"Is it true that the Khitans drove the savage slaves south?" It wasn't until Bai Chengshou finished briefing the situation that Jiang Feng asked.

"The king of the county, our Tuyuhun people's pastureland is very widely distributed, and it is also widely distributed in the original Raole Governor's Mansion, which is later the Flattering Governor's Mansion, and there are also close contacts with the Xi people, in fact, there are also many Xi people who are unbearable to the oppression of the Khitan people in our Tuyuhun territory who fled to survive, so we still have a better understanding of the situation of the Khitans in the east. ”

Bai Chengshou's face was full of wrinkles, but his eyes were shining with wisdom.

"In addition to the continuous infiltration of the Khitans to the south, to the north is to take the initiative to launch a military attack, mainly to plunder the population, livestock, and property of the northern savage tribes, such as the Murwei tribes, the Uighur tribes, the Ya tribes, and the Xi tribes are all the objects of their captivity, and now the Xi and the Tatar people have basically been conquered by them, except for some remnants hiding in the remote mountains and forests, and the Murwei people are located further north, and the Uighur tribes are farther west, so their main target is the Murwei people now. ”

"The people they have taken captive will become the slaves of their nobles, and then replace their clansmen to herd cattle for them?" Jiang Feng probably understood what Bai Chengshou wanted to express.

"Well, that's probably it, their people were freed, and they continued to go south to Danzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou...... , encroaching on the land of Heshuo,......"

"Probably including Fuzhou and Xinzhou, right?" Jiang Feng asked lightly.

Bai Chengshou also knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party, so he nodded: "Yes." ”

If it weren't for the Khitans who began to invade Yanzhou and Xinzhou, why would they have to go south so urgently to contact Xuzhou?

Jiang Feng can also understand that although Fuzhou and Xinzhou are located outside the Saiwai, which is more bitter and cold than Yunzhou and Ulzhou, but Fuzhou and Xinzhou are already a fertile pasture land outside the Saizhou.

Although Yunzhou and Ulzhou are the hinterland of the Tuyuhun people, they are inhabited by Han Chinese and Tuyuhun people, and the foundation of the Tuyuhun people is the foundation of the Tuyuhun people in Fuzhou and the vast grasslands further north.

"Then I don't know what your Tuyuhun people have planned?" Jiang Feng didn't go around in circles anymore and asked directly.

If the Khitans have really won successive victories over the Murwei people, then their southward progress is bound to accelerate, which is very unfavorable to Xuzhou, the original Xuzhou side judged that the Khitans may have two to three years to go south, but now it seems that this time may be shortened, and Xuzhou has to consider countermeasures.

The position of the Tuyuhun people is very critical, just between the Shatuo people and the Khitans, and the Tuyuhun people have slowly recovered from the defeat of Helian Duo in recent years, and absorbed some Han people living in Yun and Shuo Prefectures, and annexed some Zahu and Xi people and Murwei people on the grassland, and their strength has increased, and they already have the strength to contain the Shatuo people and the Khitans, which is good news for Xuzhou.

And the Tuyuhun people also have this desire, they are oppressed from both the east and the west, if they do not want to become vassals and servants of the Shatuo or Khitans, then they have to find a strong ally to fight against the Shatuo and Khitans.

"We hope to form a closer relationship with the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion of the County King. Bai Chengshou looked at Jiang Feng and said in a deep voice.

"How do you get into a closer relationship?" Jiang Feng asked rhetorically.

"We are willing to provide more and better war horses for the county king, the price can be cheaper, we hope that the county king can provide us with more iron materials, high-grade armor, horse armor, horse lance, iron arrow clusters, we also hope that the county king can provide us with some necessary city building talents, and we also hope that the county king can provide us with some infantry officers to train us soldiers,......"

Jiang Feng expected the Tuyuhun people to want to get more weapons, armor and even iron materials, but the Tuyuhun people proposed that Xuzhou provide them with some city-building craftsmen, and even train infantry officers, which made Jiang Feng a little surprised.

"Why do you need talents to build a city?" Jiang Feng muttered: "You want to build a city, what city to build?"

"Huairong, the city of Yanzhou, needs to be expanded and reinforced, and we intend to rebuild the city in the old Yanchuan City and Longmen County, and rebuild the establishment ,......of Yanchuan County," Bai Chengshou did not hide his purpose, "The Khitans continue to invade the south and west, we must make early preparations to rebuild Longmen and Yanchuan, we can rely on the two cities to attack, threaten the flanks of the Khitans, and at the same time consolidate our influence in Youzhou." ”

Jiang Feng's eyes were a little more approving.

Although the Tuyuhun people also belong to the Hu people, it is clear that their sinicization is still very successful, not inferior to the Shatuo people, and much stronger than the Khitans, which can be seen from their success in making the Han people of Yunzhou, Ulzhou and Shuozhou subordinate to them.

At the same time, they also successfully consolidated their rule in the south of Yunzhou, Ulzhou, Shuozhou, etc., and did not stop there, and continued to expand northward, absorbing and recruiting Saiwai Zahu to enrich themselves.

