Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Zhao Yun opened his mouth, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the eyes of Gongsun Zan in front of him filled with extreme hatred, with some bloodshot streaks.

Suddenly, Zhao Yun remembered something. Gongsun Zan... was born in Lingzhi County, Liaoxi Commandery.

That place was not far from the Great Wall, and not far from some Wuhuan settlements in Liaoxi Commandery.

"Yun, I spoke rashly."

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said, suddenly understanding that since he had failed to protect the Han people who died tragically under the blades of the Wuhuan, what qualifications or standing did he have to stop Gongsun Zan now?

Immediately, Zhao Yun turned and walked away.

Gongsun Zan waited for Zhao Yun to walk a little further away before waving to the squad of soldiers.

When Gongsun Zan reappeared in front of Zhao Yun, his white armor was stained with a lot of blood that was still steaming.

"Zilong, you should save your kindness for the Han people. In the borderlands, there is only killing."

Gongsun Zan said to Zhao Yun in a powerful voice. "The Hu people will not listen to your benevolence, righteousness, and morality. Only absolute force can protect the land under our feet from being plundered."

Zhao Yun, who had walked away alone for a while, now gradually understood something and nodded silently.

Gongsun Zan stared at Zhao Yun for a while. Originally, Gongsun Zan didn't quite like Zhao Yun's gentle nature, but for the sake of Li Ji, and because Li Ji had privately asked Gongsun Zan to give Zhao Yun more guidance.

"Zilong, come with me. I'll show you something."

Immediately, Gongsun Zan waved to Zhao Yun and led Zhao Yun towards a certain direction in this settlement, which was comparable in size to an ordinary small town.

"In this kind of large-scale Wuhuan settlement, what is often not lacking, in addition to livestock, are some people who live worse than livestock..."

Gongsun Zan said calmly, causing Zhao Yun to feel a little doubt in his heart.

Soon, Gongsun Zan led Zhao Yun to a building surrounded by a squad of soldiers. The exterior was quite similar to other buildings in the settlement, except that it faintly emitted a stench.

"Has it been counted?"

Gongsun Zan asked the centurion of the squad of soldiers.

"General, it has been counted," the centurion replied quickly.

Gongsun Zan nodded, then folded his arms and said to Zhao Yun.

"In that case, Zilong, go in and take a look."

Zhao Yun was a little puzzled when he heard this, but the habit of obeying orders made Zhao Yun choose to directly pull open the curtain at the entrance of the building and walk in.

After entering, the stench became even worse, causing Zhao Yun to frown involuntarily.

When Zhao Yun saw the environment inside, he found that it was a structure similar to a dungeon, with a long corridor and one room after another.

Zhao Yun walked to the nearest room and looked inside.

Imprisoned inside were five or six naked people huddled together, all of whom were women, with dull eyes and messy hair. Judging from the traces in the room, whether eating or defecating, they could only do it in the small room.

The dim and foul-smelling environment, this scene in front of him made Zhao Yun's breathing stagnate, and after careful identification, Zhao Yun found that these were all Han women.

Zhao Yun, who had always been mild-tempered, gritted his teeth and quickly turned his eyes away from the women, then walked quickly down the passage.

In more than twenty rooms, each small room held five or six Han people, men and women, all stripped naked.

When Zhao Yun walked out with a gloomy face and full of anger, Gongsun Zan slowly spoke.

"The Wuhuan love slaves the most, and because they are not opponents of the Xianbei, the source of slaves, in addition to a small part captured by attacking other Wuhuan tribes, is mostly Han people, and the most beloved slaves are also Han people."

"Han women are beautiful, and Han men are good at farming. In order to prevent Han slaves from escaping, the captured Han people are often stripped naked and held in concentration..."

"Almost every Wuhuan settlement has this kind of place dedicated to imprisoning Han slaves who have not yet been distributed."

"And not long ago, the Wuhuan people from this Wuhuan settlement who went south to plunder sent back a batch of selected prisoners, so there are more than a hundred Han slaves imprisoned here."

"Zilong, this... is just a corner of the cruelty of the borderlands. Use your eyes to see what is called cruelty. It will tell you how ridiculous Liu Bo'an's set of weakness and benevolence is."

Finally, Gongsun Zan patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said meaningfully.

At this moment, another team of soldiers collecting clothes from various parts of the settlement also sent some clothes over. Gongsun Zan also began to deal with these imprisoned slaves.

For those who wanted to die, Gongsun Zan gave them a sharp knife to commit suicide; those who still had concerns and wanted to return to their hometown were given fast horses, clothes, and dry food to leave on their own.

As for the very small number of young and strong men who harbored hatred, Gongsun Zan recruited them into the army for temporary use.

After everything was arranged properly, the army rested in this Wuhuan settlement for one night, and then the next morning, Gongsun Zan once again led the army to the next Wuhuan settlement.

If there was any obvious change, it was that Zhao Yun, who was always gentle and modest in dealing with people, had a very gloomy face and a strong sense of anger in his eyes.

At this moment, Zhao Yun vaguely understood why Mr. Zikun would strongly request him to go on the expedition with Gongsun Zan.

