Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 414

After being released from the Han camp for the fourth time, Meng Huo returned to his own tribe, knowing that he was definitely no match for Zhuge Liang, so after much deliberation, he still had to find reinforcements.

Now in the seven counties of Ningzhou, the barbarians in Yuejuan, Zhuti, and Zangcang counties were all subdued by Zhuge Liang, and the barbarians in Jianning county were maimed by Li Hui. Meng Huo thought of his good friend Longyou, the barbarian king above Xiongcang Mountain in Yunnan County That.

Yunnan County is the Dali area, and Xiongcang Mountain is the Cang Mountain on the Erhai Sea in later generations. At that time, the ancestors of the Bai and Yi people lived here, named Shangyi and Xiayi, also known as Baiyabo people.

Long Youna was the leader of the Baiyabo people and the ancestor of the Bai people in Dali. He had a good relationship with Meng Huo, so he went to Yunnan County in person to find Long Youna to rescue the soldiers.

At the beginning of October, Meng Huo went to Yunnan County in Yunnan County, that is, the area of ​​Xiangyun County and Midu County in later generations of Yunnan. ), and Yuyu (Dali) in the northwest are all the territory of the Baiyabo people.

Because Yunnan County and Jianning County are relatively close, the tribes of Meng Huo and Long Youna live in the mountainous area on the border of the two counties, and they have many contacts. Therefore, when they heard that their friend Meng Huo was coming, Long Youna naturally warmly welcomed them. he.

At present, in the tribe of Longyouna in Yunnan County, the ancestors of the Bai people are scattered in the mountains, with tree houses stretching down one after another.

Meng Huo brought his younger brother and his subordinates Jin Huan Sanjie, Dong Dana, A Huinan and others to join him. There are tens of thousands of barbarians outside who are currently resting. Xia still stubbornly fought a guerrilla with Zhuge Liang.

After the three or five glasses of wine, Long You learned that the Han people had begun to invade their territory again. He patted his chest and said, "My brother fought against the Han people in Jianning. How can I lag behind others? I have [-] branded knives. Ding Jun, help your brother out."

Meng Huo was overjoyed: "I have been in and out of the Han camp several times, and I know that their army strength is only tens of thousands. Now my virtuous brother has an army of [-]. With my soldiers and horses, the army is far superior to Zhuge Liang. With my virtuous brother, I will surely be able to do it this time." defeat him!"

In history, Long Youna was subdued by Zhuge Liang, who gave him the surname Zhang, and cast Baiya City in Baiya Mountain in Xielong County. If Zhuge Liang dares to come, I will prevent him from going back alive!"

"Ah."

Meng Huo nodded in satisfaction: "With my brother's words, I feel relieved."

"Come, come, drink."

Meng You quickly picked up his beloved wine glass to adjust the atmosphere.

Soon everyone exchanged cups, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

The next day, Meng Huo joined forces with Long You's soldiers and began to actively train military forces, preparing to fight Zhuge Liang.

But Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry to attack.

At this time, Nanzhong and North were initially determined, and the leaders of the barbarians from all walks of life had just surrendered, and there was an urgent need for Han officials to govern Nanzhong.

In addition to pursuing southward, the food roads are a bit blocked, so we have to wait for food and grass first.

After all, to attack Yuejuan and Zhu Ti, you can use the Yangguan River, Lujiang River, and Tu River to transport grain, but the Lancang River (Lancang River) and Zhou River (Nu River) in Yunnan County do not meet the rivers in the north, so you cannot transport grain by water. .

Therefore, if you want stability, you have to fight while governing, and manage while transporting grain, and then go overland from Jianning County to Yunnan County.

Another reason is that although the journey is not far away, Zhuge Liang does not take advantage of others.

Meng Huo is a local, and can rely on the local barbarians to supplement food and grass. Zhuge Liang is against the local barbarians and is blocked everywhere. Therefore, in terms of active attack, he does not intend to rush forward, but focuses on seeking victory while maintaining stability.

Until the end of November, the follow-up food and grass arrived. Last year, the imperial examination selected officials. New officials from Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, Xiangzhou, Yuezhou and other places were also dispatched to Nanzhong. After the rear was stabilized, Zhuge Liang officially sent troops to Yunnan County.

The Baiyabo people in Yunnan County are all from Longyouna. Although there are also Yi people, that is, the ancestors of the Yi people, but because of Longyouna, they dare not have more contact with the Han people. Immediately scatter like birds and beasts, and then report to Long Youna.

"Good come!"

Recently, Long Youna, who was raising troops in Baiya Mountain, Xielong County, learned of Zhuge Liang's arrival, he immediately cheered up, summoned more than [-] tribes from the upper and lower barbarians, and led an army of [-] swords and fangs to fight.

