The countdown is over, and the whole army returns to Mustang City.

The challenge legion lineup is luxurious, and the Mustang stunt tends to help escape, the killing effect is not obvious, and the damage of the troops is not very large. There were many injuries, but only a few lost their lives, and most of them were trampled to death by the horses, which were negligible compared to the pressure on the challenge.

Coming out of the Wild Horse Valley, Qu Chen rode the Shadow and refused to come down.

The red shadow whetted his appetite even more.

According to the original plan, after the challenge, Qu Chen immediately took the teleportation array back to the Flying Fish Leader, and rushed back to Bohai in batches after breaking the captive riding disguise, and Li Fu and other transferred generals were in charge, and brought Qu Chen's mount back by the way. But now Qu Chen has just gotten a good horse and can't put it down, besides, a good horse like Jueying is handed over to his subordinates to swagger for thousands of miles, not to mention that Qu Chen is not at ease, Li Fu and the others are worried about accidents.

"The Shadow teleports with you." Fish are not wise.

Teleporting the Frog Dragon has the problem of overloading, and it is no problem to teleport horses, but the teleportation fee is a little more expensive.

"Thank you, big brother!" Qu Chen left happily.

"Yuan Zhi, I have to go to Jizhou later, and I'll leave it to you here." Yu Buzhi said to Xu Shu.

Although Zhao Yun is capable, he is a guest general, Wang Ping first arrived in Hetao, and after Qu Chen returned to Feiyu Ling, Xu Shu was more needed in Hetao. Moreover, when he went to Wadao to meet Xiaoqing, most of them were mainly searching, and the three bases were opened at the same time, and Yu Buzhi had no spare strength to participate in the war on Wajima, and he lacked the will to expand the front, once Xiaoqing was found, the troops would soon withdraw. In such a situation, there is no need to dispatch Xu Shu.

"Deputy City Lord Zhai is here, I'm afraid the lord may not be able to go." Xu Shu sighed.

Yu Buzhi looked back, and sure enough, Zhai Jian came.

It is not strange for Zhai Jian to appear in Wild Horse City, Wild Horse City is also within the scope of his governance, it is not strange for him to come here, what is strange is the timing of coming. The challenge of the Wild Horse Valley will almost empty the elite of the Hetao, the lords, military advisors and generals are all on the battlefield, Zhai Jian should stay in the Dragon Leader, what are you doing in Wild Horse City?

"Lord," Zhai Jian walked over quickly, waved his hand and said: "Deputy City Lord Yi urgently summons, Zhao Taishou asks you to go to Jiangzhou, saying that there is something important to discuss, and 100,000 is urgent." ”

The fish is not wise and has a big bucket, and Xu Shu guessed it correctly.

He was in a hurry to go to Wajima to find Xiaoqing, and it took less than two days from the pre-war preparation to the execution of the Mustang Valley challenge, and Xiaoqing's loyalty was still declining, from 65 points to 63 points, and the loyalty declined at an unprecedented rate. Yu Buzhi didn't know that this was because Xiaoqing and Ji Yi had been fighting fiercely for the past two days, and they were anxious. However, Zhao Bu's wording includes "must" and "100,000 urgent", which is enough to show the importance and urgency of the matter, which cannot be delayed. Yi Feng and Zhai Jian had both participated in closed-door meetings, and knew that it was urgent to reinforce the Qingjiaolong, and if they could shirk it, the two would have shirked it a long time ago, not so.

Seeing that Yu Buzhi was speechless for a long time, Xu Shu said softly: "The lord ......"

"I'll go back right away." Yu Buzhi said calmly.

"Zhao Taishou is so urgent, either the results of the Bajun negotiations have been made, or there is a key progress, and there must be something that needs our assistance, otherwise he would not be in such a hurry to find me. I can't just leave at this time, anyway, let's go over and have a look. ”

"My lord, but go." Xu Shu nodded and said: "If it is general news, it would be good for Zhao Taishou to find someone to report, and it must be important to invite you in such a hurry." There are three or four days of travel from the Jiaoying camp to the sea of the city, Xingba has only been gone for more than a day, and the lord first went to Jiangzhou to see Zhao Taishou, as long as there is no other delay, I think it will not miss the trip to Wadao. ”

Yu Buzhi didn't say anything more and walked into the teleportation array.

