In the barbarian barracks.

"That Han general is really good at martial arts, whether it is strength or moves, it is far better than me, the Sichuan army has this person, it is really difficult for us to win." Bao Jin drank a bowl of wine and said loudly, with respect and hatred for Huang Zhong in his tone.

"General Han is so good, the Baojin Lord has been defeated, who else can we fight?" A brute.

All the barbarians lowered their heads, listening to the noise of the Sichuan army outside, and they were dull.

"Shamoke, aren't you my No. 1 warrior in Wuxi? If you go to fight that Huang Zhong, you will definitely be able to fight. A barbarian general proposed, and immediately everyone looked at Shamoke, only to find that Shamoke had not said a word since he went to war, he had fought the bravest in the past, and he was the first in everything, but this time he did not challenge the Han army.

Shamoke took the thistle terrestris, and when he saw everyone looking at him, Serno slapped his mouth twice, and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, and finally said singlely: "I can't fight, at the beginning, I fought Huang Zhong with the general of the Sichuan army, Zhang Ren, the veteran general, and the late general Leng Bao, and the siege of the army, but they couldn't take advantage." ”

"Hmph." A barbarian general snorted lightly: "Coward, I don't think you can't fight, you don't dare to fight, right?" ”

On weekdays, whoever laughs at Shamoko's courage will be disgusted with his life, and Shamoke's blue eyes will glare, but this time he has no expression, and said slowly: "If the lord of the Zaka cave thinks that he can fight, go and fight, I, the first warrior of Wuxi, will give it to you." ”

"You ......" Zaka was speechless angrily, laughing at Shamoke for two sentences, Zaka doesn't know how many catties and taels he has, let alone Shamoke, he can't even beat the flower boy, let alone Huang Zhong.

"It would be nice if the young lord was here, she has superb marksmanship, she must be ......" I don't know who came up with a sentence, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and I couldn't say it anymore.

Zaka had just suffered a loss, and he was dissatisfied, when he heard Xiao Furong, he immediately said in a yin and yang voice: "Come on, Xiao Furong has been learning art with the Han people since she was a child, and was given the Han surname, and now she is married to the Han people, just like those sluts who went down the mountain to marry the Han people, she has long been of the same mind as us, didn't you see her following Liu Zhang?" I'm watching it......"

"What did you say?" Shamoko stood up suddenly, lifted the thistle and stepped in front of Zaka, his tower-like body covering Zaka.

The barbarians of Youxi in the back also gathered around and looked at Zaka angrily.

Zaka looked at the murderous Shamoko and said in fear: "Sha, Shamoko, what are you doing?" What do you do? ”

"What? I'll kill you bastard. ”

The shamoko thistle threw it at Zaka.

"Alright." Ye Wutie sat on the main seat and roared, Shamoke said loudly to Ye Wutie: "Great King, this dog thing insults the young lord. ”

Ye Wutie stood up with a blue face, and said to Shamoke: "Furong, she is indeed following Liu Zhang, what he said is the truth, we have just experienced setbacks, are we going to have civil strife?" ”

Shamoko turned his head unwillingly, stared at Zaka with his eyes like a sword, and said word by word: "Humiliate me, if you dare to say another word about the young lord, your head will have to move." ”

Shamoko retreated angrily, and the other leaders of Youxi also glanced at Zaka threateningly, cold sweat broke out of Zaka's temples, Zaka breathed heavily, and whispered a "hum", and his heartbeat did not change from rapid to steady until Shamoko stood back in place.

Ye Wutie glanced at Zaka, and said coldly to Zaka's Lord of Yuexi: "Tell your subordinates to keep their mouths clean in the future, otherwise don't blame me Ye Wutie for turning his face and being ruthless." ”

Lord Yuexi glared at Zaka, who didn't know the current affairs, knowing that Xiao Furong was Ye Wutie's daughter, and he dared to speak freely, isn't this looking for death?

Ye Wutie sat on the main seat, glanced around at the big and small leaders, and said in a deep voice: "My daughter Xiao Furong has long been married to Liu Zhang, and her daughter is married to her husband, this is not only in Han Land, but also in our Wuxi, she is now by Liu Zhang's side, don't say that she didn't do anything to my people, but she really did it, what do you have to say?"

I, Youxi warrior Shamoke, since the battle of Hanzhong, followed Liu Zhang to fight for thousands of miles, countless large and small battle arrays, my Wuxi people are not cold-blooded iron and stone, even if there is no effect, there are still feelings, do not fight with Liu Zhang, this is Shamoke's righteousness, none of us can force him.

