What Huan Wen is really worried about is not the weak Beifunan people in front of him.
He shook his head and then said seriously.
"Haven't you ever thought about why there was no response from the previous owners of these northern Funan people, those Funan dynasties in the northwest?"
After hearing Huan Wen's words, everyone started to make wild guesses.
It has been almost a year since they broke out from Piao Kingdom.
In such a long time, they have turned the entire Northern Funan Kingdom upside down.
But the Funan dynasty in the north, the 'master' that the people of northern Funan had been talking about before, has yet to send any decent reinforcements.
"I have heard that the Funan Dynasty was also an emerging country. Its king, Hongyi, was powerful and occupied a state and county land almost as large as the Central Plains."
"A country with such a rich heritage has been slow to respond to us. Don't you think it's strange?"
When Yang Wanmo and others heard this, their expressions changed.
They are not fools, so they can naturally imagine how strange this matter is.
To the Funan Dynasty, they were complete invaders.
It was equivalent to the Central Plains Dynasty being invaded and occupied by a group of grassland nomadic bandits in the frontier counties, but the Luoyang court was slow to respond.
Neither troops were sent to encircle or suppress the enemy, nor envoys were sent to question them and ask them to surrender.
It was really beyond the scope of Yang Wanmo's conjecture.
"General, what should we do?"
Yang Wanmo immediately asked politely.
"What should we do? If we don't understand the reason behind this, who knows what to do? We are all new here, and our words and attitudes are different. Who knows if these people from Beifunan are respectful on the surface, but secretly planning something big?"
Huan Wen's words immediately woke everyone up.
"Oh! What the general said makes sense!"
"I'm just telling you, how can there be such a coward in the world? If he wants to kill, he will stick out his neck, and if he wants to beat, he will hand him a whip. He must be holding back some bad water!"
"Yes, yes, these people from Beifunan must have hidden evil intentions. They want to paralyze us and then do something internal!"
Suddenly, the generals who were still praising the North Funan people for their loyalty and obedience turned into detectives and saw through the conspiracy and conspiracy of the North Funan people and the Funan people.
"Yes, I think so too!"
Huan Wen nodded with satisfaction and continued.
"Now that the enemy is in the dark, I am in the open, and we are at a numerical disadvantage. We must not easily divide our troops and garrison them in various cities!"
"Even if we really want to establish a garrison and enfeoff the land, we still need to find out the true and false status of the Funan people, figure out their conspiracy with the northern Funan people, and then find a way to come up with strategies to deal with it."
"Before there is any foolproof plan, we must join forces and be ready to face unknown enemies at any time!"
Only then did the generals understand Huan Wen's good intentions.
It turns out it's all for everyone's safety.
It's a pity that they themselves were blinded by the benefits, and they actually began to resent Huan Wen for refusing to share the benefits of the conquest with them.
"General, we are willing to continue to obey orders. As long as there are orders, we will definitely follow them to the end!"
"Yes, General, as long as the threat from King Funan is eliminated, we are willing to stay with you!"
Hearing these people's expressions of loyalty, Huan Wen looked moved, but secretly despised in his heart.
These abominable Bai Puzi, Hao Ting, they talk about, but actually they still use these words to remind themselves.
As long as the threat of King Funan is eliminated, they will continue to divide the feudal lords.
"Okay, okay!"
"I am very pleased that you have such thoughtful thoughts!"
Huan Wen and everyone seemed to understand each other, so they just listened to him continue to speak.
"The current plan is to strictly investigate the thieves hidden among the people of Beifunan."
"General, how do we investigate this?" Yang Wanmo asked.
"It's not difficult to say. We have occupied all the territory of the North Funan people. Starting from tomorrow, we will formulate the tax and corvee for each city and place. Each family must contribute manpower and material resources!"
"Whoever refuses to obey orders must be a collaborator1"
Huan Wen then elaborated on his thoughts.
After listening, everyone took a breath.
Because according to Huan Wen's plan, the taxes and corvees collected were not generally high.
That is quite high!
The heavy taxes and taxes imposed by the Jin Dynasty of the Sima family in Guanzhong were nothing compared to Huan Wen.
"General, isn't this going a little too far? Isn't it going to turn the people of North and Funan into rebels?"
"Rebel? Haha, I just want them to rebel!" Huan Wen said proudly.
"The enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, so we must try to find the thief in the dark. If we can't find it, then find and kill those who have the courage to rebel!"
"Since you dare to rebel, it means you are a potential enemy!"
Huan Wen's move to lure the snake out of the hole was to force almost half of the people in Beifunan to rebel.
Then, he planned to use the method of killing one person as a warning to others, and then the remaining people in Beifunan would obey his orders.
