The spring breeze is slow, I don't know if I am caressing the ignorant shoots, or teasing the lonely person.

A hundred flowers are blooming, I don't know if they are showing off their posture, or to sow their own heritage.

The Rongdi people in a foreign land are both lonely and eager to leave their own heritage.

However, how to continue his life, Feng'er doesn't know, and Hua'er doesn't know.

That night, Thorin, Qiang, and the three elders gathered in a tent to discuss what to do.

"Three Elders, what do you think of the current situation?" Thorin asked bluntly.

The third elder looked at the fourth elder and the fifth elder, sighed lightly, and said: "This battle is full of difficulties, first the opportunity was lost, and then the old patriarch was sick. ”

The fourth elder squinted at the third elder and said, "Third brother, you weren't a coward before, why were you locked up for a few more days, and you were afraid?" ”

The third elder frowned, and asked rhetorically: "If you don't admit it, what can you do, do you grab the blade and break out, or send back the news and let the clansmen come to save us?" ”

"This ......" The four elders were hesitant, and suddenly lost their temper.

Indeed, if you want to regain your freedom, there are only two ways. However, if you take the risk, you may not only be buried yourself, but also implicate your clansmen.

As a result, it becomes buy one get one free, and the gains outweigh the losses.

According to the etiquette of Huaxia, Qiang Qi gave a ring salute and said: "Seniors, Suo Lin, I want to say a few words from my heart, I don't know if it's okay." ”

Looking at the Qiang clan, the three elders said with a lot of guilt: "This time it was originally a political matter of Yiqu, but I don't want to affect the young master of the Qiang clan because of this, if you have anything to say, the young patriarch will say it." ”

"If you want to talk about the involvement, the three elders can see the outside, just the brotherhood with Thorin, I must help this busy." Qiang said, "What I want to say next is that from the perspective of the Qiang people, it seems that you are carried away by hatred, and you always subconsciously think that Great Qin is all bad people. ”

"Could it be...... Isn't that so? "Ever since he was a child, Thorin has been instilled with hatred for Great Qin in his subconscious, which has formed a mindset.

"Of course not!" Qiang Qi said very seriously, "Any country, a tribe, there are good people, there are also bad people, we can't hate a country, and hate all the people in that country, so we carry out ruthless and brutal slaughter, just on the way from Yongding Pass, aren't we also very good to the people along the way, aren't they Qin people?" ”

The four Yiqu people were silent.

"In that case, if the one we hate is a good person, then have we become wicked people?"

Another rhetorical question from Qiang made the four even more speechless.

"It is an indisputable fact that the former Yiqu was indeed swallowed up by Great Qin, but let me ask, over the past few hundred years, there have been dozens of Chinese countries that have been swallowed up." Qiang Qi continued, "The Song Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom, the Zheng Kingdom, etc., even the Great Zhou Kingdom no longer exists, if the people of these countries are clamoring for the restoration of the country every day, then there can still be a peaceful day in the world?" ”

"And those big countries that annexed them are really all bad people in power, and evil forces are in power?"

"Although I have only met the King of Qin today, I think that he is really a genius in the world, not only wise and intelligent, but also generous, if it were other kings, we must have drunk tea with the King of Hades by now."

Although Thorin's face was stiff, his heart was beating wildly, and every word he said broke his cognition.

The Third Elder sighed and said in a deep voice, "Perhaps, it is our desire to restore the country that has misled the dolls of the younger generation, making them live in a world of hatred all day long, and even lose the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. ”

The four elders looked at Solin and said earnestly: "Sorin, a few of our old fellows watched you open up and taught you to ride horses, shoot arrows, and hunt

, use soldiers, but ignore your actual feelings, the Yiqu tribe will be handed over to you sooner or later, but there is a question that these old guys may not have thought about, that is, once the restoration of the country is successful, how to go in the future. ”

The fifth elder, who had never spoken much, also sighed and said: "Yes, the fourth brother and we have thought of a place, if the restoration of the country is successful, these dolls will be beaten and killed all day long, and after offending Daqin, they will offend the Zhao country, and in the end, there may be a danger of being exterminated." ”

"yes." The Third Elder continued, "If you blindly pursue the restoration of the country, and eventually cause the entire clan to be wiped out by Huaxia, then it will really outweigh the losses. ”

The three elders and Qiang looked at Thorin at the same time, who was in a daze.

Although Thorin was affected by the impact on his heart, and his childhood cognition was broken, his mind spun rapidly, seriously thinking about every word he heard.

After a long time, Solin slowly raised his head, looked around at several elders, and said: "As the young patriarch of Yiqu, I want to ask a few seniors, no matter what our outcome is this time, is it hopeless for our Yiqu clan to return to the country?" ”

The three elders looked at each other, as if making eye contact.

"Not bad." The third elder spoke, "If we live, then according to the agreement, we must not offend Daqin, if we die, then the foundation of Yiqu has been injured, and it is just a fool's dream to talk about the restoration of the country." ”

"Good! Since there is no hope of recovering the country, then we will not mention this word again in the future. "The only goal now is how to free the people from the sea of misery, how to shepherd the sheep in their own land, and how to avoid the oppression of foreigners." ”

The four elders said happily: "Hahaha, it seems that our young patriarch is indeed too big. ”

"If you think about it, it seems that the restoration of the country and the good life of the people are indeed two different things." The third elder said with understanding.

Qiang Yan said: "These are two different things, just like those righteous people who still live in Daqin, aren't they living well, aren't they happier than you?" You don't have to worry about food and clothing, but you don't have to engrave hatred in your heart. ”

Qiang's words made the three elders bow their heads in shame.

