"There are more than 400,000 Li people, of which 100,000 are Chu Man's mixed blood?"

Li Ye was a little incredulous, this ratio seemed to be a little larger.

Li Wu smiled bitterly when he heard Li Ye's question.

"Nanban is mountainous, with a lot of mineral veins and a lot of salt works. In order to get these salt and iron, there will be people who are willing to take all kinds of things, including Da Chu women, in exchange for these. ”

"On the side of the hundred barbarians, there are often beast tides, and many barbarians die under the fierce beasts every year. There are also fights between tribes, and there are also battles with Da Chu. Therefore, the barbarians are young and strong, and there are many deaths and injuries every year. ”

"In order to increase the population, the barbarians were also willing to buy women from other places, or simply go out and take them captive. ”

"Most of us are serfs and miners, although our lives are miserable, there is no fighting, and there are not many real casualties. ”

"Over the years, the number of our people has slowly increased to what it is now. ”

"Because of our miserable situation, we are a race of our own, and although we are related to the barbarians, neither side agrees with this blood. ”

"The barbarians gave birth to us just to have more cheap slaves. Not a day goes by that we don't want to be free from the control of the barbarians. ”

When Li Wu said that someone was willing to exchange various things for salt and iron, he deliberately glanced at Chen Jiansong.

Chen Jiansong's face froze, he understood what Li Wu meant, this was to remind him.

"Mr. Li, don't worry, after rescuing all your clansmen, I will arrange for all of you to live in this Jiankang City, and expel all the original barbarians in this Jiankang City out of mining, and then you will be bitter and happy." ”

Chu Zhao said comfortingly.

In doing so, we can win over the hearts of these half-barbarians.

Moreover, replacing the barbarians in Jiankang City with their half-barbarians can also strengthen the defense of the entire Jiankang City.

Otherwise, 100,000 barbarians in this Jiankang City may riot at any time, which is too dangerous, and there is no basis for ruling at all.

With the hatred between barbarians and half-barbarians, as long as 100,000 half-barbarians lived in Jiankang City.

In the face of the barbarian attack, even if there is not a single Chu soldier in Jiankang City, these half-barbarians themselves will defend desperately, and they know that once the city is broken, they will never end well.

What's more, when these half-barbarians arrived in Jiankang City, they were under Chu Zhao's control, so Chu Zhao was even more at ease when he used Li Wu.

Chu Zhao's intentions, with Li Wu's old treacherous cunning, basically wanted to get it, but he had no choice, now he completely offended the barbarians, and he had to follow the Chu people closely, but fortunately, it seems that Chu Zhao is not bad to them now.

"From this point of view, the current more than 10,000 troops in the city are still not enough. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, in addition to the 20,000 troops of the barbarians, there are countless fierce beasts in the mountains and forests for their use, and they also have the advantage of the terrain, I am afraid that at least 30,000 people can do it. ”

"30,000 people is impossible, around the Lujiang River, there are not so many troops to adjust. ”

"Unless ......"

Chu Zhao said as he looked at Chen Jianchun and He Shaochuan.

The crowd followed and looked at the two of them.

Both of them are smart people, so they naturally understand that Chu Zhao is forcing them to express their stance and ask for troops from the two of them.

Indeed, there are only two of them in this vicinity, and there are private troops.

He Shaochuan looked at Chen Jiansong, and originally wanted to make eye contact with Chen Jiansong to see how to refuse this matter.

But he saw Chen Jiansong's helpless and painful face.

Chen Jianchun had to agree now, because Li Wu had been staring at him.

This matter is related to the safety of the Lebanese, and Leon has his handle.

Chen Jianzhun believed that as long as he dared to refuse, Li Wu would probably hand over the evidence of his previous connection between the Haisha Gang and the Li clan to Chu Zhao.

The people of Li Wu are the biggest source of strength for Li Wu.

Without these clansmen, Li Wu was just an ordinary innate early stage martial artist, and at his age, he basically had no potential to break through in the future.

Therefore, the feelings of Li Wu for these ethnic groups are still secondary, and the benefits that these ethnic groups can bring to Li Wu are the most inseparable for Li Wu.

If there was no contribution from the Haisha Gang and the He family, Chu Zhao would not be able to attack the Li tribe.

The people of Na Li Wu were slaughtered by the barbarians to vent their anger, which was like half of the disciples of the Haisha Gang being killed, and Chen Jianzhu believed that if he encountered such a situation, he would definitely take revenge on the people who caused this result.

"Since the Third Highness needs it, no matter how difficult it is for my Haisha Gang, I must also help the Third Highness solve this problem, and my Haisha Gang will send out 5,000 people. ”

Chen Jianchun said painfully.

"Okay, the Haisha Gang is so well aware of the righteousness, for the country and the people, Chen Shao Gang can rest assured, this time the merits of the Haisha Gang, this king will definitely report to the court in detail, if the court agrees, the Li Nanshan vein, will be handed over to the Haisha Gang for management. ”

Chu Zhao said happily, he originally thought that it would take some more twists and turns, but he didn't expect Chen Jianchun to agree so quickly.

If this matter is operated well, I am afraid that it will cause a lot of blows to the Seventh Prince, and the forces that originally belonged to him actually sent troops to help the Third Prince.

"What about the He family?"

Chu Zhao asked expectantly.

He Shaochuan's heart was full of depression and puzzlement, he looked at Chen Jianzhu, and only saw a constipated expression.

The Haisha Gang has agreed to send troops, can the He family do it without sending troops?

What's more, Chu Zhao also brought up the matter of the ore vein.

Once the Li tribe is conquered, the vein is a big treasury.

He Shaochuan believes that if his He family does not send troops this time, the matter of the ore vein will definitely not have the He family's share.

In the past, in Lujiang City, the strength of the Haisha Gang and the He family was about the same.

But this time, the Haisha Gang got the benefits of Jiankang Nanshan Mineral, but his He family didn't.

Not to mention the loss of a lot of benefits, and still lagging behind the Haisha Gang, I am afraid that many people in the family will be dissatisfied with him by then.

Chu Zhao broke the defense of the Nanban River, and if this war was won, there would naturally be war dividends.

This kind of dividend will attract forces to work for him.

"My He family also has five thousand people. ”

"Well, the He family is also so loyal and brave, and this king will also report to the court together. ”

As for the matter of the ore vein, when the time comes, all parties will coordinate it, Chu Zhao will take the lion's share, and it doesn't matter if he gives some to the He family and the Haisha Gang, just to win them over little by little.

With the 10,000 horses of these two families, Chu Zhao transferred some more from the surrounding area, and finally gathered enough troops of 30,000.

All 30,000 troops marched out, and Jiankang City was defended by the half-barbarians such as Li Wu.

As for Lujiang, the He family and the Haisha Gang are here.

Five thousand horses are not all of them, they have a deep background, the court has no horses in Lujiang, and there is no need to worry about something happening in Lujiang.

After the matter of tomorrow's battle was roughly discussed, everyone was busy until now, and they were all tired.

Chu Zhao asked Li Ye and Yang Yuxiang to go back to rest first if they were injured.

He himself and He Shaochuan and Chen Jianchun issued orders one after another, and on the river, the ships transported back and forth, and the people and horses of the imperial court drawn from near the Lujiang River, as well as the people and horses of the He family's Haisha Gang, were transported overnight.

By the time that was done, it was almost dawn.

Chu Zhao asked He Shaochuan and the others to go back and wash up, at most they would take a nap, and then the army would set off for the south.

(To be continued.) )