Yunzhong County.

"General, I respect you." Above the lobby, a leader with a stubble on his face raised a bowl of wine, drank it all, and then exposed the bottom of the bowl, indicating that he had no drop left, and looked at Yan Ju with a smile on his face.

"Hmm." Yan Ju sat on the top with a golden knife, and there was a woman on each side pouring wine and beating his legs for him, one of them was the daughter of the leader, and when he saw that the other party was about to finish drinking, Yan Ju just let out a "hmm" in his nose, and he didn't even hold up the wine glass.

Seeing this, the stubble leader didn't dare to say anything, but sat back in his seat silently.

There are dozens of Hu tribal leaders of all sizes below, including Lin Hu, Lou Fu, Dai Hu, and Ragged...... There are so many Hu people that Yan Ju can't tell which part of these tribes they belong to, including the leader of the tribe who is now toasting him, Yan Ju doesn't know which Hu tribe he belongs to.

But he doesn't need to know this, he just needs to know that the other party is a Hu person, why bother to distinguish so much.

"Rest assured, General, we have asked the tribe to fully cooperate with the government to count the population and measure the land. If the general doesn't believe it, he can go to the tribe with his subordinates to check." The old man sitting in the first position on the right said with a smile.

He was the leader of the largest tribe in Linhu, named Tiege, and was now nearly seventy years old, and was one of the few surviving Hu people who had seen King Wuling of Zhao.

Decades ago, King Zhao Wuling swept through the northern frontier and won a hundred battles, Tiege saw that the situation was not right, killed the previous King Lin Hu, that is, his father, and then led Lin Hu to join King Zhao Wuling and save the tribe.

After King Wuling of Zhao destroyed Zhongshan, he moved King Zhongshan to Fushi (now southeast of Yulin, Shaanxi), and the unwilling King Lou Fu invited King of Zhongshan and Tiege to rebel, but Tiege did not respond, and then King Lou Fu and King Zhongshan were indeed killed by King Wuling of Zhao.

Afterwards, Tiege immediately announced that he would cancel the title of king, no longer be king, and separated Lin Hu, and he only commanded part of Lin Hu.

In the past few decades, some tribes have been slaughtered by the Zhao State, some tribes have been slaughtered by the Xiongnu, and some tribes have been slaughtered by the original Lou Fu and Lin Hu old tribes.

However, Tieg has always controlled the size of the tribe, and if the population is overcrowded, it will divide some of them.

"Ben knows, you go down first." Yan Ju waved his hand and said impatiently.

"Then the subordinate will retire first." The leaders saluted and turned to leave.

"Go, go, and go down." Yan Ju said to the two bearded girls who were lying on top of him and refused to leave.

Yan Ju's face was depressed, he thought that after arriving in the northern Xinjiang, he would be able to vent well, and the blood of the Hu people he killed was like a river, who knew that when these Hu people saw Zhao Feiqi, they were like mice seeing cats, lying on the ground motionless.

Whether it is counting household registration, measuring land, or moving into the interior, they are extremely cooperative, even more cooperative than the nobles of Zhao State.

Those nobles did not dare to resist openly, but they had been secretly obstructing Zhao from clearing the land and counting the household registration.

Not only did these Hu people not have any obstruction, but even the slaves were pulled out.

One by one, like a good baby, Yan Ju was embarrassed to bully them.

"This group of Hu people has always been like this?" Yan Ju was speechless, he really couldn't imagine how such a Hu person became a big trouble for Zhao and even the Central Plains.

"Those who dare to resist have long been killed, and those who dare to fight have fled to Henan (south of the Hetao) or to the north of Yinshan, and the rest are soft bones, and it is normal not to dare to resist." Vice General Li Qian shook his wine glass and said lightly.

When he was young, he followed King Wuling of Zhao, but at that time he was just an ordinary soldier, and now he has become the deputy general of the First Legion of Zhao State.

Over the years, he has witnessed the changes of the Hu people.

At the beginning of King Wuling's succession to the throne, not to mention the powerful Hu people like Lin Hu, Lou Fu, and Xiongnu, even Dai Hu was a great threat to Zhao State, and he went south to plunder Zhao State from time to time.

Later, King Wuling of Zhao worked hard, selected talents and promoted ability, and the strength of Zhao continued to improve, and finally destroyed the tribes such as Daihu, Linhu, and Loufu.

Those who dared to make a slight move were all killed, and the one who killed the most was Zhao Feiqi under the command of King Zhao Wuling.

In Li Qian's opinion, it is normal for the Hu people to be afraid, unless they want to feel the horror of the year again.

"Are we just going to stay here?" Yan Ju said unhappily, "The king asked us to get some disobedient Hu people to build roads and dig coal, we can't send them without one person."

"The last general's palm is also a little itchy, I thought that with the king's order, I could do a big job, but I didn't expect this group of people to kneel so fast." Huo complained complained.

"If it weren't for the fact that you killed so many people last time, would they be scared like this?" Yan Ju glared at Huo.

"General, you can't say that, if it's not the last general, can the king send you over?" Huo said, "Why don't we say hello to General Li Mu and go to Saiwai Beijia?"

"No, you haven't been to Saibei, you don't understand, it's different from Guannai, and it's all grasslands as far as the eye can see. It's winter now, and if it snows and we lose our way, even we will be wiped out." Li Qian shook his head and said.

In the face of nature, it doesn't matter if you don't have a military soul or not, if you are unlucky, you will be destroyed.

"Then let's go to the clouds, didn't General Li Mu say that there are still a lot of Hu people in Hetao, let's attack them." Yan Ju pointed to the map and said.

The westernmost part of the Zhao state was Yunzhong County, which at its peak was in charge of the entire Hetao region, but since the reign of King Wuling of Zhao, the Zhao state has been reducing its control over the Hetao region.

During the Battle of Changping, it was greatly reduced, and now the only area that can actually be completely controlled is the east of Jiuyuan City. To the west of Jiuyuan City is the Bondage Zone, which theoretically belongs to the Zhao State, but is actually under the control of the Hu people.

After Li Mu arrived in northern Xinjiang, he regained a lot of lost territory, but the essence of Yunzhong County was located near Yanmen in the east. To the west of Jiuyuan City, there is often only a small city for hundreds of miles, and it is difficult to defend it, and there are not enough interests to support the garrison, so it can only be stopped in the end.

"In this way, our food and grass need to be taken care of by ourselves." Li Qian said.

It stands to reason that Yan Ju does not have the right to send troops to attack the Hu people, but Hetao originally belonged to the territory of Zhao State, and in the territory of Zhao State, there were already Hu people, plus it was Zhao Kuo who ordered him to go to northern Xinjiang to suppress the disobedient Hu people, so naturally whoever was disobedient would beat him, and it was not considered to be an unauthorized army.

Generally speaking, in this kind of situation where generals play the side ball, and if they win everything, the monarch will not only not pursue it, but will appreciate it.

If you lose, sorry, then you just wait!

"Grain and grass can be obtained from the Hu people, and they will not move around in winter, it is easy to find." Yan Ju propped up the table with both hands and said in a deep voice, "Go and ask the Hu people for a few guides and an accurate and complete map."