The news of Wang Xu's arrival at the front line quickly spread to the ears of the officers and men of all departments, and the army's heart was immediately excited, as if they had taken a reassuring pill.

Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Han Meng each unified their armies, and pursued the rebels in four directions, which lasted more than a month, until they reached Yuyuan County, Jianning County, forcing the remnants of the rebels to retreat to the county seat. However, this does not mean that this is a victory, according to spy intelligence, various barbarian settlements urgently dispatched warriors, and in an instant, tens of thousands of troops were gathered to prepare to rescue the trapped old barbarian king.

If the barbarian king is rescued, flees further south, and returns to his settlement, then he will be in the first situation again.

The further south, the more the foundation of the Nanban, the largest Minpu Division, the Jiu Wing Department and other several tribes are strong, but also more precipitous, on the contrary, the battle line of Jingzhou is longer, and the rear has been harassed by many small settlements along the way for a long time, like a fierce beast stuck in the quagmire, unable to advance or retreat.

Now, at such a big price, almost the entire territory of Nanzhong was abandoned, which led the rebels out, defeated their main force, and trapped the leaders of the barbarian king and the Han rebels, how could they be lightly put back, so Guo Jia immediately gave a death order, so that the generals on the front line could not let the barbarian king break through no matter what, and after he quickly arranged the deployment of important strongholds in the rear, he led the army that was originally in the rear and rushed to help.

On the sixth day of the first month of 199 AD, Wang Xu followed the army to the outside of Yuyuan County and settled in the camp.

"Lord!"

"Lord!"

The senior generals of the army had been waiting in the big tent of the Chinese army for a long time, and as soon as they stepped into it, they got up and saluted excitedly.

"Sit, sit!" Wang Xu waved his hand. Strode towards the top of the handsome position.

The people sat down according to their positions. Wang Xu's gaze swept over. Laughing: "How is the war?" The barbarian king didn't run away! ”

Zhao Yun, who was in the first place, immediately replied: "Back to the lord, the barbarian king is still in the city, and my army has never let go of a single soldier and left!" The barbarian king was really as the military advisor expected, and he refused to abandon his subordinates and run first, otherwise the battle between Nanzhong and Nanzhong might be protracted. ”

"Not necessarily!" Wang Xu smiled and said lightly: "The barbarians are brave, if you can't convince them." Even if you kill the barbarian king, you may not be able to make him return to him with peace of mind. ”

"What the lord said is very true." Guo Jia took over: "The subordinates thought that if they subdued the barbarians by force, they would inevitably last a long time, and if they were not beaten to the point that they were unable to fight again, they would never compromise, just like the Jiangdong expedition against the Shanyue people, which has now lasted more than a year, but they are deeply trapped in it and cannot be pacified for a long time." I'm afraid it will become a huge drag in two or three years. ”

"They have no choice but to subdue them by force. It is all because the mountain people have a deep hatred for the Jiangdong Gate Clan, and they are jealous of the oppression of the Jiangdong Clan when the Han Dynasty is strong, so it is difficult to resolve, coupled with Sun Jian's own strong attitude towards foreign clans, they can only be taken by force. ”

"But we are different, in the land of Nanzhong, the barbarians and the Han people have been living together for a long time, although the barbarians were treated unfairly in the early years, but it has nothing to do with my Jingzhou civil, military and scholar clans, and we have nothing to do with the barbarians before."

"On the contrary, the wealthy families and local officials who have oppressed them before and claimed hegemony in Nanzhong are hidden dangers that we must eradicate in Jingzhou, according to the lord, these people are the emperor of the soil, not only use the prestige of the Han to seek personal gain, but also provoke trouble for a long time, these people are also hated by the barbarians, so there is room for easing relations between the two sides."

"Moreover, the lord has always been generous and benevolent, and the same is true for foreigners, and he is even revered as a holy lord by the various tribes of the Wuxi barbarians in Jingnan, coupled with Jingzhou's government decrees and regulations on treating foreigners, these are enough to become a prerequisite for subduing the southern barbarians."

"In the end, the reason for this Nanban rebellion is because of the provocation of a few big clans in Yizhou, these local big clans are dissatisfied with Jingzhou's ban on large-scale training of private soldiers, and dissatisfied with the lord's ban on their large-scale occupation of land, so they are eager to get rid of the lord."

"After we pacified Yizhou, on the one hand, they bribed or appointed local officials under the banner of Jingzhou to intensify their oppression of the barbarians, and on the other hand, they were good people to provoke the cruelty of the lord, not only oppressing them, but also oppressing the barbarians, thus directly contributing to this rebellion.

"But in fact, since the pacification of Yizhou, our Jingzhou has never been involved in the affairs of the counties in Nanzhong at all due to the health of the lord, so it can be said that it only belongs to us in name, but in fact, no one has been sent to manage it, and it is in a laissez-faire state."

"Therefore, this is a misunderstanding, as long as we show enough strength, deterrent it, and calm it with virtue, we can resolve it, so as to stabilize Nanzhong, and even make Nanban, like Wuximan, an inseparable part of our Jingyi Erzhou."

"Well, that's good!" As Guo Jia's words fell, Wang Xu praised on the spot: "What Feng Xiao said, it is my intention, Nanban is also a powerful ethnic group, and it is also a part of the Han Dynasty, it is not advisable to kill everything, and it is difficult to succeed, cooperation is two benefits, and division is two harms, we should get their support, accommodate them, live in harmony, and make it an inseparable part, this is the way to govern the world once and for all." ”

The generals also understood his intentions at this moment, and looked at each other, but there was no objection.

