Liu Xin turned to look at Zhu Rong, whose tears were still wet, and said in a deep voice: "I know that these barbarian tribes in Central and South China are also your compatriots. In fact, I am not a person who likes killing. But if they persist in their obsession, I can't
Watching my soldiers lose their lives in vain, I will not relent when the time comes."
Zhu Rong nodded seriously and said: "I swear in the name of the descendants of the God of Fire to do everything possible to persuade them not to be enemies of my elder brother."
Before Zhu Rong made the request, Liu Xin had not yet made up his mind on how to stabilize the situation in Central and South China. He even had a plan to wipe out all the barbarians in Central and South China.
Liu Xin remembered that the barbarian rebellions in this area continued throughout history, which put considerable economic and military pressure on the central court. Regarding territorial issues, Liu Xin, who came from a later generation, had different concepts from many people at the time.
He would rather lose his life than agree to lose an inch of land, so he will not tolerate the division and rebellion of the country under any circumstances. The easiest way to completely resolve the dispute between the Central and Southern Han barbarians is to eliminate all these barbarians, and these
Under Meng Huo's instigation, the barbarian tribes took the initiative to attack, giving Liu Xin enough excuses.
However, Liu Xin understood better that it was not easy to completely eliminate the barbarians. Although Meng Huo gathered most of the young barbarian men at the border between Zangke and Yueqi, even if he could eliminate all the more than 100,000 or 200,000 young men.
Annihilation, but it is also an impossible task to clear out all the barbarian villages hidden deep in the mountains. Not only that, barbarian women are different from Han women. They also have to bear heavy physical labor and are not incompetent.
A weak woman can still be a brave warrior even if she picks up a sword and ax, and with the advantage of the terrain, I'm afraid her men and horses will also have to pay a heavy price.
More importantly, if Liu Xin really did such a move, it would be an act of genocide. Morally, he would be condemned from all aspects, especially those in the scholar community, and his own conscience would not be able to do this at all.
make life difficult for.
Although it was difficult to make a choice, Liu Xin still did not dare to place all her hopes on Zhu Rong. Because Liu Xin knew that the reason why these tribes were called barbarians was because they were uncivilized and unreasonable. Therefore, in addition to implementing a series of measures that were conducive to the survival of the barbarians,
In addition to policies related to development and harmony between Han and barbarians, Liu Xin also prepared for the worst and did not hesitate to resort to violent measures as a last resort.
Liu Dan, Meng Huo, Yong Kai and others were sitting in the big tent, cleaning up the barbarian tribe chiefs Wu Tugu and Mulu who had just accepted their invitation. At this point, Meng Huo was able to invite the barbarians
The tribesmen are basically all here. The number of barbarian tribes gathered here has reached 180,000, and almost all the young and middle-aged barbarians from the central and southern barbarians are gathered here.
Suddenly, from the Han army camp opposite, they heard the sound of golden drums, the sound of horns, and deafening shouts coming one after another.
Liu Dan hurriedly said: "My lords and clan leaders, there has been no movement from the Han army in the past few days. Today, the war drums are suddenly beating. Could it be that they want to rob the camp?"
Gao Ding secretly cursed "ignorance", stood up calmly, and said: "Master Liu, why should you panic? If we want to rob the camp, we should just do it quietly. With such a big fanfare and everyone knowing, how can we rob the camp?"
I think the Han army has done nothing for many days and this move is just a bluff. Ignore them and just keep drinking!"
Meng Huo put down his wine glass, waved his hand, and said: "Master Gao is right. There is absolutely no possibility for the Han army to rob the camp in broad daylight. However, if Meng wants to come, they will not make noise for no reason. They must have some agenda, so be careful."
superior."
Although he was just a barbarian, he did not rely entirely on his own bravery. He had tried to poison Liu Xin at the Three Surnames Conference that year, and he was quite cunning.
Since that time, he began to pay attention to making friends with the heads of the barbarian tribes. Since the Meng family is also one of the three major surnames of the barbarians and is considered a very powerful party among the barbarians, the heads of the tribes also respect Meng Dan and his son. Meng Huo was willing to give up again.
For money, most governors of various tribes are willing to interact with him.
In addition, people like Yong Kai and Gaoding deliberately blocked the roads and cut off the connection between the four central and southern counties and Zangke. As a result, the barbarian tribes in the four central and southern counties gradually became alienated from the Zhu family and the Feng family in the past three years. As a result, as the god of fire
When Zhu Ding, the head of the first lineage of the Zhu family, personally tried to persuade them to retreat, they were hesitant until Meng Huo cut off one of Zhu Ding's arms. The two sides formed a deadly feud, and these clan leaders had no way out.
But a few days ago, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei led reinforcements to Zangke. The Central and South Allied Forces lost several battles one after another, and the Han army recovered several counties that they had captured with great effort. Meng Huo and others had a plan to attack the Han army.
Some fear.
Therefore, when he heard the noise coming from the Han camp, Yang Feng, the leader of the barbarian tribe, also echoed: "Clan Chief Meng is right. Yesterday's Tanma sent news. I heard that the Jingzhou Mu also came to Zoke to supervise the battle in person.
The Han army wants to make some achievements in front of the master, so it is not necessary to rush to attack. Let's go out and have a look together."
