The Three Kingdoms of the Lu family

() Not long after, the guards came to report that the emissary of the barbarians had arrived.

This is an old man who is over sixty years old, and he is also the leader of a branch of Yi people with seven surnames. He is a respected elder among the Yi people.For such a person, Lu Yi did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly bowed and asked the old man to sit down.

Most of the barbarians are straightforward, and the old man is no exception. First, he thanked the Bingzhou army for their hospitality, and then immediately went straight to the point, looking at Lu Yi earnestly and saying, "General Lu, would you like to lend us food and grass? ?”

The old man looked at Lu Yi anxiously. After all, it was 15 hu of military rations, not a small amount.

The other party was so urgent that Lu Yi became more sure of the plan in his heart. He didn't nod or refuse the old man's request, but asked in a casual way: "Old man, I heard that the land of Bazhong is a big place. Most of them are controlled by barbarian people, but in name they belong to Yizhou, I don’t know if there is such a thing?”

When the old man heard the words, although he was anxious for food, he still nodded truthfully.He was also ready to ask Lu Yi to raise conditions, after all, no one would unconditionally give such a huge amount of food to a stranger.

So the old man cleared his throat, and solemnly said to Lu Yi: "General Lu, we are sincerely borrowing food from you this time. We promise that if the general can help us through this difficult time, the general will pass by in the future." Bashan, we will never stop, and we will provide help within our capacity!"

Nodding slightly, Bai Yi made a promise. Lu Yi did not doubt the old man's words, but this was not the result he wanted. The 15 hu army rations were only in exchange for the friendship of the barbarians, which was too expensive.

Immediately Lu Yi laughed, shook his head and said: "Old man, I think you have misunderstood. General Wang is my general. For his sake, I can give you 14 hu of military rations for free. As for the remaining [-] hu , if you want it, you must agree to me and submit to me from now on, and the land of Bashan must also be merged into Hanzhong!"

"What, General Lu, we will not agree to such a condition!" The old man shook his head and refused without thinking about it.The tone is decisive.

The Yi people were xenophobic. If they could accept such conditions, they would have taken refuge in Liu Zhang long ago. How could they come to borrow food from Lu Yi.Immediately, the old man got up and wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Lu Yi immediately laughed. Since he dared to put forward such a condition, he also expected such a reaction from the barbarians, but he was already prepared. When he saw the old man about to get up, he smiled slightly and raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, old man!" , listen to me first, if you leave like this, what will your clansmen in the mountains do? Are they starving?"

The old man's expression changed, and Lu Yi's words caught his weakness. He paused when he wanted to get up, but he still said firmly, "General Lu, please say something, but we all need to talk about it." The family belongs to Hanzhong, please forgive us for refusing!"

These barbarians are really stubborn!After scolding these hard-headed barbarians in his heart, on the surface, Lu Yi still smiled and said in a deep voice: "Old man, my conditions will not change. I also know what you are worried about. Isn't it because you are afraid of Han officials? Bullying you, I have a compromise here, I wonder if the old man is willing to listen to it?"

"General Lu, please speak frankly!" The old man asked curiously, and reiterated: "We barbarians will accept the jurisdiction of the Han officials again! We will not let the sons be recruited and go to the battlefield to die Already!"

"Don't worry, old man, I can guarantee that the two things you are worried about will never happen!" Lu Yi smiled. Before the barbarian envoy came, Wang Ping also told him the reason why the barbarians were xenophobic.

It is nothing more than the original Yizhou officials, who were extremely mean to the barbarians and sucked their bones. Whenever there was a war, they gave priority to recruiting barbarians as soldiers and drove them arbitrarily.

In the end, the unbearable barbarians will take advantage of the chaos in the world to rebel and defend themselves in the mountains.Liu Zhang can endure such a situation, but Lu Yi cannot turn a blind eye..

Moreover, after entering Yizhou, the Bingzhou army was destined to deal with more and more barbarians. In Lu Yi's mind, he had already reconsidered how to deal with these ethnic issues, and he had specific countermeasures.

That is, the chieftain system!

Now, let's start with this group of Yi people with seven surnames and see how it works!

Thinking of this, Lu Yi straightened his expression, looked at the barbarian old man in front of him very seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Old man, I still say the same thing, if you want to borrow food from me, you must submit to me. I will also designate your leader as the Chieftain of Bayi, otherwise I will manage your internal affairs, unless someone rebels, otherwise, the Bingzhou Army will not interfere in any of your affairs!"

"General Lu means that we belong to you in name only, and you don't meddle in any of our affairs? And what does this chieftain do?" The old man slightly understood, but felt that his mind was getting more and more confused .

Lu Yi immediately looked at it with a smile, and for a while, it was difficult for him to speak clearly.

