The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 764 Chapter 763
On the first day of the first lunar month in the fifth year of Wude, the soldiers in Dianchi City were busy reorganizing their weapons, battle armor, equipment and luggage. The expressions on the faces of each soldier were almost exactly the same, with ashen complexions and tight brows. Wrinkled, looking like an enemy.

Since Zhang Fei occupied Yizhou, Nanzhong has been in a turbulent situation. In just a few months, it has experienced two turbulences in a row. Unwilling to accept Zhang Fei's rule, they united together, and bewitched the barbarians to rebel, forming a confrontation with Zhang Fei.

Unexpectedly, Meng Huo, the leader of the Yi people, had even greater ambitions. He not only killed Yong Kai, Gao Ding, Zhu Bao and others, but also massively increased his troops, preparing to conquer Yizhou in the north and aspire to the world.

It's a pity that although Meng Huo's ambitions were huge enough, he used improper personnel and believed the words of Wang Kang, Li Hui and others, and his subordinate Duo Si was also quite ambitious. Together with Meng Huo's subordinates A Hui Nan, Dong Dana, Mang Yachang's three generals turned against the water together, almost killing Meng Huo himself.Fortunately, Meng Huo's confidant Ai fought Wu Tugu out of the siege, so he took Meng Huo out and saved him from death.

Immediately afterwards, Li Hui, Wang Kang, E Huan and others planned to kill Duosi, Ahuinan, Dong Dana, Mang Yachang and others, defeated their subordinates, and then surrendered to the Han army.

So far, Dianchi County has been occupied by the Han army.

But on the other hand, instead of giving up the idea of ​​invading Yizhou, Meng Huo, who escaped from the dead, intensified his efforts. When Dosi died, Meng Huo first turned his guns and conquered Dosi's tribe, making himself a lot stronger. Immediately afterwards, they united with the Nanman Mulu King, and Baiyue brought the Cave Master, Yang Feng and others, led by Meng Huo again, raised 30 troops, gathered in the area of ​​​​Ailao Mountain, and prepared to launch another counterattack.

For more than half a month, Meng Huo has been actively dispatching troops. Almost all ethnic groups in the southwest have been pulled over by Meng Huo. Whether it is true or false, the number of people gathered has far exceeded 30, formed a force that cannot be ignored in the area of ​​Ailao Mountain, and has been eyeing the Han army stationed in Dianchi County.

As for the Han army, they are also actively mobilizing troops to deal with the sudden and serious incident. Everyone is headed by chariot general Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Pound, Wen Pin and other people gathered in the city of Dianchi Lake. In addition, there were Wu Yi, Zhang Yi, Lei Tong, Wu Lan, Fei Shi, Zhuo Ying, Li Hui, Wang Fu, Lu Kai, E Huan, etc. Chinese martial arts can also be described as powerful.

However, in terms of military strength, the Han army is weaker than Meng Huo. Now there are a total of 13 troops stationed near Dianchi City, but among the [-] troops, there are some mixed fish and dragons, except for the [-] Jingzhou soldiers brought by Zhang Liao. , there are [-] Sichuan soldiers, [-] Liangzhou soldiers, and [-] Nanzhong soldiers and [-] Yongzhou soldiers led by Xu Huang.Moreover, among the [-] Liangzhou soldiers, only [-] are Han Chinese, and the remaining [-] are Qiang people.Due to the fact that these troops are usually located in different regions and have different living habits, now that they are mixed together, it is inevitable that there will be stumbling.

Chariot General Zhang Liao had the highest official position among all the generals, so he commanded this large army. Although the generals under his command followed his lead, in fact, these people were independent and not very united.

In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Zhang Liao divided the army into five. The Jingzhou soldiers led by Zhang Liao were stationed in the south of Dianchi County, the Liangzhou soldiers brought by Ma Chao and Pound were stationed in the north of Dianchi County, and the Sichuan soldiers were stationed in the north of Dianchi County. Continue to be led by Wu Yi, stationed in the west of the city, [-] Yongzhou soldiers led by Xu Huang are stationed in the east of Dianchi City, and [-] South Central soldiers led by Li Hui, Wang Kang, E Huan and others are stationed in the city. Responsible for patrolling the whole city, as well as the law and order in the city.

In this way, there will be no more friction between the five soldiers from different regions, and they will perform their duties every day, waiting for the imperial edict to be issued.

In the hall of the county office, a huge sand table was placed in front of Zhang Liao. The high mountains, flowing water, rivers, plains, valleys, streams, etc. in Nanzhong were clearly and detailedly outlined on the sand table. Appearing on the top, people have a feeling of overlooking the earth from the sky, which can make people feel clear at a glance.

The sand table is what Zhang Liao learned when he followed Zhang Yan in the South and North Wars. As long as he is in charge of commanding the battle, no matter where he goes, Zhang Liao will definitely send people to find out the local terrain in advance, and then make a very detailed sand table as his own. For commanding battles.

However, this time, Zhang Liao didn't spend much effort on making the sand table, because Lu Kai presented him with the map of Pingman Zhizhang that took several years to complete.

The map of Ping Man's palm was drawn by Lu Kai himself, and it took him several years.When he was the prefect, he deeply felt the confusion of the local residents who were difficult to govern, and he also guessed that once the Nanzhong minority grew stronger in the future, they would rebel sooner or later.Therefore, he made unannounced visits and spent several years walking through the mountains and rivers of Nanzhong in person, and every time he took a step, he had to stop and record. With the memory in the book, I drew a map of the palm of the hand, ready to come in handy in the future.

Zhang Liao made such a large sand table based on the map of Pingman's palms presented by Lu Kai. Standing there, he can overlook the whole world of Nanzhong.

