Since this appointment had nothing to do with her, Zhu Rong didn't care much about it, and said coquettishly: "Huh, if you don't tell me, I won't care to hear it."
Liu Xin laughed out loud, jumped up with Zhu Rong in his arms, landed lightly on the horse's back, and gave a light scolding sound of "drive", and the horse walked leisurely to the Han army camp. Huo'er was very understanding of human nature and did not need to be greeted by his master.
Then he ran obediently behind Liu Xin's horse.
In fact, the war here has basically ended, but Liu Xin attaches great importance to the five counties of Nanzhong, including Zangke.
Although it is sparsely populated, it is the rear area of the entire Yizhou. If Nanzhong is stabilized, it will naturally be of great benefit to the development of the entire Yizhou. And if the barbarian tribes can sincerely surrender, there will be almost no need to send troops to guard here. For Liu
The deployment of Xin's entire force is also very favorable. In addition, there is another important
The reason is that the Nanzhong area is rich in minerals. Since the barbarians did not master enough smelting technology, they could not make good use of it. In the future, these minerals can be transported to Jingnan to provide Liu Xin with a large amount of gold, silver, copper and iron. That's right.
Because of this, Liu Xin abandoned the northern battlefield and concentrated his efforts on solving the war here.
Historically, Zhuge Liang used the strategy of seven captures and seven verticals to finally put down the rebellion of the barbarians in Nanzhong. However, the current situation is different from that in history, and it would be unfeasible for Liu Xin to use this method again. First of all, Meng
At this time, they had not yet become the entire barbarian tribe.
leader, his prestige has not yet reached that high level, and it is impossible to conquer the entire barbarian tribe by conquering him alone. Furthermore, Liu Xin turned Zhu Rong into his woman. Even if Meng Huo now becomes the leader of the barbarian tribe, he will not be able to conquer the entire barbarian tribe.
It is impossible to be subdued by Liu Xin.
Therefore, in this case, Liu Xin could only adopt a combination of kindness and power towards the barbarian tribes.
The so-called "grace" does not mean that Liu Xin spared the barbarian soldiers from various tribes in front of him, but refers to the policies he implemented. Liu Xin believed that through the gradual implementation of these policies, the lives of the barbarian people could be improved, and the lives of the barbarian people could be improved.
The relationship between the Han and barbarian peoples, and through the spread of Han culture, will one day allow the barbarian people to identify themselves as members of the Han nation.
However, to achieve such an effect, it requires the joint efforts of at least several generations or even more than a dozen generations. At present, if we want to stabilize the four counties of Nanzhong as soon as possible, the fastest and most direct method is "wei", that is, Liu
Xin often said that killing monkeys will scare chickens. There are many "chickens" in the entire barbarian tribe, but there are only three "monkeys", that is, the three major families of Zhu, Meng, and Feng. Zhu
The Feng family and the Feng family are loyal to him, so of course they cannot kill him. Not only can they not be killed, but they must also be well cared for. In this case, the only targets for the operation are the Meng family. But if the Meng family is to be operated on, there must be someone
A better excuse will do, so Liu Xin has never used troops against the four counties of Nanzhong. But at this time, Meng Huo jumped out on his own initiative, so Liu Xin naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity.
Feng Lie is standing in the main village of the Meng family, unswervingly carrying out the "kill the monkey" order issued by Liu Xin. The entire Meng family is actually composed of nineteen tribes, large and small, and these tribes are scattered in different areas.
In the villages, they are not too far apart from each other. Each tribe has its own clan leader and leader, but most of the clan leaders and leaders have followed Meng Huo to the battlefield, and now they are all dead.
Feng Lie had visited these villages of the Meng family more than once as early as three years ago. This time he returned to his old place. Naturally, he was familiar with the roads. In addition, all the young and strong men of the Meng family had gone to the front line. Those who stayed in the village
They were just old, weak, women and children, so he broke through seven villages without any effort, until now he captured the main village of the Meng family.
In the past, there were conflicts between barbarian tribes from time to time, and the fate of the defeated party was very miserable. The reason why they are called barbarians is because they retain many barbaric customs, especially in the way they treat their enemies. Feng Lie
They are also barbarians, although they
He has received orthodox Sinology education for several years, but he still retains the wild nature of a barbarian in his bones. What's more, he was severely injured by Meng Huo today. His face was thickly wrapped in six or seven layers of white cloth. If those white cloths were untied, you can imagine what would happen.
What a ferocious face it looked like when it came out.
Nineteen villages of the Meng family were attacked one after another, and everyone who survived in the villages was taken to the main village, most of them women and children.
Looking at the old and weak women and children standing in the large open space in the middle of the main stronghold of the Meng family, Feng Lie became cruel and waved slightly to the soldiers behind him. He had already made up his mind, since he wanted to help Liu Xin take the blame.
, then you need to memorize it thoroughly. Feng Lie was just about to speak.
As he spoke, he touched the wound on his face and felt a sharp pain. He couldn't help but feel itchy at the root of his teeth. In vain, he helped the Meng family to plead for mercy in front of Liu Xin, but Meng Huo didn't care about the past at all.
