Meng Huo from Wei County is also in a complicated mood now.
I regret it.
If I had known that the Liu Bei Group's people had put down the rebellion so quickly, I should not have rebelled with Yong Kai in the first place. If I had sided with the Liu Bei Group like the Li family in Jianning, I might be the one who would benefit the most now.
Now it's better, some people are riding a tiger and it's hard to get off.
Meng Huo even called a meeting of his own tribe to discuss whether to give full play to the traditional skills of the southern barbarians and surrender first.
As for the Yi people in Nanzhong, if they rebel and surrender, if they surrender and rebel, this is considered a special skill.
In addition, there are indeed many people on the opposite side, and they also have an absolute advantage in terms of ordnance, equipment and training. In this case, there is absolutely no chance of victory in a hard fight, and there is no shame in surrendering.
As long as these troops from Chengdu are fooled away first, the rest of the matter will be decided by local wealthy families like ourselves.
But this time, Meng Huo's idea of surrender was opposed by his clan brother Meng Yan.
Meng Huo was surprised by this brother's opposition.
Meng Yan is the wise man of the Meng family, and he is also the most sinicized member of the Meng family. He is basically no different from the Han people.
When Meng Huo raised troops to cooperate with Yong Kai, Meng Yan was opposed to it and believed that he could not fall out with Liu Bei's group.
Yong Kai's brain was blocked by the copper mine and he could no longer see the reality clearly. The Meng family could not follow Yong Kai's nonsense.
But Meng Huo didn't listen to Meng Yan at that time.
But now, Meng Huo wants to surrender, why does Meng Yan still oppose it? !
Could it be that Meng Yan opposed it just to oppose himself? !
It was obvious that Meng Huo was overthinking.
Meng Yan is a wise man of the Meng family, how could he object for the sake of opposition?
And to be honest, Meng Yan was not opposed to surrender, but thought that he could not surrender directly now.
In the past, there was no profit at all in Nanzhong. Even if some gold and silver mines were occasionally produced, they were really rare and not very attractive to the Han people.
There is even less arable land in Nanzhong and limited grain production. If Nanzhong is occupied for a long time, the Han government may have to subsidize Nanzhong's grain. Therefore, the Han people are really not very interested in Nanzhong.
This resulted in the natives of Nanzhong being able to surrender and rebel, because they didn't care who had the final say in your place, as long as you didn't cause trouble.
But now, almost half of Jianning County with Dianchi Lake as the center has discovered a large amount of copper mines. Copper is money and strength to the Han people.
Under such circumstances, how could the Han people let Nanzhong go?
It's hard to say about other places, at least in Jianning County, it's impossible for people to give up.
If the Meng family had not rebelled at the beginning, then now they could sit down with the Han people to discuss how to distribute these minerals and use the influence of local snakes to obtain maximum benefits.
But now, the Meng family has rebelled. Not to mention the Han people, even the other aristocratic families in Jianning County cannot tolerate the Meng family.
The cake is so big, it’s always better if there are fewer people to share it.
Therefore, based on the above reasons, Meng Yan was firmly opposed to Meng Huo's rebellion at the beginning, and now he is equally opposed to Meng Huo's immediate surrender.
Because if he surrendered immediately, Meng might not be able to get the results he wanted.
Even if they want to surrender, the Han people must see the strength and ability of the Meng family, so that they can gain a chance for the Meng family to regain a foothold in Nanzhong after the war.
After hearing this, Meng Huo sighed with emotion. You Han people are really dirty. You can hide so many twists and turns in just one surrender. You have to show your strength before surrendering.
Meng Yan was speechless for a while - I'm your clan brother, if I were a Han, who would you be? !
But anyway, Meng Huo followed Meng Yan's advice and decided to stick to Wei County for the time being, while sending people to Zhang Xi's military camp to challenge.
When it comes to intrigues, Meng Huo is not as good as Meng Yan, but when it comes to arranging troops, marching and fighting, Meng Yan is definitely not as good as Meng Huo.
Meng Huo knew very well that in the current situation, it was impossible for him to win. Sooner or later, he would be defeated.
In this case, it would be better to follow Meng Yan's idea of showing the strength of his army first, and then surrendering honorably, so as to gain the status of the Meng family after the war.
Therefore, Meng Huo led his troops out of the city and, with the help of his younger brother Meng You, sought a field battle with Zhang Xi.
Although the fighting power of the Yi people was weak, the fighting power of a large Nanzhong family like Meng Huo's private army was still very strong. Meng Huo felt that he might not be able to lose.
On Zhang Xi's side, Meng Huo's participation in the battle was something he really wanted.
Instead of letting the under-trained soldiers go into battle, Zhang Yi was directly sent to lead five thousand Liu Jun veterans who had changed their Miao swords to fight to defeat the enemy in one battle.
Afterwards, Zhang Xi was very happy for his decision.
Because, Meng Huo's private army is really not bad in combat effectiveness. It can even be said that it is very powerful.
Perhaps the proficiency in battle formations cannot be compared with the Chinese army led by Zhang Xi, but in terms of personal qualities and desire to fight, the combat effectiveness of Meng Huo's tribe is probably still higher than that of the Chinese army led by Zhang Xi.
In addition, the number of people on both sides was similar, so the battle lasted from noon to evening, lasting more than two hours.
Finally, Zhang Yi commanded the elite Chinese army and finally defeated Meng Huo's private army at the cost of nearly 2,000 casualties, forcing Meng Huo to regain the city and defend it.
