In the vast wilderness, iron hooves swirled with wind and thunder. Although Yunnan is hilly and mountainous, it is not without plains and grasslands, and there are dozens of famous grassland tourist areas in later generations.

Wanwen, where Zhuge Liang confronted the female protrusion, belonged to a combination of plains and mountains and hills, and the north was a mountainous area, with the highest height of the slope being only forty or fifty meters, and the average height of twenty or thirty meters.

To the east and west there are narrow grassland flats, rows of tents and wooden houses sit on the plains, and on the opposite side of the land to the west stand three well-defended camps.

The barbarians in Nanzhong have no rules to fight, and the technology of arranging the camp is even worse than 108,000 miles, and their camp is built in a chaotic manner.

But God has the virtue of a good life, and setting fire to the mountain is too damaging to Yangshou, so Zhuge Liang couldn't make up his mind before, so it dragged on until now.

But even so, although the vine armor soldiers of the mother protrusion bone were powerful, they could not break through Zhuge Liang's carefully arranged camp.

Even Sima Yi couldn't break it, let alone an illiterate barbarian like Meng Huomu. So no one on either side can help anyone now.

At three o'clock in the morning, the barbarians stuffed some dry food in their mouths indiscriminately, and then under the leadership of the mother protrusion bone and Meng Shu, they ran out in a hurry, all over the mountains and fields, and scurried around without any formation.

Meng Shu provoked and fought outside the camp, and he thought that Zhuge Liang was planning to use tricks again, deliberately closing the door and waiting for them to relax before coming out.

So Meng Huo made up his mind. First, if Zhuge Liang continues to do this, he will tell the mother protrusion bone to be careful and not to relax.

The second is that even if Zhuge Liang defeats him like this, he will never accept it. The third and most important point is that he is not afraid of Zhuge Liang using tricks again.

The last time he lost was because Long You's soldiers were not strong in combat, and now the vine armor soldiers are invulnerable, are you afraid of what he will do?

Therefore, Meng Shu was not afraid and came to provoke. It's just that to his surprise, this time Zhuge Liang didn't do it anymore, but opened the camp gate, and the Han army slowly left the camp, lined up in formation, and confronted them.

Meng was overjoyed to see this, and said to the mother protrusion: "The Han army is seeking its own death, and we will definitely win a big victory this time." As long as the Han army is defeated, we will be the king of Nanzhong, the king of Jumachi, and we will rule Nanzhong together. ”

"Okay." The female protrusion bone was painted with a round cake, and an order was immediately given: "Sons, kill!" ”

"It's all it, it's all it."

"Woooooooo

"Kill!" With the sound of sharp bone whistles and melodious bone flutes, the vine armor soldiers all over the mountains received the order, roared angrily, and slaughtered towards the Han army.

The Han army was unmoved and waited solemnly. Soon the two sides quickly met, and this time Zhuge Liang put some soldiers wearing full-body armor and holding steel shields at the front.

The two sides rushed together like a flood, and although the wisteria armor soldiers had good defense, they were too light. The moment it collided, it couldn't shake the heavy formation of the Han army at all, and many people were simply knocked over on their backs, and then trampled to death in the chaos.

The spearmen in the rear of the Han army kept stabbing forward, invulnerable, the problem was that they did not have a neck and face armor to protect their necks and faces like the Han army, so that many people were still stabbed through the face door and died.

The first wave of encounters was clearly a big loss. However, their advantage was that they were light and had a high defense, and they could not be broken by a frontal attack, so the female protrusion gave the order to attack from the flank.

At that moment, the vine armor soldiers began to scatter and assault the two wings in a chaotic manner. At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was watching the battle on the high turret of the camp in the distance, said softly: "The cavalry attack!" ”

"Cavalry attack!" The herald waved his flag, and on a hillside not far away, a melodious horn sounded.

"Woooooooooooo The sound of this horn is very different from the horn of the barbarians in the south. With a desolate momentum, it is like the vast prairie of Liangzhou, and the galloping of thousands of horses has caused the earth to tremble.

"Boom!" It was at this time that the earth really began to tremble. On the hilly slopes to the north, among the blue grass, I don't know when countless figures appeared.

They slowly came to the top of the hillside, and as the leader roared, thousands of heavily armored cavalry, bursting out with terrifying killing intent, swooped down from the slope, and rushed towards the flank of the vine armor soldiers.

Meng Shu and the female protrusion looked at them and wanted to retreat, but it was obviously too late, and the cavalry was like lightning, and with the momentum of diving, they crashed headlong into their formation.

"Bang bang bang"! I heard countless loud collisions. After all, the seemingly hard rattan armor was only rattan armor, not steel, and when encountering this armored cavalry, if they were hit hard, the rattan armor was broken, and many people vomited blood and flew out.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the widespread use of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry led to the rapid development of blunt weapons.

