In the late winter, the day is short and the night is long. Just as the two were talking, the sun was sunk to the undulating mountains, and suddenly it was impossible to see. A crescent moon hung on the branches and sprinkled with dim light. Below the hillside, a few sparse clusters of fire light lit up in the barbarian camp without any special movement. The topics of conversation between people on the hillside seemed to have nothing to do with them.
"We are the army of Lei Xu, a general under Xuande Gong." Lei Yuan pointed to the deep valley to the west: "Not far away, there is our city. Because the companions fell into the hands of the barbarians at the foot of the mountain, we came here to rescue them; or to kill the barbarians at the foot of the mountain to avenge their companions."
"So that's it." Shamoke pointed his head heavily, showed a deep thought expression, and then asked after a moment: "Is the Duke Xuande you are talking about Liu Bei who is stationed in the public security?"
"Bold!" Li Zhen shouted, and was stopped by Lei Yuan raised his hand.
According to contemporary customs, it is very rude to call people's names. Li Zhen's family inherited Confucianism and was especially jealous of such a mad behavior. But Shamoke is just a barbarian, and Lei Yuanda doesn't have to demand him.
"Do you actually know that Duke Xuande is stationed in Gong'an City?" Lei Yuan asked back.
"I heard that Duke Xuande was in charge of a state, with countless people and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. He is a hero among the Han people, and his status is enough to be compared with Sun Quan, right?" Although Shamoke was unliterate, he was obviously a perceptive. Once he confirmed that the number of people in front of him was related to Duke Xuande, he immediately changed his name: "You are Duke Xuande, I believe..."
He stopped talking and looked carefully at the clothes and equipment of Lei Yuan and others. Lei Yuan wore a leather armor and covered his military uniform, which was fine; the iron armor that Fan Hong and others wore reflected a slight cold light even in the dim twilight, which instantly attracted his attention.
He walked forward a few more steps, almost approaching Fan Hong, and tried to touch the armor on Fan Hong's body.
The armor of the zither is similar to a letter. The body armor uses a larger rectangular armor, and the sleeve armor uses a smaller armor, layered from bottom to top to move the arms. The piece worn by Fan Hong was captured by a drum beater before. It was originally a trapped man under Zhang Liao's troops. He cuts sharp weapons and has a strong defense.
The seized armor was generally very damaged. Lei Yuan set up a special agency to be responsible for the maintenance. However, due to insufficient craftsmen, only a small number have been repaired so far, and they have been distributed to the entourage and the elites in the department. Fan Hong got one piece and regarded it as a treasure. He had to use oil to maintain it every day. Then, let the strange man reach out and touch it randomly? He quickly waved his hand to drive the strange man away.
"These are all good things, not any Han army can be equipped like this..." Shamoke retreated a few steps, squinted his eyes and looked at Lei Yuan up and down, and finally said surely: "You are the commander of Qu among the Han people, at least one of the leaders, right? You are a powerful subordinate of Xuandegong, not an ordinary person!"
He suddenly became excited, waved his hands and walked around the place several times: "I was about to contact you, we want to talk! Look, Qishanman just captured your companions, and they...we..."
"You haven't answered my question yet." Lei Yuan calmly interrupted Shamoko's words: "Who are you? Why are you here?"
This question made Shamoke stunned for a while and sighed suddenly. His energy seemed to have been vomiting out with this breath. His whole body seemed to have been several years old and his shoulders were hunched down. But he quickly cheered up: "Two hundred miles south of here is your Han people's Wuling County, right? The prefect of Wuling County is called Huang... Huang..."
"Huang Gai, Huang Gongfu." Lei Yuandao.
"That's right, Huang Gai. This Huang Gai is very powerful. In the past year, we have beaten Wuxi Man badly." Shamoke shook his head repeatedly: "In a year, we have four or five hundred warriors died, all of whom I can call famous, real warriors! Now Wuxi Man is about to collapse, and many coaches of Qu subjugation have subdued Huang Gai and become his lackeys, turning to kill their own people. Those who are unwilling to surrender will either hide deep in the mountains and dare not emerge, or like me, retreat to the territory of the mountain man, to see if they can gather a few tribes and gain a foothold again."
