The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Yiling County, here is a place at the junction of Wuling County and Changsha County.

Liu Zheng led his troops here.Waiting for Liu Zheng was Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Wu.

Shi Wu was ordered by his elder brother, Shi Xie, to resist the harassment of those Wuling barbarians here. Although he only brought [-] soldiers to station here, he barely faced a stalemate with these Wuling barbarians without any accidents.

Chapter 719 Wuxi Man

"Shiwu respectfully welcomes the lord to visit Yiling."

Outside Yiling County, Shi Wu and a group of Yiling officials greeted Liu Zheng here.

They had known for a long time that Liu Zheng's men were coming, so it was normal for them to go out of the city to greet them.

Liu Zheng didn't want to cause such a commotion, and after simply appeasing the hearts of Shiwu and others, he followed Shiwu and others into Yiling County.

When he arrived in the county seat, Liu Zheng first had a few words with Shi Wu, and talked about Shi Xie's recent physical condition. After all, Shi Xie, who is over fifty years old, is already considered a relatively old person in this era.

Although Shi Xie lived to be 89 years old in history and was one of the longest-lived people in the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Zheng still hopes that he will take care of his health.

Of course, Shi Wu told Liu Zheng that his elder brother was fine.

After chatting for a few irrelevant words, Liu Zheng changed the subject and brought the matter up to the matter of Wuling County.

"Shiwu, what is the current situation in Wuling County? I don't have enough information from your elder brother's report, so I don't know. Tell me, maybe you will understand a lot."

Asked by Liu Zheng, Shi Wu didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately began to answer Liu Zheng, and described the current complicated situation in Wuling County.

Wuling County was originally ruled by the Han Dynasty, and there are several small counties below it, but the population is not large.

Later, after Guo Shi occupied Wuling, because there were many barbarians under Guo Shi's command, more of those barbarians living in the wilderness were organized to live in the county town. As time went by, the number of barbarians increased. The barbarians were disobedient and warlike by nature. During a conflict, Guo Shi offended some of the barbarians and made a big commotion, which finally led to the barbarians killing Guo Shi.

In fact, this Wuling barbarian has a large population, and the forces among them are intricate, and it will be difficult to tell clearly in a short time.

For example, Wuling Man is also called Wuxi Man.

The reason why it is called Wuximan is that there are five streams near Wuling County. The barbarians live by the water, and then formed tribes one by one, each tribe has a leader.

And they are not in harmony with each other. Guo Shi can make good friends with some of the leaders, but he will always offend others. This makes it difficult for outsiders like Guo Shi to really gain a foothold in Wuling County.

Let alone Guo Shi, even the leaders of Wuximan often fight with each other, so fighting is also a common occurrence.

"Guo Shi originally had a good friendship with the leaders of the Xiongxi, Manxi, and Chenxi tribes. It was with the support of the three that Guo Shi was able to occupy such a large foundation in Wuling County."

"However, the people in Youxi and Wuxi became more and more resentful towards Guo Shi later, and became dissatisfied with Guo Shi. This led to Guo Shi's death in the rebellion this time."

Shi Wu has been in Wuling for a while, so he knows more about the situation in Wuling than Shi Xie.

So when Liu Zheng asked Shiwu, he could learn more about the situation in Wuling.

"The people from Youxi and Wuxi killed Guo Shi? What kind of complicated relationship is this Wuxi barbarian?"

Liu Zheng didn't know these things at first, but now after hearing what Shi Wu said, he became more and more interested in the Wuxi Man.

This is mainly because there is no harmony among the Wuxi Man, and if there is no harmony, they can find a breakthrough and disintegrate these people.

"The three tribes of Xiongxi, Manxi, and Chenxi are close to Jingzhou, while Youxi and Wuxi are relatively close to Yizhou. In fact, all five tribes supported Guo Shi. A few years ago, when Guo Shi rebelled, the five tribes Tens of thousands of troops were mobilized from here."