Jiangzhou City.

The people in Bajun Taishou Mansion all know that Yu Buzhi has a special status, and let it go unimpeded.

"You're finally here." Seeing Yu Buzhi walking into the room, Zhao Bu immediately stood up.

"Brother Zhao, but there is progress in the negotiations?"

"Exactly." Zhao Buzhi pulled Yu Buzhi to the study and took out two letters from the desk.

This is a recent letter sent by Chen Kongzhang, in which he said that the Yizhou government has obviously loosened its attitude recently, and it is no longer deliberately delaying as it did some time ago, and the sincerity of the settlement has been shown in the negotiations. More than 10 days ago, Wu Zhiyuan took the initiative to propose that as long as I hand over Ba County, I could be transferred to Jianning County or Yunnan in the south of Yizhou, and I would still be my county guard, and if I did not have any major misdeeds or malpractices in office, within five years, the state government would guarantee that the state government would not interfere in my internal affairs and military affairs, and would not transfer or dismiss me for any reason. ”

Yu Buzhi raised his eyebrows: "So good?" Is it credible? ”

"The credibility is high." Zhao Bu said solemnly.

"Zhu Cheqi, Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Bogui are witnesses, unless Liu Yan wants to offend the three of them for me."

Yu Buzhi was surprised, and asked again: "Ask the three of them to testify, who proposed it?" ”

"Yizhou Mansion."

"Then it's no problem, Yizhou Mansion is indeed very sincere." Yu Buzhi let out a long breath.

Liu Yan dared to say that let Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan testify, that means that sincerity is enough, Zhu Jun is a famous minister of the imperial court, and the other two local powerful princes, among which Yuan Shao is still the son of the Yuan family and the master of Guan, how dissatisfied Liu Yan is with Zhao Min, how much he wants to trample Zhao Bu on the ground, and he will not risk offending those three to pay the bill. The reason why Liu Yan later insisted on rectifying the Zhao Department was somewhat arrogant, and he felt that it would hurt his face if he couldn't take down the Zhao Department, but if he broke his trust with Zhu Jun and others, it was not just a matter of face, it could be said that it was not worth losing a big loss because of a small one.

Zhao Bu muttered: "Yes, Chen Kongzhang also thinks that Liu Yan is very sincere. ”

"What about yourself?"

"Same."

"Isn't that the end of it? If you change places and become county guards, you will have a high degree of autonomy, and you will not have to worry about it for at least five years, but no one knows what will happen after five years. Brother Zhao probably has already agreed. ”

"No, I refuse."

Yu Buzhi said: "Why? Even if you start over in the past, you can still manage some power in five years! ”

"It's not as simple as you think."

"I have been an official in Yizhou for more than ten years, and I know very well what the situation is in Yinan."

"Yinan Mountain is high and densely forested, full of miasma, the people are not subject to control, and the prosperity is far less than that of Yibei. In addition, there are many wealthy families in Yinan, and most of the population is monopolized by wealthy families, and the government has to make many compromises with Haoqiang to govern the local government, even if I am given five years, it is difficult to operate a decent force. Five years later, if the Yizhou government wants to deal with me again, I don't even have a chance to resist. ”

"The so-called non-interference in internal and military affairs is just the Yizhou Mansion pretending to be generous and deceiving me to let go of Ba County."

"In that case, why should I go?"

"Instead of sitting back and waiting for death in the past, it is better to take advantage of the help of Zhu Cheqi, Yuan Jizhou and Gongsun Bogui to continue to stay in Ba County and see if we can fight for a glimmer of life." Zhao Bu said calmly.

He had already thought about it.

It seems that Liu Yan is full of sincerity, but Zhao Bu doesn't believe it.

Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years.

After the previous struggle, especially at the beginning of the struggle, Zhao Bu personally went to Mianzhu to ask to see Liu Yan and show favor to Liu Yan, but in exchange for continued suppression, Zhao Bu no longer believed Liu Yan. In his opinion, Liu Yan's refusal to give in is to put him to death, concession is to play a conspiracy and tricks, and the ultimate goal is to put him to death, and any move by Yizhou Mansion will be interpreted by Zhao Bu in the direction of confrontation.

The solution proposed by the Yizhou government this time was because they did not expect that the matter of Ba County would be so tricky, causing more and more opposition from important ministers and princes. It is true that Liu Yan wants to cut off Yizhou, but it doesn't mean that he wants to be enemies of the world, the more he wants to cut off Yizhou, the more Liu Yan doesn't want to make too many enemies, Dong Zhuo is a lesson from the past, Dong Zhuo, who commands the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, can't bear the siege of the princes, let alone Liu Yan?

The original intention of letting Zhao Bu change places to be the county guard, the original intention of Yizhou Mansion was to resolve the current deadlock and avoid the Ba County dispute from continuing to burn. As for how to deal with Zhao Bu afterwards, objectively speaking, Yizhou Mansion has not been officially put on the agenda yet, and it is not as far-reaching as Zhao Bu thought. Of course, Zhao Bu's dark speculation is indeed very likely to become a reality, but that is a story for another time.

The solution, which originally seemed to be full of sincerity, was stillborn because Zhao Bu didn't believe Liu Yan at all.

has been friends with Zhao Bu for so long, and Yu Buzhi understands Zhao Buzhi's mentality very well. It is normal for Zhao to want to use external forces to win more favorable conditions for himself, but the risk is also very large, and if he doesn't do it, he will completely anger Liu Yan, suspend the negotiations, go to war directly, and decide the ownership of Ba County with knives and guns.

Yu Buzhi touched his chin: "Hmm, what's the reaction from Yizhou Mansion?" Are you ready to fight? ”

"No, they came up with a new plan."

Zhao Bu shook his head, with a complicated expression on his face, and handed a letter to Yu Buzhi: "After reading this, you will understand." ”

Yu Buzhi took the letter, glanced at it a few times, and exclaimed: "Three points of Ba County? ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Bu Meiyu struggled a little, and said: "Bajun has three points, I have one of them, and I will not violate it for five years." ”

Yu Buzhi looked at Zhao Buzhi and said seriously: "Brother Zhao, are you tempted?" ”

Zhao Bu's expression was bitter, and he said equally seriously: "I'm tempted, this should be the best result I can fight for." ”

Zhao Bu is telling the truth, to this point, he has no way out, how can Liu Yan have a way out? Continue to let Zhao Bu be the Taishou of Ba County, Liu Yan probably doesn't need to mix Yizhou, since Zhao Bu is unwilling to move to Yinan, the other Yibei counties have long belonged, and splitting Ba County is the best way. Zhao retains part of the base area; Yizhou Mansion took back part of the territory, which could not only fulfill the original promise to the wealthy family who took refuge in him, but also save face; Zhu Jun and others, who acted as mediators, also had nothing to say, and all forces could accept it.

Yu Buzhi got up and walked to the window, looking at the rockery outside the window, his heart fluctuated.

As a Ba County player, Yu Buzhi has carefully studied the history, humanities, geography and other information of Ba County.

He clearly knew that there was indeed a record of Ba County being divided in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but that period of history occurred in 194, when Liu Zhang took office and divided Ba County into three: Ba County north of Dianjiang, Yongning County from Jiangzhou to Linjiang, and Guling County from Quren to Yufu. Later, Yufu ordered Jian Yun to fight for the name of Ba, and Liu Zhang changed Yongning County to Ba County, Guling County to Badong County, and Ba County to Brazil County. At the same time, a Badong subject state was also divided, and in the future, Liu Bei changed the Badong subject state to Fuling County, and Ba Di was actually divided into four counties.

