Chapter 414 Elite Yi Army Blood-Stained White Robes
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
When Meng You and his subordinates were sent back to the Yi army camp in a dozen donkey carts, Meng Huo became furious when he saw this scene.
Meng You was his biological brother. His biological brother was beaten half to death by Zhuge Liang and sent back as a pig. How could this not make Meng Huo, who had an already violent temper, feel unbearable.
Even though he was angry, Meng Huo also felt a little happy when he learned from Meng You's reply that Zhuge Liang had agreed to his invitation to fight as a general.
Zhuge villagers have fallen into his trap!
On the surface, the rebels in Nanzhong are mostly Yi people, but if you dig deeper, the rebellion in Nanzhong is essentially a major counterattack launched by the wealthy Yizhou clan against Liu Bei.
Thanks to the secret help of many Yizhou wealthy families, Meng Huo had a list of the main generals of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition.
Although the Yizhou family in Chengdu had suffered heavy losses when Zhuge Liang left Chengdu, the centipede remained alive.
Moreover, the list of the main generals of the Southern Expedition was not very confidential, so it was not difficult for Meng Huo to obtain this key information through some shady channels.
After getting the list of the main generals in Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, Meng Huo spent all night analyzing the list.
After his "careful" analysis, Meng Huo discovered that Zhuge Liang did not bring many famous generals from Chengdu this time.
After learning this, Meng Huo's desire to fight against generals emerged in his mind.
Of course, as Zhao Yun, the third most popular figure in the Southern Expedition, it was impossible for Meng Huo not to know that he was in Bodao County.
Even if Meng Huo lives in Nanzhong, he has heard of Zhao Yun's reputation.
But the point is that Zhao Yun is already over fifty this year, and being over fifty is considered an advanced age in this world. It is not too much to call Zhao Yun a veteran.
Perhaps Zhao Yun was a rare warrior in the world when he was young, but at such an old age, how much strength can Zhao Yun still display in his heyday?
Old age and frailty are a nightmare that no one can escape.
It was this inference that made Meng Huo full of confidence.
Looking at Meng You, who was lying in front of him and moaning continuously because of the pain in his body, the look in Meng Huo's eyes became more and more serious - he would repay today's humiliation a hundredfold tomorrow.
Meng Huo didn't have to wait too long, and the next day arrived in an instant.
When the early morning light dispersed outside Bodao County, Meng Huo and Gao Ding couldn't wait to lead more than 10,000 Yi troops to form formation outside Bodao County.
Because of the hardship of life in Nanzhong, most of the more than 10,000 Yi troops had no armor to wear, and many even went into battle wearing animal clothing that only covered their vitals.
But such shabby clothing did not make Zhuge Liang, who led the Han army in formation opposite, look down upon him.
In Zhuge Liang's sight, he only saw a Yi army of about ten thousand people appearing hundreds of steps away from him with a burst of wind and dust rising in the sky.
After more than ten thousand Yi troops took their stance, Zhuge Liang's observation became more detailed.
Although none of the more than ten thousand Yi soldiers were wearing fine armor, they all carried sharp blades that shone with cold light in their hands.
Under Zhuge Liang's observation, there was no general difference between the sharp blades in the hands of the tens of thousands of Yi troops and the standard weapons of the Han army.
But according to Li Yan, who had fought with the Yi army, Zhuge Liang knew that the sharp blades in the hands of more than ten thousand Yi soldiers were even more sharp than the standard weapons of the Han army in terms of sharpness alone.
Nanzhong has always been rich in copper and iron mines. As a gift from God, Nanzhong has the conditions to build powerful weapons.
As the Han people continued to migrate southward for hundreds of years, advanced smelting technology was also brought to Nanzhong.
When abundant resources are combined with advanced productivity, the emergence of many powerful weapons is also expected.
Observing the powerful weapons in the hands of more than ten thousand Yi troops, Zhuge Liang had a thoughtful look on his face.
During the Battle of Xiangfan, the Han army was originally at a disadvantage when fighting the Wei army. Not only did the Wei army have a numerical advantage, but also because the weapons in the hands of the Wei army were sharper than those of the Han army.
If the Han army's standard weapons are not improved, it will be difficult for the Han army to fight a protracted battle with the Wei army in the field. This will make the Han army's Northern Expedition extremely difficult.
Therefore, after seeing the sharp blades in the hands of more than ten thousand Yi troops, Zhuge Liang could not help but have an idea in his mind.
Even though some Han people moved south to Nanzhong and brought advanced smelting technology with them, Nanzhong's smelting technology was at most the same as that of the Han army, and it was impossible to surpass the Han army.
