The road back to Yucheng with the crowd was long, and even if the covenant was signed, Jian Chen still did not dare to be careless. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It took three to five days to transport the people to the south bank of the Great River, where the cities were scarce, the wastelands were everywhere, and there were great rivers blocking them. Even if the Dongyi tribes violated the covenant and attacked, it would be difficult to gather enough forces, let alone break through the attack of the naval army in Xia City.

More than 3,000 soldiers, 10,000 rescued relatives, and some slaves who had returned to the army, and a procession of nearly 20,000 people marched along the river to the west, with cattle and sheep following in the middle of the procession, and boats following along the river to resupply.

Many of the elderly, the infirm, and the injured stayed in Xinhua City, and even so, the distance they could advance every day was limited, and it took a month to travel thousands of miles.

It was the middle of September, and the people who stayed in Xinhua continued to build their houses, and the bowl and her children were also left in New Huacheng.

She continued to cook her own rice, and now she finally knew how much water to put in the iron pot to no longer make the corn so stiff.

This winter, the rationing system will be implemented, but in her opinion, there is no difference between these systems that she does not understand and before, the rice is still eaten as much as she wants, and the rationed corn is enough to eat, so what is the difference between the system? For former slaves, being well fed was a difficult satisfaction and the simplest pleasure.

Before the army returned to Yucheng, the man who had bitten the back of her hand gave her a copper coin, and the rest of the men who had reprimanded her for not resisting and were grateful to their masters left two pairs of large but somewhat torn wool felt boots, which she carefully put away and put on comfortably after being smaller.

The ration of corn stems from the fact that she has to cook for many people, and in addition to cooking, she can do other things, such as weaving things out of bamboo skin, which can be exchanged for copper coins, which can be used to buy things.

There were very few things to buy now, but she had heard from those who had been away for months that they could buy anything in Yucheng Copper Coins, and that it would be the same here in the spring.

So she carefully put away the copper coin that was given by others, and exchanged it for the copper coin with the bamboo grate that the leader of Ji Xia encouraged people to weave before leaving, and it seemed that she was going to establish a new workshop.

The bowl didn't know what kind of magical thing the workshop was, but she thought that in the future, if she had the chance to see the people who had brought her here, she could buy some wine and meat for them to eat, and if she had more, maybe buy a few pairs of woollen felt boots and give them back.

Simple dreams supported her fingers not to be afraid of those sharp bamboo strips, and also made her very satisfied, and gradually learned to pray with the ancestral heaven and earth instead of being grateful to the sky.

As the days passed, she gradually dared to talk to people, and began to talk to those who stayed behind in Xiacheng.

And in October, the bowl learned to laugh for the first time.

On that day, a person from Xiacheng inadvertently said that those who had left had probably returned to Yucheng, and Wan thought that the people who had rescued her here had finally returned to the home they had been looking forward to.

Two months ago, she really didn't understand what home was, and she didn't understand why those tough guys who killed people and never relented would talk about labor during meals, in her opinion, labor is very hard, why do people like it.

Now she has about understood that the work is not hard, but the hard work is that you work as a slave for others.

Thinking that what those people were looking forward to had now come true, he naturally laughed himself, although he was far away, but the wool felt boots were worn on his feet and the copper coins were carried in his arms, and he really felt it as if he had traveled thousands of miles.

"May the ancestors protect each and every one of you. May the feathered arrows avoid your bodies, and may the sickness escape from your shells. ”

In a smirk, he prayed silently, not in the name of the sky.

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While the bowl was giggling, those people had indeed come to the land of the Great River Tribes, but they had not yet reached Yucheng, but turned to Sucheng when they were close to Yucheng.

Sleeping in the open along the way, it can be regarded as a scene out of Dongyi.

Chen Jian asked someone to record the exodus of Dongyi this time. It's just that it is not God's guidance that guides them, but the faith of their hearts that longs to return.

There are not too many legends in the simple written record, the Dongyi people neither dreamed of any omen nor killed all the men and left only the women, and the person who led the Dongyi to leave was not picked up by the daughter of the Dongyi chief, and when the river was blocked, there was no big river cracking waves to reveal a smooth road.

None of them were dissatisfied because of the difficulty of the road, which showed that the man who led them out of Dongyi had a far-reaching vision, and the march was unusually smooth, helping each other and never giving up.

Chen Jian did not allow or allow any mythological overtones to prove that his rights were granted by God, and the person who wrote the record faithfully recorded the reason for leaving Dongyi.

It was truthfully written that the Dongyi city on the south bank of the river did not dare to come out because of the mutiny in the sky, but the messenger of the Xia City went first to warn those who blocked it to attack; When crossing the river, it is not to break the waves, but to build boats and boats, using wood as a raft.

If people are blocked, they will kill, if they are blocked, they will open the sky, and if they are blocked, they will open the sky, that's all, why do you need gods.

When I returned to the north bank from the south bank of the Great River, and gradually approached Ayacheng, the story of the Izuto Yi who had no mythical color was over, and everything that followed was more difficult to fight with people.

Su Yue had already returned in September and plundered more than 10,000 slaves of his kind, and if it weren't for the news of Dongyi's troops, he felt that he could have plundered more slaves.

It's just that the merits and glory he has obtained are still much worse than those of Jian Chen, at least not as legendary.

On the way to the expedition, he heard the rumor that Ji Xia Sanyan had withdrawn from the firmament.

At that time, he was fighting against the city that had abandoned the alliance, and the news of the Dongyi army causing confusion and instability in the army's morale suddenly shocked the morale of the clansmen, and they no longer worried about their homes on the back road.

