The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

At the same time that the Qiang people were invading the Central Plains, Meng Huo, the leader of the Yi people in the Nanzhong area, gathered 100,000 Yi soldiers, went out of Nanzhong, captured Yunnan and Jianning counties, and advanced towards Jiangzhou.

Li Yan, the general in charge of Jiangzhou, ordered his trusted aide to quickly deliver the battle report to Chengdu and hand it over to the governor Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang is the fourth son of the emperor's uncle Liu Yan. Since defeating his third brother Liu Mao and becoming the leader of Yizhou, he has been working hard to govern Yizhou in an orderly manner.

Liu Zhang has fourteen generals under his command, namely: generals Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, and Wu Yi, generals Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Deng Xian, Leng Bao, Liu Huang, Fei Guan, Wu Lan, Wu Ban, and Li Yan. , Zhang Yi, Lei Tong. There are also nine counselors, namely: Fazheng, Liu Ba, Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Li Hui, Fei Shi, Wang Lei, Dong He, and Qin Mi. This kind of combination of civil and military forces can be regarded as the top lineup among the princes.

After Liu Zhang received Li Yan's letter asking for help, he immediately ordered Zhang Ren to be the chief general, Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Deng Xian, and Leng Bao to be deputy generals, and Fa Zheng to be the military advisor to lead 30,000 Shu troops to Jiangzhou for rescue.

There are many mountains near Jiangzhou, and the Southern Barbarian army lacks horses and marches slowly. The 10,000 vanguard troops led by Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana, and A Huinan can only travel twenty miles a day, stopping and going, which also gives Zhang Allow enough time for reinforcements.

Meng Huo, in the name of tribal leader, summoned all the elites of dozens of tribes in southern central China this time, vowing to conquer Yizhou in one go. Wherever the southern barbarian army went, there were bloody massacres. Tens of thousands of Han people were killed.

Meng Huo was eight feet five inches long, strong as an ox, and as brave as any man. He was the first warrior among the Yi people, and he became the king of the Yi people by virtue of his bravery. He was determined to seize the great rivers and mountains under the rule of the Han people. On the one hand, he wanted to free the Yi people from their living environment in the mountains and dense forests. On the other hand, he also wanted to use Yizhou as a betrothal gift to impress his beloved woman.

The woman who can make Meng Huo's heart beat is naturally no ordinary person. She is a descendant of the fire god Zhu Rong. She is brave, resourceful, and highly skilled in martial arts. In order to bring the cave master's sister, she is known as Mrs. Zhu Rong, especially for her unique skill of throwing knives. , it can be said that he is always on target, especially because he is dressed in red, and the red-maned horse he rides on looks like a flame from a distance. The name Zhu Rong is truly worthy of his name.

Mrs. Zhu Rong once promised to marry whoever could capture Yizhou. Meng Huo naturally took this matter to heart and trained his soldiers for many years. It was not until something happened in the Central Plains that he decided to raise an army.

Zhang Ren's reinforcements finally entered Jiangzhou before the southern barbarian soldiers arrived. Li Yan had always admired Zhang Ren because Zhang Ren was the disciple of the spear prodigy Tong Yuan and was proficient in the art of war. This reinforcement was led by Zhang Ren, and Li Yan felt deeply in his heart The stone was also put down.

After Zhang Ren entered the city, he inspected the defense of the city gate and found that everything was in order. He couldn't help but admire Li Yan a little. After all, Yunnan County and Jianning County fell one after another in less than a month. Being able to do a good job of defense in such a short period of time is considered a general.

Zhang Ren summoned everyone to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.

Yang Huai suggested going out of the city to fight the southern barbarians in the field, Leng Bao advocated holding on to the city, and Zhang Ren was waiting for Li Yan's idea.

Li Yan saw Zhang Ren looking at him and said quickly: "The general thinks that our army should rely on the terrain to ambush soldiers in the mountains and wait for the enemy to arrive and defeat them in one fell swoop."

