Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi County, longbian City, Jishi mansion.

A middle-aged man with five long beards and a dark complexion hurried in.

"Father, Sima Yi sent another person to urge for tribute."

A crane haired old man sitting in the middle of the lobby looked unhappy and said, "it's less than three months. How can I ask for it again? How much do I need this time?"

The middle-aged man replied, "he said that now the imperial court is preparing for another Northern Expedition, so he asked me to pay 5000 people in the state tribute and salary section, 300000 tons of rice, 800000 kilograms of iron ore, 30000 kilograms of spices, 200000 kilograms of kerosene, and 8000 cattle and sheep."

"Bah, Sima thief is delusional." A man whose appearance is somewhat similar to that of a middle-aged man, but who is obviously a few years younger, couldn't help scolding.

"Elder brother, go back and tell the messenger to send a message to Sima Yi, saying that we don't have so many things to pay to the state, so that he can make less of our ideas."

"That is, what kind of bird court knows that we want this and that every day. If we ignore him today, what can we do?"

Another younger looking man also said with an unconvinced face.

The old man with crane hair in the middle is the controller of Jiaozhou, Shi Xie. Since Liu Yan of Yizhou granted him the title of king in those days, he has regarded himself as a scholar king here, which has the intention of breaking away from the Central Plains court.

SHIXIE turned to look at the old people sitting on both sides and asked, "what do you think you should do?"

On the right side of his lower head sat two old men, and on the left sat an old man, respectively his second brother, Shiyi, the third brother and Shiwu, the fourth brother.

Shi Yi is hale and hearty, has eyes like electricity, and is also very burly. He looks a little older than his elder brother Shi Xie. He applies now with a trace of disdain in his anger.

"Hum, Sima Yi, how much weight can he have? With my mountain axe, even if he wants to raise his teacher and ask for punishment, a thousand will come and die."

"Second brother, don't be reckless."

The third brother objected: "Although we have worked hard here for several years, it is not difficult for us to resist Sima Yi's 30000 or 50000 troops. But now our army is fighting against Lin Yi country in the south. Although it is a small country, there are 60000 or 70000 troops, and they are all fierce and not afraid of death, which can not be conquered in a short time. If we turn against sun CE and provoke Sima Yi to attack at this time, I'll wait for the two sides to fight, just for fear of disadvantage. "

The eldest son of Shi Xie, Shi Lin, who came to report at the beginning, also immediately said, "Sima Yi said that if we can't collect all these tribute salaries, there is also a replacement method that can be used."

Everyone was surprised. Sima Yi acted decisively and ruthlessly. A few months ago, when he was exterminating a Shanyue stronghold in Yangzhou, he entered Nanhai county and asked to rest for a few days. The local county magistrate only said that he would report to the assassin's office. Sima Yi sent the head of the county magistrate back to Shi Xie. Now he looks like he is easy to discuss, which is somewhat unexpected.

SHIXIE motioned his son to go on.

"This time, my father will go back to Wuyi County to attack Wuyi County. He will go back to Wuyi County, and his father will go back to Wuyi County to attack Cangyi county."

"Huh?" SHIXIE became more and more surprised.

"As long as 8000 sergeants?" He seemed a little unbelievable and confirmed it again. After Shi Lin gave him a positive answer, Shi Xie turned his head and looked at his brothers.

"Such a request is really easy for our army. What is the purpose of Sima Yi's act?"

Shi Yi doesn't think so: "What kind of conspiracy can this yellow mouth child have? The two strongholds in Guiyang County are not weak. They each support no less than 20000 troops, and the terrain is dangerous. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he wants to capture the two strongholds without the cooperation of our army, he will inevitably lose a lot. In exchange, it is also natural to avoid paying tribute. In my opinion, he agreed to his request."

"No."

Shi Wu, the fourth younger brother who had never spoken, objected.

"Sima Yi is a man of great ambition and cannot be trusted. Cangwu county is adjacent to Yulin in the West and Nanhai in the East. It is the most populous county in Jiaozhi Prefecture. If Sima Yi goes East and West, not only Cangwu county will be lost, but also we will be cut off from Nanhai County. Even Hepu County in the South may no longer be owned by me, so we have to guard against it."

"Hiss... The meaning of the fourth younger brother is that Sima Yi will take advantage of the weakness when the garrison of Cangwu county is transferred to Guiyang?"

"I'm not sure, but I have to guard against people. Cangwu county has only 16000 troops and horses in total, and it's absolutely difficult to resist Sima Yi's attack by transferring half of them. Therefore, in my foolish opinion, it's not impossible to agree to his request, but we must secretly transfer 10000 elite troops from Yulin County to garrison Cangwu, and then send 6000 troops from Jiaozhi county to Hepu County, It's safe. "

After hearing this, Shi Xie nodded slightly and showed approval.

"Well, the fourth younger brother is right. Sun CE wants to annex our state. Don't give him a chance to take advantage of it. If Sima Yi makes an attack, he can also attack both sides and teach him that there is no return."

"Hum, so I'm afraid he won't come. If Sima Yi comes to attack me, I'll take care of him. I can take this opportunity to lead my army into Yangzhou and seize his grandson's nest."

In Shiyi's eyes, there was pure light and murderous spirit.

Guiyang County, in the southwest of Qujiang County, in the northwest of Hanting County, between the water of tingshui and Qinshui, there are towering mountains. In the center of Wanshan mountain, there is a grand canyon surrounded by cliffs, which is extremely steep. Somewhere, there is a vast sound of water. When you look closer, there is a big waterfall. It is said that in ancient times, there was a dragon who flew out of the cave behind when there was thunder and lightning and succeeded in making a dragon, Therefore, the people call this cave Tenglong cave and the waterfall Tenglong waterfall.

In the jungle around the Grand Canyon, there are rows of houses made of bamboo. According to the mountain, they surround the Grand Canyon to form a building complex.

Among them, the buildings on the east side and those on the west side are separated by more than 100 feet, each separated by a fence nearly two feet high.

These are the two largest mountain yueren strongholds in Lingnan. The two stronghold owners are sworn brothers and support each other. Therefore, they can lay such a foundation in these thousands of miles of mountains.

The two mountain strongholds occupy a dangerous terrain, are backed by water sources and built close to the mountains, and rely on each other. There are 40000 or 50000 people in each stronghold, of which about half are able to fight, that is, 100000 troops come to attack. Under the joint efforts of the two strongholds, they can also be protected. Therefore, no one can rule the three places of Jingjing, Yangyang and Jiaotong for more than 20 years.

However, at this moment, at the foot of the two mountain strongholds, there is a large army, which is fierce and ready to attack the mountain.

At the head of the West army is a strong man with the appearance of a barbarian. It is shamoko, the leader of Wuxi barbarians.

The eastern army is Sima Yi.

They each LED 30000 troops, ready to take down the mountain.

"Report..."

The scouts came quickly and reported to Sima Yi: "report to the general, the 8000 sergeants sent by Jiaozhou governor's office have assembled at the south foot of the mountain. The leader will play back and attack the mountain on time at noon according to the general's order."

Sima Yi was expressionless and waved, "I see."

Then, he said to the messenger soldiers around him: "messenger soldiers, rest and prepare to attack the mountain!"

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