Chapter 73 Lu Kai Reports

Yizhou, Nanzhong.

Nanzhong is actually the place in the south of Yizhou, and the place south of Lushui (i.e. Jinsha River), which is now Yunnan and Guizhou, can be regarded as Nanzhong.

Although Nanzhong County is considered the territory of Yizhou and the territory of the Han Dynasty, many places in the Han Dynasty were undeveloped rainforest areas and were sparsely populated. Such places can only be considered barbaric land in the eyes of people in the Central Plains. If you become an official here, it would be even worse than exile. Therefore, although Nanzhong is on the territory of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty basically did not send people to manage it. Now Nanzhong is actually in a state of autonomy.

The southern central region is not only inhabited by barbarians, but also many Han people. Generally speaking, Han people live in some few cities, while the southern barbarians live in mountains and forests.

The so-called prefects of the several counties in Nanzhong are mostly children of some local gentry or aristocratic families. Because the power of the court cannot extend here at all, in Nanzhong, these so-called prefects are local emperors, who hold the power of life and death.

Over the past hundreds of years, Nanzhong has rebelled several times, but they have all been pacified. Now Liu Bei is attacking Yongzhou in the north, worried about the rebellion of the Southern Barbarians, so he ordered Li Hui to guard Jianning and governor of the military of Nanzhong.

In fact, at this time, Liu Bei's control over Nanzhong was limited to Zhuti and Jianning's central and northern parts. As for the other Yongchang, Yunnan, Yueli, Jinghu, Xinggu and the southern parts of Jianning, they were not under the control of Shu.

Yongchang County, the southwest, occupies the widest area, but it is also the place with the most barbarians. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and it has always been in a state of autonomy. The barbarians and some major families of the Han people each divided their own spheres of influence. The Han people were led by the two major families of Yong and Lu, and the leaders of the barbarians were naturally several major barbarian kings.

The barbarians were originally divided into tribes and scattered in the mountains and forests. However, in recent years, a figure among the barbarians has emerged, that is, Meng Huo. After several years of development, Meng Huo has integrated the barbarians and is respected by the barbarians as the barbarian king.

Yunnan County to the east of Yongchang is also a place where barbarians are concentrated. Continuing to the east is Yueli County. Yueli County is close to the Minjiang River, so there are many Han people here. The prefect of Yueli is named Zheng'ang, but Zheng'ang is not the most powerful person in Yueli. The leader of the local barbarians is known as the high-end king of Yueli.

Further east of Yueli are Zhu Ti and Jianning, which is the control of Li Hui, the governor of the Southern Central, and Zhu Ti is Jingxian County.

The county of Jingzhou is close to the Wuxi area of ​​Jingzhou, so there are many Wuxi barbarians living in the area of ​​Jingzhou. The prefect of Jingzhou is named Zhu Bao, who is also from a local family and has become the prefect of Jingzhou. Liu Bei's control cannot reach the prefect of Jingzhou. Although Zhu Bao is very surrender to Liu Bei in name, he secretly has never paid even a copper coin tax.

Yongchang County.

There are two major families in Yongchang, namely the Yong family and the Lu family. The two families each have their own sphere of influence and also have their own armed forces. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Therefore, over the years, the Yong and Lu families have been constantly in friction, and the two families have also won and lost each other.

Now, the Yong family has gained a little advantage in the struggle because Yong Kai of the Yong family has served as the prefect of Yongchang.

Yong Kai had a very good relationship with Jiaozhou Shi Xie. Shi Xie had persuaded Yong Kai to surrender to the Eastern Wu several times, and Yong Kai was also waiting for the price. Previously, Zhou Shan also ran to Yong Kai's commander and became Yong Kai's military advisor. Now, the news of Lu Xun's attack on Shu in Jiangdong reached Nanzhong, and Yong Kai was also ready to take action.

In the hall, in addition to Yong Kai and Zhou Shan, there was also a tall barbarian standing.

Zhou Shan introduced to Yong Kai: "Lord, this is General Meng You, the younger brother of the Barbarian King Meng Huo!"

"It turns out it is General Meng You, I have been admired for a long time!" Yong Kai hurriedly met him.

Yong Kai wanted to rebel, but he felt that his strength was not enough to fight against Liu Bei, so Yong Kai not only contacted King Yi of Yueli, Gao Ding, and the prefect of Zhu Bao, but also contacted King Meng Huo of Barbarians to join forces.

Zhu Bao, the prefect of the throne, had a very good relationship with Yong Kai, so he agreed to start a business with Yong Kai. The King of Yueli Yi Gaoding was full of talents, with hundreds of generals and tens of thousands of troops. He had long been unwilling to be the King of Yueli in a small school, so he also agreed to rebel with Yong Kai.

