From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian used the right to propose in the name of the leader. Under the premise of not counting meritorious service, all the black-clothed guards of Xiacheng who participated in the battle were all promoted to one level, and Ji Bai was promoted two levels in a row to become one of the few sixth-class nobles in Xiacheng. , all black-clothed guards get a bronze badge, and as a symbol of glory, they can also insert a bright pheasant feather on their wraps.

The leader's proposal does not require much approval, and it cannot be implemented unless more than two-thirds of the people object, and there will be no opposition at all under a big victory. Chen Jian just went through a cutscene to make people familiar with this rule.

Material rewards are generous, but spiritual rewards are very meager if measured only in material terms, a piece of bronze and a pheasant feather, but it is extremely important to some people.

Soldiers who didn't get it look forward to the same glory one day. Looking at the grandchildren playing on their knees when they are very old, there are always stories to brag about.

The captured Dongyi people couldn't understand what these enemies were saying, but they knew that they must be celebrating victory.As the loser, they only have worries about the future fate in their hearts.

After clearing the battlefield, boosting morale, and preaching victory, it was almost dark.

The soldiers who had been hiding in the col for several days finally set up a bonfire with confidence and boldly, singing and dancing, drinking the wine rationed in the gourd on the battlefield where the bloody smell had not dissipated, wiping the blood on the sword, and polishing the flaws on the spear Mark, full of pride.

Chen Jian patrolled around, asked someone to bring the captured young Dongyi people, and found someone who could speak the Dongyi language as an interpreter.

"Do you know where we come from?"

The Dongyi captive nodded and replied, "The upper reaches of the river."

"Correct."

Chen Jian asked someone to take a black and white flag, handed it to the young Dongyi man, and said, "Remember this flag, we are Xiacheng people. Qiongxi recognizes this flag, he dare not fight with me, scare me ran away. But you don't recognize it, so I give you this flag, and let you take it back to the city to bring to your leader."

The young Dongyi yelled angrily a few times, and those who knew Dongyi were a little embarrassed. Although Chen Jian didn't quite understand what the other person was scolding, what he said just now was very insulting in the eyes of the young Dongyi. young leader.

"I will let you go back, and you can tell your leaders about the battle here. Ten days ago, Qiongxi told me that the winner cheers the loser as a slave, and the leader who told you also told Qiongxi by the way, I will abide by it His rules."

"You should know the way back, so let's go."

The young man looked at the bound city nobles in the distance, and asked, "Aren't you going to let them go?"

"Of course not. Let you go, because your weapon is stone, not even copper, and only a small piece of old buckskin covers your body. So your family can't give you much food to redeem you. But those people can You can get a lot of good things in exchange. It is also a human being, but the difference is too far away, and you may not even be able to exchange for a pig."

The young Dongyi boy pondered over this sentence in doubt, until the rope on his body was untied before he woke up like a dream, and ran towards the city together with a dozen released clansmen.

Ji Bo who was following him asked suspiciously: "Ji Xia, do you want them to redeem these people with corn?"

Chen Jian laughed and said, "Of course not. After conquering the city, everything will be ours. Use our own things to buy our own spoils? I'm not stupid."

"The order goes on, the army rests for a day, and continues to march the next morning."

Chapter 42 Dongyi Vibration ([-])

At the turn of July and August in Mucheng, like other places, the sky is high and the air is crisp.

Moucheng at the turn of July and August is different from other places, shrouded in haze.

This has been the case since the young prisoners of war were released, the whole city fell into an indescribable panic, and there were cries everywhere.

A mother who is worried about her son, a wife who is worried about her husband, a child who is terrified... Every person who is captured or killed in battle will cause three or five people to panic.

The priests tried their best to divination, hoping to see a good omen, but they couldn't, because they couldn't think of a reason to explain it.

In the power organization similar to the council, the relatives who stayed behind in Mou City or the sages trusted by everyone kept arguing, which made the female leader Mou Hu frown.

3000 people... a total of 3000 people, even if they are not as strong as the clansmen who followed Qiongxi to the expedition, they are still young and strong in the city, and they are also a group of people who have experienced the battles between the clans and cities.

But it disappeared in just one day, disappeared, clean, leaving no trace except for the dozen or so people who were released and the cries outside.

In front of her was the flag of Xiacheng. According to the report, the leader of Xiacheng had seen Qiongxi a few days ago, but why did he come here so soon?Could it be that these Xiacheng people are birds that can fly?

"Tell me what to do? If what that person named Ji Xia said is true, Xi will be back soon, in September at the most. Don't believe everything that Ji Xia said. If he can really fight Xi, why didn't you fight Xi in the upper reaches of the river? Obviously, he couldn't beat Xi, so he came here, we just need to last until September."

Everyone sighed: "How can we last until September? The corn will be harvested soon, and when the weather is dry and the wind blows, the Xiacheng people outside only need a fire to burn our hard-working fields for a year. But What about us? We can only watch from within the city, we can’t get any more people to go out.”

