At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown
Chapter 270: Grace and power combined with Dingnan Middle School, military competition on the school
Chapter 270: Grace and power combined with Dingnan Middle School, military competition on the school field to show off military power
Looking at the stubborn Meng Huo, Zhou Qi suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Isn't it bad for an untrustworthy person to bully the sword in his hand?"
Seeing Zhou Qi, who had always been gentle but suddenly angry, even Meng Huo was startled.
"Clap clap clap!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Qi clapped and saw Xu Ding walking out with a wooden box.
Zhou Qi said: "Bo Kang, give this gift to Meng Huo."
Xu Ding didn't waste any time. He placed the wooden box next to Meng Huo and opened the lid.
What caught Meng Huo's eyes was a human head.
Even though Meng Huo had faintly smelled the stench before and had some guesses in his mind, after seeing the man's blurry face clearly, he was still so frightened that he fell to the ground.
It turned out that the head was none other than Zhu Bao, the former Prime Minister of Zangda County.
Since Zhu Bao responded to Yong Kai's rebellion, he killed the governor of Xangda County and then appointed himself as the county governor.
While Zhou Qi and Meng Huo were in a stalemate at Lu River, Huo Jun, Xiang Hong, Li Hui, Fazheng and others were already advancing in Xangqi County, defeating various rebels one after another, and then captured and killed the rebel leader Zhu Bao.
The weather is hot now. If Zhu Bao's head had not been pickled with lime, it would have rotted long ago.
Looking at the frightened Meng Huo, Zhou Qi said coldly: "Yong Kai raised his troops to rebel. Meng Huo, Zhu Bao and the barbarian king Gaoding all responded and occupied the four counties."
"Now that Yong Kai and Zhu Bao are dead, the Barbarian King Gaoding has surrendered, and only you, Meng Huo, are left as a prisoner. Do you dare to continue to resist the heavenly soldiers?"
Seeing Meng Huo's silence, Zhou Qi continued: "You may not know yet, but when you and I were in a stalemate in Lushui, Yongchang County's meritorious officer Lu Kai and the county's prime minister and his wife had already led the oppressed people to raise troops. Anyway, we killed Yong Kai’s defenders in Yongchang County.”
"As for the Yizhou County you occupied, Xiang Hong led his army to attack thousands of miles away. He has destroyed the county and captured your wife, children, parents!"
Meng Huo suddenly heard the news and couldn't help but collapse to the ground.
The reason why he had the confidence to confront Zhou Qi before was not only because he had good relations with various barbarians, but also because he occupied the vast Yizhou County. Moreover, after Yong Kai was killed, Meng Huo also wanted to capture Yongchang County.
Unexpectedly, within a short period of time, all barbarian tribes surrendered one after another because they were afraid of the might of the Han army and grateful for Zhou Qi's kindness.
Immediately afterwards, even Yizhou County and Yongchang County, which Meng Huo relied on as his rear, fell into the hands of the enemy.
Now even if Zhou Qi lets him go back, Meng Huo will be desperate.
Not to mention the family members captured by Xiang Hong and Fazheng, even the barbarian kings Gaoding, Dong Dana, A Huinan and others would not let Meng Huo go easily.
Thinking of this, Meng Huo couldn't help but feel despair, and then he lowered his head slumpedly and said: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I will kill or behead you all as you please. However, I have always heard that the general is benevolent and righteous. Please let my family go." .”
Seeing that Meng Huo surrendered, Zhou Qi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Zhou Qi won many battles during this period, he also realized how terrifying the environment in Nanzhong was.
Especially now that the weather is extremely hot and poisonous insects and ferocious beasts are rampant, the number of soldiers who died from these factors actually far exceeds the number of soldiers who died in battle.
Even the lieutenant generals in the army suffered a lot from this.
If the stalemate in South China continues, I am afraid that the non-combat attrition in the army will increase greatly.
The most important thing is that Zhou Qi cannot spend all his energy on Nanzhong without any worries like Zhuge Liang.
To know.
When Zhuge Liang conquered Nanzhong, he had basically cut off the roads and closed the country. Neither Wei nor Wu paid attention to the half-disabled Shu.
It was under such a political environment that Zhuge Liang was able to completely pacify Nanzhong without any worries and gain the hearts of Meng Huo and the barbarians.