Zhang Ren nodded: "This plan is feasible, but I have a better way. Leng Bao, Yang Huai, and Gao Pei listen to the order. The three of you will each lead a thousand soldiers and ambush in the nearby dense forest until the enemy army is defeated. , show up to attack, and be sure to annihilate all the enemy forces."

The three of them took the order and left.

Zhang Ren continued to assign tasks: "Li Yan and Deng Xian, organize the soldiers to prepare for the defense of the city. They must resist the enemy's three waves of attacks. As long as they are blocked, the enemy's morale will be frustrated. When the time comes, I will lead the army out of the city to fight with them. It can be defeated.”

Li Yan said: "The general is really wise and brave. I will go down now to prepare for the defense of the city."

Zhang Ren looked at the hook and sickle spear in his hand. He had not had a chance to use it for more than ten years. This time he could finally demonstrate his master's martial arts on the battlefield.

The next day, the Nanman army came to Jiangzhou City. Jinhuan Sanjie ordered the soldiers to attack the city. The Yi soldiers carried ladders made of bamboo and climbed up the city tower to fight with the Shu army.

Li Yan and Deng Xian skillfully commanded the soldiers to meet the enemy. Li Yan took the lead and cut off two enemy bamboo ladders. A Hui Nan was shot in the shoulder by Deng Xian's arrow and left injured.

The second wave of attacks organized by Dong Dana was also stubbornly resisted by the Shu army.

Jinhuan Sanjie personally led the soldiers to launch a third wave of attacks, this time more ferocious than the previous two, but the Shu army was united and would not allow a single Yi person to board the tower.

Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Ren ordered the city gates to be opened and personally led the army out of the city to meet the enemy.

Dong Dana held a big knife and wanted to chop down Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren nimbly dodged it. Zhang Ren then stabbed fifteen times in a row, like a storm, leaving more than a dozen holes in Dong Dana's body, and blood spurted out. , Dong Dana died at the foot of Jiangzhou City.

Seeing Dong Dana's death in battle, Jinhuan Sanjie ordered the army to retreat. Zhang Ren was not willing to let the enemy go and led the Shu army to cover up the attack. Ah Huinan accidentally fell off his horse and was trampled to pieces.

Jin Huan Sanjie fled all the way to the mountains with the remaining soldiers. Seeing that there were no pursuers behind him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the entire army to rest. At this moment, Leng Bao and others who had been ambushing here came out and wiped them all out. The embarrassed Southern Barbarian soldiers left only Jin Huan Sanjie alive and asked him to go back and report to Meng Huo, asking Meng Huo to surrender early and return Yunnan and Jianning counties.

When Meng Huo saw Jinhuan Sanjie escaping alone, he kicked him over and cursed angrily: "We, the Yi people, have raised an army and won many battles, but you let ten thousand warriors die in Jiangzhou and escape alone? What a shame for the Yi people!”

Jinhuan Sankou kept kowtowing until his head was broken and blood gushed out, "Your Majesty, the Han people have many tricks and set up ambushes, which led to the defeat of our army. Please give me another chance, Your Majesty. I We must lead the troops to capture Jiangzhou."

Meng Huo said coldly: "You have no chance, Meng You, drag this Yi scum out and behead him."

Meng You was Meng Huo's younger brother and was in charge of military law. When his brother gave the order, he stopped interceding for Jin Huan Sanjie and directly dragged him to the open space and killed Jin Huan Sanjie with a knife.

Meng Huo also ordered the commander of the army to lead 10,000 soldiers to attack Jiangzhou. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ren had already prepared an ambush. When the army of the commander of the army passed through the valley, it was ambushed by the Shu army that had been ambushing it for a long time. Many of them died on rolling logs. Under the stone.

Meng Huo lost two battles in a row and lost 20,000 soldiers. He ordered the entire army to return to Jianning and reorganize the army to fight again.

Zhang Ren reported the victory to Liu Zhang in Chengdu and asked Liu Zhang to continue sending reinforcements. He not only wanted to recover the two counties, but also wanted to completely eliminate the Yi people in Nanzhong.