King Chenhan recruited strong slaves from all those who owned slaves in his territory, and recruited many freemen into the army.

Cao Shuo still did not challenge Chen Han.

The Cao army, which had captured Ma Han and Ben Han, seemed to have no intention of moving forward, except for keeping an eye on the movements of the Chenhan people, and there was no military action.

Cao Shuo and Guo Jia walked on the streets of the former capital city of Mahan.

The streets are still very depressed.

The doors of the former shops were closed due to the murder of their owners.

Walking on the streets, it is only the Samhan people who have only been freed and do not quite understand what a free life should be.

"Childe, do we need to open up trade routes and let some merchants come here?" Walking along the street with Cao Shuo, Guo Jia said: "It's really too depressed here. ”

"I know the depression too." Cao Shuo said: "Sanhan is Liaodong to the west and the sea to the east, and it is impossible for merchants to come from the sea, the only choice they can choose is to go to Liaodong." Sooner or later, we will fight Liaodong, and once the war starts, won't it be a trap for businessmen? ”

"Samhan was already very backward, and now it looks worse than before." Guo Jia said: "It would be a pity to take this place if you don't use it. ”

"Yes, yes, you have to use it." Cao Shuo said: "After all, Sanhan is the only place that does not need tax exemption at present, and if it can be developed earlier, I can also have some more benefits." But if Liaodong is not broken, Sanhan's contact with the outside world will be blocked, even if we attract some businessmen, they will not come again after passing through Liaodong on the way. ”

"As soon as Childe said this, I was a little eager to take Liaodong." Guo Jia asked, "Is Childe planning to establish Samhan County here?" ”

"No!" Cao Shuo denied: "I didn't plan to establish Liaodong County alone. Samhan is just a very small territory, and I plan to divide some of the territory of Liaodong into other counties, but this place is incorporated into Liaodong. From then on, there was no Samhan in the world, only the eastern part of Liaodong. ”

"In this way, sooner or later, the Samhan people will forget their ancestors, forget their language, and even forget who they themselves are." Guo Jia said: "Gongzi really plans not to leave half of their descendants. ”

"There's nothing wrong with Samhan people forgetting their ancestors." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "They are originally a nation that likes to recognize their ancestors. ”

"Childe seems to know a lot about the Samhan people?" Guo Jia asked.

"I don't know much either." Cao Shuo pursed his lips and said, "I always feel that the Samhan people will regard the Goguryeo people in the north as their ancestors in the long run, and even establish a new Goguryeo at some point in the future." ”

Looking at Cao Shuo in surprise, Guo Jia asked with a blank face: "Why did Gongzi suddenly remember the Goguryeo people?" What do they have to do with the Samhan people? ”

"I just said it casually." Cao Shuo smiled and said to Guo Jia: "It's not that you don't know me, sometimes you always talk nonsense. ”

"I always feel that Childe is not talking nonsense, as if he can see thousands of years later." Guo Jia smiled slightly.

Knowing that he was the speaker of the unintentional, Cao Shuo felt a little weak.

In the history he knew, the Samhan people did misunderstand their ancestors.

The Goguryeo people in the north were not at all the ancestors of the inhabitants of the Korean Peninsula 2,000 years later, and they did not even have any connection with the Samhan people.

The Goguryeo people fought against each other with the Silla and Baekje people living on the Korean Peninsula.

The Central Plains entered the Tang Dynasty, and Goguryeo and Baekje perished as Li Tang sent the veteran general Li Zilong to lead an army to assist Silla in unifying the peninsula.

Later, Silla was also lost in the long river of history.

The Samhan people, who had been forced to the point of almost extinction by three not powerful countries, took the opportunity to take control of the peninsula and establish a new regime.

It was also from that time that the Samhan people completely abandoned their own ancestors and instead identified Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, who had no relationship with them at all, as their ancestors.

Perhaps the Samhan people did not know that Goguryeo did not live on the Korean Peninsula at all, but in the northwest of the peninsula.

Or maybe they are very clear, but they are worried that they will be looked down upon by a country with a long civilization because of their former insignificance, so they deliberately admit their ancestors wrong, and refuse to admit their original origins.

Cao Shuo doesn't intend to pursue these too much.

A nation that recognizes its ancestors indiscriminately, he looks down on it in his heart.

When attacking Samhan, he did not take the same means as he did against the people of Payyun.

For a nation that is a father as long as it is strong, and even its ancestors can be recognized indiscriminately, it is very simple to integrate them into the Han people.

"Could it be that Gongzi is still planning to crusade against Goguryeo in the future?" Guo Jia asked.

"If there's leisure, what's not to do?" Cao Shuo said: "You must know that although Goguryeo is now more north, if we are negligent, they are likely to come to Liaodong and cause us a lot of trouble." ”

"The world is too big, when will Gongzi be a head when he crusades like this?" Guo Jia asked with a smile.

"Don't talk about that, I got news about Chenhan." Not wanting to go too far on this topic, lest Guo Jia really become suspicious, Cao Shuo said: "King Chen Han has recruited a lot of slaves in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with us. ”

"Tatsuhan is more powerful than Mahan and Benhan." "They recruited slaves, and it is likely that there will be more soldiers and horses than we imagined," Guo said. ”

"It is said that King Chenhan's promise to his slaves was that as long as they made war exploits, they would be freed." Cao Shuo smiled: "I will tell those slaves that they can be free without making war exploits, and even get land and housing." There is only one thing they have to do, which is to turn against each other and take down Chenhan for me. ”

"Childe thinks it's a bit of a calculation?" Guo Jia asked.

"Eight or nine points." Cao Shuo said: "I was still thinking about how I could lose fewer soldiers when attacking Chenhan. Now that King Chen Han is doing this, it is really no different from doing death. ”

"I think if Childe doesn't do anything, this matter won't be easy to promote." Guo Jia said: "It is best to send someone to infiltrate Chenhan first, plot against those slaves, and tell them the benefits promised by Gongzi." Let the slaves endure first, wait until the army enters the realm of Chenhan, and then they will attack and break it in one fell swoop. ”

"Bonghyo's thoughts coincide with mine." Cao Shuo said: "I'm also wondering if I should send someone to Chenhan to encourage those slaves and make an agreement with them to cooperate with them inside and outside." ”

"This must be done by someone smarter." Guo Jia said: "Childe has to choose the right person. ”

"I wonder if there is a suitable candidate for Fengxiao?" Cao Shuo asked Guo Jia.

(End of chapter)