Chapter 119 No Front Flying Army

"The villain's name is Wang Yu. Although the villain is from Yongchang, he is from Han. He has also read and wrote poems since he was a child. He is now a meritorious Cao of Yongchang County. He also lived with the barbarians for a long time, so he was entrusted by the barbarian king to come to Yizhou!" Wang Yu explained. Only then did Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang understand. Zhao Feng even knew that Wang Yu was once the governor of Yongchang in history. At the time of Meng Huo's rebellion, it was he who led his troops to defend Yongchang County. Now he is just a small meritorious Cao, but he has become a messenger for Nanman.

"Why is this when you come down?" Zhao Feng asked, Wang Yu just talked about what happened when he came to Chengdu. It turned out that since Meng was killed in Jingnan two years ago, Gao Ding and Yang Feng moved to Jingnan. The rest of the departments in the south were asked Yan Yan to take advantage of the danger, and many smaller tribes were even extinct. After Yan Yan withdrew his troops, these tribes were still fighting with each other because of Meng Huo's death. Meng You, the land of Meng Huo, who inherited the position of Meng Huo's patriarch, and Meng Huo's widow, Mrs. Zhu Rong, were unable to invade Jingnan to find Yang Feng and Gao Ding to settle accounts, so they could only take the small tribes in Nanzhong to fight. As a result, the rest of the southern central ministries were forced to unite to resist Meng You. This melee has come to now, but Meng You can't stand it anymore. Not to mention that all farming, fishing and hunting have stagnated, and more than half of the young and middle-aged people have died in the war. In addition, this year's annual growth is not good, and a large number of farmland has no harvest, and they are almost extinct.

At this time, Meng Jie, the eldest brother of Meng Huo, who had been a director for a long time, was elected by his people to replace the belligerent Meng You as the patriarch. Meng Jie knew very well the thoughts of the clan, and knew that his tribe was in danger of collapse. As soon as he took over as the patriarch, he immediately contacted Yang Feng and expressed his willingness to give up the position of the leader of Nanzhong, which was succeeded by his own clan for generations. At the same time, Meng Jie also lowered his posture to seek peace with other hostile tribes. At the same time, Meng You sent people to find Wang Yu, who has a certain prestige in the south, hoping that he can come to Chengdu as an envoy of the barbarian department in the south, and ask Liu Zhang to give him grain and rice to solve the urgent needs of the south. The news in Nanzhong was blocked. When Wang Yu came to Yizhou, he learned that Xichuan had changed and Liu Zhang had step down. However, considering that hundreds of thousands of people are concerned with the life and death of people, Wang Yu still bravely came to see Zhao Feng.

"So that's it!" Zhao Feng looked at Meng Jie's handwritten letter, and then handed it to Zhuge Liang and Huang Quan. The three of them saw the same intention from each other's eyes: take this as a good opportunity to control Nanzhong in one fell swoop.

From Wang Yu's mouth, Zhao Feng figured out that Nanzhong was not all barbarians, and there were also a small number of Han people living there, but there were more barbarians. However, it's normal to think about it. If there are more Han people than barbarians, how can the barbarians be so bad with the assimilation ability of the Han nation for a long time? To understand this point, Zhao Feng is more confident in the governance of Nanzhong.

At present, under the suggestion of Zhuge Liang, first of all, from the 200,000 construction regiments of hoarding and Zhudi, 100,000 Nanxia Yongchang and Xinggu counties were drawn out to carry out military camps, and then the official school was set up to teach the Chinese characters and teach the art of the southerners. At the same time, grain and grass were drawn from Jiaozhou and Yizhou to solve the urgent needs. And in Xinggu and Wuling counties, a large-scale exchange market, barbarians exchanged leather goods, copper, iron ores, tea, medicinal materials, gold, silver and jade for various civilian materials, including grain and agricultural tools. At the same time, they encouraged the Han people to marry the barbarians.

"In this way, or twenty or fifty years, the southerners will be assimilated. If there is no tyranny, it will not be a disaster!" After reading these policies, Zhao Feng was also quite impressed. You can't force these barbarians to become completely the same as the Han people, but don't look for trouble and be the enemy of the Han people. It's enough to be able to pay taxes.

"Although I'm a little eager for quick success, I'm still thinking that the Northern Expedition is coming. If the southerners' defense is unstable, what can I do?" Zhuge Liang waved the feather fan gently and frowned slightly.

"Kong Ming, what can you do to deal with this?" Zhao Feng knew that Zhuge Liang would not be aimless, and he should have had corresponding countermeasures.

"It's nothing more than imitating the old law of the general. In this way, how about recruiting barbarians to join the army in Yuejia County immediately?" Zhuge Liang thought for a thought and then proposed.

"This plan is very good. The southerners are in trouble because of the lack of food and clothing. After all, ambitious people like Meng Huo are in the minority. If you can recruit people to join the army, first, the southern middle school can be calmed down, and second, these barbarians are brave and good at fighting. If they can fight for the army, they are quite extraordinary!" Huang Quan thought about it and was also very in favor of it. Zhao Feng also understood that since ancient times, poor mountains and evil waters have come out of unruly people, and most of the mountain people are brave and good at fighting. The famous Danyang elite soldiers and pole camps in history are all from mountainous areas. These fishing and hunting nations are obviously better than the farming nation in terms of physical fitness and combative spirit.

"It's good, but Kong Ming, we don't have much food and fodder left." Zhao Feng was a little worried. Although Yizhou was rich, there was little food and fodder left after the war. As for Hanzhong, it is barely self-sufficient.

