Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's two generations ruled Shu, both of them treated the barbarians in Nanzhong preferentially, and the relationship between the two sides was very close, and many of the tribes in Nanzhong were vassals to Yizhou, and it was indeed possible to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Ye Wutie's expression was solemn, Liu Zhang first analyzed Wuxi's situation for him, and then proposed his own solution, and finally deterred by force, Ye Wutie also knew that Wuxi was in a difficult situation now, but to decide on peace, although he was the king, he couldn't make up his mind alone.

It was so powerful that he watched Liu Zhang and Ye Wutie discuss from a distance in the back formation, and said to Fa Zheng: "Sir, what did the lord and the barbarian say, did you say so much?" Shall we send a force to surprise the barbarians? "It's so powerful that I think of the Battle of Shirakawa, and now the situation is about the same, just "draw inferences".

Fa Zheng looked so powerful in amazement: "A good general will also use a trick?" It's really impressive. ”

"That's it." It's so powerful, I look up and I am very proud.

"But behind the barbarian army is Dazhai, what are we attacking?"

It's so depressing.

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "It is best not to fight this war, the internal political situation is not easy, if you really fight, this battle consumes a lot of money and food, not to mention, Wuxi will inevitably regard us as mortal enemies in the future, and I don't want to be peaceful in Jingnan, Shudong, and Shunan?" ”

Fa Zheng watched Liu Zhang negotiate with Ye Wutie from afar, although he also wanted to make peace, he actually didn't have much hope in his heart, since ancient times, the Han people wanted to negotiate peace with the barbarians were very simple, that is, to give the barbarians benefits, and the barbarians naturally retreated.

Fa Zheng dared to guarantee that as long as the 3,000 barbarians were released and some rice and grain were sent, the Wuxi barbarians would definitely retreat, how could they really dare to start a war with the Han army?

In this way, Jing Yi's internal political situation was preserved.

However, Liu Zhang would not agree to any of these conditions, which made the negotiations fall into an unbreakable deadlock.

Not only Liu Zhang won't agree, but he won't either, the barbarians are all dogs who can't be fed, if you give him benefits today, whether you give him gold and silver or give your daughter, tomorrow you won't have anything to eat, and you will still abuse Han Tu.

Now that humiliation and money and food are exchanged for a moment of peace, Jing Yi has been recuperating for such a long time, and the barbarians will come again in the future, will they be sent again and again?

Therefore, Fa Zheng didn't believe that the negotiations could achieve any results, and Liu Zhang was only because of Xiao Furong's relationship, so he wanted to make peace as much as possible, otherwise he would have attacked directly.

"Uncle Huang." Ye Wutie thought for a long time and said, "Uncle Huang's proposal sounds good, but this is not my decision alone, give me a few days to think about it, how about I discuss it with the leaders?" ”

"How long?" Liu Zhang asked.

"Five days."

"Three days at most."

Ye Wutie hesitated for a while, and said to Liu Zhang: "Okay, just three days, and give an answer to Uncle Huang in three days, it's just, Uncle Huang." Ye Wutie pleaded: "If the imperial uncle is willing to release the three thousand warriors, I believe this matter should be easy to convince the leaders." ”

"Huh." Liu Zhang smiled and said casually: "Whether the three thousand warriors let go or not, it's all a small problem, this just measures your sincerity, if the leaders agree, then these three thousand warriors are an autonomous township, if you don't agree." ”

Liu Zhang looked at Ye Wutie and said, "What am I putting them back for?" Do you tell the leaders that there will be no loss in invading our Han land? In the future, if you come to grab it in a disaster, you can get out of it if you lose? ”

Ye Wutie was a little embarrassed, the two stood up, Ye Wutie arched his hand and said, "Okay, we'll see you in three days." ”

Liu Zhang patted the grass on his buttocks and said, "Okay." ”

Ye Wutie had just taken a few steps, and Liu Zhang stopped: "King, now Wuxi is surrounded by Benhou territory, and in the season of no food, Wuxi will only invade my territory, so if Wuxi does not agree to peace, it will be the mortal enemy of our Sichuan army." ”

After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he sat on the horse, Ye Wutie and Xiao Furong sighed in their hearts at the same time, Xiao Furong glanced at Ye Wutie, followed the war horse, and returned to the main formation with Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang waved his hand, Huang Zhong shouted: "Collect the troops." ”

"Collect the troops." Let the cavalry gallop and shout.

The Sichuan army retreated in an orderly manner and headed towards Fuling.

