Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Chapter 198 Capture Meng Huo

On the bank of the Shu River, three elephants suddenly emerged from a small forest.Look carefully, there is a saddle on these elephants.They were the war elephants of the barbarians, and one of them was Meng Huo's car.

After the defeat of the barbarian army, Meng Huo fled all the way northwest to the upper reaches of the Shu River.Now there are only three war elephants left around.

"Quickly, look along the river to see if we can find a bamboo raft or a place with shallow water. We must hurry up and cross the river." Meng Huo on the elephant ordered.

Meng Huo, who had just finished speaking, vaguely heard the sound of dogs barking, followed by the sound of sharp arrows whistling.

"No, I was discovered by the other party's scouts. Run!" Meng Huo shouted.The three war elephants continued to flee to the upper reaches of the Shu River, but unlike war horses, elephants have no endurance at all.

These war elephants were tossed all night yesterday, and after a big battle in the morning.Immediately afterwards, he carried three people on his back and fled for nearly an hour, but he was already exhausted.Under the control of the elephant slave, they struggled to move forward, unable to pick up their speed.

After a while, several war horses rushed out, biting three war elephants more than twenty battles away.They are the scouts of Zhao Yun's army.The elephant continued to flee, but the barbarian archers on the elephant had drawn their bows and fired arrows, trying to shoot and kill the scouts.

Liang Guo's scouts immediately fired back.Meng Huo heard the sound of arrows piercing through the air, and suddenly felt something warm on his face, and when he wiped it with his hand, it was already blood on the palm of his hand.He looked to the side again, and saw that the barbarian archer beside him had been shot through the temple by an arrow, and blood was sprayed everywhere.

In a short time, all the archers on the elephant were shot and killed.Two of the scouts were also injured by the opponent's arrows, and one was shot into the throat by an arrow and died.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of the other party's entanglement, Meng Huo hurriedly shouted: "Turn around and kill them!" The elephant slave turned the direction of the elephant and rushed towards the scouts, and the barbarian spearmen on the elephant also raised their spears.But these cavalry scouts, seeing the opponent turning around and rushing towards them, rode away again, fled to twenty battles before stopping, and continued to shoot with arrows.

At this moment, heavy hoofbeats came from behind.Twenty heavy armored cavalry from Zhao Yun's army have arrived.Meng Huo's pupils shrank into a thin slit due to the secretion of adrenaline.He shouted in his heart: "It's over!"

The heavy armored cavalry quickly galloped to the side of the war elephants, and the elephant slaves tried to drive the war elephants to collide with these iron cavalry, but the latter was far more flexible than the war elephants, and these war elephants were already weak, of course it was impossible succeed.

Taking advantage of the galloping speed of the horse, a knight on heavy cavalry stabbed at the war elephant with a lance, and the two spears on the war elephant stabbed at him rapidly.

The blade of the spear brushed against the shoulder armor, overturning the entire shoulder armor of the heavy cavalry knight, but at this moment, the horse spear pierced into the belly of the war elephant.The elephant wailed and fell down.The brutal soldiers in the saddle rolled to the ground and were trampled to death by the galloping horses.

In just a moment, two war elephants were hunted down.The elephant slave on Menghuo's war elephant was also shot dead by the scout's arrows. Several heavy cavalry surrounded the war elephant with horses. The war elephant was exhausted to the limit and knelt down.Four or five horse spears were placed on Meng Huo's neck...

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On another piece of wilderness, two Liang Guo spear shield soldiers in ring armor were running hard.He was chasing four or five barbarians, and with the speed of running, they threw the spears in their hands, piercing through the bodies of the two barbarians in an instant.

However, the distance between these two spear and shield soldiers in heavy armor and the rest of the barbarians was getting wider and wider.At this time, dozens of cavalry and war cavalry passed by them. One of them was Zhao Yun with a white horse and a silver spear. land.

Zhao Yun reined in his horse on the bank of the Shu River.He looked around the fields, and there were corpses of barbarians everywhere, and floating corpses in the Shu River could be seen everywhere.

Two hours ago, Zhao Yun Yanyan defeated Meng Huo's large formation of elephant soldiers and broke into the barbarian army's defense line.Divided into two groups with Yan Yan, they swept towards the banks of the Shujiang River and the Tuojiang River respectively.

Those barbarian troops who were still building fortification camps were attacked by the enemy behind them, and they were caught off guard by the rapid assault of thousands of Liangshu cavalry, and they were defeated one after another.He was chased by the Han army all the way to the Shu River and the banks of the Tuo River.

