Since this appointment had nothing to do with her, Zhu Rong didn't care much about it, and said coquettishly: "Hmph, if you don't tell me, I'm not unfamiliar with it." ”

Liu Xin laughed, jumped up with Zhu Rong in his arms, lightly landed on the horse's back, and with a soft "drive", the horse walked leisurely towards the Han army camp.

In fact, the war here has basically ended, but Liu Xin attaches great importance to the five counties in Nanzhong, including Qi Ke.

Although it is sparsely populated, it is the rear of the entire Yizhou. If Nanzhong is stabilized, it will naturally be extremely beneficial to the development of the entire Yizhou. Moreover, if the barbarian tribes can sincerely surrender, there is almost no need to send troops to guard here, which is also very beneficial to the deployment of Liu Xin's entire army. In addition, there is an important reason, the area of Nanzhong is rich in minerals, because the barbarians did not master enough smelting technology, so they could not be used well, in the future, these minerals can be transported to Jingnan, to provide Liu Xin with a large amount of gold, silver, copper and iron. Because of this, Liu Xin abandoned the northern battlefield and concentrated on solving the war here.

Historically, Zhuge Liang adopted the strategy of seven captures and seven verticals, and finally put down the rebellion of the barbarians in Nanzhong. However, the current situation is different from history, and Liu Xin's use of such a method will not work. First of all, Meng Huo had not yet become the leader of the entire barbarian tribe at this time, and his prestige had not yet reached that height, so it was impossible to subdue the entire barbarian tribe by subduing him alone. Again, Liu Xin turned Zhu Rong into his own woman, even if Meng Huo now became the leader of the barbarians, he would not be able to be subdued by Liu Xin.

Therefore, in this case, Liu Xin could only adopt the means of both grace and power against the barbarian tribes.

The so-called "en" does not mean that Liu Xin let go of these barbarians from the tribes in front of him, but refers to the policies he implemented. Liu Xin believes that through the gradual implementation of these policies, the lives of the barbarian people can be improved, and the relationship between the Han and barbarian ethnic groups can be improved, and through the spread of Han culture, the barbarian people will one day be recognized as a member of the Han nation.

However, in order to achieve such an effect, it will take at least several generations or even more than a dozen generations to work together, and at present, if you want to stabilize the four counties of Nanzhong as soon as possible, the fastest and most direct means is "Wei", which is what Liu Xin often says to kill monkeys and make an example of chickens. There are many "chickens" in the whole barbarian race, but there are only three "monkeys", that is, the three families of Zhu, Meng and Feng. The Zhu family and the Feng family are loyal to him, of course they can't kill him, not only can't they kill him, but they also have to take care of it. In this way, the object of the knife can only be the Meng family. But if you want to take the Meng family, you have to have a better excuse, so Liu Xin has not used troops against the four counties of Nanzhong. At this time, Meng Shu took the initiative to jump out, and Liu Xin naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity.

Feng Lie was standing in the main village of the Meng family, unswervingly carrying out the "kill the monkey" order issued by Liu Xin. The entire Meng family is actually composed of nineteen tribes, large and small, these tribes are scattered in different villages, not too far from each other, each tribe has its own patriarch and head, but most of the patriarchs and headmen have already gone to the battlefield with Meng, and now they are all dead.

These villages of the Meng family, as early as three years ago, Feng Lie came to play more than once, this time he revisited his hometown, naturally he was familiar with the road, plus the young and strong men of the Meng family were all on the front line, and only some old and weak women and children remained in the village, so he effortlessly broke seven villages in a row, until now he won the main village of the Meng family.

In the past, there were also conflicts between the various tribes of the barbarians, and the fate of the defeated side was very miserable. They are called barbarians because they retain many barbaric customs, especially in the way they treat their enemies. Feng Lie is also a barbarian, although he has received several years of orthodox Sinology education, but he still retains the wildness of a barbarian in his bones, not to mention that he was also hit hard by Meng Shu today, and his face was thickly wrapped in six or seven layers of white cloth, if you untie those white cloths, you can imagine what a hideous face it is.

The nineteen villages of the Meng family were breached one after another, and all the surviving people in the villages were taken to the main village, most of them women and children.

Looking at the old and weak women and children standing in the large open space in the middle of the main village of the Meng family, Feng Lie was ruthless and waved his hand lightly at the soldiers behind him. He has already made up his mind, since he wants to help Liu Xin carry this black cauldron, he must memorize it thoroughly. As soon as Feng Lie wanted to speak, he touched the wound on his face, and he felt a sharp pain, and he couldn't help but itch the roots of his teeth with hatred. In vain, he also helped the Meng family to intercede in front of Liu Xin, but that Meng was attacked but did not care about the past friendship at all, and his face must have been ruined by him.