Zhang Liao's eyes were fixed on the place where the small red flags were planted on the sand table. That was the Ailao Mountain where Meng Huo was located. In this far-reaching place, it was Meng Huo's army that gathered.

"Report-"

A scout rushed in from the outside of the hall with a long voice, and before his feet stepped into the hall, he heard him shouting: "General Qi, report urgently, there is movement from Meng Huo's side!"

As soon as Zhang Liao heard this sentence, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly!"

After the scout stepped into the hall, he took a few breaths, and then said: "General, I just received an urgent report that Meng Huo has led an army out of Ailao Mountain. The vanguard has about 5 people and has already passed through Pushui is approaching Shuangbai County."

After Zhang Liao heard this, he immediately fixed his eyes on the sand table in front of him, and fixed his eyes on Shuangbai County.

Although the Han army occupied Dianchi County, it did not occupy the entire county. Among the counties in the south, the Han army completely occupied only Zhuti County, such as Yuexi County and Yizhou County. The Han army only occupied the main cities. did not occupy the entire territory.

However, this is the case. The 10,000+ Han army stationed in Nanzhong is also a great threat to the surrounding ethnic minorities. However, under the pressure of more than 30 rebels such as Meng Huo, the Han people in Nanzhong who have been razed No matter whether they are ethnic minorities, they basically maintain a wait-and-see attitude, and have not really bet their wealth and life on one party.

Moreover, these people have a very keen sense of war. More than half a month ago, the people of all ethnic groups on the front line from Ailao Mountain to Dianchi Lake had already dragged their families and migrated to other places, just to escape This unprecedented war scene.

Meng Huo's army has moved, which means that the war has begun, and the battle may start at any time.

However, Zhang Liao is not worried about this, because there is still a long way to go from Shuangbai County to Dianchi Lake. What he has to do now is to hold his ground temporarily and wait for the imperial edict to come down, and then he can justify himself He commanded the army to fight. In this way, these elite soldiers and generals under him would not dare to complain anymore.

Nowadays, although Zhang Liao has the highest official position, because his subordinates are all elite soldiers, such as Ma Chao, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Pang De, Wen Pin, etc., no matter which one they have, they all have inappropriate courage , and all of them are brave and good at fighting. If you want to completely suppress them, it is obviously not enough to rely on the title of chariot general.

Especially Ma Chao, this person is particularly fond of fighting for power, and his force is extremely high. Among all the generals, he is probably the most powerful one, and since Ma Chao killed Zhang Fei, he has become relatively arrogant Even Zhang Liao didn’t listen to Zhang Liao’s words sometimes. His confidant general Pang De was also a ruthless character with good force, and more than half of the Liangzhou soldiers he brought were Qiang people. Ma Chao's dispatch by himself, and others' words, they don't buy it, so Ma Chao is the most unstable factor in this army.

During the few days when he first arrived in Dianchi Lake, Ma Chao had been having fierce fights with Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Wu Yi and others. Let the situation escalate, otherwise, with Ma Chao's character, he will definitely kill each other.

Because of this, Zhang Liao, as the interim commander, felt very headache.Ma Chao's meritorious service in flattening Shu was also the main contribution to beheading Zhang Fei. Once the land of Shu was leveled, Ma Chao felt that his contribution was indispensable, and he had been waiting hard for Zhang Yan's reward, but the reward didn't come for a long time. Being repeatedly suppressed by Zhang Liao made him extremely unbalanced, so much so that he has been drinking heavily lately.

After Zhang Liao learned of Meng Huo's information, he immediately ordered an emergency military meeting, and all generals had to come to the county government hall to discuss the military situation.

In just a quarter of an hour, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Wu Yi, Zhang Yi, Lei Tong, Wu Lan, Fei Shi, Zhuo Ying, Li Hui, E Huan, Lu Kai, Wang The husband and wife came one after another, but Ma Chao and Pound never showed up.

Although everyone didn't say anything, they were a little impatient psychologically. Zhang Liao had already seen the expressions on everyone's faces, so he said with a smile: "Maybe General Ma and General Pang are delayed by something. Wait a moment, and don't be impatient!"

No one spoke in the hall, but they all waited here quietly.About half an hour later, Pang De, who was wearing a suit of armor, came late. As soon as he entered the door, he cupped his hands to Zhang Liao and everyone present: "I kept Zhang Cheqi and the generals waiting for a long time. There are some urgent matters in the barracks that need to be dealt with." , so I came a step late, and please invite Zhang Cheqi and the generals Haihan."

Although Ma Chao is annoying, Pound next to Ma Chao is a good person, with a straightforward personality and an easy-going personality. He is the only person in the Xiliang soldiers who is not so annoying.

"Is there anything more important than the military situation? General Pang really doesn't know the priorities, right?" Gan Ning has a strong temper, and he gave Pang De a blow with his mouth.

Pound chuckled and said, "It's my fault, I shouldn't do this, and I will definitely not do it next time."

Gan Ning didn't have any malice towards Pound. He mainly targeted Ma Chao. He saw that Pound was coming, but Ma Chao didn't come, so he couldn't help but turned his gun on Ma Chao, and opened his mouth and asked, "General Pang, why don't you see General Ma?" Ah? Aren't you in a military camp?"

"Oh, it's like this. General Ma recently caught a cold and coughed very badly. He was dizzy and couldn't get out of bed..."

"Oh? Really?" Pang De hadn't finished speaking when he heard Gan Ning say, "When did this happen? Why did I see General Ma taking his soldiers out to hunt yesterday? Why didn't I see you for a few hours? , just caught the cold?"

(End of this chapter)