Competing

Chapter 372 Family Love and Righteousness

Si Yao understands that since she started doing something wrong when drawing lots, there is no turning back.

As the saying goes, you can still live if the sky does evil, but you can't live if you do evil yourself.Today's situation is entirely caused by myself. Perhaps God's will should have been Dong Ou's surrender, but I...regret no longer has any meaning.Even though he really didn't want to admit it in his heart, he still couldn't convince himself.

These are not important anymore, what is important is where should Dongou go?This fierce attack on Yandang Mountain encountered fierce resistance, and the Eastern Ou Army suffered no less than [-] casualties.Being suddenly charged by Yin Xu's cavalry, more than two thousand troops were lost in a short period of time, and one-third of Dongou's troops were finished in this way.As soon as Yin Xu's army returned, he really had no choice but to catch him without a fight, and he was powerless to resist.

Maybe we should take advantage of this time and go all out to fight Yin Xu at any cost.But at the foot of Yandang Mountain just now, he could see clearly that the soldiers had been frightened by the Yue cavalry and had no intention of fighting.If not, there would be absolutely no withdrawal of troops today.Now it is very difficult to reorganize the army.

Maybe it's time to discuss it with the generals. It's the same as last time... It's just that after a few days, the world is already different, and people's moods are also very different.

"Come here, call all the generals to discuss the matter!"

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In a corner of the Dongou camp, in a camp, several people sat together, dejected and depressed.It's no wonder that the Vietnamese army was defeated in World War I. Who can be happy?

"I didn't expect Yin Xu to come back so soon, and we failed like this!"

"Yes! No one would have thought that Yin Xu would rush back with only a thousand cavalry, so bold and adventurous. What is even more unimaginable is the combat power of the cavalry of the Yue Kingdom. Everyone has seen it today. The cavalry of the Yue Army is very different from usual. Use Its equipment and weapons are also quite special, and its combat power is really too strong."

"I heard that this is the Yue King's Guard, the most elite force in the Yue Kingdom, today's defeat is not wronged!"

"It seems that Luluo is really extraordinary. It not only made our King Si Yao crazy and reckless of the consequences, but also made Yue King Yin Xu feel fearless, rushing thousands of miles to help, and risking danger alone!"

Perhaps the news of the failure was too heavy, and these generals couldn't help but tease, but the smile was a wry smile, helpless, and even a little desperate!
"Hey, if you lose, you lose. If the king who discussed the matter refused to listen to Minghou's suggestion that day, he must be doomed to fail."

At this time, the person who had been sitting in the middle without saying a word sighed: "Brother is too confident, he is not reconciled, so there is no other way, otherwise he would not use the method of drawing lots. Why did God draw such a result? So, are we going to destroy our Dongou clan?"

The person who spoke was Si Yao's younger brother, Si Ming, Haihou of Dongou Town.In fact, this whole tent is almost the main peace faction that decided the whereabouts of Dongou that day, and the result of the lottery that day was the main battle.Even so, it does not mean that they eagerly and willingly agree to send troops to fight, but because they agreed to draw lots to decide, so it is not good to have any objections, so they have to be silent.

In fact, they have always been somewhat reluctant in their hearts, and they have not been active in the matter of attacking and starting a war.Although Si Yao was not very happy, but at the moment of the war, it was hard to say anything, so he could only tolerate it for the time being.The most direct result of this is that the main peace faction lost relatively few troops in this battle.Because from Si Yao's point of view, they deliberately did not fight hard, and he, who was so anxious to capture the Yandang Mountain camp, couldn't wait.

Today, Yin Xu suddenly led his army back and suffered a big defeat at the threshold of victory, and it was almost a complete defeat.When such a thing happened, several generals began to have some thoughts in their hearts, so they gathered together to discuss a countermeasure when they had just set up camp and were in chaos.

"Minghou must not be too pessimistic. In fact, we have not yet reached the final juncture... Maybe there is still a chance."

Si Yao shook her head lightly: "Don't comfort me, you have also seen today, the fighting power displayed by the cavalry of the Yue Kingdom. Before this, we have never faced it squarely, or in other words, everyone in Dongou has underestimated the strength and strength of the Yue Kingdom. The courage and ambition of Yue Wang Yinxu. In fact, it is a mistake to send troops together with Minyue this time to plot the land of Yue State...

The eldest brother thought that with Xiang Yu's acquiescence and support, the military strength of Dongou and Minyue was not weaker than that of Yue, so he went to war without hesitation.In fact, Xiang Yu is just using us, let us contain the country of Yue from behind, so that we can go to war with the country of Qi.Going to war with Minyue, it seems that the strength is equal, but in fact, each has its own ulterior motives, how can it be against the whole country of Yue, and the same hatred... At the beginning, I persuaded my elder brother, but... Sigh! "

Everyone can see how helpless and lost Si Ming is from the bottom of his heart. As a member of the "royal family" of Dongou, his love for the tribe and the "country" may be far more than other people.It was also the first time that everyone knew that Si Ming had advised Si Yao before.

