Hold Your Hand·Xuantian Chaotic Times

This was the sixth time that the barbarian king had been let go. Although he knew that Zhuge Liang was following a strategy of calming his mind, he should be displeased to see that Meng Huo didn't show any gratitude, but Zhuge Liang was just like a normal person.Li An was a little puzzled by this, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, and finally asked, "The Nanman refused to be enlightened. At the beginning of the chaos, the barbarian land has never been recovered. Naturally, Meng Huo thought that we were invading the land and massacring soldiers. This time The march is aimed at Fushun and nothing else, after all, we are considered invaders now." This is why Zhuge Liang spared Meng Huo again and again.

On the other hand, on Meng Huo's side, the fraudulent surrender was found out, and he returned in embarrassment again. The barbarians under his command died and left, and there were only more than 1000 people left in ruins, more than 1000 people... How would he use these more than 1000 people to fight? Resist Zhuge Liang's 50 troops?Several cave masters either surrendered or died in battle. In such a huge land of southern barbarians, where else can he go to seek reinforcements?

"At this point, I'm afraid that only the lord of Wugo in the southeast has not fought against Zhuge Liang." He sighed, and Meng Huo immediately had some hope when he heard it, "Where is it?". "The lord of Ugo is named Wu Tugu, he is two feet long, and he is vicious. His soldiers wear a special kind of rattan armor. This kind of rattan grows in the mountain stream. They collect these rattans, soak them in oil, and take them out once every six months. , dried in the sun and then soaked, and after more than ten times, it was made into armor, worn on the body, soaked in water, invulnerable to swords and guns, so it was called the Rattan Armor Army. Why don’t you go to Ugo to try your luck? If Wu Tugu is willing to help , I’m sure we can win the round.”With the attitude of trying, Meng Huo immediately took the rest of the soldiers to find Ugo country.

And the map of the entire Nanman land is in Zhuge Liang's hands. A large area on the map has been marked with a red cross by a red pen. Except for the mountains and rivers, only a small part remains.Ling Hao looked at a small area on the picture and was a little dazed. In the end, he should have set fire to the rattan armored soldiers, but...there were tens of thousands of enemies, so it seemed like another tough battle.The barbarians Zhuge Liang sent to spy on the news did not return until a few days ago. Fortunately, the news was true, and the other party fled to the southeast untouched area. "Meng Huo invited Wu Tugu, the leader of the Ugo Kingdom, and now he is stationed at Taohua Ferry with [-] Tengjia troops." After retreating from the sentry, Zhuge Liang drew a circle in the southeast with a ink brush in his hand, "This battle needs to be settled quickly. , Zixuan, do you know who this Wu Tugu is?".This was the first time Zhuge Liang asked him this kind of question. I don't understand why Zhuge Liang wanted to make a quick decision at this juncture. In the previous few battles, this person had never asked his own opinion on this aspect.

"Wu Tugu is probably most famous for his rattan armor soldiers. It is said that this kind of armor can block bows and crossbows, make it invulnerable to swords and guns, and not get wet when exposed to water. As for why the enemy chose the Taohua Ferry... The peach blossom water is poisonous, and non-locals will die if they drink it , but the barbarians will become more energetic after drinking it." Ling Hao told Zhuge Liang the general situation of the enemy, and Zhuge Liang thought for a while, which was abnormal, but he didn't say anything this time. "Master, can you think of a countermeasure?", "It's basically done, but we just need a suitable place, and we can wait until tomorrow to survey the terrain." After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he didn't speak for a while, and the atmosphere was silent for a long time before he listened. The other party finally sighed, "If it wasn't for the Han Dynasty and the country, I would never do such a thing of shortening my life." Ling Hao paused, as if he knew what Zhuge Liang was thinking, "It can't all be attributed to With the master alone, if Meng Huo had realized the gap between the enemy and us earlier, he would not have killed so many soldiers..." "But if the Han army did not come, he would not pour out his troops to resist me. In the final analysis, it is still me indirectly."Ling Hao didn't know what to say to comfort Zhuge Liang, so he could only step forward and slowly put his hands on Zhuge Liang's shoulders.The Three Kingdoms... After all, it was an era when personal life was cheap.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhuge Liang, accompanied by Dong Dana and others, went to inspect the remote place on the north bank of Taohua Ferry. Ling Hao wanted to follow, but Zhuge Liang said no, and asked Ling Hao and Lu Bu to stay and guard the village.

