In the Nanban region, Dianchi City, Yizhou County, Liu Bei's army came to the city, and the Nanban tribal army was defeated repeatedly, and was calculated many times by Liu Bei's military advisers Wang Meng and Chen Xi, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses finally advanced to Dianchi City.

"The Southern Barbarian generals came out to fight with grandpa!"

Zhang Fei held the Zhangba snake spear and called out the battle under the city, and for a while, no one in the Southern Barbarian Army dared to go out of the city to fight with him.

"I'm going to kill it!"

The vulture bone saw that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were powerful in the Southern Barbarians, and among the Southern Barbarian generals, he was the only one who could barely fight with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alone.

"Don't fight, or rather, Liu Bei wants us to fight."

Mu Ke stopped the vulture bones who wanted to go out of the city to face the battle.

The vulture bone is not the opponent of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in any case.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei combined were enough to defeat Lu Bu.

Sanying fought against Lu Bu, in fact, Liu Bei didn't have to interfere, but would become a burden.

"Chu Zimou annexed Guanzhong and Xiliang, dominating the north, leaving only Liaodong unpacified, and the strength of the power is comparable to the heyday of Cao Wei. No, maybe it is stronger than Cao Wei at the peak, because Chu Zimou controls Mo Nan and Mo Bei, and he has extremely strong control over various tribes. He shouldn't need us to continue to contain Liu Bei here, we need to retreat as advance. ”

Huo An came to the city tower, put one hand on the battlements of vicissitudes, and looked down at the endless army of Liu Bei.

He joined forces with Mu Ke and used guerrilla tactics to stop Liu Bei's advance, which had delayed enough time so that Chu Tian could concentrate on destroying one of Lao Qin or Ming Pass and completing the breakthrough.

Originally, Huo An and Mu Ke thought that Chutian would take the lead in pacifying Liaodong, but instead Chutian took advantage of Lao Qin's illness and death to first pacify Guanzhong and Xiliang, and expand his sphere of influence to the northwest.

Their task has been accomplished.

"Ban Chao and Gao Xianzhi, who stayed in Dawan, sent people to report many times, Wokotai recruited troops in Central Asia, recruited generals who were defeated by various civilizations, and had gathered a considerable number of generals, named them princes, and rewarded them with land. I'm afraid that even Ban Chao and Gao Xianzhi can't contain it, they are not facing a scattered small country in the Western Regions, but a new grassland empire, which is unsettling. ”

Huo An did not pay attention to the Nanban region.

Compared to the threat encountered by the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the tug-of-war in the Nanban region is nothing.

"Has Temujin's Tianxia recruitment order issued a few years ago begun to work?"

Mu Ke also knew that before the collapse of Temujin's Mongol Empire, in order to fight against the princes of the Han Empire, Temujin once ordered all civilizations to recruit generals from all civilizations. It's just that at that time, the generals of each civilization had their own lords, and not many generals responded to Temujin.

"It shouldn't have been Temujin's recruitment order that has taken effect, and Ogedai and his subordinates are pulling together forces from all sides in various civilized areas. The defeated of all civilizations can take refuge under his command. The steppe empire established by Ogedai is a refuge for the rebels of all civilized regions, and the rebel generals of various civilization regions, the grassland empire established in Ögedai, can even be crowned kings. With this means, Ogedai absorbed a group of ambitious people. As the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Ogedei had some means. This is also where Ogedai is difficult to deal with. The defeat of the last battle of the Western Regions and the battle of Mobei taught Wokotai a lesson. ”

"If this continues, the empire of Ögedei will cut off the connection between the eastern continent and the western continent. The Great Wan Kingdom and the Ili River Valley, which were controlled by the Western Regions Protectorate, were all exposed to the troops of the Ogedai Empire. In order to avoid organizing another expedition of troops, I must return to the Western Regions to monitor every move of Ogedei. ”

Hoan was already a little uneasy.

A hegemon was born in Central Asia, and the influence of the Western Regions Protectorate in Central Asia declined significantly.

"No matter what, we have completed the task given to us by Chu Zimou. Leave some hidden dangers for Liu Bei, and then go to the Western Regions to protect the mansion. ”

Mu Ke also thinks that the protectorate of the Western Regions is more important.

The Mongol Empire, rebuilt by Ögedai, was more of a Turkic empire, with more Turkic cavalry than Mongol cavalry.

She summoned Meng Ba and several other trustworthy leaders of the Nanban tribe and ordered: "If Liu Bei wants to pacify Nanzhong, he will definitely encircle you, you can temporarily put aside the false snake, and I will return to Nanzhong in the future and respond to every call." ”

"Taishou-sama wants to abandon us?"

The big leaders of several Nanban tribes looked at each other.

Mu Ke couldn't hold Dianchi Lake, and had already planned to retreat to the Western Regions Protectorate.

Between the Western Regions Protectorate and the Southern Barbarians, Huo An and Mu Ke chose to protect the Western Regions Protectorate.

Not only that, after Xu Fengnian recaptured Liangzhou, Huo An recalled the general Huo Qubing and went to defend the Great Wan Kingdom to deter Wokotai.

"When I leave Nanzhong, Liu Bei will relax."

Mu Ke didn't have a choice, the leaders of the Nanban tribes she controlled, as well as the heroes in the south of Yizhou, sent Liu Bei a lot of heads, and Liu Bei's army still came to Dianchi.

Dianchi is besieged, once she is captured by Liu Bei, then the Nanban region will be completely pacified by Liu Bei, and as long as Mu Ke is still alive, it will not be easy for Liu Bei to conquer the Nanban region.