Such as hammers, bones, maces, whips, maces, and so on. It is because a sharp weapon cannot cut the armor, but a blunt weapon can not break the armor, although it still cannot break the armor, but the force will pass through the armor stomach and directly shatter the person's internal organs or head.

The defensive power of the rattan armor can resist sharp weapons, which does not mean that the rattan armor really has the hardness and toughness of steel, not only people are hit hard, but even the rattan armor is broken.

The heavy cavalry was like a bamboo, like a chisel to chisel through the formation of the rattan armor soldiers, and the weapons in their hands were not ring head knives, but replaced with small gourd hammers, the hammer head was the size of a fist, but between swings, a hammer was a rattan armor soldier.

On the contrary, the cast iron and wrought iron blades of the rattan armor soldiers could not break their defenses at all, and even the horses were armored, and no matter whether they cut people or horses, they could only hear the crisp sound of clanging.

Ma Dai was wearing a armor stomach, waving a small hammer from side to side, and there was a rattan armor soldier next to him who wanted to cut off the horse's leg, and was crouching down and poking the horse's leg.

Ma Dai hit the rattan armor soldier's head with a righteous hammer, and the rattan armor cap on his head immediately sunken, and the head was about to shatter into eight petals, and the blood plasma mixed with the brain pulp splattered.

"Meaning." Plasma and brains splattered on Ma Dai's body, staining his armor red and white, much to his disgust.

Li Yue, the cavalry general next to him, shouted: "General Ma, it's a little disgusting." "He's white, white, red, and red.

Ma Dai rolled his eyes and said: "That can't be helped, the knife can't cut in, the Metropolitan Governor said let's bring a hammer just in case, isn't the hammer like this?" ”

"Forget it, keep hammering." Li Yue was like knocking a gopher, constantly twisting his body left and right, and when he found the enemy's target, he used it as a hammer, and soon they were lying on the ground.

And not only them, but all the heavy cavalry. They chiseled through the formation of the vine armor soldiers all the way, and then they slaughtered indiscriminately in the formation like chopping melons and vegetables.

The vine armor soldiers met the heavy armored cavalry, which was equivalent to Li Ghost meeting Li Kui, and the real invulnerability was very different from the false invulnerability.

Soon the vine armor soldiers were killed and defeated, and Ma Dai shouted and chose to pursue, with corpses along the way, killing and wounding countless people and horses.

In the midst of the chaos, Meng Shu fled in panic, but Zhuge Liang had already arranged an ambush on his way to escape, and he and his mother were once again caught by Wang Ping.

"Get in!" Wang Ping tied him up with all kinds of flowers, pushed him with all his strength, and his attitude became worse and worse every time.

Meng was pushed to his knees. Zhuge Liang didn't look at him, but looked at the mother protrusion bone first, and said, "King Jumachi, are you willing to surrender?" The mother thought of the inhumane scene of her soldiers' brains bursting, and said angrily: "You are so vicious, I swear to die and do not want to surrender!" ”

"Say we're vicious?" Ma Liang pointed at him and said angrily: "I tell you, this is a dignified defeat of you on the battlefield. If it weren't for the Prime Minister who felt that killing you all would be a loss of peace, he would have burned you all in a fire, don't think that the rattan armor is invincible, and you should know better than us about the problem of flammability in case of fire! ”

"What?" The female protrusion bone was shocked: "How do you know the weakness of the vine armor. Ma Liang shouted: "The fish paste and grease in the army have been prepared, as long as you dare to come, you will definitely be lit with a fire." The prime minister is kind-hearted and unwilling to let you exterminate the clan, do you still want to continue to resist stubbornly? The female protrusion bone was depressed for a while, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Prime Minister Tian's grace, the female protrusion bone will never forget, I am willing to surrender, Yongxing Nanren, never rebel again." ”

"So, make a covenant." Zhuge Liang nodded slightly. Although the consequences of the heavy cavalry rushing into the vine armor army were also cruel.

But this is a victory achieved by a frontal attack on the battlefield, at least it is not too disgraceful like a fire to the enemy, and it is always a victory.

The mother was subdued and made a covenant never to rebel again. Moreover, Zhuge Liang also officially named the mother and bone as the king of Ju Town in the name of the imperial court, commanding all the Yiren tribes in Xinggu County, and did not need to pay grain taxes every year, but they had to dig ore in Xinggu County and pay tribute to the imperial court such as gold and silver, spices, and wood.

Because he was not the king of the Han Dynasty, but the nominal king of the tribe, Zhuge Liang was not overstepping. Even more than the mother protruding bones, Zhuge Liang had already officially rewarded Ana, Jihuo, Long Youna, Duosi and others as local kings in the name of the imperial court.

