Inside the hall, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive, as if on the eve of a storm. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this depression, there is also a trace of sadness and panic.

He Xiang's face was discouraged, and he had a feeling of the end of a hero.

He asked himself to be cautious, since the start of the Chu State, he has restrained all his temper, and everything on the march is based on stability, although this is still a gradual defeat, but at least the situation has been stabilized, and the loss is not big.

He believed that as long as it dragged on for a while, the early sharpness of the Chu army would be gone, and they would be mired in barbarism, and the soldiers would inevitably be unaccustomed to the soil for a long time, and it would be time to counterattack.

But his side was not defeated, but the eastern part of the Hundred Barbarians was defeated so quickly.

Before reading the information, he thought that the defeat was due to the surrender of the Chu army by the Eastern Barbarians.

But after reading the information, I found that when Dongban was still insisting, the three tribes on Baiman's side were surrendered by Li Ye in three or two blows.

He Xiang didn't have to think about it, he knew how panicked the many tribes who were already panicking when they heard the news.

The defeat is decided, and there is no way to return to the sky.

"Sect Master, Ke Man and Mu Man have taken refuge in the Chu army. ”

Bad news came one after another.

Unexpectedly, the news of the defeat in the east came, and the defensive line that could have been held out immediately appeared in the surrendered tribes.

He Xiang didn't need to look at the map sand table to know that Ke Man and Mu Man surrendered, and there would be a huge hole in the originally solid defense line.

The Chu army will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to intersperse positions, and the other tribes will be divided by the Chu army and broken each one.

None of these tribes could fight to the death, and for the sake of their tribesmen, they would surely surrender after knowing that there was no hope of turning defeat into victory.

Surrender has a ripple effect.

The two tribes surrendered, and He Xiang could already imagine that on the western front, countless barbarian soldiers walked out of the mountains and forests and surrendered to the Chu army.

He Xiang is not only the leader of the Hundred Barbarian Sect, but also the patriarch of He Man.

The foundation of the Hundred Barbarian Sect and the Zhuman tribe are all in the middle of the Hundred Barbarians.

At this time, on both sides of the east and west, the Chu army was surging.

"Sect Master, for the sake of today, we have no choice but to retreat south. ”

An elder of the Hundred Barbarian Sect said bitterly to He Xiang.

"To the south? the rolling mountains full of poisonous miasma?"

Wandering in a foreign land and surviving in a barren land?

He Xiang didn't want to retreat, but he knew there was no other way.

He Man's strength is very strong, it is the largest tribe in the Hundred Barbarian Country, and its strength is much stronger than the second and third tribes combined.

Other tribes could surrender to Chu, but He Man couldn't.

He Man surrendered, and the State of Chu would definitely suppress and weaken He Man.

He Man's only way out was to leave.

"This land will always be our barbarians, and the Chu State will only occupy it temporarily, and they will never really be the masters here. We will retreat first, and when the time comes, we will return here, and then establish a real barbarian kingdom, which belongs only to the barbarians of Heman. ”

The Elder of the Hundred Barbarian Sect said with a fanatical expression, he was also Elder He Man.

Now in this hall, there are all He Xiang's absolute cronies.

He Xiang took a deep breath and nodded, cheering up his spirits.

"That's right, it's just the beginning, and this defeat is just a rebirth from the ashes, and you will recognize those wavering tribes. ”

"I know it's tough in the south, but it's the tough environment that sharpens our minds. The state of Chu now looks like the sun is in full swing, but it is actually sitting on top of the crater. ”

"Although Chu Tianji is now relying on various means, he has suppressed everything. But because of this, there are too many things he suppresses, and his ambitions are too great. Occupying Baiman will inevitably give him great confidence, and when the time comes, he will definitely attack the family and the martial arts. ”

"No matter who wins or who loses, the national strength of Great Chu will inevitably decline, and even it is possible to fall apart, and then it will be time for us to go out of the mountain. ”

He Xiang opened his mouth and said that he wanted to inspire the confidence of his subordinates.

The south is barren.

In the eyes of the Chu people, the barbarian land is already a barbaric land.

And the mountains further south are even more dangerous places than the Nanban.

Those fierce beasts are innumerable, and poisonous miasma is everywhere.

In such a difficult environment, only by giving hope can He Xiang lead his subordinates to persevere.

"Don't worry, three years ago, I sent people to establish a base in the southern mountains. ”

He Xiang's words finally gave his subordinates a little confidence.

He Xiang didn't lie about this, he knew that the possibility of the defeat of the hundred barbarians was too great.

He wanted to integrate Baiman countless times, but although He Man was powerful, he had not yet reached the point of covering the sky with one hand.

The other tribes united to resist him, after all, his integration, in the eyes of the other tribes, was annexation.

In fact, it is also an annexation.

What He Xiang wanted to do was to break the way of ruling the tribes, break up all the tribes, and imitate the county system of the Chu State.

It's just that in this way, the high-level leaders of the various tribes will completely lose their power, how can they not object.

He Man is deeply trapped in it, and He Xiang is also eloquent, but he is powerless.

What he does, only He Man is absolutely loyal to him, and the other tribes are more or less selfish, and they have to be wary of each other, how can they be able to unify all their forces to the outside world.

So at that time, He Xiang had no hope of defeating the Chu State, especially after turning against Le Ningqing, he was looking for a way back.

It took a lot of time, energy, and human life, and three years of exploration to open up a base area.

As long as he went there, He Xiang would definitely not worry that the Chu army would dare to chase after him.

The fierce beasts there are extremely fierce, and the poisonous miasma is even more poisonous.

The Chu army did not find out the situation there, and rashly broke in, once it encountered a large group of fierce beasts, or entered the land of poisonous miasma, it would be the end of the entire army.

He Xiang's plan has been prepared for a long time.

Therefore, He Man's retreat was not panicked. He Xiang didn't tell the others, and only took away He Man and the elite forces of the Hundred Barbarian Sect that were loyal to him.

By the time the other tribes learned the news that He Man had retreated south, the entire Baiman would be completely in chaos.

Therefore, when Li Ye's army entered the middle of the Hundred Barbarians, it did not encounter any decent resistance.

All barbarian tribes know that defeat is certain.

They didn't want to follow He Man to the barren land to the south to suffer.

If you stay here, you can only take refuge in the Chu State, where do you dare to continue to oppose the Chu State.

Even if there are people who are uncomfortable and unwilling to surrender, what can they do for the safety of their clansmen?

The few rebels, just like the small barbarian army that Li Ye killed before, left their original tribes, hid their original identities, hid in the mountains and forests, and launched terrorist attacks on the Chu army to vent the pain of losing their country in their hearts.

The few rebels were to no avail, and as more and more barbarian tribes surrendered, the Chu army became more and more unstoppable, and the remaining tribes did not dare to resist and rushed to surrender one by one.

Li Ye also became very idle, accepting the surrender of the tribe, since Chu Zhao came forward, he did not come out.

Mainly to avoid suspicion, he has already accepted the refuge of the Eastern Barbarian Wolf Barbarian and Cang Barbarian this time, and if he comes forward again, it will not give Chu Zhao eye medicine.

Chu Zhao also wanted to serve the barbarian tribe.

The relationship with Chu Zhao is still good, and Li Ye doesn't want to turn his face with Chu Zhao.

During this time, Li Ye was in the army, concentrating on cultivating martial arts. (To be continued.) )