Feng Lie touched his cheek, which was still aching, and raised his hand in the air, which was regarded as an order. With his hand waved down heavily, the patriarchs of the Meng family and the family members of the head were dragged to the large open space in the middle. Soldiers had already come to inspect the men and women, the men on the left and the women on the right.

The soldiers under Feng Lie included both regular soldiers of the barbarian legion and young men of the Jingnan barbarian clan who were temporarily recruited. The people who were responsible for checking the identities of these patriarchs and the heads of their families were naturally the regular soldiers of the barbarian legion, although these soldiers were young and strong-blooded, and because of the strict military discipline, they did not dare to deliberately do anything to those women. But in order to prevent men from mixing into the women's pile, it is inevitable to touch their private parts, which also makes those female relatives blush.

Then a cart was pushed, and the men, escorted by the soldiers, walked past the cart one by one, and if they were a little higher than the wheels, they would be dragged to the edge of the clearing. A large pit more than two people deep had already been dug there, and the soldiers dragged these men here, and without saying a word, they fell to the ground and slashed at them, and the blood burst out, and the head rolled aside, and the headless corpse was thrown directly into the pit, and the scene was very bloody.

The Meng family has been able to develop so fast over the years, and it has not annexed the surrounding small tribes, such a scene has happened more than once in the past, but at that time, the sword and axe were on the necks of others, and now it is their turn. Rao is barbarian is cruel, seeing this scene in the south, there are still many women and children who are frightened and colorless, and crying endlessly.

On the other side of the clearing, the barbarian Qingzhuang recruited from Jingnan and Bajun were counting and distributing tens of thousands of ordinary people from the Meng family, and they would all be sent to other tribes, where women would be forced to marry and men would be used as slaves. This kind of thing is also very common in the daily tribal conflicts of the barbarians, but today it is on a larger scale. In fact, for most of the young women of the Meng family, this is not a bad thing, because their men have all died in battle, and now they are all veritable widows. In the Nanzhong area, where the natural conditions are harsh, it is difficult for women to survive alone.

Slightly different from the other side of the clearing, the screams of young women could be heard from the crowd from time to time. Those barbarian young people who were temporarily recruited from all over the country did not go through any strict training, and they did not know what military discipline was, and when searching for the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, it was inevitable that some unclean movements would be added to their hands, pinching a handful here, pinching there, and even some people hugged the handsome girl and refused to let go, and the scene was a little chaotic for a while.

The scream came into Feng Lie's ears, his brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything, this kind of thing is nothing in the eyes of the barbarians, and his attention is still focused on the big pit. There was already a river of blood on the edge of the pit, and the last man who was higher than the wheels was being pushed over, a teenage boy.

The boy's name was Meng Qing, and he was Meng Huo's half-brother, the youngest of the brothers. Meng Qing was actually not taller than the wheel, but when he walked by the wheel, he subconsciously shrank his neck, and he was pulled out by the soldiers. How many people are not afraid when they are really facing death? Meng Qing is still just a child, he has been doted on by Meng Dan since he was a child, pampered, and compared with others, he is more afraid of death. However, the soldiers who escorted them were from the barbarian legion, and they were all barbarians, they all worshiped heroes, and they couldn't look down on people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they pulled Meng Qing out.

Meng Qing saw that the people who were picked out in front of him were in different places one after another, including one of his own brothers, and his legs trembled involuntarily.

The soldier who carried out the execution ignored him, kicked him to the ground, and swung his steel knife to slash him in the neck.

Meng Qing didn't know where the strength came from, so he struggled and cried loudly: "Please, don't kill me, I'm really not as tall as a wheel!" ”

Feng Lie raised his big hand lightly and pointed to the cart. The soldiers had to drag Meng Qing up from the ground again, pull him to the side of the wheel and compare, and sure enough, it was as tall as the wheel.

Since it is generally high, it is among the ones that can be killed or not, and the soldiers can't help but look at Feng Lie. For those who can be killed or not, they will generally be let live, not to mention that Meng Qing is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and there should be no threat to leave him. But this Meng Qing Feng Lie knew him, and knew that he was Meng Huo's younger brother, in the spirit of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, it must be killed, and Feng Lie couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

The soldier who followed Feng Lie was also a disciple of the Feng family, called Feng Ping, and when he saw Feng Lie hesitating, he whispered a few words in Feng Lie's ear. Feng Lie pondered for a moment, and finally nodded. For fear of affecting the injury on his face, Feng Lie can now not speak without speaking, and he tries to replace orders with gestures. At this point, he obviously agreed with Feng Ping's suggestion.

Feng Ping immediately turned around and called a few soldiers, whispered for a while, and several soldiers understood, ran over and pressed Meng Qing to the ground, and stripped Meng Qing's pants naked with three strokes and two blows. Meng Qingzheng was at a loss, his legs were pulled apart by the soldier, and he spread them in a large shape, and another soldier pulled out a bull-eared knife from his waist, and squatted down with a cruel smile.