But even under such objective conditions, the sharpness of the sharp blades owned by the Nanzhong Yi army was still faintly superior to that of the Han army. This shows that the quality of the iron mined from the iron mines in Nanzhong is very excellent.
If after completely stabilizing Nanzhong, the Han army can vigorously exploit the iron ore in Nanzhong, then the gap between the weapons of the Han army and the Wei army will not be so obvious.
After considering this point, Zhuge Liang continued to observe the more than 10,000 Yi troops.
Just now, Zhuge Liang's first reaction was to observe the weapons and equipment of the Yi soldiers. Now he is observing the individual Yi soldiers in detail.
Hearing a hundred times is better than seeing it. As his eyes moved, Zhuge Liang had to sigh in his heart - the Nanzhong Yi Army is really a naturally excellent source of troops.
Perhaps due to the hardship of life, the population of Nanzhong has never been large.
But precisely because of their poor life, as long as the Yi people living in Nanzhong can grow up, most of them will be more than seven feet tall, broad-shouldered and round-waisted.
The principle of natural selection and survival of the fittest is vividly reflected in Nanzhong.
In addition to their superior physical fitness, the more than ten thousand Yi soldiers in Zhuge Liang's eyes still had some bloodthirsty aura about them.
Coupled with the animal skins they were wearing, Zhuge Liang had an illusion when he first saw more than ten thousand Yi troops:
It seemed that what he saw in his eyes was not tens of thousands of human beings, but tens of thousands of ferocious beasts that were waiting for the opportunity to move and choose people to their liking.
This fierce and bloodthirsty temperament can affect the enemy's military morale to a certain extent and invisibly improve one's own morale.
Just like the more than 10,000 Han troops currently led by Zhuge Liang.
Although they were all wearing fine armor, and under the command of the general, they formed a tight formation.
But when they first saw the tens of thousands of Yi troops who looked like ferocious beasts, many Han soldiers still had expressions of emotion on their faces involuntarily.
In today's world, the fear of ferocious beasts is engraved in people's bones.
Otherwise, there would be no classic examples in history of soldiers or war horses wearing animal clothing to disturb the enemy's morale and launch an attack.
The change of mentality of his own army was quickly captured by Zhuge Liang.
But faced with this change, Zhuge Liang did not react immediately.
The fear in your heart cannot be easily erased with words, only with actions.
Meng Huo, who wanted to attack the enemy, would soon carry out this action.
As Zhuge Liang expected, after his own army took a stand, Meng Huo, after discussing with Gaoding, couldn't wait to send more than a dozen barbarian generals to line up in front of the two armies.
The dozen or so barbarian generals were all more than eight feet in length and had majestic faces.
Compared with the various animal skins worn by many Yi people, these dozen barbarian generals all wore tiger skins.
The tiger skin could not completely cover their bodies, and the exposed parts of their bodies were covered with traces of bites from various wild beasts.
Even two of the most majestic barbarians took huge tiger heads as trophies and carried them on their scarred backs.
These two generals, one is the cave master and the other is King Mulu, both are famous and powerful generals in Nanzhong.
Their prestige in Nanzhong is like Guan Yu's prestige in the Central Plains.
I think these dozen barbarian generals are the candidates sent by Meng Huo to fight today.
The barbarians did not like to ride horses. They just dragged their huge feet and walked step by step in front of the formation of more than ten thousand Han troops.
As the Han army got closer, the smiles on the faces of these dozen barbarian generals became more and more ferocious.
As a dozen barbarian generals approached, the faces of the Han soldiers standing in front actually showed some panic.
It will be difficult for future generations to understand the current fear of tigers. To them, tigers may just be cute and cute things to watch.
But in this world that advocates force, the tiger is the undisputed king of the mountains and forests, and it is also the most feared beast in the hearts of human beings.
Not to mention that the dozen or so barbarian generals were all hunky-backed, but just talking about their costumes, they looked like ferocious beasts approaching step by step. This naturally made some Han soldiers feel a little panicked.
Normally, the Han army would have killed these dozen barbarian generals with arrows, but today was the day when the two sides were fighting generals, so this method could not be used.
When a dozen barbarian generals arrived in front of the Han army's formation, they stopped and waited for the generals in the Han army's formation to come out and fight them.
At this moment, a veteran general in the Han army's battle formation kept asking for battle in front of Zhuge Liang.
This veteran is Zhao Yun.
There were many Han generals gathered around Zhuge Liang, but only Zhao Yun kept asking for battle. However, what is puzzling is that in the face of Zhao Yun's constant requests for battle, Zhuge Liang never agreed.