Friendship, my appearance must have been ruined by him.
Feng Lie touched his cheek, which was still aching, and raised his hand in the air, giving an order. As he waved his hand down heavily, the heads of the Meng family and the family members of the leader were dragged to the
In the large open space in the middle, soldiers had already come to check the men and women. The men stood on the left and the women on the right.
The soldiers under Feng Lie included regular soldiers from the Barbarian Legion, as well as young men from the Jingnan Barbarians who were temporarily recruited. Those responsible for verifying the identity of these clan leaders and their family members were naturally regular soldiers from the Barbarian Legion. Although these soldiers were young and full of blood,
He was very angry, and due to strict military discipline, he did not dare to deliberately touch those women. However, in order to prevent men from getting into the crowd of women, it was inevitable to touch their private parts, which also made all the women.
His face turned red.
Then someone pushed a large cart. The men were escorted by the soldiers and walked past the cart. As long as they were slightly higher than the wheels, they would be dragged to the edge of the open space by the soldiers. There had been digging for a long time.
There was a big pit that was more than two people deep. The soldiers dragged these men here. Without saying a word, they pushed them to the ground and slashed them. Blood spurted out, and the heads rolled aside. The headless corpses were
He was thrown directly into the pit, and the scene was very bloody.
The Meng family has been able to develop so fast in recent years, and it has often annexed the surrounding small tribes. This situation has happened more than once in the past, but at that time, the ax was placed on other people's necks, and now it is their turn. Rao
It was because the barbarians were accustomed to cruelty that when they saw this scene in the south, many women and children were frightened to death, and their faces were pale, and they could not stop crying.
On the other side of the open space, the young barbarians recruited from Jingnan, Bajun, etc. were counting and assigning tens of thousands of ordinary people from the Meng family. They would all be sent to other tribes, with the women forced to marry and the men used as slaves.
Such things are also very common in the daily tribal conflicts of the barbarians, but today
It's just that the scale is larger. In fact, for most of the young women of the Meng family, this is not a bad thing, because their men have died on the battlefield, and now they have become veritable widows. Under natural conditions
In the harsh Nanzhong area, it is difficult for women to survive alone.
What is slightly different from the opposite side of the open space is that the screams of young women can be heard from time to time in the crowd here. Those young barbarians who were temporarily recruited from various places have not undergone any rigorous training and do not know what military discipline is.
When inspecting the older girl and the younger daughter-in-law, it was inevitable that some unclean movements would be made on the hands, pinching here, pinching there, and some even hugged the pretty girl and refused to let go. The scene was a bit chaotic for a while.
The screams reached Feng Lie's ears. He frowned slightly, but said nothing. This kind of thing was nothing in the eyes of the barbarians. His attention was still focused on the big pit. The big pit
There was already a river of blood on the side, and the last man who was taller than the wheel was being pushed over. He was a teenage boy.
This boy's name is Meng Qing, Meng Huo's half-brother, and the youngest among the brothers. Meng Qing is actually not taller than the wheel, but when he walked by the wheel, he subconsciously shrank his neck and was
The soldiers found it out. How many people were not afraid when they really faced death? Meng Qing was just a child. He had been doted on and pampered by Meng Dan since he was a child. Compared with others, he was more afraid of death. However, when they were escorted
Their soldiers came from barbarian legions and were all barbarians. They all worshiped heroes and despised people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they took Meng Qing out.
Meng Qing saw that the people who were singled out in front of him were dead one after another, including one of his brothers, and his legs began to tremble involuntarily.
The executing soldier ignored him and kicked him to the ground, then swung the steel knife to chop at his neck.
Meng Qing didn't know where he got the strength from, he struggled and cried loudly: "Please, please don't kill me, I'm really not as tall as a wheel!"
Feng Lie gently raised his big hand and pointed at the cart. The soldiers had no choice but to drag Meng Qing up from the ground and pull him to the wheel for comparison. Sure enough, it was as high as the wheel.
Since they are of average height, they are among those who can be killed or not. The soldiers couldn't help but look at Feng Lie. For those who can be killed or not, they will usually let them live, not to mention that Meng Qing is greedy for life and afraid of death.
There shouldn't be any threat if he stayed. But Meng Qing and Feng Lie knew him and knew that he was Meng Huo's younger brother. In the spirit of eradicating the roots, he must be killed. Feng Lie couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
The soldier following Feng Lie was also a son of the Feng family, named Feng Ping. Seeing Feng Lie's hesitation, he whispered a few words in Feng Lie's ear. Feng Lie thought for a moment, and finally decided.
He nodded. Because he was afraid of disturbing the injury on his face, Feng Lie could not speak at all now, and he tried his best to use gestures instead of giving orders. With this nod of his head, he obviously agreed with Feng Ping's suggestion.
Feng Ping immediately turned around and called a few soldiers, whispering for a while. The soldiers understood, ran over and pushed Meng Qing to the ground, and peeled off Meng Qing's pants three times. Meng Qing was at a loss as his hands fell.
The soldiers then pulled his legs apart and spread them wide open. Another soldier pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and squatted down with a ferocious smile.