Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Dangqu County, the capital of the ancient country, has a huge area under its jurisdiction, including a large area of ​​Dazhou City and Bazhong City in later generations, with an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers.

And in this vast land, live the local people.

The Jin people and the Han people have lived together for many years, blending with each other, and they are all Sinicized. For example, the surnames of the seven surnames Yi Wang are all Han surnames now.

Their living habits, eating customs, and dressing are often no different from those of the Han people.

The only difference is that it still retains the past culture, such as the boat coffin burial of the funeral culture, the national character of being brave and ruthless, capable of singing and dancing, and relatively backward production equipment.

Liu Bei went north along the river in a boat. The mountains on both banks were steep and the cliffs were clustered. The Huaying Mountains stretched all the way to the south, as if people were in the depths of the mountains.

On the cliff wall on the right, you can still vaguely see the hanging ladders and hanging roads built on the mountain, which seem to have been dilapidated.

"Look, brother."

Zhang Fei had good eyesight, pointed to the forest in the front right and said, "There are people over there."

Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked intently, and they saw a dozen or so heads popping out from the edge of the cliff in the middle of the mountain forest, looking down at the river below.

Because the distance is far away, I can't see clearly. I can only vaguely hear the sound of birds singing in the mountains on the left and right, rippling back and forth between the canyons.

"This is a local Yang family."

Zhou Lin introduced: "From Mengtou all the way north to Dangqu and Hanchang, there are hundreds of thousands of tribes living on both sides of the bank. The seven surnamed Yi kings are just seven of the larger ones, and there are countless other small tribes."

Liu Bei asked: "Will they be in ambush in the mountains, will it be against us?"

"Don't worry, my lord."

Zhou Lin smiled and said, "A Zhong."

A servant beside him stood up and said, "Master."

"Tell them I'm coming."

"Yes."

Ah Zhong walked to the bow of the boat, put his right hand into his mouth, and immediately uttered a crisp bird cry.

The singing of birds is a common way of communication among the zi people.

Not only the Jian people, but also the Ba people. For example, Gan Ning’s Jinfan bandits often used this method. They put bird feathers on their heads, spoke bird language in their mouths, and communicated in codes.

Soon the singing of birds spread throughout the canyon.

Zhou Lin explained to Liu Bei: "My lord, in the past, when merchant ships came to buy goods, we did not go one by one. Instead, we sent people to notify them in advance and let them prepare the goods. The fleet would go to Dangzhou at the appointed time. He or Mengtou Township will collect the goods in a centralized manner."

"According to Xiaoqing's words, this is called a buyer's market."

Zhou Lin added another sentence at the end: "Xiaoqing said that although the merchant industry buys low and sells high, it is the foundation of the country. Guan Zhong used business in his early years to make Qi strong and prosperous. It is good for the country to be able to earn a little, and to earn a little less.”

He was vaccinated.

When the aristocratic family seized the people's land, did they know that it was harming the interests of the country?

of course I know.

The harm caused by land annexation has been expounded as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.

For example, one of the reforms of Shang Yang changed the well field system because the well field system seemed to be state-owned, but in fact most and the best fields were occupied by the big nobles.

This made the enthusiasm of the people for farming not high. After Shang Yang's reform of land private ownership, the fields belonged to the people themselves, and their enthusiasm was naturally mobilized.

It's just that although Shang Yang broke the land annexation of the big nobles, after the privatization of land, rich businessmen and powerful bureaucrats will also use various means to annex the private land of the bottom people, forming a situation of land annexation again.

Therefore, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, due to serious land annexation, Shi Dan, the minister of the court, proposed the idea of ​​"restricting land and restricting slaves" in order to ease the increasingly intensified class conflicts.Later, due to the opposition of nobles and bureaucrats, it could not be implemented.

It can be seen from this point that there are many people of insight in history who know the dangers of land annexation.Therefore, throughout the dynasties, there have been different reforms to restrict the annexation of land by big landlords.

In the same way, businessmen also know that the state suppresses them.

Shang Yang's reform directly stepped down the social status of businessmen to the bottom, and the order of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce was fixed at that time.On the contrary, Guan Zhong affirmed the status of businessmen in "Guan Zi", believing that scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce are indispensable, and they are the pillars of the country.

It's just that the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business in the Han Dynasty has not changed, so Zhou Lin is still cautious.

After all, when Liu Zhang was in charge of Xichuan, due to a serious lack of control power, it even triggered civil strife in the Yizhou family, so he hardly dared to suppress the Yizhou family.

And Liu Bei is ambitious and powerful, and he also controls the important commercial waterway of the Yangtze River. If he suppresses merchants, the wealth accumulated by the Zhou family will be much less in the future, so they have to try and ask.