At this time, a large group of war cavalry galloped towards Zhao Yun, and the one at the forefront was a cavalry scout. Before reaching Zhao Yun, he dismounted and said in a hurry, "General Qi, the barbarian king Meng!" Has been captured by our Ministry."

Zhao Yun raised his eyes when he heard this.Sure enough, he was overjoyed to see a luxuriously dressed barbarian being brought over by a gangster.He ordered: "Take back the troops and return to Jiangyang City. Today we will reward the three armies."

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Chengdu Shu Palace.Liu Zhang, the king of Shu, was throwing a banquet to celebrate Jiangyang's great victory.This Armageddon.With less than [-] people, the Liang-Shu coalition defeated the barbarians several times their own.Beheaded nearly [-] people, captured more than [-] people, beheaded the barbarian handsome Ah Huinan, and captured the barbarian king Meng Huo alive.

Although there are more than 4 barbarians, the population of more than [-] people includes all the population including men, women, old and children, slaves and servants.Among them, there were only [-] young and strong men, and the barbarians who participated in the Jiangyang Battle were all young and strong.That is to say, this battle actually completely disabled the Nanman, and they would no longer be able to attack the Central Shu Plain.

The banquet began, and the ministers toasted Liu Zhang one after another to congratulate him.

Zhang Song said, "Congratulations, sir. Congratulations, sir. After the Jiangyang battle, the Nanman's vitality has been seriously injured. As long as our army works harder, we can wipe out the remnants of the barbarians in the Nanzhong area south of the Shu River, and we will be able to calm down." This southern barbarian rebellion restored the peace of our Shu Kingdom." Everyone said yes again and again.

At this time, Wang Lei raised an inappropriate topic.He cupped his hands and said to Liu Zhang: "Your Majesty, since the Nanman is dying now, there is no need for Liang Guo to support our friendly army and stay in the territory of Shu. I think that after rewarding them, I will send them off as soon as possible. Returning to the Liang Kingdom is the best policy."

Liu Zhang's face changed slightly after hearing this, and he put down the wine cup in his hand, but he didn't say anything.He waited for others to reply to Wang Lei.Except for Liu Zhang, everyone else naturally knew what Wang Lei meant.So, at the banquet, everyone whispered to each other.

Seeing that no one answered for a long time, Huang Quan came to the hall with the wine jue, and first offered a glass of wine to Liu Zhang.Then Shi Shiran said:

"Of course the Liang army needs to withdraw from the Shu territory, but it is too early to let them go now. Although the Nanman's vitality was severely injured and most of the main force was wiped out. But the centipedes are dead but not stiff. They retreated to the south of the Shu River Afterwards, we can use the high mountains there to deal with our army. To encircle and suppress them, we still need the help of Liang Jun."

In the hall, the ministers of Shu Kingdom began to argue in low voices.

At this time, a servant of the Prince of Shu came to Liu Zhang, whispered a few words, and handed Liu Zhang a letter.Liu Zhang unfolded the letter paper and read it, frowning involuntarily.

Chapter 199 Suspicion

Liu Zhang cleared his throat and said to the ministers who were still arguing: "Everyone, King Liang sent a letter to Gu. He said that he would send more troops to Shu..."

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar in the hall, and the uproar interrupted Liu Zhang's words.

"What is King Liang's intention? The southern barbarians are almost destroyed, and the Zhao Yun tribe should withdraw from the Kingdom of Shu. Why does King Liang want to increase his troops...?"

"He didn't even ask if our Shu Kingdom needs it..."

"Yes... yes, the reason for this is intriguing."

"Hey, I originally thought that there was no need to rush Liang Jun out of Shu, but it seems that I was wrong..."

Liu Zhang raised his voice by an octave, and shouted: "Masters! Listen to Gu speak!" Then everyone fell silent.

Liu Zhang continued: "The king of Liang said in his letter that there must have been a large group of aliens in the south of Nanzhong. Their manpower and material resources are far beyond our imagination. And it is presumed that they will continue to invade Bashu, Jiaozhou and even the Central Plains."

After saying this, all the ministers of the Shu Kingdom became noisy again.Some were stunned, some sneered, and some shook their heads again and again.

Wang Lei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the south of Nanzhong is a land of smoke and miasma for thousands of miles. Except for some wild people who don't even have iron tools, they are some Meng tribes who make a living by fishing and hunting. Where does the strength come from?" A strong foreign race? This is obviously what Feng Yu wants to cover up, but it reveals his intention to map our Sichuan territory."