Zhuge Liang's reason for rejecting Zhao Yun was: "The general is a minister of His Majesty Yuan Cong. Recently, ministers of Yuan Cong in the DPRK have been passing away, and Your Majesty is deeply saddened.
Now that the general is over fifty, how can I allow him to take the risk of fighting against the general?
If anything happens to the general, how will I explain it to His Majesty in the future?"
Zhuge Liang's reasons sounded full of concern for Zhao Yun, but when Zhao Yun heard Zhuge Liang's concern, he felt a little angry.
Does the Prime Minister think he is old?
For Zhao Yun, who once dominated the army when he was young, he is most afraid of others saying that he is old!
Zhao Yun had a look of displeasure on his face, and he said to Zhuge Liang: "During the battle between Xiangfan and Xiangfan, the generals and chariot generals were both older than me, but they could go into battle to kill the enemy in person. How can I avoid the enemy now?"
war?
Although I am over fifty years old, killing them is still a matter of rebellion. I am willing to issue a military order and hope that the Prime Minister will approve it."
When Zhao Yun said these words, a look of determination and pride appeared on his face.
Facing Zhao Yun's firm request to fight, Zhuge Liang hesitated, but finally agreed to Zhao Yun's request.
He asked someone to bring a glass of sake and handed it to Zhao Yun, and then said to Zhao Yun: "I will give Zilong a strong journey with a glass of thin wine."
Zhuge Liang then pointed to the dozens of barbarian generals outside the formation and said: "They are all famous men in the army. If you kill this Hu, the other army will lose their strength. You were once as famous as Guan Hou, now you can kill them for me."
Yan Liang is right."
Seeing that Zhuge Liang finally agreed to his request for war, Zhao Yun was overjoyed. He quickly took the wine glass and drank it all. After drinking, he threw the wine glass to the ground and said with emotion:
"Now that we know their shapes, we should take them as public."
After saying this, Zhao Yun couldn't wait to ride his horse away from Zhuge Liang.
After Zhao Yun left, Yang Yi beside Zhuge Liang asked Zhuge Liang with a smile: "What is the prime minister's method of motivating generals?"
Facing Yang Yi's guess, Zhuge Liang also smiled and nodded.
"Otherwise, Zilong would not be cruel."
Zhuge Liang knows Zhao Yun very well. Compared to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun has a gentler temperament.
But today there are two generals fighting, and one's own general must use cruel means to frighten the enemy, so Zhuge Liang wants to stimulate Zhao Yun.
Under the stimulation, Zhao Yun will definitely not show mercy in order to prove himself to the world.
How cruel, how come.
Seeing that he had guessed what Zhuge Liang was thinking, Yang Yi asked again: "Although we are brave in conquering the south, the enemy army has more than ten generals. The prime minister still needs to be cautious."
Yang Yi's implication was that he was worried about the battle between the dozens of barbarian generals.
But in the face of Yang Yi's worries, Zhuge Liang didn't take it seriously:
"It doesn't matter, he is Zilong."
As a witness to the Battle of Dangyang, Zhuge Liang knew what a fierce general Zhao Yun was.
And the reason why he agreed to Meng Huo's invitation to fight as a general was because Zhao Yun was in the army.
"Mr. Wei, order the entire army to prepare for an assault."
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was so confident, Yang Yi stopped trying to persuade him. He just left Quan in silence to deliver orders.
Zhao Yun came very quickly, and within a short while, he rode his horse out of the Han army's formation.
Meng Huo, who was not far away, saw a white-robed veteran coming out of the battle with a spear, and he immediately realized that this Han general was Zhao Yun.
But Meng Huo was not worried at all about Zhao Yun's participation in the battle. He just secretly taunted in his heart: Zhuge Liang has no one to use.
What can a fifty-year veteran do?
Not only Meng Huo felt contempt for Zhao Yun's appearance in the battle, but also the dozen or so barbarian generals showed disdain on their faces when they saw that a veteran general was in the battle.
What's more, they all laughed out loud.
And these laughters happened to be heard by Zhao Yun, who had just come out of the battle.
The anger in Zhao Yun's heart was suddenly aroused to the highest level by these laughter.
According to the rules of the battle of generals, after the two generals appear in formation, the battle of generals begins.
Therefore, Zhao Yun did not hesitate. As he rode his horse slowly toward the dozen barbarian generals, he took out the scythe from his arms, then aimed at one of the barbarian generals and threw it hard.
Zhao Yun is a person with unparalleled arm strength. He throws with all his strength, allowing Xian Yun to reach speeds that are unimaginable to ordinary people.
