Mi Han

When Meng You and his subordinates were sent back to the Yi army camp by a dozen donkey carts, Meng Huo was furious when he saw this scene.

Meng You was his own younger brother, and his own younger brother was beaten half to death by Zhuge Liang and sent back as a pig. How could this not make the already violent Meng Huo feel unbearable.

It's just that apart from being angry, after Meng Huo learned from Meng You's reply that Zhuge Liang had agreed to his invitation to be a general, he felt a little bit of joy in his heart.

Villager Zhuge has fallen into his trap!
On the surface, the rebels in Nanzhong are mostly Yi people, but if you look deeper, the rebellion in Nanzhong is essentially a major counterattack against Liu Bei by the Yizhou nobles.

Thanks to the secret help of many wealthy families in Yizhou, Meng Huo has a list of the main generals of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition army.

Although the Yizhou family in Chengdu had suffered heavy losses when Zhuge Liang left Chengdu, the centipede was dead but not stiff.

Moreover, the list of the main generals of the Southern Expedition is not very confidential, so it is not difficult for Meng Huo to obtain this key information through some shady channels.

After getting the list of main generals in Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition Army, Meng Huo analyzed that list all night.

After his "meticulous" analysis, Meng Huo found that Zhuge Liang did not bring many famous generals from Chengdu this time.

After learning this, Meng Huo wanted to fight the general.

Of course, as Zhao Yun, the third figure in the Southern Expedition Army, it is impossible for Meng Huo not to know that he is in Bodao County.

Even though Meng Huo lived in Nanzhong, he had heard of Zhao Yun's prestige.

But the important point is that Zhao Yun is over fifty this year, and over fifty is already considered an advanced age in this world, so it is not too much for the world to call Zhao Yun a veteran.

Maybe Zhao Yun was a rare fighter in the world when he was young, but at such an advanced age, how much strength can Zhao Yun display in his heyday?
Aging and frailty is a nightmare that no one can escape.

It was this inference that filled Meng Huo with confidence.

Looking at Meng You who was lying in front of him and howling constantly because of the pain on his body, Meng Huo's eyes became more and more serious - today's humiliation, tomorrow he will pay back a hundredfold.

Meng Huo didn't have to wait too long, and the second day came in a blink of an eye.

When the early morning sun was shining outside Bodao County, Meng Huo and Gao Ding couldn't wait to lead more than ten thousand Yi troops to line up outside Bodao County.

Because of the difficult life in Nanzhong, most of the more than [-] Yi soldiers had no armor to wear, and many of them even wore animal clothes that only covered their vitals.

But such shabby clothes did not despise Zhuge Liang who led the Han army on the opposite side.

In Zhuge Liang's line of sight, he only saw a Yi army with a population of about [-] appear hundreds of steps away from him as a burst of wind and dust rose from the sky.

When more than ten thousand Yi troops stood still, Zhuge Liang's observation became more detailed.

Although none of the ten thousand Yi soldiers wore fine armor, they all carried sharp knives that shone with cold light in their hands.

Under Zhuge Liang's observation, the sharp blades in the hands of the Wanyu Yi army were not substantially different from the standard weapons of the Han army.

However, according to Li Yan, who had fought with the Yi army, Zhuge Liang knew that the sharpness of the sharp blades in the hands of more than ten thousand Yi troops was even fainter than the standard weapons of the Han army.

Nanzhong has always been rich in copper and iron mines, and the gift of heaven makes Nanzhong naturally have the conditions to forge strong weapons.

With the continuous southward migration of the Han people for hundreds of years, advanced smelting technology has also been brought into the South Central area.

When abundant resources are combined with advanced productivity, the emergence of many powerful weapons is also expected.

Looking at the sharp weapons in the hands of more than ten thousand Yi soldiers, Zhuge Liang's face showed a thoughtful expression.

During the Battle of Xiangfan, the Han army and the Wei army were at a disadvantage in the battle. In addition to the numerical advantage of the Wei army, it was also because the weapons in the hands of the Wei army were sharper than those of the Han army.

If the standard weapons of the Han army are not improved, it will be difficult for the Han army to carry out protracted battles with the Wei army in the field in the future, which will make the future Northern Expedition of the Han army extremely difficult.

Therefore, after seeing the sharp blade in the hands of Wanyu Yijun, Zhuge Liang couldn't restrain an idea in his heart.

Even if some Han people moved south to Nanzhong and brought in advanced smelting technology, the smelting technology of Nanzhong was at most equal to that of the Han army, and it was impossible to surpass the Han army.

