Chapter 88: Meng Huo surrenders

Among the crowd, the barbarian soldiers cheered and shouted, and some people shed tears of excitement.

For countless years, the Han people have only regarded the barbarians as people who are transformed from others and are a tool to drive them. For countless years, the barbarians have been bullied, but the only thing the barbarians can do is to endure. The Han people have food, iron, and technology, and can create various tools and weapons, which are not available to the barbarians, so even if the barbarians want to resist, they cannot defeat the Han people.

Therefore, these barbarians could only stay in the deep mountains and forests, live a primitive life, live in caves, and endure the attack of wild beasts and poisonous insects. Just imagine who would not want to think that the Han people had a house and a few acres of thin fields to live a stable and stable life. Unfortunately, the Han people would not accept these barbarians. The scholars and officials in Shu regarded these barbarians as beasts, and even the most inconspicuous small families in the South Central would not accept barbarians.

In this era when the imperial examination system was not yet available, the aristocratic families held all the right to speak. Whatever they said was that. Although the children of aristocratic families only accounted for a very small part, when these aristocratic families refused to accept the barbarians, it meant that the entire Han Dynasty refused to accept these barbarians.

Now, these barbarians have finally waited for one person to accept them, and this person is the crown prince of Shu Han, who is more than ten thousand people! The excitement in the barbarians can be imagined.

The Shu army looked around in a daze. They didn't know why the barbarians cheered. They didn't understand why the words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had such a sensational effect.

On the contrary, all the Han generals from aristocratic families stayed in place. The common people did not understand the awareness of A Dou's words, but those Han generals from aristocratic families were completely able to make a fuss about the meaning behind A Dou's words.

The Han generals from the aristocratic families did not expect that His Royal Highness would give the vulgar barbarians such a big promise for no reason. These barbarians really had great luck.

These aristocratic children still look down on these barbarians from the bottom of their hearts. Although A Dou's words just now made many aristocratic children feel a little dissatisfied and made these vulgar barbarians treated like Han people, these aristocratic children will definitely be unwilling to accept it. However, after all, the person who said this was A Dou, and no one dared to jump out and oppose it.

Seeing the barbarians around him boiling, Yang Feng, Dong Tu and others even cried excitedly, A Dou was stunned. A Dou did not expect that a word he accidentally would have such a shocking effect. Just now, A Dou was speaking with his internal strength, but because he was far away from Sanjiang City, A Dou was afraid that Meng Huo on the city would not be able to hear it, so he shouted with his internal strength. The sound spread across more than ten miles of radius was also what A Dou did inadvertently.

For Adou, the so-called barbarian land was in later generations, and these barbarians were just ancestors of the Miao and other ethnic minorities living in Yunnan and Guizhou, so Adou had no prejudice against the Southern Barbarians.

Under the city, the continuous cheers of barbarians resounded throughout the world. When the cheers reached the ears of the barbarians in Sanjiang City, they also infected the southern barbarian soldiers in the city.

Meng You secretly glanced at Meng Huo next to her and found that Meng Huo's hand holding the weapon was actually trembling. I don't know if it was excitement or fear.

At this time, Meng Huo was also hesitant.

From the moment Meng Huo unified the barbarian land and became the king of barbarians, Meng Huo decided to gain more living space for the barbarians so that the barbarians could live like Han people without being attacked by wild beasts and poisonous insects. It was precisely because of this that when Meng Huo Zhi Liu Bei was in the northern expedition, Shu was empty, and Sun Quan took advantage of the situation to conquer Bashu, Meng Huo resolutely decided to send troops to fight against Shu. In the final analysis, Meng Huo just hoped to gain enough living space for the barbarians.

As a result, Meng Huo was defeated again and again and was captured several times. While the Shu army was advancing, it did not kill or oppress the barbarians. Now, Adou promised in front of everyone that he was willing to treat the barbarians equally.

