Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 188
In June of the ninth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao sent people to Wuling to find many leaders of the Wuxi Man, gave them money, silk, food and grass, and made friends with them.

Wuximan actually does not refer to a kind of barbarians, but refers to the barbarians living by the five rivers. They are roughly divided into five tribes, namely Xiongximan, Xiximan, Chenximan, Youximan, and Wuximan.

The places where they lived were later known as Xiangxi Prefecture in Hunan Province and Enshi Prefecture in Hubei Province.It is the ancestor of the local Miao, Tujia, Yao, Dong and Gelao nationalities.

At that time, the leader of Wuximan was not Shamoke, and Samoke was only one of the most powerful barbarian leaders, because Wuximan still continued the tribal system, and each tribe had a leader, so it required a lot of dealings.

Fortunately, the barbarians are relatively scarce in supplies, and they can communicate well with them with salt, food, and cloth, and are even willing to send troops to serve you, so Liu Biao has already laid a solid foundation at this time.

After Liu Bei arrived in Xiangyang, he met Liu Biao and asked him for supplies.On the grounds of purchasing food and grass and preparing weapons, the army stationed in Liqiu and stayed for a while.

By July, Shen Chen had already led [-] Huangmen troops, took Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, and went south to Xiangyang, bid farewell to Liu Biao, and then passed through Yicheng, Bianxian, Dangyang, Jiangling, and Chanling Go, walked for seven or eight days, and arrived in Lingyang County.

Lingyang County is the later Cili County of Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. This is still the territory of the Han people, but along the Minshui River to the north, it is full of high mountains.

The wet water is vast, and the two banks are very steep. There is only a very narrow path on the left bank of the river, which can be barely walked.Under the leadership of local guides, they struggled through the mountains and arrived in the area of ​​Luzhong Township.

This place is already deep in the mountains and old forests. Shen Chen stood on a boulder on the left side of the road and looked at it. On the right was a towering mountain with continuous cliffs, as if it was endless, and the edge could not be seen.

And the forest in front of the left side finally opened up. Along the high mountain all the way down, countless terraced fields were cultivated, among which there were many houses, and it seemed that people could be seen from a distance.

"Woooooooooo!"

The guide took out the horn, and there were bursts of echoes in the forest.

After a while, a team of hundreds of people came along the road. Those people wore black round-neck short jackets and black tights, which were completely different from the loose robes of the Han people.

This is because the climate in the south is sultry, so the upper body clothes are relatively loose.

The lower body needs to be protected from leeches in the rice fields, so they don’t wear the shorts that Han people used to farm, but long tight pants, and the legs of the trousers must be tied tightly to prevent leeches from getting into the pants and sucking blood.

It is roughly similar to the clothing styles of the Miao and Tujia people in Xiangxi in later generations, but there are not so many silver ornaments on the head.

Their hair is also different from that of the Han people. Some of them will cut off their hair and have short hair.Some are coiled up and tied with ropes. They don’t wear crowns, at most they wear a few round hats with winter melon rings. They are not fancy clothes, but they are still very different from the Han people.

"Those are barbarians?"

Tai Shici watched curiously. The barbarian in his imagination had disheveled hair and bare eyes and fangs.

What turned out to be a group of quite normal people, the only difference is the dress and clothes, other people seem to be no different from the Han people, they all have one head and two shoulders, and their skin is also yellow.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Barbarians are human beings just like us in essence, but they live in the deep mountains, have little contact with Han people, and have their own customs."

"Oh."

Tai Shici felt that he had learned some new knowledge.

After a while, those barbarians came over, the leader was about forty years old, with a strong physique, and the guide introduced: "General, this is the smart man, Mr. Tan Renmeng!"

"Master Qin."

Shen Chen bowed his hands to the leader.

Jingfu means the leader among the Wuxi Man. For example, the later Shamoke should not be called the leader of the Wuxi Man, but should be called the Wuxi Man Jingfu.

As for adults, it was the name Han people used to call the leaders of ethnic minorities at that time, and it often appeared in history books.

So Sha Moke is called Wuximan's master among Wuximan, but in the mouth of Han people, he becomes Wuximan's master again.

That Tan Renmeng was a branch of the Youximan of the Wuxi Man, he was a man of the Luzhong Man, he knew the Chinese dialect and Chinese etiquette, so he clasped his hands and replied, "Tan Renmeng has met the general."

Shen Chen smiled and said, "I remember a hundred years ago, there was a Tan Erjian who seemed to be from your clan?"

Tan Renmeng said with a little embarrassment, "That's my ancestor."

"Oh."

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Master Qin, the envoy of the king of Chu must have told you about the matter last time. I am here today to gather all the elite leaders to discuss the matter of dispatching troops. What do you think?"

Tan Renmeng replied: "Naturally, please come with me, the general. We will continue to go up along the Lujiang River, and we will reach Longtan in Yanghe River. The leaders of other tribes in the wild, discuss this matter together."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Tan."

