The Han army camp outside Guiyang City

The news of Liu Bei's arrival with the army had already been sent to Liu Xie's desk by the Han army scouts, and Liu Xie's admiration for Liu Bei's refusal to admit defeat at such a point was admired from the bottom of his heart. As soon as he received the news, Liu Xie first sent Zhang Fei and his son to Xiangyang, Zhang Fei needed to recall the big and small things he experienced when he was with Guan Yu in the past, and Zhang Bao was busy making villains, neither of them could let external factors interfere, Xiangyang has now become the rear of the Han army, let their father and son go there, and they don't have to worry about what moths will be raised.

After sending Zhang Fei and his son away, Cao Zhang, Wang Ping and others thought that Liu Association had ordered to abandon Guiyang and move south, and intercepted Liu Bei who was hurrying in halfway, but they didn't want Liu Xie to mention Liu Bei at all, as if they didn't know that Liu Bei was leading soldiers and horses to Guiyang.

"Holy Lord, Liu Bei is leading the army here, do you think we have to make some preparations?" Cao Zhang, who was a little anxious, couldn't hold it back, and cautiously proposed to Liu Xie.

"Ziwen, your temperament still has to be honed and honed, so unbearable, how can you let me rest assured that you can lead the army alone." Liu Xie glanced at Cao Zhang and teased.

“…… Shengshang, according to the latest report from the scouts, Liu Bei only needs five more days to rush to Guiyang City. Cao Zhang's tone increased helplessly.

"I know, I'm the first to see the scout's reward."

“…… So why don't you seem to be in a hurry at all? ”

"Why should I be in a hurry?" Liu Xie glanced at Cao Zhang, and asked rhetorically: "Ziwen, where do you say Liu Bei will come?" ”

"Guiyang."

"And where are we now?"

"Guiyang."

"Since he, Liu Bei, is coming here, then why should I go to greet him in a hurry, isn't it the same when he comes."

"But you can't just wait, can you? If you can give the last general a ...... of men," Cao Zhang took the initiative to ask for battle.

"Liu Bei is very cunning, you want to sneak attack him halfway, and he will definitely be on guard against this, don't make it bad to steal chickens and rice, then it's not cost-effective."

"Holy Lord, there is no risk in war."

"Huh...... You're going to find a reason. But why should we take some unnecessary risks? And I am here to wait for Liu Bei to throw himself into the net for a purpose. ”

"Please also make it clear to the Holy Lord."

"Uh-huh...... Now the situation in the world, even if I don't say Ziwen, you should know it in your heart, and it is not far from the unification of the world. And this Jiaozhou is located in a remote area, although it is nominally the territory of our Han family, but in fact it is mostly barbarians. You also know the imperial court's policy towards barbarians, but the question is that if there are more Han people to change the proportion of Han barbarians in Jiaozhou. Liu Bei worked hard to manage Jiaozhou for several years, although he strengthened the rule of the Han people over Jiaozhou, but at the same time he also taught those barbarians many Han methods, if these barbarians are allowed to use the Han family's ability to strengthen themselves, it will sooner or later become a big hidden danger for my Han people. ”

“…… The co-author of the Holy Lord wants to clean up the barbarians brought by Liu Bei? In this case, we should catch up and eliminate the youth of the Jiaozhou barbarians in one fell swoop. ”

"If you say extinguish, you will perish? How stupid are you to be those brutes? He won't run when he sees that the situation is not good. Liu Bei used gold and silver to lure these barbarians to work for him, and once these mercenary barbarians found that the situation was not in their favor, the first thing they thought of was not the word loyalty, but how to protect themselves. The terrain of Jiaozhou is still complicated for our Han army, even if there are barbarians who are also familiar with the terrain of mountains and forests as guides, but that is only to ensure that our army will not easily fall into the ambush of the barbarians. How easy is it to get rid of those Jiaozhou barbarians who have been operating in these mountains and forests for many years? ”

“…… Therefore, the saint wants to lure the enemy deeper, and then cut off his retreat and capture it in a battle. Cao Zhang understood, and said.

Liu Xie, who was interrupted, was not annoyed at all, and said with some relief: "Okay, the book is not read in vain, and idioms will be used." ”

“…… Holy, it will ......"

"Your temperament is too anxious, not suitable for the task of cutting off the enemy's retreat, Wang Ping and Wutu Gu have each led 10,000 horses to leave the camp last night, and they will only act after Liu Bei leads the army to Guiyang, cutting off the way of those barbarians under Liu Bei."

"Then what will he be responsible for?"

"Of course you stay with me, and it's up to you to charge at that time."

