Several thunders sounded overhead, and then raindrops the size of soybeans fell from the sky. This made the soldiers who had been burned by the flames feel a sense of comfort. The rain became heavier and heavier, suppressing the fires in the woods on both sides, and they were unable to raise their heads.
In some places, there were even signs of extinction. The soldiers of the dragon army jumped up and down, and rushed out with greater vigor.
I don’t know what method those at the entrance of the valley used to move the boulders away, and a large number of soldiers and horses poured in. Seeing it from a distance, Zhuge Liang looked up to the sky and sighed: "God is actually teasing me like this! Where is the justice of heaven!"
Ma Liang also stamped his feet anxiously, but there was nothing he could do: "Military advisor, what should we do now?"
"Retreat! Retreat to Chengdu!" Zhuge Liang said calmly, his face full of unwillingness and loneliness.
"Chengdu? Jiangyang, we don't want it anymore?" Ma Liang was not willing to give in. He was about to turn defeat into victory, but in the end it was a disastrous defeat.
The Long Army pursued all the way, and Liu Beibing fled all the way. The newly assembled team was completely defeated by Long Fei, and they did not dare to stop in Jiangyang. They hurriedly continued to flee north without even entering the camp. Long Fei ordered the entire army to temporarily
They stayed in Jiangyang to rest and recuperate, which gave Liu Bei's army time to breathe. After counting the number of people, it was found that there were 60,000 troops, and more than 10,000 were damaged in White Beach. Including those who escaped, injured, and those who could walk, Liu Bei's army only had less than 30,000 left.
, and all of them were listless.
It was another great victory. Although it was God's help, the soldiers were extremely happy. This attack was a bit reckless. Long Fei first made a self-examination in front of all his subordinates. Lu Meng even knelt down and begged for death. Because
It was he who led his troops to explore the road, but his entire army was almost wiped out.
Long Fei helped Lu Meng up and said, "Don't blame yourself. Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. Zhuge Liang is full of tricks. All we have to do is keep this lesson in mind!"
In Jiangyang City, Long Fei rewarded the three armies, and the people in the city cheered. They had long been looking forward to the arrival of Long Jun. The last time they seemed to have found the hope of happiness, it was in vain. This time, they hope Long Jun can stay for a long time. Long Fei
Jiang Wan was appointed as the prefect of Jiangzhou, responsible for all government affairs in Jiangzhou, and Lu Xun was appointed as the general of Jiangzhou, and soldiers and horses were recruited to defend Jiangzhou. Jiang Wan personally wrote the notice of peace of the people, giving Jiang the policy of the Long Army and the determination to conquer the rebellious Liu Bei.
The people of Yang gave detailed explanations. With the cooperation of these two people, everything is going on the right track.
In July of the fifth year of Jian'an, Long Fei's army finally gained a foothold in Yizhou. According to Guo Jia's original analysis, if he wanted to capture Yizhou, he had to control the four gateways to Chengdu.
Recently, Ma Chao had just defeated Zhang Lu. If he attacked, Ma Chao would feel uneasy. Therefore, Zhu Ti was naturally chosen as the next target.
Zhu Ti is the road leading to the south from Yizhou. Yunnan and Jianning are also the territories of Yizhou, but they are now occupied by the Nanman. Capturing Zhu Ti can echo Ma Chao and form a north-south attack on Chengdu, which will further consolidate itself.
The results were of great benefit. Just when Long Fei was about to send troops, bad news suddenly came from the south. The Nanman King Meng Huo was invited by Zhuge Liang to send troops to Yunnan.
This news was like a bombshell, sending dust flying in the air among the Dragon Army. In ancient China, the world was divided into five directions. The middle one was naturally the Central Plains, with Nanman in the south, Beidi in the north, Dongyi in the east, and Dongyi in the west.
Xirong. Except for the Han people in the Central Plains, most people in the four directions are Han people and ethnic minorities living together. The culture and life in these places are much worse than those in the Central Plains, so they are regarded as inferior people by the scholars in the Central Plains.