The so-called authorities are obsessed, but bystanders are clear. Si Yao may be too obsessed with it, and his desire for power and industry is too strong, so that he has lost his judgment.Si Ming saw it clearly, but no persuasion had any effect. It was such a helpless and cruel thing to see what he was worried about happening without being able to stop it.

"So we've been defeated?"

Everyone had no choice but to accept such a fact in silence, even though they were somewhat reluctant.

Si Ming sighed: "Yin Xu came from the north bank of the Minjiang River. He personally led the cavalry to arrive first, and there must be infantry behind. Where do you think the infantry of the Yue Kingdom will go?"

"Oujiang old place!" The answer was obvious, everyone's faces showed deep worry, their wives, children and parents were all there, how could they not worry about their safety?
"Now that we have been defeated in Yandang Mountain, we don't have any leverage to negotiate terms with Yin Xu. Instead, our clansmen have fallen into the hands of the Vietnamese army. It's a good shot!"

"Now we have to surrender to the king of Yue. Only by covering up can we save our people and the Ouyue family. It's just...but, will the king be willing?" A person said worriedly. After being defeated in the first battle, the soldiers didn't have the courage and courage at all. There is no other way to choose for Dongou now, but to surrender... However, the final say in all of this is mainly in Si Yao's hands. His attitude is the key, and everyone can't help worrying endlessly.

Someone immediately said with disdain: "I don't think so, Your Majesty is determined to go his own way for the sake of his great dream of spring and autumn, and he loves face very much, how can he agree easily!"

"I think he will probably fight Yin Xu recklessly..."

"Fight hard, can you fight against the cavalry of the Yue Kingdom? Do you want all the soldiers to die? Don't care about our clansmen?"

"How can this be good..."

The camp was full of voices of worry, and they were extremely worried about this fact, especially their pessimistic attitude towards Si Yao, which made them feel even more uncomfortable.Now they are full of worries, especially after learning that the Yue army went straight to the old place of Oujiang, their worries about their families have increased a lot.As far as they are concerned, it is urgent to find a satisfactory solution.

After a long silence, someone said: "We can't just watch the king go his own way and lead the Ouyue clan to destruction! Since we can't change the king's mind, then we have no choice but to let him... cease to exist!"

Speaking of this, everyone in the camp showed horror, they all heard the meaning of this man, that is to assassinate Si Yao.Maybe in the past, they didn't even dare to think about it, but now, when they had to choose between the tribe and Si Yao, they would choose the former without hesitation.Furthermore, Si Yao's actions were morally wrong and outrageous, which further strengthened the thoughts in their hearts.

"Yes, that's the only way, otherwise Dongou will be finished!"

"Yeah, you can't watch him lead Dongou into ruin!"

"Take his head to see King Yue, hoping that King Yue can calm down his anger and bypass our people."

All of a sudden, the conversations in the camp were one after another. Fortunately, the guards around were all their personal guards, so they were not worried about the news leaking.
"That's right, kill Si Yao, support Marquis Ming as the Lord, and surrender to the King of Yue!"

Everyone quickly realized their intentions. In fact, they were already close to Si Ming. Now that it is an extraordinary time, it is naturally very good to be able to support Si Ming to the top.

"Do not……"

Since they came up with the plan to assassinate Si Yao, Si Ming fell into a huge silence, and he could completely understand that these generals had no choice but to have such an idea.For the sake of the family, for the sake of the tribe, there is nothing wrong with thinking this way. If he put aside his identity, he might also have this kind of thinking.

But he couldn't, after all, he was his own brother, how could he do anything due to his brotherhood.So when everyone proposed to kill Si Yao and support him to the throne, out of the instinct of family affection, Si Ming objected without hesitation.

"Minghou, at this critical time, for the sake of tens of thousands of clansmen, you should kill relatives righteously!"

"Minghou, you care about brotherhood, but he doesn't necessarily care about your brother!"

"Minghou, don't be kind to a woman, because a small loss makes a big difference, you can't lose the lives of your people because of an arbitrary tyrant!"

"This is for the great event of our Ouyue clan. As the grandson of the former prince, Marquis Ming is obliged to kill relatives righteously and protect the clan..."

"Minghou, don't hesitate..."

For a while, various remonstrances rang in Si Ming's ears.Si Yao subconsciously covered his ears. He didn't want to hear it at all. It was really embarrassing to choose between family love and righteousness. It was really difficult to make any decision at the moment. Loyalty and filial piety were difficult to have both!
At this moment, someone outside the camp reported: "Your Majesty, please go to the big tent to discuss matters!"

(End of this chapter)