Zhang Xi and Meng Huo were both heartbroken.
What Zhang Xi felt distressed was the loss of two thousand Chinese troops. This was simply the largest battle loss since the Southern Expedition.
You know, these two thousand Chinese troops are all veterans of hundreds of battles who fought with Liu Bei in the Battle of Hanzhong and were not defeated against Cao Jun. Moreover, they are all veterans of hundreds of battles who have been equipped with the new weapon Miao Dao.
There were nearly 2,000 casualties? !
Meng Huo, on the other hand, was almost jumping with anger.
He only had a total of more than 4,000 private soldiers. He lost more than half of them in this battle. The private soldiers who followed him back into the city were less than 1,000. This loss basically meant that the accumulation of the Meng family over the years was completely destroyed. .
These Han people are too capable of fighting, right? !
But for today's battle, Meng Huo really couldn't blame anyone. After all, he personally commanded it, and the other party did not bully others, but used equal forces to fight against him.
This defeat was purely a head-to-head encounter. If you failed to win, who can you blame? !
It's just that now that three thousand private soldiers have been lost, Meng Huo's soldiers are only left with some defeated soldiers of the Gaoding Army and Yong Kai Army who have gathered together. This battle is really unwinnable.
Therefore, Meng Huo once again convened a meeting of family elders to discuss whether to surrender.
Meng Yan has nothing to say now.
Originally, he wanted to show Zhang Xi his side's abilities. It would be better if he could defeat the opponent for a while. In this way, no matter how dignified the surrender was, he could at least preserve the Meng family's position in Nanzhong.
Now, Meng Huo led his troops into battle. Although he also caused certain losses to the opponent, the biggest loss was still caused by the Meng family.
In this situation, even if Meng Yan didn't understand military affairs at all, he knew that it was impossible to hold on anymore. If he didn't surrender now, the Meng family would really be doomed.
But if he just surrendered like this, Meng Yan was a little worried - what if the new governor Zhang Xi was a ruthless man and didn't accept Meng's surrender? !
At this time, Meng Yan had no other choice but to use the traditional skills he learned from a Han family. I'm going to surrender, and you, Meng Huo, take the people and run away.
As for where to go, that's not a problem. Nanzhong is so big and Meng's influence is not small. He will become someone's guest wherever he goes.
If that doesn't work, you can still go to the Zhurong Department and ask Meng Huo's wife, Mrs. Zhurong, for reinforcements.
Meng Huo thought for a moment and realized that this was probably the only way he could do it. He immediately followed the plan.
It's just that Meng Huo led a private army of several hundred people. They took advantage of the clear sky and could see the road. They were less than thirty miles away from the city and asked Li Hui to lead his troops to surround them.
They are all old foxes in the same county. How can Li Hui know what the Meng family is planning? !
As early as when Meng Huo was defeated and returned to the city, Li Hui thought about what measures the Meng family would take, so he notified Zhang Xi early and led his troops to ambush in the south of the city, waiting for Meng Huo to leave the city and come. Catch them all in one go.
Zhang Xi, on the other hand, was also well prepared, and at the same time notified Ma Zhong in the east to also pack his bags, and Meng Huo must not be allowed to run away like this.
As for Meng Yan's surrender, of course Zhang Xi accepted it. He didn't really want to destroy the Meng family. He just wanted to convince the Meng family and seriously cooperate with the Liu Bei Group.
Therefore, Meng Yan followed the plan and sent an envoy to Zhang Xi's camp to ask for surrender after Meng Huo left the city. After Zhang Xi agreed, he personally opened the gate of Wei County to welcome Zhang Xi into the city.
Zhang Xi led his troops into the city, took control of the defense, and made arrangements to calm the people as usual. At the same time, he waited for Li Hui to send the brothers Meng Huo and Meng You to the city.
After Meng Yan saw Meng Huo and Meng You being tied up, he immediately cried out in agony. It was over, it was really going to be over this time.
Meng's family may not die. After all, he has the will to surrender. Zhang Xi cannot be so quick to kill the donkey.
But Meng will definitely be severely hit and hurt this time. Meng Huo and Meng You will most likely not survive.
Meng Yan had no choice but to reach this point. Meng Yan could only grit his teeth, put on a bitter and resentful expression, and reprimanded Meng Huo and Meng You in person for betraying their faith and betraying the Han Dynasty. Shame, Meng's rebellion.
Meng Huo and Meng You were confused after hearing this. Aren't they all doing things according to your plan? !
Of course Meng Yan knows what these two are thinking, but the question is, what can I do in this situation? !
Admit to being complicit with you two? !
So can Meng survive today? !
Only by drawing a clear line between us can we save the Meng family! ! !
Meng Yan has no guilt in his heart. Although he fell out quickly, he did it for the Meng family in the end.
Meng Huo and Meng You felt that they had been insulted, and immediately began to curse Meng Yan, saying that he was an untrustworthy villain.
Although there was dissatisfaction between Meng Huo and Meng You, to a certain extent, Meng Huo and Meng You probably guessed that they would not survive. The more fierce the quarrel with Meng Yan was at this time, the less likely Meng Yan would survive. Just bigger.
They are not fools. Although they have different personalities and tempers, a person who can be a decision-maker in a family cannot be a brainless reckless man.
But just a little bit, Zhang Xi can’t stand it anymore.
This scene was a bit fake.
Besides, who wants your Meng family to be finished? !
(End of chapter)
