The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 295 Good things always take too long
Early the next morning, Cheng Yuanzhi woke up with a hangover and heard the sound of trumpets outside. Many people shouted loudly and made a mess.

Listening carefully, they all used barbarian dialects, and they couldn't hear clearly even in a hurry, but judging from the flustered tone of their tones, Cheng Yuanzhi knew something serious had happened with his toes, and he was speechless at the moment.

The newlyweds are overjoyed, but the lovely wife has not changed her mind, what the hell is going on?

Damn, can you make me calm down? !
Ah Yue woke up upon hearing the sound, and looked at Cheng Yuanzhi Yingying, with a shy smile in his eyes, without any panic.

At this moment, Ah Hu rushed in in a panic, and said loudly: "Sister, brother-in-law, quickly go to the back mountain and hide!"

Cheng Yuanzhi stretched out his hand and pointed outward, and said seriously: "Ah Hu, what happened?"

Ahu hesitated and said: "No... nothing happened."

Listening to the distant commotion of soldiers and horses from outside, Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at Ah Hu angrily: "Don't hide it from me! Listen to the shouts of killing, there are soldiers and horses coming. Where are they?" Soldiers and horses?”

Ahu looked at him, nodded and said, "There are soldiers and horses coming, and the leader seems to be Lu Meng."

Cheng Yuanzhi stood up, waved and said, "I'll go and see!"

Ahu hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "My brother-in-law's injury is not healed yet, so he shouldn't work hard. It's better to hide in the back mountain with my sister. Leave these matters to us."

Cheng Yuanzhi's complexion darkened, and he said angrily: "Nonsense! Listen to his movement, the intruder has at least a thousand troops, how can you stop it?"

At that time, he had been in a high position for a long time, and he was imposing, and the words he said were majestic, and no one dared to disobey them.

Ah Hu was startled: "Brother-in-law, what should I do?"

"A good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses. He organizes his clansmen to hide in the back mountain first, and then makes plans."

Ah Hu took the order and left.

Ah Yue got up quickly, dressed himself and Cheng Yuanzhi, helped him out of the house, and walked along the path to the back mountain.

After a while, the old patriarch ran to the back mountain with the panicked barbarians, gathered in one place, and looked down into the cottage.

Cheng Yuanzhi set up the awning with his hands, looked at the troops down the mountain from a distance, and pondered: "The bandit army came so fast! It seems that they came here for revenge."

Ah Hu said bitterly: "No brother-in-law, none of the soldiers and horses who came to attack last time escaped, the general and a dozen followers were killed by someone, and they were thrown on the mountain road twenty miles away. , the traces have been processed by us."

"Oh? What else?"

Cheng Yuanzhi was surprised, he didn't care about who killed the leading general, and asked quickly: "Then what is this team here for?"

The old patriarch took over the conversation and said: "They are here to collect the poll tax. You don't know, my lord. Since Sun Quan occupied Wuling, our clansmen have to hand in a stone of grain every year. If there is no grain, we will replace it with livestock; If you fail to pay, the penalty will be doubled.”

Poll tax?Is Sun Quan so ruthless in plundering people's wealth? Cheng Yuanzhi was shocked and asked: "Then why don't you resist?"

The old patriarch said: "Why don't you resist? However, my clan is scattered in four places, it is difficult to form a joint force, and the king knows nothing about marching and fighting. As a last resort, we have to be exploited by them."

The old patriarch pointed down the mountain and said: "Every time they come, they are like bandits. They not only rob us of our cattle, sheep, and food, but also rob women to go back to be maids, and rob men to go back to serve as soldiers and do hard labor."

Good guy, it's ugly enough to eat!

It's no wonder that in the original time and space, Liu Bei just sent an envoy at random, saying that Wuxi barbarians were moved to send troops to attack Sun Quan. The root of his feelings is here.

Sun Quan must have used the barbaric strategy against the Shanyue people on the Wuxi Man... Cheng Yuanzhi suddenly became more and more determined to integrate the Wuxi Man and give Sun Quan a hard blow.

In the words, the soldiers and horses at the bottom of the mountain had already rushed into the stronghold, searched all the things they could take, led the cattle and sheep, and returned with a full load of bags, and did not go to the back mountain to ask for trouble.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked up at the sky, sighed, and asked, "Old patriarch, the village has been looted, and these hundreds of clansmen will starve to death next?"

The old patriarch waved his hand and walked towards the back of the mountain first: "My lord, please follow me."

A group of people crossed the mountain beams and came to a place leeward from the wind and facing the sun behind the mountain. The mountains on both sides were towering, and there was a huge cave in the middle. There were more than ten barbarian youths holding big knives waiting at the entrance of the cave.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, the old patriarch stopped and explained: "This is where our clan stores food, and the food and meat inside is enough for half a month."

