Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 345 339. Laying mines
"Grand Admiral, you...you mean to let me go?"

Ah Huinan was somewhat unbelievable and pointed at himself with his thick dark fingers.

"Of course. I said that I came here just to pick up Cave Master Yang Feng. If it weren't for Meng Huo's obstruction, my Han army would not have sent troops here. Although Nanzhong and my Han army are now at war, we don't have any hatred in essence, right?"

Feng Xi still smiled so cheerfully, which touched Ah Huinan deeply. What is broad-mindedness and magnanimity?

“Dongdongdong. Ah Huinan is a barbarian and does not understand those etiquettes, but Ah Huinan will never forget the grace of the Grand Commander who saved his life.”

Ah Huinan couldn't help himself, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. This seems to be a common practice among both the Han people and the southern barbarians.

"Marshal Ah Huinan, why do you have to do this? I am not doing you a favor on purpose. You can leave with your troops later. I will keep my word and will never break it."

Seeing Ah Huinan so moved, Feng Xi also took two steps forward and helped Ah Huinan up, which made Ah Huinan more convinced of Feng Xi. Although Ah Huinan didn't say anything, she already believed what Feng Xi said before.

The two chatted for a few more sentences in the big tent. Feng Xi even wanted to treat A Huinan to a meal before leaving, but A Huinan firmly refused. Being captured and defeated was one thing, but being released after being captured was already a great favor to Feng Xi. If he was asked to stay for a meal, even if A Huinan was a barbarian, he could not bring himself to do so.

When the sun set in the west and it was dusk, A Huinan bowed to Feng Xi in the setting sun, and then led most of the soldiers of the Third Cave, more than a thousand of them who were captured in this battle, out of the Han army tent.

Feng Xi and his generals watched Ah Huinan's departing figure for a while under the setting sun, and then returned to the big tent. Feng Xi still had to interrogate the King Mulu whom he had been thinking about.

"General, I don't understand. Why would you let go of the duck that you have in your hands?"

Back in the tent, Zhang Bao asked impatiently. In his opinion, the Han soldiers fought bravely in this battle, so why did they let the captured foreign general go in the end? Isn't this just a waste of time?
Although Ma Zhong next to him didn't say anything, there was also a look of doubt in his eyes, and Zhang Yi nodded at Zhang Bao's words, and it was obvious that he agreed with it.

When Feng Xi heard Zhang Bao's question, his eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the expressions and demeanor of the generals in the tent. Guan Xing looked calm, and his expression did not fluctuate at all because of Zhang Bao's words. Bao Feng was the same, with a meticulous poker face. Deng Ai even smiled, and it was unclear whether he was laughing at Zhang Bao or at what he said.

"Bao Feng, aren't you usually the most anxious? I thought you were the one asking this first. Why don't you have any opinion?"

Feng Xi was questioned by Zhang Bao, but he did not get angry. Instead, he joked about Bao Feng first.

"Although I don't understand what the Grand Commander wants to do, since he did this, there must be a reason for it. Since I don't understand, I might as well just do what the Grand Commander says."

Bao Feng stood up, bowed, and expressed his thoughts. His statement satisfied Feng Xi very much. Bao Feng was almost always by his side during the battles, so he had a good understanding of his temperament and knew that he would not do anything without a purpose.

As for Deng Ai, he was also a smart man. He had been to Jiaozhou with me and knew how to pacify Jiaozhou. Although he couldn't guess what I was going to do, he knew that I was going to play a big game.

As for Guan Xing, he might have become calmer, or he might have followed me longer than Zhang Bao and believed in me more. As for Zhang Bao, he and I had only fought in the Battle of Yiling together, and later he went to Jiaozhou with his father, so his understanding of me was still the same as before. In addition, Zhang Bao inherited his father's genes, so he looked like a young Zhang Sanye.

"Haha, that's true. Xingguo, let's be fair, is Ah Huinan a big fish?"

After Feng Xi took in everyone's reactions, he looked at Zhang Bao who was still standing, ready to argue with him.

"This... After all, Ah Huinan is the master of a cave, and he is also Meng Huo's right-hand man. No matter what..."

Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment, but still emphasized Ahuinan's identity and status.

"Of the 72 caves in the south, there are now more than a dozen caves following Meng Huo. A mere cave master is insignificant. Meng Huo might even wish that more cave masters would die so that he could take over their caves. As for the so-called left and right arms, Meng Huo is a cunning man and it is impossible for him to take Ah Hui Nan so seriously.

So in the end, whether our army eats Ah Huinan alive or escorts him back to Chengdu, it will have no real impact on the current war in South China."

Feng Xi shrugged his shoulders. This was the truth. Although the Third Cave Marshal Ah Huinan sounded famous, he was just an insignificant little character on the battlefield today. It didn't matter whether he was killed or not.

"But if that's the case, we shouldn't let him go. After all..."

Zhang Bao was still somewhat unconvinced, thinking that he was a prisoner after all, and at the very least it was a military achievement, so what was the point of letting him go?
"An Guo, some people are better to be your enemies than your friends. We have imprisoned Ah Hui Nan here, which is of no use except wasting food. When the time comes, His Majesty or the Prime Minister will give you a verbal commendation for Ah Hui Nan's contribution and reward you with some gold and silver. Will it be useful?
Instead, I released him. I talked with Ahuinan for some time and found that he was not loyal to Meng Huo. In addition, I cleared up his doubts and let him know Meng Huo's true nature. Now Ahuinan doesn't even know why he is fighting. It will be beneficial for our army to release such a demoralized person back to Nanzhong.

You said Ah Huinan has now returned to the Nanzhong Army. First of all, he has returned safely and soundly. Will Meng Huo become suspicious? If Meng Huo becomes suspicious, it would be ten times more effective to have a dispute with him than to detain him here."

Feng Xi's meaning was very simple. It would be better to let him go back and disrupt Meng Huo's military morale than to keep him here and eat nothing.

Although Zhang Bao was somewhat skeptical about this, on the one hand, Feng Xi was now the commander-in-chief of the army appointed by the late emperor. He was no longer the former general who had competed with him in martial arts. In name, he was even on an equal footing with the prime minister, so naturally he had the right to control him.

Secondly, since Feng Xi was so determined, Zhang Bao naturally couldn't object anymore, so he could only accept it and sat down angrily.

"Now the South Central Army is crossing the Laoshui River to the west, obviously to take advantage of the terrain for defense. We..."

Seeing that Zhang Bao had no objection, Feng Xi spoke up and discussed the next course of action with the generals.

On the other hand, on the South Central Army's side, Ahui Nan's return caused a commotion.

(End of this chapter)