The black robe frowned: "Actually, when I read the history here, I have always been a little strange. The Yi tribe killed someone else's king and took away someone else's cattle, sheep and horses, so they weren't worried about someone else's revenge?
?Believing their words so easily?"
The ancestor said calmly: "Before, the Yi tribe felt like they were facing a formidable enemy, because although the Shang tribe was far away from them, it was still a large tribe that many tribes had heard of, especially the one that Wang Hai directly led last time.
Tens of thousands of cattle and sheep were passing by. You must know that even the Yi tribe itself did not have so many livestock, so they were also afraid that the Shang tribe had many soldiers and horses, and they knew the location of their own tribe, so they had been waiting for danger for several years.
The ground is ready to meet the enemy."
"But these Di people, barbarian tribes, do not have the concept of filial piety in the Central Plains, and do not need to observe filial piety for three years. So after three or four years, seeing that the Shang tribe did not send troops to retaliate, they thought that the other side also felt that they were in the wrong and would not send troops.
In the meantime, Wang Huan also sent envoys here twice, hoping to get back some of the cattle, sheep and horses that had been impounded at that time. He said that as long as the Yi tribe showed up and paid back some, that was all.
"
"So the Yi tribe returned about half of the seized cattle and sheep. Wang Huan had made an oath with them, so the matter was dropped and no longer considered. After four years, the Yi tribe also relaxed its vigilance.
, this time they saw that the Shang tribe sent people who had been here before to bring a new business group across the border. They did not have too many doubts and accepted the caravan and stationed it in their territory just like last time."
"But what the Yi tribe didn't expect this time was that the caravan's entourage this time was more than two thousand elite Shang tribe warriors. As the leader, they disguised themselves as ordinary caravan members and preceded the Yi tribe.
Investigate the situation and find out the whole situation
After the defense situation of the troops, Shang Jiawei personally killed the cattle and slaughtered the sheep, held a banquet, invited Mianchen and other noble elders to the banquet, and asked his tribe to also attend the banquet with these noble guards from the Yi tribe.
Let’s socialize together, eat meat and drink wine.”
The black robe curled up his lips: "So at this banquet, Shang Jiawei also proposed to dance like Wang Hai did back then. Although this brought back bad memories for Mian Chen, out of etiquette, he still
I agreed, but Mianchen’s dance was not
The promiscuous Wan Wu showed the whole process of Wang Hai's death, including his private affair with his beloved concubine, the betrayal of his brothers, and the final capture of Mian Chen and the nobles.
And kill Wang Hai as a sacrifice to heaven!"
"At the end of the play, when Wang Hai was torn into pieces, Mianchen couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up and cursed Shangjiawei as a caravan envoy of the Shang tribe. What did he mean by bringing up old things again?
Shang Jiawei also threw away his mask. At this moment, his face was covered with blood. This was the decoration of the warriors of the Shang tribe during the decisive battle. He said loudly that he was Wang Hai's son.
Upper armor
Wei, today is the time that his ancestors asked him to avenge the tragic death of his father. Immediately, he drew his sword and attacked Mianchen. Mianchen, who was over seventy years old, had long lost his courage and was killed.
Shang Jiawei stabbed him with his sword, while all the other Shang tribe men and horses also violently drew their swords, slashing and stabbing at the Yi tribe soldiers who were eating meat and drinking together just now."
"Fires soared into the sky, killing sounds were everywhere, dark clouds rolled in the sky, thunder bursts, the howls of ghosts and gods and war cries enveloped the entire grassland with the Yi tribe, and the surrounding Shang tribe and the He tribe had already ambushed.
The National Alliance Army also took the opportunity to rush out and rushed towards the chaotic Youyi tribe. By dawn, everyone
The battle was over, and the Yi tribe, which had a crowd of thirty thousand and was considered a big country in the Xia Dynasty, was destroyed. The corpses of Mian Chen and dozens of noble elders were cut into eight pieces and sacrificed to heaven.
There were tens of thousands of dead, but less than 20,000 people from the Yi tribe survived, and they all became prisoners of the merchants."
"But Shang Jiawei has already become jealous. How could he want to spare these people's lives and take them as slaves, as was the common rule of that era? Instead, he would go directly to the territory where the Yi tribe exists.
A large-scale human sacrifice was carried out, and more than 10,000 prisoners were captured in Yishui
On the side, people were killed in various ways, either burnt, quartered, minced into meat, or buried alive. All kinds of cruel sacrificial methods unique to the Shang tribe made Hebo and more than ten tribes come forward.
The kings or generals who came to help in the battle were dumbfounded and shuddered."
"The cruel and terrifying sacrifice lasted for three days. On the third day, He Bo finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he made it clear to Shang Jiawei that such cruel killings were against the harmony of nature. The Shang tribe had already killed all of them.
The remaining captives and slaves, according to the agreement, should be slaves of the He Kingdom and are not allowed to be killed. He Bo is willing to trade his share of livestock in exchange for the lives of these people."
"Shangjiawei has also recovered to some extent from the joy of revenge, so he agreed to Hebo's request and returned to the Shang tribe with the spoils of the Yi tribe, leaving behind the guard who surrendered to the Shang tribe.
The warriors took more than a thousand people from the Shang tribe and stayed in the land where the Yi tribe existed."
"Later, He Bo took pity on these slaves from the Yi tribe, so he pardoned them, moved them far away to a desolate place where wild beasts were infested, and let them establish a place called Yaoguo. These people also
Known as the Yaomin, these Yaomin hated the Shang tribe so much that they later joined forces with Gui Fang and other foreign invaders and became the Shang tribe's old enemy for many years. This is a story for another time."
The ancestor nodded: "So, the real rise and power of the Shang tribe actually started from this war. The elimination of the Yi family, a well-known big country in the world, and the slaughter of almost all their people to sacrifice to heaven, not only showed that the Shang tribe
The powerful force and superb military skills also exposed the Shang tribe's horrific and cruel method of sacrificing humans to heaven, and everyone could no longer
Don't dare to underestimate the Shang tribe. No one dared to kill the merchant caravans and embezzle property that happened in the past. Moreover, Yi Hebo used cattle and sheep to redeem the slaves of the Yi family and save them.
The practice of exchanging goods for people has also become a rule. However, this rule is used more by the Shang tribe, and they do not save people, but for sacrifice."
Doupeng breathed a long sigh of relief: "So, spending goods to buy, or hire other tribes, even to fight for yourself, after the battle, not only can you collect the spoils, but you can also collect captives as slaves. This is considered a form of submission from the king.
"Hai's revenge war started?" (End of this chapter)