Zhou Qi originally planned to do this, and even wanted to reach the Indochina Peninsula and get an outlet to the Indian Ocean.
This is not Zhou Qi’s wishful thinking.
At this time, Myanmar had not yet become a dominant force in the South-Central Peninsula like later generations. Instead, two regimes emerged, namely the Shan State in northern Myanmar and the Pyu State in central Myanmar. Their strength was not strong. .
Originally, there was only a slightly stronger regime like the Shan State here.
Later, due to the increasing number of Nanzhao and Piao people who migrated south from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a political regime like the Piao Kingdom was gradually established.
Since the founding of the Pyu State, it has shown strong aggression and continuously encroached on the territory of the Shan State.
The Shan country had no choice but to go north to seek asylum from the Han Dynasty, and sent people three times north with gifts as envoys to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It was precisely with the support of the Han Dynasty that the Shan State began to develop vigorously in agriculture, military and economy, which forced the Pyu State not to continue to invade the north.
only.
Since Dong Zhuo's chaos and the rebellion of the princes, the barbarians from various tribes in Yongchang County have gradually lost control and began to rob the trade caravans between the Shan Kingdom and the Han Dynasty, and also raided the Shan Kingdom's borders.
Although these barbarians are vulnerable to Zhou Qi, they are a huge force for a small country like Shan.
As a result, the Shan Kingdom was in dire straits, and in addition to losing the protection of the Han Dynasty, the Pyu Kingdom in the south found an opportunity and began to send troops to the north on a large scale.
If there is no interference from external forces, according to the development of the historical process, the Shan Kingdom will inevitably lose its city and territory, be destroyed by the Pyu Kingdom, and eventually a small overlord will appear in the Indochina Peninsula.
Nowadays, Shan is suffering from domestic and foreign difficulties. If Zhou Qi can mobilize his troops to rush for reinforcements, Shan will definitely eat pots of milk to welcome the king's army.
In this case, Zhou Qi can use the false strategy of destroying Guo to destroy the Shan state in one fell swoop, and then continue to march southward to destroy the Piao state.
The Nanzhong Peninsula, which has not yet been unified, is difficult to deal with even the barbarian tribes that are wreaking havoc in Yongchang County. How can it be Zhou Qi's opponent?
It is not difficult to eliminate them, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to occupy this land for a long time.
However, now, the war situation in the north is changing rapidly.
Yuan Shu's defeat was much faster than Zhou Qi's imagination. First, [-] troops were destroyed by Yuan Shao, and then Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and led his troops to invade Yingchuan County and Chen State.
Cao Cao did not covet the land here, and directly used the Sanguang policy to plunder all the population and wealth here, and moved them all to Sili when Yuan Shu had no time to care.
Although Yuan Shao was a little unhappy about this, he also knew that his biggest enemy now was Zhou Qi, so he did not break up with Cao Cao, but sat back and watched the other party do whatever he wanted.
As for Liu Bei.
Since he was closest to Yuan Shu, he fought with Yuan Shu at first.
The two sides fought back and forth, and because Liu Bei had many good generals under his command, they even captured four or five cities at one time.
However, just as Yuan Shao was marching southward, Liu Bei also felt a strong crisis and immediately followed Zhuge Jin's suggestion and hurriedly led his troops to retreat on the grounds that they were running out of food.Without Liu Bei as an opponent, Yuan Shu once again started a battle with Yuan Shao. The outcome was self-evident, and it was not at the same level.
Now, Yuan Shao has besieged Ruyang, and it is only a matter of time before Yuan Shu is overthrown.
Once Yuan Shao annexes Yuan Shu's territory, Liu Bei will be his next target.
If Zhou Qi does not lead his troops to rush for reinforcements, I am afraid that Liu Bei will not be able to stop Yuan Shao's offensive, and Yuan Shao's power will inevitably expand unprecedentedly.
It was precisely because of the emergency in the Central Plains that Zhou Qi had no patience to continue spending time with Meng Huo in Nanzhong.
Meng Huo was now at the end of his rope. If the other party was still unwilling to surrender, Zhou Qi would not mind killing him.
Almost all of the eight major clans in Nanzhong and the direct descendants of the Yong clan have been arrested. The once glorious Yong clan will inevitably fall into ruin.
If Meng Huo didn't know the truth, Zhou Qi wouldn't mind eradicating the Meng family from Nanzhong.
