"That year, our army and Zhao's army were holding each other in Changping, and Wu Anjun pretended to retreat, inducing Zhao to chase after Xiao'er, and he was not allowed to enter Qinbi. Wu Anjun made 25,000 strange soldiers to destroy the Zhao army, and ordered us to kill the Zhao wall between the five thousand horsemen in Beidi, Shangjun and Longxi, so that the Zhao army was divided into two, and the grain was cut off. ”

In the late September of the 27th year of Qin Shi Huang, in the only small city on the Great Plains, "Pengyangyi", the five monarchs of the Great Plains gathered here. Basically, they were forty or fifty years old, and there was even a white-haired Rong Jun in his sixties, and after meeting Heifu, he began to tell about the exploits of his tribe over the years.

Don't say I don't know, I was shocked when I said it, it turned out that this Rong Junchang, named "Killing Niuli", was a member of the Qin cavalry during the Battle of Changping, and his qualifications were extremely old. Now, forty years have passed, and the young horseman has become a slick chieftain, with gray hair, and a thick beard like a blanket, covering his cheeks to his thighs.

"The Cattle Killer family, according to your meaning, is as if we have not made meritorious contributions to Great Qin!"

Before Heifu could answer, another Rong Jun in his fifties next to him quit, he was the head of the Huluo Department, called Huluo Luo. Hu Luo Luo put on a wide tiger skin fur, but saw this person take off the tiger fur, revealing scars all over his body.

"Although I am not as old as you, I have fought no less battles than you! The battle of Handan, I was in the army, when the Qin army was unfavorable, I was wounded several times, and then more than ten battles of all sizes, I was also conscripted into the army, with General Meng Fu, General Wang Qian, etc., county lieutenant, you let the number count my scars, you will know how much I have done for Daqin. ”

There were two old guys taking the lead, and the rest of the monarchs also spoke, and the three families of the Peng Lu clan, the Wild Fox clan, and the Peng Yang clan also began to mention their exploits, and even got close to Heifu.

The patriarch of the Wild Fox clan said that the children of their tribe had been incorporated into Li Xin's command earlier, and they accompanied him on an expedition during the first expedition to Chu, but they were defeated by Xiang Yan, and several of their clansmen were taken to Jiangnan to work as slave mining, and they happened to be rescued by Heifu......

The patriarch of the Penglu clan said that he knew Heifu, the battle of Jinan, he and his clansmen fought with the chariots and cavalry of the Chu State, and saw Heifu leading his troops to climb the hill and spread the banner from a distance, and his morale was greatly boosted, and then he learned that he won the Xiangyan Shuai banner and was rewarded by Wang Qian.

In short, the five monarchs are in one sentence: I have made war exploits for Great Qin, I have shed blood in Changping, and I have been injured in Jinan!

What they said was the truth, just like the people of the household, the Beidi Rongqi also contributed to Qin's domination of the world, and over the past few decades, they have a high degree of recognition with Qin. This is also the reason why the Qin government has turned a blind eye to Dayuan Zhirong for a long time: there is no need to shout and kill mature hounds.

As far as Heifu knew, the Qin government would give them two choices for the Rong people who had made meritorious contributions: one was to grant land to settle in other places after obtaining the title. The second is to exchange the knight for gold and return to the tribe.

Most of the Rong people had little interest in farming, and they took the bounty and returned to their hometowns, either to live a life of wine and meat, or to buy a lot of cattle, sheep and livestock - for the Rong people, this is a symbol of wealth.

As a result, the population of the Rong tribe in Ohara increased day by day, and cattle, sheep and horses were in herds.

No matter how big Ohara, the space is limited, so there is a conflict between pastures and water sources. However, the five monarchs also know very well that it is nothing to fight in their nests, but if they go outside the Great Plains to scourge the people of the household, the government will not be soft-hearted......

After listening to their descriptions, Heifu didn't care how old the chiefs of the various departments were and how much credit they had made for Qin, he still said: "The five departments competed for pasture and water sources, fought several battles, and died dozens of people. ”

"Killing people pays for life, this is not only the Qin law, but also the unwritten rule in Qiangrong. Three days ago, I ordered Gongsun Bailu to pass on all the ministries, asking you to bring the murderer and hand it over to the government to send it down, where is it now? ”

The five of them were immediately deflated, and they could hear that Heifu was almost indifferent to their display of qualifications, and he was planning to do business, so he could only respond weakly: "Those children who accidentally hurt people's lives are all outside." ”

"Temporarily imprisoned in the city, it's getting late, the five monarchs will go down to rest first, and tomorrow morning, they will come again to discuss the redivision of the land boundary."

