Yuewang County, Beishui City.

The walls of Beishui City are not too high, and the Han army can easily make a ladder truck that is higher than the city wall, and there is no need to build another siege ladder on the ladder.

The soldiers of the city were pushing the ladder cart with all their might, leaning it against the edge of the wall.

The surrounding defenders looked at this siege monster that was taller than the city walls, and they were a little overwhelmed.

Many of them had seen this kind of thing for the first time.

They thought that the Han people's city wall was already very high, but they didn't expect the Han people to be able to make siege monsters that were even higher than the city wall.

As soon as the ladder approached the city wall, Guan Xing took the lead, jumping off the city wall from the carriage at the top of the ladder car, and felt a little strange after landing and standing firmly.

I thought that as soon as he jumped down, he would be besieged by the enemy, but I didn't expect this brute's reaction to be so slow.

However, as the soldiers behind him landed one after another, he didn't think about it so much, and directly brandished his long knife and rushed towards the surrounding barbarians.

The shouts of fighting suddenly rang out.

At the same time, at the bottom of the ladder car, the Han army quickly rushed up, using the cover on both sides of the ladder, and began to climb along the ladder and climb the city.

As soon as they climb to the top of the ladder car, they can jump from the car to the wall and join the fight.

"Hold on to the ladder!"

Guan Xing shouted.

Seeing that the barbarians finally reacted and began to rush towards this side in a swarm, Guan Xing hurriedly told the soldiers to resist with their backs against the ladder.

As long as the soldiers below rush up, the siege is half the battle.

Even if those who can be the first soldiers are not veterans of a hundred battles, they are also brave people, fighting bravely at the moment and defending this place to the death.

The walls of Beishui City were not high, and the barbarians had no experience in defending the city, and soon, ladder carts in other places began to be erected, and countless Han soldiers began to jump off the city walls.

Not far from the city of Beishui, Zhuge Liang was under the escort of the armor soldiers, watching the Han army continue to rush up the city wall like ants, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.

The barbarians did fight bravely, but they did not have a unified order, let alone what was called the art of war and what was called a military formation, and many times, they fought separately.

Moreover, many of the weapons in their hands were even made of wood, which was much less lethal than the iron weapons in the hands of the Han army.

So for this counterinsurgency, in fact, Zhuge Liang is like many people in his heart, and he doesn't feel any difficulties.

The difficulty is how to bring the Yi people in Nanzhong into the effective management of the Han Dynasty, so that they will not rebel from time to time.

At this time, only a dull roar was heard, and I saw that the city gate was finally knocked open by the rushing car under the closure of the inside and outside.

"Prime Minister, the city is broken."

A middle-aged scribe standing next to Zhuge Liang said, "As soon as this city is broken, it is the right time for the lower officials to set off for the south." ”

Zhuge Liang took his gaze back from Beishui City and fell on the middle-aged scribe, revealing a somewhat hesitant look, and finally said as if he had made up his mind, "Yiqiang, you need to be very careful when you go." ”

"If so...... If there is something discordant, don't be reckless, withdraw as soon as possible, and then plan later. ”

The middle-aged scribe arched his hand and said angrily, "There is a concern for Lao Cheng." The lower officials were valued by the first emperor, and now they are entrusted by the prime minister, how can they cherish this body when the Han Dynasty is in crisis? The prime minister is waiting for the good news of the next official. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, and sighed, "If it weren't for the need to serve the hearts of the people in Nanzhong, I would definitely not be willing to take such a risk." ”

The middle-aged scribe smiled indifferently, "The prime minister has a long-term plan for Nanzhong, how can the lower officials not know?" The lower officials are now too guarded by Yizhou County, how can they not fulfill their duties? ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply to Zhuge Liang, "The lower official is going, if there is really something discordant, the son of the clan brother, you have the style of the deceased brother of the lower official, if the prime minister sees that he can still be shaped, please also help take care of one or two for the sake of my brothers doing their best to serve the country." ”

Zhuge Liang listened, and his face was displeased, "Why is Yiqiang so trusting the future?" If you go, even if you can't do it, you must protect yourself, and I will wait for you to return. ”

The middle-aged scribe nodded, said goodbye to Zhuge Liang again, took a few retinues, and headed south.

In May of the third year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, broke the king of Gaoding in Beishui, and the barbarian generals from all walks of life who had finally gathered together were defeated.

Gao Ding fled alone when the city was broken, and his wife and children who stayed in the mansion had no time to escape and were captured by the Han army.

The prime minister of the Han Dynasty led the army to chase to Qiongdu, and felt that Gaoding was already at the end of the road, so he sent an envoy to the city of Qiongdu to persuade him to surrender.

Gao Ding was unwilling to fail, tied up the envoys, swore an alliance with the various commanders in the city, and killed the Han envoys at the alliance meeting, using his blood and head as a sacrifice.

Zhuge Liang was furious when he heard this, and directly ordered the army to attack the city.

