From Chief to Ball

It's the best way to get rid of it by the hands of Dongyi people, but he can't think of how to implement it; he can't ensure that others can't see that he did it by methods such as poisoning and assassination.

Many things that the leader thinks are different from what the tribe thinks. The Xiacheng people watched their leader frown this day, thinking that he was thinking about the same problems as them.

They have to consider more details. After the establishment of Yucheng gradually stabilized and the planning system began to operate, Chen Jian had already begun to let go of many things and exercise everyone's abilities.

With the increasing population, he can only focus on the general direction, and can no longer take care of trivial matters like managing a small town with thousands of people. The following details must be considered by others.

Because of this, many people thought that Chen Jian was thinking about this issue like them when faced with the mountain of supplies and slaves.

So someone found Chen Jian and asked, "Ji Xia, how do you transport so many things? It is impossible for ships to take away so much food, and the westerly wind is about to blow. The cattle, sheep, arrows, and captured Dongyi All the people can be transported away, which can save a lot of people for Xiacheng, shall we evacuate now?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "Withdraw? This is how we captured a city of Mou. Now we have added so many Dongyi slaves. Although they are unbearable, they still have the courage to dig up the city wall with a shovel. Topple the city wall is the best way, let them besiege and kill those Dongyi people after entering the city is also the best choice, a city can be captured in three to five days, and Qiongxi will take at least half a month to come back, why should withdraw?"

The person who suggested it was puzzled and said: "But now so many slaves are already a drag, what if they are escorted back and are attacked by other cities? It is nearly two hundred miles away from our foothold, and it will take four or five at least." Only geniuses can get there, and what good is our victory if we don't send them there?"

Chen Jian thought for a while and said, "Aren't there slaves who have come to join us? Select thousands of people to escort these people back, and promise to give them human status, but not people in the Xiacheng system; promise to give them land, but not Xiacheng The land that has been reclaimed. Take this thousand people to escort, and send our 500 people to follow."

"Let Xie choose [-] slaves to go with us and give them the same promise. We don't rely on them for field battles, and it is estimated that there will be no more field battles before Qiongxi returns. Once the city is broken, they can swarm up, and our tribe will suffer little loss. Tomorrow, take a day off and continue heading east. You stay and direct the people to transport away the cattle, sheep, arrows and grain, and burn everything that cannot be transported.”

"As for the nearby cities, they dare not send troops, even if we pass under their noses."

Faced with the distrustful expression of the tribe, Chen Jian found the jade wares of Mou Hu and other Moucheng rulers or other status symbols, and asked some sharp-mouthed young people in Xiacheng to bring some Dongyi slaves who were not attached to him. Several cities that are not the base of Qiongxi sent a message.

"Will a message make those Dongyi cities so stable?"

The clansmen were a bit unconvinced, Chen Jian thought for a while, and confirmed: "Yes. Whether they are safe or not does not depend on this message, but on how far Qiongxi is from here."

Chapter 48 Dongyi Vibration ([-])

When Xiacheng's envoys approached the nearby cities, only the black and white flags made those cities close their gates, causing some confusion.

The wind sounds like an arrow, the geese sing like a golden drum, and even the crimson leaves on the mountain have a tinge of blood.

More than ten days ago, Mouhu brought them a suggestion not to send troops to strictly guard the city, and also brought news that 3000 people in Mou City were wiped out. It was precisely because of these news that the messengers of Xia City appeared and brought panic.

The young envoys and those slaves who were attached or rescued from the Great River Tribes stood outside the city wall where the arrows could not reach, shouting loudly that they were envoys, telling them something.Only then did ropes protrude from the city wall, and bamboo baskets were hung to pull these people up.

When I pulled it up, I was disarmed by the way.The weapons were gone, and these people still had mouths. When they got down the city wall and reached the crowd, they suddenly shouted at the top of their voices, "Ji Xia broke through Mou City and captured more than ten thousand people under Mouhu."

The sudden voice startled the Dongyi people escorting them. By the time they reacted and covered their mouths, the news had already scattered like dandelion seeds blown by the autumn wind, causing panic in the city.

The soldiers escorting them didn't know what to do, so they hurried to find their leader.Only then did the leader and the relatives of the clan in the city know the news, and they showed incredulous expressions.

"Impossible! It has only been more than ten days since Muhu sent us the news. Moucheng is a tall city with a lot of people. Even if Jixia set up an ambush to make Moucheng light and heavy, it will not be breached so soon. .”

"Could it be that these Xiacheng people are lying?"

"I think they are just here to spread these words to make the people panic, just kill them."

It is hard for people to believe that something has never happened. Even though Qiongxi used similar methods to break through the cities of the Dahe Tribes not long ago, they were far away in the hinterland and didn't know about it.

In the war a year ago and a long time ago, it took a long time to break through a city, and it even happened that the besiegers were farming outside the city.The reason why a city is called a city is because it can give people a sense of security. Even in a decisive battle in the wild, sometimes a battle needs to be fought for three to five days. How can it be so easy to capture a city?

After the soldiers who reported the letter took out some jade articles, the leader's face suddenly changed drastically.The soldiers didn't know that the jade artifacts these Xiacheng people asked them to bring to the leader were gods, but the leader recognized it clearly and began to believe what the Xiacheng people said.

Because if the city is not destroyed, those responsible for sacrifices, rituals, and symbols of power will not appear in the hands of these Xiacheng people.People can die, but these utensils will always be passed on and never lost to outsiders.

In an instant, the atmosphere became dignified and uneasy, and the flustered emotions spread like a corn field dyed with black spike mushrooms, and the words that originally shouted to kill those Xiacheng people never appeared again.

