"Although the tribes in the South Central are in contact with our Pangu tribe (Wuxi Man uses the god dog "Pangu" as the totem), they are not very close! They are mostly in Yuehu, and most of them stay in Wuling..." Shamoke still looks like a velvet-headed and colorful face, but after getting used to it, he became accustomed to it.

I touched my forehead with my hand and listened carefully to Shamoko's introduction to the situation of "Southern Central Man"...

Although the land in the South Central belongs to Yizhou, no one has ever been able to effectively control the dangerous terrain of the South Central Central, snakes, insects, rats and ants everywhere, vicious miasma... and the most troublesome thing is the fierce and unruly barbarians.

Han officials stationed in Nanzhong may lose their lives at any time and may even become a meal for barbarians.

Pang Tong, who knows Guangbo, once mentioned this anecdote - whenever an Yizhou official receives a transfer order to work in Nanzhong, he will always try his best to ask someone to give gifts, just to avoid having to take office.

If it is really impossible to shirk, these officials will explain their family’s funerals before leaving. This shows how complicated the situation in Nanzhong is.

Liu Yan, the current governor of Yizhou, is a very scheming person, but in the end he was in charge of Yizhou, he could not solve the problem in Southern Central for eight years.

After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang almost gave up the two counties in Nanzhong and allowed the barbarian heroes to control the place...

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However, the Nanzhong, which Liu Zhang believed to have given up, is a very important existence to us.

Not to mention that our army will enter Yizhou in the future, just look at the current situation. The Vietnamese county in the south central area is connected to Wuling in the east and Jiaozhou in the south. It can be said that it is deep in our hinterland.

If the various tribes of the Southern Barbarian tribes were really merged into one by Meng Huo (the specific situation has not been determined yet, so it is Meng Huo for the time being) and establish a Southern Barbarian Kingdom, it would inevitably pose a great threat to us.

Although the Southern Barbarians were fierce and good at fighting, they had never had much ambitions. As long as the Southern Central was not invaded, they rarely took the initiative to make enemies with the Han people.

However, if a young, energetic and ambitious person like Meng Huo controls the barbarians in the Southern Central, the situation will be completely different. Meng Huo is likely to take the initiative to provoke us, harass the frontier, and even seize land and kill people.

If Cao Cao had connected with him again, Jing, Yi and Jiaozhou would probably have no peace in the future.

"In the past, among the tribes in Nanzhong, Meng Di had the most people. He was the strongest, so he was the leader of each tribe. More than ten years ago, my father and I met Meng Di once. He was a rare warrior and was highly respected by various tribes in Nanzhong.

Now this young leader named Meng is probably Meng Di’s son…”

When Shamoko said this, my eyes lit up suddenly and asked: "Zhenhu, how many tribes are there in the southern center? What is the relationship between the tribes?"

"Zhenhu" is the word "Shamoke" by Shamoke, which I personally took for him. Originally, Shamoke did not have the word "Shamoke, but since he formed the Wuxian Feijun, he found that the Han generals all had the word "Shamoke", so he found an opportunity to ask me to get a word for him.

After finally choosing, the word "Zhenhu" which is so popular that it is somewhat contemptuous (Pang Tong's words) has become Shamoke's favorite.

"Well, there are many tribes in southern China than our Pangu tribe.

There were dozens of…” Shamoko nodded, “There are often fighting for cattle and sheep and water sources among the tribes. When Meng Di was the leader of the southern central tribes, the situation was better. I wonder what is going on now?”

I turned to look at Pang Tong, and saw that he was looking up at me, with a hint of clarity appearing in his eyes.

If Shamoko said the situation is correct, then Meng Huo's so-called "big leader" is equivalent to the leader of a tribal alliance.

If this is true, there is no way to solve Meng Huo.

Differentiation. Then pulling over one part to fight another is a good way.

No matter what alliance it is, it is impossible to truly achieve a solid foundation. The Han people are like this, and the barbarians are no exception.

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After discussing with Pang Tong, he also believed that the strategy of differentiation was feasible. Moreover, he also proposed that with a ready-made role model like Wuxi Man, it would be much less difficult to attract some tribes from the Southern Central Man.

Since the Wuxi Barbarians surrendered two years ago, I have issued several decrees and taken a series of measures to ensure that their interests are not harmed.

For example, there have been frequent struggles between the Han and the Manchus in previous years, and once they cause casualties, they will inevitably intensify the intensification of conflicts between the two sides.

In order to reduce such matters, I specially set up a supervisory department to supervise and judge the struggles between the Han and the Manchus. Once there is a fight, don’t talk about the Han and the Manchus, just ask right and wrong. Anyone who provokes the dispute will be severely punished.

After severely punishing dozens of battles (in most cases, the Han people took the initiative to provoke disputes. Compared with the shrewd Han people, the barbarians with relatively simple minds are prone to suffer losses.