He and Meng Huo joined forces and set up camps in Yunnan, Xielong, and Jidong counties for dozens of miles, waiting for Zhuge Liang's arrival.

A few days later, Zhuge Liang led his army to Dongnong Mountain, north of Nanhua County in Yunnan for later generations.

To the north is Ikdong County, and to the west is Yunnan County.

Among the mountains and hills, there are continuous ups and downs, and there is only one road in the middle, which is the section of Hangrui Expressway from Nanhua County to Xiangyun County in later generations.

When Zhuge Liang arrived here, he thought that there were too many mountains and it was easy to fall, so he adopted a step-by-step strategy, ordering the trilogy to form a battalion of 500 people, occupying the passes on both sides, and slowly advancing.

However, he obviously overestimated the enemy. Long Youna and Meng Huo's heads with an IQ of up to [-] would think of an ambush. They directly set up camp at the place they must pass, and grandiosely blocked Zhuge Liang's way forward.

When Zhuge Liang went to the west of Dongnong Mountain, close to Yunnan County, which is the later Xiangyun County, he had already seen the continuous camps in the mountains in the distance.

It is said to be a camp, but it is actually some temporary wooden sheds.

In the Han Dynasty, the ancestors of the Yi people in the South and Central China already knew how to build houses, but they were limited to cutting down trees to build houses. At most, they used cow and sheep leather to build tents. They would not live in caves like Lao Luo wrote in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" .

But even if you use wood to build a house, there are three or six grades. The Han people are outstanding artists in building houses. When they marched and fought in the Central Plains, the camps were arranged in a patchwork manner, and the offense and defense were integrated.

The houses made by Yi can still be called houses tentatively. There are no fences on the outside, only some temporary wooden houses and tents scattered in the mountains and gathered as camps.

Seeing this situation, Ma Liang suggested to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, the enemy's camp is tens of miles away. It's just that the sky is dry and the things are dry, so they can attack with fire."

Now it is November and it is close to December. It is probably snowing heavily in the north at this time, but Nanzhong is the later Yunnan region, which belongs to the subtropics, and further south is the tropical Southeast Asia. The weather is dry and pleasant, and the sun is shining, suitable for setting fires.

But Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "I came to the south this time to completely pacify Nanzhong and convince the Yi people. If I use fire to attack, it will cause too much damage and cause heavy losses to the Yi people. It is very easy to cause blood and deep enmity, and it will break the peace of heaven. Therefore, unless it is a last resort, you can't resort to fire and water."

Although the water and fire plan is easy to use, it has obvious disadvantages and is not easy to control.Just like when Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, even the Mang Mountain in the north was almost burned. Once the fire ignites, it may be difficult to escape the disaster in a radius of tens of kilometers.

And Zhuge Liang came to Nanzhong to subdue the Nanzhong Yi people so that they would never rebel again.If it moves, the clan will be exterminated, which is likely to cause a great deal of panic among the barbarians in Nanzhong, which will intensify the rebellion situation in Nanzhong, which is not good for Zhuge Liang's policy of stabilizing the rear.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang still focused on appeasing, and by the way, attacked those barbarians who did not submit, and wiped out Meng Huo and his friends who were unwilling to submit, and convinced them that the situation in Nanzhong would be fine.

Ma Liang heard that Zhuge Liang was unwilling to attack with fire, so he said, "Then how does the prime minister plan to defeat the enemy?"

Zhuge Liang sat on a four-wheeled cart and looked out on the hillside. He saw that the barbarians were mighty, gathered on the road below the mountain like a stream flowing into the sea, and then swarmed towards them. If you have a strong spirit, you should close your camp at this time, not to fight with him, and when your spirit is completely lost and your armaments are slack, you should fight out in one fell swoop."

"The prime minister has an order to close the camp and not fight the enemy!"

"The prime minister has an order to close the camp and not fight the enemy!"

"The prime minister has an order to close the camp and not fight the enemy!"

The messengers received the order and immediately shouted down the mountain, and the voice was quickly relayed to the camps of Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Ma Zhong and other ministries at the foot of the mountain, so the soldiers closed the camp gates one after another and did not fight the enemy.

Soon Meng Huo and Long Youna came to the front of the camp with tens of thousands of horses to fight, but they didn't see the camp opened. They lacked siege equipment, so naturally they couldn't rush to the camp.

So Meng Huo sent his generals Jin Huan Sanjie, Dong Dana, A Huinan and others to shout and provoke outside the camp, trying to force the Han army to come out.

But Wang Ping and others obeyed Zhuge Liang's order, no matter how the other side scolded them, they would not leave the camp.

Meng Huo and the others yelled and scolded for a whole day, but when they saw no movement in the Han army camp, they had no choice but to lead the army back in a huff.

