"That Meng Shu took advantage of this time when Wang and Lu Kai jointly attacked Yuewang, and first went down to Yongchang, and now Yongchang is lost, Wang Yan and Lu Kai led the remnants to guard Yuewang County!" Liu Yi came back, just met Ma Yan, the information in the Yongchang area was just sent today, in fact, as early as when Wang Yan waved his troops to attack Yuewang County, Meng Shu had already led the barbarians to start planning the entire Yongchang County, at this moment the information was sent, the situation over there would only be worse, Wang Yan and Lu Kai could hold Yuewang It would be good, as for the counteroffensive...... With the strength in their hands, it is basically impossible.

"So, right now, most of the Southern Barbarian soldiers are gathered in the area of Buwei County?" Liu Yi nodded, it can be regarded as a gain and a loss, although the four counties were leveled, but in the blink of an eye, the fall of Yongchang somewhat added a stain to his trip to Nanzhong.

"Shamoke was not involved, although he was aware of the movement of troops, he did not know the specific situation, and by the time he found out, Yongchang had already fallen." Ma Yan nodded helplessly, somewhat ashamed.

"Don't blame yourself, this Nanban land, the news is already sluggish, the responsibility is not on you or Shamoke, for the sake of today's plan, you should consider how to recapture Yongchang County, and the disaster of Nanban also needs to be eradicated." Liu Yi shook his head, he could see that Ma Jian blamed himself, but Ma Jian was actually no wonder about the matter, they knew very little information about Nanban.

However, since the Nanban has made a move, Liu Yi can't just sit here and wait, although Yongchang is remote, but it is also the territory of the Han family, the fall of Yongchang is of great significance, it is not as simple as the previous Yonghong rebellion, even if Liu Yi intends to naturalize the barbarians, but he will never allow the Han family's territory to split.

Ma Tan said gratefully: "The Southern Barbarians are proud of the danger of the distant mountains, they have not accepted Wang Hua for a long time, and the wild nature is difficult to tame. ”

Liu Yi nodded, Ma Jian had already said this before, and now he mentioned it again, obviously with the idea of attacking the heart, Liu Yi himself did have this intention, but this time what he wanted was different from what Zhuge Liang in history wanted, what Zhuge Liang wanted in history was stability in the south, so that he didn't have to be distracted by this, and Liu Yi wanted more, he wanted to completely turn this southern barbarian into the Han people, and from then on, he would live up to the Han barbarians, and the land in the south and the middle was all Han people.

The two discussed the strategy, this time the troops should not bring too many soldiers and horses, and they should not be too elite, at least let that Meng get the hope of winning, so that they can eat away at their people step by step, and completely smooth out the entire Yongchang territory.

Three days later, Liu Yi ordered an expedition, Bai Ma Tan was the army, Wei Yue was the vanguard, E Huan, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Guang, Liu Sandao, Chen Ergou were the generals, and the army of 20,000 went from Jianning to Yunnan.

Yunnan also belongs to Yongchang County, but it is the most active area in the southern barbarians, two hundred miles away from Buwei, but in the meantime it is difficult to travel on mountain roads, if you want to march to Buwei, it is fast in January.

At the time of the fifth watch, the oath of the division set out, although the 20,000 army is not much, but from a distance, it is also mighty, the flag covers the sun, and the scouts come and go, which is quite impressive.

Liu Yi created a great momentum, but also to relieve the siege of Yuewang, but the march was not too fast, and even while walking, Liu Yi would hire people to start building roads from Jianning to Yunnan to ensure the smooth supply of the rear.

Acting like this, Meng Huo over there naturally quickly got the news, Yunnan is the nest of the barbarians, and the barbarians in each cave are mostly in this area, so naturally they can't be lost, originally Meng Huo wanted to try to capture that Yuewang County after occupying Yongchang County, but Wang Yan and Lu Kai guarded quite tightly, Meng Huo couldn't think of a way to break through Yuewang County for a while, and now Liu Yibing refers to Yunnan.

It will take time for the army to rush back to Yunnan, even if the people of the Southern Barbarians are good at mountain raids, but the mountain road of more than 200 miles will not be able to rush back in a short time.

"The barbarian king can go back to Yunnan to fight against the Han army first, and order the cave masters to rush back to join the barbarian king as soon as possible!" Dong Dana, who accompanied the army, offered advice to Meng Huo.

"But I don't have any soldiers in my hands, how can I fight the Han people?" Meng Shu frowned.

"The barbarian king can remember that there is a hole in the area of Kunming Pond, called the Bring Cave, there are three or five thousand barbarians under his command, and the owner of the cave has a sister, which is the master of Zhurong Cave, the strength of the two caves combined, there are more than 10,000, enough to resist the Han army for a while!" Dong Dana suggested.

"Zhurong, that woman is very powerful, she may not be willing to agree!" Hearing the woman's name, Meng Shu was a little afraid, in the land of the Southern Barbarians, the strong are respected, and the concept of male superiority and female inferiority is not strong, and even many places are still in a matriarchal society, the status of women is higher than that of men, for them, men are the tools for reproduction, and Zhurongdong is such a tribe.

As the owner of the cave, Zhu Rong is a woman who can tear apart tigers and leopards, Meng Shu has also visited a few times before, and he was almost left by Zhu Rong.