Shen Chen arched his hands, the north of Xiangxi area is mainly the residence of Youxi Man, Liu Biao's target is also mainly Youxi Man, these people are mostly scattered in Lingyang, Chongxian, and Shaqu, that is, the later generations of Cili, Sangzhi, Enshi and other areas.

Moreover, the size and living area of ​​the tribes are not uniform.A tribe like Qin Renmeng is in Luzhong. The total number of the tribe is only 8000 to [-] people, and the available force is only about [-] people, but it is already a large tribe.

There are countless other small tribes, and those with a force of more than [-] troops are considered large tribes, so it is still very troublesome to gather all the people.

However, it is not a troublesome thing to promise to lure.

Tan Renmeng took Shen Chen all the way north, and continued northward along the Luoshui. In fact, it was only more than 20 kilometers, but they went over mountains and ridges. They walked for a whole day and night, and they didn't arrive at Longtan until the next day.

When the leader of the Xiang clan heard about Shen Chen's arrival, he greeted him warmly. According to Liu Biao's order, he immediately went to various places to gather the other barbarian leaders.

It's just that the Jingzhou area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is in the rainy season in June and July. It rained heavily the next day in Longtan, which made it difficult to walk on the mountain roads and delayed a lot of time.

After seven or eight days, the heavy rain did not stop, and the weather did not clear up until the middle of next month.

The location of Longtan is probably in the area of ​​Zouma Town, Hefeng County, Enshi Prefecture. It is a small plain area in the valley. The geographical environment is not bad. There is a river called Yanghe in a lower place, so it will not be flooded by heavy rain. .

After the rain, the water level of Yanghe, a small river in this small town, skyrocketed. Since the soil erosion was not serious at that time, the river water was not a muddy yellow color, but a little bit turbid in blue, and the environment was very good.

During this period of time, Shen Chen studied the terrain and the possibility of heading north from Shaqu to Zigui, Wu County, with the leader of the Xiang clan, Xiang Qituo, and the leader of the Qin clan, Qin Renmeng.

At that time, the south of Wuling was connected from this area to the Jishou area of ​​Huaihua in later generations, and the Wuximan and other barbarians were in the south.

But it is not easy to go north. The Three Gorges is to the north, and the two banks are full of mountains. Even when Liu Bei was in the battle of Yiling, he opened roads in the mountains and built bridges when encountering water. It took a long time to recruit Shamoke in Wuling. .

Now it is equivalent to doing Liu Bei's work again, and it really needs to be studied carefully.

After waiting for the rain, two days later, the leaders from all over the country finally arrived one after another.

These leaders are basically Youxi barbarians with more than a few hundred troops, and there can be four to five thousand people in total.After all, the total population of Wuximan is less than [-], and the Youximan alone is not very strong.

Their strength is familiarity with the terrain.

After the leaders arrived, Shen Chen gave them gifts again and invited them to attack Liu Zhang's army together.

In the Wazhai house of the Xiang clan, many leaders agreed with smiles on their faces.

Among the many leaders sitting cross-legged, behind a middle-aged leader was a muscular young man in his 20s, who was looking up and down at the eloquent Shen Chen.

"Everyone."

Shen Chen looked at the crowd and said: "The king of Chu is now rich in Jingzhou, and he is about to conquer Bashu and attack Liu Zhang. If you are willing to serve your life, the king of Chu will not be stingy with rewards. You can't miss this great opportunity."

"We are willing to follow the general."

"Yes, as long as the King of Chu can reward us with gold, silver, cloth, grain and salt, we are willing to fight with the King of Chu."

"Our Sand Clan complied."

"Father."

At this time, the strong young man suddenly said: "I heard that the king of Chu does not practice martial arts, can he really enter Bashu? I have also gone north to Yufu before, and there is no way tens of thousands of horses can break through there. .”

"What nonsense is my son talking about?"

The middle-aged leader glanced at his son with dissatisfaction. In the tribe, the stronger and stronger people are more likely to be respected.

His eldest son is physically strong, and his prestige is already second only to him in the tribe. Now he dares to question his decision.

The strong young man looked at Shen Chen and said, "And I think this person is younger than me, and not as strong as me. Can he really lead us to defeat Liu Zhang's army? Fighting is not a child's play. Once the command is disordered, What the clansmen lost was their lives."

Shen Chen glanced at this young man unexpectedly. Barbarian leaders generally only value real interests. Liu Biao promised to give them money, cloth, food and salt, and they would help him fight. This is true of any ethnic minority.

For example, the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Qiang people, but the Han court was a little bit ignorant of martial arts. They were often recruited to fight and their wages were owed, which led to repeated rebellions by ethnic minorities on the northern border.

The ethnic minorities in the south are different. They are not interested in the territory of the Han people, and the Han people do not want to deal with them in the deep mountains and old forests. Therefore, except for situations like Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang who need to stabilize the rear and expand the population in order to plan the Northern Expedition, they will not do so at other times. Hands on the southern barbarians.

