Chapter 475: Turning the Tiger Away from the Mountain (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Wei Ba looked at the more than 1,000 Wu army captives and was worried.
In peacetime, more than 1,000 people are a lot of wealth, and they can be used as soldiers and farmers. But not now, in a short period of time, he can't trust these people, and these people can't work for him, and this path of surrender is definitely not feasible.
Killed? No, once these people rise up to resist, they may not be able to restrain them, but even if they are contained, the losses will not be small, and they will definitely affect the subsequent war. Besides, the vast majority of people are very disgusted with this kind of thing, thinking that there is no humanity, and there are only a few people who are really as ruthless as Bai Qi and Xiang Yu after all.
If you can't take it for your own use, and you can't kill it, what should you do? Put? It doesn't seem to be very reliable.
Just when Wei Ba was in a dilemma, someone from among the captives suddenly rushed over. But he didn't take two steps before he was grabbed by the brutes and knocked him down. The barbarian was angry, for fear of being scolded by Wei Ba, and he was about to kill someone when he drew his machete.
The man had been slashed and bloodied, but he was still screaming unrelentingly. Wei Ba listened to the strange accent, neither like the words of the barbarians, nor like the words of the Han people, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop! β
Wei Ba is now a god general, and the barbarians are in awe of him, although they are annoyed that the person has extraneous branches, they don't dare to cut it again, and they stop with a snort. Wei Ba walked up to the man and looked at the man with a bloody face. The man broke free from the brute's hand, threw himself in front of Wei Ba, fell to his knees with a thud, hugged Wei Ba's legs, and kowtowed again and again. He knocked so hard that it hurt Wei Ba's instep.
"You get up." Wei Ba couldn't bear the pain, and was knocked twice by him like this. You can't walk on this foot. He hurriedly pulled the man up and asked in a harmonious voice, "What's the matter with you?" Don't rush, speak slowly. β
"My lord, don't kill us, don't kill us!" The man looked up and pleaded.
The more Wei Ba listened, the more he felt that this accent was wrong, so he asked, "Where are you from?" Say it slowly, don't be in a hurry. β
"My lord, I'm a Jiaozhi person. My surname is Zhu and my name is Zhu Wu. The man gasped. In blunt Chinese, he said, "I am Shi Kuang's tribe." β
Wei Ba was confused. He didn't know any of the names this man said. The husband who rushed over when he heard the voice was suddenly stunned, reached out and grabbed the man's bun, and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, daxiao said, "Zhu Wu." Is it really you? β
Zhu Wu was dragged by his husband and his head hurt. But he didn't dare to resist, he knew that Xiangfu was the leader of this gang of barbarians. was grinning and enduring, and suddenly heard the voice of the husband. couldn't help but widen his eyes, stared at his husband a few times, and suddenly showed joy: "You...... You are ......"
"Your mother's, you don't even know Lao Tzu anymore? I'm Xiongxi's husband. Xiangfu daxiao, kicked Zhu Wu, pulled him up, and patted him on the shoulder: "What about Shi Kuang, are you still alive?" β
Zhu Wu suddenly realized, and hurriedly fell to the ground again, kowtowing two heads. Xiangfu pulled him up again, and Zhu Wu was already in tears: "Jingfu, my master...... He ......"
Wei Ba looked inexplicable. When the husband saw it, he quickly explained: "My lord, this person is my old acquaintance. He is the master called Shi Kuang, Shi Kuang is the son of Shi Yi, when the Shi family was dominant in Jiaozhou, Shi Kuang was a Zhonglang general, once guarded Yulin County, I went to Tanzhong to do business, and he had dealings. Zhu Wu is a subordinate of Shi Kuang and once received me. β
Wei Ba realized that this Zhu Wu was from Jiaozhou, no wonder the accent was wrong, he didn't understand a few words after listening to it for a long time just now. Xiangfu pulled Zhu Wu aside and interrogated him carefully, and Zuihou walked over happily.
"My lord, that's a good thing."
"What's the good thing that deserves to be so happy?" When Wei Ba saw Xiangfu's face, he knew that it was a good thing, but he was now worried about the prisoner, and he didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with Xiangfu for a while.
"My lord, do you know that there are more than 300 people here who used to be the old department of the Shi family, and they were forcibly recruited as soldiers by Lu Dai. Zhu Wu is also one of them, his master Kuang was deceived by Lu Dai, and now he wants to turn to adulthood. β
Wei Ba was overjoyed: "Really? β
The husband was overjoyed and nodded again and again. He asked Zhu Wu just now. After Shi Xie's death, Sun Quan sent Chen Shi to Jiaozhi as a taishou, but Shi Xie's son Shi Hui refused. Sun Quan then sent LΓΌ Dai to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion. Shi Kuang is the son of Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Yi, realizing that Wu's army is powerful, he does not approve of the Shi family continuing to occupy Jiaozhou, and takes the initiative to help Lu Dai persuade Shi Hui to surrender. Lu Dai quickly pacified Jiaozhou, and Shi Kuang was meritorious. However, Lu Dai later turned his face and denied people, violated the promise he had promised to Shi Kuang, killed Shi Hui and others, and passed on the head to Wuchang. Although Shi Kuang was not killed, he was also exempted from being a commoner, and all his family wealth and tribes were deprived by Lu Dai, and Zhu Wu and others became Lu Dai's subordinates.
There were more than 3,000 people like Zhu Wu in total, and they were assigned to various generals by Lu Dai, and more than 300 people including Zhu Wu belonged to Chen Shi. Uprooted from their homeland and their families controlled again, these people can only work for Lu Dai, although Lu Dai does not fully trust them. Although Zhu Wu was bent on avenging Shi Kuang, he never found a chance, and now facing the possibility of being executed, Zhu Wu decided to fight for Wei Ba.
