The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 732 Chapter 731

At the gate of the county yamen, I saw a big black-faced man wearing a long gown with a large placket and white-waisted straight-leg trousers standing there. A piece of black earthen cloth was wrapped around the head of this big man, a huge earring was hung on his ear, and a slack was tied around his waist. A jade belt, a scimitar with a sheath hanging on the edge of the belt, and a pair of shallow cloth shoes on the feet, from head to toe, are dressed in barbarians.

This person was none other than Meng Huo who was regarded as the uncrowned king by the barbarians.

Meng Huo stood at the gate of the county government office with his arms folded, a pair of piercing eyes revealed a sharp light, and he was looking around. Behind him, there were ten people who were also dressed in barbarians in two rows. Each of the strong guards is burly, tall and stern, like a god who can't eat fireworks in the world.

However, if these ten guards were compared with Meng Huo, they would immediately be much inferior.Meng Huo was nine feet tall, with a strong back and a strong waist, plus his natural supernatural power, so his arms were very thick. Standing in this group of people, he stood out like a chicken, and people could see his specialness at a glance.

The clothing of the Yi people is basically the same. Even Meng Huo, who has been regarded as the uncrowned king by the Yi people, is no different from ordinary Yi men. The only difference is that Meng Huo wears a reckless jade belt around his waist. It shows that he is much nobler than other barbarians.

Among the Yi people, there is no distinction between high and low among the Han people. The clothes worn by men and women of the Yi people are basically the same. From this point alone, it can be seen that the Yi people are treated equally.However, there are rich and poor among the Yi people, and the only way to distinguish between rich and poor is through the jewelry they wear.

Because men of the Yi people are engaged in martial arts, they often go to the mountains to hunt or go to war, so they don't wear many ornaments on their bodies.But women are different. Women use the amount, texture, and color of jewelry they wear as a way to show off. The more jewelry a woman wears, the better the quality, and the higher the color, it proves that their family is richer.

The mang jade belt tied around Meng Huo's waist is a piece of high-quality jade, carefully carved by craftsmen, and is invaluable.As the saying goes, gold has a price and jade is priceless. Wearing such a jade belt on his body is enough to show Meng Huo's amazing wealth.

On the other hand, the ten guards behind Meng Huo also imitated Meng Huo wearing a jade belt, but the jade on their jade belt was compared with the jade on Meng Huo's jade belt. Come on, it's not even a little bit inferior.

Meng Huo looked at everything around aimlessly, and thought secretly in his heart: "It won't be long before this will be my place..."

At this moment, Yong Kai led Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, Yong Shun, and Wang Fu out of the county government office, and saw Meng Huo standing out from the crowd, Yong Kai immediately greeted him with a smile, and cupped his hands He said: "King Meng came from a long way, and it's a sin for Yong to welcome you from afar. The same is true for King Meng. Since he is here, why didn't he inform you in advance, so I can make arrangements and pick you up in advance, you like this The sudden attack made Yong feel a little flustered."

Meng Huo performed the etiquette of a barbarian towards Yong Kai, and said loudly: "Master Yong, you are polite. Every time I came here before, Master Yong used to mobilize the teachers and mobilize the crowd. I also feel a little sorry. So, this time, I will not come here. I didn't notify in advance, so as not to trouble Mr. Yong."

"King Meng's kindness made Yong's heart feel warm. This is not the place to speak, King Meng, please come inside!" Yong Kai said.

Meng Huo nodded, strode forward with his head held high, and in one step he got to Yong Kai's side, walking side by side with Yong Kai.

Seeing this, Yongshun, Zhu Bao, and Gao Ding all showed displeasure on their faces, but at this moment Yong Kai stretched out his palm behind his back and shook it lightly, signaling them not to mind.

Meng Huo and Yong Kai walked side by side, striding forward, Yongshun, Zhu Bao, Gao Ding, and Wang Fu followed closely behind, and the ten guards brought by Meng Huo also followed.

When they came to the hall, they divided the guests into seats. Meng Huo sat in the first seat on the right hand side of Yong Kai, with two guards standing behind him, and the other eight guards stood outside the hall, while Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, Yongshun, Wang Kang and others all sat on the left.

After another exchange of pleasantries, Yong Kai asked straight to the point: "King Meng is here today, I don't know what's going on?"

Meng Huo said: "It has been more than two months since I responded to Lord Yong's gathering of people to rebel. For more than two months, we have been standing still. Zhang Fei, I'm afraid that the more than [-] people I gathered with great difficulty will all leave. At that time, I will have no soldiers to use. If Zhang Fei leads an army to suppress the rebellion, then I will not be able to help Lord Yong. I can only wait and catch it. I came here this time just to ask Master Yong, when will we send troops?"

More than two months ago, Nanzhong rebelled, and the number was only 10. Now, the number has doubled, and nine out of ten of them are barbarians, and especially Meng Huo is the most active. Expanding the scale of the rebellion, while building weapons and armor, and also concluded an alliance with Nanman, eyeing Yizhou.