The purpose of Liu Zhang's division of the three bars was to weaken the power of the Bajun Taishou Pang Xi, and at the same time to facilitate the rule of the chaotic situation in Badi. The Qin Dynasty took Ba as Ba County, and the Western Han Dynasty did not change the counties of Shu very much, so in addition to the three more southern counties of Qianwei, Qike and Yongchang, Ba County was the largest county in Yizhou, with a population of more than one million, and Pang Xi, who served as the Taishou of Ba County at that time, was enough to compete with Liu Zhang, at least this is the situation in history.

Of course, the game is a little different from history.

Historically, the strength of the county was whether the county was strong or not, and the population was a very important indicator.

The same is true in the game, but with a slight twist from history. Due to the limitation of the number of strongholds, the population of the county is mainly concentrated in the city-level strongholds, that is, the county seat and the county seat. The county seat is a first-class capital, with a maximum population of 200,000, and the county seat is a second-class capital, with a maximum population of 300,000.

There are 14 counties in Ba County, with a total population of 1.08 million in history, and the population in the game has more than doubled.

The problem is that other counties are also increasing, and the increase is even greater.

For example, the total population of Qiqi County is about 260,000 in history, and the total population of Yizhou County is about 110,000, which is not an order of magnitude with Ba County at all, but these two counties each have 16 counties, and the total population in the game has successfully surpassed Ba County. Shu County, which has 350,000 people, has 12 counties and 3 provinces, which also exceeds Ba County. Although other counties in Yizhou have not been able to overtake, the gap with Ba County has narrowed, for example, Hanzhong County, which originally had 260,000 people, has 9 counties, and the population gap has become less disparity.

Because of this, Ba County, which can compete with the state capital in history, can only be beaten passively in the game.

The forces that can be mobilized by both sides are too far apart.

The above "power" refers not only to manpower, but also to various properties and resources, because most of the property resources in the game are produced in strongholds. There is no point in discussing whether it is reasonable or not, the game setting is like this, and the benefits and losses of details must give way to the world pattern and operating rules.

From a certain point of view, Zhao Bu suffered the loss of Futu.

In order to rule Yizhou, Liu Yan adopted extremely bloody means to suppress and massacre the Hao clan. Zhang Lu cut off the north road, and Liu Yan punished more than ten people surnamed Wang Xian and Li Quan in Ba County in vain. The Ba people have a deep hatred for Liu Yan's family. Liu Zhang split the Badi and carried out more detailed planning and management of the Badi to avoid the situation of Bashu confrontation. On the other hand, after Liu Yan's death, Zhang Lu became self-reliant in Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang needed to unite the forces of Badi against Zhang Lu in the north and Liu Biao in the east.

It was against that historical background that the three bars were divided.

Now that Liu Yan is not dead, Liu Zhang has not taken the throne, Zhang Lu has not been divided, and the Yizhou Mansion actually proposed to divide Ba County, and the plan proposed in the letter is the same as Liu Zhang's practice in history, which really surprised Yu Buzhi.

The three bars were divided in advance.

Because of the continued stalemate between Zhao and Liu Yan, and because of the interference of many historical heavyweights or princes, the division of Sanba was advanced by one or two years. In Yu Buzhi's view, Futu may be the driving force behind the scenes, and the division of Sanba is an upcoming historical event, and it has almost no impact on the main plot of history in advance, but if there is no plan acceptable to both parties, Yizhou Mansion and Ba County will fight, and it is nothing if Zhao Bu is destroyed, Liu Yan and Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are at odds, who dares to say that it will not affect the main plot in the future?

"Okay, let's take a step back, are you talking?" Yu Buzhi asked.

"Not yet. Ba County's three points are basically agreed, there are still differences in how to distribute them, I occupy one share, and the other two shares are taken away by Liu Yan, I lose too much, I am not reconciled. ”

"What's the point of that? You can only get one share anyway. ”

Zhao Bu laughed: "I can only take a share, but ......"