Nan'an City.

110,000 Han troops, stationed inside and outside the city, were huge and morale-high.

Liu Bei and his Han army have been resting here for nearly twenty days, and the morale that had been severely damaged by Su Zhe has finally gradually recovered.

In the lobby of the military palace, Liu Bei sat on it, drank a little wine, and discussed with the ministers.

"How's the war between the barbarians and the Su thieves?" Liu Bei asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the barbarian army has won successive battles recently, the Wei army has been defeated and retreated, and the Su thieves have abandoned several cities in a row and have fled to Jiangzhou." Fa Zheng replied.

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he said strangely: "Didn't Meng Shu just be defeated by the Su thieves before, and it was only a few days of hard work, how did he become so brave, and he actually forced the Su thieves to abandon the city and retreat east one after another?" ”

Fa Zheng said: "According to the detailed report, that Meng was able to rely on a strange army called the Tengjia Army to force the Su thieves to abandon the city and flee one after another. ”

The three words of the Tengjia Army made the monarchs and ministers of the Han Kingdom present all look shocked.

Liu Bei also looked strange and asked, "What kind of soldier is the Tengjia Army, which can force the Su thief to such a point?" ”

"As far as the minister knows, this rattan armor is a kind of armor unique to the Nanban Ugo Cave, it is said to be made of rattan branches, invulnerable, and the bow and crossbow cannot be shot through, so the Su thieves were helpless and were forced to retreat east one after another."

Invulnerable!

In the lobby, there was an immediate uproar, and the faces of the generals were all occupied by surprise.

"The armor woven by the vine branch is still invulnerable, Fa Xiaozhi, are you kidding?" Guan Yu didn't believe it.

Fa Zheng smiled: "The general can not believe it, to be honest, when I first heard about it, I didn't believe it, but this is the case, this rattan armor is indeed so magical." ”

Guan Yu was speechless, and there was no way to doubt it anymore.

Liu Bei was also amazed and asked, "Yun Chang, you have been in Yizhou for a long time, haven't you heard of this rattan armor army?" ”

"This ......" Guan Yu couldn't answer, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Li Hui.

Li Hui has been an official in the seven counties of Nanzhong for many years, and he knows far more about the customs and customs of Nanzhong than Guan Yu, so he said: "Your Majesty, according to what the minister has heard, in the extreme south of the seven counties, there is a Wuge Cave, and the barbarians of the cave will indeed make a kind of rattan armor known as invulnerable, and the minister thought it was just a rumor, but he didn't expect it to be true, the general is far away in Chengdu, and it is not surprising that he has not heard of this rattan armor soldier. ”

Guan Yu's eyes were slightly surprised, as if he didn't expect that Li Hui, a Shu general, would actually excuse him.

After Liu Bei listened to Li Hui's explanation, he suddenly realized, and his gray face couldn't help but show joy: "In this way, this vine armor soldier is really magical, if this is the case, then the Su thief will be defeated, and the barbarians can help me repel the Su thief without me sending out a single soldier!" ”

All the generals in the hall, from Guan Yu to Li Hui and others, were all relieved.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who had not spoken, said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, don't be too happy too early, the appearance of this rattan armor soldier may not be a good thing for us." ”

"Why do you say that?" Liu Bei's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion.

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said unhurriedly: "Meng Huo is quite ambitious, I think he not only wants to be the king of Nanzhong, but also wants to be the king of Yizhou, even if he repels Su Zhe, he has such an invulnerable rattan armor army in his hand, if he covets Yizhou, how should we control him?" ”

Liu Bei's face immediately changed slightly, his brows couldn't help but condense, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"I heard that many of the sons and daughters of the leaders of the Southern Barbarian tribes, including Meng Huo, are all hostages in our hands, does Meng Huo still dare to rebel?" Ma Chao questioned Zhuge Liang's concerns.

Zhuge Liang smiled without saying a word, and looked at Li Hui.

Li Hui sighed: "General Meng Qi doesn't know, the Southern Barbarians don't learn about our Han family education, their family ties are weak, and hostages are just one of our means to restrain them, but it is by no means a foolproof strategy, once Meng Feng promised those leaders enough benefits and benefits, they will never care about the life and death of their children." ”

Ma Chao's expression was shocked, and his questioning eyes immediately disappeared.

"The prime minister's worries are justified." Liu Bei finally spoke, "That rattan armor saber is invulnerable, it is indeed not to be underestimated, we have to prepare early, in case Na Meng has a rebellion after being repelled by the Su thief." ”

In the lobby, the attention of the Han monarchs and ministers shifted from the Wei army to the southern barbarians, and they were all discussing how to stab the barbarians after the barbarians repelled the Wei army.

It was as if they all decided that it was a sure thing for the barbarian army to drive out the Wei army.

At this moment, Chen Zhi hurriedly entered, with a solemn expression, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the south, Meng Shu was defeated by Su Zhe a few days ago, the entire Tengjia army was annihilated, and the city of Yudao has been obtained by Su thieves, and Meng Shu led the remnants to flee to Nanguang City. ”

Thundered!

A thunderclap roared into the hall, shaking Liu Bei Junchen and everyone present to the point that their faces changed greatly.

Even if it was Zhuge Liang, the light cloud on his face disappeared in an instant, and a trace of deep surprise swept up in his eyes.

"Isn't the vine armor army invulnerable, how could the whole army be wiped out in the hands of the Su thieves?" Liu Beiteng stood up and asked sharply.

Chen Zhi explained in detail how Su Zhe used deception to introduce the vine armor army into the valley, and how he used the fire attack strategy to burn the entire process of burning the 10,000 vine armor army.

Liu Bei sat down on the seat with a surprised look and a look of disbelief.

"I didn't expect that the weakness of the vine armor army turned out to be that it was afraid of fire, so how did the Su thief know?" Zhuge Liangjian's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and there was confusion in his eyes.

Syllable!

Liu Bei's palm slapped heavily on the desk, and scolded: "Waste, Meng got this waste, I knew that he was not the opponent of the Su thief, but I didn't expect him to be wasted to such an extent, and even the Yandao City I left him was lost!" ”

For a while, all the generals in the hall joined in one after another, scolding Meng Shu for his incompetence, completely forgetting that just a moment ago, they were still worried that Meng Huo would pose a threat to them after defeating Su Zhe.

"Your Majesty, the vine armor army was destroyed, it is true that we didn't expect it, but at this point, it is useless to scold Meng Huo, now that the city of Yudao has fallen, we will face the Su thief soldiers, it is time for us to make a move."

In the midst of the scolding, Fa Zheng's calm analysis interrupted everyone's anger.

Silent.

Then, Guan Yu said proudly: "Let that Su thief come, although Meng Shu is incompetent, at least he has consumed a lot of soldiers and horses of the Su thief, I don't believe it, we can't defeat that Su thief with our own strength!" ”

"That is, with His Majesty personally commanding, and Prime Minister Zhuge here, we will confront that Su thief head-on, what is there to be afraid of." Ma Chao is also generous and confident.

For a time, the fighting spirit of all the generals was ignited, and they were all impassioned, declaring that they would fight a head-on battle with the Wei army.

Liu Bei was also arrogant, and looked at Zhuge Liang with excited eyes: "Prime Minister, what do you think?" ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, but said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Su thief may not come to attack us." ”

Liu Bei was stunned.