For example, the remnants of the Murwei and Xi people, who were conquered and defeated by the Khitans, showed signs of coming to vote, which would certainly greatly increase the strength of the Tuyuhun people, but also attract the hostility of the Khitans.

It seems that the Tuyuhun people have figured out a point, whether they absorb these miscellaneous hus or not, the Khitans will not let them go, and if the Khitans want to go south without scruples, they must solve the threat from the Tuyuhun people from the flank, which is a good thing.

This is the basis of the alliance between Xuzhou and the Tuyuhun people.

Xuzhou does not want to face the Khitans directly, not because they are afraid of the Khitans, but before they solve the problem of the Shatuo people, the Xuzhou army is unwilling to confront the two major Hu forces of the Shatuo and the Khitans at the same time, and the Xuzhou army is not so strong, especially in the south, there are Caizhou and Nanyang, two neighbors who are not worried about dragging their feet and stabbing knives, and Li Wu of Huainan is also a hidden danger.

"You still plan to form an infantry army?" Jiang Feng was also very interested in this.

"King Jun, there are many Han people in Yunzhou, Shuozhou and Ulzhou, and the threat of the Shatuo people is not small, we need to make some preparations in advance. Bai Chengshou said calmly: "Is the county king worried that we will be a threat to the county king if we learn the Xuzhou army?"

Jiang Feng smiled dumbly, "Hehe, if the Xuzhou Army is worried that the Tuyuhun people have learned our tactics, then I think the Xuzhou Army should really be disbanded." But don't you think you're asking too much and giving too little?"

"King Jun, I understand that the strong military strength of the Tuyuhun people will only be beneficial to Xuzhou, because our enemies and potential enemies are the same, at least for a long time, cooperation is beneficial to us, and not good to our enemies. Bai Chengshou was right, "If we care too much about the gains and losses in interests, I'm afraid it will only weaken us, King Jun, what do you say?"

"Lord Bai's remarks really touched a certain person, but a certain thinks, since they are allies, they should provide each other with the help they can give, rather than a unilateral effort by one party, it is better to do this, the Xuzhou army can train infantry for Tuyuhun, but please also exclude a part of the cavalry to join our Xuzhou army, what do you think?"

Looking at Jiang Feng's gaze, Bai Chengshou realized that Jiang Feng was not joking, but sending his family's cavalry army to work for the Xuzhou army was too high, and of course he also admitted that the Tuyuhun people had a lot of requirements for Xuzhou.

"King Jun, does this have to be the case?" Bai Chengshou asked.

"If allies want to stay together for a long time, I think we should do what I can to help each other, not just take it. Jiang Feng said leisurely.

"Uncle Seven, are we going to agree to their request?" The blue-eyed girl who returned to the post house suddenly became much quieter, as if the conversation between Jingwen and Jiang Feng had made her mature a lot.

"I'm afraid we can't afford not to accept their conditions. Bai Chengshou said slowly: "It stands to reason that after the Xuzhou army annexed Pinglu Town, their cavalry strength is not weak, why do we have to join our cavalry?"

"Is it intentional to pull us into the boat of confrontation with the Shatuo and Khitans?" The blue-eyed girl reversed the innocence she had shown before, and became deep and calm.

Bai Chengshou glanced at the girl who was his niece, he had long known that the girl was very intelligent, and she knew the elegance when she heard the string songs, and many things were clear at a glance, but he was still surprised and happy that the other party was so clever and keen.

"Shaojun, not exactly, in fact, Xuzhou also knows that we and the Shatuo people, The Khitans are in a relationship that cannot coexist, neither the Shatuo people nor the Khitans can tolerate the existence of such an independent force as ours on their flanks, especially since we are still constantly competing with them for the miscellaneous beards on the grassland, before they may temporarily tolerate it, but now, the Shatuo people have entered the Central Plains, their power has increased greatly, the Khitans have defeated the Murowei tribes, and have established their hegemony among the savage tribes in the northeast mountains, forests and swamps, and they may not have the patience to tolerate us now. ”

"Then we only have to accept the conditions of the Han people?" The blue-eyed girl was still a little unwilling.

"Shaojun, Jiang Feng is right, if you want to maintain a relationship between allies, you should ask and pay the same, Xuzhou is willing to give us what we need, and even willing to provide us with city builders and officers to train infantry troops, which is rare, as for asking us to provide cavalry, I estimate that this should be the current Xuzhou cavalry because of integration reasons, plus to face the Shatuo iron cavalry to dominate the Central Plains, so there are some shortcomings, of course, there are also some deliberately worsening our previous relationship with the Shatuo people, to tie us firmly to their chariots. ”

Bai Chengshou's eyes were a little more resolute, "But before I came, the leader had already explained that there was no room for compromise between us and the Shatuo people and the Khitans, but there was a great opportunity for cooperation with the Han people, and it was worth forming an alliance." ”