In the camp of the Han army, Zhang Liao sat at the top of the big tent of the Chinese army, and there were many generals and generals standing on both sides, and a pair of tiger eyes stared closely at a person kneeling in the middle of a Nanban dressed person, and said angrily: "It's been three days, but your king has been standing still, what does it mean?" Also, what do you want to do this time? ”

The barbarian sneered and said: "Please General Zhang to calm his anger, the reason why my king has been standing still is actually waiting for the opportunity, and now that the time is ripe, my king will immediately send a small one here to give the general a gift, I hope that after the general sees this gift, he can understand the true heart of my king!" ”

"Gifts? What gift? Zhang Liaohu asked suspiciously.

The barbarian did not hurry to let the entourage bring up a big elm box in his hand, and then he took the elm box, still knelt on the ground, raised the elm box high above his head, and said to Zhang Liao respectfully: "General, this is the gift of my king to the general, and I hope the general can accept it with a smile." ”

Zhang Liao looked around at the generals, and saw that their faces were full of doubt, and their eyes were staring at the elm box, and their eyes revealed a lot of complexity. As the so-called people's hearts are unpredictable, people's words are terrifying, although Zhang Liao is the commander of the 35th ∮ Army, but he is also afraid that others will stab him in the back, so as soon as he thinks of this, he immediately asks people to open this elm box, no matter what it contains, in short, all people can see it, and there is nothing to be good about.

"Open the box for me! I'd like to see what's in there! Zhang Liao said.

Zhang Liao's personal guards made a "whoosh" sound, and then strode forward to the barbarian's side. I took out the elm box casually. And then in front of everyone. Opened the chest.

The moment the elm box was opened, everyone except the southern barbarian was amazed.

What was shown in front of everyone was a bloody human head, two black hole eyes were open without any life, and the facial expression was very struggling, which showed how reluctant he was before he died.

"What does it mean that King Mulu gave me a human head?" Zhang Liao asked with a cold expression.

The barbarian hurriedly explained: "General, please don't misunderstand, let me finish speaking." In fact. The head in this box is Meng Huo's wife and brother who brought the cave master, and the king of my family has been friends with the cave master for many years, but in order to show the general the sincerity of my king and his loyalty to the Han, I specially asked me to send the head of the cave master to show my determination to break off with Meng Shu. ”

Zhang Liao had heard of the name of the cave master for a long time, but he had only heard of this name, but he had never seen the cave master himself. Therefore, whether the human head of the box was brought to the cave owner or not, he could not identify it at all.

But. Although Zhang Liao has not seen the cave master, Zhang Liao's subordinates may see it. Thereupon. Zhang Liao summoned a personal soldier and whispered a few words in his ear, and the personal soldier nodded again and again, and then turned around and walked out of the big tent.

Not long after, a lieutenant walked in from outside the tent, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he bowed respectfully to Zhang Liaobi: "Governor, I don't know why you are in such a hurry to let the last general come!" ”

Zhang Liao said slowly: "You are the only person in our army who has seen many leaders of the rebels, and Ben Du called you here to ask you to help Ben Du identify someone." ”

"To be able to serve the Metropolitan Governor, the last general dares not to do his best, I don't know who the Metropolitan Governor wants the last general to identify?"

Zhang Liao raised his hand, pointed to a large elm box on the ground, and said to the captain: "Take a look, is this human head contained here one of the leaders of the rebels, and which leader is it?" ”

"The last general commands!"

As soon as the words fell, the lieutenant walked straight to the elm box, he crouched on the ground, brushed the hair of the human head with his hand, carefully observed the face of the human head, and then quickly searched his mind for a face that could match it.

In the blink of an eye, the lieutenant stood up and arched his hand towards Zhang Liao: "Governor Qiyu, the last general has already been identified, the head in this elm box is indeed one of the leaders of the rebels, and it is the wife and brother of the rebel leader Meng Shu who brought the cave master!" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Liao was shocked, and asked again: "Can you see clearly, is this person really bringing the cave master?" If you recognize the wrong person, be careful that the head falls to the ground! ”

"The last general identified it very clearly, this person is Meng Huo's wife and brother brought to the cave master, if there is any difference in the last general's identification, the last general is willing to sacrifice this neck to the Grand Duke."

Seeing that the most elite scout lieutenant of his subordinates was so sure, Zhang Liao dispelled all his worries and said to the barbarian: "Does your king have anything else to tell you other than to ask you to bring the head of the cave master over to show his sincerity in submitting to my great man?" ”

"Yes! The king of my family asked the little one to tell the general, please bear with the general for one more day, and tomorrow the king of my family will start to act according to the general's deployment. Moreover, the king of my family hopes that the governor of the capital can say a few more good words for himself in front of the current son after pacifying Nanzhong. ”

Zhang Liao said: "You go back and tell your king that today's son has clear rewards and punishments, and meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and a person like your king who is so loyal will not be stingy with rewards." Maybe he will be named the king of Nanzhong! ”

After hearing this, the Southern Barbarians were happy in their hearts, and they were also happy for King Mulu.

Basically, Zhang Liao recognized the exemplary loyalty of King Mulu, and the last bit of distrust in King Mulu was gone.

After sending off the envoy of the Southern Barbarians, Zhang Liao immediately began to arrange his troops, and dispatched his troops, ready to give it a go, fight with the rebels, and fight a beautiful victory.

In the camp of the Han army, both generals and soldiers are full of energy, and they are all gearing up, and they are also preparing to fight a big battle with the rebels in Nanzhong to end this counterinsurgency war as soon as possible.

However, not everyone in the Han army supported Zhang Liao, only Huang Zhong has always maintained a skeptical attitude, in his opinion, King Mulu even killed his friends for more than ten years for the sake of glory and wealth, what a ruthless heart it must be. And in Huang Zhong's opinion, this series of performances of King Mulu is like acting, and he himself is not at ease with King Mulu.

But in any case, Huang Zhong couldn't stop Zhang Liao's action, and he just kept an extra eye. (To be continued.) )

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