On the twenty-third day of May, the envoy of Xiacheng sent the news that Chen Jian was going to raise troops to rescue the guards to Echeng, and after listening to the messenger's relay, E Yue told the messenger that he would lead 800 men to follow Chen Jian to send troops together, and the date was set for the eighth day of June. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the messenger left, there was some confusion in the city.

"The Acropolis is far to the southwest, and even if the Xijon people break through the Acropolis, there is still Xia Cheng to block it. It's not worth it for us to send troops to help. ”

E Yue frowned and said: "This time Ji Xia sent troops to rescue the guards, once successful, the Acropolis will be closer to Xia Cheng." If we don't send troops and Xia Cheng himself goes to relieve the siege, then we have broken our oath and angered the Acropolis. We can't defeat one summer city, but if we add the Acropolis, and the two cities attack us for violating the oath, what can we do? ”

"In the past, I swore the same oath with Xia Cheng, and if I don't send troops, the people in the city will think that I broke the oath. If Xia Cheng and the Acropolis were to attack together, the people in the city might not be willing to fight to the death. ”

"If we send troops with Xia Cheng to rescue the Acropolis, Weihe will always give some corn slaves in gratitude, and even those villages in the southwest near the Xijon people will cede a few to us, so that in the future, when the Xijon invades again, it will hurt our interests, so that in the future we will fight against the Xijon people. After this battle, the Acropolis can only follow Xia Cheng and us. ”

The people shook their heads and said, "E-Yue, you only think about winning, if you lose and the Acropolis is broken, we will also lose our manpower." The Acropolis is broken, even if Wei He is grateful, what can he use to express his gratitude? ”

Shu Jiu, who had been silent, shook his head and smiled: "Defeated? Do you think of the last time Ji Xia sent an envoy to borrow our slaves, did he say a word about going on an expedition? ”

"Nope."

"It's only been more than 20 days, could it be that Ji Xia will suddenly change her mind? Naturally not, he must have wanted to send troops for a long time, just waiting for an opportunity. Since he didn't say anything about letting us send troops together last time, it proves that he has a way to defeat those Xijon people by relying on Xia Cheng. Now we are suddenly told that we must go on the expedition before the tenth day of the sixth month, and if we are not prepared or difficult to go on the expedition, then we will break the oath, and there will be many excuses for Xia Cheng in the future. ”

Although those people had always believed in the judgment of the ninth priest, they were also a little unconvinced at this time, and muttered, "How many people are there in Xia Cheng?" Three or four hundred miles apart, a long distance and a long journey, could he Ji Xia really be able to rely on those hundreds of people to relieve the siege of the Acropolis? ”

Shujiu said helplessly: "The last time the grassland tribes attacked, we thought that even if Xia Cheng wanted to win, it would be a miserable victory at most, and those grassland people had horses, so they could always flee back." The result? Xia Cheng not only won a great victory, but also captured many slaves. The matter of Xia Cheng, can it be speculated with common sense? ”

She continued: "This time the troops will only give us twenty days, and it will take a few days to get to Xia City, how many people can we gather in a short period of time?" Once we win, there are fewer people to go to Xia City, and there are more people to go to Xia City, Wei He will be grateful, and Ji Xia will be thanked, and then we will be. War, either for slaves or for land, how to divide after the war? Isn't it up to anyone who has the most strength? ”

After saying this, E Yue also thought so, and sighed: "I thought that Ji Xia would not send troops, but I didn't expect him to suddenly decide to go on the expedition, without early preparation, this expedition of 800 people is the limit." Shu Jiu was right, when I knew that Ji Xia was going to send troops, I knew that this battle was bound to be won, and the Acropolis would inevitably give food to many slaves in the two cities. If you can overpower Xia Cheng in merit, it is the best, if you can't suppress it, you can't be too bad. ”

The people around him had already understood and responded in unison.

Maybe it's because there are too many weird places in Xia Cheng, or maybe it's because of the shock of the last battle of Yangguan that broke six hundred and three thousand, and even the people in Echeng also have some inexplicable trust, and they always feel that if Jian Chen wants to send troops, it will definitely be another big victory.

The battle of Yangguan and the rise of Xiacheng were not only known to Echeng, but of course to the besieged Acropolis, so when the city was besieged, it was hoped that people rushed out of the city to ask for help.

It's just that more than a month has passed, and there is no news at all, and the Xijon people continue to camp outside the city, and they do not destroy the crops in the fields, nor are they in a hurry to attack the city, as if they want to completely trap the acropolis and wait for the autumn harvest.

Two months ago, the turmoil of civil unrest in the Acropolis had subsided, and the rebels' lies caused some waves: kill Weihe and replace it with a leader, swear peace with the Xijon, and then withdraw the troops......

