In June of the ninth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao sent people to Wuling to find many leaders of the Wuxi Barbarians, gave them money, silk, food and grass, and made good friends with them.
Wuxi Man actually does not refer to a kind of barbarian, but to the barbarians living along the five rivers. They are roughly divided into five tribes, namely Xiongxi Man, Xixi Man, Chenxi Man, Youxi Man and Wuxi Man.
The places where they lived were later known as Xiangxi Prefecture in Hunan and Enshi Prefecture in Hubei. They were the ancestors of the local Miao, Tujia, Yao, Dong and Gelao ethnic groups.
The leader of the Wuxi Barbarians at that time was not Samoko. Samoko was only one of the most powerful barbarian leaders. Because the Wuxi Barbarians still continued the tribal system, each tribe had a leader, so a lot of dealings were required.
Fortunately, the barbarians are relatively short of supplies. You can communicate with them well using salt, grain, and cloth, and they are even willing to send troops to serve you, so Liu Biao has laid a solid foundation at this time.
After Liu Bei arrived in Xiangyang, he met with Liu Biao and asked him for supplies. On the pretext of purchasing grain and grass and preparing weapons, the army stationed in the Liqiu area and stayed for a while.
By July, Shen Chen had already led 3,000 Huangmen troops, taking Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci with him, and went south through Xiangyang, bidding farewell to Liu Biao, and then passed through Yicheng, Bianxian, Dangyang, Jiangling, and the direction of Xiaoling. Went, walked for seven or eight days, and arrived at Lingyang County.
Lingyang County is the Cili County of Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province in later generations. It was still the boundary of the Han people, but going north along the Dianshui River, it is full of high mountains. The vast and deep mountains are like an endless forest sea submerged, making it difficult to distinguish the southeast.
The Mushui River has vast waves and both sides are very steep. There is only an extremely narrow path on the left bank of the river that can be walked on. Under the leadership of the local guide, they made their way through the mountains with difficulty and arrived at the Mizhong Township area.
This place is deep in the mountains and old forests. Shen Chen stood on a boulder on the left side of the road and looked around. He saw towering mountains and continuous cliffs on the right, seemingly endless as far as the eye could see, with no edge in sight.
The forest on the left finally opened up, and countless terraces were opened up along the mountain. There were many houses among them, and it seemed that people could be seen in the distance.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
The guide took out his horn, and the mountain forest suddenly resounded with echoes.
After a while, a team of hundreds of people came along the road. They were wearing black round-necked shorts on the upper body and black tights on the lower body. They were completely different from the loose robes of the Han people.
This is because the climate in the south is sultry and hot, so the clothes on the upper body should be relatively loose.
The lower body must be protected from rice field leeches, so when farming, one does not wear the shorts worn by Han people, but long-legged tights, and the trouser legs must be tightened to prevent leeches from getting into the pants and sucking blood.
Generally speaking, they are similar to the clothing styles of the Miao and Tujia people in western Hunan in later generations, except that they don't have so many silver ornaments on their heads.
Their hair is also different from that of the Han people. Some will cut it off and have short hair. Some will tie it up with a rope. They don’t wear a crown. At most, they wear a few round winter melon hats. They wear fancy clothes, but they are still very different from the Han people.
"Are those barbarians?"
Taishi Ci watched curiously. The barbarian in his imagination was an image of disheveled hair, red eyes and fangs.
What turned out was a group of quite normal people. The only difference was in their dress and clothing. Others seemed to be no different from Han Chinese. They all had one head and two shoulders, and their skin was yellow.
Shen Chen smiled and said: "Barbarians are essentially human beings like us, but they live in deep mountains and have little contact with Han people. They have their own customs."
"oh."
Taishi Ci felt that he had learned some new knowledge.
After a while, the barbarians came over. The leader was about forty years old and strong. The guide introduced: "General, this is the master of Yizhong Jingfu, the fierce man of Tanren!"
"Master Qin."
Shen Chen bowed to the leader.
Jingfu means leader among the Wuxi Barbarians. For example, Samoko later should not be called the leader of the Wuxi Barbarians, but should be called the Jingfu of the Wuxi Barbarians.
As for adults, it was the name used by the Han people for the leaders of ethnic minorities at that time, and it often appeared in history books.
Therefore, Samoko is called Wuxi Man Jingfu among Wuxi Barbarians, but in the mouth of the Han people, he becomes Wuxi Barbarian Master.
That Qin Renmeng was a branch of the Youxi Barbarians in the Wuxi Barbarians. He was a Zhongzhong Barbarian. He could speak Chinese and knew Han rituals, so he raised his hands and responded: "Qin Renmeng has seen the general."
Shen Chen smiled and said: "I remember that more than a hundred years ago, there was a Qin Erjian, who seemed to be from your clan?"
Tan Renmeng was slightly embarrassed and said, "That's my ancestor."
"oh."
