Shuhan

Zhang Bao led his deputy general Wang Ping and military advisor Ma Su, and set out from Chengdu, passing through Luoxian, Mianzhu, and Zitong, passing Jianjia Pass, and then marched quickly. It was more than a month before they arrived in Langzhong.

It's already midsummer.

Most of Badi is still a barren land with few people and full of miasma. Even though the army is equipped with military doctors, a few soldiers still fell seriously ill and died during the march.

The reason why barbarian lands are barbarian lands is that when the Han people arrived in these places, they immediately became insatiable.

There will be losses in marching, let alone fighting.

"Langzhong is ahead."

Zhang Bao pointed the spear in his hand, and a city in front stood quietly in front of everyone, like a giant beast dormant.

Langzhong City is an important town.

Its city walls are tall and orderly, with several armored soldiers stationed on each observation deck with firm and fearless eyes.

In front of the city gate is the Langshui branch of the Jialing River system. It is midsummer and the water is fierce.

The clear river water was mixed with a little yellow mud. When the waves passed by and the boat swayed, we realized that the water was fierce.

On both sides of Langshui, there is a rare plain land with thousands of hectares of fields growing toward the sun. The lush crops add a touch of vitality to the bright red color of the city wall.

The buildings in the city are solemn. The main bodies of the houses are solid and heavy. The transparent bamboo windows are raised high. The light red walls are stained by the morning light and look particularly bright.

There are several bamboo pillars at the entrance of the alley, with torches burning all the time, and the bursts of smoke emitting add to the exotic atmosphere of Badi.

Zhang Bao Wang Ping and Ma Su drove his horses forward, crossed the suspension bridge, and saw Zhang Fei's general.

"Mr. Lang, you are already waiting in the city."

Zhang Fei was guarding Langzhong, and this time the vanguard general was Zhang Bao.

It is easier to open up the situation in Badi when father and son are taught the truth face to face.

Zhang Bao jumped off his horse, raised his hands to Zhang Fei's deputy general Zhang Da, and said, "General Zhang, please!"

Zhang Da chuckled, saluted Zhang Bao, and said, "Everyone, please!"

Zhang Da will be one of the two generals who killed Zhang Fei in the future. Now he is smiling and respecting Zhang Fei and Zhang Bao, and does not look like he will secretly kill Zhang Fei in the future.

But maybe.
This is people.

Being impulsive can lead to big mistakes.

The vanguard camped outside the city.

Zhang Bao and others followed Zhang Da into the city.

There are mostly professional soldiers in the city. In addition to soldiers, there are also caravans.

Among these caravans, there are those who sell various things from the Merchant Alliance, and some are slave-catching teams.

Or so to speak.

Before entering Badi, they were a caravan, but after entering Badi, they were a slave-catching team.

Now the price of slaves in Chengdu is too high. When they learned that Liu Chan was going to conquer Brazil, many nobles who had already made money in Nanzhong formed several slave-catching teams and put them in Badi.

Even the chariot general Zhang Fei secretly organized five slave-catching teams.

no way.
If you don’t make this money, you won’t make it in vain.

What's more, making such money will help the army to conquer Badi.

The merchant alliance went to capture slaves. Along the way, they had a clear understanding of the local tribes, folk customs, roads and other aspects.

After this clear understanding, passing the news over will be more conducive to the subsequent follow-up of the army.

The slave-catching team went through all the pits in order to make huge profits. Just like when later generations of colonists visited a land, they used missionaries to preach. After laying a certain foundation, they sent in large armies.

These two have different approaches but the same purpose.

Langzhong.

Xixiang Hou Mansion.

Zhang Bao walked slowly into it.

In the lobby, the bearded man sitting on the main seat saw Zhang Bao and others coming in. He immediately laughed and said, "Hurry up and take your seats!"

Zhang Bao bowed to Zhang Fei, looking relatively relaxed.

For example, Wang Ping and Ma Su paid homage to each other, which was not as relaxed as Zhang Bao's.

"Get up quickly!"

When everyone sat down at the table, Zhang Fei picked up the wine bottle and said, "Everyone, please drink from this cup!"

"Thank you, Monarch!"

Everyone covered their sleeves and had a drink.

"This Badi wine is made by soaking tiger snakes in warm water. It is called Dragon Tiger Lie. Is this wine comparable to that glass of wine?"

Zhang Bao tasted it with a sigh of relief and said, "This wine is strong enough."

Wang Ping also complimented from the side: "Although Ba County is a barbarian land, there are still a lot of good things like this dragon and tiger."

Zhang Fei tore off a piece of lamb leg and stuffed it into his mouth, not caring that his mouth was full of oil.

After drinking the wine, if you don't put it on your stomach, especially if the wine is strong, your stomach will feel like it has been cut with a knife, which is a bit uncomfortable.

