#以书之名#
During the period of the Three Kingdoms, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu were established, Cao Wei occupied most of the territory in the north, Wu was in the east of the Jiangdong, and Shu was located in the southwest of the motherland. After Liu Bei's death, there was chaos in the south of Shu, and the barbarian king Meng Shu suddenly made trouble, but fortunately, Zhuge Liang came forward to calm down the chaos. For the pacification of the rebellion in the south, the romance has been described in great detail, and the story of "Zhuge Liang's Seven Captures of Meng Huo" is particularly exciting.
In the romance, Zhuge Liang Pingnan also spent a lot of effort. The environment in the south where Meng was entrenched was harsh: not only were there poisonous insects and beasts, but there were also miasma. These are not counting, the cave masters under Meng Huo are not regular generals, and everyone has "special skills". Especially in the last battle, the vultures were covered with Lin armor, and the vine armor soldiers under his men were invulnerable, and they directly abused Wei Yan. Later, Zhuge Liang saw the rattan armor soldiers paddling away, so he found a way to attack with fire and broke the opponent. After many hard battles, it was possible to complete the feat of "Seven Captures of Meng". Only then did the south be safe.
However, in the end, romance has the color of a literary work, and there are inevitably exaggerated and fictional elements in it. Historically, Zhuge Liang's southern expedition was indeed not easy, after all, in the Three Kingdoms era more than 1800 years ago, it was much more difficult to trek through mountains and rivers and overcome dangers than today, and it was necessary to defeat the southern barbarians who "had a home advantage" in this environment, and the hardships can be imagined. It is worth mentioning that when Zhuge Liang was in the south, he was helped by a nobleman. He not only helped Zhuge Liang, but also captured Meng Shu alive, and was crowned king by Liu Chan, and his descendants directly dominated the southwest for more than 1,000 years.
In the spring of 225, Zhuge Liang bid farewell to Liu Chan and personally led the army south. At that time, Ma Tan put forward the strategy of "attacking the heart first", Zhuge Liang praised it very much, and later the Shu army followed this policy in Pingnan. According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" annotation of the "Spring and Autumn Period of the Han Dynasty", Zhuge Liang captured seven and seven longitudinal Meng, which pacified the south. At that time, Zhuge Liang personally led Yang Yi and Gong Lu to lead an army of 15,000 people to attack Gaoding and Yonghong; Ma Zhong was in charge of the east road, with 2,500 people to eliminate Zhu Bao's troops; Li Hui was in the middle of the road, responsible for cutting off Meng Huo's retreat; and later all walks of life worked together, which finally pacified the south. It was also during the Pingnan period that a native named Jihuo wrote a glorious stroke in history.
According to the "Dading Mansion Chronicles", Jihuo is different: "Deep eyes and long body, face and white teeth, Xi fight...... "To put it simply, this Jihuo is tall, proficient in warfare, and is deeply supported by the locals. In 225, when Jihuo heard about Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, he immediately led the local indigenous soldiers to meet the Shu army at the Dacaoba of Mangbu. These are not counted, Jihuo personally led his soldiers to open the way in front, and also sent food supplies to Zhuge Liang. Nothing else is important, especially the solution of the grain and grass problem can be said to have helped Zhuge Liang a lot. You must know that in ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, especially it was particularly difficult for Shu to transport grain to the south. Now that the food problem has been solved, Zhuge Liang's Pingnan career is half successful.
Jihuo was born in 175, and in 225, he was exactly 50 years old. It was also in this year that Jihuo helped Zhuge Liang pacify the south, and he also personally captured Meng Shu alive. It is recorded in historical materials: "(Jihuo) the grain offering channel, helping the soldiers is meritorious." After pacifying the south, Zhuge Liang returned to Shu and reported the credit for Jihuo. In 226, Liu Chan ordered Jihuo to be summoned and named him the king of Luodian, and appointed him as the general of Shu to guard the southwest. Later, the Puri Revolution rebelled in the Shu Kingdom, and Jihuo directly led the troops to quell the chaos. After the fall of the Shu Kingdom, Jihuo ignored the Jin Dynasty and ran directly to the depths of the southwest to continue to be the king. Later, his descendants also occupied the Shuixi region of Guizhou, which lasted for more than 1,000 years.
(The information comes from "Three Kingdoms" and "Dading Mansion Chronicles" and "Zhaotong Yi Characters")