The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Secondly, normal people in Youzhou know that at the end of the new year, those Xianbei people and Karasuma people will come here to loot our people's food when the cold winter is approaching, because at this time, it happens to be the time for the food harvest. Days, and those Xianbei and Karasuma people in Youzhou don’t know how to grow food, they only come to us to plunder to have enough food for the winter.”

Xiaoer's words gave Liu Zheng a lot of inspiration. Only then did he remember that the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people are nomadic peoples. The gathering points of these nomadic tribes do not have fixed residences. They are all tribes. , temporarily live in a certain area, where there is grass, where the grass is rich, and live there today.

When the grass in this area is eaten up by cows and horses, change to another place. In this way, it is impossible to grow crops with this kind of living habit of walking and stopping for a while. These crops will take several months to mature. Especially the land in the north can only be planted once a year.

Naturally, it is even less likely to get crops, and every winter, when there is no food, these Xianbei and Karasuma people will come to the Han court for the purpose of looting.

This is the Youzhou side. When winter comes, it becomes even more desolate. They are afraid of being captured by those Xianbei and Karasuma people.

After Liu Zheng understood it, he also knew that the Karasuma people's rebellion this time was just of the same nature as in previous years, but this year just happened to catch up with the internal and external troubles of the Han court, and they knew that the Han court had no intention of dealing with the northern Wuyuan people. Maru people and Xianbei people wanted to take the opportunity to join forces with Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and others to expand the looting territory.

In fact, the Karasuma people have been in the Liaodong vassal state for so long, and after so many years, they have long been tired of the nomadic people's day-to-day life. They also want to settle in a certain place like the people of the Han Dynasty. Then I have a house of my own, where I can live without being hit by the cold wind.

That's why they want to take the opportunity to occupy Youzhou, and even go south to capture the Han Dynasty.

This idea has existed since ancient times, and the later generations of Wuhu chaos, Mongol invasion, Qing soldiers entering the customs, etc., can all prove that the nomads in the north are thinking about going south all the time.

"Then where are the Karasuma people fighting now? Isn't this Yangle County the closest to the Liaodong vassal state? It should be the first to be captured by the Karasuma people. It seems that there are no Karasuma people. It looks like a human being."

Liu Zheng pondered in his heart and thought about it. According to his spies and his description, it seems that Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and others are starting an incident in Yuyang County at this time. Yuyang is still a day away from here. Logically speaking, this place, It is closer to the Liaodong vassal state. If the Karasuma people attack the Han court, the first place to attack must be here.

But Liu Zheng didn't see the Karasuma people here, not even the shadow of the war, which made Liu Zheng very curious.

"Hey, here, Karasuma people don't look down on them at all. They already know how much food and how many people there are in our county. As the saying goes, rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of their nests. Those Karasuma people will naturally not waste their troops in a small county like Yangle County, in their view, a place like Yangle County may be defeated by them at any time."

Xiao Er's explanation made Liu Zheng understand. It's not so much that the Karasuma people in Yangle County don't like it, it's better that the Karasuma people have a far-sighted vision. What they value is that they are closer to the Han court. The place is far more than a simple Youzhou.

"Thank you, little brother, I'll reward you."

Liu Zheng took out a small piece of broken gold from his cuff, and threw it at Xiaoer's body.

The little girl didn't see what Liu Zheng threw over at the first moment, but reached out to catch the thing reflexively, then took a look in his hand, and his face suddenly became happy.

"Thank you guest, thank you guest!"

After thanking Liu Zheng repeatedly, the little girl was very happy. After all, he had been working here for half a month, so it might not be as much as the little money that Liu Zheng threw out. Although it was just a piece of gold, it was still worth it Thousands and hundreds of baht.

After Liu Zheng understood the current situation in western Liaoning, he also had a general understanding of the situation of the Karasuma people. He originally wanted to ask this junior, what is the strength of the current Karasuma people, how many people are there, and how many soldiers are there? How many horses.

But when he thought about these things, how could a mere inn boy in Yangle County know about these things.

So it's useless to ask, and it's even possible that because Liu Zheng asked these things, some people would listen to them, which would be disadvantageous.

He knew what he wanted to know, and that was enough.

Chapter 3 Ninety Chapters of Karasuma

After eating, Liu Zheng planned to leave the inn. Before leaving, Liu Zheng called Xiao Er again.

