Chapter 564 The Battle of Yizhou County Comes to an End
With Gan Ning escorting Meng Huo back to Dianchi Lake, the entire Nanzhong War can be declared a complete victory.
Yongjie was captured, and the entire Yong family was not spared. Before Liu Zhang entered the city, they were all captured by Li Hui.
Zhu Qiao surrendered again, and this time he surrendered unconditionally. He led the entire tribe to surrender to Liu Zhang, and promised to unconditionally help Liu Zhang subdue the barbarians.
The barbarians in Yizhou County suffered heavy casualties. All the chiefs of the tribes were killed in the chaos. More than 10,000 of the 50,000 elite were killed or injured.
Meng Kun, the leader of the barbarians in Yongchang County, died, Meng Huo was captured, and only a few of the more than 20 patriarchs remained. Most of the 50,000 elite barbarians were killed or injured, and the rest were all arrested.
On the other hand, Liu Zhang's 60,000 troops directly participated in the battle, and only suffered less than 5,000 casualties!
At the cost of 5,000 people, nearly 40,000 barbarians were gathered and more than 50,000 were captured. This is definitely a big victory that can be recorded in history, and it is also the most meaningful battle to completely subdue the barbarians!
Liu Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, deserved the most credit. Liu Ye, who planned this series of strategies, also made outstanding contributions. Among them, the commanders and soldiers of each battalion were all commended by Liu Zhang.
It's just that Li Peng's surrender was purely an accident. Liu Zhang didn't expect that Li Hui's Li family was in Dianchi Lake, nor did he think that Li Hui, who was only eighteen years old, would be able to encourage Li Peng's family to surrender!
Liu Ye ordered Gan Ning to harass Meng Kun's grain road. His purpose was not to starve Meng Kun to death, but simply to force Meng Kun to fight Liu Zhang's army.
Zhang Ren and his troops have already ambushed, and spies are always watching the movements of Jianling City.
Meng Kun's trick of sending messengers was really stinky enough. Zhang Ren caught one as soon as he left the city, and he was immediately sent to Liu Zhang's camp.
If it is a battle against Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others, Liu Zhang may doubt whether this is the enemy's strategy.
But in the face of these savages, even if Liu Zhang was killed, he would not believe that they would have such deep tricks!
However, some small episodes did happen in the middle. Li and Peng suddenly sent envoys, wanting to defect to Liu Zhang with their families, and sent news that Meng Kun was about to attack the camp.
When even Liu Ye began to wonder if it was the enemy's series of tricks, Liu Zhang made a decisive decision and confirmed that Li and Peng had surrendered sincerely.
The reason is also very simple, Li Peng's son is Li Hui!
Liu Zhang was not very angry with this person who betrayed him in history. On the contrary, he thought Li Hui was an extremely wise person.
If the monarch is not capable, I will not serve you. On the contrary, if you are capable, I will do my best to serve you.
Zhuge Liang was able to pacify Nanzhong, and Li Hui contributed a lot!
So from the moment Meng Kun left the city, his every move was under the supervision of Liu Zhang, and even every step he took was drawn by Liu Zhang for him!
Yongjie, Zhuqiao is even more amazing here. As soon as they left the city, Li and Peng immediately opened the city gate and welcomed Dianwei in.
In order to show their sincerity, Li and Peng gathered all the soldiers together and ordered them to lay down their weapons and surrender. Dian Wei also took over the city smoothly.
When Dian Wei led the army to arrest the Yong clan, Li Hui took the lead and captured all the Yong clan with Li's private soldiers.
Afterwards, all the purpose was to invite the king into the urn, and to lure Yongjie, Meng Kun, Zhu Qiao and others and the 100,000 troops into the camp that Liu Zhang had prepared for them.
From inside the camp to outside the camp, Liu Zhang arranged for an ambush. As soon as the drums sounded, various armies appeared at the same time, attacking from inside to outside, which immediately made the barbarians terrified.
Meng Kun's death in battle and Yong Jie's escape became the last straw that crushed the barbarians.
In the end, I responded with a sentence, taking advantage of the victory to march is not about the number of soldiers, and the fleeing army is not afraid of too many.
After the barbarian army was in chaos, their advantage in the source of troops became their biggest disadvantage!
When every barbarian wants to escape for his life, it is no longer his companions who stop them, but the god of death blocking the way!
Especially for these coalition forces composed of various tribes, when the time of crisis really came, the barbarians would never take their feelings into consideration, and the swords in their hands would also not be merciless because the ones blocking the front were friendly troops.
Rather than saying that Liu Zhang led the army to defeat 100,000 barbarians, it is better to say that Liu Zhang created an atmosphere for the barbarians, prompting them to defeat themselves.
Seeing Meng Huo kneeling in front of him, Liu Zhang felt extremely emotional, and couldn't help but think of the child who was once in his arms.
Kong Ming, more than ten years have passed, how are you doing in Jingzhou?
I have captured the future enemy for you, and I am not going to spare his life.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to stage seven captures and seven moves, and it has also solved a disaster for you!
After sighing in his heart, Liu Zhang once again looked at this 'tumor' in Nanzhong!
Liu Zhang firmly believed that as long as he did not die, he would continue to rebel.
"Meng Huo, your father died in front of you, and your family members also died in front of you. How do you feel?"
"Pooh!"
Meng Huo's eyes were red, he spat on Liu Zhang suddenly, and then began to struggle desperately.
"Liu Zhang, traitor! You and I are at odds with each other!"
Liu Zhang was not angry at all, but Dian Wei who was at the side was enraged by Meng Huo and walked forward directly.
"You're the only brat who keeps complaining, right? Good! Grandpa Dian will teach you a lesson today!"
Meng Huo looked at Dian Wei, who was nine feet tall, and his heart kept trembling, but the last dignity of the barbarians did not allow him to give in.
"Okay! Come on! See if you can bear with me..."
Snapped!
Clap clap!
Dian Wei first swung his big mouth and drew it, then he greeted with both hands at the same time, and kept looking at Meng Huo's cheek.
After a mouthful, Meng Huo was beaten bloody and his entire face was swollen.
But Dian Wei still didn't vent his anger, he lifted Meng Huo up again, with all his might, he threw it far away!
"Come on, why did you throw him out!"
Liu Zhang glanced at Dian Wei indifferently, and gave him a wink by the way, and the latter immediately understood and ran out.
Dian Wei lifted Meng Huo high again, and then threw Meng Huo violently, and Meng Huo fell directly to Liu Zhang's feet.
Meng Huo's screams became extremely weak due to Dian Wei's torment. If you don't investigate carefully, you will mistakenly think that Meng Huo has been beaten to death!
With Dian Wei's violent destruction, his deterrent power was immediately full!
After all, Meng Huo was the patriarch of the Meng family, the top barbarian family in Yongchang County, and he was so abused! This shows that Liu Zhang is not afraid of any barbarians at all!
If this is the case for the Meng clan, what about the other weak barbarians? Its position in Liu Zhang's heart can naturally be imagined.
All the captive barbarian patriarchs in the house turned pale with fright, their whole bodies trembled visible to the naked eye, and the more timid ones fell to the ground.
Liu Zhang took a step forward, squatted down slightly, looked at the dying Meng Huo, and asked again.
"Meng Huo, you can't see that your Meng family is exterminated. I don't know if you have anything to say. I can bring it to you!"
(end of this chapter)