Meng Huo's request to marry Hua Bei was nothing more than to annex Zhurongdong, and this plan was not successful. Now he put the cart before the horse and said that it was because Nan Ye robbed his wife that he sent troops, which made everyone in the tent despise for a while.

When Hua Bei heard this, she said angrily: "I only have Brother Wang in my heart, who wants to marry you!" It's clear that you deceived people too much and forced me to marry you. Now you dare to reverse black and white, watch me kill you. "If you copy the eight long standards, you will kill people.

Nan Ye stopped Hua Bei and said to Meng Xu: "And no matter why you raise the army, it can be said that you will become a king or a loser." Now that I have defeated you, are you convinced? ”

Meng Shu raised his head and said: "The mountain is remote and the road is narrow, and I was mistakenly attacked by you, how can I be convinced?" ”

Nan Ye knew that Meng was not convinced, and said with a slight smile: "If you are not convinced, how about I let you go back?" ”

Meng Yu couldn't believe it when he heard this, stared at Nan Ye carefully for a moment and said, "If you dare to let me go back, I will reorganize the army and horses and fight with you." If you can capture me again, we will obey you. ”

Nan Ye waved his hand and said, "Take them down to be entertained, let them go back." The next time I get caught, I won't be spared. ”

His personal guards untied Meng Huo and the three of them, took them down to wash, gave them wine and food, and then returned all the swords and saddle horses and sent them out of the camp.

Hua Bei saw that Nan Ye really let Meng Huo go, and stomped her feet and said, "How can Brother Wang really let him go back?" ”

Nan Ye said: "Didn't I say it before. Letting him go back was just a reason for multiple offenses. I believe that after this battle, most of the Nanzhong barbarian villages will no longer help Meng Shu, and we will also turn defense into offense. Pass on our military orders, reward the three armies, and continue to march. ”

However, it was said that Meng Yu took Meng You and Busy Tooth Chang away from Nanye's camp and traveled to the Lushui tributary, and met the barbarians who Nanye put back before. When the soldiers saw Meng Shu, they were surprised and delighted, and asked one after another: "I was captured and all of them were released back by the young dart head Wang Hua, how can the king come back?" ”

Meng Shu was embarrassed to say that he was put back by Nan Ye, so he said: "Wang Huajian I am in the tent, and I killed more than ten people and rushed out. He sent his horse army after him, and I killed him and took the horse, so he was freed. ”

The barbarian soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, but Meng You and Busy Yachang's faces turned red, but they didn't dare to expose Meng Shu. The barbarians gathered in one place and surrounded Meng Shu and crossed the river to the village. After settling the camp, Meng Xu ordered people to invite the chiefs of each cave, wanting to gather barbarian soldiers to fight against Nanye, but because he had failed in the school competition before, and now he has suffered a defeat again, many cave villages no longer send troops, only more than ten cave villages have a deep friendship with Meng Huo, and send a few soldiers and horses.

Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana, and Ah Huilan also received Meng Yu's invitation. The three of them gathered together to discuss, Dong Dana and Ah Hui didn't want to wade into troubled waters again, but the three knots of the golden ring wanted to avenge being captured. Among the three of them, the Golden Ring Three Knots have always been the leader, Dong Dana and Ah Hui were afraid, so they had to lead troops together to meet Meng Shu.

Although Meng Shu gathered more than 20,000 people, his morale was not as good as before. Meng Shu didn't dare to fight with Nan Ye anymore, so he ordered all the villages: "Dong Chu and Wang Hua are scheming, they can't fight, and he will be treacherous in the war." Recently, the weather has been hot, and we have the risk of this water, so we can detain the raft on the south bank, and then build an earthen city, deep ditch and high fortress. If he crosses the river, we will wait for half of the river to attack him, and if he does not dare to cross the river, the morale will be lost, and we will cross the river again to attack him. ”

Jinhuan Sanjie and others took advantage of their plan to collect the rafts along the river on the south bank and build an earthen city. There is a place near the mountain and the cliff, the high erection of the wooden building, the upstairs is set up with a bow and crossbow, one can monitor the movement of the opposite bank, and the other can be used for precautionary measures. Meng was sure that it was a foolproof strategy, so he was not worried.

