After he was full, Liu Xun personally sent Meng Huo out of the account. Meng Huo didn't even look at him. He flew on his horse, hit the horse, and fled to the cave.
Liu Xun looked at Meng Huo's back, sneered slightly, and said to Pang Tong beside him: "Do you understand my mind?"
Pang Tong said: "The disputes in the world are at the time of employment. If you can conquer the Nanban tycoons and make them fall in love with them, you can collect tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, so that you will have a much better chance of winning against Cao Cao and others in the future. But Nanban has been out of transformation for a long time, the land is far away and the mountains are dangerous. Today, it breaks through, and tomorrow it will come back again. It is accustomed to it. For the current plan, only by accepting their hearts can they really use them for me."
Liu Xun nodded approvingly, and said, "Pang Shiyuan who knows me."
Pang Tong smiled and said: "The lord is absurdly praised." At this point, he glanced at Zhu Rong who was not far away and was struggling with the tree, and asked: "The lord did not explain this to Zhu Rong?"
Liu Xun sighed, "Oh! Do you know it? When I talk to her, as long as there is one sentence she is not satisfied with, I drew a knife and gestured wildly on my head, scaring me to forget everything I wanted to say. I want to live another two years, how dare to tell her."
Pang Tong pondered for a long time, and said: "Didn't the military adviser want to convince the southern barbarian chieftain? Zhu Rong is also one of the chief chieftains, and the military adviser should convince her first."
Liu Xun asked, "Are you asking me to talk to her?"
Pang Tong nodded, Liu Xun turned his head, looked at the poor big tree, turned his head, and asked, "Are you really going?"
Pang Tong nodded, and Liu Xun hesitated for a while, and then said for a long time: "Then I will go." Having said that, he didn't take a step.
Pang Tong comforted Liu Xun and said, "Lord, don't worry, it's okay."
Liu Xun gritted his teeth and said, "I really went." However, his feet still didn't move a step.
Pang Tong smiled and said, "Lord, go, there must be nothing wrong."
Liu Xun took a deep breath, stamped his foot, and walked towards Zhu Rong. Pang Tong smiled, chose a good location, and was ready to watch the good show in front of him.
Liu Xun came to Zhu Rong, looked at the two characters on the tree, and said: "You carved such a deep knife mark on the tree, how painful the tree should be? And why are you engraving my name, me and you? There is no hatred or resentment?"
When Zhu Rong heard Liu Xun say this, she became even more angry. She angrily said: "I will engrave, I will engrave! You can't control it!"
Liu Xun looked depressed and said, "Now I'm right in front of you, don't vomit with the tree, just hit me."
Zhu Rong turned around, stepped forward, using Liu Xun as a big drum, and hitting Liu Xun’s chest with his fists, making his chest bang and bang. He cursed as he beat: "Just hit you," Just hit you!"
Liu Xun strained a bitter face and said: "Now there is no need to fight, no need to beat the drum, besides, I am not a big drum..."
Zhu Rong said angrily: "I'll hit, I'll hit." He was still beating.
Liu Xun smiled bitterly and asked, "Are you still angry?"
Zhu Rong asked with weeping: "Why did you release Meng Huo again and again? I can't figure it out all the time. Don't you know that Meng Huo annexed my tribe."
Liu Xun said: "The way to use soldiers is to'attack the heart first, and attack the city as the down; the heart fight is the top, and the war is the down." Meng Huo is just a man, brave and inexperienced, and thinks he is himself after reading half of his grandson. He is a military strategist, so it is not a cause for concern. However, if you kill him, the soldiers will be in trouble, and the south lieutenant will never have peace, then the future will be worrying. Moreover, the world is now full of wars, and the people are suffering from military disasters. To end the war as soon as possible, we must develop our strength as soon as possible. If Meng Huo helps, our army will definitely increase in strength. Therefore, this Meng Huo cannot be killed. Only if he is frightened and let him know the pain, then he will be convinced, behaved. Submit. If it belongs to you, I will let him return it to you in the future."
Zhu Rong thought for a while, and said, "But Daddy was bedridden with anger because of this, oooo..."
Liu Xun sighed and said, "Meng Huo didn't treat your dad like anything. He caught and released him and treated him with courtesy. When is this grievance reported? If you kill Meng Huo today, Meng Huo's family will do it. Come to you for revenge. If Meng Huo's family kills your relatives again, you will go to them to take revenge. This way, the vengeance will be repeated, never ending, and always in a vicious circle. For a little bit of private grievance between you and Meng Huo, but The people of the two races killed each other, and there will be no peace. How can you bear it?"
Zhu Rong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, what you said makes sense. It seems that the culture of your Central Plains is still somewhat discreet."
Liu Xun smiled and said, "Central Plains has a broad and profound culture. You should study hard and move around in Central Plains more."
Zhu Rong said, "You can promise to take me to the Central Plains to play, and then you can count on your words."
Zhu Rong smiled sweetly, walked forward, touched Liu Xun’s forehead, and said, “On the surface, you can’t see what you are capable of. I don’t even think about it... Oh, I don’t know how your brain grows Yes. Covering the whole person with a wide coat robe, even the head and face, and pretending to be a headless ghost, you can think of such an idea..." At this point, Zhu Rong's eyes were actually affectionate.
Liu Xun said, "I can't think of this trick. It's all the credit of the Zuojun master Pang Tong!"