In particular, Jihuo was also given the title of general, which was included in the general system of the Han Dynasty, and he could co-govern Qike with the local Han officials in Qike County, which was to show his noble status obtained by taking the initiative to submit to him.

Although they are only the leaders of the largest Yiren tribe in each county, they cannot represent all the Yiren in the seven counties of Nanzhong.

But they are powerful, and it is enough. Zhuge Liang signed an alliance with them, rewarding them as local Yi kings, and after letting them serve the Han court, they became vassals of the court.

In this way, they will obey the orders of the imperial court and command the other Yiren tribes in each county in the name of the Han Dynasty.

If the Yi people are unwilling to submit, then they will fight against the local Yi king, so the rebellion will naturally become an internal contradiction among the Yi people.

The imperial court united them to unite the external contradictions into internal contradictions, and from then on there was no need to worry about the rebellion of the Yiren.

This is the mystery summed up by Zhuge Liang's study of Shen Chen's scriptures for so many years. After signing the alliance with the mother protrusion, Zhuge Liang looked at Meng Shu and said in a deep voice: "Meng Shu, this is the seventh time to capture you, and it is to defeat you on the battlefield, are you convinced?" Meng Shu's lips squirmed, but he didn't speak.

Wang Ping scolded: "Meng Shu, you said that you used tricks to take you before, and you also said that the prime minister did not defeat you in a dignified manner. But this time the prime minister not only defeated you on the battlefield, but also captured you alive again, what else do you have to say? Ma Liang was not so upright, but said with a smile: "General Wang, don't say that." I believe that since Meng Huo is the leader of the Jianning Yi people, and has such great prestige in the Nanzhong Yi tribe, he must not be a person without faith, Chief Meng, don't forget your oath. ”

"Prime Minister, I think this Meng is a man who breaks his word and gets fat, so disloyal, unrighteous and untrustworthy, what's the use of keeping it? Why don't you capture him seven times, but repeatedly disregard the news of faith and righteousness spread all over Nanzhong, so that the people of Nanzhong Yi know that he is a person without faith and righteousness! Zhang Wei shouted.

He said that Meng Shu was not in a hurry, Meng Wei was in a hurry, and shouted: "Who in Nanzhong does not know that my brother is known for his faithfulness, how can you slander him?" ”

"Slander?" Wang Ping sneered: "Then let me ask you, it is reasonable for him to make excuses many times before, did he defeat you this time?" Meng You was speechless, so he had to lower his head and say, "Yes." ”

"In that case, why not descend?"

"I ..... Brother....." Meng You looked at Meng Yu and said in a lamented voice: "People can't be untrustworthy, come down." "Meng Huo has many friends and a wide range of friends in Nanzhong, because he is anxious for justice and righteousness, and his faith and righteousness are praised among the Yi tribes in Nanzhong.

In the famous "Water Margin" in later generations, Song Jiang was known as Xiao Meng. If Meng Huo didn't surrender this time, not only would he lose popularity, but he would also be ruined.

Therefore, Meng Huo's situation is already extremely worrying.

"Prime Minister!" Meng Shu sighed, slowly knelt down to Zhuge Liang and said: "Meng Shu didn't know Prime Minister Tian'en a few times before, and thought that he could defeat the Han army. The prime minister can not burn the rattan armor soldiers, which is the greatest kindness to the people of Nanzhongyi, if Meng is not obedient again, what face will he have? ”

"Are you willing to submit?" Zhuge Liang asked. Meng Shu said in a deep voice: "Nanren, never rebel again!" ”

"Okay." Zhuge Liang nodded his chin slightly, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said softly: "Since this is the case, Meng Shu will go back to Jingzhou with me." Your tribe will be handed over to Meng You, what do you think? ”

"Obey the Prime Minister's orders!" Meng Shu was much more honest this time. His submission also immediately relieved all Zhuge Liang's generals.

Now almost all of the seven counties in Nanzhong have been pacified, and many Yiwang tribes have also submitted to the imperial court. Since then, the entire Ningzhou has been included in the Han Dynasty.

Due to the high water depth and miasma in Nanzhongshan, it is not very suitable for habitation, so Zhuge Liang positioned this place as a source of minerals, spices, wood and other materials.

In terms of governance, the officials of the Han Dynasty only governed the county seat and its surroundings, and the tribes in the mountains were governed by the Yi people. The land is rich in products and rich land, and it is reclaimed by the local Yi people and sent to the counties, part of which is regarded as a tax, and if the part of the tax is exceeded, the court will also exchange it with Shu brocade and grain, so as to show the fairness of the court, rather than exploiting the local natives.

In addition, it can also benefit the prosperity of the ancient tea horse road trade in Yongchang County, so that the Han people in Ningzhou will gradually increase, so that this place can always belong to the Han soil!