Huang Quan said appropriately at this time: "Yongchang County's meritorious Cao Lu Kai and the county's Cheng Wang and his wife have led troops to arrest all the rebel Yong clan members. They wrote to ask the lord what should be done."
Zhou Qi stared at Meng Huo and said coldly: "Traitors, Yi tribe!"
Meng Huo felt the strong murderous aura on Zhou Qi's body and couldn't help but feel fear in his heart. He hurriedly worshiped: "This villain mistakenly believed Yong Kai's slanderous words, raised his troops to rebel, and resisted the heavenly soldiers. He knew that he was guilty of grave sins."
"The villain is willing to surrender, but I also ask the general not to implicate the Meng clan!"
After saying this, Meng Huo kept kowtowing to the ground until his forehead was cut open and blood flowed all over his face. He still didn't stop.
If it were just his own death, Meng Huo wouldn't be too afraid.
However, he did not expect that the seemingly gentle general in front of him would have such terrible methods. He did not worry about causing much commotion and actually wanted to exterminate the Yong clan that had been rooted in Nanzhong for 400 years.
Such decisive killing completely frightened Meng Huo.
Although the Meng family is not as old as the Yong family in Nanzhong, it is still a large family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. If the entire family was destroyed because of his rebellion, Meng Huo would not be able to offset such sins even if he died.
At this time, the barbarian generals standing nearby were also frightened and couldn't help but re-examine the general Zhou Qi, who in their eyes was a benevolent and righteous monarch.
E Huan, A Hui Nan, Dong Dana and others thought in their hearts: "If the general does not move, he will be alone, but if he moves, he will be thundered, and he will strike without mercy."
"Fortunately, the general knew that we were deceived, so he was magnanimous and spared our lives."
With this in mind, they all made up their minds that they would do their duty in the future and would never dare to commit rebellion again.
Zhou Qi saw that Meng Huo's face was covered with blood and he was already dizzy from knocking. Then his face softened slightly and said: "Don't knock anymore, I know that you are different from Yong Kai. If you sincerely surrender, let the past be forgotten!"
Hearing this, Meng Huo shook his head, which was already a little dizzy, and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, General, for your magnanimity. Meng Huo will definitely be loyal to the General in the future and will never dare to have second thoughts!"
Zhou Qi asked people to take Meng Huo down to bandage his wounds, and then said to E Huan: "Now that Meng Huo has surrendered, why don't your lord, Gaoding, come to the tent and have a walk in person?"
"You are spreading the word for Gu. Gao Ding helped capture Meng Huo. He was also bewitched by Yong Kai before. Gu and even Meng Huo can be pardoned, let alone the Barbarian King?"
"If I want to re-establish the order in South Central, the Barbarian King must be involved in this matter. I also invite him to come to my tent to discuss it!"
Upon hearing this, E Huan immediately said goodbye to Zhou Qi and returned to the army to send a message to Gaoding.
After sending E Huan away, Zhou Qi walked to Dong Dana and asked with some concern: "General Gu Wen received twenty army sticks, how is his injury?"
Seeing that the general cared so much about him, Dong Dana couldn't help but be moved in his heart and hurriedly bowed down: "Thank you so much, general, for caring about me. I'm so rough-skinned and rough-toned, but twenty military sticks are nothing."
Zhou Qi said seriously: "Injuries are no small matter, and the weather is hot now. If the wounds are not treated properly, they will easily fester. In severe cases, they can even be life-threatening."
"Let the good doctors in the army bandage and administer medicine to the general so that he can recover as soon as possible."
Dong Dana heard this and quickly thanked him.
What Zhou Qi said is not an exaggeration. With the sanitary conditions of this era, in the hot south, it is indeed easy for serious problems to occur if wounds are not treated properly.
But Zhou Qi's army was different.
He has the vision and knowledge of later generations. He uses highly distilled liquor to clean wounds, and all medical instruments need to be sterilized before use.
With these policies in place, the proportion of soldiers suffering from traumatic infections in the army has been greatly reduced, indirectly saving many lives.
But after E Huan returned to the camp, he conveyed Zhou Qi's words to Gao Ding. Gao Ding did not dare to neglect and hurriedly came to Zhou Qi's army to plead guilty.
