Chapter 477 Zhu Bao gives the headship and Yong Kai flees
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Zhuge Liang's status was unusual. What he said was that he was marching south on behalf of the emperor, so the appointment he mentioned could be regarded as an imperial edict.
When Deng Ai heard that Zhuge Liang asked to appoint him as Zhonglang General, Deng Ai couldn't help but be happy.
Since the Tiandong Rebellion, military positions have become more and more complicated, but the basic promotion system still follows the standards of the Han Dynasty.
In the military system of the Han Dynasty, we will not talk about the lower-level officers. The middle-level officers start from the captain, and then in order, the general, the general, the general, the general, and finally the general.
It can be said that the position of captain that Deng Ai originally held was the lowest position among middle-level officers.
Now Zhuge Liang wants to appoint Deng Ai as Zhonglang General. This is a big promotion for Deng Ai. How can Deng Ai not be happy?
I would like to know that among the many tribesmen of Mi Yang, except for Meng Da, very few have yet obtained the military position of General Zhonglang.
Deng Ailian went to Zhuge Liang and bowed gratefully: "Thank you, Prime Minister."
At that moment, Deng Ai felt that his hardships last month were not in vain.
Facing Deng Ai's thanks, Zhuge Liang looked at the wound on Deng Ai's left arm and smiled lightly.
He just gave Deng Ai what he deserved.
After rewarding Deng Ai, Zhuge Liang asked Deng Ai: "Has the trace of Shi Hui been found?"
In the roar of Daying last night, Shi Hui might also have lost his life.
But if Shi Hui really died in the chaos last night, Deng Ai would have just brought Shi Hui's body to see him.
And since Deng Aiwei brought Shi Hui's body, it means that he probably took advantage of the chaos and escaped last night.
Although after last night's chaos, the troops in Wanjiao Prefecture have been defeated and there is no need for danger. Zhuge Liang's strategic goal has been achieved.
But if Shi Hui, who is the culprit, can also be captured, then things will naturally become easier.
Facing Zhuge Liang's inquiry, Deng Ai had a thoughtful look on his face.
The reason why he wanted to go deep into the camp just now was to explore Shi Hui's east field. Although he did not see Shi Hui's body, after carefully exploring the Weng Quan East, he also roughly got the whereabouts of Shi Hui Keke.
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"According to what the soldiers said, they saw Shi Hui fleeing eastward out of the camp under the protection of his personal guards last night.
Fu Mountain is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and the only way out is guarded by soldiers sent by Fu Qian. Even though Shi Hui managed to escape during the chaos last night, Ai expected that he would not have succeeded in escaping from Dongshan now.
Ai concluded that Shi Hui must be hiding somewhere in the forest of Ax Mountain and lingering, waiting for his army to retreat before escaping."
Deng Ai's analysis made Zhuge Liang nodded.
Shi Hui didn't know about the hidden mountain road, so Deng Ai's inference made sense.
When Deng Ai saw that Zhuge Liang seemed to be concerned about Shi Hui, he made a trick to Zhuge Liang:
"It's the middle of winter, and the trees are dry and easy to catch fire.
If the prime minister wants to find Shi Hui and others who have fallen eastward, it is better to send people to set fire to the mountain. After the fire spreads, if Shi Hui does not want to die, he can just escape from the mountain forest.
It will not be difficult to capture Dong Shihui by then."
Deng Ai thought his plan was very good, but Zhuge Liang shook his head after hearing his plan.
"The people of Yelang have always been eating prey in the mountains. If I set the mountain on fire, I might be able to capture Dong Shihui, but after the fire spreads, the livelihood of the people of Yelang will undoubtedly be cut off.
I would not do anything to lose the hearts and minds of Yelang people because of a traitor.
Kuangdang's army should immediately turn eastward and defeat Zhu Bao while he was unaware of Shi Hui's defeat.
After Zhu Bao's defeat, the chaos in Nanzhong will resolve itself, which will become the top priority of his army.
There is no need to emblem one person and let other troops miss a good opportunity."
Setting fire to the mountain sounds simple, but it is not an easy task to do - there are many Han troops in the east of the mountain.
Therefore, before setting fire to the mountains, Qiu ordered the Han troops to retreat to Shandong one after another. Besides, no matter how dry the trees were, such a large mountain would not be able to be burned in a month or two.
Setting fire to the mountains will inevitably delay the Han army a lot of time, and it will also affect the people's hearts, which is unacceptable to Zhuge Liang.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Deng Ai understood and stopped saying anything.
After temporarily letting go of Dong Shihui's whereabouts, Zhuge Liang immediately ordered the entire army in Dong to clear the battlefield as soon as possible.
Dozens of miles away to the east, there was an enemy army waiting for the Han army to defeat them.
In the early morning of the second month, the Han army that had finished cleaning the battlefield went east of Zhuge Liang's leadership and detoured from Ax Mountain to the back of Zhu Bao's camp.
Zhu Bao's camp is not far from Ax Mountain.
