Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 404
The envoy of Chu had already left, and the envoy of Han had also been blasted away, but several leaders of the Shaodang tribe still lingered in the tooth tent of King Shaodang, unwilling to leave for a long time.

What the envoy of Chu offered is really a great gift!
One hundred carts of porcelain, one hundred altars of good wine, two hundred pieces of Sichuan brocade, five hundred pieces of silk, and one thousand pieces of cotton cloth. In addition, there are five hundred good horses, five hundred sets of armor, and five hundred sharp ring-shoulders !

Even these tribal leaders have never seen so many good things.

The shiny porcelain, the mellow wine, smooth brocade silk and warm cotton cloth are all luxuries they dream of. It can greatly enhance the military power of the Shaodang tribe, and even the king of Shaodang cannot take it lightly.

Although the Han envoys also brought a lot of good things, they were far behind the Chu envoys.

King Shaodang and his tribal leaders didn't know that the envoys of the Han Dynasty wanted to lobby the four major Qiang and Di tribes at the same time, so the gifts distributed equally to each tribe would naturally be less, but Pang Yu only gave the Shaodang tribe a family, the amount Naturally it is heavy.

A tribal leader touched and touched the silk in front of him, and suddenly roared viciously: "Your Majesty, the people of the Central Plains are so rich, and we live a hard life here. It's really unfair. Why don't we send troops to seize Bashu?" Let me tell you, as long as we seize Bashu, we will have all the porcelain, silk, and fine wine, as well as women, hehe."

"Do you believe the words of the Han envoy? They are trying to fool you." Another tribal leader immediately retorted, "Great Chu has tens of millions of people, and there are 400 million strong men who can go to the battlefield alone, which is more than our entire population." The total population of the Jinchuan River Valley is more than ten times that, and you still want to seize Bashu? It’s just a dream.”

"But isn't the state of Chu at war with the state of Han? They don't want to divide their troops now."

"But what happened after the war between Chu State and Han State? They just stretched out a finger and crushed us to death."

"Hey, in the battle between Chu and Han, it is not certain who will win and who will lose. Maybe if Han wins, Chu will lose?"

"Then Han will not let us go. What kind of good intentions do you think the Han envoy really has? He is just using us."

"Okay, don't fucking quarrel!" King Shaodang couldn't bear it anymore, and finally stopped the quarrel of several tribal leaders, "Why are you arguing? This king tells you that we can't afford to provoke the Han Kingdom, and we can't afford to provoke the Chu Kingdom." We can't afford to offend them, so we don't help anyone, we take the benefits given by the two, and we don't do anything, that's it."

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The envoys of Chu State and their entourage camped on the east side of Shaodang Palace.

As soon as he entered the account, Pang Zheng couldn't wait to ask Pang Yu, "Uncle, the matter is done?"

"No." Pang Yu flicked his robe and sat down on the chief seat, and then said, "King Shaodang is very cunning, he doesn't want to offend us, nor does he want to make enemies with Han, so if we send troops to help Shaodang tribe It may not be a good thing to destroy the other three families, even if the Burning Tribe will not send troops directly, it is very likely that they will lend their way to the Han army."

Pang Zheng turned his head to look at the map hanging on the screen, and his expression changed slightly. The geographical location of the big and small Jinchuan is very important. If the Shaodang tribe unified the entire Jinchuan and was bribed by the Han, then the Han army would be able to attack Bashu through the Jinchuan valley. Conversely, the Chu army could also sneak attack Longxi through the Jinchuan River Valley.

Pang Zheng said, "Uncle, what should we do now?"

"What should I do?" Pang Yu said, "It's easy! Kill the Han envoy first."

"Kill the Han envoy?" Pang Zheng said, "I'm afraid it's not easy, our weapons, bows and arrows have all been confiscated."

Pang Yu said in disbelief: "Isn't Yueyingsha, the youngest daughter of the great king, going to compete in martial arts to choose a son-in-law tonight? When the time comes, you choose twenty warriors to participate, so you can get back your weapons and bows and arrows? Then take advantage of the competition to ride If there is an opportunity to shoot, kill all the Han envoys and their entourage, especially the Han envoys, they must be killed!"

"Here!" Pang Zheng responded abruptly, and took the order to go.

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The residence of the Han envoy and his entourage was arranged on the west side of the Shaodang court.

When Pang Yu's uncle and nephew conspired to kill the Han envoy, the Han envoy was furious. He just got the news that the Yuanjian tribe and the Wuge tribe had already started fighting.

It doesn't matter if the Yanjian and Wuge Tribe fight, but it messed up the plan of the Han envoy. After persuading the Shaodang tribe, Qiangdi can send troops, but at this juncture, the Wuge and Yuanjian tribes fought!