Xian Yun flew toward the dozens of barbarian generals at extremely fast speed.
Before the dozens of barbarian generals could react, Xian Yun hit one of them in the forehead. Due to the speed of the attack, Xian Yun directly penetrated the head of the barbarian general.
As a burst of blood foam exploded in the air, the barbarian general immediately fell to the ground and died.
Because Xian Yun's speed was so fast, when the barbarian general fell to the ground, the dozens of barbarian generals around him could not react.
After these dozens of barbarian generals reacted, their first feeling was one of shock.
Zhao Yun was still not far away from them, but he was able to directly kill one of them with his sword, without even giving them time to react. What kind of arm strength and eyesight was this?
But after a moment of astonishment, the dozen or so barbarian generals all became furious.
Zhao Yun's move was undoubtedly a provocation to them - he was willing to challenge dozens of them with just one person.
Faced with this kind of provocation, how could the always tough barbarian generals endure it?
So under the leadership of the cave master and King Mulu, a dozen barbarians rushed towards Zhao Yun.
And just after Zhao Yun directly killed an arrogant barbarian general with Xian Yun, more than ten thousand Han troops formed a unified formation.
Waves of high-pitched drums sounded in the Han army's formation, cheering for their general who conquered the south.
When the drums of the Han army sounded, the more than ten thousand Yi troops did not dare to show weakness. They did not have war drums, but they shouted together and cheered for their fierce generals in the ancient ethnic language.
As Zhao Yun and dozens of barbarian generals continued to approach, the sound of war drums and shouts in the formations of both sides became louder and louder.
Zhao Yun was riding on a war horse, looking at the dozens of barbarians approaching him. He did not feel nervous. Instead, a long-lost excitement emerged in his heart.
Of course, Zhao Yun knew from his battle experience that if he drove his steed to kill and disturb dozens of barbarian generals from a distance with arrows, then they would not be able to show off their bravery no matter how great they were.
But Zhao Yun didn't want to use this trick.
Barbarians fear power rather than morality, so if you want to make them feel fear, you can't use tricks.
Moreover, he is Changshan Zhao Zilong. When he faced tens of thousands of Wei army cavalry, he did not even fight. What's more, there are only a dozen barbarian generals in front of him today?
So Zhao Yun drove his horse and went straight towards killing more than a dozen barbarian generals.
When Zhao Yun was very close to the dozen barbarian generals, the dozen barbarian generals took out their weapons and slashed at the legs of Zhao Yun's horse.
The dozens of barbarian generals are all experienced hunters, and now Zhao Yun is their prey in their eyes.
For hunters, no matter how ferocious the prey is, as long as it loses its mobility first, the hunting operation will be more than half successful.
The idea of these dozen barbarians is very good, but unfortunately it is just an idea.
Zhao Yun was born in Baima Yicong, who was famous for his superb riding skills.
When dozens of strange weapons were about to touch the horses' hooves, Zhao Yun reined in the reins in time and drove his horse to leap over the heads of dozens of barbarian generals.
As his snow-white shirt fluttered, Zhao Yun was like a divine general descending from the sky, arriving on top of the dozens of barbarian generals.
Then, amid the astonished looks on the faces of the dozen or so barbarian generals, Zhao Yun's spear roared upwards from high altitude toward the bottom like a silver dragon.
As the cold light flashed, two barbarians were already penetrated by Zhao Yun's spear.
The most terrifying scene happened next.
After piercing the sturdy bodies of the two barbarian generals with the spear in his hand, Zhao Yun used his extraordinary arm strength and the momentum of the horse to lift the bodies of the two barbarian generals high so that everyone in the two armies could see them clearly.
Chu's.
The moment Zhao Yun's horse's hoof hit the ground, he thrust the tip of the spear in his hand toward the ground.
As the sharp spear head pierced the ground, Zhao Yun had already passed through the surroundings of more than a dozen barbarian generals and nailed the bodies of their two companions to the ground.
At this moment, the silver-white spear had already been soaked in blood, and even Zhao Yun's snow-white shirt was stained with a few blood flowers.
At this moment, the tens of thousands of Yi troops who were shouting in unison fell silent in an instant.
This was the first time they had seen a general who could use a gun, a weapon that relies on dexterity to kill enemies, with such violence.
Is this kind of arm strength something people should have?
A strong sense of consternation quickly spread among the tens of thousands of Yi troops.
When more than ten thousand Yi troops were stunned, Zhuge Liang's military order had been spread throughout the army.
The first rule of Zhuge Kongming's art of war: take advantage of his shock and kill him.
This chapter has been completed!