Entering from the mountain pass, the road is overgrown with weeds, the road is rough and bumpy, and when the chariot reaches the top of the road, the terrain is so steep that the car cannot move.Zhuge Liang resolutely abandoned the car and chose to walk. Dong Dana and A Huinan led the way for Zhuge Liang in person. After walking for a while, they found an easier way up the mountain.Several people went up the mountain, and they could see the terrain near the ferry from the high place. Zhuge Liang walked forward a few steps, and saw a serpentine valley with steep rock walls, not a single tree growing, and only one road leading to the valley.Zhuge Liang frowned, then pointed to the valley and asked the local barbarians, "What is this place?" "This is the Pan Snake Valley. The valley leads to the mainland of Sanjiang City. The valley in front of the valley is named Talangdian.".The serpentine valley, where no grass grows, leads to Sanjiang City all the way, and there are meadows all the way, which coincides with the battle plan I had in mind. Is the sky helping him or Meng Huo deserved this disaster?

After finding a suitable place, Zhuge Liang returned to the camp by the same route, and asked people to pull the remaining ten black tank trucks to the front army and summoned his generals. "Wang Ping." Wang Ping immediately took a step forward, "I will give you ten black oil tank trucks, a thousand bamboo poles, and gunpowder in the tanks. You lead the soldiers from your headquarters to guard both ends of Pan Snake Valley. When the barbarians enter the valley, abandon the trucks and ambush them." , within a half-month deadline, it must be done well, and if there is any news, it will be dealt with by military law," Zhuge Liang said, stuffing a note in Wang Ping's hand.What is so mysterious?They didn't even tell the people in our army... Wang Ping took the order.

"Li An.", "Yes.", "After you go to the Pan Snake Valley, Sanjiang Road will be guarded, and everything you need must be completed within a few days." After speaking, he gave Li An another note, and Li An also received it. dead.Glancing around among the rest of the people, seeing Ling Hao looking at him, he paused for a second, then skipped over directly, and finally looked at Lu Bu. "You lead your troops to the camp at Taohua Ferry. If the barbarians cross the water to attack, you just have to abandon the camp and look at our army's white flag. You are limited to half a month. You have to lose fifteen battles in a row and abandon seven camps. If you lose for a while, you have to deal with it according to military law." When Lu Bu heard this, he was dissatisfied and asked him to lose?And losing [-] games in a row?What a joke!He has fought so many battles, and any enemy would run away when he saw him. Could it be that Zhuge Liang did not like him so much?Everyone was silent, their eyes were going back and forth between Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang. To them, Lu Bu was just like Zhuge Liang, neither of them was easy to mess with. Zhuge Liang asked Lu Bu to lose fifteen games in a row today. It's scary in their ears.The atmosphere was already tense, seeing that Lu Bu was about to get impatient, "No—" Suddenly another person came out and stood between the two of them.

"Ahem, master, Fengxian is impulsive. I think it's better to change someone for this kind of thing." Seeing that Lu Bu was obviously going to disobey the military order, although he felt that Zhuge Liang's order was really difficult for Lu Bu, in order not to Affecting the harmonious relationship between superiors and subordinates in the army, Ling Hao still stood up to calm things down.The smile on his face was very forced, it doesn't matter how the two of them quarrel in private, it's tearing apart in front of everyone... Zhuge Liang glanced at Lu Bu, then looked at Ling Hao, his eyes were indifferent.Ling Hao faced Zhuge Liang's gaze, and at first he was able to look at each other a few times, but later he even lost the courage to look at each other. It is definitely a bad idea to make Zhuge Liang unhappy at this time.Seeing that Ling Hao didn't dare to look at him anymore, Zhuge Liang withdrew his gaze and said, "As a general, obeying military orders is a bounden duty. Although you are a general in the imperial court, you are not in the imperial court now. The authority is higher than yours, I think I need to remind you of this." It is not enough to describe the tension, seeing Lu Bu's eagle eyes stained with a few traces of cruelty, Ling Hao hurriedly grabbed Lu Bu's clothes. Xie, "Otherwise, please invite master Yun Zixuan to go with you, so as not to make any mistakes." He really tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. If it wasn't for Ling Hao pulling him, he would have turned his back on him long ago. up.