"With all due respect." Qiang Qi continued, "The difference between the two lies in the selfish desire of those in power who do not want to lose power, and the justice of the tribe. ”

What Thorin said just now was precisely to realize this truth, and in order to make the three elders clearer, Qiang said it more explicitly.

After all, it is the older generation of people who are reluctant to give up their rights.

"Hahaha...... "The third elder laughed, "Since the day he was captured, the old man has been despised about life and death, how can he be nostalgic for the untouchable right, it will be your world in the future, how to choose, it is up to Thorin to decide." ”

The Fourth Elder and the Fifth Elder looked at each other and nodded.

Seeing that the three elders no longer insisted on recovering the country, Thorin knew that they really put the safety of the tribe first, so he said: "In this case, I think that we should first find a way to win this competition, take the whole clan back, and then make an alliance with Great Qin to never offend each other." ”

The three elders nodded at the same time: "Okay, that's it." ”

Qiang shook his head on the side and said, "I'm afraid, things are not as simple as you think." ”

The four elders frowned slightly, and asked, "What the young patriarch is referring to, could it be that Great Qin has other plans?" ”

Qiang Qi calmly analyzed: "Think about the current situation, even if we win the competition, King Qin may have some more problems to embarrass us." But as far as the whole process is concerned, on the battlefield, the Qin army did not kill us, but captured us, and then captured the king of Yiqu, to treat him, he could have directly sanctioned us, but he still had to give us a chance to compete......"

"Is it just because King Qin is a benevolent and righteous king?"

"And why did he show so much favor to the invading enemy?"

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The elder patted his head and said: "The old man was strange before, this King Qin captured the old man, neither tortured nor beaten, but fortunately greeted the old man with wine and meat, which always made the old man suspect that he was going to send the old man on the road, but later I saw that it was not as the old man thought, people really entertained us." ”

"Is their overture from the bottom of their hearts?" The four elders said suspiciously.

"In my opinion, there are basically two possibilities why King Qin is like this." Qiang said, "One, he wants to exchange for greater benefits, and we are the best hostages." ”

"If this is the case, even if we die, we will not cause trouble to our people." The four elders said resolutely.

Qiang Yan shook his head and said: "This possibility, for our poor and weak states, may be able to do it with each other, but for Daqin, who is rich and strong, it may not be eye-catching, except for cattle and sheep, what else can we come up with?" ”

"What about the other situation?" Thorin asked.

"Another situation is that King Qin really wants to be friendly with us." Qiang Qi said, "After all, there are many strong enemies in the east of Great Qin, and if the King of Qin wants to make a difference in China, then the northwest direction must be pacified." ”

"So......" the Third Elder said, "Does King Qin really want to reconcile with us?" ”

The Fourth Elder and the Fifth Elder both tightened their brows, thinking about this possibility.

The reason why Qiang Qi has repeatedly dealt with this matter is indeed not without selfishness, of course he wants the two sides to reconcile, so that he can get out of the way.

"Why, if Daqin takes the initiative to repair, do you dare not believe it, or are you unwilling to accept it?" Seeing that the four people in Yiqu had thought about it, Qiang Qi asked.

The three elders looked at Thorin at the same time and nodded in unison.

Of course, Thorin understood what the elders meant, so he said to Qiang: "If Great Qin really wants to reconcile with Yiqu and even Rong Di, then the whole Yiqu clan is willing to accept it gladly, and the humiliation of destroying the country will not be blamed in the past!" ”

"Hahaha, that's good." Qiang Yan smiled, "Brother, you can think like this, only from the overall situation." ”

After a long time, Qiang finally made the four people of Yiqu let go of the hatred in their hearts and were willing to make friends with Daqin.

The most important thing is that after the four Yiqu were captured, they all had the determination to die. But from the perspective of the Qiang, their will to die must be dispelled, and if they die, most of the warriors of the Qiang and the entire Qiang tribe will be buried with them.

"Now that you have unified your ideas, let's study how we can win this competition." Qiang said.

"Good!" The third elder took the lead and said, "The old man was the first to fight with the crossbow battalion, and I feel that the reason why they are strong is that they are strong on that special crossbow, it seems that the range of that crossbow arrow is farther than that of ordinary crossbow arrows, and it can also shoot the next shot quickly. ”

"Yes, not only the crossbow arrows, but also the strangely shaped shield-like blades are also very good, and I have suffered from that thing." Thorin said.

The four elders pondered for a moment and said, "Since King Qin said that it is a one-on-one battle, it must be confident, those two weapons are superior to our blades, if it is one-on-one, we will definitely suffer." ”

"Then team fights." "The Anti-Justice Canal will not leave anyone behind, it will win and lose together." ”

"Yes!" The third elder said, "Let's fight with them, since we have a lot of people, even if the front loses, the physical strength of the back will be better than theirs, and when the time comes, we will wait for a few old guys to take the lead first, and you two young masters will stay at the end, and say whatever you say, you will go first." ”

"How does this work?" Thorin snapped.

"Ugh." The fourth elder obstructed, "The third elder is right, we are all people buried in the soil to the neck, don't say that if you lose and become a slave, even if you die of exhaustion here, you must also return to your hometown and bring your clan to prosperity." ”

"Yes, that's it." The Fifth Elder finally spoke.

Seeing that the two of them couldn't twist the three elders, they had no choice but to nod their heads in agreement, but they didn't feel good in their hearts.