But even under such objective conditions, the sharpness of the sharp blades owned by the Yi army in Nanzhong is still slightly higher than that of the Han army, which shows that the quality of iron mined in the iron mines in Nanzhong is very good.

If after Nanzhong is completely stabilized, the Han army can vigorously exploit the iron ore in Nanzhong, then the gap between the weapons of the Han army and the Wei army will not be so obvious.

After considering this point, Zhuge Liang continued to observe the more than ten thousand Yi troops.

Just now Zhuge Liang's first reaction was to observe the weapons and equipment on the Yi army, and now he is to observe the individual Yi army in detail.

Seeing is better than hearing a hundred things, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart as his eyes flowed——Nanzhong Yi Army is really a natural source of excellent soldiers.

Perhaps due to the hardships of life, the population of Nanzhong has not been large.

But because of the poor life, the Yi people living in Nanzhong, as long as they can grow up, most of them are more than seven feet long, with big arms and round waists.

The principle of natural selection and survival of the fittest is vividly reflected in Nanzhong.

In addition to the superior physical fitness, the Wanyu Yi Army in Zhuge Liang's eyes still had some bloodthirsty aura.

Coupled with the animal skins they wore, Zhuge Liang had an illusion when he saw the Yi army for the first time:
It seems that what appeared in his eyes was not more than ten thousand human beings, but more than ten thousand ferocious beasts waiting for the opportunity to move and choose people to eat.

This fierce and bloodthirsty temperament can affect the enemy's military morale to a certain extent, and invisibly improve the morale of one's own side.

Just like the tens of thousands of Han troops led by Zhuge Liang now.

Although they are all wearing excellent armor, and under the command of the general, they have formed a tight formation.

But when they first saw the Yi army who looked like beasts, the faces of many Han soldiers could not help showing a look of emotion.

In today's world, the fear of ferocious beasts is carved into the bones of people.

Otherwise, there would not have been classic examples of soldiers or horses wearing animal clothing to disrupt the enemy's morale and launch an attack in history.

The mentality change of one's own army was quickly captured by Zhuge Liang.

But in the face of this change, Zhuge Liang did not react immediately.

The fear in my heart cannot be easily erased by words, only by actions.

And this action, Meng Huo, who wanted to come to the enemy, would soon implement it.

As Zhuge Liang expected, after his own army stood still, and after discussing with Gao Ding, Meng Huo couldn't wait to send more than a dozen barbarian generals to the front of the two armies.

Those dozen or so barbarians are all over eight feet in length, with majestic faces.

Compared with the various animal skins worn by many Yi people, these ten or so barbarian generals all wore tiger skins.

Tiger skins can't completely cover their bodies, and the exposed parts of their bodies are covered with bite marks of various wild animals.

There were even two of the most majestic barbarian generals, who took the huge tiger's head as a trophy and carried it on their scarred backs.

These two generals, one is the cave master and the other is the Mulu king, both are famous and fierce generals in Nanzhong.

Their prestige in Nanzhong is like Guan Yu's prestige in Central Plains.

Presumably these dozen or so barbarian generals are the ones Meng Huo sent to fight today.

Barbarians don't like to ride horses. They just drag their huge feet and walk step by step to the front of the tens of thousands of Han troops.

As the Han army got closer, the smiles on the faces of these ten barbarian generals became more ferocious.

And as more than a dozen wild generals approached, the expressions on the faces of the Han army standing in front showed some panic.

It is difficult for future generations to understand people's fear of tigers. For future generations, tigers may be just a cute animal to watch.

But in this world that advocates force, the tiger is the well-deserved king of the mountains and forests, and it is also the most feared beast in the hearts of human beings.

Leaving aside the fact that the dozen or so barbarian generals were all hulking backs, their attire alone made them look like beasts approaching step by step, which naturally made some Han soldiers feel a little panicked.

If it was normal, the Han army would have shot and killed these dozens of barbarians with arrows, but today is the day when the two sides are fighting each other, and this method cannot be used.

When a dozen barbarian generals walked to the front of the Han army formation, they stopped and waited for the generals in the Han army formation to come out to fight them.

But at this moment, a veteran of the Han army kept asking for a fight in front of Zhuge Liang.

This veteran is Zhao Yun.

There are many Han generals gathered around Zhuge Liang, but Zhao Yun is the only one who keeps asking for a fight, but what is puzzling is that Zhuge Liang never agrees to Zhao Yun's constant asking for a fight.