I smelt no iron, not only is Liu Zhang's father-in-law, but also once received his life-saving grace, I will not forget, but I will not forget that I am the king of Wuxi, Liu Zhang's decree, although it is not hostile, but the weakening of our Wuxi is obvious, I Ye Wutie needs to give everyone an explanation.

The three thousand warriors of Wuxi were detained by Huang Yueying, although Wuxi sent troops without authorization, but this is not only the shame of Wuxi, but also the shame of our entire Wuxi, as the king of Wuxi, I should remember the shame.

Now that Wuxi has just experienced the heat of summer and autumn, and the freezing snow of winter, and there is no food, as the king of Wuxi, I should find a way for all of us Wuxi people to make a living.

But if anyone dares to care about the relationship between my Youxi and Liu Zhang in the future, and make irresponsible remarks about these things, and utter filthy words, either you will push a new king out, or the person who speaks will have a battle with me, whether they live or die. ”

Ye Wutie looked at everyone coldly, everyone was silent, and Baojin took the lead in bowing to Ye Wutie and said: "I, Wuxi, sent troops without authorization, and I really hated it, but I never meant to be disrespectful to the king, and I never doubted the king's righteousness towards Wuxi, and my Baojin will swear to follow the king to the death." ”

"I will follow the king to the death." The leaders of the barbarians paid homage together.

"Okay." Ye Wutie stood up and said loudly: "I, Wuxi people, are united, why not be afraid of difficulties. ”

At this moment, a brute soldier came to report: "Report to the king, the young lord outside calls the battle, let the king talk to Liu Zhang." ”

The leaders were talking.

"Okay, got it." Ye Wutie waved his hand and said to the leaders: "Huang Zhong is the first brave general of the Sichuan army, he is invincible, the Sichuan army is well-trained, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough in a short time, I will go out to meet Liu Zhang now and listen to what he has to say." ”

The Sichuan army beat drums three times, and the barbarian army poured out a group of people, flocking to Ye Wutie to the front of the formation.

Liu Zhang stepped out of the horse, Ye Wutie handed over the weapon to a brute soldier, and walked out with Abu, and when he arrived in the array, Liu Zhang and Xiao Furong dismounted, and at a distance of two zhang, Liu Zhang shouted to Ye Wutie who came over: "King, why do you violate the border?" Have you forgotten our agreement? ”

Ye Wu Railway: "Then why did Uncle Huang arrest and detain my 3,000 warriors and refuse to let them go?" Is it wrong for us to raise troops to ask for it? ”

Liu Zhang smiled softly: "Then doesn't the king know why we arrested the three thousand warriors of Wuxi?" ”

Ye Wutie was speechless for a while.

Liu Zhang said: "The enemy army has invaded the territory, can't it be released if you don't catch it?" There is a saying in my Han family that those who offend me as a strong man will be punished even if they are far away, but these 3,000 people were not directly killed, which is polite enough. ”

"Liu Zhang, we didn't come to do anything with you." Abu shouted.

Liu Zhang smiled and said calmly to Ye Wutie: "King, Ben Hou has never talked nonsense with the enemy, but you are an exception, first, you are Rong'er's father and Ben Hou's father-in-law, and second, Ben Hou feels that between the Sichuan army and Wuxi, there is no need to fight to the death."

Open the skylight and say bright words, Wuxi went down the mountain this time, it is nothing more than because of the disaster, there is no food, we can have a good talk and discuss a solution, but if you are like the warrior next to the king, you are not willing to take advantage of the words with Ben Hou, then Ben Hou's 100,000 army will be accompanied, and the king will think about it carefully. ”

Liu Zhang was about to get on the horse as he spoke, and Xiao Furong shouted anxiously to Ye Wutie: "Daddy, let's talk, husband, he has no malicious intentions, don't fight, my daughter begs you." Xiao Furong looked at Ye Wutie pleadingly, her delicate forehead was wrinkled, and the white jade sword she held tightly showed the anxiety in Xiao Furong's heart.

Ye Wutie looked at Abu, Abu hesitated, indeed, now food is the top priority, Wuxi can fight with the Sichuan army now, but tens of thousands of Sichuan troops are not paper-paste, is it so easy to defeat? Wuxi is now at war, no one is hunting, and food is even more scarce, what will happen in a month? Even if they win, the people of Wuxi will not survive.

