Gaoding died in the rebellion, and tens of thousands of barbarians surrendered.
By evening, Zhuge Liang's car had already entered the dilapidated Qiongdu County.
In the old yamen hall, Zhuge Liang sat on the throne, with Han soldiers on both sides, and Wang Ping stood on one side guarding him like an attendant.
"Get in!"
The soldiers pushed several Yi leaders in.
Like the Qiang and Di, the Yi people belong to a tribal system, consisting of various tribes, large and small, forming a super tribe.
Gao Ding was the leader of the largest Yi tribe in Yuexun County, so he was elected as the king of Yuexun Yi.
But this does not mean that he is the boss of all Yue Yi people. There are other tribal leaders under him who only came to join the rebellion at his invitation.
At this moment, many leaders were captured one after another. Zhuge Liang looked around them and said: "Everyone, Ningzhou has been a Han country for a long time, and you are all Han people. When I sent people to conquer Yongkai, some people followed him to rebel. Why are you rebelling again now?
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Among them was Ana, the leader of the Yi tribe in Luli, Nanguang, who said: "Because the King of Yi summoned us, we all obeyed the king's dispatch, so we raised our troops."
Zhuge Liang said: "Gaoding has died in the rebellion. There will no longer be a Yi king in Yuexun. From now on, the officials of the imperial court will govern Yuexun. Do you have any plans to avenge Gaoding?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they all remained silent.
Seeing this, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "If you are willing to submit and never rebel again, the imperial court is willing to help you live in Ningzhou, cultivate fields together, dig gold and silver minerals, and open commerce to benefit the south. If there is anyone willing, come with me
What do you think of the conclusion of a covenant?"
"I'm willing."
Many Yi leaders agreed.
So Zhuge Liang wrote down the covenant and asked everyone to sign it with their fingerprints.
When the covenant was delivered to one of them, they saw the big man turning his head to the right and turning a blind eye.
The scribe who delivered the covenant looked at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang said: "Who are you? Since you have surrendered, why don't you sign an alliance?"
The man shouted: "I am Jianning Menghuo. This battle was defeated by Gao Ding who refused to listen to me and insisted on leaving the city for a decisive battle. I am not convinced. If I return to the tribe and gather troops, I will definitely defeat you."
"oh?"
Zhuge Liang took a look at this man and saw that he was tall and tall, wearing barbarian attire, with a tough face and seemed to have a lot of force.
The Yi people, like the Qiang Di people, respect the strong. In addition to being the largest leader of the Yi people, Gaoding, the Yi king of Yue Yi people, was also very powerful personally and had the fierce general E Huan under his command, so he was even more powerful.
Meng Huo is actually the leader of the Yi tribe in Jianning, but he has a wide network of friends, has very good relations with the Yi tribe in surrounding counties and counties, and has a high prestige. This time, Gaoding asked him to be his helper.
As a result, Gao Ding refused to listen to him and went out to fight in the city. He was defeated by Zhuge Liang, which made Meng Huo very unconvinced and therefore unwilling to conclude a covenant of submission.
Seeing this, Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and said with a smile: "I came to Nanzhong because I want all the barbarians in Nanzhong to surrender to the Han. The rest of you are willing to surrender, but you are not willing. This shows that you do not admit defeat in your heart.
If it is easy to kill you, it may be difficult to convince the public."
E Huan, who was willing to surrender, said: "We are from the Yuesi Yi tribe, and even the king Gaoding was beheaded by the prime minister, so we are naturally convinced. Leader Meng is from the Jianning Yi tribe and did not use his own army, so we are indeed a little dissatisfied."
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"Um."
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "In that case, I will let you go back. After you gather your troops, come and fight me again."
"good!"
Meng Huo immediately turned around and left. The soldiers on both sides did not intercept him and allowed him to leave the Han army camp.
Wang Ping was a little unhappy when he saw that he was so perverse, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, we can just kill these barbarians, why should we tolerate them?"