), although a tribe of the barbarians were punished, after seeing the impartial judgment of the Supervision Office, they not only did not feel annoyed, but instead supported them from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, in order to change their backward production and living conditions, advanced Central Plains farm tools, farming methods, and high-quality crops with high yields were successively taught to the Wuxi barbarians.

Although the current Wuxi Barbarian tribes cannot compare with the wealth of the Han people in Jing and Yang states, their lives have changed dramatically compared to their past lives.

It was precisely because he felt the great improvement in his own tribe's life that when Shamoke received the news from Meng Huo, he reported to Pang Tong without hesitation.

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After obtaining the basic strategy, Pang Tong began to collect information from various tribes in the Southern Central Barbarians to prepare for future divisions.

I asked Shamoko to reply to Nanzhong with a message - inviting Meng Huo to the Shamokodi tribe to discuss the "big matters".

I didn’t want to hold a Hongmen Banquet, I just wanted to take this opportunity to meet this young and ambitious leader for a while. (In the case of the Southern Barbarians, the means of capturing thieves and kings will not work.

If you cannot conquer your heart, even if you kill Meng Huo, it will be useless. Instead, it will arouse the resistance of the barbarians in the south.)

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On the fourth day of the fifth month of the 12th year of Jian'an (because we did not recognize Cao Cao's support for the new emperor, we still adopted the Jian'an reign title), Empress Fu was about to give birth to a baby boy weighing more than eight pounds at the end of the evening, and the mother and son were safe.

Once the prince was born, it immediately caused a sensation in Lujiang. The city was decorated with lights and firecrackers were lit up and down to celebrate.

On the fifth day of the fifth month, the elder brother ordered the eldest son Xiaoxian to pass on the news that the prince of Emperor Xiaoxian was born and passed on to the three states. He also ordered the memorial to spread the news in the other states and counties.

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When I received the news of the birth of the prince, I was laughing at Pang Tong's examination to teach Deng Ai's studies.

Deng Ai, who is already 11 years old, has a much stronger body than he did two years ago because of the hardships of life, and has a much higher figure. His eyes still have an unusually wise light than that of an ordinary boy.

Pang Tong taught more than 40 questions in a row, covering all aspects such as classics, history, collections, military and political strategies, etc. Although the little guy was still a little stuttering, he answered quite quickly and correctly.

Later, Pang Tong, who was a little curious about how far Deng Ai's knowledge had grown, deliberately increased the difficulty. After thinking carefully, the little guy could give a plausible answer. What's even more rare is.

Faced with Pang Tong's intentional harsh criticism, the little guy is no longer as easily angered as he did two years ago, and can calm his mood better.

Deng Ai's talent is excellent, and even Pang Degong once lamented to me. Deng Ai was the best disciple he taught in his life except Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Xu Shu.

This time, Deng Ai returned to Xiangyang from Lumen Mountain, and according to the arrangements of Pang Degong, he practiced military and political strategies around me.

From the second half of this year, Deng Ai will study at Lumen Academy half of the time every year and practice with me half of the time.

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"General, it is indeed God's help from those who have attained enlightenment.

The birth of the prince is of great benefit to the lord's great cause!" Pang Tong waved the silk book that had just been sent from Lujiang and said with a smile, "The lord asked the general to return to Lujiang. It seems that the prince will probably succeed to the throne in the next month..."

"Well..." I nodded, "Shi Yuan, the new emperor's succession is such a big deal. You, the young mansion, cannot be absent. Come back to Lujiang with me?"

"There is nothing important to Jingzhou for the time being, so Tong will accompany the general..." Pang Tong responded with a smile.

"Xiao Ai. You will also go back to Lujiang with me to see your master's wife, brother and sister..." I said with a smile while touching Deng Ai's head.

"good……"

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I made a brief arrangement for the affairs of Jingzhou and asked Zhao Yun to pay a little attention to Sima Yi (Sima Yi, who had no real power, would never have any trouble in Jingzhou where he was unfamiliar with him). I took Pang Tong and Deng Ai to return to Lujiang.

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When he arrived in Lujiang, the celebration in the city had not stopped. Deng Ai probably had seen such a lively scene and could barely see it.

First, let the personal soldiers send Deng Ai back to my General's Mansion in the West, and I will take Pang Tong straight to the General's Mansion.

As soon as I arrived outside the mansion, I happened to meet Xu Shu who was rushing.

"General, Shi Yuan, you are back!" When Xu Shu saw that it was Pang Tong and I, he was surprised and happy to welcome me, and said with a slight tribute to me.

"Yeah!" I held Xu Shu up and asked with a smile, "Yuan Zhi was in a hurry just now. Is there anything urgent?"

"Xiaozuo just sent a message back. I was about to report to the lord, but I didn't expect to meet the general!" Xu Shu also replied with a smile. It seemed that the news was not a bad thing.

"What's the matter?" I asked curiously.

"Gongsun Kang from Liaodong joined forces with the three Korean soldiers and raised an army to attack Youzhou!"

"Has Gongsun Kang really taken action?" Pang Tong and I sighed lightly almost at the same time.
Chapter completed!