Both Gaoding and Meng Huo were famous marshals in Nanzhong.
Among the two, Gao Ding was the leader of the Yi people in Yueqi County, so people in Nanzhong usually called Gao Ding the King of Barbarians.
Since Gao Ding was not of the Han nationality, among the many powerful commanders in the Nanzhong counties, Gao Ding was the one who was least willing to surrender to Liu Bei.
In the 22nd year of Jian'an, Gao Ding led a large number of barbarian troops to attack Xindao County. That time he was defeated by Li Yanyue County and retreated.
It can be seen that Gaoding had long wanted to lead his army to invade Yizhou North County.
Of course, it can also be seen from this point that Gaoding itself is very powerful. If the strength was not strong, Gaoding would not have the confidence to lead an army to attack Xindao County alone.
Even though Gaoding lost a lot of soldiers and horses in the first battle, when all three counties in Nanzhong rebelled this time, Gaoding was still the strongest among the rebels in the three counties.
As for Meng Huo, his reputation in the Nanzhong area is no less than that of Haute Couture.
In the past memorials received by Liu Bei, local officials often used the term "Barbarian King" to Meng Huo when talking about the situation in Nanzhong.
In fact, this is not very accurate, because Meng Huo is different from Haoding in that he is a Han Chinese.
Meng Huo was born in the Meng family of Yizhou County, which was a branch of the Meng family of Zhu Ti hundreds of years ago.
Because of the war at that time, a branch of Zhu Ti's Meng family went south to settle in Yizhou County, thus forming the Meng family of Yizhou County.
From this point of view, Meng Huo's background is quite similar to that of Yong Kai.
After all, Zhu Timeng's family name is also one of the popular surnames in Yizhou.
But the reason why Meng Huo is called the "Barbarian King" by the people in Nanzhong is that Meng Huo's ancestors adopted a different development method from Yong Kai's ancestors.
After leading his people to settle in Yizhou County, Meng Huo's ancestors gained the trust of the local Yi people with the advanced productivity they brought.
With hundreds of years of deliberate integration and coexistence, the Meng family in Yizhou County has a very high prestige among the local Yi people.
Later, in order to strengthen his family's strength, Meng Huo's ancestor gradually claimed that he was the leader of the Yi people in Yizhou, and he led his people to constantly learn the customs of the local Yi people.
Due to the prestige of Meng's ancestors among the local Yi people, that claim could be regarded as a rumor at first, but with the acquiescence of the local Yi people, to this day, Meng Huo is already a veritable leader among the Yi people in Yizhou County.
According to the view of the Spring and Autumn Period: "When the princes use foreign rituals, the barbarians will be conquered; if the barbarians advance into China, the Chinese will be conquered."
In essence, Meng Huo's ancestor's actions were voluntarily giving up his Chinese identity.
People at that time called Meng Huo the Barbarian King, which was not wrong.
Precisely because of Meng Huo's special identity of being both Han and Yi, after Meng Huo became the patriarch of the Meng clan, he was able to have both sides of the fence in Nanzhong, which led to his growing reputation.
The reason why Yong Kai did not lead his troops north to assist Gaoding this time was also because of Meng Huo's status.
It is good that Yong Kai and Gao Ding are political allies, but Yong Kai is a Chinese and Gao Ding is a Yi nationality, so there are natural conflicts between them.
Now they will unite together just because of the huge benefits offered by Cao Wei.
But the conflict between them has not been truly resolved, so whether it is Gao Ding or Yong Kai, they don't really want to see each other.
Meng Huo didn't have such worries in front of Gao Ding.
And Gaoding felt very happy when he saw that Meng Huo, a "fellow tribesman", was leading troops to assist him.
But no matter how happy Gaoding was before, after learning about the military situation of Zhuge Liang's troops stationed in Bodao, his entire rough face was almost squeezed into a lump.
This is sad.
Depressed, Gao Ding subconsciously looked at Meng Huo sitting aside, and then asked in Yi: "King Meng, what should we do next?"
There is a common Mandarin in the world, and it has a very resounding name - Zhengyin Yayan.
It can be seen from the name that this language can only be learned by the children of aristocratic families.
Although Gaoding was a barbarian king and could do whatever he wanted in Yueqi County, he was not from a Chinese family and had no way to learn the correct pronunciation and elegant dialect when he was growing up.
Later, when Gaoding grew up, due to his hostility towards China, he never took the initiative to seek out Chinese scholars to learn the correct pronunciation and elegant dialect.
Therefore, it can be said that there are huge obstacles for Gaoding to communicate with any descendant of aristocratic families in Nanzhong.
This is one of the reasons why Yong Kai looks down on haute couture.
But in front of Meng Huo, Gaoding didn't have such troubles.