The Barbarian King Meng Huo had a long time ago, so when Yong Kai sent someone to contact him, he immediately agreed.

Now that news of Lu Xun's attack on Shu was heard, Meng Huo also knew that it was time to make an appointment, so he sent his younger brother Meng You to contact Yong Kai.

Meng Huo's situation is different from that of Yong Kai and others. Although Meng Huo is the barbarian king, the southern barbarians are divided into tribes after tribe and are scattered in various places. Therefore, if Meng Huo wants to rebel, he needs to gather people from each tribe first. It will take at least half a year to assemble naked. In addition, it will take at least half a year to mobilize food and supplies. In less than a year, the barbarians will find it difficult to form large-scale combat power. Even if Meng Huo was prepared before, it will still take more than half a year.

So Meng Huo sent Meng You over and told the Yong Kai barbarians that it would take more than half a year to rectify the army and form combat power.

It took Meng Huo half a year to send troops, and Yong Kai didn't mind waiting for Meng Huo for more than half a year, but time was too late. Now Lu Xun's massive attack on Shu is the best time to revive. If he missed this time, let Shu Han recover, or if Liu Bei withdrew from Shuzhong, he would definitely not succeed in rebelling at that time.

So in the end, Yong Kai decided not to wait for Meng Huo to start his army first, occupy Jianning and Zhuti counties south of the Minjiang River, and then start defending, waiting for Meng Huo to send troops.

With Yong Kai's order, the troops under Yong Kai's men in Yongchang began to mobilize.

Yongchang is so far away from Chengdu. Yong Kai mobilized his troops and naturally could not discover it, but he could not hide it from the local snake in Yongchang County.

There are two major families in Yongchang, in addition to the Yong family, there is also a Lu family.

Lu Kai is the nephew of the contemporary head of the Lu family, but Lu Kai has been extremely smart and knowledgeable since childhood, and is the mainstay of the Lu family. Now he serves as the official Gongcao with the facial features.

The Yong family mobilized people and food, which naturally could not hide the Lu family's eyes and ears. After receiving the news that Yong Kai mobilized people, the Lu family immediately reported it to the head of the Lu family, and the Lu family immediately summoned people from the clan to discuss.

Although the Lu family is a big clan, they are in the barbaric land of Yongchang, which is too far from the Central Plains, so there are not many knowledgeable people in the clan. So now dozens of people are sitting together in the meeting hall, without saying anything, and everyone focuses their attention on Lu Kai.

Lu Kai coughed dryly and stood up and said, "Everyone, I believe everyone has seen the actions of the Yong family these days. Since Yong Kai recruited that military advisor, the Yong family has been accumulating troops and garrisoning grain. I originally thought that the Yong family was to deal with our Lu family, but now it seems that the Yong family is probably going to rebel!"

"What do you say about Ji Ping? Let me say it slowly!" The person who spoke was a clan uncle of Lu Kai.

Lu Kai nodded and continued, "I have been paying attention to the situation in Nanzhong recently. A few days ago, I heard a news that King Gao Ding, Yueli, was also dispatching troops and generals. At that time, I wondered if Yong Kai had colluded with Gao Ding, so I immediately sent someone to investigate and found that Zhu Bao, the prefect of the Guanzhan, had been recruiting food, grass and supplies. It is definitely not a coincidence that the three parties were mobilizing their troops at the same time."

The uncle Lu Kai next to him immediately interrupted and said, "Yong Kai and Zhu Bao are good friends. Is there any conspiracy here?"

"Yes, I thought so at the time." Lu Kai continued to explain: "If it were to deal with our Lu family, Yong Kai would not need to mobilize such a group of troops. Even Gao Ding and Zhu Bao were involved. The so-called people Yong Kai wanted to deal with were definitely far stronger than our Lu family. If it was as good as I expected, Yong Kai would probably have to deal with Liu Bei!"

"Ji Ping, you are not wrong! With his Yong Kai's strength, he dares to deal with Liu Bei? Aren't he afraid that Liu Bei will send hundreds of thousands of troops to smooth him out?" A man next to him asked.

The Yongchang Mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and he has been in a state of autonomy, so the people of Yongchang did not respect Liu Bei much and directly called him his name.

Lu Kai shook his head: "If Yong Kai had never dared to do this before, but it was different now. I think everyone has heard of Lu Xun, Jiangdong, leading troops to attack Shu, and Liu Bei's army is far away in Yongzhou, Yizhou is empty, and there are only 30,000 troops in Chengdu City, so now is the best time for Yong Kai to rebellion, and maybe Yong Kai has any support."

After hearing Lu Kai's words, everyone lowered their heads and began to think. After a while, the patriarch raised his head and asked, "Ji Ping, what do you think our Lu family should do?"

