Chapter 49 Nanguanghua sent troops to Nanman Cao Mengde pacified Hebei (19
Meng Huo asked to marry Huabei just to annex Zhu Rongdong, and this plan did not work before sending troops. Now he put the cart before the horse and said that it was because Nan Ye robbed his wife that he sent troops, which made everyone in the account despised.
Hua Bei said angrily at that time, "I only have Brother Wang in my heart. Who wants to marry you!" It's clear that you bullied others too much and forced me to marry you. Now I dare to turn black and white upside down and watch me kill you. After saying that, he picked up the eight-length standard and wanted to kill.
Nan Ye stopped Hua Bei and said to Meng Huo, "No matter why you rose up, it can be said that you became a king and defeated the bandit. Can you be convinced that I have defeated you now?
Meng Huo looked up and said, "The mountain is remote and the road is narrow. How can you be convinced by mistake?"
Nan Ye knew that Meng Huo was not convinced and smiled and said, "You are not convinced. How about I let you go back?"
Meng Huo couldn't believe it. He stared at Nan Ye carefully for a moment and said, "If you dare to let me go back, I will definitely rectrate the army and fight with you. If you can capture me again, I will convince you."
Nan Ye waved his hand and said, "Take them down for good life and let them go back. Next time you are caught, you will definitely not let it go."
The guards untied Meng Huo and the three of them, took them down to wash up and give them wine and food. After that, they returned all the soldiers' blades and saddle horses and sent them out of the camp.
When Hua Bei saw that Nan Ye really let Meng Huo go, she stamped her foot and said, "Brother Wang, why did you really let him go back?"
Nan Ye said, "I haven't said it before. Letting him go back is just a number of reasons for attack. I believe that after this battle, most of the barbarian villages in the south will no longer help Meng Huo, and we will also turn to defense into attack. Pass on our military order to reward the three armies and continue to march into the army.
However, it is said that Meng Huo took Meng You and hurriedly left Nanye's camp to the Lushui tributary, and was meeting the barbarian soldiers that Nan Ye had released back before. When the soldiers saw Meng Huo, they were surprised and happy, and asked one after another, "We have been released by Wang Hua, the young dart leader. How can the king come back?"
Meng Huo was embarrassed to say that he was released by Nan Ye, so he said, "Wang Huajian, I was in my account and more than ten people were killed by me and rushed out. He sent a horse army to chase him, and I also killed him and took the horse, so he had to get rid of it.
The barbarians were overjoyed when they heard the words, but Meng Youhe's faces turned red, but they didn't dare to expose Meng Huo. Barbarian soldiers gathered in a place to surround Meng Huo and cross the river. After stabilizing the camp, Meng Huo ordered people to invite the chiefs of the caves to gather barbarians to fight against Nan Ye. However, because he was defeated in the school competition before, and now he has lost the battle. Many caves no longer send troops. Only more than ten caves have a lot of friends with Meng Huo and sent a few soldiers.
Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana and A Huilang also received an invitation from Meng Huo. The three gathered in a place to discuss. Dong Duna and Ah Hui didn't want to go through the muddy water anymore, but the golden ring three knots wanted to avenge the capture. Among the three, the three have always been led by the three golden rings. Dong Dana and Ah Hui were afraid and had to lead troops together to meet Meng Huo.
Although Meng Huo gathered more than 20,000 people, his morale was not as good as before. Meng Huo did not dare to fight with Nan Ye again, so he ordered each village: "Dong Yu and Wang Hua have many tricks and can't fight with them. If you fight, he will be treacherous in the war. Recently, the weather has been hot, and we are in danger of this Lushui. We can hold the boat to the south bank, and then build an earth city with deep ditches and high bases. If he crosses the river, we will wait for half of it. If he doesn't dare to cross the river with no morale, I will wait to cross the river again.