Most of the people who spread these words are dead, and most people don't think about whether it's true or not, and even many people don't think about it, they just listen to what others say. If there are many people, then it must be the truth.

The injured Weihe tried all means to stabilize the situation, but the Acropolis was still unstable. The contradictions between the people with surnames in the old Acropolis and the people without surnames in the new Acropolis, accumulated over the years, were overshadowed by the benefits brought by the rising period when the Acropolis won one after another, and now that the city is besieged, some dissatisfaction and resentment finally appear.

Since the Acropolis belongs to all of us and we need to defend it together, why should we distinguish between those with and without surnames when we will fight and distribute land slaves in the future?

In addition to these contradictions, the large number of Xijon slaves was also a factor of instability, and the military system of the Acropolis led to the fact that a large part of the city's production was done by slaves, and these Xijon slaves were also besieged in the city.

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

When Wei He heard the news, he burst his wound with anger and called the people in the city together in blood.

"This method will definitely not work, and no one will be allowed to think of such a method in the future. You give them weapons, and you can decide whose blood they have on them? Once the weapons were issued, the slaves might have sided with the Sijon people outside and captured the acropolis. ”

The man who was pointed at was a little unconvinced, and said, "We can promise the slaves land and freedom, and they will fight for these things." ”

Wei He sighed, remembering that Yuan who found himself and said a few things when he sent people out to rescue that day, it was just a cattle herd with no surname, and he only talked a few words, but this insight was higher than that of his own relatives.

"My father left behind the Acropolis, and he also left behind the Acropolis. A tree must have roots in order for it to flourish. What are the roots of the Acropolis? It is the relatives surnamed Wei, and it is these people in the Acropolis who train and fight every day, and rely on slaves to cultivate the land, which is the root of the Acropolis. ”

"You let the slaves own the land, let the slaves fight, calculate that they can't attack us with the Xijon people, ten years later, the slaves have land, and the slaves can join the army to fight, so how can the people be willing to train and endure hardships? Anyway, there are slaves in the war, so let the slaves go to war, wouldn't it be better for us to sleep and drink at home with women? Even if there were still laws, how many would be able to keep them? On that day, the walls of the Acropolis were still there, but the people of the Acropolis were gone. ”

The man was still not convinced, and said, "This is not the case with Xia Cheng and Echeng, and I heard that some of the people in Echeng are also original slaves. ”

Wei He hurriedly said: "Some fruits are bitter, and you need to add some herbs to cover up the bitterness when making wine; Some fruits are sweet, so be careful not to make them sour when making wine; They are all fruits, and the method of making wine varies according to bitterness and sweetness, so can it be the same to govern the city? No one is allowed to mention these words in the future, and whoever wants to mention them is shaking the foundation of the Acropolis! ”

"But...... There are too many people in Sijon......"

"What about more? Today, the slaves were given weapons and land, and the Sijon people were defeated, and the Acropolis will still be the Acropolis of the Sijon people ten years later, will those slaves forget the blood in their bodies? Warriors want to die, and they want to die more happily, is there any warrior willing to be blind, mutilated and crippled, just to live ten more years? Besides, Wei Xi has already gone out to ask for help, and Ji Xia and E Yue will send troops! ”

The harsh words that had never been used before made those people stop talking, but Wei He didn't know what he said at the end of his heart, would Ji Xia and E Yue really send troops?

A few days later, Wei He, dragging his wounded body, appeared on the city wall, and called all the Acropolis together, except for the slaves, those with and without surnames.

The Xijon people outside the city are far away, but there are many of them, and after civil strife and the instability of the slaves in the city, as well as the crushing defeat of the ambush in the valley, it is difficult to mobilize mobile forces to go out of the city to fight the Xijon people, and the slaves in the city cannot be killed, so a large number of people must be assigned to take care of those slaves.

The people in the city did not despair, but they were a little panicked, even if there was enough food, but how long would they be besieged? The land of those Xijon 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 be taken away by the Xijon people at that time.

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

The nameless people who guarded the city wall were listless, and the lies spread before were believed by the Wei relatives who believed very little, or they believed that they believed it for the benefit of their own group, but these nameless people believed a lot.

Since in the past, when the war was divided among slaves, your relatives with the surname Wei could share more and occupy more, and we could only drink soup and work on weekdays, then this acropolis is yours, not ours.

To the south of the Acropolis is a fork of the Great River, and there are some blowing sheepskins on the Acropolis that can be crossed, but most of these sheepskin rafts belong to the Wei family, and if the city is breached, those people may be gone.

When the Acropolis attacked the Xijon people before, the strong force and the soup left over after the Wei family ate meat could satisfy these nameless city citizens, but now in all kinds of speculation and uneasiness, the city was besieged, and the people who broke the siege were not heard from for a long time, which finally made these people a little interested. (To be continued.) )