This time, Guan Xing once again ascended the capital of Qiong, rushed into the marshal's mansion in the city, killed Gao Ding, cut off his head, and made the first contribution.

Just when the Gaoding soldiers were defeated and died, the rebels of Yizhou County lost Wei County, which caused the door of Yizhou County to be wide open, and Meng Yan, who stayed in Dianchi Lake, personally led troops to inspect the counties around Dianchi Lake to prevent accidents.

Unexpectedly, Li Hui, the governor of Nanzhong, actually took the elite soldiers, so he repeated the trick, directly copied the path, and the troops came to the city of Dianchi Lake and occupied Dianchi Lake.

When Meng Yan heard this, he hurriedly led his troops back, only to see that the banner of the Han army had been erected at the head of Dianchi City.

In a fit of rage, he directly beheaded the defenders of Dianchi who escaped, and then entangled the rebels of Yizhou County to surround Dianchi.

It's just that the barbarians are not good at attacking the city, not to mention the kind of sophisticated siege equipment that requires skilled craftsmen to make, and although the soldiers led by Li Hui are few, they are all elite soldiers, so Meng Yan has no good way to deal with Dianchi City for a while.

The news of Gao Ding's defeat and death and the destruction of Dianchi was sent to Meng Shu almost at the same time.

"Dog thief Guan Xing, I am inseparable from you!"

In Meng Shu's tent, E Shun let out a long howl, drew his knife and directly cut down the desk in front of him, bursting into tears.

I saw him kneeling in front of Meng Huo, "Ask King Meng to borrow an elite soldier from the villain, and the villain vows to behead the dog head of Guan Xing and avenge my king!" ”

"Do you want to go on?"

When Yonghong on the side heard this, he almost jumped up, "When Weixian was taken away, I said that I wanted to retreat, but you didn't want to." I've only walked more than half of the way now, and the high ......"

He wanted to call Gao Ding's name, but after all, he was a little afraid of Eshun's appearance, and he still changed his words when the words came to his mouth, "King Gao has already been defeated and died." ”

"Now that Yizhou County in the rear has even been beaten down to Dianchi Lake, and Zhuge Liang's army is in front, we will be attacked by the enemy in the back and abdomen, and if we don't quickly find a way to return to Yizhou, do you want us all to die here?"

Hearing this, E Shun turned his head violently and stared at Yonghong deadly, his eyes were blood-red, coupled with his extremely ugly face, he was really like a fierce beast that chose people and devoured them.

Yonghong was taken aback, for fear that he would suddenly pounce and kill him, so he couldn't help but take two steps back.

"You can't go any further."

Meng Huo finally agreed with Yonghong's opinion this time, and said in a low voice, "If we go any further, we will all die halfway through." ”

Meng Shu glanced at Eshun and said, "I know you want to avenge King Gao, but you didn't avenge it like this. It's not that I don't want to divide my troops to you, but the current situation is not favorable for us and others, and we need to think about it in the long run. ”

"Chief Yong is right, if we continue to move forward, I am afraid that we will all die here. That is not to avenge the tall king, but to accompany the funeral. The only way to do this now is to return to Yizhou County and stabilize the rear first. ”

Wei County was broken, it was already a big surprise for Meng Shu, at this time Dianchi was broken, he actually began to panic in his heart, and he couldn't wait to fly back to Yizhou to preside over the overall situation.

Seeing that Eshun was still thinking about moving forward, he felt a burst of disgust and irritability in his heart.

When Wei County was broken, Lao Tzu didn't think about going back, it was already considered to be benevolent and righteous, and now even Dianchi Lake has been broken, if you don't go back, do you want to be a lost dog?

But as the head of the Meng family, the head of the barbarian king of Yizhou County, the more at this time, the more he wants to stabilize people's hearts, and Meng Shu still has this bit of a city.

Fortunately, the barbarians are not the same as the Han Chinese.

The barbarians usually live in their own villages, unlike the Han people, who live in the city and the grange villages on the flat land around the city.

Otherwise, if Dianchi Lake is broken at this time, the wives and children of many people in the army will fall into the hands of the enemy, but I am afraid that the army's heart will be chaotic before the battle.

Fortunately, Li Hui didn't have too many soldiers, and now he has been besieged in Dianchi City by his brother and his people, as long as Li Hui is trapped, he is not afraid of any big waves.

At this time, Meng Shu could only forcibly comfort himself like this.

Of course, E Shun knew that what Yonghong and Meng Shu said was the truth, even if he was unwilling at this time, there was nothing he could do.

After all, he only has about a hundred parts in his hands, and without the tall king, what else can he do?

I saw him kowtow to Meng Huo again and again, and his forehead was bleeding, "The villain has won the grace of the tall king, and I only ask that when King Meng fights against the Han army in the future, he can allow the villain to go into battle and kill Naguan Xing to avenge the revenge of the tall king." ”

"Don't worry, I promise you, when you fight against the Han army in the future, if you see Guan Xing, I will definitely let you get your wish."

