A veteran immediately outside the valley, raised his sword, majestic and majestic, and shouted: "I am Huang Zhong, the left general under the command of Uncle Liu Huang, the general of the Han Dynasty, Shu Hou, and the barbarians, why don't you hurry up and arrest them?" ”

As soon as the barbarians heard Huang Zhong's name, the scene during the day was like in front of them, and they were immediately shocked and retreated.

At the same time, a bowstring sounded on the top of the valley, and those "trees" opened their bows and arrows one after another, and a general of the Sichuan army shouted: "Listen to the barbarians in the valley, I am Deng Zhi, the general of the Sichuan army, you have fallen into the plan of my French army, quickly abandon your weapons and surrender, Rao Er will not die." ”

"Ah, I'm angry, I'm angry." Bao Jin shouted, beat his chest with a crescent shovel, and commanded the barbarian army to break through to the valley mouth.

The barbarians flocked to the narrow valley mouth, and the Sichuan army surrounded the valley mouth in a semicircle, and the arrows were fired in unison, and the arrow rain was overwhelming, and the barbarians were killed and wounded in large numbers, and they could not get rid of it.

Hua Zi'er led the barbarians to rush three times in a row, and was injured in five places, and was hit by an arrow in the leg and shoulder, and he was about to rush again, Deng Zhi at the top of the valley shouted:

"Listen to the barbarians under the mountain, my lord and the in-laws of the barbarian king, Mrs. Xiao knows the general situation, she can't bear to shoot you, stay in the valley honestly, there is some real grain in those grain trucks, you can make do with it, if you dare to rush again, believe it or not, I will shoot you all into a hornet's nest?"

"You ......" Baojin looked at Deng Zhi angrily, Deng Zhi waved his hand, and the Sichuan army on the top of the mountain released arrows together, and the "whoosh" arrow rain swept through the air in a black curtain, all nailed to the cliff wall, forming clusters of arrows, the arrow feathers trembled, and the barbarians were frightened.

"Lord, let's bear with it, although we are not afraid of death, but if these tens of thousands of warriors are dead, what will happen to the wives and children left on the mountain? What about Wuxi? "A barbarian said to Bao Jin.

Bao Jin clenched the crescent shovel for a while, and screamed "Ah~~", throwing the crescent shovel out and plunging deep into the mountain wall.

............ "Oh no, the lord of Baojin was ambushed, and now there is a bloody battle, the king should go and take a look." ”

A group of barbarian deserters fled back to the barbarian camp and reported to Ye Wutie, Ye Wutie and the leaders were shocked, and immediately got 10,000 people out of the camp.

Those "deserters" quickly defected, guarded the camp gate, and the Sichuan army cut off the barbarian army's formation and attacked Dazhai, and the whole barbarian army was in chaos.

………… In Fuling City, Liu Zhangfa and Xiao Furong sat by the stove to roast the fire, and the good news was frequent, and a soldier came to report.

"Report to the lord, nearly 30,000 barbarians were trapped in the valley, our barbarians pretended to be defeated by the barbarians, and the inside and outside should be combined, and they have captured the barbarian army Dazhai and guarded the gate of the village, about 10,000 barbarians fled back to the mountain, and the remaining 10,000 people were driven into the wilderness, and the barbarians were captured with food."

Liu Zhang nodded quietly, and Xiao Furong's face sank like water.

Liu Zhangxiao said to Fa Zheng: "Filial piety is really a clever calculation, everything has been guessed by you, and now the barbarians have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to the earth." ”

Fa Zheng glanced at Liu Zhang, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, don't be sarcastic, what kind of clever calculation is this, the barbarians have no resourcefulness, and they lack food, it is impossible not to be fooled when they hear food, if they are not in a desperate situation, it is impossible to be so easy to be tricked, such a battle is nothing."

The subordinates knew that this was not what the lord wanted, and the subordinates were just thinking, if the barbarians still didn't agree to the lord's conditions, would we really have to kill them all? ”

Xiao Furong's heart jumped, and she looked at Liu Zhang, her pink face reflecting the firelight.

Liu Zhang looked at the fire and didn't speak, and turned it twice with his sword in the charcoal, this sword is still Qu Lingchen, simple and sharp.

At this moment, a soldier came to report urgently: "Report to the lord, Hebei urgently." ”

Liu Zhang's expression twisted, "Speak." ”

"Cao Cao and Yuan Shao Guandu battle, a month ago, Yuan Shao's strategist Xu Yu rebelled against Cao Cao, Cao Cao burned Yuan Shao's Wuchao grain and grass camp, Yuan Shao was defeated, has returned to Yecheng, Cao's army besieged Yecheng, Yecheng will not be down soon.

