After letting Meng Shu lead his troops to leave overnight, Zhuge Liang looked at Dong Dana and Ah Huinan beside him, and said with a smile: "The two cave masters have worked hard, and this mansion will report the merits of the two cave masters to the imperial court, and the regent will know about it, and personally ask for credit for the two cave masters." ”

Dong Dana and Ah Huinan were flattered, and hurriedly bowed to Zhuge Liang and fell to the ground, thanking him more than once. Zhuge Liang got up from the four-wheeled vehicle, walked to the two of them, helped the two of them up, and said: "When the day dawns, the government will return the weapons and armaments of the two cave masters, and at that time, the government will also let Wei Yan and Wang Ping, two generals, lead a team of men and horses, disguised as barbarians, and return to Nanzhong with the two of them, and pacify the remaining forces of the Meng Shu tribe in one fell swoop, and hope that the two cave masters will help each other." ”

Dong Dana and Ah Hui patted their chests and promised: "Prime Minister Dag, the two of us will never dare or forget, and we will definitely do our best to assist the two generals Wei and Wang, and capture the leaders below Mrs. Zhurong together!" "The Mrs. Zhurong in their mouths is Meng Huo's wife, a famous beauty among the Southern Barbarians, with good martial arts, especially good at flying knives, within fifty steps, she is the only person Meng Huo is afraid of in his life. Because in the habit of the Southern Barbarians, there is no woman who cannot be involved in politics, so when Meng Shu is not in the tribe, it is this Mrs. Zhurong who presides over the daily affairs on her behalf.

"Okay, in that case, this government is waiting for the news of your great victory." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Let Wei Yan and Wang Ping lead 20,000 Han troops disguised as barbarians, and return to Nanzhong with Dong Dana and Ah Huilan, this is Zhuge Liang's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and when they capture the personnel of the Meng Shu tribe in one fell swoop, Zhuge Liang should be able to almost subdue Meng Huo's heart, and then bring the captured Mrs. Zhurong and others to Meng Shu, so that Meng Shu can see that he has lost his foundation, and the Han army has not really hurt Mrs. Zhu Rong, I believe that Meng Shu will definitely surrender to the Han Dynasty and will never rebel again.

It's a two-pronged approach. can subdue Meng Huo faster, after all, Zhuge Liang is now leading his troops to fight on Liu Bei's territory, although Liu Bei has exhausted the troops of several counties other than Qianwei County, but Zhuge Liang knows that this kind of combat method of attacking behind enemy lines and cutting off the opponent's reinforcements cannot last too long, at most there will be three or five days, Liu Bei will definitely get the news. At that time, if a large army is mobilized to encircle and intercept, then the tens of thousands of Han troops under Zhuge Liang will be in danger, and with Zhuge Liang's cautious and careful style of doing things, this kind of thing will never be allowed to happen.

After dawn, looking at the back of Wei Yan and the four of them leaving, Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Jiang Wei beside him: "Boyo, next, what do you say Meng Shu will do?" "After Ao Lie's subtle transformation. Zhuge Liang is no longer the doer in history who must be respectful of everything, and the cultivation of successors and reserve talents has been put on the agenda by Zhuge Liang in his heart, and he has never forgotten it. A few years ago, when he first officially joined Ao Lie, Jia Xu stepped down from the position of the first adviser and gave way to him when he taught him earnestly, so. Zhuge Liang will often ask for advice from the people around him, and allocate great temporary authority to his subordinates, so that they can complete some specific affairs on his behalf. Now. Zhuge Liang opened his mouth to ask Jiang Wei's opinion, which included the meaning of cultivating Jiang Wei, which was also the task that Ao Lie deliberately explained to Zhuge Liang to complete before leaving Chengdu.

Jiang Wei will be three months later, that is, this winter, to February next year, just turned eighteen years old, at this age, Jiang Wei has the stability and maturity beyond his age, and his martial arts are also full of Ao Lie's true inheritance, and his marksmanship has been about five points of Ao Lie's fire, he is a rare handsome man with both civil and military skills, and in time, he will become a famous general like in history, and even exceed his original ability in history, it is not a problem. Zhuge Liang is also willing to work with Ao Lie to carefully cultivate Jiang Wei and make him one of the leaders of the new generation of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Jiang Wei thought for a while, and then said loudly: "Prime Minister, Meng Shu is not a fool, let's launch two night attacks in succession, Meng Shu will definitely be prepared for this, and he will definitely make the defense more tight, everything can be one or the other, and the night attack is basically impossible." Meng Shu should be in view of the lack of strength of our army and the restriction that Liu Bei's territory cannot be made with great fanfare, so he will go out by day and night, hold his troops during the day, and accelerate the march at night, and strive to join forces with Liu Bei as soon as possible. ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, there was a lot of appreciation in his eyes, with Jiang Wei's current age, it was already quite remarkable to be able to see this step. After Meng Huo was captured twice, after learning from the pain, he would definitely think that the Han army was unlikely to appear during the day, because this would attract the attention of the local defenders in advance, and would only attract Liu Bei's attention, and there would be no benefit to the Han army. The rapid march full of energy at night, so that the Han army could not touch their traces, is the most effective way to deal with the Han army under the current situation. As long as he survives a day and a night, it can be regarded as Zhuge Liang losing the bet.

