Chen Ping and Brother A Hei took more than 1,000 people, disguised as the caravan of the Bashi Trading Company, and first arrived in the country of Qi and went south by sea ship from Jimo. After two months of drifting on the sea, he finally came to a bay called Tan, which was surrounded by mountains on three sides (present-day Beihai City, Guangzhou), and then traveled overland to the north, and three months later arrived at a place with beautiful mountains and rivers (present-day Guilin).

People here are all covered and barefoot, and they can catch fish when they go into the water, and they can chase wild beasts when they go ashore. There are many cottages here, and the leaders are all called Tusi, and there are nearly a thousand large and small.

The state of Chu supported more than 100 large toasts in today's Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions, so the people of the Central Plains called this place Fang Baiyue. Each big toast managed several or dozens of small toasts, and was responsible for collecting taxes and paying tribute to the state of Chu. The overnight war between the toasts is a daily occurrence. If any of the Tusi became too strong, the Chu State would send a large army to unite with other small Tusi to destroy him, redistribute the land population, and support a new big Tusi to rise. The simple and brutal rule of the Chu State has kept Baiyue relatively stable for hundreds of years, and it has never been able to break away from the control of the Chu State. In addition to collecting a certain amount of annual income from the major Tusi, the state of Chu could not further rule the Baiyue region.

Chen Ping asked the soldiers to rest in the trading house for a few days, and then went north along the land route, and after more than 20 days, they came to the covered land of Xiou, where they could enter the territory of Chu State dozens of miles to the north. Immediately sent people to bribe some locals to spread rumors that the state of Chu was about to be defeated by the Qin army, and the king of Chu was preparing to lead a large army to flee south, and wanted to occupy the land of Baiyue as a foundation to contend with the Qin army.

The leaders of the Baiyue tribes and the Tusi were skeptical at first, but as more and more Chu people fled into Baiyue, the annual endowment demanded by the Chu State also tripled. The chieftains began to tense. If it was the king of Chu who fled into Baiyue, would they, the big and small chiefs, still be the local kings? As a result, many Tusi and chieftains who handed over the land and Chu land, taking advantage of the war between Qin and Chu and the inability of the Chu army to look south, blocked the road and cut off contact with the Chu State.

The states of Chu and Qin had been at war for more than two years and were in dire need of supplies. Cutting off Baiyue's support to the Chu State, Chen Ping had already achieved the purpose of this trip. But Chen Ping was not satisfied with this, he decided to incite Baiyue to oppose Chu, and respond to the Qin State to destroy Chu.

After an in-depth understanding, Chen Ping decided to support the Xiou people to fight against the Chu State.

The Xiou people are the ancestors of the current Zhuang people, accounting for about a quarter of the population of Baiyue. During the Warring States Period, there were several leaders who made achievements in Xiou, and they almost unified Xiou more than ten years ago. The state of Chu would never allow a strong potential enemy in its rear, and the king of Chu immediately sent Xiang Yan to lead the army, killed more than 100,000 Xiou people, and brought back more than 100,000 Xiou people to serve as slaves, and divided the Xiou people into eighteen parts. From then on, when the Baiyue people mentioned Xiang Yan, the adults gritted their teeth with hatred, and the children stopped crying at night when they heard it.

How to take more than a thousand people to make a difference in the rear of the Chu State? This is a question that Chen Ping thought about all the way, and after careful analysis, he decided to choose a leader named Mo Tian as the breakthrough object to lead the Xiou people to oppose Chu and respond to the battle of exterminating Chu in Montenegro. Mo Tian was originally a small leader in Xiou, but he was named the big leader more than ten years ago because Xiang Yan killed most of the big leaders. He is the oldest and the highest among the eighteen great chieftains of Xiou. Chen Ping took a fancy to him, not only because of Mo Tian's age and age, but also because Mo Tian had many wives and children. Because Chen Ping knew that after Great Qin unified China in the future, he would not like a powerful and unified Baiyue.

Chen Ping came to visit Mo Tian with a heavy gift. Mo Tian's tribe has a land of 100 miles and a population of 150,000, which is the most powerful of the eighteen tribes of Xiou. When he saw the heavy gift from Chen Ping, he immediately met this generous businessman.

Motian's village, on a steep mountain, is built with stones to form a wall, and inside the wall is a brick and wooden house in the style of the Chu State. and surrounded by grass-roofed wooden houses, this large area is undoubtedly a mansion. The soldiers standing guard around were all barefoot, shorts and shorts, and holding rudimentary copper and iron weapons, compared to the well-equipped Qin army, they were simply a group of Huazi.

