Hold Your Hand·Xuantian Chaotic Times

But it is said that the barbarians led by Meng Huo were scattered by Zhuge Liang. Since they left the camp of the Han army, they have been walking all the way to Lushui, and they encountered the defeated barbarians.As soon as they heard that Meng Huo was fine, all the barbarians who had gathered here before came to look for them. They were both surprised and happy to see Meng Huo, and immediately embraced Meng Huo across the Lushui River to the opposite camp.The more Meng Huo thought about it, the more he couldn't swallow this breath. On the day he returned to the camp, he summoned all the chiefs, and sent people along the road to search for the barbarians who had been sent back from the original road. In a few days, more than [-] soldiers and horses were found.Hearing that Dong Dana and Ah Huinan had returned to their respective caves, they naturally wanted to send someone to invite them.They had just escaped from the Han camp, and now the men sent by Meng Huo were at the door, and the two of them could not refuse even if they wanted to, so they had no choice but to bring their soldiers with them.

When they got there, they couldn't help asking questions, seeing Meng Huo's intention to have a good fight with Zhuge Liang, Dong Dana and Ah Hui looked at each other in blank dismay. "How does Your Majesty want to fight this time?" Meng Huo thought about it for a while, and then said, "Zhuge Liang is very cunning in his use of troops, and it is not suitable to fight head-on. I plan to switch from offense to defense. Think about it, he has traveled all the way from here. The whole heart ran to Nanzhong and worked hard from afar. Now the weather is hot and dry, and the Han soldiers cannot stay for a long time. But we have the Lushui River as a natural danger, so we have all the boats and rafts on the south bank, and built an earthen city nearby, with deep ditches and high fortifications. Look at him What else can Zhuge Liang do!"The generals also felt that this was indeed the case, and perhaps this time they could win the round.Now that the plan was made, there was no need to delay. On the second day, all the chiefs gathered their boats to the south bank, and built a high earthen city along the Lushui River. Bows, crossbows and catapults are all available.As for the food, it was transported from all the caves by their subordinates, so they didn't have to worry about it, and they could keep it for a few years.

It seemed that Meng Huo was particularly anxious to take revenge this time. His generals had never seen Meng Huo so anxious before. It seemed that Zhuge Liang was indeed annoyed.

And Zhuge Liang raised his troops and marched to Lushui, which was in the way.The water in Lushui was turbulent, and there were no boats and rafts available, so the turrets built by the barbarians could be clearly seen across the bank. "Meng Huo has learned to be smart this time." Zhuge Liang walked around Lushui himself, his expression not showing any difficulty.The weather in May was already extremely sweltering, and in addition to being in the south, the heat was naturally even more unbearable. Except for the time of battle, the armor of soldiers and horses on weekdays was optional. Ling Hao rode his horse in the sun. After standing for less than half an hour, his forehead was covered with sweat.Watching Zhuge Liang come back from the water, he summoned his generals and told them to evacuate a hundred miles away from Lushui to find a shady place with lush forests to station four camps.Baili?Didn't that go back again?They finally marched to this place today...

Li An, Wang Ping, Yuan Yi, and He Jin had to order each of them to guard their own strongholds. They built thatched huts inside and outside, and covered their horses, so that the accompanying soldiers could enjoy the shade.Ling Hao, Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang were in the front army for the time being, "The weather is hot and the soldiers are tired, so we can't rush into the army this time.".Indeed, Meng Huo intercepted Lushui, and there was no way to cross. They wanted to go forward, and the only way was Lushui. "Zixuan, you take three thousand troops to cut off Meng Huo's grain path first." Ling Hao was stunned when he heard this, "The grain path? How to break it?".Zhuge Liang just pointed to a depression on the map, "According to this, 150 miles away is the quicksand mouth under Lushui River. The water here is slow, and you should be able to cross the water if you make a raft. When you get on the shore, go directly to Mandong, and you will meet with Dong. There must be no mistake between Tana and Ah Huinan."Ling Hao nodded to show that he understood, and as the main force of the former army, Lu Bu naturally had to guard the front line. Although he knew Ling Hao's strength, but after all, this time he went deep into the interior, Lu Bu was more or less worried. Looking at Zhuge Liang, this man is really real Treat everyone equally, if it were him, he probably wouldn't want Ling Hao to go alone even if he went there himself.