Liu Bei has been on the road for many years now, and he is old enough to understand the world, so he naturally heard this, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Since it was Xiaoqing who said it, it is naturally right. Xiaoqing also told me many ways to strengthen the country. Scholars, farmers, businesses, and businesses are pillars of the people, and the country also needs to establish businesses to reassure the people."

"Xiaoqing still has a long-term vision."

Zhou Lin didn't hear the implication, just thought that Liu Bei would not attack the business, so he breathed a sigh of relief, looked to the north and said, "My lord, there is Mengtou in front, and General Zhao is stationed here now."

Liu Bei looked from a distance and saw that the banks of the vast Qianjiang River gradually opened up in the distance. Originally, the two sides were dense hills and undulating mountains, but now they have become a vast plain.

This is Qu County in Dazhou City, Sichuan Province in later generations, and further north is Dangqu, where the battle of Dangqu against Zhang Fei, the treasured treasure in history, took place here.

At this time, there was still Zhang Lu's garrison in Dangqu County, so Zhao Yun did not directly attack Dangqu County, but stationed here at Wakou Pass.

Soon the appearance of the boat attracted scouts from nearby Zhao Yunjun to blow their whistles, but the flag on the bow of the boat showed his identity. After a while, Zhao Yun took a small boat and sailed south from Mengtou Wharf to meet him.

"Lord!"

After the two ships met, Zhao Yun saluted Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Go to the barracks."

"only."

With a wave of Zhao Yun's hand, the boat turned around and took Liu Bei's big boats to Mengtou.

Mengtou is actually a township below Dangqu. There are a large number of people living on both sides of the river. It is an idyllic village and there are many mural reliefs.

There are relatively few Zi people living on the plains, and most of them live in the hills and forests on both sides.

In later generations, there is the theory of the King's Cave.

Therefore, when Liu Bei's fleet crossed the Qianjiang River, there were so many birds singing in the mountains and forests on both sides, which proved that there were many sentinels watching them.

Zhao Yunjun did not clash with these ethnic minorities, and the two sides did not interfere with each other.

People are not stupid.

King Yi with the seven surnames was coerced and lured by Zhang Lu to help him defend the city, as long as he defended the city, there was no need to take the initiative to provoke powerful enemies.

So both sides maintain a state of mutual non-interference.

Zhao Yun's military camp was stationed in the field southeast of Mengtou, and he did not enter the village pavilion to harass the local people. The attitude of the people towards them was mainly surveillance and vigilance, and they did not attack.

However, according to Zhao Yun's investigation these days, he still found that the other party had mobilized a lot of troops to deploy in the Dangshi area to the north.

From this point, it can also be proved that Fazheng's inference is correct.

Because Zhao Yun had already issued the An Min Bang, and sent people to say hello to the nearby Jin people and Ba people and Han people, saying that they would not attack the people.

But the Jin people still gathered soldiers and horses.

It can be seen that if Zhao Yun continues to attack Dangqu north again, he will be attacked by them.

After Liu Bei arrived at Zhao Yun's residence, he held a meeting.

Liu Guanzhang, together with Zhao Yun, Zhou Lin and the accompanying mid-level officers Wei Yan, Gao Xiang, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and others gathered in the tent.

After a brief discussion, Zhou Lin went out to make arrangements.

According to past experience, if Zhou Lin spread the news of his coming, King Yi of the seven surnames would send people to Mengtou to discuss with him.

At that time, he will invite King Yi of the seven surnames to come over.

This process lasted six days.

The main reason is that the place where the Zong live is extremely remote. Mengtou Township, Dangshi Township and Dangqu County belong to the mixed population of Zong, Han and Ba.

The main tribes of the Jin people lived in the deep mountains on both sides of the river, and went as far north as Bazhong. It took time for the tribes to get the news and send people over.

Six days passed quickly, and the various tribes communicated with each other, and sent someone to tell Zhou Lin that they would not go to Mengtou, but if they were sincere, they could go to Dangshi.

"My lord, you can't go."

When the news came back, Liu Bei planned to come in person, but Zhou Lin hurriedly dissuaded him: "How can you be in danger with a body of a thousand chariots? Let me do it for you."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "It's okay, I believe that people will not be so stupid as to really be our enemies, and I came personally to dispel their worries. Besides, I have my second brother and third disciple Long Shuzhi by my side, so why should I be afraid of them?"

"This"

Zhou Lin hesitated.

"All right."

Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Where is Uncle Zhi?"

"The end is here."

Chen Dao, who was standing guard outside the door, came in and cupped his hands.

