Yizhou.
The next day, Himihu ordered Taiyu to signify his formal surrender to the Han Dynasty. From now on, both parties will be kings and ministers.
In order to eliminate the Gonu Kingdom as soon as possible, Himihu and Taiyu left Yizhou quickly without stopping.
Liu Mang did not expect that his nonsense would lead to one more younger brother surrounding Cao Wei.
"Xingba, is there any way for the brothers to cross the sea and get in touch with the Shanyue people?"
"I have not forgotten Cheng Wu. This boy endured the humiliation and led Shan Yue to fight against Sun Quan."
"If he hadn't been willing to stay in Shanyue, I'm afraid Sun Quan would have killed them all."
Liu Mang never forgot the food that went to Jingzhou, and he regarded Cheng Wu as a confidant.
Cheng Wu's life was far from as easy as he imagined, but for Liu Mang's sake, he fought against all odds to transport grain to Jingzhou.
Now that Liu Mang has calmed down, let him help Cheng Wu.
Gan Ning nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, our ship-managing skills guarantee that we will see General Cheng as soon as possible!"
"I will handle this matter personally. Your Highness, Shanyue is inside and Yizhou is outside..."
"As long as we destroy Cao Wei, we will also directly surround Sun Wu!"
Liu Mang obviously nodded and praised: "Yes, Xingba is also good at using his brain!"
Gan Ning chuckled. He was just used to following Liu Mang's orders and didn't like to think about these things carefully.
"Cheng Wu is loyal to me, so I naturally want to repay him."
"Send the navy over and get in touch with him. The land of Yizhou is thousands of miles fertile and wild, and it is enough to feed the army."
"In the future, any remaining food can be given to Shanyue."
Gan Ning nodded and agreed that the Yizhou card should not be played easily and let Sun Quan and others know about it.
Even if they are transporting food, they have to take a detour and return to the normal route.
Therefore, the main force harassing Sun Quan's rear was still the Shanyue people.
At least until the Shu Han overthrows Cao Wei, nothing can happen to Shan Yue.
…
Mountains and mountains.
Cheng Wu went to work in the fields himself. He only left the food for the people for the winter, and the rest was used to support Jingzhou.
In Mi's caravan, he had great powers and used his super powers to bribe officials in Soochow, so that the Shanyue people could get food to tide over the crisis.
At least the journey from Jiaozhou to Shanyue is much shorter than going to Jingzhou.
"Boss, it's the beginning of summer soon, and those Soochow thieves may come to us again to catch young men!"
Cheng Wu nodded. The situation in Shanyue has become increasingly serious in recent years.
Although Sun Quan was an amateur in foreign wars, he was very expert in civil wars.
I only do three things in my life, eat, sleep, and hike mountains.
Suffering from backward weapons and equipment, the Shanyue people only had weapons but no armor.
If they can't kill the Wu army with one blow, they will be mercilessly slaughtered by the Wu army.
Cheng Wu always relied on the continuous mountains to escape the pursuit of Sun Quan of Soochow.
But his people obviously weren't so lucky.
All men and women were taken away.
Men were either exiled to the army or forced into corvee service.
Women are even worse. If they are beautiful, they will become the playthings of dignitaries.
If the appearance is worse, it will become a fertility machine for the people of Soochow.
Buying a Shanyue wife as a wife only costs two hundred cents.
For the relatively wealthy people of Soochow, it has become a habit to sell a Shanyue person as a concubine.
Seeing his tribesmen being used as goods, Cheng Wu was very worried.
But he doesn't have the brains of Liu Mang, nor the bravery of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao Yun.
"They are using us to train troops."
"The so-called famous generals of Soochow all made their fortunes by beating us."
"Damn it! Even if I have a thousand pairs of armor, I dare to fight them!"
Cheng Wu cursed angrily, despite the vast power of Mi's caravan, the armor was still unable to be sold to Shan Yue.
Those Soochow officials could turn a blind eye to other goods, but only the armor checked rigorously.
As long as it is discovered, it will be deducted directly without any ambiguity.
It's just that Soochow had Zhang Liang's plan, and Shu Han had a ladder.
Although Zhuge Liang was far away in Chang'an, he often paid attention to the movements of Sun Quan's side.
Especially for Cheng Wu's hidden chess, Zhuge Wolong quickly thought of a way to solve the matter.
This time, Mi's caravan brought not only food, but also a large amount of pig iron and hundreds of strong men.
"My lord, what do you mean by this? My subordinates are lacking everything except people."
Even though they were robbed by Sun Quan, Shanyue still had a large population.
"General Cheng, what the Prime Minister gave you was not a human being, but an armor!"
"Armor?"
"These are military craftsmen who are best at smelting iron and armor!"
Cheng Wu was overjoyed when he heard this. No wonder Mi's caravan brought so much pig iron this time!
"Thank you, Prime Minister! Could you please go back and thank the Prime Minister for me?"
Cheng Wu was excited. The Shanyue people were brave and good at fighting, and they were not afraid of death. They just suffered from the equipment gap.
Now that we have these blacksmiths, when the Soochow dog thieves come to rob people again, we must give them a surprise!
"By the way, how are you, Your Highness?"
"Don't worry, General. His Highness is leading the army to act in secret. We don't know what he is going to do specifically."
The businessman whispered: "Your Highness has never forgotten the general!"
Cheng Wu felt warm in his heart. After all these years, he had given up his high-ranking official position in the Han Dynasty and came to Shanyue to fight against Sun Quan. He had been waiting for Liu Mang's words. ,
"General, I can't stay in Shangoe for too long!"
"Sir, walk slowly!"
After seeing off Mi's caravan, Cheng Wu regained his composure and became the King of Shanyue that everyone feared.
"Sun Quan, when His Highness overthrows Cao Wei, it will be time for you and me to settle old scores!"
"The blood of my son, Shangyue, will never be shed in vain!"
…
Xuzhou, Taishan County.
Zang Ba was pacing around, he was having a hard time this year.
Although the cowpox vaccine provided by Liu Mang saved the Taishan bandits from smallpox, most of Xuzhou's territory was lost.
We can no longer let our brothers go and rob our homes.
"Sir...our army is short of food now. What should we do?"
Zang Ba can only place his hope in Liao Li, after all, the latter is Liu Mang's man.
"The general's words are wrong. Xuzhou and Jingzhou are far apart. Even if we really transport grain, we may be intercepted by Cao Pi."
"The general was a Taishan thief before, how could he forget his old profession of robbing homes and houses?"
After hearing what Liao Li said, Zang Ba frowned, "A certain person was already the governor of Xuzhou before, but now he wants to rob. Wouldn't he be laughed at by others?"
At this time, Liao Li recalled the story Liu Mang once told them - water in Liangshan!
"General, why don't you do justice for heaven?"
"We do not rob ordinary people, only those corrupt officials!"
"As far as I know, Cao Wei's officialdom is not clean! Generals can win over people's hearts and minds to gain more people's support!"
"Besides, Mount Tai is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if Cao Pi does attack, he may not be able to do anything to me!"
When Zang Ba heard this, his eyes shone brightly, "Isn't this a righteous thief? Sir, you are indeed a great talent!"
"Come here, make me a big flag, we Taishan thieves must uphold justice for heaven!"