Most of the other Shu officials also echoed this repeatedly.The few officials who disagreed with this point of view did not dare to say anything more.Just stood aside silently.

Liu Zhang suddenly said coldly: "Gu and Liang Wang Fengyu have dealt with each other in the early years. He is a person based on faith and righteousness. Gu believes that he can't deceive me with lies, just to seize the land of Shu."

Zhang Song, the prime minister of the Shu Kingdom, said at this time: "Your Majesty, you know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart. This matter is too strange to be doubted. Your Majesty's foundation cannot depend on the conduct of an outsider."

The ministers echoed for a while, but Liu Zhang still did not let go. Finally, Huang Quan made a relief and said: "In my opinion, we should find out one or two things about this matter first, and then give an answer to Liang Guo. In case what the King of Liang really said is What's the truth?"

Zhang Song said with a sneer: "Gongheng is confused. This Nanzhong has been completely occupied by the Nanman. Even before the Nanman Rebellion, Yongchang County cut off personnel information with Yizhou. How should we verify it? How long does it take to verify?"

Liu Zhang interrupted them with a blank expression: "Stop talking, let Gu think about it quietly."

A banquet that was supposed to be joyful and joyous broke up like this.

At the same time Liu Zhang received Feng Yu's letter, Zhao Yun, who was far away in Jiangyang, also received Feng Yu's handwritten letter.

Meng Huo was lying on the bamboo bed in the cage, his eyes looking through the cage, listlessly looking at the ceiling of the bamboo house.Outside the house, dozens of Liangzhou soldiers with dogs were guarding them.Since he was captured, the Liangzhou army has not abused him.He was given basic courtesy and arranged for such a solitary custody.

There was a sudden noise outside the door, as if someone was coming in.Meng Huo, who had his eyes open, closed them again and pretended to be asleep.

"Meng Huo, don't pretend to be dead, get up! Our general has something to ask you." A loud shout came, and Meng Huo was still lying on the bed without moving.

Zhao Yun snorted coldly, and ordered: "Open the cage, give him a war horse, and let him go!"

When Meng Huo heard this, he opened his eyes suddenly, sat up immediately, and asked, "Really?"

"Of course it's true! Who has time to joke around with you."

"Why?"

"No reason, it's just that my King Liang wants to let you go." Zhao Yun continued to reply coldly.

Meng Huo lowered his head to think about it, and suddenly he laughed, and said: "I understand, Liang Guo wants to support the bandits and let him go. Your Liang team has a reason to stay in Shu for a long time..." Speaking of this, His words stopped suddenly, feeling that it was wrong to compare himself to Kou.

Zhao Yun sneered: "We are not as despicable as you think. We let you go to resist the alien invasion in the south..."

As soon as Zhao Yun said this, he was interrupted by a voice that sounded like a bell: "General Zilong, I heard that you are going to let Meng Huo go. It must be a rumor. Come and see."

With the voice, Yan Yan has entered the room.Seeing the open cell door, he exclaimed, "Zilong, do you really want to let Meng Huo go?!"

"That's right, this is an order from King Liang of my family. Because..."

Yan Yan didn't hear Zhao Yun finish, so he shouted angrily: "This Meng Huo is the leader of the bandits who messed up my Bashu land, how could your Liang Wang let him go as soon as he said so?"

"Old General Yan, listen to me. There are a large number of unknown aliens in Yongchang County in the south. They have a large population, and they have a tendency to continue to attack the north. So we put Meng Huo back and let him unite the barbarians. In order to prevent the aliens from defeating and annexing the barbarians. Prevent them from continuing to invade the north after controlling Nanzhong."

Meng Huo asked suspiciously, "How did Liang Guo know about this?"

Yan Yan sneered again: "Don't play the double reed here. Don't think I'm a fool. Your King of Liang just wants to raise the bandits' self-respect. As long as the Nanman is not completely pacified, you and Liang Jun can rely on it." Don’t leave in Shu. Is that right?”

Zhao Yun said coldly: "Old General Yan, I have said everything I should say. Believe it or not is your own business. Anyway, this Meng Huo must be released. This is the king's military order. Meng Huo was also captured by our army. So it’s okay for us to let him go.”

Yan Yan stared and said: "Now the matter of Meng Huo is a trivial matter. But the old man has clearly seen the wolfish ambitions of Ruliang Kingdom. Immediately report to the king, asking him to get you out of Yizhou as soon as possible!"

