From Chief to Ball

When returning from the south bank of the great river to the north bank, and gradually approaching Sucheng, the story of going out of Dongyi, which has no mythological color, is over, and everything that follows is more difficult to fight against people.

Su Yue had already returned in September and plundered more than 1 slaves of the same clan. If it weren't for the news that Dongyi sent troops, he felt that he could plunder more slaves.

It's just that the feats and honors I have obtained are still much worse than those of Chen Jian, at least not as legendary.

On the way of the conquest, he heard the rumors about Jixia's three-word retreat to Qiongxi.

At that time, he was fighting against the city that abandoned the alliance at the time. The news of the Dongyi army's expedition caused confusion and instability in the army.

At that time, Au Yue had no choice. It wasn't that he didn't like such legendary stories, but he didn't like that the protagonist of such legendary stories was not himself.But under the circumstances at that time, he had to publicize this matter so that the soldiers could break through the city.

After breaking through the city and winning the victory, I thought that I had gained a very high prestige for two consecutive years of conquest, but there was another news on the way back to the army.

"Jixia went deep into Dongyi, and was about to break through the cities of Dongyi to rescue her relatives."

"Jixia ambushed troops in the valley, and captured three thousand young men from Moucheng."

"Ji Xia broke through the three cities of Dongyi and plundered [-] slaves..."

Such news kept coming, and those who delivered the news were all on horseback, not only the riders of Xiacheng, but also the envoys of various cities. Every news made everyone in the army very excited, and it also made Su Yue extremely annoyed.

Before these pieces of news that excited the Dahe Alliance but annoyed him, there were three pieces of news that made him extremely excited.

First, there was a civil strife in Yucheng, and then there was a split in Xiayu. Some Xiacheng people brought him news, hoping that Suyue, as the leader of the Dahe tribes, would support Yuxia's split and carry out their own affairs.Later, Qiongxi's clan brother brought news that Qiongxi was willing to temporarily truce with Sucheng, and that as long as Suyue returned, he could even give up a few cities, as long as Sucheng destroyed Xiacheng first.

When the three things happened together, Su Yue was so excited that he even thought of an excuse: Xia Yu had a civil strife, Xia City must first be inside and then outside, and the workshop workers rioted, even if the riots were quelled, Xia City would be full of vitality hurt.When Dongyi enters the country, Xiacheng will not send troops. This is a violation of the covenant of limited sovereignty in which the interests of the tribes of Dahe outweigh the interests of the city alone.

But what he didn't expect was that the workshop workers' riots would be quelled soon, and those rioting workshop workers directly became a part of Xia City. The city people still sent troops despite the internal division, and even scared away Qiong Xi with a few words.

Of course he didn't believe the nonsense of scaring Qiong Xi away with a few words, he even suspected that Chen Jian and Qiong Xi had reached some ulterior purpose, so he hurried back to the army.

However, the journey back to the army was like a trip to listen to legends. Every few days, new and jaw-dropping news came.

For this era, it is really a myth to travel thousands of miles straight into the hinterland of Dongyi and break through three cities. No city can do it.No one does it is a myth.And the rhetoric of rescuing more than ten thousand relatives and bringing them home even overwhelmed Su Yue's glory of bringing back more than ten thousand slaves.

Su Yue lost the excuse to attack Xia City, and also lost the prestige that caused Xia Yu to split up. All the fantasies he had been excited about disappeared with the news.

When returning to the city, the leaders of more than a dozen cities came to Sucheng one after another, but this time they did not sing praises like last year, nor did they write a four-character long poem to record the martial arts returned from the conquest. They were all discussing the Xiacheng army's battle in Dongyi, and it seemed that the tens of thousands of slaves that Suyue had brought back were not worth discussing at all.

With the popularity of horse chariots, the communication between cities became easier, the news spread faster, and the leaders gathered more frequently.

How should I handle the relationship with Xia Cheng?How should we express our stance on Xia Yu's split?How should Ji Xia be rewarded for saving more than ten thousand relatives?

These problems have gone beyond how to distribute the tens of thousands of slaves in Auyue, how to sacrifice ancestors to show martial arts and so on.

Su Yue is also suffering from headaches, there has never been a precedent before this, no city can defeat the army led by the leader of the barbarians in the surrounding area with the power of a single city, unless this person is also the leader of the ethnic group.

If it was Suyue himself, this would not be a problem. Rewarding the clansmen, offering sacrifices to ancestors, accepting congratulations, and expressing meritorious deeds in order to reach the heavens, the city officials obeyed and vowed to follow.But the problem is that Chen Jian's position is very embarrassing. He is not the leader of the various alliances, but he did what the leader of the alliance did not do. This is unprecedented.

Embarrassing things always have to be faced. With the approach of October, more and more Xiacheng envoys shuttled back and forth to deliver news, and many things had to be faced.

In mid-October, several fast horses came to Sucheng.

"Ji Xia led more than [-] relatives to return home, and they will arrive in six or seven days. All the relatives are looking forward to having a hot meal after being exhausted all the way."

The envoy took out a piece of cloth from his bosom, with some numbers written on it, and with Chen Jian's seal on it, he said: "Jixia wishes to buy some corn, cattle and sheep, please ask the relatives in Sucheng to cook and slaughter, all the money spent will be paid by Xiacheng." , it’s just that it’s not easy to carry, and it will be returned at the end of the month on the basis of cloth.”