"Xiao Er, I want to ask, if I want to buy a horse, who should I ask here?"

Xiaoer is already very grateful to Liu Zheng because Liu Zheng gave enough reward just now. Facing Liu Zheng's question, he also knows everything he can say. After hearing Liu Zheng's words, he immediately gave Liu Zheng an answer. .

"Guest officer, in fact, at this time, if you want to buy horses, you can only go to Karasuma people or Xianbei people. Originally, if the weather was hotter, there would be occasional horse dealers passing by here. You can buy from them, but now At this time, the horse merchants have all left, and they will not come out for activities at this time, so, if you must buy it, go west, within half a day at the earliest, there should be a small tribe of Karasuma people, where there is a group of hundreds of people If you only need a small amount of horses, where can you buy them?"

Xiao Er's description was very conscientious, and he answered all the questions Liu Zheng asked, which also made Liu Zheng nodded, expressing that it was worth the broken gold thrown to Xiao Er just now.

"Thanks."

After answering a simple sentence, Liu Zheng led his people away.

Liu Zheng didn't stay long in Yangle County, he ate a light meal here and left with Gan Ning and Tai Shici.

Leaving for Yangle County, Liu Zheng went straight to the Liaodong vassal state after leaving the city gate of Yangle County.

In the Liaodong vassal state, he wanted to go directly to the Karasuma people to buy horses. Although he wanted to intervene in the battle between the Karasuma people and Youzhou officials, but with his current strength, hundreds of troops were raised, and they were still not elite. Fighting with the Karasuma people here is simply a dream.

So Liu Zheng didn't expect that his current manpower could stop the war between the Karasuma people and Youzhou. Since it couldn't be stopped, Liu Zheng decided to make a fool of himself and get some war horses from the Karasuma people.

Liu Zheng did not follow the direction that Xiao Er said before, and went directly to the Karasuma tribe he guided. If he is not familiar with the place of life, he rashly goes to a strange place, and there is no guarantee that there will be no fraud. In case, the wealth Liu Zheng revealed , that Xiaoer is actually the work of the Karasuma people, if not done, Liu Zheng will capsize in the gutter.

So he decided to find a tribe of Karasuma people himself, and try to talk about buying horses.

In the huge Liaodong vassal state, other things are rare, but the tribe of the Karasuma people is not unusual.

The Karasuma people are different from the Han court, which is represented by the country and is a whole.

Having an emperor is the pinnacle of power.

But the Karasuma people are tribal leaders. The most powerful person in a tribe is called the king, but the person in charge of all the tribes is called Shanyu.

As for the Karasuma people, the current Shanyu is just a puppet, because they, like the Han court, are now divided. There are several different tribes, all powerful, and each is king.

Liu Zheng's spies haven't fully penetrated Liaodong, but he still knows about some tribes in Karasuma.

The leader of the Karasuma branch in western Liaoning was named Qiu Liju, who commanded more than 6000 households, and the leader of Karasuma in Shanggu County, Nanlou, commanded more than 1000 households. They all called themselves kings.The leader of Karasuma in Liaodong is called Su Puyan, who is in charge of more than 800 households. He is now Karasuma Chanyu.The leader of You Beiping Karasuma is called Wu Yan, who is in charge of more than [-] households and claims to be the King of Khan and Lu.

Zhang Chun, the prefect of Zhongshan, fled to Qiu Liju's tribe after betraying the imperial court. He claimed to be Mitian Anding King.

Although Qiu Liju's strength is very strong, in fact, there are only more than 5 real Karasuma people under Qiu Liju, while Nanlou has as many as [-] people. Nanlou is the most qualified to dominate, but Nanlou is in name It wasn't Karasuma Chanyu, a vassal state of Liaodong, who wanted to seek hegemony, but he didn't dare to openly disobey the Han court, but obeyed Shanyu Su Puyan's orders.

Although Su Puyan is Karasuma Chanyu, his troops are only five thousand. Among Karasuma's many leaders, he does not have a high voice, and has always been made things difficult by Qiu Liju and Nanlou.

Although the troops who attacked the Han this time were mainly Qiu Liju's troops, Nanlou was sitting in the town of Shanggu with [-] Chen soldiers, and he was eyeing a tiger, so he had the intention of going south to invade Jizhou.

Only Su Puyan, because there is no big Han territory around him, did not lead his troops to attack the big man, and he is also the legitimate Karasuma Chanyu at this time. If he is against the big man, he will not even be able to keep the name of the Shanyu.