There was another long silence, and at the end, "Let him go." Zhuge Liang finally let out a word. Hearing this, Ling Hao was relieved, and immediately pulled Lu Bu out of the field. He was worried that Lu Bu would have a complete quarrel with Zhuge Liang if he stayed for another minute. up.The generals looked at each other, "Hehe, this..." Wang Ping seemed to just want to ease the atmosphere, "Zixuan and Marquis Wen have a good relationship, so it will be fine if you go to persuade them?" Zhuge Liang, who was expressionless, immediately grimaced, "The matter has been explained, what are you still doing here in a daze." His words were as cold as frost, and everyone scattered when they heard the words, and they didn't dare to stay for a minute.

Leading the troops all the way to the village at Taohuadukou, Ling Hao handled everything from the selection of manpower, distribution of troops and horses, to the distribution of supplies, site selection and sentry. It had been a long time since he had seen Lu Bu show this kind of look to his own people. If I'm not mistaken, this is the kind of look that this person showed when I first met Lu Bu.After the big and small arrangements were completed, Ling Hao went to look for Lu Bu. In fact, it was a trivial matter. Zhuge Liang could be replaced by someone else. Why did he have to ask Lu Bu to do it?Even if it is replaced by yourself.Is it to remind Lu Bu to pay attention to the military regulations or to discourage this person? A person like Lu Bu, who is so proud, will definitely not accept losing fifteen games in a row, even if it is intentional.

"Don't be angry, this is the last battle, even if you are wronged for the sake of going back earlier." After returning to the account to look for someone, as expected, I saw Lu Bu half leaning on the animal skin couch, with a little impatience still remaining on his expression, In his hand, he plays with the gold silk dagger that never leaves his hand.How can Ling Hao make this person forget his unpleasantness in a short time?Obviously, there is no other way but one trick.Taking away the dagger in Lu Bu's hand, Ling Hao leaned over and kissed the man on the lips.However, it was rare for this man to move. He let himself pry open his teeth, and at a glance, he knew that he was still angry. Ling Hao reached out to caress Lu Bu's face, and then bit his tongue. Only then did he see the emotion in the man's eyes fade away, and then He reached out and wrapped his arms around his waist. "Don't be angry, huh?" After the deep kiss, Ling Hao withdrew from the entanglement, smiled lightly, and then kissed the man on the face.

Lu Bu looked at the person in his arms who was trying to soothe his emotions, his eagle eyes turned, "You know, if it wasn't for the sake of him being your master, someone else would have already gone to reincarnate.", "Yes , I also feel that it is inappropriate for the master to do this... But, there is no way, the authority in the army is the highest, even if you are dissatisfied..." Ling Hao paused when he said this, "Don't treat the master as an enemy , everyone is in the same army, and the look in your eyes just now is really scary."...For Zhuge Liang's wholeheartedness for Ling Hao's sake, let's forget it this time, although losing fifteen games in a row is indeed harmful to him reputation. "What I can't stand is Zhuge Liang's temper, and you are the only one who can still do what you want after being rejected so many times." Seeing that Lu Bu seemed to have calmed down, Ling Hao felt relieved. Compromised, "Actually, you don't have to fight, the master just said to lose, and there is no rule that you must go." It is indeed so good, such a thing as pretending to be defeated-"How about I go for you?", Hearing Ling Hao say this, Lu Bu immediately denied it, "It's the same as pretending to be defeated, and it's the same if you send your subordinates to do it. It's good that you stay with me for a few days." Feeling at ease, Lu Bu buried Ling Hao's neck, smelling the unique breath of this man. "Is it really okay with you like this..." Ling Hao was helpless when he felt itchy from Lu Bu's breathing. In fact, if it wasn't because the weather was too hot, he wouldn't mind getting tired of this person.