"So what are we going to do?" Zhuge Liang smiled and asked Jiang Wei again. After Jiang Wei answered the possible actions that Meng Huo might take, he had already thought clearly about the countermeasures, and now he answered without half a minute of hesitation: "According to the footsteps of the barbarians, they will arrive near the Prison Dragon Valley in the afternoon today, Meng Shu should let the barbarians rest in the Prison Dragon Valley, this valley is located in a remote location, surrounded by mountains, even if there is a large-scale battle inside, the sound of the fight will not be too far outside the valley, and this valley is very suitable for ambush, our army can rush to the Prison Dragon Valley first, and bury the fire in advance, Then set up ambushes on the surrounding hills, and use the west wind liquor and fire oil to fuel the fire, and at that time, a certain only 5,000 men and horses were needed to block the mouth of the valley, and Meng Huo's headquarters could be wiped out. ”

After Jiang Wei finished talking about his thoughts, Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "King Yan often says that heroes have been young since ancient times, and today it seems that this statement is really true, Boyo's talent, after a long time, he will definitely add another Optimus Pillar to my Han!" Let's do as you say, it's just that we started a war with Meng Huo, not to kill people, but to collect our hearts, and when we ambush the things that cause fire, try to choose the place where the passage and the barbarians will not camp, and don't let the southern barbarians suffer too many casualties. ”

Jiang Wei arched his hand and replied, "No! ”

In the afternoon, a seemingly powerful but not very lethal sea of fire rose from the imprisoned Dragon Valley, and the 20,000 barbarian soldiers stationed in the valley, who were burning and crying for their mothers, ran privately in panic, trying to find a passage out of the valley as soon as possible, so as to get out of this terrifying fire.

Unfortunately, under the influence of smoke and flames, many brutes did not find a way out of the valley, but instead strayed into a dead end, so that they burned themselves and lost their lives in agony and wailing. There were even a few brute soldiers, who were dizzy from the smoke of the flames, and fell headlong into the flames, and never struggled out again. There are also some barbarians who found the right way, but they were desperate to find that the young general Jiang Wei had already led a Han army to block the valley mouth, and wanted to escape in front of the five thousand strong bows behind Jiang Wei.

This fire, although it was under Zhuge Liang's intentional control, still took the lives of more than 4,000 barbarians, as the so-called water and fire are ruthless, and the fire is together, even Zhuge Liang can't control the sea of fire as he wants, after all, he is just a human being and not a god. After the war, Zhuge Liang stood on the top of the hill in front of the valley, looked at the war in the valley that had not been completely extinguished, and blamed himself in a low voice: "Although I have contributed to the society, it is my fault to cause thousands of barbarians to die in the fire, this is not my original wish." ”

When Jiang Wei escorted Meng Shu, who was tied up by five flowers for the third time, to the top of the mountain, he happened to hear Zhuge Liang's words of self-reproach, Jiang Wei sighed in his heart, and opened his mouth to comfort: "The prime minister's benevolent heart can be learned from heaven and earth." This battle could have been avoided, but it appeared because Meng Huo was obsessed, and he could only blame Meng Huo, what does it have to do with the prime minister? ”

Listening to Jiang Wei's words, Meng Shu lowered his head in shame. In the previous two wars, the Han army under Zhuge Liang's special advice, when fighting with the barbarians, tried not to take the lives of the barbarians, so that Meng Shu mistakenly thought that although the combat effectiveness of the Han army was high, it was just a rookie who had not been tempered on the real battlefield, but now it seems that it is not the same thing at all, but Zhuge Liang wants to let the southern barbarians really belong to him, so he has not been a killer, but Meng Huo himself, the barbarian king of Nanzhong, but because of poor command, let more than 5,000 warriors under his subordinates bury their bones in other places, this crime, as Jiang Wei said, Meng Huo is to blame.

With a long sigh, Zhuge Liang said: "That's it, it doesn't matter who is right or wrong. Later, Beryo, you go to the valley to clear the battlefield, bury all the barbarians who died in the valley, and let them be buried in the ground. ”

Jiang Wei arched his hand and replied, "No." ”

Zhuge Liang turned his gaze to Meng Shu and asked, "This time, are you convinced?" ”

Meng Shu hesitated for a moment, slowly shook his head, and said: "In today's battle, the prime minister used the fire to force us and others to have no power to fight back, so this king is still not convinced. Meng Huo said that he was not convinced, but in fact, in his heart, he still admired Zhuge Liang's intelligence somewhat, so unconsciously, Meng Shu's tone was no longer as firm as the previous two times.

Listening to Meng Huo's words, Jiang Wei drew his sword and said angrily: "Meng Huo! Do you really think that the swords of our great soldiers are not sharp? Killing you is as simple as searching for things, and Hugh is obsessed with it! Otherwise, someone will recognize you, but someone won't recognize you with a sword in his hand! ”

Zhuge Liang slowly stretched out a hand, pressed Jiang Wei's hand holding the sword, and then said to Meng Shu: "This mansion really wants to guide you Southern Barbarians into the arms of the Great Han, not to cause killing. If you can't be convinced, this house will be ashamed of the regent's trust, you, let's go. ”

Meng Huo was stunned, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to still be willing to let him go, and he felt quite a little in his heart for a while, and after a long time, Meng Huo stood up, saluted Zhuge Liang with a fist, turned around and walked down the mountain. (To be continued......)