After the five monarchs went down, Heifu asked Zhai Chong, Gongsun White Wolf, and Yiqu White Wolf stationed in Pengyangyi to wait for them, and asked them:

"There is no benefit in private fighting, not only will they be punished by the government, but the children who hurt others will also be punished, and the loss is far greater than the gain. And the five are evenly matched, and no one can take the benefits alone, why are the five brawls repeatedly banned, and you may tell the reason? ”

Gongsun Bailu was the first to come out and said: "Although the five departments have been settled, but still take livestock as their life, livestock are tens of thousands at every turn, the cattle and sheep in this great plain are more than people, cattle and sheep grazing cross the line from time to time, the five departments are constantly quarreling for this on weekdays, and the winter is about to fall, the grass is in demand, and the competition is becoming more and more intense." ”

He is the lieutenant of Yuzhi County, and he is in charge of the Yuzhi County Priest's Garden, so he is very aware of the importance of overwintering pasture.

Heifu nodded, and Gongsun Bailu said that one of the keys was that the cake was not enough to share, which was the root cause of Dayuan Zhirong's repeated infighting.

He then looked at the other two.

Zhai Chongzuo said: "Although the subordinate is not from Beidi County, Bai Zhai of Shangjun has often had fights in the past two years. The reason for this is that Rong Zhai's habits are like this. The strong are divided into chieftains, and the weak are attached to people, and they are more violent, with strength as the hero, the character is strong and brave, and the death in battle is auspicious, and the end of the illness is ominous. ”

"In the past, the government often recruited Rong Zhai knights to conquer the six kingdoms, besiege the city and plunder the proceeds, and allowed them to bring back to the tribe. But in the past two years, the world has been unified, there is no war at home, the public war has stopped, and private fighting has started. ”

Heifu bowed: "Shang Jun also said that the country is strong without fighting, and the poison is lost inside; If the country fights, it will be poisoned by the enemy......"

The belligerent character of the Rong people, when used against the Six Nations, is to poison the enemy, and now that they have not fought for two years, they can only harm each other.

In the end, only Yiqu White Wolf was left without speaking, as the person who knew the local situation best, he didn't give Heifu an answer for a long time, but asked him instead:

"Zhai Zuoshi is right, the five ministries have always been based on strength, and the government has also made them reconcile and redivide the land boundaries, but it doesn't work, and next year, the five ministries will still fight each other."

Yiqu White Wolf said that the brawl of the five divisions is not a simple melee, but also has certain rules: they will set up a posture at the disputed pasture or water source, each sending ten warriors, without any armor, holding a sword and starting to fight, and the last winning side will be eligible for pasture and water source, and the losing tribe will not have half a word of complaint.

But in the coming year, the agreement will be overturned, and everyone will fight again.

It's just that this year, the fire of the five parts is relatively large, and the small fight has turned into a big chaotic war, and there have been heavy casualties.

"In that case."

Heifu knew this, and after a long groan, he said, "I'll let them solve it in their favorite way!" ”

Zhai Chong thought that Heifu wanted to legitimize the matter of winning the five-part battle, so he hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him: "County Captain, the prohibition of private fights cannot be opened!" ”

"Private fighting?"

Heifu was happy: "Don't worry, the method I thought of, although it will exhaust the warriors of the Rong people, it will not kill a single person!" ”

……

Early the next morning, when the five princes came to Pengyangyi again, they found that the weeds and rocks in the open space outside the city had been emptied, and a small ditch had been dug in the middle, and the soldiers were weaving a long hemp rope......

The five of them looked at each other, not knowing what they were going to do, and after entering the city to meet Heifu, they began to continue to state the disputed pastures and water sources of each department.

Hefu listened to them one by one, asked Wei Shi to draw various locations on the map, and sent ranger scouts to investigate on the spot, but said: "I have heard that when all the tribes are strong and compete for the water source of the pasture, they will make ten warriors go out into battle and fight each other, the winner wins, and the losing side has nothing to say, is this true?" ”

The five monarchs all said that this was indeed the case.

Heifu sighed: "If this is the case, even if this captain redraws the boundary, you will not be convinced. In this case, I will arrange a competition, the same is that the strong will win, and the weak will lose, and the winner will be determined in half an instant, and there will be no casualties. In this way, not only can the five traditions be respected, but also there is no violation of the Qin law and the prohibition of private fighting, what do the second and third sons think? ”

The five monarchs were stunned, they had also dealt with many Northland county lieutenants, but Heifu's way of acting was very different from his predecessors! But if you think about it carefully, things have come to this point, and Heifu's proposal is not unacceptable.

Killing Niu Li and Hu Luo Luo got up and asked, "Dare to ask the county lieutenant, how to fight?" ”

"That's the old custom of my hometown of Nanjun, it's called the play of hooking, also known as ......"

Heifu laughed: "Tug of war! ”