Chapter 106 Southern Barbarians
Three days after Guan Yu defeated Yongzheng, Ye Zhao's main army joined Zhou Cang, but Guan Yu had already led his troops to Jianning.
"Lord, although Yong Jie is dead now, Jianning still has the control of the three tribes of Yong, Gao and Zhu. Although Yong Jie's death will shake the Jianning army, it will not cause chaos. The last thing is that we should send troops to Jianning quickly to echo General Guan!" Huang Quan clasped his fists at Ye Zhao and said.
"I also have this intention!" Ye Zhao nodded. Yong Jie was killed by Guan Yu's formation. Meng Huo fled and captured 8,000 prisoners. His own losses were minimal. It can be said that he had a great victory. Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to attack Jianning. However, this Southern Barbarian Rebellion was originally a collusion between the Southern Barbarians and the Southern Barbarians to raise an army. Yong Jie was just the leader who was pushed out. Although his death would have a certain impact, it would never completely lose his resistance. It would be that Guan Yu went too far with the army. He must catch up as soon as possible and remain alone while Guan Yu was alone.
"Ganning!" Ye Zhao looked at Ganning and said.
"The last one is here!" Gan Ning took a step forward and bowed.
"The academy should have taught how to sort out surrendered soldiers." Ye Zhao looked at Gan Ning and said.
"Of course, if you re-select the squad leader from the surrendered soldiers, and disrupt the reorganization, you can turn the surrendered army into our army in a short time. If you can go to Jianning in this battle, it would be better." Gan Ning said with his fist.
Most of these surrendered troops were from Jianning County. If Jianning could be captured in this battle, they could quickly gather the morale of the army. Although they could not be compared with the Shu army, they could also become a useful force.
"You will stay with Zhou Cang to conquer the surrendered army and be responsible for escorting food and grass. I will personally lead the main force to support General Guan, so there must be no mistakes!" Ye Zhao nodded with satisfaction. The students from the academy were basically impeccable in theory.
"Here!" Gan Ning bowed to accept the order. Although he was a little unwilling and hoped to join the army to kill the enemy, the people who went to the battle this time were all veterans around Ye Zhao, and they couldn't make much money. It would be better to stay and rectify the surrendered army. Perhaps if the enemy robbed food, they could still make a fortune.
After a short rest, Ye Zhao led the army to the road again, and this time he handed over the food and grass to Gan Ning for escort. With the marks left by Guan Yu before, the army marched much faster.
Guan Yu was indeed in trouble.
After Meng Huo fled back to Jianning, he immediately contacted the three major families of Jianning. At the same time, the Lord of Bana Cave and the Lord of Yinye Cave also led his army to come. The two cave soldiers and the soldiers who fled gathered together. Nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Tanlushan and Wei County, and the troops increased instead of decreasing. When Guan Yu led 4,000 soldiers and horses to fight, he encountered Meng Huo's ambush, which damaged many people. Seeing that the thief was in great power, Guan Yu had to retreat and build a camp. The soldiers sent people to inform Ye Zhao and asked Ye Zhao to arrive as soon as possible.
Ye Zhao marched all the way and met with Guan Yu two days later.
In Wei County, the Nanzhong Allied Forces Camp, Meng Huo was discussing affairs with the new Jianning prefect Gao Chang, Bana Cave Lord Duo Silai and Yinye Cave Lord. When Ye Zhao's army arrived, Meng Huo smiled at the three of them: "As far as I know, the Sichuan lord Ye Zhao actually led only 20,000 troops this time. Now our army has 40,000. It is time to take the initiative to attack and defeat them, and then he can directly attack Chengdu!"
Gao Chang frowned and said, "Meng Huo, you have been in this southern border for a long time. I don't know that Ye Zhao is powerful. He is not just the lord of Shu. He was an official in the court in his early years. He has a great reputation in the Central Plains. He is a famous general of the Han Dynasty. He has won many defeats with few people. The Hu people in the north, the Yellow Turbans in the Central Plains and the Xiliang soldiers have all suffered defeats in his hands. Although we have many troops, we should not take it lightly."
"That was in the Central Plains, the southern border, with a complex terrain. Ye Zhao first arrived. In terms of the military tactics of the Han people, the advantage of the place and harmony of the people all depend on us. Why do you fear it? Is there any troops under his tent who are good at fighting in the mountains and forests?" Meng Huo said disdainfully.
"I haven't heard of this." Gao Chang shook his head and said, "But there are many powerful generals under his command, and Guan Yu is just one of them. In addition, there are many powerful generals, whose reputation is not inferior to Guan Yu."
"Well, Guan Yu is really as powerful as you said?" Duo Silai frowned and looked at Meng Huo.
Meng Huo smiled bitterly and said, "If I hadn't been lucky enough to escape this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see you again."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but remain silent. The Master of Yinye Cave Frowns and said, "There is a warrior under my command called Blizzard. He can give birth to a tiger and leopard. He has great strength and superb martial arts. He may not be able to compete with him!"
Meng Huo thought about it and he had seen Yueji. He was nearly a foot tall, Kong Wu was powerful, his voice was like thunder, and his arms were also powerful, but he always felt that it seemed to be a little worse than Guan Yu.
Duo Silai, who was standing beside him, also said, "I am the number one Warrior Kan in Bana Cave. Although it is not as brave as the yuji, it is not much different. When he joins hands, even if Guan Yu is powerful, he may not be able to beat him. It is better for me to challenge together tomorrow. If he can kill Guan Yu, he can also dampen the spirit of the Shu army!"
