Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 739
In [-] of the Han Dynasty, in May of the second year of Shu Jianxing, Deng Zhi returned to Chengdu. Sun Quan did not expressly promise whether to form an alliance, but promised not to use troops in Yizhou, and would not provide assistance to rebels such as Yong Kai.Sun Quan was concentrating on developing South Vietnam and expanding to the south. The guard of Jiaozhi, Lv Dai, had Zhuge Ke to advise and dispatch tens of thousands of troops to cut down several passages forcibly in a year. Some of the sea divisions were sold to Jiangnan Road in exchange for silk and other materials.

Li Yan wrote a thick letter to Yong Kai, explaining to Yong Kai the serious changes in the situation, and tried to persuade Yong Kai, but Yong Kai only replied with a piece of paper and a few words, saying: I heard that there is no second day, and the country There are no two masters, and now the world is in full swing, but there are three different calendars in use. Although we are in a remote place, we are deeply confused and do not know where to belong.It is even more urgent to attack Yongchang. Fortunately, Lu Kai and Wang's wife are both locals, and they are known for their popularity and prestige.

In July, Tunqi school captain Wang Lian died of illness.Consciously prepared, Zhuge Liang went to the South again.Even the left-behind personnel were arranged: General Longxiang Guan Xing and General Huyi Zhang Bao guarded Chengdu, and Xiang Chong was the palace guard; Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Guo Youzhi and others were assisted in political affairs, and Huo Yi, the son of Huo Jun, was the guest.

"Father Xiang is so thoughtful, so father Xiang, take care of your expedition." Liu Chan secretly sighed.

"I will go out this time for at least a year, or at least half a year, and I will return victorious."

Zhuge Liang personally led an army of [-] to leave Chengdu, and Liu Chan kindly resigned Zhuge Liang's Hu Ben [-] as his guard.Passing through Mianzhu, Mianzhu ordered Ma Di to come to see Zhuge Liang and talk with Zhuge Liang at night, offering advice to Zhuge Liang.

The next day, Li Hui, the governor of Tuo, led the army. Li Hui recommended to Zhuge Liang his uncle Cuan Xi, the Cuan clan, a big family in Nanzhong.Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and ordered Li Hui to contact Cuan Xi as internal aid.

Zhuge Liang divided his troops into three groups: he personally led an army on the left side, with Zhao Yun as the general, Wu Yi and Wu Ban as his deputy, and attacked from Anshang County to Yuejuan County by water; Li Hui marched on the middle road and attacked Jianning County; Ma Zhong led Zhang Ni to attack Luanyi in Zangke County from the right.

Li Hui's army drove straight in. Zhu Bao thought Li Hui was a lone army and bullied Li Hui's few soldiers. He assembled the rebels from all counties into a large force and surrounded Li Hui's army in Dianchi County.Unexpectedly, Cuan Xi suddenly launched a civil strife, and gathered a few friendly tyrants to respond to Li Hui, and Zhu Bao was besieged and killed. The scattered rebels were defeated in one fell swoop. , Connected with Zhuge Liang's army momentum.

Yong Kai gathered a crowd to attack Yongchang, but was stopped by Lu Kai. Hearing that Zhuge Liang personally led the troops south, he panicked and sent people to guard the mountain road to guard against death.When the two armies were stalemate, Cuan Xi led the troops to vote. Yong Kai thought that reinforcements were coming, so he didn't take precautions. He was killed by Cuan Xi at the welcome banquet. In the old forest.Cuan Xi dedicated Yong Kai's head to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang rewarded Cuan Xi generously and kept him by his side as the leader.

Ma Zhong led an army to attack Cang County, defeated the rebels, and killed Zhu Bao.Zhuge Liang appointed Ma Zhong as the prefect of Zangzang. Ma Zhong comforted and rescued the people in the county, paid attention to compassionate governance, and gained great reputation and favor.

