Chapter 85: Scheming to Duosi

Hanzhong.

There was a thick stack of documents in front of Zhuge Liang. Now Zhuge Liang is coordinating the logistics supply of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition Army. However, Zhuge Liang's personality is like to do everything himself. In addition, there are many trivial things in the logistics support work, so Zhuge Liang is often busy until late at night. Fortunately, Zhuge Liang is only forty years old now, and he is in his prime. Even if he works until late at night every day, he is still full of energy on the second day.

Deng Zhi took two steps in three steps to approach Zhuge Liang and said, "Prime Minister, Chengdu urgently reported."

Zhuge Liang pressed his temple and said, "But Sun Quan from Jiangdong and Meng Huo from the Southern Barbarians rebelled?"

"The Prime Minister is indeed as expected. Lu Xun led a 100,000 army to attack our Yizhou, but His Royal Highness had defeated Lu Xun in just ten days." Deng Zhi continued.

"It only takes ten days?" Zhuge Liang asked in surprise. The Shu Road was difficult. If it was a ten-day walk, it would not be enough to walk from Chengdu to Jiameng Pass.

Deng Ai nodded: "Prime Minister remembers that when the Prime Minister entered Shu, he had set up dozens of miles of stone formations near Wu Gorge. His Royal Highness used a trick to lead Lu Xun's army to the stone formation. Lu Xun could not leave for several days and was almost trapped in the formation. However, he was still led out of the stone formation..."

"This is impossible! This formation was made by my years of research. There will be no more than five people in the world who can recognize this formation. Lu Xun will definitely not be able to recognize this formation!" Zhuge Liang said here, his voice suddenly stopped, and he said to himself: "Shi Yuan and I are in Hanzhong and the other are in Yongzhou. There is only one person who can recognize this formation..."

Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head: "Is that the one who led Lu Xun out of the formation my father-in-law Huang Chengyan?"

Deng Ai hesitated for a moment and nodded: "It was Mr. Huang who led Lu Xun out of the stone formation."

"Hmph..." Zhuge Liang snorted coldly, obviously very dissatisfied with Huang Chengyan's move. Deng Ai next to him immediately changed the topic and continued: "His prince captured Gan Ning, the general of the Eastern Wu in the stone formation. Later, after Lu Xun withdrew from the stone formation, His prince pretended to be Gan Ning's parents' troops to raid Yiling and burned down the food and grass of the Eastern Wu. Lu Xun had no food, so he had to withdraw his troops."

“How long ago did this happen?”

"This happened nearly two months ago." Deng Zhi said.

Zhuge Liang's brows gradually stretched out: "It seems that Jiangdong is no longer a problem. What about the south central area?"

"Yongqi Yongqi in Yongchang, Yueli Gaoding, Zhu Bao, and Wuxi barbarian king Shamoke rebelled together. His Royal Highness led his troops to quell the rebellion. He heard that he had already won a great victory. Yongqi and Zhu Bao died. Gaoding, Shamoke surrendered." Deng Zhi continued.

Zhuge Liang seemed to have already expected it, but he nodded casually and said, "These people are just clowns, not a problem. However, the Southern Barbarian Meng Huo is in the barbarian land, but it is a major problem."

"His prince surrendered the troops of Yong Kai Gaoding and others, and took advantage of the situation to attack Meng Huo, the southern barbarians. In fact, it should have entered the hinterland of the barbarians now."

When Zhuge Liang heard Adou's southern expedition to Meng Huo, his brows gradually frowned: "The Southern Barbarians are a barren land, and the people of the Southern Barbarians do not accept Wang Hua and surrender repeatedly. Even the foreshadowing General Ma Yuan at that time has not been able to completely pacify the Southern Barbarians. Now, if His Highness the Crown Prince attacks the Southern Barbarians, it is the best strategy. Only by attacking the heart, the Southern Barbarians are convinced, which is the best strategy."

"Prime Minister, General Ma Chao of Liangzhou urgently reported it!"

The sound came from outside, and then Mi Fang hurriedly ran in.

"What's going on in Liangzhou?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"According to General Ma Chao's report, Liangzhou found the figure of the Jie army, and the Di tribe and Qiang king Cheriji were also ready to move, and it is very likely that he would rebel again!" Mi Fang said.

"Come on the map!" Zhuge Liang shouted, and Deng Zhi next to him hurriedly took the map and spread it out.

Zhuge Liang looked at the map and looked at it for nearly half an hour without saying anything. When Deng Zhi stood beside him, Zhuge Liang raised his head and sighed in a voice that he could only hear: "Only the Qiang and Di tribes can still deal with it. I hope Cao Pi will not lead the Hu people into Xiaoguan. If that is the case, Yongzhou will be in danger, and I, the Han people, are in danger..."

On the banks of the Xier River.

Adou watched helplessly as the raft shed into the river, swaying circles of microwaves.

Zhang Yi looked at the Xier River in front of him in surprise. Zhang Yi had never seen it before. The raft would sink in the river. Zhang Yi was skilled and was posing in pieces of cut logs. This was used to make rafts to cross the river, but the raft sank when it was put into the water. It seemed that these trees had been cut in vain.

