"Barbarian King, since those cave masters returned, they have said goodbye one after another, unwilling to fight with the Han army again!" Meng Shu took Mrs. Zhurong and brought the cave master back to Kunchi, and heard that Liu Yi released the barbarian soldiers from all caves, so he ordered people to go to gather the caves and prepare to fight Liu Yi again, but these tribes received Liu Yi's grace of not killing, realized that the Han army was strong, and did not want to fight with the Han army again, so they resigned.

When Meng heard this, he was silent, these thirty-six cave masters in Yunnan have now received Liu Yi's favor, not to mention that they are unwilling to fight, even if they reluctantly agree, when it comes to war, I am afraid they will not do their best.

Mrs. Zhurong sat beside Meng Shu and comforted her softly: "Husband, I think that Mohou is not a villain, he has been indulged twice, and he is quite faithful, and we are also seeking stability for my people, so since Mohou is willing to make peace with us, why fight again?" ”

Meng Shu patted Mrs. Zhurong's arm and sighed: "Mrs. only knows one and doesn't know the other, then Liu Yi is indeed a character, I also respect this person, but this person is different from those who came to the south in the past, what he wants is for us to be his people like other Han people, if Mrs. gives up Zhurong Cave, the clan is accepted as Han people, Madame is willing?" ”

Mrs. Zhurong shook her head silently when she heard this, in this case, as the patriarch of the clan, naturally no one wanted to, Meng Shu continued: "Besides, why does Liu Yi treat us so well? It is nothing more than valuing the wealth in this endless mountain, the silver mine in the silver pit, and now it is so benevolent and righteous, if we really vote for him, I am afraid that the calamity of the people of all ethnic groups in my south will come. ”

Mrs. Zhurong was speechless, this is not the image that Liu Yi gave people, but all the time, the impression given by the officials of Nanzhong, it seems that all along, the officials of Shu have been more exploitative of Nanzhong, and have never really had a favor on this barbarian, which is also an important reason why Nanban excludes the Han people.

"But now that all the cave masters here are unwilling to fight again, how can we resist that Liu Yi?" Mrs. Zhurong frowned and asked.

Although the cave masters of the 36 caves in Yunnan were released, most of them were unwilling to fight against the Han army anymore, and now they wanted to gather more people and horses, but they couldn't gather much.

"There are also three cave marshals in Yinye Pit, and 30,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized, I have ordered them to return to Yunnan, and the army should have arrived at this time." Meng Shu groped his chin and said, the silver smelting pit is his territory, rich in silver mines, Meng Shu can be bigger, called the barbarian king, of course, there is the Yi nationality itself because of the great power, but he holds the silver smelting pit and other treasures, and also obtained a lot of resources for him, before the attack on Yongchang, it was Meng Shu who led the marshal of the three caves alone to conquer it, and did not gather too many other people.

"There are only 30,000, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized here, but Rao is like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be Liu Yi's opponent." Mrs. Zhurong said worriedly.

Before gathering 30,000 troops to fight Liu Yi, the result was a big defeat and loss, although there are many people now, but Mrs. Zhurong still has no bottom in her heart, this war with the Han army, it is not only the courage of the generals, or the courage of the generals in such a war, but it is not too important.

Zhu Rong's ability is not weak, but he fought with the Han army before, except for the first time he captured Guan Xing, and then fought with the Han army, and basically did not bargain.

"In the past, when the people were not aligned, they were repeatedly taken advantage of by Liu Yi, but now they are all our people, and they are all united, and they may not be able to fight with the Han army." Speaking of which, Meng Shu thought of the previous two defeats at the hands of Liu Yi, mostly because of Liu Yi's strategy, in fact, he did not confront him once, and said at the moment: "The person that Liu Yi relies on, but it is a treacherous plan, now you and I will lead the people of the silver pit, Zhu Rong will stay to defend the city, and then use gold and silver goods, please go to the holes to borrow the card knife and fang Ding to use, not with that Liu Yi to make a plan, and he can resist head-on, the Han army is no matter how strong it is, it is also limited." ”

The card knife fang Ding is regarded as the elite soldiers in the Southern Barbarians, Meng Huo wants to use the elite soldiers of various caves to fight Liu Yi, these barbarians are naturally not the barbarians who were defeated by Liu Yi in this area before, but the barbarians who are farther away, Meng Shu's influence and appeal are still very great.

Mrs. Zhurong felt that it was feasible, and immediately agreed with Meng Huo to arrange for people to go and gather the elite soldiers of each cave, and at the same time, the three marshals under Meng Huo also led their own troops to rush over, ready to help Meng Huo defeat Liu Yi.

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Meng Huo actively prepared for the war at the same time, Liu Yi was not in a hurry to attack Meng Huo, after the bloodless water, Liu Yi and the barbarians in this area can be regarded as having a friendship, in addition to re-looking for land to build a walled city, more is to communicate with these barbarians, help them reclaim the fields, bring some advanced technology of the Han farming culture, and these barbarians communicate with each other, when conditions permit, will help them make some living utensils to improve their living environment, and therefore won the sincere support of many barbarians.

