Mi Han

Chapter 425
After learning the news that Meng Huo was released by Zhuge Liang, not only Gao Ding, but also Yong Kai, who had always been an ally with Meng Huo, was also full of suspicion.

It is no wonder that Gao Ding and Yong Kai are ruthless, it is really unbelievable that they were captured twice.

When Meng Huo was released by Zhuge Liang for the first time before, Gao Ding and Yong Kai might still think that Zhuge Liang was trying to buy fame and buy people's hearts.

But when Zhuge Liang released Meng Huo for the second time, Gao Ding and Yong Kai felt a sense of crisis in their hearts.

A reasonable inference suddenly appeared in the hearts of Gao Ding and Yong Kai.

Thinking of this, Gao Ding and Yong Kai couldn't help but glance at each other.

Maybe the two of them couldn't understand each other, but out of the psychology of self-preservation, there was a faint consensus reached in the eyes of the two.

No matter what kind of plan Zhuge Liang had, and whether Zhuge Liang and Meng Huo had an ulterior deal, Meng Huo was determined not to trust him any more.

Under this consensus, Gao Ding did not order to open the city gate to let Meng Huo enter the city.

He thought that Meng Huo was celebrating his escape, so he ordered a banquet to be held in the barracks outside the city gate.

As Meng Huo's ally, Yong Kai did not have any objection to Gao Ding's arrangement.

As the actual person in charge of Qiongdu County, Gao Ding's order was quickly conveyed to Meng Huo who had already arrived outside the city gate.

After arriving outside the city gate, Meng Huo was dissatisfied when he saw that Gao Ding did not order to open the city gate.

Wasn't he escaping from the enemy's camp with "untold hardships" in order to assist Gao Ding?
However, as the object of his assistance, he did not open the city gate to welcome him after he returned from leading the army, which made Meng Huo feel that Gao Ding was too meaningless.

However, Meng Huo immediately learned of Gao Ding's plan. Regarding Gao Ding's plan, Meng Huo instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think much about it at first.

He also knew that he was a defeated general, so he didn't object to Gao Ding's plan.

Without Meng Huo's objection, the leaders of the three rebels soon met again in the barracks outside the city.

A series of delicacies and wines were placed on the food tables of the three chiefs, but it was supposed to be a banquet full of laughter, but there was no relaxed atmosphere at this time.

Because both Gao Ding and Yong Kai came to this banquet with troops, this is fundamentally different from the meeting scene of the previous three leaders.

Since the foreign race adopted a shared meal system, the three rebel leaders sat together at the long table.

But invisibly, Gao Ding and Yong Kai seemed to deliberately keep a certain distance from Meng Huo, but the two of them sat quite close.

Gao Ding and Yong Kai's distrust of Meng Huo is vividly reflected in the distance between the seats.

Not to mention that behind them at this time, all of them were standing with their own troops holding sharp knives.

Meng Huo was able to lead a group of Yi people to gain a great reputation in Nanzhong, and he had seen many cases of mutual betrayal between different races.

Moreover, Gao Ding and Yong Kai's current performance is enough to be called abnormal.

Holding the wine glass in his hand, Meng Huo kept looking at Gao Ding and Yong Kai in front of him. This situation reminded him of a story that his ancestors told him - Hongmen Banquet.

Thinking of this story, Meng Huo couldn't help squinting at Gao Ding and Yong Kai.

This is the subconscious reaction of wild animals when they encounter danger.

Meng Huo didn't feel wrong. After the servants placed all the food and wine on the long table, they regarded Qiongdu as the headquarters of Gaoding, and couldn't help but ask Meng Huo first:

"Why did villager Zhuge let King Meng come back for the second time?"

Gao Ding is a Yi, he does not understand the unique language skills between Han people, he only knows that if he has any questions in his mind, he should ask them directly.

But what Gao Ding didn't know was that because he had long suspected Meng Huo in his heart, when he asked this question, he couldn't help but tinged some doubts in his tone.

After hearing Gao Ding's doubts, Meng Huo didn't even think about the delicious food in front of him.

There are many poisonous insects in Nanzhong, which also leads to frequent poisoning incidents in Nanzhong.

Wasn't the last barbarian king of the Gaoding tribe poisoned to death by Gaoding?

Then who can guarantee that Gao Ding will not repeat the old tricks at today's banquet.

At this moment, not only Gao Ding had doubts about Meng Huo, but Meng Huo also had doubts about Gao Ding and Yong Kai.

In Nanzhong where the jungle preys on the jungle, trust is already very cheap.

Faced with Gao Ding's questioning, Meng Huo fell into silence.