Just as Zhuge Liang expected, when Wu Tugu saw them going down to Taohuadukou, he drove his soldiers to attack the next day. The soldiers he led fought with the barbarian army for a few rounds before being defeated as ordered, probably because they had suffered a lot before. There were too many, and the barbarians saw that the Han soldiers had been repulsed, so they didn't continue to chase, but crossed the water and went back.Lu Bu ordered people to go back to the original place the next day, and the deliberate noise caused the enemy sentries to find out the news again. Unlike the first time, they were defeated after several rounds of fighting, but the barbarians did not return this time. They settled in the stronghold they set up, while Ling Hao and Lu Bu led their troops and retreated more than ten li away.

When Wu Tugu learned that the Han army had lost two rounds in a row, he still didn't believe it. He followed Meng Huo to the opposite side of the ferry to see that his barbarians had indeed captured the enemy's camp. So weak, he immediately laughed, "Brother Menghuo, this Zhuge Liang is not very capable, but my two captives have fought against each other twice in a row. He must be afraid of my rattan armored soldiers, so he took me to adjust the soldiers." Immediately, I will help you regain your lost ground!"Naturally, Meng Huo couldn't pour cold water on this at such a juncture, so he had to respond a few times. Faced with the suddenly weak and vulnerable Han soldiers, Meng Huo became more and more worried, Zhuge Liang... what do you want to do? .

On the third day, Wu Tugu led the army to advance, and saw the Han army chasing and killing more than ten miles away. Meng Huo saw that the usually majestic Han soldiers all abandoned their armor and threw their weapons-how could this be? ?Even if jackals, tigers and leopards were released, these Han people were not so flustered. How come seeing Wu Tugu is like seeing a ghost?Could it be that a group of people in rattan armor can be more terrifying than wild beasts?Looking at Wu Tugu, who was full of fighting spirit and full of pride, Meng Huo could only keep his doubts in his stomach.

Before Zhuge Liang told him to look at the white flag and leave, they had just finished fighting the barbarian army, and they continued to retreat according to the plan. After walking for a few miles, they saw a white flag on the top of a mountain, and there was already a built camp when they entered the mountain. , It seems that Zhuge Liang prepared in advance.Ling Hao only had one night to rest, and he had already lost three rounds in a row. Wu Tugu had tasted the sweetness and naturally he would not let them go easily. At dawn, the barbarian army came again. Similarly, they still lost after less than three rounds of fighting Go, retreat more than ten miles and see another white flag, another empty village built.As for the specific process of defeating Fifteen and abandoning Qizhai, there is no need to go into details, most of them are similar, the only difference may be the increasingly urgent attack speed of the barbarian army.

Ling Hao and Lu Bu withdrew from the ferry all the way to the Pan Snake Valley, and finally led the barbarians to the ambush point.The barbarian army marched in a big way, Wu Tugu led the way, riding an elephant to open the way, chasing and killing the Han army to a woods, Meng Huo immediately stopped the rear army's footsteps, and asked people to look into the distance first, and saw the shade of trees in the distance Among them, there are banners waving by the Han army.Seeing that he had chased after the enemy's hometown, Wu Tugu was very excited, "The Han army has lost fifteen consecutive battles, and now they hide in their own formation and dare not come out. Now is a good time to attack!".Meng Huo was still puzzled, he had seen the strength of the Han army before, how could he have lost to Wutugu fifteen times in a row?But the enemy's camp in front of him is indeed good, "Don't worry, let's garrison the army for a day to observe the situation, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang will cheat again.".Wu Tugu didn't care much, but seeing how many times he had lost before Meng Huo, he decided to stop for a day to see the reality.

