Liu Xin turned his head and glanced at Zhu Rong, whose tears were still wet, and said in a deep voice, "I know that these barbarian tribes in South China are also your compatriots. Actually, I am not a person who likes to kill. However, if they don’t understand, I can’t. The soldiers who watched me lose their lives in vain, and I won’t be soft when the time comes."
Zhu Rong nodded seriously and said: "I swear in the name of the descendants of Vulcan, and do everything possible to convince them not to be an enemy of my elder brother."
Before Zhu Rong’s request, Liu Xin hadn’t made up his mind on how to stably resolve the situation in Zhongnan. He even had a plan to wipe out the Zhongnan barbarians.
Liu Xin remembers that the continuous barbarian rebellions in this area in history have brought considerable economic and military pressure to the central court. Regarding the territorial issue, Liu Xin from later generations was not the same as many people at that time. He would rather lose his life than promise to lose an inch of land, so in any case he will not tolerate national division and rebellion. The easiest way to completely resolve the dispute between the Central and Southern Han savages is to eliminate all these barbarians. The barbarian tribe took the initiative to attack under the bewitching of Meng Huo, giving Liu Xin enough excuses.
However, Liu Xin knew better that it would not be easy to eliminate the barbarians completely. Although Meng Huo concentrated the vast majority of young barbarian men on the border between Zangke and Yueshang, even if they were able to completely eliminate the barbarians. Annihilation, but it is impossible to clear all the barbarian villages hidden deep in the mountains. Not only that, barbaric women are different from Han women, they also have to bear heavy physical labor, not without the power to restrain chickens. A weak woman, she is still a brave warrior with a sword and axe, and she has the advantage of the terrain. At that time, I am afraid that his men will also pay a heavy price.
More importantly, if Liu Xin really did such a move, it would be an act of genocide. Morally, he would be condemned from all quarters, especially those in the Shilin, and his own conscience would also be condemned. make life difficult for,
Although it is difficult to choose, Liu Xin dare not place all his hopes on Zhu Rong, because Liu Xin knows that these tribes are called barbarians because they are not civilized and unreasonable, so in addition to promoting a series of conducive to the survival of the barbarians In addition to development and policies that are conducive to harmony between the Han and Barbarians, Liu Xin also prepared for the worst, and did not hesitate to resort to violent means as a last resort.
Liu Dan, Meng Huo, Yong Kai, and others are sitting in the big tent, picking up the dust from the barbarian patriarch Wutu bone and the wooden deer who have just accepted their invitation and rushed here. So far, Meng Huo can please the barbarian. The tribes are almost there. The barbarian tribes gathered here have reached 180,000. Almost the young and middle-aged people of the entire Zhongnan barbarian are gathered here.
In the Han army barracks across from the sudden hearing, golden drums sounded, horns sounded, and deafening shouts came from wave to wave.
Liu Dan hurriedly said: "Masters and patriarchs, the Han army has been quiet for the past few days. Today, the drums of war suddenly sounded, do you want to rob the camp?"
Gao Ding secretly cursed "ignorance", stood up calmly, and said, "Master Liu, why do you need to panic, if the robbery camp should only be silent, such a big fanfare, everyone knows what the robbery camp is. I think that the Han army has been doing nothing for many days. This is nothing more than a bluff. Just ignore them and continue to drink."
Meng Huo put down his wine glass, waved his hand, and said, "Master Gao makes sense. There is no possibility of the Han army robbing the camp during the day. However, if Meng wants to come, they will not make noise for no reason. on,"
Although he was just a barbarian, he did not rely solely on the power of courage. He wanted to poison Liu Xin at the Three Surname Conference that year, and he was quite cunning.
Since that time, he has paid attention to making friends with the patriarchs of the barbarian tribes. Since the Meng family is also one of the three barbarian surnames, it is also considered a very powerful party among the barbarians. The patriarchs of the tribes also respect Meng Dan and his son. Meng Huo is willing to For spending money, most of the tribe governors are willing to interact with him,
In addition, Yongkai and Gaoding deliberately blocked the roads and cut off the connection between the four counties of Zhongnan and Zangke, which caused the barbarian tribes of the four counties of Zhongnan to gradually alienate the relationship with the Zhu family and the Feng family in the past three years, and they became the gods of fire. When Zhu Ding, the head of a family of Zhu, went out to persuade them to retreat, they hesitated, until Meng Huo cut off Zhu Ding’s arm and the two sides forged a feud, these patriarchs had no retreat.
But a few days ago, Zhao Yun and Dianwei led reinforcements to Zangke. The Central-Southern Allied Forces lost a few consecutive battles, and the counties that took a lot of effort were also recovered by the Han army. Meng Huo and others had a good fight against the Han army. Some fears,
Therefore, when he heard the movement from the Han camp, Yang Feng, the head of the barbarian clan, also echoed: "The head of the Meng is right. Yesterday’s horse inspection sent news. I heard that Jingzhou Mu will personally come to supervise the battle. The opposite The Han army wants to make some contributions in front of the master, and it is not necessarily eager to attack. Let's go out and have a look together."