Yong Kai laughed, and said to Meng Huo: "Well, don't be impatient, King Meng, aren't we busy discussing this matter? To be honest, I summoned them here today to discuss this matter of."

Yong Kai raised his hand and pointed at Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, Wang Yu, and Yongshun.

Meng Huo knew these four people, plus Yong Kai, the prefect of the five counties in Nanzhong, all Han Chinese, but he did not interact with them very intensively. dense.

In this rebellion, Meng Huo was actually the main force. Yong Kai just used Meng Huo, but when Yong Kai got what he wanted, he forgot Meng Huo's credit. Many generals, while letting Meng Huo continue to recruit soldiers, but in fact, he was perfunctory Meng Huo, delaying time.

Now that the imperial edict of the Han court has arrived, but Meng Huo's name is not included in it, it can be seen that Yong Kai's selfish interests obliterated Meng Huo.

After Yong Kai got the reward he wanted, he was ready to do a big job. He was also planning to send someone to find Meng Huo and discuss the matter of dispatching troops. Unexpectedly, Meng Huo would come to his door in person, which would save him They sent someone to look for Meng Huo.

"Is this true?" Meng Huo looked at Yong Kai suspiciously.

Yong Kai nodded heavily and said, "This matter is absolutely true."

"That's great, then what are you waiting for, I'll go back and dispatch my troops and generals, and lead the army to join you in attacking Chengdu to eradicate Zhang Fei!" Meng Huo stood up happily, unable to restrain his inner joy , said loudly.

Yong Kai hurriedly said: "King Meng, don't get excited, sit down first, and speak slowly. We must send troops, but we are short of troops now, and there are many things in the counties, so there are very few soldiers and horses that can be mobilized. And Meng Your Majesty's subordinates have more than [-] armored men who can be used, I wonder if King Meng is willing to lead [-] troops to attack Qianwei County?"

"Qianwei County? Shouldn't they attack Chengdu?" Meng Huo asked in amazement.

Yong Kai said: "If you want to go to Chengdu, you must pass Qianwei. Now Zhang Fei has sent Wu Yi, a veteran in Sichuan, to garrison Qianwei County, with about [-] troops. If King Meng can defeat Wu Yi and occupy Qianwei County, then go to Chengdu. There will be a flat river, and when King Meng’s troops approach the city of Chengdu, that Zhang Fei will be destroyed. At that time, I will also fulfill my promise and hand over all the five counties of Nanzhong to the jurisdiction of King Meng. From then on, Nanzhong will be Meng The king's place."

A picture of himself dominating the five counties in Nanzhong emerged in Meng Huo's mind, and he couldn't help showing a smug smile on his face.

The reason why Meng Huo rebelled in response to Yong Kai was because he had an agreement with Yong Kai that once he helped Yong Kai capture Chengdu, Yong Kai would hand over all the five counties in Nanzhong to Meng Huo to govern. , Meng Huo can sit on the five counties of Nanzhong and become king and hegemony.

"Since we are going to attack Chengdu, is it too little for me to bring [-] soldiers? How about I take [-] troops?" Meng Huo asked.

"Of course, the more the better." Hearing Meng Huo's answer, Yong Kai knew that Meng Huo had agreed, so he said with a smile.

Meng Huo suddenly changed the subject and said: "However, although I have more than [-] troops, it is a long way to take the barbarian warriors to the north to Chengdu, but our barbarians are by no means rich. The military rations are only for ten days. In fact, I came here for another purpose, which is to borrow some food from Master Yong to serve as military rations. As long as the warriors can eat enough, then fighting will definitely not be a problem."

"Oh?" Only then did Yong Kai understand that this was the real purpose of Meng Huo's visit this time, "That's right. But I don't have much food here, but for King Meng's sake, I will let people How about sending you [-] shi of grain to meet your urgent need?"

Meng Huo let out a cold snort, and said, "Master Yong has a lot of money, and the Yong family has been in business for generations, and has already amassed a wealth that is incomparable to the country, and the grain shops opened by your Yong family are all over the five counties of Nanzhong. You have already controlled the grain of the entire Nanzhong, and you only gave me [-] shi of grain, isn't it too little?"

Yong Kai said: "Ten thousand shi of grain is already a lot. If it is calculated according to the market price, it is..."

"Don't settle accounts with me. I only want food, not money. I don't care how much the market price is. Unless you give me [-] shi of food, otherwise, there is no need for us to cooperate." Meng Huo looked like a rascal. Same, sitting there with arms folded, eyes piercing, staring at Yong Kai covetously.

One hundred thousand shi of grain, this is not a small amount. When Yong Kai heard Meng Huo's lion opening his mouth and asking for prices, a trace of displeasure appeared on Yong Kai's face, and his face became gloomy.

In the hall, the atmosphere was extremely tense and filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. Both sides were staring at each other, as if a battle was about to break out...

(End of this chapter)