Chapter 25 Surrender
Hearing Zhong Yu's order, the soldiers in front of the high priest all gave way to a road that could pass through one person, so that the high priest could pass this artificial road and come to Zhong Yu.
When the high priest saw the road in front of him, only one person could pass, and signaled An Ji to stay, and came to Zhong Yu by himself through the road.
Five steps in front of Zhong Yu, the high priest was stopped by those knights in full iron armor, indicating that he could just sit here and talk, and not take a step forward.
After all, this is a place with extraordinary power. Who knows if he gets too close, will he be malicious and get up and hurt people?
"Great and noble powerhouse, you used your might to frighten my tribe. Now, the people of the tribe have heard that the great army led by you, noble man, has come to our tribe and wants to use force. All are afraid. Incessantly, the women have no heart to pick wild vegetables, the men have no heart to hunt wild animals, the children have no heart to play with each other, all because of your majesty, now, our tribe people because of the previous I feel extremely frightened by your offense. I hereby sent me, an old man, as the high priest of this tribe, to ask you for forgiveness, and I hope you can forgive me if I am rude!" The high priest came to Zhong Yu, knelt down slowly, and knocked heavily on the cold and hard ground with his old and fragile head.
"I understand what you mean. Your previous offense was because you didn't know my majesty and didn't feel my benevolence. Now, you are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, reform yourself, and bathe under my kingship. I naturally I will not shirk those people who are devoutly yearning for the light. Get up, how can you let an elder kneel on the ground for a long time? I have decided to forgive your people, merge them into my command, and be loyal to me. Let's wash away their past sins!" Seeing the high priest's very respectful and fearful performance, Zhong Yu didn't want to embarrass him too much, so as not to arouse the anger of the Mengla tribe. Moreover, Zhong Yu was also very happy and satisfied to be able to take down such a tribe of hundreds of people without a single soldier or soldier!
After that, with the affirmation and promise of Zhongyu, the face of the high priest was full of joy and the expression of escape from death.
He stood up obediently, respectfully to Zhong Yu, and offered to retire. Said that he wanted to go back to the tribe, gather people's hearts, open the door, welcome Zhong Yu's army, enter the tribe, and accept the worship of the tribe's people.
Seeing that the high priest came back safe and sound, the elders were obviously very happy. Especially the Great Elder, he originally thought that his destiny of death had been changed, and his excitement was overflowing, and he patted his chest very readily and said:
"Reassured High Priest, as long as I am here, those tribal names will not dare to resist. If they can get a chance to live, they have to thank the ancestors and thank the lord outside. ”
Hearing that the Great Elder was so eager for quick success and wanted to sell his clansmen in front of outsiders to gain a chance to survive. Although the second elder is also doing this kind of thing, but after all, he didn't show it too much. Seeing the appearance of the first elder, he couldn't help but snorted.
Hearing the second elder's humming, the first elder didn't care, and then said to the high priest. "His High Priest, this subordinate is going to gather the warriors who are loyal to me, and let them gather all the tribesmen, open the door, and come to welcome the warriors of the tribe outside, so that they can feel the loyalty and sincerity of our tribe."
After that, he walked down the city wall of the tribe's camp and came to the sacrifice platform within the tribe, and asked his son to gather all the tribesmen with three loyal soldiers.
After a while, all the tribesmen were gathered by him, including the remaining warriors of the tribe. After the consumption of the previous infighting and war, it is unknown, there are only 98 people left, and there are even fewer soldiers, only 12 people are left. Many of them are warriors who have escaped from the battlefield before and have been scared to death.
This is also the reason why the High Priest couldn't bear the idea of fighting against the tribes outside, not because he didn't want to fight, but because he really couldn't fight and couldn't win!
After that, under the high priest, who was full of sadness and the second elder's expression full of helplessness and anger, the gate of the tribe slowly opened. Under the leadership of the high priest, all the tribesmen walked out of the gate. Divide into two groups and kneel on both sides of the avenue in front of the tribal gate.
Their foreheads pressed against the thick earth, and the cold and sharp pain made their minds very clear. The consciousness of the captives can further reveal this cruel and helpless reality to them.
Only the high priest knelt in front of all the tribesmen, kneeling in the center, holding the cane that symbolizes the authority of the patriarch in the tribe, and holding it up to the top with both hands, he knelt there motionless, waiting for Zhong Yu came to receive it and took from him the object that symbolized the authority of the patriarch, as well as the glory and dignity of their tribe for hundreds of years.
Under the shouts and restraints of their superiors, those young soldiers quickly poured into the tribal camp. Afterwards, 100 people were divided into two rows and stood in front of all unknown people. With the weapons in their hands, they were separated from the road in front of them, in case any of them could not think of it and acted as assassins, in order to endanger the people. Zhong Yu's life.
Under the protection of the guards, Zhong Yu slowly came to the gate of the camp. In front of him, there were four knights, all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts, and also served as ten commanders in the army. The position, the strength is probably in the first order.
Those knights stopped in front of the high priest, and under Zhong Yu's gesture, ordered the high priest to hand over the scepter in his hand.
The high priest smiled bitterly, and there was a helpless smile on his face. He could only let go of the little thoughts in his heart that should not have been there. Originally, he planned to take advantage of Dong Yu to reach out to pick up the scepter. The blood sacrifice himself summoned the power of the ancestor gods, and took a risk, killing Zhong Yu with one blow, in exchange for the opportunity for the tribe to continue.
Even because of this, the loss of his tribe because of those angry soldiers was worth it. I believe that there will always be some people who can escape and reorganize their tribe outside, and they can also avenge the person who killed so many precious warriors of their tribe.
Give up this unknown plan in your mind? The Great Elder obediently handed the scepter in his hand to the knight, then stood up slowly and arched his body. Slowly retreated to both sides of the road.
Seeing the unreasonable actions of the knight and Zhong Yu's behavior towards his tribe, all the tribesmen felt very angry, but thinking about the strength gap between their tribe and those armies, they still didn't say anything. Emotions were suppressed in the bottom of his heart, and he was not allowed to express them.
The losers dare not dare, and they resist needlessly, then they can only obey silently. This is a famous saying that the weak seek survival opportunities since ancient times.
Afterwards, Zhong Yu's troops slowly drove into the tribe, counted all the population and wealth of the tribe, and enjoyed the glory and power belonging to the victors.