"They are all leaders of the rebel army who have recently become famous in Yangzhou, you ask for your life for the people, fight against the rebels, no need to be polite!" Liu Biao hurriedly greeted.

"Your Excellency!" The crowd didn't even dare to say it.

"How's the battle going?" Bao Hong asked.

"We will rush up to resist the barbarians and cover the withdrawal of the rebels. The two sides fought fiercely for a while, and it was difficult to break the deadlock, and they each retreated! Xue Rengui explained the battle situation very briefly.

"What about the casualties of the rebels? What about civilians in particular? Bao Hong asked.

"General rest assured, we will wait for the leading army to go, and give priority to the evacuation of the rebels supporting the civilians. The rebels also fought and retreated along the way, trying their best to protect the safety of the people! Xue Rengui responded.

"That's good!" Bao Hong nodded and said in a deep voice, "Whether it is Zhang Chujun or the Yellow Turban Army, they will not do anything after all, after all, they are still from among the people." But the barbarians, however, do not have such an idea! ”

"What the general said is very true!" Zhang Xian, a fierce general with a gun, replied, "Now that the Yellow Turban Army has been restrained, it is much more regular. Except for some small groups of Yellow Turban rebels, they basically do not deliberately harass the people. However, this barbarian, all the way over, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, although we rose up to resist, but we were alone, and we could only reluctantly protect the people to retreat. ”

"You're doing the right thing!" Liu Biao opened his mouth to comfort, "It is the duty of the imperial court to keep the alien race out of the border, and now although the Yellow Turban Rebellion does not have enough strength to resist the alien race, this is the responsibility of my imperial court, and you only have immeasurable merit to the people!" ”

"How can we who practice martial arts sit back and watch the people slaughtered as barbarians? It's just doing your best, so there's no credit! Zhang Xian smiled and said modestly.

"That's it! Your righteous deeds are recited by the people, so don't say more politely! Bao Hong smiled, "Let's temporarily contain the dragon army here." The governor went to set up camp, and by the way, settle the rebels and the people! ”

"Okay!" Liu Biao thought about it, and then responded to Bao Hong's proposal, "Long and the others were created by the general's subordinates, and they should not launch an offensive for the time being." But the barbarians are a new addition. And I don't know what the relationship between the two of them is, but they still have to wait for it! ”

"Don't worry, my lord, there will be a number at the end!" Bao Hong nodded, and turned to Xue Rengui and beckoned, "Arrange for a few Changshi to also help, they are very experienced in the placement of the rebel army!" ”

Most of the three elders of Bao Hong's army, Shi Yu Yunwen, Zeng Guofan, and Chai Rong, are rebels, so naturally they can best understand the demands of the rebels, and arranging them to go over can save them a lot of trouble.

"That's the best!" Liu Biao nodded. After all, he rode into Jingzhou alone, and after a series of means, he controlled the situation, and after all, he was appointed by the members of those families, and there would inevitably be various cognitive differences between him and the rebels from civilian backgrounds.

As Liu Biao led the crowd to leave, Xue Rengui commanded the troops to arrange their troops and build a front.

"Mr. Li, will Zhang Chujun really unite with such a vicious barbarian?" On the other side, there was no Jiangxia barbarian army to join the Long He army, Bao Hong muttered to himself.

For Bao Hong, although he is not a nationalist, he is not exclusive about national integration. But I also believe that people don't offend me, and I don't offend people. It's good to repay virtue with virtue, but the latter sentence is a tooth for a tooth!

Therefore, for Jiang Xiaman, who slaughtered the people like this, Bao Hong did not have the slightest good feeling. If you take 10,000 steps back, you will not be able to let go of the blood of the people on your hands.

And the state of Chu is also a famous country in history, Bao Hong also has a lot of respect for this, and has a lot of good feelings, if it is united with Jiangxiaman, Bao Hong can only express his disappointment!

"The general's idea seems to be biased!" As soon as Li Zuoche saw Bao Hong's expression, he knew what Bao Hong meant.

"Mount Tai does not let the soil, so it can become its big, and the river and sea do not choose a trickle, so it can be deep." Li Zuoche said indifferently, "The Fuxi clan is in the world, the Lilu clan rules the north, the Huxu clan controls the south, the Kunwu clan governs the west, and the Ge Tian clan occupies the east. During the Yan and Huang period, each side considered orthodoxy and regarded the other as a foreign race. Yan, Huang, Yaoshun and others all have the position of 'Siyue' and are responsible for the affairs of Siyi. The famous Huandou, Sanmiao, Gonggong, Kun and so on have all become the territory of our Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty is under the rule. ”

"It can be said that with the expansion of the territory of the Central Plains, Siye has always had the so-called Siyi. With the passage of time, the old Siyi was exterminated, the territory was occupied by us, and there were new Siyi outside the new territory. Li Zuoche said indifferently, "Maybe they are vulgar and stubborn, but if we adopt an attitude of extinction because of this, then how can we have such a vast territory today?" ”

"As far as the state of Chu is concerned, Chu Man is a major tribe in the Shang and Zhou eras, and its history is earlier than the Chu State surnamed Mi, and the Chu State was developed in the land of Chu Man, and later Chu Tong Jing, so Chu Man is also called Jing Man."

"During the Western Zhou Dynasty, due to the absessiveness of Chu, the Zhou people used the word "Jing" to refer to the Chu State. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Chu Man disappeared, and the word Jing only left the Chu State as a referential object, so Jing and Chu communicated with each other, Jing is Chu, and Chu is Jing. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, due to the strength of the Chu State and the high development of the Chu culture, as well as the reversal of the political and cultural status between the Zhou and Chu, the Chu people did not mind using "Jing" to refer to themselves, and the original discrimination of the Zhou people against the southern ethnic groups carried by the Jing character disappeared. ”

Li Zuoche said with a smile: "This is the most classic case of assimilation. Could it be that Jing Barbarian was already civilized in the first place? It is not the result of continuous governance. The so-called disappearance of Jing Man, to put it bluntly, is just assimilation. With such a precedent, what's the big deal about Xiang Liang uniting with the barbarians? ”

"To put it bluntly, let's look at the result!" Bao Hong thought about it, but did not deny Li Zuoche's meaning, and at the same time did not change his opinion.

"If there is enough ability to educate and integrate, that is, to embody the sanctity of governance. If the ability is not enough, raising tigers is a problem, even if the original purpose is good, it is just to leave an infamy for attracting foreign enemies into the Central Plains! Bao Hong said with a smile, "Maybe if the overlord of Chu comes out, he can fully crush the barbarians, so that he can easily subdue them!" ”

However, until Liu Biao sent someone to inform him that the camp had been built, the Long and the army did not launch an offensive, and Jiang Xiaman did not rush over to join the Long and the army, and the answer to the question of whether the two sides were united was destined not to be revealed today.

The camp is built, patrols and defenses are arranged, and everyone will return to the camp. On the one hand, Long Jijun could not find Bao Hongjun's omission and did not dare to attack at will. On the one hand, as long as the generals are injured, they dare not act rashly.

Back in the camp, Bao Hong heard bad news from Yu Yunwen, who came back to restore his life.

Gan Fengchi directly accepted the appointment of the state pastor. Although the others have not accepted the official appointment for the time being, their attitude is very clear, as a native of Yangzhou, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yangzhou and the frequent outbreaks of barbarians and Shanyue, they chose to contribute their own strength in their hometown! Yu Yunwen recounted the news he had found out in a flat manner.