"Barbarian king, that Zhurong Cave is a strong clan in this Yunnan area, if you can get the support of that Zhurong Cave, the barbarians in the Kunming Pool area will definitely respect you, and when the time comes, you will be the real barbarian king!" Dong Dana persuaded that the woman Zhu Rong was a little stronger, but marrying such a woman would be very helpful to Meng Shu's career.

Meng Huo's rough face flashed with a touch of fear, and his cheeks twitched a few times, although the land of Nanzhong is beautiful in terms of toughness, but the Yi people have been mixed with the Han people for a long time, and Meng Huo recognizes the aesthetic standards of the Han people, Zhu Rong is known as the first beauty in Yunnan, with a wide waist and broad shoulders, and can tear tigers and leopards with his hands, and the muscles all over his body are stronger than his own, this kind of beauty, Meng Huo really can't appreciate it, and the most important thing is that the damn woman has coveted himself for a long time, and he feels that if he really goes to Zhurong Cave this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape.

Dong Dana didn't know what Meng Shu was thinking, and said with a smile: "Besides, that Zhu Rong is my first beauty in Yunnan, and I have recruited Xu every year in the past few years, I don't know how many warriors want to kiss Fang Ze but no one can beat her single-handedly, if the barbarian king can win her favor this time, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings?" ”

Meng Shu has a dead fish face, he now regrets that he was born in the Yi tribe, if he lives here like other tribes, maybe he will also think that Zhurong woman is very beautiful.

"It's a matter of life and death for all my clans, and the barbarian king should make a decision quickly." Dong Dana didn't know what Meng Shu was thinking, and seeing that Meng Shu didn't speak, he couldn't help urging: "With the bravery of the barbarian king, you will definitely be able to conquer this woman!" ”

Meng Shu suddenly had the urge to slap Dong Di to death, the ghost wanted to conquer her, imagining Zhu Rong's arm that was thicker than ordinary people's thighs, Meng Shu felt that if he really went, this life would be over, but if he didn't go, why fight against the Han army?

"Barbarian King?" Dong Diana talked for a long time, his mouth was dry, but he didn't see Meng Shu responding, so he couldn't help but explore.

"I'll go!" Meng Shu took a deep breath, stood up, ignored Dong Dana, and strode out of the tent, feeling like a soldier who died generously!

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Liu Yi while marching, while paving the road, drawing a map, the speed of the march can be imagined, often a day to pave ten miles of road, on the way to ten miles, from Dianchi to Yunnan, more than 400 miles of the road, Liu Yi a day ten miles of speed may not be, in addition to building roads along the way, will also set up some beacon towers in some important places, Liu Yi found that there are many small plains in the south of the land, can vigorously develop agriculture, the establishment of cities, but unfortunately it is not used, especially the Yunnan area on the map, if it is vigorously developed, It is definitely a treasure in Nanzhong.

It's a pity that it's too far away from the Central Plains and the roads are not smooth, so it has always been in a semi-primitive state, and of course, the miasma along the way is definitely an important reason for hindering the development of this side.

Along the way, Liu Yi has filled in three swamps, cleared four miasma forests, marched less than fifty miles in a month, and spent most of his time on removing miasma.

Although there are also barbarian gathering places along the way, most of them are in the deep mountains, which is difficult to attack, and the beacon tower set up by Liu Yi is also to prevent these barbarians from taking advantage of Liu Yi's crossing to attack and disturb the grain road.

"Kunming Pool?" Liu Yi took the map and carefully studied it for a long time, the Kunming Pond is shaped like a human ear, covers a large area, and is also the place where the barbarians in Yunnan gather the most, and his eyes can't help but look at Ma Yan, isn't this the Erhai Lake of later generations? It's no wonder he thinks this area is suitable for development.

Speaking of this Kunming Pool, but it is also quite interesting, when Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions, said that in the Great Xia Kingdom (later Afghanistan) found Shu Jin, is its own poison (India) outflow, it is recommended that Emperor Wu from the land of Xiyi to find the road to the body poison, and then open a Silk Road, but unfortunately for the Kunming Pond around the Kunming tribe blocked, in the end failed to pass the poison, Yuan hunt three years, Emperor Wu because of the hindrance in the Kunming tribe, in Chang'an to dig Kunming Lake to train the navy, ready to crusade against the Kunming tribe, although the matter ultimately did not succeed, But this place is also called Kunming Pool. Ma Jian smiled and helped Liu Yi explain some of the history of Kunming Pool.

"Kunming?" Liu Yi looked at Ma Jian in amazement, he had read a lot of information about Nanban, why hadn't he heard of this clan?

"At the beginning, the collective name of Xiyi, the Suo and Yi people can be called the Kunming people." Ma Tan smiled.

"If you can get this place, you can build a city and make it an important town in the southern part of my Han Dynasty!" Liu Yi looked at the area of Kunming Pool on the map, his eyes lit up, this is a real treasure!

"What Tinghou said is good, but I am afraid it will take many years to build a city." Ma Jian smiled bitterly, this is an occupational disease, right?

"One year is enough." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "In the land of southern Xinjiang, the population is not prosperous, even if it is a hundred years, it may not be able to have a million people, and only one city with 10,000 households is enough here." ”

Ma Jian estimated that Yueyang and Xiangyang are both cities with a population of 100,000, and it didn't take Liu Yi a few years to build the city, if it was only a city of 10,000 households, it would be about the same time in a year, but ...... Does it make sense?

"If the people of the Southern Barbarians can collect it, it will be a good source of soldiers!" Liu Yi patted Ma Yan's shoulder and smiled.