Some remnants of Yongkai and Gaoding were taken in by Meng Huo. Meng Huo felt that he was not Zhuge Liang's opponent and decided to avoid the edge and flee to the west. He was chased and intercepted by Zhao Yun, Wu Yi, and Wu Ban. The straight road went south along the Anning River Valley, and intercepted Menghuo from Lajidudulu.In order to win the hearts of the people in the south, Zhuge Liang adopted Ma Su's suggestion to pardon Meng Huo by joining the army.Meng Huo believed that he would not be ignorant of current affairs, so he led his Yi people to surrender and surrender to Shu Han, and some tribes who did not want to surrender fled into the mountains.

Zhuge Liang surveyed the terrain and built a camp and a beacon tower at Wangjiangling, Fangshan, Yongren County. Wang Xing, the younger brother of Liu Wang, led an army of [-] troops to station here.Wangjiang Ridge is a triangular-shaped mountain ridge extending from the hinterland of Fangshan Mountain to Lushui River. The mountain is high and steep, with cliffs on both sides.

Zhuge Liang divided the three counties of Jianning, Yuejun, and Yongchang into Yunnan County. The county governs Yunnan County and governs seven counties.Li Hui made the most meritorious deeds, was named Han Xingting Hou, and paid homage to General An Han, the governor of southern Sichuan military affairs.

Seeing the bravery of the barbarians in Nanzhong, Zhuge Liang ordered the tyrants who participated in the rebellion in Nanzhong to send out gold and silk to recruit the barbarians as a trilogy, and they got thousands of elite and brave soldiers, named Wudang Flying Army, all wearing iron armor, able to climb mountains, He is good at using bows, crossbows and poisonous arrows, and is especially good at defensive operations. He gave five thousand to Ma Zhong, the prefect of Zang Cang, and kept five thousand for himself.The tyrants were exonerated and given official positions according to their abilities. Due to the military power of the Shu Han and Zhuge Liang's wrist, the tyrants scattered in southern Sichuan transformed into minions.

Six months after dispatching troops, the rebellion between Yongkai and Menghuo was put down, and after appeasing the barbarians, the powerful were suppressed.When Zhuge Liang returned to the army, he not only took away Cuan Xi, but also Meng Huo.

However, after the Pingnan army returned to the division in victory, several tribes in Nanyi rebelled again, and Lu Kai, the prefect of Yunnan, was killed on the way to take office.Li Hui personally led the troops to quell the rebellion, wiped out the evil Yi people, and moved their leaders to Chengdu, and collected cattle, war horses, gold and silver, and rhinoceros hides from the Yi people among the Sou and Pu tribes as taxes. Used to enrich military resources.

Lu Kai's son Lu Xiangzi inherited his father's business and stayed in Yunnan; while Wang Xing and his subordinates who stayed in Wangjiangling settled here, and their descendants have been guarding the mountain.

In the [-]th year of the Han Dynasty, in March of the third year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu. Liu Chan went out of the city to meet him in person, and gave Zhuge Liang a golden axe, a curved cover, and a front and rear Yubao.

Li Yan took the opportunity to persuade Zhuge Liang that he should accept Jiuxi, and encouraged Zhuge Liang to become a prince and become king, but Zhuge Liang refuted it.Shangshu ordered Chen Zhen to tell Zhuge Liang in private: Li Zhengfang has scales in his abdomen, which implies that Li Yan's intentions are not righteous and may cause trouble.Zhuge Liang temporarily shelved it on the grounds that the major event was undecided and Mo Ruo praised it.

Just when Chengdu's civil and military forces were overjoyed to quell the rebellion and eliminate internal troubles, Yang Yi sent a message from Hanzhong that Cao Zhen, the governor of the Wei Army, led an army of 15 to attack Hanzhong!Liu Chan hurriedly called Zhuge Liang to ask for advice.

"Father, I once heard Wei Wenchang boast that if he defends Hanzhong, the enemy will swallow 5 horses, and reject [-]. The late emperor appreciates it. Now Cao Zhen's army is coming, can Wenchang refuse?"

(End of this chapter)