The news that Chi You was imprisoned by the Jiuli Patriarch for tampering with the military supplies at Yinshan Pass spread to the Yunmeng clan.
The leader of the Yunmeng clan, King Yanlong, was very angry when he heard the news. After all, Chi You was implicated in order to save the people of the Yunmeng clan from famine.
King Yanlong did not expect that in order to save the lives of the entire Yunmeng clan, Chiyou had no choice but to use the Yinshan Pass military rations. For such a benevolent and righteous act, not only did Jiuli Patriarch not award him a reward, but he, an old fool, would not discriminate between the innocent and the innocent. He threw Chi You into a prison.
"It's simply abominable. No wonder Jiuli has not made any progress under the governance of this old fool. It is still a mess. It seems that it is time for Jiuli to change its owner."
The furious King Yanlong immediately summoned the civil and military ministers of the Yunmeng clan to discuss preparations for sending troops to attack Jiuli City.
Yunmeng Wenchen Yanhua heard what the Yanlong King wanted and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said: "My lord, you must not act so hastily, otherwise it will ruin Prince Chiyou's business success for so many years."
Yanlong King asked: "Business? What does Prince Chi You manage?"
Minister Yanhua replied: "Prince Chiyou's business is to unite the eighty-one tribes of Jiuli, restore the glory of Jiuli's past, and lead the eighty-one tribes of Jiuli to dominate."
King Yanlong recalled that when Chi You raised troops to conquer the eighty tribes in the past, he did not massacre and plunder, but only besieged each tribe one by one to make them surrender to Jiuli City. This achieved the goal of uniting the eighty-one tribes of Jiuli. However, although In this way, the eighty-one tribes were still dissatisfied with Chi You.
It happened that a demon dragon appeared in our Yunmeng clan, and Prince Chiyou took advantage of Yunmeng's opportunity to eliminate the demon. He did not hesitate to break the law and tampered with the military supplies of Yinshan Pass, in order to win over the hearts of all clans and establish prestige. If not for this, Chiyou may not have been wholeheartedly involved. to help our clan.
Yanlong King Sim understood the whole story and said: "It seems that Prince Chi You's bet this time is indeed worthwhile, but I don't know whether his bet can bring him such a generous return."
Minister Yan Hua said: "Whether Prince Chi You's bet can be paid back and he can get rich returns depends on what you do, my king."
Yanlong King said: "Yes, then tell me, should I help Chi You avoid this disaster?"
General Qingping stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, when Yunmeng was in danger, Prince Chiyou was able to step forward and lead the three elders of Jiuli City to help Yunmeng overcome the difficulties. This happened because Prince Chiyou wanted to borrow food. Give me the Yunmeng clan, so that the Liming people of our Yunmeng clan can avoid the disaster of famine, and they were thrown into the heavenly prison for the crime of ancestor Jiuli. We should all help Prince Chiyou survive this calamity, both emotionally and rationally."
Yanlong King thought for a moment and asked Nuba: "I wonder what General Nuba thinks?"
General Nuba stepped forward and replied: "His grandma, as soon as I heard what this Jiuli ancestor did, I knew that he was a ruthless and meaningless loser. Prince Chiyou's behavior was obviously an act of great virtue and benevolence. He If you don’t award a reward, you will be regarded as an old man, and you will be thrown into the heavenly prison. Your Majesty, Prince Chiyou is kind to our clan. In accordance with your wishes, we should raise our righteous troops and go to Jiuli City to destroy the stupid ancestor of Jiuli. , rescued Prince Chi You to repay past kindness."
Yanlong King asked Lonely again, "I wonder what General Lonely thinks?"
General Lonely arrived: "No matter what purpose Prince Chi You has for helping our Yunmeng clan, in the eyes of the world, Chi You is already a great benefactor to our clan. If I don't care about Chi You's imprisonment, the world will regard me as The clan is an ungrateful person, which will damage our clan’s image outside the world, and no clan members will be willing to have good relations with our clan in the future.”
Yanlong King said with some doubts: "But attacking Jiuli City is not that easy. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, if we send troops rashly, if we don't do it right, we will be burned. Then Chi You helped our clan in the first place." , has other motives, is it necessary for our clan to risk our troops for this?"
Yan Hua said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry so much. We are definitely not fighting alone."
Yan Dragon King asked curiously: "I wonder what the mystery behind Yan Hua Aiqing's words is?"
"Your Majesty sent me as an envoy to the Ning clan and the Yao clan. During this period, the two clan leaders heard about what Chi You had done in the Yunmeng clan, and they were all impressed by his promise and daring spirit.
They expressed privately that they were willing to follow Chi You sincerely, mainly because the Yanhuang clan in China is now growing increasingly integrated, while our Jiuliba clan is still divided and suspicious of each other. If this continues, sooner or later one day the Jiuli clan will be swallowed up by the Yanhuang clan, and then the Jiuli clan will cease to exist.