Zhuge Liang sighed: "How easy is it to kill him? But the Yi people can't be killed. Only by convincing them will Nanzhong stop rebelling."
"The Prime Minister is wise."
Wang Ping was extremely impressed when he learned that Zhuge Liang wanted to prevent rebellion in Nanzhong forever.
Here they continue to sign the covenant.
After Gao Ding's death, all Yue and Yi tribes were willing to surrender, and even E Huan voluntarily defected and joined the Han army, adding a fierce general to Zhuge Liang.
After Meng Huo left there, he left with thousands of barbarians he had summoned from Jianning to support Haute Couture.
He returned to Jianning without stopping.
Naturally, Jianning was not the only Yi leader. Most of the other Yi leaders led their troops, totaling 50,000 to 60,000 people, and surrounded Li Hui in Dian Lake.
According to Meng Huo's thinking, by this time the Jianning Yi tribe should have broken through Lake Dian and captured alive the Han commander-in-chief. By then, with Li Hui as a bargaining chip and together with all the Jianning Yi tribe, he would be able to fight Zhuge Liang to the death.
However, when Meng Huo returned to Jianning in August, he learned the bad news. Li Hui actually defeated them, repelled most of the Yi tribe in Jianning, and even chased them all the way to Zanggao County.
His tribe in Jianning also suffered heavy losses, so Meng Huo had to go back to the tribe and gather the remaining troops, about 10,000 people, to prepare to go to Zanggao to recruit men.
As a result, before he could set out, the Han army surrounded his Yi village in Jianling County.
"Go in."
In the Han army camp, Meng Huo was tied up and sent to Zhuge Liang's camp.
Meng Huo did not dare to fight because he was afraid of hurting the villagers, young and old. After the Han army besieged them for half a month, he tried to break out from the back mountain with his troops, but was ambushed and captured alive again.
"Meng Huo, are you convinced?"
In the camp, Zhuge Liang sat on the main seat and asked with a smile.
Meng Huo was still unconvinced and said: "This time it was because Li Hui used a trick to defeat our Jianning Yi tribe and he couldn't let me gather the troops. How can this be convincing?"
"oh?"
Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "Then I'll let you go. The Jianning Yi tribe was chased by Li Hui to Panjiang. You can go and gather the troops in the Zanggao area."
"good!"
Meng Huo was overjoyed and left boldly.
Wang Ping saw him like that and said, "Prime Minister, isn't this man a scoundrel? If he continues to be unconvinced, won't we always be unable to do anything to him?"
"It doesn't matter."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Meng Huo has many friends in the seven counties of Ningzhou, and he has friends everywhere. Everywhere he goes, we will defeat him. This way we can suppress the barbarians in the seven counties and make them no longer dare to do anything."
Help each other, and when they are at the end of their rope, they can only accept it heartily."
At this time, Li Hui, the commander-in-chief of the surrender stationed in Jianning, also came in at the right time and reported to Zhuge Liang the current situation in Jianning.
The seat of the governor-general was Wei County in Jianning County, which later became Qujing in Yunnan Province. At that time, the Dianchi Lake area was a living area for the Yi people. For example, Meng Huo was the leader of the Yi people in the Jianling area of Dianchi Lake in Nanzhong.
The prestige here is very high, just like the king of Yi.
At present, because Li Hui used a trick to defeat the Jianning Yi tribe, Menghuo's tribe and the rest of the united tribes have been dispersed. There are still some Yi tribe leaders left, and they are all willing to submit.
Zhuge Liang also signed an alliance with them and continued to pursue Meng Huo.
Meng Huo's side fled to Xianggao County.
At this time, Zhu Bao, the governor of Xianxian County, was defeated by Ma Zhong at Bulang Mountain in Fanxian County, which later became Zunyi City, Guizhou Province. Zhu Bao was defeated and could not escape to Guangtan, which later became Guiyang, Guizhou Province.