The kind of rude person who eats hair and drinks blood.
The Nanman originally included all the southerners south of Changsha from Kuaiji to the east to Yunnan. The temperament and living habits of the people in these places are very different. They use animal skins to make clothes, eat wild animals raw, and carve words on their foreheads.
When sleeping, their legs intersect. In the eyes of the scholars, these people were no different from savages, so they were named Southern Barbarians.
There are thousands of large and small tribes in the Southern Barbarians, each under dozens of leaders. They have to conquer each other every few years. The winner is the Southern Barbarian King. Meng Huo is the newly appointed Southern Barbarian King. The name of the tribe where Meng Huo belongs
It is called a flying bird. The southern barbarians worship the phoenix, so the name of the tribe is also related to the bird. Meng Huo is one foot tall, has big shoulders and a round waist, and can lift huge weights. He has more than 10,000 people under his command, and he also recruits warriors from nearby tribes.
In the huge amount of fifty thousand.
Meng Huo not only led his four cave marshals on this expedition, the first cave marshal Jin Huan Sanjie, the second cave marshal Dong Dana, the third cave marshal A Hui Nan, and the fourth cave marshal Fen Ya Chang; he also invited himself
Four friends brought Zhu Hui [note], the master of the cave, who is young and has great skills. He is known as a descendant of Zhu Rong, the God of Fire. He is good at using fire. He has a fire gourd around his waist and can set off big fires anytime and anywhere; Banana Cave
The owner of the cave, King Mulu, can use magic, call the wind and rain, and control wild beasts. His mount is a giant elephant; the king of Ugo Kingdom has a protruding bone. This man looks evil and has fangs growing up and down. He does not eat grains and feeds snakes.
The evil beasts are for food, with raw scales exposed under both sides, which cannot be cut with swords. Wu Tu Gu also has an army under his command, and the rattan armor army is invincible in defeating all the southern barbarians. The last person is King Duosi, the master of Tulong Cave.
He was known as the wisest man in the Southern Barbarians, and Meng Huo asked him to be his military advisor.
A large group of people followed Sun Qian from the Southern Barbarians and headed north in a mighty manner. All the checkpoints they passed were cleared and they were given food and grass. When had the Southern Barbarians received such courtesy? This made their self-confidence particularly inflated.
. It was okay at first, but after a few counties, their true nature was exposed. First they were eating and drinking for free, then they were fighting, and in the end it turned into robbing. Whether it was goods or women, as long as they liked them
, take it into your arms, it is yours, no one dares to go up and argue that the sword has no eyes.
Meng Huo ignored this, and Sun Qian naturally did not dare to say anything when he asked for help. Starting from Yunnan, he walked through Lujing Pass, Luzhou, and Xichang. Wherever he passed, it was like locusts crossing the border. People fled for their lives one after another. Compared with Jiang Jiang,
The people in Yuzhou were much worse off. They didn't stop until they reached Yuejun. Their target was obviously Zhu Ti.
Xu Shu slapped his palm on the case: "Zhuge Liang is trying to lure the wolf into the house. The barbarians in the south have long been eyeing our Central Plains. If we let them come this time, won't the common people suffer?"
Guo Jia frowned: "It seems that Zhuge Liang had already guessed that such a day would come, so he sent Sun Qian to the Southern Barbarians to lobby. If we attack Zhu Ti, Zhuge Liang will attack from both sides with these Southern Barbarians. If we stop at Jiangzhou time
The longer we delay, the more trouble we will have. Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the east are watching. If anything goes wrong, they will immediately attack in groups. I'm afraid Ma Chao, who we regard as an ally, will be no exception."
"Then beat them, these guys are doing a lot of harm to people, kill them first!" Dian Wei was already itching with hatred when he heard that the people were suffering.
"You have to have a strategy to fight! You don't just want to fight!" Long Fei looked at Guo Jia: "What can Fengxiao do?"