Shen Chen nodded and said: "Master Qin, the King of Chu's envoy must have told you about the matter last time. I am here today to summon all the elite leaders to discuss the matter of sending troops together. What do you think?"
Qin Renmeng replied: "This is natural. Please come with me, general. We will continue walking up the Lujiang River to Longtan of the Yanghe River. That is where the Xiang people live. When the time comes, let their spirits summon the surrounding villages." Let’s discuss this matter with other clan leaders in the wild.”
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Qin."
Shen Chen Gong handed over, and the north of Xiangxi region was mainly the residence of the Youxi barbarians. Liu Biao attracted mainly Youxi barbarians. Most of these people were scattered in Lingyang, Chongxian, Shaqu, which was later known as Cili, Sangzhi, Enshi and other areas.
Moreover, the size of the tribes and their living areas are not uniform. For example, Qin Renmeng's tribe in Zhongzhong has a total tribe of only seven or eight thousand people and only a thousand or so troops available, but it is already a large tribe.
There are countless other small tribes, and a tribe with more than a thousand troops is considered a big tribe, so it is still very troublesome to gather all the people.
But if you offer some inducement, it won't be a troublesome thing.
Tan Renmeng took Shen Chen all the way north and continued northward along the Dianshui River. In fact, it was only about 20 kilometers, but they walked over mountains and ridges for a whole day and night, and they did not arrive at Longtan until daytime the next day. .
When the leaders of the Xiang clan heard about Shen Chen's arrival, they welcomed him warmly. Following Liu Biao's orders, they immediately went to various places to summon other barbarian leaders.
However, the Jingzhou area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is in the rainy season in June and July. It rained heavily on the second day after arriving in Longtan, making it difficult to walk on the mountain roads and delaying a lot of time.
It took seven or eight days for the heavy rain to stop, and the weather did not clear up until the middle of next month.
The location of Longtan is probably around 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 rains. .
After the rain, the water level of Yanghe, a small river in the town, surged. Since soil erosion was not serious at that time, the river water was not a muddy yellow earth color, but green with a little turbidity. The environment was very good.
During this period, Shen Chen met Qituo, the leader of the Xiang clan, and Qin Ren, the leader of the Qin clan, studied the terrain and the possibility of heading north from Shaqu to Zigui, Wu County.
At that time, the south of Wuling was connected from this area to the Huaihua and Jishou areas in later generations, and the other Wuxi barbarians were in the south.
But going north is not easy. To the north is the Three Gorges, and both sides are covered with mountains. Even when Liu Bei later fought in the Battle of Yiling, he still had to open roads through mountains and build bridges across rivers. It took a long time to recruit Samoko to Wuling. .
Now, it is equivalent to repeating Liu Bei's plan to open Yishan Mountain. It really needs to be studied carefully.
After waiting for the rain, another two days passed before the leaders from various places finally arrived one after another.
These leaders are basically the Youxi barbarians with more than a few hundred troops, and their total number can reach four to five thousand. After all, the total population of the Wuxi barbarians is less than 100,000, so a single Youxi barbarian is not very strong.
What they excel at is their familiarity with the terrain.
After the leaders arrived, Shen Chen once again gave them the gifts he had brought and invited them to attack Liu Zhang's army together.
In the Xiang Clan's tiled house, many leaders agreed with smiles.
Among the many leaders sitting cross-legged, there was a middle-aged leader sitting behind a muscular young man in his twenties, looking up and down at the eloquent Shen Chen.
"Everyone."
Shen Chen looked at everyone and said: "The King of Chu is now rich in Jingzhou and is about to conquer Bashu in the west to attack Liu Zhang. If you are willing to serve, the King of Chu will not be stingy with rewards. You cannot miss this good opportunity."
"We are willing to follow the general."
"Yes, as long as the King of Chu can reward us with gold, silver, cloth, food and salt, we are willing to fight with the King of Chu."
"We, the Sand Clan, have agreed."
"Father."
At this moment, the sturdy young man suddenly said: "I heard that the King of Chu did not practice martial arts. Can he really invade Bashu? I have also gone north to Yufu before, and it cannot be conquered by tens of thousands of troops. .”
"What nonsense is my son talking about?"
The middle-aged leader glanced at his son dissatisfiedly. Among the tribe, those who are physically strong and powerful are more likely to be respected.
His eldest son has a strong body and is second only to him in prestige among the tribe. Now he dares to question his decision.
But the strong young man was minding his own business and looked at Shen Chen again and said: "And I think this man is younger than me and not as strong as me. Can he really lead us to defeat Liu Zhang's army? War is not a child's play. Once there is chaos, Command, what the tribesmen will lose is their lives."
Shen Chen looked at the young man in surprise. Barbarian leaders generally only valued practical interests. Liu Biao promised to give them money, cloth, food and salt, and they would help him fight. This is true for any ethnic minority in the Han Dynasty.
For example, the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Qiang people, but the Han court was a bit ungrateful in martial ethics. They often recruited them to fight and failed to pay their wages, which led to repeated rebellions by ethnic minorities on the northern border.
