"Sons, hurry up, the king of Hanzhong invited us to come here to fight, not to play! Pick up the pace! When the battle is over, the money, food, and women in Chengdu are up to you! Meng Shu, who was wearing a pigtail, shouted loudly to the barbarian generals under his subordinates.

At the urging of Meng Shu, the barbarians quickened their pace, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Grab money!" Grab the food! Rob a woman! Roar—"

Seeing that his subordinates were in good spirits, Meng Shu laughed, raised his whip and whipped it the stock of his war horse, and ran forward first. On this expedition, Meng Shu verbally promised Liu Bei to send 100,000 troops, but in fact, he only dispatched 40,000 barbarians, and used the excuse that other barbarians were still in the process of rectification and would come to participate in the battle one after another. In Meng Huo's opinion, the Han people, who are all sheep, have 40,000 wolf-like barbarian soldiers, which is enough to deal with it! Therefore, at this moment, there were only three cave masters who were following Meng Huo, and each of them mobilized a force of 10,000 people, plus 10,000 personal guards from Meng Huo's headquarters, to form this Northern Expeditionary Army.

After a whole day of rapid marching, Meng Shu led his barbarians to the north of Yongchang County, as long as he climbed over another mountain, he could reach the territory of Qianwei County, and then he could join forces with Liu Bei and jointly march north against the Han army.

Seeing that it was already dark, Meng Shu asked his troops to stop their rapid march and find a leeward place at the foot of the mountain to rest. The custom of the southern barbarians is that they will not set up camp, they just use mules and horses for transportation to simply enclose a large circle on the periphery, and then block it with horse-drawn carriages on the inner layer, acting as a fence for the camp, and fill the gap between the two layers of loose defense with barbarian soldiers.

Then, under such rudimentary defenses, thousands of tents of various sizes were erected in the middle to be used as camping places. The tents of the Southern Barbarians when they marched and fought also had a specific order. Generally speaking, Meng Huo's big tent is placed in the middle; The big tent of the three cave masters is close to Meng Huo's tent, which is located around the big tent of the Chinese army, and in the shape of a triangle, it guards the big tent of the Chinese army of Meng Huo, forming the core area; On the outer floor, there are nearly a hundred smaller tents for the lieutenants of the cave masters to live in; In the outer circle, there are thousands of small tents, forming a large circle. Surrounded in the center of the tents of Meng Huo and others, these tents were inhabited by grassroots officers such as squad leaders; The outermost part is the temporary residence of ordinary barbarians, often in a tent less than five paces wide, more than a dozen barbarians will be crowded to rest at the same time. The Southern Barbarians are extremely strict about the hierarchy, and they can foresee one or two from the link of setting up tents.

The erection of thousands of tents also took time, and 40,000 barbarians were laughing. took the lead in setting up the big tent of Meng Shu and the three cave masters, and then began to busily make his own tent, and at first glance he was busy with a stick of incense, and only half of the tent was erected.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army. Meng Shu sat in the middle, and the three cave masters, the Three Realms of the Golden Ring, Dong Dana, and Ah Huilan, sat around him. Meng Huo's majestic voice was the first to sound: "Brothers, this king has heard that the Han army is brave in battle and the law is strict. After entering Qianwei County later, we can't be so casual, don't capsize in the gutter. Plotted by those sheep. ”

Jinhuan Sanjie laughed and said: "The king is too worried, no matter how brave Ao Lie's Han army is, it is only relative to the waste under Liu Bei, in front of us, the Han army is at most a slightly stronger sheep, how can it be the opponent of our group of wolf-like brothers?" ”

Dong Dana and Ah Huilan also nodded in agreement, agreeing with the views of the Golden Ring Three Sections. Meng Huo actually didn't care too much, seeing that the three cave masters under him were full of confidence, he didn't say anything more, just smiled and said: "This king also knows that those sheep of the Han army are not much of a threat, just to remind you." ”

While Meng Shu and the three cave masters didn't take the Han army to heart, Zhuge Liang appeared on the mountainside not far from their camp. Seeing the barbarians busy in a disorderly manner, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and then waved the feather fan in his hand and pointed towards the temporary camp of the barbarians.

In fact, as early as a few days ago, when Ao Lie decided to return to the north, Zhuge Liang had already set today's strategic goal, he was to take advantage of the southern barbarians' contempt for the Han people, and take advantage of their unstable foothold to give them a dismount first, and take the opportunity to consume part of Meng Shu's strength.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's movements, Wang Ping immediately raised the big knife in his hand and shouted loudly behind him: "Soldiers, rush!" "10,000 Han cavalry, driven by Wang Ping, rode their horses to rush down from the mountainside, and with the impact of the condescending war horses, they slammed into the side of the barbarian camp, and 40,000 horses' hooves trampled on the rocks at the same time, kicking the stones into the air, bringing up the dust, and forming an earth dragon in the air.