Guo Jia thought for a long time and said: "For the current plan, we can only divide our troops. Attack Zhu Ti all the way to block Zhuge Liang, and attack Yue Jun all the way. We must first destroy this group of Southern Barbarians. However, this has a big problem. To attack the Southern Barbarians, we need to invest a lot of troops."
In terms of military strength, Zhu Ti's troops in Jiangzhou are few, Zhuge Liang will definitely take the opportunity to attack by surprise, and the lord needs to arrange capable generals to guard them."
Long Fei glanced at everyone and thought for a while: "Brother Gao!"
Gao Shun was shocked. Back then, he and Zhang Liao took refuge under Long Fei. Over the years, he had been training troops every day. It was very enjoyable to watch other generals fighting on the battlefield, but he could only stay in Xiangyang. This time he followed Long Fei.
Entering Yizhou together, he had made preparations early. Long Fei called him at this time, and he couldn't help but become nervous.
"The general is here!" Gao Shun quickly stood up and raised his hands.
Long Fei smiled: "Brother Gao, sit down. Let me discuss with you. If you are asked to guard Jiangzhou, how many soldiers and horses do you need?" Long Fei knew that Gao Shun was an honest man. If he said ten thousand, he would naturally mean it.
Just ten thousand.
Gao Shun kept calculating in his mind the deployment of troops at each pass and place. After a long time, he said: "If I had eight thousand troops, that would be enough!"
Long Fei took out one of the command arrows: "Gao Shun listens to the order and gives you 10,000 troops. I order you to be the main general, with Lu Xun as the assistant, and guard Jiangzhou within three months!"
"No!" Gao Shun did not hesitate, stepped forward and took the command arrow from Long Fei's hand.
Long Fei took out another one: "Xu Huang, where is Hua Xiong?"
Xu Huang and Hua Xiong hurriedly stepped forward. Long Fei took the command arrow and said: "I will give you two 20,000 troops to capture Zhuti within one month, no mistake! After the completion of the matter, we will divide the 5,000 troops and return them to the command of Gao Shun!"
The rest of the group immediately packed up their gear and set off with a large army to defeat the Nanman within three months!"
Meng Huo was actually a Han Chinese. When Qin Shihuang sent generals to conquer the south, he was worried about the rebellion in the south. He followed the advice of Prime Minister Li Si and moved hundreds of thousands of people from the Central Plains to the Southern Barbarians. First, he served as a large army and secondly, he brought the Qin Dynasty's system to the Southern Barbarians and prevented the Southern Barbarians.
Reconsideration. Meng Huo’s ancestors were also one of them. After hundreds of years, these Han people who moved to the south did not assimilate to the Southern Barbarians but became closer and closer to the Southern Barbarians. The two groups continued to intermarry. By the time of Meng Huo’s generation, Meng Huo did not
He admits that he is still Han, and only the surname Meng still remains.
There are three brothers in the Meng family, Meng Huo is the second eldest brother. Meng Jie, the eldest brother, maintains the traditions of the Han people. He likes Chinese culture very much and is hungry for books about the Central Plains. He also wears long robes, wears swords, and wears a crown and a crown. He is also thin.
They are no different from the Han people in the Central Plains. The third child, Mengyusi, is a gentle man, but he has been fond of martial arts since he was a child. He thinks that he is a general. Apart from a pair of blue eyes, he is no different from the Han people. Only the second child, Meng Huo, is taller and thicker.
He has a strong beard, a fleshy face, yellow eyes and red hair, a big chest and a round waist, and a tall stature. He looks mighty and mighty, similar to the King Kong in the temple.
Meng Huo laughed loudly: "This time we send troops, we will make sure that the Han people die without a burial place!"
Note: The cave owner who was brought here was originally the younger brother of Meng Huo’s wife, Mrs. Zhu Rong. The war between Long Fei and the Southern Barbarians was advanced here, so Meng Huo had not yet married Zhu Rong. Everyone understands the purpose, hehe.