After all, during this conquest, apart from showing their strength at the beginning, the Beifunan people at the rest of the time had no idea how tough they were.
"Besides this, I also want to send someone to see King Funan!" Huan Wen smiled mysteriously.
"Meeting that King Funan? What does this mean?"
"Of course I'm going to ask for a reward!"
"Asking for a reward? How can a barbarian monarch deserve it?"
After hearing Huan Wen's words, Yang Wanmo and others all screamed.
Although they are regarded as barbarians by the Central Plains people.
But in front of these Central and South Beifunan people, Yang Wanmo and the others felt that they were all from the upper state.
How can anyone from a high state go to a barbarian monarch to ask for a reward?
Even if this barbarian monarch occupies a larger territory, has more troops under his command, and has more treasures, it will not change the fact that he is a barbarian monarch.
"Haha, now that the time and place are favorable, we only occupy Renhe, and we don't want to think of ways to test King Funan. How can we do that?" Huan Wen said nonchalantly.
He was at the end of his rope, and those who had surrendered to the Hulu didn't care much about these things.
"General, aren't you afraid that the Emperor will blame you?"
"Emperor? Where does the emperor come from? The emperor who is thousands of miles away has the ability to restrain us. As long as we pay tribute to gold and silver treasures, the emperor in Luoyang will not care."
Huan Wen felt that as long as the interests were appropriate, Liu Yu would not come to investigate because of this trivial matter.
Soon, Huan Wen organized a team of envoys and headed towards the Funan Dynasty in the northwest with a group of people.
The mission of their group was to test the attitude and reality of the Funan people.
At this time, the Funan Dynasty had already known about the [Barbarian Invasion] that occurred in the land of the Funan people in the east and north.
However, the entire Funan Dynasty had no intention of paying attention at this time.
Another group of barbarians, who can be called the enemy to destroy the country, are about to come from the northwest of the empire.
The city of Vaishali in the central and southern part of the country.
This was the capital of the emerging Funan Dynasty and the place where Buddhism flourished in Central and South China.
The founding monarch of the Funan Dynasty, Ron Funan, known as the 'King of Kings', also known as Funan I, was standing in the luxurious palace and was discussing major issues related to the fate of the kingdom with his princes and ministers.
"Honorable King, the once extremely powerful Funan people were unable to withstand the sudden invasion of the northern barbarians. Funannia in the north has fallen, and their king was killed by the barbarians. I heard that the head It was also made into a drinking cup for barbarian leaders!”
An old man from Central China with a gray beard and a tall nose and deep eyes was telling Ron Funan the news he had just received.
"The Funan people have always been our enemies. Now they are invaded by barbarians. This is retribution for their past sins. We should refuse their request for help. Not only that, we should also send troops to block the mountain passes and roads in the northwest to prevent them from invading and looting. .”
Another pot-bellied minister spoke first.
As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the approval of most people.
Even Ron Funan I, who is on the throne, also thinks it makes sense.
"Your Majesty, although the Funan people have long been divided and are no longer as strong as before, they are definitely not that weak. Funannia was conquered so easily, which shows how powerful the new barbarians are!"
As the wisest prime minister of the Funan Dynasty, the words of the gray-bearded old man immediately aroused the vigilance of the 'King of Kings'.
"You mean, these barbarians can destroy the Funanians, so they can also threaten us?" Ron Funan said with a frown.
"Yes, Your Majesty, if the people of Funan can bow down and ask for rescue, then a very powerful enemy must have appeared. Over the years, we and Xia Funan have been at war and have been unable to conquer each other. A person who can make the people of Funan fear Enemies, we must also be alert," the old prime minister said.
"How can it be so scary! I think the people from Xiafunan must have committed too many sins and are afraid that they will not be protected by the pagoda, so they are guilty. Those barbarians can only be arrogant for a while, and there is no way they can threaten us. We only see Funaniya and Lower Funan, but there is also Funansha!"
Another deputy prime minister of the Funan Dynasty expressed a different opinion.
"Your Majesty, not only cannot rescue the Funan people, but you should also take advantage of the opportunity to send troops to eliminate Xia Funan. Only by eliminating Xia Funan can you be regarded as the protector of the whole world."
The people of the Funan Kingdom hated the Funan people so much that most people were not willing to send troops to help them.
After all, the place occupied by the Funan people now was the territory of their ancestors.
Although the territory of the ancestors of the Funan Kingdom was also snatched away, it was still a matter of hundreds of years of grudges between the two sides.
Soon the entire palace was divided into two groups with distinct attitudes.
The group headed by the old prime minister all agreed to put aside past grudges and help the Funan people resist the new barbarians.
In fact, there is no need for the Funan Dynasty to send troops to help at all. The Funan people only need to stop the war on the border between the two sides and send most of their troops back to help. They should be able to repel the barbarians in the north.
