Comparatively speaking, it is quite difficult to govern the small number of tribes hidden in the barren mountains and mountains. There were various factors that made it extremely difficult for the New Han Dynasty to govern the minority tribes that lived in the mountains.

One aspect is the simplest, the question of language. Those small tribes who have lived in the mountains for generations, they may have had little contact with the outside world for generations, and have only lived in their circles for a long time, living a relatively primitive life. It is indeed extremely difficult for the Han people to communicate with them.

The second aspect is the problem of national habits, they have their own way of life, their own state of life. The arrival of the New Han Army can be said to have completely broken the laws of their lives, leaving them in a state of panic and discomfort, and of course, it also aroused the hatred of some local minority tribesmen.

In addition, many minority tribes were unwilling to accept the changes brought about by the New Han Army, and they regarded the New Han Army as outsiders and invaders.

Anyway, there are still a lot of problems that are difficult to deal with in a harmonious way.

Huang Zhong and Huang Xu, father and son, when they led the New Han army into Wuling, Lingling and other areas, and went deep into the mountains of the southwest, even with the help of many small tribes such as the Li Yao tribe who had fallen to the New Han Dynasty, they also encountered too many difficulties, so that the New Han army and horses of the two fathers and sons could not pass through the area of the Li Yao tribe for a long time.

Speaking of which, in Wuling, there are actually individual military generals or civil servants who have been recorded in history.

For example, in Wuling. Historically, after Liu Biao governed Jingzhou, Ren Jinxuan was the Taishou of Wuling. Govern the town and guard the Wuling.

This Jin Xuan, the character Yuan Ji, was a native of Jingzhao (now Xi'an, Shaanxi) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He is a descendant of Jin Riyan, a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and has a son, Jin Yi. He served as the Huangmen Shilang and Hanyang Taishou, successively paid official worship to Yilang, Zhonglang General and other official positions, and finally became the Wuling Taishou of Jingzhou.

However, the golden spin of this life. Although his previous resume has not changed much, in the end, he failed to become a real Wuling Taishou. Because Wuling was early under the rule of the New Han Dynasty. There is no chance for Jin Xuan to take office in Wuling at all.

However, he was really appointed by Liu Biao, and he had the appointment document and seal given by Liu Biao. That was when Liu Biao was preparing to attack Dongting Lake Xinzhou and preparing to drive the New Han army away from Dongting Lake and Wuling. Prepare for the governance after the recapture of Wuling. But. Later, Liu Biao's army was defeated, and the matter of sending Jin Xuan to Wuling as a Taishou was naturally over. And the appointment granted to Jin Xuan early, Liu Biao didn't bother to mention it again and didn't take it back.

And Jin Xuan, he was by Liu Biao's side, but he was not taken seriously, so he was naturally a little unwilling, so he asked Liu Biao for instructions. He still planned to go to Wuling. He originally wanted to be in the Wuling area. Basically, they are all mountainous areas, and there will always be some places that the New Han Army can't take into account. In fact, especially in the area southwest of Wuling, it was indeed difficult for the New Han army to penetrate into every inch of the mountains.

Jin Xuan asked Liu Biao for a little military horse and quietly arrived in Wuling, but what surprised him was that although the New Han Dynasty failed to control the entire territory of Wuling, it also made the local people quite supportive of the Wuling government, so that he had no way to start developing.

After a period of investigation, he finally found that the only people who were wary and a little hostile to the New Han Army were those who lived in the mountains. As soon as he moved, he tried to contact those aliens, and slowly gained the trust of those aliens, so that he attracted a lot of those aliens. To be precise, it is through the lure of some interests that some small numbers of aliens recognize his status. Be willing to do his bidding.

Jin Xuan originally thought that when he developed stronger, as soon as the time came, he would send troops to attack Wuling County and recover Wuling for Liu Biao. But it's a pity that Jingzhou is in turmoil, Liu Biao can't take care of him at all, and the assistance given to him is very small, and soon after, Liu Biao died, and he became an exile force.

After Huang Zhong and Huang Xu's father and son received the surrender of the Li Yao clan, they also knew about this force hidden in the mountains.

Due to Jin Xuan's propaganda, some minority tribes who rarely interacted with the Han people in ordinary times had misunderstandings about the New Han Army, and it also increased the difficulty for Huang Zhong and his son to subdue those minority tribes.