Zhou Qi did not criticize Gao Ding harshly, but comforted him. He also asked Gao Ding and Meng Huo to send orders to more than 100 cave owners and chiefs in Nanzhong, as well as the major wealthy families in Nanzhong except the Yong family, to gather them. Negotiate a new order for the future of South China.
With Zhou Qi's army as a deterrent and the joint invitations of Barbarian kings Gaoding and Meng Huo, no one dared not to come.
Even if many people are worried, they can only bite the bullet and come here.
Just as the cave owners, chiefs, and heads of wealthy clans were gathering towards the army, Xiang Hong, Fazheng, Huo Jun, Li Hui, Wu Yi and others also led troops to join Zhou Qi.
In order to intimidate the cave owners and chiefs of the various barbarian tribes, Zhou Qi arranged his soldiers to form a neat square formation to show military power. The strict military appearance really made the barbarian leaders of all walks of life feel in awe.
After everyone gathered, Zhou Qi took out Yangzhou brocade robes, Shu brocade, and many precious things as prizes, and held a martial arts competition in the army.
Zhou Qi stipulated that all barbarians and Han people could participate in it, and the top ten brave men would not only receive generous rewards, but also be promoted to noble positions.
If the chiefs and generals under the cave master enter the top ten, this reward can be given directly to their leaders.
This event organized by Zhou Qi immediately aroused the interest of all the barbarian leaders, and they summoned the warriors from the tribe.
After several days of competition, the result was far beyond expectations.
The barbarians are known for their personal bravery. Although they believe that legions are no match for the Han, they do not recognize the personal bravery of the Han.
However, in this competition, seven of the top ten places were occupied by Han generals, and the top six were actually Han people, namely Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Xiang Hong, Yan Yan, Zhou Tai, and Meng. Get.
As for the remaining three people, they are E Huan, Samoko, and Wu Tu Gu, the leader of the Ugo Kingdom.
Except for Samoko, only two Nanman warriors made it into the rankings.
Although there is also a reason why Zhou Qi secretly manipulated the game, it is still too shocking.
Until this time, the barbarians were completely in awe of Zhou Qi and his troops. Gao Ding even said with emotion: "The general's men are really like a cloud of fierce generals."
"If we had known that the general had so many warriors under his command, how could we have had any second thoughts?"
(End of this chapter)
Looking at the stubborn Meng Huo, Zhou Qi suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Isn't it bad for an untrustworthy person to bully the sword in his hand?"
Seeing Zhou Qi, who had always been gentle but suddenly angry, even Meng Huo was startled.
"Clap clap clap!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Qi clapped and saw Xu Ding walking out with a wooden box.
Zhou Qi said: "Bo Kang, give this gift to Meng Huo."
Xu Ding didn't waste any time. He placed the wooden box next to Meng Huo and opened the lid.
What caught Meng Huo's eyes was a human head.
Even though Meng Huo had faintly smelled the stench before and had some guesses in his mind, after seeing the man's blurry face clearly, he was still so frightened that he fell to the ground.
It turned out that the head was none other than Zhu Bao, the former Prime Minister of Zangda County.
Since Zhu Bao responded to Yong Kai's rebellion, he killed the governor of Xangda County and then appointed himself as the county governor.
While Zhou Qi and Meng Huo were in a stalemate at Lu River, Huo Jun, Xiang Hong, Li Hui, Fazheng and others were already advancing in Xangqi County, defeating various rebels one after another, and then captured and killed the rebel leader Zhu Bao.
The weather is hot now. If Zhu Bao's head had not been pickled with lime, it would have rotted long ago.
Looking at the frightened Meng Huo, Zhou Qi said coldly: "Yong Kai raised his troops to rebel. Meng Huo, Zhu Bao and the barbarian king Gaoding all responded and occupied the four counties."
"Now that Yong Kai and Zhu Bao are dead, the Barbarian King Gaoding has surrendered, and only you, Meng Huo, are left as a prisoner. Do you dare to continue to resist the heavenly soldiers?"
Seeing Meng Huo's silence, Zhou Qi continued: "You may not know yet, but when you and I were in a stalemate in Lushui, Yongchang County's meritorious officer Lu Kai and the county's prime minister and his wife had already led the oppressed people to raise troops. Anyway, we killed Yong Kai’s defenders in Yongchang County.”
