Guyigu, the leader of the Gray Horn Tribe, returned to Henan City and told the tribal leaders who had good personal relationships with him about the conditions proposed by Zhao Hongrun.
Among them, some tribes are willing to accept Zhao Hongrun's conditions, while others are not.
In this regard, Gu Yigu did not force himself.
As the saying goes, when a tree falls, the monkey will scatter. The original big tree named "Jiejiao" has now been dug up by the Wei people and is crumbling. Under such circumstances, the tribes that originally relied on Jiejiao can only
Find another way to make a living.
Those who wish will survive, those who do not will perish. Today, under the command of King Su of the Wei State, there are about 60,000 soldiers including Dangshan Army, Shangshui Army, Chenggao Army, Hehuang tribe warriors and former Jijiao slave soldiers.
Counting the approximately 90,000 people currently stationed in Luocheng.
A total of 150,000!
As for the Jiejiao side, which originally had ten times the strength of the Wei army, how many people are left now? Only thirty to forty thousand Jiejiao cavalry.
In just over a month, the situation between the two parties has completely reversed, which is undeniably surprising.
The Gray Horn Tribe quietly evacuated Henan City. About eight thousand tribal cavalry led their mounts and used their mounts to carry personal or tribal belongings, as well as their wives and children, and left from the south gate of Henan City.
, and went straight to the Wei army.
On the city wall of Henan City, many chiefs of small and medium-sized tribes attached to Jiejiao watched with wide eyes the scene of the Wei army accepting the surrender of the Huijiao tribe. They discovered that although the tribal cavalry of the Huijiao tribe had their weapons and mounts confiscated,
Moreover, their wives and children were taken over by an army that seemed to be from the Yi tribe, but the Wei army did not harm anyone.
Moreover, the Wei people did not rob those personal belongings.
"(In Chinese) What should we do?"
On the city wall, a tribal leader asked another tribal leader.
The latter smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "(In the language of the Yi people) Huijiao has surrendered to the Wei army, so what else is there to fight in this battle?"
As soon as they finished speaking, another tribe of cavalry, about three thousand people, emerged from the city gate below them. Like the warriors of the Gray Horn tribe, they used their mounts to carry their remaining belongings and relatives, and surrendered to the Wei army with a sad expression.
, weapons and mounts were confiscated.
Jiejiao...the situation is over.
The chiefs of the small and medium-sized tribes who were once attached to the Jiejiao tribe, look at me, I look at you, they went under the city wall to gather the people of their tribes in a tacit understanding.
After all, the middle tribes like the Gray Horn Tribe, which was once one of the core tribes of the Brown Horn Tribe, surrendered to the Wei army one after another. How can the chiefs of these small tribes persist?
However, they had a tacit agreement not to tell Bitatu about this matter. After all, in a sense, their behavior of surrendering to the Wei army when they saw that the situation was not right was also a kind of betrayal, which was harmful to the Jijiao tribe and its patriarch Bitatu.
Figure of betrayal.
Because they knew this, the chiefs of these small and medium-sized tribes did not say anything, but quietly gathered their tribesmen, quietly left Henan City, and quietly surrendered to the Wei army.
Finally, the Jie warriors of the Gray Horn Tribe had almost retreated. Their leader, Guyi Gu, stood at the gate of the city and glanced in a certain direction within the city.
In that direction, there is Bitatu's felt tent.
"(In the language of the Yi tribe) Chief, the tribe has almost evacuated. It's time for us to leave. If Bitatu finds out..."
A close clan member persuaded the clan leader Guyi Gu, who had been lingering at the city gate for a long time.
You know, of the only 30,000 to 40,000 Jiejiao cavalry left in this battle, about half of them are members of the Jiejiao tribe, taking orders from their leader Bitatu. God knows that after Bitatu learned of the betrayal of the vassal tribes,
Will he break the jar and ask his tribe to kill all the traitors?
But Gu Yigu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "(In the language of the Yi people) you go to the Wei army first. I...I have one more thing that I must do."
The clan members on the left and right looked at each other in confusion.
After that, Guyigu ignored the two tribesmen and walked straight towards Bitatu's felt tent.
Along the way, Guyigu saw many cavalrymen from the Jie tribe. When these people looked at him, their eyes were very strange. They no longer had the usual respect, and generally looked at him with contempt and strangeness.
Seeing this, Guyi Gu sighed secretly: These warriors of the Jiejiao tribe have obviously learned that the tribes in the city have surrendered to the Wei army one after another.
But, why hasn’t Bitatu reacted at all?
You know, according to Gu Yigu's understanding of Tatu, the latter hates betrayers quite a lot.
This doubt was not solved until Gu Yigu came outside Bitatu's felt tent.
It turned out that since returning to Henan City, Bitatu had been drinking in the felt tent, or in other words, he was drinking heavily, as if he wanted to use the alcohol to numb the anger in his heart.
No, Guyigu saw with his own eyes a leader of the Jiejiao tribe anxiously shouting outside the felt tent, shouting that "the tribes in the city are surrendering to the Wei army one after another."
However, Bitatu's reply in the felt tent was only one word.
"(In Chinese language) Get out!!"
Listening to the anger and resentment mixed in Bitatu's roar, Gu Yigu sighed secretly.
In his opinion, Bitatu was expected to become a hero of the Jie tribe. After all, the Jiejiao tribe he led beat the hell out of the barbarians in the North, making the southern part of the North a hunting ground for their Jiejiao tribe.
, Chu soldiers can plunder the Hu people’s wealth, sheep, slaves, and women at will at any time.
But I didn't expect that this man who was expected to become a hero of the Jie people would be defeated by the young King Su of Wei.
"(In Chinese) What else are you doing here?!"