Moreover, Jin Xuan is also a bit cunning, hiding in the deep mountains, so that Huang Zhong's father and son want to send troops to destroy him, but it is difficult to find him for a while.

Those minority peoples, some of their tribes, are actually relatively mild. However, even the most moderate minority tribes generally have the idea that the place where their tribe is located is regarded as a sacred place, and the New Han Army is not allowed to enter at all, especially since they do not understand why the New Han Army must rule over them. Most of them believe that they are just living in their own world, they have no quarrel with the world, they are afraid of hardship, and they are also happy with themselves, and they do not want the New Han army to destroy their peace.

However, for such a minority ethnic group, Liu Yi had discussed with the civil and military officials below in the court a long time ago, and there were strict regulations that no matter whether the minority tribes were strong or weak, they must submit to the New Han Dynasty, and only by letting the New Han Dynasty form substantial control over those aliens, let those aliens accept the culture of the Han people, and slowly assimilate with the Han people, so that the New Han Dynasty can give them assistance with peace of mind, and can guide their development with confidence, so that they can also enjoy the same treatment as the Han people.

Otherwise, even if those aliens are weak now, with the assistance of the New Han Dynasty, I believe it will not take long for them to become stronger, and once the New Han Dynasty loses control over them, then they will inevitably pose a great threat to the Han people. This kind of tiger breeding, Liu Yi disdains to do. Also, even those minority tribes, who live in peace and tranquility in the mountains under the pretext of having no quarrel in the world, Liu Yi also disdains it. Because they think they have nothing to do with the world, because they are still weak, because they have not yet seen the size of the world, because they have not yet produced ambitious leaders who are strong enough.

When the time is right, will they be willing to settle for the hard life in the deep mountains and wild forests?

The more peaceful and stable people's lives are. The more abundant life is, the more prosperous it will be, and the population will only increase. When those minority tribes. In their valleys, when their current territory of influence is not enough for them to slowly grow and survive, they will inevitably expand outward, and sooner or later they will come into conflict with the Han Chinese.

Therefore, Liu Yi had a request early on that he must eliminate these sources of threats to the Han people in the future as soon as possible. Anyway. Liu Yi's plan is to put the Han people on top of the world as soon as possible.

But. For such a decimal part, you can't blindly kill, after all, strictly speaking. For those small tribes who also live on the land of China. Liu Yi still regarded them as the Chinese nation. It's just that because of mutual ignorance, cultural differences, and differences in living standards, there are differences, and for a while, I can't coexist with everyone.

Through research, the New Han Dynasty has long had clear regulations. In the face of such a small number of tribes, what should the New Han Army do?

Huang Zhong, Huang Xu father and son. It was because it took time to subdue those minority nationalities one by one that the march to the Nanban region was delayed.

Through reconnaissance and the help of the tribesmen of the Li Yao tribe, I finally learned that those minority tribes were hostile to the New Han Army, and in addition to being difficult to communicate with each other, there were also people fanning the flames behind their backs, so that those minority tribes had misunderstandings about the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army.

After learning the reason, Huang Xu thought of a way to find out Jin Xuan's coming, and with the help of the Li Yao people, he lured Jin Xuan out, defeated Jin Xuan's military horse in one fell swoop, and captured Jin Xuan alive.

originally wanted to kill Jin Xuan, but Cao Yin persuaded Huang Zhong and Huang Xu's father and son, and after talking to Jin Xuan, he persuaded Jin Xuan and made him submit to the New Han Dynasty.

In addition, in Lingling, there is also a remnant force of Liu Biao. Liu Du, Liu Xian father and son. Their origins are unknown, but they often claim to be relatives of the Han family, but there is no way to prove it. Under their father and son's account, there is a fierce general, Xing Daorong, known as the general, who is indeed invincible in Lingling, Liu Du and his son, relying on Xing Daorong to subdue a lot of small number of aliens to serve him.

After Liu Biao's death, Liu Du established himself as the master, intending to take advantage of the terrain of Lingling to support the army and stand on his own, and divide one side.

However, in the face of the pressure of Huang Zhong's father and son's army, Huang Zhong's three rendezvous captured Xing Daorong, and Jin Xuan went to persuade him, Liu Du knew that his idea was difficult to achieve, and he also surrendered.

