Soon the city gates were slowly opened and the Qin cavalry slowly walked in, tens of thousands of people waited for the less than a hundred Qin cavalry in front of them to pronounce their fate.
The city lord also walked up to the cavalry and knelt down on one knee to show his submission.
Soon the leader of the cavalry said.
“You are the City Lord? Then listen up, you will be under the Great Qin Border Town from now on!”
“Everything is subject to arrangement!”
“Prepare food, shelter, and forage and provisions, there will be a large army coming in a few days, and if anything goes wrong then, watch out for your heads.”
Of course the people of the city-state didn’t understand the Great Qin language, but there was an interpreter beside them.
The city lord quickly replied back that
“Yes.”
The young prince saw his usual, supreme father in the city-state, kneeling in front of the other party, his heart felt extremely complicated.
It seemed like something had broken a little bit.
Soon the Qing troops in the lead finished their orders, turned their horses and were preparing to leave, they had to go to another place.
Suddenly the little prince’s voice rang out and
“Are you the king of that one great Qin city?”
The Qin army looked in search of the voice to see a young boy looking at them with a stubborn expression, after hearing the words of the interpreter, the Qin army first froze then burst out laughing.
The other soldiers also laughed out loud and some even almost fell off their horses.
“This kid…. Actually. Hahaha, actually thinks that our leader is the king? And what kind of city is Great Qin City?”
“Hahaha, head, when did you have the military honour of being crowned king, why didn’t you invite your brothers to have fun.”
“You don’t say, isn’t our chief here bigger than their king?”
The Qin army in the lead, who had managed to stop smiling at this time.
“Alright, don’t laugh, maybe old me will be able to be crowned a king in the future, hahaha.”
If the other party was an adult, who dared to question him like this he wouldn’t mind stabbing him to death, but since he was a child, he gave the other party a chance, and that one didn’t like people killing children, so he returned to.
“Listen carefully, I am Da Qin Centurion Meng. Well, Centurion Zhi, if you want to retaliate in the future, don’t look for the wrong person.”
“Go!”
Listening to the words of the Qin cavalry below the city, the young prince on the city wall, somewhat incredulously looked at his father and said.
“Father, why is this? Aren’t those Qin people good people?”
He originally thought that the other party was a good person and wanted to join them, but he didn’t expect that these people would ask them to submit in the blink of an eye.
The city lord saw this scene but wasn’t too surprised, only a trace of sadness appeared on his face as he softly said.
“O child, they are good people but not our good people.”
“Let the people open the city gates, as long as we do not resist these Qin people but will not kill innocents.”
“They only want goods and slaves.”
Hearing these words, a hint of despair flashed in the eyes of the young prince, saying.
“Then is there anyone stronger than the Huns and the Qin army?” Remember in a second
The city lord slowly shook his head and
“Further to the west there was once a dynasty called Peacock that was powerful, but nowadays it is also weakened, but whether or not it has nothing to do with us.”
“Son you must remember that the strength of others has nothing to do with us, these people will only help their own.”
Listening to these words, the little prince’s eyes slightly reddened,, only felt a gas blocked in his heart,, couldn’t help but ask,.
“Father, then how can we be strong.”
He wanted to be strong and didn’t want his family to be like lambs to the slaughter.
The City Lord at this time, however, only revealed an extremely bitter smile and shook his head back, saying.
“O son, we are too small, too weak.”
They only had a few tens of thousands of people in one city-state, which was considered big, and in the past, it wasn’t as if no one had ever thought of joining forces to grow stronger, but they had all failed.
It was almost impossible to compare to these forces.
The young prince fell silent.
Soon the city gates were slowly opened and the Qin cavalry slowly walked in, tens of thousands of people waited for the less than a hundred Qin cavalry in front of them to pronounce their fate
“Go!”
After saying that, he led his men and horses and headed directly towards the other city-state.
Looking at the other party’s back as they left, the little prince froze directly in place as he listened to the words translated back by his clansmen, the
“Centurion? That’s only commanding a hundred men.”
“Father why is it that a hundred men can make us submit?”
The young prince asked his father extremely puzzled.
With so many of them, could they not even defeat a hundred people?
The city lord lamented back at this time, and
“Because behind these hundred people is an extremely powerful empire.”
“And yet we have only ourselves.”
“So O son, you must remember that for the sake of your family, for the sake of your clan, you need to throw away your dignity and choose to submit when necessary.”
There were tens of thousands of them in this one city-state just piling up their lives would be able to pile up those one hundred Qin soldiers.
But then what?
The other side only needs to send a force of a thousand men to slaughter them cleanly in a planned manner.
The strength of the two sides was simply not on the same level.
A small country has a way of surviving.
When necessary, it has to abandon its unnecessary dignity, bend over backwards and cling to the strong.
This was what he would teach his son.
It was just that this son of his, who had been intelligent and sharp since he was a child, was born here, but it was an aggrievement to him.
The young prince at this time, however, looked at the city-state that was rolling in smoke in the distance and firmly shook his head and said.
“Father, how can we leave our fate in the hands of the enemy?”
“You are wrong when you say that we have no dependence.”
Looking at his father who looked stunned, the young prince said with a firm tone at this time.
“Just now, Great Qin also said that we became their city, then we are also Great Qin people.”
“Just now, Da Qin also said that we have become their city, then we are also Da Qin people.”
The city lord came back to his senses and hurriedly said.
“Son things are not as simple as you think, these Qin people are extremely strict in choosing their own people, they.”
Not waiting for his own father’s words to finish, the young prince at this time returned to.
“Father, I know what you mean.”
“But since they are here, it means they need us.”
“There will always be a chance when we make the best of things.”
“It’s like the hunters in our city-state, they will always need a group of loyal hounds in addition to their families.”
“And hounds are sometimes trusted more than family.”
Hearing these words, the city lord froze directly in place, he now believed that this son of his had surpassed himself in wisdom.
So with a complex expression, he said.
“I am no longer able to cope with such a situation, from now on this city-state will be handed over to you.”
“No matter what choice you make, I will support you.”
Without the slightest hesitation, the young prince nodded and returned to.
“Don’t worry father, even if it’s to be a dog, I’ve chosen a good master.”
The little prince then stood tall and gave orders to.
“Prepare all the best food in the city and vacate our royal palace…”
As the order was given, the subjects moved.
The young prince looked at the situation in the city with an extremely resolute expression and quickly said.
“Call over everyone in the city who can speak the Great Qin language, from today onwards, all of my family members will learn to speak the Great Qin language!”
“And then send someone with gifts to the Qin army, we look forward to their arrival!”
Within a short time, it was time to head towards the direction of the Qin army on fast horses.