At that time, Su Yue didn't have a choice, it wasn't that he didn't like such a legendary story, but he didn't like that the protagonist of such a legendary story was not himself. But at that time, he had to publicize it so that the soldiers could conquer the city.

After the victory of the city, I thought that I had gained great prestige after two consecutive years of expedition, but on the way back to the army, news came.

"Ji Xia went deep into Dongyi, and he was about to break through Dongyi City to rescue his relatives."

"Ji Xia ambushed the valley of soldiers, and captured three thousand people in Mu City."

"Ji Xia broke the three cities of Dongyi in a row and plundered 20,000 slaves......"

Such news kept coming, and the people who delivered the news were all on horseback, not only the riders of Xia Cheng but also the envoys of various cities, and every news made everyone in the army excited, and Su Yue was also very annoyed.

Before these few pieces of news that excited the Great River Alliance but annoyed him, there were three more pieces that made him excited.

First of all, there was a riot of workshop workers in Yucheng, and then there was the split of Xia Yu, and some people of Xia Cheng brought him news, hoping that Su Yue, as the leader of the Great River Tribes, could support the Yuxia split and go their own way. Then it was Qiongxi's clan brother who brought the news, saying that Qiongxi was willing to make a temporary truce with Sucheng, and as long as Suyue returned, he could even give up a few cities, as long as Sucheng destroyed Xia Cheng first.

When the three things appeared together, Su Yue was so excited that he even thought of an excuse: Xia Yu was in turmoil, Xia Cheng must first go inside and then outside, and the workshop workers rioted Xia Cheng would be greatly damaged even if the riot was quelled. When Dongyi entered the country, Xia Cheng did not send troops, which was a violation of the limited sovereignty covenant that the interests of the Dahe tribes were greater than the interests of the city alone, and even if Xia Cheng could not be destroyed, the land of Yucheng could be recovered and the Xia people could move away.

But what he didn't expect was that the workshop workers rebellion was soon quelled, and those riotous workshop workers directly became a part of Xia Cheng, and after the reform, they changed from slaves to people and burst out with strong combat effectiveness, which not only did not make Xia Cheng lose anything, but also made Xia Cheng people still send troops in the case of internal division, and even scared away Qiongxi with a few words.

Of course, he didn't believe in the nonsense of scaring away Qiongxi in a few words, and he even suspected that Chen Jian and Qiongxi had achieved some ulterior purpose, so he hurriedly returned to the army.

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

For this era, it is really a myth to cross thousands of miles into the hinterland of Dongyi and break the three cities in a row, and no city can do it. It's a myth that no one does it. And the rhetoric of rescuing more than 10,000 relatives and bringing them home overwhelmed the brilliance of Su Yue's capture of more than 10,000 slaves.

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

When he returned to the city, the leaders of more than a dozen cities came to Sucheng one after another, but this time it was not the same as last year, and he did not write a four-word long poem to record the martial arts returning from the expedition, everyone was discussing the Xiacheng army's campaign in Dongyi, and it seemed that the more than 10,000 slaves plundered back by Suyue were not worth discussing at all.

With the availability of horses and chariots, it became easier to travel between cities, news spread faster, and chiefs met more frequently.

How to deal with the relationship with Xia Cheng? How should I express my position on Xia Yu's split? How should I be rewarded for Ji Xia's efforts in rescuing more than 10,000 relatives?

These questions have gone beyond how to distribute the more than 10,000 slaves in Suyue, how to sacrifice ancestors to show martial arts, and so on.

Su Yue also had a headache, there was no precedent before this, no city could defeat the army led by the Yidi leaders around it with the power of a single city, unless this person was also the leader of the clan.

If it is Su Yue himself, this is not a problem, rewarding the people, sacrificing ancestors, accepting congratulations, and sacrificing merit to reach the heavens, and the city submits to the oath to follow. But the problem is that Chen Jian's position is very embarrassing, he is not the leader of the alliance, but he has done what the leader of the alliance has not done, which has no precedent.

Difficult things always have to be faced, and with the advent of October, more and more envoys from Xia City are shuttling back and forth to deliver news, and many things have to be faced.

In mid-October, several fast horses arrived in Sucheng.

"Ji Xia led more than 10,000 relatives to return home, and there are still six or seven days to arrive. Tired all the way to eat and sleep in the open, all the relatives are looking forward to a hot meal. ”

The messenger took out a piece of cloth from his arms, with some numbers written on it, stamped with Chen Jian's seal, and said: "Ji Xia wants to buy some corn, cattle and sheep, please ask the relatives of Sucheng to make rice and slaughter them, and the money spent should be out of Xia Cheng, but it is not easy to carry, so it will be returned at the end of the month based on the cloth." ”

Several leaders hurriedly said: "Xia Cheng worked hard, rescued his relatives from fire and water, made rice and slaughtered things that should be within the relatives shared, how can he use it to buy?" If it weren't for Xia City, I don't know how many more cities would have been destroyed, so what would it be worth if we just took out some corn, cattle and sheep? ”

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

The envoy bowed down and thanked him, and set a date for the return of the army, saying only that Ji Xia would come to worship his ancestors to inform them of his efforts to save his relatives, and then he would return to Yucheng.

Where could the leaders present refuse, they all agreed, and really praised Xia Cheng's actions, and then the envoy left.

After the envoy left, several leaders of the secret alliance with Suyue sighed and said helplessly: "That mad dog...... Finally coming back. ”