The barbarian leaders shook their heads one after another. They knew that Meng Huo also knew it, and they had nothing to say.
"Then let's all go back and prepare our troops. When the time comes, we will send out troops together to fight Yuan Shu in a decisive battle."
Since everyone had nothing else to add, Meng Huo stood up directly and asked everyone to gather his troops and prepare to leave Nanjun for a decisive battle with Yuan Shu.
"good."
"knew."
"I'll go right away."
Everyone got up and left here to return to their respective tribes to gather troops.
"Your Majesty, since everyone has agreed, it's time for us to meet Dong Fu."
Mrs. Zhu Rong glanced at Meng Huo beside her and directly said what she wanted to say.
"Well, here you go, please call Mr. Dong Fu to come over and give you a reply."
"promise."
Soon Dong Fu was brought to Meng Huo's main hall.
"Your Majesty, have you already made a decision?"
Dong Fu directly cupped his fists and saluted Meng Huo.
"Well, I have summoned the tribal leaders from the four counties. After discussion, we decided to send troops to help Liu Yanzhou Mu against Yuan Shu, but what about the supply of food and grass?"
Meng Huo nodded to Dong Fu, but they didn't have much food and grass, otherwise they wouldn't have raided Yizhou many times. This was a flaw of the southern barbarian tribes.
"Your Majesty, don't worry about food and grass. I wonder how many troops and horses you plan to send to support this time?"
Hearing that Meng Huo decided to send troops to support, Dong Fu was excited. As for the problem of food and grass, Yizhou lacked everything, but there was no shortage of food and grass. As long as they were willing to send troops, it would not be too easy to feed these barbarians.
"There are about 150,000 soldiers and horses. As long as you can help us solve the food and grass problem, then we can help you solve Yuan Shu. But how will you give us the four southern counties you promised?"
Meng Huo looked at Dong Fu. If he could help him with food and grass, he would save himself a lot of trouble.
"How many troops and horses?"
Dong Fu looked at Meng Huo and was dumbfounded. Originally, he thought that the Southern Barbarians could muster fifty thousand troops, but he didn't expect that Meng Huo would turn out an army of fifty thousand troops. This really surprised him.
"One hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and horses, what's wrong?"
Seeing Dong Fu's surprised look, Meng Huo was a little confused?
He didn't understand what this was about.
"It's okay, I'm just a little surprised. I didn't expect the Barbarian King to be able to summon so many soldiers and horses."
Dong Fu could only shake his head. Although the more soldiers and horses supported by the barbarians, the greater the possibility of defeating Yuan Shu, he had now begun to consider whether the southern barbarians would be too big to lose after defeating Yuan Shu.
"What's wrong, you look down on me as a southerner?
In order to help you defeat Yuan Shu, I have distributed letters widely and summoned the leaders of various ministries. It’s not like you don’t have food and grass to supply us, right?”
Glancing at Dong Fu in front of him, Meng Huo's eyes flashed with light.
"No, the more troops your Majesty sends, the happier I will be. Naturally, I can provide food and grass for 150,000 people. I wonder when we can send troops?"
Dong Fu shook his head. He was not thinking about something too big to lose now. He could only think about the future if he captured Yuan Shu first.
"It will take about ten days. The various ministries still need to gather troops and horses. It is expected that they will be able to arrive near Chengdu in about twenty days."
Hearing Dong Fu's affirmative answer, Meng Huo nodded and then estimated the time.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing I want to explain. You cannot send troops in your own capacity. You must declare your surrender to our state pastor under the banner of our state pastor. Only in this way can it be justified and will not cause unnecessary trouble.
"
Hearing that Meng Huo could reach Dong Fu near Chengdu in twenty days, he could accept this speed, and the most important point he also told Meng Huo was,
That is, these southern barbarians can only use the banner of surrendering to Liu Yan and support the battlefield in the name of his deployment. Otherwise, once the news of the betrayal of the four southern counties is known to outsiders, Yizhou will not explode.
"knew."
A hint of impatience flashed in Meng Huo's eyes. Han people are just like that. They think so much about everything. They are not like barbarians at all. They go straight to everything without so many twists and turns.
"Then I will return to Yizhou immediately to report the news to you."
Now that Meng Huo had agreed with his statement, Dong Fu didn't say much and just said goodbye to him with fists in his hands.
"Dong Tanu, you must send Lord Dong Fu to his destination safely."
"promise."
Soon Dong Fu, escorted by Dong Tanu, left Dianchi Lake and ran towards Hanjia County.
After Dong Fu left, soldiers and horses began to gather in the entire southern counties. Chen Gong went west along the river, and Changshou also surrendered without a fight. However, it was a bit difficult to go west. Several boats were directly hit by the iron cones at the bottom of the river.
It directly pierced the bottom of the ship, and the soldiers above jumped directly to survive.
"Sir, several boats were directly punctured. It is estimated that the enemy has set a trap at the bottom of the river."
Cai Hao came to Chen Gong's side, his face a little dark.
"Now how to do?"
Hearing Cai Mao's words, Chen Gong couldn't help but frown.
"Sir, it's still the original strategy. The raft will clear the iron cones on the bottom of the river first, and then Zou Ge and Meng Chong will follow behind to clean up the sunken ships in the river. Although it will be slower, it can also ensure that the navy's progress is not threatened."
Cai Hao glanced at Chen Gong and directly stated his response method.
"Well, let's do as you say. We must not delay the army's actions."
This is the only thing that can be done now. Chen Gong nodded to Cai Mao and did as he said.
"promise."
Soon the army stopped temporarily and began to cut down a large amount of bamboo on both sides of the shore and start building bamboo rafts. After the bamboo rafts were built, they began to move up the river, arranging iron cones at the beginning, and at the same time walking boats and meng rushed behind to remove the sunken ships in the river.
, to open a passage for the army.
Chen Gong's advance here was blocked, and Yuan Shu also attacked Deyang. Faced with the pressure of Yuan Shu's hundreds of thousands of troops, the Deyang County magistrate did not hesitate to open the city and surrender to Yuan Shu.
After taking this place, the army continued southward to kill Zitong, the seat of Zitong County. Xun You was on the road, opening roads through mountains and building bridges when encountering water, and continued to kill towards Langzhong.
Samoko's people crossed the mountains and came directly to the territory of Wuxi Barbarian King Samoko in Wuling County.
"For what?"
A dozen Wuxi barbarians directly surrounded Samoko's people, and struck the man in the face with their swords and spears.
"I am a personal guard under King Ugo. I have something to ask to see King Samoko."
After glancing at the barbarian soldier beside him, the man directly reported Wu Tu Gu's name.
“Under King Ugo?
Come with me."
Hearing that the man was the obtrusive personal guard of King Ugo, the Wuxi barbarians who surrounded him couldn't help but frowned, but still put away their swords and guns.
"good."
Soon the obtrusive bodyguard went down to meet the barbarian king Samoko, escorted by the Wuxi barbarians.
"Your Majesty, King Ugo's men have come to ask for an audience."
After hearing the soldier's report, Shamoko was immediately stunned. Although he had some interactions with Tuwugu, he usually did not interact with him. Now that Tuwugu sent someone to look for him, it really made him a little confused.
"Bring someone in to see me."
Doubts were doubts, and the meeting was still necessary. Shamoko directly ordered the unruly people to come in and meet him.
"Kabu, under the command of King Ugo, pays homage to His Majesty."