After eating a piece of fat meat, Zhang Fei introduced to the barbarian on the side of his head, who was dressed a little out of place: "This man is a nobleman from the Zhi people. He is a barbarian king with seven surnames. He comes from Danqu, and his name is Duyi." .”

Seven surnamed Yi kings?

Zhang Bao and others couldn't help but step forward to look at this person.

With Chengba in the Danqu River Basin as the center, the Jin people established a chiefdom of seven surnames in the upper echelon of the Jin people tribal alliance—Si Bangguo. .

So, this person is one of the seven surnamed Yi kings?
This man has his left arm exposed (right arm exposed), long hair, and bare feet. He looks like a barbarian.

"Du Yi, pay homage to the generals."

Zhang Bao, Wang Ping, Ma Su and others all wore fine armor and looked extraordinary. The barbarian chief did not dare to underestimate everyone. He immediately stood up, clasped his fists and beat his chest, with his head lowered in his chest.

"Since you are the king of Yi with the seventh surname, you must have your own tribe, right?"

The Shi people are good at hunting, enjoy singing and dancing, and believe in witchcraft.Tribal leaders are divided into kings, marquises, city kings, and city chiefs.And because they used wooden boards as shields in battle, they were also called "banzhen barbarians" and had the nickname "头虎子".

The chief of a city has a hundred people, the lord of a city has a thousand people, and the marquis of a city is the leader of ten thousand people.

As for the seven surnamed Yi kings, they controlled one surnamed barbarian.

Now in Badi, there is no king of the people at all. If there was a king of the people, Liu Bei would have destroyed him long ago.

"I used to have a tribe of tens of thousands of people and 500 soldiers. However, I was defeated by the Yi King Gong Yi in Danqu and annexed my tribe and soldiers. Now I only have [-] soldiers."

This Gong Yi is obviously one of the seven Yi kings.

In other words, this guy is now a loser.

With only 500 people, what can be accomplished?

But Zhang Bao immediately figured out why his father brought this man to Langzhong when he first arrived.

If you want to explore Bati, you must find an entry point.And a loser in the struggle for human rights can easily integrate into the Badi barbarians.

even
It can also support an obedient puppet!
"It turns out that he is a noble man, and Xin Hui is honored to meet him!"

Seeing that Zhang Bao thought so highly of him, Du Yi also had a smile on his face.

"The general has given orders, and I will definitely come to my aid!"

The implication is already obvious.

"Okay, okay! I will come back to the king to discuss this matter after the banquet is over."

After that, there was another feast and enjoyment in the banquet.

Late at night, when everyone was drunk, they were helped back home by their own guards.

But Zhang Fei and his son arrived in the study of the Xixiang Hou Mansion.

Although both of their faces were red from drinking, their eyes were very sober. It was obvious that the two father and son were just pretending to be drunk.

"Father, is that Du Yi reliable?"

Zhang Fei picked up the hangover soup brought by the maid and said with a smile: "Whether it is trustworthy or not, you have to verify it yourself. My father is just trying to find a way for you."

I don’t know if it’s credible or not
Zhang Bao's eyes flickered.

While Zhang Bao was thinking, Zhang Fei suddenly asked: "His Highness wants you to be a pioneer, what arrangements do you have?"

"Let's make some preliminary preparations. I didn't say how well I'm going to accomplish it, but this is my chance to make a name for myself. In the past, when I made meritorious deeds, it was His Highness who was the one making suggestions and strategizing. Even if I got the credit, I always felt that it wasn't my own. Now that there is no His Highness above, I have to let His Highness know my Zhang Bao’s abilities!”

"Good! You are ambitious! As expected of me, Zhang Yide!"

Zhang Fei recognized Zhang Bao's heroic spirit very much.

"It's just that the situation in Badi is far from as simple as you think. Take a look at this thing."

Zhang Fei placed a book on the desk in the study. Zhang Bao took it up and looked at it, then frowned.

"Why did the slave-catching team that entered Badi suffer so many casualties?"

Zhang Bao looked at Zhang Fei with some confusion and said: "The slave-catching team going to Nanzhong will lose at most three or five people in one round-trip. But if we go to Badi to capture slaves in one round-trip, we will lose more than ten people?"

Zhang Fei sighed quietly and said: "This is the difference between the barbarians in Badi and the barbarians in Nanzhong. As early as the pre-Qin period, there were barbarians in Badi. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Sheba (Si people) participated King Wu acted as a vanguard in the war against Zhou. Due to the contribution of the "Banzhen barbarians", King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed 71 vassal states (sub-states), and the Ba clan was enfeoffed as "Bazi state", referred to as Ba state."

"This is a barbarian with a history of thousands of years. It has its own totems, its own beliefs, and even its own simple writing. It is different from the barbarians in the south. Moreover, it is unruly and unruly, and it is famous for being good at fighting. This This is also the reason why His Majesty only collected taxes and did not completely occupy Badi. The price to pay for completely conquering Badi is too high."

