After Meng Huo and Yong Kai of Yizhou County rebelled, although Soochow Wu appointed Yong Kai as the prefect of Yongchang, Yongchang had no choice but to retreat because Yongchang's meritorious Cao Lu Kai and his wife led officials and soldiers to defend Yongchang.

Divide Yizhou County with Meng Huo.

Meng Huo was so powerful that he personally garrisoned Dianchi County and sent his younger brother Meng Yan to garrison Wei County.

However, Yong Kai, who initiated the rebellion, only gained a small part of Yizhou County with Tanglang County as the center, and he was already dissatisfied.

In Dianchi County, Yizhou County in the south, Meng Yan walked hurriedly into the Dianchi Mansion Office and suddenly ignored the barbarian soldiers guarding the door of the government office who were saluting him.

He stopped the barbarian soldiers who were about to report, and crossed the front hall. Before they reached the hall, he had already shouted, "Brother, I'm here."

"Ang Xiong is here?"

A man walked out of the front hall. He was short and stocky, with a dark face. He had a purple gold crown on his head. The tail feathers of the wild pheasant on the edge of the purple gold crown swayed from time to time. It was Meng, the head of the Meng family who occupied most of Yizhou County.

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"It's sultry outside, please come in first."

"Brother, I heard that both Gao Ding and Zhu Bao have sent people over. Do you want me to go and provide support?"

As soon as he sat down, Meng Yan asked.

"Exactly."

Meng Huo nodded.

"Then what's your plan?"

"It hasn't been decided yet." Meng Huo looked at Meng Yan with doubts on his face, "That's why I sent someone to call Ang Xiong back to discuss."

"Brother, have you considered it?"

"Yes, I originally intended for Yong Kai to lead his army to assist Gaoding. I will personally lead the troops to Qielan to join Zhu Bao. What do you think?"

"No!"

Meng Yan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Yizhou is the foundation of our Meng family. We must not lose anything. If my brother does this, wouldn't Yizhou County be empty? If Li Hui leads his troops south, who will refuse?"

"Of course it's you."

"I?"

Meng Yan's eyes showed a glint, and then he quickly covered it up. There was just the right look of doubt on his face, "Brother, what you mean is..."

"Then if Li Hui wants to go south, he must pass through Wei County where you are stationed. As long as Wei County is not destroyed, Yizhou County will be safe and sound. So this time I will personally lead the troops, and you will guard our retreat."

"Why don't you let me lead the troops there, and I can defend myself?"

Meng Yan's heart moved, but something else came out of his mouth.

"No. Although Zhu Bao is weak, he is still one of the leaders of the four major rebel armies in Nanzhong. If you go, you will not be able to take the position in name. When the time comes, he will deliberately ask you to lead the army to block the Han army. You

Do you want to listen or not?”

Meng Huo shook his head and said, "If you listen, the soldiers and generals in our hands will inevitably suffer losses. If you don't listen, there will be a gap again, and neither of them is happy. It would be better for me to go in person."

When Meng Yan heard this, he sighed in his heart. Even before the war started, everyone had their own selfish motives and calculations. How could it be a big deal?

"Brother, can you let me share your opinion?"

"It doesn't matter if you say it proudly."

Meng Huo knew that this younger brother was brave and knowledgeable in the art of war, so he sent him to guard Wei County, the gateway to Yizhou.

Now that I hear what he has to say, is there any reason not to listen?

"The Han army is powerful, several times larger than mine. Even if we divide our troops in three directions, we still have an advantage. The only thing we rely on now is the difficult terrain. If we divide our troops to meet the enemy like they did, wouldn't we be playing into their own designs?"

"It's better to concentrate our forces and attack one part of it. As long as we break all the way, we will have a lot more room for maneuver. When the time comes, whether we attack or defend, we have the final say. Wouldn't this be better?"

After hearing this, Meng Huo thought about it carefully and suddenly slapped his thigh, "That makes sense!"

He looked at Meng Yan again, with a happy expression on his face, "In your opinion, which way should I break?"

"Of course it's Zhuge Liang."

Meng Yan said without hesitation, "Gaoding has the strongest troops and is the closest to us, so it is convenient for rescue. Moreover, Zhuge Liang personally leads the troops on the opposite side, which is the main force of the Han army. As long as this road can be broken, there is no other two roads.

Retreat yourself."

"It makes sense! It makes sense!"

Meng Huo stood up suddenly and took a few steps back and forth. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said was indeed true.

Although he is the head of the Meng family and is subordinated to the Yihan people in Yizhou County, he also knows that it is because of the power of the clan leader, his bravery, and his ability to deal with things fairly in daily life, so he rarely

Some people are dissatisfied.

But when it comes to leading troops, strategizing, and understanding people's thoughts, he is far inferior to his brother Meng Yan.

"What about Zhu Bao?"

After Meng Huo calmed down, he asked again.

"In my opinion, Zhu Bao definitely cannot defend Qielan. If we directly ask him to give up Qielan and continue to retreat to the south, then the distance between us and him will be much closer."

"In this way, not only can the momentum be connected to facilitate rescue, but the dangerous terrain can also be used to continue to block the Han army."

"I'm afraid he won't."

Meng Huo hesitated.

"If he doesn't want to, just leave him alone." Meng Yan's eyes showed a ruthless look, "The Han army is so powerful that we must not divide our forces. Just tell him the situation. If he knows something about current affairs, he will naturally know what to do.

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"That's fine."

Meng Huo heard this and nodded.

After Meng Yan's analysis, he felt that what he said was reasonable.

In early April of the third year of Jianxing, Meng Huo and Yong Kai, the rebels from Yizhou County, led their troops north to Yuexun County in an attempt to rescue Gaoding.
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