Because Zhuge Liang had informed of the danger here in advance, Ling Hao knew that the poisonous water recorded in the history books was here.The weather is hot, and the water speed in the lower reaches of the Lu River is slow, accumulating the poisonous gas from the upper reaches, and evaporating violently during the day. Anyone who crosses the water will be poisoned, let alone drink the water.If you want to cross the water, you have to choose a time when the night is still and the water is cold.After reorganizing the manpower and selecting three thousand strong soldiers, it was already late when they set off.According to Zhuge Liang's instructions, we crossed the river easily, and the Jiakou Gorge was not far from the shore.I have to say that the terrain of Nanzhong is surrounded by mountains, and it is all green as far as the eye can see. It will cause visual fatigue if you look at it for a long time, let alone being in it at this time.Fortunately, the light army was simple, and there were captive local barbarians leading the way. It didn't take long to build stockades at both places of the gorge.The barbarian army could only use this road if they wanted to deliver grain, and Ling Hao had already occupied the import and export, so the more than 100 grain trucks delivering grain in the second half of the night were naturally successfully intercepted.

Meng Huo thought it was safe, but he didn't expect that the Han army had already crossed Lushui and robbed them of their food.Before the barbarians under his command flew to report that the grain and grass had been taken, he was still drinking and having fun in his camp. After the report was over, he was taken aback. He immediately asked who was intercepting the grain and grass. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally couldn't remember who this General Wei was, "It's just an unknown junior, he dared to come and rob me of food and grass, and he was capable of sneaking across Lu River, but today I'm going to let you He never came back!".Thinking that it was Zhuge Liang's unknown soldiers who were ordered to cut off his food supply, Meng Huo didn't care much, and asked Mang Yachang to lead three thousand barbarians to kill and disperse the invading enemy army.

It can only be said that Meng Huo lived deep in Nanzhong. Apart from being familiar with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, etc. and the famous generals under their command, most of the others were forgotten after one pass. If he knew about this "General Wei" Even the man who set a lasso trap to escort him last time, even if he was killed, he wouldn't just send such a few people there.

Ling Hao stood guard in front of the stronghold late at night, waiting for Meng Huo to send someone. He waited until the middle of the night to see the barbarian army coming. It was a strange face and he did not know him. The man brought thousands of soldiers and horses. Seems annoyed at times. "Which unknown person dares to rob me of food and grass, and is too impatient to live!", the unknown person... Ling Hao was not angry when he heard the words, and he readily raised his gun and went out. "An unknown person dares to rob your family's barbarian king's army food. In this way, the barbarian army is really useless." Sure enough, when the enemy general heard Ling Hao say this, Ling Hao could feel that the man was about to be killed from such a distance. I was so angry. "You! I'll let you have a hard time today!" A few words that Ling Hao didn't understand came out of the other party's mouth, probably in the local dialect. As for the meaning, it probably meant to curse someone.The man rode forward with a big knife on his horse, Ling Hao tightened the reins, raised the gun, and spun a circle with his right hand in the air, the spear directly flew the knife in the opponent's hand.Having been personally taught by Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, and having been on the bloody battlefield under Liu Bei for so long, do these people really think they are paper tigers?After only one round of fighting, Ling Hao forced the opponent off the horse, and fell to the ground in a panic.The smile was still on the face, but the tip of the spear was pointed straight at the neck of the fallen enemy general, "Why, the barbarian army is only this level? Go back and tell Meng Huo to send someone who can fight over!".

Before the battle was over, the generals of one's own side had already been captured, and the remaining several thousand barbarian troops were naturally defeated and left.

Still in the village, waiting for the good news from his subordinates, who knows that after a while, the barbarians sent out earlier came back in a panic, saying that Mang Yachang was captured by the opponent after only one round.Meng Huo's face darkened when he heard this, "What a shame! Who dares to challenge this Ling Hao again?". "I wish to go." As soon as the words fell, a person came out, but it was Dong Dana.Dong Dana himself didn't know why he took the initiative to ask for Ying, and immediately regretted it after agreeing, he was just released by Zhuge Liang, wouldn't it be humiliating for him to go now?Thinking of this, I just want to slap myself twice!But since the promises were all agreed, and the military order could not be violated, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead his soldiers and horses to set off.