Perhaps they noticed Guyigu's approach, and the Jiejiao warriors guarding outside the felt tent all showed indignant looks.
"(In the language of the Yi people) I want to see the chief of the clan." Gu Yigu said in a deep voice.
However, the Jiejiao warriors' reply to him was a mouthful of spit on the ground and a sentence of "traitor" with deep hostility.
Just when Guyigu was thinking about how to see Bitatu, the tent of the felt tent was raised, and Bitatu's adopted son Bosile came out, bowed his head to Guyigu, and asked,
Said: "Guyigu, please come in."
Seeing that it was Bosile who came to rescue Guyigu, the soldiers of the Jiejiao tribe did not dare to act rashly.
Seeing this, Gu Yigu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As he stepped into the felt tent, he said to Bosile: "(In Shen language) Thank you for helping me out."
But what I didn't expect was that Bosile shook his head and said seriously: "It's not me who asks the patriarch to enter the account, but the patriarch."
"Eh?"
Guyigu was obviously stunned. He suddenly turned his head and looked into the felt tent. Only then did he realize that Bitatu was sitting in the tent with his chest exposed and his chest exposed. The chairman had his arms around a cup used to hold wine.
Crock looked at him with drunken eyes.
"(In the language of the Yi people) Are you here to say goodbye to this great patriarch, Guyigu?" Bitatu asked with a sneer, burping from wine.
A complex look flashed across Gu Yigu's face when he heard this. He silently walked to a seat in the tent and sat down. Then he turned to look at Bitatu and said seriously: "(In the language of the Yi tribe) I, a member of the Gray Horn Tribe,
Now that we have left the city and surrendered to the Wei army, I have no worries."
"(In the language of the Yi people) there is no worry..." Bitatu muttered this sentence, not knowing whether he understood the deep meaning of Guyi's ancient words. He chuckled and said: "Then let's have a drink with this patriarch.
." After saying that, he pointed to Bosile and then to Gu Yigu.
Bosile understood, picked up an earthen jar filled with wine from the tent, and moved it to Guyigu.
Gu Yigu didn't show any pretense and drank directly into the mouth of the earthen jar. In the blink of an eye, he finished the wine in the earthen jar.
Seeing this, Bitatu burst out laughing. After laughing for a while, he asked melancholy: "(In Shen language) How many years have we known each other?"
"(In the language of the Yi people) it's been more than twenty years." Gu Yigu wiped his mouth with his sleeve and replied.
"(In the language of the Yi people) Yes, it has been more than twenty years..." Bitatu took a sip of wine from the earthen jar and said lightly: "You are watching me step by step transform a small tribe without a title into a
It has become the fourth major tribe that can rival the three major tribes of Yi, Ling, and Jie. And now, you will witness this large tribe becoming disintegrated..."
"(In the language of the Yi people) the great patriarch..." A trace of sadness flashed in Gu Yigu's eyes.
But at this time, Bitatu smacked his lips and asked: "(In the language of the Yi people) Wei people... Well, that hairy boy Su King of Wei State, what price did you pay to make him change his mind and accept the surrender?"
"(In the language of the Yi people) freedom." Gu Yigu told Bitatu the conditions proposed by Zhao Hongrun without any concealment, and said in a deep voice: "We have lost our freedom, as well as our clan name, the solemn leader of the Wei state.
The king will not allow the word "Jie Jiao" to appear again. In the future, we will be called "Sanchuan Cavalry" and fight for the Wei Kingdom for ten years. After ten years, he allows us to restore our tribe's clan name."
"(In the language of the Yi people) ten years?" Bitatu curled his lips and sneered: "That hairy boy King Su has a clever plan. He recruits you to deal with the Korean cavalry. Are the Korean cavalry so easy to deal with? More
What’s more, it’s been ten years. I really don’t know how many people will be left in ten years.”
Gu Yigu smiled miserably when he heard this and said: "(In the language of the Yi people) it's better than being wiped out by the Wei army now, isn't it? At least, there is still some hope left."
"..." Bitatu drank wine silently, and after a while he said melancholy: "(In Shen language) Gu Yigu, do you know? I don't regret provoking the Wei people, I just regret that I, Jie Jiao, and Wei
This war in our country broke out too late..."
As he said that, he saw Guyigu's face showing a look of astonishment, and then he hummed and laughed: "Don't think that only Qin is expanding, Wei is also expanding. I have lived more than forty years than Tatu, and this is the first time I have been attacked by a
A chill ran down the spine of the young little boy."
"(In the language of the Yi people), that Su Wang Ji Run of the Wei Kingdom?" Guyi Gu asked in surprise.
Bitatu narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but then he let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "(In Shen language) Jie Jiao has been defeated, there is no point in talking... Just watch, that one
You little brat will use this war to gradually control the tribes in our Sanchuan land. When the time comes, those who follow him will prosper, and those who go against him will perish. Ten years?... No, we will never have the chance to have true freedom!"
Gu Yigu's complexion changed slightly when he heard this.
At this time, I heard Bitatu saying as if he was mocking himself: "(In the language of the Yi people), go ahead, Gu Yigu, and become a dog for the Wei people. Although you have lost your freedom, you may be able to gain considerable benefits. It's just that
...I will no longer have true freedom." At this point, he glanced at Gu Yigu and warned again: "Don't try to regain your freedom, because you won't have another chance."
"..." Gu Yigu opened his mouth, hesitated for a while and then stood up, ready to say goodbye to Bitatu.
At this moment, Bitatu raised his hand and pointed at his adopted son Bosile, and said calmly: "(In Shen language) take him away too..."
"..." Guyigu and Bosile looked at each other.
Especially the latter, whose face was filled with astonishment.