Jinhuan Sanjie and others collected the rafts along the river on the south bank and built an earthen city. There are high vertical wooden buildings and crossbows on the mountain and cliffs. First, they can monitor the movement on the other side, and second, they can be used for defense. Meng Huo thought it was a perfect solution, so he was calm and not worried.
The situation on Nanye's side is much better than that of Meng Huo. Although Nan Ye returned all the captured barbarians and suffered a slight loss in several battles, his soldiers did not decrease but increased. Those caves that previously supported Dong Yu have increased their troops one after another, and even the previously neutral caves have ordered people to send food and fodder to show their goodwill. Nowadays, Nanye's troops and horses are more than 15,000, and grain and grass are piled up like mountains.
When Zhao Yun and the vanguard troops led arrived in Lushui, they sent people back to Malaysia to report: "There is no boat raft on the river bank, and the water situation is very urgent. A land city was built across the shore, and all of them were guarded by barbarians.
Nanye is not short of grain and grass, but is not afraid of a protracted war with Meng Huo, but such a stalemate is not a way, and the loss is too great, so he asked Xu Shu, "Now Meng Huo has a deep ditch and high base to refuse my soldiers, what should we do?"
Xu Shu said, "The weather in the south is hot. When I watch soldiers rest, most of them take off their armor. It is very unfavorable for Meng Huo to take the opportunity to attack. In my opinion, you can rely on the mountains and trees, choose a place where the trees are lush, rest for the time being, and then use a plan to break it.
Huang Zhong frowned and said, "Although camping in the forest can avoid summer heat, how can we prepare for it if we attack with fire?"
Xu Shu smiled and said, "Meng Huo is resourceless and only knows how to defend against the river. How dare he send troops to attack? If he dares to come, I have my own clever plan.
Nan Ye trusts Xu Shu very much. This person may not be as intelligent as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and Sima Yi, but he is much better than Meng Huo. With Xu Shu's guarantee, Nanye was not worried at all, so he ordered people to build a hay shed in the shade with many trees by the river to cover the horses to avoid the summer heat.
After solving the problem of heatstroke prevention, Nanye will gather again to discuss strategies to break the enemy. Huabei said, "There is a place 150 miles downstream of this river, which is called a sand mouth, where the water can be slowly crossed. It's just that the weather is hot and poisonous water gathers. During the day, the poison gas evaporates, and if someone crosses the water, he will be poisoned. If you drink this water, you will die. You have to wait for the night to be quiet and the water is cold, and the poison gas can't afford it.
Nanye knew that this was the benefit of the ground snake, and his horse had also reported that the downstream sand mouth could cross the river, but he did not know that the river was poisonous. Xu Shu heard the words and said, "In this case, Wang Zhong, Wang Long and Wang Xiong can take 5,000 people to cross the river to rob Meng's grain road. At that time, Meng Huo will definitely send troops to fight. You can scold him first. If he is ashamed and comes back, you don't have to chase him. You only choose to set up a camp at an important place and cut off the grain road.
When Yang Xiong heard the words, he asked, "If he comes to fight, will he be captured or killed?"
Xu Shu took a look at Nan Ye. Nan Ye said, "All the people in Meng Huozhai have been captured once. If he is grateful and retreats, if he does not repent, it's okay to kill him."
Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong were ordered to leave, and they were safe to cross the river in the middle of the night. The third general went around Meng Huo's back to inquire. The most dangerous place here is Jiashanyu. There are mountains on both sides, and there is only one road in the middle, which can allow one person to pass by one horse, and there is no two horses to walk side by side. It happens to be where Meng Huo's grain road is located.
After exploring Meng Huo's grain road, Zhao Yun and the three of them occupied Jiashanyu, allocated soldiers, and set up a fence. Meng Huo did not know that someone had smuggled. As soon as the grain carts and horses arrived, they were intercepted by Zhao Yun and others and seized more than 100 trucks of grain. In this way, Zhao Yun and the three of them left the camp and stayed here without worrying about food and fodder.