The soldiers were stationed in the sky for a few days, and when they were already in a dilemma, everyone learned the news of the fire in the rear, and they immediately had a sense of return. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is not that the army is unstable, this expedition has broken through two cities, plundered more than 10,000 slaves, a lot of cattle and sheep grain, and iron tools and farm tools, etc., which can be regarded as a great victory compared to before.

There must not be many Xia Cheng troops who sneak attacked, otherwise the news that I got now would be bad news that the Xia army had broken the city.

Now that the battle cannot be won, and the rest of the cities are attacked by the Xia army, no matter how you look at it, retreating is the best choice.

The clan leader is also a person who has fought a lot of battles, and he knows that it is not easy to retreat, and the army will be attacked and ambushed if he is not careful when he retreats slowly.

But what Qiongxi thought was that this group of Xia Cheng people was obviously preparing to sneak attack his rear, and at this time, not only would it be useless to retreat, but when his army retreated, he was only afraid that the Xia City people had already captured a few cities.

Judging from the performance of these Xia Chengren, although their numbers are small, their military strength is strong, and they may not be able to defeat themselves against the enemy in a dignified manner, but it is easy to go straight into the hinterland of Dongyi and capture those elite cities.

His army slowly retreated, and he had to escort the slaves to transport grain, cattle and sheep, and when he returned, no one knew how much the people of Xiacheng would do.

But if you don't go back, you will fight to the death with the Xia army here, and the warriors you have accumulated for a long time are afraid that they will be exhausted, and your prestige will be greatly damaged. Moreover, Su Yue's army is outside, and Xia Cheng will be weak at that time, but in the end, he will not get anything, but let Su Yue profit.

For a long time, the leaders who were waiting for the decision of the dome heard a sentence that was half emotion and half praise, but had nothing to do with what they were discussing.

"How can one city raise so many soldiers?"

Before, Qiongxi only thought that Xia City was a city, or a stronger city, but he didn't expect that this city had surpassed his understanding of the city, and in the case of a small number of people, he was able to dispatch an army equivalent to the combined force of three or five cities.

It was also at this moment that he understood the source of such confidence of those captured Xia City people, and also understood that those simple words such as thirty people raising a soldier were not ridiculous.

Now the only Dongyi people who guess that Xia Cheng will move in the future are Qiongxi himself, and he will not tell his guess in order to stabilize the morale of the army. After thinking about it for a long time, he has made up his mind, he will not stay to pave the way for Su Yue, and when his strength is greatly damaged, Su Yue will never miss this opportunity.

It's really not easy to be the leader of a clan, you have to consider internal integration and rebellion, you have to consider preserving the power of your city while gaining benefits for the clan, and now you need to consider Xia Cheng, a force that cannot be taken lightly that suddenly appeared.

Just as he was about to retreat, there was another shouting outside, and Qiongxi shouted angrily: "Since you are camping, why are there still people shouting? ”

"It's a few people who were arrested a few days ago who were released back by the people of Xiacheng, saying that they have something to bring to the leader."

Qiongxi nodded, and let the guards around him escort those people in, and those few people Qiongxi also recognized a few of them.

A few people were about to cry when they met, but Qiongxi waved his hand and said, "You are not wrong. What did the opposite leader say? ”

He said...... Say that early tomorrow morning, ask the leader of the dome to ask him in front of the battle. Each side shall bring twenty warriors with them, and they shall not carry bows, arrows, spears, swords, etc. ”

"Got it, take them down."

After these people left, Qiongxi was a little relaxed for a moment.

Since there is a lot to talk about, it is much easier to say, the leader on the other side is afraid that he also has ambitions, and may negotiate with himself to come up with some conditions that are beneficial to both parties. He can make concessions and return part of the plundered slaves as a merit of the Xia Cheng people, as long as the Xia Cheng people are willing, he can even exchange some of the benefits of Dongyi City for some people and technology in Xia Cheng.

Early the next morning, Qiongxi selected the twenty most majestic heroes, and he didn't need to make any small moves, and he was not afraid of any small moves on the other side. At this time, it is also necessary to keep the word, which is a very important criterion as a leader, because power is not yet granted.

In order to show goodwill, he decided to release the captured Xia Cheng people tomorrow, and these people couldn't change anything anyway.

When the sun rises, the archers press the formation and shoot an arrow. Qiongxi was dressed in the most luxurious costumes, holding a ritual weapon symbolizing military power, and the warriors who followed were also dressed in tiger skin and bear skin, and the drummers behind him beat in unison to make them mighty.

