Historically, Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition was written to Liu Chan in January, requesting troops, formally led the army in March, killed Gaoding in April, crossed the Lu River in May, pacified Menghuo in July, and completed the rest of the attack in September. The Yi King of Nanzhong spent another three months dividing the four counties of Nanzhong into six counties, appointing governors, teaching the Yi people farming techniques, and appeasing the people of Nanzhong. Finally, he officially returned to the court in December.
In other words, the so-called Battle of Nanzhong actually only lasted half a year for Zhuge Liang to fight, and the remaining half a year was for preparation and pacification of the place.
Yes, Zhuge Liang in history conquered Nanzhong so quickly.
Putting down the Nanzhong Rebellion was not a very difficult battle in history, so it was generally mentioned in the history books. If Zhuge Liang had not mentioned it in "Departure Watch", this counter-rebellion might not have been recorded in the history books. .
In addition, the so-called "seven captures and seven verticals" are actually not recorded in the original text of "Three Kingdoms", and are rarely mentioned in contemporary history books. There are only "Han Jin Chun Qiu" written by people from the Eastern Jin Dynasty who were good at chiseling teeth, and "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Han, Jin Dynasties" written by Chang Cu, a person from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was recorded in "Huayang Guozhi" and was later cited by Pei Songzhi as an annotation in "Three Kingdoms".
Although there are two certificates tied together, according to the tradition of historians, most people agree with the saying of "seven escapes and seven escapes".
But because Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong so quickly, especially from the first time he captured Meng Huo and released him to the time he pacified the other Yi kings, there was only two months in between. If Zhuge Liang wanted to follow the example in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" As written about "Seven Captures and Seven Copes" of Meng Huo, the geographical span involved is really too large, and it is impossible to make it in time. Therefore, many people have raised questions about this historical data.
It's just that "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Luo Guanzhong was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It spent a lot of space describing the battle of Nanzhong. Even the opponents and locations of "Seven Captures and Seven Columns" were written quite clearly, which led to many descendants basically thinking that , the "seven captures and seven verticals" written by Luo Guanzhong are historical facts.
But now Zhang Xi feels that he seems to have discovered another explanation of "seven captures and seven manipulations".
"Seven Captures" must be fake, but "Seven Columns" may be true if Zhuge Liang also has the same idea as himself and lets Meng Huo be the leader.
Zhang Xi had discussed with Meng Huo before that one would lead the way and the other would act as a showman to deal with the barbarian king. Although he never "captured" Meng Huo, he did "manipulate" Meng Huo five times.
If we include King Mulu of the White Horse Tribe, then there is really only one so-called King Ugo Wutugu left, and he will soon be able to complete the "Seven Columns" target.
Of course, Zhang Xi also asked Meng Huo that there was no Ugo Kingdom, no Wutu Bone King, and no Vine Armor Soldiers in the Nanzhong region.
Rattan armor is a type of armor often used by the wealthy tribes in Nanzhong. However, this is because the leather-making methods of the Nanzhong people are rough and they cannot make leather armor at all. They have to use local materials and use the toughness of rattan as a temporary of battle armor.
Just like the natives of Jiangdong Shanyue mostly use bamboo armor.
Since it is temporary, of course it will not be soaked in oil, the production process will not take more than ten years, and it does not have the function of carrying people on the water.
There is oil in the Nanzhong area, but it is basically tung oil, and the output is quite rare. It is not enough to make fires and fuel. How can it be used to soak vine armor.
Therefore, the Ugo Kingdom does not exist. Zhang Xi thinks that after defeating the Mulu King, we can suspend the invasion of troops and enter the stage of governance in Nanzhong.
Therefore, Zhang Xi had to urge Meng Huo to take his wife and men to "Yinkeng Cave" to join King Mulu and continue to be such a glorious leader.
But Meng Huo was not happy to go.
This time on Yang Feng's side, he had been tied up and sold by Yang Feng. This shows that during this period, Meng Huo was regarded as the "disaster star", and even the barbarians were more wary of him.
It’s not necessarily that Meng Huo’s identity as a leader has been revealed, but wherever Meng Huo escapes, the Han people will chase him. This is also a fact. King Mulu is not an idiot, so how can he still welcome Meng Huo? !
And if this continues, Meng Huo feels that he is also in danger.
This time it was Yang Feng who wanted to save face, and also to please Zhang Xi, so he captured Meng Huo and his wife alive and sent them to Zhang Xi's camp. But in case King Mulu felt that this was not interesting enough, he just chopped off the heads of Meng Huo and his wife to find them. Zhang Xi asks for credit, what should he do? !
Too dangerous.
Therefore, Meng Huo felt that this risky behavior of leading the party had probably come to an end. If he continued, he would be really in danger.
It’s not easy for Zhang Xi to force Meng Huo. After all, Zhang Xi really wants to cooperate with Meng Huo, not to force Meng Huo to die. If he doesn’t want to go, then he shouldn’t go.
The White Horse Tribe was just a tribe that was good at raising horses. Zhang Xi didn't think about how difficult it would be, so he asked Li Hui if he was interested in leading troops to recruit this tribe.
