Zhuge Liang's identity is not ordinary, he is marching south on behalf of the Son of Heaven, so the appointment he said can be regarded as a holy decree.

Hearing that Zhuge Liang was going to appoint himself as a Zhonglang general, Deng Ai couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Since the turmoil in the world, the military ranks have become more and more complicated, but the basic promotion line still follows the standards of the two Han Dynasty.

In the military system of the Han Dynasty, the grass-roots officers are not to be discussed, and the middle-level officers start from the captain, and then in order they are the lieutenant generals, the miscellaneous generals, the famous generals, and finally the heavy generals.

It can be said that Deng Ai's original position of lieutenant was the lowest rank among middle-level officers.

Now Zhuge Liang wants to appoint Deng Ai as a Zhonglang general, which is a big promotion for Deng Ai, how can Deng Ai not be happy?

You must know that among Mi Yang's many subordinates, except for Meng Da, no one has yet obtained the military rank above Zhonglang General.

Deng Ai hurriedly bowed to Zhuge Liang gratefully: "Thank you, Prime Minister." ”

At this moment, Deng Ai felt that his hardships yesterday were not in vain.

Facing Deng Ai's thanks, Zhuge Liang looked at the wound on Deng Ai's left arm and smiled faintly.

He just gave Deng Ai what he deserved.

After rewarding Deng Ai, Zhuge Liang asked Deng Ai: "Have you ever found the trace of Shihui?" ”

In last night's roar, Shi Hui may also be killed.

But if Shihui really died in the chaos last night, then Deng Ai would have brought Shihui's body to see him just now.

And since Deng Ai did not bring Shihui's body, it means that he probably took advantage of the chaos to escape last night.

Although after last night's chaos, tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers have collapsed into an army, and it is not enough to cause trouble, Zhuge Liang's strategic goal has been achieved.

But if you can also capture the emblem that is the culprit, it will be a good thing.

Facing Zhuge Liang's inquiry, Deng Ai's face showed a look of thought.

The reason why he wanted to go deep into the camp just now was to find out the fate of Shi Hui, although he didn't see Shi Hui's body, but after careful inquiry, he also roughly figured out the possible whereabouts of Shi Hui.

"According to the soldiers, they had seen the emblem flee outside the camp last night under the protection of the guards.

Axe Mountain is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and the only way out in front of it is guarded by Fu Yan's troops, even though Shihui escaped in the chaos last night, but Ai expects that he will not succeed in escaping down the mountain now.

Ai deduced that Shihui must have been hiding somewhere in the mountains and forests of Axe Mountain, waiting for our army to retreat before escaping. ”

Deng Ai's analysis made Zhuge Liang nod.

Shihui didn't know about the hidden mountain road, so Deng Ai's reasoning was very reasonable.

And Deng Ai saw that Zhuge Liang seemed to be quite interested in Shihui, so he offered Zhuge Liang a plan:

"It's the middle of winter, and the trees are dry and easy to ignite.

If the prime minister wants to find the whereabouts of Shihui and others, it is better to send someone to set fire to the mountain, after the fire spreads, if Shihui does not want to die, he can only obediently escape from the mountains and forests.

At that time, it will not be difficult to capture the corporal emblem. ”

Deng Ai thought that his plan was very good, but unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang shook his head after listening to his plan.

"The people of Yelang have always fed on prey in the mountains, and if I set fire to the mountain, I may be able to capture the corporal emblem, but after the fire spread, it undoubtedly cut off the livelihood of the people of Yelang.

For the fall of a thief, and lose the hearts of the people of Yelang, I will not do it.

At that moment, our army should immediately turn eastward and defeat Zhu Bao when he did not know the defeat of Shihui.

After Zhu Bao's defeat, the Nanzhong Rebellion was resolved, and this was the top priority of our army.

There is no need to be a soldier and let our army miss a good opportunity. ”

Setting fire to the mountain sounds simple, but it is not an easy task to do - there are many Han troops on the mountain at the moment.

Therefore, before setting fire to the mountain, it is necessary to command the Han army to retreat to the bottom of the mountain one after another, and no matter how dry the trees are, such a large mountain cannot be burned in a day or two.

As soon as the matter of setting fire to the mountain is done, it will inevitably delay the Han army for a lot of time, and it will affect the people's hearts, which is unacceptable to Zhuge Liang.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Deng Ai didn't say anything more.

And after temporarily putting aside the matter of the whereabouts of the Shihui, Zhuge Liang immediately ordered the whole army to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible.

Dozens of miles to the east, there is still an enemy army waiting for the Han army to defeat it.

In the early morning of the second day, the Han army, which had cleaned up the battlefield, made a detour from Axe Mountain to the back of Zhu Bao's camp under the leadership of Zhuge Liang.

Zhu Bao's camp is not far from Axe Mountain.