"As for the Yizhou County you occupied, Xiang Hong led his army to attack thousands of miles away. He has destroyed the county and captured your wife, children, parents!"
Meng Huo suddenly heard the news and couldn't help but collapse to the ground.
The reason why he had the confidence to confront Zhou Qi before was not only because he had good relations with various barbarians, but also because he occupied the vast Yizhou County. Moreover, after Yong Kai was killed, Meng Huo also wanted to capture Yongchang County.
Unexpectedly, within a short period of time, all barbarian tribes surrendered one after another because they were afraid of the might of the Han army and grateful for Zhou Qi's kindness.
Immediately afterwards, even Yizhou County and Yongchang County, which Meng Huo relied on as his rear, fell into the hands of the enemy.
Now even if Zhou Qi lets him go back, Meng Huo will be desperate.
Not to mention the family members captured by Xiang Hong and Fazheng, even the barbarian kings Gaoding, Dong Dana, A Huinan and others would not let Meng Huo go easily.
Thinking of this, Meng Huo couldn't help but feel despair, and then he lowered his head slumpedly and said: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I will kill or behead you all as you please. However, I have always heard that the general is benevolent and righteous. Please let my family go." .”
Seeing that Meng Huo surrendered, Zhou Qi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Zhou Qi won many battles during this period, he also realized how terrifying the environment in Nanzhong was.
Especially now that the weather is extremely hot and poisonous insects and ferocious beasts are rampant, the number of soldiers who died from these factors actually far exceeds the number of soldiers who died in battle.
Even the lieutenant generals in the army suffered a lot from this.
If the stalemate in South China continues, I am afraid that the non-combat attrition in the army will increase greatly.
The most important thing is that Zhou Qi cannot spend all his energy on Nanzhong without any worries like Zhuge Liang.
To know.
When Zhuge Liang conquered Nanzhong, he had basically cut off the roads and closed the country. Neither Wei nor Wu paid attention to the half-disabled Shu.
It was under such a political environment that Zhuge Liang was able to completely pacify Nanzhong without any worries and gain the hearts of Meng Huo and the barbarians.
Zhou Qi originally planned to do this, and even wanted to reach the Indochina Peninsula and get an outlet to the Indian Ocean.
This is not Zhou Qi’s wishful thinking.
At this time, Myanmar had not yet become a dominant force in the South-Central Peninsula like later generations. Instead, two regimes emerged, namely the Shan State in northern Myanmar and the Pyu State in central Myanmar. Their strength was not strong. .
Originally, there was only a slightly stronger regime like the Shan State here.
Later, due to the increasing number of Nanzhao and Piao people who migrated south from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a political regime like the Piao Kingdom was gradually established.
Since the founding of the Pyu State, it has shown strong aggression and continuously encroached on the territory of the Shan State.
The Shan country had no choice but to go north to seek asylum from the Han Dynasty, and sent people three times north with gifts as envoys to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It was precisely with the support of the Han Dynasty that the Shan State began to develop vigorously in agriculture, military and economy, which forced the Pyu State not to continue to invade the north.
only.
Since Dong Zhuo's chaos and the rebellion of the princes, the barbarians from various tribes in Yongchang County have gradually lost control and began to rob the trade caravans between the Shan Kingdom and the Han Dynasty, and also raided the Shan Kingdom's borders.
Although these barbarians are vulnerable to Zhou Qi, they are a huge force for a small country like Shan.
As a result, the Shan Kingdom was in dire straits, and in addition to losing the protection of the Han Dynasty, the Pyu Kingdom in the south found an opportunity and began to send troops to the north on a large scale.
If there is no interference from external forces, according to the development of the historical process, the Shan Kingdom will inevitably lose its city and territory, be destroyed by the Pyu Kingdom, and eventually a small overlord will appear in the Indochina Peninsula.
Nowadays, Shan is suffering from domestic and foreign difficulties. If Zhou Qi can mobilize his troops to rush for reinforcements, Shan will definitely eat pots of milk to welcome the king's army.
In this case, Zhou Qi can use the false strategy of destroying Guo to destroy the Shan state in one fell swoop, and then continue to march southward to destroy the Piao state.
The Nanzhong Peninsula, which has not yet been unified, is difficult to deal with even the barbarian tribes that are wreaking havoc in Yongchang County. How can it be Zhou Qi's opponent?
