Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 380 374. Post-War Events
"Take Meng Huo back. We'll deal with him after Nanzhong is pacified."

Seeing that Meng Huo had nothing to say at this moment, Feng Xi waved his hand in disgust, and the Han army soldiers took Meng Huo from the Nanzhong Army and escorted him back to the Han army camp.

"You two marshals have worked hard, but things are not over yet. As far as I know, it seems that Meng Huo ordered his brother-in-law to bring the cave master to besiege Cave Master Yang Feng, and his wife, Madam Zhu Rong, seems to be still in Nanzhong."

After Meng Huo was taken away, Feng Xi, Dong Tuana and A Huinan discussed the next course of action.

"Grand Admiral, it is exactly so."

"In that case, I'll trouble you two Marshals to assist me. Generals Guan and Zhang will lead the troops to deal with the cave master and his men."

Feng Xi stepped aside and indicated that he would not participate in the subsequent battles, which surprised Dong Tuna and A Huinan.

Feng Xi came here to deal with the political situation in Nanzhong, the rattan armor soldiers, and King Mulu. Now that these three most difficult problems are almost solved, Feng Xi naturally has no need to play with the Nanzhong army anymore.

The cave master brought here is not a powerful figure. With the help of Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and other generals, it will not be difficult to pacify Nanzhong.

After Dong Tuana and A Huinan realized what was happening, they nodded in agreement. Feng Xi made some arrangements and Dong Tuana and A Huinan would lead a total of 5,000 troops to serve as guides and assists, while Guan Xing and Zhang Bao would lead the generals in central Sichuan to continue westward, cross the Lao River, and eliminate the last remnants of Meng Huo.

The Han army quickly divided up, because the cave master's men were not many in number. In the end, nearly 30,000 men under Feng Xi stayed east of Lao Shui, waiting for news from Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and others.

The two of them led 20,000 soldiers and a group of generals, crossed the Lao River with Dongdana and Ahuinan, and headed west to pacify Nanzhong.

After a few days of preparation, the Han army and the Nanzhong army took action separately. Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Guan Suo, Zhang Yi, and Ma Zhong led 20,000 troops to cross the Laoshui River with Dong Tuna and Ahuinan and entered the Nanzhong territory.

Bao Sanniang was detained by Bao Feng with righteous words. She was not allowed to continue going west, but stayed in the Han army tent waiting for Guan Suo's return.

Although Bao Sanniang was an expert in martial arts and often beat Guan Suo, she could not object to her brother and could only stay in the Han army camp on Feng Xi's side with her brother.

Feng Xi's intention was to let them lead the army independently and hone their skills. Now that all the elite troops in the south were lost, even if there was a small defeat, it would not cause serious damage, and it could be used as a lesson for them.

Feng Xi himself was also not idle. He had already begun to make arrangements for the subsequent political situation in Nanzhong.

As for Nanzhong, after the defeat at Yixiantian, some Nanzhong soldiers still managed to escape with their lives. They did not dare to stay and ran directly back to Nanzhong from Laoshui. They also told Madam Zhurong, who was guarding Nanzhong, the news that Meng Huo might be defeated.

Although Madam Zhu Rong was fierce and strong-willed, she had no good way to deal with the current situation. She could only send someone to convey the situation to the cave master and let her brother, the cave master, find a solution.

After the cave master collected the intelligence, he was dumbfounded. His brother-in-law led tens of thousands of elite soldiers, countless cave masters, and marshals to the battle, but now only a few people have managed to escape, and even Meng Huo himself is unknown whether he is alive or dead. Find a solution? The cave master himself didn't know what to think of. Yang Feng, who was "surrounded" by him, seemed to realize something and simply refused to come out. The two sides were similar in number, and neither could do anything to the other, so they could only stare at each other for more than a month.

As a result, it seems that he can no longer hold on. Mulu King, Wutugu, Menghuo, Jinhuan Sanjie... all the powerful characters in Nanzhong are gone. Now Nanzhong has no generals, so he brought the cave master to be the vanguard.

The cave master had a bitter face. He and his sister could only squeeze out more than 20,000 people at most, and by doing so they had completely given up on surrounding Yang Feng.

But now they can hardly protect themselves, so how can they have the time to care about Yang Feng?
Finally, the cave master paced in his tent for several hours and decided to withdraw.

The 20,000-strong army retreated and joined forces with his sister, Lady Zhurong, to fight the Han army together.

On the Han side, with Dongdana, Ahuinan and their soldiers as guides, the sinister tactics such as miasma and poisonous springs in the south had almost no effect, and the Han army was able to maintain the best condition and penetrate deep into the barren land.

It wasn’t long before the two sides collided, preparing for the final battle that would determine the fate of South China.

But having said that, there was really no suspense in this final battle. Even Dong Tuna and A Hui Nan did not go to the battlefield. The 20,000 spirited Han troops, led by five Han generals, fought the final battle with the Nanzhong army, which was of similar size.

In the battle formation, Zhang Bao bumped into Madam Zhu Rong. The battle formation was small, surrounded by soldiers and horses, which was completely different from a duel environment. There was no space for Madam Zhu Rong to use her flying knife. This was similar to the situation in Water Margin where Zhang Qing, the "arrowless" Zhang Qing, could not use his flying stone stunt in the woods at Dusong Pass.

Even if Madam Zhu Rong had flying knives, she still couldn't resist a first-rate upper-middle-level general like Wei Yan. Now Zhang Bao was no less capable than her. Since Madam Zhu Rong couldn't use her flying knives, she gritted her teeth and fought with Zhang Bao for less than ten rounds before being captured alive by Zhang Bao.

The leader of the cave was not in a good situation either, as he was besieged by Guan Suo, Zhang Yi, and Ma Zhong. Although the three were only second-rate fighters, the leader of the cave was not a master either, and before he could hold out for three rounds, he was knocked down by Guan Suo with a knife, and then tied up and captured alive.

Madam Zhu Rong and the cave master were captured one after another, and the morale of the Nanzhong Army collapsed. Under the fierce attack of the Han army, the 20,000 Nanzhong soldiers fled directly. Some surrendered on the spot, and some relied on their fast running speed and simply ran back home, pretending that nothing had happened.

It took Guan Xing and Zhang Bao only ten days to capture the last of the Nanzhong Army. They also captured the cave master and Madam Zhu Rong, none of them escaped. They were all imprisoned and prepared to be escorted back to the camp to reunite with Meng Huo.

Guan Xing also followed Feng Xi's advice and sent an envoy to meet Yang Feng to ask him to prepare for the migration. Li Hui, the governor of Jiaozhou, had already made arrangements. In this era, Jiaozhou may lack everything except space, and it has made full use of its vast land and sparse population.

The environment in Nanzhong has many similarities with Jiaozhou, so people from Nanzhong don't need to spend too much time going there and they will probably be able to adapt to life in Jiaozhou quickly.

As for Feng Xi, he still had to deal with the remaining affairs in Nanzhong. Of the 72 caves in Nanzhong, except for a few caves that defected to the Han army, what to do with the remaining caves and what to do with the captives were all major issues after the war.

(End of this chapter)