Liu Bei said, "Just take a thousand guards and follow me."

"only."

"Where are Wenchang and Dexin?"

"The end is here."

Wei Yan and Gao Xiang, who were promoted to mid-level generals due to their military exploits, stood up.

"The two of you lead the headquarters to respond."

"Order."

"The rest stay at Mengtou."

"only!"

Everyone suddenly said yes.

In fact, not many people came to Liu Bei this time.

Zhao Yun had 1000 soldiers, while Liu Bei simply brought more than [-] personal guards.

But the momentum is quite huge.

After all, in addition to the less than [-] soldiers, there are also [-] auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, and the total number is quite large.

Therefore, it frightened the connoisseurs and made them dare not act rashly.

But this time Liu Bei went to Dangshi to meet the king of Yi with seven surnames, and he didn't bring so many soldiers and horses.

Including the 3000 guards and Wei Yan Gaoxiang, less than [-].

In this way, they continued to go north by boat. In the afternoon, they traveled more than 30 miles and arrived in Dangshi Township.

This area is where Zhang Fei and Zhang Yun confront each other.

The mountains on both sides of the strait are high, and the river channel in the upper reaches is becoming more and more narrow, making it difficult for large-scale ships to navigate. When Cai Mao marched northward, he could only take small and medium-sized ships.

Moreover, Dangshi Township is still in the mountains and forests on the left bank. To cross the canyon, the terrain is extremely dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Zhang Fei also sent people to pass through other trails to defeat Zhang Xi, which shows the terrain here.

Liu Beijun's team arrived at the mountainous area of ​​Dangshi Township. Birds were singing one after another in the high mountains and dense forests, and rustling sounds continued to be heard from the mountains and forests on both sides.

But fortunately, Jin Ren did not take the initiative to attack.

When we got close to the canyon ahead, we saw the continuous camps.There were hundreds of people waiting at the gate of the camp.

Seeing this scene, Guan Yu broke out in a cold sweat at first.

Sure enough, the opponent has gathered troops to prepare.

It's too hidden in the mountains and forests. If he followed Pang Tong's plan and went directly northward along the Qianjiang River, it would be impossible to find him.

Once they attack Dangqu or Hanchang, the Jin people's troops will come from all directions, and the retreat will be cut off at that time, and the tens of thousands of troops will be wiped out in an instant.

Fortunately, there is a law to rectify, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"my friend!"

When everyone came to the front, a burly man in the distance had already rushed out, running towards Zhou Lin.

The man was more than eight feet tall, and his body was extremely muscular. It was midsummer, and he only wore a pair of brown linen trousers on his lower body, and his upper body was shirtless, revealing bronze-colored muscles and many hideous scars on his body.

He came to Zhou Lin's side and hugged Zhou Lin together.

"Big black!"

After Zhou Lin hugged him, he introduced Liu Bei with a smile: "My lord, this is my friend Li Hei, the leader of the Li clan."

Liu Bei nodded.

Zhou Lin told him before coming here.

The Jin people are brave and good at fighting, and the Li family is the most powerful among them. They are brave and ruthless, worship the strong, take pleasure in fighting tigers and wolves, and take pride in having scars on their bodies.

In particular, Li Hei, the leader of the Li Clan, is extremely brave, and he is the strongest among the Jin people.

It's a pity that although the Li family has abundant martial virtues, because of the smallest population, it lacks the right to speak in the entire Zhu people tribe.

After all, your tribe has only 10,000 people, while other tribes have [-]+ people. No matter how powerful you are at fighting, two fists are no match for four hands, and even a tiger can't hold back a wolf.

Therefore, the Li family ranks low among the seven surnames, and cannot decide whether to form an alliance with Liu Bei because of his relationship with Zhou Lin.

But before coming, Zhou Lin also breathed out, and Li Hei would fully support him.

The main reason is that the Li family is brave and ruthless, with insufficient production capacity and lack of weapons and equipment. Therefore, they are very dependent on the Zhou family for business, and must fully support Zhou Lin because of their interests.

In this way, at least one of them has been differentiated in advance, which is good news.

"Big black."

Zhou Lin introduced again: "This is General Zuo, Jingzhou Mu, uncle of the Great Han Emperor."

Li Hei's eyes widened, and he hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "Li Hei, a man from the mountains, pays homage to Uncle Emperor!"

Everyone in Bashu has heard of Liu Bei's fame.

"No gift, no gift."

Liu Bei waved his hand.

"Ha ha ha ha."

The rest of the Yi kings who were watching from the rear couldn't sit still when they heard Liu Bei's name.