At this time, Meng Huo realized later that Gao Ding and Yong Kai were suspicious of him because of something.

It's not that he doesn't want to defend himself, it's just that he doesn't know how to defend himself in this matter.

Could it be that Zhuge Liang is so benevolent and unparalleled?

How could Gao Ding and Yong Kai believe such an absurd reason?

It's not that Meng Huo didn't doubt Zhuge Liang's intention to release him.

But even if he had some doubts in his heart, it was impossible for him to refuse Zhuge Liang's release behavior.

Because he is the patriarch of a Yi tribe, for the sake of his tribe, Meng Huo would never let go of any chance to survive.

Otherwise, even if Gao Ding and Yong Kai didn't doubt him, once they knew that there was no way out for them, their first thought was not to avenge him.

They would swallow his followers immediately, and this was the most frequent brutal annexation struggle in Nanzhong.

But Meng Huo's silence fell in the eyes of Gao Ding and Yong Kai, because they thought it was a manifestation of Meng Huo's ulterior motives.

It's worth it!

Gao Ding's eyes suddenly turned cold.

It was not what he expected.

Even the way Yong Kai looked at Meng Huo became indifferent.

After having the answer in his heart, Yong Kai felt as if something he couldn't figure out before, why he figured it out all of a sudden.

During the Battle of Bodao, it was Meng Huo who advocated fighting, but Gao Ding was defeated.

During the night attack last night, Yong Kai thought that his analysis was flawless, but Zhuge Liang seemed to know about it in advance, so he even set up an ambush in the Han army camp.

If you look at each of these piles individually, they would not be too suspicious, but if they are combined, Meng Huo's identity as a traitor is almost ready to be revealed.

No force will show mercy to traitors.

Thinking of this, Yong Kai said to Meng Huo: "What kind of benefits did the Zhuge villager give you to make you betray us? Are you worthy of your ancestors like this?"

Yong Kai's words were full of coldness.

When Yong Kai said this sentence, it meant that the relationship between him and Meng Huo had been publicly torn apart.

Facing Yong Kai's questioning, Meng Huo continued to respond with silence.

He looked around with his eyes.

Yong Kai and Gao Ding's followers had already vaguely surrounded him, but thanks to Zhuge Liang's failure to detain his three thousand sons, he was not helpless at this moment.

What's more, there are thousands of his followers in Qiongdu City.

In a real fight, he might not necessarily lose.

Meng Huo, who grew up experiencing betrayal since he was a child, naturally has a keen judgment on such a dangerous scene as the Hongmen Banquet.

And after knowing that Yong Kai and Gao Ding would not be kind to him today, Meng Huo was also decisive.

Just when Yong Kai was still thinking of using words to kill Meng Huo, Meng Huo suddenly stood up and drew out the long knife at his waist, slashing at Yong Kai who was closest to him.

Allies in the past have become enemies at this moment.

Meng Huo's sudden attack was a bit unexpected to Yong Kai, but he was prepared for Meng Huo and Yong Kai, so facing the sharp knife that was coming, Yong Kai rolled on the ground nimbly and narrowly escaped.

After evading Meng Huo's sharp knife attack, Yong Kai was furious.

After he stood up, he also drew out the long knife on his waist and slashed towards Meng Huo.

Not long after, the blades of Yong Kai and Meng Huo clashed together, making a piercing scream.

The fight between Yong Kai and Meng Huo greatly exceeded the expectations of the two men.

However, it was not uncommon for allies to stab each other with knives, so after a moment of stupefaction, the tribes of both sides quickly killed each other.

A moment later, there were bursts of tit-for-tat shouts of killing in the barracks.

Most of Yong Kai's tribe were Han people, while Meng Huo's tribe was mostly Yi people. Therefore, if one judged from the sound of killing people alone, people who didn't know the inside story thought it was the Han army who came in.

When Yong Kai and Meng Huo were fighting, Gao Ding had already left the battlefield in time under the cover of his subordinates.

When he came out of the battlefield, Gao Ding looked at the two sides who had already killed in full swing, and he was indifferent to the suggestion of his cronies.

The cronies suggested that Gao Ding should lead the army to help Yong Kai in time, so as to quell Meng Huo's rebellion as soon as possible.

But in the face of this suggestion, Gao Ding has a different view.

It is true that he had a consensus with Yong Kai before, but the current situation makes Gao Ding have a different idea.

He and Yong Kai were originally at odds, and although Yong Kai had more troops than Meng Huo at present, Meng Huo had more generals on his side, and the two sides were evenly matched for the time being.

In this case, why didn't he sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and after Yong Kai and Meng Huo were both injured, come and reap the benefits of the fisherman?