Zhang Bao had long known the difficulty of conquering Badi, but so what if there were more difficulties?
Can you stop him Zhang Bao?

Therefore, there was no sign of discouragement on Zhang Bao's face, and he was still extremely confident.

"Before, Your Majesty did not conquer Badi and pacify Badi. That was because there were rats from the east of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou and Cao thieves from the north. It was difficult to get away for a while. Now I, a big man, can have my hands free. The little Baman is not enough. Damn it!"

It was not easy for Liu Bei to start a business, and he was competing with Cao Cao and Sun Quan for the world. With an unstable foundation, it was difficult to hold on to the foundation. For this Badi barbarian, even if he defected to Cao Cao before the Battle of Hanzhong, there was no accountability afterwards. mean.

It's not that I don't want to pursue it, but I really don't have the extra energy to pursue it.

Seeing that Ba Man could commit rebellion without being punished, he naturally became more and more arrogant.

"The Jin people are weak, and the power of Lin Junman is much stronger than that of the Jin people. There are officials, Ju people, Gong people, and slaves under him, and their influence is not small. The seven surnames of the Yi people are in civil strife. Puhu, the king of Yi, and Du Yi, the Marquis of Yiyi, led their people and because they defected to the puppet Wei before the Battle of Hanzhong, they still dare not return to Dangqu. In the battle between the people and the barbarians of Linjun, they are now losing ground."

Zhang Bao already knew the news about the weak situation of the Jin people when he was in Chengdu.

His Highness' intention is to support the Han people and let them deal with the Linjun barbarians, so that the two families will be exhausted. When the blood is drained, the Han army will come back to clean up the mess. It can be said that the snipe and the clam are fighting for the fishermen's profit.

"This is the reason why the father brought this Du Yi to the child. If you support this person, unify the tribe of the tribe, and then use his hand to deal with the barbarians of Lin Jun?"

Zhang Fei touched his beard, but it felt irritating, so he stopped touching his beard like his second brother when he was pretending to be cool.

He just said softly: "I told you before, the people are called barbarians, they are powerful in battle, and they have their own beliefs, culture, and untamed blood, which flows in every person. Yes, it is not easy to tame the Zhi people, and even if you help Du Yi unify the Zhren tribe, they may not follow your wishes."

Zhang Bao naturally knows how difficult it is.

"This means looking at the wrist, and making a necklace dog collar to tie the man's neck so that he can only be my big man's dog, and the most loyal one."

Before coming, Liu Chan had already taught him several methods, and now, he couldn't wait to implement them.

"It seems that you came prepared."

Zhang Fei smiled, waved his hand to Zhang Bao and said: "Guarding Langzhong for my father is the last barrier. Even if you fail to pacify it, the situation in Badi will not get out of control. It is precisely because of this that the Han army in Langzhong City Unless it is extremely urgent, I will not help you."

Zhang Bao nodded immediately and said: "These 3000 people under the boy's command are enough to level the Badi. Not to mention, His Majesty will bring 7000 people to the Badi soon!"

Zhang Fei nodded.

Suddenly he asked: "I heard that Lan Niang is pregnant?"

Zhang Bao nodded heavily and said, "My sister is so lucky, so I hope to give birth to a prince."

The prince of the Han Dynasty, like the princes of the princes, said that Liu Chan's heir was a prince, and there was really nothing wrong with it.

"It would be best if it's a man. I can also have a grandchild."

Zhang Fei waved his hand and said: "You go down, it's time to meet the seven surnamed Yi king Du Yi."

"Yes!"

Zhang Bao immediately resigned.

After leaving the study, the moon was already on the branches, and the clear moonlight dissipated a lot of the sultry heat of midsummer.

It was already late at night.

Just when Zhang Bao was preparing to meet Du Yi again the next day, he walked out of the gate of the inner courtyard and saw Du Yi waiting inside with two barbarian cronies.

"General."

Du Yi had obviously drunk a lot of wine, but what he was thinking about at the moment was not drinking, but taking back his power.

Now the Han people are going to use troops against Badi. This is his best chance to make a comeback, or even his only chance.

Of course he didn't dare to miss it.

Therefore, even though the night wind had been blowing here for nearly half an hour and his head was dizzy, he had no intention of leaving.

"Why are you waiting here, Your Majesty? Please!"

The servants of the Xixiang Hou Mansion led Zhang Bao and Du Yi to a guest room.

"The little chief is waiting for the general at night because he wants to ask the general about the use of troops against Badi. The little chief is not talented. As the seventh-surnamed Yi king, he may be a great help to the general!"

Ha ha.

Come and be a dog?

I just want to see if you have the potential to be a dog.

Ps:

The low back pain should be due to lumbar muscle strain. The author is only in his twenties, and it is too exaggerated to have kidney problems.

Now I feel dizzy, runny nose, and have low back pain. I still code while standing. The temperature has brought me down.

parefull.

Have a general physical examination on Thursday and systematically check for any problems on your body. (End of chapter)