Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 124 Raise a great wizard for a thousand days, use a great wizard's face (ask for a monthly ticket!)

Soon, Ma Di deduced the location of the grain according to the markings on the map.

But before borrowing food, you need to plan well.

In fact, in the vast uncivilized land of the Southwest, there are many loose, large or small barbarian tribes, and there is no established alliance between the various tribes.

Among these tribes, the five tribes with the most common surnames are the most powerful, namely Yong, Lou, Cuan, Meng, and Mao.In the first year of Jianxing, Meng Huo, who rebelled against the Shu Han and was rampant for a while, was the previous leader of the Meng clan.

These five big tribes occupy a large part of Nanzhong's resources and have a large number of armed forces.In the third year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang led his army to march south. After defeating Meng Huo, the assassin, the other four families also expressed their surrender.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang selected a group of elites from the five major tribes and incorporated them into the Shu army, forming the Wudang Flying Army to follow the Shu Han in the Northern Expedition.At the same time, some barbarians were moved out of Nanzhong and resettled in Shu.

But there are more barbarians staying in the Nanzhong region.

The Shu Han did not completely control Nanzhong because of this.

Due to the rugged roads and dense forests in the southwest region, each tribal leader only superficially rules his surrounding areas, and the cave masters scattered in every cave are the actual rulers of the clan society.Therefore, the Nanban tribes were not a unified tribal confederation.

This is also one of the three reasons why the Southern Man tribes stood by when the Shu Han perished in the original time and space.

Even if they want to rescue them, they have to unite with other tribes before sending troops together.But who will unite the tribes?And no one!

Another reason is that the barbarians were only slightly attached to the Shu Han, and were not part of the county system of the Shu Han regime. The Shu Han only adopted the strategy of "using barbarians to control barbarians" to govern Nanzhong. This led to their low degree of recognition and loyalty to the Shu Han regime.

In addition, the Nanman tribe did not have the ambition to dominate the world. They just wanted to guard their one-acre three-point land. No matter whether the ruler was Shu Han or Cao Wei, for them, it was just a nominal boss.It doesn't matter how you live your life.

The last reason is too late.

Because he was taken directly to his old nest, the speed of Shu Han's subjugation was too fast, so fast that it was impossible to make any effective response.The Nanman tribe, thousands of miles away, had just learned that hundreds of thousands of troops from Shu and Wei were at Jiange, and then received the news that Shu had fallen.

The big crystals have exploded, who else can do it?
The most important thing is that even if Nanman is willing to help Shu Han, it will not be of much use.Because the Nanban army's combat effectiveness in all aspects is not very good.

Because the southern barbarians were still in primitive society and slavery society, their productivity was low, their iron-smelting technology was backward, and their equipment was outdated.In the face of a well-equipped, large-scale, and organized Central Plains army, the probability of victory for barbarian warriors who do not understand military discipline and fight independently is quite low.

This is also the main reason why Meng Huo was captured alive seven times.

Food is the original sin.

But Meng Huo was already the best fighter in the Nanman tribe.

If Meng Huo is like this, the combat effectiveness of other tribes can be imagined.

Therefore, when he learned that Deng Aibing was approaching Chengdu, Liu Chan's first reaction was to surrender rather than resist or retreat south.

Even if they withdraw to Nanzhong, the ending will not be different.

It was based on this theory that Ma Su couldn't wait to build roads in the southern and central counties.After the road is completed, no matter whether it is recruiting troops, raising food, or developing Nanzhong, it will be beneficial without any harm.

Even the speed of national integration can be greatly accelerated.

Not to mention that Nanzhong is rich in resources, rich in gold, silver, dan, lacquer, as well as cattle, war horses and other materials.These things are too important for the poor Shu Han.

The poorer you are, the more you need to make up for it.

However, the most important thing right now is to borrow food.

After confirming that a large amount of grain was lagging behind in Loudi, a hundred miles to the southwest, Ma Di called the three major generals to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Xiu was upright, and immediately proposed to lead troops to rob under pretext.

But Li Sheng shook his head and retorted: "General, the general thinks it's really inappropriate to do this. Grabbing food by force is not only suspected of bullying the weak, but also leaves a bad impression on the barbarians. It's better to send someone to investigate first. Loudi's details, let's make a plan!"