Dong Dana didn't know which party this Ling Hao was from, but since he was able to capture his teeth in one round, he must not be someone to be provoked... Slowly walking to the enemy's stronghold, he saw the gate of the enemy's stronghold was wide open. The soldiers lined up neatly on both sides, with only one man holding a spear in the middle riding a white horse, as if he was waiting for him.Looking at the opponent carefully, he only felt familiar. From his looks, the opponent's general was a young man, at most 26 seven - wait!this person!A string in Dong Tu's brain suddenly snapped. Isn't this the same person who broke into his 5000 army stronghold with [-] troops last time and captured himself alive!This person is Ling Hao?No wonder that guy with busy teeth was defeated... Dong Dana groaned inwardly.

"Heh, isn't this the Lord of the Three Caves? Why, is it possible that the barbarians are so ungrateful and treacherous? Military Master Zhuge spared your life, but at the beginning he kept saying that he would not commit another crime, but now he continues to work for Meng Huo with his soldiers, Dong Dana Don’t you feel ashamed for breaking your promise like this?” From the bottom of my heart, I didn’t want to fight this man again. During the stalemate between the two armies, a sentence came from Hanzhai, which was so clear that the soldiers on both sides could hear it clearly Chu.Dong Dana was so ashamed when he heard the words, he opened his mouth in a daze but couldn't say a word, when he saw the man taking a step forward on horseback, his body trembled unconsciously.

"Back, back, back to the village!".

Before Ling Hao stepped forward, he saw the opponent's army and horse retreat instantly. Dong Tua yelled and left without fighting...Is this also okay?Seeing that the enemy retreated quickly like a plague god, Ling Hao remained silent for a while and then returned to the original spot. He glanced at Busy Yachang who was tied to the side, so what he was going to do next was waiting for Meng Huo to send Is the third wave of generals coming?

Dong Dana returned to the village by the same route, and saw that Meng Huo couldn't even raise his head, so he just muttered: "The enemy will be fierce and can't resist it.".It's the second time!The first time he lost his teeth and was captured alive, and the second time Dong Dana was defeated and returned - Meng Huo felt furious and threw the wine cup in front of Dong Dana. "A bunch of useless things! You were released by Zhuge Liang once before, but you remember it? What's the use of keeping you! Come on! Drag it out and chop it up!".Dong Dana was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground. Fortunately, the other chiefs pleaded repeatedly, which calmed down Meng Huo a little, but he was rewarded with a hundred military sticks for no reason.It was worse than death when he was helped back into the account by his subordinates. Tell me what he was trying to do?Go up and fight, one is that you can't beat it, and the other is that you have no face to fight at all, so don't fight?When he came back, he would be sentenced to military punishment by Meng Huo... It's all because of his damn mouth, how could he respond so quickly in the first place!

Think about it, since the Han army entered Nanzhong, they fought twice, both of which ended in their failure. If it weren't for the fact that the soldiers and horses in Meng Huo's hands were not easy to deal with, he would have let him go in Zhuge Liang. I left Meng Huo when I was young, and I didn't dare to make a sound in this account. Now thinking about it, I feel suffocated.The pain in his body has not gone away, and several people who were at Meng Huo's place before came to him one after another to ask questions. In a word, everyone was forced. Who wants to fight all day long? Meng Huo and Zhuge Liang If you want to fight, you just want to get involved with these little cave masters.

"Although we live in a barbarian side, we dare not invade the territory of Han China easily, and the Han Dynasty has never invaded me. Now that Meng Huo is forcing each other with power, he has no choice but to follow the rebellion. When will it go on like this?", "Yeah, so many people have been lost in just a few days, and it will only be more unfavorable if the stalemate continues." The conversation couldn't stop as soon as it started. Several people originally came to visit Dong Dana, but now they started complaining. up.Dong Dana also felt that what he said was reasonable, "Zhuge Liang is...unpredictable. Liu Bei relied on him to become a powerful force. Cao Cao and Dongwu also dared not act rashly because of Zhuge Liang's existence. Now Liu Bei returns to Han and Cao Cao is defeated. , Soochow also took the initiative to incorporate into the imperial court, let alone us barbarians?", let alone Zhuge Liang treats people leniently, if not for that, he would have been killed by the Han army long ago, the grace of saving lives is greater than heaven, and the matter of rebellion He couldn't do it anyway.

"Since you all know it, I won't say much. Among the people Zhuge Liang released many times, besides me, there are naturally many of you. Although I am not a decent Han Chinese, I still know that I will repay my kindness. I don’t want to follow Meng Huo to attack the Han army anymore, so I will risk my life now, and I will simply tie Meng Huo and go to Zhuge Liang, so that the people in the cave will not suffer from misery.” After these words, the entire tent fell silent That's right, Dong Tua was ruthless, "That's what I thought, I don't know what you think?".Unexpectedly, this impulsive and outrageous idea was actually responded to by a few people who had received Zhuge Liang's kindness before.As the saying goes, the grievances of this period of time finally broke out.Dong Dana drank a bottle of strong shochu, carried a steel knife, and brought more than a hundred people to Meng Huo's tent.

