Chapter 1372: Crossing the River Tomorrow
In the Han army camp, Zhuge Jun sat outside the tent, and in front of him, stood the barbarian man who led hundreds of barbarians to kill their fellow people.
The guide, who had been leading the way for the Han army, stood behind Zhuge Jun, and his eyes never took his eyes off the barbarian man.
Standing in front of Zhuge Jun with his head bowed, the barbarian man was sweating profusely, and he didn't even dare to raise his eyelids.
Knowing that the barbarian scouts on the other side were coming ashore, the hundreds of barbarians stationed on the shore rushed out without any order and killed all the barbarians who came ashore.
From the barbarian leader, Zhuge Jun learned that the reason why they rushed out was only because their companions who had crossed the river earlier to return to the barbarian army were slaughtered by those barbarians.
Barbarians, who almost still live under the tribal alliance system, often attack each other for trivial interests in the absence of external wars.
They don't have much concept of barbarians, fighting, just to survive better.
The barbarians on the other side had killed their companions, knowing that it was impossible to go back, and their only choice was to follow the Han army closely, hoping to return to Yizhou with the Han army in the future.
The barbarian leader said these words, so that Zhuge Jun did not know how to respond.
Ever since he fought against the barbarians, he had already felt that the barbarians were brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately the army was not in good shape, it was like a plate of scattered sand, and it was impossible to gather them together at all.
Dealing with such an enemy, Zhuge has the certainty of complete victory.
In particular, the return of the Southern Barbarian King Meng Shu made him see that victory was just around the corner.
The barbarians scouted across the river, undoubtedly for the purpose of crossing the river to find out the situation, and before they could start their operation, they were exterminated by these barbarians who had joined the Han army earlier.
The actions of hundreds of barbarians undoubtedly ruined Zhuge Jun's entire deployment.
In case Meng Shu gave up the idea of crossing the river immediately because of this incident, the Han army would have to stay in the territory of Nanban for a long time.
Staring at the barbarian leader in front of him, Zhuge Jun was speechless for a long time.
The barbarian leader standing in front of him was also covered in cold sweat.
Leading hundreds of barbarians to kill his fellow clansmen across the river, he was only thinking about showing his heart to the Han army, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Jun actually had a deeper deployment, and their actions just brought a lot of trouble to Zhuge Jun.
Being stared at by Zhuge Jun, the barbarian leader didn't even dare to raise his hand to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Let him go back!" After a long time, Zhuge Jun waved his hand and gave a command to the guide.
I thought that Zhuge Jun was going to punish this barbarian leader, but he didn't expect that in the end, it would be so lightly drawn to an end, the guide was stunned, turned his head to look at Zhuge Jun, and did not immediately translate his words to the barbarian leader.
"Sue him, if there is any movement on the other side of the strait in the future, without an order, you must not go to war without authorization, otherwise you will be punished by military law!" Turning his head and looking at the guide, Zhuge Jun said to him: "Let him go back, so as to restrain his subordinates!" ”
"No!" The guide answered, and translated Zhuge Jun's words to the barbarian leader word by word.
I thought that I would be punished, but I didn't expect that in the end, there would be such a result, and the barbarian leader was also stunned.
Looking up at Zhuge Jun sitting in front of him, the barbarian leader did not leave immediately, but blinked his eyes twice in astonishment.
The Han army has a great discipline, and since the contact with the Han soldiers, these days, the barbarian leaders have been observing the Han soldiers almost every day.
Compared with the Han army, he felt that the hundreds of barbarians he led were just a plate of scattered sand, and he couldn't hold it at all.
Seeing that the barbarian leader still hadn't left, Zhuge Jun waved his hand at him again and said to him, "You can go back!" ”
The guide, who was standing behind Zhuge Jun, turned his words to the barbarian leader again.
The leader of the barbarians, who had been granted amnesty, hurriedly saluted Zhuge Jun, and then turned around and walked out of the barracks.
"General!" The leader of the barbarians left, and Xu Chu, who had personally led people to the river to bury the corpses of the barbarians who had been killed, turned back, and when Zhuge Jun approached, he said to him: "These barbarians, the attack is really not ambiguous, those corpses by the river, there is no one who is embarrassed!" ”
"General Xu!" Turning his face to look at Xu Chu, Zhuge Jun asked him, "What is the movement of the Southern Barbarians?" ”
"The other side of the river bank is as usual, and there is no movement!" Holding his fists and arching towards Zhuge Jun, Xu Chu said: "Maybe Meng Yu knew that all the scouts sent to this bank were killed by the barbarians, and changed his mind about crossing the river!" ”
Zhuge Jun did not rush to speak, but locked his brows, and muttered for a moment before saying to Xu Chu: "Annoying General Xu, strictly monitor the other side, if the barbarians have any abnormal movements, report to General Ben immediately!" ”
"No!" In response, Xu Chu turned around and left.
Looking at Xu Chu's back, the look on Zhuge Jun's face was not as calm as it was two days ago.
Hundreds of barbarians, slaughtering out of the barbarian camp without any orders, and killing all the barbarian scouts who crossed the river, may not be good news for the barbarians on Meng Huo's side.
