As a well-known and powerful man in the southern and central regions, Meng Huo was trusted by the chiefs of the various tribes and was used as the envoy of Yonghong to lobby Gaoding.

The barbarian king Gao Ding raised his troops, although he surrounded the county guard Ma Yan...... But he didn't have the intention of killing Ma Yan.

Unlike Yonghong and Zhu Bao, Yueshan County is too close to Shu County, and it is the norm to fight and make trouble, which really provokes the Han army, and can't clean up Yonghong, can't you clean up the people of Yueshan County?

Chengdu is connected by a river with Yueshan County, and the army is quickly ...... If they can't stop the Han army, then everyone will have to leave their hometowns and go to the real Nanzhong region to beg for food.

Not only did Gao Ding not want to do things absolutely, but the chiefs of the various ministries under Gao Ding didn't want to do things absolutely either.

Compared with the barren land in Nanzhong, Yueshan County is relatively convenient, has a superior living environment, and can often trade Han equipment to improve their living conditions.

And the natives in Yizhou County are the real barbarism, and even the natives of Yueshan are a little disdainful of the living conditions there.

Now Liu Bei is seriously ill, Huang Yuan and Zhu Bao, the two county guards and Haoqiang Yonghong, are making trouble, and their own group of people are just making trouble together, so that the government can fight less for taxes.

There is no need to make a dead hand, but there is room for mediation and negotiation.

Meng Huo was pushed out and sent to Qiongdu as an envoy to persuade Ma Jian to evacuate.

As a Han Haoqiang, he has a close relationship with the chiefs of the local tribes, and this intimate relationship is naturally not ridden by elephant together, in addition to marriage and generational friendship, Meng Shu is barely a fair trader.

Handle the relationship with Meng Huo, and these tribal chiefs will have a better life.

Mastering and monopolizing Meng's trade qualifications here is the reason why the chief is a chief, and both father and son are chiefs.

Ordinary Tuyi wanted to leave the mountains and go to the plains villages to trade supplies with the Han Chinese...... Basically, it won't end well.

It's not that the government suppresses it, but that the rules don't allow it.

Whose rules?

The rules of the chieftains of Meng and Tuyi, monopolizing trade, and the lack of channels for ordinary people to get rich, have no good tools, and if their productivity is limited, then the family members cannot grow, and they are always in a lower position within the tribe.

With low status, no money, and few family members, such local people can only be at the bottom for generations, struggling to survive and difficult to turn over.

They don't turn over, and under the election of the primitive military democracy, it is natural that whoever has more family members will be the chief.

If the internal contradictions are really very big, then the tribes are divided and each goes to live its own life.

It's just that in this process of splitting, there is still nothing to do with the people at the bottom.

Meng Huo not only has face among the chiefs of the native people, but the native people also respect Meng Huo...... Meng Huo's words are better than the government.

Here in the government, Meng Huo is also a decent person, often assisting the government in mediating disputes or helping to collect taxes and rents.

The heroes everywhere are like this, they have all aspects, and there are cards everywhere.

In the border county area, the situation is even more complicated, and this kind of arrogance can not only use the power of the government to deter the natives and tribes; You can also capture the influence of the natives to strengthen your position.

Not only Nanzhong, Lingnan region, and Youji area, such border counties are all about the same way to stand, live a similar life, and seek similar channels to enter the office.

Ma Jian naturally knew Meng Huo, such as Meng Huo, a local hero and a local snake, should have found a way to recruit into the imperial court, even if it was a Lang official, it was good, at least he could restrain it.

Ordinary Haoqiang may think that he has achieved positive results and will actively accept the conquest of the imperial court.

Some people prefer this sense of accomplishment and freedom in local control...... and a sense of security, Meng Shu is exactly such a person.

The local county guard can be the one, as for the matter of recruiting into the court to see people's faces, qualifications, and other opportunities, Meng Shu is not interested.

In Qiongdu, after Meng Shu visited alone, Ma Jian was also discussing with Gong Jie, the county governor, how to deal with it.

Nearly 20,000 Yi soldiers besieged Qiongdu, and the population of Qiongdu was less than 700 households.

Sticking to it is meaningless and easy to fail.

If Qiongdu is a small city with thousands of households, it can be defended; Keqiongdu is close to water transportation and is the transportation hub of Nanzhong and the west of the Chengdu Plain.

In the early years, it was prosperous and densely populated, but now the population is withering and scattered, and the population left behind cannot hold the city wall, which is also a very embarrassing thing.

