Yang Zuo gave serious advice: "The prince's safety is a big matter, and the minister's face is a small matter. The prince is here, and the ministers dare not act rashly. ”

Gongsun Xiu glanced at Yang Zuo and didn't say anything more. He knew that Yang Zuo didn't dare to fight, not because he, the prince, was here, but because Yang Zuo didn't have the confidence to win. That's right, Wei Ba only has seven or eight thousand people, and the cavalry is estimated to be less than a thousand, but Wei Ba is famous, after the White Wolf Mountain, his prestige has spread almost a miracle, it is said that the white wolf gods believed in by the Wuhuan people have appeared to kowtow to Wei Ba, and ordinary people who dare to get along with him.

Wei Ba is a god general, a war general sent by God, he is invincible, and all those who fight against him will become his defeated generals. His previous results have proven it.

In this case, Yang Zuo, who did not have an absolute advantage, did not dare to fight, and it was conceivable that he used the pretext of protecting the safety of the crown prince.

Gongsun Xiu wanted to fight, but he didn't dare.

If you want to fight, you want to prove your strength and prove that you are qualified as a prince. This is probably one of the purposes for which his father sent him to Liaosui. But he also knows that it is of course a good thing to win, but it will be humiliating to lose, so it is better not to fight.

Liaosui is the west gate of Xiangping, and it is a real strategic place, with nearly 10,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 Hu cavalry, which is said to have enough advantages, but that is only in general. In the face of Wei Ba, they did not dare to judge according to the general situation.

Thinking about it, all they could do was stay in the city, not only did they not dare to fight, but they also had to guard the gate of Liaosui to prevent Wei Ba from attacking the city.

The war is fought to this extent. It's really a.

Gongsun Xiu was very depressed, and he was about to hold back his internal injuries. He wanted to order Yang Zuo to go out of the city several times to fight, but when he saw that brand-new horse armor, all his ambitions would turn into a puddle of snow, cold to the bone.

For him, who was well versed in cavalry warfare, he knew exactly what horse armor meant.

……

Ten miles west of Liaosui City, there is a high slope surrounded by water on three sides, and Wei Ba's camp is located here.

The autumn wind is gradually rising, and the wind in Liaodong is particularly cool. It's very strong. The banner was blown and hunted. The long tail flutters in the wind, like a swimming dragon.

Wei Ba stood under the banner, holding a copper pipe, and looked at Liaosui City in the distance. He didn't speak for a long time.

Feng Jin said with some regret: "General." Yang Zuo didn't dare to fight. We're going to make a trip for nothing. ”

"How can you put it bluntly?" Wei Ba put down the brass pipe and shook his head: "Compared with a big battle, Yang Zuo didn't dare to go out of the city." It's a bigger win. ”

"The general is right, this shows that we have completely overwhelmed the opponent in terms of momentum." Zhuge directly echoed: "This is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and it is the good of the good." ”

"That's the way it is, but if you don't fight, you don't always feel like it's fun." Feng Jin rubbed his wrist and looked at Liaosui City in the distance. "In White Wolf Mountain, you are very frugal, you are happy, we have run so far, but we have not fired a single arrow."

"Wenju, belligerence is not advisable." Wei Ba said half-jokingly: "The purpose of our strengthening of force is for peace, not for war." The original intention of the battle of White Wolf Mountain was not to fight, but to show off the prestige of the army, so that the Wuhuan people could see our methods, and when they saw our merchants in the future, they should be as polite as possible, and don't treat them as fat sheep slaughtered at will. Do you think we really have the strength to sweep the grasslands now? If you really have this ability, I'm still here now, and I still waste such a big Zhou Zhang? directly attacked Xiangping and captured Gongsun Yuan. ”

Feng Jin smacked his lips, a little regretful: "In this way, our sailor is still just a baggage battalion after all, and we can only watch it from the side during the war." ”

"That's because the opponent doesn't have a strong sailor, so you're useless." Wei Ba comforted: "The sailors can't go ashore, and the cavalry can't go to the sea, it's all something that can't be helped." However, if you really want to talk about it, the battlefield of the sailors is still larger than that of the cavalry. With a warship, you can sail across the ocean. No matter how fast the war horse is, it can't jump the strait. ”

Feng Jin laughed: "Then I'll just wait for the time to sail all over the world, when the time comes, you can't say that the world is calm, you can cast a sword into a plowshare, and put Manan Mountain." ”

"If you want to, I won't do it." Wei Ba pouted: "Although the country is big, it is true that the warlike will perish, but I value another sentence more: although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous." The bigger the family business, the more you have to prevent robbers from robbing, and the more you need a strong army. ”

"I agree." Feng Jin and Zhuge said in unison.

"That's because we're all warmongering." Wei Ba sighed, sat down, and pointed the horsewhip in his hand to the east: "Actually, I really want to go to the Wa Kingdom now to see how far those monkeys have evolved, and whether it is worth a dozen." ”

Feng Jin and Zhuge Zhi looked at each other. They have been following Wei Ba for a long time, and they often hear Wei Ba mention the Wa Kingdom, but what they don't understand is that Weishenme Wei Ba is obsessed with a barbarian country that they have never heard of at all.