"At this time, our Lu family has three ways to go, either help Yong Kai, Liu Bei, or hold on to the enemy's troops and wait and see what's going on!" Lu Kai replied.

"You must never help the Yong family." A person next to him said immediately.

"Not much, the Yong family must not help!"

The Yong family and the Lu family are in Yongchang. The two families have been entangled with interests for many years. Although they cannot be said to be mortal enemies, their relationship is not very harmonious and can be regarded as enemies. Therefore, no one in the Lu family will help the Yong family.

Lu Kai had long thought of this result, so Lu Kai spoke, "Then there are only two options."

Hearing Lu Kai say this, everyone started to talk.

This discussion lasted for most of the day, but the final result was that the troops were not moving and the two did not help each other.

The decision of the Lu family made Lu Kai helpless. The Lu family lived in Yongchang, a remote place for many years, and their culture and heritage were naturally not comparable to those of the great families in the Central Plains. Years of comfortable life have made the Lu family lose their ambitions to make progress. Most people hope to be in Yongchang and become this overlord, so they are very satisfied. Even if they know that if they take advantage of this time, they will likely get the benefits of playing in the future, no one is willing to gamble like this and support Liu Bei.

The family's approach made Lu Kan feel helpless. If such a family without any enterprising spirit had not been stayed in a small place in Yongchang, they would have died slowly long ago!

Lu Kai alone is not enough to change the entire family. However, it does not mean that Lu Kai does not want to change.

Late at night, Lu Kai came to the house of the head of the Lu family. The head of the contemporary Lu family was Lu Kai's uncle.

"Uncle, I'm here to say goodbye to you." Lu Kai said.

"You are going to inform Liu Bei."

"That's right." Lu Kai replied.

The head of the Lu family was stunned for a moment before speaking, "Have you really thought it through?"

"Uncle, I have already considered it clearly. Now it is a chaotic world, and it is time for a good man to make achievements. We should go out and make a living, begging for a wife and son, and glorify our ancestors."

"Oh..." The patriarch sighed: "Ji Ping, you are the Qilin son of our Lu family. I also know that you have the ability and ambitions, and you cannot stay in our Yongchang. You are right, while you are young, build some achievements and show what you have learned! Go, just don't forget our Lu family in the future!"

"Thank you for your accomplishment!" Lu Kai hurriedly bowed and fell to the ground.

"Also, when you leave later, if you value the young people in the clan who are the ones that can be made, let's take them together. After all, if you are alone, someone needs to escape for you. Rest assured by this person in your own family!"

Jianning, Kunming City.

The governor of the Southern Central Committee, Li Hui, is now stationing troops in Kunming. However, because Liu Bei's army is in the northern expedition, there are not many troops left for Li Hui. Now, Li Hui's total of county soldiers is only more than 10,000 troops.

Li Hui, the governor of the Southern Central, actually controlled the northern part of Jianning and Zhuti. As for other places, there were more barbarians, most of them in a state of autonomy.

Li Hui had a nephew named Li Qiu. Li Qiu was good at martial arts and had a force of hundreds of pounds with one wave of his hands. Later, after Liu Bei entered Shu, Zhao Yun saw that Li Qiu was a talent, so he accepted Li Qiu as a registered disciple.

Now that Liu Bei is in the Northern Expedition, Li Hui has few people around him, so he brings Li Qiu to him.

On that day, Li Qiu hurried to Li Hui's room and immediately spoke when he saw Li Hui, "Uncle, there is a person outside, claiming to be Yongchang Lu Kai, and I want to see my uncle."

"Lu Kai?" Li Hui was from Jianning himself and naturally knew very well about the customs and customs of Nanzhong. He also knew that Lu Kai was a famous scholar in Nanzhong and from the Lu family in Yongchang, and was quite talented.

However, Li Hui himself has no interaction with the people from the Yongchang Lu family. Now that Lu Kai is here, it will definitely not be as simple as visiting him.

Thinking of this, Li Hui said, "Please come in quickly, Mr. Lu."

Lu Kai told Li Hui about the abnormal movements of Yong Kai, Gao Ding, Zhu Bao and others. Li Hui was also a smart person and immediately realized that these people might want to take advantage of Liu Bei's northern expedition to cause trouble.

Thinking of this, sweat had already appeared on Li Hui's forehead. It was okay to say that Yongchang was far away from the southwest border, but the Yueli and the Jingli were different. The northwest of Jianning was Yueli County, which was the territory of Gaoding; the northeast was the Jingli County, which was the territory of Zhu Bao. The theme was sandwiched between Yueli and the Jingli County. Once Gaoding rebelled with Zhu Bao, he would immediately attack Zhu Ti and cut off his retreat. At that time, he would become alone.
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