Because the materials were not delivered in time, the northern army stayed in Jiaozhou for a period of time, and did not participate in the expedition, the number of the northern army was extremely large, from the beginning of the Jianning period, their food and equipment were to exceed other armies, including the southern army, and there was also some gap with the northern army, after the materials did not arrive, Huang Zhong was not in a hurry to send troops to fight, anyway, these aborigines outside Jiaozhou, in Huang Zhong's view, there is no need to pay attention to it at all.

Of course, during this period, Huang Zhong did not just sit dry, through Du Wei's help, he also personally went to the rainforest outside Funan to explore, but he was ready for war, and the materials finally arrived in Jiaozhou, at this time, Huang Zhong was also ready to send troops.

Sitting in the Prime Minister's Mansion of Funan, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, and Du Wei were discussing the war.

Huang Zhong sat on the main seat, his expression was solemn, his face was a little less sad, after the loss of his only son, he suddenly changed as a person, the whole person was silent in the grief of losing his child, after Emperor Xiaoxian knew, he arranged a marriage for him very strongly, completely ignoring Huang Zhong's refusal, in the face of Emperor Xiaoxian's edict, the loyal and courageous general could not refute, and could only marry the second wife.

General Huang's second wife, is not an ordinary family, but the granddaughter of the old captain Liu Ju, Liu, the royal family, and the general's family, after marriage, although the general has always been in memory of his deceased wife, never close to Liu, but Liu did not complain, extremely virtuous, in the end, Huang Zhong also recognized this wife, and gave birth to a daughter, the birth of a daughter, so that the general gradually got rid of the past grief.

Now, he's back to the brave man he was.

"Gentlemen, these days, I have also explored everywhere, but the area outside Funan, there are woods everywhere, and the map can't be made, the thieves are hiding in it, and it is really difficult to find them, and there is an order from the Taiwei Mansion to let us catch the thieves alive as much as possible, and we can't easily take their lives..."Huang Zhong said, but Xu Huang was a little puzzled, and asked puzzledly: "What is the madness of Taiwei Sun??" ”

"These thieves, robbing everywhere and hurting my people, still want to catch them alive, and not hurt their lives??"

Seeing his puzzled look, Huang Zhong said solemnly: "Don't say bad things about the captain... I am a country of benevolence and righteousness, so I naturally have to have a heart of benevolence...", Xu Huang heard this, and he was so angry that he almost smashed the case, and said helplessly: "Repay grievances with virtue?? Fortunately, He Zi has passed away, otherwise the captain would have been severely beaten..."

"Gongming...", Guan Yu on the side opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "Yangzhou builds a canal... Ahem..."

Hearing Guan Yu's words, Xu Huang suddenly realized, grinned, nodded, and said, "No wonder so... Then I'll have to pay the captain a compensation... General, then we can't use the fire attack strategy, originally, in such a situation, the fire attack is the most appropriate, but now, if we use the fire attack strategy, I am afraid.. I can't catch a few living people..."Xu Huang said with some embarrassment.

Huang Zhong nodded, looked at Guan Yu on the side, and asked, "Changsheng, what can you do?"

Guan Yu squinted his eyes, over the years, he was familiar with the military books, and he did not forget the ram interpretation left by Yuan Shu, which made him grow a lot, some important decisions of the Northern Army, including the method of military training, Huang Zhong was handed over to Guan Yu to handle with peace of mind, Guan Yu did not disappoint Huang Zhong, he came up with a new set of military training methods, which is also the idea he got from the books left by Yuan Shu, that is, simply divide the army into two parts, and then conduct a simulated battle....

Except for not really killing people, all strategies can be used.

Guan Yu also likes to run blindly with the Northern Army, and he has no goal, just wandering around, but what he asks for is a rapid march, he has seen many art of war, and finally takes the soldier's speed as the core of his army, and the Northern Army he led has run as far as Youzhou... ran back on foot, and almost killed a few soldiers, this kind of military training method is terrifying, and the most terrifying thing is that Guan Yu ran with them, and the soldiers couldn't say anything, after all, people still wear thick armor.

Under such a method of military training, the northern army that stayed in Luoyang all the year round, but the elite level was still not surpassed by the southern army, from the march, they have surpassed the southern army, Taiwei Sun Jian was born in the southern army, and on the issue of the northern and southern army, he still attaches more importance to the southern army, it is said that Huang Zhong once quarreled with Sun Jian because of the lack of materials in the northern army, and he felt that the materials of the southern army should not exceed the northern army.

At that time, Sun Jian once said with a smile: "The thirteen captains of the Southern Army, such as Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Sun Ce, etc., can be described as fierce generals like clouds, and the food is better, why not?" ”

Huang Zhong replied seriously: "Guan Changsheng, a warrior of my Northern Army, how can the food be inferior to that of the Southern Army?" ”

Sun Jian was speechless, and his plan to improve the food of the southern army was also stopped.

