Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 331 325. Meeting Feng Xi

"Anguo and Xingguo were badly defeated?"

Feng Xi was even more surprised when he received the news from Guan Xing's envoy. He did not bring many people with him on this trip, only 15,000 people from his own Shenwu Camp, and only Bao Feng and Deng Ai as generals.

Feng Xi thought that he had already told Zhuge Liang about the things in Nanzhong that might pose obstacles to the Han army. Zhuge Liang was not the kind of person who neglected his duties. Since he asked Guan Xing and others to come to Nanzhong, he would definitely give them some instructions.

How could Guan Xing be defeated in this situation where the enemy was in the open and we were in the dark?
"Tell me quickly, what did they encounter? Why did they suffer such heavy losses?"

In Feng Xi's opinion, the loss of 3,000 men out of 10,000 was already a humiliating defeat. Moreover, Guan Suo was a rookie, while Zhang Bao and Ma Zhong were not greenhorns without any experience, so how could they be beaten like this?

"Yes... yes, Grand Commander, that day..."

When the messenger sent by Guan Xing told Feng Xi about Zhang Bao's defeat that day, Feng Xi understood. It turned out to be King Mulu and his beast army. This army had caused a lot of trouble to the Han army in the original timeline.

In the original timeline, when Zhuge Liang went south to conquer Meng Huo, he brought Zhao Yun, Ma Dai, and Wei Yan, three generals who were the pillars of the Han Dynasty at that time. Even so, when facing King Mulu, they were still defeated by King Mulu's snakes, scorpions, tigers, leopards, flying sand and running rocks, and Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong were also captured alive.

The one leading the army now is Guan Xing. Except for Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong, who are still the original group, the rest are Zhang Bao and Guan Suo.

Guan Xing naturally could not compare to Zhuge Liang, and Zhang Bao alone could not compare to Zhao Yun and his three generals, so it was not surprising that they suffered such a defeat.

"I have told the Prime Minister that the southerners have many strange skills and tricks. I also reminded the Prime Minister about this beast-driving last year. Why didn't An Guo pay attention to it?"

But even though he understood it, Feng Xi still didn't understand. It would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but the problem was that he had specifically reminded Zhuge Liang before, so how could it be the same as if he hadn't reminded him at all?
"Well... General Guan thought that even if they were beasts, they would only be a small number..."

The envoy wiped his sweat and tried his best to make excuses for Guan Xing, but Feng Xi still understood. He thought that Guan Xing and Zhang Bao really didn't take Nanzhong seriously. Even with his reminder, they still thought that the other party was nothing special, which led to this defeat.

"I see. Then why did An Guo ask you to come to me? Are you looking for a way to defeat the enemy?"

Feng Xi turned his gaze back to the envoy. Since Guan Xing had led his army to a great defeat, he definitely did not come to complain to him for no apparent reason, so the only possibility was that he wanted to ask for advice from him.

"The Grand Commander is wise. General Guan knows that the Grand Commander once advised the Prime Minister and mentioned the matter of driving wild beasts in the south. After discussion, General Guan and his men believed that wild beasts are afraid of fire. General Guan also knows that the Grand Commander once made weapons related to fire, so he came to seek advice."

Seeing Feng Xi being so decisive, the envoy did not dare to hide anything and explained his purpose clearly, which made Feng Xi laugh.

"An Guo, An Guo... Go back and tell An Guo that I will lead the army there within ten days. Let him defend the camp and not act rashly. I will have my own way to defeat the enemy after I arrive." Feng Xi sent the messenger away with just two words, shook his head, and sat on the camp chair.

"Great...Grand Commander, is there really anyone in the world who can control wild beasts to serve others?"

Deng Ai, who had been listening from the beginning, began to ask. As a native of Jingzhou, he had never heard of these methods used by Nanzhong.

"General Deng, you don't know that these evil ways of the foreigners are indeed powerful. When my Bao family was still in Bingzhou, I heard that the Xiongnu people on the grasslands knew how to train eagles. They used eagles as scouts or to transmit information, which was much more convenient than ordinary scouts."

As a northerner, Bao Feng had more contact with the Xianbei and Xiongnu, so he was not surprised by the fact that these ethnic minorities liked to find new ways.

"Well, there is a cave master in the south named Mulu. It is said that he always rides a white elephant. However, according to the Anguo envoy, he did not ride it out these times. He has trained countless wild beasts, from tigers, leopards, wolves and jackals to snakes, insects and poisonous ants. If you are not prepared, you will be caught off guard, just like Anguo this time."

Feng Xi had to be more serious when facing an opponent like King Mulu. However, Feng Xi had a selfish motive, which was to use King Mulu and his men for his own benefit.

King Mulu can train wild beasts, isn't this a rare talent? If he can train a few eagles to deliver messages, or even pigeons, as Bao Feng said just now, it will be of great benefit to the Han army. At the same time, they are definitely good at being veterinarians, and they are definitely professional counterparts for animal optimization.

In Feng Xi's opinion, there are many similar talents in Nanzhong. Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang killed many of them in the original timeline. Even those who were not killed were not developed for subsequent use, which seems to be a waste of resources.

But Feng Xi would not do that. He came here specially to make good arrangements for the migration and recruitment of talents in Nanzhong, and to try to make Nanzhong a place for the Han army to recruit soldiers, and at the same time recruit those talents with special skills for his own use.

As for King Mulu's army of wild beasts, Feng Xi naturally didn't take them seriously. He had already prepared equipment to deal with King Mulu and even the Wugo Kingdom, but Feng Xi didn't want to destroy them all. Whether it was the raised wild beasts or the rattan armor, they were all good things. Wouldn't it be a pity to burn them in a fire?
"Bao Feng, pass the order down. We should stop being so slow here and speed up. We should try to reach Nanzhong within five days and join An Guo and the others."

Feng Xi also knew that now was not the time for them to travel around, so he asked the Shenwu Camp to get serious, speed up their journey, and strive to meet up with Guan Xing and the others as soon as possible, so as to clean up the affairs of Nanzhong and absorb the manpower and resources as soon as possible.

However, Feng Xi also knew that Meng Huo would definitely not sit still and wait for death, and the Wuguo Kingdom had no dealings with the Han Dynasty, but had an extremely close relationship with Nanzhong, so the Wuguo Kingdom would most likely perish when Nanzhong was defeated.

Even Wei Yan was defeated when he first encountered the rattan armor soldiers, which were so special. If it weren't for Wei Yan's strong martial arts, he would have been captured alive. Judging from the posture of Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, even if they defeated King Mulu, they would still suffer a great loss against the rattan armor soldiers.

However, Feng Xi did not want the Han army to lose some unnecessary generals and soldiers because of a place like Nanzhong, so he personally supervised the battle and prepared to crush Nanzhong directly.

Although it seems a little slow now, it is not too late. It is just a small setback and a loss of three thousand. There will be opportunities later.

(End of this chapter)