Chapter 1377: Sending Meng to cross the river

Of the more than 15,000 barbarians, only a few hundred chose to leave, and most of the barbarians received armor and weapons from the Han army.

The soldiers of the Han army led by Zhuge Jun did not carry a lot of excess armor and weapons, and all the armor was distributed, and most of the barbarians did not receive weapons and armor.

The officers of the Han army, who issued the armor, quickly presented the news to Zhuge Jun.

It is already far away from Chengdu, even if Zhuge Jun decides to send people back at this time and transfer troops from Chengdu, it will be too late.

The only way is to let these barbarians who have not received the armor use their original blades for the time being, in order to distinguish the riverbank team members from the barbarians who were defeated by them, the soldiers of the Han army who issued the armor wrapped a red ribbon around the arms of these barbarians.

The barbarians who did not receive the armor were a little disappointed, but when the Han army distributed food to them, they completely felt that after serving the Han army, these Han people did not treat them as outsiders.

The Han army garrison, and the barbarian garrison, is only twenty or thirty steps apart, on the opposite bank of the river, stationed Dong Dana and Ah Xu's army, leading the defeated army to flee Mrs. Zhurong, but at this time I don't know where to run.

Xu Chu captured Meng Shu, and Mrs. Zhurong led the defeated barbarians to retreat all the way south.

Nearly 50,000 barbarians actually lost more than 30,000 in a battle.

In addition to the more than 5,000 people killed by the Han army, there were also 15,000 people who were captured, and the number of barbarians who were scattered during the rout also reached more than 10,000.

Leading less than 20,000 gray-faced barbarians, all the way south, retreating into a primeval rainforest, Mrs. Zhu Rong ordered the army to stop for the time being.

Fleeing all the way, the elephant soldiers have already run scattered, more than half of the cavalry are missing, and most of the people who followed Mrs. Zhurong were infantry running on two legs.

Entering the rainforest, Mrs. Zhurong sat on the ground full of fallen leaves, looked up at the fine leaves, and let out a long sigh.

When Meng Shu decided to attack the Han army, she felt that it was inappropriate, but at that time she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

If Meng Huo's strategy was fully implemented, the Han army would have no chance to turn over.

She and Meng Shu both ignored one point, that is, the fighting spirit and courage of the Han army.

I didn't expect that the Han army dared to forcibly cross the river when the number was less than the barbarian army, and the barbarian army was forced to retreat in the first battle, and even captured Meng Shu alive.

Thinking of Meng Shu, Mrs. Zhu Rong felt a burst of sentimentality in her heart.

has been a barbarian king for many years, when did Meng Huo receive such a ****, and was captured by the Han army twice in a row, which was also a kind of shaking to the status of this barbarian king.

Sitting on the soft ground, Mrs. Zhurong was speechless for a long time.

The barbarians who had retreated with her were also looking for a place to stay.

Compared with the soldiers of the Han army, the ability of the barbarians to survive in the rainforest is much stronger.

Entering the rainforest, some barbarians consciously looked around for food, in the fight with the Han army, they only cared about escaping, most of the food was taken away by the Han army, and now they can only rely on their familiarity with the environment to accumulate food from scratch.

"Madame!" Sitting on the ground, Mrs. Zhu Rong was thinking about how to fight the Han army again, when a barbarian general approached her and whispered to her: "Dong Dana and A's army are stationed on the opposite side of the river, and Madame can lead me to cross the river and join them, and then find an opportunity for a decisive battle with the Han people!" ”

Tightly frowning, Mrs. Zhurong was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said to the barbarian general: "Let them all rest, tomorrow morning, I will find a place where there are no Han people to cross the river!" ”

Mrs. Zhurong made the decision to let the barbarian army rest for the time being, and cross the river on the second day to join Dong Dana and Ah Xulan.

Sitting in the tent, staring at Meng Huo, who was bound by a rope like a zongzi, Zhuge Jun asked him coldly: "Meng Huo, captured by our army again, what else do you have to say?" ”

escaped from Chengdu once, Meng Shu also knew that he was captured by the Han army again, and if he returned to Chengdu, I am afraid that his life would not be guaranteed.

After the guide translated Zhuge Jun's words to him, Meng Shu twisted his face to the side and didn't look at Zhuge Jun at all.

Staring at Meng Shu, seeing that he was silent, Zhuge Jun said coldly: "This time I was captured by our army again, and General Ben beheaded you, and you have no complaints!" ”

The guide standing next to Zhuge Jun truthfully translated this sentence to Meng Shu.

Hearing that Zhuge Jun was going to behead him, Meng Shu glared at him and said to Zhuge Jun: "This time I didn't pay attention to it, so I was beheaded by you, if you have the courage, let me go!" Wait for a certain preparation of soldiers and horses, I will fight again! ”

After the guide fed back Meng Shu's meaning, his eyes narrowed slightly, pretending to be pensive, and said to Meng Shu: "That's the case, General Ben and let you go back, if there is a third capture, don't blame General Ben for not leaving anyone under the sword!" ”

Zhuge Jun's words stunned everyone in the tent.