However, what made the envoys of Han even more anxious was the sudden appearance of envoys from Chu and the ambiguous attitude of King Shaodang. Once King Shaodang was bought by the envoys of Chu and fell to Chu State, then the Shaodang tribe would become a solid foundation in the west of Chu State. In this way, the plan to lobby Qiangdi to send troops to Bashu will immediately come to naught.

After thinking about it, the Han envoy felt that there was only one way, and that was to kill the envoy of Chu State!
As long as the envoy of the Chu Kingdom is killed, the king of Shaodang will no longer have the idea of ​​joining the Kingdom of Chu, and the tribe of Shaodang can only follow the Han Dynasty all the way to the dark. Both sides would suffer, and there are still two major tribes, Shaodang and Wuliu, as well as dozens of small tribes. It is not a problem to gather [-] to [-] cavalry.

On this point, the Han envoy and Pang Yu had the same views as heroes, so the Han envoy called the accompanying captain of the Han army to him, and gave him instructions like this.

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It was finally getting dark, and the Burning Tribe's annual sacred tree festival celebration finally began.

On the river beach where the royal court is located, dots of bonfires were ignited, especially the main bonfire in front of Dawangya’s tent was burning extremely vigorously, and it lasted for a long time. For the nomads who live here, bonfires are of great significance, so they generally have a strong complex of worshiping fire.

The first part of the celebration is to offer sacrifices to the sacred tree. The king and the tribal leaders, large and small, bring cattle and sheep into the sacred forest. After the sacrifice, there was a grand bonfire party. Chu envoys, Han envoys and entourages were also invited to participate as distinguished guests.

On the main bonfire in front of the tooth tent, more than a dozen fat sheep have been roasted golden.

King Shaodang, more than a dozen leaders of his own tribe, dozens of little kings from vassal tribes, and envoys from Chu and Han countries sat around the main bonfire. Pang Yu, the envoy of Chu, was all smiles and turned his head to follow King Shaodang from time to time. Or the tribal leader joked a few words, but the Han envoy had a gloomy expression, and whenever his eyes glanced over Pang Yu's face, there would be a glint of sternness.

Soon, dozens of Qiangdi girls in animal skins and scantily clad trays brought up jars of fine wine, and many tribal leaders touched the fat buttocks of these girls when they took the jars. If she pinches or touches her, Miss Qiang Di is not angry, and she even looks back and throws a wink at those tribal leaders.

A tribal leader came, chased him to his feet, and dragged Qiang Di into the next tent in front of everyone. King Shaodang and other tribal leaders burst into laughter. The defense is extremely weak, and public intercourse is also a common thing, let alone this?
In fact, nomadic tribes tend to have a strong sense of family, but a weak sense of lineage.

This is also determined by the living environment of nomadic tribes. Nomadic tribes generally live by water and grass. In order to compete for the most fertile pastures, conflicts often break out between tribes, even between different families of the same tribe. Therefore, the consumption of male males is extremely high. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable to pay attention to male males.

Therefore, every newborn baby boy will be valued by the entire family and tribe. Even if the child is not of his own family blood, his status will not be affected in the slightest!

This tradition of nomads has continued in the Mongolian period. The Mongolian great Khan Temujin’s eldest son Jochi was not his own, but the blood of his enemy Mierqi. However, Jochi’s status was not affected by blood, and he was finally granted Khan of the Golden Tent, this does not mean that Temujin has a broad mind, but that Temujin never felt that there was any difference between Jochi and his other three sons. His woman was born in his own tent, so he is his own son!

Closer to home, when the bright moon rose into the sky, the bonfire party of the burning tribe finally reached its climax.

Already drunk and smoked, when the king staggered to his feet, the originally noisy camp fell silent.

"Thanks to the gods for giving us wine to drink, meat to eat, and this wonderful bonfire party..." King Shaodang opened his arms and sang to the gods, his tone suddenly turned high, and he shouted, "The next thing is the boy, It's time for the girls to perform, dance and sing to your heart's content, go and find your favorite lover."

"And this king's daughter, Yueyingsha..." King Shaodang suddenly turned his head to look at the tent behind him, and said softly, "The most beautiful swan in the entire Jinchuan Valley will also present her dancing posture, boys present, take Use your abilities to defeat your competitors, and the stamens of Yueyingsha will bloom for you..."

Before the words were finished, warm cheers erupted from the entire river beach.

Amid the tsunami-like cheers, Yueyingsha, who was dressed in full dress and took off her veil for the first time, also walked out of the cowhide tent gracefully and appeared beside the main bonfire. He glanced at it, then suddenly turned his head again, his eyes straightened, this...is that Yueyingsha?

I thought she was an extremely ugly girl, but I didn't expect her to be so beautiful? !

Pang Zheng's heart skipped a beat, this little girl is going to be determined!She belongs to my master!

When Pang Zheng was stunned, Yueyingsha suddenly looked back, and the eyes of the two met in the air instantly, and a faint red glow involuntarily floated on Yueyingsha's pretty face.

(End of this chapter)