Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Above the vast wilderness, iron hoofs rolled the wind and thunder.

Although there are many hills and mountains in Yunnan, it is not without plains and pastures. There are dozens of famous pasture tourist areas in later generations.

Wanwen, where Zhuge Liang and Wu Tugu are facing each other, is a combination of plains and mountains and hills. To the north is a mountainous area. The highest hillside height is no more than 50 meters, and the average height is 30 meters.

There are long and narrow grasslands in the east and west. Rows of tents and wooden houses are located on the plains. In contrast, there are three well-defended camps in the west.

The barbarians in Nanzhong had no rules in fighting, and the technology of setting up camps was even worse. Their camps were built in a chaotic manner. If Zhuge Liang was not afraid of losing his life and was more ruthless, he could burn dozens of miles around.

But God has the virtue of good life, and setting fire to the mountain would really damage Yang's life, so Zhuge Liang couldn't make up his mind before, and it was delayed until now.

But even so, although Wutugu's rattan armor soldiers are powerful, they can't break through Zhuge Liang's carefully arranged camp.Even Sima Yi couldn't break it, let alone Meng Huowu Tugu, an illiterate barbarian in Nanzhong.

So neither of the two sides can do anything to each other now.

At three o'clock in the morning, the barbarians randomly stuffed some dry food into their mouths, and then, led by Wu Tugu and Meng Huo, they ran out in a haze, all over the mountains and plains, scurrying around without formation.

Meng Huo was provoking a fight outside the camp. He thought that Zhuge Liang was planning to use tricks again, so he deliberately stayed behind closed doors and waited for them to relax before coming out.

So Meng Huo made up his mind.

One is that if Zhuge Liang continues to do this, he will tell Wu Tugu to be careful not to relax.

The second is that even if Zhuge Liang defeated him like this, he would never accept it.

The third is also the most important point, that is, he is not afraid of Zhuge Liang's tricks again.The last time he lost was because Long You's soldier was not strong enough to fight. Now that the rattan armored soldier is invulnerable, what are you afraid of him doing?

So Meng Huo was not afraid, and came to provoke him.

But to his surprise, this time Zhuge Liang didn't act like a turtle, but opened the gate of the camp. The Han army slowly came out of the camp, formed a formation, and confronted them.

Seeing this, Meng Huo was overjoyed and said to Wu Tugu: "The Han army is looking for death. We will definitely win this time. As long as we defeat the Han army, we will be the king of Nanzhong, the king of Juding, and we will rule the South together. middle."

"it is good."

Wu Tugu was painted with a big round cake, and immediately gave an order: "Boys, kill!"

"Doo doo doo doo doo doo."

"Woooooooooo!"

"kill!"

With the sound of the sharp bone whistle and melodious bone flute, the rattan armored soldiers all over the mountains and plains received the order, roared angrily, and rushed towards the Han army.

The Han army remained unmoved and waited solemnly.

Soon the two sides met quickly, and this time Zhuge Liang put some soldiers wearing full-body armor and holding steel shields at the forefront.

The two sides rushed together like a flood. Although the rattan armored soldiers had good defense, they were too light.

The moment they hit, they couldn't shake the Han army's heavy formation at all. Many people were simply knocked off their backs, and then trampled to death in the chaos.

The spearmen behind the Han army kept stabbing forward, and they were invulnerable. The problem was that they didn't have the neck and face armor to protect their necks and faces like the Han army, so many people were stabbed through the face and died. die.

The first wave of encounters with the Tengjia soldiers obviously suffered a big loss.

However, their advantage is that they are lightweight and have high defense. They cannot be broken from the front, and they can order attacks from the flanks without protruding their bones.

At the moment, the rattan soldiers began to conduct scattered assaults on the two wings in a mess.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was watching the battle on the high oar in the distant camp, said softly: "The cavalry attack!"

"Cavalry attack!"

The messenger waved the flag, and on a hillside not far away, a melodious horn sounded.

"woo woo woo woo!"

The sound of this horn is completely different from that of the Southern Central Barbarians.

With a desolate aura, just like the vast and boundless prairie in Liangzhou, the galloping horses made the ground tremble.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the earth really began to tremble.

On the hillside to the north, among the blue grass, countless figures appeared at some point.

They slowly came to the hillside, and following the roar of the leader, thousands of heavy armored cavalry burst out with terrifying killing intent, swooped down from the slope, and rushed towards the flanks of the rattan armored soldiers.

Meng Huo and Wu Tugu looked at their eyes and wanted to retreat, but it was too late. The cavalry was like lightning, and they swooped headlong into their formation.

"Bang bang bang bang"!
Countless loud crashes were heard.

The seemingly hard rattan armor was rattan armor after all, not steel. When encountering this armored cavalry, if they were hit hard, the rattan armor burst, and many mouths vomited blood and flew out.

