南中 covered today's Yunnan, Guizhou and southern Sichuan. When it rose against Shu Han in 225,
诸葛亮 led a campaign south and, by the account in 《
汉晋春秋》, freed Meng Huo each time he was caught, until Meng Huo promised that the south would never rebel again. He later served at the Shu Han court.