Now this boy is quite thoughtful, thinking about whether Shen Chen can lead them to win the battle because of his young age.

Shen Chen smiled and said, "I didn't lead you to fight this battle, but the great uncle of the Han Dynasty, the left general Liu Bei. I don't know if you have heard of General Liu's reputation. He has fought for many years and is a veteran. How can he command indiscriminately? Now it's not about breaking into Berkshire, it's just about destroying the army sent by Liu Zhang, or going around and attacking, isn't it possible?"

"Forehead"

The young man lowered his head, thought for a while, and it seemed to make sense, but he was still somewhat dissatisfied and said: "Since you are fighting with General Zuo, it is naturally different. But I heard that you are also General Zhonglang, and you are obviously younger than me. Is it a high official?"

"Aren't you satisfied?"

Shen Chen asked.

"Dissatisfied."

The boy answered with a thick neck.

"what's your name?"

"Sand Clan Shamoko!"

"awesome."

Shen Chen nodded, pointed at Zhao Yun and Tai Shici beside him and said, "This is my general, choose one at random, if you can win, I will write to the king of Chu to make you a general."

"Really?"

Shamoko suddenly became excited.

"of course."

Shen Chen smiled and said, "There is absolutely no joke."

"Okay, it's a deal."

Sha Moke looked at Zhao Yun and Tai Shici.

The two of them are actually quite majestic, and their arms are extremely long, which seems to be very powerful.

But Sha Moke thought that his strength was infinite, no worse than the two of them, so he excitedly agreed, his eyes full of eagerness to try.

And Zhao Yun and Tai Shici looked at each other and smiled at each other, Zhao Yun asked, "Going to Ziyi?"

"Zilong, let's go, the south is wet, it's too hot to move."

"I don't want to move either."

"You go."

Tai Shici rolled his eyes.

"Okay, I'll go."

Zhao Yun got up with a sigh. Living in such a humid place really made a northerner like him uncomfortable, and he didn't want to move.

Seeing that the two of them despised him so much, Shamoke on the side was furious, stood up and said: "An dare to underestimate me, I will definitely look good on you, come outside!"

After saying that, he walked out angrily, and brought his weapon, the barbed wire, and put it outside the door.

Zhao Yun glanced at Shen Chen and Tai Shici, shrugged and said, "I'll come as soon as I go."

"I'll pour you a cup of tea."

Shen Chen poured Zhao Yun a cup of hot tea in a bowl. The tea comes from the south. There is a large amount of wild camellia in the Wuling Mountains, and the locals use it to boil water for drinking.

Zhao Yun touched the cup and it was a little hot, so he said, "Come back and drink later."

He said and walked out.

Many leaders were about to go out to have a look, but Shen Chen stopped them and said with a smile: "You don't need to go out, they will be back in a while, let's continue talking about sending troops."

After chatting for less than a minute, Zhao Yun came back. When he touched the tea bowl, it was still hot, so he blew on it before taking two sips.

Seeing that Shamoke hadn't come back, the leader of the Sha clan hurriedly said, "Where's my son?"

"On the ground."

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "But don't worry, leader, I didn't hurt him."

Many barbarian leaders were shocked for a moment.

Samokonai was the strongest barbarian in the young area. He was beaten to the ground within less than a cup of tea with the general's entourage, which was too terrifying.

For a while, everyone was more convinced. No wonder the King of Chu sent a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy as a general. It seemed that he really had his own.

　I didn't expect someone to post a book review on high blood pressure, saying that Liu Bei used tricks to seize Jingzhou, and asked Liu Biao for things, but in turn wanted to seize other people's foundations.Have you read a book with your brain?Liu Biao himself wants to proclaim himself emperor, did Liu Bei and the protagonist persuade him?

　　If he does not proclaim himself emperor, Liu Bei will not rebel against him. Why should he not rebel if he proclaims emperor and loses morality?It's just because the protagonists saw through the fact that Liu Biao would proclaim himself emperor, and some people said that Liu Xie belonged to Dong Zhuoli, isn't that funny?Liu Xie is the real emperor's son, is Liu Biao?You should first figure out what righteousness is. Liu Bei's capture of Yizhou is the only way to lose righteousness. If Liu Biao proclaims himself emperor and Liu Bei seizes Jingzhou, Liu Bei will be the one who occupies righteousness.

　　Sometimes when I see you posting such ignorant book reviews, my blood pressure really goes up. Of course, you can also say that since you know that Liu Biao is going to proclaim himself emperor, why doesn’t the protagonist oppose him?I would like to ask, is it useful to oppose when one's ambitions are inflated?Did no one object when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor?Does he listen?So when you question it, please check whether the logic written in my book is correct, and don’t use your modern Three Views and God’s perspective to look at the Three Views of the Han Dynasty, is it okay?
　　
　
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