"There are weak and incompetent tribes everywhere in Qishan, so I am still the King of Wuxi Barbarians. As long as I can defeat them!" Shamoke poked out his hands and cut in the air in the shape of a knife and axe, as if he was intimidating the enemy, and as if he was cheering himself up: "It's soon! As long as you defeat all those who don't want to surrender, I am the King of Wuxi Barbarians, right?"
It turned out that this was a stray dog ​​who fled from Wuling County.
Huang Gai, the prefect of Wuling appointed by Wu Hou, was not an ordinary mediocre general, but a strong man with a clan rooted in various parts of Jingnan and possessed extremely strong potential power.
The Huang family was originally a giant clan in Jingzhou with lush branches and leaves that lasted for thousands of years. In modern times, there have been three generations of famous scholars, Huang Xiang, Huang Qiong and Huang Wan, and two generations of Taiwei. Their status is almost comparable to that of high-ranking clans such as Yuan and Yang. Huang Gai's ancestors were once the prefect of Nanyang and founded the main branch of the Huang family in Jingnan. Huang Gai was a young official in Lingling County and also appointed filial and honest officials. Although he was the prefect of Wuling at this moment, only 500 direct subordinates were mobilized to accompany his family to Jingnan, and his old relatives and friends would be more than a few thousand people?
After years of civil turmoil, Wuxi Manchus are far from the strength of conquering Wuling County, and they are by no means the opponent of Huang Gai.
But Huang Gai could not completely subdue the Wuxi Man. The mountains and forests west of Wuling were too vast and too deep and dangerous. Countless species were scattered in it, and no one could uproot it.
The defeat at Huang Gai was just a group of tribes that had initially accepted the sinicization of the mountains. On the one hand, these tribes were farming and reclamation like Han manor owners, and on the other hand, they relied on their barbarian status, did not pay taxes, and did not obey the control...Samoke was obviously one of them, and even the one with a very strong power. When the tribe leader experienced a painful failure and was unwilling to die into the mountains and valleys, and truly became a people outside the transformation of the outside world, fled to Lexiang County outside the sphere of influence of Wuhou, which became a very appropriate choice.
However, this person is clearly deeply Chinese, but he acts like an ignorant and fearless reckless attitude. He obviously wants to use this to seek something for himself. Such behavior is a bit funny in the eyes of others.
"Since I am the Barbarian King, I have to wipe out these tribes to be considered as the deputy of the real world, right? But those who do not want to surrender are all rebellious. Today I am leading my subordinates to pursue the rebellious here..." Shamoko pointed to the camp at the foot of the mountain: "If you kill them all, go back, you won't fight with you, and you won't cause trouble!"
“Are these rebellions?”
"What is not rebellion if you don't obey the orders of the Barbarian King? Right? In this month, I have killed many rebels, and I will continue to kill them." Shamoke stood beside Lei Yuan and raised his chest: "With me Shamoke here, I, to ensure that there will be no conflict between the barbarians and the Han people here. Lexiang County of Xuandegong must be stable! How about it?"
Lei Yuan immediately understood.
After getting in touch with the power of Huang Gai, the prefect of Wuling, and then realizing that the Wu Hou Sun Quan, who was standing behind Huang Gai and possessed greater power, this seemingly ambitious barbarian leader was afraid, and it can even be said that he was already scared. That's why he led the clan to Lexiang.
Perhaps Shamoke worked hard to inquire and knew the kindness of Xuande Duke. Or perhaps he thought that Xuande Duke's methods against Jing Man would be different from Huang Gai? Obviously, although he always claimed to be the King of Wuxi Barbarians, he actually gave him more encouragement, and what he needed was not only the place to stay, but also the protection of Xuande Duke.
The state of Shamoke in this is similar to the Lei family in Lujiang, who had been wandering in the mountains a few days ago, but Shamoke can choose fewer paths. If this person really has the strength to boast, then Lei Yuan only needs to follow the flow to ensure the stability of the vast western area of ​​Lexiang County.
However, Lei Yuan smiled and shook his head: "I am the head of Le Township appointed by Duke Xuande. With me here, it is enough to ensure the stability of Lexiang County. In this Lexiang County, there is no need for Wuxi Barbarian King."
Chapter completed!