"Marquis Ting!" Ma Su came to find Liu Yi just after he came back. This time he was ordered to go to Nanzhong to secretly inspect and contact the people who could be used in Nanzhong.

"The result doesn't seem ideal." Liu Yi turned his head and looked at Ma Su. In addition to being tired all the way, his expression was a bit depressed.

"The prefects of each county have many connections with the rich clans, and those who cannot be corrupted, such as the Zhengang, are mostly undermined and do not play much role." Ma Su sighed. In fact, there are collusion between local officials and merchants and wealthy clans everywhere, but this is the first time he has seen the local wealthy clans turn into the actual masters of the local area. Although there are reasons why the southern middle is remote and deserted, and the barbarians are not convinced by the king, it is hard to explain who should take the blame for such a result.

This time, Ma Su traveled to many places and saw more comprehensively. After all, the barbarians were actually victims. They were played between the local wealthy families and the government. Although they did not have the opportunity to check the accounts, Ma Su could basically guess that every time the barbarians rebelled, not to mention anything else, the local accounts must have been burned out. Although it was just speculation, Ma Su was sure.

"It seems that I have a lot of resistance when I want to go further!" Although I had guessed this result a long time ago, when it really reached this point, Liu Yi sighed a little. In the end, I may still not be able to avoid a war. There are few people in the southern central area. If there is another large-scale war, how many people will be left in the end?

Ma Su was silent and had great resistance. It was difficult to pacify Nanzhong based on the troops Liu Yi has now, but it was difficult for Shuzhong to send too much assistance for the time being.

The most secure thing at the moment is to defend Zhu Ti. However, with Ma Su's understanding of Liu Yi, he may not be willing to be so willing to defend Zhu Ti only. Don't look at Liu Yi's smooth operation on the battlefield and defending as an offense. But this is just a matter of military concepts. But in itself, Liu Yi is not a person who is willing to be at the status quo. This is the conclusion that Ma Su came to seriously understand Liu Yi's past. In terms of strategy, Liu Yi is the kind of person who is accustomed to seizing the initiative.

Whether it was the earliest battle in Jingnan or the later entry into Shu, he advised Liu Bei to take Hanzhong first, then seize Shu, and then to dismantle Jiangdong's conspiracy, and still let Guan Yu break through Xiangyang, it can be seen that Liu Yi actually likes to attack, but on the battlefield, that is another way, defend first and then attack, and put himself invincible, and then talk about others.

"Since that's the case, force them to rebel!" Liu Yi sighed.

"Marquis Ting has a plan?" Ma Su said curiously.

"Set up a few levels first, and then force them to fight back and wait for them to attack." Liu Yi thought to himself. Going south, it is easy to say that if you are not familiar with the place, it is better to choose the battlefield on your own and use the advantage of your home court to fight against the opponent. This is more certain.

really.

Ma Su nodded. He could probably guess Liu Yi’s thoughts. This style is like Liu Yi.

"How did Marquis of Ting force the other party to rebel?" Ma Su asked with a smile.

"Youchang, what do you think?" Liu Yi groped his chin and thought for a while, but without answering, and asked back.

"In fact, there are already causes." Ma Su smiled and said, "This time a large number of barbarians strangled the wealthy Zhuti family. The Marquis of Ting only needs to subdue these barbarians, and then take the money seized by the barbarians for themselves, and reveal the news, which will make everyone in the southern middle school threatened their own danger."

"Not bad." Liu Yi nodded with satisfaction and patted Ma Su on the shoulder: "This matter will be left to you."

"Here!" Ma Su nodded. Things were not difficult. Liu Yi had already laid the foundation. The more critical question now is how to reveal the news to Nanzhong naturally. In addition, the timing is to grasp the time. Guan Ping's troops have not arrived yet. Although the barbarians in Zhuti area helped him eliminate the biggest obstacle in Zhuti's area according to Liu Yi's plan, after obtaining huge benefits and killing a large number of wealthy families, whether they can still obey Liu Yi's orders? This is a question that no one can give an answer. At least at present, this opportunity has not arrived yet. Ma Su's task is relatively easy now. All he has to do is prepare and make the most perfect preparations. Just wait for Liu Yi's preparation to be completed, and the time will come.

...

Guan Xing brought several familiar barbarian warriors, the most prestigious soldiers who were the barbarians who were grateful for Liu Yi's help at the time and stubbornly sent them to Liu Yi.

He didn't know why Liu Yi was so careful. The barbarians should be friends, but he had to abide by Liu Yi's orders. Therefore, when he entered Muke Cave, Guan Xing made a look of Sumu on his face.

Muke Cave is a relatively large cave in the Zhuti area and is also the target of Liu Yi's focus. The number of people upstream and downstream of the village is as large as four or five thousand people, which doesn't sound that many. At least in the Han city, even in a barren area, as long as it can be called a county, the population will definitely not be smaller than this. In places like the Central Plains, many towns have tens of thousands of people.