Wei Xing walked over quickly. "Young Lord, the Goguryeo envoy is here."

"Let him come."

"Whoa." Wei Xing turned around and went, and after a short time, a fair-skinned barbarian walked over. He was dressed in white, with a long jade body, and he looked a little elegant, which was not quite the same as the common barbarians.

Wei Ba stood up and stood upright.

The barbarian glanced at Wei Ba in surprise, bowed and saluted, and opened his mouth, which was actually a pure Chinese dialect: "The envoy of the Goguryeo Throne Palace is Youju and meets the general of the Han chariot cavalry." ”

Wei Ba raised his eyebrows and returned the salute: "The messenger is hard." ”

"General Xie."

"Come on, take a seat." Wei Ba commanded, a military officer took a chair, sat down, and asked someone to carry a box, open it and take a look, a box full of old ginseng. Youju said politely: "The country is weak, there are not too many products, only a little mountain ginseng, and I can barely get it." Please don't laugh at the general. ”

Wei Ba glanced at those mountain ginsengs, not too concerned. Ginseng is a specialty of Liaodong, and he is almost numb when he collects ginseng.

"The envoy speaks a good official language, and has lived in the Central Plains?"

"No, I learned from the Han people who traveled to the country." Youju smiled. He behaves elegantly, if it weren't for the fact that his eye sockets were a little sunken, he would look like a standard Central Plains person, and he was a scholar.

"Han Chinese in your country...... How much? ”

"Not a lot, indeed. However, in recent years, there have been many fewer people, more than 30 years ago, when the foreign ministers were just in their teens, the largest number of people moved to the country. At the age of a foreign minister, he was able to read the books of the Han people, know a little about the teachings of the saints, and pass the courtesy of humility, all thanks to them. ”

Wei Ba sighed secretly. More than 30 years ago, wasn't it after Dong Zhuo's rebellion? In fact, before the Central Plains Rebellion, during the Yellow Turban Uprising, a large number of Han people fled north.

He couldn't help but think of that island country again, and many of the people who respected the island country as great sages were originally Han Chinese, and they only fled overseas because of the war in the Central Plains. Many monkeys regarded their knowledge as treasures, which may have remained unchanged for thousands of years, but the Han people of the Central Plains sank in one war disaster after another. They yearn for peace, they crave peace, but they do not find real peace.

Because true peace cannot be desired, and only war can stop war. However, blindly warlike will also push the nation into the abyss of death.

This is a paradox, but it is unmistakable.

Seeing that Wei Ba was distracted, Youju didn't say a word and waited quietly. He exuded a distinctive temperament all over his body, which made Feng Jin and Zhuge Zhi on the side both bow their heads.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was thoughtful and rude just now."

"It's okay." Youju smiled faintly.

"Since the envoy has read poetry books, I don't know if he is familiar with geography or not?"

"I know a little bit about it."

"Do you have iron in your country?"

"Iron?" Youju pondered for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard of this, but I don't think about it." If there is iron in the country, there is no need to travel thousands of miles to the border to come to the city. ”

Wei Ba laughed silently. The place where he is now is Liaoning, one of the three northeastern provinces in later generations, iron and coal are one of the most minerals in Liaoning, and there is even a big city named after Tieling, which shows the abundance of iron ore. Youju is an educated scholar, and he can serve as a messenger for such an important task, so he should have some insight in the country. Such people don't know where iron is produced, which shows that the level of Jishu in Goguryeo is very average, and most of the Han people who taught them to read were also pure scholars, and they knew very little about the skills of iron management.

That's a good thing. The people on the grassland are already fierce, and they are born with external and internal reasons to be robbers.

In a moment, Wei Ba had an idea. Whether it is horse armor or armor, it all needs a lot of iron, Wancheng is iron-producing, but the cost is too high to transport it thousands of miles. The main purpose of his trip was to find a production base. Liaodong is the place he pays the most attention to, striking at Wuqiu Jian and scaring the Wuhuan people, in the final analysis, is to establish authority, so that they dare not come to rob easily, so that he can gain time to develop when his strength is not enough to crush his opponent.

"I am grateful that the king of your country has sent you and given you such a generous gift. I would like to send an envoy back with you to pay tribute to the king of your country, and to express my gratitude to him for taking in my Han people, do you think it is good? ”

Joy to live in. They rushed to meet them, on the one hand, they were afraid of Wei Ba, and on the other hand, they also wanted to ask for some return gifts. The Han people have always been generous, the rewards are more generous than the tribute, and the profits contributed are much higher than doing business. As for whether Wei Ba sent an envoy to meet their king, it didn't really matter. Of course, Wei Ba is willing to give face, and they are happy to see it.

The two got what they wanted and hit it off...... (To be continued......)