"But later, after the Guo Shi uprising failed, among the five tribes, only the people from Youxi and Wuxi died more, so let the leader of Youxi be the strongest among the five tribes. Yes, it jumped to the bottom. This made the people of Youxi and Lixi start to have some hatred towards Guo Shi."

"Then after several years of deterioration, it finally became what it is now."

Shi Wu first introduced the relationship between Wuximan and Guo Shi to Liu Zheng, and then spoke again, telling Liu Zheng about the relationship between Wuximan.

Wuxi Man, at the beginning, Youxi was the most powerful, occupying more territory, and its tribe has nearly 20 people. Although it is distributed in the mountains, it can gather 20 to 4 warriors, while other None of the four had [-] people, at most [-] to [-].

But because of Guo Shi's relationship, Youxi's strength was greatly reduced, and it fell to the bottom of the five tribes in one fell swoop.

This made Youxi feel dissatisfied with the other tribes, and Xiongxi and other tribes were suppressed by Youxi before. Now that they have the opportunity to become the boss, Xiongxi certainly wants to seize the opportunity and become the leader. Among the Wuxi barbarians, the most powerful tribe.

However, the five tribes are still not much different from each other, and it is impossible for one family to dominate, which makes them have to form a group. The final result is that Youxi and Wuxi become one group, Xiongxi and Manxi are one group, and Chenxi It was a grass on the wall. It used to be biased towards Youxi, but now that Youxi is declining, Chenxi immediately ran to the side of Xiongxi.

"So, it's Xiongxi and Manxi who control Wuling County now?"

Liu Zheng asked Shi Wu, Shi Wu nodded.

"Very well, I understand. In this case, the affairs of Wuling County are actually not complicated. Prepare some manpower for me. Let's go to see the people from Yijian Xiongxi and Manxi first."

Liu Zheng planned to get to know the leaders of the Wuxi barbarians in Wuling County first.

First meet these Wuxi barbarians, and see what attitude these people have towards Liu Zheng. Now that they are resistant, then Liu Zheng will take the opportunity to eliminate them. If they are willing to embrace Liu Zheng and join Liu Zheng's command, If they become part of Liu Zheng's upcoming empire, then Liu Zheng is also willing to incorporate them easily.

"My lord, I understand. Please stay here for a few days. I will send someone to contact the people from Xiongxi and Manxi and let them come over."

Next, Liu Zheng led the men and horses, and did not wander around, but stayed quietly in Yiling County, but let his Jinyiwei go out a little, and began to infiltrate some tribes in Wuling County.

But even if Liu Zheng wants these Jinyiwei to infiltrate such a tribe in advance, it is not easy to really understand the dynamics of these tribes. After all, the customs of each tribe are different, and the language is different. These Jinyiwei under Liu Zheng are not all It is difficult for tribal people to blend in.

Although the hope was slim, Liu Zheng still asked Jin Yiwei to go out to investigate. At least, Liu Zheng still wanted to know where the various tribes of the Wuxi Man were.

Chapter 7 Xiongxi and Manxi

Not long after, in just two days, Liu Zheng waited for the news.

The troops sent by Shiwu quickly found them. The leaders of Xiongxi and Manxi expressed to them Liu Zheng's idea of ​​coming here to see them.

Although these two contented leaders have been hiding in the deep mountains of Wuling County all year round, they still have some understanding of the news from the outside world. After all, they have a good relationship with Guo Shi, and the news Guo Shi collected will be shared with them, so for Liu They can be considered to have some understanding of Zheng's name and some of Liu Zheng's deeds.

After learning that Liu Zheng had arrived in Yiling and wanted to meet them, they did not refuse.

Instead, he immediately responded to Shiwu's manpower, saying that they agreed to meet at a ferry next to Xiongxi.

Although they have some understanding of Liu Zheng's reputation, they are not Liu Zheng's subordinates after all, and they have never met Liu Zheng. They don't know Liu Zheng's temperament, so naturally they would not choose to come directly to Yiling County to meet Liu Zheng. Meet.

So we need to find a relatively safe way, that is, we can only meet in the border area acceptable to both parties, so as to ensure the safety of both parties.