"Good!" Meng Huo nodded and turned his head to look at Gao Chang.
"Let's go with all the generals." Gao Chang nodded. Now that 40,000 troops are gathered here, the food and grass consumption is not low. Jianning is not as rich as Shu. The sooner this battle is finished, the better it will be for them.
Everyone had decided to go back to the camp to repair it. The next morning, Duosilai and Yinye Cave Masters, Yueji and Kannao, came to join Meng Huo, left 10,000 troops to guard the camp, and each led 30,000 troops to fight in front of Ye Zhao's army.
Ye Zhao also received news and quickly rectified the troops and horses from the camp. Ten thousand troops gathered outside the camp to confront the Southern Central Alliance.
"Lord, the bandit army is not weak this time, with 30,000!" Huang Quan and Ye Zhao stood on the observation deck and watched the enemy formation from afar, and said with a smile to Ye Zhao.
"The 30,000 army is as much as twice our army. Why is Gong Heng not worried at all?" Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Huang Quan and asked with a smile.
"Although there are many thieves, the lord, let's look at the three groups of people. Once the war starts, if there is a slight disadvantage, they will be disorganized and trampled on each other. However, a mob, although our army has few troops, they are all elite. They are unified and prohibited. The lord is also a famous general of the world. If such mobs resist the city and guard it, they can still fight and go out to fight, but they will seek death!" Huang Quan smiled at Ye Zhao.
"Gongheng has also learned so smoothly." Ye Zhao and Huang Quan came down from the watchtower, gathered all the generals, and joked to Huang Quan: "But even so, once the war begins, there will be losses. Our army will only have 20,000 troops and horses to defend Zhuti. Yun Chang was buried a few days ago, and there are still soldiers and horses left to see the prisoners. Now there are only 15,000 troops left. After this battle, there are still enemies of Yueli, Jingzhan, Yongchang and the Southern Barbarians. This battle should be minimized!"
"What the lord said is very good. Unfortunately, the bandits were intimidated by General Yun and did not dare to fight with our army. Otherwise, with the courage of the generals, they would be able to defeat the enemy's spirit. In addition, Jianning's troops had been defeated by General Yun before, and when they fight again, they would be able to defeat the bandits in one go!" Huang Quan said regretfully.
Ye Zhao has many powerful generals under his command. There is no need to say much about Guan Yu, Dian Wei, and Zhao Yun. Zhang Liao, Hua Xiong, Guan Hai, and Ji Ling are also few enemies. Among the younger generation, Zhang Ren, Guan Ping, and Gan Ning are not strong enough. So many powerful generals, but because the enemy was scared out of their courage...
"Listen to the Han people on the opposite side, I am the number one warrior kan in Bana Cave. I am here to take Guan Yu's head at the order of my cave owner. Which one is Guan Yu, and I won't come out to die!" The two of them were talking, but they heard a roar in front of the formation.
Ye Zhao: “…”
Huang Quan: “…”
"What did Gongheng just said?" Ye Zhao turned around and looked at Huang Quan.
Huang Quan was speechless. This slap came too quickly in the face.
"Go and see!" Ye Zhao brought Huang Quan to the front of the formation, but saw an eight-foot-tall man with wide arms and round waist riding a strange beast, holding a big knife in his hand to show off his power in front of the two armies, with a very arrogant attitude.
"This strange beast..." Huang Quan looked at the man sitting down with a strange beast, frowned slightly, as if he had seen it in the academy's painting.
"Danxi!" Ye Zhao looked at Dian Wei helplessly and said, "When this marquis entered Shu, Qingqiang leader A Qinggu led Qingqiang soldiers to Luo County to assist in the battle. The Qingqiang leader's mount was this beast. A Qinggu was killed by Dian Wei, and his mount was also slaughtered by Dian Wei and shared it with the soldiers of the three armies. The leather armor on Dian Wei was made of Danxi leather. It was extremely tough and did not under iron armor!"
When talking about this, Ye Zhao complained about Dian Wei. What a good mount, even if he could not be equipped in batches, a fierce general like Dian Wei was put on heavy armor on the battlefield, which was a human-shaped tank, but Dian Wei was eaten by him.
Dian Wei was quite uncomfortable when Ye Zhao saw that the kan was so radiant that his power was strong. Guan Yu was ready to go to the battle, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Guan Yu and said, "Yun Chang Shaoxiao, the throne's mount lord wants, I'll take him here!"
After saying that, without waiting for Guan Yu to react, he carried a pair of iron halberds and stepped on the stirrups and ran towards the niche.
"Are you Guan Yu?" Kan Yu didn't recognize Guan Yu. Seeing that Dian Wei was strong and murderous, he pointed the big knife in his hand at Dian Wei.
Dian Wei didn't look at the Kan. He stared at the Kan with his copper bell-like eyes and sat down at the Dan rhinoceros, licked his lips and scolded: "What a beast, you are the ones who have caused me to be blamed by the lord. I won't go back with me today!"
As he said that, he rode his horse up.
Seeing that Dian Wei ignored him, Kan Ye couldn't help but talk to a beast, he was furious and slapped Dan Rhino's head, urged Dan Rhino, and slashed Dan Rhino with a knife at Dian Wei.
"Get out!" Dian Wei had a one-handed halberd, and he was pushed back. His arm was a little numb, but he saw that Kian Wu also looked at Dian Wei with shock. He exerted both hands, but he was just as powerful as Dian Wei's one-arm. He didn't dare to underestimate him, so he activated his mount to move forward again.
Chapter completed!