After all, the northwest of the Central and South Continent is the most evil place. Almost every few years, some barbarians with unknown origins will appear and invade.
Under normal circumstances, Funan people can always find ways to resolve them.
If it is an unusual situation, that is, a situation that cannot be resolved, then you can only become the conquered.
The last time this happened was more than a hundred years ago, when the ancestors of the Funan people invaded as barbarians.
"If the Funan people didn't have a conspiracy, I think the water in the holy river would flow back!" The deputy prime minister immediately objected.
Another group advocates "taking advantage of his illness to kill him", led by the deputy prime minister.
"The Funan people have been fighting with us for so many years, but they cannot be eliminated by us. Is it because our warriors from the Funan Kingdom are not brave enough?"
“Is it that the noble King of kings is not wise enough?”
"Or is it that our Funan Kingdom has lost the blessing of the gods?"
The deputy prime minister said loudly with spittle flying around.
"Not at all!"
"The only reason is that the Funan people relied on strong force to resist the invincible army of our Funan Kingdom!"
"How could such a powerful Funan army not be able to resist some barbarians emerging from the north?"
"There must be an ulterior conspiracy, or they are having civil strife and are afraid of our attack!"
The deputy prime minister's words were obviously more popular, and everyone echoed them.
"But the kings of Funannia have had their heads chopped off by barbarians and used as wine glasses. Doesn't this show how powerful the barbarians are?" the old prime minister said with some dissatisfaction.
"Among the three Funan people after the split, only this Funanian is the weakest. It is not surprising that he was killed. The threat of lower Funan is the most important."
In the debate between the two groups, there was no doubt about the military strength of the Xia Funan people.
Even the cautious old prime minister was just afraid that the newly arrived barbarians would conquer the Funan people and then go south to plunder without their lives.
Although the warriors of the Funan Dynasty are not afraid, it will affect the kingdom's preparations for war against the Wujiayin people in the south.
Only by defeating the Ujjain people in the south can the Funan Dynasty truly return to the grand occasion of the Mauryan Dynasty's domination of the world.
And once the Funan people become another new threat, all this will be broken.
"The Funan people have been our enemies for many years. Now we have encountered a stronger enemy. This is just a punishment from the gods!"
Ron Funan I, who listened to the debate for most of the day, finally made the final decision.
"So, I have decided that I will not agree to the Funan people's request for help, nor will I allow them to enter our territory to take refuge in the future!"
When the deputy prime minister and others heard this, they immediately became happy.
They all thought Ron Funan was going to start a war against the Funan people.
But he didn't expect that Ron Funan would say again.
"However, I will not take advantage of the situation to rob the Funan people at this time, and send people to tell the king of the Funan people that as long as he is willing to return the invaded Naga land to us, then I will ensure the peace of the border."
"This truce agreement will last until the Funan people repel the barbarians!"
After hearing this, people from both groups were greatly puzzled.
They neither agreed to send troops to rescue nor take advantage of the situation, but they claimed the previously occupied land.
The whole process is unpleasant on both sides!
Either lend a helping hand, and then the two countries take the opportunity to make amends.
Either do it absolutely and directly send troops to attack the Funan people. If you attack casually, you will get more benefits than the Naga people's land. Ron Funan was not stupid, he just wanted to make sure again.
Let's see if the Funan people have really encountered an enemy that is difficult to deal with. If Funan obediently gives up the Naga people's land, it shows the seriousness of the problem.
Two days later, a delegation from the Funan Dynasty was ready to set off.
They will go to the land of the Funan people to proclaim King Funan’s gift of peace.
People all over Funan capital poured into the streets happily.
Although it was just an envoy, it was already regarded as an incomparable victory by the three brothers of the Funan Kingdom.
The Funan Empire, which once dominated the vast land from the Hezhong Grassland to the Zhongnan River, will soon fall at the feet of the Funan Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the Funan people can't even resist a new wave of barbarians. It seems that it won't take long to completely regain the land east of the Zhongnan River."
The deputy prime minister accompanying King Funan said with a smile.
"Yes, once we conquer the inferior people in the south, we will immediately prepare to completely conquer the Funan people!" Ron Funan made no secret of his ambition.
His gift of peace to the Funan people is only temporary.
Just as the Zhongnan people gave him the title, he will be the King of Kings.
If you don’t trample under your feet the Funan people who once oppressed them, how can you be worthy of being called the King of Kings?
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to pay more attention to the Bei Funanni to the east than the Funan people who are no longer as powerful as they used to be."
The old prime minister standing on the other side suddenly said.
Ron Funan frowned at this time, as if he remembered something that had happened for a while.