This is a magnificent appearance, and Qiongxi feels quite good about herself, but when the person opposite appears, Qiongxi can't help but scold.

On the opposite side, the drums also sounded in unison, and then there was a melodious flute sound, which sounded very soft and did not sound like a military formation, but like a tune to tell the pastoral hometown, and there was a sense of pride and unyielding in the tune.

This was nothing, but when the flute began to sound melodious, thousands of people sang together on the opposite side, as if the opposite city had come to life, and those songs were near and far, and the tunes were high and low.

Qiongxi knew the language of the great rivers, but he had basically never heard this song, and only heard the words that a big river was wavy and wide.

Such a chorus of songs overpowered the impatient snare drums on his side, and there were no spears and bows in the song, it seemed that there was only a yearning for a peaceful life, but when it came to singing to change the appearance of the mountains and rivers, it carried a bit of pride and pride that made the sky feel uneasy.

What's even more terrifying is that when this song sounded, the few Xia Cheng people who were still tied up that he was going to let go sing along, right next to him, not caring about the angry eyes next to him.

The warriors around him wanted to shut up those people, but Qiongxi generously waved his hand to signal that it was not necessary, and he had already lost a chip in momentum, and it would be boring to be that kind of careless person again.

Soon, a man on the opposite side rode a big white horse, followed by twenty men dressed in black, and slowly came to the front of the military formation.

Qiongxi was laughed at angrily by the other side, and said clearly last night that it was not allowed to carry weapons and bows, but it was not said that it was not allowed to ride a horse. The leader on the opposite side rode a war horse, condescending, and his momentum was even greater. There are cows on my side, but if you ride a cow, it will be high, but it will also end up laughing.

The warriors around him half-squatted down and said, "Please sit on the shoulders of the chief, and it must be higher than the other side." ”

Qiongxi flicked his sleeves, faced the warriors around him and the thousands of Dongyi clans behind him, and laughed: "It's the beasts that ride, not the warriors. I'd rather tilt my head and talk to the other side than let my warriors do what brutes do. Let's go! ”

The hearts of the people were inexplicably moved, and hundreds of people secretly swore in their hearts that they would never betray their leader for the rest of their lives.

When he got closer, he noticed that one of the twenty people on the opposite side was holding a roll of wood chips and half a charcoal in his hand, which was not a weapon.

After getting closer, the leader on horseback on the opposite side bowed his head and said to the man holding the wooden chip: "Write it down, on the eighteenth day of the seventh month of the thirty-fifth year of the Chinese calendar, Ji Xia saw the dome and looked up. ”

Qiongxi gritted her teeth and stared at Jian Chen on the horse, this was the first meeting between the two young people, but they didn't even ask each other's names, because they were already familiar with each other.

"What is this?"

"Not weapons, just words. Xia Cheng called it history so that future generations would know what happened today. ”

"You're not right. I looked up because you were riding a horse and we didn't have a horse, not because I respected you. ”

"You're quite right. I only let people remember that you looked up, and as for whether it was because you didn't have a horse or because you respected me, it was up to posterity to guess for themselves. But I'm not lying, am I? ”

Qiongxi snorted, decided not to do these verbal disputes, and asked directly: "Ji Xia invited me to come, what do you have to discuss?" ”

"Nothing, I just want you to quit. The tribes of the Great River did not provoke you, but you have sent troops to plunder our relatives as slaves, which I and the whole Xia City cannot tolerate, and this is an insult to our ancestors. The insult to our ancestors must be washed away even if we die. ”

"When you retreat, leave behind our relatives whom you have plundered, and I can forgive you for your mistakes and will not pursue. Otherwise, my Xia Cheng will never stop with you, let alone let you bully our relatives without asking or even shrinking back, even if you try all the Xia Cheng people, you won't stop if you don't get those relatives back! ”

This was said in a loud voice, more like it was for the envoys of the cities and towns behind and the children of the relatives and nobles of the cities, but in exchange for the disdain of the envoys of those cities.

They don't understand how Ji Xia became so stupid? Is it really because you can make Qiongxi withdraw from the army with just your mouth? These words were so beautiful that those envoys were a little ashamed, but just by saying these words, they could make Qiongxi retreat?

At this time, there was a sharp and long horn sound behind him, seemingly unintentionally, and several large ships went down the river, seemingly just moving normally, but it made Qiongxi's pupils shrink.

