I have three hundred soldiers, all of whom can warm wine and kill Hua Xiong

"You want me to compromise with the barbarians? This is impossible!"

Zhang Ren threw Liu Yan's order to the ground, pointed at the messenger and said loudly: "I have been guarding the south of Yizhou for several years and fought dozens of battles with the barbarians. I have tens of thousands of brothers, one after another. He died at the hands of the barbarians.”

"The barbarians plundered the villages near the border. I don't know how many innocent people died at the hands of the barbarians."

"The hatred between us and the barbarians is too numerous to describe. Now that I am asked to take the initiative to compromise with the barbarians, it would be better to kill me directly."

Zhang Ren is a general with backbone.

Compromising with the barbarians was an insult to Zhang Ren.

If he really did this, Zhang Ren would not only be sorry for himself, but also sorry for the dead soldiers and innocent people.

After hearing Zhang Ren's words, the envoy Huang Wei took a step forward and whispered: "General Zhang, it is really helpless for Liu Prefect to make such a decision. With Wang Yi and Wang Gu defecting to Wei Chu, Wei Chu has now taken control half of Yizhou. If Wei Chu cannot be driven out of Yizhou while Wei Chu's foothold is not stable. Once Wei Chu leads his troops to gain a firm foothold in Yizhou, I am afraid that it will not take long for the entire Yizhou to be defended. Chu is firmly in control.”

After Huang Wei finished speaking, Zhang Ren snorted.

In Zhang Ren's opinion, it would be better for Wei Chu to be the leader of Yizhou.

Look at Youzhou and Liangzhou controlled by Wei Chu.

With the efforts of Wei Chu, the Northern Xiongnu in the north of Liangzhou. The Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the north of Youzhou. They have all been killed to the point of extinction.

Let’s look at Yizhou again.

Under the leadership of Liu Yan, Yizhou could not even be defeated by the barbarians.

Although Zhang Ren has [-] troops in his hands.

But because Zhang Ren's opponents were mainly barbarians, Liu Yan had not helped Zhang Ren's army update its equipment for a long time.

If it weren't for Zhang Ren's outstanding abilities, the [-]-strong army would have been swallowed up by the barbarians long ago.

The Yizhou family, with Liu Yan's tacit approval, continued to sell various materials, including pig iron, to the barbarians to make profits.

It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Yan must bear at least half of the responsibility for the reason why the barbarian problem has not been solved until now.

Zhang Ren took a few deep breaths and finally suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Even if I agree to send troops to the north, I only have 2 people. 2 people plus the 3 people Liu Governor has, the total is only 5 people. If I want to drive away Wei Chu with these 5 people, I am afraid that It’s a little unrealistic.”

Seeing that Zhang Ren was a little relieved, Huang Wei felt slightly happy, and quickly took a step forward and whispered: "The governor has already made a plan for this."

"General Zhang only has 2 men, but there are a lot of barbarians confronting General Zhang. What Governor Liu means is to pay some price and recruit barbarians to help."

"Recruit barbarian soldiers?"

After hearing Huang Wei's words clearly, Zhang Ren couldn't help but laugh angrily.

"Recruiting barbarian soldiers to assist in the battle, what price does Governor Liu intend to pay for this? Do you want to hand over Yongchang County, where I am currently leading the troops, directly to the barbarian soldiers?"

"In addition, the barbarians lack discipline in their actions. Once the barbarians are allowed to enter Yizhou, it will definitely have a huge impact on the life and production of the people in Yizhou. Liu's move is simply collaborating with the enemy."

"What if Wei Chu is finally defeated but the barbarians don't retreat?"

After Zhang Ren finished speaking, Huang Wei said with a gloomy face: "General Zhang, please pay attention to the tone of your words. You should know that for Yizhou, Wei Chu is the real enemy now. Wei Chu, That’s the target we need to deal with.”

"As long as we can defeat Wei Chu, temporarily compromise with the barbarians, and then concentrate on driving the barbarians out in the future."

"Will the barbarians be driven out again in the future?"

Hearing Huang Wei's words, Zhang Ren couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"You put this matter lightly. We can only block the invasion of the barbarians now. Once the barbarians..."

"enough!"

This time, before Zhang Ren could finish speaking, Huang Wei waved his hand vigorously at Zhang Ren.

"General Zhang, Governor Liu has made a decision, just do as he says. You have been bargaining with me here, is it possible that you are planning to follow the example of the two Wang brothers and betray Governor Liu?"

Huang Wei glared at Zhang Ren, then flicked his sleeves and walked towards the door.

When he reached the door of the room, Huang Wei stopped, turned around and said, "The military situation is urgent, and Governor Liu only gave General Zhang three days. General Zhang, in order to show our sincerity, you'd better go to the barbarian camp in person. "

"If you should say soft words, you should say soft words. If you should make a promise, you should make a promise. If the barbarians ask General Zhang to apologize for what happened in the past, I hope General Zhang can learn to endure the humiliation and bear the burden."

Watching Huang Wei walk away, Zhang Ren finally couldn't help but pull out the sword from his waist and slashed it hard on the table.

"It's okay for me to endure the humiliation. But the barbarians invaded our Han border and kept killing the Han border residents. It's absolutely impossible for me to apologize to the Manchus. I, Zhang Ren, can be humiliated, but the people and soldiers who died because of the barbarians , absolutely cannot be humiliated.”

After Zhang Ren finished speaking, footsteps sounded outside the house.

A soldier hurriedly came to Zhang Ren's door. "There was someone outside the general's door asking to see him. He claimed to be from Chengdu."

"not see!"

Zhang Ren waved his hand to the soldier who reported the news. When the soldier was about to turn around and leave, Zhang Ren reacted and quickly asked the soldier: "The other party said he is from Chengdu?"

"Yes, the other party claimed to be from Chengdu and said he had something important to discuss with the general."

"Chengdu?"

Zhang Ren reached out and touched his chin, and finally nodded, "Let the other party come in."

After a while, Jiao Yang, led by the soldiers, stepped in front of Zhang Ren.

First he cupped his fists at Zhang Ren, and Jiao Yang said generously: "My dear Jiao Yang, when General Zhao served as the captain of the new army, I once served as the commander of the camp under General Zhao. I have heard this more than once. General Zhao once talked about General Zhang. General Zhao said that General Zhang was both civil and military and he was his most respected senior brother."

"Zi Long?"

Zhang Ren raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun both studied under the spear prodigy Tong Yuan. Although they have never met, they know each other well.

"My junior brother Zhao Zilong, how are you doing now?"

Jiao Yang nodded quickly to Zhang Ren, "General Zhao, he previously pacified Goguryeo and Sanhan, which shocked the world. Now General Zhao is leading the Youzhou cavalry to station at the border where Youzhou and Jizhou intersect."

"If Youzhou wants to use troops against Jizhou, the governor of Wei will definitely appoint General Zhao as the vanguard. I believe that soon, General Zhao's heroic deeds of galloping into Jizhou will be spread throughout the world."