Chapter Seventy-Four: The Great Transformation of the South and the Dragon
Nanzhong Wangzhai inside.
There were fires everywhere, the wooden walls were burned into black charcoal by the fire, and Meng Qiu was dressed in armor and holding a machete in his hand, with a solemn expression.
"Father, go away, I'll cover you to kill out!" Meng Tai was covered in blood, and hurriedly broke into the palace with the iron thistle bones.
"What the hell is going on?" Meng Qiu asked loudly, and he still didn't know why Nanzhong was suddenly attacked by a large number of enemy troops.
"Father, let's go, there is an army of bald dragons outside the village, and it will be too late if you don't leave!" Meng Tai anxiously persuaded.
"Vultures? That old boy has coveted my throne for a long time, and finally can't bear it anymore, his tribe is full of no more than 3,000 barbarians, so he dares to fight me blatantly? Meng Qiu looked incredulous and asked again.
The bald dragon is the cave master of a medium tribe in Nanzhong, and he always worked against the Meng family before, and after being cleaned up by Meng Qiu, he was honest for a few years, and now he dares to come out and make trouble, but the strength of the bald dragon tribe is far inferior to Meng Qiu, although Meng Qiu's department has been borrowed by Liu Yao with 3,000 barbarian soldiers, but there are still more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the tribe, Meng Qiu can't figure out how the bald dragon can have this courage.
"Not only the vulture dragon, but also the Yue people, the vulture dragon led countless Yue people to kill into Nanzhong unconsciously, it really can't be stopped!" Meng Tai took over the defense of Nanzhong, and he was also taken aback when he heard that the Yue people were killed, and he didn't know why the Yue people suddenly killed, until he saw the bald dragon leading the army to kill Wang Zhai, he realized that it was an inner ghost.
"Vulture! If you harm my people in Nanzhong, I will swear to kill them! Meng Qiu's eyes were blood-red, and he walked out with a machete.
Meng Tai hurriedly followed, the two of them had just walked out of the palace, and there were murderous sounds outside, blood and corpses everywhere, and troops in various clothes were slashing and slashing chaotically.
"Meng Tai, Lingyue is still in the Houshan Festival Grass Nunnery, you go to find her first, leave it to me here, your second uncle is such a daughter, if there are three long and two short, I will be to blame for death!" Meng Qiu is still the king of Nanzhong after all, looking at this situation, his mind instantly remained clear.
On the one hand, he was worried about Meng Lingyue's safety, on the other hand, the Yue people participated in the war, and he was afraid that Nanzhong alone would be more auspicious, and he could not abandon his people as the king of Nanzhong, but his son must leave before he could recover Nanzhong and avenge himself.
"Father, then be careful yourself, I will come back to you after I find Lingyue." Meng Tai replied.
"Tai'er, after finding Lingyue, don't come back, take her to Jianning with you, my father naturally has other arrangements here, you wait for me in the south!" Meng Qiu said again in the tone of being a father.
"Huh? How can that be? I will never abandon my father and leave on his own! Meng Tai heard that his father was letting him run away with his sister, but of course he didn't want to.
"Shut up! That's an order! I am the king of Nanzhong, naturally I have the means, there is no need to worry about safety, you two go to Jianning first, and I will arrive later! Meng Qiu lowered his face and scolded Meng Tai loudly.
"Then the father must do what he says!" Meng Tai saw that his father was already angry, so he didn't dare to argue anymore.
"Stinky boy, when did my father lie to you! Let's go, if Lingyue has three long and two short, I will cut you! Meng Qiu scolded his son bitterly, although his face was serious, but his heart was full of love, this may be the last time he scolded Meng Tai.
"Then I'm leaving." Meng Tai was still a little honest, he really believed it, and he reluctantly ran to the back mountain three times in one step.
Seeing that he could no longer see Meng Tai's figure, Meng Qiu raised the machete, stretched out his tongue and licked the knife edge, and a smell of rust came, as if awakening the beast in Meng Qiu's body.
