South of Hanzhong, north of Ba County, there was a country, living in Qujiang, north of Ba Mountain, south of Fuqian, people are brave by nature, good at singing and dancing.

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was demoted to Hanzhong, and recruited Ba people from Badi to help in the war, and seven clans responded, thinking that the Han Dynasty was the vanguard, charging into battle, and was invincible.

After pacifying Guanzhong, the seven surnamed Ba people returned to their hometowns, Gaozu was named a nobleman, and his clansmen were pardoned for not providing rent for generations, and the seven surnamed Yi kings took turns to serve as the king of Ba, which was changed every five years.

The other part of the Ba people who had not participated in the war appointed the Marquis of Eyi to govern the territory, and most of their taxes were collected by the seven royal families, and only a few were handed over to the imperial court.

In the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, Ba Wu and Sima Zhang Xiu of the imperial court was killed, Zhang Lu inherited Zhang Xiu's Five Dou Mi Sect to occupy Hanzhong, discorded with Liu Zhang, and united with the Ba people to resist and stand on their own.

The north of Liu Zhang's Ba County is divided into east and west, with the Han people in the west being the majority, with Pang Yi as the Brazilian Taishou, and the east as the Ba people's territory.

Zhang Wei and Yang Ren fled to Bazhong, claiming that Liu Qi had rebelled, attacked Hanzhong, imprisoned Zhang Lu, and summoned the Ba people to raise an uprising, preparing to save Zhang Lu for revenge.

Zhang Wei established himself as the king of Hanning in Hanchang, Feng Yang Ren as the general of Zhenguo, the seventh surnamed Yi king Puhu as the king of Yongshiba, the Hou Du Hao of Yiyi as the great Sima, and the witch god Yuan Yue as the great mage of the protector of the country, and discussed sending troops.

At this time, Zhang Lu's edict was passed on to the territory, and Yuan Yue was puzzled: "This is Shijun's handwritten letter, telling me to wait for Liu Qi to return, could it be that Shijun has surrendered to Liu Qi?" ”

"No way!" Zhang Wei waved his hand and said: "Shijun was imprisoned by Liu Qi, it must have been written by them who tortured and forced my brother, it seems that I am waiting to surrender, but in fact, I hope that we will send troops to rescue as soon as possible. ”

Everyone was suspicious of the letter, and then Zhang Lu sent a letter to Zhang Wei alone, persuading him to get lost and leave incense for Zhang's among the people.

Zhang Wei became the king of Hanning at this time, everyone worshipped him, and he consciously respected him very much, so he was willing to give up easily, and showed the second half of the secret letter to everyone.

On the contrary, Zhang Lu sent someone to send a secret letter, Shijun has his own gods to help, immortal and immortal, there is no need to worry about his safety, and tell them to raise troops as soon as possible, recapture Hanzhong, prosper the Wudou Rice Sect, and continue Zhang's incense.

Hou Du Wei said: "Liu Qi has sent someone to send an edict to exempt us from the crime, even if he forces Shijun to write, but it can be seen that he does not want to send troops, why don't you send someone to negotiate first?" ”

Zhang Wei said angrily: "Liu Qi is a repeated villain, he was friendly with Shijun before, and agreed to kill Liu Zhang together, but he took the opportunity to take Hanzhong and went back on his word, how can you believe his words?" ”

National teacher Yuan Yue sighed: "There is a good saying in the Central Plains: break bones and connect tendons. Anyway, Liu Qi and Liu Zhang are of the same clan, as long as they are there, there will be no good life for us. ”

Yang Ren sneered: "Before, I fought with the Jingzhou army in Nanzheng, and Wei Yan threatened to count the old accounts of attacking and killing Hanzhong Taishou Sugu and killing the Han envoys in front of Shijun, which is a major crime of rebellion, and he will punish the nine clans!" ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions were stunned, and King Puhu of Ba said loudly: "Without our Ba people, where would the Han Dynasty come from?" Now Liu Bang's grandson is ungrateful, crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, since they have forgotten their oath, we don't have to listen to their orders anymore. ”

After being the king of Ba for four years, according to the regulations, he will be rotated immediately, and now that he is fighting against the Han, he no longer has to follow the old system and let the Park family become the king of Ba for generations.

