The rebellion of the Southern Barbarians was expected by Ye Zhao, and the large-scale migration of the Zhurong tribe by Zhu Ti was undoubtedly a dangerous signal for the leaders of the Southern Barbarians.

The Zhurong clan and Guan Yu had an in-law relationship, coupled with the death of two generations of cave masters, and the contemporary cave masters married Han people, so that the Zhurong clan integrated into the circle of the Han people in a relatively peaceful way.

However, the influx of a large number of Zhurong tribes not only brought opportunities for the rapid development of the originally inconspicuous Zhuti County, but also made Zhuti County a city with the most frequent and close exchanges between the Han people and the barbarians in the south.

At the beginning of the year, some officials who were more proficient in commerce sent by Ye Zhao opened a fang market here, and communicated with various ethnic groups in Nanzhong, and the people of each cave could buy some things that were difficult to get in the mountains through here, such as some exquisite delicacies, or clothes with their own characteristics, not limited to Han clothes, and the tailors sent here would help them sew some clothes with national characteristics according to their requirements, simple weapons are not prohibited from being sold here, although bows and crossbows are strictly forbidden to be sold, But the barbarians can still buy some iron weapons here, most of them are upgraded and eliminated weapons in the army, but for the various tribes in the south, it is still much better than the weapons they originally used.

Originally, it was a good thing for the Nanban people to open trade and exchange with each other, they could exchange the furs and medicinal materials that could be seen everywhere, and Zhurong City had a special dealer supervision, prohibiting black-hearted traders from deceiving or making huge profits with shoddy products, so that the Nanban people who came here could exchange them at a reasonable price, and the only trouble was that they had to exchange the furs and herbs in their hands for Han coins to buy what they needed.

Even in the four counties of Jianning, Yuewang, Yongchang, and Qiqi, which are mixed with the Han barbarians, there are few such cities that set up laws specifically for the barbarians, and treat the barbarians with such a fair attitude, and therefore, after Guan Yu settled the Zhurong clan and began to accept other barbarians, there began to be a large number of barbarians hoping to be able to settle here.

The two cities that were not yet completely completed were built on the mountain, and the barbarians in the vicinity could settle here, and then go to the mountains to hunt and collect medicine, which would also be more stable.

However, such a thing is a good thing for ordinary barbarians, but it is not necessarily a good thing for the ruling class of the 36th cave in Nanzhong.

The Ba Na Cave and the Yi people, who are adjacent to Zhurong Cave, can clearly perceive that the tribesmen are losing at a visible rate during this year.

The more backward the place, the more obvious the stratum, and when those who are at the bottom and belong to the exploited strata find that they are less exploited elsewhere than their own clan, and can live a more stable and comfortable life than they do now, and do not need to spend any cost, they will naturally choose the side that is easier to survive.

At the same time, Zhu Ti's rise is equivalent to sucking the flesh and blood of the four counties of Jianning, Yongchang, Qiqi, and Yuewang to grow rapidly.

Prior to this, if Shuzhong needed some unique herbs or furs and timber in Nanzhong, they could only obtain it through the merchant travel of the four county scholars, and they could sit on the ground and raise the price, and the sudden rise of Zhuti County in this year, fair market planning and system, while attracting a large number of barbarian population, invisibly took away many Cai mansions that originally belonged to them.

Not only that, but the barbarians who were far away from Juti in the four counties also began to demand that the rulers of the four counties trade fairly with them in the same way as Juti County.

This is obviously an impossible thing, in the eyes of the scholars, the stupid barbarians are just a tool for them to earn good rewards, so it is naturally impossible to do things that raise their own costs.

Moreover, Zhu Ti is on the border of South and China, even if they refuse, it is impossible for these barbarians living in the depths of South Xinjiang to go all the way to Zhu Ti for exchange, but the most important thing is that the demand for the four counties in South and Central in Shuzhong has been greatly reduced with the emergence of Zhu Ti, and they can no longer sit on the ground and raise prices as in the past.

They can be treated with a tough attitude with the barbarians, because these stupid barbarians must rely on them in exchange for survival materials, but in the face of Shu County, they naturally can't be as tough as they are with the barbarians, but they are unwilling to suffer a large amount of loss of interests, and therefore, it eventually led to the four counties uniting the 36 caves in southern Xinjiang to attack.

Although the clansmen of the southern Xinjiang tribes were dissatisfied with the attitude of the four counties to bite the price and continue to suck their blood, in this alliance between the four counties and the Nanban, a figure attracted Ye Zhao's attention.

Meng Huo played a very important role in this incident, it was he who lobbied the holes, pushed the root of all the problems to Ye Zhao, and the military general Zhu Ti clarified the threat to the ruling class of various ethnic groups, so that there was this incident of the Southern Barbarian invasion, in this regard, Meng Huo is undoubtedly an excellent diplomatic talent, although he does not know the specific situation, but through some friendly forces of the Zhurong clan, Ye Zhao can roughly guess Meng Shu's strategy.

Alarmism coupled with coercion and temptation exaggerates the threat of Zhu Ti, but in fact, Zhu Ti's growth is only the biggest threat to a few holes such as Ba Na Cave, which will not have much impact on further places.