Adou waved his hand and said to Zhang Yi: "Okay, please stop cutting trees."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, there is no raft, so how should we cross the river?"

At this time, Adou had already remembered that when Zhuge Liang was expeditioning in the south, he encountered a river. The raft would sink when placed in the river. Zhuge Liang's solution was to use bamboo rafts to cross the river. The bamboo was hollow and the buoyancy was much greater than solid wood. Although bamboo rafts were not as solid as rafts, it was the most suitable to cross the Xier River.

Thinking of this, Adou immediately said: "Send someone to find it. There are bamboos nearby. Let's try it with bamboo rafts."

Not long after, a bamboo raft was placed in front of Adou.

Zhang Yi pushed the bamboo raft into the water, but the bamboo raft did not sink. Then Zhang Yi jumped onto the bamboo raft, which was still floating on the river. Then Zhang Yi recruited a few soldiers and stood on the bamboo raft with Zhang Yi. The bamboo raft still floated on the river.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, this bamboo raft will not sink and can carry people."

"Send the order to cut bamboo immediately and create bamboo rafts to cross the river!"

There is a cave in the southwest of the barbarian hinterland, called Tulong Cave, which is one of the twenty-one caves of the southern barbarians. The cave owner of Tulong Cave is named Duosi, and he is Meng You's sworn brother. The strength of Tulong Cave can only be considered to be medium-lower among the twenty-one caves of the barbarians, but the terrain where this Tulong Cave is located is very complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are two roads leading to Tulong Cave. One is the continent in the northeast, with a flat terrain, thick soil and sweet water, and people can do it. However, you only need to cut off the road with wood and stone, even hundreds of thousands of troops cannot get through. The roads in the northwest are dangerous and ridges, narrow roads, and there are many poisonous snakes and venomous insects. Every time at dusk, the smoke will rise and disperse at noon. More importantly, there are four poisonous springs on this road.

The first of the four poisonous springs is called the mute spring. The spring water tastes sweet, but if a person drinks it, he cannot speak. If he cannot find the antidote, he will turn into a mute at the least, and die at the worst. The second poisonous spring is called Miequan. If this miequan splashes on a person, it will corrode the human skin and make the skin ulcer; the third poisonous spring is called Black Spring, which has clear water, but it has strong toxicity; the fourth poisonous spring is called Rouquan, which has a cold water temperature, but if a person drinks it, his limbs will be weak. If the rescue is not promptly, it may cause paralysis.

Now Meng Huo hides in this Tulong Cave, and the road to the northeast was blocked by King Duosi with stone wood, leaving behind a dangerous road to the northwest for the Shu army to pass through.

The first choice of A Dou is to march on the northeast road with relatively smooth roads.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, the road ahead has been blocked by earth and stones, and our army cannot pass at all." The vanguard official Wenqin ran hurriedly and said.

"Lu Kai, there are other roads to go south?" A Dou asked Lu Kai immediately.

"Report to the Prince, there is still a road to the west, but the road is difficult to walk, with many poisonous snakes and insects. Moreover, before noon and after dusk every day, miasma will rise." Lu Kai replied immediately.

"Is there a miasma?" A Dou looked ahead and asked, "Which hole is in front of this? How strong is it?"

Lu Kai immediately replied: "There is Tulong Cave in front of it, and the cave owner is called Duosi. The strength of this Tulong Cave in the barbarians can only be considered to be inferior to the middle."

"King Duosi? This name is so familiar." A Dou knew that he must have heard of the name Duosi. After a moment, A Dou remembered that Zhuge Liang encountered Yaquan in the southern expedition, and it was on the territory of Duosi. Fortunately, Meng Huo's elder brother Meng Jie helped to help the Shu army detoxify, and also helped the Shu army resist the miasma.

It seems that if you want to continue moving forward, you can only go to find Meng Jie. Thinking of this, Adou immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, find water sources to set up camps, and at the same time sent people to find Meng Jie's residence.

Meng Jie was Meng Huo's eldest brother, but he didn't want to get involved in the struggle for power, so he lived in seclusion among the mountains and forests and became a hermit. Since he was a hermit, his residence was naturally very difficult to find. After searching for several days, the Shu army still couldn't find where Meng Jie lived.

The reason why Meng Jie was not found was very depressed. It is said that Meng Jie should be saved here. When Zhuge Liang was in the southern expedition, he could find out where Meng Jie lived, but now it was his turn. After searching for several days, he could not find Meng Jie's whereabouts.

Suddenly, Adou realized a problem. In history, Zhuge Liang's southern expedition was several years later, and now it has been several years ahead of schedule. Maybe Meng Jie had not moved here yet.

This time, Adou really felt helpless. The biggest ceremonial war between Adou and Meng Huo in Nanzheng was to know history well. The script of Zhuge Liang before was equivalent to opening a cheating machine. However, now Adou suddenly found that the cheating machine was not working. Zhuge Liang's script of Adou had suddenly been tampered with when he arrived here.

Late at night, Adou sat in the tent and began to think about what to do next.

Lu Kai pushed open the tent door, walked in, and came to Adou.

