The old man from the Chuan clan named Chuan Wu Zhi looked livid as he looked at Hong Shitou's arrogance...
I was shaking with anger and felt chills...
Hong Shitou imitated the domineering tone of his little master and said loudly: "You have no right to choose to say 'no' at all!"
"First, your young clan leader Chuan Yong was once the Lantian guard of the Qin State, but he surrendered to my young master... Bai Qi had met Chuan Yong in Wuguan and knew Chuan Yong's choice."
"Of course, Chuanyong made the right decision...but the people of Qin will definitely be angry about it."
"I believe you know how the people of Qin treat traitors."
"Hold tightly to the thighs of our Chu State and the thighs of Marquis Quyang. This is the only way for the Chuan clan to survive. If we want to return to the embrace of Qin now, I'm afraid it's too late."
"If we don't defeat Qin, the Chuan clan will die sooner or later!"
The whole house fell silent.
Although the elders of the clan showed dissatisfaction, they could not refute what Hong Shitou said.
Qin people's treatment of traitors...
It ranges from being cut in half to being severely punished by the Yi clan... and in most cases, they choose to be severely punished.
I shudder just thinking about it.
Hong Shitou sneered: "Since the Chuan clan is destined to fight against the Qin State to the end... I would like to ask, without the help of my young master, can you defeat the Qin State?"
There was silence again.
Hong Shitou smiled and raised the tea cup in front of him, and took a slow sip of tea, feeling confident that he would win.
No wonder, the little master always likes to talk to those opponents in such an arrogant and domineering tone.
It turns out to be really cool!
Hong Shitou enjoyed the silence in the room. After a long time, he continued slowly and leisurely: "That's right - after Bashu defeats the Qin people, he must surrender to Chu."
"The land of Bashu dominates the southwest. If it is placed in the hands of Qin, the Qin people can bypass the natural barrier of Wuguan at any time (Old Yi's note: Wuguan is now controlled by the Chu people) and attack the mainland of Chu."
"Therefore, the land of Bashu must be under the protection of Dachu!"
"Of course..." Hong Shitou slowed down his tone and said calmly -
"It is better for the Ba State to be our ally with Chu than to be a slave under the Qin State. As we all know, the Qin people do not treat the Bashu people as the people of the old Qin; at least for now, they only treat the Bashu people as livestock. …”
Chuan Wuzhi finally found what he was talking about and interrupted: "Although the Qin people despise the Bashu people, they treat our Sichuan clan..."
Hong Shitou looked up to the sky and laughed!
Chuan Wuzhi was furious: "Shu Zi is rude! Why are you laughing?"
Hong Shitou clicked his tongue: "It's really 'Chuan Wuzhi' - how stupid!"
Chuan Wuzhi was furious.
Hong Shitou sneered and continued:
"You are receiving favor from the Qin State now because the land of Bashu is not yet stable, and the Qin people need a lackey to help them rule Bashu."
"In ten or twenty years' time, the people of Bashu will have no intention of resisting and will become obedient people of Qin forever... What value do you have in using them?"
“Qin’s new law—military merit is the most important.”
"If you don't fight to the death for the Qin State's slaves, then your noble status will be gone - it is very likely that the slaves you control now will have a higher title than the Chuan clan... For you, etc. Calling around.”
"Can you all accept it?"
Silence, deathly silence.
Silence is Cambridge tonight.
Hong Shitou saw blood for a while, leaving all the elders of the Chuan clan speechless.
For any vested interests, Qin's laws are absolutely unacceptable to them.
Over there, Chuan Wuzhi gritted his teeth, his face turned the color of pig liver, and said angrily: "You are not from Qin, do you know if Qin people will spare the Chuan clan? Do you know if Qin people will continue to treat the Chuan clan well?" ?”
Hong Shitou had closed his mouth, smiled and stopped talking.
The situation has been decided.
After today, the Chuan clan will become the loyal lackeys of the young master.
No big family with a big tree and deep roots will pin its family's fate on whether Qin is "merciful and soft-hearted".
This controversy...
It's over!
Next to Hong Shitou, Chuan Yong suddenly stood up and yelled angrily: "General Hong, what nonsense are you talking to this idiot?"
"I'll take care of him!"
After saying that, Chuan Yong drew his sword in his hand and rushed forward with a lunge. White light flashed and blood splashed!
Chuan Wuzhi's head was chopped off on the spot, and his headless body fell to the ground!
Blood dyed the floor tiles red, but the elders of the Sichuan clan turned a blind eye... Just now Chuan Wu Zhi's words were very rude to the Chu people, and his blood was really needed to calm down the 'Chu people's anger'.
A gray human head became the Sichuan clan's pledge of allegiance to Xiong Wuliang.
The old Sichuan Kai clan man with a gentler tone stood up tremblingly on crutches and asked respectfully: "I dare to ask General Hong - what is your current position under Qu Yanghou?"
Hong Shitou bowed his hands in the direction of the Chu State and said, "The last general is incompetent, and he is ashamed to hold the position of a thousand-man general under the command of Marquis Quyang!"
Silence fell.
Thousands of generals? Is this guy in front of me just a small general with a thousand men?
Chuan Kai's face was full of shock: "With the general's ability to conquer war and his eloquence, how could he..."
Hong Shitou thought of lightning in his mind and smiled solemnly: "The Sichuan Kai tribe has been greatly rewarded - people with mediocre talents like Hong have countless talents under the command of my master."
The elders of the clan looked at each other, as if they didn't know what to say for a moment.
After a while, everyone stood up together and bowed their hands to Hong Shitou: "We, the Chuan clan, would like to follow the lead of Marquis Quyang!"
"Please ask General Hong to give the order, and the Chuan family will do their best!"
Hong Shitou smiled.
Very good!
Although Chuan Yong has a high status in the clan, he is only one person after all and cannot represent the wishes of the entire clan; and now that he controls the Chuan clan, he can use all his power at his fingertips to disrupt the Qin State.
After defeating Qin...
In the future, the loyalty of the Chuan clan will definitely help the young master control the land of Bashu!
…
The two questions of 'whether to fight' and 'whether we can win' have been resolved.
The Sichuan clan has unified their opinions.
Then the next step is to discuss 'how to fight'!
Chuan Yong and Chuan Kai looked at each other and said together: "I wonder how General Hong wants to use his troops?"
"If we want to contact the rebels of the Shu people to send troops together... I, the Chuan clan, have to think of a way."
All the Sichuan clan members are gearing up.
After some debate, the Chuan clan now clearly knows that they have no way out and can only follow the Chu people all the way to the dark side...
Their fighting enthusiasm even increased!
Think about it - the word 'Ba Wang' is engraved on that cake!
Even the puppet king under the rule of the Chu people is a huge improvement for the Chuan clan!
After the Qin people are defeated, the Chuan family will be the 'royal family' of Xinba!
Oh my God!
The prospect is too good!
If you perform more meritorious service in front of Hong Shitou now, you will become an important minister of Xinba Kingdom in the future! Maybe my descendants can all be made marquises!
In the blink of an eye, many people immediately stood up and asked Hong Shitou for help... hoping to overcome the arduous task of 'contacting the Shu rebels'.
Hong Shitou unexpectedly shook his head——
"There is no need to contact the Shu rebels - we Ba people will fight this battle ourselves!"
Everyone present was confused.
When you first proposed to attack [Chenggu], General Hong yourself said that you would 'unite the Shu people and send troops together'.
Why have you changed your mind now?
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