An urgent report was suddenly sent to Chengdu from the south, and the startled Liu Chan urgently convened a court meeting to discuss the matter.

There is no other reason, the barbarians in Nanzhong, who have always been unconvinced by Shu Han, rebelled again.

Nanzhong was the rear of the Shu Han regime and was the collective name of the southernmost counties of Yizhou. Because the number of Han people there is not dominant, and most places are mostly barbarians, so it is very easy to make trouble.

However, normally speaking, the rebellion in Nanzhong could not make waves, because although there are not many local Han people, they are not vegetarians. Especially after Zhuge Liang crossed Lu in May ten years ago, conquered the barbarians in the south, and greatly wooed the wealthy families in Nanzhong, the rebellion in Nanzhong has not been able to make waves.

Although since Zhuge Liang left, Nanzhong has continued to rebel. However, these rebellions were quickly suppressed by local officials Li Hui, Lu Kai, Hu Du and others, and they were not even qualified to be sent to Chengdu.

However, this time it was obvious that something went wrong, or that there was a big accident in Nanzhong.

This time, the rebel barbarians not only defeated the Han army in Nanzhong, but also killed Li Hui's son Li Yi, and Nanzhong was shaken. In this case, Nanzhong had to send people to Chengdu for help and ask for support from the imperial court.

convened a court meeting, and in the face of the turmoil in Nanzhong, which suddenly came to light after ten years, the ministers of the entire court had different expressions. Among them, Jiang Wan and Fei Yi had gloomy faces, obviously the situation was a little embarrassing.

Now Shu Han is fully preparing to gamble with Cao Weihao in Guanzhong, and basically all the resources are invested in the northern front. Nanzhong suddenly became chaotic at this juncture, which obviously had a great impact on the current situation.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhuge Liang had already returned to Nanzheng after the year to personally supervise the affairs of the Northern Expedition, and Liu Chan could only stand up by himself. After he carefully read the battle report, his face became a little more puzzled.

"What's going on? Isn't Nanzhong run by a few important ministers? How could it be unbearable? ”

"What about Lu Kai? Why not ......"

"The minister is here!"

Before Liu Chan finished speaking, an old minister stood up and said in response.

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment, and when he fixed his eyes, it was Lu Kai he just said.

"Your Majesty! Ji Ping had been transferred to Chengdu half a year ago and was in charge of the preparation of grain and straw for the Northern Expedition. The corners of Fei Yi's eyes twitched slightly, and he cautiously stepped forward to report.

"At that time, the order was also sent to the palace, Your Majesty, you stamped it."

"I see, I remember." Liu Chan suddenly groaned, and then asked.

"That'...... What about that famous general, I heard that he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in Nanzhong......"

"Two months ago, I was transferred to Nanzheng by the prime minister, and I am ready to go on a northern expedition with the army." Fei Yi's smooth report.

"Then Li Hui ......"

"De'ang has been ordered to go to Nanyang half a month ago to pacify the surrendered soldiers, and defend Nanyang with the hussar general......"

After Fei Yi finished speaking, everyone present, including Ma Yan, understood why Nanzhong was making trouble again.

Historically, Shu Han has never made trouble since Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, because a large number of talents sit in Nanzhong all year round. For example, Xiang Pet, Li Hui, Lu Kai and others have been stationed in Nanzhong, and those barbarians can't make trouble at all.

However, in recent years, because Shu Han has expanded too quickly, a large number of localities need talent officials. However, Shu Han was already short of talents, and a large number of talents were given priority to the army, especially the Ma Jian Department, which led to the increasing lack of officials in Shu Han.

So in order to consolidate the territory, one by one the bigwigs in Nanzhong were transferred out of Nanzhong.

With Li Hui being transferred to Nanyang and taking away some of the private soldiers of the Li family in Jianning, the Nanzhong garrison entered the emptiest moment. So such a rebellion, which could have been easily suppressed, finally reached the point of being presented to Liu Chan.

For a moment, the situation silenced everyone. Obviously, the expansion has been so rapid in the past few years that they have forgotten that Nanzhong has only been quelling the rebellion for ten years.

"So, what's next?" Liu Chan obviously understood, and took the lead in breaking the silence in the silence.

"Now a large number of barbarians in Nanzhong have begun to make trouble, and many Nanzhong officials do not even dare to take office. I need to know, how to put down the rebellion in Nanzhong next? ”

"Your Majesty, the situation in Nanzhong is beginning to deteriorate at this moment, and if it is not suppressed, I am afraid that it will threaten the stability of Shudi. But if too much force is withdrawn, I am afraid that it will affect the next Northern Expedition......" Jiang Wan looked embarrassed, and he felt a little tricky about this matter for a while.

The turmoil in Nanzhong has reached this point, Li Hui's sons have all died in battle, and it is obvious that the local people in Nanzhong can no longer digest this chaos. But at this moment, it was the entire Shu Han that was fully preparing for the Northern Expedition, and it was not suitable to allocate forces at this time.

It's a dilemma.

But before Liu Chan could speak, Ma Jian had already stood up from the team and said proudly.

"It's just a bunch of Nanban, but it's actually just Erer. It doesn't need too many troops, a certain only needs to bring a thousand foot soldiers to go, and it will definitely be pacified in Nanzhong within three months! ”

Ma Tan had been listening to it for a long time, and when he heard that there was a fight, he immediately became excited. During this time, the regular script had been basically reproduced by Ma Tan, and printing technology had also been put on the agenda. The matter is basically done, Ma Jian is also going to be idle again, and there is turmoil in Nanzhong, and someone will come to send pillows if he really wants to sleep.

So without waiting for Liu Chan to ask, Ma Jian himself stood up and asked for his life.

"Young Chang, there are already tens of thousands of people involved in the turmoil in Nanban, I'm afraid it's ......" Fei Yi couldn't help frowning when he saw Ma Jian asking for his life, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ma Tan,

"How is this brute compared to the soldiers of the puppet Wei Guandong?"

"In Nanyang, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Wei army are like mustard, what are the barbarian soldiers?"

"Only 1,000 people are needed, and in three months, they will definitely put down the rebellion in Nanzhong and come back to restore their lives!"

Ma Yan's statement quickly aroused heated discussions, and the civil ministers and military generals all had their own opinions. But in the end, it was Liu Chan who made the final decision and said extremely firmly,

"The talent of the prince and the princess, I have long known it, and this time I will definitely be able to calm down the rebellion in Nanzhong!"

"I believe in the talent of the crown prince!"

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After Ma Tan's opening to ask for his life, Liu Chan quickly overrode the public opinion and appointed Ma Tan to be responsible for leading the 2,000 troops to the south and quickly quelling the rebellion in Nanzhong.

However, before Ma Jian went south, Jiang Wan came to tell Ma Yandao.

"Young Chang, this time I went south to quell the rebellion, and everything was based on safety. Even if you can't settle Nanban in three months, you have to go back to Chengdu. ”

"The Northern Expedition can't live without you!"

"Don't worry, Gongyan, my horse's head, the barbarians can't take it away." Ma Tan replied with a smile.

Subsequently, under Jiang Wan's farewell, Ma Tan led two thousand Han troops to quickly go south.

By the way, the two thousand Han troops are not other troops, they are the two thousand Wudang Fei troops under the command of Meng Guo, who had a relationship with Ma Tan in Longxi County!

Since then, ten years after Zhuge Liang's southern expedition to the Southern Barbarians, Ma Jian once again conquered Nanzhong

(End of chapter)