The situation on Nan Ye's side is much stronger than Meng Shu. Although Nan Ye put back all the captured barbarian soldiers, and there were slight losses in several battles, the soldiers under his command did not decrease but increased. Those caves that previously supported Dong Wei increased their troops, and even the previously neutral caves also ordered people to send grain and grass to show their goodwill. Now Nan Ye has more than 15,000 soldiers and horses, and the grain and grass are piled up.

When the vanguard led by Zhao Yun and the others arrived in Lushui, they sent someone back to Malay to report: "There are no rafts on the riverbank, and the water is very urgent. An earthen city was built along the other bank, all of which were guarded by barbarians. ”

Nanye has no shortage of grain and grass, but he is not afraid of fighting a protracted war with Meng Shu, but such a stalemate is not a way, and the loss of forcible crossing is too great, so he asked Xu Shu: "Now that Meng has a deep ditch and a high base, to reject our soldiers, what should we do?" ”

Xu Shu said: "The weather in the south is hot, and when I watch the generals and soldiers of the army rest, most of them take off their clothes and armor, and it is very unfavorable if Meng Shu takes the opportunity to attack." In my opinion, you can choose a place where the forest is lush by the mountains and trees, and rest the people and horses for the time being, and then use the plan to break it. ”

Huang Zhong frowned and said, "Although camping in the forest can escape the heat, if we attack with fire, how can we prepare for it?" ”

Xu Shu smiled and said: "Meng Shu has no plan, he only knows how to defend according to the river, how dare he send troops to attack?" If he dares to come, I have a plan. ”

Nan Ye trusts Xu Shu very much, this person's intelligence may not be as good as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Sima Yi, but he is not much stronger than Meng Shulai. With Xu Shu as a guarantor, Nan Ye did not worry at all, so he ordered a shady place with many trees by the river to build a grass hut to cover the horses to escape the heat.

After solving the problem of heat prevention, Nan Ye gathered again to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy. Hua Bei said: "There is a place one hundred and fifty miles downstream of this river, called Shakou, where the water is slow and you can swim across. It's just that the weather is hot nowadays, and poison gathers in the water. During the day, the poisonous gas evaporates, and someone crosses the water, and it will be poisoned. If you drink this water, you will die. It is necessary to wait for the night to be quiet and the water is cold, the poisonous gas cannot be afforded, and the water can be crossed with full food before there is nothing to do. ”

Nan Ye knew that this was the benefit of the ground snake, and his tanma had also reported that the downstream Shakou could cross the river, but he didn't know that the river water was poisonous. When Xu Shu heard this, he said: "In this case, Wang Zhong, Wang Long, and Wang Xiong can lead 5,000 men and horses to cross the river from here and rob Meng to get grain." At that time, Meng Huo will inevitably send troops to fight, you can first scold him with words, if he is ashamed and return, there is no need to chase, only choose a critical place to set up camp and cut off the grain road. ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiong asked, "If he comes to fight, will he capture or kill?" ”

Xu Shu glanced at Nan Ye. Nan Ye said: "Everyone in Meng Huozhai has been captured once, if he is grateful and retreats, if he does not repent, it will not hurt to kill him." ”

Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Yang Xiong were ordered to go, and they crossed the river in the middle of the night without incident. The three generals went around to Meng Huo's back to investigate, and the most dangerous place here is called Jiashanyu. There are mountains on both sides here, and there is only one road in the middle, which can accommodate one person and one horse, but not two horses in parallel. The danger here also happens to be where Meng gets the grain road.

After discovering the grain road of Meng, Zhao Yun and the three of them occupied Jiashanyu, distributed soldiers, and erected a fence. Meng Shu didn't know that someone was smuggling, and as soon as the grain cart arrived, he was intercepted by Zhao Yun and the three of them, and more than 100 carts of grain were taken. In this way, Zhao Yun and the three of them left the camp and stayed here, and they did not worry about the lack of food and grass.