Chapter 92

Just after breakfast, Han Wu came to the General's Mansion again and sent someone to call Bing Yuan over.

Bing Yuan knew that it must be something important for the young master to find him, so he prepared a lot of files about King Zuoguli in advance.

Bing Yuan walked up to the lobby and said to Han Wu: "My lord, I have prepared some information about King Zuoguli, would you like to take a look?"

When Han Wu saw Bing Yuan coming over with three relatively large bamboo slips, he nodded slightly and asked Bing Yuan to put the bamboo slips on the table.

Han Wu opened the bamboo slips, and the records on them were almost all about King Zuoguli's looting in Bingzhou.

As well as the several wars between the Southern Huns and other nomadic peoples that King Zuoguli participated in, it also clearly records the tribes under King Zuoguli's command.

Han Wu nodded slightly, and asked Bing Yuan: "Mr. Genju, when you came to attack Jiuyuan County this morning, you were responsible for the retreat of the tribe, do you know?"

After Bing Yuan heard the young master's question, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head.

"Young master, that seems to be a small tribe, and the number of people under the command of King Zuoguli is only a thousand, so I don't know very well."

"However, I also took in a Keqing some time ago. He is half Xianbei and half Han. He is the only merchant who can do business with foreigners in the grassland."

"We have so many captives, let my guest who understands the Hun language go and inquire, and there will be gains."

Although Bing Yuan didn't know which tribe was in charge of the end today, he had a solution to this problem.

Han Wu nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand to Bing Yuan, and said, "Okay, then please Mr. Genju to handle this matter. I need to know the answer before the meeting at noon today."

Bing Yuan immediately accepted the order. After bowing and saluting, he turned and walked out of the general's mansion, looking for his guest.

Hua Mulan saw that the son handled the matter satisfactorily, and she felt that although Han Wu was young, he already possessed the essence of a hero.

Han Wu continued to look down at the dossier, he wanted to know more about King Zuoguli, after all he could control one-fifth of the troops of the Southern Huns.

noon
All the generals came to the general's mansion according to the previous requirements, and stood on the left and right sides in front of Han Wu to wait for orders.

Dian Wei and Lu Zhishen both stood on the right, they both kept silent and didn't say much.

Han Wu was waiting for Bing Yuan, he had to know which tribe was cut off before.

After waiting for another moment, Bing Yuan came back in a hurry and brought his guest with him.

Bing Yuan hurried to the hall and asked his guest minister to report the situation to Mr. Han later in the hall.

Bing Yuan bowed slightly to Han Wu, and reported: "Young master, Bing Yuan already knows which tribe is the one that was cut off. They are a small tribe under the command of King Zuoguli—the Huyan tribe."

"The population of the Huyan tribe is less than 2, and they have 8000 elite warriors. For them, the loss of these hundreds of people is already very heavy."

All the generals nodded when they heard Bing Yuan's report, but no one spoke.

Yuwen Chengdu knew something about the Huyan tribe, because he had fought against people from the Huyan tribe before, and he was just a soldier of the Huyan tribe under the command of King Youguli.

Small tribes of the Huns generally sent their warriors to several other nobles to seek more protection.

Han Wu squinted his eyes and thought in his heart: "A tribe with nearly 2 people is still a little bit more. With 8000 troops, 500 people are lost, which is not a small proportion."

"However, wouldn't it be unrealistic to ask them to hand over too many resources for more than 2000 elite troops?"

After thinking quietly for a few seconds, Yang Jian finally gave a hum and asked Bing Yuan to bring the merchant in.

Han Wu said: "Mr. Genju, let your merchant come to the hall, I have questions to ask him."

The merchant walked into the lobby under the leadership of Bing Yuan, but he did not have the fearful expression as Han Wu imagined.

Han Wu was a little curious, and asked, "What's your name? Also, as a merchant, aren't you afraid of the murderous intent of my fierce generals?"

Han Wu asked the merchant next to Bing Yuan. After hearing Mr. Han's words, the merchant pondered the answer in his mind.

After a few seconds, the merchant replied: "My lord, the villain's surname is Liu Mingjie, and his name is Bolan. He is a small merchant in Bingzhou, and he often trades with foreigners in the grassland."

"The villain is naturally afraid of the murderous spirit of the generals, and also respects the prestige of General Yuwen, but the villain is different from ordinary people."

"We often trade with foreign races in the grassland, and villains are threatened almost every time. Therefore, people like us who walk between life and death have long taken life and death lightly."

The merchant's answer was quite satisfactory. He didn't make a slip of the tongue to say that Han Wu's soldiers were not murderous, and he also clarified his own truth.

Han Wu continued: "Okay, Liu Jie, I heard that you are doing business with foreigners in the grassland, so tell me why you took the risk? Don't they kill people and rob goods?"

I'm curious as to why Liu Jie, a merchant, has the guts to do business with foreigners in the prairie, so Han Wu wants to ask.

Liu Jie had already made preparations, and said, "My lord, the villain dares to trade with foreigners in the prairie simply because it is a matter of huge profits."

"When the foreign races in the prairie traded, what they exchanged was nothing more than grain and pots and pots used by some Han people."

"Because these alien races in the prairie are unable to plunder the people every day, those pots and pans have become a must."

"Moreover, because these grassland aliens only exchange goods with cattle, sheep and wool when exchanging goods, so this is a huge profit!"

Han Wu roughly understood the reason why Liu Jie traded with the grassland aliens, mainly because of the great benefits.

Bingzhou is poor, but Jizhou is rich. Cattle, sheep and wool can be bought at a high price in Jizhou.

These merchants want money but not their lives. As long as there is enough money to make, they will risk their lives to gamble.

This is what Han Wu needs.

Brave enough and smart enough, the key is to have commercial and trade connections with foreign races.

Han Wu said again: "Okay! If this is the case, then you go down first. You wait outside the general's mansion, and I will talk to you alone later."

Liu Jie heard that Mr. Han asked him to withdraw from the general's mansion first, and he knew that the next thing was military and political affairs.

Bing Yuan led Liu Jie out.

Han Wu glanced at Yuwen Chengdu and asked, "General Yuwen, why can King Zuoguli's troops directly attack Jiuyuan County?"

"I see that in the north of the map of Jiuyuan County, there is the Shuofang Great Wall. Could it be that the Great Wall has already fallen?"

When Yu Wencheng heard the lord's question, he immediately clasped his fists and replied, "My lord, the Shuofang Great Wall is not considered lost, but it has already lost its function of resisting the Huns' army."

"The gate of the Shuofang Great Wall has been broken and cannot be closed at all, and there are also some broken walls on the Great Wall, so it can no longer function."

Hearing Yuwen Chengdu's words, Han Wu breathed a sigh of relief, because it is much better if the Great Wall is broken than if it is occupied by the Huns.

The Great Wall was occupied by the Huns, so it was necessary to send troops to take it back, but taking the Great Wall was not an easy task.

On the contrary, if the Great Wall is broken, it can spend manpower and material resources to build it. Although it is a big project, as long as there is money, it will be fine.

Rather than mobilizing troops to seize the Great Wall, it is better to spend money to repair the Great Wall.

After all, this is not building the Great Wall, but repairing it, and the money spent will not be an astronomical figure.

Han Wu nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I understand. Next, make plans, and all the soldiers will obey orders!"

Han Wu took out the bamboo slips he had prepared earlier, on which were written his plans and arrangements for the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)

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