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In the deep night, in the palace of the Prince of Shu, Liu Zhang was meditating with his chin resting in his study, when he suddenly heard a servant singing: "The Empress of Shu has arrived!".He hurriedly got up to meet his mother Shu Guotai.

Liu Zhang asked respectfully: "My lord, you are not resting in the palace at this moment, what do you want me to tell you?"

"Hey, what else can it be. You are already a king, but you still don't let your mother worry. Let me ask you, did the king of Liang ask you to increase his troops?"

"There is such a thing, but mother..."

Shu Guotai stopped Liu Zhang's words with gestures, and said in a earnest tone: "Son, this is a world of great controversy. How can you keep the foundation left by your father and king with your simplicity? If Feng Yu didn't do it for Plotting against your country, that is when the sun comes out from the west. Not only should you reject his request for more troops, but you should also quickly send back the Liang army in Shu!"

At this time, a servant came in hastily and said to Liu Zhang: "Your Majesty, General Yan Yan of Jiangyang sent an urgent letter saying that Zhao Yun released Meng Huo privately. Request the king to send them back quickly!"

Chapter 200 Miner Xiaobang

After listening to the servant's report on the content of Yan Yan's letter.Liu Zhang's face became even uglier.Shu Guotai said to Liu Zhang with a hint of complacency: "Zhang'er, what you said for your mother is right. Hurry up and make up your mind to invite Liang team out of Shu."

Liu Zhang coldly ordered his left and right sides to say, "Pass on my king's orders, prepare generous items to reward Zhao Yun's troops in Liang State, and then send them out of the border. In addition, in Brazil, Bazhong two counties have strengthened their vigilance to prevent accidents."

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When Zhao Yun's army returned to Hanzhong from the Micang Shu Road after a long journey.They were pleasantly surprised to find that Liang Wang Feng Yu was personally meeting them at the intersection.

Zhao Yun came to Feng Yu in three steps at a time and kowtowed to him, but he was pulled up by the other party.

Feng Yu said meaningfully: "Zilong, you don't need to be polite. You have worked hard this time to conquer the barbarians. But there will be more difficult tasks waiting for you in the future, but you will not be the only ones who will go out next time." Legion."

Zhao Yun's army did not return to Zhuyang, but stayed in Hanzhong.In addition, more troops were continuously transferred from Zhuyang.In addition to Hanzhong, Badong County controlled by Liang Guo was also gathering troops, and the entire Dianqing Army was sent to Badong Wu County.

A military town was specially set up in the upstream of Bashui leading to Langzhong, Brazil.The pier and dock of the military town are full of Viking warships that have been continuously transported from it.

These battle preparations were not carried out in secret, and Liu Zhang quickly learned of these situations through the frontline scouts.This made Liu Zhang very disturbed.

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Nanyang Wancheng, Chaoyang Hall of the Imperial Palace.

It was time for the morning court.After the monarchs and ministers finished some daily routine issues, the Huangmen eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies sang loudly: "There is a book to play, and there is nothing to retreat to the court!"

In the main hall, a voice suddenly sounded, "I have this performance!"

The officials looked sideways, and it turned out that it was Taiwei Yang Biao.Liu Xie on the throne nodded, expressing to let Yang Biao go on.

"Report to the Holy Majesty. Liu Zhang, king of Shu, sent a letter to the imperial court. Said that Liang Guo is in Hanzhong, and the two counties of Badong are gathering troops. It seems that they have the intention of plotting Bashu. I request the imperial court to intervene."

Liu Xie frowned slightly, and replied: "Impossible. Not long ago, didn't the King of Liang send troops to help Liu Zhang put down the rebellion? Didn't the King of Shu think too much?" Then Liu Xie turned his attention to Cai Yong.

Cai Yong had no choice but to come out and explain: "I report to the sage. The king of Liang gathered his troops in Hanzhong, and the Badong area is true. But this is to prevent a large-scale invasion of foreign races.

According to Liang Wang's investigation, a few years ago, a large number of alien races suddenly appeared in the wild land south of Yongchang County.These alien races may come from the poisonous Zhuluo Kingdom or Baicheng Kingdom.

They also took advantage of the population decline and turmoil in our Central Plains to attack Nanzhong on a large scale.At present, most of Nanzhong, including Yongchang County, has fallen into the hands of these foreigners.And it is very likely to continue to advance northward and penetrate into the hinterland of our Han soil! "

As soon as Cai Yong said this, there was a buzz of whispering in the quiet hall.Liu Xie himself also showed a surprised and puzzled expression.