Very good, be prepared. Cheng Yuanzhi nodded slightly, tiptoed inside to check, walked out again, and said in a deep voice:

"There is no reason in the world to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Doing so is not a long-term solution. Old patriarch, I have a message. I wonder if you will listen?"

The old patriarch turned around, bowed respectfully to Cheng Yuanzhi, and said: "Please also save my clansman, the little old man is very grateful."

More than a dozen barbarian youths guarding the entrance of the cave also clasped their hands together and said, "Please, my lord, save my people from the fire and water!"

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded and said: "We can't stay here for a long time. Although the enemy soldiers are temporarily retreating, they will definitely come back to take revenge when they learn about the annihilation of the previous army. It is not too late. We should leave immediately for the territory of King Shamoko , begging him to uphold justice."

Hearing this, the old patriarch hesitated immediately.

Ah Hu explained from the side: "Brother-in-law, it's not that we don't want to go, but that the territory of King Shamoko is already full of people from the tribe. One side of the mountain and river can't accommodate so many people. There are too many people, and it will be difficult to mix them together. There's a plague."

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head, with a firm expression on his face: "Even so, we must go. Only when the entire barbarian tribe gathers together can it be possible to defeat Sun Quan and drive him out of Jingzhou."

Ah Hu hesitated and asked: "Brother-in-law, we Wuxi Man only have [-] young men, but Sun Quan has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. I'm afraid we are no match..."

"Hey, that's wrong. You need to know that you are not fighting alone! There are millions of troops from Wei Wei in the north as backup, and Liu Bei from the west is about to fight, not to mention me, who will advise you. Just Sun Quan, what are you afraid of?"

Speaking of this, everyone also knows that only by meeting up with King Shamoko can they find a way out.Otherwise, this day simply cannot go on.

The old patriarch gave the order, and the barbarians moved quickly, packed up and got ready to go.

Cheng Yuanzhi took the reins from Ah Yue's hand, got on the horse, and led the crowd down the mountain from another direction.

It was about ten miles away from the stronghold, when suddenly there was a group of men and horses slowly coming towards him not far from the front.

Looking at the length of the team, it is estimated that there are about 2000 to [-] people. The leader of the team is majestic, with prominent blue eyes. He has a barbed wire bone, two bows in his belt, and rides a colorful tiger.

After a while, the two teams met head to head, Cheng Yuanzhi stopped far away, frowned and asked, "Is this the king of Shamoke?"

Before the other party could reply, Ah Hu hurriedly whispered "Yes" from the side.

Shamo Kece rode a tiger and slowly stopped in the road. His eyes turned like lightning twice on Cheng Yuanzhi, and he shouted loudly: "You are not from my tribe, please tell me your name!"

This question was asked in a barbarian dialect, fortunately Cheng Yuanzhi had been here for a while, and he could barely understand it, so he cupped his hands and said:

"The special envoy of the Wei Dynasty, Zhennan General, Xiangyang Prefect Boling Marquis Cui Zhi, has met the King!"

Hearing this, Sha Moke was startled, his head was a little dazed, he quickly turned his head, and whispered to a man with the appearance of a dog-headed military adviser next to him, "Did you hear clearly, what is the origin of this guy?"

The dog-headed military division shook his head: "My lord, the name is too long, and I don't even remember the Chinese he spoke."

Sha Moke turned his head, raised his eyebrows, glared at Cheng Yuanzhi, and asked coldly in blunt Chinese: "My lord can't remember so many names, so you just say who you are and why are you here?"

Cheng Yuanzhi thought: "Yes, when a scholar encounters soldiers, it is hard to explain why. It seems that I have a long-term plan and guide Shamoko to unite his troops step by step to attack Sun Quan."

Thinking about this, he said to Sha Moke: "Cui Zhi, the envoy of the Great Wei Dynasty, has seen the King!"

This time Shamoke understood, his expression softened a little, and he asked loudly, "What is the reason for the messenger coming from afar?"

At this moment, Sha Moke has agreed to join forces with Liu Bei, and with Liu Bei's support, he is very confident.Whether it is Sun Quan's envoy or the Great Wei envoy, he dared to hold his head high and face it with confidence.

If it was left in the past, he would never dare.

In the past, in front of Sun Quan's envoys, he acted like a docile cat, taking whatever he wanted.

As soon as he heard Shamoko's tone, Cheng Yuanzhi knew that his plan would need to be changed again.

The icing on the cake is far better than giving charcoal in the snow.

(End of this chapter)