The countdown is over and the entire army returns to Mustang City.

The challenge corps had a luxurious lineup, and the wild horses' stunts tended to help escape. The killing effect was not obvious, and the losses to the participating troops were not great. There were many injuries, but only a few people lost their lives. Most of them were trampled to death by the horses.

Compared with the pressure endured during the challenge, these casualties are negligible.

After coming out of Wild Horse Valley, Qu Chen rode Jueying and refused to come down.

The red Jueying is more to his liking.

According to the original plan, after the challenge, Qu Chen immediately walked through the teleportation array and returned to Feiyu Territory to take charge. The Polu Cavalry disguised themselves and rushed back to the Bohai Sea in batches. Li Fu and other transferred generals were responsible for taking Qu Chen's mount back. However,

Now Qu Chen just got a BMW horse and he couldn't put it down. Moreover, a horse as good as Jueying was given to his subordinates to carry for thousands of miles. Not to mention that Qu Chen was worried, Li Fu and others were worried that something might happen.

"Jueying will teleport as you go." Yu Buzhi said.

There is an overload problem in teleporting the green dragon, but there is no problem in teleporting horses, but the teleportation fee is a little more expensive.

"Thank you, brother!" Qu Chen left happily.

"Yuanzhi, I have to go to Jizhou later. I'll leave the Hetao side to you." Yu Buzhi said to Xu Shu.

Although Zhao Yun is capable, he is a guest general. Wang Ping first arrived in Hetao, and after Qu Chen returned to Feiyu Leader, Xu Shu was needed more in the Hetao side. Moreover, when Xiao Qing went to the island to meet Xiao Qing, most of them were searching, competing with Lu Leader and the three bases.

It turns out that Yu Buzhi neither has the energy to participate in the Japanese war nor the willingness to expand the front. Once Xiaoqing is found, the troops will withdraw soon. Under such circumstances, there is no need to dispatch Xu Shu.

"Deputy City Lord Zhai is here, I'm afraid my lord may not be able to leave." Xu Shu sighed.

Yu Buzhi looked back and saw that Zhai Jiong was indeed here.

It’s not surprising that Zhai Jiong appears in Yema City. Yema City is also under his jurisdiction. It’s not surprising that he came here. What’s strange is the timing. He started the challenge to Yema Valley and almost all the elites from Hetao, including lords, military advisors and generals.

Everyone went into battle, Zhai Jiong should stay in the Dragon Territory, why did he come to Mustang City?

"Lord," Zhai Jiong walked over quickly, clasped his hands and said, "Deputy City Lord Yi sent an urgent message. Governor Zhao asked you to go to Jiangzhou. He said that we have something important to discuss and it is extremely urgent."

The fish was not wise enough, but Xu Shu guessed it correctly.

He was in a hurry to go to the Japanese island to find Xiaoqing. It took less than two days from the preparation to the execution of the Yema Valley challenge. Xiaoqing's loyalty was still declining, from 65 points to 63 points. The loyalty was declining at an unprecedented speed. Fish

Bu Zhi didn't know that this was because Xiao Qing and Ji Ting had been fighting fiercely for the past two days and were anxious. However, Zhao Bu's wording included "must" and "extremely urgent", which fully demonstrated the importance and urgency of the matter and could not be delayed. Yi

Both Feng and Zhai Jiong had participated in the closed-door meeting and knew that it was urgent to reinforce the Blue Dragon. If they could shirk it, they would have shied away long ago and wouldn't be like this.

Seeing Yu Bu Zhi was speechless for a long time, Xu Shu said softly: "My lord..."

"I'll go back right away." Yu Buzhi said calmly.

"Prefect Zhao is so urgent. Either the negotiations with Bajun have come to a conclusion or there has been some key progress, and there must be something that needs our help. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so eager to find me. I can't just leave at this time after we met each other."

Anyway, let’s go over and have a look first.”

"My lord, please go." Xu Shu nodded and said: "If it is general news, just ask someone to inform the governor. It must be an urgent matter to invite him in such a hurry. Zhanjiao Camp has three or four days to go to lead Fang Haiming, Xing Bacai

After leaving for more than a day, my lord first went to Jiangzhou to see Governor Zhao. As long as there are no other delays, I think we won’t miss the trip to the Japanese island."