"My lord, where are we going this time?"

Liu Zheng led [-] cavalrymen and galloped through the snow field. In the ice and snow, there was a vast expanse of whiteness. Except for some rare dead branches, there were few other things to see.

"Go to Liaodong vassal state, Su Puyan's account!"

"Su Puyan!"

Gan Ning didn't know who this Su Puyan was, but he just repeated it when he heard Liu Zheng talking about it.

"Liaodong vassal state, Karasuma's Chanyu, Brother Liu Zheng, are you going to the Karasuma's Shanyu's royal court? It's exciting, you just killed their Karasuma's Shanyu, and then these Karasuma people will be self-defeating Yet?"

At this time, Tai Shici thought that Liu Zheng was sent by the imperial court to deal with the rebellion of the Karasuma people, and he was even more excited when he heard Liu Zheng said that he was going to the Karasuma people's court, thinking that following Liu Zheng could mess up like this With some military exploits, he might become a general directly.

"Well, we are going to the court of the Karasuma people, but we are not going to kill him. Su Boyan, the Shanyu, is just a puppet. The other leaders of Karasuma will ignore him at all, and killing him will not help. , we went to find him, in fact, there is another purpose."

"What's the purpose of that?"

Tai Shici was taken aback for a moment, not understanding what Liu Zheng meant by these words.

Liu Zheng glanced at Tai Shici, just smiled lightly, and didn't say much.

"You will know when you go."

Liu Zheng didn't want to tell Tai Shici that his main purpose of going to Su Puyan was actually to buy a horse.

Su Puyan's royal court is actually not difficult to find. After all, Liu Zheng walked eastward after leaving Yangle County in western Liaoning. Not long after, he saw a small tribe of dozens of people.

I asked about the direction of Wang Ting here, and it only took two days for Liu Zheng's people to find the location of Karasuma Wang Ting, a small town with 3000 people gathered together.

It is a bit reluctant to say that it is a town. After all, the city tower is just an earthen city made of poured soil blocks, which is extremely simple.

Liu Zheng's [-] cavalrymen killed the city and caused a commotion in the royal court, but Liu Zheng did not attack the city, but yelled directly at the inside.

"Please inform Su Puyan Shanyu that the envoy of the Han Dynasty is coming, and please come out to greet him!"

Chapter 391 Karasuma Shanyu

Liu Zheng didn't plan to come here in secret.

And leading these hundreds of soldiers and horses, it's not good to hide it, it's better to come here directly, and come here under the guise of an envoy from the imperial court, maybe you can get the courtesy of these Karasuma people because of it.

After all, other Karasuma people didn't value the court very much, but Su Puyan, Karasuma Chanyu, who was conferred by the court, would still give some face to the Han court.

Only by relying on the Han court can he get some benefits in this grassland world where the weak and the strong prey on the strong. Otherwise, with the little manpower in his hand, he would have been annexed by other Karasuma tribes long ago.

Even if the Karasuma people don't attack him, the Xianbei people in the north will not easily look at this piece of fat and not do anything.

Liu Zheng led the soldiers and horses behind him, and stood outside Karasuma Chanyu's royal court. The guards on the earthen tower of the royal city were stunned for a while after hearing Liu Zheng's words, but after all, the court's face, I still have to give it, even if someone asks.

"Please wait here for a while, we will go in and report."

One of the guards immediately went down from the tower and went to the city to report, but Liu Zheng was not in a hurry, and after waiting here for more than ten minutes, the city gate creaked and slowly opened.

After the wooden city gate was opened, a group of people came out of the city soon.

Some burly men mainly dressed in mink came out from inside.

The leader, a man with a long beard, looked around outside the city before asking Liu Zheng.

"Are you the envoys of the imperial court?"

"Is this still fake?"

Liu Zheng didn't speak, but asked Gan Ning to speak for him. He is the lord, so he should act like a lord. If he stood up to negotiate with these barbarians, wouldn't it mean that he has no capable people under his command.

Gan Ning spoke instead of Liu Zheng, which was enough to deal with these barbarians.

With Gan Ning's answer, the bearded man immediately showed a look of something wrong, frowned and said.

"Why haven't I met you, where is the former envoy Gongsun Du?"

Gongsundu.