He thought about it carefully, patted his head and said: "Old man, why don't you just tell you this, after you Bashan surrenders to me, if there are foreign enemies invading, we will help you fight back the foreign enemies. Soldiers, two will not send officials,

All the affairs of the barbarians will be handled by chieftains selected from among your tribe!

And you, you must guarantee that you will pay tribute to me regularly, and allow my army to recruit soldiers among the barbarians. Of course, these soldiers must be voluntary, and I will not force them to fight for me!Should you be satisfied with such conditions? "

Lu Yi felt a sense of relief when he said the plan in his heart in one breath. As for whether it can be implemented, it depends on the final choice of the seven surnamed barbarians.

But Lu Yi believes that although the chieftain system is not the best way to solve the ethnic problem, it is the best way he can think of so far!

The old Yi people also pondered Lu Yi's words carefully. Although he was old, he was one of the few wise men among the Yi people, otherwise King Puhu of Yi would not have sent him over.

The advantages of Lu Yi's chieftain system are obvious. It can be said that it is extremely beneficial to the barbarians. It can not only avoid being exploited by Han officials, but also avoid being forced to conscription and go to the battlefield.What the Yi people need to pay is to pay some offerings on time, and to allow the Bingzhou Army to recruit those tribesmen who are willing to serve as soldiers!

Such good conditions immediately moved the old man's heart, which is much more autonomous than accepting the jurisdiction of Yizhou officials before.Immediately, the old man gritted his teeth, nodded and said: "General Lu, your chieftain system is very tempting to the old man, but I can't make the decision yet, I have to return to the clan, please make up your mind! Of course, I will try my best Persuade the king to agree to this proposal!"

"Then I will wait for your news!" The nod of the old man is undoubtedly an affirmation of Lu Yi's chieftain system, and Lu Yi feels very happy in his heart.But he can't wait forever.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.Lu Yi felt that he still needed to beat and beat, and said in a deep voice: "However, my patience is limited. I only give you ten days to discuss. If you still can't recover after ten days, this agreement will be automatically voided!"

"Don't worry, general, within ten days, we seven Yi people will definitely give the general an explanation!" Seeing Lu Yi's firm tone, the old man hastened to promise and reassured that he would try his best to persuade King Yi.

From the old man's point of view, compared to Liu Zhang's harsh conditions, Lu Yi's side is already extremely relaxed, and he is even more afraid that Lu Yi will go back on his word. He got up immediately and was about to return to Bashan to tell King Yi the news. ,

Lu Yi didn't want to stay either, he was silent for a few days, the rested Yizhou soldiers started to attack again, and he didn't have time to chat with the barbarians.

However, when the old Yi people were about to leave, Lu Yi still ordered Min Zhuang, who was recruited, to escort [-] hu of military rations from Jianjia Pass and send them to Bashan.

And don't barter people for a penny.Anyway, these were the capture of Jianjia Pass, and the military rations seized from Liu Zhang were 20 Dendrobium. Even if they were given, Lu Yi didn't feel bad.

However, the old man from the barbarians was very moved. He felt that Lu Yizhen was an extremely wise prince. After thanking Lu Yi again and again, he returned to Bashan with thousands of people.

After seeing off the old Yi people, Lu Yi also put this matter behind him, and continued to command the soldiers to fight Liu Zhang to prevent the Yizhou soldiers from entering Hanzhong.

While there was still time, Lu Yi sent several spies to Jingzhou to urge Liu Biao to make some bigger noises, and it would be best to clearly publicize the news that Yizhou was going to be attacked.

After all, he gave [-] war horses. If Liu Biao did not work hard and just perfunctory himself, it would be a loss.And Liu Biao, who was urged, did not dare to neglect, Yang Hong's war horse had already been sent to Jingzhou.

A pure Liaodong first-class horse with strong muscles and bones.It almost caused the looting of many generals in Jingzhou. Liu Biao was still thinking about the 150 horses behind, and he cooperated very hard.

Not long after Lu Yi's urging, all the [-] sailors from Jingzhou set off and gathered in Zigui. Even the bold Huang She openly led the navy to go deep into Badong and other places ahead of time, and plundered everywhere.In the land of Padang, people are panicking.

The land of Yizhou was suddenly shocked, and countless people were terrified. They all said that Jingzhou soldiers would go up the river soon and attack Chengdu.

The guards in Jiangzhou and other places in Badong were even more urgent documents sent to Liu Zhang's desk!

At the same time, relying on the special relationship with the barbarians, Wang Ping and Yang Ren's [-] partial troops marched unimpeded all the way towards Brazil.