Therefore, when encountering a problem, Huang Zhong's first thought was the beautiful bearded man beside him, Guan Yu frowned, thought for a moment, and then said: "General, since we arrived in Jiaozhou, these people have been frightened, for so long, they are hiding in the forest, not daring to come out, they don't have a fixed house, it is easy to escape anywhere, and it is difficult to ride horses in the forest, and it is difficult to catch up with them..."

"I want to... In such terrain, what we have to pay attention to is not to let them escape, these people are not the slightest threat to the Northern Army... It's easier to kill them than to slaughter dolphins... However, there was an order from the captain to try not to kill... I think it's the hound that plays the most role in a time like this... The Northern Army should borrow hounds from Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, and hounds will have a miraculous effect on capturing these hidden thieves..."

"Also, to prevent them from escaping... General Huang can lead a battalion from Funan to conquer all the way... And Gongming and I each led a battalion to attack from the north and south, leading them to flee west... Beyond Funan is a long island with the sea on both sides, and we just have to drive them to the southwest... can block them in one place...", hearing Guan Yu say, Huang Zhong nodded, feeling that this strategy was good.

Guan Yu said again: "General, the specific plan, I will tomorrow..."

"Not necessarily!" Huang Zhong directly interrupted him, and he said, "You will be in charge of this conquest... You don't have to ask me about anything..."

"But... This...", Guan Yu wanted to say something, but Huang Zhong stopped him, turned his head, looked at Du Wei on the side, and asked, "Prime Minister, Funan may find a hound?" Du Wei looked at him blankly, without words, Huang Zhong slapped his forehead violently, almost forgetting the deaf man, he took pen and ink, and wrote his inquiry on the paper, Du Wei glanced at it, and understood their thoughts.

"I can find it, but it's not much, I can borrow it from Jiaozhou, Yangzhou..."

On the next day, the Northern Army left Funan in a hurry, Guan Yu led a battalion, but in fact, he was in charge of the entire Northern Army, Huang Zhong handed over the power to him, only as the nominal commander, speaking of which, Huang Zhong did not feel that his talent was insufficient, but he felt that he was old, and he should try to let Guan Yu carry out such a large number of corps to attack the war, which would be good for Guan Yu, and after himself, he would definitely be the one who commanded the Northern Army.

Guan Yu pursued the speed of the soldiers, ordered the deployment of each battalion, and sent troops directly, the entire northern army quickly sent troops, but it was a surprise to the local natives, originally because of the arrival of the northern army, they seemed a little panicked, but the northern army did not move for a long time, they just relaxed, they encountered a head-on attack, in front of the northern army, these people's military brigade, indeed, as Guan Yu said, less than half a threat.

The equipment of the Han army surpassed them too much, these savages who held bamboo spears, wore sweaters, and only screamed in battle, encountered these northern army soldiers who wore several layers of fish scale armor, used the latest forged steel spears of the Han Dynasty, and practiced every day, the scene was simply unwatchable, in the early encounter, there was a situation where a northern army soldier captured three or four hundred wild people, and even a soldier chased thousands of people to kill indiscriminately... It's incredible.

These aborigines, there are no tactics at all, not even a leader, they are the result of the union of several small tribes, in the eyes of the northern soldiers, they are completely uncivilized savages, ordinary communication can not be done, can only use the sword to make them obedient, the early stage is very smooth, a large number of thieves were tied up, sent to Yangzhou, Cao Cao is laughing.

But then, these people also learned to be obedient, and they no longer dared to resist the Han soldiers, and kept fleeing, Guan Yu did not rush to kill them all, but continued to compress the area where they could operate, forcing them to flee to the southwest...

Jianning Long Island, southwest corner.

One hundred and ten big ships stayed on the shore, the Han soldiers sat on the shore, and many people lay directly on the ground, for these soldiers who have been floating overseas for a long time, it is really a happy thing to be able to step on the solid ground, You Tu looked at these soldiers, some comfortable basking in the sun, during this time, they have been overseas, trading around, trading goods, cough cough, don't say it.

Since Cao Cao's order, You Tu immediately led people to sea, these days, the harvest is huge, but he left Yangzhou for too long, the soldiers are a little nostalgic for their hometown, and the harvest of this trip is enough, You Tu is ready to return, of course, after returning, unloading the goods, or continue to go to sea, You Tu thought in his heart, suddenly a soldier shouted, You Tu was shocked, and quickly pulled out the sword on his waist.

In the distance, a dense group of natives was rushing towards here.

You Tu was a little dazed, what is the situation?? He only looked at it for a moment, and immediately ordered the soldiers to attack.

These thieves who ran from Funan, all the way to the southwest, finally escaped from the capture of the northern army, looked up, but saw thousands of Han soldiers killed, at that time, their legs were weak, these people almost cried, what is the situation? ?

"Hey, hey, it's just that the goods are not enough, this is really a spoils of war that God has given me!!"