"The last will obey." Cao Zhang replied happily. Charging into battle is his favorite, since Liu Xie has already decided the matter, and he has given himself a "fat difference", Cao Zhang will not talk nonsense, just wait for Liu Bei to rush to Guiyang with the brute soldiers, he can kill a happy one.

"This militant ......" Looking at Cao Zhang, who hurriedly retired as if he was afraid of Liu Xie's change of words, Liu Xie scolded a little angrily and funny.

Compared with the Han people, the living environment of the barbarians is much more difficult, and the barbarians living in the mountains and forests mostly live by hunting, which is far less than the Han people who live in agriculture and live a stable life. No fixed place is the normal life of barbarians, of course, that refers to the barbarians who have not accepted the management of the Han government, but all the barbarians who are willing to accept the sinicization will be taught how to farm and live in peace and contentment.

Liu Bei conquered most of the barbarian tribes since he took Jiaozhou, and originally he wanted to scatter and resettle those barbarians who surrendered, but he didn't want to be opposed by most of the people. There are not many Han people in Jiaozhou, and once the Han barbarians live together, the Han people will become a "minority", and there will definitely be no fewer contradictions and conflicts at that time. Moreover, the Han people are still a minority, and nine times out of ten they will suffer, and those barbarians who are already unconvinced will take the opportunity to rebel.

If the Han people under his rule were enough to dilute the number of barbarians, Liu Bei would learn Liu Xie's method of dealing with foreigners, and use the huge population base of the Han people to disperse the power of foreigners and make them dare not cause trouble. But it's not nothing, the troubled times of the Han Dynasty have lasted for more than 30 years, and it looks like it is about to be reunified, but it is the situation of more than 30 years that has swallowed up the huge population of the Han Dynasty. The population of the Han Dynasty reached 50 million at its peak, and two years ago, Liu Xieming Situ conducted a new statistics on the population of the Han Dynasty, except for those foreigners who accepted Sinicization, the population of the Han people has dropped to less than 20 million, and most of the population of less than 20 million is concentrated under the rule of the imperial court, such as Jiaozhou and Jiangdong controlled by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the number of Han people is not even 2 million, and most of them still live in Jiangdong under Sun Quan's rule.

Liu Bei has no one! He wanted to increase his strength, and he only had the idea of fighting the barbarians. Due to the harsh living environment, the barbarians do not advocate the Han people, but worship the strong as the law of the jungle pursued on the grassland. Although Liu Bei is not a fierce general, he has 10,000 enemies Zhang Fei under his command, using Zhang Fei's bravery, Liu Bei successfully made those barbarians afraid of him, and then implemented the Huairou strategy to buy and win over, which ensured that Jiaozhou would not lose to Jiangdong Sun Quan too much in terms of the number of soldiers and horses.

Most of the barbarians are people who see the wind and steer the rudder and are mercenary. When Liu Bei was strong, they naturally bowed down to Liu Bei, but when Liu Xie, who was stronger than Liu Bei, appeared, there was not much left of their loyalty to Liu Bei. Except for Shamoke, who had nowhere to go, he was still hugging Liu Bei's thigh at this time, the barbarians brought by Liu Bei this time were just unable to resist the temptation of Liu Bei's money.

Fortunately, Liu Bei was lucky, his opponent Liu Xie did not intend to buy those barbarians, but wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate the living force of the Jiaozhou barbarians and clear the way for the imperial court to govern Jiaozhou in the future. The main reason why the barbarians often surrender and rebel is that each barbarian tribe has its own armament, although they may not be able to compete with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, but they all have the confidence to compete with the imperial court.

Liu Bei hired a large number of barbarians from the barbarian kings of Jiaozhou this time, these young men can be said to be the essence of the barbarians in Jiaozhou, as long as Liu Xie kills these young men this time, the barbarians in Jiaozhou will not be able to recover their vitality for at least ten years. And in the past ten years, it is enough for Liu Xie to pinch and round the barbarians in Jiaozhou.

Liu Bei, who didn't know that he had inadvertently helped Liu Xie, rushed to Guiyang all the way to Guiyang carefully. He did not rush into the city, but chose to camp on a high ground south of Guiyang to form a corner with Guiyang City.

Liu Xie thought that after Liu Bei came to Guiyang, he would definitely bring the barbarian soldiers to find himself without saying a word, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to be very polite and send Jian Yong as an envoy, hoping to meet Liu Xie before the final battle between the two armies began. Although Liu Xie didn't know why Liu Bei wanted to see him, this time was different from the past, after mastering the absolute initiative, and it would take time for Wang Ping and the vulture bone to arrive at the designated place, Liu Xie was willing to cooperate with Liu Bei at this time.