In history, when Zhuge Liang marched south, Gao Ding led his army to attack and kill Yong Kai with similar ideas.

From this aspect, no matter in history or in the present, Gao Ding, who was born in the Yi people, is still as short-sighted as ever.

Under Gao Ding's mentality of deliberately sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, the two tribes of Yong Kai and Meng Huo in the barracks were inseparable from each other.

Meng Huo knew that he had few people on his side, so a protracted war would not be good for him, not to mention that there was a Gao Ding who was eyeing him.

Meng Huo knew exactly what Gao Ding was up to.

To prevent his side from losing in today's fight, Meng Huo knew he had to fight quickly.

So Meng Huo personally led his clan's Jin Huan Sanjie, Dong Dana, Ah Hui Nan, Mang Ya Chang and other strong generals, and rushed all the way to Yong Kai's place.

The fierce generals of the Menghuo clan may be vulnerable to Zhao Yun, but in this southern and central land, they are also famous for a long time.

The fierce general rushes to kill, which is naturally extraordinary.

Under the leadership of Meng Huo, the four generals continued to kill Yong Kai as if turning into sharp knives.

However, when Yong Kai saw Meng Huo and four ferocious generals coming towards him, and the people along the way were knocked down like chopping melons and vegetables, the alarm bells in his heart rang.

In the past, he and Meng Huo were allies, and he didn't feel deeply about the bravery of his generals until he faced him directly.

But when the two sides became enemies, he had a deep understanding of how effective a fierce general can be in a short-handed war.

Yong Kai, who was almost scared out of his wits, ordered his followers to surround him and protect him.

On the other hand, they continue to send people to Gao Ding for help.

However, many people who asked for help were dispatched. Obviously Gao Ding's troops were not far away, but he still had no intention of leading the army to support him.

At this moment, Gao Ding is probably dreaming of unifying Nanzhong.

And when Gao Ding was immersed in the beautiful fantasy, a Yi man stumbled to Gao Ding and knelt down in front of Gao Ding, and reported to him something that horrified him.

"A lot, a lot of Han troops are coming towards Qiongdu County."

After hearing the news, Gao Ding was taken aback.

He hurriedly jumped onto the high ground beside him, and fixed his eyes on the direction of the Han army camp.

Originally, the camp of the Han army was nearly ten miles away from Qiongdu County. No matter how high the Gaoding station was, it would be difficult for him to see the Han army under the cover of dense forest.

But when Gao Ding stood on the high ground now, he saw a large number of Han troops coming towards this place not far away.

This sudden scene made Gao Ding immediately give the order to the troops to attack.

It's just that the target of Gao Ding's order to attack is not the large number of Han troops who are rushing towards this place, but the Menghuo tribe who are fighting fiercely with Yongkai's tribe.

Gao Ding is also the leader of the troops. He knows that Yong Kai and Meng Huo's troops are fighting fiercely in the barracks. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for Yong Kai to protect himself.

If the Han army was allowed to rush into the barracks, Yong Kai's troops would collapse in an instant.

And if Yong Kai's army collapsed and there was no way to support it alone, how would his tribe be able to defend Qiongdu County?
You must know that there are still some soldiers and horses of Meng Huo in Qiongdu County.

At this moment, the idea of ​​sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight has disappeared from Gao Ding's mind. Now he only wants to quickly defeat Meng Huo's troops before the arrival of the Han army, and then join forces with Yong Kai and quickly return to Qiongdu County Zhongguishou.

Only by winning Meng Huo's head can Gao Ding completely lose the backbone of Meng Huo's tribe in Qiongdu City and accept his command.

Under Gao Ding's hurried command, his troops quickly joined the battlefield.

When the high-definition troops joined the battlefield, Meng Huo, who was at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, felt the pressure instantly.

But Gao Ding's sudden joining of the army also made Meng Huo somewhat suspicious.

It's just that Meng Huo didn't have time to think about it at this time, so he could only direct his troops to form a formation slowly and stick to it.

Now Meng Huo only hoped that the people he left behind in the city would come out to assist him in time after hearing the shouts of killing from the barracks outside the city.

Otherwise, his two hundred catties of meat today may have to be confessed here.

Although Meng Huo commanded the troops to form an array in time, Meng Huo gradually became powerless in the face of Yong Kai and Gao Ding, who were much more outnumbered than him.

If it weren't for the fact that he had several strong generals on his side, he might have already been defeated by the coalition forces of Yong Kai and Gao Ding.

But as time passed bit by bit, Meng Huo in the battlefield seemed to hear a cry of killing that did not exist on this side of the battlefield.

The sound of shouting and killing went from far to near, from small to loud.

(End of this chapter)