However, due to the tragedy of Yingxiao, all the people seeking Taoism in Fushan were controlled by the Han army, so the Jiaozhou soldiers who basically did not survive fled to Zhu Bao's camp to report the news.
When the Han army arrived behind Zhu Bao's camp, Zhu Bao did not know that Shi Hui's army was almost completely wiped out.
Because of this, Zhu Bao certainly could not send heavy troops to defend the back of his camp. The defensive force behind Zhu Bao's camp was very weak.
Even because the Han army could not avoid fighting for months, Zhu Bao's army and Shi Hui's army made the same mistake-the military morale was slack.
In that case, after Dong Zai Wan Han's army arrived at the rear of Zhu Bao's camp, they were led by the fierce general Zhao Yun and easily broke into Zhu Bao's camp.
Do you know that that battle was the last big battle in the Southern Expedition, so the entire Han army worked very hard to kill the enemy in the east capital.
If you don't work hard, you won't get any credit.
Whether the rebels were slack and poorly trained on the one hand, and the Han army, which had great morale and experienced hundreds of battles on the one hand, had already been doomed when the two armies met outside the camp.
As the Han army continued to attack the east, Zhu Bao's rebels retreated steadily, suffering heavy casualties.
After seeing that the situation was over, Zhu Bao's army also had external problems.
Zhu Bao was not Han Chinese, and most of the generals he appointed were also Han people.
Since they are all Han people, and the victory of the Han army is already certain, why are Zhu Bao's generals so eager to sacrifice their lives for him?
Most of Zhuge Liang's subordinates were not aware of Zhuge Liang's political slogan of "killing the first evildoer" in Yuexi County.
Concerned about whether they could survive, some generals began to lead their own troops and horses to cooperate with the Han army to attack the army that was very loyal to Zhu Bao.
In the east of the flanking attack from outside, Zhu Bao's army, which was already on the verge of collapse, was defeated in an instant.
Zhu Bao, the chief villain, was killed by his troops in the rebel army before he even had time to escape from the camp.
After hearing that Zhu Bao had been beheaded, Zhuge Liang ordered the Han army to surrender the remaining rebels.
When most of the rebels saw that Zhu Bao was dead, they abandoned their armor and asked the Han army to surrender.
When the war progressed to that point, it meant that the Han army successfully quelled the rebellion in Zangqi County.
In just a few months, the Han army east of Zhuge Liang's command not only reversed the dangerous situation of being surrounded on three sides, but also successfully defeated Shi Hui. The two sides of Zhuge Liang had a total of nearly 20,000 troops.
Suddenly, the counter-insurgency situation in Nanzhong became extremely clear.
After recruiting and surrendering Zhu Bao's rebels, Zhuge Liang turned his attention to the west - the area where Yong Kai's three thousand troops were stationed.
If Yong Kai's three thousand army can be defeated, then Yizhou County will be re-integrated into the territory of the Han Dynasty, and by that time, it will be time for Zhuge Liang to send troops to the north!
Shi Hui, Yu Fan, and Sun Huan hid in the mountains and forests of Fushan for several months.
During those few months, they could make a living by hunting in the mountains and forests, which was very embarrassing.
No matter how embarrassed they were, Shi Hui and others would not dare to rush out of the forest before the Han army completely retreated.
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang did not insist on asking Suo Na Shihui and others, otherwise they might have fallen into the lap of the Han army.
A few months later, after all the Han troops had left Fu Mountain, Shihui and his three men walked out of the mountain forest fearfully.
By Mingyue, those who had died in the Wanjiao Prefecture Army were dead and surrendered, and only the three people from Dong were left.
How sad!
Even the few personal guards who escaped to protect Shi Hui that night died in the camp because of Protect Shi Hui.
When Shi Hui and the other three walked out of the mountain forest, they couldn't help but look at each other and weep when they felt that they would have to live for the rest of their lives.
No one knows how the three of them spent those months. Qiu Bubu relied on his strong belief in survival, and I am afraid that the three of them will not survive until the bright moon.
After walking out of the mountains and forests, Yu Fan immediately suggested that Shi Hui go and join Zhu Bao.
Zhu Baofu and Jiaozhou have always been allies. Looking at that relationship, Zhu Baofu will definitely give Shi Hui Shi a helping hand.
And without Zhu Bao's help, how could they get out of the dangerous Nanzhong and return to Jiaozhou with the strength of the three of them?
Shi Hui also disagreed with Yu Fan's suggestion.
However, he did not hesitate and immediately took Yu Fan and Sun Huan towards Zhu Bao's camp.
Can Shihui and the others rushed to a hillside outside Zhu Bao's camp? What they saw almost scared them to death.
The originally orderly camp had long since disappeared, leaving only a mess.
That scene immediately made Shi Hui realize a serious fact - Zhu Bao's army was probably defeated by the Han army.
Otherwise it would not be enough to explain the scene they saw in front of them.
After realizing that, Shi Hui and the other three people, who were weak, almost fainted out of breath.