They didn't know what these Xiacheng people were going to talk about, so they were very apprehensive, and had to cover up their inner fear and murderous intent, and even felt a little scared when facing those young Xiacheng envoys.

These young people from Xiacheng were not strong enough to kill in ten steps without being unstoppable. Some of them even just grew fluffy beards, and although they were tall, they were still a little thin.But behind their not-so-strong bodies, stood the thousands of troops who had just broken through Mou City, so these cities did not dare to neglect.

After being convinced that Mou City was captured, the leaders of these cities did not humiliate themselves and did not give these Xiacheng people a chance to brag, so naturally they did not ask how to break down Mou City.

"What news did Ji Xia ask you to bring?"

"Ji Xia said that this time his expedition to Dongyi was unexpected. Originally, Xia City was far away in the northwest, far away from Dongyi, but Qiongxi led the army to break through the two cities of the Dahe Tribes first. Ji Xia I persuaded him to retreat, but he said that the loser is a slave, as it has always been."

"Now is the harvest season, but every city has to gather Chinese to guard the city. I hope you can understand these losses, not because of Jixia, but because of Qiongxi."

"It was precisely because of Qiongxi that Jixia led the army to go deep into Dongyi; the reason why they attacked Moucheng was because there was a marriage between Moucheng and Qiongxi, and there were many warriors from Moucheng in the Qiongxi army."

"Jixia captured Mou City, and will continue to attack other cities in the near future, until Qiongxi admits his mistake and submits, apologizes to Jixia in public, presents gifts and goes to the tribes of Dahe to mourn the dead clansmen, otherwise the attack will continue And these people who were captured and demoted to slavery were all because of what Qiong Xi said."

"Before the attack on Mou City, Ji Xia and the people in Mou City once said that as long as they open the city and surrender to show their surrender, Ji Xia may not take them all as slaves, but since they don't open the city and surrender, they have to be reduced to slaves If you want to blame, blame those who resisted, because their resistance caused their own people to become slaves."

Xia Cheng's envoy spoke very naturally and with a smile on his face, apparently even he himself didn't believe these words at all.

This logic made the leader of the city feel a burst of anger, and couldn't help asking: "Will the people of Xia City open the city and surrender when one day the army comes under the city wall?"

"Of course not. Because we are very clear-headed and know that we will be treated as slaves whether we surrender or not. Otherwise, why would they attack us? Could it be that they took the city to take the initiative to be our slaves? This is what we learned in school. Yes, so we don't believe it. It's just that you don't have to be sure, because some of the captured Moucheng people did resent those who rose up to resist, Ji Xia thought maybe you also believed in this truth..."

The leader gritted his teeth angrily, but at this moment he could only hold back and asked, "What else did Jixia say?"

The messenger said indifferently: "Ji Xia said that now he will only attack those cities that are very close to Qiongxi. After all, Qiongxi said that the loser is a slave, and as a leader, he must say it for himself. Pay the price."

"As for you, Jixia doesn't want to have any grudges with you. So I don't want you to send troops to disturb Xiacheng's army."

"If Qiongxi comes back, that's another matter. Qiongxi is definitely cruel and unreasonable. You may not be convinced in your heart but you have to abide by it. Ji Xia also understands, so when he comes back, you will send troops. Ji Xia will not Blame you, I will only resent Qiongxi."

"Ji Xia asked me to tell the leaders that if Xia Cheng's soldiers can capture Mou City in ten days, they will be able to capture your city in three to five days."

"Whoever sends troops first will attack first! The whole city will be reduced to slaves!"

"Qiongxi has captured more than ten thousand of our relatives, and Jixia has already plundered more than ten thousand Dongyi people. It's a good time to exchange. If your city is captured, I don't know if Qiongxi will change people from Moucheng? Or will it change you?"

"There is still a long time before Qiongxi returns to the army, enough for Ji Xia to capture two cities. Ji Xia hopes that the leaders will think about their own cities, and don't do stupid things. That's all."

These aggressive words aroused the anger of these people, but the leader suppressed the anger of the crowd and did not express his position immediately, telling the envoys of Xia City that they needed to discuss it again.

"Ji Xia said that there are only two days to consider. I hope you don't have too long to discuss."

The leader understood that this was not an opportunity for them to procrastinate, he only said that he would reply within two days, and then led the crowd to disperse, and asked people to arrange meals and Xiacheng envoys.

At the meeting in the city, some people were outraged and said angrily: "What kind of talk is this? The tribes of Dahe and us are attacking each other. Could it be that after Xiacheng becomes stronger, it won't attack us for no reason? One end Isn't it ridiculous that a wolf, wanting to eat a sheep, accuses the head sheep of not taking off its horns so that it might stab it?"

"The current Xiacheng people can take Moucheng in ten days. Now that they have taken away so many slaves, their wings are more abundant and their reputation is growing. How can we resist in the future?"

After listening to these passionate words, the leader said helplessly, "It's like this, if the sheep all point their horns at the wolf, the wolf will have nothing to say and will starve to death."

"But the fact is that there are only sheep that are eaten. How can there be wolves that are starved to death?"

"The sheep never point their horns at the wolves together. And those who are eaten are often the first ones to stand up and point their horns at the wolves, because the others run away."

"What can we do now? How can you be sure that other cities will spontaneously resist instead of agreeing to Jixia's proposal? If everyone else agrees and we are the only ones who oppose it, and Jixia's army comes, is our city stronger than Moucheng? ?"

"The truth is always right, but those who don't practice it live better than those who practice it. The same is true for cities. Unless Qiongxi has returned to the army now, we should not provoke the people of Xiacheng."