Chen Ping and Brother A Hei were taken to the village, Mo Tian was dressed in Chu-style silk clothes, with gray hair and a red face, hugging an obese, half-naked woman on the left and right. Seeing Chen Ping and others coming, Mo Tian smiled and said: "In the past few days, the magpies in the village have been screaming non-stop. Today, I learned that it was a guest from afar who sent a valuable gift. Distinguished guests, you bring gifts that are enough to make any request. ”

The translator of the trading company immediately told Chen Ping what Mo Tian meant. Chen Ping also replied with a smile: "I gave a gift to Chief Mo because I heard that you are the greatest hero of Xiou. Chen Ping also had a gift that was a hundred times more valuable, and only the greatest leader of Xiou was worthy of it. My fellows tell me that no one in Ciou is worthy of this great gift but you. ”

Mo Tian was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Set up a banquet, take out the best meat, the most beautiful wine, and wash the dust for the distinguished guests!" ”

At the beginning of the banquet, Mo Tian called two very obese women to sit beside Chen Ping and said to Chen Ping: "These two girls are famous beauties in Xiou. If your gifts can make my heart flutter, they will be yours from today onwards! ”

Chen Ping looked at the "beauties" around him, black and fat, and there was a sour smell unique to Baiyue people. He had long heard that the people of Xiou regard fat as beauty, and black as health. I could only endure the nausea in my heart, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the gift from the chief." The gift I want to give to Lord Mo is the king of Xiou! ”

When Mo Tian heard this, the smile on his face immediately froze, stood up, and shouted: "Come on, throw this person into the river to feed the fish!" "More than ten years ago, the owner of this village was several times stronger than Mo Tian, and wanted to be the king of Xiou, but his head was cut off by Xiang Yan and hung on a tree outside the village, and his women and children are still working as slaves in Xiang Yan's house.

Several soldiers immediately rushed up, drew their knives and were about to make a move on Chen Ping and the others.

"Hahaha!" Chen Ping was calm and unafraid, and said with a smile, "The courage of the Ou people was frightened by Xiang Yan, and he didn't even have the courage to listen to me finish speaking!" ”

Mo Tian was calmed by Chen Ping's spirit of seeing death as home, and he was curious about what words this young man would use to persuade him, so he waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, and said, "For the sake of the generous gifts you sent, I won't kill you first." Besides, don't blame me for cutting off your heads and sacrificing them. (Shegong is the god that Xiou believes)

Chen Ping said unhurriedly: "Xi'ou is now precarious. Qin and Chu are fighting in the Central Plains, and the defeat of Chu is imminent, and Chu is about to lose all the territory of the Central Plains. The monarchs and ministers of the state of Chu either became prisoners of the Qin people or retreated south into Xiou. May I ask Leader Mo, have you been able to defeat the Chu army? ”

The Chu army was defeated and retreated by the Qin army, and Mo Tian had already heard of it. If the king of Chu leads the defeated army, even if tens of thousands of defeated troops flee south into the territory of Ouyue, it will be a great disaster for the Ou people. Mo Tian pushed away the woman beside him, stood up, learned from the Central Plains to salute Chen Ping, and said, "Sir's words are like ten drums waking me up in my ears. I beg your forgiveness for my recklessness. It's just that now there are nearly 100 leaders of the size of Xiou, and they often fight and kill because of a prey or a paddy field, even if I have the heart, I am not the opponent of the Chu army! ”

"Extraordinary times must use extraordinary means, and the state of Chu has not much time left for Xiou! At the third spring gathering in March, Leader Mo can invite the leaders of the eighteen departments to gather, and when the time comes, everything will be arranged by me, and I promise to make you the king of Xiou. Chen Ping said confidently.

"Who the hell are you? I don't think you're an ordinary businessman! Mo Tian asked.

"I am Chen Ping, the military advisor under the command of General Heishan of Great Qin." Chen Ping said.

"The State of Chu also sent an envoy to ask us to gather 100,000 people and millions of grain and grass to support in Xi'ou! This matter has to be considered in the long run! Mo Tian said.

The two discussed for a day, and finally Chen Pingxiao was moved by emotion, and finally persuaded Mo Tian to decide to cooperate with Qin to attack Chu.