Meng Huo, who had a special status, knew many languages.
Meng Huo is a tall and strong man who is not inferior to haute couture. Even in order to cater to the aesthetics of the local Yi people, Meng Huo does not wear Chinese clothes, but wears a attire with his hair left open.
Wearing one's hair with a left fold is a common attire for foreigners in this world. In Chinese cultural concepts, it is a very shameful attire.
His performance also represents how seriously the Meng people were assimilated by the local Yi people in his generation.
It's just that although Meng Huo's appearance is as rough as Haute Couture, he comes from a wealthy family and his IQ is still higher than Couture's.
After Meng Huo listened to Gao Ding's inquiry, his eyes kept moving, as if he was thinking of some strategies.
After thinking for a long time, Meng Huo laughed, patted his legs and said to Gao Dingyan:
"Why should King Gao be worried? Although Zhuge Villager has led the army to Bodao, he has never led an army to fight. Why are we afraid of him?"
"In the past, Zhuge Villager was far away in Nan'an, and I was worried that I would not be able to capture him alive and offer him to the messenger of the Celestial Empire. But now that he has come to my door by himself, God is really helping me."
When Meng Huo said these words, his words showed strong confidence.
Maybe he was infected by the confidence in Meng Huo's words, or maybe Meng Huo's words were exactly what Gao Ding was thinking, so after listening to Meng Huo's words, Gao Ding also showed some smile on his face.
It's just that the reason why Gaoding feels depressed is not because he is afraid of Zhuge Liang.
Seeing that there was no one around, Gao Ding said to Meng Huo: "What King Meng said makes sense, but the messenger from Heaven wants us to capture Bodao as soon as possible. No matter how incompetent Zhuge Liang is, after he leads the army to station in Bodao, we have to capture Bodao."
Going down to Bo Road is not an easy task."
The envoys from the Celestial Dynasty mentioned by Gao Ding refer to the envoys from the Wei Dynasty.
When the Wei envoy came to Nanzhong, he did not come alone.
He not only brought a large amount of gold and silver, but also carried many officials' talisman seals.
All aliens have a common problem, that is, they are very greedy for money.
After seeing the large amount of gold and silver brought by the envoys of the Wei Dynasty, Gaoding had already been conquered, not to mention the talisman seal that symbolized power.
Under the temptation of the power and wealth of the envoy from the Wei Dynasty, Gao Ding was now quite attentive to the envoy from the Wei Dynasty.
After all, those things are not free.
Gao Ding even knew that in the hands of the envoy from the Wei Dynasty, there was an edict issued personally by the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi. The content of the edict was that whoever could capture Chengdu would be the new Lord of Yizhou.
Who can not be confused by the huge temptation of becoming the Lord of Yizhou?
Gao Ding had this worry in his heart, so why didn't Meng Huo do the same?
Meng Huo also wanted to be the lord of Yizhou.
So after listening to Gao Ding's words, Meng Huo told Gao Ding a clever plan he had just thought of:
"In my opinion, it is better for us to lead the army north tomorrow and go outside Bodao County to challenge the Han army and find out the reality.
If the Han army is vulnerable, we will take advantage of the situation and capture Bodao County.
If the Han army is difficult to defeat, we will retreat to join other armies and plan the next step.
In this way, the envoy will not blame us for not doing our best for Wei in the future."
After Gao Ding listened to Meng Huo's clever plan, his face became more and more happy.
It's a pity that Haute Couture has no culture, so he couldn't think of any words to praise Meng Huo. He just laughed and clapped his hands and said: "Good!"
The reason why Gaoding thinks Meng Huo's strategy is good is because Meng Huo's strategy can achieve the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
Perhaps from the perspective of the entire world, the titles of the two Barbarian Kings, Gaoding and Meng Huo, are more like a joke.
The two of them are not considered wise men of the world, but that does not mean that they are fools.
Gao Ding and Meng Huo would despise Zhuge Liang, but they would not ignore him.
What's more, even if Zhuge Liang is incompetent, Gao Ding and Meng Huo heard that there was an elite army from Liangzhou in Zhuge Liang's southern expedition.
Gaoding and Meng Huo had heard of Mi Yang's reputation, and it was impossible for them to despise the elite soldiers he sent.
Therefore, Meng Huo thought of having a fight with Zhuge Liang first to test the strength of the enemy's army.
Perhaps for other armies, if they were defeated in this battle, they might suffer heavy losses, but for Gao Ding and Meng Huo, they would not have such worries.
Because their tribesmen are essentially their tribesmen and have a strong sense of belonging to them.
Unless the two of them die, their tribes will not surrender to Zhuge Liang easily.
And as long as their tribesmen do not want to submit to Zhuge Liang, then if they are defeated, they will be defeated, and at worst they will flee into the mountains.