Wei Ba pondered for a moment: "Is it credible?" β
Xiangfu smiled: "My lord, I don't dare to say anything else, Shi Kuang I know, Shi Kuang is indeed not the kind of person who is brave and ruthless, he was betrayed by Lu Dai and became a sinner of the Shi family, and now he has been deprived of all his property, so it's strange if he doesn't hate Lu Dai." Zhu Wu is a loyal and brave man, and it is true that he wants to avenge Shi Kuang. β
Wei Ba beckoned Zhu Wu over: "Are you really willing to follow me?" β
Zhu Wu nodded vigorously: "I am willing to surrender to my lordship, there is only one condition, after the battle, if I am still alive, I hope that my lord can let me go back to serve my master." Zhu Wu's eyes turned red, and tears welled up again. My master has never suffered hardship, but now he is being harmed by Lu Dai to cultivate his own crops to make a living, he must be very uncomfortable, if there is no one to wait, he will soon die of exhaustion. β
Seeing a big man crying, Qing Suo'er couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes, and most of the others were moved by Zhu Wu's loyalty. Wei Ba saw it and no longer hesitated. Most of the people in these years talk about loyalty, especially these tribes and guards who have no status and status, and they attach more importance to their commitments than even those so-called scholars. Since Zhu Wu has said this, there is no reason to lie to him again.
"Alright, you go pick and see how many people are willing to go with me. You tell them that if they don't want to, I won't force them, and as long as they don't make trouble, I won't kill them. Keep them here for now. After two or three days, they were given freedom. β
Zhu Wu was overjoyed and hurriedly went to the captive to find someone. With Wei Ba's promise, the captives quieted down. After about a meal. More than 400 people followed Zhu Wu to Wei Ba's face. Some of them are the old department of the scholars. There are also some barbarians forcibly recruited by Lu Dai from other tribes, who have just heard about the prestige of the divine generals and are willing to follow Wei Ba to fight.
Wei Ba was very happy. Immediately he commanded that weapons and armor were given to them. Those barbarians were a little reluctant to spit out the loot they had just arrived, but when Wei Ba spoke, they didn't dare not listen.
The problem of the captives was successfully resolved, and Wei Ba locked the rest of the captives in a valley, leaving a dozen people to guard them, and drove back to Xuefeng Mountain with his men and horses. Wu Yong was taken by him. Those grains and baggage can't be taken away, Wei Ba originally planned to burn them, Xiangfu said, this is close to the Xiongxi tribe, there are many small tribes nearby, they definitely need these things, I will send a few people to inform them, they will definitely come to get these things away, my lord, this is also a favor.
Wei Ba agreed.
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Chen Shi, who was eating, looked at the sweaty barbarian, and frowned: "Attacked? β
"Yes, yes, a lot of people." The barbarian opened his arms and said exaggeratedly: "It's all people, we are surrounded by them, and we can't run away." Wu Duwei sent more than 30 people to break through, and there were four or five with me, and only I escaped. β
Chen Shi had no doubts, the urgent military report in front of him was indeed Wu Yong's handwriting, and there was no problem with the letter, and judging from what he said, there was nothing suspicious. This is the location of the Xiongxi tribe, although the Xiongxi tribe was controlled, but because of the husband's affairs, many people secretly disagreed, since the husband was exchanged by Wei Ba with Sun Luban, and then returned to Xiongxi to contact the various tribes and fight against the Wu army, it is not possible.
Chen Shi didn't dare to slack off. This batch of food and ordnance is a month's consumption of the army, once it falls into the hands of the barbarians, the strength of the barbarians will increase greatly, it will cause even greater trouble, and it will also have a very bad impact on people's hearts. What's more, there are still a thousand soldiers, and if the whole army is destroyed, the loss will be unbearable for him. He immediately led 2,000 men and horses to rush to the rescue.
Chen Shi took a warship, which was much faster than a baggage boat, and it only took him half a day to arrive at the place where Wu Yong said in the military newspaper. However, he did not see the scene after the battle, not even a few ships, the water was calm, there was nothing unusual, there was no trace of a battle.
Chen Shi was very puzzled, and asked the barbarian who delivered the letter to interrogate, but found that the barbarian was gone. Chen Shi suddenly realized that there was danger, and while he was on guard, he sent people to search around.
The scouts soon found a warship, and several barbarians were happily driving this warship to their homes, which not only contained weapons, but also a lot of food, which was the military rations of the Wu army.
Chen Shi interrogated, and these barbarians were recruited. They are mountain people from the nearby mountains, and someone came this morning to deliver a letter saying that there is a large amount of unclaimed grain here, and they can take it as they please. And they came. When I got here, I found that there were a lot of people who had come and were sharing the spoils in full swing, and they came relatively late, and most of the things were snatched away, and they took a lot of effort to collect this little thing. If it hadn't been for the delay, they would have run away a long time ago.
Just then, the scouts found the captives again. The captives told Chen that they had been attacked by Wei Ba, who had originally had five or six hundred people, but now he had recruited more than four hundred people, a total of nearly a thousand people, and had rushed to the direction of Xuefeng Mountain early in the morning.
When Chen Shi heard this, he was shocked, and a chill rushed to the back of his head.
He knew that he had been fooled, and the Xuefeng Mountain Camp was about to become Wei Ba's prey. (To be continued......)
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The hard-working old Zhuang didn't want to send a single chapter, so he had to add more and ask for a few more monthly passes, otherwise he would be really aggrieved and really unmotivated.