Yu Buzhi stopped talking and walked into the teleportation array.

Jiangzhou City.

Everyone in the Bajun Prefecture knew that Yu Wuzhi had a special status and allowed him to move forward unimpeded.

"You're finally here." Seeing Yu Buzhi walking into the room, Zhao Bu stood up immediately.

"Brother Zhao, has there been progress in the negotiations?"

"Exactly." Zhao Bu took Yu Buzhi to the study and took out two letters from the desk.

"This is a letter recently sent by Chen Kongzhang. The letter said that the Yizhou government has obviously loosened its attitude recently and no longer deliberately delayed as it did some time ago. During the negotiations, it showed its sincerity in solving the problem. More than ten days ago, Wu Zhiyuan took the initiative to propose that as long as

If I hand over Ba County, I can transfer Jianning County or Yunnan County in the south of Yizhou, and still serve as my county governor. If there are no major mistakes or malpractices in my tenure, within five years, the state government will guarantee that the state government will not

They will not interfere in my domestic and military affairs, nor will they transfer or dismiss me for any reason."

Yu Buzhi raised his eyebrows: "So good? Is it credible?"

"The credibility is very high." Zhao Bu said seriously.

"Zhu Cheqi, Yuan Benchu ​​and Gongsun Bogui are witnesses, unless Liu Yan wants to offend them all because of me."

Yu Buzhi was surprised and asked again: "Who asked the three of them to testify?"

"Yizhou Prefecture."

"That's no problem. Yizhou Prefecture is indeed very sincere." Yu Buzhi let out a long breath.

Liu Yan dared to ask Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to testify, which was enough to show his sincerity. Zhu Jun was a famous minister and general in the imperial court, and the other two powerful local princes, among whom Yuan Shao was a son of the Yuan family and the leader of the Guandong Alliance,

How dissatisfied Liu Yan was with Zhao Bu, and how much he wanted to trample Zhao Bu on the ground, but he would not risk offending those three people and refuse to pay. The reason why Liu Yan later insisted on rectifying Zhao Bu was somewhat motivated, feeling that he could not win Zhao Bu.

It's a loss of face, but if you break trust with Zhu Jun and others, it's not just a matter of face. It's a small loss, and it's not worth it.

Zhao Bu murmured: "Yes, Chen Kongzhang also thinks Liu Yan is very sincere."

"What about yourself?"

"Same."

"Then it's over. I want to be a county guard in another place, with a high degree of autonomy. I won't have to worry about it for at least five years. No one knows what the situation will be like after five years. Brother Zhao has probably already agreed."

"No, I refuse."

Yu Buzhi was stunned: "Why? Even if we start over from the past, we can still develop some power in five years!"

"It's not as simple as you think."

"Having been an official in Yizhou for more than ten years, I know the situation in Yinan very well."

"Yinan has high mountains, dense forests, and dense miasma. The Yi people are unruly and their prosperity is far less than that of Yibei. To be a governor there is not as good as to be a county magistrate in Yibei. In addition, there are many wealthy families in Yinan, and most of the population is monopolized by the wealthy families, and the government governs them.

The local government has to make many compromises with the powerful. Even if you give me five years, it will be difficult to run a decent force. After five years, if the Yizhou government wants to deal with me again, I won't even have a chance to resist."

"The so-called non-interference in internal affairs and military affairs is just Yizhou Prefecture pretending to be generous and tricking me into letting Ba County go."

"In that case, why should I go?"

"Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it is better to take advantage of the support of Zhu Chaqi, Yuan Jizhou and Gongsun Bogui to try to stay in Bajun and see if we can get a chance of survival." Zhaobu said calmly.

He had already thought about this clearly.

It seemed that Liu Yan was sincere, but Zhao Bu didn't believe it.

Once bitten, twice shy.

After the previous struggle, especially at the beginning of the struggle, Zhao Bu personally went to Mianzhu to ask for a meeting with Liu Yan and showed his surrender to Liu Yan, but in exchange for continued suppression, Zhao Bu no longer believed in Liu Yan. In his opinion,

, Liu Yan did not give in because he wanted to kill him, and giving in was a conspiracy, and the ultimate goal was to kill him. Any move taken by Yizhou Prefecture would be interpreted in the direction of confrontation by Zhao Bu.

