Chapter 564 The Battle of Yizhou County Comes to an End
With Gan Ning escorting Meng Huo back to Dian Lake, the entire Nanzhong War could be declared a complete victory.
Yong Jie was captured, and no one in the Yong family was spared. They were all captured by Li Hui before Liu Zhang entered the city.
Zhuqiao surrendered again, and this time he surrendered unconditionally. He led the entire tribe to submit to Liu Zhang and promised to help Liu Zhang unconditionally conquer the barbarians.
The barbarians in Yizhou County suffered heavy casualties. All the tribal chiefs were killed in the chaos, and more than 10,000 of the 50,000 elite soldiers were killed or injured. The rest, under Zhu Qiao's persuasion, voluntarily laid down their weapons and surrendered.
Meng Kun, the leader of the barbarians in Yongchang County, died, Meng Huo was captured, only a few of the more than 20 clan leaders remained, most of the 50,000 barbarian elites were killed or injured, and the rest were all arrested.
On the other hand, the 60,000 troops under Liu Zhang who directly participated in the battle only suffered less than 5,000 casualties!
At the cost of 5,000 men, nearly 40,000 barbarians were annihilated and more than 50,000 were captured. This was definitely a great victory that could go down in history, and it was also the most meaningful battle to completely surrender the barbarians!
The one who made the greatest contribution was Liu Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Liu Ye, who planned this series of strategies, also made outstanding achievements. All the commanders and soldiers of each battalion were commended by Liu Zhang.
However, Li Peng's surrender was purely an accident. Liu Zhang did not expect that Li Hui's family was in Dianchi Lake, nor did he expect that Li Hui, who was only 18 years old, could incite Li Peng to surrender!
Liu Ye ordered Gan Ning to raid Meng Kun's grain road. His purpose was not to starve Meng Kun to death, but simply to force Meng Kun to fight Liu Zhang's army.
Zhang Ren and his troops had already laid an ambush, and spies were always watching the movements of Jianling City.
Meng Kun's move of sending a messenger was really bad. As soon as he left the city, Zhang Ren caught one and was immediately sent to Liu Zhang's camp.
If he was fighting against Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others, Liu Zhang might wonder if this was the enemy's strategy.
But facing these barbarians, even if Liu Zhang was beaten to death, he would not believe that they would have such a profound strategy!
However, some hiccups did occur in the middle. Li Peng suddenly sent an envoy to ask his entire family to defect to Liu Zhang, and also sent news that Meng Kun was preparing to attack the camp.
When even Liu Ye began to wonder if it was a series of plots by the enemy, Liu Zhang made a decisive decision and confirmed that Li Peng was sincere in surrendering.
The reason is also very simple. Li Peng’s son is Li Hui!
Liu Zhang was not very angry at this person who betrayed him in history. On the contrary, he thought Li Hui was an extremely wise man.
If the monarch is incompetent, I will not serve you. On the contrary, if you are capable, I will serve you with all my heart.
Zhuge Liang was able to pacify Nanzhong, and Li Hui really contributed a lot!
So from the moment Meng Kun left the city, his every move was under Liu Zhang's surveillance, and every step he took was drawn by Liu Zhang for him!
Yongjie, Zhuqiao is even more beautiful here. As soon as they left the city, Li Peng immediately opened the city gate and welcomed Dian Wei in.
In order to show his sincerity, Li Peng gathered all the soldiers together and ordered them all to lay down their weapons and surrender. Dian Wei also successfully took over the city.
When Dian Wei led his army to capture the Yong clan, Li Hui took the lead and captured all the Yong clan with his private soldiers.
The purpose of everything after that was to lure you into the urn and lure Yong Jie, Meng Kun, Zhu Qiao and others, as well as an army of 100,000, into the camp prepared by Liu Zhang.
From inside the camp to outside the camp, Liu Zhang arranged an ambush. As soon as the drums and trumpets sounded, all armies appeared at the same time. They launched an attack from inside to outside, which immediately frightened the barbarians.
Meng Kun's death in battle and Yong Jie's escape became the last straw for the barbarians.
In the end, he responded by saying, "Advancing in advantage of victory does not require a small number of troops, nor does a fleeing army have to be afraid of a large number of troops."
After the barbarian army was in chaos, their advantage in troop sources turned out to be their biggest disadvantage!
When every barbarian wants to escape for his life, the one who stops them is no longer his companions, but the God of Death!
Especially for these coalition forces composed of various tribes, when it comes to a real crisis, the barbarians will never take their feelings into account, and the sword in their hands will also not be merciful just because the people blocking the front are friendly forces.
Rather than saying that Liu Zhang led his army to defeat 100,000 barbarians, it is better to say that Liu Zhang created an atmosphere for the barbarians, prompting them to defeat themselves.
Looking at Meng Huo kneeling in front of him, Liu Zhang felt extremely emotional and couldn't help but think of the child who was once in his arms.
Kong Ming, more than ten years have passed. I wonder how you are doing in Jingzhou?
I have already captured your future enemy, and I am not prepared to spare his life.
I'm afraid it's difficult to perform Seven Captures and Seven Columns, but it also solves a trouble for you!
After sighing in his heart, Liu Zhang looked at this 'cancer' in Nanzhong again!
Liu Zhang firmly believed that as long as he did not die, he would continue to rebel.
"Meng Huo, your father died in front of you, and your people also died in front of you. How do you feel?"
"Pooh!"
Meng Huo's eyes turned red, he spat at Liu Zhang, and then began to struggle desperately.
"Liu Zhang, traitor! You and I are at odds with each other!"
Liu Zhang was not angry at all. On the contrary, Dian Wei who was standing beside him was irritated by Meng Huo and stepped forward directly.
"You're the only one who keeps making trouble, right? Okay! Grandpa Dian will teach you a lesson today!"
Meng Huo looked at Dian Wei, who was nine feet tall, and his heart kept trembling, but the barbarian's final dignity did not allow him to surrender.
"Okay! Come on! See what you can do with me..."
Snapped!
Bang bang bang bang!
Dian Wei first rounded his mouth and drew it, then he greeted Meng Huo with both hands at the same time, constantly looking at Meng Huo's cheek.
After the beating, Meng Huo was beaten to a bloody pulp, and his entire face was swollen.
But Dian Wei still didn't vent his anger, so he lifted Meng Huo up again and threw him hard, and he was thrown far away!
"When evil comes, why did you throw him out?"
Liu Zhang glanced at Dian Wei lightly and gave him a wink. The latter immediately understood and ran out.
Dian Wei once again lifted Meng Huo up high, and then threw him violently, causing Meng Huo to fall directly at Liu Zhang's feet.
Being tortured like this by Dian Wei, Meng Huo's screams became extremely weak. If he hadn't examined carefully, he would have mistakenly thought that Meng Huo had been beaten to death!
Dian Wei's intimidation was so violent that his power of deterrence was immediately full!
No matter how you say it, Meng Huo is the leader of the Meng clan, the top barbarian clan in Yongchang County, but he was treated so badly! This shows that Liu Zhang has no fear of any barbarians!
If the Meng clan is like this, what about other weak barbarians? Their status in Liu Zhang's heart can naturally be imagined.
All the captured barbarian chiefs in the room were so frightened that their faces turned pale, their whole bodies were shaking visibly, and the more timid ones had already fallen to the ground.
Liu Zhang took a step forward, squatted down slightly, looked at the dying Meng Huo, and asked again.
"Meng Huo, you can't see that the Meng clan has been wiped out. I don't know if you have anything to say. I can bring it to you!"