Chapter 413 Invitation of the Fighting General Nanzhong Longyin
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 413 Invitation of the Fighting General Nanzhong Longyin
Meng You's unruly words successfully made the anger in the hearts of everyone in the tent rise even more.
The impatient Yang Yi reacted the fastest. He suddenly stood up and pressed his sword and shouted: "An unfaithful person dares to taste the sharp sword!"
Yang Yi and Ma Di generally came from well-known families and received good classical education since childhood, but this does not mean that Yang Yi was a weak scholar.
Before the Song Dynasty, Han literati were capable of going into battle to kill the enemy.
When Yang Yi made a move of pressing his sword and shouting fiercely, everyone in the tent did not want to fall behind, and they all put their hands on the sharp blade at their waist.
Judging from the behavior of the Han officials in the tent, it seemed that Meng You's head would be chopped off by them in the next moment.
Although there is an old saying: When two armies are fighting, the envoy will not be killed.
But this does not mean that the messenger can rely on something without fear.
Meng You blatantly pointed out that there are three political parties in the world, and all three parties are called imperial courts. This is undoubtedly contempt for the authority of the Han Dynasty. How can such humiliation be tolerated by people who are loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Facing dozens of eyes that wanted to devour him alive, Meng You still looked arrogant and disdainful.
Seeing that Meng You was still acting like this, Yang Yi finally couldn't hold it anymore. He stood up and walked towards Meng You. At the same time, his hand holding the hilt of the sword became tighter and tighter.
But before Yang Yi could take a few steps, a majestic voice made Yang Yi stop.
This sound was made by Zhuge Liang, who was sitting at the top.
"Back off."
Although there was a strong look of unwillingness on his face, Yang Yi did not dare to disobey Zhuge Liang's order. He could only return to his seat angrily and sit down again.
Zhuge Liang just said two simple words, but these two simple words made the angry Yang Yi successfully calm down.
Not to mention that Zhuge Liang is now conquering on behalf of the emperor, every order he speaks can be regarded as an imperial edict.
Let's just say that based on Zhuge Liang's past achievements, his prestige in the Han Dynasty was only lower than that of Liu Bei.
Zhuge Liang's two words not only made Yang Yi retreat, but also made everyone in the tent temporarily calm down.
And when Meng You saw the behavior of everyone in the tent, the disdain in his eyes became even stronger.
The disdain in Meng You's eyes was successfully caught by the keen Zhuge Liang, which made Zhuge Liang's eyes become colder.
But Zhuge Liang is not Yang Yi, he is the coach of the Southern Expedition. Many times he needs to consider the overall situation when considering things.
After blocking Yang Yi, Zhuge Liang looked at Meng You and asked lightly:
"Since you are an envoy, you must not have come to my tent specifically to say this."
Seeing that it was Zhuge Liang who spoke, Meng You's eyes became more cautious.
Just as Zhuge Liang said, Meng Huo was able to send him here as an envoy, of course because he had something important to tell Zhuge Liang.
Meng You was influenced by Meng Huo and did not attach much importance to Zhuge Liang's military capabilities.
But he could see from the behavior of Yang Yi and everyone in the tent just now how high Zhuge Liang's prestige was in their hearts.
Thinking about what Meng Huo told him again, Meng You had some confidence in his heart.
If Zhuge Liang could agree to the purpose of his coming here, then many things would be much simpler.
So Meng You said to Zhuge Liang: "You led troops to invade the territory of our clan. My king was very angry when he learned about this.
He originally wanted to lead a large army to directly attack Bodao County, but my king thought that both armies would suffer numerous casualties once the war started, so he couldn't bear it.
What is the crime of the soldiers?
Therefore, what my king means is, why don’t we each send a few generals to fight it out to see each other’s abilities, what do you think?”
After Meng You explained the purpose of his coming, everyone in the tent understood Meng Huo's intentions.
Meng Huo wants to fight with generals!
When two armies confront each other, generals and generals fight alone, which is called fighting generals.
As a special way of fighting between two armies, fighting generals often appear in various novels and unofficial histories, so later generations may think that fighting generals do not exist in official history.
But this view is biased.
In China's thousands of years of history, it is true that battles between two armies did not often occur when two armies were at war, but it does not mean that battles are completely fictional things created by novelists.
On the contrary, if you study the historical data carefully, you will find that the fighting method of fighting generals already existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Without mentioning the long history, let’s just say that in the past few decades, there have been extraordinary examples of fighting between generals in the world.
For example, Guan Yu's battle that made him famous - Formation Killing Yan Liang - is one of the most exciting examples.
Not to mention Guan Yu and other older generations who were ten thousand enemies, even Liu Feng in the second generation was also a fighting general.
During the Battle of Hanzhong that year, Liu Feng challenged several generals from Cao and Wei. The angry Cao Cao pointed at Liu Bei and cursed: "Selling a man's shoes, how can he refuse your father-in-law? When you call me Huang Xulai, I will attack him."