But the barbarians are a nation where all the people are soldiers. Even women have strong combat power. They also have to face attacks from beasts at any time. In such a harsh environment, they will hone the strong combat power and survival consciousness of this nation. They are as sharp as wild beasts and can detect the hostility or kindness of the other party.

The leader of Muke Cave was an old man in his forties. Yes, he was an old man. In this southern middle place, those who were still alive after fifty were not favored by the tribe. At the age of forty, he was already considered an old man.

He is burly and full of muscles all over his body. However, in terms of strength, Guan Xing asked himself whether he would be inferior to such a muscular man. From a martial arts perspective, such muscles are actually not useful. The power achieved by sacrificing speed will be very inconsistent. At least in Guan Xing's eyes, it is not too difficult to kill the cave master in front of him.

Such thoughts flashed through Guan Xing's mind, but the smile on his face remained unchanged. He bowed slightly to Mu Ke's cave master: "I've seen the cave master."

"It's Brother Guan." The owner of Muke Cave showed a generous smile on his face. He was very satisfied with the new city, and Liu Yi also agreed to him that the tax burden paid by all Nanzhong villages in the future will be 20% of the previous ones. For the barbarians who have been exploited by the rich people in the South China for a long time, this is undoubtedly a Tianlai. Of course, this premise is that Liu Yi can eliminate those damn corrupt officials.

Guan Xing nodded. The Han people spoke more implicitly, and he was not very used to this generous enthusiasm.

"Xing came here because he was dragged by the Marquis of Ting. I hope the cave owner can return the seized coins." Guan Xing was not polite and went straight to the point. Liu Yi told him that speaking to these barbarians does not need to be too tactful. Instead, they like it more directly. Guan Xing deeply understood this point. He was the one who deals with the barbarians the most.

"Just those coins?" The master of Muke Cave looked at Guan Xing and determined whether this was true.

"Yes, as for the rest of the wealth, it is Wang Ting who makes up for his debts to you over the years." Guan Xing nodded and said.

"Bring up!" The Lord of Muke Cave Nodded, and more than a dozen barbarian warriors carried out boxes one by one, full of copper coins: "These things are not of much use to us. Tinghou has great kindness and we. Since Tinghou needs these things, we will naturally not say no."

"Thank you!" Guan Xing breathed a sigh of relief for no reason. He didn't know why Liu Yi said that before, but at this moment he understood the boxes of coins, which made people feel moved. And at that moment, he clearly felt an inexplicable pressure, not from the Lord of Muke Cave, but from the people around, including the Han soldiers accompanying him.

That invisible sense of oppression even made Guan Xing subconsciously want to touch the knife.

"Brother Guan Xing." The master of Muke Cave looked at Guan Xing with some curiosity and said, "I heard that your father is the most powerful general in the Central Plains?"

"It may not be the strongest, but my father has rarely lost his life!" Speaking of his father, Guan Xing couldn't help but straighten his waist. His father was his pride and also the goal that Guan Xing had always chased.

"What about you?" asked the Lord of Muke Cave: "We are born in such a place and are the most important warriors. I wonder if Brother Guan Xing is willing to compete with the warriors in our clan, so that we can see how powerful the warriors who are in the Central Plains are."

Guan Xing raised his thick eyebrows and looked at the Lord of Muke Cave, frowned. This not only concerns the friendship between the two parties, but also the face of the Han family. The degree of this must be grasped well.

"Xing is not as good as my father, and this kind of art is not as good as my father's fur." ​​Guan Xing did not refuse, as that would appear weak, but he should make it clear in advance that he is not the strongest.

The owner of Muke's cave stood up with a smile, which surprised Guan Xing: "The owner of the cave took action by himself?"

"The people on our side are respected by martial arts. Whoever is strong is the patriarch!" The master of Muke Cave nodded and said, "If Brother Guan Xing can beat me, I, Muke Cave, are willing to send another 500 people to support Tinghou! The day before yesterday, the Yi people sent someone to invite him, but we ignored it, but there is already preparations. Is there going to fight here after hearing that?"

Yi people?

Guan Xing's eyes frightened. This was important news. Moreover, Guan Xing was indeed jealous of the five hundred barbarian soldiers. He no longer hesitated. He reached out and pulled out the sword from his waist, thought about it and put it back.

"What does Brother Guan mean?" The Lord of Muke Cave Frown.

"This knife is too sharp. If you win with weapons, you won't be really capable." Guan Xing said calmly. His equipment was made by Liu Yi personally, and it can be used to break the power of gold and jade!

"Oh?" The Lord of Muke Cave obviously didn't believe it, and shook his head and said, "Don't worry, my knife is not so easy to break."

Looking at the Mu Ke Cave Master who took the knife and ended up with it, he obviously had no intention of changing his sword. Guan Xing could only draw out his sword again and nodded.

"Drink~"

The huge blade slashed down with a bursting wind and collided with Guan Xing's knife.

"Ding~"
Chapter completed!