If the barbarian cave masters and barbarians who surrendered to the Shu army before were only forced by the situation, then now A Dou has thrown out such a big golden nest, which will undoubtedly make these barbarian cave masters truly surrender. Similarly, Meng Huo on Sanjiang City also understands this. Meng Huo knew that if A Dou said this today, the barbarians who surrendered to the Shu army would follow the Shu army wholeheartedly. Even if the Shu army retreated, Meng Huo would not be able to climb up and call out like before, and all the barbarians would be convinced.

In fact, when the war elephant of Mulu King was broken, the outcome of the war had been decided. Meng Huo had used up all his cards and lost all his strength to resist. With the more than a thousand barbarian soldiers around him, Sanjiang City, which was not considered a city at all, he could not stop the Shu army in front of him. To this extent, Meng Huo had lost the courage to resist.

Mrs. Zhurong next to her felt Meng Huo's strangeness. Mrs. Zhurong stretched out her hand and held Meng Huo's trembling hand tightly. Then she turned her head and stared at Meng Huo, saying solemnly: "King, no matter what decision you make, I will support you!"

Meng Huo's body trembled slightly, and Meng Huo could understand that what Mrs. Zhu Rong said "no matter what decision" naturally included surrender.

The barbarians respected the warriors, especially for a barbarian king. They were arrested several times and released several times, and surrendered several times in the end. It was indeed a very shameless thing. Meng Huo’s wife, Mrs. Zhurong, was originally the daughter of the Lord of the One-hole of the Barbarians. She had excellent martial arts skills and a very strong personality. Meng Huo was very scared. If she really surrendered, she might be the first one to look down on him, her wife, Mrs. Zhurong. She was looked down upon by her wife, and no matter that man was, it would be unbearable.

But now, Zhurong's words have a meaning, that is, even if Meng Huo surrenders, Zhurong will support him.

Mrs. Zhurong was originally the daughter of the old cave owner of Zhurong's tribe. She was skilled in martial arts and also had a deep understanding of the righteousness. At this time, Mrs. Zhurong also understood that the Shu army had already reached Sanjiang City, and A Dou's words just now had disintegrated the last fighting spirit of the barbarian army. Now, Meng Huo was powerless to occupy the situation.

Meng Huo lowered his head and the corners of his eyes kept beating. It can be seen that Meng Huo was in a fierce struggle in his heart.

After a long time, Meng Huo suddenly raised his head, almost used all his strength, and shouted at Adou below: "Liu Chan, you must remember what you said today! If you go back on your word in the future, I, Meng Huo, will not forgive you!"

Then, Meng Huo breathed a sigh of relief, and a look of relief appeared on his face. Then Meng Huo turned around and said to Meng You next to him: "Okay, go and open the city gate..."

Seeing the gate of Sanjiang City open, Adou breathed a sigh of relief, and Meng Huo finally surrendered!

At this point, Adou was not afraid that Meng Huo would play any tricks. Meng Huo is now at the end of his life. If he loses again, Meng Huo's old camp silver pit will inevitably be taken away by the Shu army. At that time, Meng Huo was really homeless.

Thinking about Zhuge Liang capturing Meng Huo for seven times, and then Meng Huo was convinced. Now A Dou saved several times than Zhuge Liang. A Dou secretly calculated with his fingers and almost encountered all the troubles Zhuge Liang encountered, but the vine armored soldiers that had been burned by Zhuge Liang for the seventh time did not appear. However, if the vine armored soldiers really appeared, then A Dou might have to go everywhere to find a place called Panshe Valley to burn a fire vine armored soldier.

Adou also found it strange to see why the invulnerable vine armored soldiers did not appear in the legend. However, after Adou entered Sanjiang City, he found that he had no time to think about the vine armored soldiers.

In fact, the Southern Barbarians occupy a lot of territory. Nowadays, many places in Laos and Myanmar are within the control of the barbarians. According to some people from the Southern Barbarians, there are still many Southern Barbarians living near the sea. This means that they have already reached the coast of South Asia.

The population of barbarians is not much compared to that of Han people. Even though the Han Dynasty had lost a lot of people due to years of war, the barbarians still cannot compare. During the Three Kingdoms period, the barbarians had not been developed by humans. Most of the places were forest areas, with many poisonous miasma and beasts, which were not suitable for human habitation. Therefore, barbarians lived relatively loosely and it was very difficult to manage.