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March 3 is also the traditional festival of the Xiou people. People gather on this day to exchange goods, livestock, and hold a grand song race. Since Xi'ou was defeated by Xiang Yan more than ten years ago, the tribes have been relatively stable and there have been no major conflicts. As a result, the festival is also getting more and more lively every year.

The leaders of the eighteen tribes in Xiou, under the call of Mo Tian, gathered together. Everyone drank and danced and had a lot of fun, only Mo Tian was depressed. Among the leaders, Mo Tian was the oldest, and everyone asked why Mo Tian was unhappy.

Mo Tian sighed and said, "Danger is like the ghost in the darkness, which has enveloped us in Xiou. How can I still be happy? ”

The leaders saw that Mo Tian was serious and knew that it was not a joke. They all stopped singing and dancing and asked Mo Tiandao: "Boss Mo, which one ate the leopard's gall and dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head!" You told us that we promised to chop him up and feed him to the wolf cubs! ”

Mo Tian said: "The two countries of Qin and Chu in the Central Plains are fighting a big country, and now the Chu army is losing and retreating, if the king of Chu and Xiang Yan retreat to our territory with a large army, what should we do?" Willing to be a slave of the Chu people? Or is it like more than ten years ago, Xiang Yan was killed all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river? ”

When they heard this, they all sank into silence. More than ten years ago, more than 200,000 of the less than 1 million people in Xi'ou were slaughtered by Xiang Yan, and more than 100,000 were taken away as slaves.

"The people of the Central Plains are the most ferocious wolves, and neither the Qin State nor the Chu State will allow Xi'ou to become strong. Boss Mo, do you have any good suggestions? A middle-aged leader said. The leaders echoed each other.

Mo Tian picked up a corner of wine and drank it down, and said: "This time our Xiou has reached the most dangerous time, if the Chu people come again, they will never kill some men, and they will withdraw if they grab some women." They have no place in the Central Plains, and if they come again, what they want is the lives of our hunting grounds, lakes and all the men of Xiou. Now we must unite and join the Qin army to attack the Chu State in the north and south, and only by destroying the Chu State and avenging the hundreds of thousands of people who died in my Xi'ou, can I Xi'ou survive this difficulty! ”

"The state of Chu has a large population and a land of thousands of miles. If we go against the powerful Chu State, as soon as the war between Qin and Chu is over in the future, it will be the end of our eighteen divisions in Xiou. The Qin State is so far away from us, who can guarantee the safety of the people of Xiou? "The leader who spoke was called Wei Tuo, a man in the prime of his thirties.

"The State of Chu is by our side, and when we go to the State of Qin, we can't go back and forth for half a year. How can we help the distant Qin to attack the mighty state of Chu? "The leader of the questioning is called Lan Fang, and he and Veda are sons and daughters.

The leaders were immediately divided into two factions, most of them chose the opinion of the blue chief, and only a few were willing to follow Mo Tian to attack the Chu State.

Mo Tianjian couldn't convince everyone, so he immediately sent someone to inform Chen Ping. Chen Ping discussed with Brother Ah Hei and decided to strike first.

The leaders divided into two factions and parted unhappily. The pro-Chu faction took all the entourage down the cottage, and just left the realm of Mo Tian, and was immediately surrounded by Brother Ah Hei with a thousand Qin troops, and after a burst of tearing, Brother Ah Hei personally cut off the heads of Lan Fang and Wei Tuo. Capture the other leaders alive. Chen Ping brought the captured leaders back to Mo Tian's cottage with the two heads, and when he threw the captives and heads in front of everyone, everyone looked at each other in surprise.

"Mr. Chen, this ...... What does this mean? Mo Tian stammered and asked.

"Qin Chu is fighting to the death, and if he doesn't be Da Qin's friend, he is Da Qin's enemy." Chen Ping's tone seemed peaceful, but it was murderous.

Mo Tian and the other leaders never expected this white-faced young man to be so ruthless. Things were forced to this, and they had to make up their minds to attack Chu together with the Qin State.

The eighteen divisions of Xi'ou gathered 50,000 strong, and after half a month of training, they immediately launched an attack on Chu in the north.

The main forces of the Chu State were fighting against the Qin army at this time, and the rear was extremely empty, Chen Ping's army was like entering a no-man's land, and every place must first release slaves and serfs, and the team expanded rapidly, and soon captured most of the capital areas of Cangwu and Dongting counties.