"I am willing to surrender with the strength of my clan!"

After meeting Zhao Tong, Meng Huo instantly knelt down on his knees, cupping his hands and begging.

At this moment, there was nothing else but reverence in his eyes.

Seven captures and seven verticals.

In the past few months, he has visited various tribes in southern China, large and small.

It can be said that he has tried his best to fight with it.

But Zhao Tong still defeated him in seven different ways.

Now Zhao Tong's figure was extremely upright in his heart.

"Since the Barbarian King is willing to surrender, I cannot ask for it!"

"As long as the King of Barbarians can help me to pacify the tribes in Nanzhong, when the matter is completed, I will report the truth to General Zuo personally and ask for your credit."

After saying that, Zhao Tong also helped him up with his own hands, with a look of great importance in his eyes.

Seeing this, Meng Huo was deeply moved. When he was moved, he clasped his fists in his hands and promised:

"General Tianwei is so powerful that the southerners will never rebel again in the future!"

A solemn word.

Next, with Meng Huo's surrender, he exerted a very strong influence.

The chaotic situation in Nanzhong counties was cleared up in a short time.

Originally, there were still various Yi tribes colluding with the remaining rebels and relying on the mountains to fight against each other. With Meng Huo's intervention, all the Yi tribes chose to rely on them one after another.

The rebellions were put down one after another.

After the various counties became relatively stable, Li Huiquan was responsible for relocating unregistered barbarian tribes in the mountains and other matters, and the scale also expanded.

In order to thank Zhao Tong for his tolerance many times, Meng Huo made the decision and persuaded the elders of the clan with his wife, Mrs. Zhu Rong, to move the people down the mountain to live.

The Meng family and the Zhu Rong family are both powerful families in Nanzhong.

With the two communities responding to the call and setting an example.

The resistance encountered after the migration gradually decreased a lot.

Seeing Li Huizheng receiving the Yi people who came down the mountain in an orderly manner, Zhao Tong naturally felt both happy and worried.

Fortunately, it took as long as half a year.

This rebellion, with Yong Kai as the core and spreading to three counties, can be declared put down.

Worry, naturally Zhao Tong understood that if he wanted to truly resolve the conflicts between the Han and Yi ethnic groups in the South Central region, it would not happen overnight!

This requires appropriate national systems, measures and time accumulation.

Historically, until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was no good solution for how to govern the indigenous people in Nanzhong, and the chieftain system was still used.

Even the later dynasties could only let nature take its course and set up a model of large mixed settlements and small settlements in an autonomous manner to manage the affairs of multi-ethnic groups.

but.

At present, Zhao Tong can only properly manage the Nanzhong region based on his own experience in governance from past dynasties.

His first step, of course, was to relocate the tribesmen and compile their names.

Wait until various affairs in Nanzhong gradually get on track.

General Zhao Tong also wrote a letter and sent it to Chengdu!

Naturally, Xinjian truthfully reported the battle process of the southern expedition, as well as the meritorious service performed by each general, and asked for credit for the generals.

And in the second half, he made some suggestions to the left general Liu Bei, including his own opinions on how to govern the Nanzhong counties in the future, adjust the system, and settle Meng Huo.

The specific system is "using barbarians to control barbarians."

In Zhao Tong's imagination, if officials were to be directly appointed to take up their posts in Nanzhong.

I'm afraid it will only make the situation worse.

Probably because if we do not use barbarians to control barbarians, or use local people to fill the officials, we will not be able to understand the actual situation in South China, and naturally there will be no way to adjust the appropriate ethnic system to ease the conflicts between Han and barbarians.

Wait until the letter is sent to Chengdu.

Zhao Tong has not yet waited for the next instructions.

What he expected finally happened again.

This day.

Ma Zhong quickly rushed back to Wei County with a hurried look on his face and urgently asked for an interview.

After a brief announcement, Zhao Tong noticed his expression and reacted instantly, waving his hands to drive away everyone.

Just wait until there are two people left in the house.

Zhao Tong just said with a solemn expression: "Dexin, is there any latest news from the east?"

Hearing this, Ma Zhong immediately raised his hands and responded truthfully: "Congratulations, General!"

"More than two months ago, Zhongzi was ordered by the general to go to Zangqi County to find a passage that would facilitate the passage of the army to Wuling County. Until today, he has made some gains, and he has also heard that the Wu army downstream seems to be planning to use force against Jingzhou."

"Since the two families are currently in an alliance, Zhongya is not completely sure that the large-scale gathering of Wu troops must be aimed at our army."

"Therefore, Zhong did not dare to report to General Guan rashly, so he quickly returned to report to you, General."

After a while, the words fell.

Ma Zhong quickly told the whole battle report.

One word!

Zhao Tong's expression was extremely calm at this time, and he did not show any shock.

The reason is that in the original history, when Sun Quan was trying to pacify Yizhou and tried to conquer the three counties to no avail, he actually ordered Lu Meng to mobilize a large number of people to attack the Jingnan counties.

This was also the time when Zhao Tong had not yet recovered Menghuo, and he had secretly sent Ma Zhong to Xangqi County to explore whether it would be conducive to march to Jingnan.

What we should be on guard against is Wu Jun's attack.

"I didn't expect that Sun Quan was so shameless. He stabbed him in the back again."

For a moment, Zhao Tong murmured to himself.

But after hearing these words, Ma Zhong below was confused, what does "again" mean?

In his mind, isn't this the first time that Wu Jun might betray his alliance?

However, thinking about it, Ma Zhong still asked: "General, do you think Wu Jun's target this time is definitely Jingzhou?"

"if not?"

Hearing this, Tong Zhao then smiled and asked: "Based on the battle reports you have found out based on Dexin, it is found that the Wu army is secretly gathering troops downstream."

"In addition to a sneak attack on Jingzhou, I can't think of any other purpose for the Wu army to gather its troops."

Having said this, Zhao Tong raised the corner of his mouth and said coldly: "Although our two families are currently in an alliance, in the face of conflicts of interest, the so-called alliance is nothing more than a covenant to Sun Quan!"

As a later generation, Zhao Tong had no doubt about how scumbag Sun Quan's character was.

Historically, they have repeatedly betrayed their alliances.

The main factor that made up the determination was that the Wu army was unable to capture Hefei during several Northern Expeditions and was unable to make a surprise attack into the Jianghuai hinterland, so it targeted its allies who were also fighting against Cao.

After Ma Zhong talked for a long time, he roughly described the situation in Jingzhou.

Ma Zhong suddenly thought of something in his mind, and quickly reported: "General, by the way, according to what I learned, before the Wu army gathered, it seemed that they had won the Battle of Wankou and rushed in front of Cao Jun's reinforcements.

, captured Wancheng."

"Oh? Have you captured Wancheng?"

As soon as he said these words, Zhao Tong was thoughtful. He was already very sure that the Wu army must be targeting Jingzhou this time.

He vaguely remembered that historical records showed that the Wu army won the Battle of Wankou, and Sun Quan insisted on sending Lu Meng's troops to sneak attack the three counties of Jingnan.
Chapter completed!