Chapter 652 (2/2)

Bortu took a deep look at shanlihu: ”shanlihu brothers have both wisdom and courage, and are highly respected. This is an extraordinary time. Only shanlihu brothers can give us hope to be the clan leader.”

Others nodded, others pondered, others frowned.

The patriarch is the leader of a tribe and the most powerful person in the tribe who can decide everything. All tribes are headed by the patriarch. In a big tribe, the patriarch is like a king.

Especially in the period when there was no manwang, the major tribes were equivalent to small kingdoms, and the patriarch was the king of each kingdom. Although the patriarch of a small tribe has no such noble status and much less power, he is also the local emperor in his own tribe.

These people are all outstanding people in GuLun tribe. When their heirs of patriarch die, some of them have the qualification and ability to compete for the position of heirs of patriarch.

Now, bortu proposes to elect shanlihu as the patriarch. This is not to let them support shanlihu as the patriarch's successor, but to directly remove the real patriarch of GuLun tribe and honor shanlihu as their patriarch without the knowledge of the old patriarch.

Bortu had already seen everyone's expression in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: ”at this moment, only shanlihu clan leader can seek the Lord's mercy, accept nearly 30000 young men of our clan, and let them return to the clan alive. The head of shanlihu clan is a great general in the Lord's heart. Only he can make our clan live and prosper

Even though there are still some people who don't understand this truth, there is no one who doesn't understand what bortu said.

Even though they have the qualification and ability to fight for the position of clan leader, they don't know the Lord they are about to submit to, and they don't have the advantage of shanlihu. Only Shan Lihu can speak to the Lord and ask the Lord to accept them. Now is not the time for them to submit and pledge allegiance, but for the Lord to accept them.Shanli shook his head: ”I never thought of being a clan leader. Uncle bortu said that, which made me very scared.”

Bortu stood up, hands raised above his head, bowed down, knees bent, hands from head down with the body. While bending over, bend your knees, press your hands on the ground, kneel down, put your hands on your left and right ears, bow your head and kowtow, and touch your forehead on the ground: ”boltu, meet the patriarch.”

The two wounded GuLun generals, Han Zhi and his elder brother, immediately followed bortu and knelt down to kowtow.

When the other people saw it, they all stood up in a hurry, knelt down and kowtowed to shanlihu with the same ceremony, honoring him as ”see the patriarch”. These people were not only the leaders of the GuLun tribe, but also the generals of the army. They kowtowed together and admitted that shanlihu was the head of the GuLun tribe, so the matter was settled.

The patriarchs of the tribes in the northern region are not unchangeable, nor are they necessarily inherited by their sons. Tribal leaders and powerful people, because of some things and changes, dethrone or even kill the patriarch. In addition, they elect the patriarch, or ambitious and powerful people, take advantage of some opportunities to abolish and kill the original patriarch, and their own superiors have happened many times.

Especially when new and old clan leaders alternate, it is more common that new clan leaders are killed and their positions are taken away because they are young or mediocre.

After kneeling down and worshiping, they had no other thoughts and begged the new patriarch shanlihu to ask for mercy from the Lord.