Abu watched the Sichuan army withdraw one after another, and said to Yewu Railway: "King, this Liu Zhang is so arrogant, he dares to say that he is a mortal enemy." ”

Ye Wutie looked at Abu and let out a sigh: "But what he said is the truth, this mortal enemy, we can't afford it, it's no wonder that we met a tough Han ruler, since three hundred years ago, there are few such rulers in the Han court." ”

…… At night, Ye Wutie summoned all the important leaders of the barbarian army and told Liu Zhang's conditions, which immediately caused agitation, and they all felt resentful.

"Liu Zhang is so hateful, we are in a bad situation, is his Sichuan army in a good situation? I heard that Liu Zhang, Cao Cao and Sun Quan are both mortal enemies, if you don't take advantage of the current time to consolidate your power and consume it with us, can he afford it? ”

"That's right." "Kill him." The leaders chimed in.

The head of Yuexi said: "From ancient times to the present, I have never seen a Han official have such a policy, asking us to move our homeland and go to the Han land, and he Liu Zhang can think of it." ”

Bao Jin also said: "If Liu Zhang doesn't release my three thousand clansmen, I will never retreat, even if there are only two or three thousand of us Wuxi left, I will fight with Liu Zhang to the end." ”

"Yes, bloody fight to the end."

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Ye Wutie remained silent until everyone stopped talking, and Ye Wutie said slowly: "I understand what everyone means, if you don't make peace with Liu Zhang, you will fight to the end, since everyone means this, I Ye Wutie will not object."

It's just that if we want to fight with the Sichuan army, we have to think about the consequences, and Liu Zhang's last words are that as long as there is discord, it is a mortal enemy, that is, there is no room for turnaround.

We are running out of food, our strength is weaker than the Sichuan army, if Liu Zhang collides with us, if we want to take advantage, we must lose at least two-thirds of the warriors, and it is impossible to completely defeat the Sichuan army, because they have city defenses.

We have lost two-thirds of our warriors, what will we do with Wuxi in the future? How can we survive the current food crisis? If Liu Zhang doesn't compromise, we won't be able to grab enough food, and besides, after our Wuxi and the Han army are enemies and their power is weakened, how can we face the barbarians in Nanzhong? Leaning on Chenxi and Wuxi in Nanzhong, have you figured out a coping strategy? ”

The lords of Chenxi and Wuxi lowered their heads, what strategy could they have? In the past, when the barbarians in Nanzhong came in small shares, they gathered warriors to fight back, and when they came in large shares, they gathered all the strength of Wuxi to fight back, and if Wuxi was weakened as a whole, they could only sit and wait for annexation.

At this time, the people on both sides of Chenxi and Wuxi didn't want to fight with the Sichuan army, because if this continued, they would be the first to perish.

As soon as the people from these two sides go, Wuxi was originally small in number, and lost three thousand, but now there are two or three thousand people, and there is no way to fight, Yuexi has always been opportunistic, and he will definitely not be willing to make a big effort by himself, so Youxi is left.

Youxi has the deepest relationship with Liu Zhang, not only Xiao Furong Ye Wutie and Shamoke, but more than 4,000 of the more than 10,000 warriors have fought with Liu Zhang, and they have also reaped benefits, so it is strange that they want to fight.

The war-weariness of the people in Wuxi reached its peak for a while, but in everyone's heart, although they did not want to fight and were unwilling, Liu Zhang's conditions were almost all beneficial to the Sichuan army, and they were even suspected of taking advantage of the fire to rob.

What kind of autonomous township and self-government pavilion, not only for the Han people to reclaim farmland, but also become Liu Zhang's random dispatch of soldiers and horses, and when the clansmen have an industry under the mountain, it will not be like now, saying that if you withdraw to the mountain, you will withdraw to the mountain, wouldn't it be a mermaid meat, how can it be cheap Liu Zhang?

Especially Baojin, he is absolutely unwilling to negotiate peace.

The atmosphere in the big tent was dreary, and Ye Wutie was about to wave his hand to discuss it another day, when suddenly a barbarian soldier came in to report.

"Report to the king, we found the Sichuan army grain cart thirty miles away, and headed towards Fuling, according to the Han people we captured, it was only the leading grain cart, most of the grain trucks were still behind, all of them were transported from Chengdu for Liu Zhang's 100,000 army army, and the number was extremely large."

"Grain and grass?" Ye Wutie stood up, now the Wuxi people are short of food, they are excited when they hear the grain and grass, all the leaders look at the barbarians, Ye Wutie asks, "Are there many escorts?" ”

"Thousands of people, stretching for hundreds of miles."

"There are so few people, let's rob it." A brute general proposed.

"That's it, my lord, rob it." The barbarians echoed, and when they heard the grain and grass, their eyes lit up.