Ma Tan is by no means a person who follows the crowd, but also a person who has his own opinions and opinions.

The county lieutenant Gong Jie is also of high origin, is a native of Anhan, Brazil, his father served as the county guard of Qianwei, and his brother Gong Lu served as a tooth keeper in his early years, and now serves as a county lieutenant in Guling County; The county guard of Guling County is Liu Yan, who guards the western gateway to Jingzhou from Yuyizhou together.

Focusing on the rudimentary map, Ma Jian recounted: "Gao Ding made trouble several times, and he was subdued many times. behaves perversely, but is actually a treacherous old thief. Now the old thief made Meng Shu lobby me, the intention is simple, but I can't refuse. ”

When Li Yan served as the county guard of Qianwei, Liu Bei fought hard with the Wei army in Hanzhong, when the Qianwei clan Ma and Gao gathered more than 20,000 people to make a rebellion, Li Yan led 5,000 county soldiers to break and quell this rebellion; At that time, Gao Ding also led his troops to Qianwei County to help in the war, and was immediately defeated by Li Yan.

Gao Ding was treacherous, and he was temporarily obedient, and now he jumped out to make trouble. Although it was not an accident, I just didn't expect this group of people to react so violently and quickly.

The news came that the front foot Yizhou County Shou Zhengang was killed, and the back foot Gao Ding reversed.

On personal credit, Gaoding is not trustworthy; But Meng Huo can still be trusted.

Avoiding a meaningless war in Qiongdu is also in line with the demands of the people of Meng Shu and Qiongdu.

Seeing that Ma Jian was about to retreat, Gong Jie advised: "Abandon the land entrusted by the imperial court today, I am afraid that I will be laughed at by the thief." ”

"Dejiao, this is not true."

Ma Jian looked up into the distance as he spoke, and it could be seen that in the distance of the sky, there were soldiers like clouds of smoke: "Defending the city that must be broken and affecting the people in the city is not wise or benevolent." You and I are in charge of the political affairs and military affairs of a county, and now we are in a desperate situation, and the death festival is a small matter, and we cannot curb the spread of the thief army, and the matter is big. ”

"I want to retreat to Nan'an, recruit exiles, recruit troops, and reorganize armor and equipment, so as to wait for the help of the imperial court."

"Moreover, Jiao Huang, the guard of Lingshan Dao, has 300 armored soldiers, and if he joins him, he may also be able to gain a foothold on the county boundary and deal with the thieves."

Ma Tan's finger pointed on Lingshan Road, which is the only place where Qiongdu leads to Nan'an, and there is a Lingshan barrier.

Now that the rebels have sprung up, the Lingshan Barrier has not yet expanded its troops, and it can reach a scale of 1,000 people after expansion.

As long as you hold here, reinforcements from Qianwei County will arrive one after another.

Nan'an is Leshan, which already belongs to the boundary of Qianwei County, and holding Nan'an can also block the Yi soldiers of Yueshan County from wanting to go north into the plain to plunder.

And Li Hui, the commander of Qianwei County and the governor of Yu, always held a small-scale standing army in his hands, and had the opportunity to gain a firm foothold and resist the invasion of the rebels.

At this moment, Ma Tan's thinking was clear: "The southern and central departments are advancing when they see the benefits, if the old thieves plunder Shu County, the thief army will inevitably swarm." Dejiao, guarding the Lingshan Road and Nan'an is where you and I blame. ”

Gong Jie looked at the map, and it was not clear whether Yongchang County had rebelled, Yongchang County, as the first county in Yizhou, had eight cities, 230,000 households, and a population of nearly 900,000.

More than 100 years ago, when the King of Ailao led the people to join him, he brought more than 500,000 people, and the population of Yongchang County reached a staggering 1.89 million.

The war did not affect Yongchang County, and if the small and small Yi people here were instigated, at least about 50,000 thieves could be dispatched.

As Ma Jian said, Qiongdu has nothing to defend, and the most important thing is to quickly retreat to the rear and gather forces to strengthen the defense.

As long as the passage is blocked, the Gaoding Department will not be able to expand the results of the battle, and the departments that are watching will also rest their thieves and always wait and see.

Gong Jie acquiesced in Ma Yan's remarks...... Negotiations to cede Qiongdu, there is always room for negotiation to settle Gaoding.

Yonghong attacked and killed Yizhou County Shou Zhengang, such a shocking occurrence is already difficult to negotiate and solve, and it must be fought.

The enemy also has priorities and cannot be taken as one.