"Mohou, yesterday another barbarian sent hundreds of people to enlist." Guan Xing came to Liu Yi's tent and bowed to Liu Yi.

"Counting up, there are thousands of barbarians who spontaneously came to vote during this time!" Huang Zhong sighed on the side, now it is not only those barbarians who were released by Liu Yi after the defeat, but also the barbarians who were unwilling to participate in this war before, and now after Liu Yi defeated Meng Shu, they have come to vote.

"These people, form another army!" Liu Yi nodded and smiled.

"Why don't you join the army like the barbarians before?" Zhang Bao was a little puzzled.

"These barbarians are seeing that our army is big enough to vote, not necessarily really surrendered, now Meng Huo is defeated by our army, they are seeing that Meng Huo is unable to resist our army, is to vote, if one day, our army is frustrated, I am afraid that people's hearts will be confused." Liu Yi shook his head and said, this is the icing on the cake, let's pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages.

"If it's not credible, why use it?" Zhang Bao frowned.

"If you use your method of picking up troops, we won't fight." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "If you don't surrender sincerely, then let them become sincere, no one in this world will be good to you without any benefit, now since all races are willing to send troops to help, that's a good thing, why do you still push people out of the door?" I can't use it now, but do I need to teach you how to train the army? Is it difficult to train them to work? ”

"This ......" Zhang Bao said in amazement: "These people don't have two hearts? ”

"No one in this world is with you, and if you are, you will have something to ask for." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "If you want them to be with us, in addition to training, we have to let them see the benefits, if you don't have this, it's useless to say more, you just need to train with peace of mind, and I will solve the rest of the things." ”

In the final analysis, in addition to seeking protection, the cave owners also want to make profits for themselves.

After all, he rejected the barbarian king Meng Shu, at this time, it was really either a friend or an enemy, and now Meng Shu was worried about the overall situation and did not embarrass them, but if Liu Yi was really defeated, they would be unlucky to settle accounts after the autumn, so these barbarians who chose neutrality were actually inclined to Liu Yi's side.

Hearing this, Zhang Bao nodded in response.

The post road has been repaired here from the bloodless water, and the new walled city has also been built, Liu Yi built the walled city all the way this time, not only for marching, but also to become an important trade area between the Han and barbarians in the future, and to naturalize the barbarians little by little, these walled cities have a very important significance.

Seeing that the autumn harvest was approaching, Liu Yi asked people to go to Qianwei, in addition to mobilizing more grain and grass to come over, he was also ready to let people bring some medicinal materials that were not available in Nanzhong, according to the information summarized by many doctors and craftsmen in the army during this time, many diseases in Nanzhong were solved, but the lack of corresponding medicinal materials in Nanzhong caused a high mortality rate.

The herbs configured by the local witch doctor are not the same as the treatment methods in the Central Plains, many of them are taking the path of fighting poison with poison, and those with weak physique can't stand it at all, Liu Yi is ready to settle down here, and then invite Hua Tuo, he is not a doctor, and he doesn't know anything about medicine, so he doesn't know if this witch doctor's technique has any merits.

Although the military medicine craftsman felt that this was a sideshow, Liu Yi felt that what these people said was very prejudiced, and he looked down on the witch doctor in his heart, so he hoped that Hua Tuo could come over, and maybe he would have a different opinion, after all, although this witch doctor seems to be backward, but according to many barbarians, it has been used for hundreds of thousands of years, and it may not be completely useless.

Liu Yi has been so busy for about a month, and the new city has been built, on this day, Liu Yi is discussing with several barbarian patriarchs about housewarming, and some of the barbarians will move into the walled city to live, and a large piece of wasteland has been reclaimed around, if the barbarians are willing to come out to settle here, they can enjoy a three-year tax exemption, of course, this is not mandatory, because many barbarians do not rely on farming to survive, they rely more on those precious goods in the mountains in exchange for survival materials, It is impossible to get them out of their familiar place all at once.

However, due to the tribal form of the barbarian tribe and limited resources, most tribes are unable to withstand too much population, so Liu Yi hopes to send the old and weak into the city, and they can farm when they have nothing to do, which can also be regarded as bringing some income to the clan and reducing some survival pressure.

This kind of thing, naturally no one will disagree, after all, in the customs of the barbarians, when people are old, they have to fend for themselves, leaving enough survival resources for young people, and now Liu Yi is willing to accept these useless population, they are naturally happy.

Liu Yi naturally doesn't want to be a bad person, in fact, these old people for the barbarians, who are only forty or fifty years old, still have a labor force, so that the fields that have been reclaimed now will not be wasted, and again, people's hearts are flesh and blood, these old people may seem to be a burden in the clan to compete for their survival resources, but if there is no conflict of interest, family affection, friendship and these connections still exist, and the attitudes of these people often affect their own clan, for a long time, This subtle influence will gradually affect those who live in the mountains.

It's an emotional investment, right?

In such a leisurely harvest season, Liu Yi also received the news that Meng Shu sent troops again.