Several leaders hurriedly said: "Xia City has worked hard, rescuing relatives from water and fire, cooking and slaughtering should be done by relatives, how can we buy it? If it wasn't Xia City, I don't know how many other cities were destroyed. We But what is it worth to take out some corn, cattle and sheep?"

"Please tell Ji Xia that when Ji Xia's army arrives, there will be food, wine and meat."

The envoy bowed to express his gratitude, and set a date for the return of the army. He only said that Ji Xia would come to sacrifice to the ancestors to inform them of the fact that he had rescued his relatives, and then he would return to Yucheng.

How could the leaders here refuse, they all agreed, and praised Xia Cheng's deeds, and the envoy left.

After the envoy left, the leaders of the secret alliance with Suyue sighed and said helplessly, "That mad dog... is finally coming back."

Chapter 56 The High Priest

The mad dog was talking about Chen Jian, of course, but the entire Xia City was a group of mad dogs.

The reason for the mad dog is that it was a family that was originally regarded as a big talk, but this mad dog actually practiced it, and he did it so resolutely that he did not hesitate to ignore Xia Yu's split, which is simply unreasonable.

What's more, because of the leadership of this mad dog, the entire Xia City went crazy, and those rebellious escaped slaves and workshop workers went out with them, which made their worldview extremely collapsed. Talk and laugh together.

This group of mad dogs can bite people, and the bite is very painful. With a mere four thousand troops, they forced Qiongxi to return to the army, and ambushed three thousand with less than a hundred people's loss. .

This group of mad dogs did what they said, and plundered more than 2 Dongyi slaves, and even used them in exchange for those captured relatives.This was even more unimaginable in the past. No one would exchange their spoils for so-called relatives, unless it was the time of the Huasu Alliance many years ago.

If it's just the above two, it can only be said that this person and this city is a loyal dog, but after adding the words of the factory workers' riot and Xiacheng's power structure and knowledge inheritance model, this is a true dog. Mad dog.

This mad dog seems to be ready to bite now. As early as when Xiacheng penetrated into Dongyi, a rumor spread among the cities.

It is said that an envoy from Xiacheng said something that should not have been said when he was drunk. The leaders who dare not send troops behind closed doors after Xi's threat will be recorded in the history books and passed down to future generations so that they will be cast aside by future generations.

There were even rumors that Jixia would force Su Yue to punish the leaders of those cities in the name of the leader of the alliance after his return, and might even use the reason of the new alliance of Dahe's interests to punish them severely.

If the protagonist of this rumor were someone else, no one would believe it, but it would be hard for anyone to say anything about this mad dog who has been shouting "family unity" for so long and has practiced it himself.

After the Fengcheng Rebellion two years ago, the slogan that the interests of the tribes of Dahe were higher than the interests of the city alone was loudly shouted.

At that time, Xiacheng was not a mad dog, and the leaders of the various cities greatly appreciated this oath for the succession of their heirs. At that time, it seemed that it was for everyone to help each other when the succession took place in the future. It is cheap, otherwise it will harm the interests of the Dahe tribes, and everyone will work together to force him to step down.

Even Suyue thought of this excuse excitedly when he heard the news of Xia Yu's split a few months ago, thinking it was the best reason to drive Yucheng away.

But now it has become a noose hanging over their heads.

Not all the leaders of the cities are afraid of the content of the rumor itself, because many cities hastily assembled an army after Qiongxi retreated and went to the place where the two clans intersected. There are always some excuses for taking a formality .

Of course they were worried that Xiacheng, a mad dog under the banner of kinship, would really talk about limited sovereignty, and really want to use this as an excuse to interfere in various cities.

But compared to this, what they are more worried about is that Suyue and other cities will withdraw from the covenant, no longer agree with the slogan of Xiacheng's family unity, and they will tear their faces when they become angry or worry about Xiacheng's growing strength.

Now there is still this covenant restricting Xiacheng. Once Suyue and other cities withdraw from the covenant in order not to be questioned, it is equivalent to untying the rope tied around the dog's neck in Xiacheng.

Those cities that are far away are fine, but the cities that are closer to Onozawa and on both sides of the river and allied with Sucheng have already panicked.

They know the horror of mad dogs, especially the policies implemented near Yucheng that make them extremely uneasy. Xiacheng people stood together and were tamed, not to mention the slaves and lower classes in their own city.

Acknowledging that the covenant effectively guarantees the rules will be punished at most; but if the covenant is violated, it will be turned upside down.

These leaders came to Sucheng for the first time, not to celebrate, but to beg Suyue to take the responsibility of Dongyi's destruction of the city for the allies. Don't tear yourself apart with Xiacheng, and beg Suyue not to Chen Jian took advantage of the opportunity to play.

It is common sense for a sane person to be angry with others, but it does not apply to a mad dog, especially when the mad dog may kill many people before it dies.

Su Yue was very embarrassed, but he was helpless in the face of these leaders who had secretly allied with him.

Whether these words are rumors or groundless rumors, no one knows.Su Yue never saw through Chen Jian, from the very beginning, once he really took this opportunity to reprimand those leaders who avoided the battle, Su Yue knew that he would be very embarrassed.