Although Ye Zhao was indeed prepared to gradually extend his hand to the depths of southern Xinjiang after the completion of the construction of Zhuti, if it were not for this incident, Ye Zhao would have subdued southern Xinjiang by relatively peaceful means, including the four counties of Nanzhong.

However, the Four Counties Scholar Clan's move this time also gave Ye Zhao a chance to eradicate them.

The four counties made a bit of a sudden move this time, at least Guan Yu didn't react, so he took Zhurong City first by sneaking into the battle of Zhurong City in advance.

Zhu Ti had 5,000 elite soldiers transferred from Qianwei at the beginning, and Guan Yu led the army to the expedition as soon as Zhurong City was broken, defeating the vanguard army of the four counties, and did not let them expand the results of the battle.

Chengdu, Hussar House.

"Now that the armies are scattered in all directions, assisting in the construction, if you want to gather, I am afraid it will take at least three months, and the 20,000 defenders of Chengdu/Capital can go out at any time, but in this way, the Chengdu/Capital guards must be empty!" Zhang Su reported the current situation to Ye Zhao one by one, now the entire Shuzhong to Hanzhong, are in full swing of construction, especially the autumn harvest has ended, more labor can be put into the construction, the army not only has to help transport, but also responsible for maintaining order, the people of Guanzhong who have migrated are now also expiring, and the army needs to be responsible for taking care of them and sending them to various places, even if they give up all the gathering of soldiers and horses, it is not possible to assemble in a short time.

"20,000 soldiers and horses, leave 5,000, and Zhuti still has 5,000 soldiers and horses from Yun Chang, a total of 20,000 troops, which is enough!" Ye Zhao nodded.

"But this time the southern barbarian invasion, gathering soldiers and horses from four counties, known as 100,000 troops, even if there are no 100,000, there are 80,000 people, and the lord only carries 20,000 soldiers and horses, is it a bit too careless?" Qin Mi stood up and bowed.

"Zile didn't take the intelligence seriously!" Ye Zhao pointed to the big map behind him and said: "This time the Southern Barbarians invaded, and now they are fighting with Yun Chang, it is the Jianning and Yi tribes, about 30,000 people, in addition to 20,000 Yongchang, 10,000 Qiqi, 8,000 Yuewang, and 30,000 troops in 36 caves in southern Xinjiang, a total of 100,000, these people and horses are not gathered in one place, and now they are on their way, so what they have to face this time is actually only 30,000 troops of Jianning and Yi Nationality, with the support of Zhu Tidili, and the support of the Zhurong clan, 20,000 soldiers and horses, to break the 30,000 rabble, how little confidence Zile has in me." to think that I can't win? ”

"The Lord forgives sins!" Qin Mi said when he heard this.

Ye Zhao didn't make a move for a few years, more to show his talent in internal affairs, so that few people in Shu knew that his lord still thought that he was a famous general who had been famous all over the world ten years ago.

"Joking, Zile doesn't have to take it to heart." Ye Zhao knocked on the table and said with a smile: "Benhou has been in Shu for three years, and there has been no major war during this period, although it is stable, it is also easy to wear down people's fighting spirit, this southern barbarian invasion is not necessarily a bad thing for us." ”

"I don't know who the lord wants to point for this battle?" Xi Zhicai bowed down.

"Zhicai stayed in Chengdu / Du, assisted by Wen Wei, this expedition, not only to repel the Nanban, I also want to take advantage of the situation to subdue the four counties of Nanzhong, in addition to Zhu Ti's system trial has ended, the effect is remarkable, I want to promote in the four counties, I am afraid it will take a long time, I entered the Nanzhong period, Zhicai Governor Bashu, Hanzhong government affairs, full favor, Xiahou Lan led the law department to supervise the government affairs of various places, not to make the law loose, if there is an indecision, you can order the flying boat to come to Nanzhong to report to me know, Fang Yue stayed in Chengdu/Du, Ding Li, Guan Hai, Dian Wei, Xu Rong, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Meng Hu, Zhang Ren, Guan Ping, Gan Ning, and Wu Yi accompanied the army, and the rest of the officers and men continued to perform their duties, and they were not allowed to leave their posts without an order. Ye Zhao looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, although Ye Zhao did not mobilize many troops and horses this time, almost all the generals in Shuzhong followed Ye Zhao to go on the expedition, and even the newly promoted Zhang Ren, Gan Ning, and Guan Ping also had to accompany the army, plus Guan Yu and Zhou Cang on the front line, this expedition can be said to be the elite of Shuzhong.

Xi Zhicai pondered for a moment and said, "I have one person who can recommend the lord." ”

"Oh?" Ye Zhao's eyes lit up, looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "I don't know who it is?" ”

"The lord also knows it, it is that Huang Quan Huang Gongheng!" Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Although this person has been under the command of the lord for a short time, he is sharp-minded, well-planned, and ...... Dare to speak directly, or you can help the lord. ”

He has known Ye Zhao for a long time, so he naturally knows Ye Zhao's ability, even if he doesn't bring a strategist with him this time, the four counties of Nanzhong and the thirty-six caves of Nanban may not be able to deal with Ye Zhao, but after all, it is a pro-conquest, and Xi Zhicai feels that Ye Zhao should still bring a strategist by his side.

Ye Zhao smiled, nodded and said, "I know the meaning of Zhicai, so let him follow the army." ”

"The lord is wise!"