The solution proposed by the Yizhou Prefecture this time was because they did not expect that the Bajun matter would be so difficult, which aroused more and more opposition from important ministers and princes. It is true that Liu Yan wanted to separate Yizhou, but it did not mean that he wanted to fight with the world

People are enemies. The more he wants to separate Yizhou, the less Liu Yan wants to make too many enemies. Dong Zhuo is a lesson learned from the past. Dong Zhuo, who led the Xiliang cavalry, could not withstand the siege of the princes, let alone Liu Yan?

The original intention of Yizhou Prefecture to let Zhao Bu change his position as county governor was to resolve the current deadlock and avoid the Bajun dispute from continuing to spread. As for how to deal with Zhao Bu afterwards, objectively speaking, Yizhou Prefecture has not yet officially put it on the agenda.

It's not as far-reaching as Zhao Bu thought. Of course, Zhao Bu's dark speculation is very likely to come true, but that's a story for another day.

The solution that originally seemed to be full of sincerity was stillborn because Zhao Bu did not believe Liu Yan at all.

Having been friends with Zhao Bu for so long, Yu Buzhi understands Zhao Bu's mentality very well. It is human nature for Zhao Bu to want to use external influence to obtain more favorable conditions for himself, but the risks are also very high.

This would completely anger Liu Yan, suspend the negotiations, go to war directly, and decide the ownership of Bajun with swords and guns.

Yu Buzhi touched his chin: "Well, what's the reaction from Yizhou Prefecture? Are they preparing to start a fight?"

"No, they came up with a new plan."

Zhao Bu shook his head, with a complicated expression on his face, and handed a letter to Yu Buzhi: "You will understand after reading this."

Yu Buzhi took the letter, glanced at it a few times, and exclaimed: "Three points of Ba County?"

"Um."

There was some struggle between Zhao Bu's brows and he said: "Bajun has three points, I will get one of them, and I will not invade them for the same five years."

Yu Buzhi looked at Zhao Bu and said seriously: "Brother Zhao, are you tempted?"

Zhao Bu looked bitter and said seriously: "I'm tempted. This should be the best result I can fight for."

Zhao Bu was telling the truth. When the situation got to this point, he had no way out, so how could Liu Yan have any? If Zhao Bu was allowed to be the governor of Ba County, Liu Yan probably wouldn't have to hang out in Yizhou anymore. Since Zhao Bu didn't want to move to Yizhou, he was telling the truth.

In the south, other Yibei counties have long been owned, and splitting Bajun is the best way. The Zhao Ministry retains part of the base area; Yizhou Prefecture takes back part of the territory, which can not only fulfill its original promise to the wealthy families who took refuge in him, but also

To save face; Zhu Jun and others who acted as mediators had nothing to say, and all parties could accept it.

Yu Buzhi got up and walked to the window, looking at the rockery outside the window, his heart rising and falling.

As a Bajun player, Yu Buzhi has carefully studied the history, humanities, geography and other information of Bajun.

He clearly knew that there was indeed a record of Bajun being divided in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but that history happened in 194. After Liu Zhang took office, Bajun was divided into three parts: Bajun north of Dianjiang, and Bajun from Jiangzhou to Linjiang.

Yongning County, Qu Ren Zhi Yu was restored to Guling County. Later Yufu ordered Jian Yun to fight for the name of Ba, and Liu Zhang changed Yongning County to Ba County, Guling County to Badong County, and Ba County to Brazil County. At the same time, a separate

Badong was a vassal state. Liu Bei later changed the Badong vassal state to Fuling County. Badi was actually divided into four counties.

The purpose of Liu Zhang's division of Ba into three counties was to weaken the power of Pang Xi, the governor of Ba County, and at the same time facilitate the control of the chaotic situation in Ba. The Qin Dynasty regarded Ba as Ba, and the Western Han Dynasty did not change the counties of Shu very much, so Jianwei was removed.
To be continued...