In addition, Xiahou Yuan, the general of the Cao Jun clan, entered Chang'an, Zhang Liao, a general with a different surname, entered Wancheng, and Xu Huang, the general, entered Shouchun, defending Ma Teng Liu Bei and Jiangdong Sun Quan respectively, and I have Jingzhou army. ”

Liu Zhang's law was all shocked, although Liu Zhang had expected it, but after waiting for so long, the general trend of the world is determined by Guandu, even if Liu Zhang is a traverser, he can't determine who wins and who loses, many policies and decrees are around this war, and all the princes in the world are preparing countermeasures around the outcome of this war.

Unexpectedly, in the end, Cao Cao won.

The battle of Guandu is over, and the world will enter a new period of strife.

Fa Zheng said to Liu Zhang in surprise: "The lord is really like a god, everyone thought that Yuan Shao would win, only the lord insisted on the Northern Expedition to weaken Cao Cao, which is really insightful."

Now it seems that Cao Cao wants to annex Yuan Shao, and there are Wuhuan and other Hu people in the north as a disaster, within five years, Cao Cao can not take action against the south, but after five years, Cao Cao will inevitably unify the north, the general trend of the world, hold more than half, we must take advantage of these five years, accumulate the strength to fight with Cao's army. ”

"Five years." Liu Zhang's sword slowly slashed the charcoal, and said in a deep voice: "If we leave Wuxi Man, don't think about peace in the past five years, and there is no way to talk about internal affairs." ”

"If we exterminate them this time, we and Wuxi will be mortal enemies, and when Wuxi recovers its strength, we will definitely take revenge."

"But that's five years later, isn't it?" Liu Zhang said lightly.

Xiao Furong's heart sank suddenly, and she only felt that her chest was colder than the cold outside.

How can she not understand what Liu Zhang meant, since she can't let Wuxi really work, then completely weaken Wuxi, as long as she kills the 30,000 barbarians in the valley and forces the 10,000 barbarians who are in the wilderness to death, Wuxi will not be able to come back within five years, and Jing Yi can develop internal affairs with peace of mind.

As for five years later, Jing Yi has already left the internal affairs period, are you still afraid of a Wuxi?

Xiao Furong thought of the Wild Horse Slope and the Falling Eagle Valley, and couldn't help but think of the scene of the clansmen in the valley in the sea of fire and rocks, and didn't dare to think about it anymore, pinching her nails in her palms, trying to restrain her tears.

Liu Zhang said slowly: "Wuxi, we must clear it, and also let the Qiang and Nanzhong barbarians wake up, of course, those who are willing to surrender can consider containment, most of the Youxi barbarians are unwilling to fight with us, you can leave Youxi behind and supervise other tribes." ”

Liu Zhang finished speaking in a deep voice, although his eyes kept on the stove, Xiao Furong knew that Liu Zhang was saying it to herself.

In this way, the Sichuan army really conquered Wuxi by force.

After a long time, "Husband, I want to go and see my father." Xiao Furong said softly.

Liu Zhang was silent for a while and nodded.

…… On a wilderness, 10,000 barbarians gathered in confusion, all of them listless with miscellaneous weapons, except for the barbarians on the periphery, the rest were lying or lying, all desolate.

The barbarians all carry food with them, but after setting up a simple camp, the grain is stored in it, and now these barbarians have no food, no station, in front of Fuling City, behind is the Sichuan army occupied by the mountain camp, except for the farmland with rice stakes left, there is nothing in the wilderness.

A barbarian was depressed and wanted to drink a jar of wine, but he didn't, he was so angry that he smashed things, and no one around him cared about him, or even looked at it.

At this moment, Xiao Furong was dressed in red and appeared in the sight of the barbarian army with some barbarian soldiers who had previously served the Sichuan army.

"Isn't that a young lord? The young lord is here. ”

"What young lord, Liu Zhang has harmed us like this, she is happy, she is Liu Zhang's wife, hum."

The barbarians were talking, Xiao Furong had just arrived at the door, Zaka came over with a group of barbarians, and because of the people of Ye Wutie and Youxi, they didn't dare to do anything, and hummed to Xiao Furong: "Mrs. Xiao, what are you doing here?" You married a capable Han man, and saw that we were at the end of the road, and came to laugh at us? ”

Xiao Furong took the white jade sword and bowed and said, "Zaka Cave Master, take me to see the king." ”

"What is the king doing? Do you persuade the king to surrender? It was Liu Zhang who called you here, tell Liu Zhang, tell him to come less here. Zaka disdainfully said and did not mean to give way, and in the following months, the barbarians of Creek pointed at Xiao Furong.

