The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 31: Successful surrender
Hearing Zhong Yu's order, the soldiers in front of the high priest gave way to a path that could pass one person, so that the high priest could pass this artificial path and come to Zhong Yu's front.
The high priest saw the road in front of him, and only one person could pass, and signaled An Ji to stay, alone, and came to Zhong Yu's front through that road.
Five steps away from Zhong Yu's body, the high priest was stopped by those knights wearing full-body iron armor, and signaled him to sit here and talk, and he could not go one step further.
After all, this is a place with extraordinary powers. Who knows if he gets too close, will he get up and hurt people?
"Great and noble strong man, you used your power to make my tribe afraid. Now, the people of the tribe have heard that the noble army led by you came to our tribe and wanted to use force. All are terrified. Women don’t have the mind to pick wild vegetables, men don’t have the mind to hunt wild beasts, and children lose their minds and play with each other. This is all because of your majesty. Now, our tribe. The people are terrified because of the previous offense to you. I hereby send me, an old man, as the high priest of this tribe, to come to ask you for forgiveness. If there is any impoliteness, I hope you can be kind. Forgive!" The high priest came to Zhong Yu's body and slowly knelt down, using his old and fragile head to knock heavily on the cold and hard ground.
"I understand what you mean. Your previous offense was because you didn't know my majesty and didn't feel my virtue. Now, you are willing to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, reform yourself, and bathe under my king. , I naturally will not shun those people who are sincerely yearning for the light. Get up, how can an elder kneel on the ground for a long time? I have decided to forgive your people and incorporate them under my command for me Loyalty, in order to wash away their past sins!" Seeing the high priest's very respectful and fearful performance, Zhong Yu did not want to embarrass him too much, so as not to arouse the anger of the Mengla tribe. Moreover, Zhong Yu was also very happy and satisfied to be able to take such a tribe of hundreds of people without a single soldier!
After , Zhongyu's affirmation and promise was obtained, and the high priest's face was full of joy and an expression of escaping from death.
stood up obediently and respectfully asked Zhong Yu to retire. Said that he wanted to go back to the tribe, consolidate people's hearts, open the door, welcome Zhong Yu's army, enter the tribe, and accept the courtesy of the tribe's people.
Seeing that the high priest came back safe and sound, the elders were obviously very happy. Especially the great elder, he originally thought that his fate of death would be changed, and his excitement was overflowing, and he patted his chest very readily and said:
"The high priest can rest assured that as long as I am there, those tribe names will not dare to resist. If they can get a chance to live, they will already be in front of the ancestor gods, thank you very much, and have answered the lord outside The kindness of the adults"
Hearing that the elder was so eager for quick success and quick gain, he wanted to betray his people in front of outsiders in order to get a chance to survive. Although the second elder was also doing this kind of thing, he didn't show it too much after all. Seeing the big elder's appearance, he couldn't help but snorted softly.
Hearing the hum of the second elder, the elder did not care, and then said to the high priest. "High priest, my subordinates will gather the fighters who are loyal to me, let them gather all the tribesmen, open the door, and come to meet the warriors of the tribe outside, so that they can feel the loyalty and sincerity of our tribe."
Then he walked off the wall of the tribal camp and came to the sacrificial platform in the clan, and asked his son to take three warriors loyal to him to gather all the tribesmen.
After a while, all the tribesmen were gathered by him, including the remaining warriors of the tribe. After the exhaustion of the previous internal fighting and war, it is unknown, now there are only 98 people left, and there are fewer soldiers, only twelve people are left. Many of them are warriors who have escaped from the battlefield before and have been frightened.
This is also the reason why the high priest can't afford to fight with the tribes outside. It's not that he doesn't want to fight, but that he can't fight or win!
After , after the high priest, it was full of sorrow and the second elder’s expression of helplessness and anger, the gate of the tribe slowly opened, and under the leadership of the high priest, all the tribesmen walked out After closing the gate, they were divided into two groups and knelt on both sides of the avenue in front of the tribe gate.
their foreheads pressed tightly against the thick ground, the cold and sharp pain made their minds sober, the cold feeling washed their thoughts one after another, reminding them of what they are The consciousness of the defeated and the captives can further reveal this cruel and helpless reality to them.
Only the high priest knelt in front of all the tribesmen, kneeling in the center, holding the cane of the tribe symbolizing the authority of the patriarch in his hand, raising it flat to the top with both hands, and knelt there motionless. , Waiting for Zhong Yu to come and receive, take away from his hand the artifact that symbolizes the authority of the patriarch, and also take away the glory and dignity of their tribe for hundreds of years.
The young men and soldiers rushed into the tribal camp under the cries and restraints of their officers. Then 100 people were divided into two rows and stood in front of all the unknowns. With the weapons in their hands, they separated them from the road in front of them, in case some of them couldn't think of it~IndoMTL.com~ acted as an assassin. , In order to endanger Zhong Yu's life.
and Zhong Yu, under the protection of the guards, slowly came to the gate of the big camp. In front of him, four knights marched first, all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts, and served in the army. The ten captain's position, the strength is probably the first level.
The knights stopped in front of the high priest, and under Zhong Yu's gesture, ordered the high priest to hand over the scepter in his hand.
The corner of the high priest’s mouth smiled bitterly, and a helpless smile appeared on his face. He could only let go of the thoughts that shouldn't be in his heart. Originally, he planned to take advantage of the winter rain to reach out and receive the scepter. At that time, he desperately sacrificed himself to summon the power of the ancestor gods to take a risky fight and kill Zhong Yu with one blow, in exchange for the opportunity for the tribe to continue.
Even if because of this, my tribe has suffered heavy losses because of the angry soldiers, it is worth it. I believe that there will always be some people who can escape and reorganize their tribe outside, and they can also avenge the man who killed so many precious warriors of their tribe.
gave up this unknown plan in my heart? The elder obediently handed the scepter in his hand to the knight, then slowly stood up and arched his body. Slowly retreated to the sides of the road.
Seeing the knight’s unreasonable behavior and Zhong Yu’s performance towards his tribe, all the people felt very angry, but thinking about the strength gap between their tribe and those armies, they still didn’t say anything. I suppressed the emotions in my heart and prevented him from showing it.
The loser does not dare to resist meaninglessly, so he can only silently obey. This is a famous saying for the weak to seek survival opportunities since ancient times.
Then, Zhong Yu’s troops slowly marched into the tribe, counting all the population and wealth of the tribe, enjoying the glory and power that belonged to the victor.