The anger in his heart has become uncontrollable, and from the beginning of the talks, the other side has been aggressive, using all kinds of small means. Indeed, history books are not weapons, but thousands of years later they are more terrible than weapons.

In particular, this seemingly unintentional horn sound was actually telling him that Xia Cheng was preparing to go down the river east to the hinterland of Dongyi.

At this time, Qiongxi only had one way to retreat, but now that he had withdrawn, he could immediately think that this group of damned Xia Cheng people would definitely make a note in their history books: "Xi Da is ashamed to retreat ......" and something like that, and even he could guess what else these people would write.

Qiongxi sighed, and said in her heart that what you said sounded so good, isn't it ambitious? If you really make you angry with the insult of your ancestors as you said, you should have lined up to fight to the death against me, and even wiped out all your people, why hide here? I just want people to hear what you say so nicely.

There are some things he knows that it is impossible to talk in front of everyone, so he said, "Please also ask Ji Xia to talk to me privately." ”

He felt that the other side should be able to understand what he meant, now that the two families are fighting to the death, in the end it is Su Yue who is cheaper, so it is better to talk privately and say some conditions that are beneficial to each other.

But the answer I didn't want to get was: "You insult my ancestors and plunder my relatives, this is a grudge like insulting my relatives, how can I talk to you privately?" This is a clan hatred, how can it be stopped? I have heard that you are detached in archery, brave and unparalleled, and you are convinced by your people. If you admit your mistake and retire from the army, return to your relatives, and end your clan hatred, I am naturally willing to make friends with such a heroic man as a friend, and it is okay to drink and talk merrily. But the hatred of the clan has not disappeared, and I Ji Xia don't know what to talk about with you! ”

Qiongxi only scolded Chen Jian's parents and ancestors on the other side in his heart, and then watched the person holding a wooden charcoal pen keep writing down these words, and his heart was even angrier, knowing that it was irretrievable, he simply shouted: "At this time, the city is like a forest, and the clan is everywhere. The victor cheers the loser as a slave, it has been like this for thousands of years, hasn't Ji Xia's ancestral relatives plundered other clans as slaves? Since Ji Xia respects his ancestors, he should abide by such a law, if you really feel that your ancestors have been insulted, you and I will fight here tomorrow! ”

Jian Chen smiled on the horse, bent down and whispered, "I won't fight you here, I'm just here to tell you, I'm going to take a boat east to your city." Since you refuse to return my kinship, and since it is said that it is a thousand years of law for the victor to cheer and the loser to be slaves, then look at it. ”

"Guess, I got to Dongyi first by boat? Or did your army arrive first on two legs? ”

"Xi, retreat, I won't send troops to follow the pursuit, take advantage of the sunny weather to go back early, why fight for victory or defeat at this moment?"

Qiongxi trembled with anger, and said in my heart that as soon as I withdraw from the army, you, a group of people who write history books, will inevitably write down such a stroke, saying that I retreated in fear after listening to your words, and my reputation of Qiongxi will be ruined by you thousands of years later!

He blushed and said, "I don't have anything to talk about with Ji Xia." It's just that Ji Xia should remember that when I capture Xia City one day, the first thing I will do is to destroy your history books, because the memories above are all lies! ”

Chen Jian nodded and said with a smile: "Then it's up to each of you to see who burns whose history books." Oh yes...... I forgot that you Dongyi people don't have any history books, so you can only pass them on by word of mouth, but you don't need fire, you can only use swords. ”

The two glanced at each other, and they laughed in unison, the words have come to this, in the end, it still depends on whose sword is sharp, and winning or losing for a while does not mean anything.

"Ji Xia Congying, if one day I capture Xia City, I will still make you the lord of a city."

"Do you know how to read? If you don't recognize it, it's better to learn it, so that you don't have to learn it when you surrender in the future. ”

This was the last conversation between the two men before the battle, and the warriors of both sides returned to the formation with their respective leaders in their arms puffed out.

Returning to the military formation, Qiongxi summoned the leaders of various clans and issued an order to prepare to retreat, and the reason was also given, that is, the people of Xia Cheng might take a boat to the east to attack their hinterland.

The clan leaders were panicked, but Qiongxi gave them a death order, and before the army retreated, it was not allowed to publicize this matter, otherwise the army's morale would be unstable, and whoever said it at that time would be wiped out.

"This group of Xia City people are so cunning, if we retreat, will they follow? His words cannot be trusted. ”

Qiongxi shook his head haggardly and said, "Don't worry, it won't." Retreat slowly, and don't be too the slaves on the way. (To be continued.) )