The Jianning Yi people were pursued by Li Hui to the Tanzhi, Luowo, and Xinghan areas southwest of Zanggao, which later became the southeast and southwest areas of Luoping County, Qujing, Yunnan.
Meng Huo ran to Laowu, summoned his old troops, and learned that Zhu Bao was in Guangtan. He was overjoyed, so he quickly took his troops to Guangtan to join him.
What Meng Huo didn't know was that on the vast grassland of Hanyang County, which later became Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County, Zhuge Liang was leading the Han army, and in the distance were countless Yi people.
There was a sea of grass in Weining County in later generations, but it did not exist in the Han Dynasty.
This is because Caohai was formed due to more than 40 consecutive days of torrential rain during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. Flash floods broke out and water flowed into the basin. In addition, this area was originally an ancient river channel and there was groundwater, so the water flow condensed and persisted.
Nowadays, it is a huge basin, forming a grassland terrain. Because of the rich groundwater and the ability to cultivate fields, it is occupied by the largest Yi tribe in Zangqi County.
From Hanyang County in Zhuti County to Pingyi County in Zangda County in the northeast, Yelang County in the southeast, Hanshui (now Sancha River), Yanjiang (now Liuchong River) and other places, they are all the territory of this Yi tribe.
, whose tribal leaders are extremely noble, use Shu brocade to worship their ancestors, and have forty-six tribes.
It can be said that in Xuzhou County, this tribal Yi king is the most popular clan in Xuzhou County. The Xuzhou Yi people all obey his orders. In the minds of the Xuzhou Yi people, the prestige is much higher than Gaoding's status in the hearts of the Yuexi Yi people.
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At this moment, a Yi man was riding on horseback, slowly coming towards the direction of the Han army.
He has deep eyes and long body, a tall and majestic body, a swarthy face and white teeth. He uses a green cloth as a bag and holds his hair in a horn-like shape. He is about forty years old. He walked to the front of the formation, got off his horse and slowly arrived in front of Zhuge Liang.
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Zhuge Liang was still sitting in the four-wheeled carriage, shaking his feather fan gently and looking at him with a smile.
The man imitated Han etiquette and raised his hands and said, "Ji Huo pays homage to the Prime Minister."
"General Ji Huo, please get up quickly."
Zhuge Liang smiled and extended his hand to signal, and said: "It is a wise choice for a general to understand the righteousness and lead the people to submit."
Ji Huo smiled and said: "The Prime Minister is a person blessed by God. I dare not go against God's will. This time I came here to lead the crowd to welcome the Prime Minister, sign an alliance with the Prime Minister, and at the same time accumulate food channels for the Prime Minister to pursue Meng Huo!"
"good!"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "General, if you have this intention, you will be favored by heaven. Then come with me to attack Zhu Bao and Meng Huo."
"yes."
Ji Huo bowed and responded.
He has forty-six divisions, and the Caohai area is where the Mang Division is located.
Now that the order was given, all ministries quickly took action. Just a few days later, the news that Meng Huo was heading north to Guangtan was sent to Zhuge Liang's army.
Zhuge Liang originally planned to intercept Meng Huo himself, but Ji Huo volunteered, hoping to help Zhuge Liang.
Seeing that he was so active, Zhuge Liang was not easy to attack, so he agreed to let him take action.
As a result, Zhuge Liang was still in Hanyang, and more than ten tribes from Jihuo in Yelang area immediately heard the news and besieged Meng Huo. By September, they sent him to the Han army camp.
"Get in!"
The soldiers then pushed the tied-up Meng Huo into the camp.
This is already the third time I have entered the Han camp.
Zhuge Liang was still sitting on the stage, looking at him with a smile and said: "Meng Huo, you were captured alive three times, are you convinced?"
"I'm not convinced, I'm not convinced!"
Meng Huo was about to explode with anger and said: "Ji Huo colluded with you. I passed Yelang and thought they were the same people and could be trusted. Ji Huo, a clinker, suddenly attacked me. Besides, you didn't win the battle against me at all.
