Chapter 399 Picking up soap

In May of the third year of Jianxing, when Meng Huo led his troops northward to aid Gaoding, Li Hui, the governor of Nanzhong, took advantage of the locals, took the mountain path, bypassed the eyes and ears of Yizhou rebels, and raided the gate of Yizhou Wei County.

  The rebels were caught off guard and Wei County fell.

   At this time, Meng Huo had just walked halfway when he received the news. In a state of confusion, he hurriedly summoned Yong Kai, who was also the leader of the rebel army, and others to come to the tent to discuss.

  Not far to the north of Wei County is Yong Kai's old nest Tanglang County. When Yong Kai heard that his old nest was in danger, he immediately suggested returning to his teacher immediately.

  But Qu Eshun, who came to meet the Yizhou rebels, disagreed, and the two quarreled directly in the tent.

"Weixian County is the gateway to Yizhou County. Now that the door is wide open, the Han army may enter Yizhou County at any time, and it can cut off our retreat. If we don't deal with the Han army in Weixian County first, we will only be flanked. , even if Jie Shi wanted to retreat, it was too late!"

  Yong Kai said to Eshun with a red face, "In any case, it is right to ensure the safety of the back road first."

   "No refund!"

   Eshun is nine feet long and has a ferocious face. He is originally a descendant of Gao Ding, the Yi king of Yue Yi, and he is also a barbarian. Because of his extraordinary courage, he is highly valued by Gao Ding.

  He doesn't understand the truth, he only knows that King Yi is being attacked by the Han people, and the situation is very critical. If the person in front of him returns to Yizhou County, what will King Yi do?

  It's a pity that although he is stronger than others, if you want to talk about his words, as a barbarian, how can he compare with Yong Kai, who was born in a wealthy family in Yizhou?

  I saw Yong Kai's left reason for withdrawing and the right reason for retreating, but he couldn't refute a single word, and he was very anxious immediately.

In addition, the weather was hot and people were very angry, so seeing that Yong Kai was determined to take the troops back, Eshun immediately pulled out his saber, slashed it on the table, and shouted, "No one is allowed to retreat! Back, what about my king?"

  Yong Kai was originally the initiator of Nanzhong's rebellion against the Han, but now he has the smallest power. Anyway, he can be regarded as one of the leaders.

   I didn't expect that even a part of Gao Ding would dare to yell at him like this, and I was really surprised and angry.

   It's just that Yong Kai knows that Eshun is brave and reckless.

  Seeing that he dared to draw out the knife at this time, I was really afraid that he would cut it, and I was timid, so I had to hide this resentment in my heart for the time being.

   Meng Huoben, who was sitting on top, was hesitating whether to retreat or move on. He was very displeased when he heard Eshun say such words.

  So he snorted and shouted, "Your king is the king, so am I not the king? What kind of thing are you that you want to give orders to me?"

   Eshun is a reckless man with a straightforward mind. Hearing Meng Huo say this, he realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, King Meng, that's not what the villain meant. The villain just..."

   "That's not what you mean, so what do you mean? Even the knife is drawn out. See what you mean. If we want to retreat, are you going to fight us with swords?"

  Seeing that Meng Huo finally spoke, Yong Kai quickly answered, "It's not that we say we won't rescue him, we just want to take Wei County back first, and save the way out."

   It's just that he was thinking bitterly in his heart, after Lao Tzu brought the troops back to Yizhou, would he still want Lao Tzu to bring troops out again? Get out!

  One is determined to retreat, and the other insists on dragging people to rescue, but Meng Huo, who can make a decision, is hesitant, so this debate is destined to end unhappy.

  Watching Yong Kai and Eshun glaring at each other before leaving the tent, Meng Huo couldn't help but get a big headache, and at the same time, he couldn't help but gloomy eyes looking at Yong Kai's back.

  The reason why I was willing to respond to Yong Kai's rebellion against the Han was that a very important reason was that Yong Kai was the successor of Shifang Hou Yongchi in the former Han Dynasty.

  Think about Shifang Hou Yongchi, who first followed Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang to fight against Qin.

   This is such a person who is hated by Liu Bang the most. Not only was he able to become a marquis after the establishment of the Great Han Dynasty, but he was also able to die well. He is really a remarkable person.

  I thought that the descendants of such characters should be somewhat capable no matter what.

  That's why I listened to his orders, but lobbied various cave masters and savage masters, and followed the big man.

I thought that under the call of this person, everyone will work together, not only can they attack Jincheng, but they can also defend Nanzhong. It is not bad to learn from Zhao Tuo of Nanyue and close the door to be a local emperor. .

   Unexpectedly, the development of the following things showed that this is just a useless person who can only rely on the family reputation accumulated by the Yong family for hundreds of years.