When the soldiers sent back the news and told Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng also agreed with it. After all, they would not let themselves be in danger, and they would always consider safety.This method is also safe.

Liu Zheng agreed to their request, and immediately asked Shiwu to respond to the two barbarian leaders, and they agreed to meet in a few days.

After spending a few days in peace again.Liu Zheng brought Guo Jia, Dian Wei and hundreds of Jin Yiwei to the agreed place according to the agreed time.

Before coming here, Liu Zheng also sent Jin Yiwei to investigate around the pier. He noticed that there were no ambushes of these Wuxi barbarians nearby, and then he dared to show up to meet the people from the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes.

Liu Zheng's men and horses arrived first, and after waiting here for a while, two small boats came slowly in the distance.

There were dozens of people on board, including people from the Xiongxi tribe and the Manxi tribe.

Soon the people in the two small boats landed and walked over from the ferry. There happened to be a gazebo in this place. Although it was simple, it was considered a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It was a good place to communicate and talk.

Liu Zheng had already been waiting in this gazebo, and when he saw people from Xiongxi and Manxi coming, he got up and went out to greet them.

"Are a few people from the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes?"

These barbarians wore their upper bodies and their lower bodies were wrapped in some cloth and animal skins. They wore simple clothes, but each of them held a weapon in their hands, and they were born strong, with some tattoos on their burly bodies.

Some even have it on their face, which looks a bit savage.

Among them, two tall and strong men took the initiative to stand up after Liu Zheng asked.

He answered Liu Zheng in a dialect that was not easy to understand.

After chattering, Liu Zheng didn't understand what they were talking about, so he could only look at Shi Wu at the side.Naturally, Shi Wu didn't understand much, but this time he brought a few locals who could be used as translators.

Among several local barbarian populations, Liu Zheng finally understood what they were talking about just now.

It is nothing more than that they are indeed from the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes.

Liu Zheng nodded and asked them to introduce themselves.

Among these people, there was a taller man who looked somewhat defiant, and began to communicate with Liu Zheng in words that Liu Zheng could barely understand.

"This must be the famous leader Liu Zheng. I am A Huinan, the leader of the Xiongxi Tribe."

"The one next to me is Dong Tu, the leader of the Manxi Tribe!"

The introductions of the leaders of these two barbarian tribes were very simple, and they even only reported their own names.

Liu Zheng didn't have much to say about it, after all, even if it was too much introduction, Liu Zheng wouldn't take it to heart.

After their introduction, they still took the initiative to greet them with smiles, and complimented the two barbarian leaders.

"The two chiefs have admired your name for a long time, and have always wanted to meet you, but have never had a chance. It is a great honor to meet you today. Please sit down."

Liu Zheng stretched out his hand and made an inviting gesture, intending to invite the two chiefs to sit down and talk slowly in the gazebo behind him.

However, Liu Zheng's move was not approved by the two barbarian leaders. The two of them looked at each other with a look of doubt on their faces. They did not accept Liu Zheng's invitation, but stood here and continued to rush forward. Ask Liu Zheng.

"Master Liu Zheng, come to us. If you have anything to discuss, we will go back now if there is nothing to discuss."

The vigilance of these two barbarian leaders made Liu Zheng suspicious.Seeing that the other party didn't seem to want to sit down and talk slowly, Liu Zheng had no choice but to stand here patiently and talk to them.

"If that's the case, then I'll just say it."

"You two, Wuling County has not been at peace during this time. Before, Guo Shida and I were allies anyway. Guo Shida died so unexplainably. As an ally, I naturally want to investigate the cause of his death. , I heard that people from Youxi and Wuxi sent people to kill him, so I want to ask you about the situation here."

When the leaders of the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes heard what Liu Zheng said, they had a bit of vigilance, but at this moment they finally relaxed a little.

"Guo Shida's family was killed by people from Youxi and Lixi. Everyone here knows this. What does your lord want to know?"

"I want to know where all the subordinates of Guo Shida went after his death?"