Abu lowered his head, and Ye Wutie shouted to Liu Zhang: "Uncle Huang stays, Ye Wutie is willing to talk openly and honestly with Uncle Huang." "In fact, Ye Wutie has never wanted to fight with the Sichuan army in his heart, but the pressure of the big and small leaders below and the pressure of food, he has to do it as the king.

Liu Zhang and Ye Wutie sat cross-legged on the grass, and Xiao Furong and Abu stood at the back of the side at a distance of one zhang.

"Uncle Huang, thank you for taking care of the little girl, when I came back this time, I saw that she had a lot of temperament, and she was not as wild as before."

The two were silent for a while, and they didn't mention the military affairs first, Liu Zhang didn't expect Ye Wutie to say Xiao Furong first, and said with a smile: "The king is polite, I want to apologize to the king, Rong'er has suffered a lot after following me, I'm afraid he didn't mention it to you." ”

Ye Wutie waved his hand, "Hearing Uncle Huang say this, it means that Uncle Huang still has my daughter in his heart, then I can rest assured, no matter who wins or loses in this battle, I hope that Uncle Huang will not be a problem with the little girl, she is sincerely towards Uncle Huang." ”

Liu Zhang smiled, and after a while, he raised his head and said to Ye Wutie: "King, do we really want to fight?" Is there no room for manoeuvre? ”

"If Uncle Huang doesn't return the three thousand ......," Ye Wutie said and paused, looking at Liu Zhang's faint expression, he also knew that he was talking nonsense, and sighed and said: "As Uncle Huang said, our Wuxi has suffered disasters in a row, and people have no rations, plus the big and small leaders have long been dissatisfied with the loss of clansmen, and the ration problem is not solved, even if I don't want to fight, I can't stop this battle." ”

"Yes, there's nothing wrong with that." Liu Zhang said: "But, what if I can solve the problem of rations for the barbarians? ”

"Uncle Huang can solve it?" Ye Wutie was taken aback, and then smiled bitterly: "I know that Uncle Huang's solution is to include them in the Han land, first, to collect barbarians into the Han land, the big and small leaders will not agree, and second, not everyone is willing to leave Wuxi, and those who want to leave Wuxi for survival only account for a small part of Wuxi, Uncle Huang's method is not feasible." ”

Liu Zhang glanced at the barbarian army on the opposite side, and said to Yewu Railway: "The king is right, my solution is to move them into the Han land, in fact, I think that the people of Wuxi do not agree to relocate, there are three reasons."

First, it is difficult to leave the homeland, who wants to leave the place where they grew up.

Second, the old people are hard to leave, Wuxi people are used to living in groups, who would want to suddenly run to a place where they are not familiar with life.

Thirdly, the chiefs are reluctant to lose their warriors, and the number of warriors is a symbol of the strength of a clan. ”

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Ben Hou thinks that he can solve the second and third points for the king, in the past, my Yizhou has always been at odds with Jingzhou, and there are often disputes at the junction of the two states, so this area is sparsely populated, but this does not mean that there is a lack of fertile land in this area."

From Fuling to Linjiang, there are two big rivers of Wujiang and Yangtze River, with dense tributaries, and fertile land can be cultivated along the coast, but there are not too many Han people.

What I mean is that if it is difficult for the people of Wuxi to leave their ancestors, they can move from village to village, from hole to hole, and all move to the same place.

If the owner of the cave is afraid of losing power, Benhou gives you the right of absolute autonomy, and all the people of the original village can gather together and become an autonomous pavilion, an autonomous township, or even an autonomous flag, which is governed by the original owner of the village, and the owner of the cave is also appointed by yourself, and Benhou will never interfere.

All the pavilions can listen to the tune and do not listen to the announcement, three to five years of tax exemption, only three chapters of the law, first, all the autonomous township pavilions, all belong to the Han Dynasty, second, the autonomous township pavilion shall not disturb the Han people, I will negotiate with you to come up with an autonomous law, on the basis of respecting your habits, to maintain the order of Shudong, of course, the Han people harass you, this Hou will also be severely punished.

Third, the autonomous township pavilion has the obligation to send troops and pay taxes, as for the details, we can discuss again, but this is also a substantial symbol of your belonging to the Han Dynasty. ”

After Liu Zhang finished speaking lightly, Ye Wutie looked at Liu Zhang and smiled: "Uncle Huang is really a good calculation, one move was not enough at the beginning, and now he wants a village by village move, although the people who moved over are surrounded by old people, but most of them are still inseparable from their homeland, and they will prefer to live together in their hometown."