Mu Ke temporarily went to the Western Regions to avoid the limelight, and his prestige over the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians was still there.

Haoqiang Yonghong took the initiative to ask: "I heard that King Xia unified the north, and we resisted Liu Bei's offensive, if King Xia can succeed in the future, can we make meritorious contributions?" ”

"Naturally, it counts as credit."

"Many tribes, for the time being, have returned to peace, surrendered to Yizhou Mu, and waited for me to return."

Mu Ke deployed before withdrawing from the Nanban region.

"This trip to the Western Regions Protectorate ......"52

Qin Liangyu received Mu Ke's order.

Although the Northern War has not yet ended, there is no suspense about Chutian's victory, and Mu Ke has made every effort to assist Huo An in stabilizing the Western Regions Capital after buying time for Chutian.

The pressure brought by the Ögedai Empire was unprecedented, and the shadow of the Mongol Empire was cast, and the Protectorate of the Western Regions was shrouded in shadows.

"Zhu Rong, do you want to go to the Western Regions with your sister?"

Qin Liangyu took in the young Mrs. Zhurong.

"Take her."

Mu Ke appeared, and without waiting for Zhu Rong to answer, he asked Qin Liangyu to take Zhu Rong away.

Not only that, but the descendants of several large Nanban tribes such as the young Meng Huo were all taken away by Mu Ke, reducing the possibility that these tribes would be won over by Liu Bei in the future.

"The Western Regions?"

Zhu Rong didn't know the world outside Nanban yet.

Mu Ke's elite army assembled, ready to break out of the encirclement,

Liu Beijun besieged Dianchi Lake, and it was bound to win.

The shouting and killing were loud, and the flying army responded outside the city, and joined the defenders in the city, and Mu Ke successfully fought his way out of the encirclement.

Wudang Feijun desperately blocked Liu Beijun and bought enough time for Mu Ke to retreat.

To the south of Dianchi Lake, there is also a city with a teleportation array as a way out.

Mu Ke only took away the elite troops, and withdrew from the Southern Barbarians to the Western Regions Protectorate within two or three days.

In addition, when Liu Bei advanced to Dianchi, Mu Ke had already begun to transfer his troops and gold and silver to the Western Regions Protectorate, Liu Bei's army was never able to annihilate the main force of the Southern Barbarian Army, and the gold, silver and weapons of Dianchi were also taken away by Mu Ke.

Mu Ke left the Nanban after deployment, and the various Nanban tribes dispersed and returned to their respective tribes.

What was left for Liu Bei was a seemingly calm Yizhou County.

After the various Nanban tribes subsided, the Nanban War came to an end, and Liu Beijun paid a lot of money and still won, but under the calm, there was still an undercurrent.

The Nanban tribe living in the deep mountains and old forests has only surrendered on the surface, and has not broken its muscles and bones.

"I heard that Chu Zimou has annexed Guanzhong and Xiliang, and it took me a lot of time to pacify only one county in Yizhou County."

In order to capture Mu Ke's main city, Liu Bei paid a price that was not insignificant.

"When the general trend is today, it is a foregone conclusion that Chu Zimou will dominate the north, and it is a matter of time before Liaodong is pacified, and the lord is determined by Bashu and King Wu is determined by Jiangdong, I am afraid that the world is divided into three parts, and Chu Zimou's family is dominant. Only when the lord joins forces with King Wu, Nei'an Yang Su, and captures Hanzhong, can he compete with King Xia. ”

Wang Meng found that unconsciously, the world had changed from a group of heroes to a situation of three kingdoms.

It's just that the strength of Chutian's forces, whether it is Yizhou, Jingzhou, or Yangzhou, is like a great enemy.

When Chutian completely cleaned up some of the remnants of the northern forces, the next unlucky one was probably Liu Bei.

Wang Meng and Chen Xi are aware of this.

As the northern princes, if they want to unify the Han Empire, they generally take Sichuan and Shu first, and then go down the river, take Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and then conquer Baiyue, and become famous.

There are exceptions, such as Cao Cao's strategy is to take Jingzhou first, and then hunt in Eastern Wu.

But Cao Cao suffered a defeat at Chibi.

If the troops are strong enough, they can also attack from Sichuan Shu and Jingxiang at the same time.

Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Mongolian army was divided into two routes, and captured Chengdu and Xiangyang at the same time, and the troops were extremely prosperous.

As long as the force is strong enough, it is not impossible to fight on two fronts.

At the height of the Mongol Empire, multi-front warfare was the norm.

In 1235 AD, when Ögedai served as the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, the Mongol army attacked the Song Dynasty in two ways, and in the same year, Subutai and Batu led the eldest son army to the west, that is, the Mongol army fought on at least three fronts at the same time......

The multi-front battle is also enough to prove the strength of a dynasty's armed forces. At the height of the Mongol Empire, it was even more terrible than most people imagined, and the pressure on various civilizations was enormous.

In any case, the Sichuan and Shu represented by Liu Bei are likely to be the next target after Chutian sweeps the north, and even Chutian may reproduce the battle of the Yuan Dynasty to destroy the Song Dynasty, with a two-pronged approach.

Liu Bei began to panic.

The strength of the Chutian forces is also strong enough to support multi-front operations.

Chutian fought with the two northern princes of Lao Qin and Mingguan at the same time, which has proved that Chutian has the ability to fight on at least two fronts, and after annexing the Guanzhong and Xiliang forces, it is not surprising that Chutian has the ability to fight on three fronts.

Chu Tian was already considering the reorganization of the legions, and this time Chu Tian mainly divided the legions according to geography.