The Ming people and the Yao people believe that if the Jiuli people want to unite and regain their past glory, compete with the Yanhuang people south of the Yellow River, and preserve the Jiuli lineage, only Chi You can do it.
From this point of view, even if we, the Yunmeng clan, do not send troops to rescue Chi You, the Yao and Ming clans will send troops to Jiuli City. Instead of doing this, why don’t we, Yunmeng, use the pretext of repaying our kindness to King Qin to mobilize the army of benevolence and righteousness and go to Jiuli City? To be the leader of the army and the diligent king.
Looking at the overall situation of Jiuli, Chi You will definitely take charge of Jiuli in the near future. At that time, the king will definitely use Chi You deeply and lead the Yunmeng clan to the top of Jiuli glory. "
After hearing this, King Yanlong thought for a moment and said: "Ai Qing, this is asking me to bet on the future of the entire Yunmeng clan. If it is true as you said, the Yunmeng clan can indeed have a bright future, be proud and proud, and have unlimited glory. But if we If you lose the bet, you will never recover. All of you sitting here are important officials of my Yunmeng clan. Do you think we can win this bet?"
Nuba replied rudely: "Since he, Chi You, can gamble, we, the Yunmeng clan, can also gamble. What are we afraid of? The worst is that people will die in the sky."
General Qingping said: "Whether it is for the sake of Yunmeng or the future of Jiuli, I think we should send troops to rescue Prince Chi You. And now we have all the time and people, so I think this We can make a bet, and the odds of winning are not small.”
Yanlong King asked Lonely: "General Lonely, should we, the Yunmeng clan, participate in this bet about the rise and fall of our clan? If we win, we will prosper, if we lose, we will perish."
General Lonely said: "If you get good, you will get many help, but if you don't, you will get few. General Chi You's image of sacrificing his life for the people must have spread throughout the land of Jiuli, and now everyone has seen the growing momentum of the Yan and Huang tribes south of the Yellow River. It would be difficult for that tribe to compete with the Yan and Huang tribes just by relying on one man.
The threat will force all the tribes to put aside their past prejudices and obsessions, and force them to stick together for warmth and jointly counter the growing ambitions of the Yan and Huang tribes.
From this point of view, just as General Qingping said, Chi You occupied the right time and the right people, and he was still a man of enlightenment.
Your Majesty, I think this gamble is worth the risk. "
Yama Wang Shou asked Yan Hua again, "Ai Qing is the political minister of our Yunmeng clan and is known as the wise star of our Yunmeng clan. I wonder what our chances of winning this bet are?"
Yan Hua replied: "Looking at the overall situation based on the current situation, I think... we have at least a 70% chance of winning."
The Yanlong King smiled and said: "A 70% chance of winning is already a big probability. Okay! I have decided to send troops to Jiuli City to rescue His Highness Chi You."
After everyone heard this, they all saluted the Yanlong King and said, "Your Majesty is wise, Yunmeng will surely prosper."
Yanlong King said impassionedly: "In this case, let us prepare our troops and horses, immediately send troops to Jiuli City, rescue Prince Chi You, and help Chi You to the throne of Jiuli King along the way, in order to comply with the wishes of the entire Jiuli people."
Hearing this, Yan Hua hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. This matter needs long-term consideration."
"My dear, you were the one who said you would send troops to Jiuli City. Now what are you talking about in the long term? What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"
Yan Hua explained: "Your Majesty, now Prince Chiyou is only being imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison by the Jiuli Patriarch. The Jiuli Patriarch has not pronounced his sentence yet. If we send troops at this time, it is inevitable that the facts of the population will be confirmed and the people will be handed over. In the end, he will be punished." A reputation for treason and immorality, wouldn’t it be worth the loss?”
Yanlong King said: "But if we don't send troops, the Ning clan and the Yao clan will be the first to take the lead. How can we, the Yunmeng clan, take the lead in Chi You's reward ceremony in the future? How can the Yunmeng clan not achieve great achievements? The scenery is boundless and the future is bright.”
"The king has misunderstood the intention of the minister. Although we are not sending troops at this time, we can do things in advance. When Prince Chiyou discusses merits and rewards in the future, our Yunmeng clan will still be the first clan to make indispensable contributions. .”
"According to your advice, how should we get ahead of things?"
"According to your wishes, we can first send spies to Jiuli City to monitor the movements of Jiuli City at any time.
Furthermore, I suggest sending envoys to contact each tribe, and unite the forces of most tribes to wait for the best time to attack Jiuli City together.
In the end, it was to follow the will of fate and help Prince Chi You to the throne of King Jiuli, thereby ending the century-old chaos of the eighty-one tribes of Jiuli, uniting and strengthening the power of Jiuli, and forming a force evenly matched with the growing Yanhuang tribe. to ensure the prosperity and stability of Jiuli. "