It took more than ten days to complete the task Zhuge Liang gave. When he returned to the village, he was exhausted. However, Zhuge Liang was nowhere to be seen after returning to the village. Only after listening to his subordinates did he know that this person arranged for others to do it. The work is almost done, and I will go to the valley to make final preparations as soon as possible.There were only He Jin and a few people in the camp. When Zhuge Liang was away, Lu Bu returned to the camp and naturally became the general manager again.As for the last battle tomorrow, Ling Hao will still be fighting. Firstly, everything will proceed according to Zhuge Liang's plan. He is only responsible for luring the enemy into a trap, and there is no safety hazard; What's the interest, and in addition to not being able to get along with Zhuge Liang, Ling Hao didn't expect this person to take the initiative to invite Ying.

At noon the next day, he led more than 1000 soldiers out of the camp, bypassed the Pan Snake Valley, and went directly to call the barbarians stationed.Xu felt that there was no need for another Meng Huo to deal with the Han army, so Wu Tu got on his nerves and said, "I'm going to meet this defeated general, brother, you should guard the camp, lest there will be a sneak attack by Han soldiers later." Thinking of himself as some superfluous person, Meng Huo felt a little bit critical, but he didn't say anything because he turned to him for help now.

When Wu Tugu came out of the camp, he saw that there were only a thousand people on the other side. Could it be that Zhuge Liang had no one left in his camp? It would be ridiculous for thousands of people to block his [-] army, "Is this Zhuge Liang's last counterattack?", " Is it because you try it yourself and you will know, or is it that you start to be afraid when you get close to our army's main formation?" Ling Hao shot his gun horizontally, and his words were rude, and deliberately provoked. "Haha! What a joke, you lost me fifteen times, and now you say I'm afraid?" Wu Tugu pointed at Ling Hao, "I tell you, today I'm going to flatten your Hanzhai!", after finishing speaking Attacked first.Horses and elephants were not at the same level at all, so Ling Hao had to lead the army back. Looking back, he saw another white flag raised on the top of the mountain, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat.Wu Tugu led the army to follow closely behind, chasing all the way to the entrance of Panshe Valley, seeing that Ling Hao's party had already retreated into the valley, he was worried that there was an ambush in his heart, but seeing that there was no grass growing in the valley, not a single tree could be found, there was nothing at all. Maybe Tibetans, so I relaxed my mind.Walking to the valley, there are ten oil tank trucks on the valley road, "It seems that the Han army is so afraid that they even lost the grain and grass carts. My lord, if you chase down this road, you will definitely destroy the enemy's lair!" The soldiers were all eager to try, and Wu Tugu urged them to continue chasing after hearing the words.

During the time when Wutugu was delayed by the black oil tank truck, Ling Hao had already taken a shortcut to the valley top plank road. From below, he could not see anything on the plank road, but now he came up and saw that the plank road was full of Han soldiers and horses. , Countless horizontal trees and rocks piled up at the entrance and exit of Pan Snake Valley, and Zhuge Liang, who had not seen him for a long time, was standing at the highest point of the plank road, next to Wang Ping, who was in charge of a part of the Pan Snake Valley project.Seeing that Ling Hao successfully led the enemy into the valley as planned, Zhuge Liang just nodded slightly, then turned to his opponent and said: "Let it go.".All of a sudden, all the piled wood and rocks were pushed down, and rolled down the valley along the steep rock wall.The thunder-like loud noise startled Wu Tugu in the valley. Before he finished comforting the frightened army horses, he looked around and found that the entrances and exits were blocked by cross-bars.A group of people gathered in the center of the valley, and Wu Tugu shouted to tell his subordinates not to panic, "Report, report to the king! Many enemy soldiers suddenly appeared on the valley!", as if in a flash, the originally empty valley suddenly lit up , the black mass on the valley holding torches is full of soldiers in Hanfu.Oops!Ambush!Forcing himself to calm down, Wu Tugu hurriedly asked people to open the way manually, and then hurriedly retreated to the entrance.