The ethnic minorities in the south are different. They have no interest in the territory of the Han people, and the Han people do not want to go to the deep mountains and old forests to deal with them. Therefore, except when Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang need to stabilize the rear and expand the population for the Northern Expedition, they will not do so at other times. Take action against the southern barbarians.
Now this young man has some ideas and is thinking about whether Shen Chen can lead them to win the battle because of his young age.
Shen Chen smiled and said: "I am not leading you to fight this battle, but the uncle of the Han Dynasty, General Liu Bei of the Left. I don't know if you have heard of General Liu's reputation. He has been fighting for many years and is a veteran. How can he command randomly? What's more? Now it’s not just about breaking into Bajun, it’s just about destroying the army sent by Liu Zhang, or it’s about sneaking around and attacking. Isn’t this even possible?”
"Forehead"
The young man lowered his head and thought about it for a while, which seemed to be the truth, but he was still a little dissatisfied and said: "Since you are fighting with General Zuo, it is naturally different. But I heard that you are also a general of Zhonglang, and you are obviously younger than me, why are you so Is he a high official?"
"Aren't you convinced?"
Shen Chen asked.
"Not convinced."
The young man answered with a thick neck.
"what's your name?"
"Sand Samoko!"
"awesome."
Shen Chen nodded, pointed at Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci beside him and said, "These are my generals. Choose any of them. If you can win, I will write to the King of Chu to make you a general."
"real?"
Shamoko suddenly became excited.
"certainly."
Shen Chen smiled and said: "No joke."
"Okay, it's settled."
Shamoko looked at Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci.
The two of them are actually quite majestic, and their arms are extremely long, making them look very powerful.
But Shamoko thought that he was as powerful as the two of them, so he excitedly agreed, his eyes full of eagerness to try.
Zhao Yun and Tai Shi Ci looked at each other and smiled at each other. Zhao Yun asked, "Zi Yi is going?"
"Zilong, let's go. It's humid here in the south. It's too hot and dry and I don't want to move."
"I don't want to move either."
"you go."
Taishi Ci rolled his eyes.
"Okay, I'll go."
Zhao Yun sighed and stood up. Living in such a humid place really made a northerner like him uncomfortable and unwilling to move.
On the side, Shamoko saw that the two of them looked down on him so much. He became furious and stood up and said: "How dare you underestimate me? I will definitely make you look good, so come outside!"
After saying that, he walked out angrily. He also brought his weapon, the caltrop bone, and placed 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 get you a cup of tea."
Shen Chen poured Zhao Yun a cup of hot tea from a bowl. Tea comes from the south. There is a large amount of wild tea in Wuling Mountain, which the locals use to boil water for drinking.
Zhao Yun touched the cup and found it was a bit hot, so he said, "Come back later and drink."
With that said, he also walked out.
Many leaders were about to go out for 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 moment. Let's continue talking about the war."
After chatting for less than a minute, Zhao Yun came back. When he touched the tea bowl, it was still hot, so he blew it before taking two sips.
Seeing that Samoko had not returned, the leader of the Sha tribe hurriedly asked: "Where is my son?"
"Lie down on the ground."
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "But don't worry, chief, I didn't hurt him."
Many barbarian leaders were shocked for a moment.
Shamoko is the strongest barbarian in the young area. He actually fought with the general's entourage for less than a cup of tea before he was defeated. This is terrible.
For a time, everyone became more convinced. No wonder the King of Chu would send a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy as a general. It seemed that he did have his true self.
I didn't expect someone to post another review of the Hypertension book, saying that Liu Bei relied on conspiracy and tricks to seize Jingzhou, and asked Liu Biao for things, but in turn wanted to seize other people's property. Have you read the book with your brain? Liu Biao himself wants to be emperor, and it is Liu Bei and Did the protagonist persuade him?
If he doesn't proclaim himself emperor, Liu Bei won't rebel against him. If he proclaims himself emperor and loses his morality, why shouldn't he rebel? It's just because the protagonists and others saw through Liu Biao's plan to proclaim emperor. Some people say that Liu Xie was established by Dong Zhuo. Isn't this right?
Are you funny? Liu Xie is the real son of the emperor, is Liu Biao? You should first understand what great righteousness is, and Liu Bei’s capture of Yizhou will barely count as losing righteousness. If Liu Biao becomes emperor and Liu Bei captures Jingzhou, Liu Bei will be the one who occupies great righteousness.
One side.
Sometimes when I see you posting such ignorant book reviews, my blood pressure really rises. Of course, you can also say that since you know that Liu Biao wants to proclaim himself emperor, why doesn't the protagonist oppose him? I want to ask, is it useful to oppose when a person's ambition is inflated?
Did no one object when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor? Did he listen? So when you question it, please check whether the logic written in my book is correct. Don't use your modern three views and God's perspective to view the three views of the Han Dynasty. Is that okay?