Xiao Furong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Zaka Cave Master, Fleur is here to think about Wuxi, whether it is descended or not, how it descends, everyone has the final say, and please ask Zaka Cave Master to give a bow, or I will go in by myself." ”

Xiao Furong said that she was about to bypass Zaka, but Zaka stopped him and said loudly: "Those who take refuge in the Han just can't enter." ”

Xiao Furong clenched the white jade sword in her hand, and the barbarians behind her were a little angry.

"Cave Master Zaka, do you have the final say here?" Xiao Furong looked at Zaka coldly.

"Am I wrong? You traitors, you have a face......"

"Huh."

Xiao Furong suddenly pulled out the white jade sword, and slashed at Zaka's throat and neck, the sharp white jade sword sharpened iron like clay, and the blade easily broke through Zaka's neck, a human head rolled to the ground, and the lower body stood in place, blood gushing out of his throat like a spring.

The audience was shocked.

Xiao Furong was already irritable in her heart, and she was even more irritable when she was provoked by Zaka, and it was really normal for barbarians to kill people without saying a word, at this time Xiao Furong was also impatient, and she only felt that Zaka was extremely annoying in front of her.

The barbarians of Yuexi came to their senses and surrounded Xiao Furong together, but they didn't dare to do anything because of Xiao Furong's prestige in Wuxi.

Xiao Furong glanced coldly at the barbarians around her, calmly sheathed the white jade sword, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to die, you'd better get out of the way, now you have no food, no place to live, and you are surrounded by Han troops, where are you going?" You can kill me, do you think you can escape? You will surely die.

You may not be afraid of death, but what about the family on the mountain? Now there are 30,000 people trapped in the valley, and they have died with you, how can the orphans and widows in the cottage live? Is the whole of Wuxi going to perish? Could it be that those women in the mountains, your wives, daughters, and mothers, were all captured by the barbarians in Nanzhong?

If that's the case, I, Xiao Furong, don't mind if you treat me as a traitor, you can pick up the weapons in your hands and kill me now, so that I don't have to watch the whole Wuxi suffer. ”

Xiao Furong said as she threw the white jade sword to an entourage, and looked around at the barbarians: "Who will come, kill me, and avenge your Zaka cave master, who will come?" ”

Xiao Furong looked at the barbarians around him coldly, all the barbarians, you look at me, I look at you, they didn't dare to move, Ye Wutie and the leaders of the barbarians were thinking hard about countermeasures, and when they saw that there was an abnormality here, they all rushed over.

Lord Yuexi saw the corpse of Zaka on the ground, and heard Xiao Furong's words again, and snorted: "What a young lord, it is really majestic, it is your man who forced us to this step of the field, and you are crying at this time." ”

"Really?" Xiao Furong looked at Lord Yuexi: "If you hadn't forced Daddy to go down the mountain to loot, would you have ended up like this today?" The husband is the governor of Yizhou, and he is just protecting his land. ”

"Joke, that's his Liu Zhang's injustice first, Xiao Furong, don't think that you are married to a Han person, so you turn your elbow outward, don't forget that you are from Wuxi and the daughter of King Ye Wutie." Lord Moon Creek snapped.

Xiao Furong exhaled lightly, stared at Lord Yuexi and said, "Sister, I'm afraid you have forgotten one thing, the grain shortage in Wuxi is caused by natural disasters, not my husband, but those who went down the mountain to open fields and the soldiers who accompanied the expedition, and brought back the rice and grain to save many clansmen."

Could it be that the natural disaster was also caused by my husband? Although my husband has his own purpose, but with the food, at least let more people survive, sister, what did you do? Why do you accuse my husband? ”

Xiao Furong looked at Lord Yuexi with a piercing gaze, and Lord Yuexi was suddenly speechless.

In the final analysis, this Wuxi expedition was only because there was no food, nothing else had anything to do with it, everything else was an excuse, the three thousand barbarians who were seized were the first to invade the Han land, and Liu Zhang's other measures improved the lives of the barbarians.

It is precisely because some of the barbarians who accompanied the expedition to Jingzhou before took the rice and grain distributed by the Sichuan army to avoid the catastrophe for their families and themselves, so in this battle, many barbarians were not as active as before, which is also a reason why the Sichuan army won so easily.

More than 6,000 people inadvertently propagated that the barbarians at the bottom of Wuxi had long since hated the Sichuan army so much, and this war was just a conquest by the leaders to preserve their power.