During the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periods, due to the widespread use of heavy armored cavalry and heavy armored infantry, blunt weapons developed rapidly.

Such as hammer, bone, mace, whip, mace and so on.

It is because the armor cannot be cut by a sharp weapon, but the armor cannot be broken by a blunt object, but the force will pass through the armor and directly shatter the internal organs or the head of the person.

The defensive power of the rattan armor can withstand sharp objects, but it does not mean that the rattan armor really has the hardness and tenacity of steel. Not only people are severely injured, but even the rattan armor is completely shattered.

The heavy cavalry were as powerful as a bamboo, cutting through the formation of the rattan armored soldiers like a chisel. The weapon in their hands was not a ring sword, but a small gourd hammer. A soldier.

On the contrary, the pig iron and wrought iron blades of rattan armored soldiers can't break through their defenses at all. Even the horses are covered with armor.

Ma Dai was wearing armor and was swinging a small hammer left and right. A rattan armored soldier next to him was leaning over and poking at the horse's leg, wanting to chop off the horse's leg.Ma Dai hit the hammer of justice on the rattan armored soldier's head, and the rattan armor cap on his head was immediately sunken, and the head was about to be broken into eight petals, and the blood mixed with the brain splashed out.

"Alas."

Blood plasma and brain matter splashed on Ma Dai's body, dyeing his armor red and white, which made him very disgusted.

Li Yue, the cavalry commander next to him, shouted, "General Ma, it's a bit disgusting."

He is also white and red.

Ma Dai rolled his eyes and said: "That can't be helped, the knife can't cut it in, the governor told us to bring a hammer just in case, isn't that what a hammer is like?"

"Forget it, keep hammering."

Like knocking a gopher, Li Yue kept twisting his body left and right, and when he found the enemy's target, he went down like a hammer, and soon they were lying on the ground beside them.

Not just them, all hoplites are like this.

They pierced through the formation of rattan armored soldiers all the way, and then they killed melons and vegetables in the formation.

When rattan armored soldiers met heavy armored cavalry, it was equivalent to Li Gui meeting Li Kui. Compared with the false invulnerability, real invulnerability can be described as worlds apart.

Soon the rattan armor soldiers were killed and defeated. Ma Dai shouted and chose to pursue. The corpses were piled up along the way, and countless people were killed or injured.

Among the rebellious army, Meng Huo fled in panic, but Zhuge Liang had already arranged an ambush on the way for him to escape, and he and Wu Tugu were captured by Wang Ping again.

"Go in!"

Wang Ping tied him up and pushed him with all his strength, his attitude became worse each time.

Meng Huo was pushed to his knees on the ground.

Zhuge Liang didn't look at him, but looked at Wu Tugu first, and said, "King Juding, are you willing to surrender?"

Wu Tugu recalled the scene of his soldiers' brains bursting and inhumanity, and said in grief and indignation: "You are so vicious, I swear to the death that I will not surrender!"

"Are you saying we are vicious?"

Ma Liang pointed at him and said angrily: "I tell you, this is an upright defeat of you on the battlefield. If the prime minister didn't think killing you all would be against heaven, he would have burned you all with a fire. Don't think that the rattan armor Invincible, you should know better than us about the problem of being flammable in case of fire!"

"what?"

Wu Tugu was shocked and said: "How do you know the weakness of rattan armor?"

Ma Liang shouted: "The fish paste and oil in the army have been prepared. As long as you dare to come, I will surely light it up for you. The Prime Minister's heart is kind, and he doesn't want to make you exterminate the family. Do you want to continue to resist?"

Wu Tugu was slumped for a while, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Prime Minister, Wu Tugu will never forget, I am willing to surrender, Yongxing Nanren, never betray again."

"Well, let's sign the covenant."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.

Although the consequences of the heavy armored cavalry rushing into the rattan armor army were also very cruel.

But this is a victory achieved by a frontal assault on the battlefield. At least it is not as unnatural as a fire that burns the enemy. After all, it is a victory.

Wu Tugu was subdued and signed a covenant that he would never betray again.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang also formally named Wu Tugu King of Juding in the name of the imperial court, commanding all the Yi tribes in Xinggu County. They do not need to pay grain taxes every year, but they must dig ore in Xinggu County and pay tribute to the imperial court. wood etc.

Because he was not the king of the Han Dynasty, but the nominal king of the tribe, Zhuge Liang was not overstepping the rules.

Not only Wutugu, Zhuge Liang had already formally rewarded Ana, Jihuo, Longyouna, Duosi and others as local barbarian kings in the name of the imperial court.

In particular, Jihuo was also given the title of general, which was incorporated into the general system of the Han Dynasty, and he could govern Zangcang with local Han officials in Zangcang County.

