Somewhere in the fertile Pingchuan area of Yunnan, a troop of about 3,000 people escorted a large number of grain trucks and was slowly moving forward. Huang Zhong, the veteran of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info leader, took off the gourd he was carrying, drank a sip of sweet light wine, put his hand on the canopy and looked ahead, and called the guide officer of the Meng Huo clan and asked, "If you go a little further, will you reach the territory of the Abu clan?" ”

"Yes, old general, three miles further forward is the territory of the hateful Abu clan. And this fertile land, which was originally the land that our clan passed down for generations a few decades ago. ”

Listening to the guide officer gritting his teeth and saying these words, Huang Zhong nodded slightly, and ordered the team: "The weather is hot and it is almost noon, all the soldiers should take a rest in the shade and eat some food first, and then hurry forward after noon!" ”

The three thousand sergeants seemed to be waiting for this sentence, and after cheering in unison, some seized the shade of the tree, while others went to the nearby stream to wash their faces and drink water, and some even directly took out the extra-large canvas umbrella unique to Yizhou from the grain cart, stretched it out, and inserted it into the grain cart, and then sat on the ground and rested.

Huang Zhong also got off the horse, and asked the soldiers around him to fetch some water to feed his beloved horse, and at the same time, he also asked people to take a big umbrella and stick it on the ground, and then took out a folding fan to enjoy the breeze. It's just that these Yizhou sergeants, from the generals to the sergeants, do look a little lazy, but if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that all the people are actually in their hands and armor, and if there is any time, they still maintain their due battle formation.

Huang Zhong's big knife was placed beside him, and he could reach it with a single reach. But at this moment, Huang Zhong untied the gourd on his waist again, drank wine seemingly casually, and ate the canned cooked food opened by his own soldiers...... Don't be surprised, Yizhou has glass, aluminum, tin, rubber, and most importantly, Lu Ren and Shirley, the two golden fingers, if you can't even make this thing, it would be too inferior.

Old Huang Zhong sat there eating and drinking, but the guide officer on the side was a little anxious, hesitated for a moment and came to Huang Zhong's side and saluted respectfully: "Old general, I admire your martial arts from the bottom of my heart, but this is close to the hateful Abu clan, these people can do everything, and often rob the property of passers-by, especially the children of the Han people, and often kill them after robbing."

"You are escorting so much food and property, the Abu clan will definitely salivate when they hear about it, and send people out to snatch it. They have more than 10,000 clansmen, and you only have 3,000 people, and there are nearly 1,000 craftsmen among these 3,000 people, so I am afraid that they will be outnumbered. Looking at it below, before the Abu clan didn't find out, let's hurry forward a little longer, wait until we reach the three-fork road, and then take another way to go to Brother Deng. ”

Huang Zhong grinned: "It's okay, it's okay!" If he dares to come, with the knife in the old man's hand, how many people will die when he comes. Also, if you go to the Three Forks and take his way to Elle, it seems like the journey will take three days, right? The old man didn't want to take these unjust roads, so the old man would take the avenue directly, directly from the edge of the village of the Abu clan. ”

"Old general, this ......"

Huang Zhong waved his hand and asked the guide officer to flash aside first, eating and drinking by himself. The team rested for a while, and seeing that the sun was no longer so poisonous, Huang Zhong ordered all the troops to return to their places and go on the road again. However, Huang Zhong also gave an order to the team before leaving, that is, the whole army should take strict precautions. The guide was very helpless when he couldn't persuade Huang Zhong, so he had to follow Huang Zhong's horse.

However, it was said that Huang Zhong was so swaggering, and someone from the Abu clan had already reported the news to the patriarch of the Abu clan. The patriarch of the Abu clan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly gathered the elders of the clan to discuss the matter.

Speaking of the situation, these elders talked a lot, and the loudest among them was naturally Abubei, who had suffered a loss at the hands of Deng Ai:

"Patriarch, don't think about it, immediately gather five thousand clan soldiers to snatch these food and property!"

The patriarch of the Abu clan frowned and shouted to Abubei, "You shut up for me!" The elders of the clan haven't opened their mouths yet, and it's not your turn to scream here! ”

Ah Bubei lowered his head with some resentment. He has always held a grudge against the Meng Huo clan last time, and he has wanted the head of the Abu clan to send troops to attack the Meng Huo clan many times during this time, but he was scolded back by the head of the Abu clan. In fact, according to the unwritten rules among the southern and central tribes in the past few decades, as long as the various tribes have handed over enough food and property, the Abu tribe has no reason to attack these tribes. Moreover, although the strength of the Meng Shu clan is weak, if they are forced to resist desperately, the Abu clan will definitely suffer great losses. As the patriarch of the Abu clan, coupled with the unanimous opposition of the elders in the clan, it is natural not to allow too much loss to the clansmen.

Looking at the patriarch of the Abu clan for a while, his eyes drifted to an elder in his forties, and asked, "Elder, you often go to the Jiaozhou area to trade with the Han people, do you think we can't grab this grain?" ”

The elder who was questioned thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "Patriarch, this grain can't be grabbed!" ”

"Why?"

