Chapter 392 The Battle between Barbarians

The prelude to the Huainan War has slowly begun, but the Jingxiang War is still brewing.

Nanyang County and Nanjun have become huge barracks. As time goes by, more and more Han troops have begun to enter Nanyang County. At the same time, Chu soldiers from Bashu, Jingxiang and even Jiangdong are also entering Nanjun. The clouds of war have already enveloped the sky above the Jingxiang land.

On the mountain road leading to Nanyang County from Wuguan, the Han army was winding forward.

While the army was moving, a fast horse suddenly rushed from behind and caught up with Liu Bang's carriage in the rolling smoke and dust. Liu Bang had to let the imperial guards carry the carriage on his carriage to the expedition because he was old.

"King!" As we approached, the knight on the horse rolled off his saddle and knelt on one knee and reported, "Asian Xiang reported urgently!"

"Come on." Liu Bang stretched out his hand, and Liu Bian, who was guarding Liu Bang, had already hit the horse forward. He used the tip of his sword to lift the letter from the knight, and then turned around and handed it to Liu Bang.

Liu Bang waved his hand and pointed at Zhang Liang behind him.

Liu Bi rode his horse to Zhang Liang's carriage and handed it to Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang hurriedly read the secret letter and said, "The king, Zishuo said in the letter that the five barbarians, including Qiang, Di, Ranlong, Shanyue and Wuxi Man, have agreed to raise an army and have agreed to raise an army together on Jingzhe Ri. However, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, has always had an ambiguous attitude and is probably not going to send troops."

"It's fine if Zhao Tuo doesn't send troops. With the five barbarians, Qiang, Di, Ranlong, Shanyue and Wuxi Man, it's enough for Xiangzhuang to have a drink." After saying this, Liu Bang said again, "But Ziliang, it's just after the beginning of spring, but the five barbarians have to wait until the day of Jingzhe to take action. Isn't it a little late?"

"Not too late, no too late." Zhang Liang shook his hand and said, "This battle between Jingxiang will inevitably be a protracted war. Whether it is our Han army or the Chu army, it is impossible to eat each other in an urgent manner. By the day of Jingzhe, the two armies have mostly become a confrontation. At this time, the five major barbarians suddenly emerged from behind the Chu State, and the Chu State has no room for improvement."

"Well, what's right. (")" Liu Bang said deeply, "Then it's the day of Jingzhe."

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The vast river flows eastward for a moment without stopping.

On the surface of the river, thousands of ships of all sizes were surging up the water. Rows of oars stretched out from the cabins of ships of all sizes, splashing rows of snow-white waves while swaying back and forth, which was spectacular.

On one of the large ships, Xiangzhuang was silently looking at the prisoners of war who were waving their oars in the cabin below through the breathable windows on the deck. These prisoners of war include Shanyue people, Wuxi barbarians, and more of them were Liang army prisoners. Three years ago, Peng Yue's 100,000 Liang army suffered a disaster in Jingxiang, and at least 40,000 Liang army were captured.

Now, most of these Liang army prisoners of war are in mines and workshops, and many prisoners of war have become oarsmen of the navy. A huge chain locked hundreds of prisoners of war in the cabin. From then on, the fate of these prisoners of war has been as close as the life and death of warships. When the warships are born, the prisoners of warships will be born, and when the warships sink, the prisoners of warships will be killed.

The sound of light footsteps suddenly came from behind. Without turning back, Xiang Zhuang knew that it was Bailixian who was here.

Before Bailixian could speak, Xiang Zhuang was already thinking: "Ziliang, how do you think of these prisoners of war?"

Bailixian was surprised when he heard this, so his eyes passed through the breathable window and looked down. Looking at the dirty prisoners of war in the cabin, who were unkempt and muscular, Bailixian suddenly felt slightly moved and whispered: "What is the king meant to remove these prisoners of war onto the battlefield to fight with the Han army?"

Xiang Zhuang remained silent, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Bailixian's eyes gradually lit up. He had guessed Xiang Zhuang's intention. If these prisoners of war were used properly, they would indeed be a powerful combat force that should not be ignored!

Xiang Zhuang turned around and ordered Baili Mao, "Zi Ming, immediately send a letter to Feige of Ziling, and asked the Lingyin to gather all the prisoners of war, whether they were Liang, Shanyue people, Wuxi barbarians, or even the gladiators imprisoned in the basement of the gladiator arena, and then escorted them to Nanjun!"

"Here!" Baili Mao took the order and went there.

Xiang Zhuang then turned around and looked at Bailixian and asked, "Ziliang, are you in trouble?"

Baili Xian slapped his forehead and shook his head, "I almost forgot the serious business." After saying this, he said, "That's right, I just received a report from Ziling Fei. The two envoys sent by me have entered the boundaries of Shanyue and Wuxi Barbarians as scheduled. By the way, this time, the envoys who went to lobby Wuxi Barbarians and Shanyue are all students of the doctors and are familiar with the ways of traits."

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "What gifts have you prepared for Wuximan and Shanyue people?"

Baili Xian said: "As far as I know, the Wuxi Barbarian King Mosha Bo is greedy and stubborn, so I prepared 100 carts of silk, porcelain, wine for him, and a paper to entrust the king."

"The King's Order?" Xiang Zhuang said, "What King?"

Bailixian was a little uneasy, but he still said, "King of Chu."

Xiang Zhuang just smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "Where is the person from Shanyue Head?"