It wasn't until they were about to cross Micang Mountain that they were accidentally discovered by the Brazilian defenders. The whole of Brazil was suddenly shaken up, county towns were quickly breached, and a large number of people were driven away by Wang Ping, heading towards Hanzhong.

Seeing such a situation, the civil and military forces left behind in Brazil were furious immediately, and gathered a lot of soldiers and horses to counterattack, but all the Brazilian elites were led by Pang Yi. How could they be the opponent of Wang Ping and Yang Ren? The two beat.

This undoubtedly made the already empty land of Brazil even more empty. The thousands of remnants left behind could only stick to Langzhong Jiancheng, watching Wang Ping's troops wreak havoc in Brazil.The envoy who asked for help even rushed towards Jianjia all at once!

Outside the Jianjia pass, the bones had piled up into a small hill, falling layer upon layer outside the pass, and many people stared blankly at the sky, staring blankly at the sky.The scene looked bloody and terrifying.

However, countless soldiers, still driven by Liu Zhang, continued to launch round after round of fierce attacks towards Jianjia Pass.There were already piles of corpses outside the pass, and the Yizhou soldiers who had nowhere to go could only step on the corpses and slowly climb towards the pass.

But without exception, all their attacks were repulsed by Lu Yi, and even Yizhou military general Liu Kui, when he charged, was taken care of again by Gan Ning. lifeblood.

This disappointed Gan Ning, but scared Liu Kui to the point of death. From then on, Zai never dared to charge forward, but only hid behind and directed the soldiers to attack.

On this day, Lu Yi continued to command his soldiers to stand firm and resist the crazy attack of Yizhou soldiers as usual. However, before noon, the Yizhou soldiers who left more than a thousand corpses retreated like a tide.

Immediately above the city, there was the shouting and cursing of the Bingzhou army, cursing that the Yizhou soldiers had no eggs, and it didn't take long before the fight started, and they retreated.

These days, everyone is condescending, but they did not kill the Yizhou soldiers who charged over. Their full military exploits made everyone smile.

It's just that Lu Yi's side is laughing happily, but Liu Zhang really vomited blood in the Yizhou barracks!Pang Yi was also vomiting blood with Liu Zhang!

Just now, the rescue envoys from Jiangzhou and Brazil arrived at the same time!Liu Zhang also learned the shocking news that Liu Biao and Chen Bing had invaded Badong.

In the Yizhou Army, Zhang Ren and other generals suddenly turned pale with fright, and then everyone was furious. They fought bloody battles here, but Liu Biao ran over to take advantage of the fire!

Pang Yi was also angry. The land of Brazil had always been his forbidden territory, but now Wang Ping killed him, moved the people inside, and attacked the city everywhere.

Just thinking about it made Pang Yi feel terrified, and hurriedly asked Liu Zhang for orders: "My lord, the soldiers and horses of Brazil are here now. If we don't come back to help, Brazil will be taken away!"

Huang Quan also frowned and sighed: "My lord, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is no better than Lu Yi. If Liu Biao is allowed to flow up, Yizhou will be in danger! My lord, please withdraw troops quickly and go to Badong for defense!"

When Liu Zhang heard this, his eyes turned red with anger. , roared: "If I leave, what about Jianjiaguan? Don't tell me we have lost so many people, so we just give up here!"

In order to attack Hanzhong, Liu Zhang brought out [-] soldiers and horses, attacked day and night for more than ten days, and lost nearly [-] soldiers, but now he wants to retreat, how willing Liu Zhang is.

Not only Liu Zhang was not reconciled, Zhang Ren and others were reconciled, they all gritted their teeth and scolded Liu Biao angrily. At this time, the hatred for Jingzhou was even greater than that for Hanzhong.

But it's useless to get angry. Although Liu Zhang is weak, he is not an idiot. It is self-evident which one is more important, throwing Jianjia or losing Badong.

In desperation, he had no choice but to retreat into the Jiange with his soldiers and horses, and then rushed to Jiangzhou to resist Liu Biao's invasion. After returning to Langzhong, they wanted to encircle and suppress Wang Ping's army.

But Wang Ping, who learned of Pang Yi's return to aid, withdrew his troops early, drove countless people across Bashan, and returned to Hanzhong.

Only a few empty county towns were left behind.This almost didn't make Pang Yiqi go crazy when he came back, and he almost couldn't help leading his troops to chase Wang Ping.

But Liu Zhang, who rushed to Jiangzhou, was really angry and vomited blood. Hearing that Yizhou soldiers Chen Bing Jiangzhou, Liu Biao, who was just bluffing, immediately withdrew his troops and returned to Jingzhou.

Only Liu Zhang, who was teased with a livid face, was left with a livid face all the way, and wanted to go to Jianjia Pass again, and fight Lu Yi to the death...