After all, in the future, the transportation of copper mines will depend on this tribe helping to raise horses. We must not be careless. Whoever can establish a good relationship with the leader of this tribe will occupy the majority of the future transportation industry in Nanzhong.
This is also a money-making transaction.
Li Hui's eyes suddenly lit up in a very cooperative manner, and he was about to agree on the spot, which made Meng Huo anxious.
Do you have connections in the Li family to contact King Mulu? !
King Mulu is the third nephew of my wife's cousin. To a certain extent, I, Meng, are cousins.
This matter must be settled by me, Meng, without the use of weapons.
Li Hui just smiled and did not think about competing with Meng Huo. Zhang Xi had already agreed, and Li would be responsible for all the water transportation of the copper mine.
And the most important thing is - Zhang Xi promised Li Hui that when Nanzhong is pacified and he steps down as the governor of Gajiang, he will recommend Li Hui to Liu Bei as his successor as the governor of Gajiang.
Li Hui is already satisfied with these conditions.
Besides, there really is no connection between the Li family and the Baima tribe. For Li family to regain the Baima tribe, it is inevitable that some tribesmen and tribe soldiers will be killed or injured. These people will be the important manpower for the Li family to control the copper mines allocated to the family in the future. It can't be wasted so easily.
Therefore, Li Hui helped Zhang Xi lay an ambush and calculated Meng Huo, a guy who had brains, but his brain capacity was obviously not too high.
As for Zhang Xi, it doesn't matter whether he sends troops to conquer the Baima tribe, as long as the Baima tribe is willing to help him raise horses and provide a stable supply of Yunnan horses for reinforcements. Zhang Xi actually doesn't care whether he sends troops to conquer or persuades with benefits.
It has been almost half a year since the army was deployed, and Zhang Xi does not want to cause any more damage to his soldiers, so it is better to fight as few battles as possible.
Therefore, Meng Huo took his wife and went to persuade King Mulu of the White Horse Tribe to establish a horse breeding base in the name of visiting his cousin.
Before leaving, Zhang Xi remembered that Meng Huo's daughter was still in the army at "Guansuo" and suggested that Meng Huo take her daughter back.
But Meng Huo was not anxious at all. He said that this time he went to persuade the Baima tribe to surrender, and the danger was unknown. It was better to let his daughter stay where she was, and then take her back after they came back successfully.
Although Meng Huo didn't have much wisdom, he was very good at making small calculations.
Zhang Xi will leave Nanzhong sooner or later, and once Zhang Xi leaves Nanzhong, without Zhang Xi's suppression, the Jianning Li family will definitely soar into the sky, and the power structure of the various surnames in Nanzhong will change greatly. The change.
Especially the Meng family, after all, they had rebelled. If Li Hui deliberately suppressed the Meng family, not many people in Nanzhong would side with the Meng family.
And there cannot be too close contact between the Meng family and the Li family. At least Zhang Xi would not be willing to see this, and Liu Bei in Chengdu would not be willing to see it either.
Both Meng Huo and Li Hui knew this very well. There was no possibility of cooperation between the two. They could only maintain a competitive relationship with each other in order for their families to survive in Nanzhong.
But Li Hui had an official status after all, and this time he was firmly on the side of the Liu Bei Group. Therefore, if he wanted to confront Li Hui for a long time, Meng Huo had to find a backer for himself.
There was no way before. Meng Huo even thought about going to Chengdu to become an official and leaving Meng Yan to fight against Li Hui. But although Meng Yan was smart, he lacked some courage and it was difficult to fight against Li Hui.
Now, Meng Huo has found a good solution - marrying Zhang Xi.
Letting his daughter marry a disciple of Zhang Xi and forming a marriage relationship between the two families would give him a backer in Chengdu and then stay to fight against Li Hui. This was not only in his own interests, but also in line with the ideas of Zhang Xi and the King of Hanzhong.
Therefore, Meng Huo was not in a hurry to get his daughter back. He even asked Mrs. Zhu Rong to write a private letter to Wan'er, asking her to find a way to deal with Zhang Xi's disciples. It would be best to save some "human lives" before turning back. It's easy for me to use the topic to my advantage.
Meng Huo was very confident about this.
With his daughter's appearance and charm, she has been staying in Zhang Xi's disciple camp for almost a month. If she still hasn't taken down the other party, then she is really worthless.
Nanzhong women are bold and passionate, do you think you are joking? !
But here, Meng Huo made a mistake.
Zhang Xi did not tell Meng Huo the name of his disciple, just to comfort Meng Huo and tell Hua Wan that he was living a good life in his disciple's camp.
As for Meng Huo, he didn't know who Zhang Xi's disciples were, but Meng Huo thought that with Zhang Xi's identity and status, his disciples must be the chief generals of the camp.
So actually after Huawan received the private message from her mother, although she was very ashamed of her parents' crooked idea, she was not particularly resistant to the crooked idea itself.
After all, "Guan Suo" is really handsome.
(End of chapter)