Nowadays, the vast majority of the Southern Barbarians are still in a backward tribal period, even more backward than the slave society. This also increases the difficulty of governing the Southern Barbarians.

In fact, if all the Southern Barbarians were moved to the areas where the Han people lived in Yizhou, Yizhou could bear it. After all, the population loss of Yizhou was still very large after years of war. In fact, Yizhou could still reclaim a lot of free arable land. However, Adou did not intend to do this. First, the barbarians could not adapt to the Han area, either the barbarians or the Han people could adapt. After all, the barbarians had barbarian lifestyles, and the Han people also had their own lifestyles.

Moreover, the views of the children of the aristocratic families of the Han people towards the barbarians have long been deeply rooted and it is difficult to change. If the barbarians are moved to Yizhou to live with the Han people, these aristocratic families will inevitably strongly resist.

Another thing is that in the era of Adou, Yunnan and Guizhou were a good place with a warm and humid climate. In addition, it was connected to Shu, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. If such a good place was not developed, it would be a pity.

However, developing a barbarian land is not an easy task, and it may require the efforts of several generations. According to the strategy set by Zhuge Liang after the southern expedition, the Southern Barbarians were still governed by the Southern Barbarians, and even a Han official was not sent. Because Zhuge Liang was convinced by virtue, the Southern Barbarians were also grateful to Zhuge Liang, and they have been unyielding to Shu for the next few decades and have never rebelled again.

However, this also brought some disadvantages. Although the barbarians provided a stable rear for Shu, the barbarians were still under the control of the barbarians, and the barbarians' productivity could not directly act in the war between the Three Kingdoms.

Wars between countries, especially wars between major powers, are actually competitions between national strength. This national strength is reflected in many aspects, such as population quantity, food storage, etc., but in the final analysis, it is still competitions between productivity.

In the era of cold weapons, technology is not as significant as it is now, and the main factor determining the level of productivity is population. With more people, productivity will naturally increase. And when the level of productivity is higher, the population will also increase accordingly.

Shu is not short of resources, but after all, the area is small and its population base is not as good as the Central Plains, and its ability to recover and heal wars is not as good as that of the Central Plains. Therefore, as time goes by, in the late Three Kingdoms, the decline of Shu is reflected.

South of Yizhou and all the way to South Asia, there are large and vast areas that are suitable for planting grain crops such as rice. At the same time, the seaports in South Asia can also bring enough fishery resources. In any aspect, the potential for population growth in this area is no less than that in the Central Plains. For Shu, this area can not only be used as a strategic depth, but can also be transformed into Shu's productivity after development, thereby directly supporting the war.

There is another reason why A Dou is reluctant to leave this area, that is, in his previous life, this place was the territory of the Chinese. Now that the Shu army occupied this place, it is natural.

But just as Adou was considering how to manage the Nanman area, bad news came from the south.

The leader of the Ugo Kingdom, Wutugu, led 30,000 troops to invade southern Xinjiang.

When he heard the name Wutugu, Adou knew that this person was not a Han. As for the three words "Ugo Kingdom", although Adou felt that he had an impression, no one would remind him for a while and he really couldn't remember that the Ugo Kingdom was the origin of the vine armored soldiers.

Of course, people who know the barbarians need to ask about the barbarians, so Adou immediately summoned his soldiers and Meng Huo and other southern barbarians to discuss matters.

"Menghuo, where is the Ugo Kingdom? Who is this Wutugu?" A Dou asked.

Meng Huo immediately stood up and replied: "Report to the Crown Prince, the country of Ugo is seven hundred miles south of here, and its citizens should be our southern barbarians. Wutugu is the king of Ugo. I have never seen what this Ugogu looks like, but I heard that this Ugogu is two meters tall and has great strength, and the Ugo people are also good at fighting."