For the Han army, it was also not a good thing.
Meng was anxious for a decisive battle, taking advantage of the numerical advantage to drive the Han army out of the southern barbarian territory, and the Han army, also eager for a decisive battle, defeated the southern barbarians in one fell swoop when they crossed the river and had not yet established a foothold.
Nanban is the key to Jiangdong, even if the Nanban does not enter Yizhou, the Han army will conquer Nanban sooner or later.
Liu Wei was Zen and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the Han court had basically pacified the north.
Even in the areas where the alien races are entrenched, most of the Han army has been defeated, and now the northern alien races that are still a threat to the Han are left with only the Wuhuan Clan.
As for small countries such as Goryeo, for the big Han, they have never been included in the eyes at all.
The pacification of the north determined that it would not be long before the Han army would go all the way south, flattening all the heroes in the south, and thus achieving the unification of the world.
Zhuge Jun, who was responsible for opening up the Nanban road, knew very well in his heart that the longer he delayed in Nanban, the longer the Han army hibernated in the Central Plains and could not drive straight into Jiangdong.
After being silent for a long time, Zhuge Jun finally stood up and said to the guide on the side: "General Ben is quite unhappy in his heart, you will accompany General Ben to drink two glasses today!" ”
Since he led the way for the Han army, the relationship between the guide and Zhuge Jun is also similar to one day.
Zhuge Jun invited him to drink together, he would not refuse, hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed, answered, and followed Zhuge Jun into the tent.
The Han army was worried that the barbarians would change their combat deployment, but among the barbarian army on the other side, Meng Shu was full of pride.
A group of more than 100 scouts was dispatched, and Meng Shu originally planned to expect these scouts to get any useful information.
As long as he knew how quickly the barbarians could react when they crossed the river, he had already obtained crucial information.
In the barbarian army, Meng Shu sat on a large rock, leaning forward slightly, one elbow supported on his thigh, and looked around at the circle of barbarian generals sitting cross-legged beside him.
"Yesterday evening, the king sent more than 100 people to cross the river, and the Han people reacted extremely quickly!" Looking at the barbarian generals, Meng Shu said to them: "We have a large number of people, if we can cross the river and fight a decisive battle with the Han people, I think the Han people don't have too many advantages!" It's just that they reacted very quickly, and how we should cross the river is something that needs to be considered urgently. ”
"My lord, this river stretches for a hundred miles, and it goes upstream from here, but it is only more than ten miles, and there is a place where the water flow is gentle." Before Meng Huo's voice fell, Ah Hao said to him: "I am willing to lead 20,000 horses, make a detour upstream, cross the river from the upstream, and raid the Han army from behind!" ”
Glancing at Ah Xu, Meng Shu nodded and said, "There are few Han soldiers, and there are many people in me." The troops are divided into three routes, each of which still has an advantage in numbers. The king and his wife led the middle road, crossed the river from here, and did not engage the Han people after crossing the river, just waiting for you to lead the army to cross the river, and march together in three ways to annihilate the Han people here! ”
What Meng said was categorical, and the truth in his words also made sense.
The barbarians marched in three directions and launched an attack on the Han army, and the effect they could achieve would be far greater than forcing them across the river alone.
The barbarian generals sitting around Meng Huo looked at each other one by one, and asked Meng Huo in a whisper: "A certain leader leads a group of soldiers and horses to cross the river from upstream, and another army of soldiers and horses, I don't know who leads?" ”
"Dong Dana!" Turning his head to look at Dong Dana, who was sitting on the left-hand side, Meng Shu asked him in a very flat tone: "Are you willing to lead a group of soldiers and horses to cross the river from the river and fight a decisive battle with the Han people?" ”
When Meng Shu crossed the river, his barbarians had been unreasonable to Meng Shu, and Dong Dana never thought that Meng Shu would hand over the command of another army and horses to him.
Hearing Meng Shu's question, he was stunned for a moment, and asked with doubts: "Does the king want a certain leader to cross the river from the river?" ”
"Yes!" Nodding, Meng Shu said: "I only hope that you can rise up and lead the troops to kill the Han people!" :”
"Don't worry, the king!" After confirming the news that Meng Shu wanted him to lead the troops, Dong Dana hurriedly stood up, gave him a barbarian salute and said: "A certain person must take the lead and kill the Han people on his back!" ”
"If the confrontation lasts for a long time, it will not be good!" After making the combat deployment, Meng Shu stood up, waved his hand at the barbarian generals and said, "You can go down later, divide the troops immediately, cross the river tomorrow, and fight to the death with the Han people!" ”
Meng Shu gave the order to cross the river tomorrow, and the barbarian generals stood up one after another, saluted him together, received the order, and prepared their troops and horses.
After the generals left, Meng Shu and Mrs. Zhurong walked to the riverbank together.
When he arrived at the shore, he crossed his hands on his waist and looked at the Han army battle flag fluttering on the opposite bank, and the lines in the corners of his eyes gradually became clear with the faint smile on the corner of his mouth.