After placing Zhuge Qingyun in a certain house in the village to rest, Ba Long gathered several clan leaders in one place.

At this time, their expressions were also more complicated than before, some were looking forward to it, some were entangled, and some were confused.

They didn't have as many rules as the Han people, so they were embarrassed, so they simply asked directly: "Barong, what do you say we should do about this?" ”

"I thought it was unreliable, the Han people were not credible, this is the conclusion reached by our ancestors with a tragic ending!" A man in his forties whispered, he was the one who looked the most confused.

Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement.

The ancestors of the Ba clan trusted the Dayue court too much, and wanted to completely change the customs of the barbarians, so they would be regarded as traitors by the other tribes, and then the rebels and relatives left, and were beaten by the tribes of Yunnan and Guizhou together with the tribes below, and finally only this one was left.

During this period, the Han court turned a blind eye to them, and for a few years, let alone sending troops to help, even if they sent some materials and weapons. This naturally chilled the hearts of the Ba people, making them no longer dare to believe the nonsense of the court.

Ba Long also nodded: "The words of the Han court are indeed not very credible. In particular, we have also heard about this incident, now that the imperial court has even lost the Central Plains, and can only gain a foothold in Sichuan and Shu, how much strength can they have?

"So, I thought they really didn't have help this time, so they thought of looking for us Ba people......"

"In that case, then let's drive out the Han people and let them die...... "At that moment, someone wanted to come up with a conclusion.

But his words were interrupted by another person: "You are too hasty, things are not so simple. There is a saying that the Han people still have a saying, that is, there are really not many opportunities for our Bashi.

"Just looking at the current situation in Sichuan and Shu, you can know that the two Mulong families want to take advantage of the weakness of the imperial court and hold the entire Sichuan and Shu in their hands. If the defeat of the imperial court this time is really as they wish, then what will happen to our Ba people? ”

Only then did Baron speak: "That's what I'm worried about. Once the Longmu family really completely controls Sichuan and Shu, our Ba clan will have no place to stand, and they will definitely not leave us to continue to live here.

"And if the court wins, and we don't send troops to help, I'm afraid the situation will be the same......"

These words made everyone stunned again, and after thinking for a while, they all showed even more uneasy looks.

Yes, if you think about it carefully, it seems that whoever wins on both sides is not a good result for your own family, if you don't send troops.

"So we have to take sides." Barong took a deep breath and his gaze swept over the faces of the leaders, "But not now, but only when we can see who can win!"

"If the imperial court really has a chance of winning, we will raise our clan to send troops, that is, we will fight out our generation, and we will also help them take Kuizhou Yizhou!

"And if the imperial court is defeated by the Longmu family, then it can only look for an opportunity to kill Yuzhou. The materials and money there must be very rich, and if we grab a sum, we may be able to move out of Sichuan and Shu with the entire tribe. ”

After listening to the patriarch's analysis, these leaders were all impressed, and then they all stood up and saluted: "We understand, we will make arrangements when we go back, send more ears and eyes, and go to listen to the war outside!" ”

"Well, you have to entertain this Han envoy well, and maybe you can ask some inside information about Yuzhou City from his mouth." Barong commanded again.

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If Ba Long and the others appeared in the area from Tongchuan to Shunzhou at this time, and saw with their own eyes the battle and strength of the two Sichuan and Shu barbarians in the north and south at this time, I am afraid that the vast majority of them would make a decision in an instant and decisively fall to the side of the Longmu family.

At this time, the war did seem to be very unfavorable to the imperial court.

Under the city of Shunzhou, the war was still in a stalemate, and after more than 20 days of siege and onslaught, the southern Sichuan tribes led by the Yang family of Banzhou still could not take this city that was only defended by tens of thousands of people.

Yang Jianting had already done his best, and even used tricks rarely used in barbarian warfare, such as digging tunnels and getting up buildings. But as a result, the threat to Shunzhou was still not great, and they were still blocked by them.

In the final analysis, it was because the barbarian warriors were really inexperienced in siege, and in the face of those few feet of earthen walls, they were stunned that they had no more ways to break through the defenses, but instead left corpses behind them in the onslaught of one after another.

Later, not to mention the other tribes, even the Yang family itself did not dare to attack the city with all their strength because of too many casualties, so they could only respond to things there and pretend.

So now the war in Shunzhou has become extremely dull, but within the ten coalition armies, various sayings continue to circulate, and there are many voices dissatisfied with the imperial court, and they are even more worried that when the reinforcements from the north arrive, their own family will be folded under the city of Shunzhou.

And the facts have proved that their concerns are quite reasonable, because the soldiers and horses of the Mu family who came out of Huayang have really arrived in Tongchuan.

When this team of 30,000 people, who was the vanguard, swept to the foot of Tongchuan City, the banner and the atmosphere of slaughter shook hundreds of people in the city so much that they couldn't react.

It wasn't until the vanguard general below asked people to shout loudly that the officer guarding the city asked people to open the door to greet him with a frightened face: "I don't know that General Muda personally led the army to come, and the small one has never been far away to greet ......."

Mu Da, who was dressed in military uniform, waved his hand and quickly interrupted the other party's words: "Go and let your patriarch come out to speak, and hurry up to prepare the military camp and food, we will rest in Tongchuan for one night, and continue to go south tomorrow." ”

"Yes, yes, the little one will go and report to the patriarch." He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately turned his head away.

Not long after, Yang Li also brought some people and horses to hurry to meet him.

Although he is the local patriarch and has great power, in front of these Mu family leaders, he doesn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, and he is completely courtesy of his subordinates.

For Mu Da's instructions, he also continued to agree without a word, and then said carefully: "General Mu Da, it's just that our Tongchuan is a small city after all, and the grain storage is only enough for tens of thousands of troops for half a month, so what ......will happen next?"

"I know what you're trying to say." Mu Da glanced at him, "Don't worry, our Mu family will not take advantage of your Yang clan, and the grain we used today will soon be transported from behind to compensate you." However, at that time, not only will we have to recruit your soldiers and horses in Tongchuan, but your entire city will also become our place to hoard grain, so when the time comes, we will need the cooperation of your Yang Patriarch. ”

Yang Li hurriedly agreed, looking relieved.

In this regard, Mu Da's understanding was that the other party was reluctant to give up that little food, but what he didn't notice was that at the same time, there was also a flash of essence in the eyes of a squire standing with his head hanging behind Yang Li.