This sudden change was too big. They were still drinking and doing it last night, and today they received such news. Even the number one general was killed in battle. It was inevitable that the other chieftains were a little panicked.
The worst thing is that we found strange weapons at the foot of the mountain. These weapons made us unable to raise our heads. This is different from the battlefields before.
The ancestral heritage cannot be lost, but if you can’t even protect your own life, how can you protect the ancestral heritage?
"This isn't just my family's business. If you have any thoughts on your mind, just say it. This time, it concerns the survival of all of us. He's not just any general. Gold, silver, and treasures are definitely useless. He's capable of conquering all corners of the world, and these things can't buy his eyes."
Seeing that no one spoke, Tusi Longchuan became a little anxious. In fact, everyone could see at this time that Tusi Longchuan was also panicked. This had never happened in history. Even though the imperial army had besieged us before, they did not capture all of our strongholds at the foot of the mountain at the beginning, right?
This made them feel powerless. In the past, they could engage in a tug-of-war with the imperial army, and occasionally even beat the imperial army so hard that they couldn't recover. But now we don't know how we were defeated, especially with their new weapons, which we have never seen before.
"That's true, but we can't panic now. We must calm down first. Although they have occupied the stronghold at the foot of the mountain, they haven't spread to the mountain. The entire territory is still in our hands. We should immediately inventory our stronghold and check all the combat-capable people. We need to know our own situation first before we think about how to respond."
If no one spoke up, the Longchuan chieftain would probably be angry, so at this time the Adu chieftain stood up.
After hearing what he said, everyone nodded. Only by knowing both ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle. We don’t know the enemy’s situation now, but we are not very clear about our own situation either. We haven’t fought a war for such a long time, and the people below have not had a census for a long time. We must first know our own situation so that we can deal with it.
"Tusi Adu is right. What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get to work. I'll give you all the morning to figure out the situation in your own village and report it here immediately. Anyone who delays and fails to complete the task will have his head chopped off and fed to the dogs."
Chieftain Longchuan was usually very sensible, but at the moment he wasn't thinking straight, so he didn't know what to do. When Chieftain Adu said it, he immediately asked his men to go down to work, which meant he was not idle. At such a moment, if he were idle, he would feel that it was a waste of opportunity.
The other chieftains also ordered their subordinates to hurry back and count the numbers.
Master Sun nodded secretly. This was also the first task given by Li Xiang. When Li Xiang's men sent the letter up, they wanted to find out the military strength of the mountain and then make other decisions.
But apart from the situation of Tusi Adu himself, the other three Tusi really didn't know. It was not that the Tusi were on guard against each other, but that there had been peace in the mountains for a long time, and apart from some assembled troops, the situation of the people had never been checked.
The situation on the mountain is different from that at the foot of the mountain. The people at the foot of the mountain may really be people, but all the young and middle-aged people on the mountain may be soldiers. So in this situation, in order to complete Li Xiang's task, Tusi Adu made such a suggestion, but everyone didn't know about it and thought that Tusi Adu did the right thing.
Meng Chuan was observing all this carefully in secret. His father-in-law had already told him that as long as he could cooperate with the government army to take over the land on the mountain, he would definitely be rich and prosperous in the future, and he also got the promise from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Li Xiang was very clear in his mind. Even if he arranged a chieftain to manage this place, he would never arrange one person. If there was only one person without checks and balances, then people might obey his orders now, but after a period of time, who knows how strong his desire for power would be, and then the chieftain rebellion would occur again.
So Li Xiang planned to set up two chieftains, namely Zhang Jiuli's second son-in-law and chieftain Adu. The two would jointly manage the government affairs on the mountain. Of course, they would also have to be given deputies. After a certain period of time, these two chieftains would no longer be needed. The land on the mountain must be managed by special yamen set up by the court and officials, just like the land at the foot of the mountain.
Tusi can only become a product of the long river of history, of course people today don’t know it.
This time everyone acted very quickly. Because of the distance, the people who were the farthest away sent in their information before sunset.
There are a total of more than 300,000 young and middle-aged men in the various mountain strongholds. This is already a very high proportion. If a final war is fought, these more than 300,000 people are likely to become soldiers, so the several major chieftains feel relieved.
Although there was no singing or dancing to entertain the guests during dinner, everyone's faces looked much more relaxed than before. During the day, they had heard that the First God of War had died in battle, so they couldn't help but feel a little bit disappointed. Now, after hearing about their strength, they all smiled happily again.
Especially the chieftain of Longchuan, he also felt guilty about his performance in the morning. He was obviously the most powerful person on the mountain, so how could he have such a big emotional fluctuation because of the death of one or two generals in battle, and lose face in front of everyone.
"Our survey results are out. Everything on the mountain can hold out for a while. This pretty boy can't possibly stay here with us. I heard he's going to Nanzhao to get married. We're just a stopover. We should stay on the mountain until he leaves. After he leaves, we'll go down the mountain and rob him and teach him a lesson."
After drinking three cups of wine, the chieftain of Longchuan immediately forgot how scared I was in the morning. Many people in the village even wanted to take their belongings and escape.
"Longchuan Tusi is right. According to Han Chinese parlance, we're temporarily avoiding attack. These guys can't keep wasting time with us. Besides, after they've captured the stronghold at the foot of the mountain, they won't dare march up the mountain. There are all kinds of traps, venomous snakes, and ferocious beasts waiting for them up there. What do we have to fear? This is a natural barrier."
Sama Toastie was also very happy. During the confrontation, salt would definitely not be available. So, his own salt...