"I've seen His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Hey! Let's sit down." A Dou sighed helplessly.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is worried about not being able to continue the march?" Lu Kai asked.

"Yes, what method does Lord Lu have?"

Lu Kai shook his head: "The place where King Duosi lives is in the hinterland of the barbarians. He doesn't like to contact us Han people on weekdays, nor does he like to trade with us Han people. Therefore, we Han people living in the barbarians are not familiar with Tulong Cave, and even the nearby geography is not very clear."

Adou nodded in disappointment, but Lu Kai changed his voice and continued, "Although I am not familiar with this King Duosi, Yang Feng, the master of Yinye Cave in the twenty-one holes of the barbarians, is very familiar with me."

"Yang Feng?" A Dou also recalled Yang Feng in his mind. He captured Meng Huo seven times. It was Yang Feng who captured King Duosi and Meng Huo to Zhuge Liang that Zhuge Liang broke the Tulong Cave.

"How strong is this Yinye Cave?" A Dou asked.

"Yinye Cave is the smallest among the 21st caves of the Southern Barbarians, and only ranked last. However, Yang Feng, the owner of Yinye Cave, often trades with the Han people and communicates with each other. Over the years, Yang Feng has purchased a total of 30,000 sets of iron armor from us. I heard that Yang Feng's 30,000 soldiers can fly over the mountains, and Yang Feng has five sons, and each of them can fight well." Lu Kai explained.

Adou thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Lu, I want to send you to the Yinye Cave to persuade Yang Feng to surrender."

Tulong Cave.

"Dosi, we've done it!" Meng Huo raised his glass and drank it all in one go.

"You are polite," King Duosi hurriedly drank the cup.

"Duosi, thanks to you this time, the Shu army dared not continue to advance." Meng Huo said happily.

"King, I actually wish the Shu army could come northwest. That would cost the lives of countless Shu army by just taking four poisonous springs and the miasma on the road." King Duosi said confidently.

At this moment, a barbarian soldier under King Duosi came over and said, "Report to the king, Yang Feng, the master of Yinye Cave, led 30,000 troops to help the battle!"

Hearing Yang Feng leading 30,000 people to help the battle, Meng Huo happily threw down his wine glass and said, "Duosi, how about going out with me to greet him?"

Yang Feng's Yinye Cave has the smallest population and is ranked last among the twenty-one barbarian caves. It is the least popular on weekdays. Now, letting King Duosi greet Yang Feng, Duosi is somewhat reluctant. Moreover, Yang Feng must live with King Duosi to help the battle. Then the supply of 30,000 people will be borne by King Duosi. After all, when someone comes to help the battle, they can't even bring food to their own. So Duosi is very unhappy. However, when Meng Huo spoke, Duosi could only smile and greet Yang Feng with Meng Huo.

At this time, King Duosi hated Meng Huo. If Meng Huo hadn't been hiding from him, how could Yang Feng follow him? Moreover, Yang Feng was only the first to help with the war. The Southern Barbarians had twenty-one holes. Although nine holes had already turned against the Shu army, even if only half of the people came to help with the war, the man and horses could not afford it. King Duosi couldn't help but start to secretly make up his mind, how much food would be consumed after falling to the ground.

Meng Huo invited Yang Feng and his five sons in, and then held another big banquet to greet Yang Feng.

Meng Huo and Duosi had already drunk a lot, but now they welcomed Yang Feng. After three rounds of drinking, Meng Huo and Duosi were already a little drunk.

Yang Feng stood up and said to Meng Huo: "King, I have 30,000 elite soldiers under my command, all of them are covered with iron armor. My five sons are also good at fighting. Today I will let my soldiers come to perform for the King?"

"Okay! Have a show!" Meng Huo said with a 70% drunkenness.

Yang Feng waved, and after a while, dozens of leather-armored warriors came up. The warrior held a knife in his right hand and a shield in his left hand, which seemed to be performing in the middle.

"King, our brothers wish you a glass!" Yang Feng's five sons stood up at the same time and came to Meng Huo with their glasses raised.

"Okay! OK! Several nephews, we've done it!" Meng Huo said, and drank the wine in the glass.

At this moment, Yang Feng's five sons suddenly launched and rushed to Meng Huo, pulled out their weapons and put them on Meng Huo's neck. At the same time, dozens of soldiers suddenly rose up and rushed towards King Duosi and others. Meng Huo, Duosi and others were already drunk and had no ability to resist at all. As a result, in just a moment, the scene was controlled by Yang Feng.

"Yang Feng, what are you doing?" Meng Huo shouted loudly.

"What are you doing? Hahaha... Meng Huo, you will know soon."

When Meng Huo saw A Dou's familiar smile again, Meng Huo finally knew that Yang Feng had surrendered to the Shu army.

"Menghuo, we're meeting again." Adou said, personally relaxing Menghuo.

This time, Meng Huo really felt speechless. When he saw Adou again, Meng Huo felt that the five flavor bottle in his heart was knocked over, his chest was so sour, bitter, spicy and salty, and he rolled up at the same time, unable to tell what it felt now.

"Menghuo, are you going to leave or stay this time?" A Dou asked directly.

"You still want to let me go?"
To be continued...