Adou nodded, but Wen Qin below curled his lips disdainfully, stood up and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, there are only 30,000 enemies. Even this few people dare to come here. I must be some arrogant guys. Your Highness the Crown Prince gave me 10,000 people, and I will go and take the head of the Wutu bone to offer it to Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"General Wen, don't underestimate the enemy." Yang Feng stood up from the side and said, "The Ugo people are extraordinary. I heard that everyone in their country wears a kind of armor woven with rattan. This armor can avoid arrows and be invulnerable to swords and guns!"

"Clothes made of rattans can be invulnerable to swords and guns? I said Yang Feng, you are too bragging!" Wen Qin obviously didn't believe what Yang Feng said.

"I didn't lie to you. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, the people I see it with my own eyes say that." Yang Feng said.

"I don't believe it! Can the rattan block swords and guns?" Wen Qin said, patting the sword on his waist: "Yang Feng, if you go find dozens of rattans to tie them together, I will cut them all the time."

"Wenqin, Yang Feng didn't lie to you. What he said is true. The vine armored soldiers of the Ugo Kingdom are indeed invulnerable to swords and guns, and are not invaded by sharp arrows..." A Dou's voice came from above.

"Your Highness, what did you say? There are really such rattans?"

Adou nodded, recalled the records about the vine armor soldiers, and added: "The rattans have been processed. The Ugo people soaked the rattans in special oil for half a year, took them out and dried them, then soaked them for another half a year, and then took them out and dried them. In this case, the rattans became extremely tough and woven into vine armor, which really had the effect of being invulnerable to swords and guns."

The masters of the barbarian caves next to him nodded one after another. Everyone had heard of the legend of the vine armored soldiers of the Ugo Kingdom, but they had never seen them, so everyone knows not much more than Adou.

Guan Xing, who heard Adou’s explanation, opened his mouth in surprise and said, “Isn’t that invincible? But this vine armor is time-consuming to make. It takes half a year to soak it at a time, and it doesn’t take decades to make a vine armor for dozens of times.”

"Haha, this vine armor is indeed very complicated to make, but invincible is not a question." Adou continued.

"What the Prince said is, isn't it just invulnerable to swords and guns? My old Sha's caltrop bone weighs hundreds of pounds. No matter what he is invulnerable to swords and guns, it will still turn into meat sauce if my caltrop bones hit it." Shamoko said from the side.

"And my Fang Tian Painting Ji can do it!" E Huan also stood up.

"Hahaha...Samoke, Ehuan, I know you two use heavy weapons, but there are not many people in our army who are born with divine power like you two!" A Dou said with a smile.

Vine armor can block swords, but it cannot counteract powerful impacts. For example, the bulletproof vests in later generations can block bullets, but if they are hit by a car in a bulletproof vest, they will still be injured wherever they should be.

He heard A Dou say, "Because this vine armor is soaked back and forth, it will burn it when it encounters fire. Just use fire to attack, let alone 30,000 vine armor soldiers, even 300,000 vine armor soldiers are not a problem."

The soldiers below looked at Adou with admiration. Unexpectedly, Adou had thought of a way to crack the vine armored soldiers so quickly.

Liangzhou.

Ma Chao's army is now stationing troops in Wuwei.

The Ma Chao family has lived in Liangzhou for generations. Later, both Ma Chao's father Ma Teng and Ma Chao himself were known for their bravery. Liangdi is fond of martial arts style, and Liangzhou people also admire warriors the most, so Ma Chao has a high reputation in Liangzhou.

Since being defeated by Cao's army, Ma Chao has left Liangzhou for many years, and Liangzhou has changed a lot. However, the terrain of Liangzhou has not changed. Ma Chao is still very familiar with Liangzhou's landform and cultural habits. In addition, Ma Chao's prestige remained many years ago, so Ma Chao's war in Liangzhou went very smoothly. In a blink of an eye, Cao's army in Jincheng and Xiping County was defeated by Ma Chao, and Cao's army had to retreat to Wuwei. Just a few days ago, Ma Chao's army was overwhelmed and captured Wuwei City in one fell swoop. Now in Wuwei County, only Cao's army was scattered in the local area.
Chapter completed!