Chapter 615: Exchange of Hostages
"Hehe, just like you are reluctant to leave your tribe, I will never betray my lord. He is as kind as a mountain to me. I will never betray him no matter what. I am sorry to you to help you get to this point. Zhurong, although we have no chance in this life, I hope we can be together in the next life and wish you happiness!"
After Hu Cheer finished speaking, he looked sad and left silently.
"I will remember your affection. Although I can't accept it, I am also very moved." Zhu Rong originally wanted to call Hu Cheer, but she thought again, what can I do if I call him? Why not just let him leave like this.
After about half an hour, Hu Cheer came in without expression and said to her: "Zhurong, according to the agreement between the lord and Meng Huo, our army will exchange you for Duke Shu. As long as you obey the arrangements, you can safely return to the barbarians. I hope that after you return to the barbarians, I will persuade Meng Huo well and never be enemies with my Han. I am a great Han and have many talented people. There are countless talents like me who are in a car. This is because you meet me. If you meet someone with a strong murderous aura, there is no way to kill you on the spot."
Then Hu Cheer personally took Mrs. Zhurong out, and then followed the Han army soldiers to the city of Jianning.
Zhu Rong secretly looked at the Han army camp. Although the Han army soldiers seemed to have only 50,000 or 60,000, even if they were less than the barbarians, the soldiers had cold faces and were filled with astonishing murderous intent. They were obviously soldiers of war, and their formation was extremely neat and the military discipline was extremely strict. Even tens of thousands of people marched together, they could only hear the sound of walking at the same rhythm, without even a noise.
All of this shocked Zhu Rong. She really didn't expect that the Han army was so elite. With such an army, her own side had no chance of winning.
"Oh, I was arrogant and ambitious at the beginning, and I wanted to replace it. Now it seems that all this is so ridiculous, it is simply self-destruction. Now I have finally seen the power of the Han army. It seems that if I want to grow the tribe in the future, I can only make a long-term plan."
Although Zhu Rong was unwilling to accept it, he knew that the strength of the Han army was far from what the current southern barbarians could resist. So he decided to change his established policy and urged Meng Huo to give up his attitude of confronting the Han people, and to imprison him with vain and secretly accumulate strength. When he has enough strength in the future, he will take the opportunity to rise slowly.
After three hours, Zhurong followed the Han army to the city of Jianning. At this time, the Han army did not immediately exchange hostages, but ordered the camp and sent an envoy to notify Meng Huo, preparing to exchange the next day.
In this way, Zhurong stayed in the camp for another night, but Hu Cheer did not show up that night, which made Zhurong feel relieved and a little disappointed.
The reason for being relieved is that if Hu Cheer does not show up, she doesn't have to worry about being embarrassed to see him again. The reason for her loss is naturally very simple. After all, she still has a good impression of Hu Cheer. Now that this person doesn't come, her heart suddenly feels a little empty.
Just as Zhu Rong couldn't sleep, the dawn of the next day finally came. At this time, Zhu Rong felt more expectation in her heart. After all, she was able to return to her tribe safely, which was tantamount to regaining a new life for her.
At the same time, after breakfast, the army set out. Except for Zhang Ren, the 10,000 troops under Liu He led the 10,000 troops to guard the camp, the others acted according to the plan, while Liu He led the 10,000 troops to Jianning City and exchanged hostages according to the agreement with Meng Huo.
In front of the two armies, Huang Zhong and Meng You, as representatives of both sides, brought the hostages, escorted them to the middle, and then took their hostages back. This is the procedure agreed upon by both sides.
Huang Zhong knew about the other party's conspiracy in advance, so he naturally would not push the person out quickly. They were all secretly wearing inner armor and a sword hanging around their waists to guard against sudden changes in the situation.
The situation in Meng You was similar, but they only prepared weapons but did not prepare inner armor, because in their opinion, they just had to attack the other side, and there was no need to be prepared for the attack. They just needed to attack.
When both sides reached the core of the battlefield, the situation suddenly changed. Meng You immediately ordered the soldiers around you to attack the Han army. At the same time, the trumpet blew behind the barbarian army formation, and then heard the roar of beasts. Under the leadership of a group of elephant soldiers, many soldiers from the Southern Barbarians walked out of the city and rushed towards the Han army soldiers.
Since the Han army was ready, they naturally did not react slowly. As soon as Meng You ordered the attack, they bent their bow and arrow and shot Meng You to death with one arrow.
At the same time, the soldiers of the Defeat Camp under Huang Zhong also bent their bows and arrows and shot towards the barbarian army. The soldiers of the Defeat Camp under Huang Zhong were all sharpshooters. With the bonus of Huang Zhong's bow skills, everyone was an arrow. In just a moment, they shot all the barbarian soldiers who escorted Liu Chan.
The moment Meng You was shot to death, Guan Ping, who pretended to be Huang Zhong's guard, immediately rushed forward with a gun. In just a moment, he assassinated more than ten barbarian soldiers, protecting Liu Chan, who was so scared that he was stunned, and then he kept Liu Chan back all the way and escorted Liu He safely.
"Brother Xing, I, thank you." How could Guan Ping not know Guan Yu's beloved son? It's just that the last time he met, the other party was his general, and now he has become someone else's minister, which naturally made him sigh in his heart. However, after all, the other party was his savior, so he could only thank him now.
"I have met the Lord... Duke Shu, I wonder who else is in the city?" Guan Ping protected Liu Chan and hurriedly asked about Jianning's situation.
"There is no family in the city, only one Mrs. Wu, who is my concubine's mother. My mother died of illness before I left Chengdu..." Liu Chan said this, his voice was very low and tears flowed out.
Guan Ping knew that Liu Chan was referring to Mrs. Mi, and also sighed secretly, and then sighed: "Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Shu are like mother and son. Unexpectedly, they died of illness at a young age. It's a pity. Fortunately, Mr. Shu has finally returned to my great man, and his father and third uncle can finally let go of one's worries."
"Yes, I can finally let go of my worries. It's a pity that my father had founded completely. I don't know if a surrendered minister like me can tolerate the King of Qin? If he was killed, then this joke would be a big deal, hehe."
Liu Chan sighed softly.
Guan Ping did not know the profound meaning of Liu Chan's words, and thought it was Liu Chan's concern for his own life and death, so he comforted him: "Don't worry about this, the King of Qin has always had a broad mind and will never make things difficult for you. In fact, don't say that you were in control of Shu at the time. Even Zhuge Liang, the initiator of the civil turmoil in Shu, had saved his life and given him a chance to serve my Han Dynasty."
Chapter completed!