With the help of Liu Du and Jin Xuan's father and son, well, Jin Xuan also has a son named Jin Yi, who is young and strong, and he can be regarded as a talented general. In this way, Huang Zhong and Huang Xu, father and son, accelerated the integration of minority ethnic groups in the Wuling and Lingling areas.

The Li Yao tribe and other foreign nationalities, they have a total of nearly 150,000 troops, plus the headquarters of the army and horses under the command of Huang Zhong and part of the military horses of Dongting Lake, so that with a total strength of 250,000 New Han army, the mighty advance to the southern barbarian region.

In fact, the distance is still very far, but it will not become an obstacle to the advance of the new Han army led by Huang Zhong and his son, from Wuling, Lingling, through the mountains and forests of Zhao for thousands of miles, the army will directly kill to Lujin Pass, and the barbarian army across the river.

It was expected that there would be no movement of the New Han army from Yizhou, but suddenly a large army of the New Han Army was killed from Lujin Pass, which immediately made Meng Yu panic.

At this moment, he knew that in Chengdu, the threat of "Prince Aguidu of the Li Yao Clan" had finally become a reality. The Li Yao tribe finally surrendered to the New Han Dynasty, and attracted the New Han army to pass through their territory of influence and kill directly at the door of their Southern Barbarians.

In fact, Meng Shu considered such a possibility at the beginning, but he also believed that even if the Li Yao tribe surrendered to the New Han Dynasty, it was unlikely that the New Han army would cross thousands of miles of barren mountains and forests and kill their Nanban territory. But now, the reality is in front of him, and he can't help but believe it.

This can be regarded as the rapid mobilization of Meng Shu's military horses, otherwise, the New Han Army of Huang Zhong and Huang Xu's father and son would have already crossed the river, seized the Hujin Pass, and entered their Nanban hinterland.

In order to hold the defensive line, Meng Shu urgently transferred a lot of military horses to Lujin Pass, and waited for the attack of the New Han army across the river.

However, this section of the Yangtze River is too turbulent, and the New Han Army does not have warships, so it is difficult to cross the river with ordinary bamboo rafts. Therefore, the New Han Army has not been able to cross the river for a while.

However, Huang Zhong was not in a hurry, because he had also received information from Yizhou, and he had learned that Yizhou had been seized by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Wei Yan and other generals. Just to deal with the affairs of Yizhou, the military horses of Yizhou will also enter the Nanban region from the west, and when the time comes, he will cooperate with the Western Route Army to attack.

But Huang Zhong is not in a hurry, but Huang Xu is a little anxious. Because he has rarely shown up in recent years, in the earlier war, he slowly grew up and became a general trusted by Lewis. Now, in the face of some difficulties, he didn't want to just wait for the military horses in Yizhou to come, and they would cooperate.

Sometimes, these generals under Liu Yi's account have a really good relationship with each other, and they can be regarded as harmonious with each other, but everyone won't say it, but in secret, they are still competing with each other.

He didn't want to let anyone else take all the credit. Think about it, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and other generals recovered the entire Great North, and even Gan Ning rushed to participate in the war. Ma Chao also recovered Xiliang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and other generals took Hanzhong and Yizhou, he didn't want to fall behind these generals.

He inspected the riverside for several days before he found his father Huang Zhong and proposed his plan to Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong heard that his son Huang Xu had come to offer advice and asked to immediately prepare for the battle of crossing the river, but Huang Zhong felt that Huang Xu was too radical and not easy to take too risks, and believed that with the turbulent river of the Yangtze River in the area of Lujin Pass, the New Han Army would not be able to cross the river safely.

Huang Xu knew that his father cared for him, and he didn't even want to hear his plan.

I had to invite Cao Yin, Jin Xuan and his son, Liu Du and his son to tell their plans, discuss with them, let them decide, and decide to attack if they felt that their plan was possible.

What's the solution? Through Huang Xu's inspection, he found that it was impossible to cross the river directly from the river. If you want to cross the river and attack, you can only fly over. Huang Xu never forgot the airborne troops in the New Han Army, which did not have much use after its establishment. However, those troops are in Luoyang, but it is a little difficult to transfer them, it will take too much time, and when those troops come, I am afraid that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals have already entered the Nanban region from Yizhou.

Therefore, Huang Xu was whimsical and thought of another way to cross the river that he thought was feasible. (To be continued......)