Chapter 720: Xiongxi and Manxi
It didn't take long, just two days, and Liu Zheng waited for the news.
The men and horses sent by Shiwu were soon found, and the leaders of Xiongxi and Manxi expressed to them Liu Zheng's idea of coming here to meet them.
Although these two satisfied leaders have been cowering in the mountains of Wuling County all the year round, they also have a little understanding of the news from the outside world, after all, they have a good relationship with Guo Shi, and the news collected by Guo Shi will be shared with them, so they also know about Liu Zheng's name and some of Liu Zheng's deeds.
After learning that Liu Zheng had arrived at Yiling and wanted to meet them, they did not refuse.
Instead, he immediately responded to Shiwu's manpower, saying that they had agreed to meet at a ferry next to Xiongxi.
Although they know something about Liu Zheng's reputation, they are not Liu Zheng's subordinates after all, and they have never met Liu Zheng at the same time, so they don't know what Liu Zheng's temperament is, so they naturally won't choose to come to Yiling County to meet Liu Zheng directly.
Therefore, it is necessary to find a relatively safe way, that is, to meet only in the border area that is acceptable to both sides, so that the security of both sides can be guaranteed.
When Shiwu sent the news back and told Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng also agreed, after all, they would not put themselves in danger, and would always consider safety. This is a safe approach.
Liu Zheng agreed to their request, and immediately asked Shiwu to respond to the two barbarian leaders, and they agreed to meet in a few days.
After a few days of peaceful rest. Liu Zheng took Guo Jia, Dian Wei and hundreds of brocade guards to the agreed place at the appointed time.
Before coming, Liu Zheng also sent Jinyi guards to investigate around this wharf, and after noticing that there were no ambushes of these Wuxi barbarians nearby, he dared to show up to meet the people of the Xiongxi tribe and the Manxi tribe.
Liu Zheng's men and horses arrived first, and after waiting here for a while, two small boats came slowly in the distance.
There were dozens of people on the boat, namely people from the Xiongxi tribe and people from the Manxi tribe.
Soon the people of the two boats came to shore and came from the ferry, and there was a gazebo in this place, which was simple, but it was also a shelter from the wind and rain, and it was a good place for exchange and conversation.
Liu Zheng was already waiting in this pavilion, and when he saw the people from Xiongxi and Manxi coming, he got up and went out to greet him.
"Are a few of them from the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes?"
These barbarians wore their upper bodies, and their lower bodies were wrapped in some cloth and animal skins, and they were poorly dressed, but each of them had weapons in their hands, and they were born strong, and there were some tattoos on their burly bodies.
Some even have their faces on their faces, which looks a bit savage.
Two of the tall strong men took the initiative to stand up after Liu Zheng asked.
replied to Liu Zheng in a dialect that was not easy to understand.
After a while, Liu Zheng didn't understand what they were saying, so he could only look at Shiwu on the side. Shiwu naturally didn't understand it either, but this time he brought a few locals who could be used as translators.
Among the few local barbarian populations, Liu Zheng finally knew what they were talking about just now.
It is nothing more than that they are indeed people from the Xiongxi and Manxi tribes.
Liu Zheng nodded, and asked them to start introducing themselves.
One of these people was a burly man who looked a little unnoticed, and he began to communicate with Liu Zheng with words that Liu Zheng could barely understand.
"Presumably this is the famous leader of Liu Zheng, I am Ah Huilan, the leader of the Xiongxi tribe."
"This is Dong Di, the leader of the Manxi tribe next to me!"
The introduction of the leaders of these two barbarian tribes was very simple, and even only one of their own names was reported.
Liu Zheng didn't have anything to say about it, after all, even if it was too much introduction, Liu Zheng wouldn't take it to heart.
After they finished introducing them, they still took the initiative to greet each other with a smile and complimented the two barbarian leaders.
"The two leaders have admired the name for a long time, and they have always wanted to come to meet you, but they have never had the opportunity, and it is really a pleasure to meet you today, please take a seat."
Liu Zheng stretched out his hand and made an inviting gesture, wanting to invite the two leaders to sit down and talk slowly in the pavilion behind him.
However, Liu Zheng's move did not get the approval of the two barbarian leaders, the two of them looked at each other, with a trace of doubt on their faces, and did not accept Liu Zheng's invitation, but stood here and continued to ask Liu Zheng.
"Lord Liu Zheng, you came to us, there is something to discuss, if there is nothing to talk about, we will go back."
The vigilant appearance of these two barbarian leaders made Liu Zheng also a little suspicious. Seeing that the other party didn't seem to want to sit down and talk slowly, Liu Zheng had no choice but to stand here patiently and talk to them.
"In that case, I'll be straight to the point."
"Two, Wuling County has not been peaceful during this time, before Guo Shida's family and I were allies anyway, Guo Shida's family died so inexplicably, as an ally, I naturally want to investigate the cause of his death, I heard that it was people from Youxi and Luxi who sent people to kill him, so I want to ask you about the situation from your mouth."
When the leaders of the two tribes of Xiongxi and Manxi heard Liu Zheng say this, they originally had a somewhat vigilant look, but finally relaxed a little at this time.
"Guo Shida's family was killed by people in Youxi and Luxi, everyone here knows this, what do adults want to know?"
"I want to know where all his subordinates went after Guo Shida's death in charge?"
Liu Zheng knew that communicating with these barbarian people, since the language barrier and the other party was wary of Liu Zheng, it was not easy to ask some of the things Liu Zheng wanted from their mouths, and Liu Zheng didn't plan to ask anything from their mouths, but wanted to know where some of Guo Shi's men went.
Seeing Liu Zheng ask some of Guo Shi's previous subordinates, the leader of the Wuxi Manxiongxi tribe did not hesitate and immediately answered at Liu Zheng.
"After the death of Guo Shida's master, some of them were killed together, and some of them fled in all directions, and they didn't know where to go."
Although the leader of Xiongxi Barbarian's answer was not perfect, it was as if he had not said it. Liu Zheng asked a few more questions, and he answered Liu Zheng with this kind of prevarication, so that Liu Zheng did not get any useful information from these people.
In this regard, Liu Zheng didn't even bother to ask them for solicitation, and Liu Zheng saw the jealousy of these barbarians from them. Liu Zheng knew that it would not be easy to recruit them.
Even this attitude in them is not jealous, but a little arrogant, perhaps innate, arrogant.