Chapter 422 Volume Zhuge Liang’s Seven Captures of the King (Part )
“That’s it. I have decided that Meng Huo will lead the tribe’s soldiers to the battle, and the Yizhou treasury will provide money, food, and armor.”

Zhuge Liang wrote his opinions into an official document and submitted it to the officials of the prefectures and counties.

“It has been proven that there is indeed a waterway in the southern part of Yizhou that can reach Daxia and Daqin… Especially it is very close to Daxia. According to the king of Shan, it only takes ten days to reach there by boat.”

“So maintaining the stability of Shan will stabilize the trade between Han and Daxia.”

“According to historical records, Daxia is much larger than the countries in the Western Regions… If we can ensure the smooth flow of this waterway, it will definitely be a hundred benefits for Yizhou!”

……

Food, fodder and military equipment were provided by Yizhou.

Then the southern barbarian tribes will send troops and people.

Help the Shan Kingdom, which had surrendered to the Han Dynasty a hundred years ago, to defeat the Pyu Kingdom, and thus develop the waterway from Yizhou to Daxia…

No matter how you look at it, this is a pretty good deal!

“Okay! Let’s do it this way!”

Wu Yi, Huang Quan and others acted decisively and sent Wang Ping, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan to lead thousands of soldiers to the south. They built roads through mountains and bridges over rivers, thus opening up the road between Yizhou and Nanzhong.

The barbarians in Nanzhong, led by Meng Huo and Meng You, fulfilled their promise to Zhuge Liang and began to build roads in Nanzhong.

During the construction of the road, it was inevitable that the Han soldiers and the barbarians in southern China would come into contact with each other and gradually get to know each other.

“You guys are actually pretty good.”

“No, no, you guys are doing fine too!”

“…”

The southern barbarians took out their own fruit wine to provide to the Han soldiers, and the Han soldiers also shared their dried meat and bread, and the two sides exchanged what they had.

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were both natives of Shu, and they were deeply moved when they saw this scene.

“I didn’t know that the Han and the barbarians could live in such harmony!”

Zhang Ren reminded Yan Yan: “You shouldn’t call them barbarians. They are indeed the descendants of Zhuang Qiao of the Chu State, and the descendants of the Xia people.”

“Yes! Yes!”

If it were just to build a road in the deep mountains and forests, the people and officials in Shu would probably not have much enthusiasm.

But if there really is a waterway connecting Daxia and Daqin, that would be a completely different matter!
Why are the four counties in Hexi so rich?
Isn’t it because the four Hexi counties are connected to the Western Regions and are important transportation routes?

Once Yizhou becomes the Han Dynasty’s external gateway, I wonder how much profit we can get!

And with benefits, many things will come naturally.

For example, the barbarians in the south who made Yizhou very annoyed.

Now, waterways meant trade.

The existence of trade means that sooner or later people will gather on both sides of the waterway and build cities.

Once the city was built, the customs of the people would inevitably tend to be more Han-oriented, and it would gradually evolve into a prefecture of the Han people.

From now on, Yizhou might no longer be the border of the Han Dynasty, but its hinterland!
The two groups of people quickly rebuilt a rough road based on the original footsteps of their ancestors.

Although it is rough, it is indeed passable.

Food and military equipment from Shu were continuously transported to Shan State, and Zhuge Liang also led some Han soldiers and Meng Huo’s army to follow.

“This this……”

Yong Hua, the King of Shan State, could not believe his eyes!

He knew that although the Han Dynasty was powerful, the roads were blocked and it would probably take a year to get a response from the Emperor of Han.

But now, less than ten days later, Zhuge Liang appeared before him with reinforcements!

“Leave the rest to me.”

Yonghua, the King of Shan, asked cautiously, “May I ask how confident are the Han envoys that they can defeat the Pyu Kingdom?”

“One percent.”

This answer surprised Yong Hua.

In his opinion, the Han army had at least a 70% chance of winning since they were sent down from the sky, but now it was only only 10%?
Zhuge Liang did not explain, but began to train his soldiers together with Yan Yan and Meng Huo, and asked Wang Ping and Zhang Ren to collect intelligence on the Pyu Kingdom in the south.

One month later,
Zhuge Liang found Yonghua again.

“We can send troops now.”

“How confident is the Han envoy this time?”

“Nine percent!”

“?!”

Yong Hua didn’t understand how Zhuge Liang calculated his winning rate, but he still obediently paid homage to the king of the Pyu Kingdom in the south.

When Bei Mie heard that the weak Shan State dared to provoke him, he immediately led his soldiers to attack the Shan State!

The two sides fought, and the Shan soldiers were indeed no match for the Pyu soldiers, and retreated all the way to the rear.

Bie led his troops in pursuit, and when they reached a valley, they suddenly heard a loud noise!
Two figures rushed out from the left and right wings respectively. They were Meng Huo and Wang Ping!

At this moment, Zhang Ren also appeared above the valley, commanding the archers who followed him here—

“Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!”

“Huh! Huh!”

Thousands of arrows fired!

He looked at everything in front of him in disbelief.

What a neat queue!

That hard armor!

That sharp weapon!

And that flag… which had not appeared for nearly a hundred years, but was flying above at this moment –

【Han】!
“It’s the former Shan Kingdom’s backer who has returned!”