Picking up the machete, he slashed all the soldiers and Yue soldiers of the Vulture Dragon Tribe, and the blood of the enemy was sprinkled on Meng Qiu's face, and Meng Qiu became even more fanatical.
"Meng Qiu! Look at your centaurs, how many are left? I have an army of 30,000 soldiers, so you might as well capture it, at least you can leave a whole corpse! The bald dragon rode a tall horse and walked slowly towards Meng Qiu, followed by a general with a grim face, surrounded by nearly a hundred guards.
"Old boy, this king also treats you well, you have rebelled several times, but this king has left you with a life, I didn't expect you to dare to collude with foreign clans to invade my Nanzhong, you are the shame of Nanzhong!" Meng Qiu saw that the person who came was the bald dragon, raised his knife and pointed at him and scolded bitterly.
"Meng Qiu, old thief, you are still so hard-mouthed when you are dying, do you know who this is?" The vulture held out a hand at the general behind him.
"This is General Tang of the Yue Kingdom, now the 30,000 troops of the Yue Kingdom have been killed in the hinterland of Nanzhong, the days of your Meng family's rule of Nanzhong are over, and the position of the king of Nanzhong should also be my bald dragon, hahaha!" The vulture dragon laughed loudly, as if he was the king of Nanzhong tomorrow.
"Hahaha! You vulture dragon is smart and confused for a while, and the Yue army has already controlled Nanzhong, and will you be the king of Nanzhong? This king laughs at you so naïve! Meng Qiu looked at the bald dragon with a smile, and really felt that how did a person with this kind of intelligence get to the position of the cave master.
"The king of Yue promised me that I would lead the Yue army into Nanzhong, and the king of Yue would raise me to be the king of Nanzhong, and I would be brothers with Yue in the future, and I would not be more dignified than you to call the Han State for the rest of your life!" The bald dragon didn't know why Meng Qiu was so hard-mouthed when he was dying, but when he remembered that he was about to become the king of Nanzhong, he was still extremely excited.
Surrounded by the guards, Tang Pu rode a tall horse and watched Meng Qiu and the vulture dragon talk without saying a word, and after a long time, he slowly opened his mouth.
"King Meng, in the Tang Dynasty, is the general of Nanzhong who is the title of my king, today I dare to call you a king again, my king has long admired the prestige of King Meng, I hope that the king will not do a senseless struggle, surrender to my king, and still enjoy glory and wealth in Nanzhong forever in the future." Tang Pu stared at Meng Qiu's earnest persuasion.
"What? Are you a general of Nanzhong? So what am I? When the bald dragon heard Tang Pu's words, he was instantly stunned, and his face was full of incredulity.
"Hmph, this is my king's will, if you dare to disobey, discuss it with my 30,000 Yue men!" Tang Pu snorted coldly and glanced at the vulture as if he was looking at an idiot.
"Impossible! King Yue promised me! Said that he would raise me to be the king of Nanzhong! How can you talk and not count! The bald dragon was very angry, if it wasn't for him leading the Yue military god into Nanzhong unknowingly, how could Tang Pu come in, and now he actually wants to unload the mill and kill the donkey, how can the bald dragon not be angry.
"Bald Dragon, General Ben told you that South China no longer exists, and from now on there will only be the three counties of Nanzhong in Dayue Kingdom, and General Ben is the general of Nanzhong, and the governor of Nanzhong has military and political power." Tang Pu stated coldly, not taking the bald dragon in his eyes at all.
The vulture glared at Tang Pu viciously, his chest rising and falling, and his nostrils gasping for breath.
"Do you dare to disagree?" Tang Pu raised his head and began to stare at the vulture.
"The vulture is willing to obey the general." The bald dragon immediately lowered his head like a wilted rooster, Tang Pu had 30,000 Vietnamese troops in his hands, and he was just a fish on the board, and he had no power to resist.