Because Meng Huo was in a bad mood, he drank a lot of wine, Dong Dana came just in time for Meng Huo to be drunk.The two guards under the tent stood by and were taken aback when they saw Dong Tuna approaching aggressively with a knife. "You have also received the life-saving grace of Zhuge Junshi, and you should repay the favor. If you dare to speak up today, I will be the first to kill you!" The two guards under the tent looked at each other, but shook their heads, and then let Dong Dana in. into the account.

Ling Hao waited in front of the village until it was almost dawn, but he still didn't see any barbarians coming. He thought that according to Meng Huo's temperament, he would definitely not stop overnight, but he didn't know that after sending soldiers twice, there was no movement.Reluctantly, he had to order to go back to the village to rest and wait for Zhuge Liang's next order. Unexpectedly, the men and horses hadn't rested for an hour, and Ma Fei reported that there were a large number of barbarians ahead. Ling Hao immediately concentrated his mind and quickly mounted his gun. , ordered his soldiers to assemble, okay, dare Meng Huo wake up from sleep and then realize that there is going to be a war?Due to the large number of barbarians, Ling Hao had to be on full alert. At this time, he only had 3000 soldiers. If the difference in numbers between the two sides was too large, he might not be able to bear it.

The sun was about to come out of the mountain, and sure enough, Ling Hao vaguely heard the voices of soldiers, horses and people, and after a while, he saw the figures of barbarians appearing at the intersection, and there were indeed quite a few of them.Ling Hao held his spear tightly, waited until the enemy was close enough, and looked over, the leader turned out to be that Dong Dana again, but the difference was that when the man came back to see him this time, he dismounted on his own initiative, and then ordered him to go behind him. All the soldiers put down their weapons, Ling Hao couldn't help frowning when he saw this. "Don't blame General Ling! I'm here to surrender this time!", the other party shouted, then turned around and waved as if to order something, and the next second saw a person being tied and pushed to the front of the army.When Ling Hao saw the kidnapped person, he couldn't help being taken aback. Could it be...Meng Huo?Meng Huo was tied up by his own men and sent to him?This joke seems to be a bit big. Ling Hao never thought that this play would be staged. To be honest, he almost forgot who the seven captures of Meng Huo were. However, since Meng Huo returned to them again, In his hand, it can be seen that there are five times left before seven captures.

If it was the first time Meng Huo was captured alive, Meng Huo didn't want to talk, but this time his hands were tied and his mouth was sealed. Seeing Meng Huo's face flushed with anger, an indistinct moan came out of his throat. Grunt, this man couldn't speak even if he wanted to.It's only been a few days, and the last time I said goodbye to Meng Huo is still vivid in my memory, I didn't expect Meng Huo to be betrayed by his subordinates so soon.Thinking of this Ling Hao couldn't help but feel funny, and it was even worse when he saw Shang Meng Huo's eyes full of anger.Since this trip not only completed Zhuge Liang's mission, but also picked up such a big deal for nothing, he might as well go back home early.

The men collected the barbarian army's food and grass, and returned to the original shore in batches on boats and rafts, while Ling Hao personally escorted Meng Huo.Ling Hao was quite interested, without untying or removing the cloth stuffed in the mouth, "I really didn't expect that the barbarian king and we would meet so soon."Meng Huo was still staring at Ling Hao with eyes full of flames, looking very ferocious.Ling Hao didn't mind too much, and smiled again: "I forgot to introduce myself last time. My surname is Ling, and my single name is Hao. If the barbarian king calls me Zixuan, I don't mind."Meng Huo still didn't show any politeness on his face, and stared at Ling Hao as if he had great hatred.