Including Dian Wei and Xu Chu, the eyes of all the Han generals were focused on him.

Every Han army general in the tent didn't know why Zhuge agreed to release Meng Shu.

Finally captured Meng Huo, if he fights again in the future, Meng Huo will definitely be more careful, the chance that the Han army can capture him is much smaller than before.

The generals were stunned one by one, but Zhuge Jun waved his hand to the two personal soldiers standing behind Meng Shu after the guide repeated the words in barbarian language.

The two soldiers stepped forward, untied the ropes on Meng Huo's body, and escorted him out of the tent.

"General!" After Meng Shu left, Xu Chu finally couldn't help but ask Zhuge Jun: "I waited for a lot of effort to capture this Meng Huo, why did the general say release him?" ”

"The prime minister released Meng Shu, he has his own reasons!" Chao Xu Chu smiled slightly, Zhuge Jun said: "Between the barbarian caves, there are often conflicts of interest, Meng Xu, as a barbarian king, can gather the barbarians and gather a large army to fight with us, it can be seen that he has a high prestige in the barbarian realm." If we kill Meng Huo, the barbarians will definitely be in chaos, and when our army enters the barbarian realm, some barbarians who are unwilling to surrender will secretly obstruct them, and our army will not be able to move an inch here! ”

Looking at Zhuge Jun, Xu Chu and the other generals were still at a loss on their faces.

In the eyes of the generals, once the barbarians were in turmoil, it would be relatively easy to exterminate the barbarians who did not obey the discipline of the Han army.

They couldn't figure it out at all, why Xu Shu would release Meng Shu back, and they couldn't understand why Zhuge Jun would also release Meng Shu.

Seeing that the generals all had puzzled expressions on their faces, Zhuge Jun continued: "Don't worry about the generals, we have now recruited more than 10,000 barbarians, and when the two armies fight and hand over the battle achievements to the barbarians, the officers and soldiers of our army will not need to lose too much at all, and they can capture Na Meng!" ”

Zhuge Jun said this, and the generals of the Han army didn't want to say anything more, so they stood up one after another and responded with their fists clenched.

was escorted out of the tent by two personal soldiers, and Meng Shu saw at a glance that not far from the Han army camp, tens of thousands of barbarians were stationed.

Seeing those barbarians, he turned his head to look at the Han army behind him, and strode towards the barbarian camp.

Following behind Meng Shu, the two Zhuge Jun's personal soldiers frowned.

Although they were not good at wisdom, they also knew what Meng Shu wanted to do.

Those barbarians had already surrendered to the Han army, and Meng Shu ran over, if he said something and turned the barbarians against him, the two of them couldn't afford it.

Glancing at each other, one of the pro-soldiers shoved Meng Shu on the shoulder, pushing him away from the barbarian camp.

Being pushed by the pro-soldiers, Meng Shu turned his head and glared at the pro-soldiers, but as a prisoner under the stairs, surrounded by Han troops, he didn't dare to make any particularly outrageous moves.

Meng Shu was escorted by two Zhuge Jun's personal soldiers to the bank of the river, and in the camp where the barbarians were stationed, many barbarians looked at him with their heads probed.

The barbarians who were absorbed by the Han army saw Meng Shu from afar, and they were still a little apprehensive in their hearts.

After all, Meng Huo is the king of the barbarians, and now that they have betrayed their clansmen, they also feel a little shameless to see Meng Huo.

The barbarian's appearance confirmed the conjecture of the two pro-soldiers who escorted Meng Shu.

If Meng Huo was allowed to meet these barbarians, maybe his words would be able to impress the barbarians and turn many barbarians against him on the spot, which would of course be a good thing for Meng Shu, but for the Han army, it would undoubtedly be a disastrous trouble!

Escorting Meng Huo, when he arrived at the river, a personal soldier said to several Han soldiers who were guarding by the river: "The general has an order, send Meng Huo across the river!" ”

Several Han soldiers heard the military order conveyed by the soldiers and pushed a simple raft into the water.

The Han army on the bank of the river wanted to send Meng Shu across the river, and Dong Dana and Ah Xulan on the other bank also got the consent of the scouts, and hurriedly ran to a place where they could see the river bank, stretched their necks, and looked towards the river bank.

When they saw Meng Huo getting on a simple raft under the push of several Han soldiers, the two of them glanced at each other, and each of them could see a confusion on each other's faces.

"Why did the Han people put the king back?" Looking at Ah Xu, Dong Di muttered in a confused whisper.

Ah Hao didn't say a word, looked at Meng Shu who was crossing the river, and beckoned behind him.

With his beckoning, a group of barbarians immediately ran towards the shore.

After the group of barbarians ran out for more than ten steps, Ah Hao said to Dong Diana: "In any case, it is a good thing that the king is back, and the two of us will go to meet him!" ”

Dong Dana answered, and rode his horse to the bank of the river with Ah Xu.