Zhuge Liang's reason for rejecting Zhao Yun was: "The general is Your Majesty's Yuan Cong's ministers. Recently, Yuan Cong's ministers have passed away continuously in the court, and Your Majesty is deeply grieved.

Now the general is more than fifty, how can I let the general take the risk of fighting the general.

If something unexpected happens to the general, how will I explain to His Majesty in the future? "

Zhuge Liang's reason sounded full of concern for Zhao Yun, but when Zhao Yun heard Zhuge Liang's concern, some sullen anger emerged in his heart.

Is the prime minister thinking he is old?
For Zhao Yun, who once dominated the army when he was young, he is most jealous of others saying that he is old!

Displeasure appeared on Zhao Yun's face, and he said to Zhuge Liang: "During the Xiangfan battle, the general and the chariot general were both older than the ministers, but they were able to personally fight the enemy. How can I avoid the enemy today?" war?
Although I am over fifty years old, it is a matter of turning against them to punish them. I am willing to issue a military order and hope that the prime minister will approve it. "

When Zhao Yun said these words, a firm and proud look appeared on his face.

Facing Zhao Yun's firm request to fight, although Zhuge Liang hesitated, he finally agreed to Zhao Yun's request.

He asked someone to bring a glass of sake to Zhao Yun, and then said to Zhao Yun, "I will do a good job for Zilong with a glass of thin wine."

Then Zhuge Liang pointed to the dozen or so barbarian generals outside the formation and said: "They are all famous men in the bandit army. If you kill this Hu, the other army will lose their strength. You used to be as famous as the Marquis of Guan, and now you can kill them for me." Yan is good."

Seeing that Zhuge Liang finally agreed to his challenge, Zhao Yun was overjoyed. He quickly took the wine glass and drank it down. After drinking, he threw the wine glass on the ground and said with emotion:
"Now that their shapes are known, they should be taken by the public."

After saying this, Zhao Yun couldn't wait to drive away from Zhuge Liang.

After Zhao Yun left, Yang Yi, who was beside Zhuge Liang, smiled and asked Zhuge Liang, "Is the prime minister the way to provoke the general?"

Faced with Yang Yi's guess, Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile.

"If it weren't for that, Zilong wouldn't be cruel."

Zhuge Liang is very familiar with Zhao Yun. Compared with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun's temperament is more gentle.

But today is the battle between the two sides, and the general of one's own side must use cruel means to deter the enemy, so Zhuge Liang wanted to stimulate Zhao Yun.

Under the stimulation, in order to prove himself to the world, Zhao Yun will definitely not show mercy.

How cruel, how come.

Seeing that he had guessed Zhuge Liang's thoughts, Yang Yifu asked: "Although Zhengnan is brave, but the enemy army has more than ten generals, the Prime Minister needs to be cautious."

Yang Yi's implication was that he was worried that the dozens of savage generals would fight with each other.

But in the face of Yang Yi's worries, Zhuge Liang didn't take it seriously:
"It's okay, he's Zilong."

As a person who witnessed the Battle of Dangyang, Zhuge Liang knew what a fierce general Zhao Yun was.

And the reason why he agreed to Meng Huo's invitation to be a general was also because Zhao Yun was in the army.

"Duke Wei, order the whole army to prepare for the assault."

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was so confident, Yang Yi didn't try to persuade him any more, he just left quietly to deliver orders.

Zhao Yun came very quickly, but after a while, he rode his horse out of the formation of the Han army.

Meng Huo, who was not far away, saw a white-robed veteran coming out of the battle with a gun, and he immediately realized that this Han general was Zhao Yun.

But Meng Huo was not worried about Zhao Yun's battle at all, he just mocked secretly in his heart: Zhuge Liang has no one to use.

Fifty veterans, what can they do?
Not only did Meng Huo feel contemptuous of Zhao Yun's appearance, even the dozen or so barbarians showed disdain when they saw that an old general was playing.

What's more, they all laughed out loud.

And these laughters happened to be heard by Zhao Yun who had just stepped out of the battle.

The anger in Zhao Yun's heart was suddenly aroused to the highest level by these laughter.

According to the rules of the generals, after the two generals have entered the battle, it is the beginning of the generals.

Therefore, Zhao Yun did not hesitate. When he was driving his horse slowly towards the dozen or so generals, he took out his horse from his bosom, and then aimed at one of the generals and threw it viciously.

Zhao Yunnai is a man of unparalleled strength. With all his strength, he has a speed that ordinary people can't imagine.