Bailixian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Although the Shanyuetou man Heihu is young, he has great ambitions. He is determined to take his tribe out of the mountains and settle down in the rich plains. So I prepared five hundred pairs of armor, five hundred ring-headed knives and five hundred pack horses for him. In addition, I also brought him a secret plan from Zhang Liang."

Xiang Zhuang nodded slightly when he heard this, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became stronger and stronger.

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Wuxi Man is a general term for the barbarians in Xiongxi, Nanxi, Chenxi, Youxi and Wuxi. Because Wuxi is all in Wuling, the Wuxi Man was also called Wuling Man in later generations. Wuxi Man is like Shanyue, and is not a unified tribe, but consists of hundreds of tribes of all sizes. Among them, the most powerful one is the Huoman who lived in Wuxi for generations.

The Huoman Barbarian King Mosha Bo is now in his dome wooden house. Mosha Bo is nearly a meter tall, with a waist of ten square meters, with red hair, and a ghost-shaped figure. This guy is sitting on a tiger-skin mattress in the north of the wooden house. While stretching out his palm-like fur hands like a palm-fried woman, rubbing her buttocks around him, while raising her ox horns and cups to pay homage to the Han envoy: "Come on, it's done!"

The Han envoy did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly raised his ox horn cup and covered his face with his sleeves to drink the wine.

"Happy, happy!" Mosa Bo stroked his red beard and reached out to slap the barbarian woman next to him. The barbarian woman moaned and quickly filled the ox horn cup with the pottery pot. Taking advantage of the moment when the barbarian woman knelt and stood up, Mosa Bo took advantage of the opportunity to touch her shameful part, and then started to smile lewdly.

The Han envoy, who was kneeling in the lower head, shook his head secretly. He was a barbarian and never knew what ethics were.

Shaking his head, the Han envoy reminded Mosha again, "The Huo Barbarian King, it is urgent to contact the barbarians. Although there is still one month before Jingzhe, the five rivers of barbarians are too scattered. If you don't inform them early, it will be difficult to gather before Jingzhe. If you miss a big thing, it will be difficult for the King of Han to explain."

"Bird!" Mosha said furiously, "Dare you threaten me?"

The Han envoy was quite embarrassed. Just when he was about to defend himself, a barbarian suddenly entered the wooden house hall and reported to Mosha: "Bar King, another group of Han envoys outside the village are asking for a visit."

"Hmm?" Mosha said in surprise, "Why are there another group of Han envoys?"

The Han envoy was also shocked and said, "Didn't you hear that there are still envoys coming?"

"Don't care." Mosa Bo waved his hand and said, "See you first."

The barbarian took the order and left. In less than a moment, he led a white-clothed scholar into the hall. Mosha Boom, the Han envoy and more than a dozen barbarian leaders who were accompanying each other fell on the white-clothed scholar. However, the white-clothed scholar shook his sleeves calmly, clasped his fists and bowed to Mosha Boom, "Han envoy Bai Guang, meet the Barbarian King."

"Nonsense!" As soon as he finished speaking, the Han envoy who was sitting in the lower head stood up and shouted, "You are lying!"

"Lie?" Bai Guang smiled slightly and said disapprovingly, "Why do you say this?"

The Han envoy bowed far away from the northwest and said proudly: "Because the envoy sent by the Han king to contact the Wuxi barbarians."

"Is that right?" Bai Guang asked, "It turns out that my subordinate was also a Han envoy, but I don't know what certificates are there? Is there a flag?"

"This..." The Han envoy was speechless. He came directly from Jiangling after receiving a letter from Feige in Xianyang. He was eager to get the Han envoy's flag? Without the flag, he naturally couldn't take it out. It was said that the ancients insisted that only the king could grant the flag, but the ministers could not forge it.

But Bai Guang raised the bamboo joints in his hand and said aloud: "The King of Han personally gave the flag here, so please check it out!"

A barbarian had already come forward to take the flag and handed it to Mosha Hong with both hands. Mosha Hong snatched it and looked up and down, and then turned to look at the Han envoy, his eyes were extremely unkind. Obviously, Mosha Hong had already begun to suspect that he was a fake Han envoy.

The Han envoy was very anxious and hurriedly said, "Although I have no honors, I have a great reputation!"

"Great gift?" Bai Guang smiled and said, "But I don't know how many gifts I brought?"

"Not many." The Han envoy quickly recovered his calmness and said proudly, "Salt, iron, silk and porcelain are each fifty cars!"

Bai Guang sneered: "It's over?"

The Han envoy said blankly: "It's over."

Bai Guang said again: "That's all?"

The Han envoy replied again: "Yes, that's all."

Bai Guang then turned to Mosha and said loudly: "Bar King, this Han envoy must be a fake."

The Han envoy was very anxious and was about to argue but was stopped by Mosa. Mosa blasted and rushed to Bai Guang and said, "How can I see it?"

Bai Guang bowed to the northwest and said loudly: "My king is in the five counties of Sanchuan County, and his money and grain are countless. How could he be so petty and only give the Barbarian King some gifts?"

After saying that, Bai Guang took out a silk book from his arms and said loudly: "According to the order of the King of Han, one hundred carts of silk, porcelain, wine were presented to the King of Wuxi. If the Barbarians of Wuxi could set up a large army to help the Han attack and destroy the Chu State, then Changsha County, south of the river, and more than 20 counties in Qianzhong County, all of them were the fiefs of the King of Barbarians, and they could also be granted the King of Barbarians as King of Chu!"

"Oh? King of Chu?!" Mosha Hong was stunned at first, and then laughed to the sky, "Hahaha, this is the work of the King of Han, what is the work of the King of Han..."
Chapter completed!