The barbarians who were setting up their tents were alarmed by the sound of the Han army's horses' hooves, and many of them looked up at the sky with puzzled faces, they did not understand why the weather was still good in the evening, but now there was a sudden thunderstorm. It wasn't until dozens of breaths later that someone reacted and shouted, "No, it's not thunder, it's the sound of horses' hooves, there are cavalry nearby!" ”

The curtain of the Chinese army's tent was suddenly opened, and Meng Shu and the three cave masters walked out of the tent, looked in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from, and tried to distinguish the number of people in the sound of horses' hooves. Jinhuan Sanjie lay on the ground, listened carefully for a while, got up and said to Meng Shu: "It's strange, listening to the frequency of the horse's hooves, it seems that there are only more than 10,000 horses, but listening to the strength of the horses' hooves trampling the ground, it is not like only 10,000 horses." ”

Not only was the Golden Ring Section three strange, but even Meng Shu was puzzled, he knew that the Golden Ring Third Festival was a veteran, and it was impossible not to even analyze the number of war horses, but the answer he gave was so ambiguous, what was going on? If Meng Shu knew that every horse in the Han army had the existence of auxiliary equipment such as horseshoes, he would not be surprised, but unfortunately, he did not know this detail. Now they are in Yongchang County, this is Liu Bei's territory, Meng Yu mistakenly thought that Liu Bei must have sent an army to meet him, because the war horse carried a large amount of food, so the sound of horses' hooves trampling the ground was particularly heavy.

After dozens of breaths, the barbarian soldier had already seen the Han army on the horizon, rushing towards his side in the sunset, and when he saw the banner of the Han army clearly, he immediately threw away the tent in his hand and shouted hoarsely: "Enemy attack!" It's the cavalry of the Han army! ”

It's a pity that he found out too late, now the barbarians don't have any formation at all, most of them don't even have weapons in their hands, the hand that should be holding the weapon is now holding the corner of the tent!

After seeing the banner of the Han army clearly, Meng Shu hurriedly shouted to the three cave masters beside him: "Quickly gather men and horses to disintegrate this surprise attack of the Han army!" Fast! Only then did the three cave masters react, and hurriedly turned around, preparing to gather their respective tribal warriors, at this time, two loud drums sounded from the left and right sides of the camp at the same time, and they were the unique war drums of the Han army!

On the left, the general Wei Yan slapped his horse and danced his sword, and showed up with 10,000 Han troops, shouting in his mouth: "Wei Yan, the general of the Han chariot and cavalry, is here, and those who surrender will not be killed!" ”

On the right side, a young general with a white horse and a silver robe, with a spear and a prancing horse, led a Han army of about 10,000 people with mixed infantry and cavalry appeared in the eyes of the barbarians, shouting: "Jiang Weilai, the champion general of the Han Dynasty, will not kill those who surrender!" ”

At the same time, the 10,000 iron horsemen led by Wang Ping had rushed to the front of the barbarian camp, and the war horses were under the huge inertia, and the barbarians were fiercely knocked down the mules and horses arranged on the periphery, and then in the mournful sound of those mules and horses, the horse's hooves trampled over the bodies of the mules and horses, and rushed towards the barbarians in the inner layer, and the hundreds of barbarians standing in the front row were immediately knocked upside down and flew out, and the blood in their mouths spurted wildly.

Wang Ping took the lead in the barbarian soldiers, cut off the head of a barbarian soldier with a knife, and shouted: "Wang Ping, the general of Anbei of the Great Han Dynasty, is here, and those who surrender will not be killed!" ”

Before this battle, Zhuge Liang had already set the tone of this battle, adopting the strategy of attacking the heart, trying to focus on education, and not killing the barbarians if they could, so as not to provoke more fierce resistance from the southern barbarians. After all, the Nanzhong region has been held in the hands of the Nanban for decades, and if you want to completely govern Nanzhong in the future, you still have to rely on the hands of the Nanban in the end.

Therefore, after a fierce battle, there were few casualties on both sides, and at most they were only slightly injured, but the result of the battle was greatly beyond Meng Shu's expectations, and the 40,000 barbarians he thought were tiger wolves, and they were killed by the 30,000 Han troops surrounded by three roads, and all the 40,000 barbarians were captured, and even Meng Shu himself was not spared, and he was finally defeated under Wei Yan's knife and became a prisoner under the order.

When Zhuge Liang came to the camp on a four-wheeled cart and under the impetus of a group of guards, Meng Shu and the three cave masters under him had been tied to the ground with five flowers.

Laughing softly a few times, Zhuge Liang asked Meng Shu: "Meng Huo, you are brave with barbarians, but today with 40,000 people, you are defeated in the hands of 30,000 male soldiers of my Han Dynasty, do you accept it or not?" ”

Meng Shu raised his head and said angrily: "The mountain road is narrow, and our army is defenseless, so you have succeeded in a sneak attack, how can this king be willing to obey?" Even if he kills this king, this king will not accept it! ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he said with a smile: "Okay, okay, if you don't accept it, why don't we make a bet, this government only uses 30,000 troops, and you can be captured anytime and anywhere on Liu Bei's territory, if you are captured next time, you will sincerely surrender to my Han regent." ”

Meng Shu rolled his eyes and said hesitantly: "If you let this king go, wait for this king to rectify the soldiers and horses, and then fight the male and female, if you lose again, this king will promise you to return to Han sincerely." ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he didn't say anything anymore, but just said to Jiang Wei beside him: "Escort them all down, wait until dawn, and let them leave on their own." (To be continued......)

PS: PS: I'm sorry, it's too late to update today, and it can only be updated in one go, sorry.