Upon hearing Xiong Wu's words, the crowd immediately began to whisper among themselves.
Wei Bao frowned and said, "Alliance Leader Xiong, our Anti-Qin Alliance has accumulated so much wealth with great difficulty. Why do we have to confront the Qin army head-on?"
"Now that we received the news early, we could have completely concealed our forces in Chu and then relocated the Shui family out of Yunmeng Marsh."
The main target of Qin's attack on Chu was actually the anti-Qin forces under Xiong Wu, and the target of the attack was his forces.
Wei Bao was already dissatisfied with this alliance leader, so why would he be willing to help him?
Tian Dan, who was standing to the side, also said with a smile, "Brother Wei is right. The Qin army is powerful now, and it is not easy for us to accumulate this little bit of strength. We should fight a roundabout battle if we can. There is no need to fight to the death with the Qin army."
Han Cheng, standing next to Tian Dan, quickly said, "That's right, I agree with Brother Tian."
Wei Bao had a grudge against Xiong Wu, while Tian Dan did not want to put in any effort to confront the Qin state head-on.
Does war cost nothing? The little bit of wealth he accumulated wasn't easy to come by.
Han Cheng relied entirely on funds provided by Tian Dan to maintain his operations in Han territory, so naturally he was on Tian Dan's side at this time.
Xiong Wu's face darkened.
Although he had long suspected that these people would not so easily send troops to help him block the Qin army, he did not expect that they would refuse so cleanly and decisively.
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It's mainly because of Wei Bao!
Among the anti-Qin alliance, Wei Bao was the strongest and most powerful, and his reputation even surpassed that of the alliance leader.
Once Wei Bao stands on the opposite side, more than half of the people will be won over by him.
Not to mention that the main victim of this incident was the Chu region, and it didn't have much to do with other anti-Qin forces.
Xiong Wu suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Gentlemen, Chu is the stronghold of our anti-Qin alliance and the place with the largest number of people resisting the tyrannical Qin."
Once the Chu region is swept away by the Qin army, and we flee in disarray with our main force, how will the people view us?
You should know that there are still many people in the world who are watching. Although they have not joined my anti-Qin alliance, they have no heart for the Qin state either.
If we act so cowardly, these people will be even less likely to choose our anti-Qin alliance.
And then there's the Shui family. They've lived in Yunmengze for generations, never contacting or intermarrying with outsiders. They refused when our Chu Kingdom's army tried to recruit them, and they're even less likely to agree to leave Yunmengze now.”
Wei Bao waved his hand dismissively and said, "Alliance Leader, you're overthinking it. Those guys who haven't joined the Anti-Qin Alliance yet are just opportunists; they're not worth trying to win over."
Even if they wanted to come, we wouldn't deign to accept them.
As for that damned Shui family, don't they know what era we live in? Let them act like petty people.
If they don't migrate, then we'll deal with them even sooner than Xu Fu!
Why not just kill all those ungrateful bastards and get the Nuwa Tears?
Zhang Liang frowned upon hearing Wei Bao's words.
Although Xiong Wu did have his own selfish motives in convening the alliance meeting, wanting to use everyone's strength to defend the Chu territory.
The problem is that Chu was indeed the stronghold of the anti-Qin alliance, and this was the first time that Qin had openly taken action against the anti-Qin alliance.
If we can't even stop the first wave of attacks, then what's the point of talking about resisting the tyrannical Qin?
As for killing the Shui family to prevent Xu Fu from obtaining Nuwa's Tears, that's something only a tyrannical Qin dynasty would do, not something their anti-Qin alliance would do!
Zhang Liang's eyebrows twitched, and he wanted to speak.
But reason told him that speaking up in his current position would be pointless and would only provoke Wei Bao.
At this moment, Yan Zhao said in a deep voice, "Brother Wei, where has your courage gone when you followed Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the uprising?"
We are the anti-Qin alliance. Our highest ideal in this life is to resist and overthrow the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, not to live a life of ignominy!
I don't care what you do, but since the tyrannical Qin wants to take action, then the men of Yan will fight to the bitter end!
Leader, I didn't bring many people with me to this alliance meeting. I'll send a message back to Yan to request reinforcements.
The Yan region also needs to be guarded, so I can't provide more men, but I can certainly offer ten thousand elite cavalry from Yan!
Xiong Wu was overjoyed and quickly clasped his hands in a salute: "Brother Yan Zhao truly has the style of the former Crown Prince Dan!"
Xiong Wu bowed in gratitude, and on behalf of all the people of Chu, he also thanked his virtuous brother Yan Zhao!
Yan Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Alliance Leader Xiong, you are too kind. It was all just to resist the tyrannical Qin."
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