Zhu Jun went out and said: "This matter is definitely a grotesque suspicion. The old officials have never heard of the two countries of Zhu Luobaicheng, and the old officials only know that Shendu is now ruled by the Guishuang Kingdom. Even if these two countries really exist, they must be foolish Xiaobang. As far as the veteran knows, the south of Nanzhong is a place of smoke and smoke for thousands of miles, what's the use of two small fans taking this place?"

Cai Yong frowned and said, "Oh! The King of Liang has inquired carefully about these situations. That's why the Nanman Rebellion started. This... the Duke of Yue can testify to this. In addition to moving to the north, they also migrated to the east. But the Yue Kingdom made full preparations in Xiang County, so the Nanman did not spread to the east. Moreover, the Yue Kingdom also found traces of the frontier expeditions of foreign races."

Zhu Jun still said disapprovingly: "Even if these are the facts, what threat can the two little fans pose to my big man? Although our big man has just gone through the turmoil of war and the population has withered. But it is more than enough to deal with the small country. No matter Zhu Luo is still Baicheng, or two together. If they really invade the hinterland of our Han land, the Duke of Yue and the King of Shu will be able to deal with them. If it is not possible, it will not be too late to ask the princes for help."

Yang Biao also echoed, "It must be that the King of Liang was overthinking. It caused the King of Shu to misunderstand. The next time Cai Situ visits relatives, he can persuade your son-in-law, King Liang, not to be too sensitive."

After hearing what they said, Cai Yong was so angry that he couldn't speak. With a heavy breath in his heart, he stopped talking altogether.

Liu Xie, who was on the throne, took advantage of the time they were arguing and had already thought about this matter several times in his own mind.Now he has made a decision to end His Highness's argument.

"I passed on the imperial edict, asking Liu Zhang, the king of Shu, not to be too sensitive. Feng Yu, the king of Liang, is famous all over the world for his faith. I believe that he will never violate the oath of the white horse--no edict to attack the Kingdom of Shu. At the same time, he will also send an envoy of integrity to the Kingdom of Liang , to warn the King of Liang not to go to the Kingdom of Shu no matter what the reason is. Unless there is an invitation from the King of Shu or the Kingdom of Shu is really invaded by foreigners."

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Between the south of the Shujiang River and the Hengduan Mountains lies a narrow plain of less than fifteen li.Across this plain, there is the Nanzhong region that stretches for thousands of miles and is covered with mountains, plateaus, and karst landforms.

At present, on this small plain, there are several large camps of the Shu army, including Yan Yan's camp.As the base camp for chasing and suppressing the remaining southern barbarians.

In the distance, a cloud of dust rises, and a wave of people is returning to a camp.The leader was the gray-bearded veteran Yan Yan, with two or three barbarian heads hanging on the chest of his mount, and the soldiers following him also carried a dozen or so barbarian heads with bamboo poles.It seemed they had won the battle.

But Yan Yan looked heavy, and the soldiers who followed him also looked demoralized.Although the barbarian army was seriously injured, they no longer had the strength to enter the plains and compete with the Shu army.However, it is difficult for the Shu army to destroy them in the mountains.

The Shu army, including Yan Yan, continued to attack the mountains. Although they killed many Nanmans and burned some villages, they were still unable to deal a devastating blow to these Nanmans.On the contrary, the Shu army suffered heavy casualties, the soldiers were exhausted, and their morale was declining day by day.

This time, Yan Yan's scouts found a Nanman stronghold with great difficulty and dispatched again. Unexpectedly, before the Shu army arrived, Nanman noticed and withdrew from the stronghold in time.In turn, an ambush was launched by the Shu army.Although in the end the Shu army repelled these Nanmans by virtue of their superior equipment and beheaded dozens of people, they also suffered hundreds of casualties.

As far as Yan Yan knew, Zhang Ren and Meng Da's Shu armies were not much better than him.Meng Da even advised Shu King Liu Zhang to withdraw to the north of the Shu River and stop attacking the Nanman.

Although Yan Yan objected to this move, Meng Da's suggestion also made sense. At this time, spending a lot of manpower and material resources to encircle and suppress the southern barbarians, except to prevent them from recovering their vitality and causing chaos again, there is no practical significance.Moreover, this method of encirclement and suppression cannot restrain the Nanman.

While Yan Yan was still meditating on horseback, a strange trumpet sound suddenly sounded in the forest not far away.