"Wait." Ye Wutie groaned. "Thousands of people, stretching for hundreds of miles, the escort is so sparse, how can this be?"

Abu thought for a while and said: "I heard that this time Liu Zhang mobilized soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and he only brought 10,000 people to Fuling in a hurry, Chengdu originally had few soldiers and horses, and most of the grain and grass began to be escorted from Chengdu, where did Liu Zhang come from the soldiers and horses to escort the grain and grass from Chengdu, this must be a helpless move of the Chengdu Han officials." ”

"That's right." Baojin said: "Liu Zhang came in a hurry, the other soldiers and horses did not pass through Chengdu, and went directly to Fuling, then Chengdu would not be able to free up soldiers and horses to escort grain and grass, so it would be escorted loosely, the king, immediately ordered to send troops, take advantage of the night robbery, otherwise when Liu Zhang sent Fuling's soldiers and horses to respond, there would be no more chance." ”

"Yes, the king shall give the order quickly." Yuexi, Wuxi, Chenxi and other tribes also asked for their lives.

Seeing that Ye Wutie couldn't make a decision, Abu said in a deep voice: "King, if we intercept the grain and grass of the Han army, our army will not fight with the Han people, and will return to the mountain with the grain and grass.

In this way, our grain and grass problems have been solved, so won't all other problems be solved? When we rely on these grains and grass to get to the hunting season, our strength will not be damaged, what can I do with the Nanzhong barbarians, the Sichuan army? ”

"That's it, that's it, the king quickly ordered."

"Don't miss the opportunity, you won't come again, the king quickly order."

Ye Wutie groaned for a while, and also felt that this was the only chance for Wuxi, there was no food, he was at the mercy of people everywhere, with food, he came and went freely, and finally slapped the horizontal wood fiercely, and said loudly: "Okay, give the order, all battalions will be quietly assembled, the flags will not be reduced, and the torches will not be extinguished."

30,000 people sneaked to 30 miles away, led by Bao Jin, to raid the grain and grass of the Han army, and it was necessary to fight quickly, and carry all the grain back before the Han army arrived in Fuling. ”

"Yes." Bao Jin was waiting for this sentence and shouted excitedly.

………… Bao Jin led his team to thirty miles away, where there were already a large number of barbarians in ambush, barbarians lived in the mountains all year round, ambushing wild beasts, and now tens of thousands of people were ambushed in the jungle quietly.

A team of Sichuan army grain and grass passed by, and Hua Boy said to Baojin: "Lord, give the order, as long as you rush down, that batch of grain is ours." ”

Bao Jin looked at the torch carefully, shook his head and said, "Wait, let them go, it's useless to grab this bit of food, the big head should be behind." ”

The barbarians continued to lurk until dawn approached, and many of the barbarians were a little anxious, and had spared several grain wagons all night, but not a single grain had been grabbed.

Just when Bao Jin's heart was all up and down, a team of grain carts appeared in sight again, and at a turn in a mountain road, grain carts and torches kept coming out, and there were hundreds of carts, with a heavy "squeak" sound, heading east.

"Ready." Bao Jin shouted softly, and the other barbarians passed on the words one by one, and the barbarians cheered up, took out their bows and arrows, and stretched their bows and strings, like beasts besieging in the mountains, all full of eagerness, just waiting for the Sichuan army to enter the firing range.

"It's really unlucky that you can't see a town for hundreds of miles in this place where birds don't, so you have to travel overnight." A conversation with the generals of the Sichuan army came from the bottom of the mountain.

"It's not those barbarians who hurt them, a bunch of savages who don't know the height of the sky."

The hearts of the two escort generals were full of resentment, and Bao Jin snorted lightly, "Savage? I'll show you how powerful the savages are later. ”

Seeing that the Sichuan army's food team was about to enter the firing range, suddenly a Sichuan army general raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Stop." ”

Bao Jin's expression twisted.

The general said in a deep voice, "How can it be so quiet here? Could it be that there are strongmen robbing the road? ”

Another general said disapprerovingly: "Robbery? Who is so bold as to rob us? Isn't it normal for there to be no sound in the woods this winter? Don't worry about it. ”

"But why isn't the road ahead so quiet?" The general groaned for a while, and then looked at the sky: "No matter what, there are thousands of stones of grain here, caution is the most important, it will be dawn soon, let's wait for dawn before leaving." ”

"Okay, good, whatever you want, it's up to you." The other general said impatiently.

The Sichuan army grain team began to change direction, and Baojin saw that the cooked duck was about to fly, how could he let it go, and lifted the crescent shovel and shouted, "Let the arrows go, chase, don't let the grain run away." ”

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."