  With their own support, the Yong family has a great reputation. They won the status given by Soochow, led troops to attack Yongchang who had cut off foreign aid, and even retreated in defeat. Isn’t this a useless person?

  Yongchang County's Mrs. Wang defeated Yong Kai, and the morale of the army and civilians in the county was greatly boosted. It was not so easy to fight again.

  Li Hui in the north of Yizhou is another extraordinary figure. He is guarding Pingyi County. He is really like a stone, but he is stuck between the three counties, and he dare not act rashly even if it involves the three counties.

  The south cannot go to Yongchang, and the north cannot break through Pingyi. In addition, the title of "Empress Yongchi" has been shattered. Without appeal, people from all walks of life in the South and China have become fighting on their own.

  Hey, if he had known that Yong Kai was such a famous thing, why should he follow the big man?

   It's just the beginning of this kind of thing, but it can only go all the way, and there is no turning back.

   After all, not everyone is like Emperor Gaozu, nor is everyone as lucky as Shifang Hou Yongchi.

  At the same time, he couldn't help regretting his arrangements before departure.

I thought that Dianchi Lake was the most important thing, so I asked my brother Meng Yan to move Dianchi Lake, and then sent another confidant to guard Wei County, but I forgot that the Han people are extremely cunning, and my own people are straight-hearted. , How can you compare your mind with a Han official like Li Hui?

  It would have been nice if the clan brothers had been guarding Wei County. With his strategy, he would surely be able to keep Wei County safe and sound.

  The more Meng Huo thought about it, the more gloomy his face became.

   Yuejun, Beishui.

  Guan Xing took a few steps, climbed to stand on a small hill, and looked at Beishui City carefully with enough eyesight.

  Party carefully held up the shield, protecting it on both sides, in case someone from the opposite city shoots cold arrows.

  I saw that the gate of the opposite city was closed tightly, and there were still people's heads shaking faintly on the city wall, and there were still white lights shining from time to time. It seemed that the guards on the other side were stepping up their patrols.

   "Did you see any enemy reinforcements entering the city these days?"

  Guan Xing asked a question.

   "Return to General, I haven't seen you for several days."

  Part 1 Someone replied.

  Guan Xing heard this, with a slight smile on his face, "It seems that Gao Ding has already assembled the troops."

  The prime minister marched slowly along the way. Many people in the army didn't know what he meant.

  But he didn't know that the prime minister was using it against the art of war at this time.

  Gao Ding is the king of the barbarians, and the barbarians are different from the Han people.

  On weekdays, the Yi people have mountain villages of different sizes, and every mountain and village has a barbarian cave master, scattered among the mountains and deep forests.

  Because Gao Ding has the greatest influence and the highest prestige, all the barbarian cave masters obey him.

  If you break the high definition in a hurry, the remaining handsome cave masters, big and small, will inevitably have their own dangers. How difficult is it to conquer them one by one?

  If you let it go, after the army withdraws, there may be another chaos.

   Now the prime minister is deliberately marching slowly, so that Gao Ding has time to gather those barbarian cave masters together, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop, and it will save a lot of trouble when the Yuejun prefect manages them in the future.

  This small hill is not too far from Beishui City, Guan Xing and his group stood there so boldly, which naturally attracted the attention of the people on the top of the city.

  I saw someone stuck his head out from the crenel, and then retracted. After a while, someone pointed a bow and arrow, pointing directly at this side.

   "General be careful."

  Bu Qu hurriedly shouted, and was about to block Guan Xing with a shield.

   "Don't worry, if he can't shoot, there are at least ten more steps."

   After a while, there was a sound of piercing through the air, and a bow and arrow flew straight, landing about ten steps in front of Guan Xing.

  Guan Xing snorted, he chose this place to observe, naturally there is a reason.

  In the past month, he has already figured out how many master arrows there are in the city and how far they can shoot. Standing on this small hill happened to be the limit distance for archers in the city.

  Gao Ding is now shrunk in the city and dare not come out, so he can only watch him observe the city so openly, let alone the morale in the city will be hit.

   Marching and fighting, as long as it is a method that can strike the enemy, no matter how big or small, it is natural to do as much as possible.

  Walk all the places around Beishui City that can be walked, carefully observed the other party's situation, Guan Xing then returned to the camp, and reported the situation to the commander.

   Unexpectedly, when I entered the tent, I saw that there were all the generals gathered in the tent, and everyone's faces were full of joy.

  Seeing Guan Xing coming in, the prime minister sitting in the middle tent smiled and said, "I was thinking of sending someone to find Anguo and come back, but I didn't expect you to come by coincidence."

   "The last general came back from visiting the enemy and met the prime minister."

  Guan Xing hurriedly clasped his fists in salute.

   "An Guo went here, did you find anything?"