At this point, after listening to Xiao Furong's words, the morale of the barbarians was extremely low.

Ye Wutie asked Xiao Furong to go in and speak, Xiao Furong glanced at the barbarians around her, and shook her head, "Forget it, no one welcomes me here, Daddy, I came to tell you that the clan has the difficulties of the clan, and the husband also has his own difficulties, the husband has no killers in the valley, and Uncle Baojin and they are all still alive."

And now on the periphery of here, there are also Sichuan troops, and they have not attacked.

It's because the husband doesn't want to be the enemy of Wuxi, but if the father and the uncles are not willing to turn the war into a jade silk, the husband has no choice.

What the husband should say, you have told Daddy, the husband is willing to help Wuxi solve the food problem, and he is also willing to discuss specific matters, but the husband is an official of the Han family and the imperial uncle of the Han Emperor, so it is impossible for him to be biased towards Wuxi. ”

Xiao Furong said, "poof", Xiang Ye Wutie knelt down, and all the barbarians were shocked.

Raising her head again, Xiao Furong burst into tears, looked at Ye Wutie and said decisively: "Daddy, the husband's strategy is to make Wuxi surrender to the Han people, Daddy doesn't agree, and my daughter doesn't complain about you, because you are the king of Wuxi, but Furong is also the husband's woman."

Love and filial piety can't be both, if Daddy and the uncles are unwilling to agree, they must fight to the end, Fleur can't take care of both, can't live in the world, just ask Daddy to kill me with a sword. ”

Xiao Furong kowtowed to Ye Wutie.

Ye Wutie's face moved, but it was difficult to move, it was war or peace, originally Ye Wutie was ambiguous, but it was only at the request of the leaders that he went out to fight and rob the grain, and now that he has reached such a situation, it is not up to the meaning of the leaders.

Ye Wutie looked at the leaders of Wuxi, all of them were silent, now most of the Wuxi warriors are in a desperate situation, that is, the entire Wuxi is in a desperate situation, fighting means death, who doesn't care, which tribe doesn't go out with the hope of the entire tribe, can they afford to die?

"Come down." A voice came, it was Shamoko.

Then many of the leaders of Youxi said one after another:

"Come down."

"Descend, my lord."

The people of Youxi slowly gathered together, and the voices became louder and louder, and the barbarians of the other four tribes also shouted: "Descend, king, descend." ”

It's not that they are not brave, it's because Xiao Furong's actions let them see that Liu Zhang did not persecute them, and behind them, there are still the expectations of countless clansmen.

In the past, every year of disaster, if the Han people could not be robbed, there would be civil strife, and after a few years of civil strife, the number of people would be reduced by seven, seven, eighty, eight, and the disaster would naturally pass.

If Liu Zhang didn't have these policies this time, Wuxi could only choose this path, civil strife, being bullied by foreigners, and then reborn.

But since there is another path, why not choose the better path?

In the eyes of ordinary barbarians, Liu Zhang's policy is not unfavorable to them, but it seems to be beneficial to them everywhere, everything is voluntary, who forced them again?

The sound of surrender rang out, and Ye Wutie looked at the leaders, and all the leaders nodded in unison.

Ye Wutie looked at Lord Yuexi again, and Lord Yuexi sighed helplessly, and finally nodded.

………… The barbarian finally agreed to negotiate peace and agreed to Liu Zhang's proposal.

The Wuxi barbarians voluntarily moved into the Han Dynasty, and the local county guard government provided the land, and allocated the autonomous pavilions, autonomous townships, and the large scale of the pavilion townships were connected into an autonomous banner.

Those who do not want to go out of the mountains can develop fields on both sides of the river nearby, and each acre of land will be supplied by the government.

The Sichuan army provided protection for Wuxi, set up the Wuxi Protectorate, divided into Wenfu and the military government, the military government with Wuxi general Shamoke as the commander, recruited barbarians from various tribes to form a border army, and entered the border with the southern barbarians to garrison, and the military food and military salaries were provided by the government.

The soldiers of the border army are replaced by the barbarians drawn by each tribe according to the number of people every year, and they are replaced every two years, and the Wuxi generals are changed every four years, and they are decisive by force, and the replaced Wuxi generals can be promoted to the official generals of the Sichuan army.

The Wuxi Metropolitan Protectorate was in charge of supply and taxation, and with the cooperation of the military government, coordinated and managed tribal conflicts, taught the Wuxi people to farm, and presided over the quadrennial selection of Wuxi generals, and had the right to formally appoint Wuxi generals.

(To be continued)