The person in charge is named Du Huo (huo), the leader of the Du clan.

The Du family has the largest population, with more than [-] people, and is the largest Yi king in the Bazhong area.

They originally thought that Liu Bei sent Zhou Lin and Zhao Yun to negotiate, but they didn't expect Liu Bei to come over in person. They were very surprised and rushed out to greet them.

"Boss Du, Chief Park, Chief Yuan, Chief Yang, Chief Wang, Chief Gong."

Zhou Lin introduced them one by one.

In the Qin Dynasty, the seven surnames were "E, Luo, Pu, Zan, Du, Xi, Gong", and gradually evolved into "Du, Pu, Yuan, Yang, Wang, Li, Gong" in the Han Dynasty.

Their leaders were named Du Wei, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, Yang Che, Li Hei, Wang Gui, and Gong Sou.

Everyone came to Liu Bei, bowed their hands and said: "Du Wei, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, Yang Che, Wang Gui, Gong Sou, I pay my respects to Uncle Huang."

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Excuse me, everyone. I came here to disturb you."

Du Sui praised: "Uncle Huang is so bold, he only brought thousands of soldiers to Dangshi Township. We thought it was Zhou Lin and General Zhao, but we were not prepared to welcome them. Please forgive me, Uncle Huang."

Liu Bei said: "It's okay, I also decided to come here temporarily."

"Uncle, please!"

Du Wei stretched out his hand towards the tent inside to signal.

Guan Yu immediately stood up to prevent Liu Bei from entering, but unexpectedly Liu Bei stopped him, shook his head slightly, and said: "The leader invites you kindly, how can you not go, you wait outside the camp, the second brother and the third brother Ji Zhizi Long Shu came , you follow me."

He only brought five people, including Zhou Lin, a literati.

Seeing Liu Bei's courage, many people admired Liu Bei even more, and did not dare to harm him.

It was because Zhang Lu defeated Cai Mao and was about to destroy Liu Zhang, so he surrendered to him. Now that someone is more ruthless, he naturally dare not make a mistake.

The most important thing is that Liu Bei is very sincere. He originally thought that if Zhou Lin and Zhao Yun came over, they would negotiate and negotiate a good deal. Now that Liu Bei came here in person, they were naturally flattered.

After all, Zhang Lu's status cannot be compared with Liu Bei's. Now that Liu Bei has obtained the entire Jingzhou, no matter in terms of fame, strength or status, he is much stronger than Zhang Lu.

Soon a group of people came to the camp of the Jin people.

There are a lot of people and soldiers, and the total population of the seven surnames, large and small, can be 70 million people. Even if one-fifth of them fights, they can make up 10 people.

The problem is that the weapons and equipment of the Jin people are very backward, and most of them are actually bronze, and iron has not yet been popularized.

So they can't beat the Han people, they can only submit to the strong Han people.

After entering the tent, Du Wei didn't dare to sit in the main seat, but sat opposite to Liu Bei and the others, with six on the right and seven on the left.

After everyone sat down, Du Sui asked: "I don't know why the emperor came here?"

Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "I know that you all listen to Zhang Lu and help him garrison Dangqu and Hanchang. I came here this time to ask you why you want to work for Zhang Lu instead of the court. ?”

Du Sui smiled wryly and said: "Zhang Lu is very powerful. Since he defeated Cai Hao last year, he is now attacking Chengdu. We don't want to make enemies with the emperor's uncle, but the emperor's uncle is in Jingzhou, but Zhang Lu is too close to us. If we don't obey For him, I am afraid that our tribe will be difficult to survive."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "You don't need to worry. I will attack Zhang Lu with all my troops in Jingzhou. At this time, Zhang Lu's main force is in Chengdu. If you let us go there, I will capture Hanzhong, and then go south to destroy Zhang Lu's main force. It's safe and sound."

Pu Hu said: "It's easy to say, Zhang Lu has been operating in Hanzhong for many years, and there are so many troops stationed in the old nest. Once you don't capture it and Zhang Lu returns to the army, we will be the first to be wiped out."

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Of course I know that you have worries in your hearts, but I believe you all know better than anyone else that Zhang Lu can't achieve great things. This time, sending troops, there is a great chance to eliminate Zhang Lu. Don't you want to just let it go? Contribute to the imperial court?"

"Forehead"

Du Su thought for a while and said, "We know General Zuo's sincerity, but since he wants to serve the court, he should have a reputation."

"It's not difficult, Zhou Lin."

"exist."

"Take the watch."

"only."

Zhou Lin took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table.

Liu Bei looked around and said: "If you send troops to help me capture Hanzhong, I will go up to the court and declare him as the prefect of Bazhong."