   Zhuge Liang asked.

   "Returning to the Prime Minister, there is not much difference from the previous few days. The last general even went around to the back of the city to find the woodcutter in the mountain. After asking, he learned that there has been no army in Beishui City for several days."

"good."

   Zhuge Liang nodded appreciatively when he heard it, "If it is true as you said, then you have made a contribution first."

  At the same time, he was also very satisfied with Guan Xing in his heart. Among other things, just what he said just now, it is obvious that he already knew his plan, which is rare among generals in the army.

  Thinking in this way, he looked around at the generals in the tent again, and said slowly, "Everyone, I just reported from Pingyi that General Ma has defeated Zhu Bao and pacified Zangke County."

  Guan Xing was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that no wonder everyone was so happy.

  He didn't know, Zhuge Liang had a more delightful news to tell him.

   "What! Li Dudu has already broken through Wei County?"

  Feng Yong was looking at the soap that had been drying in the shade for a few days, and wanted to try how well this soap-like thing decontaminated. He never thought that Li Yi would suddenly rush to the yard with someone and tell him the explosive news.

   "Yes, my lord took advantage of Meng Huo going north to aid Gaoding, so he led his troops around the mountain path, and suddenly appeared at the foot of Weixian city. The barbarians in the city were caught off guard, and your lord captured Weixian in one fell swoop."

  Li Yi's face was full of joy, "Now send someone over, I want to tell my brother that there are many barbarians captured in Wei County, let my brother send some people to take care of it."

   With a bang, the soap in Feng Yong's hand fell to the ground.

   "Why did Dudu Li find me? Is there no one in charge in the Dudu's Mansion in Pingyi County?"

   "Brother, you are the school lieutenant of Diannong in Yizhou! Now in Pingyi County, who can be older than you?"

Li Yi said heavily, and then he leaned over and said in a low voice, "Before the Prime Minister went south, didn't you ask my brother to find a way to make the people of Nanzhong feel comfortable in childbirth? My brother thought of a way to cultivate Nanzhong, so these people Labor, isn't it just in handy?"

   "Brother, if you don't seize the time to find labor now, you will have no excuse to find labor in Nanzhong after the prime minister has pacified Nanzhong."

  Feng Yong's tiger... with a small body trembled, squatted down straight, and picked up the soap without bending over.

   "Does Dudu Li know what we are going to do?"

   "Oh my good brother, even His Majesty is involved in such a big matter, how could the prime minister not know? If the prime minister knows, how can he not let the adults in the governor Nanzhong know?"

   "Oh, I was confused."

  Feng Yong suppressed the shock in his heart, and thought that Li Huineng could become the governor of Nanzhong, so he really has a thick face and a dark heart!

   Seeing that Nanzhong is about to be pacified, it will not be as convenient as before if you want to find labor in Nanzhong in the future.

  But the cost of that is too high.

  Because Nanzhong is still a wild place where wild beasts and humans coexist, and there is a world-famous miasma, so let alone whether it can be found, even if it is found, the casualties are still high.

  So taking advantage of the righteousness of the current chaos, he directly transformed the prisoners of war into labor—this is the last labor carnival in Nanzhong, so he will have a mouth full of oil at this last time.

   "Prime Minister..."

  Feng Yonggang said two words, but then stopped.

  Li Hui is the old demon Zhuge's diehard, how could the old demon Zhuge not know about this?

  Damn it, maybe this is Zhuge old demon's idea!

  The more Feng Yong thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

Think about the records in the history books, after the pacification of Nanzhong, the Zhuge old demon moved more than 10,000 strong soldiers and Qingqiang from Nanzhong to Shu, forming the Wudang Flying Army, and even trafficked people to the big clans in Shuzhong. Made a fortune.

  Of course, the book might sound better, saying that it persuaded the big clans in central Shu to donate money and food, and bought the barbarians to play a part.

  This is fucking...

  Using money and food from the big clans in central Shu to appease the barbarians, but the barbarians are not grateful to them, but Zhuge old demon.

  This Zhuge old demon drew blood from the big clan in central Shu, and at the same time won the hearts of the barbarians. He also mixed sand into the territory of the big clan in Shu, and even made a fortune.

  Anyway, if Feng Yong himself were toyed with by the old monster Zhuge like this, he would definitely feel as disgusted as eating shit.

   "Brother, please make a quick decision."

  Li Yi added a little anxiously, "Your Excellency won Wei County, and he took his troops and went straight to Dianchi Lake. Only a small number of people are left to watch Wei County. If it takes a long time, I'm afraid there will be changes!"

   With a bang, the soap in Feng Yong's hand fell to the ground again.

   "Brother, your soap fell."

  Yang Wanwan reminded him, and bent down to pick up the soap.

  (end of this chapter)