Chu Yao originally wanted to say that Chu Jie had basically been taken down.
Because Yonggu Pass has been defended, and Shiwu has been dealt a huge blow by mistake, so that Shiwu dare not mobilize troops for several years, it means a few years of peace. Why would he have a conflict with Shen Tang and start a new business if he could continue to squat
Even with Chu Jie's nostalgic personality, he was reluctant to leave.
If you can live in peace, who would want to be displaced
But he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
What she wanted was not for Chu Jie to surrender and recognize her as the head of a county, but for Chu Jie to surrender to her wholeheartedly.
Otherwise, why would she venture so deep into Shiwutu
He changed the subject: "Did the lord really take 30,000 heads?"
Shen Tang said, "Not really. The army was very secretive even when marching, hiding during the day and moving at night. How could they dare to drag 30,000 heads through the city? I used the ears to represent the heads. I think Chu Jie would not dare to deny it. Let him send people to slowly count them."
Chu Yao: “…”
That scene seemed very exciting.
It was indeed very exciting, but what was most exciting was Chu Jie's expression.
He had drunk a lot last night and got up an hour later than usual. The camp cook brought him breakfast. Corn porridge, white steamed buns, and a dish of cooked pig ears. He ate them all up in one gulp.
He practiced martial arts with bare chests in such a cold weather.
I stopped only when I was sweating all over.
At this time, some soldiers came to the training ground to look for him.
He wiped his sweat and asked, "What's the matter?"
After hearing the soldier's report, he paused.
He smiled and said, "Mr. Shen is a man of his word. Let's go and see."
He did not go alone, he also asked someone to call all the old men under his tent to come and see, because seeing is believing!
Because Shen Tang is not the gold that everyone loves, and the generals have always only submitted to the strong, Chu Jie can't force them to recognize Shen Tang, so, if you want these stubborn warriors to be convinced? Then show your strength!
Soon, everyone gathered.
Everyone smelled of alcohol.
Bai Su and Xu Quan saluted Chu Jie with fists, and waved their hands to order the soldiers to bring up the most special trophies of this trip.
It was not the heads that everyone had been waiting for, but a group of pottery jars that were more than half a person tall. Although the pottery jars were large, they couldn't hold 30,000 heads, right? A straightforward and rough man spoke in a muffled voice: "Young General, are all the heads that Mr. Shen mentioned here?"
Bai Su said calmly, "General Chu had previously asked the Lord for 30,000 heads of Shiwu to build a Jingguan, but heads are not easy to preserve. A large number of them would easily expose our whereabouts on the march. So we followed the marching rules and used the right ear as the head."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
They all turned their eyes to the pottery jars. Bai Su's cold voice reached their ears clearly: "We haven't counted the exact number yet, but it should be more than 30,000, all of them are young and strong men. In addition, there is a big gift, General Chu will be very interested."
Chu Jie took a deep breath.
After hearing what Bai Su said, he asked, "What is the gift?"
She clapped her hands, and a soldier brought a three-foot-long wooden box. Xu Quan opened the box and found a right ear with the blood stains cleaned off, and several official seals that could prove his identity.
The soldier strode forward and raised the box above his head.
Chu Jie asked: "This is..."
Xu Quan explained his confusion: "When we attacked the capital of the Ten Crows, we were lucky enough to encounter a few big fish. Any one of them is worth hundreds or even thousands of young and strong heads of the Ten Crows. General Chu, you can count them, maybe there are some you know."
Don't even mention it—
Chu Jie actually found an "acquaintance" among several official seals, and when he heard Xu Quan say "attack the capital of the Ten Crows", his eyelids twitched fiercely. He believed that Shen Tang disdained to lie, which meant that this young county magistrate really led his men to play a trick - to attack Huanglong directly!
Even if the Ten Wu Kings were left with empty guards, Shen Tang only had over 2,000 men and was alone in deep territory without any support!
How dare you
Chu Jie took a deep breath and reacted first.
He stared at the dozen or so pottery jars.
He opened his five fingers and a crude axe appeared.
Stride forward.
Xu Quan was so considerate that he gave way to him.
Chu Jie picked up an axe and smashed the pottery jar hard. With a crisp sound, the pottery jar broke into pieces in an instant, and the contents inside exploded. Chu Jie, who was closest to him, was buried halfway under the calf.
A strong and strange smell burst out.
Filled his nostrils.
Chu Jie smashed two nearby pottery jars.
Each one is filled to the brim.
In order to preserve it, it is also pickled with salt.
The piled-up appearance looked very much like the cooked pig ears he had praised in the morning. Even though he was used to seeing storms, he was still shocked by this scene. The other veterans rushed forward, carefully identified them, and laughed heartily after they were sure of it.
One of them even slapped his thigh, tears streaming down his face: "Good! Good! Good! I am completely convinced by Mr. Shen! It is true that 'once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back'! From now on, my life belongs to Mr. Shen, and I will charge into battle at his command without any complaints!"
Xu Quan asked: "Don't you want to count?"
An old general with white hair and beard spat and said in disgust, "What are you counting? This number must be thirty thousand! These things should be dragged out and fed to the dogs! Why waste your time counting? I didn't expect Shen Jun to have such awareness and means at such a young age. He has a good temper! I was worried that Shen Jun couldn't do it and couldn't be ruthless. There is no problem here, old man."
Everyone agreed, and Chu Jie said: "Forget about throwing them to feed the dogs. There are not so many stray dogs nearby for us to kill. Take them all outside the city and burn them to commemorate our dead brothers. May their spirits in heaven find some comfort..."
Everyone clasped their fists and said, "Yes."
Bai Su and Xu Quan were both a little surprised.
They thought they would encounter difficulties, but they didn't expect it to go so smoothly. When you understand the blood feud between them and the Ten Crows, you can understand their feelings. Take the old general with white hair and beard as an example. In the early years, his daughter-in-law took her child back to her parents' home to visit her parents. On the way, they were ambushed by the Ten Crows. The mother and child were captured, their skins were peeled off alive, and made into two leather drums...
Some of the relatives and close friends of the victims were killed, and their bones were made into various ornaments and circulated in the Shiwu market...
Using human bones as ornaments is a trend in Shiwu.
From top to bottom, everyone in Yonggu Pass had a blood feud with Shiwu. If Shen Tang was kind and lenient to Shiwu, it would be a complete betrayal in their eyes!
You might as well go home and look at your own butt!
See if it’s the opposite of what’s going on in your brain!
During the memorial service, I don't know if it was Chu Jie's psychological effect, but in the past, Yonggu Pass was always wrapped in cold wind and gusts of chilly wind, and the sunlight also brought a chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Today was unexpectedly exceptionally warm, and it was a rare sunny day.
"I think the brothers who died in the battle would be very satisfied..."
Led by Shen Tang, everyone burned incense and paid tribute.
Chu Jie looked at the huge temporary pile of firewood, the flames burning, and then looked at the not-so-broad back of the young county magistrate. He vaguely understood why Chu Yao chose Shen Tang and even tied himself up and handed over the power of life and death to the other party.
It was not just that Chu Wuhui was determined to make a desperate effort, but he really saw a glimmer of different hope in Shen Tang.
perhaps-
The situation on this continent really needs to change.
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