Nanzhong, the tribe of Mong.

More than a month has passed since that defeat, and the Han army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and I heard that it was a confrontation with the vine armor soldiers of the Ugo country.

In the past, Meng Huo's tribe was also a big tribe in the Yi nationality, prosperous, with a population of more than 10,000 and 3,000 warriors.

It's a pity that all these ambitions and dreams, with Ye Zhao leading the army south, the barbarian army was shattered by successive defeats, and now in this tribe, there are less than a thousand warriors, and the barbarians in the three counties of Jianning, Yongchang, and Qiqi have now surrendered to the Han people under the persuasion of the lord of the Bald Dragon Cave, the lord of the Ba Na Cave and the lord of the Yinye Cave, Yang Gao and his son.

Some time ago, the Lord of the Bald Dragon Cave also came to convince him, but was rejected by Meng Yu.

This time the lord of Shu is different from the previous lord of Shu, the previous lord of Shu sought stability, and he actually did not attach much importance to this land in the south, even if the two sides were defeated, as long as they were soft, the Shu army retreated, and they were still in charge of the land in the south.

But this is not the case with the current Shu lord, Meng Shu is not a straw bag, otherwise it would be impossible to mobilize almost the entire barbarian clan in Nanzhong without the identity of the barbarian king, because he can see that this Han man named Ye Zhao is not just as simple as subduing them this time.

Since Zhu Ti, Meng Shu has been paying attention, the Shu lord is constantly naturalizing the barbarians, and judging from the policy of the Zhurong family, now the Zhurong people have almost been moved into the city and lived a stable life, and in the Zhuti area, there are still a large number of Han people who have been moved in.

Since then, Jianning has been the same, and the lord of Shu has even specially established Zhurong and Yincheng, which are specially built for the barbarians, and he wants to completely turn the barbarians into Han people.

Others can't see it, but Meng Shu can, he wants to be a barbarian king, integrate this Nanzhong force, and become the barbarian king of the entire Nanzhong Lord, the purpose is different, and the angle of looking at the problem is naturally different, which is also the reason why he can perceive the ambition of the Lord of Shu, they all have the same purpose.

The lord of Shu now provides a large number of favorable conditions, just to concentrate the barbarians scattered throughout Nanzhong into the city, so that he can govern them, and the barbarians who have left the mountains and forests are still considered barbarians?

It is precisely because he saw through this that Meng Shu did not accept Ye Zhao's surrender, but he did not accept it, but it did not mean that other cave masters would not accept it, in fact, after this defeat, under the persuasion of the Bald Dragon Cave Lord and the Ba Na Cave Lord and others, the twenty-one cave masters of the former alliance have not yet accepted the surrender, and there are less than five caves left, they need Ye Zhao's funding, in fact, Meng Huo also needs it, but he is unwilling to give up, Meng Huo has a hunch, once he accepts Ye Zhao's surrender, His dream of becoming a barbarian king is really just a dream.

He was waiting, he believed that Ye Zhao could not stay in this barren land of the Southern Barbarians forever, he had to wait for Ye Zhao to leave Nanzhong before regrouping!

……

After Ye Zhao arrived in Yunnan, the lord of the Bald Dragon Cave sent more than a dozen elephants, the strength of the Bald Dragon Cave in Nanzhong is below average, if only by manpower, any cave owner has the ability to annex the Bald Dragon Cave, but it is precisely because of the ability to resist beasts, coupled with the dangerous terrain of the Bald Dragon Cave, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Bald Dragon Cave can occupy a place in this law of the jungle, and this elephant is also a gift from the Lord of the Bald Dragon Cave to Ye Zhao.

Originally used as a martial arts arena, but now it is occupied by more than a dozen elephants, one by one elephants leisurely walking in the spacious martial arts arena, surrounded by curious troops, for the Shu army, this behemoth is undoubtedly fresh.

Dian Wei wore a rattan armor, and then put on an iron armor for himself, which looked a little funny, carrying an iron halberd in one hand, and cautiously approached an elephant.

These elephants have been domesticated, and they are not afraid of people, and when they noticed Dian Wei's approach, they just turned their heads to look at Dian Wei, and then continued to graze.

Dian Wei stretched out his hand, vigilantly watching the elephant's movements, touching the elephant's body, and the soldiers around him couldn't help but hold their breath and look at Dian Wei nervously.

When he touched it, the elephant did not react, which made Dian Wei breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "This beast has rough skin and thick meat." ”

After circling the elephant a few times, Dian Wei simply climbed onto the elephant's back, and then saw the elephant's trunk roll and handed a bundle of hay to Dian Wei.

Looking at the forage in front of him, Dian Wei was a little dazed, looked down and said, "What does this mean?" ”

"General, I think this elephant is for you to eat!" Several soldiers who had a good relationship with Dian Wei laughed.

"Uh......" Dian Wei took the forage, looked at the forage in his arms, and kicked the elephant fiercely: "General Ben eats meat!" ”

"Hahahaha~"

In the distance, Ye Zhao took Xu Rong, Zhao Yun and Huang Quan to watch Dian Wei rubbing on the back of the elephant, shook his head and smiled: "Then the vine armor soldiers of the Ugo Country, have there been any recent movements?" ”

The lord of the Ugo country is a very ambitious person, this time on the one hand he sent the vulture bone to lead the army to help the Nanban fight, on the other hand, he secretly gathered a large army, taking advantage of the fact that the cave masters were fighting with him, he directly led the army to plunder the rear of the Nanban, plundering a lot of resources and population, if it weren't for the fact that those cave masters are now defecting to Ye Zhao, I am afraid that this time Pubu, Ailao, and Yunnan will all become the territory of the Ugo country.