Du Sui and Park Hu Yuanyue suddenly became short of breath.

They were indeed threatened and lured by Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu just gave them some gold and silver. How could being a prefect have so much power?
Without any hesitation, Du Su was the first to get up and said, "The villain is willing to work for the emperor."

Pu Hu and Yuan Yue were a step slower, and hurriedly said: "The villain is also willing."

"I don't know how much you two are willing to send troops?"

Liu Bei asked.

Du Sui immediately said: "I would like to send [-] troops."

Pu Hu said: "I would like to send [-] troops."

Yuan Yue also said: "I would like to send [-] troops."

"it is good."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "I have already understood the intention of the three leaders to serve the country. If Hanzhong can be captured, I will designate Chief Du as the prefect of Bazhong, Chief Pu as the prefect of Badong, and Chief Yuan as the general."

He did not mention the prefect of Brazil and the prefect of Banan.

Because there are many plains in Brazil and Banan, the population is very large, and it is the territory of the Han people. Han officials must be appointed.

On the other hand, the Bazhong and Badong areas are dominated by ethnic minorities such as the Jin people and the Ba people, and the use of the chiefs of the Jin people can be regarded as the use of the barbarians to control the barbarians.

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei looked at Yang Che, Wang Gui, and Gong Sou again.

Du Wei, Pu Hu, and Yuan Yue can use their power to win them over. Li Hei has already made it clear that he will support them. Now there are only three of them left.

Yang Che said: "I also want to serve the emperor's uncle, but the tribe is poor and struggles to survive."

Liu Bei looked at Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin said: "The emperor has an order. If you send 5000 troops from each tribe, you will be rewarded with ten catties, fifty catties of silver, and five million yuan in money. If you send 500 troops, you will be rewarded with fifty catties of gold and one hundred catties of silver. Thousands of dollars. Like Chief Du, Chief Pu, and Chief Yuan, those who have dispatched more than 1 troops will not only serve as officials in the imperial court, but will also be given 2000 catties of gold, [-] catties of silver, and [-] million yuan in money."

Yang Che and Wang Gui said happily, "I am willing to send ten thousand troops."

They all paid for it.

Among the seven surnames, the Du family has the largest population, followed by the Pu family. The rest of the tribes are as few as the Li family with less than [-] people, and the Yuan, Yang, Wang, and Gong families have tens of thousands of people.

Therefore, the Du and Pu clans can send [-] to [-] soldiers, the Li clan can send up to [-] to [-] soldiers, and the other clans can send up to [-] soldiers.

"What difficulties does Chief Gong have?"

Liu Bei looked at Gong Sou again.

Gong Sou said: "The tribe lacks weapons, and food and grass are also insufficient."

"Ha ha."

Zhou Lin smiled and said: "These emperor uncles have already thought about it for you. If you are willing to serve the emperor uncle and work for the emperor uncle, the emperor uncle will not only appoint you as officials to the court, but also give you money, food, and weapons. Help you get out of the mountains and make contributions."

Gong Sou also cupped his hands and said: "Since this is the case, the Gong family is also willing to send [-] troops to attack Zhang Lu for the emperor's uncle."

"good!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed and got up and said, "Don't worry, everyone, no matter whether you are a Han or a Han, I treat them equally, and they are all my fellow citizens. In the future, if disasters and chaos can be quelled, I will not be obliged to help others."

"Meet the lord."

Everyone stood up and bowed their hands, imitating what Zhou Lin called Liu Bei before, saluted Liu Bei and called him their lord.

The return of the Yi kings with seven surnames made Liu Bei have nearly [-] more soldiers and horses at once.

of course.

These [-] soldiers and horses are actually nothing.

A group of savages with bronze wares and no armor fought with a regular army of big men in armor and steel weapons, and there was a dead end.

So when it comes to the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of these people is not necessarily higher than that of Liu Bei's 2 soldiers.

But the main significance of making them surrender is to weaken Zhang Lu's power.

They are definitely not the opponents of Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops in the wild battle, but they obey Zhang Lu's order to garrison Dangqu, Hanchang and other cities, and guard the Micang Road Pass.

Therefore, after the surrender of the Yi kings of the seven surnames, Zhang Lu's Hanzhong no longer had any important defense forces, and Liu Bei could drive straight in and attack Huanglong.

In addition, in the future, Bashu will be pacified, and the people will be able to fight well, and they will also be able to train and rectify.

Like the Flying Army of Nowhere.

Once these brave ethnic minorities have the same sophisticated equipment as the Han people, the effect will be amazing.

Therefore, it is of great value to subdue people, whether it is now or in the future.