Upon hearing the name "Liu Xin", Meng Huo snapped a few cases in front of him, "Huo" stood up, slammed the bronze lamp in his hand to the ground, lifted his foot and walked out of the account. Go, and sternly shouted as he walked: "As long as Liu Xin dares to come, Meng will tell him to come and go,"
Among the barbarians in the four counties of South Central China, although the Meng family has the largest power, it is only 30,000 young and strong, and cannot completely overwhelm other tribes. Therefore, when Meng Dan was alive, he always hoped that the two families of Meng and Zhu could be married. With the help of the Zhu family’s strength, the Meng family’s speaking in the four counties of Central and Southern China is more effective. The Meng family attaches great importance to this relationship. In addition to the strength of the Zhu family, the identity of Zhu Rong’s successor to the fire god is actually more attractive. If Zhu Rong married into the Meng family , The Meng family will replace the Zhu family and become the inheritor of Vulcan,
The three-surname alliance that year was originally the best opportunity for Meng Huo to show himself through the competition and to ask Zhu Rong for a relationship. Who knew that Liu Xin would be killed halfway, and he would win love with a sword, and Meng Huo would come back with a feather, Meng Dan Although it is a pity, there is no other way to think of. After all, Liu Xin’s identity is there, and Zhu Rong’s favorite is Liu Xin, but Meng Huo has always been concerned about it. In his opinion, the reason why Zhu Rong chose Liu Xin is, It is because of the power in Liu Xin's hands. One day, he will also be as high as Liu Xin, even stepping on Liu Xin fiercely, grabbing Zhu Rong from Liu Xin's hands and embracing him in his arms.
Hatred and confession tend to stun people. Meng Huo never considered it. Even if he could concentrate the power of the entire barbarian clan, he might not be Liu Xin's opponent. What's more, the barbarians in Jingnan, Zangke, and Bajun are still Standing firmly on Liu Xin's side, just because of Liu Dan's phrase "Allow the barbarians to establish a country on their own", Meng Huo couldn't wait to stand up and regard himself as a barbarian king, but he had never thought about it, and had nothing in his hands. Liu Dan, who is a soldier and a soldier, can count on what he said
The two tribes of Wutugu and Mulu were second only to the Meng family in the South Central area. When Meng Huo first invited them to send troops, they did not immediately agree, but held a wait-and-see attitude. Later, Meng Huo defeated. The barbarians of Zhu Ding and Feng Lie seized several county towns and looted a large number of gold and silver jewels, so they did not put the Han army in their eyes, and never mentioned inviting them to help each other until recently. After being defeated by Zhao Yun and Dianwei, Meng Huo became nervous and realized the true strength of the Han army.
In order to be able to get help from other tribes this time, Meng Huo laid down the capital and gave them all the gold and silver jewels that he had robbed in Yanke, and promised that once Chengdu was smashed, his children would listen to the gold and silk, and the king's throne would Elected by the heads of the tribes,
The barbarian patriarchs of several other tribes naturally all laughed at Meng Huo and came forward, but the two coveted by Wutugu and Mulu are the thrones of the barbarian king. They have not yet fought against the Han army. I don’t know Han. The depth of the army, seeing Meng Huo angrily walking out of the big tent, fearing that he would take the lead and affect his fight for the position of the barbarian king. They all stood up and said: "Wait, since I'm here, I will be with you. The patriarch Meng advances and retreats together, and the patriarch Meng should wait for everyone to go out together."
Meng Huo knew that the martial arts of these two men were not under him, but hoped to use their power to defeat the Han army's prestige, so he stopped and said, "If this is the case, then please invite all the adults and the patriarchs together. Go ahead,"
Gaoding and Menghuo both expected well. It was impossible for the Han army to come out to rob the camp in broad daylight. The drums, gongs, horns, and shouts were all made by the soldiers of the Han army to welcome Liu Xin’s arrival. cheer,
Entering the big tent and sitting down, Zhao Yun bowed his hands and said: "Thanks to the lord, the news has just been received. Today, two more brutal soldiers came for reinforcements. There are as many as 30,000. Today, the enemy army on the opposite side has exceeded 200,000. The number of people and horses seems to have continued to increase,"
Liu Xin nodded, and asked in a deep voice: "Although the enemy is the Han-barbarian coalition, most of them are barbarians. Our army is outnumbered by the enemy. What are your best strategies?"
Guo Jia stood up and said: "Go back to the Lord and look at it from subordinates. Although the enemy soldiers are numerous, they do not belong to each other. If one army wins, the other armies will rush forward. If one army loses, I am afraid that the birds and beasts will be scattered."
Dianwei laughed loudly: "Since Master Guo said so, then I will lead an army to rush and let them be the birds and beasts, so as not to watch them make trouble,"
Just as Liu Xin was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that Zhu Rong was standing behind him, and couldn't help but turn his head and said, "Mei, you're tired after such a long journey. Go back to the camp and take a rest. When the discussion here is over, I will go and see you."
Zhu Rong regarded herself as a war fighter, and was unwilling to leave. Hearing Liu Xin talked about going to see her, he left happily.
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Is there anything the lord has to say? It is inconvenient to wish the girl,"