It is not difficult to eliminate them, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to occupy this land for a long time.
However, now, the war situation in the north is changing rapidly.
Yuan Shu's defeat was much faster than Zhou Qi's imagination. First, [-] troops were destroyed by Yuan Shao, and then Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and led his troops to invade Yingchuan County and Chen State.
Cao Cao did not covet the land here, and directly used the Sanguang policy to plunder all the population and wealth here, and moved them all to Sili when Yuan Shu had no time to care.
Although Yuan Shao was a little unhappy about this, he also knew that his biggest enemy now was Zhou Qi, so he did not break up with Cao Cao, but sat back and watched the other party do whatever he wanted.
As for Liu Bei.
Since he was closest to Yuan Shu, he fought with Yuan Shu at first.
The two sides fought back and forth, and because Liu Bei had many good generals under his command, they even captured four or five cities at one time.
However, just as Yuan Shao was marching southward, Liu Bei also felt a strong crisis and immediately followed Zhuge Jin's suggestion and hurriedly led his troops to retreat on the grounds that they were running out of food.Without Liu Bei as an opponent, Yuan Shu once again started a battle with Yuan Shao. The outcome was self-evident, and it was not at the same level.
Now, Yuan Shao has besieged Ruyang, and it is only a matter of time before Yuan Shu is overthrown.
Once Yuan Shao annexes Yuan Shu's territory, Liu Bei will be his next target.
If Zhou Qi does not lead his troops to rush for reinforcements, I am afraid that Liu Bei will not be able to stop Yuan Shao's offensive, and Yuan Shao's power will inevitably expand unprecedentedly.
It was precisely because of the emergency in the Central Plains that Zhou Qi had no patience to continue spending time with Meng Huo in Nanzhong.
Meng Huo was now at the end of his rope. If the other party was still unwilling to surrender, Zhou Qi would not mind killing him.
Almost all of the eight major clans in Nanzhong and the direct descendants of the Yong clan have been arrested. The once glorious Yong clan will inevitably fall into ruin.
If Meng Huo didn't know the truth, Zhou Qi wouldn't mind eradicating the Meng family from Nanzhong.
Huang Quan said appropriately at this time: "Yongchang County's meritorious Cao Lu Kai and the county's Cheng Wang and his wife have led troops to arrest all the rebel Yong clan members. They wrote to ask the lord what should be done."
Zhou Qi stared at Meng Huo and said coldly: "Traitors, Yi tribe!"
Meng Huo felt the strong murderous aura on Zhou Qi's body and couldn't help but feel fear in his heart. He hurriedly worshiped: "This villain mistakenly believed Yong Kai's slanderous words, raised his troops to rebel, and resisted the heavenly soldiers. He knew that he was guilty of grave sins."
"The villain is willing to surrender, but I also ask the general not to implicate the Meng clan!"
After saying this, Meng Huo kept kowtowing to the ground until his forehead was cut open and blood flowed all over his face. He still didn't stop.
If it were just his own death, Meng Huo wouldn't be too afraid.
However, he did not expect that the seemingly gentle general in front of him would have such terrible methods. He did not worry about causing much commotion and actually wanted to exterminate the Yong clan that had been rooted in Nanzhong for 400 years.
Such decisive killing completely frightened Meng Huo.
Although the Meng family is not as old as the Yong family in Nanzhong, it is still a large family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. If the entire family was destroyed because of his rebellion, Meng Huo would not be able to offset such sins even if he died.
At this time, the barbarian generals standing nearby were also frightened and couldn't help but re-examine the general Zhou Qi, who in their eyes was a benevolent and righteous monarch.
E Huan, A Hui Nan, Dong Dana and others thought in their hearts: "If the general does not move, he will be alone, but if he moves, he will be thundered, and he will strike without mercy."
"Fortunately, the general knew that we were deceived, so he was magnanimous and spared our lives."
With this in mind, they all made up their minds that they would do their duty in the future and would never dare to commit rebellion again.
Zhou Qi saw that Meng Huo's face was covered with blood and he was already dizzy from knocking. Then his face softened slightly and said: "Don't knock anymore, I know that you are different from Yong Kai. If you sincerely surrender, let the past be forgotten!"
Hearing this, Meng Huo shook his head, which was already a little dizzy, and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, General, for your magnanimity. Meng Huo will definitely be loyal to the General in the future and will never dare to have second thoughts!"