For the local Yi people, this is almost a natural skill.
The high mountains are a natural chasm for the enemy, but for the Yi people in Nanzhong, it is the place they are most familiar with and their last natural barrier.
Therefore, Meng Huoti's strategy can be said to be completely beneficial to them without any harm. How can Gaoding not be happy?
After laughing, Gaoding asked the tribesmen to bring a lot of wine and meat, and then he and Meng Huo ate happily together.
Judging from the performance of Haute Couture, he seems to feel that victory is just around the corner?
Haute Couture is not stupid, but he is not very smart either.
After a night of fun, Gaoding and Meng Huo led their respective tribes towards Bodao County early the next morning.
Nanzhong is an area where Yi people and Han people live together, and the number of Yi people here is very large.
Most of the Yi people in Nanzhong gather in Yueqi County and Yizhou County.
In this case, Gaoding and Meng Huo were the leaders of the Yi people in the two counties respectively, and they must have many people under their command.
After all, the Yi people are different from the Han people. Since the Yi people have lived in poverty for generations, they have developed a brave and fearless character.
If they were truly fully mobilized, even the women of the Yi people could go into battle to kill the enemy.
Of course, it is not yet a time of life and death, so the two barbarian kings have not summoned all the Yi people in the clan.
But after they gathered most of the tribesmen, the total strength of the two men's army reached more than 10,000.
With an army of more than ten thousand, this number of soldiers and horses is a military force that cannot be underestimated in the Central Plains.
And this army of more than 10,000 people was the biggest source of confidence for Gao Ding and Meng Huo.
As barbarian kings, Gao Ding and Meng Huo led their tribesmen on an unusual marching route.
In order to rush for time, they did not head towards Bodao from the official road or from the river.
After they led their troops to leave Yueqi County, they plunged into the mountains of Jianwei County.
The mountains in southern Yizhou are criss-crossed, which resulted in many official roads being built in detours. If an ordinary army was in a hurry, they could only advance along the official roads and take detours.
But for the local Yi people, since the mountain is in front of them, they can just pass through the mountain. This is what Samoko did when he led the army to support the public security.
What matters is a straight line distance.
Because of the special marching route of the Yi people, they arrived outside Bodao County within a few days.
And because more than ten thousand Yi people have been marching in the deep mountains and lush forests, even if Zhuge Liang sent many scouts after arriving at Bodao, those scouts had no way of detecting the whereabouts of the Yi army in advance.
Only after the Yi army emerged from the mountains outside Bodao did the scouts sent by Zhuge Liang detect their arrival.
But at this time, the armies led by Gao Ding and Meng Huo were already very close to Bodao County.
After detecting that tens of thousands of enemy troops suddenly appeared not far away, the Han army scouts were shocked and immediately reported the news to Zhuge Liang.
Shortly after Zhuge Liang learned the news, a group of envoys sent by Meng Huo also came outside Bodao County and asked Zhuge Liang to meet him.
Zhuge Liang, who was convening the generals for discussion, was a little surprised when he learned the news.
The thoughts of barbarians really cannot be inferred based on common sense.
But in the end, Zhuge Liang still had the envoy sent by Meng Huo be brought to his tent.
The envoy sent by Meng Huo was his younger brother Meng You.
After Meng You was brought to Zhuge Liang's tent by the Han army, he saw Zhuge Liang and a group of Han generals sitting at the top.
When he first met Zhuge Liang, Meng You admired Zhuge Liang's graceful demeanor.
Zhuge Kongming is indeed what the rumors say, he does not look like an ordinary person.
People in today's world care about face more than people in future generations.
As long as your appearance is good enough, even your enemies will feel good about you.
But I like Zhuge Liang's appearance, and Meng You has not forgotten the purpose of his visit.
But before Meng You could say anything, someone in the tent pointed at Meng You’s nose and angrily yelled:
"You traitors, you still have the nerve to call yourself a messenger!
The big man has always treated you well, why did you rebel?"
The person who angrily criticized Meng You was Zhuge Liang's chief secretary Yang Yi.
Under Yang Yi's angry rebuke, many Han generals in the tent also glared at Meng You.
But Meng You has lived with the Yi people since he was a child, and his temperament is very similar to that of the Yi people who live rough and drink blood, so a mere rebuke would not make him panic.
Facing Yang Yi's angry rebuke, Meng You raised his head arrogantly and said: "Gai Wen has no two days in the sky, and no two kings in the earth. Today there is a great power, and there are three imperial courts. Therefore, people from afar are confused and don't know where to go."
Young!
After hearing Meng You's words, Yang Yi's anger rose even more.
How dare you, a mere barbarian, be so arrogant?
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