Huang Xi took over the conversation and said: "There will be a plan in the end, maybe the soldiers will be bloodless, let Brother Lou Di obediently deliver the food!"

"What's the plan, let's hear it!" Ma Di was surprised.

Huang Xi said confidently: "The general can send an envoy to the tribe of Loudi, and say that the road construction by the imperial court is all for the barbarians to live a better life. Now that they are short of food, they can temporarily borrow [-] shi from the tribe. That's all for the food; if he refuses to borrow it, it means that he has evil intentions and has a double heart for the court, and it will not be too late to send troops to move him with an excuse!"

When Ma Di heard this, he suddenly felt that the plan was very clever, so according to Huang Xi's suggestion, he appointed Zhang Xiu to ride a fast horse and take only a thousand soldiers to Loudi to borrow food.

Hearing that the Han envoy was coming, Loudi and his tribe put up lanterns and festoons outside the tribe, poured clean water on the road, and waited early on both sides of the road, waiting for the arrival of the Han envoy.

After a while, Zhang Xiu, surrounded by more than a thousand soldiers, galloped mightily from the east.

As soon as they met, they politely said to the leader, Lou Di: "I am Zhang Xiu, a senior general under Ma Di, the governor of Yongzhou, under the rule of the prime minister of Shu Han, and the general of Zhenbei."

Having said that, Zhang Xiu deliberately paused to observe Loudi's reaction carefully.

Lou Di was about forty years old, not tall, with a rather long beard, and the big loose dreadlocks unique to the Southern barbarians.Hearing such a long name prefix, he immediately bowed in awe, bowed his hands, and hurriedly welcomed Zhang Xiu into the tribe, entertaining him with good wine and food.

Three rounds of local wine, five flavors of wild vegetables.

Zhang Xiu stopped his chopsticks and said solemnly: "The imperial court is currently building roads and bridges for the various tribes in Nanzhong. There is not enough food. I will temporarily borrow [-] shi of your tribe's food. When the road is completed in the future, I will return the original amount!"

Hearing this, Loudi's complexion turned bitter instantly, his eyes were straightened, his arms seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't even lift the chopsticks.He thought to himself: "Is it a goose matter for the imperial court to build roads? It's no good for me in Loudi. Why should I lend the food I have accumulated so hard to the imperial court? If I don't borrow it, I will offend Mr. Ma who is behind the general. What should I do?" What to do?"

After much discussion, in order not to offend Zhang Xiu, Loudi said, "General, it's not difficult to borrow food. As long as the general can convince my third brother, I will lend you the food. If you are not convinced, I can't lend you the food. "

Zhang Xiu was eager to borrow money, and was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Where is Chief Lou's third brother?"

Loudi stroked his beard with his hands, and said slowly: "Fifty miles westward from here is the tribe of my third elder brother Louban. His tribe has much more food than mine. You can go there and try it, as long as you If my third brother is willing to borrow it, I will too!"

Zhang Xiu smiled when he heard this: "What's so difficult about it? Chief Lou, just look at it!"

After all, I bid farewell to Loudi, and led the soldiers all the way to the west, and arrived at the tribe of Louban in the afternoon.

Lou Ban received him warmly, and after asking about his purpose, he smiled and said, "Borrowing food is easy. As long as the general can persuade my second brother to borrow food, I will lend it to you."

Zhang Xiu was startled when he heard the words: "But I don't know where the second brother of the leader of Lou Ban is?"

Lou Ban raised his finger to the northwest: "My second elder brother, Lou Ding, is eighty miles to the northwest. His tribe is much richer than mine. The general might as well give it a try. As long as my second elder brother is willing to borrow it, I will not break my promise." !"

Zhang Xiu had no choice but to continue on the road with his soldiers and horses. On the morning of the third day, he came to the tribe in Louding.

After Lou Ding heard this, he laughed: "I will advance and retreat together with elder brother Lou Fang. If he is willing, I will. The general may as well go to my elder brother and ask. No matter how much food the general wants, as long as my elder brother is willing to borrow it, as long as I have it." , Lou will definitely offer it with both hands."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu was dumbfounded for a while.

Nothing to do, so I had to ask: "I don't know where your brother Lou Fang is now."