However, due to the tragedy of the camp and the fact that the main roads of Axe Mountain were controlled by the Han army, basically no surviving Jiaozhou soldiers fled to Zhu Bao's camp to report the news.

When the Han army arrived behind Zhu Bao's camp, Zhu Bao did not know that the Shihui army was almost completely annihilated.

Because of this, it was of course impossible for Zhu Bao to send heavy troops to guard the back of his camp, and the defense force behind Zhu Bao's camp was very weak.

Even because the Han army could not avoid the battle for several days, Zhu Bao's army and Shihui's army made the same mistake - the military spirit was slack.

Under such circumstances, after tens of thousands of Han troops arrived at the rear of Zhu Bao's camp, under the leadership of the fierce general Zhao Yun, they easily raided into Zhu Bao's camp.

may have known that this battle was the last big battle in the Southern Expedition, so the whole Han army worked very hard to kill the enemy.

If you don't work hard, you won't get any credit.

On one side is the rebel army with a slack military spirit and poor training, and on the other side is the Han army with a rainbow of morale and a hundred battles.

Under the continuous onslaught of the Han army, Zhu Bao's rebels were defeated and retreated, suffering heavy casualties.

And after seeing that the general trend had gone, there were also internal problems in Zhu Bao's army.

Zhu Bao was a Han Chinese, and most of the generals he appointed were also Han Chinese.

Since they are all Han Chinese, and now the victory of the Han army is already doomed, why do Zhu Bao's generals still have to work for him?

Zhuge Liang's political slogan of "only punishing the first evil" in Yuewang County is known to most of Zhu Bao's generals.

In order to survive, some generals began to lead their troops and horses to cooperate with the Han army to attack the army that was still loyal to Zhu Bao.

Under the internal and external attacks, Zhu Bao's army, which was already about to collapse, was defeated in an instant.

Zhu Bao, the chief evil, was killed by his subordinates in the chaotic army before he even had time to escape from the camp.

After hearing that Zhu Bao had been beheaded, Zhuge Liang ordered the Han army to recruit the remaining rebels.

When most of the rebels saw that Zhu Bao was dead, they threw away their armor and asked the Han army to surrender.

When the war came to this point, it meant that the Han army had successfully put down the rebellion in Qiqi County.

In just a few days, under the command of Zhuge Liang, the Han army not only reversed the dangerous situation of being surrounded on three sides, but also successfully broke the total of nearly 20,000 troops of Shihui and Zhu Bao.

All of a sudden, the counterinsurgency situation in South and Central became extremely clear.

After recruiting Zhu Bao's rebels, Zhuge Liang set his sights on the west, which was the cantonment of Yonghong's 3,000-strong army.

As long as Yonghong's 3,000 army can be defeated, then Yizhou County will also be reincorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty, and at that time, it will be time for him Zhuge Liang to raise troops to the north!

Shi Hui, Yu Zhuan, and Sun Huan hid in the mountains and forests on Axe Mountain for several days.

These days, they can only hunt in the mountains and forests for a living, so they are not embarrassed.

But no matter how embarrassed they were, before the Han army completely retreated, Shihui and others still didn't dare to rashly walk out of the mountains and forests.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang did not insist on asking for Nashi Hui and others, otherwise I am afraid that these few people would have already fallen into the hands of the Han army.

A few days later, after the Han army had left Axe Mountain, the three Shihui walked out of the mountains and forests timidly.

Today, the death of tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers before the death and surrender of the surrender are only these three people.

How sad!

Even several of the guards who escaped that night to protect the Shihui died in the camp because of the protection of the Shihui.

When Shihui and the three of them walked out of the mountains and forests, they couldn't help but look at each other and cry for the rest of their lives.

No one knows how the three of them spent the past few days, and if it weren't for their strong belief in survival, I'm afraid the three of them would definitely not be alive today.

After walking out of the mountains and forests, Yu Fu immediately suggested that Shihui go to Zhu Bao.

Zhu Bao and Jiaozhou have always been allies, and looking at this relationship, Zhu Bao will definitely help Shihui.

And if there was no help from Zhu Bao, how could he get out of this treacherous Nanzhong and return to Jiaozhou with the strength of the three of them alone?

Shi Hui also agreed with Yu Translation's suggestion.

So he didn't hesitate and immediately took Yu Fu and Sun Huan towards Zhu Bao's camp.

But when Shihui and the three of them arrived on a hillside outside Zhu Bao's camp, the scene in their eyes almost scared them to death.

The originally orderly camp is long gone, and only a mess remains.

This scene immediately made Shi Hui realize a serious fact - Zhu Bao's army was also likely to be defeated by the Han army.

Otherwise, it would not be enough to explain what they were seeing.

After realizing this, the three of Shihui, who were weak, almost fainted out of breath.

