The two fought against each other for less than a few rounds before Wang Ping turned around and left. Meng Huo led his soldiers and horses to kill him and kept chasing him. When he encountered Guan Suo, he drove him back and chased him for more than 20 miles. Suddenly, There were loud shouts, Zhang Ni on the left and Zhang Yi on the right. The two groups of people came out and cut off the way. Wang Ping and Guan Suo led their soldiers and horses to kill another carbine. They attacked from three sides. The barbarian soldiers and horses were defeated. Meng Huo and his generals fought to the death to escape, and walked toward Jindai Mountain. Three groups of people came from behind and killed them. While they were running in a hurry, they suddenly heard loud shouts, and another group of people appeared. The leader of the group appeared. The general was Changshan Zhao Zilong. Meng Huo was very surprised when he saw it and hurriedly walked to the mountain path. Zhao Yun rushed to kill for a while. The barbarian troops were defeated and many people were captured alive. Meng Huo just led a dozen cavalry into the valley, but the pursuers also came from behind. The road ahead was narrow and the horses could not pass, so he abandoned the horses and fled across the mountains. Suddenly, there was another drum sound in the valley. Wei Yan followed the plan and ambushed this place with 500 infantrymen. Meng Huo could not resist and was captured alive by Wei Yan. The other cavalrymen dismounted and surrendered.
Wei Yan took Meng Huo to the camp to see Kong Ming. Kong Ming had already slaughtered the cattle and sheep in the camp, held a banquet in the camp, and then lined up seven layers of swordsmen, axes, swords, guns, swords and halberds in the camp. Wearing a golden ax given by the emperor, covered with an umbrella cover, there were some drummers in front and behind, and on the left and right were the imperial guards. The entire formation looked very tight. Kong Ming was sitting in the middle of the camp, and he could only see the bustling barbarian soldiers below. , was escorted nearby.
Kong Ming called them all into the camp, asked the soldiers to untie their ropes, and comforted them: "You are actually very good people, but you were forced by Meng Huo. Are you frightened now? Do you miss your parents?" Brothers, wives, they must be waiting for you at home. If they know that you failed and were caught, they must be worried and very sad. I will let you all go home now to appease your parents, brothers, and wives. ." After that, he asked the soldiers to bring out some food and wine to reward these barbarian soldiers.
The barbarian soldiers were very grateful for Kong Ming's kindness and left in tears. Kong Ming asked the warriors to escort Meng Huo in front of him. Not long after, Meng Huo was pushed forward and backed by the Shu army. He was tied up and came to Kong Ming. He was escorted by the soldiers. Kneeling on the ground.
Kong Ming asked: "The First Lord is still very good to you, why do you want to rebel?"
Meng Huo said: "The land in both rivers was taken from others. Your lord took it by force and made himself emperor. I have lived in this place for generations. You are unreasonable and invade our land. How can you say we are rebels? ?”
Kong Ming smiled and said: "I have captured you now, are you convinced?"
Meng Huo said: "It's only because the mountain road is too narrow that you plotted against me. How can I be convinced?"
Kong Ming burst out laughing and said: "This is easy. Since you are not convinced, how about I let you go back now?"
Meng Huo said: "You let me go back, I will reorganize my troops and horses, and we will fight again. If you can still capture me, I will be convinced."
Kong Ming then asked people to untie the ropes from his body, put on clothes for him, rewarded him with wine and food, and gave him a good horse, and then asked people to send him out of the camp and return to his own camp.
Kong Ming released Meng Huo for no reason. Everyone was puzzled and asked: "Meng Huo is the leader of the barbarians. Now he is captured. We can just kill him and pacify the south. Why did the prime minister let him go?"
Kong Ming smiled and said: "I capture this person, just like searching for something. I only need to surrender his rebellious heart, and the rest will be over naturally."
After everyone heard this, they didn't believe it. Some good people even sent people to hurry up and report the matter to Yu Yi who was far away in Chengdu.
It was said that Qin Mi suggested that the school include martial arts and literary talents into the school's teaching scope. Yu Yi also started to think about it, but he was suffering from the fact that there was no one to take the lead in the martial arts area.
After returning to the palace, Yu Yi also asked some ministers, but no one had any better suggestions. After Prime Minister Kong Ming went to the Southern Barbarians, Yu Yi rarely went to court. He felt that talking to those ministers was very tiring. Later, all the ministers gave advice. , there was no other way, so I changed to going to court once a week.
This time, as usual, when going to court to discuss matters, Yu Yi sat in the main hall, glanced at all the ministers, and said: "If you have something to say, just say it, if not, leave the court!"
Above the court, the two of them looked at each other, and one of them came out and said, "I have something to report!"
Yu Yi took a look and saw that it was Deng Zhi who had just been promoted, and asked, "What do you want?"
Replied: "Today I heard that the prime minister has conquered Yong'an, went deep into the barbarian territory, and captured the barbarian king Meng Huo alive, but released him in front of everyone." After speaking, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Close ministers.
The close minister took the letter and sent it to Yu Yi. After Yu Yi read the content of the letter, the main idea was that Kong Ming supported his own troops and released Meng Huo, which was a sign of rebellion. He hoped that your majesty could send heavenly troops to arrest him and hold him accountable.
Yu Yi was not angry after reading it. He spoke freely in the court. Since he came to the throne, he had never stopped impeaching Kong Ming. He put the letter aside and said with a smile: "Ma Liang just passed away, and his brother Ma Su came to see him." I have reported to me about the matter of the Barbarian King Meng Huo, and I believe the Prime Minister has the same idea. Since I have appointed him, I hope some people will not be too sensitive, otherwise I will kill them without mercy if they are found out by me!"
Yu Yi finished these words with a smile, it can be said that there is a knife hidden in the smile.
Deng Zhi was a little scared after hearing this, his face changed slightly, and he said: "Your Majesty is aware of this!" After that, he stepped aside.
Yu Yi asked: "How is the construction of schools in Chengdu going?"
He replied: "The school will be completed soon, and we are currently organizing various preparations for the exam."
Yu Yi nodded and said: "This is the first exam I have held since I came to the throne. In order to show my determination to recruit talents, it must be absolutely fair, open and just."
Deng Zhi made a statement, and Yu Yi expressed satisfaction and waved his hand to retreat.
Yu Daye lived in the Prince's Mansion in Chengdu after he returned. He rarely went out and was always depressed. Soon the news reached Yu Yi's ears, and Yu Yi went to visit the Prince's Mansion in person.
It turned out that after Yu Daye returned from Jingzhou, he felt that there was no battle to fight and he was very bored, so he built a large-scale school field in his mansion, and sent people to the surrounding areas to select various martial arts talents and send people to compete. Unfortunately, there was no One is his opponent.
Yu Yi arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion. The guard was very flustered when he saw it. Yu Yi asked, "Is Yu Daye inside?"
The guard nodded, then shook his head.
Yu Yi scolded: "If you're here, you're here, if you're not, you're not. What do you mean?"