It was not only to learn from Gongsun Zan and train an elite cavalry, but more importantly, Zhao Yun truly felt what anger was for the first time.

For Zhao Yun, who was not yet twenty years old, the scenes that were remembered in his heart made the anger in Zhao Yun's chest difficult to dissipate for a long time.

Next, Gongsun Zan's cavalry relied on high mobility and map guidance to frantically sweep the northern part of Yuyang Commandery at an efficiency of almost leveling one Wuhuan settlement every two days.

Then, under the requirements of the plan formulated by Li Ji in advance, they left Yuyang Commandery and went straight to Youbeiping Commandery in the more eastern direction.

Just as Gongsun Zan led his army to leave Yuyang Commandery, the number of Wuhuan people gathered under the city of Yuyang had reached as many as 140,000, and more and more Wuhuan people were coming from various tribes in this direction.

For the Wuhuan, who had only been able to survive by jumping left and right between the Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Great Han for the past hundred years.

This time, openly and extensively plundering the Great Han, and having almost captured three commanderies of You Province, was undoubtedly a carnival that excited all the Wuhuan people from top to bottom.

In the central tent of the Wuhuan camp, which stretched for several miles, Zhang Ju and Quli Ju sat together at the head, with Zhang Chun at the head of the Han confidants on one side, and on the other side, in addition to Nanlou, Supuyan, and Wuyan, the three Wuhuan adults who called themselves kings, there were also a group of Yishuai.

(PS: Wuhuan adults refer to the leaders of alliances composed of multiple tribes, which is a specific term.)

In such sultry weather, except for the Han people who paid attention to etiquette, the rest of the Wuhuan people in the big tent were almost naked, each playing with beautiful women while drinking and eating meat in large gulps.

In the center of the banquet, there were also six dancers who were enduring their fear while dancing. The eyes around them, like those of wild beasts, made the dancers' feet tremble, but they could only grit their teeth and dare not make the slightest mistake.

"Gulu Gulu ~ ~"

Quli Ju raised his head and took a full gulp of wine, praising it for a long time. "This Han wine is really something that makes people want to drink it again and again."

Although the plump Zhang Ju shared the main seat with Quli Ju, he felt the rude and barbaric behavior of Quli Ju, who was as strong as a bear, and the whole person responded timidly.

Seeing this, Zhang Chun, who was sitting at the bottom of Zhang Ju, not only despised Quli Ju's vulgar words, but also disdained Zhang Ju's weakness.

Immediately, Zhang Chun had to hold up the wine cup in front of him and toast Quli Ju, saying.

"If Lord Quli Ju likes this wine, this old man still has a hundred altars in his mansion. I will have someone quickly send it to Lord Quli Ju."

"Ah Hahaha!"

Quli Ju couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said. "Lord Zhang Chun is generous, then this king will... will, according to your Han people's saying, call it... call it accepted with a smile."

"Being able to befriend the Wuhuan is the honor of this wine. After Liu Yu is beheaded and my lord establishes himself as emperor in You Province, we will also need the strong support of Lord Quli Ju."

Zhang Chun smiled on his face, but in reality, he was so distressed that he almost couldn't breathe.

Fine wine is an extremely precious thing in You Province.

When Quli Ju heard this, he squeezed out a smile on his face and said.

"Easy to say, easy to say, as long as Lord Zhang Ju is willing to offer money, food, salt, and iron every year as agreed, this king will definitely act in accordance with the alliance."

Although Quli Ju also disdained Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in his heart, without Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's cooperation from within, how could the Wuhuan have successfully assassinated the Protector of the Wuhuan and the Taishou of Youbeiping and Liaodong, and successfully occupied most of You Province in one fell swoop.

Money, food, weapons, armor, iron salt...

In the past two months, the things plundered by the entire Wuhuan were more than the accumulation of the past fifty years combined, and even nearly half of the Wuhuan cavalry had already put on armor.

As for the subsequent alliance with Zhang Ju, Quli Ju naturally understood that Zhang Chun was worried that he would be fully attacked by the Great Han after he became emperor, so he planned to rely on the power of the Wuhuan to resist the Great Han.

(PS: According to the "Book of the Later Han," in the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Zhang Ju called himself the Son of Heaven, Zhang Chun called himself the General Mitian, the King of Anding, and claimed that he would replace the Han Dynasty, let the Son of Heaven abdicate, and let the dukes and ministers welcome him.)

It's just that Quli Ju naturally agreed verbally at the moment, first taking all the benefits that could be obtained and wantonly plundering the Great Han before talking about it.

As for whether to assist Zhang Ju in resisting the Han army in the future, that would naturally be considered at that time.

In fact, at this moment, Qiu Liju couldn't help but have a bold idea in his heart. If the Great Han was really so weak that it couldn't even extinguish Zhang Ju in one breath, perhaps the Wuhuan might not be able to imitate the Xianbei of ten years ago and directly occupy Han territory.

The Xianbei only occupied four commanderies of Bing Province. If the Wuhuan could occupy the entire You Province, perhaps... (End of Chapter)