When Meng Shu heard this, he was overjoyed, this Eshun seems to be an acquaintance, knowing that he has nowhere to go, and when he says this, isn't he taking refuge in disguise?

He knew that E Shun was a rare fierce general, and if he took refuge, it would be of great benefit to his own side, so he hurriedly agreed.

"I think that Guan Xing, it's just the year of the weak crown, how can a hairy boy be as brave as the general? On the day of the confrontation with him, the general will definitely get his wish and kill Na Guan Xing to avenge the revenge of the king of Gao. ”

"Thank you King Meng, as long as King Meng can let the villain get revenge on the tall king, even if he wants the villain to be a cow and a horse, the villain is willing."

"Why do you use being a cow or a horse, I am really the loyal ear of the general!"

Meng Shu hurriedly helped Eshun up.

"General, listen to me for a while. First followed me back to Yizhou County to regroup my troops and horses. If you dare to come, you will let him taste the power of my Nanzhong disciples! ”

"The villain is willing to listen to King Meng."

After the three reached a consensus to return to Yizhou County, Yonghong hurriedly left Meng Huo's camp and returned to his army.

"Sir, Gao Ding has been killed."

As soon as Yonghong entered the camp tent, he said directly.

I saw a middle-aged scribe sitting in the tent, and when he heard Yonghong's words, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, "How come?" When I went south, the prime minister once said to me that all the armies in the south, except for Zhu Bao of Qike County, were the ones who would be killed, and the rest of them were all going to surrender to the top. ”

"What's more, that Gao Ding is the king of Yue Wang, and he is deeply valued by the Yue Wan Yi people, if he is surrendered, he will definitely be able to make the Yue Wan Yi people return to their hearts, how can they kill him?"

"Listening to the spies and the defeated soldiers from the north, it is true that the prime minister surrendered Gaoding, but Gaoding was determined to oppose the Han Dynasty, and he also killed the envoy sent by the prime minister to surrender to the sacrificial flag, and the prime minister was furious, so he broke the city and killed Gaoding."

Yonghong's face turned a little pale, "Also, that Li Dudu, now he has led his troops to break through the Dianchi ......."

"Is that true?"

Before Yonghong could finish his words, the middle-aged scribe suddenly stood up, his face beaming with ecstasy, "This is really good!" This time, where is Meng Shu going? ”

"Sir, I heard that I finished speaking first," Yonghong had a look of embarrassment on his face, "Although Li Dudu broke the Dianchi Lake, he was also trapped in the city, and now he can only defend the city. ”

"In this way, isn't Governor Li waiting for the prime minister to lead troops to the rescue?"

The middle-aged scribe showed a worried look on his face, thought for a while, and then bowed his hand to Yonghong, "I also bother to ask General Yong to repair a book, and secretly send someone to send it to the prime minister." Please send troops quickly and go south directly to save Governor Li. ”

"If the gentleman has orders, how dare I disobey? Just ......"

Yonghong groaned for a moment, but paused.

"Just what?"

"It's just that now I'm a rebellious body, if the book is sent to Xiu, how can the prime minister believe me?"

Yonghong said, glancing at the middle-aged scribe.

The middle-aged scribe knew what he meant, so he smiled and said, "This matter is easy to hear." At that time, I will draw and sign on it, and at the same time revise another letter, and I will also give General Yong a token, how can the prime minister not believe it? ”

When Yonghong heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "This is very good! I also asked the general to write a letter quickly, and at night, I quietly sent my henchmen out of the camp, and I hoped that Mr. would say a few more kind words in front of the prime minister. ”

"The general was just confused for a while, and now that he has lost his way, how can the prime minister blame? As long as the general is sincere in surrendering and is willing to assist the imperial court to pacify Nanzhong as soon as possible, it will be a great achievement, and I will definitely talk about today's achievements for the general in front of the prime minister in the future. ”

"Then I'll thank you, sir."

Yonghong was reassured, and hurriedly bent down deeply to salute.

The news of Gao Ding's defeat and death and the sudden destruction of Dianchi frightened Yonghong, and at this time he finally found that everything he had relied on before became vulnerable when Dahan really freed his hands.

Zhu Bao of Qike County was defeated so quickly that people were caught off guard.

I thought that even if Gao Ding couldn't win, he could hold on until he arrived with his troops, but he didn't expect that this was only halfway there, and the connection between Weixian and Dianchi Lake in the rear had been broken.

Gao Ding in front of him had so much time and gathered so many people, but the speed of defeat was comparable to Zhu Bao.

His own people and horses have suddenly become enemies, how to fight this battle?

What else can be done besides dropping?

In the middle of the night, I saw a few figures swaying in the Yonghong military camp, quietly disappearing into the night.

The next morning, Meng Huo sent a message to Yonghong, saying that he wanted him to come over and discuss how to arrange the withdrawal of the army.

The middle-aged scribe waited for a day in the tent, but did not see him return, and felt bad in his heart, and was about to inquire about it, when he heard a sudden commotion outside.