"How about... Let's send people to other cities and ask them to form an army to drive away this group of people?"

Mou Hu shook his head, frowned and said: "No way. The other cities will gather troops and come in batches. I'm just afraid that Ji Xia will be cunning and break them one by one. At that time, every city will be difficult to defend. The rest of the cities may or may not Three to five thousand, or seven to eight hundred, come meandering, and Ji Xia will attack them separately, are they more capable of fighting than the 3000 we sent?"

"Furthermore, since Ji Xia came from a long way, he must know that high cities are difficult to attack, and their Huasu tribes also have cities. Since he dared to come, it means that he has the means to break through the cities."

As soon as this remark was made, there was an uproar below.What they are worried about is the harvest of the fields outside the city this year, because they dare not go out to fight a decisive battle, and the battle the day before yesterday has made them lose confidence.But they never worried that the city would fall.

Mou City is not the largest city among the tribes of Dongyi, but the city walls are not as strong as those of those small cities. There should be no problem in defending the city.

Someone couldn't help but said: "Fox, Jixia only has an army of three thousand, and there's no way they can take this city down!"

Mou Hu snorted and said: "Can the number of soldiers tell the victory or defeat? When we attacked the city in the east last night, only 800 men dug up the embankment, used the flat land as a marsh, and soaked the city wall. Collapsed? Although Moucheng is located on a high ground, it is not afraid of digging rivers and flooding it, but Ji Xia may not have other options."

"Three days ago, if I said that all the 3000 people would be captured, you probably wouldn't believe it. That person is very cunning. He couldn't have brought an army here just to burn our little field."

Mu Hu got up, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "If the fields are gone, you can plant them again, and if the city walls are gone, you can rebuild them. But if the people in the city are captured by Jixia, Mou City will be gone. What's the use of having empty fields and city walls? "

"Now there is only one way, take advantage of Ji Xia's victory, all of us evacuate from Mou City, and go to the eastern city to take refuge temporarily. It is convenient for more people to defend the city, and we will come back after Xihui."

"However, when evacuating, you must be quick and not procrastinate. Don't take anything you don't need, just take people away, and take the food you need on the road. The people of the country are light and strong, women and children are behind, and they don't stop!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of unwilling objection from below.The wealth, slaves, land, and family property of these people are all in the city, and they can't take all of them with them when they evacuate hastily, they can only throw them here.It is conceivable that those Xiacheng people will definitely take all these things away after they know that they have run away. This is definitely not something they can give up.

This is the reason why some people objected. They said angrily: "I have accumulated since my grandfather. Is it possible that I will throw everything away when I come here? I object!"

"That's right, the Xiacheng people just ambushed our 3000 people in advance, but they may not be able to capture our city."

"If the leader insists on leaving, my clan will not leave, but will stay."

"So does our clan."

Mou Hu said angrily: "This is the only safe way. If we delay and Ji Xia besieges the city, we will not be able to leave even if we want to!"

But even if they were angry, everyone still did not back down, and the opposition remained. Some people even thought that they could arm the slaves in the city to help guard the city, and they could be rewarded with national status or some land.

Then some people put forward all kinds of weird opinions, but all of them were of no avail.

The dispersion of rights and the system of people discussing matters made Mou Hu extremely disgusted but helpless. A city where several clans gathered together could only do this. For a moment, she wondered what method the Xiacheng people on the opposite side used to get the people of the country to agree to go to war. so far away?

After marrying Qiongxi, she stood together with Qiongxi, and knew that Qiongxi wanted to take back her power, but if she wanted to take back power, she had to have prestige, if she wanted to have prestige, she had to go to war, and if she wanted to go to war, she had to stay out of touch for a while. The rights of these people need to accumulate their own strength.

These fields and properties are the source of these people's strength. Mouhu is thinking about the city, and this is indeed the only way out.But in the same way, this can also help Qiongxi help herself to take a lot of rights into her own hands after returning to Mou City.

But it is too difficult for them to let go of these things. They do not believe that Xiacheng people will take the city. It is already August, and they only need to last for another month. In their opinion, such a big city can survive on these days.

Mou Hu set his sights on those people with high prestige and reputation in the city. They are also nobles and slave owners with a lot of private property, but they have a good reputation on weekdays and can always help some low-level people.

At this time, Mouhu hoped that at least these people would think about the safety of the city, and at least be able to stand on her side to suppress those voices. She does not have the right to make decisions on such a big matter, and needs the support of her tribe.

As a sage, naturally he can't be full of property interests, even if he wants to, he has to say something nicer, such as righteousness.They are good at it.

So after Mou Hu cast his eyes on a person, that person stood up and said, "Fox, it's not impossible to withdraw, but how can we let the old and weak women and children stay behind? If you leave like this, once the Xiacheng people follow behind, Aren't those old and weak fellows reduced to their slaves? How can we bear it?"