More than 100 steps away from the Han army camp, dozens of tents were spread out in a zigzag shape.

Most of the barbarians who had been placed by the Han army had rested in their tents, except for a young barbarian outside a tent, stroking his blade, and from time to time looking up at the river bank in the distance.

The Han army not only gave them tents, but also some braziers.

The lit brazier danced to the flames, illuminating the gap between the tents.

Sitting outside the tent, looking at the river bank from time to time, a brute a little older than him walked out of another tent not far behind him.

The brute who had just come out of the tent stood in the open space and urinated, and when he turned back, he happened to see the brute who was wiping the soldier and looking towards the shore.

Walking up to the brute sitting in front of the tent, the brute who had just peed asked, "Why don't you sleep yet?" ”

Glancing back at the barbarian beside him, the barbarian wiping his blade said with an entangled expression: "I can't sleep!" ”

"What do you think?" The brute who sat down next to him before he came out of the tent asked.

Staring in the direction of the river, the brute who wiped his blade said leisurely: "Can't we go back?" ”

"Perhaps." After all, he was older, and thinking that it was probably impossible to go back, the barbarian soldier who had just come out of the tent sighed and said: "Not only can I not go back, but I am afraid that I will have to fight with the Han people in the future!" ”

"Fighting with the Han Chinese?" Stunned for a moment, the brute who wiped his blade turned his head to look at the person beside him, and said with a blank expression: "The Han people didn't want me to fight with them!" ”

"You're stupid!" Glaring at him, the older barbarian said angrily: "Why did the Han people give me the blade?" If you don't want us to fight with us, wouldn't you have to worry about us giving them a blow from behind! ”

Stunned by what the brute said, the brute who wiped the blade put the weapon on the ground, hesitated for a moment before saying: "That's it, if you want to fight, just go home!" ”

The older brute patted him on the shoulder, said nothing, and returned to his tent with the words "Go to bed early."

The quiet night always passed quickly, and when the first rays of dawn spread over the earth, the small camp of three or four hundred barbarians gradually became lively.

The soldiers of the Han army brought food to them, and sat by the campfire, cooking the food while the barbarians talked to each other.

"The meat is still chewy when eaten raw." Looking at the barbecue on the bonfire, a barbarian smacked his lips twice and said, "In the past, I waited for dinner, when did I ever worry about it?" ”

"Han people all have to roast meat and eat it, so we can't let them watch me eat raw meat!" While roasting the meat, a barbarian said to the barbarian who spoke: "At present, we are favored by the Han people, and if we learn from them, we will not suffer!" ”

The barbarian who said that the raw meat was delicious did not say anything more, but looking at the half-cooked meat, he still swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, as if he couldn't help waiting for the meat to be cooked.

Entering the southern barbarian realm, there were several battles with the barbarians, and the food that the Han army got from the barbarians was mostly meat and some plant rhizomes that they could not name.

It is precisely for this reason that the food they distributed to those hundreds of barbarians was meat.

The barbarians deliberately learned the eating habits of the Han army, and in the Han army barracks, a group of Han soldiers who were eating barbecue meat were also chatting with them.

"Brothers, tell you!" One of the Han soldiers who had brought meat to the barbarians earlier squatted beside the other soldiers and whispered to them, "Do you know how the barbarians eat meat?" ”

Several Han soldiers who didn't go to deliver meat turned their heads to look at him, and no one interjected, just silently waiting for him to continue.

"They seem to like to eat raw meat." Glancing around, seeing that no one else was paying attention to him, the Han soldier said, "I'll tell them how to roast meat, but they don't seem to be able to roast it at all!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Several other Han soldiers were listening to the Han army's narration, and a voice came from the side.

Hearing someone talking, the soldiers looked up at the person who spoke.

What appeared in front of them was the guide who led them through the jungle and also served as Zhuge Jun's translator.

Seeing that it was the guide who spoke, several Han soldiers were silent.

Although the status of the guide is not high, Zhuge Jun relies on him very much, and the soldiers of the Han army are also unwilling to offend him.

A few Han soldiers were silent, but the guide squatted beside them, and while watching them barbecue, he said: "Barbarians don't all like to eat raw meat, they just feel that eating raw meat is more wild and more like a man!" ”

Listening to what the guide said, a Han soldier took a skewer of barbecued meat from the bonfire and handed it to him and asked, "I heard that the barbarians drink blood, so isn't that the case?" ”

"It's true that it's uncivilized!" Grinning, the guide said, "It's just that in terms of food, they also have to eat cooked food, not all raw meat." ”

Knowing a little more about the barbarians, several Han soldiers all nodded, and one of them, who looked a little obscene, asked in a low voice: "I heard that the barbarian men and women sleep in one place very casually on weekdays, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes!" Turning his head to look at the Han army, the guide nodded his head and said seriously: "It's just that I don't do that kind of thing in public, people, there is always some shame!" ”

After a few words, the guide and the soldiers narrowed the distance, sat together, and talked about the barbarians while eating the freshly cooked barbecue.