As soon as he heard the name "Liu Xin", Meng Huo slapped several cases in front of him, stood up with a "huo", slammed the bronze lamp in his hand to the ground, and walked out of the tent with his feet.
Go, and shouted sternly as he walked: "As long as Liu Xin dares to come, Meng will tell him to never come back!"
Among the barbarians in the four central and southern counties, although the Meng family is the largest, it only has 30,000 young men. It cannot completely overwhelm other tribes. Therefore, when Meng Dan was still alive, he always hoped to get the Meng and Zhu families to marry.
With the help of the Zhu family, the Meng family can speak more effectively in the four counties of Central and South China. The Meng family attaches great importance to this marriage. In addition to the strength of the Zhu family, Zhu Rong's identity as the successor of the Fire God is actually more attractive. If Zhu Rong marries into the Meng family
, the Meng family will replace the Zhu family and become the inheritors of the Fire God.
That year's alliance of three surnames was originally Meng Huo's best opportunity to show off himself through the competition and propose marriage to Zhu Rong. Who knew that Liu Xin would come out halfway and snatch her love with a knife, causing Meng Huo to return defeated. Meng Dan
Although it is a pity, there is no other way to think of. After all, Liu Xin's identity is there, and Zhu Rong is also attracted by Liu Xin. But Meng Huo has always been worried about it. In his opinion, the reason why Zhu Rong chose Liu Xin is
Because of the power in Liu Xin's hands, one day, he will be as arrogant as Liu Xin, and even trample Liu Xin severely under his feet, snatch Zhu Rong back from Liu Xin's hands, and put him into his arms.
Hatred and desire often make people stupid. Meng Huo never considered that even if he could gather the strength of the entire barbarian tribe, he might not be Liu Xin's opponent. What's more, the barbarians in Jingnan, Zangke, and Bajun were still determined.
He sided with Liu Xin. Just because of Liu Dan's words of "allowing the barbarians to establish a country on their own", Meng Huo couldn't wait to stand up and regarded himself as the barbarian king, but he never thought about it and didn't have a single soldier in his hand.
Liu Dan, the first soldier, can what he said count?
The Wutugu and Mulu tribes were second only to the Meng family in power in Central and South China. When Meng Huo first invited them to send troops, they did not immediately agree, but held a wait-and-see attitude. Later, Meng Huo defeated
The barbarian legions of Zhu Ding and Feng Lie seized several county towns and plundered a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, but they did not attack the Han army.
He took it seriously and never mentioned the invitation to the two tribes to help. It was not until he was defeated by Zhao Yun and Dian Wei recently that Meng Huo became nervous and realized the true strength of the Han army, but he was already riding a tiger.
We had to re-send envoys to various villages in the four central and southern counties to invite the tribes that had not sent troops to help.
In order to get help from other tribes this time, Meng Huo spent a lot of money and gave them all the gold, silver and jewelry he grabbed in Zoke. He also promised that once Chengdu was captured, his children's gold and silk would be left to him, and the throne of the Barbarian King would be his.
It is jointly recommended by the heads of each tribe.
The barbarian chiefs of several other tribes naturally welcomed Meng Huo and raised troops. However, Wutu Gu and Mulu coveted the throne of the Barbarian King. They had not yet fought against the Han army, and they did not know that the Han army would
The depth of the army, Meng Huo was angry when he saw it
They rushed out of the big tent, fearing that he would take the lead and affect their fight for the position of the Barbarian King. They all stood up and said, "Wait a minute! Since we are here, we should advance and retreat together with Patriarch Meng! Patriarch Meng is still waiting.
It’s good for everyone to go out together.”
Meng Huo knew that the martial arts of these two men were not inferior to his own, but he hoped to use their strength to defeat the Han army's prestige, so he stopped his steps, cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I invite you all, sirs and clan leaders to join us."
Go."
Gao Ding and Meng Huo both expected it well. There was no way the Han army would come out to rob the camp in broad daylight. The drums, gongs, horns, and shouts just now were all made by the Han soldiers to welcome Liu Xin's arrival.
cheer.
After entering the tent and sitting down, Zhao Yun held up his hands and said: "My lord, I just received the news that two more barbarian troops came to reinforce today, with a number of thirty thousand. Now, the enemy troops on the opposite side have exceeded two hundred thousand.
The number of people and horses seems to have the intention to continue to increase."
Liu Xin nodded and asked in a deep voice: "Although the enemy is a coalition of Han and barbarians, they are mostly barbarians. Our army is outnumbered. What good strategies do you have?"
Guo Jia stood up and said, "Go back to my lord, and look at it from my subordinates. Although the enemy soldiers are numerous, they are not subordinate to each other. If one army wins, the rest of the army will rush forward. If one army loses, I am afraid they will disperse like birds and beasts."
Dian Wei laughed loudly and said: "Since Mr. Guo said this, I will lead an army to charge and let them disperse, so as not to watch them upset."
Just as Liu Xing was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that Zhu Rong was standing behind him. He turned around and said, "Mei, you are tired after traveling such a long way. Go back to the camp and have a rest. When the discussion here is over, I will go see you."
Zhu Rong had long regarded himself as a warrior and was unwilling to leave. When Liu Xin said that he would visit her, he happily said goodbye and left.
Guo Jia smiled and said: "My lord, is there something you want to say that you can't say clearly in front of Miss Zhu?"