Zhou Qi asked people to take Meng Huo down to bandage his wounds, and then said to E Huan: "Now that Meng Huo has surrendered, why don't your lord, Gaoding, come to the tent and have a walk in person?"
"You are spreading the word for Gu. Gao Ding helped capture Meng Huo. He was also bewitched by Yong Kai before. Gu and even Meng Huo can be pardoned, let alone the Barbarian King?"
"If I want to re-establish the order in South Central, the Barbarian King must be involved in this matter. I also invite him to come to my tent to discuss it!"
Upon hearing this, E Huan immediately said goodbye to Zhou Qi and returned to the army to send a message to Gaoding.
After sending E Huan away, Zhou Qi walked to Dong Dana and asked with some concern: "General Gu Wen received twenty army sticks, how is his injury?"
Seeing that the general cared so much about him, Dong Dana couldn't help but be moved in his heart and hurriedly bowed down: "Thank you so much, general, for caring about me. I'm so rough-skinned and rough-toned, but twenty military sticks are nothing."
Zhou Qi said seriously: "Injuries are no small matter, and the weather is hot now. If the wounds are not treated properly, they will easily fester. In severe cases, they can even be life-threatening."
"Let the good doctors in the army bandage and administer medicine to the general so that he can recover as soon as possible."
Dong Dana heard this and quickly thanked him.
What Zhou Qi said is not an exaggeration. With the sanitary conditions of this era, in the hot south, it is indeed easy for serious problems to occur if wounds are not treated properly.
But Zhou Qi's army was different.
He has the vision and knowledge of later generations. He uses highly distilled liquor to clean wounds, and all medical instruments need to be sterilized before use.
With these policies in place, the proportion of soldiers suffering from traumatic infections in the army has been greatly reduced, indirectly saving many lives.
But after E Huan returned to the camp, he conveyed Zhou Qi's words to Gao Ding. Gao Ding did not dare to neglect and hurriedly came to Zhou Qi's army to plead guilty.
Zhou Qi did not criticize Gao Ding harshly, but comforted him. He also asked Gao Ding and Meng Huo to send orders to more than 100 cave owners and chiefs in Nanzhong, as well as the major wealthy families in Nanzhong except the Yong family, to gather them. Negotiate a new order for the future of South China.
With Zhou Qi's army as a deterrent and the joint invitations of Barbarian kings Gaoding and Meng Huo, no one dared not to come.
Even if many people are worried, they can only bite the bullet and come here.
Just as the cave owners, chiefs, and heads of wealthy clans were gathering towards the army, Xiang Hong, Fazheng, Huo Jun, Li Hui, Wu Yi and others also led troops to join Zhou Qi.
In order to intimidate the cave owners and chiefs of the various barbarian tribes, Zhou Qi arranged his soldiers to form a neat square formation to show military power. The strict military appearance really made the barbarian leaders of all walks of life feel in awe.
After everyone gathered, Zhou Qi took out Yangzhou brocade robes, Shu brocade, and many precious things as prizes, and held a martial arts competition in the army.
Zhou Qi stipulated that all barbarians and Han people could participate in it, and the top ten brave men would not only receive generous rewards, but also be promoted to noble positions.
If the chiefs and generals under the cave master enter the top ten, this reward can be given directly to their leaders.
This event organized by Zhou Qi immediately aroused the interest of all the barbarian leaders, and they summoned the warriors from the tribe.
After several days of competition, the result was far beyond expectations.
The barbarians are known for their personal bravery. Although they believe that legions are no match for the Han, they do not recognize the personal bravery of the Han.
However, in this competition, seven of the top ten places were occupied by Han generals, and the top six were actually Han people, namely Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Xiang Hong, Yan Yan, Zhou Tai, and Meng. Get.
As for the remaining three people, they are E Huan, Samoko, and Wu Tu Gu, the leader of the Ugo Kingdom.
Except for Samoko, only two Nanman warriors made it into the rankings.
Although there is also a reason why Zhou Qi secretly manipulated the game, it is still too shocking.
Until this time, the barbarians were completely in awe of Zhou Qi and his troops. Gao Ding even said with emotion: "The general's men are really like a cloud of fierce generals."
"If we had known that the general had so many warriors under his command, how could we have had any second thoughts?"
(End of this chapter)
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