"This year's first recruitment, there is no need to be too much, just recruit thousands of people. Just start this first river, and say that if you need it later, you can go to recruit!" Zhuge Liang thought for a time. Zhao Feng had no responsibility and ordered someone to find Yan Yan and Zhang Ren to discuss. They also felt that this method was very good, and coincidentally expressed their willingness to lead such a group of people.

"I'm just recruiting thousands of people. Why do I need to work for you two?" Zhao Feng said with a smile. After thinking about it, Zhao Feng decided that Wang Ping would still be the leader of this new army. Historically, he and Zhang Ni successively served as the leaders of the Wudang Flying Army.

"If so, what number should this army have?" Huang Quan saw that it was a foresight to form a barbarian army, so he quickly asked. Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and finally Zhuge Liang said, "The previous one has a non-flying army, which is composed of the Wuling barbarians; this man and horse is called a non-emptive flying army!"

"No forward flight, good!" Zhao Feng also thought that the name was good. Now he ordered Li Hui, the governor of Yuejia, to start to arrange this matter. In addition, Wang Yu was appointed as the governor of Yongchang, Meng Jie as the governor of Yunnan, and Zhu Bao, a local Han man, as the governor of Xinggu, temporarily guarded the three counties of Nanzhong.

Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang did not expect that the Southern Central Barbarian Department was extremely enthusiastic about recruiting troops. Since ancient times, there has been a deep conflict between the southerners and the barbarians, and there has never been a recruitment of barbarians to join the army. Now Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng have set the lead. For a while, there were barbarians and onlookers, but more of them were enthusiastic participants. After all, the southerners live a very hard life because their farming skills are far inferior to those of the Han people. Now once I join the army, the military salary is very good, and I am immediately moved by it. Originally, I only thought I could recruit three or four thousand, but when the recruitment ended at the end of autumn, it turned out that more than 8,000 people had been recruited. Zhao Feng ordered the reading ability of these 8,000 people to be compiled into a division, which was compiled and trained by General Wang Ping, the governor of Zitong.

"It's really a rare elite!" Looking at the unprecedented flying army that has been trained for a month, its combat effectiveness is more than that of the Sichuan army. Although most of Wang Ping's training methods are still learned from Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang, this group of people is much stronger than the Sichuan Army who has been trained for many years due to their outstanding physical fitness. This is like the same coach teaching Africans and yellows to sprint. No matter how much the latter teaches, he can't practice that black meat. There is no way. This is talent and can't be practiced.

"These elite soldiers can be comparable to the Shanyue army and the Wudang flying army. I'm afraid even the Danyang elite soldiers will be slightly inferior." Ma Qian, who came to watch together, also sighed.

"There are many mountains in the river. This man is good at walking on mountain roads. If he can suddenly cross the mountains and attack the customs unexpectedly during the fierce battle, he may achieve unexpected results!" Zhuge Liang is also full of confidence. In history, more than a dozen Northern Expeditions to Qishan in the Shu Han Dynasty returned without success, but now most of Cao Qian's attention is contained in the area of the Central Plains and Jingzhou. Although the guard in Guanzhong is tight, it is still worse than that in the Central Plains.

" By the way, Kong Ming, when will your wife enter Sichuan?" After watching the training of the former flying army on this day, Zhao Feng suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang.

"My wife will enter the river next month. What's the matter with the general?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"I'm thinking that the crossbow your wife showed me last time in Hanshou, if it could be equipped with this for our pedacles, wouldn't it be like a tiger adding wings?" Zhao Feng said leisurely. In history, in the case of a serious shortage of cavalry, Shu Han was able to fight with Cao Wei for more than 40 years, and also made successive northern expeditions to the Central Plains, relying on this crossbow.

"That's true. The Sichuan Army and the Hanzhong Army still have 150,000 after the general's disarmament and streamlining. However, the 150,000 Sichuan troops and the cavalry were less than 7,000. There are still three thousand of them, which are the Xiliang Iron Horse that General Zilong has just trained. However, Xia Houyuan in Guanzhong has at least 30,000 iron riders under his command. It's too hard to compete with it with a stepman!" Zhuge Liang also sighed.

"So I'm going to gather the craftsmen and build this crossbow. Of course, the manufacturing method of this crossbow needs to be strictly confidential. Zhao Feng thought for a thought. As for how to keep it secret, it is natural to carry out assembly line production, and this thing must not fall into the hands of Cao Jun.

"It should be like this!" Zhuge highlighted his head, and then wrote a letter urging his wife to come as soon as possible. Zhao Feng looked at Zhuge Liang, who wrote the letter, but remembered that his wife was still in Hanshou, and he had not seen him for almost two years. I don't know if my son has learned to speak now. What will happen when he sees him? Will he recognize him? Finally, Liu Bei was a little considerate of himself. He did not leave all his wives and children as hostages, and agreed to let Zhen Mi and Diao Chan come to Xichuan to accompany him. However, she can't enter Sichuan until the affairs of the Zhen family are over. It's really uncomfortable to think that I have always been together with my wife for so many years.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also sighed. After finishing his official business with Zhuge Liang, Zhao Feng told A Liang to pay attention to his health, and he returned to his home in Chengdu. This house is the one built by Liu Yan in the past, which is far more magnificent than the Hanning Marquis's Mansion in Nanzheng Zhanglu. After he entered Xichuan, the house was justly inherited by Zhao Yun, the current governor of Hanzhong. And Zhao Yun just sent someone to inform him that he will officially marry Ma Yunlu next month.

"You Lolita!" While despising Zhao Yun's character, Zhao Feng walked into Xiao Qiao's room. As soon as I entered the door, I heard a faint sigh from inside. It was Xiao Qiao's.

(to be continued)