Hundreds of barbarians were taken in, and Zhuge Jun was sitting in the tent, and he was also discussing with the generals how to settle these barbarians who were unwilling to cross the river.

Originally, Zhuge Jun planned to put those barbarians back, so that Mrs. Zhurong knew that the Han army had no intention of killing all the barbarians.

What he didn't expect was that the barbarians did not accept the prisoners of war as he expected, but instead tied up all the prisoners of war on the bank of the river.

The fate of the prisoners of war who crossed the river was also heard from the barbarians who refused to continue the river.

Thinking that in the future, when the two armies would fight, there would be more captured barbarians, Zhuge Jun faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

A small number of barbarians, the Han army can also use supervision to control them at any time.

Once there are more captives, it goes without saying that the consumption of grain and grass is not to mention, and the control of the barbarians is also an extremely headache.

Looking around at the people in the tent, Zhuge Jun pondered for a while before asking them: "The barbarians refuse to return to the other side of the riverbank, do you think what our army should do, is the correct way to deal with it?" ”

"Kill!" As soon as Zhuge Jun's words fell, Xu Chu stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to him and said: "The barbarians are not yet civilized and have no gratitude, if our army takes them in, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not stab our army in the back in the future." According to the general's opinion, it is better to kill him! ”

The reason why the generals were summoned to the tent was that Zhuge Jun did not think about killing the barbarians.

Now they have entered the realm of the barbarians, and there is no strong backing from the common people.

If the Han army wants to survive here, it must not show its brutal side.

Smiling slightly, Zhuge Jun pressed his hand twice towards Xu Chuxu and said: "What General Xu said is not a method, but if our army kills too many barbarians, I am afraid that it will attract the wrath of the barbarians in the southern barbarian realm, if all the barbarians are aimed at our army, how can our army deal with it?" ”

When he said this, Xu Chu already knew that it was impossible to kill those barbarians, so he turned his head away and sat back in annoyance.

Seeing that the generals couldn't come up with a reasonable proposal, Zhuge Jun said to them: "This general has a way, but I don't know if everyone can agree with it!" ”

Zhuge Jun said that he had a way, and the generals turned their eyes to his face.

There were several Han army generals sitting in the tent, but the tent was surprisingly quiet, and everyone was waiting for Zhuge Jun to say something.

"General Ben thinks that it is better to kill barbarians than to use barbarians to defeat barbarians." Looking around at the people in the tent, Zhuge Jun continued: "The number of our army is not as large as the barbarian army, and it is deep in the enemy mirror, although the prime minister is currently guarding Chengdu, Chengdu is also not a short distance from here, and it is unlikely to count on reinforcements." The only way to reduce casualties is to support the barbarians and let them attack their own horses! ”

"General!" Zhuge Juncai said this set of principles of using barbarism to control barbarianism, and a partial general stood up, clasped his fists and asked him: "Use barbarism to control barbarianism, we will know it later." It's just that the barbarians are difficult to domesticate, how can you support them and fight with their own family? I hope the general will solve his doubts! ”

"You can use the barbarians to kill!" Smiling slightly, Zhuge Jun said to the partial general who got up to ask questions: "I wanted to release the captured barbarians yesterday, but I didn't want just a few barbarians to cross the river, but we were blocked by their own family. When we capture the barbarians in the future, we just need to take care of them and let the guide inform them that the Han army entered the barbarian realm not to annex this place, but to get along with the barbarians, teach them to plow the fields and weave cloth, and in the future, the barbarians will not attack each other again! ”

"Is it feasible to say this to the barbarians?" Zhuge Jun's mention was undoubtedly the best excuse to use the barbarians, but the generals of the Han army still felt that the barbarians were not civilized from the bottom of their hearts, and one of the partial generals asked again without suspicion.

Looking at the partial general, Zhuge Jun did not explain the truth very deeply, but said to him and the other generals in the tent: "And whether it is useful or useless, tell the barbarians that these are the things." In the future, whenever they advance forward, they will seize the land along the way and distribute it to the meritorious barbarians, so that they will see that our army is not just talking about it, but will really give them benefits! ”

After Zhuge Jun finished speaking, the generals of the Han army looked at each other one by one, although they did not speak, but they did not continue to ask questions.

Seeing that no one had any doubts, Zhuge Jun waved his hand and said to the generals: "If there is no doubt about righteousness, act accordingly!" ”