With this extremely fast speed, Xie Yun flew towards the dozen or so barbarian generals.

Before the dozens of wild generals could react, the savage fell right on the forehead of one of the savage generals, and because of the speed of the attack, the savage pierced directly through the head of this wild general.

As a burst of blood foam exploded in the air, the savage general fell to the ground and couldn't die anymore.

Due to his speed was too fast, when the barbarian fell to the ground, the dozen or so barbarians beside him were barely able to react.

After the dozens of barbarians reacted, their first feeling was shock.

Zhao Yun was not far away from them, but he was able to kill one of them directly with a short shot, and even gave them no time to react. What kind of arm strength and vision is this?
But after a moment of astonishment, the dozen or so barbarians all became furious.

Zhao Yun's move is undoubtedly to provoke them - he is willing to single out a dozen of them with one person.

Faced with such a provocation, how could the tough generals bear it?
So under the leadership of Bringing Cave Master and King Mulu, more than a dozen barbarians rushed towards Zhao Yun.

And just after Zhao Yun directly killed an invincible barbarian general, the morale of more than ten thousand Han troops gathered together.

Waves of high-pitched drums sounded in the formation of the Han army, cheering for their general who conquered the south.

When the drums of the Han army sounded, more than ten thousand Yi troops did not dare to show weakness. They did not have war drums, but they all shouted in unison, using the ancient language of the tribe to cheer for their fierce generals.

As Zhao Yun and more than a dozen barbarians approached, the sound of drums and shouts in the two formations became louder and louder.

Zhao Yun rode on the horse and looked at the dozens of savage generals approaching him. He didn't feel nervous, but a long-lost excitement emerged in his heart.

From Zhao Yun's battle experience, of course he knows that if he drives a horse under his crotch and shoots arrows at a long distance to disturb dozens of barbarians, no matter how brave they are, they will not be able to show their strength.

But Zhao Yun didn't want to use this tricky method.

The barbarians are fearful of power but not moral, so if you want to make them feel afraid, you can't use tricks.

What's more, he is Zhao Zilong from Changshan, he never swam and fought against tens of thousands of Wei army cavalry, what's more, there are only a dozen or so barbarians in front of him today?
So Zhao Yun drove the horse under his crotch, and went straight to kill more than a dozen barbarians.

When Zhao Yun got very close to those ten or so barbarian generals, those ten or so barbarian generals took out their weapons one after another and slashed at Zhao Yun's horse's leg.

A dozen or so barbarians are all experienced hunters, and now Zhao Yun is their prey in their eyes.

As for the hunter, no matter how fierce the prey is, as long as it loses its mobility first, then the hunting operation will be more than half successful.

The idea of ​​these ten or so savage generals is very good, but unfortunately it is just an idea.

Zhao Yun was born in Baima Yicong, who is famous for his superb riding skills.

When dozens of strangely shaped weapons were about to touch the hooves of the horses, Zhao Yun reined in the reins in time, and he jumped up on top of the heads of a dozen barbarians while driving his crotch steed.

As the snow-white battle robe fluttered, Zhao Yun came to the top of the dozens of barbarians like a general who descended from the sky.

Then, amidst the stunned expressions of the dozen or so barbarian generals, Zhao Yun's spear was like a silver dragon, roaring downward from the sky.

As the cold light flashed, two barbarians had already been pierced by Zhao Yun's spear.

The most terrifying scene happened next.

After the spears in his hands penetrated the thick bodies of the two brutal generals, Zhao Yun used his extraordinary arm strength and the momentum of the horses to lift the corpses of the two brutal generals high, so that everyone in the two armies could see clearly Clear.

And at the moment when the horse's hoof hit the ground, Zhao Yun also took advantage of the situation and thrust the tip of the spear in his hand towards the ground.

As the sharp spear head pierced the ground, Zhao Yun had already passed over a dozen barbarian generals, and nailed the bodies of their two companions to the ground.

At this moment, the silver spear was already soaked in blood, and even Zhao Yun's snow-white battle robe was stained with a few flowers of blood.

At this moment, the tens of thousands of Yi troops who were shouting in unison fell silent in an instant.

It was the first time they had seen such a violent general who could use a gun, a weapon that relied on dexterity to kill the enemy.

Is this kind of arm strength a human being should have?
A strong sense of astonishment quickly spread among the more than ten thousand Yi troops.

When the tens of thousands of Yi troops were stunned, Zhuge Liang's military orders had already spread throughout the entire army.

The first rule of Zhuge Kongming's Art of War: While he is startled, kill him.