Although they are only the leaders of the largest Yi tribe in each county, they do not represent all the Yi people in the seven counties of Nanzhong.

But they are powerful enough.

Zhuge Liang signed a covenant with them, rewarding them as local barbarian kings, and after they were allowed to serve the Han court, they became the court's vassals.

In this way, they will obey the order of the imperial court and command other Yi tribes in various counties in the name of the Han Dynasty.

If those Yi people are unwilling to surrender, then they will fight against the local Yi king. In this way, the rebellion will naturally become an internal conflict among the Yi people.

The imperial court united them to unify the external contradictions and transformed them into internal contradictions. From then on, they no longer had to worry about the rebellion of the barbarians.

This is the profound meaning that Zhuge Liang summed up after studying Shen Chen's scriptures for so many years.

After signing the covenant with Wu Tugu, Zhuge Liang looked at Meng Huo and said in a deep voice, "Meng Huo, this is the seventh time you have been captured, and you were defeated on the battlefield. Are you convinced?"

Meng Huo's lips twitched, but he didn't speak.

Wang Ping scolded: "Meng Huo, you said that you were taken by tricks before, and that the prime minister did not defeat you in an upright manner. But this time the prime minister not only defeated you on the battlefield, but also captured you alive again. You still have What do you say?"

Ma Liang was not so blunt, but said with a smile: "General Wang, don't say that. I believe that since Meng Huo is the leader of the Yi people in Jianning and has such a great prestige among the Yi tribes in the South, it must be true Unfaithful people, Chief Meng, don't forget your oath."

"Prime Minister, I think Meng Huo is a fat man who breaks his promise. What's the use of keeping such an unfaithful, distrustful and unkind person? If you don't spread the story of him being captured seven times, but disregarding his faith repeatedly, to Nanzhong, Let the people of southern Zhongyi know that he is a man of no faith and no righteousness!"

Zhang Ni said loudly.

He said that Meng Huo was not in a hurry, but Meng was in a hurry and shouted: "Who in Nanzhong doesn't know that my brother is famous for his faith, how can you slander him?"

"slander?"

Wang Ping sneered and said, "Then let me ask you, it's reasonable for him to make excuses many times before, did he beat you upright this time?"

Meng You was speechless, so he could only lower his head and say, "Yes."

"In this case, why not surrender?"

"my brother"

Meng You looked at Meng Huo and said sadly, "People can't keep their promises, so surrender."

Meng Huo has many friends in Nanzhong, and he has a wide range of friends, because he is eager to do justice and righteous, and he is praised by the Yi tribe in Nanzhong for his faith.

In the famous "Water Margin" of later generations, Song Jiang was called Xiao Menghuo.

If Meng Huo didn't surrender again this time, not only would everyone lose hope, but he would also be ruined.

So Meng Huo's situation is already extremely worrying.

"Prime Minister!"

Meng Huo let out a long sigh, knelt down to Zhuge Liang and said, "Meng Huo didn't know about the prime minister's grace a few times ago, and thought he could defeat the Han army. Today, seeing the power of the Han army, he knows how stupid he is. Can the prime minister not use it?" Burning the rattan armored soldiers is the greatest kindness to the people of southern Zhongyi, if Meng Huo doesn't surrender, how can he survive?"

"Are you willing to surrender?"

Zhuge Liang asked.

Meng Huo said in a deep voice, "Never again, Southerners!"

"it is good."

Zhuge Liang nodded his jaw slightly, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said softly, "In this case, Meng Huo can follow me back to Jingzhou. Your tribe will be handed over to Meng You, what do you think?"

"Follow the prime minister's orders!"

Meng Huo was much more honest this time.

His surrender immediately made all Zhuge Liang's generals breathe a sigh of relief.

Now the seven counties in Nanzhong are almost all pacified, and many tribes of Yi kings have also surrendered to the court.

Since then, the entire Ningzhou has been classified as Han soil.

Due to the high water depth and miasma-like atmosphere, Nanzhong Mountain is not suitable for living, so Zhuge Liang positioned it as a source of minerals, spices, wood and other materials.

In terms of governance, the officials of the Han Dynasty only governed the county town and its surrounding areas, while the tribes in the mountains were governed by the barbarians.

The products here are rich and the land is rich. The local barbarians help to reclaim it and send it to the counties and counties. Part of it is taxed. exploit the natives.

In addition, it can also benefit the prosperity of the ancient tea-horse road business in Yongchang County, and gradually increase the number of Han people in Ningzhou, so that this place can be attributed to Han soil forever!

The transitional chapters and the first battle of the prime minister are finished, and the next step is the Northern Expedition, and the book has come to an end. I plan to write about the Song Dynasty in the next book, and I hope everyone can continue to support it.