Since we are all Acropolis people, even if we have to leave Let's go together."

"But there are not enough rafts, and some people must be left to guard the city. It is impossible for everyone to leave. Since everyone cannot leave, then no one will leave. I, Weihe, swear that even if the Xirong people break through the city, we will Nor will I leave on a raft. I will be with you! With the Acropolis."

The raft is not the essence of the contradiction, but the appearance of the conflict of benefit distribution under extreme conditions, but even the appearance is enough to make these dissatisfied anonymous people feel somewhat satisfied.

Weihe picked up the torch with his own hands, burned the sheepskin raft he used for escape, and said loudly: "Some people say that once the Xirong people want to capture the city, weihe and our relatives will escape on the raft. Now The raft is burned, do you still believe those words?"

Some of those relatives surnamed Wei felt resentful, which cut off their possibility of escape; others felt that this was very good, and did not touch their core interests. If the Acropolis is gone, the slaves are gone, and the land is gone, even What can I do if I am alive?It's better to trick these people into defending the Acropolis.

After burning these uneven existences under extreme circumstances, Weihe said again: "I personally have a lot of land and a lot of slaves. Once the Xirong people are driven away, all the people who guard the city will share a hundred catties of food and slaves. One!"

In front of everyone, he asked his subordinates to smash open his warehouse, pointed to the piles of grain inside and said: "These are all yours! You will receive them according to the population later. If the Xirong people capture the city, these The food they will take away will never be left to you."

"The Xirong people said that as long as they kill me and change their leader, they will retreat, because my father and I killed a lot of Xirong people. But you must remember the stories that the veteran from Xiacheng said, Under the leadership of the head sheep, a group of sheep always use their horns to fight against the wolves, but the horns are not as good as sharp teeth and claws. Every time, some sheep are injured or eaten by wolves. One day the wolf told this group of sheep, the reason why we I killed you because your head sheep always hit me with horns, as long as you drive the head sheep out of the flock, we will never eat you again."

"When the Xiacheng man told this story, you all laughed, but isn't it different from that story now?"

The people below were silent, the caravans of Xiacheng would always be followed by a group of disabled people, they liked to tell stories, legends of Xiacheng, things about Xiacheng, and some interesting stories they hadn’t heard, after a long time , these stories are already familiar in the Acropolis, including stories about how the ancestors of Xiacheng people came here from both sides of the river.

They have heard the story of the sheep and the wolf. Maybe it is difficult for them to listen to Weihe's reasoning, and it is also difficult to explain this reason clearly, but it is easy to understand when told with a story that everyone knows. It seems that it is indeed the case.

Weihe said again: "When people are in pain and misery, they will naturally cry out to heaven and other things, because heaven and earth have created people; when people are bullied by others, they will always think of their brothers first. Because brothers and kinship cannot be severed. We are brothers with Xiacheng, Echeng and even the tribes on both sides of the river, don’t you find your own brother when you are bullied by others, and when he doesn’t help you?”

"No! You also know that Weihe went to Xiacheng, and some people went to the lower reaches of the river. Those brothers and relatives will definitely send troops to help us. Why haven't they come back now? It's because it takes time to go out. If Jixia refuses, those People who have left the city still have their parents, wives and children in the city, won’t they come back?”

After the deceit, those who had no hope of getting rid of the siege saw hope again.