Chapter 151 Recruiting Barbarians
Jingnan couldn't fight back.
This was a judgment Ma Su had made before the war with Zhuge Liang began. With the current strength of Shu Han, even if Jingnan can be recaptured, the imperial court will not be able to spare the manpower to defend it.
So far, basically all the talented people in Shu Han who can take charge of their own affairs have jobs. And the remaining qualifications are not enough, and it is difficult to defend one party and convince the crowd.
Therefore, Ma Di's strategic plan is to involve all the resistance forces in Jingnan. Find those who are truly loyal to the Han from among the various resistance forces and move them to central Shu.
At the same time, we support the local anti-Wu forces in Jingnan, such as the barbarian Yi tribe, and let them continue to cause chaos to Soochow.
In short, in one sentence, Dongwu cannot be allowed to suck Jingnan's blood easily.
However, what Ma Di said was difficult for the leaders of the Wuxi Barbarians to accept.
They thought they were happy to welcome Master Wang to make the decision for them, but they didn't expect that Master Wang came and planned to let them demolish it?
If people immigrate in this era, the risk is very high. Because of the difficult roads and war, if you are not careful, it will often turn into random shootings.
The one who mastered this is Prime Minister Cao, who has been on the road to demolition all his life.
What's more, the leaders of the Wuxi barbarian tribes can achieve this status entirely because of the members of their own tribes. If they move to the middle of Shu, they will definitely not be as undisciplined as they are now, and it is very likely that their status will be affected.
Not everyone is like Shu Ji, who is familiar with Chinese books and longs to defect to the Han people. Most of the barbarian leaders were disgusted with getting involved with the Han people, and were forced to cooperate because of the face of being unbeatable.
"General Ma, I'm afraid our tribe won't be willing to do this." Barbarian King Samoqi looked troubled and said to Ma Su cautiously.
The barbarian elders behind him also nodded, expressing their difficulties and saying that they could not return westward with the heavenly army. Only a few tribes remained silent, thinking about the pros, cons and feasibility.
To put it bluntly, they are not willing to give up the weight in their hands.
"If you don't want to, you don't have to go. I'm only responsible for recruiting those who are willing to go." Ma Di said calmly,
"I just said, if you don't want to go, it's okay. Send troops to follow the Han Prime Minister to attack Soochow. When our Han army retreats, you can take away the baggage that you can't take away."
As soon as Ma Su said these words, all the barbarian leaders and elders in the audience suddenly smiled. Since it is profitable, we are still the most loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.
Many leaders expressed their loyalty and expressed their intention to send troops to help Han defeat Wu.
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The Wuxi barbarians finally decided to send troops to help the Han and serve the Han emperor.
Under Ma Su's words, the Barbarian King Samoqi also came out of the mountain in person and rushed to the battlefield of Yi Dao like his brother Samoko.
But this time, the Wuxi barbarians did not send many troops, only eight thousand in total. Although this small number of troops seemed to have little impact on the battle situation, Ma Su was quite satisfied.
It would be nice to have it, since drawing barbarian soldiers into the battlefield is not the main purpose anyway. Ma Su mainly led people to inspect the barbarian tribes one by one to see how many people were willing to follow them to Shuzhong.
Within a few days, Ma Su led his troops to shuttle between various barbarian tribes. However, the results obtained were not very good, at least most of the barbarians were unwilling to go to Yizhou.
Only a few two or three tribes were thinking over and over again and expressed their willingness to follow them to Shuzhong.
However, when Ma Su was leading his troops through the Wuxi area and constantly wooing the Wuxi barbarians, his information had already been sent to the police. The spy hidden among the Wuxi barbarians in Soochow sent all the information about Ma Di to Ding Feng.
"Ma Su?" Ding Feng frowned as he looked at the information sent by the messenger.
"I didn't expect that Xishu would not give up even after beating Wu Ban away. Not only that, they also sent out Ma Liang's talented brother."
"It seems that the Shu army is determined to win Jingnan."
"General Ding may be a little too high-minded about Ma Di. He is just a talker." Another general next to Ding Feng read the information calmly, with a trace of contempt flashing in his eyes.
"I know Ma Su very well. He is different from Ma Liang. He is just a person with an appearance. If Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang had not had a good relationship, Ma Su would be just a county guard at most."
"Do you know him so well?" Ding Feng turned his head, looked at the general, and asked.
The person in front of me is Shuhantong from Soochow. Basically, he reveals the personalities of most people in Shuhan.
That's right, this person is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, Mi Fang!
"That's natural. I used to communicate with him when I was in the police." Mi Fang nodded. His view of Ma Su was that he was just a showman.
"Although he is full of knowledge and military skills, he has no practical skills at all. He likes to be lazy and slippery when dealing with government affairs. He is not a talented person at all."
Mi Fang was born into a wealthy family in Xuzhou. She once served as the Pengcheng magistrate and was considered a relatively capable person. His impression of Ma Su had always been that of a mouth that could only brag.
"If the general wants to defeat this man, he only needs to lead three thousand elite troops, go down the river and attack the Shu camp. It only takes a night attack, and Ma Su's head can be delivered to the general."
"Really? But it's not the same as what I heard?" Ding Feng was not arrogant because of Mi Fang's evaluation, but shook his head and denied Mi Fang's words.
"Obviously, those who boast can't defeat Zhang He, and those who only show their appearance can't achieve "the troops marched out of Longyou and shocked the Qiang and Hu". This Ma Su is obviously not as simple as you see."
"Maybe, it all depends on the general to make the decision!" Mi Fang disagreed, but said with cupped hands.
The current police chief is Ding Feng, and Mi Fang is the one who was sent to help after all. It doesn't matter if Ding Feng thinks Ma Di is a formidable enemy, he won't be the one to fight anyway.
"You need to be more prepared to deal with Ma Su..." Ding Feng looked at Mi Fang's expression, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up.
Although it seemed that he needed to be consulted, Ding Feng actually looked down upon this young man. And not only Ding Feng, but most of the civil and military officials in Soochow looked down upon him.
If Sun Quan hadn't asked him to come by name, Ding Feng really wouldn't have wanted him to follow.
Ding Feng thought for a while, then called in a scribe and dictated two letters by himself. Ding Feng dictated the letter and asked the scribe to write it for him. Ding Feng recruited two more trusted followers.
"You guys go to Changsha County and Cangwu County and give these two letters to Bu Zhi and Han Xuan respectively. They will know what to do then."
"only!"
"General Mi, don't you think Ma Di is incompetent? Why don't you lead the troops south with me and kill Ma Di together?" After dealing with all this, Ding Fengcai turned his head again, looked at Mi Fang and said lightly.
Although Mi Fang had proven his ability when Cao Wei defeated Wu before, Ding Feng still couldn't trust him. Especially since Mi Fang is still the uncle of the Shu Han Dynasty, who knows if he will suddenly have a brain twitch and want to surrender to the Shu Han Dynasty.
It is not safe to keep this person in the police station, Ding Feng must keep him by his side.
Mi Fang could obviously sense Ding Feng's wariness, but he could only smile bitterly in response.
"promise."
Undercurrents began to surge rapidly in Jingnan, and an ambush against Ma Su began to brew.