"Eighty miles to the north!"

Zhang Xiu had no choice but to lead the soldiers on the road again.On the morning of the fourth day, I came to Loufang's tribe.

Lou Fang did not shirk, but nodded happily, saying that all his food was stored in the tribe of the fifth younger brother Lou Shan, and Zhang Xiu could just take someone to fetch it directly.

Zhang Xiu was overjoyed, and immediately asked where Lou Shan's tribe was?
Lou Fang smiled slightly, and pointed to the east: "There is a big river a hundred miles away, and my fifth brother Lou Shan's tribe is in the sun of the big river."

Although Zhang Xiu felt that something was wrong, at this point he had no choice but to continue on his way and arrived at the Heyang Tribe on the fifth day.

The leader, Lou Shan, waved his hands again and again after hearing the intention of coming, and said, "General, you are late. My eldest brother's food was indeed placed with me before, but it was borrowed by my fourth brother Loudi yesterday."

After walking around in a hurry, Zhang Xiu was so angry that he almost spontaneously combusted on the spot without borrowing a single grain.

By now, he had almost come to terms with it, and thought to himself: "Ma De, these guys obviously don't want to lend me food, and when I go back, I will report them to the general!" '

Zhang Xiu bid farewell to Lou Shan, returned to the place where the road was built full of grievances, and said to Ma Di: "The last general is incompetent and failed to borrow food. The five brothers of the Lou family rely on each having two thousand troops who are good at fighting in the mountains. People, play tricks on me again and again. If I didn’t have few soldiers in my hand, I would definitely make them look good on the spot!”

After Ma Di listened, he waved his hand to signal Zhang Xiu to step back, and began to think.

After pondering for a long time and having no idea what to do, he decided to use "Master's Order" to deal with the five Lou family brothers.

As a result, I turned on the system and was dumbfounded on the spot.

None of the five Lou brothers could be named.

Not only the five brothers of the Lou family, but even the leaders of the five surnames in Nanzhong cannot be named.

Needless to say, these people must all be descendants of the Han Chinese.

Unable to name it, the Qiang girl's "forced drive" naturally has no effect.

Things became difficult all of a sudden.

Seeing that food is decreasing day by day, and it is impossible to borrow or rob food, the enthusiasm of the road construction migrant workers is also declining day by day, and the progress of road construction is getting slower and slower, like a turtle crawling.

Ma Su was so anxious that he moved his hands back and forth in the tent, sighing.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

On this day, Ma Di stared at Qiang girl for a long time, and suddenly slapped her on the thigh, and came up with a trick.

Raising a girlfriend for thousands of days is just the right time!
In the morning of the next day, Loudi was full of voices and dust, and the bells of the mules and horses came from a distance, and the driver whipped his whip.

Ma Di led a grain transportation convoy, filed in from east to west, and entered the tribe.

Lou Di hurriedly led his troops to meet him, and asked Ma Su what he was doing here.
Want food?

That must be nothing!

But I saw Ma Su sitting on the bullock cart, and he smiled: "I got a wonderful woman today. I saw her beauty and beauty, and her appearance is unparalleled in the world. I came here to present it to Chief Lou. Please look at Chief Lou!"

As he said that, Ma Su slowly tore off the Qiang girl's face covering, and then asked with a smile, "I want to borrow some food from Chief Lou for military use. I don't know what Chief Lou wants?"

Loudi stared fixedly at the white face of the Qiang girl, and Ai Ai said: "Borrow, borrow! It should be my job to support the imperial court in building roads. The granary is over there, the general just go and get it! "

Ma Di laughed, put on the scarf for Qiang girl, and then waved his hand.

One thousand soldiers and five thousand migrant workers rushed into the granary like wolves and tigers, frantically carrying grain out...

Soon, all the empty cars were filled, and the convoy drove away with full load under the yelling of the coachman.

Seeing that more than half of the food in the tribe's granary had been taken away, all the tribesmen looked at Loudi in wonder, with a huge question mark in their hearts.

It is fine to support the imperial court in building roads, but that must be done according to one's ability.

Chief, you are too cruel.Ninety percent of the food that our tribe had accumulated with great difficulty was generously given away at once!
Is it too late?

(End of this chapter)