You sent someone else here, how can you convince me?"
"Okay, then I'll let you go back. Next time I'll defeat you with my own hands."
Zhuge Liang waved his hand.
This time Meng Huo learned the lesson and immediately said: "My tribe must be returned to me. Otherwise, how can I defeat you openly on the battlefield?"
"okay."
Zhuge Liang smiled. Although Meng Huo's tribe was captured by Ji Huo, Ji Huo had surrendered. As his subordinates, they could naturally make decisions for Ji Huo.
At that moment, Meng Huo was released again and fled south in despair with tens of thousands of remaining soldiers.
As for Zhu Bao, he was not so lucky.
Ji Huo asked himself to attack Zhu Bao. With a call, more than 100,000 Yi tribesmen in Xangqi County, plus Ma Zhong's tribe, surrounded Zhu Bao, making it difficult for him to fly.
Just a few days later, Zhu Bao's subordinates killed him and dedicated Guangtan City. Since then, the rebellion in Xianggao County has been completely put down.
In this way, together with Yue Xun, Zhu Ti, Zhuge Liang has pacified three of the seven counties in Nanzhong. Only Meng Huo is left in Jianning County. He has a tough mouth and refuses to accept weakness.
After Meng Huo went south, he returned to Jianning and summoned tens of thousands of troops to discuss plans with his brother Meng You and his wife Zhu Rong.
"I was captured alive several times and brought to the Han army's camp. I already knew their camp layout. You led more than a hundred elite soldiers to pretend to surrender and took the opportunity to kill Kong Ming. I launched an attack outside and cooperated with the outside, and I will definitely defeat the Han army."
Meng Huo came up with an idea.
Meng You naturally had no objection, so the two brothers took action immediately.
In mid-September, Zhuge Liang's army went south to Dian Lake again and was about to attack Jianling. At this time, Meng You came to surrender and expressed his willingness to submit.
Zhuge Liang heard about this in the camp and said to Ma Liang: "Since Meng Huo refused to admit defeat, how could his brother suddenly come to submit? Ji Chang, do you think there is a fraud?"
Ma Liang smiled and said: "Of course there is fraud. I will write down my plan on paper. What does the Prime Minister think?"
"good."
Zhuge Liang nodded.
So Ma Liang wrote Meng Huo's plan on paper. Zhuge Liang laughed and accepted Meng You's proposal. He also held a banquet and brought high-strength liquor made by Nanyang Huangmen Brewery.
Meng You liked to drink, and the more he drank, the more addicted he became. Soon more than a hundred people fell asleep, and they all fell drunk on the ground.
After a while, the Han army suddenly broke into chaos, and shouts of killing appeared in the camp.
Meng Huo, who was ambushing outside the camp, suddenly felt that something important had been accomplished, and immediately issued the order for a general attack. Tens of thousands of barbarians rushed in, only to find that the camp was empty except for Meng You, who was sleeping.
"Get in!"
In the afternoon, Meng Huo, who was ambushed again, was pushed into Dianchi County by Wang Ping.
Zhuge Liang still sat on the throne and asked him with a smile: "Meng Huo, you have been captured for the fourth time, are you convinced?"
Meng Huo said loudly: "This is all because of my brother's drunkenness and mischief. It is definitely not my plan. If you can't defeat me in an upright manner, I will never admit defeat!"
"Okay, let him go."
Zhuge Liang waved his hand.
Meng Huo now entered the Han army camp and left again as if he were following his own family.
Seeing this situation, Wang Ping said angrily: "Prime Minister, this is the fourth time. This animal refuses to change despite repeated admonitions. How long will it take for him to surrender?"
"Not urgent."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "If you want to convince the southern barbarians, don't rush. Your Majesty will officially launch the Northern Expedition the year after next. At this juncture, there can be no chaos in the rear."
"well."
Wang Ping sighed.
He felt that Meng Huo was really a scoundrel.
He is just a cooked duck, with only a tough mouth and a stubborn refusal to admit defeat.