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "Lord, what should I do now?" ”

"How many rebels are there in Yuyuan County now?" Wang Xu asked.

"More than 20,000 people!" Zhao Yun explained: "If it is a strong attack, the casualties will be very large, the barbarian soldiers are not weak, and they regard death as home, and now the city is the elite of the elite, it is the heart of the barbarian king, it is more difficult to attack, and the barbarian settlements on all sides have now gathered warriors again and come with reinforcements." ”

"It will take a long time for those small settlements to gather a large number of people, but the powerful barbarian settlements in the west, the Pu and Liyue tribes, have hastily gathered more than 30,000 people and are rushing towards Yuyuan County, and now the distance is only a few hundred miles."

"More than 30,000 people?" Wang Xu's eyes were shining, and after thinking for a moment, he waved his hand decisively: "Fight!" Hit hard, first conquer and then talk. ”

He has traveled to Nanzhong, made friends with many heroic warriors, and knows that in the hearts of the Nanban people, it is useless to say anything big to impress, and to get the respect of the other party, it is necessary to show enough strength, which is determined by their primitive living habits, and strength represents the right to speak.

Only after beating them down first and subduing them will he listen to the enemy's ramblings.

If you don't have enough strength, even if you stabilize yourself temporarily, you can't really obey orders.

With Wang Xu's decision, the Jingzhou army was quickly mobilized, and in order to avoid affecting Yuyuan County, 20,000 elite soldiers were transferred from various departments to take the initiative to meet the enemy in the west.

Wang Xu personally commanded the army, accompanied by Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Han Meng, Xu Sheng, and Song Qian, Guo Jia's idea of setting up an ambush was also vetoed by Wang Xu, because he knew the nature of the Southern Barbarians very well, although the ambush could also be effective, it was definitely far worse than the real sword and real gun.

This time the barbarians came to save people, they were already passive, and they could not use the familiar mountains and forests to fight, so they could only face each other head-on, as for what virtual combat formation, what analysis of the psychology of the enemy generals, that is for today's southern barbarians, it is a very inexplicable thing, to turn the sky is to make some traps, to make some small conspiracy, in the mountains they are familiar with, these are of course fatal, but out of the real army to fight, then can only laugh and be generous.

Two days later, Wang Xu chose the battlefield, and the garrison was located on the slope fifty miles west of Yu Yuancheng, waiting for the arrival of barbarian reinforcements.

The Southern Barbarian reinforcements also did not lose hope, and in just three days, they rushed to the scene.

The two armies confronted each other at the bottom of the slope, and the generals of Jingzhou lined up, looking at the barbarian army from afar, and set up a formation.

Wang Xu urged him forward slightly, and was about to speak, but a red figure suddenly rushed out of the opposite array, wearing a feather crown on his head, and several strings of metal rings of unknown material were hung around his neck, and there were seven or eight copper bells hanging on the smallest string.

The body is red leather armor, the key is to only cover the vital parts, most of the skin is exposed, of course, this is not important, the important thing is that this is a woman, and the figure is extremely hot, the scale of the front and back is convex, the end is terrifying, plus the clothes and armor are exposed, she dressed up like this, but she was stunned by the generals of Jingzhou.

Although the customs of the Han Dynasty are open, they have not yet been opened to such a level, and the other party's dress can be regarded as shocking, which made Zhao Yun and others dumbfounded on the spot.

Wang Xu also has straight eyes, this kind of dress, even in later generations, is very rare, it is indeed too exposed, but this woman does not look very old.

The woman did not show any shyness at all, but scolded angrily: "Dog thief, release my father, or you will take your head and sacrifice it to your ancestors!" ”

"What a fierce woman!" Wang Xu smiled disappreciatively, and asked loudly: "Who is this girl of yours, who dares to talk to General Ben like this." ”

"I am Zhu Rong, a descendant of the fire god Zhu Rong, today in the name of the fire god Zhu Rong, to save my father and the barbarian king, you will not surrender, let alone when." The little woman puffed up her chest and shouted, full of momentum.

"Zhurong?" Wang Xu was stunned and chattered to himself: "Mrs. Zhurong? ”

When he was stunned, Zhao Yun replied quickly: "Where did you come from, a shameless person who dares to speak wildly!" ”

"You white-faced man, you look charming and delicate, even more than a woman, how do you look like a warrior, you are weak at first glance, and you have the courage to go into battle, get out of the way, hurry up and find a man to marry, you are not qualified to talk to me." Zhu Rong's tone was not small, and he humiliated Zhao Yun on the spot.

"I'm mad at me! You...... You...... You...... This enchantress! "Zhao Yun is messy, completely messy.

He has been fighting for many years, and it is the first time that someone has scolded him for his bewitching and delicate appearance in person, and asked him to quickly find someone to marry, and more importantly, he also scolded from a woman's mouth. Although he is handsome, it is a kind of heroic, and somehow it got into Zhu Rong's mouth, and he became enchanting.

"That...... Zilong, don't worry about being like a little woman, you don't look like a woman! Xu Sheng persuaded him, but unfortunately he was not good at words, and the more he said, the more wrong he became.

Zhao Yun glared angrily, turned his head and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Xu Sheng also knew that he had made a mistake, so he smiled and stopped talking.

"Kind of interesting!" Wang Xu muttered to himself softly, the corners of his mouth drew an arc, and he looked at Zhu Rong for a long time, not just because she insulted Zhao Yun's words, but because she thought of Zhu Rong's identity, and the smile on her face grew. (To be continued......)