The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 646
At dawn the next day, Chen Ziming was called by Liu Bei, saying that there was an urgent report.

In today's world, there is no force in the territory of Dahan that can threaten Dahan. The urgent report should come from the border.

As expected, Chen Ziming frowned slightly when he heard the content of the urgent report.

The urgent report did come from the border, but it was not the north or northwest, nor the south as Chen Ziming thought, but the Nanman area in the southwest.

"The Southern Man was exterminated..."

Chen Ziming was taken aback when he saw it, Nanman, a foreigner whose strength cannot be underestimated, it is rumored that Meng Huo is a rare general in the world, and Chen Ziming has never seen this person.

Originally, Chen Ziming and Liu Bei planned to send troops to subdue the Nanman and eliminate hidden dangers after the situation stabilized, but they didn't expect that the Nanman would be exterminated before they sent troops.

"Cao Pi did it!"

The emergency report made it very clear that Cao Pi suddenly appeared in Nanman, and clashed with Meng Huo, the barbarian king who had just ended the civil strife and regained the throne. The people were also slaughtered.

"The barbarians sent troops to join forces with Sun Quan to attack Yizhou. They didn't want to encounter Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun leading an army into Yizhou. Because Meng Huo was used by Sun Quan, he sent troops to stop Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun designed and wiped out [-] of his barbarians. The barbarian general Yang Feng rebelled, and the army of Hou Dun greeted Xia and attacked the barbarian army..."

Chen Ziming also heard a little bit about the first battle, but the strength of the barbarians was just like that, so Chen Ziming didn't pay much attention.

Chen Gong continued: "In that battle, the barbarian king Meng Huo and the leaders of the tribes escaped and disappeared without a trace. The rebel general Yang Feng led his troops back to the barbarians, slaughtered Meng Huo and other leaders' clansmen, unified the barbarians, and became the new barbarian king."

"I didn't expect that." Chen Gong said jokingly: "Meng Huo quietly returned to the barbarians with the remnants of his tribe. After learning what Yang Feng had done, he was furious and led the rest of his tribe to attack Yang Feng."

"It's a pity that Yang Feng had expected this a long time ago. He not only slaughtered all the young and strong, but even the old and the weak. He arrested the young woman and returned. Although Meng Huo was brave, he was outnumbered. He was defeated by Yang Feng's hand." , but Meng Huo escaped again."

"According to the Dark Guardian." Chen Gong's investigation of Nanman's affairs is very clear: "Meng Huo went to a more remote place to ask for elephant soldiers, and fought to the death with Yang Feng. Yang Feng was defeated and fled. When Xiahouyuan asked for help, General Huang Zhong sent troops to force Xiahouyuan to withdraw from southern Yizhou."

"Yang Feng asked for help to no avail, and finally died tragically at the hands of Meng Huo. Yang Feng's clan was also massacred by the red-eyed Meng Huo. After the Second Rebellion, there was no one left in Nanman..."

After Chen Ziming heard this, he nodded secretly. So, it is no wonder that the barbarians are not Cao Pi's opponents. It turns out that Cao Pi is only facing weak barbarians.

Chen Gong continued: "Meng Huo believed that Cao Jun was responsible for the barbarians' current situation. At this time, Cao Pi fled and entered the territory of the Southern Barbarians. After Meng Huo learned about it, he immediately took the rest of his troops to attack Cao Pi."

"There shouldn't be many troops around Cao Pi." Chen Ziming was puzzled. The [-] soldiers Cao Pi brought out were wiped out by Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao in Yingyang City. The general Cao Ren was killed in battle, and only a few thousand soldiers escaped with Cao Pi. How could the barbarians be wiped out so easily.

"That's right." Chen Gong said, "According to the secret guard's investigation, Cao Pi has no more than [-] soldiers and horses, but these [-] soldiers and horses are tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun..."

"..." Chen Ziming had nothing to say. Meng Huo was really unlucky. He was riding hard steel with tigers and leopards head-on when his strength was greatly damaged.

"Where is Meng Huo?" The urgent report only said that the barbarians were wiped out by Cao Pi, and even Cao Pi slaughtered the barbarian people, and then continued to go southwest. The secret guards were sending people to investigate, but there was no mention of Meng Huo and others.

"I don't know." Unexpectedly, Chen Gong gave such an answer: "The blood of the barbarians flowed into rivers, and the corpses were scattered across the field. There were only a few hidden guards investigating the situation, and they did not search carefully..."

Chen Ziming was speechless, wouldn't he let Meng Huo escape again? Could it be that Meng Huo is a pig's foot?
"Since we have discovered Cao Pi's whereabouts, we should quickly send troops to pursue them." Chen Ziming will not be inferior to Cao Pi. Although this son is not as good as Cao Cao, he can be regarded as having some means, and it is said that Cao Chun is not the only one who escaped with Cao Pi. The tiger and leopard cavalry under his command, as well as fierce generals like Xia Houdun, and more importantly, the top strategists Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu are all by Cao Pi's side.

"That's right." At this time Liu Bei said to Guan Yu, "Yun Chang, the military should quickly discuss and send troops to chase and suppress Cao Pi."

"promise!"

Guan Yu agreed and left immediately to arrange for the pursuit of Cao Pi.

Seeing this, Chen Ziming nodded slightly. It seemed that Liu Bei also had the same idea as Chen Ziming. The war affairs should be left to the military department itself, and the civilian officials would not intervene, and Liu Bei himself would try not to intervene as much as possible.

"Send people to Nanman as soon as possible to submerge the corpses. Don't delay. Nanman will be very hot afterwards. If left unattended, it may cause plague." Chen Ziming said hastily, this matter cannot be delayed.

"Well." Liu Bei nodded, and then said: "Let the soldiers and horses sent by the military department collect the corpses of the barbarians first, and after burying them, they will chase after Cao Pi. , treat him kindly."

"promise!"

Chen Gong immediately accepted the order. Although the Senate has not yet been formed, and the officials of various ministries have not yet been selected, Liu Bei and Chen Ziming have already discussed the candidates for the officials of each ministry, and the following is just a formality.

Chen Gong will be the head of the Government Affairs Council, and officials from various ministries have also begun to perform their duties, but they have not been officially announced. After all, according to the edict issued by Liu Bei, the heads and adjutants of each ministry need to be elected by the Senate.

"Your Majesty, Lord Chen Zhen seeks an audience..."

"Hurry up, please."

Soon, Chen Zhen came to Liu Bei and the others in good spirits and rested all night. It seemed that Chen Zhen had recovered well.

"Xiaoqi, why didn't you continue to go west, but came back after the Sasanian Dynasty?"

According to the original plan, the mission had to go as far as the Roman Empire, because the final destination of the Silk Road was Rome, but Chen Zhen reported that it only reached the Sasanian Dynasty.

"Report to Your Majesty." Chen Zhen hurriedly said, "The minister did not want to go to Rome, but was blocked by the king of the Sassanid Dynasty. He believed that Sasanian and Rome were at war, so it was not easy to go..."

It turns out that the king of the Sasanian Dynasty might be afraid that the great Han would have too much contact with Rome, which would be detrimental to Sasanian, so he sent troops to block Chen Zhen's way. However, Chen Zhen still collected some information about the current situation of the Roman Empire from Sasanian, which is a little reward.

(End of this chapter)