It turned out that as early as the night before, Liu Xun ordered Samok to lead thousands of soldiers from the Han army through Pang Tong’s suggestion to cross the lake quietly from downstream and hide in the dark. Thousands of troops and horses have very small targets, and no one has noticed the hidden march. In the daytime, Samok took the crowd to hide in the woods, covered his head and face with a long-sleeved coat, and practiced how to pretend to be a headless ghost. Otherwise, when it comes to the battle, there will be a "headless ghost" who will slack off and wrestle while walking, and that will be all exposed.
Liu Xun said, "Remember to shake the knife in front of me next time and see how I can clean you up!"
Zhu Rong giggled, and then drew a flying knife from his waist, swayed it back and forth in front of him, and said, "Hehe, I swayed, I swayed! How do you plan to clean up me?"
Liu Xun gave her an angry look, stretched his waist, yawned, and said, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed." He turned around and left.
Zhu Rong giggled as he looked at his back, the silver bell-like laughter lingering in his ears for a long time.
Then the Han army set up camp on the south bank of Kunming Lake. After the war, the sergeant was exhausted and could not stand to fight again. Liu Xun sent an order to rest and reorganize, holding the money and food robbed from Meng Huo's army, and rewarding the three armed forces and the three armed forces for joy.
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However, after the defeat of Meng Huo, in the cave, more than 10,000 Zongdang soldiers gathered and said loudly: "I have been humiliated by the Han army many times. I must take revenge. If you have any good suggestions, I will definitely have them. reward."
As soon as Meng Huo's voice fell, one person responded: "I recommend one person, who can break Liu Xun's fifty thousand army!" Everyone followed the reputation, and saw that the speaker was Meng Huo's clan brother Meng Lai.
Meng Huo quickly asked, "Who is this brother Xian talking about?"
Meng said: "There is a Bana cave in the southwest. The owner of the cave is named Mulu Dawang. He is a master of spells. Riding a white elephant, he can call the wind and rain, often followed by tigers, leopards, jackals, and mighty elephants. The five gods soldiers are very brave. The king can repair the book and send a gift, gold and silver. I personally go to convince the Mulu King. If this person agrees to send troops, why be afraid of the Han army!"
Hearing this, Meng Huo was overjoyed and sent Menglai with a large number of gold and silver treasures to Ba Na Cave to borrow troops. The Mulu King of Banna Cave saw a large number of gold and silver treasures, and smiled, his mouth was tilted, and his saliva flowed down. Immediately took 30,000 troops, thousands of elephants, thousands of wolves, tigers and leopards to support Menghuo.
Wait for King Mulu, the master of Bana Cave, to arrive. Meng Huo came out of the cave to greet him and saw King Mulu riding a white elephant, wearing a golden beaded web, with two big swords hanging from his waist, and leading a group of people feeding tigers, leopards, jackals and elephants, crowded in. Meng Huo cried bitterly, and talked about the past with tears in his nose. As the saying goes,'cannibalism, short-handedness.' Because King Mulu was heavily gifted by Meng Huo, he quickly agreed to avenge Meng Huo and defeated the Han army. Meng Huo was overjoyed and hosted a banquet.
Meng gained this new force, and his momentum became violent, and he became arrogant again. In the early morning of the next day, he led the troops to the camp of the Han army, and approached the Han army camp at Xia Zhai, which was less than twenty miles apart. Meng Huo was about to attack the Han army camp the next day, catching Liu Xun alive, shed eight pieces to vent his hatred, and wanted to take Zhu Rong back by the way.
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Liu Xun was discussing military affairs with Pang Tong in the Chinese army’s tent on the south bank of Kunming Lake. Suddenly Zhu Rong ran in panting with a blank face and shouted: "Something has happened, something has happened, monsters are coming from outside the city. Alien monsters!"
Liu Xun said with a displeased expression: "In broad daylight, there are no demons and ghosts, they are all deceptive. Don't worry, let's talk slowly, what happened?"
Suddenly there was a faint roar outside the village, not like a tiger roar or a horse whistling, but the sound was extremely loud and deafening. Pang Tong also lost his shock, shaking his body, and asked: "What kind of beast's cry is this? So loud?"
Zhu Rong trembled with fright, and said in a trembled voice: "It's this monster, it's terrible, terrible!"
Liu Xun comforted: "Don't be afraid, what does it look like?"
Zhu Rong shook his head, without the previous sturdy style, and said tremblingly: "I don't know, I heard what others said. It spread all over the camp, saying that there are a group of monsters in the Menghuo army outside the city, and they look terrible. That's right." After finishing speaking, he shrank behind Liu Xun.
Liu Xun came back from changing clothes with a relaxed face. He laughed at the words and said, "I am familiar with this kind of cry. Where is this monster, and what is there to be afraid of?"
Zhu Rong turned around and asked, "What animal is that?"
Liu Xun replied: "There are several kinds, jackals, tigers, leopards and elephants!"
Pang Tong was taken aback and said, "Jackals, tigers and leopards are not unfamiliar, but elephants? I only hear the name of this animal, and I have never seen it. In the sixth year of Emperor Yongyuan of the Han Dynasty (94 AD), Jun Yuwai Dunren King Mo Yanmu, the second king, once sent an envoy to present rhinos and elephants to the court. I have only heard of one such thing. I don't know what this elephant looks like?"
People's fears often stem from ignorance. Especially large strange animals can cause people to panic. But Liu Xun didn’t panic because...