There is no need to deliberately choose a place for the meeting, just in front of the two armies under Guiyang City, a simple pergola was erected, Liu Xie took Cao Zhang, Liu Bei took Fu Tong, and the rest of the entourage did not bring one, and the second Liu met in full view of everyone.

"Liu Xuande, if you want to see me at this time, haven't you figured it out, and plan to comply with the mandate of heaven and return to the imperial court?" Liu Xie sat opposite Liu Bei and asked with a grin.

Liu Bei chuckled when he heard this, and asked rhetorically: "The Holy Lord thinks that Liu will return to the imperial court?" ”

"I don't think it's likely. Your Liu Bei's dream since childhood is to imitate Gaozu, the big tree and mulberry, the crown is like an umbrella cover, I am Gaozu, and Yu is a virtuous minister. Liu Xie said a few words casually, but Liu Bei looked at Liu Xie in astonishment.

Liu Bei's family lives in Lousang Village, there is a thousand-year-old mulberry tree in the village, the crown is as big as an umbrella cover, and the young Liu Bei's favorite game is to imitate Gaozu and sit under the Lou Mulberry tree to seal his little friends. Not many people know about it, because most of the people who know about it are now dead.

"How did the Holy One know about this?" Liu Bei asked in a low voice.

"Huh...... If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do. Liu Xuande, I can be said to have single-handedly destroyed the ambition you have set since childhood, everyone else can descend, but you can't. ”

"It seems that the Han family is really unfinished, but it's a pity that ......"

"Liu Xuande, half of the words are not kind. Today's side, I'm afraid it's the last time you and I meet, so let's say everything, otherwise you probably won't have a chance to say it. Liu Xie kindly reminded.

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and then asked out loud, "I don't know where Yide is now?" ”

"He is in Xiangyang now, and he originally wanted to learn Guan Yunchang's death to repay the love of acquaintance with you, but I temporarily used the excuse of establishing a biography for Guan Yunchang to stabilize him."

"I wonder if I'll ever see Yide one last time?" Liu Bei immediately made a request.

It stands to reason that Liu Bei is a dying man, and his request Liu Xie should be agreed, but Liu Xie categorically refused, "No, you Liu Xuande is used to demagoguery, and it was not easy for me to make Zhang Yide temporarily unable to take care of death." If you meet him and he wants to kill himself, wouldn't I have worked in vain? ”

Liu Bei: "......"

"I have a son, a famous Zen, and I hope that the Holy One will be merciful, so don't be embarrassed by him in the future." After Liu Bei was silent for a moment, he made another request to Liu Xie.

"I can guarantee this, as long as he doesn't commit adultery, then there is no problem with a safe life." Liu Xie did not refuse this request, and agreed to it in person.

"Isn't the Holy One trying to trick me?" Liu Bei asked tentatively. There was no way, Liu Xie agreed too happily, but it made Liu Bei suspicious.

"Liu Xuande, you are too careful. The reason why I promised not to embarrass your heir is not because of you Liu Xuande, but because of the reward for meritorious deeds. ”

"On meritorious deeds? When did Liu make meritorious service to the saint? ”

"Don't know, right? There's a credit for it right now. The barbarians of Jiaozhou are scattered all over Jiaozhou, and it is not easy to gather so many barbarians at once. ”

"......" Liu Bei didn't know how to answer for a while. The purpose of his hiring barbarians was to make a last stand with the imperial court, and he never thought of contributing to the imperial court to solve the hidden dangers of Jiaozhou in the future.

"Huh...... Intentionally planting flowers does not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into the shade. Liu Xuande, no matter what your intentions are, you recognize the credit for saving time for the imperial court, so you don't have to feel that you owe me anything. ”

“…… It seems that the Holy Lord thinks that the victory is in his hands? ”

"Isn't it? Your ally Sun Quan is almost done playing like you, and where else can you find reinforcements except for some unreliable brute soldiers to use? Liu Xie unceremoniously pierced Liu Bei's face.

"Don't forget the ancient precepts, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated." Liu Bei gritted his teeth and held on to the end.

Seeing this, Liu Xie looked a little distracted, and said to Liu Bei with a boring face: "Liu Xuande, if you want to have this kind of verbal dispute with me, then I won't accompany you." After saying that, he got up and prepared to return to his main formation. Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Holy and slow, Liu still has something to ask for." ”

"Liu Xuande, I want to remind you that a merit can only top one thing, and I have no reason to continue to agree to any of your requests." Liu Xie unceremoniously reminded Liu Bei.

"Don't worry, as long as the saint agrees to Liu Bei's request, Liu Bei is willing to present the map of Jiaozhou."

"The imperial court has."

"Holy Lord, does the imperial court's Jiaozhou territory map mark the products and mineral deposits in various places?" Liu Bei asked again.