It can be seen from this that in the battles between the two armies in this world, heart-pounding battles will appear from time to time.
However, fighting generals has never been the mainstream way of fighting in the world. Even because of the uncertainty of fighting generals, there are few generals in the world who adopt this "brave" method of fighting the enemy.
Therefore, everyone in the tent was a little surprised when they knew Meng You's true purpose of coming.
But when they thought about it, they understood why Meng Huo proposed fighting generals.
Because Meng Huo is actually a Yi person now.
The Yi people are not the Han people, and there are many military books spread among the Han people.
Those military books mentioned in detail how to be a good general. For the Han people with this kind of inheritance, fighting generals would not be easily adopted unless they had no choice but to do so.
But the Yi people are different. There is no corresponding military book among the Yi people that specifically teaches them how to lead troops in battle.
Moreover, the Yi people have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years. They have a tough temperament and are very warlike.
Coupled with the life of fighting fierce beasts since childhood, the Yi people who can grow up are all strong and advocating martial arts.
Under this kind of custom, it is reasonable for Meng Huo to challenge Zhuge Liang to a duel.
Naturally, Meng Huo's little idea of fighting a general could not be hidden from everyone in the tent.
For the Han army, their advantage lies in their well-equipped and systematic training, while for the Yi people, their individual combat capabilities are very strong.
It is the consensus of today's people that foreign races are good at producing powerful generals.
The reason why Meng Huo proposed fighting generals was simply because he wanted to use his own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses.
After understanding Meng Huo's intentions, everyone's faces showed disdain.
Even they can't hide this mere trick, so how can they hide it from the Prime Minister?
Since he can't hide it from the Prime Minister, he will not agree to Meng You's request.
But Zhuge Liang's next reply surprised everyone in the tent.
"Meng Huo wants to see the majesty of my Heavenly and Han Divine General, then I will satisfy him."
However, although everyone in the tent was surprised by Zhuge Liang's words, due to Zhuge Liang's prestige, no one openly discouraged Zhuge Liang's decision in front of Meng You.
Zhuge Liang's words indicated that he agreed to Meng Huo's offer to fight as a general.
After Zhuge Liang agreed, the Han officials in the tent were very puzzled, but Meng You's face showed great joy.
He secretly thought: Brother is indeed right, Zhuge Liang still lacks war experience!
And since Zhuge Liang had agreed to his invitation to fight as a general, Meng You also had the intention of leaving.
Meng You, who regarded himself as a barbarian, actually thought of leaving Zhuge Liang's tent and returning to his life.
After all, it can be seen from Zhuge Liang's reaction just now that Zhuge Liang did not want to kill him.
However, after Meng You turned around, he suddenly found that the Han troops guarding the tent came forward and vaguely surrounded him.
This scene, of course, happened under Zhuge Liang's wave.
When he saw a dozen Han troops surrounding him with malicious intent, Meng You turned around and looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion.
Facing Meng You's confused look, Zhuge Liang stood up.
Zhuge Liang, who was more than eight feet tall, stood out among the rest of the world in terms of height.
So when he stood up, even though Meng You looked tall and thick, he was a whole head shorter than Zhuge Liang, so he still had to look up at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang looked down at Meng You, the coldness in his eyes slowly gathering, and soon he issued a cold command:
"Drag the barbarian down and punish him for fifty times. After he is finished, summon a dozen donkey carts, tie him and the people who came with him to the donkey carts, and send them back to the enemy's camp."
After saying this, Zhuge Liang seemed to be still feeling angry and added another sentence:
"On each of the dozens of donkey carts was placed a young pig."
When Zhuge Liang's order came out, the dozen or so Han soldiers who surrounded Meng You quickly came forward to capture Meng You.
After Meng You heard Zhuge Liang punishing him, he couldn't help but cursed Zhuge Liang anxiously.
Meng You is a soldier, so he certainly knows that fifty military rods is a severe punishment.
It can be said that even with his physical strength, the fifty military rods will not kill him, but it will definitely leave him with only half a life.
Compared to the physical pain he was about to endure, Zhuge Liang's other arrangements were even more unacceptable to Meng You.
Being accompanied by a pig and being sent back in a donkey cart, doesn't this show that he is as stupid as a pig or a donkey?
Although he is a Yi, he still wants to be shameless!
Listening to the insults in Meng You's mouth, Zhuge Liang said to him:
"I won't kill you if you speak rudely. This shows Tianhan's generosity and broadmindedness.
But the majesty of Tianhan cannot be violated by anyone. Today I am giving you a small warning. I hope you will understand what awe is in the future!"
After saying these words, Zhuge Liang waved his sleeves vigorously.
There was a sound of breaking the air as the sleeves of the robe were moved. When the sound of breaking the air was over, Meng You had been taken out of the tent by more than a dozen Han troops.
Not long after, Meng You's pitiful screams could be heard outside the big tent.