It was still the same on the second day, the third day, and the fourth day.

The originally aggressive barbarian army's fighting spirit was gradually exhausted. On the fifth day, although Meng Huo and the others were still shouting and cursing outside, the barbarian army thought that the Han army would not come out. So they all lazily rested outside the camp.

Some are resting under the forest, some are lying in the road, and some are sitting on rocks, standing in the grass, swimming in the stream - because the weather is still very hot in recent days, they have been too lazy to stay in the water. Get outside in the sun.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang said: "It's time, order the three armies to attack!"

"Order the three armies, attack!"

the orderly shouted.

In an instant, the melodious sound of the horn resounded through the world.

Immediately afterwards, the gates of the camps of Wang Ping, Zhang Ni, Ma Zhong and others opened instantly, and the newly recruited fierce general E Huan rushed out first, followed by many Han troops and Yi troops who were willing to join, and the momentum resounded throughout the world.

Meng Huo and Long You's units outside were caught off guard and had no time to summon soldiers temporarily. The first ones dropped their weapons and fled before the battle.

Then the soldiers behind him also fled in a hurry, as if they were defeated in an instant.

The most frightening thing was not that the soldiers in the front were defeated and fled, but that the entire army fled back in a panic, causing the main force behind to also have no time to organize temporarily, and the camp was broken by the rout.

Like herding sheep, the Han army chased them all the way to dozens of camps in Longyouna, slashing around, forcing the barbarians to flee in all directions, and they ran for dozens of miles before stopping.

"Go in!"

Among the rebellious army, Meng Huo and Long Youna were captured alive.

The two were tied up, and Wang Ping deeply hated Meng Huo's refusal to admit defeat again and again, which caused the prime minister to run around. With a little more effort, Meng Huo staggered and almost knelt in the tent of the chief general of the Chinese army camp.

Zhuge Liang still sat high on the main seat, looked at Long Youna first with a smile, and said, "You are Long Youna?"

"it's me!"

Long Youna said.

Zhuge Liang said: "Since you have been defeated, are you willing to surrender?"

"Humph."

Long You snorted coldly.

Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "If you don't surrender, I have no choice but to kill you, and then continue to attack the Yi people in Yunnan."

Long Youna suddenly panicked.

Ma Liang took the opportunity to say: "The prime minister originally planned to use fire to attack. If the fire ignites, your Baiyabo people and family will all perish. If the prime minister thought that using fire would harm the peace of heaven and wanted to surrender to you, what do you think? Can your 10 people go back alive?"

Hearing these words, Long Youna knew that Zhuge Liang had shown mercy, so he stopped resisting, knelt down on the ground, and said sincerely: "Prime Minister Tian'en, Baiyabo people will always remember it, Long Youna is willing to surrender!" .”

"it is good."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Then you and I will sign a covenant and never betray again."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the soldiers to untie Long Youna.

The two quickly signed a covenant, written in black and white, one for each. Since then, the Baiyabo people, the ancestors of the Bai people, have surrendered to the great Han.

After signing the covenant with Long Youna and sending Long Youna away, Zhuge Liang looked at Meng Huo again and said with a smile: "Meng Huo, this is the fifth time I have captured you. Wait, it's time to surrender now."

Meng Huo gritted his teeth, stiffened his neck, and said, "I'm from Nanzhong, and I'm not as cunning as the prime minister. The prime minister used tricks to defeat me, how can I obey?"

It's still a dead duck with a hard mouth.

Zhuge Liang looked at him helplessly.

Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Ma Zhong and others were even more furious.

This guy has already captured five times and four times, but he still doesn't surrender. Do you really think they are playing with him?

But Zhuge Liang was helpless for a moment, and said: "If I let you go back again, will you still be able to fight with me?"

Meng Huo said loudly: "Of course I can. If the Prime Minister can defeat me in an upright manner, I will surrender wholeheartedly and reward the army with all I have. I vow not to rebel."

"okay."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Then I'll let you go back and untie him."

Then Meng Huo was released again.

At this time, his troops had been dispersed, and Long Youna was also surrendered by Zhuge Liang and dared not rebel. He could only gather thousands of remnants everywhere and fled south in embarrassment.

On his way from Xielong County to Bonan Mountain in the southwest, he happened to meet Meng You.

Two brothers get together.

Meng Huo was filled with grief and indignation, and cried, "Are we brothers really going to surrender to the Han people? Who else can help me now!"

Meng You immediately said: "Brother, don't panic, there is Gourd King Duosi in the southwest of here. I knew him in the early years, and he is very kind. Brother, follow me to join him, and he will definitely be able to gather troops again."

Meng Huo was overjoyed and said, "Okay, just listen to what my second brother said, let's go find the Calabash King."

(End of this chapter)