As for the leaders, not to mention that they want to send troops and pay taxes, even if they don't pay taxes with troops, they are more willing to be leaders in the mountains, so what kind of autonomous pavilion autonomous township, speaking of autonomy, in the end, is not subject to the supervision and constraints of the Han army, they will not be willing. ”

"Could it be that these leaders have no obligation to pay taxes and levy taxes in Wuxi? I'm afraid they will also pay some goods to the king, if the king wants to use troops, can they disobey at will? ”

Ye Wutie was stunned for a moment, Liu Zhang smiled with relief: "As long as it is a group, there will be taxes and conscriptions, but the form and quantity are different, the autonomous township and the self-government pavilion are all Han soil, and they live in my Yizhou, and they are also protected by the Sichuan army, there is nothing strange about paying taxes and levying them, and I guarantee that the output of farmland must be higher than your hunting." ”

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and said: My lord knows that the Xiongnu were once very prosperous, and now the Xiongnu have moved to the Han land, and it basically exists in the way I proposed, and the entire Xiongnu is under the jurisdiction of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, and the autonomy is very large.

And their living environment is already more stable than hundreds of years ago, when they were the strongest, the only thing is that the Huns seem to be very oppressed and discriminated against by the Han people, Ben Hou can write the equality of the Han barbarians into the law, and strictly enforce it, so that the Han people do not dare to discriminate against you even if they discriminate against you in their hearts, how about it? ”

"Uncle Huang is really thoughtful." Ye Wutie never considered these things in normal times, and was noncommittal to Liu Zhang's proposal.

Liu Zhang continued: "Just now I said three factors why the barbarians are reluctant to relocate, the most important is the first point, the homeland is difficult to leave, it is the idea of the vast majority of Wuxi people, then Ben Hou can also let them not come out, Ben Hou can send someone to guide you in farming, Wuxi and Wuxi, since they all rely on stream water, can they still find a place for irrigation?"

In the same way, if you want to receive food support, you must agree to the three chapters of the law. ”

"That sounds like a good idea."

Ye Wutie is not good at these at all, can only be said by Liu Zhang, and Wuxi is indeed as Liu Zhang said, Wuxi is also full of rivers, probably located in the southeast of today's Sichuan, south of Chongqing, east of Hunan, north of Guizhou, although the land is not fertile, but it is not barren.

"King, I don't know if you listened to it, but I hope that the king will think about it carefully, I, Liu Zhang, rarely talk so much nonsense with the enemy, because until now, I don't regard the king as an enemy, and the king has to think about the people of Wuxi.

Ben Hou knows the situation of Wuxi now, fight, you may not be able to beat me, even if you can fight, you can't be defeated, I retreat to Fuling, you can only grab the mountains, the population here is sparse, even if you grab it, how much can you rob? Can you go through the hunting season? And if you are defeated, you will be in a desperate situation.

Listen to my words, the establishment of the Autonomous Pavilion Autonomous Township, there will be no problem with next year's grain, this year's grain, Benhou will also try to replenish it, and now many young people who come out to reclaim the fields, I will appropriately distribute some more rations, so that they can distribute some to their relatives in the mountains and relieve your pressure.

But if the king doesn't agree to Benhou's request, then there is no way. ”

Liu Zhang glanced back, sighed and said: "The tens of thousands of troops behind me must be the biggest obstacle to the robbery of the barbarian army, the barbarians have disasters one after another, and they dare not go down the mountain to rob, there will be civil strife, is the king ready?"

Maybe the king thinks that if there is a civil strife and annexation, he can also continue Wuxi, after all, every disaster comes like this, Benhou can't go deep into the mountains, and he can't help you, but don't forget that Wuxi also has a neighbor.

The relationship between the Nanzhong barbarians and Ben Hou is also not bad. ”

Liu Zhang looked at Ye Wutie, Ye Wutie's heart suddenly suddenly, the Nanzhong barbarians have been in constant friction with the Wuxi barbarians, whoever is weakened, the other side will add fuel to the fire, Liu Zhang said this, it is to support the Nanzhong barbarians to deal with Wuxi.

Wuxi is starved of food, there will be civil strife, freezing and starvation plus war, every time such a catastrophe, the population will be reduced by more than half, which is also the reason why the barbarians have been sparsely populated, after such a heavy blow, if the Nanzhong barbarians take advantage of the fire to rob with the support of Liu Zhang, then most of Wuxi's territory will probably be annexed, which is what Ye Wutie does not want to see.

(To be continued)