"The Duan clan is willing to obey the orders of the imperial court, send 30,000 troops, and King Qin into the Central Plains!"

When Gao Zhisheng, the lord of the Gao clan, told the latest information to the leaders of the clan in front of him, they all showed surprise, even disbelief.

Gao Zhihao even lost his voice: "Where did he Duan Xi get the courage to make such a decision?" 30,000 people, even if it is not more than seventy percent of the Duan family's strength, they have to take it out! ”

Others also nodded their heads in agreement, sending 30,000 troops is not only about allocating 30,000 troops and horses, but also adding supporting weapons and armor and logistics support, and the cost will be huge.

And southern Yunnan is far less rich than Sichuan and Shu, even if it is the three families of the Mugao section, which are the most powerful in the local area, they can mobilize more than 100,000 soldiers and horses with all their might, and half of them have to be from other tribes that depend on them.

Now that the Duan clan has taken out 30,000 horses to serve the imperial court, it is obviously impossible for other tribes to contribute to them, isn't this hollowing out their own family, and there will be endless troubles in the future?

Gao Zhisheng smiled bitterly and sighed: "I also thought that this matter might be false before, but the news that came later made people have to believe it - Duan Xi died." ”

"Huh?" Several people present were moved again.

Gao Zhisheng no longer sold anything, and continued: "He was killed by the young and strong generation of his clan who wanted to serve the imperial court and get the Duan clan out of their current predicament. In other words, there was another rebellion within the Duan clan, which led to the transposition of the head of the family.

"And it's not just Duan Xi who was killed, many old people of the Duan clan who were unwilling to take risks before and behaved conservatively were either killed or put under house arrest by seizing power, and now it is the Shaozhuang faction led by Duan Siguo and Duan Sizhou's brothers who are in power!"

This time, the others finally accepted this result, and at the same time, there was a shock in their hearts, and the rebellion within this clan really made them all jealous.

Thinking that if there was such a mess within the Gao family, what would happen to him?

Gao Zhisheng's gaze swept lightly over the faces of the brothers in these clans, and he said in a solemn tone: "And judging from the news sent back by our people in the Tongya City area, all this seems to be just a rebellion within the Duan family, but in fact, it was deliberately pushed and guided.

"And the one who did all this is the envoy of the imperial court, Lord Guo Chong Guo."

"It's him ......"

At this moment, people were really shocked.

Many of them still remembered this court envoy who always seemed to be polite, and they only thought that this was a gentle and eloquent young man.

But now it seems that under the gentle mask, this is actually a sinister character with a honey-bellied sword, which makes people's backs chill.

And what is even more disturbing is that the head of the family mentioned the rebellion of the Duan family at this time, and what is the meaning of Guo Chong's role in this matter? Could it be that he also doubted that he and the others would do something like Duan Siguo's brothers?

They were all agitators, eager to defend themselves at once.

But when I turned my head to look left and right, I inevitably had some doubts - I have no problem, but what about others?

Everyone here has had private contact with Guo Chong before, and they have also accepted his benefits.

If some of them were also deceived by him, and what they were doing in secret, I am afraid they would ......

Thinking about it like this, the uneasy emotions in their hearts became more and more intense, and their faces were even more uncertain, even Gao Zhisheng looked at them with suspicion in his eyes at this time.

The lessons of the Duan clan's civil strife are in front of them, which is enough to make their relationship delicate, and the trust they have always had has a rift.

This is the most powerful place for Guo Chong to make a scene in Tongya City, just like Sun Ning killed in Kuizhou and Jinguancheng and made an example.

The two killings frightened several major clans in southern Yunnan into not daring to have any more dissenting intentions, and expressed their willingness to be vassals early on.

And the civil strife of the Duan clan also made the people within the Gao clan uneasy, and they were constantly suspicious of each other.

Gao Zhisheng watched their reactions, but his heart was even more chaotic and bottomless.

He originally planned to use this trick to find out who might have problems around him, but now that he glanced over, everyone was suspicious.

Not only was he suspicious, but others were also afraid to rest assured, and even with him, the patriarch, everyone was a little wary.

If he made a first strike because of suspicion, his fate would not be so good.

Suspicion is a stinger, as long as it is pierced, it will only sink deeper and deeper, and it is difficult to pull out and cure it.

Gao Zhisheng also understood that maybe the Gao family was not rebelled by Guo Chong like the Duan family, but he really didn't dare to gamble his life on this possibility.

So after a long silence, he finally spoke slowly: "Actually, the chaos within the Duan clan has nothing to do with our Gao family, but it is their choice, which is more worthy of our attention."

"This matter is decided, which means that the Duan clan will be the head of the court next. In the same way, the Mu clan had already sent people to Sichuan and Shu to contact the imperial court, but I was afraid that it would only be a matter of time before they returned to the imperial court.

"At that time, only our Gao clan will be left on the opposite side of the imperial court, what do you think will happen next?"

These people are all smart people, and after being dismissed by him, they all nodded worriedly and responded: "If this is the case, then our Gao clan will be isolated by them......"

"There are many frictions and contradictions between the three of us, in the past, the two Muduan families could not find an excuse, but this time, they can use the name of the imperial court to join forces to deal with us......

"Patriarch, this can't be guarded against, we must show our attitude immediately!"

As soon as a few words were spoken, everyone's attitude was obvious, that is, to compromise with the imperial court, even if it was bleeding heavily, they had to keep up with the footsteps of the Duan clan, and they would also allocate troops and horses to be loyal to the imperial court!

Seeing that they all expressed their attitudes one by one, and were even willing to take out a team from their own village or city soldiers and horses to obey the dispatch of the clan, Gao Zhisheng showed a satisfied smile on his face.

"Well, it's really my Gao family's luck to think like this! According to what everyone said, since the Duan family sent 30,000 troops, then we will also send 30,000 to serve the court! ”

It wasn't until this resolution was passed that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the smiles on their faces were finally sincere and relaxed.

In fact, no matter how beautiful the previous words were, it was not the main reason why Gao's attitude suddenly changed.

The real root lies because of the fear in my heart, for fear that my family will be the same as the Duan family, so there will be a big mess, after all, there are thousands of precautions, and the house thief is the most difficult to prevent.

Now that I have found an excuse, it is naturally unanimously approved and I will officially pledge my allegiance to the imperial court!