Listening to the screams coming from outside the tent from time to time, and thinking of Zhuge Liang's arrangement just now, everyone in the tent looked at Zhuge Liang with somewhat strange eyes.
When Zhuge Liang stopped Yang Yi just now, everyone thought that Zhuge Liang was well-educated and did not want to argue with Meng You.
But now that I think about it, is the Prime Minister considered a good person or a bad person?
It’s just that the Prime Minister treated Meng You like this, which really relieved his anger!
They had never seen the Prime Minister behave like this before.
But if everyone in the tent knew that Mi Yang's act of sending women's clothes to Cao Pi was plagiarizing Zhuge Liang's behavior in history, I don't know what they would think.
Of course, Zhuge Liang couldn't hide the strange looks from everyone. Zhuge Liang also knew what they were thinking, but Zhuge Liang didn't care.
Meng You can insult him, but he cannot insult his country.
If you insult him personally, whether he gets angry or not depends on his personal self-cultivation.
As for humiliating the country, he couldn't bear it.
If it were not for considering the overall situation, Meng You would definitely not be able to return today.
After Meng You was dragged out of the tent, Zhuge Liang asked everyone to leave the tent and prepare for tomorrow's battle.
However, as everyone in the tent gradually left, one person stayed in the tent, and this person was Yang Yi.
When there was no one else in the tent, Yang Yi raised his hand to Zhuge Liang and said:
"Xi Baiqi was not good at martial arts, but he was victorious in every battle and was powerful in the world. Han Xin was timid in private fights, but he conquered the family with his troops and assisted Taizu to create the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, victory or defeat on the battlefield often depends on the wisdom of the general, not on personal bravery.
Moreover, it is well known that the barbarians are prone to produce fierce generals, so using our army's shortcomings to defeat the other's strong ones is not a foolproof strategy.
I secretly thought that the prime minister had just agreed to Meng You's request and there was still room for consideration."
It was obvious that Yang Yi did not agree with Zhuge Liang's behavior of agreeing with Meng Huo's fighting general just now.
Yang Yi currently serves as Zhuge Liang's chief secretary.
The chief bookkeeper is the confidant and think tank of the elector, and has the responsibility to check for and fill in the deficiencies of the elector.
Therefore, after Yang Yi somewhat disagreed with Zhuge Liang's approach, he thought of admonishing Zhuge Liang when no one was around.
Although Zhuge Liang has agreed to Meng Huo's request to fight as a general, if Zhuge Liang can follow his advice and be more careful about tomorrow's generals, then his advice will not be in vain.
After listening to Yang Yi's advice, Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Yang Yi: "How can I not know what Duke Wei said, but Duke Wei only knows one but not the other."
Hearing what Zhuge Liang said, Yang Yi was a little confused.
Zhuge Liang did not leave Yang Yi confused for too long, he told Yang Yi the real reason why he did this.
"Everyone in the world knows that foreigners are good at producing powerful generals, so they agree that this has always been the pride of foreigners.
In the four hundred years since the Han Dynasty, foreign tribes have surrendered and rebelled, and this is the reason why.
And the reason why I agreed to the invitation of Meng Huo to fight as a general is because I want to defeat them in a dignified manner in the place where they are most proud!
The foreign tribes in the south are ignorant of kindness and it is difficult to convince them with ordinary kindness. However, in military conflicts since ancient times, attacking the heart is the most important thing.
If I can't make the foreigners completely surrender to me, the Tianhan, then even if I can defeat them in this southern expedition, they will definitely rebel again after I lead the army and leave.
After another rebellion, our army will have to conquer again. After a long period of internal friction, when will our army be able to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition?
Only by defeating them in the place where they are most proud and using their strength to prove to Nanzhong what the power of Han Tianwei is, will they completely surrender in their hearts.
Only in this way can our army achieve the effect of attacking the heart."
After listening to Zhuge Liang's explanation, Yang Yi suddenly realized.
It turns out that Zhuge Liang was not negligent, but what he had in mind was at a level that ordinary people cannot understand.
But Yang Yi still has a layer of doubt in her mind:
"Even if our army can win the battle tomorrow, the foreign tribes in South China have not known etiquette and justice for a long time, so they may not be willing to surrender just because of a single defeat."
Faced with Yang Yi's doubts, Zhuge Liang smiled and stroked the hilt of the sword at his waist. He looked at Yang Yi and said confidently:
"If you are not convinced after being defeated once, then defeat him three times. If you are still dissatisfied after being defeated three times, then defeat him seven or ten times.
Defeating the foreign tribes in Nanzhong has never been difficult, but this is not what I want to do.
What I want to do is to completely defeat them!
Otherwise, why should I go to Nanzhong in person?
I just want to do what ordinary people can’t do, but what I always want to do!”
Listening to Zhuge Liang's heroic words, Yang Yi couldn't help but feel admiration in her heart.
He heard the deafening roar of the dragon today.
(End of chapter)
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