Whether Bu Cong Zhu Bao is dead or alive, and what kind of impact it will have on the situation in South China after the defeat of Bu Cong Zhu Bao's army.
The most important thing now is that it is difficult for them to get Zhu Bao's rescue!
And if they didn't have Zhu Bao's rescue, how would they return to Jiaozhou?
Without the protection of the army, they may die at any time in the southern land filled with wild beasts and miasma.
In desperation, Shi Hui proposed to seek Yong Kai's protection.
Yong Kai also had an unclear relationship with Jiaozhou before.
But Shi Hui's suggestion was flatly rejected by Yu Fan.
"A few months ago, 20,000 troops were defeated by the Han army. Could it be that Yong Kai's 3,000 troops were spared?"
Yu Fan's rhetorical question was actually explaining a simple truth.
After Zhuge Liang led his army to defeat Zhu Bao's army, his only target in the east was definitely Yong Kai's army.
However, Yong Kai only had 3,000 troops. I'm afraid Zhuge Liang didn't even need to attack, so he asked the Wan Han army to stop outside the camp. Yong Kai would be frightened and flee back to Yizhou County.
When that layer of truth was broken by Yu Fan, Shi Hui seemed to have had all his strength taken away from him, and his whole body fell directly to the ground.
As he fell to the ground, Shi Hui couldn't help but murmur: "Did God really ask for his death?"
Shi Hui didn't know whether Yu Fan's eyes behind him suddenly changed when he was whispering.
The emblem of Tianqiu's death does not mean that Tianqiu killed him and Sun Huan.
Thinking of Shi Hui's intimidation against him before, and thinking of Shi Hui's ugly face that night when he wanted to leave him alone to escape, an idea quietly emerged in Yu Fan's mind.
Yu turned to Sun Huan and winked.
Sun Huan, like Shi Hui, felt that there was no hope in life, but after seeing Yu Fan's eyes, Sun Huan quickly put his ear to Yu Fan's mouth.
As Yu Fan's lips moved, Sun Huan's expression became dark and unclear.
But soon Sun Huan made a decision in his heart.
Sun Huan slowly stood up from behind Shi Hui, and then quietly came behind Shi Hui.
When Sun Huan got closer, the sound of his movement startled Shi Hui.
But before Shi Hui could react, Sun Huan quickly drew out the long sword from his waist and slashed towards Shi Hui's neck.
A cold light flashed, and Shi Hui's head was completely separated from his body. Due to the speed of Sun Huan's sword swing, Shi Hui didn't even have time to cry out in pain.
When Shi Hui's head fell to the ground, Yu Fan stood up, picked up Shi Hui's head, and shouted angrily: "A dog thief, can you still do evil?"
Then Sun Huan quickly put away his sword and came to Yu Fan's side.
The method Yu Fan came up with to save his life was also very simple.
Can Yan Dong and the three of them return to Jiaozhou safely, but what if there are only two Dongs left?
The one who led the army to fight against Zhuge Liang was Shi Hui. What does it have to do with Yu Fan and Sun Huan?
It is true that he and Sun Huan accompanied Shi Hui to Nanzhong and had no intention of doing so, but Zhuge Liang didn't know that.
I asked him to carry Shi Hui's head to the Han army camp, and with his sharp tongue, he made Zhuge Liang believe that he and Sun Huan were coerced by Shi Hui before entering Nanzhong. Then could Zhuge Liang send troops?
Escort them back to Jiangdong.
After all, their leader, Sun Quan, was not considered a Taiwei of the Han Dynasty, and he and Sun Huan were also considered Han ministers.
Even if Zhuge Liang didn't believe what he said, the worst thing he could do was become a prisoner of the Han army.
It’s not like I haven’t done it before.
Just asking to save one life means nothing.
After having a misunderstanding with Sun Huan, Yu Fan took Shi Hui's head and quickly rushed towards the Han army's camp with Sun Huan.
After defeating Zhu Bao's rebels, the Han army rested for a while and then headed eastward towards the direction where Yong Kai's army was stationed, led by Zhuge Liang.
But what Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that when he led his army outside Yong Kai's camp, what he saw was an empty camp.
I think if Yong Kai had received the news in advance, he would have decisively escaped back to Yizhou County with his life saved.
Zhuge Liang had no intention of letting go of Yong Kai. Could Yong Kai be regarded as the biggest culprit in the Nanzhong Rebellion? If he did not die for a month, Nanzhong would not be stable for a month.
Zhuge Liang immediately detached 5,000 Han troops and put them in Ma Zhong's lap, asking him to lead the army behind to pursue Yong Kai's rebels.
Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, led the rest of the Han army to the east and returned to the camp. He planned to go to the headquarters of Xangqi County in a few months to stabilize the situation in Xangqi County.
But before Zhuge Liang set out, he received news that surprised him.
"Someone claims to be a loyal minister of Jiangdong, holding a military emblem on his leg and his head to ask for an audience!"
Jiangdong is very loyal?
Chapter 2 yesterday.
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