Chapter 12 Change of Owners
Wuyi's palace city is about 300 meters long and wide, and has a rammed earth city wall about 10 meters high and 20 meters wide. The walls can be seen everywhere in Xiaguojiao bow archers and Dengge infantry.
At this time, in the city, all Iber's family and senior servants were captured except for the dozen killed for resistance. Two soldiers accompanied by the military witch doctors to treat the injured soldiers. In this battle, due to the effective ambush of the horned bow archer, the Xia army set a record of zero deaths.
A quarter of an hour later, the gate of the palace city opened again, and two bronze shield guards each brought twenty-five long-half soldiers into the Wuyi residential area to patrol. Hua also took eight bronze shield guards and headed straight for his house. The panicked people of Yi hid in the house, while some bold young and middle-aged men watched.
Previously, several garrisons who escaped by chance calmed down and gathered together and began to summon militias in the residential area at the southernmost part of the city.
When they came back in groups of about two hundred people, holding long spears, and met the long spears led by the Shield Guards.
When the shield guards and the long halberd soldiers saw them, they came like tigers pounced on the sheep.
Looking at the enemy who rushed towards him without any hesitation, the bloody and terrifying scene a quarter of an hour ago surged into the hearts of these garrisons. Suddenly, one of the garrisons threw away their weapons and ran away. It didn't matter if he ran away. The remaining garrisons followed one, and three followed two, leaving behind a group of confused militias.
"The blade holder will die!" The shield guard who rushed to his eyes shouted loudly. Some quick-reflecting militia had thrown away the long spear in their hands, while others hesitated and were at a loss. The big sword was swung out, and a headless corpse and copper spear that were still leaning on the long spear also fell to the ground one after another. "The blade holder will die!"
With a clamor, all the long spears were discarded to the ground.
The garrisons were not so lucky this time. They were intercepted by another group of Xia soldiers in the distance and killed on the spot.
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Hua entered his house, and the disrepaired house had been much dilapidated. The servants were gone. Only one old servant came out and saw Hua and the soldiers behind him. He was so surprised that he couldn't speak. He was speechless and said for a long time, "Young Master, you are back."
Hua nodded and asked, "Old Qiu, where is my mother?"
"In the house."
Hua entered his mother's room and found that his mother just looked at him and did not speak.
"Mother, what's wrong with your eyes?" Hua asked.
"Is it you?...Hua'er" the mother stretched out her hands, and one thin hand grabbed Hua's arm tightly, and the other hand gently stroked his face.
"It's me, what's wrong with you."
"Mom is fine, but her eyes are not working well, and she looks blurred. How are you doing this year..."
After my mother hugged Hua's head and cried for a while, her emotions slowly calmed down.
Hua made up a story to illustrate how he built a country with the help of a generous power and told his mother what happened today.
After hearing this, my mother looked frightened at first, and then said calmly: "In this way, we can't stay in Yiguo anymore. Well, the family's wealth has been ruined anyway. And you already have a place to settle down."
Hua smiled and said, "Why should we leave? Iber can be my brother in the future."
The mother sighed and said, "You are still young, and things are not as simple as you think. Do you think you can control the country of Yibo and his family? Not to mention the level of Shang King Emperor Xun, it is just that several major branches of the Yi family opposed it. You have no choice. Can you arrest them all and kill them? The common people and nobles of the Yi country have some blood kinship relationships of these major branches..."
"Mother, how do you know that these major branches will not support us? At least our own branches will support us. How can you know if you don't try?"
At this time, a loud voice sounded: "My brother is right. Iber has made the country of Yi in recent years and has become angry with the heavens and people. Several other branches have long been separated from him. His virtue has been deficient, and his talent has been lacking, so he is no longer suitable to be the leader of the country of Yi."
Hua looked back and saw that it was his elder brother Yi Liang.
"Brother...you're here"
"Second brother, I already know what happened just now. You have suffered outside this year," he paused and asked again: "Brother Wei is just curious about your experience outside, why has you had your own foundation in a year or two?"
Helplessly, Hua said his lies again.
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Under Yi Liang's operation, several top figures from the side branches gathered in Hua's mansion that day and met. After the incident, these people immediately learned the exact situation. They knew that Hua was back and told their relatives not to act rashly and wait for changes.
At this time, Hua offered generous conditions to allocate the three dialects in the south of the country of Iran, located at the edge of the Xiangnan Basin, to them, with quite independent autonomy. A transaction was quickly concluded...
A few days later, Dianjue, who guarded these three towns, was recalled in the name of Iber. The high priest who framed Hua in Yi Kingdom had long been arrested, announced his crimes to the people and the people and beheaded and made public. Then several elders of the major clans announced that Iber had abdicated in Yiliang because he knew that he had lost his virtue and had no talent, and presided over the ceremony.
They originally proposed to restore Hua's surname, but were rejected by Hua because he is now the lord of a country and has a new surname, how can he change it back?
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In Wuyi Palace City, the new Yibo-Yiboliang talked to Hua to drink, saying that he would support his younger brother at any time in private. In public, Yiguo will always support Xiaguo.
During the meal, the system prompt sound came [Ding... The temporary mission "Replace the King of Yi Kingdom" was completed. Congratulations to the lord for receiving a reward of 300 points!]
Hua sighed in his heart that the biggest difference between this era and later dynasties, especially those that began in Qin, is that the rulers of the former rely on family and blood ties to maintain, while the biggest threat to the latter comes from people with blood ties.
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The next day, Hua escorted former Yibo and his family to return to Huayi. Because the Yi clans really didn't know what to do with these people, Hua volunteered to say that Xia Guo would take them in.
Before leaving, Hua repeatedly told his brother Yi Boliang to guard the palace city. When encountering any foreign enemy, he should not go out of the city to catch the enemy easily, but should stick to the palace city. He also left him fifty long-sling soldiers and fifty horned bow archers, and returned after Yi Boliang trained his own soldiers to garrison.
The team reached the ferry in the outskirts of Yingcheng. The people who were escorted were born with a delicate and were not used to marching on foot, and had already complained. Hua also thought the speed of traveling was too slow, so he ordered people to buy three bamboo rafts and hire Yingguo's elephant husbands to pull them up along the Ru River from the elephant. Each raft was more than ten to twenty people.
In the first-class and fast river, two bamboo rafts were overturned. The people who fell into the water were former Iber and his family. Everyone was busy and worked for a long time before they salvaged more than 30 people. They had already turned into corpses. Was this accident or did Hua do it on purpose? For outsiders, it has become an eternal mystery of this world. But Hua himself knew in his heart that he didn't need to explain.
After returning to Huayi, several bamboo bow hunters were waiting for China to report the situation. They were responsible for monitoring Chongguo and Yuguo in the north. Now these two countries have fought as China wishes.
But he didn't know that his trick was just a fuse. Chongyu and Yu had conflicts in the battle for hegemony of the Ilo region, and this conflict would sooner or later be resolved through war. Moreover, behind both countries, one was the newly rising Zhou Fang in the west, and the other was the Shang Empire where Wan Fang surrendered.
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Data summary so far in this chapter:
【Points: 538】
[System population: including 50 farmers, 10 bamboo bow hunters, 2 businessmen, witch doctors, 10 bronze shield guards, 10 long halberd warriors: 100, 100 horned bow shooters: 100, 50 shield and infantrymen, a total of 325 people]
Chapter completed!