Regardless of whether Zhu Bao is dead or alive, and no matter what kind of impact Zhu Bao's army will have on the current situation in South China after the defeat of Zhu Bao's army.

The most important thing now is that it is difficult for them to be rescued by Zhu Bao!

And if they didn't have Zhu Bao's rescue, how would they return to Jiaozhou?

Without the protection of the army, they could be killed at any time in the land of wild beasts and miasma.

In desperation, Shihui proposed to find Yonghong's refuge.

Yonghong also had an unclear relationship with Jiaozhou before.

However, Shihui's suggestion was categorically rejected by Yu Xuan.

"Within a few days, 20,000 troops were defeated by the Han army, could Yonghong's 3,000 army be spared?"

In the tone of Yu Xuan's rhetorical question, he is actually expounding a simple truth.

After Zhuge Liang led his army to defeat Zhu Bao's army, his next target must be Yonghong's army.

And Yonghong only has 3,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang doesn't need to attack, as long as tens of thousands of Han troops go to a stop outside the camp, Yonghong will have to flee back to Yizhou County in fright.

When this layer of truth was broken by Yu, Shi Hui seemed to have been drained of all the strength of his body, and his whole body fell directly to the ground.

While falling to the ground, Shi Hui's mouth couldn't help but murmur: "Is it really that the heavens are going to kill me?" ”

What Shi Hui didn't know was that when he whispered, the eyes behind him suddenly changed.

The day is going to die, it doesn't mean that the sky is going to die for him and Sun Huan.

Thinking of Shi Hui's coercion of him before, and remembering Shi Hui's ugly face that night when he wanted to leave him alone to run for his life, an idea quietly appeared in Yu Xuan's heart.

Yu turned to Sun Huan on the side.

Sun Huan was also like Shihui, feeling that there was no hope in life, but after seeing Yu Flip's eyes, Sun Huan quickly put his ear to Yu Flip's mouth.

As Yu's lips rolled, Sun Huan's face became dark and uncertain.

But soon Sun Huan made a decision in his heart.

I saw Sun Huan slowly stand up from behind Shi Hui, and then quietly came behind Shi Hui.

As Sun Huan got closer and closer, the sound of him moving startled Shi Hui.

But before Shi Hui could react, Sun Huan quickly pulled out the long sword at his waist and slashed towards Shi Hui's neck.

A cold light flashed, and Shi Hui's head was completely separated from his body, and because of Sun Huan's swift swing of the sword, Shi Hui didn't even have time to let out a cry of pain.

When Shi Hui's head hit the ground, Yu Fu stood up and picked up Shi Hui's head, and said angrily: "Dog thief, can you still do evil!"

Then Sun Huan quickly put away his long sword and came to Yu Xuan's side.

The life-saving method that Yu Fu came up with is also very simple.

At present, it is impossible for the three of them to return to Jiaozhou safely, but what if there are only two people left?

It was Shihui who led the army to confront Zhuge Liang before, what happened to him Yu and Sun Huan?

It is true that he and Sun Huan of course entered Nanzhong with Shihui, and they had an intention, but Zhuge Liang didn't know this.

As long as he carried Shihui's head to the Han army camp, coupled with his three-inch tongue, to make Zhuge Liang believe that he and Sun Huan were coerced by Shihui to enter Nanzhong, then Zhuge Liang might send troops to escort them back to Jiangdong.

After all, now on the bright side, their lord Sun Quan is still the captain of the Han Dynasty, and he and Sun Huan are also Hanchen.

Even if Zhuge Liang didn't believe his words, the worst result was nothing more than being a prisoner of the Han army.

It's not that I haven't been there.

As long as you can save a life, it's nothing.

After looking at Sun Huan, Yu Huan carried the head of the Shihui and quickly rushed towards the direction of the Han army camp with Sun Huan.

After defeating Zhu Bao's rebels, the Han army rested for a while, and then rushed towards the direction of the Yonghong army under the leadership of Zhuge Liang.

But what Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that when he led the army to the outside of Yonghong's camp, what he saw was an empty camp.

I think it was Yonghong who got the news in advance, and resolutely fled back to Yizhou County in order to save his life.

Zhuge Liang did not intend to let go of Yonghong, Yonghong can be regarded as the biggest evil of this Nanzhong Rebellion, if he does not die for a day, Nanzhong will not be stable for a day.

Zhuge Liang immediately divided 5,000 Han troops and handed them into the hands of Ma Zhong, and asked him to lead the army to pursue Yonghong's rebels behind.

Zhuge Liang led the remaining Han army back to the camp, thinking that he would go to the administrative office of Qiqi County in a few days to stabilize the situation in Qiqi County.

But before Zhuge Liang set off, he got a piece of news that surprised him.

"Someone claims to be a loyal minister of Jiangdong, holding the head of the emblem and asking to see him!"

There are still loyal ministers in Jiangdong?

Yesterday's second chapter.