The name came out of the mouth in front of him, which immediately attracted Liu Zheng's attention. He still had some understanding of the major warlords and princes of the Three Kingdoms, and the name he said was the powerful prince who later ruled Liaodong.

Gongsun Du can be summed up simply as the number one overlord in Eastern Liaodong, the Han court divided into three kingdoms, decades of civil wars, all kinds of consumption, and none of these nomads in the north was defeated because of the Gongsun family guarding them. Liaodong blocked all the alien races outside the Great Wall from the grassland.

But today's Gongsundu is probably not the overlord of Liaodong.

"Gongsun Du is not here. We were sent by the imperial court to discuss some matters with Su Puyan."

"The imperial court sent over to discuss the matter, what is it?"

The bearded man continued to ask questions, as if he had no intention of letting Liu Zheng and others enter the city.

But Gan Ning became impatient.

"You Karasuma people don't know how to treat guests. It's freezing cold. Don't you invite us in for a cup of hot tea? Stand here and chat and talk, isn't it reasonable? Since you don't welcome us, then we Just go. But we go, don't regret it!"

After Gan Ning finished speaking, he planned to turn his head and leave. At this moment, the bearded man panicked and hurriedly spoke to dissuade Gan Ning.

"Where, where, special envoy, don't be impatient, we are negligent, please hurry up!"

The bearded man lowered his face, started to give Gan Ning an apologetic smile, and then invited a group of people into the city.

Liu Zheng, who was riding on horseback, took the initiative to lead the soldiers around him into the city from here at this time.

Under the leadership of those Karasuma people, they were settled in a school yard in the city. Liu Zheng led Gan Ning and Tai Shici and followed the lead of the bearded man. It was a place like a big tent, and Liu Zheng realized that this should be Shan Yu Wang Ting.

Enter the big white tent.

In front of a wooden table in the center of the room, sat a man covered in white tiger skin.

There are also some tables on both sides. In the row on the left, someone has already sat cross-legged, while in the row on the right, there is no one.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Zheng took a few steps directly, and then glanced at Su Puyan who was sitting on the main seat. Although he had never seen Su Puyan, Liu Zheng also knew that the person in front of him was Karasuma Shanyu Su Puyan delayed.

"You are Karasuma Chanyu Su Boyan?"

Liu Zheng glanced at Su Puyan in a cold voice, but did not show any respect. In front of these barbarians and foreigners, as an official of the Han Dynasty, there is no need to show any respect, because only the people of the Han Dynasty , are superior to others, these barbarians are uncivilized barbarians.

Not only was Su Puyan not angry with Liu Zheng's attitude, but he became more and more incomprehensible to Liu Zheng, because it was Liu Zheng's aura and fearlessness that made Su Puyan a little confused Liu Zheng's identity, what is he doing here.

"I'm Su Boyan. I don't know this messenger, but he suddenly took the liberty to visit. What's the matter?"

"Of course it's because you Karasuma people joined forces with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun to attack my territory in Youzhou these days."

Liu Zheng got straight to the point, and loudly stated his reason for coming, which made Su Puyan, who was a little curious and didn't know Liu Zheng's reason for coming, immediately look down.

Not only Su Puyan, but even the other Karasuma people standing in the big tent, their complexions changed at this time, and they all looked at Liu Zheng.

At this time, there was a dead silence, no one spoke, and they didn't understand why Liu Zheng, a Han, came here all of a sudden. Use it, those Karasuma tribes don't listen to him at all.

It's not that Su Puyan is going to attack the territory of the Han court.

"Special envoy, you are mistaken. Although I am Karasuma Shanyu, you should not know the situation of our Karasuma. It was Qiu Liju who attacked Youzhou and joined forces with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, not I, Su Puyan, it's useless for you to come to me, and Qiu Liju won't listen to me at all, if you came here for this matter, you should build Qiu Liju."

Su Puyan was silent for a moment. Seeing that Liu Zheng didn't look angry at all, he knew that Liu Zheng didn't come to Xingshi to question his crimes.

Since it was not Xingshi who asked the crime, then Su Puyan didn't worry about it, and answered Liu Zheng directly.

Chapter 392 Su Puyan

"I know that your position as Karasuma Shanyu is just a false name. Among the major tribes in Karasuma, your strength is not worth mentioning. And I also know that the person who attacked Youzhou was Qiu Liju , Nanlou and his like are also eyeing Youzhou, but you, Su Puyan, don't want to attack Youzhou."