The big man is back!
The legendary big man is still alive!

When Bie was in a trance, he suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes. It was Wang Ping who had rushed to his front and slapped Bie on the back with his sword, causing Bie to fall to the ground!
The surrounding Han soldiers immediately rushed forward and captured Bie Mie and brought him in front of Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang looked at the despicable man in front of him and did not rush to execute him. Instead, he decided to give him a chance.

“Are you willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty and serve the emperor from now on?”

After several months of understanding, Zhuge Liang already knew that although small southwestern countries such as “Pyu” and “Shan” were also called “countries”, they were actually more like a union of alliances.

Killing Beimei would not make Pyu surrender, but would instead cause more turmoil.

Therefore, when dealing with the Pyu Kingdom, it is better to attack their hearts!

“Of course not!”

He glared at Zhuge Liang with contempt.

“I didn’t even know about the existence of your Han army. How can I accept defeat by you?”

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang personally stepped forward to help Bie Mi untie the ropes that bound him.

“In that case, how about we have a fair fight, and then you surrender to the Han?”

“it is good!”

Bimie’s eyes lit up!
“If I lose again next time, I will definitely surrender to the Han Dynasty!”

Zhuge Liang spared Beibei and allowed him to take away the soldiers captured by the Han army.

After Beimie returned, he thought that he was defeated by Zhuge Liang because he was just careless for a moment and did not know the existence of the Han army.

The second time, Beimi simply gathered the strength of the entire country and launched an attack on Zhuge Liang again!
But the gap in military levels between the two sides is so huge that it has actually exceeded my humble imagination.

It’s not just the difference between weapons and equipment, but also the difference between ranks and formations!

Even the soldiers under Meng Huo knew how to cooperate with each other to some extent. With Zhuge Liang’s training, they were far from being a match for the pyus.

Not surprisingly.

In the second attack, Bie was captured alive by Meng Huo among thousands of troops and thrown in front of Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang could not help but praise: “Meng Huo actually has the courage of Yide!”

Meng Huo didn’t know who Yide was. After asking Wang Ping and Zhang Ren, he found out that he was one of the pillars of the Han Dynasty. He couldn’t help but puff out his chest with joy.

The captured Bie Mie tried to argue again: “Victory and defeat are common in the military! If you have the guts, let me go!”

“Next time! If you can capture me again next time, I will admit defeat!”

“Oh you bastard!”

He was furious at having captured the despicable Meng Huo alive!
“How can you be so shameless? I’ve captured you twice and you still refuse to surrender? I, Meng Huo, really despise people like you!”

But Zhuge Liang advised: “It’s all right, it’s all right, just let him go, what’s the harm in letting him attack again?”

So, Beimi was let go by Zhuge Liang for the second time.

“The Han army is strong. We can only defeat them through strategizing, not by force!”

After Beimie returned, he asked the holy monk in his country to bring gifts to Zhuge Liang, pretending to surrender, and then attacked the Han army with the help of internal and external forces!

Zhuge Liang sent Meng Huo to meet the holy monk and prepared the fine wine he had brewed earlier.

“Don’t worry! They’re all homemade vegetarian wines! The alcohol content is not high!”

“Hey? Holy monk, why are you kneeling down?”

“Hey? Why are you sleeping in the field?”

“…”

That night, Beimi led his troops to attack the Han army camp again.

But when they rushed in, they saw that apart from the drunken monk and his attendants, there was no sign of any Han army.

The Han army rushed out again at this moment, with Zhang Ren leading the charge and capturing Beimi.
This time, Zhang Ren didn’t even bother to ask Bei Mie whether he was willing to surrender, but instead apologized to Yan Yan first.

“I’m sorry, General Yan. I was impatient and took away your credit… But don’t worry, I will definitely leave it to you next time!”

Meng Huo, Wang Ping, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan have already discussed it and decided to capture the king one by one for fun!
As a result, Zhang Renyi was in a hurry and accidentally messed up the order, so he felt sorry.

“fine.”

Yan Yan is older and doesn’t care about these things.

“There will be opportunities in the future anyway!”

After saying this, Yan Yan asked Bimie, “Are you willing to surrender this time?”

Bimie was filled with indignation: “Shouldn’t you take me to see Zhuge Liang?”

Yo?
Are you so familiar with the process?

“No, Mr. Zhuge is sleeping, we don’t want to disturb him!”

He was actually sleeping…

Bie felt a mouthful of blood rushing up and almost broke through on the spot!
“This time it was the holy monk who got drunk and messed up! Of course it doesn’t count! If you have the guts, let me go and we’ll fight again!”

The four Han generals shrugged their shoulders and let Beimie go.

“This is the third time!”

Wang Ping made a bet with the other generals: “How many times do you think it will take for him to surrender?”

“It should be about the same next time! I don’t believe there are such shameless people in this world!”

Meng Huo made the first bet.

“Just four times! I bet four times!”

Wang Ping: “I bet five times!”

Yan Yan: “Probably six times.”

Zhang Ren also joined in: “Seven times! It must be seven times!”

Zhang Ren’s words made everyone laugh: “That humble man is the ruler of a country after all, how could he be so shameless?”

“That’s it!”

Meng Huo shouted the loudest!
Capturing him seven times? That’s really shameless, right?
(End of this chapter)