Du Hao frowned and said: "Pang Yi is in Brazil, if we attack Hanzhong again, we will suffer from the enemy, please think twice." ”

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Don't worry, Don't worry, you will personally guard Hanchang, and with General Yang commanding the troops, Pang Yi is not worried." ”

Yang Ren said proudly: "There is a general here, give him Pang Yi ten guts, and he will not dare to come to attack." ”

In the past few years, Zhang Lu and Pang Yi have fought many times, and they have won and lost each other, and several victories were fought by Yang Ren, and the Ba people also participated in the war, so they naturally knew it.

Pu Hu was full of vigor and laughed: "In this case, then fight against Liu Qi and attack Hanzhong, leave it to us!" The glory of the people will be guarded by us. ”

Du Hao frowned and said: "Now that autumn is about to begin, I am about to prepare winter supplies, and the young people are going to fight......"

Since the title of the seventh surnamed Ba king, the best land resources have been occupied by the seven tribes, and the remaining Ba people are in remote places in the mountains, and they have to pay taxes every year, which is unspeakably miserable.

Pu Hu was very generous, and waved his hand: "Now that we have the same hatred, this year's taxes will be exempted!" ”

"The Great King is truly the Lord of Kindness!" Zhang Wei praised for a while, and ordered Pu Hu to lead the Ba people to fight in Micang Mountain, and he and Yang Ren stayed in the rear to guard against Pang Yi's sneak attack.

Du Hao sighed secretly in his heart, he really didn't know that the hungry man was hungry, and he thought that everything would be fine if he was exempted from taxes?

In other tribes other than the seven surnames, there is basically no surplus food in each family, and there are fewer weapons and equipment, so it will be even more difficult to go out to fight.

When he returned to the clan, he discussed with several elders about sending troops, although there was a chance to make meritorious contributions in the war, but once he died in battle, there was no one to take care of the old and young in the family, and everyone had their own opinions.

Du Hao was helpless, to appease everyone, King Ba had an order, no one dared to disobey, and they went to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

As he was sitting in the lobby, a young man came in, holding an account book in his hand: "King, this is the asset reported by the tribes this year......

"No need!" Du Hao rubbed his eyebrows, waved his hand and sighed: "This year's taxes have been exempted. ”

"Oh? That's a good thing! The young man's face was happy, and when he saw Du Hao's sad face, he wondered: "Since you don't have to pay taxes, why is the king depressed?" ”

Du Hao sighed bitterly: "Liu Qi occupies Hanzhong, Shi Jun is imprisoned, everyone is ready to take revenge and rescue Shi Jun - it's time to fight!" ”

"This is absolutely unacceptable!" The young man was shocked: "Zhang Wei and Yang Ren are the confidants of Shijun, and the two fled to Bazhong, which shows that they are not Liu Qi's opponents, this person is good at using soldiers, and even Cao Cheng is not an opponent. ”

"Why don't I know this?" Du Hao smiled helplessly, looked at the bright-eyed young man in front of him, and asked: "Zijun, you grew up in Chengdu, you are a person who has read books and seen the world, with the current situation, what should we do?" ”

It turned out that this young man's name was Wang Ping, the word was Jun, although he was a person from the ditch, but his mother He was a Han Chinese, because his father was killed when he went out hunting, he grew up in his maternal grandfather's house, and only returned to the clan last year.

Du Hao saw that he could read and write, so he ordered him to be in charge of the household register of the clan, and occasionally made suggestions and suggestions, all of which had miraculous effects.

Wang Ping replied: "Zhang Wei is unwilling to be captured, vainly trying to resist stubbornly, and the king of Ba does not want to be rotated anymore, and wants to be the king of Ba for eternity, they have their own plans, but they do not care about the safety of their clansmen, which will inevitably lead to great disasters." ”

"Zijun has a point!" Du Hao was secretly shocked in his heart, and asked again: "But King Ba has an order, we can't disobey it, so what can I do?" ”

Wang Ping pondered for a moment, and said: "Mencius said: The Son of Heaven is not benevolent, and he does not protect the four seas; The princes are not benevolent, and they do not protect the society. Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the seven surnames have been high, such as the court power traitor, arrogant and domineering, the people are resentful, the king of Ba is unkind, and he brings about his own destruction, which may be a good opportunity to reorganize the order of all ethnic groups. ”

"It's the so-called don't break or stand-" Du Hao took a deep breath, got up and patted Wang Ping on the shoulder: "You go with me on the expedition, and we will act when the opportunity arises." ”