The elder said, "Because we cannot afford to provoke the owners of these grains and goods." In the past, we looted food and property, and their owners were just some small surrounding tribes, or large families in Shuzhong and Jiaozhou, even if they were robbed, they had no strength to retaliate, so there would be no harm to our people. But this time, the owner of the grain and property is Yizhou Mu Lu Ren......"

Ah Bubei shouted unknowingly: "What's wrong with Lu Ren!?" ”

The patriarch and the elder glared at Abubei together, and they lowered their heads at that time. After the patriarch snorted, he motioned for the elder to continue, and the elder continued: "This Lu Ren is a candidate, and the people under his rule are hundreds of thousands, and the soldiers are full of food. As far as I know, he has defeated Jiaozhou Shixie and Dongwu Sun Quan before, and such a person is not easy to mess with. If we provoke him to anger and provoke him to send troops to retaliate, our clan will definitely not be able to resist him. ”

Abubei shouted: "What are you afraid of! This is our land, and his Yizhou is so far away. Besides, how many times have we defeated the Han army over the years, so why should we be afraid of a mere Lu Ren? I don't think there's any need to discuss anything, just gather the clan soldiers and rob them immediately, and if we continue to discuss, I'm afraid that they will pass. ”

Some people echoed Abubei and said that they were going to snatch the grain and grass escorted by Huang Zhong, but they were silenced by the patriarch of the Abu clan one by one. Next, the patriarch of the Abu clan asked another elder, "During this time, you went to investigate Deng Ai's cottage next to the Meng Huo clan, did you find anything?" ”

The elder said: "Patriarch, I agree with the elder's opinion, Lu Ren's grain and grass and property must not be robbed!" During this time, I personally went to investigate Deng Ai's cottage, and I felt that its village was unusually strong, and it would be difficult to attack it even if I brought 5,000 people. Lu Ren's soldiers and horses are different from those Han soldiers and horses we have defeated in the past, and it can be said that all of them are warriors, unlike the Han soldiers who ran away as soon as they hit and ran before. ”

The patriarch of the Abu clan fell silent, but Abubei shouted again: "Then let these grains and belongings be sent to Deng Ai?" Meng Huo must have secretly made an alliance with Deng Ai to help Meng Huo's family grow stronger. At that time, the Meng Huo clan will no longer pay tribute to our clan, and maybe they will borrow troops from Lu Ren to attack us! ”

All were silent. Although Ah Bubei hates it, what he said does have some truth. However, a moment later, an elder said to Ah Bubei: "As far as I know, the last time you went to the Meng Huo clan to collect offerings, you used to want to rob Deng Ai's cattle, right?" As a result, the cow was not grabbed, but Deng Ai was scared back, and he almost couldn't even receive the offering of the Meng Shu clan, and then Deng Ai asked you to bring the offering back to the clan? ”

Ah Bubei's face darkened, but he could only nod.

The elder said, "I was told that Lu Ren sent Deng Ai here just to teach the Meng Huo clan how to farm, and at the same time let the Meng Huo clan grow some crops that could be traded with him, but he was not willing to get involved in the dispute between the two clans. In my opinion, Lu Ren just regarded Meng Shu as a farmer who could easily buy our Nanzhong specialties, and he didn't want to care about the rest.

"If he really wants to help Meng Huo, where will he let you bring these offerings back? To put it bluntly, Lu Ren also doesn't want to make a feud with our clan, so he will cut off the trade with Nanzhong. I thought about Lu Ren's strength carefully, since he didn't come to provoke us, why should we make enemies with him? Again, this Lu Ren is not something my clan can afford to provoke. ”

Abubei said, "Then, why doesn't Lu Ren trade with our clan?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present rolled their eyes at Ah Bubei. The Abu clan occupies the most fertile land in this area, coupled with the prosperity of the people, the grain production is completely self-sufficient, and they will collect a large amount of worship from the surrounding small clans every year, relatively speaking, they are like the landlords of the land, and there is no need to bring a lot of Nanban products to the mutual market every year in order to make a living, and trade back a large amount of grain to support the clansmen.

It is precisely because of this that the Abu clan has less mutual market contacts with the address, and even if they go to the address to trade in the market, they are mostly engaged in all kinds of hobbies and luxury goods, and there are few general daily necessities and production tools. Your trading volume is pitiful, and people certainly won't care what you do here.

The patriarch of the Abu clan was really a little angry with Abubei, and after glaring at him, he ordered: "I have made up my mind, we can't be enemies with a powerful person like Lu Ren, so these grains can't be robbed, just let them pass through the avenue." Elder, you often go to the mutual market, and you know better how the Han people are, would you like to go and talk to this visitor as an envoy of our clan? It's best to be able to find out some details. Well...... Let's treat it as a hospitable gift to our people. ”

The elder nodded in agreement and went out to get ready to go...... (To be continued.) )