Liu Zheng knows that communicating with these barbarians, since the language barrier and the other party's defense against Liu Zheng, it is not easy to ask them what Liu Zheng wants, so Liu Zheng simply does not intend to What was asked from their mouths, but to find out where some of Guo Shi's men and horses went.

But when Liu Zheng asked some of Guo Shi's former subordinates, the leader of the Wuxi Manxiongxi tribe did not hesitate, and immediately answered Liu Zheng.

"Those troops under Guo Shida's command, after Guo Shida's death, some of them were killed along with them, and some of them fled around without knowing where to go."

Although the answer of the leader of the Xiongxi Man was not perfect, it seemed that he hadn't said anything.Liu Zheng asked a few more questions, and he answered Liu Zheng with such evasive words, so that Liu Zheng didn't get any useful information from these people.

For this reason, Liu Zheng didn't even bother to propose a solicitation to them. From them, Liu Zheng saw the fear of these barbarians.Liu Zheng knew it would not be easy to recruit them.

Even this kind of attitude on them is not jealous, but a bit arrogant, maybe it is born with arrogance.

Chapter 721 Encounter

During the conversation with the two barbarian leaders, since they couldn't get any useful information, they didn't talk a few words, and the conversation between Liu Zheng and the two barbarian leaders broke up in this way.

When the two barbarian leaders saw Liu Zheng, they didn't seem to have anything to say, so they said goodbye directly, and left again along the stream in the two boats they had come, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

After they left, Liu Zheng looked at Guo Jia beside him.

"Feng Xiao, what do you think these two barbarian leaders mean?"

"My lord, these two seem to be very hostile to us."

"Yeah, they are very hostile. It stands to reason that they shouldn't have such great hostility towards us. After all, they are friends with Guo Shi, and we are also friends with Guo Shi. They can be regarded as friends. If they want to continue If you maintain a good relationship with Guo Shi, you should also take the initiative to make friends with us."

"But judging from the performance of these two people, they don't seem to have a good impression of us."

"Yes, my lord, there must be something happening here that we don't know. I think that if my lord wants to understand what happened in Wuling County, it's best to find the former subordinates of Guo Shida's family. From their mouths, we may be able to understand more clearly."

Guo Jia expressed his opinion to Liu Zheng.

"Having said that, it's just Guo Shi's former subordinates. It's not that easy to find them now. I hope we can find them."

"Don't worry about Guo Shi's subordinates for now, Shi Wu, help me contact the leaders of Youxi and Lixi in the next two days, and let's talk to them again."

Liu Zheng once again handed over this task to Shi Wu.

"As ordered."

After Shi Wu received the order, he went down to act.

A few more days passed.There was also news from Youxi and Wuxi that they were willing to meet Liu Zheng, but just like the people from the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes, they would not come to Yiling to meet Liu Zheng, but wanted Liu Zheng to meet him. Fight to meet at their designated place.

Because of the experience of meeting the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes last time, Liu Zheng didn't care so much about it, and quickly agreed to each other.

According to what the other party said, Liu Zheng continued to lead Guo Jia, Dian Wei, and hundreds of Jin Yiwei to the agreed place.

This time it was also agreed to be next to a stream, but this stream is relatively steep, there is no river beach but cliffs on both sides, and a stream winds forward.

Liu Zheng could only let Shiwu get a few boats, and take them to the agreed place by water.

However, on their way to Youxi, when they passed a river beach with cliffs on both sides, many archers suddenly stood up on both sides of the river beach, and without a word, they directly attacked the boat of Liu Zheng and others on the river. .

Arrows shot rapidly from both sides.

Liu Zheng hadn't noticed it at first, but Dian Wei was alert by nature, and immediately noticed something wrong with the cliffs on both sides, and immediately yelled at the people on the boat.

"There are enemies, everyone be careful!"

Dian Wei immediately stood up and stood in front of Liu Zheng, trying to block the arrows for Liu Zheng. While using the weapon in his hand to intercept the arrows, he let Liu Zheng enter the cabin to hide.