All the way back to Zhuge Liang's former military camp, he had already made detailed investigations to find out about this matter, and reported this matter to Zhuge Liang before Ling Hao's army came back in the morning.Zhuge Liang didn't seem surprised when he heard it for the first time, and unhurriedly ordered each camp to rectify their weapons.Ling Hao originally thought that he could make Zhuge Liang happy, but when he entered the gate of the village, he saw two neat rows of soldiers. Hearing that Zhuge Liang declared him into the account, he knew that Zhuge Liang had already heard the news.Meng Huo was temporarily handed over to the axeman under the tent, Ling Hao and Dong Dana entered the tent first, and there was no one else in the tent except Zhuge Liang.When Dong Dana saw Zhuge Liang, he knelt down and knelt down, "I can't repay the kindness of the military master's life. I just captured the barbarian king Meng Huo to Guizhai today. I hope the military master will forgive me!".Only today?Ling Hao was silent for a while, it turned out that Zhuge Liang knew all this a long time ago, no wonder it was so easy to capture alive this time.

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and then personally stepped forward to help Dong Dana, "The purpose of this southern expedition was not for wealth, nor did we want the people in Nanzhong to suffer. The sooner Meng Huo surrendered, the earlier the Han army withdrew. My original intention is really the emperor's order. Naturally, I will remember your contribution, you have worked so hard this time." Dong Dana quickly waved his hand, "Don't talk about hard work! If the military advisor has anything else to do, just order it!" .Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, "Leave Meng Huo to me for now, just go back and wait for orders."Seeing that Dong Dana was about to leave after thanking him, Ling Hao suddenly felt something was wrong, and then said: "Master, is this something wrong? If Meng Huo goes back this time, he will definitely not let the person who kidnapped him go.", Dong Tu Na was taken aback, go back?Meng Huo can still go back. Isn't Zhuge Liang's goal is Meng Huo? Now that Meng Huo has been delivered, can he still let him run away?Zhuge Liang thought for a few seconds when he heard the words, "If it's Meng Huo, I really won't let you go. If you don't dislike it, there is a village of our army's rear army a hundred miles away. You can stay here temporarily until the Meng Huo incident subsides." There, although it is not as good as the former residence, it can protect the mind and body without any worries."Despite having doubts in his heart, Dong Dana still bowed his head and agreed.

Seeing Dong Dana leave the tent, Ling Hao stepped forward, "Meng Huo's military rations are now stored in the village, is this all within the master's plan?" Zhuge Liang sat on the main seat again, nodded slightly, " It’s just that I didn’t expect it to be so fast, marching at night, if you are tired, go and rest first.” Seeing Ling Hao retreating in response, Zhuge Liang summoned the swordsmen under the tent to bring Meng Huo up.

"Untie.", waving his hand to let people untie, seeing Meng Huo's gloomy face, Zhuge Liang retreated the people in the tent, and said: "If I remember correctly, you said before that you will surrender if you are captured again.".Meng Huo looked at the man in front of him calmly and said lightly, "Hmph, this is not your fault, it's only my subordinates who killed each other and betrayed their promises, that's why they ended up like this.".Zhuge Liang just thought it was funny, "So you're still not convinced?", "Not convinced." Meng Huo said coldly, "I am not inferior to you Han people in terms of war. If you fight head-on, you may not win me.".Zhuge Liang didn't have much reaction to this sentence, but said: "I am looking forward to it, but there is one thing that must be stated in advance. I led the army to conquer Nanzhong, not for profit or power. It’s all about peace. What I want is not surrender under coercion and pressure, but complete submission. Since you still refuse to accept it, I still won’t kill you today.”

Knowing that Meng Huo had a big prejudice against him, Zhuge Liang might not know how to eat the food and drink, so Zhuge Liang simply got up to see him off, and the second time, he wanted to let him go again without saying anything.Meng Huo's eyes were full of doubts, and he looked at the horse Zhuge Liang had given him in front of him, "I'll send you out of the village, I hope the next battle can last longer." That means it's easy to catch him?Meng Huo had the urge to curse again when he heard the words, but this time he was in the enemy's village, so he managed to hold back and got on the horse without saying a word.Zhuge Liang got on another horse and sent Meng Huo out of the stronghold.As he saw along the way, all the camps, stockades, grain and grass, soldiers, horses and equipment were all cleared up. Seeing Meng Huo frowning beside him, Zhuge Liang turned his eyes back to the front again. "Meng Huo, you are really stupid if you don't surrender. The Han Dynasty has such good soldiers and generals, food and weapons, how can you win the entire Han Dynasty? If you surrender early, I will definitely call on the Holy Majesty so that you will not lose Standard, children and grandchildren, always stationed in Nanzhong.".Meng Huo was silent, it was rare that he didn't refute this time, not because he didn't want to, but after seeing Zhuge Liang's soldiers with his own eyes, he really knew the gap between the two.