Now where Ye Zhao is located is Yunnan, there are Bald Dragon Cave Masters and other cave masters to help transport soldiers and horses, so that Ye Zhao's march in this southern middle is very smooth, and he does not encounter additional risks.

Ugo is too far away for Shuzhong, it can be said to be an enclave, and it is useless to ask for it, so Ye Zhao doesn't really want to fight with Ugo State, but he needs the rattan armor in the hands of Ugo State, and now it seems that only a vulture bone is obviously not enough to make the lord of Ugo country agree, this is also the purpose of Ye Zhao to lead the troops to Yunnan this time, he needs to deter Ugo country, make an attitude of attacking Ugo country, and force him to sign some treaties that lose power and humiliate the country, since it is useless, it is a neighbor, A weak neighbor must be a good neighbor, the Ugo country with 30,000 vine armor soldiers, in Ye Zhao's opinion, is obviously not a good neighbor, and this time the Ugo country also plundered a lot of people.

Now that these cave masters have pledged their allegiance to Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao, as the master, naturally needs to seek justice for his subjects.

"Now he is stationed in the area of greedy water, and he is polite to the messenger we sent, but he does not accept our conditions." Xu Rong bowed and said: "It is reported that the production of this rattan armor takes a very long time, after a family in the Ugo country compiles the rattan armor, it needs to be soaked in oil, and then dried, so repeatedly, it can only be made in more than ten years, these 30,000 rattan armor can now be said to be all the rattan armor of the Ugo country, and the lord of the Ugo country may be difficult to agree." ”

"We spent so much effort to come to Yunnan, but we didn't come to listen to his complaints." Ye Zhao looked at the soldiers who gradually grew bold and began to step forward to grope for the elephant, shook his head and said: "Most of the rattan armor captured in the army is damaged, since these 30,000 pairs of rattan armor have been bumped into by us, it is mine, he doesn't agree, then let the Ugo country change the country." ”

"The lord wants to ......," Xu Rong looked at Ye Zhao.

"That vulture is upright, and he also admires the generals of our army, and is willing to be friendly with my Han, I think he is more suitable to be the lord of this Ugo country." Ye Zhao found a piece of bluestone and sat down.

"The vulture may not accept it." Xu Rong shook his head, even if the lord of the Ugo country abandoned it and dealt a big blow to the vulture bones, it was impossible to turn his back on his own people.

"That's up to you to persuade you." Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Let people go and bring that vulture bone, and then send someone to fetch a few pairs of broken rattan armor, remember, don't bring him directly to me for a while, let him see how we break the rattan armor first!" Gong Heng, you can arrange this matter. ”

"Whoa!" When Huang Quan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and left.

After a while, several soldiers brought more than a dozen pairs of rattan armor, and at the same time, under the leadership of Huang Quan, the vulture bones also came here.

"Shu wants to let me go back? Could it be that the lord of the kingdom has already agreed to exchange the rattan armor? The vulture followed behind Huang Quan and asked with a frown.

"That's not true, it's just that my lord is preparing to start a war with the lord of your country, and since he wants to fight, he must defeat you with dignity and make you convinced." Huang Quan explained with a smile as he walked forward with the vultures.

"My Ugo country has 30,000 vine armor troops, how can I be afraid of the Shu Lord?" The vulture bone sneered and shook his head, and as he spoke, he had already come to the open space where Ye Zhao was, and at this moment Ye Zhao and the others were spreading out with their backs to them, and there were more than a dozen pairs of rattan armor in the open space.

The vulture was about to speak, but saw Ye Zhao take the torch from one of the guards and throw it at the pile of rattan armor.

With a bang, the flames rose up, and more than a dozen pairs of rattan armor burned rapidly.

"Congratulations to the lord, the weakness of this rattan armor has been peeped through by the lord, and the enemy is not far away!" Xu Rong smiled and bowed to Ye Zhao.

"It's just that these 30,000 troops, burned all in one fire, really hurt the heavens and peace, if it weren't for the fact that the lord of the Ugo country was forced several times, I wouldn't have made this decision!" Ye Zhao shook his head with some regret and said.

"The lord is merciful, but since the lord of the Ugo country is stubborn, and the Ugo country is not my Han rule, why should the lord be merciful to him?" Xu Rong shook his head and said.

The vulture bone's face turned pale, and suddenly ignored Huang Quan's obstruction, strode forward, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Shu, slow down!" ”

"Vulture bones!?" Ye Zhao turned his head and saw the vulture bone, glanced at Huang Quan with a slight frown of dissatisfaction, and then smiled: "You came just in time, I was about to release you and tell you that the lord of the country, since he is unwilling to cooperate with my Shuzhong and release those people, Benhou can only solve this matter by force." ”

"Can the Lord of Shu give me the next chance, go back and persuade him in person, and persuade the Lord of the Kingdom to reconcile with the Lord of Shu and never invade!" The vulture knelt on the ground and said to Ye Zhao.

"This ......" Ye Zhao looked at him with some embarrassment: "Ben Hou doesn't want to kill more, it's just that the lord of your family has been kind to him several times, but he refuses to let go, our army is now on an expedition, and the loss is great, if he delays any longer, I'm afraid it will ......"

"Don't worry, the Lord of Shu only needs to give me three days, and after three days, if the Lord of the Kingdom still doesn't agree, let the Lord of Shu dispose of it!" The vulture bone is sonorous.

"Okay, it's just three days, but once the three days are over, if the Ugo country is still unwilling to compromise, then don't blame Benhou for being ruthless!" Ye Zhao sighed, nodded and said, "In addition, let Huang Quan go with you, if he agrees, just agree on some details." ”

"Good!" The vulture nodded, and immediately urged Huang Quan to set off, rushing all the way to the Ugo State garrison, which was only a mountain away.