"You wait for the so-called Yue Guo to have a great appetite, aren't you afraid of choking after eating the entire three counties of Nanzhong?" Meng Qiu was not in the mood to watch the bald dragon's performance anymore, it was just a clown jumping off the beam, he was interested in the Yue Kingdom in Tang Pu's mouth.
"My Dayue already has three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, and now I have newly won the three counties of Nanzhong, and the country's fortunes are prosperous, and my Dayue may not be able to win the Central Plains in the future, what can I do if I eat your little Nanzhong three counties?" Tang Pu was full of momentum, not long ago, he was just a small county general, but now he has become a general commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
"Winning the Central Plains? Hahaha! Aren't you afraid of breaking your teeth when you say big things, taking away my Nanzhong, and not afraid of attracting revenge from the Han army? Meng Qiu seemed to have heard the biggest joke of this century, the little Yue people actually wanted to win the Central Plains.
"Huh! Han Army? This lingering Han Dynasty is already unable to protect itself, what will it do with you in Nanzhong? The king of my family, Lu Xingnai, is a descendant of Taigongwang, with high morality and respect, and the destiny of heaven, not to mention Xishu, even Dongwu, I didn't put it in my eyes! Tang Pu couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Meng Qiu still had the idea that the Han army would help him recapture Nanzhong.
Prior to this, Tang Pu was originally entrusted by Lu Xing to go to Nanzhong to seek the support of the Western Shu Han State to help Dayue establish the country, but he did not expect to learn from the mouth of the bald dragon that the Son of Heaven of the Western Shu Han State had been captured by the Wei army, and the Western Shu was almost destroyed.
Tang Pu improvised and wanted to make Yue dependent on the Great Wei, but he learned that Nanzhong was borrowed by the prince of the Western Shu Han State to restore the country, and Nanzhong is now empty in defense, and the bald dragon said that he was willing to lead the Yue military gods to capture Nanzhong unknowingly.
Tang Pu didn't dare to make a decision, knowing that this matter was not trivial, he hurriedly sent someone to ask Lu Xing, Lu Xing was overjoyed, and immediately hurriedly established the country and became king, and sent 30,000 troops to Tang Pu under the command of Tang Pu, and pretended to promise that after Bald Dragon seized Nanzhong, he would raise Bald Dragon as the king of Nanzhong, and with the help of Bald Dragon, the Vietnamese army entered Nanzhong without much effort.
"Lu Xing? When will the nameless rat be king! I didn't expect that after the decline of the Jiaozhi family, any cat and dog can make waves! Meng Qiu sighed disdainfully, except for the two brothers of Shixie Shi back then, no one can make Meng Qiu take it seriously.
"Lu Gong is the hero of my entire Yue people, how can you be slandered!" Tang Pu became angry, and a killing intent rose in his heart, Lu Xing was the person he respected the most, and Meng Qiu actually dared to insult Lu Xing.
The three counties of Jiaozhou had been included in the territory of Eastern Wu, and Sun Zhen, the Taishou of Jiaozhi, was an official sent by Eastern Wu, but Sun Zhen was tyrannical and unreasonable.
The supervision officials sent by the Wu court were all young, and they turned a blind eye to the benefits of Sun Zhen, and the locals had long been dissatisfied and had the heart to resist.
At this time, the imperial court sent the supervision envoy Deng Xun, Deng Xun and Sun Zhen in order to curry favor with the Emperor of Wu, forcibly requisitioned 3,000 peacocks and pigs from Jiaozhi, and also recruited many conscripts to escort all the way, from the remote Jiaozhi to Jianye all the way is extremely difficult, and there may not be a few people who can come back alive.
It can be said that the officials are forced and the people rebel, Lu Xing simply took Tang Pu and others to rebel, killed the Jiaozhi Taishou Sun Zhen and the supervisor Deng Xun, and Jiuzhen and Rinan counties raised troops in response.