"If you surrender now, you will not die." The voice was not loud, but the echo through the serpentine valley seemed very oppressive.Ling Hao glanced at the people at the bottom of the valley, and then looked at Zhuge Liang beside him. He couldn't tell what Zhuge Liang's expression was at this time, he said he had no expression, but he always felt that this person's eyes were a little dark, as if... he couldn't bear to kill but had to kill, his face It's the same as the sadness shown to the dying person.Gu Nei Wu Tugu didn't listen, and still ordered people to look for a way out.After a while, Zhuge Liang finally raised his hand, and all the soldiers behind him raised their torches.Zhuge Liang turned around and swung his right hand slightly heavily. For a moment, the iron cannon roared, and everyone threw all the torches in their hands into the valley. Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of explosions one after another, and the wires and gunpowder buried in the ground exploded in unison, and the flames soared into the sky.As soon as the tongue of fire hit the rattan armor, it burned even more. In just a few minutes, the [-] rattan armor army was like Cao Cao's chain warships in the previous Battle of Chibi.Wu Tugu and all the vine-armored troops were ignited by the fire, and the deafening roar accompanied by the scorching of the crossbars and the wailing of the men and horses sounded miserable to Ling Hao's ears.

What does it feel like to be burned alive... After all, Zhuge Liang did it anyway. With one fire, the last reactionary force in Nanman was burned out, and tens of thousands of lives were also burned.Heart-piercing, painful wailing and the sound of rattan armor crackling, from Ling Hao's angle, seeing the fire snakes raging at the bottom of the valley, the barbarians were burned together, their hands and feet curled up, and the iron cannons continued to bombard them. The barbarian's head and face were smashed by the iron cannon, and his blood was poured into the fire.It took an entire hour before there was no human voice in the valley, and the fire dragon was still going on, making the burnt body smell mixed with the smell of vine armor oil to give off an unpleasant smell.From the beginning to the end, everyone was very quiet. This kind of tragic war is a kind of conscience condemnation in the eyes of anyone. In other words, what is the difference between them and the separatist forces that slaughtered the people and invaded and oppressed all parties?

On the other hand, Meng Huo was still waiting for news of Wu Tugu's good news in the camp. Suddenly, more than a thousand barbarians returned, saying that Wu Tugu had fought with the Han army and surrounded Zhuge Liang in the Pan Snake Valley, so he was invited to go to meet him.When Meng Huo heard this, he was overjoyed immediately. He didn't expect that Wu Tugu actually defeated Zhuge Liang. All the doubts in his heart were thrown away. The barbarians rushed all the way to Pan Snake Valley.Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the mouth of the valley, they saw flames in front of them, and a stench rushed towards their faces. The thousand or so barbarians who had reported the news before suddenly reined in their horses and turned around. They all drew out their swords and surrounded Meng Huo's group in the middle of the road.Meng Huo was taken aback, only to realize that he had fallen into Zhuge Liang's trick again, and when he was about to withdraw in a hurry, two armies surrounded the road, Wang Ping and Li An. The sectarian party and subordinate soldiers were all tied up.Meng Huo didn't expect Wu Tugu's entire army to be wiped out, because he was in the rear when he came, and he didn't care so much when he saw his tribe was arrested.

Zhuge Liang had been waiting for Meng Huo to throw himself into the trap at the road, and deliberately left Wang Ping a gap. If the man escaped, he could only take this road.Meng Huo's head was covered in cold sweat. He passed by Pan Snake Valley and smelled the stench of corpses. He couldn't even bear to look inside. He ran aimlessly all the way to the end, but saw a group of army horses waiting for a long time at the end.Zhuge Liang was still dressed in a dusty white robe, sitting calmly on the chariot.Meng Huo seemed to have seen a ghost, Zhuge Liang in front of him was like a lingering nightmare to him, even if he was dressed in white, he would only find it terrifying. "Where are you going to escape now?" Ling Hao stepped forward and pointed his spear at Meng Huo. Meng Huo was caught off guard and turned around to flee, but was blocked by many Han soldiers behind him. "If you want your wife and children to be safe, I advise you to give up resistance." After Ling Hao finished speaking, Meng Huo's face turned pale, and after a long while, he finally threw away the weapon in his hand.

(== Nanban is finally coming to an end)