Arrows rained down on the mountain, converging into a dense sound of breaking the air, and then the shouts of "Yi Yi Ya Ya" came, and the barbarian army swarmed down the mountain with swords, forks, and halberds.

"It's not good, there is an ambush, and the whole army is looking for a safe place to hide." A Sichuan army general shouted.

Most of the barbarian army's bows and arrows were shot outside the grain team, and the Sichuan soldiers hurriedly escorted the food and left as soon as they heard that there were many people.

"Hurry up and protect the food." The general urged.

The soldiers of the Sichuan army escorted the food and hurriedly found a place to hide around, and plunged to the northwest.

"Kill."

"Oh, oh, oh."

The barbarian army shouted and rushed to the Sichuan army, all the way to the back of the Sichuan army for the grain team, and was broken by the brave barbarians in one fell swoop, Baojin stabbed a Sichuan soldier to death with a shovel, holding a crescent shovel and shouting: "The whole army accelerates the pursuit, and must not let the grain and grass run away." ”

Bao Jin calculated the time, and now launched an attack, Fuling City, twenty miles away, will soon get the news, and the food must be transported before the Fuling reinforcements arrive, and the barbarians are running out of time.

The Sichuan army hurriedly ran northwest with the grain and ran to a valley, the general hurriedly commanded the soldiers to push the grain and grass into the valley, and a general pulled out his sword and shouted: "Brothers, listen, our reinforcements are in Fuling City, as long as we persist until the reinforcements arrive, the general will definitely reward us, the army fights to the death, and must not fall into the prestige of our Han army." ”

"Let these barbarians see how good we are." Another general shouted.

"Kill, kill, kill."

Thousands of Sichuan troops held the valley mouth to the death, chanting in unison, the barbarian army was killed, Baojin looked at the black valley mouth, and snorted coldly: "With such a few people, you also want to support the arrival of reinforcements?" Phew. ”

Bao Jin shouted: "Everyone come with me, these Han people have food behind them, kill them all." ”

"Woo, woo, woo."

Thinking of the food in front, the barbarians fought bravely to kill the Sichuan army, Baojin took the lead with a crescent shovel, unstoppable, and successively cut down several Sichuan soldiers, the Sichuan army resisted bravely, but was outnumbered, and was forced to retreat step by step by the barbarians, and retreated to the valley behind him.

Bao Jin watched the Sichuan army retreat step by step, without any power to fight back, and snorted: "Cowardly Han people, what kind of Han army is majestic, it is all wine bags and rice bags." ”

Baojin carried the crescent moon shovel into the valley, dozens of Sichuan soldiers in the valley with torches to watch the grain, the Sichuan army at the mouth of the valley retreated, bypassing the grain carts that were piled up horizontally, and a general shouted loudly: "Burn the grain, don't let the barbarians rob it." ”

Dozens of soldiers immediately threw torches onto the grain cart, and the barbarians of Baojin were in a hurry to step up the offensive, and the Sichuan army was even more defeated, bypassing the grain cart and retreating to the depths of the valley.

Some of the barbarians pursued after him, and Bao Jin shouted, "Leave it alone, immediately put out the fire and carry the grain." ”

Hundreds of carts of grain, the barbarians hurriedly tried all kinds of methods to put out the fire as if their wives were on fire, for fear that the fire would burn one more grain of grain, and then one person carried a bag and left.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and suddenly a barbarian soldier who was carrying grain pointed to the top of the valley and said to the flower boy: "Cave master, what do you see that is?" Isn't it human? ”

The flower boy looked at it, in the faint weight of the morning light, it seemed that countless people were standing on the top of the valley, and the flower boy patted the barbarian's head and said, "What eyes, that's a tree." ”

"I've never seen a tree grow so neatly." The barbarian soldier complained.

Suddenly, another barbarian shouted, "Lord, come and see, what is this, do the Han people eat this thing?" I remember that the food brought back from the warehouse was not like this. ”

Bao Jin hurriedly picked up a few barbarians, and walked to the shouting barbarians, only to see that the pockets that had been burned with holes were not rice at all, not even grain, but some grains of sand.

Bao Jin's heart sank suddenly.

At this moment, suddenly there was a loud shout of killing, Baojin's eyes looked out through the valley mouth, only to see that as far as the line of sight could see, it was all Sichuan troops, shouting and surrounding them on three sides, the barbarian army with a chaotic formation was shocked by the big change, and immediately collapsed, and the scarce barbarian army outside the valley was forced to the valley by those Sichuan soldiers, and the barbarians who had just run to the valley with sacks were squeezed back.

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?" ”

(To be continued)