"The news from North Funannia has been completely cut off. This must mean that the barbarians from the eastern jungle have cut off road traffic, and the news from the cities in North Funan can no longer be transmitted."
The old prime minister, who has always been known as a wise man, gave an analysis to the 'King of Kings'.
In the eyes of the Funan Dynasty, the land of the North Funan people in the far east was just a newly conquered land and did not have many troops to defend it. Facing the jungle barbarians that emerged, they only needed to defend the city and wait for rescue.
Now I haven't received news from Beifunan for a long time, which shows that the barbarians are very arrogant and have cut off the roads outside the city.
Well, this is already the worst situation that the wise old prime minister can think of.
As for the possibility that all the people in Beifunan would fall, that is basically crazy talk that only a fool would believe.
How could the jungle savages from the east have such great abilities?
"That's right! Although North Funania is a newly conquered land, if reinforcements are sent at the right time, it will be another conquest!"
The wise and powerful Ron Funan added with a smile.
“And it’s a conquest of the heart.”
"First send someone to inquire about the situation and see how the people in Beifunan are doing. If the situation is not critical enough, then our reinforcements will have to move slower."
Ron Funan I's words immediately made the old prime minister smile knowingly.
Using foreign enemies to remove the influence of local princes is also a common ruling method among the Central and Southern people.
Later, King Funan ordered people to inquire about the situation in Northern Funannia.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the intelligence, King Funan ordered the old prime minister to personally select the most trusted and reliable people.
After all, news about Northern Funania has been irritating and ridiculous lately.
Some untouchables who had escaped from Northern Funannia went around saying that the jungle savages had completely conquered Northern Funannia.
Thirty northern and Funan cities have all pledged their allegiance to the barbarians.
Such stupid words are being spread one after another.
King Funan was naturally very dissatisfied.
Two teams set out from the Funan Dynasty, one heading northwest and the other heading southeast.
The mission, composed of hundreds of camels and horses, finally arrived at the Funan people's territory after marching all the way.
King Nihu of Xia Funan had already sent people to prepare a grand ceremony to welcome him.
Under the deliberate groveling of the Funan people, the envoys of the Funan Dynasty proudly announced the peace request of the 'King of Kings'.
Under the current situation, the Funan people would never agree to these harsh demands.
However, the Funan people at this time all accepted it very respectfully.
Including Nihu, the king of Xiafunan, who has always had a reputation for participating in insurance and being militant, he also looked like a rare person.
Especially when King Xia Funan agreed to cede the Naga people's land without hesitation, King Funan's envoy was even more surprised.
He finally couldn't help but ask.
After hearing the envoy's doubts, Nihu, the king of Xiafunan, said with worry on his face.
“The King of Kings has given us peace, but we no longer have the means to enjoy it.”
"We have just received the latest news that the barbarians from the far north have captured Bactra, and all the Funanian troops have ceased to exist."
The envoy of King Funan was also greatly surprised when he heard this.
Since the Funan Dynasty split into three parts, the northernmost Guishangnia has Bactla as its center of rule.
Bactra is known as the world's most fortified city.
Even if the king of Funannia was killed by the newly emerged barbarians in the field, no one would have thought that Bactra would be captured so quickly.
"Oh my god, this is really shocking news. Because of this, the peace bestowed upon you by the King of Kings will definitely enable you to avoid this fate."
The envoy from King Funan said calmly.
Although the speed of the Funanian people's decline was astonishing, Funannia was far to the north of the Hinduku Stone Mountains, and the towering mountains separated the two worlds.
"There are even worse situations!" said Nihu, the king of Xiafunan.
"What else happens?"
"The Yibin people have surrendered to the barbarians, and the Kaibol Pass is no longer in the hands of the Funan people." Nihu said with a melancholy face.
"What, is this true?" The envoy of King Funan was really frightened this time.
The Hindu Kush Mountains separate Central Asia and South Asia into two worlds.
But there is a mountain pass called Kaibol, which allows north-south traffic to flow smoothly. The people living there are the Jibin people.
Once the Yibin people surrender, the barbarians can easily appear directly in Xiafunan, or even in the north, middle and south.
"Of course it is absolutely true. Funansha is already in chaos. In addition to fleeing to Bamiyan and Ghazni, many people have already fled into our land."
When Nihu said this, his face showed nothing but fear of the unknown.
If in the past, people from neighboring countries had fled into their own land, Nihu would have happily announced the casting of a pure gold pagoda.
However, the large number of people fleeing now shows how terrifying the barbarians behind them are.
In fact, the Dayue clan, the former ancestors of the Funan people, were also considered barbarians by the people of Central and South China.
However, the Dayue clan later invaded North, Central and South, and severely wiped out the area.
